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 Is he safe?

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 Is he safe?

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 Remember the Pevensey children asking Mr. Beaver about Aslan,

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 the figure of the Christ, the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe.

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 They've been hearing about Aslan on the move.

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 He's a lion.

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 And they ask Mr. Beaver, is he safe?

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 Is he safe?

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 This morning I want to ask the question,

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 is the lamb safe?

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 Many of us in the room really want him to be safe.

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 Maybe you've come wanting a safe Jesus.

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 This morning I'm going to ask a question of you over and over again throughout the sermon.

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 Here's the question.

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 Is this your Jesus?

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 The Jesus, the risen lamb we see in Revelation chapter 6,

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 is this your Jesus?

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 Is this the Jesus that is your first love?

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 What we're going to see is the lamb who was slain is on his throne and he is in control of all things.

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 And he's carrying out God's plan for the fullness of time.

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 And it includes devastations and destructions.

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 He's turning up the heat as he's carrying out God's plan.

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 And this morning as we turn to Revelation 6,

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 I'm going to do my best to get us through the opening of the seven seals of the scroll of God's plan

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 for the fullness of time.

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 And this scene actually starts earlier than Revelation chapter 6.

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 It starts in Revelation chapter 4.

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 And there we are shown one seated on the throne.

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 He is brilliant in his glory and he's surrounded by 24 elders and four living creatures who are constantly falling down

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 and praising him without ceasing.

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 They're praising him.

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 Holy, holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty who was and who is and who is to come.

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 And then in chapter 5, there we see in the hand of the one seated on the throne a scroll with seven seals.

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 You've got to think of those seals as kind of authorizations.

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 Only one person can break open those seals.

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 And we learn from chapter 5 who that one person is.

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 Who has the authority?

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 Who's got the credentials?

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 Who's got the qualifications to open the seal?

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 It's the lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David.

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 And what qualifies him to conquer is his blood.

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 In verse 6 of chapter 5,

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 Look, in the midst of the throne, John shows us the one who is cross-certified to open the seven seals.

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 Quote,

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 I saw a lamb standing as though it had been slain.

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 End quote.

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 There with God in the midst of the throne

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 is the risen lamb, Jesus Christ.

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 Is this your Jesus?

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 Standing in the midst of the throne?

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 The lamb that's been slain?

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 It was by his death that qualifies him.

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 It's his death that qualifies him to break open the seals.

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 And it's his death that has conquered sin.

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 It's his death that has thrown down the devil onto earth.

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 It's his death that handed death its death notice.

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 In chapters 4 and 5,

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 All of heaven is going nuts in their praise of the lamb and the one seated on the throne.

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 It's a loud place.

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 Chapter 4, 5, and 6.

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 Heaven is a loud place with the praises of God.

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 And so what we see happening in 4 and 5 is God's plan for the fullness of time

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 to save men and women from every tribe, language, people, and nation

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 is also a plan to bring judgment on all the inhabitants of the earth.

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 It's a plan to bring utter devastation to the current heaven and the earth as we know it.

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 And this plan has been placed in the hands of the lamb on the throne.

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 And the lamb is going to execute God's plan for the fullness of time to the uttermost.

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 And so this morning I want you to see that the risen lamb is on his throne.

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 He's in control now.

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 And he's carrying out God's plan for the fullness of time.

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 Is this your Jesus?

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 By the time we get to chapter 6,

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 what we see happening is the lamb begins to open the seven seals of the scroll

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 of God's plan for the fullness of time.

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 It's the plan being enacted.

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 And so what we're going to see is again and again,

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 as the lamb opens seal after seal,

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 we're given vision after vision of immediate happenings of cosmic proportions.

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 It's going to make you a little uncomfortable.

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 Is this your Jesus?

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 We're going to see the lamb in a light this morning that

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 that you may have never seen him before,

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 or maybe you care not to see him like this.

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 The question is, is it true?

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 The lamb is on the throne.

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 He's in control.

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 And he's carrying out God's plan for the fullness of time.

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 And he uses calamity and destruction

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 according to his will for God's glory.

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 So here's how we're going to move forward.

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 We're going to look at the lamb and the four horsemen.

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 Seals one through four.

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 And then we're going to look at the lamb and his martyrs.

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 Seal five.

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 And then the lamb and his wrath.

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 Seal six.

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 And then the lamb and the ominous silence.

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 Seal seven.

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 So we're going to focus on chapter six.

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 Take a, kind of dip our toe into chapter eight.

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 And you might be wondering, well, what about chapter seven?

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 We'll come back to that next week.

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 You'll understand why in a little bit.

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 Let's look at the lamb and the four horsemen.

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 Seals one through four.

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 We're going to take them all together.

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 This is chapter six, one through eight.

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 Every seal that the lamb opens is an authoritative act

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 of him carrying out God's plan for all time.

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 And what I want you to see is he's turning up the heat on humanity.

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 These first four seals are all related.

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 They have a lot of similarities as you go through him, through them.

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 And if you're wondering about these four horsemen, like where did John think these things up?

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 He actually didn't think them up.

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 He's actually riffing off the four horsemen in Zechariah chapter one and chapter six.

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 And those horsemen were sent out by God to patrol the earth.

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 They were agents of God's purposes.

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 And the horsemen we're going to look at now are agents of God's purposes.

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 Here's what we're going to see over and over again.

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 We're going to see the lamb open a seal.

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 And then we're going to see after the opening of a seal, one of the living creatures, they cry out,

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 come!

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 And they call forth one of the horsemen.

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 And one of those horsemen, there's a horse that's either white, red, black, and pale.

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 And then there's a rider on one of those horses.

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 And usually one of the riders is given something.

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 The rider of the white horse in chapter six, verses one and two, he's given a bow and a crown to conquer.

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 The rider on the red horse in chapter six, verses three and four, he's on a red horse and he's given a great sword.

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 And he is to remove the peace on the earth to men slay one another.

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 It's a picture of war and bloodshed.

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 The rider on the black horse in chapter six, verses five and six, has a pair of scales.

