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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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! Our passion is to experience and express grace. Join us.

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! God wins. Grace prevails. Jesus reigns. You may have heard that the book of Revelation was complicated.

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 So I wanted to give it to you simple, upfront. Maybe some of you were expecting bigger words like

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 post-millennialism and pre-tribulation, and we'll get to some of those complex matters later.

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 But at the heart of Revelation is a message that is as simple and as hopeful as you could possibly

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 imagine right at the heart of our lives and our world. And that is why I am so excited,

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 albeit a little intimidated, to start preaching through Revelation with you. We're going to be

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 there for a while. Get comfortable. See, Revelation's message is that in spite of real evil and darkness

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 in human history and in your life, God wins. So don't lose heart. There's real hope. It's found in God

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 outside of us. And grace prevails. Good comes out on top. So the best is always yet to come for us.

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 And Jesus reigns. So worship Him. Love Him. Delight in Him. Follow Him. Worship Him like we've been

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 enjoying doing together this morning. Revelation is full of images. So I wanted to share one

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 with you this morning that really helped me this week. Thursday morning, I went up on the mountain

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 here at Blevins Gap Land Trust. I'd been told that the sunrise would happen right about six o'clock.

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 So about that time, I made it up to the first clearing at the top of the mountain, and I saw this.

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 Thick fog everywhere. Forget seeing the sunrise. I could barely see the trees right next to me or my

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 hand in front of my face. It was just fog. Disappointed, I just jogged on down to the next clearing

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 and turned to find a gorgeous sunrise developing. It was there all along. But from some angles,

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 I wouldn't have been able to see it. From some perspectives, darkness and clouds would have been

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 all there. And all there was, all that I could see, I almost missed out on something truly glorious.

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 You ever have that experience in your life? Does life ever seem more confusing and chaotic

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 and cloudy than it does clear? Maybe the first week of school? Maybe. But maybe wars?

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 Disasters? Diseases?

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 Maybe you're hurting.

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 Maybe you're suffering.

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 And things just never seem to get better when you thought that they were promised to.

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 Maybe life seems out of control and you don't see any purpose in it. And you were told there was one.

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 Maybe like John who writes the book of Revelation, your plan for your life is not going the way that you

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 expected. Because of John's faith in Jesus, he is exiled on a tiny island here in the

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 latter years of his life. This was not John's ideal retirement plan.

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 Life seeming foggy and dark.

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 And right into that kind of darkness, God shines the light of hopeful good news.

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 God wins. Grace prevails. Jesus reigns. The sunrise is there.

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 Behind the clouds.

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 In awe and gratitude.

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 In awe and gratitude. If it doesn't lead you to stand before the storms of life with hope and confidence,

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 you're not getting the right message.

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 That's what it's for.

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 We need to ask for God's help because it can be hard to hear for us.

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 And then I want to look for a few minutes at just the first few verses of Revelation.

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 They're at the very back of your Bible.

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 Pray with me.

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 Father, we long to see something truly glorious.

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 Someone truly glorious.

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 We want to see more of where we fit in with him.

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 But we're limited.

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 And we're distracted.

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 And we struggle with that.

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 And so as you give us your word, would you not only open it to us, but open our eyes and our hearts to hear it and to see Jesus.

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 Please help us by your spirit in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place.

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 He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw.

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 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy.

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 And blessed are those who hear and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near.

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 John, to the seven churches that are in Asia, grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come.

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 And from the seven spirits who are before his throne.

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 And from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth.

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 To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father.

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 To him be glory and dominion forever and ever.

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 Amen.

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 Behold, he is coming with the clouds.

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 And every eye will see him, even those who pierced him.

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 And all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him.

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 Even so, amen.

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 I am the Alpha and the Omega, says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.

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 Thus far, God's holy word for which we give him thanks.

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 What does Revelation teach us about itself right up front?

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 It's going to give us the introduction.

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 In addition to being the word of God through John, it begins, very first word, by saying it's the revelation.

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 The apocalypse is the word of, second word, Jesus Christ.

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 It puts it in some ways in the category of apocalyptic literature, which probably you haven't read a ton of.

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 But that means it reveals, it discloses, it unveils something, something otherwise or previously hidden or shrouded.

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 It's going to show us.

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 What?

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 This revelation is focused on Jesus.

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 In fact, it's a revealing of Jesus by Jesus, right?

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 Passed from God to Jesus through an angel who delivered it to John to give to everyone else, all of his servants.

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 So whatever else it may reveal or explain, it's first and foremost centered on Jesus.

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 In case you don't know this about the book, it tells us here in the first verse that there will be figurative representation.

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 Now that's what this verb means, to show, to give signs for.

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 A figurative doesn't mean not real.

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 But it may be that there are signs that are symbolic for other things.

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 We're going to see a host of these through the book of Revelation because seeing is really important here.

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 Jesus is showing his servants all John saw.

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 It's unusual.

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 Typically, God's word is heard or announced, even read.

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 But this apocalyptic literature commonly used visions, images to communicate truth.

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 So we're going to have to look and listen through those lenses, he's telling us, as we go.

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 I think to help us, you could picture it, what you're going to be doing in Revelation like walking through an art museum.

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 Okay?

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 There's paintings all over the place, maybe of the similar scene or the same event.

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 And Revelation is going to do that.

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 It's going to describe the same events from different perspectives.

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 It's not merely a chronological book exactly the way we might think about it.

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 Sometimes it's a different painting of the same event from just five chapters previous in the book.

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 And you just saw it in the other room of the museum, right?

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 What does that help us with?

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 What does that do for us?

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 Well, it engages our imaginations.

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 It brings us, helping us to put ourselves right there in the event itself.

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 It stirs our hearts to wonder, to appreciate different facets of what's going on,

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 to marvel at a picture, not a mere description of something.

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 Kids, some of you like to draw pictures of what you read in the Bible.

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 Sometimes after a sermon, you will bring them and show me.

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 And that's great.

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 If you like doing that, you're going to enjoy Revelation.

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 Even if some of your pictures might get a bit scary,

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 many of the ones that you draw as we read are going to be marvelous.

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 You're not even going to be able to draw everything you want to.

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 But this book is not mere apocalyptic literature like some other writings at the time.

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 It's also referred to here as prophecy.

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 What Jesus wants us, his servants, to see is needful truth.

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 In other words, it does tell us things that are our future.

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 Most agree with me, it says some things that are still future to us today.

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 Things that must soon take place for the time is near.

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 Now with the coming of the Messiah, he's saying,

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 we are in what the Bible calls the last days.

