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 to Genesis. Well, actually, we'll read Revelation 21 first. So if you've got your Bibles there,

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 Revelation 21. It's the very, very end of the Bible. As we come to the end of the story,

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 God's big story, the last two chapters give us a wonderful vision of what lies ahead.

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 So let us read Revelation chapter 21 verses 1 to 5.

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 This is John. He writes the vision that he has been given from the risen Lord Jesus.

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 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed

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 away and there was no longer any sea. I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down

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 out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride, beautifully dressed for her husband. And I

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 heard a loud voice from the throne saying, now the dwelling of God is with men and women,

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 and he will live with them. They will be his people and God himself will be with them and be their God.

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 And he will wipe every tear from their eyes and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain.

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 For the old order of things has passed away. And he who was seated on the throne said,

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 I am making everything new. Then he said, write this down.

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 For these words are trustworthy and true.

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 Well, keep your finger there in Revelation and turn back to Genesis chapter 1 and verse 1.

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 Genesis chapter 1 and verse 1.

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 Thank you, Sarah. Yeah, there's pens and sheets there. I forgot about that. Thank you.

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 If you'd like to take notes, please put your hand up.

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 Well, let's pray together.

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 Father, we thank you for your word, the Bible.

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 We thank you for your word, the Bible.

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 We thank you for your word, the Bible.

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 We thank you for your word, the Bible.

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 We thank you that it is your story of the world from creation to new creation.

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 It is trustworthy and it is true.

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 And so we pray, Father God, that you would take these words,

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 these words spoken by the written Lord Jesus,

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 that they would be words that speak to us afresh today,

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 lifting us from looking down at the darkness of this world

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 and looking up to the light of a new world to come.

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 may this vision change us and transform us.

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 And may it fill us with hope.

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 And may it cause us to wonder

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 and fill our hearts with worship

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 of an awesome and amazing God.

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 Please help us, we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Well, the story that we began,

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 it all began so well.

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 Look at Genesis 1 and verse 1.

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 In the beginning,

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 God created the heavens and the earth.

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 It was a good and beautiful world

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 and everything was as God intended.

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 And into this world,

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 God created and placed the first man and woman

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 and in his love,

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 he provided them with all that they needed.

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 Look at chapter 2, verse 8.

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 Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east,

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 in Eden,

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 and there he put the man he had formed.

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 And the Lord God made all kinds of trees

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 grow out of the ground,

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 trees that were pleasing to the eye

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 and good for food.

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 Eden is a beautiful, pleasing,

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 and plentiful garden.

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 No wonder it means delight.

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 Everything is there for them to enjoy.

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 Nothing going wrong.

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 No sadness or hurt.

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 No pains or struggles.

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 And above all,

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 there is no death.

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 In fact, it's in this garden

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 that the first man and woman,

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 Adam and Eve,

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 enjoy a perfect and intimate relationship

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 with God, their Creator.

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 There is nothing to hide.

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 There is nothing to fear.

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 Without shame,

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 living with their loving Creator

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 in perfect relationship,

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 this is pure delight.

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 It's the kind of world

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 we all long for.

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 But in one act of rebellion,

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 Adam and Eve turned against God.

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 They rejected him,

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 pushed him out of the centre,

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 and placed themselves at the centre,

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 acting as if they were God.

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 That first sin

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 was like the very first tremor

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 that would start a tsunami of destruction

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 that would sweep through the course

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 of human history,

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 a wave of chaos and disorder

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 that has left untold suffering.

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 And what Adam and Eve started,

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 the human race has continued

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 by our persistent rebellion.

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 The once good world that God had made

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 is now broken.

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 Paradise has been lost.

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 where once life flourished,

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 there is now the stench of death.

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 But despite

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 our ongoing rebellion,

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 let us never forget

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 that this is still God's world.

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 He made it.

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 He owns it.

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 He rules over it.

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 And in His immense

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 love,

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 God has promised

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 to renew

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 and restore

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 this disordered world.

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 Have a look at Isaiah

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 chapter 65.

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 Isaiah chapter 65

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 verse 17.

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 Here the prophet Isaiah

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 reminds us

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 of what God

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 will do.

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 Isaiah chapter 65

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 verse 17.

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 It's a wonderful chapter

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 to read

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 as it looks forward.

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 The language

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 is just grasping for words

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 to try and picture

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 what it will be like.

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 Verse 17.

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 Behold,

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 I will create

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 new heavens

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 and a new earth,

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 the former things

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 will not be remembered

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 nor will they come to mind

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 but be glad

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 and rejoice

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 forever

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 in what

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 I will create.

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 All those

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 painful memories

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 that we relive

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 over and over again,

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 all our regrets

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 and struggles

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 caused by our

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 selfish desires,

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 all the physical

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 suffering

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 and the mental

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 torment

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 will not

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 be remembered.

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 All the violence,

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 the greed,

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 the wars,

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 the terrorism,

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 the earthquakes,

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 the hurricanes

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 that break and destroy,

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 never

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 to be experienced

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 again.

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 God's plan

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 and promise

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 to take

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 what has been

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 broken

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 and to make it

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 gloriously new

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 and to help us

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 grasp

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 even more

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 than the promise

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 of Isaiah.

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 We are given

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 this wonderful vision

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 if you turn

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 to Revelation

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 chapter 21.

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 Revelation

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 chapter 21.

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 These last

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 two chapters

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 of the Bible

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 are a fitting

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 conclusion.

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 They open

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 up a door

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 to this

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 beautiful picture

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 of what we

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 as God's

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 children

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 can look

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 forward to.

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 In a way,

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 what is

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 pictured before

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 us is like

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 an eternal

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 celebration

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 of God's

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 victory

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 over sin

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 and Satan?

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 Look at

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 Revelation

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 chapter 21

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 verse 1.

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 Then

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 I saw

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 a new

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 heaven

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 and a new

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 earth.

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 For the

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 first heaven

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 and the

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 first earth

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 had passed

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 away.

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 Just as

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 God

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 in the

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 beginning

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 created

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 the heavens

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 and the

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 earth,

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 so God

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 will create

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 new

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 heavens

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 and a

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 new

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 earth.

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 It's not

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 that God

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 is going

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 to be

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 doing up

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 this world

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 like we

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 get out

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 our tin

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 of paint

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 and repaint

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 and redo

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 our sitting

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 room.

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 No,

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 God is

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 going to

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 make this

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 world that

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 we live

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 in

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 absolutely

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 new.

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 It's like

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 God is

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 going to

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 take this

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 world in

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 his hands

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 like you

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 or I

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 would take

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 a ball

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 of Play-Doh

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 and he's

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 going to

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 shape it

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 and he's

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 going to

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 form it

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 into a

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 world that

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 is radically

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 new.

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 In some

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 ways it's

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 going to

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 be the

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 same world.

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 There's

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 going to

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 be rivers

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 and mountains

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 and seas

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 and forests

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 but it's

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 all going

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 to be

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 new.

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 And what

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 makes it

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 so new,

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 look at the

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 rest of

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 verse 1.

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 Do you

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 see what it

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 says there

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 at the end

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 of verse 1?

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 and there

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 was no

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 longer

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 any sea.

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 Sea in

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 the Bible

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 is often

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 used as

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 a metaphor

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 for chaos

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 and disorder.

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 So in

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 Isaiah 17

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 we read

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 this,

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 Oh the

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 raging of

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 many nations,

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 they rage

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 like the

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 raging sea.

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 Oh the

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 uproar of

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 the peoples,

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 they roar

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 like the

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 roaring of

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 great waters.

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 So in

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 this vision,

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 in this

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 new world,

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 it's not

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 that we

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 will have

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 no sea

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 to play

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 in or

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 that there

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 will be

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 no dolphins

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 to swim

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 with.