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 And there's a voice from the midst of the throne saying, a quart of wheat is worth a denarius.

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 One day's food is worth one day's wage.

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 Scarcity.

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 Economic difficulty.

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 And then the rider on the pale horse.

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 Literally, corpse green horse.

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 And the rider on that horse, chapter six, verses seven and eight, it's the only rider that's been given a name.

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 Death.

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 Accompanied by his partner Hades, the place of the dead.

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 And that rider is given authority to bring the sword, famine, pestilence, and wild beasts to kill a fourth of humankind.

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 The four horsemen of Revelation chapter six, these four seals, they represent calamities that are sent forth by the lamb.

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 Human conquest, the rider on the white horse, to conquer.

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 National, international power grabbing.

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 Control, human dominance.

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 And that results in great bloodshed.

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 The rider on the red horse with the great sword.

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 Human conquest, the prideful dominion over one people over another, leads to the shedding of great blood of one people over another.

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 Which, of course, results in economic scarcity.

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 Famines brought on by war.

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 Famines brought on by bloodshed.

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 Famines brought on by the exertion of human will to conquer.

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 Just think of North Korea and the famine that's been going on there for years.

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 And then it all lands with death.

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 Death after death after death after death.

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 Here's what's going on with these four seals.

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 What I want you to see is that Jesus is setting each one into motion.

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 He opens a seal.

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 A living creature says, come.

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 The horse and the rider come.

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 They're given something.

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 And they go.

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 And they wreak havoc on the earth.

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 So, the risen Christ, who's positioned on the throne with one seat on the throne,

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 in all his cross-certified authority,

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 sends calamity after calamity onto the earth.

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 Is this your Jesus?

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 Who's reigning on high?

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 Remember the pedancy children?

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 Upon hearing of Aslan,

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 is he safe?

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 This Jesus that we're looking at is the Lion of Judah.

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 He's the Lamb who was slain.

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 And he ushers in calamity on the earth.

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 I mean, he said he would.

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 Matthew 24, chapter 24, verses 4 through 8.

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 If you want to turn back to that.

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 This is Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew.

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 Matthew 24, verse 4 through 8.

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 He's talking about the end.

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 What will happen?

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 And we hear him say this.

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 See that no one leads you astray.

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 For many will come in my name, saying, I am the Christ.

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 And they will lead many astray.

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 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars.

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 See that you are not alarmed.

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 For this must take place.

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 It must take place.

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 But the end is not yet.

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 For nation will rise against nation,

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 and kingdom against kingdom.

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 And there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

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 All these are but the beginning of the birth pains.

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 What we are seeing in the four horsemen are the birth pains.

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 I want to help you guys think about something.

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 It's not when the four horsemen will come.

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 It's that they have already come.

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 You hear horsebeats, hoofbeats already.

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 Every time you open up your news feed on your smartphone,

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 and you hear about devastations,

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 think hoofbeats.

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 When you see the news,

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 when you hear on the radio,

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 things that make you say,

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 no, not again.

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 Hoofbeats.

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 Hoofbeats.

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 I mean, if you are familiar with the genocides over the last hundred years,

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 how many millions of people have died?

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 How many Armenians died at the hand of Turks?

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 How many Jews died at the hand of Nazis?

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 How many Russians died?

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 How many Cambodians died?

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 How many Africans have died of famines?

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 And North Koreans have died of famines?

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 How much death has happened?

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 Hoofbeats are sounding all over the place.

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 We're living in it.

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 Why is this happening?

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 The end is coming.

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 We're one day closer.

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 We read in the book of Romans chapter 1

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 that sinful humanity exchanges the truth of God for a lie.

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 It's idolatry in the first order.

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 And if you're God,

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 and you get swapped out for something you've made,

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 it is a tremendous offense.

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 In the words of Paul in Romans 1.28,

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 since they, sinful humanity,

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 did not see fit to acknowledge God,

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 God gave them up to a debased mind

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 to do what not ought to be done.

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 The Lamb,

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 the Lamb is handing an idolatrous generation

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 over to its cravings and consequences.

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 And we're hearing hoofbeats all over the place.

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 The Lamb's turning up the heat.

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 Now, if you started showing symptoms

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 of a headache and a cough

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 and a temperature and chills,

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 chances are you're going to start thinking,

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 well, I think I got the flu.

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 I need to go get checked out.

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 But if you ignore it,

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 you ignore it to your own peril.

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 Think about the other symptoms going on

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 that Jesus is describing.

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 Human conquest,

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 great bloodshed,

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 famine, scarcity,

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 death, death, death.

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 Symptoms of the times.

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 Hoofbeats are sounding all around us.

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 Jesus is raising the heat.

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 We can't ignore it.

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 Billy Graham is quoted as saying,

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 the sun that melts the butter

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 hardens the clay.

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 The sun that melts the butter

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 hardens the clay.

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 And depending on the condition

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 of your heart,

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 when you experience this kind of heat,

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 will determine how you respond.

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 And for those who have a tender heart,

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 Jesus is giving us time

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 to repent and to turn to Him

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 and bow our knee.

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 But those with a hardened heart,

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 ignore at your own peril.

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 You'll see what will that happen

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 in seal six.

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 Is this your Jesus

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 who's on His throne,

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 controlling all things

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 and carrying out God's plan

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 for the fullness of time,

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 turning up the heat with hoofbeats?

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 Those are the four seals.

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 Now let's look at seal five.

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 The Lamb and His Martyrs.

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 This is chapter six,

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 verses nine through eleven.

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 The fifth seal.

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 That word martyr,

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 the word martyr

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 has an interesting history.

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 Literally, the Greek word,

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 it actually shows up

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 in this chapter.

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 And it's the word witness.

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 It literally means,

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 martyr literally means

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 in the original language,

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 witness.

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 Like you witness

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 in a court of law.

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 But over time,

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 as Christian after Christian

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 bearing witness to Christ

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 to their death,

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 martyr evolved into the meaning

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 to faithfully bear witness

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 unto death.

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 And what we see happening

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 in seal five is

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 we're given a vision

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 of the faithful martyrs

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 in heaven.