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 It's this era of history that we have been living in for 2,000 plus years now,

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 where we can count on certain things to happen because Jesus tells us they will,

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 and we need to hear them to know how to live in this time.

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 Sometimes, though prophecy is not predictive of the future,

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 but will correct us as God's people.

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 God's people then and now.

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 That's what prophets do, right?

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 Just wait a couple of weeks until we hear the letters to the seven churches.

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 Convicting.

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 Challenging.

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 Directing us today.

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 Not just one day, someday.

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 What's going to happen.

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 Prophetic in addition to apocalyptic.

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 And finally, Revelation is also a letter.

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 Yes, there's a lot that John will see.

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 Images that he will paint.

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 But it is also written.

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 God's written word.

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 Sent specifically to his people, right?

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 Like most of the New Testament books, they're letters addressed to a church.

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 This one to seven churches in Asia.

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 Today, they're all in Turkey.

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 But seven is a special number pointing to fullness.

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 There are lots and lots of sevens in Revelation.

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 Okay, you can have fun keeping track of them.

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 But it's one of those numbers that helps us understand something else behind it.

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 Here, it's clearly meaning seven actual churches.

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 They exist.

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 On behalf of all the churches, the fullness of churches of Jesus Christ then and now.

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 This is for us as God's people.

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 And for those to whom it is sent, to us, it is for their blessing, it says.

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 What a gift.

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 This made me feel bad, honestly, for not preaching it sooner.

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 Some of you have been very patient over the years.

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 Blessing when we read.

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 When we read.

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 When we listen.

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 When we obey.

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 When we center our lives and hope on the central hope of the book, Jesus.

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 It's for your blessing.

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 People of God.

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 It was not written to confuse you.

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 but to show you truth. Revelation is not meant to make God harder to understand, but to unveil,

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 to reveal him to you more. He wants you to know him. It's not intended to frustrate or to scare

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 you, but to bless you, okay? To bless you with grace, the goodness of God poured into you beyond

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 what you could ever deserve, to bless you with peace, the well-being that comes from graciously

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 being welcomed into relationship with the one you were made for, grace and peace.

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 There may be a moment in the next few months when you need to come back and remember that

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 revelation is designed by God to bless you. What a good gift that is.

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 Well, what do we need to know about the one sending this blessing? The triune God. God in three persons,

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 Father, Son, and Spirit, the whole Godhead together here. First from the one who is and who was

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 and who is to come. Long before you live, long after you are gone, he is Yahweh, the I Am,

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 the self-existent God over all. And he not only spans past and present and future, but also verb change.

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 He is to come, not just will be, but is to come, to draw near to you, to be present with you, to assure you

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 of his control of absolutely everything in your life. When this description is repeated in verse 8,

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 he adds the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end, the one in charge of everything. The Almighty,

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 who sovereignly rules over every single thing then, every single thing now, every single thing in the

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 days ahead, there is nothing that he can't do. He, isn't this amazing? He brings you grace and peace

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 that you don't deserve and that you can't find anywhere else. He brings it to you. Then there are the seven

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 spirits before his throne, almost certainly a reference here to the Holy Spirit, referred to this way

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 several times in the prophets. There's our seven again, right? It means the full Spirit, importantly,

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 before the throne of God, ready to exalt the Father and the Son by bringing into our world, into our life,

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 what the King on the throne decrees. The Spirit's going to make it happen.

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 But in this description of the triune God, the Son gets the most attention and description.

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 This is about revealing him after all, right? Jesus Christ. Fully God couldn't be any clearer

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 in this description that he also is the one who was and is and is to come. Jesus is called the faithful

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 witness. That means he perfectly reveals the Father to us. The Almighty, ever-existing God is truthfully

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 and accurately shown for who he is when Jesus comes in the flesh. That's part of witness.

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 But so is the extent that Jesus went to to do that. The word for witness is martus. It's the word we get

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 martyr from. He faithfully suffers. Jesus doesn't pull back. Even when he goes to the cross, he endures to the

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 very end. He is faithful beyond anyone else. The faithful witness. And that sense of it is needed here

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 because he is also called the firstborn of the dead. This word means not only has he risen, not only is he alive

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 again after being truly dead. Wow, that's amazing. But it's even more than that. It's that because he is,

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 many others will be too. Many other martyrs, sufferers will die and yet live again. This great

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 faithful martyr will see to it that even death itself will not have the last word in your life. Indeed,

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 he conquers death for us so that we too rise to new life. Praise Jesus, right? This is amazing good news.

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 And finally, he's called the ruler of kings on earth. There is a king over all the other kings.

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 Then, now, tomorrow, and forever. Neither Nero, nor Domitian, nor Charlemagne, nor Hitler,

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 nor Trump, nor Charles, nor Netanyahu, nor Putin, anybody else holds a candle to his reign. There is no

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 comparison. He holds the hearts of kings in his hands. The ones who seem powerful now are to him,

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 but a drop in the bucket. They will come and they will go and he will be on the throne. You know how

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 you can know that? See, he is the anointed one. He is the messianic king going all the way back to the

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 line of David. These descriptions of Jesus are all coming from Psalm 89. Quick side note,

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 there are over 500 Old Testament allusions in the book of Revelation. About 70 percent of the book

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 is referencing something in the Old Testament. So, you want to understand Revelation better?

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 read Daniel. Read the Psalms. Read Exodus. We'll notice many of these as we go. Not 500 this morning.

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 Today, just Psalm 89. Psalm 89 celebrates God's promise to David of a king who will always and

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 forever be on his throne. Verse 27, I will make him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

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 Sound familiar? His throne will continue. He will always rule like the sun and the moon of faithful witness

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 in the skies. Does John in Revelation have any question? Who is this unique, all-time great ruler,

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 the promised king? Who that is? No. Jesus the Christ. He has no rival, no equal, no competition.

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 He reigns over every particle, over every power, over every person. And that is why, friends, you can have

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 hope when things seem to be out of control. It's not some pie-in-the-sky hope. This is lion-on-the-throne

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 kind of hope. That he is there today and no one can take him off of it and he's controlling what you're

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 enduring and he's got you. You can have hope. That's what he's telling you. There's something to hang on to.

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 The true king, in fact, verse 7, is coming with the clouds, coming in judgment on everyone, coming with

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 the power of the storm in his hand. He rides on clouds for fun. That's how great his power is.

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 Those who haven't bowed the knee to his greatness will wail. So awesome is his arrival.

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 So listen, John breaks out in praise of his greatness to him who, what does he say?

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 Think about what you expect him to say. To him who could crush you with one breath of his mighty justice.

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 Could have said that. Is it to him who can't stand the presence of lesser beings, so great is he?