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 It means

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 that this

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 new world

00:13:13.980 --> 00:13:14.759
 is going

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 to be

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 new because

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 there's

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 going to

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 be no

00:13:17.080 --> 00:13:17.360
 more

00:13:17.360 --> 00:13:18.019
 destruction,

00:13:18.500 --> 00:13:19.259
 no more

00:13:19.259 --> 00:13:19.860
 chaos,

00:13:20.220 --> 00:13:20.820
 no more

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 raging.

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 Verse 5,

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 He who

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 was seated

00:13:28.039 --> 00:13:28.480
 on the

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 throne said,

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 I am

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 making

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 everything

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 new.

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 The

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 creator

00:13:34.979 --> 00:13:35.459
 God

00:13:35.459 --> 00:13:35.659
 who

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 has

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 existed

00:13:36.379 --> 00:13:36.699
 from

00:13:36.699 --> 00:13:37.339
 eternity

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 past,

00:13:39.059 --> 00:13:40.319
 who

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 spoke

00:13:40.939 --> 00:13:41.279
 this

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 universe

00:13:41.719 --> 00:13:42.219
 into

00:13:42.219 --> 00:13:42.819
 existence,

00:13:43.459 --> 00:13:43.839
 who

00:13:43.839 --> 00:13:44.339
 rules

00:13:44.339 --> 00:13:44.579
 with

00:13:44.579 --> 00:13:45.219
 absolute

00:13:45.219 --> 00:13:45.779
 power

00:13:45.779 --> 00:13:46.019
 and

00:13:46.019 --> 00:13:46.579
 supreme

00:13:46.579 --> 00:13:47.159
 authority,

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 will

00:13:47.939 --> 00:13:48.679
 one day

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 take

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 this

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 old,

00:13:50.799 --> 00:13:51.639
 decaying,

00:13:52.079 --> 00:13:52.419
 broken

00:13:52.419 --> 00:13:53.000
 world

00:13:53.000 --> 00:13:55.379
 and make

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 it new.

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 So what

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 will it be

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 like?

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 Well,

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 we are

00:14:02.259 --> 00:14:02.819
 given two

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 further

00:14:03.360 --> 00:14:04.179
 metaphors

00:14:04.179 --> 00:14:05.919
 to explain

00:14:05.919 --> 00:14:07.559
 what God's

00:14:07.559 --> 00:14:08.159
 people can

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 look forward

00:14:08.720 --> 00:14:09.059
 to.

00:14:10.000 --> 00:14:10.559
 First,

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 it will

00:14:12.559 --> 00:14:13.319
 be like

00:14:13.319 --> 00:14:14.959
 a new

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 city.

00:14:16.220 --> 00:14:16.620
 Look at

00:14:16.620 --> 00:14:17.199
 verse 2.

00:14:18.879 --> 00:14:19.659
 I saw

00:14:19.659 --> 00:14:20.279
 the holy

00:14:20.279 --> 00:14:20.759
 city,

00:14:21.639 --> 00:14:22.379
 the new

00:14:22.379 --> 00:14:22.980
 Jerusalem,

00:14:23.860 --> 00:14:24.840
 coming down

00:14:24.840 --> 00:14:25.399
 out of

00:14:25.399 --> 00:14:26.620
 heaven from

00:14:26.620 --> 00:14:27.100
 God.

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 you see

00:14:29.060 --> 00:14:29.700
 the city,

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 Jerusalem,

00:14:31.560 --> 00:14:32.060
 as we've

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 been reading

00:14:32.620 --> 00:14:33.259
 through the

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 story,

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 is the

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 place where

00:14:35.040 --> 00:14:35.879
 God's

00:14:35.879 --> 00:14:36.860
 people would

00:14:36.860 --> 00:14:37.540
 be gathered

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 and where

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 God's

00:14:38.580 --> 00:14:39.480
 people would

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 live.

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 And with

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 its huge

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 walls,

00:14:42.180 --> 00:14:42.639
 the city

00:14:42.639 --> 00:14:43.399
 provided a

00:14:43.399 --> 00:14:43.899
 place of

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 peace and

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 security and

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 provision.

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 Of course,

00:14:50.100 --> 00:14:50.680
 the story of

00:14:50.680 --> 00:14:51.279
 the Bible has

00:14:51.279 --> 00:14:51.940
 told us that

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 Jerusalem

00:14:52.500 --> 00:14:54.540
 enjoyed very

00:14:54.540 --> 00:14:55.779
 little peace.

00:14:55.779 --> 00:14:57.480
 a bit like

00:14:57.480 --> 00:14:57.899
 the great

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 cities of

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 the world

00:14:58.899 --> 00:14:59.339
 today.

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 Cities are

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 not a

00:15:01.799 --> 00:15:02.559
 safe place

00:15:02.559 --> 00:15:03.279
 to live

00:15:03.279 --> 00:15:03.500
 in.

00:15:04.139 --> 00:15:04.559
 They are

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 racially

00:15:05.120 --> 00:15:05.799
 divided,

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 socially

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 broken,

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 with the

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 constant

00:15:08.699 --> 00:15:09.459
 threat of

00:15:09.459 --> 00:15:09.980
 terror.

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 But here,

00:15:13.600 --> 00:15:14.179
 in this

00:15:14.179 --> 00:15:14.539
 vision,

00:15:15.819 --> 00:15:16.279
 is the

00:15:16.279 --> 00:15:16.980
 new city,

00:15:18.279 --> 00:15:19.819
 a holy

00:15:19.819 --> 00:15:20.759
 city,

00:15:21.720 --> 00:15:22.480
 a place

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 of purity,

00:15:23.659 --> 00:15:25.240
 peace,

00:15:25.759 --> 00:15:26.439
 prosperity,

00:15:26.919 --> 00:15:27.639
 the absence

00:15:27.639 --> 00:15:28.620
 of evil,

00:15:29.000 --> 00:15:29.759
 no one

00:15:29.759 --> 00:15:30.740
 lonely,

00:15:32.120 --> 00:15:32.899
 no one

00:15:32.899 --> 00:15:33.980
 afraid.

00:15:36.279 --> 00:15:36.959
 But then,

00:15:37.579 --> 00:15:38.360
 this city,

00:15:39.120 --> 00:15:39.919
 the image

00:15:39.919 --> 00:15:41.559
 changes into

00:15:41.559 --> 00:15:43.039
 this marriage

00:15:43.039 --> 00:15:43.860
 celebration.

00:15:44.639 --> 00:15:45.219
 This city

00:15:45.219 --> 00:15:46.219
 becomes a

00:15:46.219 --> 00:15:47.339
 great celebration

00:15:47.339 --> 00:15:48.039
 of a wedding

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 feast.

00:15:49.299 --> 00:15:49.839
 Let's read

00:15:49.839 --> 00:15:50.319
 verse 2

00:15:50.319 --> 00:15:50.620
 again.

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 I saw

00:15:51.340 --> 00:15:51.860
 the holy

00:15:51.860 --> 00:15:52.320
 city,

00:15:52.720 --> 00:15:53.240
 the new

00:15:53.240 --> 00:15:53.720
 Jerusalem,

00:15:53.940 --> 00:15:54.600
 coming down

00:15:54.600 --> 00:15:55.279
 out of heaven

00:15:55.279 --> 00:15:55.980
 from God,

00:15:56.460 --> 00:15:57.480
 prepared as

00:15:57.480 --> 00:15:58.240
 a bride,

00:15:58.639 --> 00:15:59.200
 beautifully

00:15:59.200 --> 00:15:59.980
 dressed for

00:15:59.980 --> 00:16:00.560
 her husband,

00:16:00.899 --> 00:16:01.279
 and I

00:16:01.279 --> 00:16:02.019
 heard a loud

00:16:02.019 --> 00:16:02.600
 voice from

00:16:02.600 --> 00:16:03.000
 the throne

00:16:03.000 --> 00:16:03.360
 saying,

00:16:03.740 --> 00:16:04.960
 now the

00:16:04.960 --> 00:16:05.539
 dwelling of

00:16:05.539 --> 00:16:06.379
 God is

00:16:06.379 --> 00:16:07.080
 with men,

00:16:07.519 --> 00:16:07.980
 and he

00:16:07.980 --> 00:16:08.560
 will live

00:16:08.560 --> 00:16:09.019
 with them,

00:16:09.179 --> 00:16:09.580
 and they

00:16:09.580 --> 00:16:09.980
 will be

00:16:09.980 --> 00:16:11.139
 his people,

00:16:11.399 --> 00:16:11.980
 and God

00:16:11.980 --> 00:16:13.000
 himself will

00:16:13.000 --> 00:16:13.500
 be with

00:16:13.500 --> 00:16:13.799
 them,

00:16:14.220 --> 00:16:14.860
 and be

00:16:14.860 --> 00:16:16.320
 their God.