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 Those who've gone before

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 faithful to professing Jesus

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 all the way to the end

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 of their own lives.

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 And in verse nine,

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 we are explicitly shown

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 who they are.

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 I saw under the altar

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 the souls of those

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 who had been slain.

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 The souls of those

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 who've been slain.

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 The soul is kind of

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 the disembodied saint.

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 They are absent from the body

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 but present with the Lord.

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 They are in God's presence

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 in His heavenly temple.

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 And they're there

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 because they've been slain.

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 And notice what they were slain for.

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 The word of God.

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 And there it is.

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 It's a witness they bore.

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 And what I want you to notice

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 is exactly where they are.

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 They are under the altar

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 of the heavenly temple

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 in the presence of God.

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 Now in the Jerusalem temple complex

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 there were two altars.

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 The altar of sacrifice

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 and the altar of incense.

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 And when an animal

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 was sacrificed

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 on the altar of sacrifice

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 do you know

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 where its blood would pool?

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 Under the altar.

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 What John is showing us

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 is a very vivid way

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 to describe

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 the martyrs of Jesus

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 as an offering

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 sacrificed unto the Lord.

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 They are in a place

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 where blood would pool.

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 Who are these martyrs?

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 Think of Stephen

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 in the book of Acts.

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 John Wycliffe.

00:20:47.319 --> 00:20:47.879
 John Huss.

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 William Tyndale.

00:20:48.839 --> 00:20:49.659
 Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

00:20:50.019 --> 00:20:50.579
 Jim Elliot.

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 I was reading about

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 Gracia Burnham this week.

00:20:53.839 --> 00:20:55.179
 Kayla Mueller this week.

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 There are men and women

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 from all different ethnicities

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 and languages

00:21:02.720 --> 00:21:04.379
 who have given their lives

00:21:04.379 --> 00:21:04.980
 for Jesus.

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 And Jesus knows

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 every one of them.

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 Maybe you've seen brothers

00:21:11.439 --> 00:21:12.500
 on YouTube

00:21:12.500 --> 00:21:13.859
 who have been beheaded

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 for being Christ followers

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 in the Middle East

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 under the altar.

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 And notice what they are crying out.

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 They are crying out

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 with a loud voice.

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 Oh Sovereign Lord.

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 That's to the Lamb.

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 Oh Sovereign Lord.

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 It's the word we get despot from.

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 Oh Sovereign Lord.

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 Ruler of all.

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 How long before you judge

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 and avenge our blood

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 on those who dwell on the earth?

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 When will you vindicate us?

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 When?

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 They are crying out to the Lamb.

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 Bring your justice.

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 How long?

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 How long will you

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 avenge until you avenge us?

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 On those who dwell on the earth.

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 It's a very important phrase

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 in the book of Revelation.

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 Those who dwell on the earth.

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 And when we hear that

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 we probably think of like

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 the seven point

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 whatever billion people

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 inhabitants of the earth right now.

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 Well the book of Revelation

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 it's a little bit more specific

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 and technical.

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 Here's what I mean by that.

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 As we make our way

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 through the book of Revelation

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 when that phrase show up

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 the dwellers of the earth

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 here's what's true of them.

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 They are deceived

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 by the false prophet

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 to worship the beast.

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 They are deceived.

00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:46.420
 They make an image

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 of the beast and worshiper.

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 The dwellers on the earth.

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 The dwellers on the earth

00:22:51.440 --> 00:22:52.539
 are given the mark

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 of the beast.

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 The dwellers on the earth

00:22:55.140 --> 00:22:55.940
 become drunk

00:22:55.940 --> 00:22:56.660
 with the wine

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 of immorality

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 of the great prostitute.

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 And so when you start

00:23:01.039 --> 00:23:01.440
 to understand

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 how the book of Revelation

00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:04.220
 uses that phrase

00:23:04.220 --> 00:23:05.840
 the dwellers of the earth

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 you realize

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 it's not all the inhabitants

00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:08.700
 of the earth.

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 It's those

00:23:09.920 --> 00:23:10.819
 who have refused

00:23:10.819 --> 00:23:12.259
 to become followers

00:23:12.259 --> 00:23:12.840
 of Jesus

00:23:12.840 --> 00:23:14.259
 who are still in their sin.

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 They're idolaters.

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 They're unbelievers.

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 not all the earth's population.

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 These are the ones

00:23:25.700 --> 00:23:26.779
 who have turned

00:23:26.779 --> 00:23:27.519
 from the lamb

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 to worship

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 anything but the lamb

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 and these are the ones

00:23:31.319 --> 00:23:32.740
 who make it difficult

00:23:32.740 --> 00:23:34.120
 for the people of God.

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 And the martyrs

00:23:38.100 --> 00:23:38.740
 are crying out

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 how long

00:23:39.559 --> 00:23:40.740
 how long

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 until you vindicate us.

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 Did you notice

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 did you notice

00:23:47.839 --> 00:23:49.319
 that the martyrs

00:23:49.319 --> 00:23:50.799
 they're talking

00:23:50.799 --> 00:23:51.799
 about the lamb

00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:53.220
 as the judge of all.

00:23:54.819 --> 00:23:55.920
 Come judge

00:23:55.920 --> 00:23:57.779
 and vindicate

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 avenge.

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 Is this your Jesus?

00:24:05.879 --> 00:24:07.079
 Just as the writers

00:24:07.079 --> 00:24:08.059
 were given something

00:24:08.059 --> 00:24:09.319
 now these martyrs

00:24:09.319 --> 00:24:10.180
 are given something.

00:24:10.299 --> 00:24:11.480
 They're given white robes.

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 And what these white robes

00:24:13.220 --> 00:24:14.000
 are in verse 11

00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:14.639
 they are

00:24:14.640 --> 00:24:16.300
 they're to show

00:24:16.300 --> 00:24:16.960
 that they share

00:24:16.960 --> 00:24:18.120
 in the lamb's conquering

00:24:18.120 --> 00:24:19.420
 in his victory.