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 To him who won't be bothered with the likes of us, so uniquely worthy is he? No.

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 No, it's none of those.

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 To him

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 Listen, you are beloved.

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 But it's not merely that you're loved. It's that he loves you. That's what makes being loved so

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 marvelous, right? When you get engaged, you don't go around just saying, I'm getting married. I'm

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 getting married. And someone says, to who? And you're like, I don't know, someone. I'm getting

00:26:32.960 --> 00:26:43.240
 married. No, that's not what you say. You say, I get to marry her. I get to marry him. He loves me.

00:26:44.360 --> 00:26:47.120
 That's what makes it wonderfully exciting.

00:26:48.860 --> 00:26:54.940
 See, the book of Revelation is not just any letter. It is a love letter capping off

00:26:54.940 --> 00:27:03.519
 the great love story of the Bible. Jesus wants you to know that the God who reigns over heaven and earth

00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:10.920
 and all of history and every corner of creation and reigns over every person who has ever lived,

00:27:11.539 --> 00:27:14.680
 that he loves you.

00:27:14.680 --> 00:27:20.900
 In case you get confused in Revelation at any point, would you come back to that?

00:27:22.460 --> 00:27:24.600
 Revelation is not a coded

00:27:24.600 --> 00:27:29.279
 treasure map where you're supposed to think that you're in an escape room

00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:32.700
 and every single piece of writing has some

00:27:32.700 --> 00:27:36.620
 coded message that if you could just figure it out, you could unlock

00:27:36.620 --> 00:27:38.380
 the door to life.

00:27:39.060 --> 00:27:42.560
 That's not the kind of letter it is. Now when you get

00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:46.179
 stuck in that loop, remember this is a love letter.

00:27:46.399 --> 00:27:51.399
 Not surprisingly with poetic imagery, okay? It may take a minute to understand,

00:27:51.839 --> 00:27:54.559
 but with a clear message you can count on

00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:57.799
 that the conquering king, the lion and the lamb

00:27:57.799 --> 00:28:00.740
 loves you. That's what he's telling.

00:28:01.940 --> 00:28:04.359
 But he does even more than say

00:28:04.359 --> 00:28:06.299
 that he loves you.

00:28:07.200 --> 00:28:08.099
 Some of us,

00:28:09.599 --> 00:28:10.639
 honest confession,

00:28:10.640 --> 00:28:13.160
 sometimes hear our spouses say,

00:28:13.600 --> 00:28:15.320
 you know, you talk so much.

00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:17.740
 Would you stop just saying you love me

00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:19.360
 and show me

00:28:19.360 --> 00:28:21.259
 for just a little while?

00:28:23.840 --> 00:28:25.259
 Jesus does that.

00:28:26.259 --> 00:28:27.440
 To him who

00:28:27.440 --> 00:28:28.980
 loves us

00:28:28.980 --> 00:28:29.900
 and

00:28:29.900 --> 00:28:33.540
 has freed us from our sins

00:28:33.540 --> 00:28:35.480
 by his blood,

00:28:35.480 --> 00:28:37.060
 with his blood

00:28:37.059 --> 00:28:39.059
 he purchased for God

00:28:39.059 --> 00:28:40.599
 a people from every tribe

00:28:40.599 --> 00:28:41.399
 and language

00:28:41.399 --> 00:28:42.460
 and people

00:28:42.460 --> 00:28:43.399
 and nation.

00:28:44.259 --> 00:28:45.159
 We were enslaved

00:28:45.159 --> 00:28:46.159
 to sin

00:28:46.159 --> 00:28:47.919
 in rebellion against the king

00:28:47.919 --> 00:28:50.079
 and instead of fighting against us

00:28:50.079 --> 00:28:52.139
 he fought for us

00:28:52.139 --> 00:28:53.119
 as he bought

00:28:53.119 --> 00:28:54.039
 our pardon

00:28:54.039 --> 00:28:55.039
 at the cost

00:28:55.039 --> 00:28:56.139
 of his precious

00:28:56.139 --> 00:28:57.039
 blood.

00:28:57.379 --> 00:28:57.839
 The king

00:28:57.839 --> 00:28:59.220
 doesn't just love you

00:28:59.220 --> 00:28:59.659
 a little.

00:29:00.700 --> 00:29:01.399
 Greater love

00:29:01.399 --> 00:29:02.399
 has no one

00:29:02.399 --> 00:29:03.000
 than this

00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:04.119
 that he lay down

00:29:04.119 --> 00:29:04.839
 his life

00:29:04.839 --> 00:29:06.179
 for his friends

00:29:06.179 --> 00:29:07.519
 and when we

00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:08.759
 were yet enemies

00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:10.039
 Christ

00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:10.879
 died

00:29:10.879 --> 00:29:12.599
 for us.

00:29:13.559 --> 00:29:15.039
 So we're free.

00:29:15.659 --> 00:29:17.159
 We are loved

00:29:17.159 --> 00:29:18.619
 and we are set free

00:29:18.619 --> 00:29:19.899
 but be honest

00:29:19.899 --> 00:29:21.399
 aren't we after all

00:29:21.399 --> 00:29:22.500
 pretty small

00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:23.419
 and meaningless

00:29:23.419 --> 00:29:24.919
 in the grand scheme

00:29:24.919 --> 00:29:25.980
 of the universe

00:29:25.980 --> 00:29:27.059
 and the millennia

00:29:27.059 --> 00:29:27.859
 of history

00:29:27.859 --> 00:29:29.079
 and don't we need

00:29:29.079 --> 00:29:30.159
 to remind ourselves

00:29:30.159 --> 00:29:31.259
 of that sometime?

00:29:31.839 --> 00:29:32.179
 I mean

00:29:32.179 --> 00:29:33.339
 that is one way

00:29:33.339 --> 00:29:33.919
 to look at it

00:29:33.919 --> 00:29:35.879
 and it can be

00:29:35.879 --> 00:29:36.639
 a helpful way

00:29:36.639 --> 00:29:37.399
 when you're tempted

00:29:37.399 --> 00:29:39.199
 to prideful self-importance

00:29:39.199 --> 00:29:39.980
 because it's not

00:29:39.980 --> 00:29:40.839
 untrue

00:29:40.839 --> 00:29:42.539
 from that viewpoint.

00:29:44.179 --> 00:29:45.459
 But that's not

00:29:45.459 --> 00:29:46.159
 the way Jesus

00:29:46.159 --> 00:29:47.099
 looks at you.

00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:50.679
 He has made us

00:29:50.679 --> 00:29:52.819
 a kingdom

00:29:52.819 --> 00:29:55.339
 priests

00:29:55.339 --> 00:29:56.980
 to his God

00:29:56.980 --> 00:29:58.939
 and Father.