00:16:16.320 --> 00:16:18.040
 you see,

00:16:18.120 --> 00:16:18.980
 the separation

00:16:18.980 --> 00:16:19.720
 from God

00:16:19.720 --> 00:16:20.140
 that has

00:16:20.140 --> 00:16:21.200
 cursed humanity

00:16:21.200 --> 00:16:23.260
 will finally

00:16:23.260 --> 00:16:24.580
 be over.

00:16:24.940 --> 00:16:25.920
 Just as a

00:16:25.920 --> 00:16:26.700
 wedding marks

00:16:26.700 --> 00:16:27.340
 the moving

00:16:27.340 --> 00:16:28.220
 in together

00:16:28.220 --> 00:16:28.840
 of husband

00:16:28.840 --> 00:16:29.360
 and wife,

00:16:29.780 --> 00:16:30.740
 so God

00:16:30.740 --> 00:16:31.460
 is going

00:16:31.460 --> 00:16:32.240
 to move

00:16:32.240 --> 00:16:32.920
 into the

00:16:32.920 --> 00:16:34.020
 city with

00:16:34.020 --> 00:16:35.420
 his people.

00:16:35.720 --> 00:16:36.520
 The joy

00:16:36.520 --> 00:16:36.980
 and the

00:16:36.980 --> 00:16:37.540
 intimacy

00:16:37.540 --> 00:16:38.180
 that Adam

00:16:38.180 --> 00:16:38.620
 and Eve

00:16:38.620 --> 00:16:39.240
 had at the

00:16:39.240 --> 00:16:40.000
 very beginning

00:16:40.000 --> 00:16:41.020
 will be

00:16:41.020 --> 00:16:41.600
 ours.

00:16:42.500 --> 00:16:43.020
 And when

00:16:43.020 --> 00:16:43.760
 we see

00:16:43.760 --> 00:16:44.120
 him,

00:16:44.120 --> 00:16:45.659
 we will

00:16:45.659 --> 00:16:46.480
 not hide

00:16:46.480 --> 00:16:47.179
 or run,

00:16:48.179 --> 00:16:48.720
 but we

00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:49.600
 will talk,

00:16:50.279 --> 00:16:51.440
 for all

00:16:51.440 --> 00:16:52.220
 our guilt

00:16:52.220 --> 00:16:53.080
 and shame

00:16:53.080 --> 00:16:54.379
 will be

00:16:54.379 --> 00:16:55.000
 completely

00:16:55.000 --> 00:16:55.399
 gone.

00:16:56.919 --> 00:16:57.539
 Nothing

00:16:57.539 --> 00:16:58.740
 and no

00:16:58.740 --> 00:16:59.720
 one will

00:16:59.720 --> 00:17:00.299
 be able

00:17:00.299 --> 00:17:01.220
 to separate

00:17:01.220 --> 00:17:02.259
 us from

00:17:02.259 --> 00:17:03.460
 our eternal

00:17:03.460 --> 00:17:04.400
 marriage

00:17:04.400 --> 00:17:05.380
 with God.

00:17:07.579 --> 00:17:08.660
 And as

00:17:08.660 --> 00:17:09.180
 we move

00:17:09.180 --> 00:17:09.680
 from this

00:17:09.680 --> 00:17:11.059
 great city

00:17:11.059 --> 00:17:12.220
 to a

00:17:12.220 --> 00:17:12.579
 marriage

00:17:12.579 --> 00:17:13.339
 celebration,

00:17:13.339 --> 00:17:14.419
 the

00:17:14.419 --> 00:17:15.099
 newness

00:17:15.099 --> 00:17:15.919
 of this

00:17:15.919 --> 00:17:16.299
 city

00:17:16.299 --> 00:17:17.039
 is going

00:17:17.039 --> 00:17:17.419
 to be

00:17:17.419 --> 00:17:17.819
 marked

00:17:17.819 --> 00:17:18.939
 by laughter

00:17:18.939 --> 00:17:20.959
 and no

00:17:20.959 --> 00:17:21.619
 more

00:17:21.619 --> 00:17:22.319
 tears.

00:17:22.740 --> 00:17:23.159
 Look at

00:17:23.159 --> 00:17:23.839
 verse 4.

00:17:25.980 --> 00:17:26.359
 He

00:17:26.359 --> 00:17:27.079
 that is

00:17:27.079 --> 00:17:27.519
 God

00:17:27.519 --> 00:17:29.259
 will wipe

00:17:29.259 --> 00:17:30.879
 every tear

00:17:30.879 --> 00:17:32.019
 from their

00:17:32.019 --> 00:17:32.579
 eyes

00:17:32.579 --> 00:17:35.539
 and there

00:17:35.539 --> 00:17:35.980
 will be

00:17:35.980 --> 00:17:36.559
 no more

00:17:36.559 --> 00:17:37.079
 death

00:17:37.079 --> 00:17:39.240
 or mourning

00:17:39.240 --> 00:17:41.399
 or crying

00:17:41.400 --> 00:17:44.120
 or pain

00:17:44.120 --> 00:17:46.620
 for the

00:17:46.620 --> 00:17:47.180
 old order

00:17:47.180 --> 00:17:47.840
 of things

00:17:47.840 --> 00:17:48.800
 has passed

00:17:48.800 --> 00:17:49.180
 away.

00:17:50.380 --> 00:17:51.060
 Can you

00:17:51.060 --> 00:17:51.780
 picture that

00:17:51.780 --> 00:17:52.160
 city?

00:17:53.440 --> 00:17:54.220
 In this

00:17:54.220 --> 00:17:54.740
 city there

00:17:54.740 --> 00:17:55.200
 will be no

00:17:55.200 --> 00:17:55.980
 more hospitals

00:17:55.980 --> 00:17:57.320
 for the

00:17:57.320 --> 00:17:58.120
 blind will

00:17:58.120 --> 00:17:58.519
 see

00:17:58.519 --> 00:17:59.780
 and the

00:17:59.780 --> 00:18:00.080
 deaf

00:18:00.080 --> 00:18:00.740
 will hear.

00:18:02.040 --> 00:18:02.880
 No need

00:18:02.880 --> 00:18:03.900
 of wheelchairs

00:18:03.900 --> 00:18:04.380
 for the

00:18:04.380 --> 00:18:04.880
 lame will

00:18:04.880 --> 00:18:05.540
 run and the

00:18:05.540 --> 00:18:06.019
 sick will

00:18:06.019 --> 00:18:06.940
 dance with

00:18:06.940 --> 00:18:07.360
 joy.

00:18:07.359 --> 00:18:09.000
 in this

00:18:09.000 --> 00:18:09.559
 city there

00:18:09.559 --> 00:18:10.119
 will be no

00:18:10.119 --> 00:18:11.299
 more goodbyes,

00:18:12.039 --> 00:18:12.559
 no more

00:18:12.559 --> 00:18:13.359
 funerals,

00:18:14.139 --> 00:18:15.259
 no memorials

00:18:15.259 --> 00:18:15.859
 to attend,

00:18:16.619 --> 00:18:17.339
 no more

00:18:17.339 --> 00:18:18.339
 sad memories,

00:18:18.859 --> 00:18:19.279
 no more

00:18:19.279 --> 00:18:20.159
 heartache for

00:18:20.159 --> 00:18:20.899
 loved ones.