00:24:20.280 --> 00:24:20.960
 It's assurance.

00:24:21.620 --> 00:24:22.020
 It's like hey

00:24:22.020 --> 00:24:22.880
 you guys are legit.

00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:25.700
 You should be here.

00:24:26.380 --> 00:24:27.640
 I've shed my blood

00:24:27.640 --> 00:24:28.160
 for you.

00:24:29.040 --> 00:24:30.360
 You're in my conquest.

00:24:30.620 --> 00:24:31.340
 My victory.

00:24:34.940 --> 00:24:36.360
 Not just that.

00:24:38.220 --> 00:24:39.640
 They are told something.

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 They're told to rest

00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:43.120
 rest a little longer.

00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:46.160
 Rest a little longer

00:24:46.160 --> 00:24:47.000
 until the number

00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:48.420
 of their fellow servants

00:24:48.420 --> 00:24:49.200
 and their brothers

00:24:49.200 --> 00:24:50.120
 should be complete

00:24:50.120 --> 00:24:52.220
 who were to be killed

00:24:52.220 --> 00:24:53.700
 as they themselves

00:24:53.700 --> 00:24:54.960
 had been killed.

00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:56.599
 This is really

00:24:56.599 --> 00:24:57.579
 sober stuff here.

00:25:00.160 --> 00:25:00.980
 Because what we're

00:25:00.980 --> 00:25:01.680
 reading about

00:25:01.680 --> 00:25:05.640
 is Jesus is giving us

00:25:05.640 --> 00:25:06.519
 a kind of a

00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:08.099
 of a marker.

00:25:08.099 --> 00:25:10.519
 these martyrs

00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:11.399
 have run

00:25:11.399 --> 00:25:12.159
 their course

00:25:12.159 --> 00:25:12.859
 faithfully

00:25:12.859 --> 00:25:13.839
 to

00:25:13.839 --> 00:25:15.459
 the appointed

00:25:15.459 --> 00:25:16.439
 end of giving

00:25:16.439 --> 00:25:17.039
 their lives

00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:17.639
 for Jesus.

00:25:18.679 --> 00:25:19.079
 And what we're

00:25:19.079 --> 00:25:19.659
 learning now

00:25:19.659 --> 00:25:20.339
 is that

00:25:20.339 --> 00:25:20.919
 hey

00:25:20.919 --> 00:25:22.039
 rest

00:25:22.039 --> 00:25:22.799
 wait

00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:23.439
 until

00:25:23.439 --> 00:25:24.619
 the full number

00:25:24.619 --> 00:25:25.679
 of the martyrs

00:25:25.679 --> 00:25:26.919
 comes in.

00:25:28.399 --> 00:25:29.639
 There's a set

00:25:29.639 --> 00:25:31.039
 number of martyrs

00:25:31.039 --> 00:25:31.539
 apparently.

00:25:34.199 --> 00:25:35.339
 We're being given

00:25:35.339 --> 00:25:36.159
 a reference point.

00:25:36.160 --> 00:25:38.200
 In Matthew 24 14

00:25:38.200 --> 00:25:39.080
 we're given

00:25:39.080 --> 00:25:39.720
 another kind of

00:25:39.720 --> 00:25:41.140
 a reference point

00:25:41.140 --> 00:25:41.680
 by Jesus.

00:25:41.820 --> 00:25:42.940
 Jesus talks about

00:25:42.940 --> 00:25:44.040
 the end will come

00:25:44.040 --> 00:25:45.759
 after the gospel

00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:46.420
 of the kingdom

00:25:46.420 --> 00:25:47.740
 is proclaimed

00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:48.500
 throughout the whole

00:25:48.500 --> 00:25:49.880
 world to all nations.

00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:51.300
 Then the end

00:25:51.300 --> 00:25:51.779
 will come.

00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:53.060
 So what we know is

00:25:53.060 --> 00:25:54.519
 the end won't come

00:25:54.519 --> 00:25:56.120
 until that happens.

00:25:58.640 --> 00:25:59.540
 Here we're given

00:25:59.540 --> 00:26:00.500
 another kind of a marker.

00:26:01.740 --> 00:26:02.860
 That as the gospel

00:26:02.860 --> 00:26:03.460
 is proclaimed

00:26:03.460 --> 00:26:04.360
 to the nations

00:26:04.359 --> 00:26:05.559
 there will be

00:26:05.559 --> 00:26:06.539
 brothers and sisters

00:26:06.539 --> 00:26:07.419
 who will be giving

00:26:07.419 --> 00:26:08.699
 their lives to that.

00:26:10.219 --> 00:26:11.019
 There's a set

00:26:11.019 --> 00:26:12.139
 number of martyrs.

00:26:15.539 --> 00:26:16.659
 People will die

00:26:16.659 --> 00:26:18.339
 for the cause

00:26:18.339 --> 00:26:18.899
 of Jesus.

00:26:21.119 --> 00:26:22.119
 Loving people

00:26:22.119 --> 00:26:23.299
 helping them

00:26:23.299 --> 00:26:23.859
 pointing them

00:26:23.859 --> 00:26:24.599
 to Jesus.

00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:29.179
 Maybe this will help.

00:26:30.059 --> 00:26:30.799
 Have you ever seen

00:26:30.799 --> 00:26:31.919
 those kind of like

00:26:31.919 --> 00:26:33.339
 desktop daily

00:26:33.339 --> 00:26:34.720
 countdown calendars?

00:26:34.879 --> 00:26:35.960
 It sits on your desk

00:26:35.960 --> 00:26:37.299
 and there is like

00:26:37.299 --> 00:26:38.319
 the date

00:26:38.319 --> 00:26:40.819
 January 20th

00:26:40.819 --> 00:26:41.859
 and then you rip it off

00:26:41.859 --> 00:26:42.419
 and the next day

00:26:42.419 --> 00:26:43.759
 is January 21st

00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:44.799
 and it's all

00:26:44.799 --> 00:26:45.680
 going down

00:26:45.680 --> 00:26:47.159
 to the last day.