00:29:58.940 --> 00:29:59.019
 forever.

00:30:01.100 --> 00:30:02.000
 Now don't get

00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:02.500
 confused.

00:30:03.340 --> 00:30:04.039
 He's the king.

00:30:04.580 --> 00:30:05.100
 The glory

00:30:05.100 --> 00:30:06.059
 and the power

00:30:06.059 --> 00:30:06.820
 are his

00:30:06.820 --> 00:30:07.400
 forever

00:30:07.400 --> 00:30:08.180
 and ever.

00:30:08.440 --> 00:30:08.720
 Amen.

00:30:09.799 --> 00:30:10.519
 No confusion

00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:10.880
 there.

00:30:13.380 --> 00:30:14.740
 But the king

00:30:14.740 --> 00:30:16.519
 includes

00:30:16.519 --> 00:30:17.320
 us.

00:30:17.799 --> 00:30:18.700
 Nothing else

00:30:18.700 --> 00:30:19.400
 could be more

00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:20.320
 significant

00:30:20.320 --> 00:30:21.660
 than this identity

00:30:21.660 --> 00:30:22.440
 that the king

00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:23.440
 bestows

00:30:23.440 --> 00:30:24.059
 on you.

00:30:24.320 --> 00:30:25.240
 Having been loved

00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:26.440
 and set free

00:30:26.440 --> 00:30:27.559
 by the king

00:30:27.559 --> 00:30:28.440
 you're brought

00:30:28.440 --> 00:30:29.859
 into his kingdom

00:30:29.859 --> 00:30:30.859
 like his people

00:30:30.859 --> 00:30:31.319
 Israel

00:30:31.319 --> 00:30:32.740
 in Exodus 19

00:30:32.740 --> 00:30:34.200
 and his New Testament

00:30:34.200 --> 00:30:34.720
 church

00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:36.200
 in 1 Peter 2.

00:30:36.539 --> 00:30:37.799
 We are royal

00:30:37.799 --> 00:30:38.679
 priests

00:30:38.679 --> 00:30:39.940
 in the king's

00:30:39.940 --> 00:30:40.919
 very house.

00:30:42.059 --> 00:30:42.259
 You know

00:30:42.259 --> 00:30:43.059
 what that means?

00:30:45.339 --> 00:30:46.319
 It means

00:30:46.319 --> 00:30:46.859
 that you are

00:30:46.859 --> 00:30:47.859
 invited in

00:30:47.859 --> 00:30:49.099
 to the closest

00:30:49.099 --> 00:30:50.700
 of relationships

00:30:50.700 --> 00:30:52.019
 with the king

00:30:52.019 --> 00:30:52.779
 himself

00:30:52.779 --> 00:30:54.259
 as his

00:30:54.259 --> 00:30:55.000
 very

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:56.139
 priest

00:30:56.140 --> 00:30:56.820
 priest

00:30:56.820 --> 00:30:58.000
 it means

00:30:58.000 --> 00:30:58.440
 that whereas

00:30:58.440 --> 00:30:59.600
 on your own

00:30:59.600 --> 00:31:00.560
 you were

00:31:00.560 --> 00:31:01.560
 undeserving

00:31:01.560 --> 00:31:02.740
 you were his

00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:03.400
 enemy

00:31:03.400 --> 00:31:04.280
 who deserved

00:31:04.280 --> 00:31:05.240
 only to be

00:31:05.240 --> 00:31:06.120
 repelled

00:31:06.120 --> 00:31:07.120
 from his

00:31:07.120 --> 00:31:08.000
 presence

00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:09.920
 in his grace

00:31:09.920 --> 00:31:10.960
 because of his

00:31:10.960 --> 00:31:11.759
 great love

00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:12.680
 we can now

00:31:12.680 --> 00:31:13.740
 draw near

00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:14.300
 to him

00:31:14.300 --> 00:31:15.259
 and bring

00:31:15.259 --> 00:31:15.980
 acceptable

00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:17.100
 sacrifices

00:31:17.100 --> 00:31:18.040
 to him

00:31:18.040 --> 00:31:18.759
 as part of

00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:19.460
 his kingdom

00:31:19.460 --> 00:31:19.840
 work

00:31:19.840 --> 00:31:20.600
 all because

00:31:20.600 --> 00:31:21.100
 the great

00:31:21.100 --> 00:31:21.800
 sacrifice

00:31:21.800 --> 00:31:23.000
 has set us

00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:23.480
 free

00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:24.519
 has qualified

00:31:24.519 --> 00:31:25.140
 us

00:31:25.140 --> 00:31:25.640
 to be

00:31:25.640 --> 00:31:26.279
 priests

00:31:26.279 --> 00:31:27.140
 of the

00:31:27.140 --> 00:31:27.539
 great

00:31:27.539 --> 00:31:28.099
 king

00:31:28.099 --> 00:31:28.519
 can you

00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:29.140
 believe

00:31:29.140 --> 00:31:29.620
 that?

00:31:30.019 --> 00:31:30.779
 That you

00:31:30.779 --> 00:31:31.160
 would be

00:31:31.160 --> 00:31:31.539
 doing

00:31:31.539 --> 00:31:32.420
 vitally

00:31:32.420 --> 00:31:32.920
 important

00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:33.319
 work

00:31:33.319 --> 00:31:33.640
 for the

00:31:33.640 --> 00:31:33.880
 king

00:31:33.880 --> 00:31:34.120
 of the

00:31:34.120 --> 00:31:34.500
 universe?

00:31:35.660 --> 00:31:36.180
 That you

00:31:36.180 --> 00:31:36.440
 would be

00:31:36.440 --> 00:31:37.140
 close enough

00:31:37.140 --> 00:31:37.640
 to know

00:31:37.640 --> 00:31:37.860
 him

00:31:37.860 --> 00:31:38.500
 personally?