00:18:22.079 --> 00:18:23.019
 In this

00:18:23.019 --> 00:18:24.279
 city where

00:18:24.279 --> 00:18:25.119
 minds have

00:18:25.119 --> 00:18:25.879
 been broken,

00:18:26.919 --> 00:18:27.679
 suffering,

00:18:28.319 --> 00:18:29.399
 inexpressible

00:18:29.399 --> 00:18:30.119
 torture,

00:18:30.579 --> 00:18:31.359
 their minds

00:18:31.359 --> 00:18:32.079
 will be set

00:18:32.079 --> 00:18:32.959
 free to

00:18:32.959 --> 00:18:33.839
 write and

00:18:33.839 --> 00:18:34.579
 dream and

00:18:34.579 --> 00:18:35.399
 paint and

00:18:35.399 --> 00:18:35.879
 play.

00:18:35.880 --> 00:18:38.300
 can you

00:18:38.300 --> 00:18:38.820
 see that

00:18:38.820 --> 00:18:39.180
 city?

00:18:40.440 --> 00:18:40.980
 How can

00:18:40.980 --> 00:18:41.540
 we be so

00:18:41.540 --> 00:18:42.100
 sure?

00:18:43.480 --> 00:18:44.020
 Look at

00:18:44.020 --> 00:18:44.460
 the end of

00:18:44.460 --> 00:18:45.060
 verse 4.

00:18:46.120 --> 00:18:46.440
 For the

00:18:46.440 --> 00:18:47.780
 old order

00:18:47.780 --> 00:18:48.640
 of things

00:18:48.640 --> 00:18:50.820
 has passed

00:18:50.820 --> 00:18:51.240
 away.

00:18:52.640 --> 00:18:52.920
 The

00:18:52.920 --> 00:18:53.860
 sufferings

00:18:53.860 --> 00:18:54.300
 of this

00:18:54.300 --> 00:18:54.760
 life,

00:18:55.980 --> 00:18:56.920
 the tears

00:18:56.920 --> 00:18:57.640
 of pain

00:18:57.640 --> 00:18:58.040
 that we

00:18:58.040 --> 00:18:58.560
 face,

00:18:59.640 --> 00:19:00.840
 the agonies,

00:19:01.600 --> 00:19:02.460
 the internal

00:19:02.460 --> 00:19:03.120
 struggles

00:19:03.120 --> 00:19:05.420
 will all

00:19:05.420 --> 00:19:05.960
 be gone,

00:19:07.440 --> 00:19:08.220
 never to

00:19:08.220 --> 00:19:08.880
 be remembered

00:19:08.880 --> 00:19:10.800
 forever.

00:19:13.360 --> 00:19:14.380
 So we

00:19:14.380 --> 00:19:14.740
 are given

00:19:14.740 --> 00:19:15.300
 a picture

00:19:15.300 --> 00:19:16.900
 of a new

00:19:16.900 --> 00:19:17.300
 city.

00:19:18.500 --> 00:19:19.500
 The second

00:19:19.500 --> 00:19:20.279
 great picture

00:19:20.279 --> 00:19:20.900
 we are given

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 is it's

00:19:21.960 --> 00:19:22.440
 going to be

00:19:22.440 --> 00:19:23.440
 like a new

00:19:23.440 --> 00:19:24.200
 garden.

00:19:25.180 --> 00:19:25.700
 Have a look

00:19:25.700 --> 00:19:26.340
 at Revelation

00:19:26.340 --> 00:19:27.680
 chapter 22.

00:19:30.680 --> 00:19:31.400
 Revelation

00:19:31.400 --> 00:19:32.600
 chapter 22

00:19:32.599 --> 00:19:33.599
 chapter 22.

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 And verse

00:19:34.579 --> 00:19:34.959
 1.

00:19:41.339 --> 00:19:42.279
 Then the

00:19:42.279 --> 00:19:43.259
 angel showed

00:19:43.259 --> 00:19:43.679
 me the

00:19:43.679 --> 00:19:45.059
 river of

00:19:45.059 --> 00:19:45.740
 the water

00:19:45.740 --> 00:19:46.419
 of life,

00:19:46.939 --> 00:19:48.019
 as clear

00:19:48.019 --> 00:19:48.740
 as crystal,

00:19:49.199 --> 00:19:50.159
 flowing from

00:19:50.159 --> 00:19:50.719
 the throne

00:19:50.719 --> 00:19:51.259
 of God

00:19:51.259 --> 00:19:51.599
 and of

00:19:51.599 --> 00:19:51.980
 the Lamb

00:19:51.980 --> 00:19:53.199
 down the

00:19:53.199 --> 00:19:53.779
 middle of

00:19:53.779 --> 00:19:54.279
 the great

00:19:54.279 --> 00:19:54.980
 street of

00:19:54.980 --> 00:19:55.500
 the city.

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 On each

00:19:57.980 --> 00:19:58.660
 side of

00:19:58.660 --> 00:19:59.059
 the river

00:19:59.059 --> 00:19:59.680
 stood the

00:19:59.680 --> 00:20:00.220
 tree of

00:20:00.220 --> 00:20:00.660
 life,

00:20:01.619 --> 00:20:01.940
 bearing

00:20:01.940 --> 00:20:02.500
 twelve

00:20:02.500 --> 00:20:03.220
 crops of

00:20:03.220 --> 00:20:03.500
 fruit,

00:20:03.900 --> 00:20:04.420
 yielding

00:20:04.420 --> 00:20:05.240
 his fruits

00:20:05.240 --> 00:20:05.940
 every

00:20:05.940 --> 00:20:06.480
 month,

00:20:07.480 --> 00:20:08.000
 and the

00:20:08.000 --> 00:20:08.599
 leaves of

00:20:08.599 --> 00:20:09.119
 the tree

00:20:09.119 --> 00:20:09.420
 are for

00:20:09.420 --> 00:20:10.000
 the healing

00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:11.279
 of the

00:20:11.279 --> 00:20:11.700
 nations.

00:20:13.700 --> 00:20:14.480
 Do you

00:20:14.480 --> 00:20:14.900
 see that

00:20:14.900 --> 00:20:15.319
 picture?

00:20:16.079 --> 00:20:16.700
 It's an

00:20:16.700 --> 00:20:18.059
 echo of

00:20:18.059 --> 00:20:18.539
 the Garden

00:20:18.539 --> 00:20:19.039
 of Eden.

00:20:20.240 --> 00:20:20.700
 Do you

00:20:20.700 --> 00:20:21.400
 remember how

00:20:21.400 --> 00:20:22.400
 God made

00:20:22.400 --> 00:20:23.019
 a garden

00:20:23.019 --> 00:20:23.720
 for Adam

00:20:23.720 --> 00:20:24.360
 and Eve,

00:20:24.860 --> 00:20:25.680
 right back

00:20:25.680 --> 00:20:25.960
 at the

00:20:25.960 --> 00:20:26.339
 beginning?

00:20:27.319 --> 00:20:27.900
 Let me

00:20:27.900 --> 00:20:28.920
 remind us

00:20:28.920 --> 00:20:30.180
 of that

00:20:30.180 --> 00:20:30.980
 garden again

00:20:30.980 --> 00:20:32.880
 and listen

00:20:32.880 --> 00:20:33.579
 out for the

00:20:33.579 --> 00:20:34.279
 similarities.