00:26:49.339 --> 00:26:50.460
 Think about

00:26:50.460 --> 00:26:51.519
 the lamb

00:26:51.519 --> 00:26:52.740
 having a kind

00:26:52.740 --> 00:26:53.539
 of countdown

00:26:53.539 --> 00:26:54.799
 calendar

00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:55.960
 but it's not

00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:57.159
 by days.

00:26:57.359 --> 00:26:58.419
 It's by

00:26:58.419 --> 00:26:58.799
 martyrs.

00:26:58.799 --> 00:27:00.000
 martyrs.

00:27:00.319 --> 00:27:01.559
 He knows them

00:27:01.559 --> 00:27:03.279
 one by one.

00:27:03.940 --> 00:27:05.079
 One at a time.

00:27:05.639 --> 00:27:06.500
 Count down

00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:08.059
 of the martyrs

00:27:08.059 --> 00:27:09.480
 until

00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:11.319
 they're done.

00:27:12.599 --> 00:27:13.519
 And then

00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:15.200
 the end

00:27:15.200 --> 00:27:15.899
 comes.

00:27:17.399 --> 00:27:18.079
 It's sobering

00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:18.500
 isn't it?

00:27:21.099 --> 00:27:22.419
 Stakes are high.

00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:23.940
 The worship

00:27:23.940 --> 00:27:24.859
 of the lamb

00:27:24.859 --> 00:27:26.680
 is at stake.

00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:29.100
 What we've

00:27:29.100 --> 00:27:29.519
 learned here

00:27:29.519 --> 00:27:29.880
 is that

00:27:29.880 --> 00:27:32.060
 the lamb

00:27:32.060 --> 00:27:32.980
 is the sovereign

00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:33.720
 Lord who will

00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:34.820
 judge with

00:27:34.820 --> 00:27:35.360
 vengeance

00:27:35.360 --> 00:27:36.660
 all who oppose

00:27:36.660 --> 00:27:37.940
 him and his

00:27:37.940 --> 00:27:39.380
 faithful martyrs.

00:27:40.440 --> 00:27:41.460
 As the judge

00:27:41.460 --> 00:27:42.019
 he knows

00:27:42.019 --> 00:27:42.580
 his own.

00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:44.000
 He loves

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:44.420
 his own.

00:27:44.519 --> 00:27:45.400
 He hears

00:27:45.400 --> 00:27:46.299
 his own.

00:27:46.680 --> 00:27:47.620
 He's heard

00:27:47.620 --> 00:27:48.560
 their cries.

00:27:50.160 --> 00:27:51.279
 He loves

00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:51.660
 them.

00:27:52.460 --> 00:27:53.019
 He shed

00:27:53.019 --> 00:27:53.519
 their blood

00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:54.060
 for them.

00:27:54.059 --> 00:27:55.519
 He will

00:27:55.519 --> 00:27:56.379
 vindicate

00:27:56.379 --> 00:27:56.839
 them.

00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:57.799
 And just

00:27:57.799 --> 00:27:58.419
 imagine if

00:27:58.419 --> 00:27:59.220
 you're one of

00:27:59.220 --> 00:27:59.980
 the seven

00:27:59.980 --> 00:28:00.539
 churches in

00:28:00.539 --> 00:28:00.899
 the first

00:28:00.899 --> 00:28:01.539
 century that

00:28:01.539 --> 00:28:02.720
 received this

00:28:02.720 --> 00:28:04.179
 and you're

00:28:04.179 --> 00:28:04.740
 also being

00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:05.240
 told that

00:28:05.240 --> 00:28:05.460
 you're going

00:28:05.460 --> 00:28:05.879
 to be facing

00:28:05.879 --> 00:28:06.579
 persecution

00:28:06.579 --> 00:28:07.079
 and some

00:28:07.079 --> 00:28:07.299
 of you

00:28:07.299 --> 00:28:07.879
 will die.

00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:09.879
 This is

00:28:09.879 --> 00:28:10.179
 going to be

00:28:10.179 --> 00:28:10.599
 encouragement

00:28:10.599 --> 00:28:11.039
 to you.

00:28:13.659 --> 00:28:14.299
 He's on

00:28:14.299 --> 00:28:14.779
 the throne.

00:28:15.419 --> 00:28:16.059
 He's in

00:28:16.059 --> 00:28:17.000
 control and

00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:17.539
 he's carrying

00:28:17.539 --> 00:28:18.119
 out God's

00:28:18.119 --> 00:28:18.799
 plan for the

00:28:18.799 --> 00:28:19.319
 fullness of

00:28:19.319 --> 00:28:21.539
 time including

00:28:21.539 --> 00:28:22.259
 martyrdom.

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:24.680
 is this

00:28:24.680 --> 00:28:25.180
 your Jesus?

00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:30.019
 Maybe you're

00:28:30.019 --> 00:28:32.079
 asking is

00:28:32.079 --> 00:28:32.660
 he safe?

00:28:35.599 --> 00:28:36.460
 The sixth

00:28:36.460 --> 00:28:37.839
 seal we

00:28:37.839 --> 00:28:38.619
 read about in

00:28:38.619 --> 00:28:39.579
 chapter 12

00:28:39.579 --> 00:28:41.160
 verse 17 and

00:28:41.160 --> 00:28:41.839
 it is related

00:28:41.839 --> 00:28:42.440
 to the fifth

00:28:42.440 --> 00:28:42.759
 seal.

00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:46.559
 I love movie

00:28:46.559 --> 00:28:47.039
 previews.

00:28:47.140 --> 00:28:47.640
 I like getting

00:28:47.640 --> 00:28:48.819
 early to movies

00:28:48.819 --> 00:28:49.559
 to see the

00:28:49.559 --> 00:28:50.259
 previews.

00:28:50.259 --> 00:28:51.779
 And you

00:28:51.779 --> 00:28:52.079
 know how

00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:53.099
 previews work.

00:28:53.279 --> 00:28:53.779
 They give

00:28:53.779 --> 00:28:55.000
 you a kind

00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:55.839
 of present

00:28:55.839 --> 00:28:57.339
 limited glimpse

00:28:57.339 --> 00:28:58.619
 of a future

00:28:58.619 --> 00:28:59.579
 release.