00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:42.319
 That means

00:31:42.319 --> 00:31:42.740
 that you're

00:31:42.740 --> 00:31:43.220
 tending

00:31:43.220 --> 00:31:43.880
 to a little

00:31:43.880 --> 00:31:44.420
 corner

00:31:44.420 --> 00:31:46.480
 of creation's

00:31:46.480 --> 00:31:46.839
 garden

00:31:46.839 --> 00:31:48.620
 you're

00:31:48.620 --> 00:31:50.079
 wiping

00:31:50.079 --> 00:31:50.839
 the nose

00:31:50.839 --> 00:31:51.919
 of a little

00:31:51.919 --> 00:31:52.559
 child

00:31:52.559 --> 00:31:54.179
 you're

00:31:54.179 --> 00:31:55.179
 generous

00:31:55.179 --> 00:31:55.799
 giving

00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:56.399
 to a

00:31:56.399 --> 00:31:56.919
 missionary

00:31:56.919 --> 00:31:58.699
 you're

00:31:58.699 --> 00:31:59.379
 sacrificial

00:31:59.379 --> 00:31:59.899
 loving

00:31:59.899 --> 00:32:00.480
 of the

00:32:00.480 --> 00:32:01.139
 left out

00:32:01.139 --> 00:32:02.179
 new kid

00:32:02.179 --> 00:32:02.759
 at school

00:32:02.759 --> 00:32:03.419
 this week

00:32:03.419 --> 00:32:06.299
 you're

00:32:06.299 --> 00:32:06.659
 obeying

00:32:06.659 --> 00:32:07.399
 your parents

00:32:07.399 --> 00:32:07.740
 when it

00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:08.240
 doesn't make

00:32:08.240 --> 00:32:08.939
 sense to

00:32:08.939 --> 00:32:09.240
 you

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:11.059
 you're

00:32:11.059 --> 00:32:11.799
 repenting

00:32:11.799 --> 00:32:12.559
 to your

00:32:12.559 --> 00:32:13.220
 spouse

00:32:13.220 --> 00:32:13.799
 or your

00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:14.159
 friend

00:32:14.159 --> 00:32:14.599
 or your

00:32:14.599 --> 00:32:15.119
 child

00:32:15.119 --> 00:32:16.679
 from the

00:32:16.679 --> 00:32:17.179
 heart

00:32:17.179 --> 00:32:18.959
 those

00:32:18.959 --> 00:32:19.619
 little

00:32:19.619 --> 00:32:20.299
 things

00:32:20.299 --> 00:32:22.559
 it means

00:32:22.559 --> 00:32:23.019
 they are

00:32:23.019 --> 00:32:24.299
 so

00:32:24.299 --> 00:32:25.960
 significant

00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:27.119
 it means

00:32:27.119 --> 00:32:27.480
 that they're

00:32:27.480 --> 00:32:28.200
 a part

00:32:28.200 --> 00:32:28.839
 of the

00:32:28.839 --> 00:32:29.659
 everlasting

00:32:29.659 --> 00:32:30.500
 kingdom

00:32:30.500 --> 00:32:31.299
 of the

00:32:31.299 --> 00:32:31.680
 God

00:32:31.680 --> 00:32:32.460
 of all

00:32:32.460 --> 00:32:33.279
 of history

00:32:33.279 --> 00:32:34.240
 who is

00:32:34.240 --> 00:32:34.819
 and who

00:32:34.819 --> 00:32:35.240
 was

00:32:35.240 --> 00:32:35.799
 and who

00:32:35.799 --> 00:32:36.200
 is to

00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:36.559
 come

00:32:36.559 --> 00:32:36.960
 whose

00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:37.460
 kingdom

00:32:37.460 --> 00:32:38.099
 will have

00:32:38.099 --> 00:32:38.720
 no end

00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:39.399
 and neither

00:32:39.399 --> 00:32:40.039
 will your

00:32:40.039 --> 00:32:41.019
 sacrifices

00:32:41.019 --> 00:32:41.839
 when you

00:32:41.839 --> 00:32:42.279
 offer your

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:42.659
 body

00:32:42.659 --> 00:32:43.259
 a living

00:32:43.259 --> 00:32:44.039
 sacrifice

00:32:44.039 --> 00:32:45.259
 to worship

00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:45.799
 him

00:32:45.799 --> 00:32:46.460
 you're a

00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:47.079
 priest

00:32:47.079 --> 00:32:47.759
 in his

00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:48.399
 kingdom

00:32:48.399 --> 00:32:49.539
 he loves

00:32:49.539 --> 00:32:49.960
 you

00:32:49.960 --> 00:32:51.559
 unbelievable

00:32:51.559 --> 00:32:53.980
 now that's

00:32:53.980 --> 00:32:54.480
 the story

00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:55.140
 of revelation

00:32:55.140 --> 00:32:56.620
 God

00:32:56.620 --> 00:32:57.380
 wins

00:32:57.380 --> 00:32:58.519
 grace

00:32:58.519 --> 00:32:59.299
 prevails

00:32:59.299 --> 00:32:59.980
 Jesus

00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:01.340
 reigns

00:33:01.340 --> 00:33:01.840
 you might

00:33:01.840 --> 00:33:02.180
 hear that

00:33:02.180 --> 00:33:02.519
 again

00:33:02.519 --> 00:33:06.039
 but it

00:33:06.039 --> 00:33:06.420
 needs to

00:33:06.420 --> 00:33:06.680
 matter

00:33:06.680 --> 00:33:07.680
 for you

00:33:07.680 --> 00:33:10.500
 it needs

00:33:10.500 --> 00:33:10.980
 to mean

00:33:10.980 --> 00:33:11.400
 so

00:33:11.400 --> 00:33:13.259
 you may

00:33:13.259 --> 00:33:13.819
 ache

00:33:13.819 --> 00:33:14.559
 under

00:33:14.559 --> 00:33:15.579
 the attacks

00:33:15.579 --> 00:33:16.220
 of evil

00:33:16.220 --> 00:33:16.680
 in this

00:33:16.680 --> 00:33:17.079
 world

00:33:17.079 --> 00:33:19.819
 you may

00:33:19.819 --> 00:33:20.480
 be suffering

00:33:20.480 --> 00:33:21.179
 right now

00:33:21.179 --> 00:33:21.559
 in what

00:33:21.559 --> 00:33:22.339