00:20:35.339 --> 00:20:35.740
 Now the

00:20:35.740 --> 00:20:36.279
 Lord God

00:20:36.279 --> 00:20:36.799
 had planted

00:20:36.799 --> 00:20:37.259
 a garden

00:20:37.259 --> 00:20:37.620
 in the

00:20:37.620 --> 00:20:38.140
 east in

00:20:38.140 --> 00:20:38.380
 Eden,

00:20:38.700 --> 00:20:39.160
 and there

00:20:39.160 --> 00:20:39.500
 he put

00:20:39.500 --> 00:20:39.920
 the man

00:20:39.920 --> 00:20:40.200
 he had

00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:40.539
 formed,

00:20:40.640 --> 00:20:40.860
 and the

00:20:40.860 --> 00:20:41.420
 Lord God

00:20:41.420 --> 00:20:41.900
 made all

00:20:41.900 --> 00:20:42.500
 kinds of

00:20:42.500 --> 00:20:43.259
 trees to

00:20:43.259 --> 00:20:43.880
 grow out

00:20:43.880 --> 00:20:44.180
 to the

00:20:44.180 --> 00:20:44.539
 ground,

00:20:44.900 --> 00:20:45.420
 trees that

00:20:45.420 --> 00:20:46.019
 were pleasing

00:20:46.019 --> 00:20:46.700
 to the eye

00:20:46.700 --> 00:20:47.120
 and good

00:20:47.120 --> 00:20:47.779
 for food.

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 And in

00:20:49.900 --> 00:20:50.279
 the middle

00:20:50.279 --> 00:20:50.600
 of the

00:20:50.600 --> 00:20:50.960
 garden

00:20:50.960 --> 00:20:52.839
 were the

00:20:52.839 --> 00:20:53.319
 tree of

00:20:53.319 --> 00:20:53.779
 life,

00:20:54.859 --> 00:20:55.500
 and the

00:20:55.500 --> 00:20:55.879
 tree of

00:20:55.879 --> 00:20:56.279
 knowledge

00:20:56.279 --> 00:20:56.659
 of good

00:20:56.659 --> 00:20:57.099
 and evil,

00:20:58.240 --> 00:20:58.679
 and a

00:20:58.679 --> 00:20:59.579
 river watering

00:20:59.579 --> 00:21:00.339
 the garden

00:21:00.339 --> 00:21:01.839
 flowed

00:21:01.839 --> 00:21:03.419
 from Eden.

00:21:07.919 --> 00:21:08.599
 Now,

00:21:09.099 --> 00:21:10.259
 in Revelation,

00:21:11.099 --> 00:21:12.099
 we have this

00:21:12.099 --> 00:21:12.899
 picture of

00:21:12.899 --> 00:21:13.939
 this new

00:21:13.939 --> 00:21:14.359
 garden,

00:21:15.039 --> 00:21:15.659
 if you like,

00:21:15.740 --> 00:21:16.379
 the new

00:21:16.379 --> 00:21:16.980
 Eden,

00:21:17.339 --> 00:21:17.959
 from the

00:21:17.959 --> 00:21:18.559
 throne of

00:21:18.559 --> 00:21:18.919
 God,

00:21:18.919 --> 00:21:19.779
 who is the

00:21:19.779 --> 00:21:20.899
 source of

00:21:20.899 --> 00:21:22.319
 all life,

00:21:22.319 --> 00:21:23.220
 a river,

00:21:23.939 --> 00:21:24.919
 the water

00:21:24.919 --> 00:21:25.559
 of life,

00:21:25.879 --> 00:21:27.059
 flows down

00:21:27.059 --> 00:21:28.299
 from the

00:21:28.299 --> 00:21:28.899
 garden and

00:21:28.899 --> 00:21:29.599
 through into

00:21:29.599 --> 00:21:30.159
 the city,

00:21:30.700 --> 00:21:31.539
 nourishing and

00:21:31.539 --> 00:21:32.659
 sustaining and

00:21:32.659 --> 00:21:33.359
 providing.

00:21:35.779 --> 00:21:36.220
 But what

00:21:36.220 --> 00:21:36.779
 else do we

00:21:36.779 --> 00:21:37.359
 see in this

00:21:37.359 --> 00:21:37.619
 garden?

00:21:37.720 --> 00:21:38.079
 It's not

00:21:38.079 --> 00:21:38.519
 just the

00:21:38.519 --> 00:21:39.119
 water of

00:21:39.119 --> 00:21:39.480
 life,

00:21:40.159 --> 00:21:41.299
 but we

00:21:41.299 --> 00:21:41.819
 see on

00:21:41.819 --> 00:21:42.439
 each side

00:21:42.439 --> 00:21:42.700
 of the

00:21:42.700 --> 00:21:44.200
 river stood

00:21:44.200 --> 00:21:45.539
 the tree

00:21:45.539 --> 00:21:46.759
 of life.

00:21:48.439 --> 00:21:48.700
 Do you

00:21:48.700 --> 00:21:49.319
 remember when

00:21:49.319 --> 00:21:49.759
 Adam and

00:21:49.759 --> 00:21:50.419
 Eve rebelled

00:21:50.420 --> 00:21:51.200
 against God?

00:21:52.200 --> 00:21:52.820
 Remember what

00:21:52.820 --> 00:21:53.240
 happened?

00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:54.680
 They were

00:21:54.680 --> 00:21:55.539
 removed from

00:21:55.539 --> 00:21:56.060
 the garden

00:21:56.060 --> 00:21:57.500
 and they

00:21:57.500 --> 00:21:57.840
 were not

00:21:57.840 --> 00:21:58.779
 allowed access

00:21:58.779 --> 00:22:00.240
 to the

00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:01.240
 tree of

00:22:01.240 --> 00:22:01.680
 life.

00:22:02.779 --> 00:22:03.580
 Listen again

00:22:03.580 --> 00:22:04.380
 to what God

00:22:04.380 --> 00:22:06.080
 said to

00:22:06.080 --> 00:22:06.580
 Adam and

00:22:06.580 --> 00:22:07.980
 Eve when

00:22:07.980 --> 00:22:08.720
 they rebelled.

00:22:09.980 --> 00:22:10.740
 And the

00:22:10.740 --> 00:22:11.320
 Lord God

00:22:11.320 --> 00:22:11.800
 said,

00:22:12.800 --> 00:22:13.580
 the man

00:22:13.580 --> 00:22:14.019
 has now

00:22:14.019 --> 00:22:14.700
 become like

00:22:14.700 --> 00:22:15.340
 one of us,

00:22:15.440 --> 00:22:15.920
 knowing good

00:22:15.920 --> 00:22:16.320
 and evil.

00:22:16.660 --> 00:22:17.259
 He must

00:22:17.259 --> 00:22:17.980
 not be

00:22:17.980 --> 00:22:18.620
 allowed to

00:22:18.620 --> 00:22:19.180
 reach out

00:22:19.180 --> 00:22:19.740
 his hand

00:22:19.740 --> 00:22:20.259
 and take

00:22:20.259 --> 00:22:21.320
 also from

00:22:21.320 --> 00:22:21.840
 the tree

00:22:21.840 --> 00:22:22.460
 of life

00:22:22.460 --> 00:22:22.980
 and eat

00:22:22.980 --> 00:22:23.820
 and live

00:22:23.820 --> 00:22:24.539
 forever.

00:22:25.700 --> 00:22:26.220
 So the

00:22:26.220 --> 00:22:26.840
 Lord God

00:22:26.840 --> 00:22:27.759
 banished him

00:22:27.759 --> 00:22:28.200
 from the

00:22:28.200 --> 00:22:28.799
 garden of

00:22:28.799 --> 00:22:29.060
 Eden.

00:22:30.259 --> 00:22:30.960
 And after

00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:31.519
 he drove

00:22:31.519 --> 00:22:31.960
 the man

00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:32.220
 out,

00:22:32.380 --> 00:22:33.039
 he placed

00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:33.380
 on the

00:22:33.380 --> 00:22:33.940
 east side

00:22:33.940 --> 00:22:34.220
 of the

00:22:34.220 --> 00:22:34.700
 garden of

00:22:34.700 --> 00:22:34.940
 Eden

00:22:34.940 --> 00:22:35.660
 cherubim

00:22:35.660 --> 00:22:36.820
 and a

00:22:36.820 --> 00:22:37.820
 flaming sword

00:22:37.820 --> 00:22:39.220
 flashing back

00:22:39.220 --> 00:22:39.799
 and forth

00:22:39.799 --> 00:22:40.720
 to guard

00:22:40.720 --> 00:22:41.340
 the way

00:22:41.340 --> 00:22:42.140
 to the

00:22:42.140 --> 00:22:42.580
 tree

00:22:42.580 --> 00:22:44.000
 of life.