00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:00.819
 So you get

00:29:00.819 --> 00:29:01.359
 like 30,

00:29:01.660 --> 00:29:02.460
 60 seconds

00:29:02.460 --> 00:29:03.259
 of something

00:29:03.259 --> 00:29:03.980
 coming later

00:29:03.980 --> 00:29:04.720
 that is going

00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:05.220
 to be two

00:29:05.220 --> 00:29:05.980
 hours of

00:29:05.980 --> 00:29:06.420
 wonder.

00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:08.460
 The sixth

00:29:08.460 --> 00:29:10.819
 seal is a

00:29:10.819 --> 00:29:12.039
 present glimpse

00:29:12.039 --> 00:29:13.500
 of a future

00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:15.180
 destruction

00:29:15.180 --> 00:29:17.279
 of the first

00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:17.940
 heaven and the

00:29:17.940 --> 00:29:18.839
 first earth.

00:29:18.839 --> 00:29:18.899
 earth.

00:29:20.399 --> 00:29:20.879
 It's

00:29:20.879 --> 00:29:21.819
 describing what

00:29:21.819 --> 00:29:23.079
 Revelation 21

00:29:23.079 --> 00:29:24.079
 describes as

00:29:24.079 --> 00:29:24.779
 the passing

00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:25.879
 away of the

00:29:25.879 --> 00:29:26.740
 first heaven and

00:29:26.740 --> 00:29:27.779
 the first earth.

00:29:27.899 --> 00:29:28.579
 Let me read it

00:29:28.579 --> 00:29:28.939
 for you.

00:29:29.599 --> 00:29:30.439
 Chapter 6

00:29:30.439 --> 00:29:31.099
 verse 12

00:29:31.099 --> 00:29:31.599
 the sixth

00:29:31.599 --> 00:29:31.919
 seal.

00:29:32.699 --> 00:29:32.939
 When he

00:29:32.939 --> 00:29:33.399
 opened the

00:29:33.399 --> 00:29:34.059
 sixth seal I

00:29:34.059 --> 00:29:34.559
 looked and

00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:35.159
 behold there

00:29:35.159 --> 00:29:35.740
 was a great

00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:36.919
 earthquake and

00:29:36.919 --> 00:29:37.659
 the sun became

00:29:37.659 --> 00:29:38.220
 black as

00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:38.819
 sackcloth.

00:29:38.959 --> 00:29:39.519
 The full moon

00:29:39.519 --> 00:29:40.659
 became like

00:29:40.659 --> 00:29:42.139
 blood and the

00:29:42.139 --> 00:29:42.679
 stars of the

00:29:42.679 --> 00:29:43.919
 sky fell to

00:29:43.919 --> 00:29:44.579
 the earth as

00:29:44.579 --> 00:29:45.319
 the fig tree

00:29:45.319 --> 00:29:45.939
 sheds its

00:29:45.939 --> 00:29:46.740
 winter fruit when

00:29:46.740 --> 00:29:47.500
 shaken by a

00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:47.699
 gale.

00:29:47.899 --> 00:29:48.359
 What a

00:29:48.839 --> 00:29:49.799
 visual.

00:29:50.679 --> 00:29:51.039
 The sky

00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:51.819
 vanished like

00:29:51.819 --> 00:29:52.519
 a scroll that

00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:53.119
 is being rolled

00:29:53.119 --> 00:29:53.740
 up and every

00:29:53.740 --> 00:29:54.419
 mountain and

00:29:54.419 --> 00:29:55.119
 island was

00:29:55.119 --> 00:29:56.000
 removed from

00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:56.919
 its place.

00:29:59.039 --> 00:29:59.579
 Again

00:29:59.579 --> 00:30:00.500
 Revelation 21

00:30:00.500 --> 00:30:02.019
 describes this

00:30:02.019 --> 00:30:02.759
 as the first

00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:03.439
 heaven and first

00:30:03.439 --> 00:30:04.740
 earth passing

00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:05.439
 away.

00:30:05.839 --> 00:30:06.419
 If you turn to

00:30:06.419 --> 00:30:07.299
 2 Peter

00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:08.659
 chapter 3

00:30:08.659 --> 00:30:10.279
 2 Peter

00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:10.959
 chapter 3

00:30:10.959 --> 00:30:12.279
 describes this

00:30:12.279 --> 00:30:13.359
 in a little

00:30:13.359 --> 00:30:14.619
 different terminology.

00:30:15.179 --> 00:30:15.819
 In verse 7

00:30:15.819 --> 00:30:16.679
 we read this.

00:30:16.680 --> 00:30:17.420
 But by the

00:30:17.420 --> 00:30:18.120
 same word the

00:30:18.120 --> 00:30:18.580
 heavens and

00:30:18.580 --> 00:30:19.039
 earth that

00:30:19.039 --> 00:30:20.160
 now exist are

00:30:20.160 --> 00:30:21.160
 stored up for

00:30:21.160 --> 00:30:22.420
 fire being

00:30:22.420 --> 00:30:23.519
 kept until the

00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:24.519
 day of judgment

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:25.460
 and destruction

00:30:25.460 --> 00:30:26.860
 of the ungodly.

00:30:28.360 --> 00:30:29.120
 And if you look

00:30:29.120 --> 00:30:29.900
 down to verse

00:30:29.900 --> 00:30:31.420
 10 we read

00:30:31.420 --> 00:30:32.060
 but the day of

00:30:32.060 --> 00:30:32.980
 the Lord will

00:30:32.980 --> 00:30:33.940
 come like a

00:30:33.940 --> 00:30:34.960
 thief and then

00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:35.640
 the heavens will

00:30:35.640 --> 00:30:36.539
 pass away with a

00:30:36.539 --> 00:30:37.380
 roar and the

00:30:37.380 --> 00:30:38.100
 heavenly bodies

00:30:38.100 --> 00:30:38.680
 will be burned

00:30:38.680 --> 00:30:39.600
 up and dissolved

00:30:39.600 --> 00:30:40.279
 and the earth

00:30:40.279 --> 00:30:40.960
 and the works

00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:41.880
 that are done

00:30:41.880 --> 00:30:42.640
 on it will be

00:30:42.640 --> 00:30:43.540
 exposed.