 feels like

00:33:22.339 --> 00:33:23.139
 an endless

00:33:23.139 --> 00:33:24.339
 cycle

00:33:24.339 --> 00:33:25.299
 of

00:33:25.299 --> 00:33:25.899
 meaningless

00:33:25.899 --> 00:33:26.659
 work

00:33:26.659 --> 00:33:28.079
 and painful

00:33:28.079 --> 00:33:29.059
 relationships

00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:30.220
 and traumatic

00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:31.139
 loss

00:33:31.139 --> 00:33:33.779
 you may

00:33:33.779 --> 00:33:34.519
 even be

00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:35.099
 martyred

00:33:35.099 --> 00:33:36.159
 for your

00:33:36.159 --> 00:33:36.619
 faith

00:33:36.619 --> 00:33:41.699
 but God

00:33:41.699 --> 00:33:44.179
 is bringing

00:33:44.179 --> 00:33:45.679
 his precious

00:33:45.679 --> 00:33:47.339
 purchased

00:33:47.339 --> 00:33:48.479
 people

00:33:48.479 --> 00:33:49.939
 to share

00:33:49.939 --> 00:33:50.579
 his

00:33:50.579 --> 00:33:51.799
 limitless

00:33:51.799 --> 00:33:52.659
 glory

00:33:52.659 --> 00:33:54.159
 and joy

00:33:54.159 --> 00:33:54.959
 in a

00:33:54.959 --> 00:33:55.799
 perfect

00:33:55.799 --> 00:33:56.659
 home

00:33:56.659 --> 00:33:58.019
 forever

00:33:58.019 --> 00:33:59.339
 so whatever

00:33:59.339 --> 00:33:59.839
 else you

00:33:59.839 --> 00:34:00.799
 think about

00:34:00.799 --> 00:34:01.359
 yourself

00:34:01.359 --> 00:34:01.839
 today

00:34:01.839 --> 00:34:02.519
 that you're

00:34:02.519 --> 00:34:03.119
 unloved

00:34:03.119 --> 00:34:03.739
 that you're

00:34:03.739 --> 00:34:04.379
 stuck

00:34:04.380 --> 00:34:05.500
 and trapped

00:34:05.500 --> 00:34:06.680
 and insignificant

00:34:06.680 --> 00:34:07.860
 you need

00:34:07.860 --> 00:34:08.559
 to remember

00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:09.280
 that you're

00:34:09.280 --> 00:34:10.019
 a vital

00:34:10.019 --> 00:34:10.660
 part

00:34:10.660 --> 00:34:11.340
 of King

00:34:11.340 --> 00:34:11.800
 Jesus

00:34:11.800 --> 00:34:12.619
 beloved

00:34:12.619 --> 00:34:13.400
 family

00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:14.539
 and universal

00:34:14.539 --> 00:34:15.220
 purpose

00:34:15.220 --> 00:34:15.760
 today

00:34:15.760 --> 00:34:16.980
 and through

00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:17.599
 eternity

00:34:17.599 --> 00:34:18.780
 you always

00:34:18.780 --> 00:34:19.619
 will be

00:34:19.619 --> 00:34:22.000
 we're going

00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:22.480
 to hear that

00:34:22.480 --> 00:34:22.860
 a lot

00:34:22.860 --> 00:34:24.380
 and he wants

00:34:24.380 --> 00:34:25.360
 you not

00:34:25.360 --> 00:34:26.160
 just to hear

00:34:26.160 --> 00:34:26.880
 that today

00:34:26.880 --> 00:34:29.980
 but he wants

00:34:29.980 --> 00:34:30.599
 you to taste

00:34:30.599 --> 00:34:30.920
 it

00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:34.920
 just think

00:34:34.920 --> 00:34:35.340
 for a minute

00:34:35.340 --> 00:34:36.980
 if you

00:34:36.980 --> 00:34:37.480
 could be

00:34:37.480 --> 00:34:38.200
 invited

00:34:38.200 --> 00:34:41.860
 by this

00:34:41.860 --> 00:34:43.240
 incredible

00:34:43.240 --> 00:34:43.820
 king

00:34:43.820 --> 00:34:46.079
 to eat

00:34:46.079 --> 00:34:47.039
 with him

00:34:47.039 --> 00:34:48.700
 then

00:34:48.700 --> 00:34:49.460
 maybe

00:34:49.460 --> 00:34:50.820
 just

00:34:50.820 --> 00:34:51.900
 maybe

00:34:51.900 --> 00:34:52.740
 you're more

00:34:52.740 --> 00:34:53.500
 significant

00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:54.960
 than you're

00:34:54.960 --> 00:34:55.700
 giving yourself

00:34:55.700 --> 00:34:57.200
 credit for

00:34:57.200 --> 00:34:58.119
 maybe you

00:34:58.119 --> 00:34:58.839
 maybe you

00:34:58.839 --> 00:34:59.380
 matter

00:34:59.380 --> 00:35:00.380
 to him

00:35:00.380 --> 00:35:01.079
 and as a

00:35:01.079 --> 00:35:01.599
 result

00:35:01.599 --> 00:35:02.839
 you matter

00:35:02.839 --> 00:35:03.739
 to the

00:35:03.739 --> 00:35:04.239
 whole

00:35:04.239 --> 00:35:05.019
 unending

00:35:05.019 --> 00:35:05.980
 story

00:35:05.980 --> 00:35:06.579
 of all

00:35:06.579 --> 00:35:07.339
 of history

00:35:07.339 --> 00:35:09.119
 you're

00:35:09.119 --> 00:35:09.900
 significant

00:35:09.900 --> 00:35:10.759
 in that

00:35:10.759 --> 00:35:12.819
 listen to

00:35:12.819 --> 00:35:13.139
 the words

00:35:13.139 --> 00:35:13.559
 of King

00:35:13.559 --> 00:35:13.940
 Jesus

00:35:13.940 --> 00:35:15.460
 speaking to

00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:15.960
 disciples

00:35:15.960 --> 00:35:16.900
 like John

00:35:16.900 --> 00:35:18.279
 and other

00:35:18.279 --> 00:35:18.960
 whose names

00:35:18.960 --> 00:35:19.480
 you don't

00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:20.139
 even remember

00:35:20.139 --> 00:35:22.319
 who failed

00:35:22.319 --> 00:35:22.699
 him

00:35:22.699 --> 00:35:24.339
 at times

00:35:24.339 --> 00:35:27.199
 but whom

00:35:27.199 --> 00:35:27.920
 he loves

00:35:27.920 --> 00:35:29.760