00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:46.980
 But now

00:22:46.980 --> 00:22:47.500
 in this

00:22:47.500 --> 00:22:48.440
 new vision,

00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:50.059
 in this

00:22:50.059 --> 00:22:50.880
 new garden,

00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:53.160
 we have

00:22:53.160 --> 00:22:55.059
 access to

00:22:55.059 --> 00:22:55.740
 the tree

00:22:55.740 --> 00:22:56.980
 of life.

00:22:57.680 --> 00:22:58.180
 A tree

00:22:58.180 --> 00:22:59.019
 of endless

00:22:59.019 --> 00:22:59.759
 provision,

00:23:00.160 --> 00:23:00.539
 a tree

00:23:00.539 --> 00:23:01.299
 of healing

00:23:01.299 --> 00:23:02.059
 for the

00:23:02.059 --> 00:23:02.460
 nations.

00:23:03.319 --> 00:23:03.799
 And what

00:23:03.799 --> 00:23:04.440
 makes this

00:23:04.440 --> 00:23:05.180
 garden so

00:23:05.180 --> 00:23:06.079
 utterly new?

00:23:06.339 --> 00:23:06.720
 Look at

00:23:06.720 --> 00:23:07.380
 verse 3.

00:23:09.140 --> 00:23:10.119
 No longer

00:23:10.119 --> 00:23:10.660
 will there

00:23:10.660 --> 00:23:11.940
 be any

00:23:11.940 --> 00:23:13.000
 curse.

00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:13.119
 curse.

00:23:14.559 --> 00:23:15.079
 The

00:23:15.079 --> 00:23:16.420
 history of

00:23:16.420 --> 00:23:17.119
 this world

00:23:17.119 --> 00:23:17.799
 is one

00:23:17.799 --> 00:23:18.960
 long story

00:23:18.960 --> 00:23:19.900
 of disorder,

00:23:20.380 --> 00:23:21.319
 disease and

00:23:21.319 --> 00:23:22.019
 decay and

00:23:22.019 --> 00:23:22.619
 ultimately

00:23:22.619 --> 00:23:23.059
 death.

00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:23.680
 It's a

00:23:23.680 --> 00:23:24.359
 story of

00:23:24.359 --> 00:23:25.200
 conflict and

00:23:25.200 --> 00:23:26.220
 evil as we

00:23:26.220 --> 00:23:26.720
 too have

00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:27.680
 rejected God

00:23:27.680 --> 00:23:28.200
 and listened

00:23:28.200 --> 00:23:28.920
 to the lies

00:23:28.920 --> 00:23:29.480
 of Satan.

00:23:29.819 --> 00:23:30.440
 But in the

00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:31.160
 new garden,

00:23:31.539 --> 00:23:32.160
 the curse

00:23:32.160 --> 00:23:33.700
 is gone.

00:23:35.700 --> 00:23:36.579
 No more

00:23:36.579 --> 00:23:37.900
 temptations.

00:23:39.220 --> 00:23:40.160
 No more

00:23:40.160 --> 00:23:40.980
 sin.

00:23:40.980 --> 00:23:43.620
 failure.

00:23:44.660 --> 00:23:45.140
 Satan

00:23:45.140 --> 00:23:47.019
 banished.

00:23:48.299 --> 00:23:49.220
 Where once

00:23:49.220 --> 00:23:50.220
 death reigned,

00:23:51.200 --> 00:23:51.620
 there is

00:23:51.620 --> 00:23:52.279
 now life

00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:53.860
 in all

00:23:53.860 --> 00:23:54.400
 its fullness.

00:23:57.720 --> 00:23:58.860
 But even

00:23:58.860 --> 00:23:59.420
 greater,

00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:01.680
 even greater

00:24:01.680 --> 00:24:02.339
 than a new

00:24:02.339 --> 00:24:03.420
 garden and

00:24:03.420 --> 00:24:03.900
 no more

00:24:03.900 --> 00:24:04.460
 curse,

00:24:05.480 --> 00:24:06.380
 what makes

00:24:06.380 --> 00:24:07.120
 this garden

00:24:07.120 --> 00:24:07.980
 so spectacular

00:24:07.980 --> 00:24:10.720
 spectacular is

00:24:10.720 --> 00:24:11.319
 the one who

00:24:11.319 --> 00:24:12.000
 is walking

00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:13.200
 in the

00:24:13.200 --> 00:24:13.539
 garden.

00:24:14.660 --> 00:24:15.059
 Look at

00:24:15.059 --> 00:24:15.660
 verse 4.

00:24:17.579 --> 00:24:18.000
 They,

00:24:18.380 --> 00:24:19.180
 the people

00:24:19.180 --> 00:24:19.720
 of God,

00:24:20.880 --> 00:24:21.839
 will see

00:24:21.839 --> 00:24:23.980
 his face

00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:27.259
 and his

00:24:27.259 --> 00:24:28.980
 name will

00:24:28.980 --> 00:24:29.539
 be on their

00:24:29.539 --> 00:24:30.200
 foreheads.

00:24:30.200 --> 00:24:31.000
 The children

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:31.620
 of God

00:24:31.620 --> 00:24:34.299
 will see

00:24:34.299 --> 00:24:35.360
 God.

00:24:35.359 --> 00:24:38.379
 time and

00:24:38.379 --> 00:24:39.179
 time again

00:24:39.179 --> 00:24:39.679
 through the

00:24:39.679 --> 00:24:40.299
 story of

00:24:40.299 --> 00:24:40.799
 the Bible,

00:24:41.359 --> 00:24:41.919
 we've been

00:24:41.919 --> 00:24:42.839
 reminded of

00:24:42.839 --> 00:24:43.779
 the seriousness

00:24:43.779 --> 00:24:44.339
 of our

00:24:44.339 --> 00:24:44.659
 sin.

00:24:45.599 --> 00:24:46.399
 Because of

00:24:46.399 --> 00:24:46.819
 our sin,

00:24:46.919 --> 00:24:47.519
 we cannot

00:24:47.519 --> 00:24:48.919
 see God.

00:24:49.799 --> 00:24:50.919
 The unholy

00:24:50.919 --> 00:24:51.719
 cannot be

00:24:51.719 --> 00:24:52.159
 with the

00:24:52.159 --> 00:24:52.459
 holy.

00:24:53.119 --> 00:24:53.639
 What is

00:24:53.639 --> 00:24:54.500
 unclean

00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:55.279
 cannot be

00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:55.839
 with that

00:24:55.839 --> 00:24:56.339
 which is

00:24:56.339 --> 00:24:56.819
 pure.

00:24:57.959 --> 00:24:58.399
 Yes,

00:24:58.459 --> 00:24:58.919
 of course,

00:24:59.019 --> 00:24:59.359
 through our

00:24:59.359 --> 00:24:59.859
 faith in

00:24:59.859 --> 00:25:00.179
 Christ,

00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:00.859
 we can be

00:25:00.859 --> 00:25:01.259
 forgiven

00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:02.179
 today and

00:25:02.179 --> 00:25:02.519
 we can

00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:03.059
 talk with

00:25:03.059 --> 00:25:03.500
 God as

00:25:03.500 --> 00:25:03.959
 our Father,

00:25:03.960 --> 00:25:04.740
 but we

00:25:04.740 --> 00:25:05.620
 cannot see

00:25:05.620 --> 00:25:06.120
 him in

00:25:06.120 --> 00:25:06.579
 person.