00:30:48.420 --> 00:30:49.480
 What Jesus is

00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:50.160
 describing

00:30:50.160 --> 00:30:51.640
 what we see

00:30:51.640 --> 00:30:52.360
 here in the

00:30:52.360 --> 00:30:53.260
 sixth seal is

00:30:53.260 --> 00:30:55.040
 the final

00:30:55.040 --> 00:30:55.980
 devastation of

00:30:55.980 --> 00:30:56.440
 the present

00:30:56.440 --> 00:30:56.920
 heaven and

00:30:56.920 --> 00:30:57.200
 earth.

00:30:58.320 --> 00:30:59.720
 It's a preview

00:30:59.720 --> 00:31:01.200
 of cosmic

00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:02.180
 destruction

00:31:02.180 --> 00:31:03.160
 to come.

00:31:03.920 --> 00:31:04.340
 The earth

00:31:04.340 --> 00:31:05.120
 as we know

00:31:05.120 --> 00:31:05.820
 it will be

00:31:05.820 --> 00:31:06.540
 dramatically

00:31:06.540 --> 00:31:07.380
 changed.

00:31:08.360 --> 00:31:09.300
 It's describing

00:31:09.300 --> 00:31:09.880
 an event

00:31:09.880 --> 00:31:12.880
 earthquake.

00:31:12.880 --> 00:31:13.640
 Did you see

00:31:13.640 --> 00:31:14.000
 the word

00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:14.540
 earthquake?

00:31:15.400 --> 00:31:16.000
 Earthquake

00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:16.560
 throughout the

00:31:16.560 --> 00:31:17.780
 Bible usually

00:31:17.780 --> 00:31:18.520
 is connected

00:31:18.520 --> 00:31:19.520
 to God's

00:31:19.520 --> 00:31:20.200
 coming.

00:31:21.460 --> 00:31:22.220
 A theophany

00:31:22.220 --> 00:31:22.880
 an appearing.

00:31:24.960 --> 00:31:25.580
 And here is

00:31:25.580 --> 00:31:26.240
 the great

00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:27.120
 earthquake.

00:31:29.080 --> 00:31:29.880
 I looked

00:31:29.880 --> 00:31:30.320
 and behold

00:31:30.320 --> 00:31:30.820
 there was a

00:31:30.820 --> 00:31:31.600
 great earthquake

00:31:31.600 --> 00:31:32.200
 and we see

00:31:32.200 --> 00:31:32.760
 the results

00:31:32.760 --> 00:31:33.180
 of it in

00:31:33.180 --> 00:31:34.620
 verse 14.

00:31:35.880 --> 00:31:36.500
 Every mountain

00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:36.940
 and island

00:31:36.940 --> 00:31:37.620
 was removed

00:31:37.620 --> 00:31:38.320
 from its

00:31:38.320 --> 00:31:38.920
 place.

00:31:39.880 --> 00:31:40.580
 But it's

00:31:40.580 --> 00:31:41.000
 more than

00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:41.620
 just a

00:31:41.620 --> 00:31:42.000
 quaking

00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:42.540
 of the

00:31:42.540 --> 00:31:42.840
 earth.

00:31:44.400 --> 00:31:45.240
 It's a

00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:45.760
 cosmic

00:31:45.760 --> 00:31:46.460
 quake

00:31:46.460 --> 00:31:47.100
 because the

00:31:47.100 --> 00:31:47.420
 heavenly

00:31:47.420 --> 00:31:47.960
 bodies

00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:48.460
 are

00:31:48.460 --> 00:31:49.100
 dramatically

00:31:49.100 --> 00:31:49.660
 shaken

00:31:49.660 --> 00:31:50.280
 and altered

00:31:50.280 --> 00:31:50.680
 too.

00:31:51.200 --> 00:31:51.580
 The sun

00:31:51.580 --> 00:31:51.900
 has turned

00:31:51.900 --> 00:31:52.320
 black.

00:31:52.660 --> 00:31:53.000
 The full

00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:53.200
 moon

00:31:53.200 --> 00:31:53.580
 has turned

00:31:53.580 --> 00:31:54.220
 blood red.

00:31:54.580 --> 00:31:55.140
 Stars fall

00:31:55.140 --> 00:31:55.500
 to the

00:31:55.500 --> 00:31:56.200
 earth and

00:31:56.200 --> 00:31:56.640
 the sky

00:31:56.640 --> 00:31:57.200
 vanishes

00:31:57.200 --> 00:31:57.700
 like a

00:31:57.700 --> 00:31:58.020
 scroll.

00:31:58.480 --> 00:31:59.020
 The scope

00:31:59.020 --> 00:31:59.860
 and scale

00:31:59.860 --> 00:32:00.880
 is absolute

00:32:00.880 --> 00:32:02.040
 devastation of

00:32:02.040 --> 00:32:02.500
 the present

00:32:02.500 --> 00:32:03.060
 heavens and

00:32:03.060 --> 00:32:04.080
 earth as

00:32:04.080 --> 00:32:04.740
 we know

00:32:04.740 --> 00:32:05.040
 them.

00:32:05.660 --> 00:32:07.180
 And who

00:32:07.180 --> 00:32:07.700
 set it in

00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:07.980
 motion?

00:32:07.980 --> 00:32:10.259
 the lamb.

00:32:11.799 --> 00:32:12.420
 Is this

00:32:12.420 --> 00:32:12.860
 your Jesus?

00:32:17.640 --> 00:32:18.380
 The lamb

00:32:18.380 --> 00:32:18.860
 is on his

00:32:18.860 --> 00:32:19.360
 throne in

00:32:19.360 --> 00:32:20.059
 control and

00:32:20.059 --> 00:32:20.519
 carrying out

00:32:20.519 --> 00:32:21.259
 God's plan for

00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:21.599
 the fullness

00:32:21.599 --> 00:32:22.160
 of time.