 all the

00:35:29.760 --> 00:35:29.980
 way

00:35:29.980 --> 00:35:30.340
 to the

00:35:30.340 --> 00:35:30.860
 cross

00:35:30.860 --> 00:35:33.000
 as he

00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:33.260
 headed

00:35:33.260 --> 00:35:33.619
 there

00:35:33.619 --> 00:35:34.240
 he said

00:35:34.240 --> 00:35:36.800
 with the

00:35:36.800 --> 00:35:37.119
 bread

00:35:37.119 --> 00:35:38.480
 that he

00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:38.860
 broke

00:35:38.860 --> 00:35:40.139
 and gave

00:35:40.139 --> 00:35:40.519
 to his

00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:41.059
 disciples

00:35:41.059 --> 00:35:42.000
 as I'm

00:35:42.000 --> 00:35:42.500
 ministering

00:35:42.500 --> 00:35:42.780
 in his

00:35:42.780 --> 00:35:43.059
 name

00:35:43.059 --> 00:35:43.519
 give this

00:35:43.519 --> 00:35:43.800
 bread

00:35:43.800 --> 00:35:44.380
 to you

00:35:44.380 --> 00:35:45.500
 he said

00:35:45.500 --> 00:35:46.039
 take and

00:35:46.039 --> 00:35:46.440
 eat

00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:48.019
 this is

00:35:48.019 --> 00:35:48.800
 my body

00:35:48.800 --> 00:35:50.019
 given

00:35:50.019 --> 00:35:50.880
 for you

00:35:50.880 --> 00:35:51.800
 do this

00:35:51.800 --> 00:35:52.900
 in remembrance

00:35:52.900 --> 00:35:53.480
 of me

00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:54.400
 and then

00:35:54.400 --> 00:35:55.000
 in the same

00:35:55.000 --> 00:35:55.220
 way

00:35:55.220 --> 00:35:55.980
 after supper

00:35:55.980 --> 00:35:56.380
 he took

00:35:56.380 --> 00:35:56.960
 the cup

00:35:56.960 --> 00:35:57.539
 and he

00:35:57.539 --> 00:35:57.740
 said

00:35:57.739 --> 00:35:58.379
 this cup

00:35:58.379 --> 00:35:58.739
 is the

00:35:58.739 --> 00:35:59.000
 new

00:35:59.000 --> 00:35:59.439
 covenant

00:35:59.439 --> 00:36:00.299
 in my

00:36:00.299 --> 00:36:00.759
 blood

00:36:00.759 --> 00:36:01.439
 which is

00:36:01.439 --> 00:36:02.199
 poured out

00:36:02.199 --> 00:36:02.859
 for many

00:36:02.859 --> 00:36:03.539
 for the

00:36:03.539 --> 00:36:04.019
 forgiveness

00:36:04.019 --> 00:36:05.379
 of sins

00:36:05.379 --> 00:36:06.719
 so whenever

00:36:06.719 --> 00:36:07.359
 you eat

00:36:07.359 --> 00:36:07.939
 this bread

00:36:07.939 --> 00:36:08.519
 and you

00:36:08.519 --> 00:36:09.119
 drink this

00:36:09.119 --> 00:36:09.419
 cup

00:36:09.419 --> 00:36:10.299
 you proclaim

00:36:10.299 --> 00:36:10.959
 the Lord's

00:36:10.959 --> 00:36:11.359
 death

00:36:11.359 --> 00:36:12.039
 until he

00:36:12.039 --> 00:36:12.439
 comes

00:36:12.439 --> 00:36:12.919
 because

00:36:12.919 --> 00:36:14.379
 he'll be

00:36:14.379 --> 00:36:14.699
 coming

00:36:14.699 --> 00:36:16.399
 he's that

00:36:16.399 --> 00:36:16.679
 one

00:36:16.679 --> 00:36:17.239
 the one

00:36:17.239 --> 00:36:17.639
 who is

00:36:17.639 --> 00:36:18.399
 who was

00:36:18.399 --> 00:36:18.959
 who is

00:36:18.959 --> 00:36:19.419
 to come

00:36:19.419 --> 00:36:20.039
 and he's

00:36:20.039 --> 00:36:20.299
 going to be

00:36:20.299 --> 00:36:20.579
 coming

00:36:20.579 --> 00:36:21.259
 for you

00:36:21.259 --> 00:36:21.839
 because he

00:36:21.839 --> 00:36:22.279
 loves you

00:36:22.279 --> 00:36:22.719
 and he gave

00:36:22.719 --> 00:36:23.359
 his blood

00:36:23.360 --> 00:36:25.099
 to free

00:36:25.099 --> 00:36:25.380
 you from

00:36:25.380 --> 00:36:26.120
 your sins

00:36:26.120 --> 00:36:27.579
 forever

00:36:27.579 --> 00:36:29.000
 friends this

00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:29.599
 is not the

00:36:29.599 --> 00:36:30.160
 table of

00:36:30.160 --> 00:36:30.840
 Southwood

00:36:30.840 --> 00:36:31.460
 or the

00:36:31.460 --> 00:36:32.260
 Presbyterian

00:36:32.260 --> 00:36:32.620
 church

00:36:32.620 --> 00:36:33.579
 this is

00:36:33.579 --> 00:36:35.220
 the king's

00:36:35.220 --> 00:36:35.599
 table

00:36:35.599 --> 00:36:36.660
 Jesus

00:36:36.660 --> 00:36:38.460
 invites you

00:36:38.460 --> 00:36:39.579
 to this

00:36:39.579 --> 00:36:40.400
 table

00:36:40.400 --> 00:36:41.539
 he invites

00:36:41.539 --> 00:36:42.180
 those he

00:36:42.180 --> 00:36:42.539
 loves

00:36:42.539 --> 00:36:43.599
 in spite of

00:36:43.599 --> 00:36:44.079
 their poor

00:36:44.079 --> 00:36:44.599
 performance

00:36:44.599 --> 00:36:45.420
 this week

00:36:45.420 --> 00:36:46.220
 he invited

00:36:46.220 --> 00:36:47.140
 you before

00:36:47.140 --> 00:36:47.599
 that

00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:48.280
 and he

00:36:48.280 --> 00:36:48.920
 invites you

00:36:48.920 --> 00:36:49.280
 now

00:36:49.280 --> 00:36:50.500
 after it

00:36:50.500 --> 00:36:51.460
 to come

00:36:51.460 --> 00:36:52.139
 and to

00:36:52.139 --> 00:36:52.659
 remember

00:36:52.659 --> 00:36:53.360
 that you've

00:36:53.360 --> 00:36:54.079
 been freed

00:36:54.079 --> 00:36:54.820
 from your

00:36:54.820 --> 00:36:55.260
 sin

00:36:55.260 --> 00:36:55.900
 by his

00:36:55.900 --> 00:36:56.380
 precious

00:36:56.380 --> 00:36:56.860
 blood

00:36:56.860 --> 00:36:57.539