00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:08.539
 We cannot

00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:09.680
 be with

00:25:09.680 --> 00:25:10.039
 him.

00:25:12.079 --> 00:25:12.920
 But in

00:25:12.920 --> 00:25:13.259
 the new

00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:13.600
 garden,

00:25:14.880 --> 00:25:15.640
 we will

00:25:15.640 --> 00:25:16.680
 see our

00:25:16.680 --> 00:25:17.759
 creator God

00:25:17.759 --> 00:25:19.480
 face to

00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:19.940
 face.

00:25:21.400 --> 00:25:22.460
 Every trace

00:25:22.460 --> 00:25:23.079
 of sin

00:25:23.079 --> 00:25:24.420
 gone.

00:25:25.840 --> 00:25:27.100
 Every sinful

00:25:27.100 --> 00:25:27.819
 desire

00:25:27.819 --> 00:25:29.200
 banished.

00:25:30.360 --> 00:25:31.140
 We will

00:25:31.140 --> 00:25:31.900
 see God.

00:25:31.900 --> 00:25:33.140
 we will

00:25:33.140 --> 00:25:33.680
 be with

00:25:33.680 --> 00:25:34.440
 God in

00:25:34.440 --> 00:25:35.060
 person.

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 For we

00:25:36.480 --> 00:25:37.900
 too will

00:25:37.900 --> 00:25:38.740
 be utterly

00:25:38.740 --> 00:25:41.160
 pure and

00:25:41.160 --> 00:25:41.540
 holy.

00:25:42.800 --> 00:25:43.640
 This is

00:25:43.640 --> 00:25:44.380
 the new

00:25:44.380 --> 00:25:45.120
 garden.

00:25:45.900 --> 00:25:46.400
 The

00:25:46.400 --> 00:25:47.120
 garden of

00:25:47.120 --> 00:25:47.700
 pure

00:25:47.700 --> 00:25:50.700
 delight for

00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:51.200
 all

00:25:51.200 --> 00:25:51.780
 eternity.

00:25:51.779 --> 00:25:55.980
 can you

00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:57.539
 grasp this

00:25:57.539 --> 00:25:58.079
 vision?

00:26:00.779 --> 00:26:01.680
 The new

00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:02.259
 city and

00:26:02.259 --> 00:26:02.639
 the new

00:26:02.639 --> 00:26:04.460
 garden and

00:26:04.460 --> 00:26:05.079
 all that is

00:26:05.079 --> 00:26:05.660
 to come.

00:26:07.359 --> 00:26:08.079
 But how

00:26:08.079 --> 00:26:08.680
 can we be

00:26:08.680 --> 00:26:10.059
 sure this

00:26:10.059 --> 00:26:10.720
 is ours?

00:26:11.379 --> 00:26:12.079
 How do

00:26:12.079 --> 00:26:12.779
 you,

00:26:13.660 --> 00:26:14.259
 how do

00:26:14.259 --> 00:26:15.819
 I get

00:26:15.819 --> 00:26:16.660
 into this

00:26:16.660 --> 00:26:17.980
 garden city?

00:26:17.980 --> 00:26:19.819
 how can

00:26:19.819 --> 00:26:20.460
 we make

00:26:20.460 --> 00:26:21.059
 sure this

00:26:21.059 --> 00:26:21.460
 is going

00:26:21.460 --> 00:26:21.819
 to be

00:26:21.819 --> 00:26:22.140
 our

00:26:22.140 --> 00:26:23.079
 experience?

00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:25.059
 Well,

00:26:25.120 --> 00:26:25.440
 the risen

00:26:25.440 --> 00:26:26.160
 Jesus goes

00:26:26.160 --> 00:26:26.519
 on to

00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:26.960
 tell us,

00:26:27.160 --> 00:26:27.519
 look at

00:26:27.519 --> 00:26:28.400
 chapter 22

00:26:28.400 --> 00:26:29.960
 verse 14.

00:26:34.299 --> 00:26:34.860
 Blessed

00:26:34.860 --> 00:26:36.299
 are those

00:26:36.299 --> 00:26:37.140
 who wash

00:26:37.140 --> 00:26:38.400
 their robes

00:26:38.400 --> 00:26:40.599
 that they

00:26:40.599 --> 00:26:42.220
 may have

00:26:42.220 --> 00:26:42.819
 the rights

00:26:42.819 --> 00:26:43.220
 to the

00:26:43.220 --> 00:26:43.759
 tree of

00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:44.180
 life

00:26:44.180 --> 00:26:45.900
 and may

00:26:45.900 --> 00:26:46.320
 go through

00:26:46.320 --> 00:26:46.980
 the gates

00:26:46.980 --> 00:26:48.380
 into the

00:26:48.380 --> 00:26:48.700
 city.

00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:50.900
 Can you

00:26:50.900 --> 00:26:51.240
 see?

00:26:52.360 --> 00:26:52.860
 Access

00:26:52.860 --> 00:26:54.140
 is given

00:26:54.140 --> 00:26:54.920
 to those

00:26:54.920 --> 00:26:55.299
 who have

00:26:55.299 --> 00:26:55.759
 washed

00:26:55.759 --> 00:26:57.180
 their robes.

00:26:57.420 --> 00:26:57.820
 Again,

00:26:57.940 --> 00:26:58.360
 it's this

00:26:58.360 --> 00:26:59.779
 picture language

00:26:59.779 --> 00:27:00.440
 describing

00:27:00.440 --> 00:27:01.660
 all those

00:27:01.660 --> 00:27:02.340
 who have

00:27:02.340 --> 00:27:03.019
 come to

00:27:03.019 --> 00:27:03.620
 Jesus,

00:27:04.039 --> 00:27:04.600
 repented

00:27:04.600 --> 00:27:05.039
 of their

00:27:05.039 --> 00:27:05.360
 sin,

00:27:05.660 --> 00:27:06.000
 and are

00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:06.880
 trusting in

00:27:06.880 --> 00:27:07.299
 him for

00:27:07.299 --> 00:27:07.900
 the forgiveness

00:27:07.900 --> 00:27:08.620
 of all

00:27:08.620 --> 00:27:08.940
 of their

00:27:08.940 --> 00:27:09.220
 sin,

00:27:09.660 --> 00:27:10.200
 submitting

00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:10.860
 to him.

00:27:14.180 --> 00:27:15.259
 You see,

00:27:15.340 --> 00:27:15.799
 it's sin

00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:16.299
 that makes

00:27:16.299 --> 00:27:17.299
 us unclean.

00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:19.960
 It's our

00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:20.400
 rebellion

00:27:20.400 --> 00:27:21.220
 against God

00:27:21.220 --> 00:27:21.700
 that makes

00:27:21.700 --> 00:27:22.880
 us unacceptable.

00:27:23.720 --> 00:27:24.700
 It separates

00:27:24.700 --> 00:27:25.779
 us from God

00:27:25.779 --> 00:27:26.360
 and from his

00:27:26.360 --> 00:27:27.080
 new heaven

00:27:27.080 --> 00:27:27.820
 and his

00:27:27.820 --> 00:27:28.580
 new earth.

00:27:31.820 --> 00:27:32.500
 If

00:27:32.500 --> 00:27:33.660
 unrepentant,

00:27:33.799 --> 00:27:34.279
 rebellious

00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:35.240
 sinners were

00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:36.039
 allowed into

00:27:36.039 --> 00:27:37.140
 this garden

00:27:37.140 --> 00:27:37.680
 city,

00:27:37.920 --> 00:27:38.400
 then we

00:27:38.400 --> 00:27:38.840
 would only

00:27:38.840 --> 00:27:39.480
 do what

00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:39.960
 Adam and

00:27:39.960 --> 00:27:40.480
 Eve did,

00:27:40.640 --> 00:27:41.019
 and it

00:27:41.019 --> 00:27:41.400
 would just

00:27:41.400 --> 00:27:42.420
 go into

00:27:42.420 --> 00:27:43.799
 chaos once

00:27:43.799 --> 00:27:44.180
 again.

00:27:46.559 --> 00:27:47.339
 But God

00:27:47.339 --> 00:27:47.720
 will not

00:27:47.720 --> 00:27:48.399
 allow that.

00:27:49.680 --> 00:27:50.180
 Look at

00:27:50.180 --> 00:27:50.919
 verse 15.

00:27:54.419 --> 00:27:55.059
 Outside,

00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:58.299
 outside

00:27:58.299 --> 00:28:00.339
 of this

00:28:00.339 --> 00:28:00.720
 garden

00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:01.220
 city

00:28:01.220 --> 00:28:03.779
 are the

00:28:03.779 --> 00:28:04.259
 dogs.

00:28:06.599 --> 00:28:07.220
 Those

00:28:07.220 --> 00:28:07.839
 who have

00:28:07.839 --> 00:28:08.659
 been

00:28:08.659 --> 00:28:09.460
 intent

00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:11.440
 on

00:28:11.440 --> 00:28:11.899
 turning

00:28:11.899 --> 00:28:12.339
 against

00:28:12.339 --> 00:28:12.720
 God,

00:28:12.859 --> 00:28:13.319
 rejecting

00:28:13.319 --> 00:28:13.659
 him,

00:28:13.660 --> 00:28:14.220
 refusing

00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:14.620
 him.

00:28:15.580 --> 00:28:16.100
 Those

00:28:16.100 --> 00:28:16.300
 who

00:28:16.300 --> 00:28:16.880
 practice

00:28:16.880 --> 00:28:17.779
 magic

00:28:17.779 --> 00:28:18.320
 arts,

00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:19.720
 who look

00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:20.300
 to other

00:28:20.300 --> 00:28:21.019
 things and

00:28:21.019 --> 00:28:21.680
 other people.

00:28:22.660 --> 00:28:23.320
 The sexually

00:28:23.320 --> 00:28:23.800
 immoral,

00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:24.259
 those who

00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:25.060
 live purely

00:28:25.060 --> 00:28:25.920
 for their

00:28:25.920 --> 00:28:27.060
 fulfillment of

00:28:27.060 --> 00:28:27.600
 their own

00:28:27.600 --> 00:28:28.140
 desires.

00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:29.019
 The murderers,

00:28:29.080 --> 00:28:29.420
 those who

00:28:29.420 --> 00:28:29.960
 are intent

00:28:29.960 --> 00:28:30.779
 of doing

00:28:30.779 --> 00:28:31.400
 whatever they

00:28:31.400 --> 00:28:31.700
 like,

00:28:31.779 --> 00:28:32.160
 no matter

00:28:32.160 --> 00:28:32.820
 the cost.

00:28:34.120 --> 00:28:34.759
 The

00:28:34.759 --> 00:28:35.440
 idolaters,

00:28:36.440 --> 00:28:37.480
 those who

00:28:37.480 --> 00:28:38.400
 place themselves

00:28:38.400 --> 00:28:39.180
 love,

00:28:39.180 --> 00:28:39.840
 those who

00:28:39.840 --> 00:28:40.540
 love,

00:28:40.540 --> 00:28:41.060
 and

00:28:41.060 --> 00:28:41.740
 everyone who

00:28:41.740 --> 00:28:42.400
 loves and

00:28:42.400 --> 00:28:42.960
 practices

00:28:42.960 --> 00:28:43.800
 falsehood.

00:28:46.640 --> 00:28:47.620
 These are the

00:28:47.620 --> 00:28:48.720
 unrepentant,

00:28:49.360 --> 00:28:51.320
 those who do

00:28:51.320 --> 00:28:51.840
 not love

00:28:51.840 --> 00:28:52.740
 Jesus and do

00:28:52.740 --> 00:28:53.640
 not submit to

00:28:53.640 --> 00:28:54.380
 his authority.

00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:57.200
 There is no

00:28:57.200 --> 00:28:59.240
 place in the

00:28:59.240 --> 00:29:00.280
 garden city

00:29:00.280 --> 00:29:02.740
 for those who

00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:03.840
 reject Jesus.

00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:05.679
 they are

00:29:05.679 --> 00:29:06.359
 outside.

00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:07.939
 They are

00:29:07.939 --> 00:29:09.099
 separated from

00:29:09.099 --> 00:29:10.419
 God and all

00:29:10.419 --> 00:29:11.099
 that is good

00:29:11.099 --> 00:29:12.079
 for all

00:29:12.079 --> 00:29:13.059
 eternity.

00:29:15.799 --> 00:29:17.179
 They are in

00:29:17.179 --> 00:29:17.579
 hell,

00:29:18.579 --> 00:29:20.659
 a place where

00:29:20.659 --> 00:29:21.879
 evil and

00:29:21.879 --> 00:29:23.000
 suffering reign

00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:25.519
 and from

00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:26.119
 which there

00:29:26.119 --> 00:29:26.839
 is no

00:29:26.839 --> 00:29:28.259
 escape.

00:29:33.099 --> 00:29:34.079
 This is not

00:29:34.079 --> 00:29:34.920
 make-believe.

00:29:36.740 --> 00:29:37.680
 This is the

00:29:37.680 --> 00:29:38.759
 true story of

00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:39.079
 God.

00:29:41.079 --> 00:29:41.359
 His

00:29:41.359 --> 00:29:42.599
 incredible plan

00:29:42.599 --> 00:29:43.339
 for the world

00:29:43.339 --> 00:29:44.640
 from creation

00:29:44.640 --> 00:29:46.359
 to new

00:29:46.359 --> 00:29:46.900
 creation.

00:29:48.099 --> 00:29:48.700
 And if we

00:29:48.700 --> 00:29:49.359
 are God's

00:29:49.359 --> 00:29:49.920
 people who

00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:50.420
 have come

00:29:50.420 --> 00:29:51.460
 admitting who

00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:52.359
 we are and

00:29:52.359 --> 00:29:52.759
 have been

00:29:52.759 --> 00:29:53.980
 washed by

00:29:53.980 --> 00:29:54.759
 Jesus and

00:29:54.759 --> 00:29:55.480
 made clean,

00:29:56.940 --> 00:29:58.000
 then as

00:29:58.000 --> 00:29:58.460
 God's

00:29:58.460 --> 00:29:58.839
 children,

00:29:59.500 --> 00:30:00.960
 we can look

00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:01.599
 forward to

00:30:01.599 --> 00:30:02.359
 that day when

00:30:02.359 --> 00:30:03.259
 we will stand

00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:04.039
 before him

00:30:04.039 --> 00:30:05.640
 and in his

00:30:05.640 --> 00:30:07.059
 love and

00:30:07.059 --> 00:30:07.960
 in his grace

00:30:07.960 --> 00:30:09.500
 he will

00:30:09.500 --> 00:30:10.339
 welcome his

00:30:10.339 --> 00:30:11.220
 children in

00:30:11.220 --> 00:30:12.599
 to that

00:30:12.599 --> 00:30:13.599
 garden city

00:30:13.599 --> 00:30:15.660
 for all

00:30:15.660 --> 00:30:16.200
 eternity.

00:30:18.400 --> 00:30:19.379
 What a

00:30:19.379 --> 00:30:19.900
 conclusion.

00:30:21.400 --> 00:30:22.460
 Except for

00:30:22.460 --> 00:30:22.940
 it's not

00:30:22.940 --> 00:30:23.640
 the end.

00:30:24.579 --> 00:30:25.500
 It's just

00:30:25.500 --> 00:30:26.700
 the beginning.

00:30:29.039 --> 00:30:29.960
 Let's pray.

00:30:29.960 --> 00:30:29.980
 Let's pray.

00:30:29.980 --> 00:30:50.299
 God with

00:30:50.299 --> 00:30:58.420
 God.