 brought into

00:36:57.539 --> 00:36:58.380
 his family

00:36:58.380 --> 00:36:59.119
 to sit at

00:36:59.119 --> 00:36:59.739
 his table

00:36:59.739 --> 00:37:00.039
 and eat

00:37:00.039 --> 00:37:00.500
 with him

00:37:00.500 --> 00:37:02.400
 please come

00:37:02.400 --> 00:37:03.239
 as you

00:37:03.239 --> 00:37:03.900
 trust him

00:37:03.900 --> 00:37:05.760
 if that's

00:37:05.760 --> 00:37:06.320
 not your

00:37:06.320 --> 00:37:06.639
 hope

00:37:06.639 --> 00:37:07.820
 if you're

00:37:07.820 --> 00:37:08.159
 honestly

00:37:08.159 --> 00:37:08.960
 not sure

00:37:08.960 --> 00:37:09.679
 you need

00:37:09.679 --> 00:37:10.360
 Jesus

00:37:10.360 --> 00:37:11.659
 or you're

00:37:11.659 --> 00:37:12.219
 just not

00:37:12.219 --> 00:37:12.719
 willing

00:37:12.719 --> 00:37:13.340
 today

00:37:13.340 --> 00:37:13.960
 to bow

00:37:13.960 --> 00:37:14.500
 the knee

00:37:14.500 --> 00:37:15.739
 to him

00:37:15.739 --> 00:37:16.320
 to what

00:37:16.320 --> 00:37:17.199
 he says

00:37:17.199 --> 00:37:18.019
 your life

00:37:18.019 --> 00:37:18.460
 should look

00:37:18.460 --> 00:37:18.679
 like

00:37:18.679 --> 00:37:19.559
 to him

00:37:19.559 --> 00:37:20.279
 being the

00:37:20.279 --> 00:37:20.539
 king

00:37:20.539 --> 00:37:21.559
 then don't

00:37:21.559 --> 00:37:21.960
 come

00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:22.920
 and eat

00:37:22.920 --> 00:37:24.840
 what he

00:37:24.840 --> 00:37:25.239
 serves

00:37:25.239 --> 00:37:25.860
 this morning

00:37:25.860 --> 00:37:27.619
 but equally

00:37:27.619 --> 00:37:28.719
 don't

00:37:28.719 --> 00:37:29.579
 let these

00:37:29.579 --> 00:37:30.019
 elements

00:37:30.019 --> 00:37:30.679
 pass

00:37:30.679 --> 00:37:31.079
 without

00:37:31.079 --> 00:37:32.000
 considering

00:37:32.000 --> 00:37:33.420
 who he

00:37:33.420 --> 00:37:34.199
 offers

00:37:34.199 --> 00:37:34.699
 himself

00:37:34.699 --> 00:37:35.320
 as to

00:37:35.320 --> 00:37:35.579
 you

00:37:35.579 --> 00:37:36.320
 as the

00:37:36.320 --> 00:37:36.599
 one

00:37:36.599 --> 00:37:36.980
 true

00:37:36.980 --> 00:37:37.360
 king

00:37:37.360 --> 00:37:37.539
 who

00:37:37.539 --> 00:37:37.940
 actually

00:37:37.940 --> 00:37:38.659
 gives

00:37:38.659 --> 00:37:38.900
 his

00:37:38.900 --> 00:37:39.579
 life

00:37:39.579 --> 00:37:40.739
 to

00:37:40.739 --> 00:37:41.159
 rescue

00:37:41.159 --> 00:37:41.440
 you

00:37:41.440 --> 00:37:41.820
 forever

00:37:41.820 --> 00:37:42.219
 and to

00:37:42.219 --> 00:37:42.480
 bring

00:37:42.480 --> 00:37:42.639
 you

00:37:42.639 --> 00:37:42.759
 into

00:37:42.759 --> 00:37:42.920
 the

00:37:42.920 --> 00:37:43.500
 relationship

00:37:43.500 --> 00:37:43.799
 you

00:37:43.799 --> 00:37:43.940
 were

00:37:43.940 --> 00:37:44.199
 made

00:37:44.199 --> 00:37:44.559
 for

00:37:44.559 --> 00:37:46.639
 let me

00:37:46.639 --> 00:37:46.840
 pray

00:37:46.840 --> 00:37:47.079
 and then

00:37:47.079 --> 00:37:47.199
 we'll

00:37:47.199 --> 00:37:47.460
 come

00:37:47.460 --> 00:37:47.639
 and

00:37:47.639 --> 00:37:47.980
 celebrate

00:37:47.980 --> 00:37:48.539
 together

00:37:48.539 --> 00:37:53.039
 Jesus

00:37:53.039 --> 00:37:53.500
 that you

00:37:53.500 --> 00:37:53.860
 would love

00:37:53.860 --> 00:37:54.360
 us like

00:37:54.360 --> 00:37:54.739
 that is

00:37:54.739 --> 00:37:55.300
 beyond

00:37:55.300 --> 00:37:57.759
 what we

00:37:57.759 --> 00:37:58.000
 could

00:37:58.000 --> 00:37:58.980
 honestly

00:37:58.980 --> 00:37:59.599
 comprehend

00:37:59.599 --> 00:38:00.259
 today

00:38:00.259 --> 00:38:02.460
 thank you

00:38:02.460 --> 00:38:02.900
 for giving

00:38:02.900 --> 00:38:03.920
 us bread

00:38:03.920 --> 00:38:04.519
 and wine

00:38:04.519 --> 00:38:05.059
 to help

00:38:05.059 --> 00:38:05.400
 us

00:38:05.400 --> 00:38:07.340
 taste it

00:38:07.340 --> 00:38:08.380
 to help

00:38:08.380 --> 00:38:09.279
 our hearts

00:38:09.279 --> 00:38:11.400
 expand

00:38:11.400 --> 00:38:12.719
 the possibility

00:38:12.719 --> 00:38:13.259
 of what

00:38:13.259 --> 00:38:14.019
 it could

00:38:14.019 --> 00:38:14.440
 be like

00:38:14.440 --> 00:38:14.739
 to be

00:38:14.739 --> 00:38:15.039
 loved

00:38:15.039 --> 00:38:15.840
 by you

00:38:15.840 --> 00:38:17.139
 so

00:38:17.139 --> 00:38:17.739
 would you

00:38:17.739 --> 00:38:18.340
 use them

00:38:18.340 --> 00:38:19.740
 powerfully

00:38:19.740 --> 00:38:20.220
 in our

00:38:20.220 --> 00:38:21.039
 hearts

00:38:21.039 --> 00:38:22.340
 even now

00:38:22.340 --> 00:38:22.940
 thank you

00:38:22.940 --> 00:38:23.440
 for meeting

00:38:23.440 --> 00:38:24.019
 with us

00:38:24.019 --> 00:38:24.720
 we pray

00:38:24.720 --> 00:38:25.000
 in your

00:38:25.000 --> 00:38:25.320
 name

00:38:25.320 --> 00:38:26.420
 amen

00:38:26.420 --> 00:38:28.660
 for more

00:38:28.660 --> 00:38:29.180
 information

00:38:29.180 --> 00:38:30.019
 visit us

00:38:30.019 --> 00:38:30.440
 online

00:38:30.440 --> 00:38:30.720
 at

00:38:30.720 --> 00:38:31.500
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