00:32:22.839 --> 00:32:23.579
 And here he

00:32:23.579 --> 00:32:24.319
 is as the

00:32:24.319 --> 00:32:25.400
 catalyst of

00:32:25.400 --> 00:32:26.059
 the destruction

00:32:26.059 --> 00:32:27.200
 of the heavens

00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:27.880
 and the earth

00:32:27.880 --> 00:32:28.579
 as we know

00:32:28.579 --> 00:32:28.740
 it.

00:32:29.940 --> 00:32:30.740
 He opens

00:32:30.740 --> 00:32:31.299
 the seal

00:32:31.299 --> 00:32:33.099
 and heavens

00:32:33.099 --> 00:32:33.900
 and earth

00:32:33.900 --> 00:32:34.660
 are dissolved.

00:32:34.660 --> 00:32:37.279
 is he

00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:37.660
 safe?

00:32:38.860 --> 00:32:39.700
 I wouldn't

00:32:39.700 --> 00:32:40.160
 put him in

00:32:40.160 --> 00:32:40.460
 a safe

00:32:40.460 --> 00:32:41.040
 category at

00:32:41.040 --> 00:32:41.380
 this point.

00:32:45.100 --> 00:32:45.940
 In verses

00:32:45.940 --> 00:32:46.779
 15 and

00:32:46.779 --> 00:32:47.880
 17 we

00:32:47.880 --> 00:32:48.600
 move from

00:32:48.600 --> 00:32:49.420
 absolute

00:32:49.420 --> 00:32:50.480
 devastation

00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:51.759
 in 12

00:32:51.759 --> 00:32:52.300
 and 14

00:32:52.300 --> 00:32:53.460
 to another

00:32:53.460 --> 00:32:54.620
 preview of

00:32:54.620 --> 00:32:55.380
 the absolute

00:32:55.380 --> 00:32:56.400
 terror and

00:32:56.400 --> 00:32:56.960
 fear for

00:32:56.960 --> 00:32:57.480
 those who

00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:57.880
 are still

00:32:57.880 --> 00:32:58.700
 left present

00:32:58.700 --> 00:32:59.200
 on the

00:32:59.200 --> 00:33:00.100
 earth when

00:33:00.100 --> 00:33:00.740
 the great

00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:01.400
 day of

00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:02.300
 God's wrath

00:33:02.300 --> 00:33:03.019
 comes.

00:33:03.019 --> 00:33:05.639
 we read

00:33:05.639 --> 00:33:06.039
 this.

00:33:06.859 --> 00:33:07.160
 Then the

00:33:07.160 --> 00:33:07.579
 kings of

00:33:07.579 --> 00:33:07.980
 the earth

00:33:07.980 --> 00:33:08.220
 and the

00:33:08.220 --> 00:33:08.819
 great ones

00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:09.079
 and the

00:33:09.079 --> 00:33:09.400
 generals

00:33:09.400 --> 00:33:09.740
 and the

00:33:09.740 --> 00:33:10.059
 rich and

00:33:10.059 --> 00:33:10.480
 powerful

00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:11.019
 and everyone

00:33:11.019 --> 00:33:11.619
 slave and

00:33:11.619 --> 00:33:12.400
 free hid

00:33:12.400 --> 00:33:13.000
 themselves in

00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:13.400
 the caves

00:33:13.400 --> 00:33:13.720
 and among

00:33:13.720 --> 00:33:14.180
 the rocks

00:33:14.180 --> 00:33:14.420
 of the

00:33:14.420 --> 00:33:14.720
 mountains

00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:15.619
 calling to

00:33:15.619 --> 00:33:16.039
 the mountains

00:33:16.039 --> 00:33:16.460
 and rocks

00:33:16.460 --> 00:33:17.139
 fall on

00:33:17.139 --> 00:33:17.779
 us and hide

00:33:17.779 --> 00:33:18.059
 us from

00:33:18.059 --> 00:33:18.420
 the face

00:33:18.420 --> 00:33:18.759
 of him

00:33:18.759 --> 00:33:19.039
 who is

00:33:19.039 --> 00:33:19.440
 seated on

00:33:19.440 --> 00:33:19.839
 the throne

00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:20.740
 and from

00:33:20.740 --> 00:33:21.559
 the wrath

00:33:21.559 --> 00:33:22.079
 of the

00:33:22.079 --> 00:33:22.440
 lamb

00:33:22.440 --> 00:33:23.940
 for the

00:33:23.940 --> 00:33:24.420
 great day

00:33:24.420 --> 00:33:24.680
 of the

00:33:24.680 --> 00:33:25.099
 wrath has

00:33:25.099 --> 00:33:25.400
 come

00:33:25.400 --> 00:33:27.200
 and who

00:33:27.200 --> 00:33:27.779
 can stand?

00:33:29.539 --> 00:33:30.299
 We move

00:33:30.299 --> 00:33:31.160
 from absolute

00:33:31.160 --> 00:33:32.319
 devastation

00:33:32.319 --> 00:33:33.839
 to absolute

00:33:33.839 --> 00:33:35.399
 terror for

00:33:35.399 --> 00:33:36.299
 those left

00:33:36.299 --> 00:33:37.179
 on earth.

00:33:37.579 --> 00:33:38.200
 Now the

00:33:38.200 --> 00:33:38.779
 question my

00:33:38.779 --> 00:33:39.299
 wife asked

00:33:39.299 --> 00:33:39.799
 last night

00:33:39.799 --> 00:33:40.119
 is well

00:33:40.119 --> 00:33:40.480
 where are

00:33:40.480 --> 00:33:40.759
 we?

00:33:42.039 --> 00:33:42.579
 Where are

00:33:42.579 --> 00:33:43.159
 the redeemed?

00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:44.679
 The church?

00:33:46.339 --> 00:33:46.819
 Look at that

00:33:46.819 --> 00:33:47.480
 next week in

00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:48.139
 chapter 7.

00:33:50.079 --> 00:33:50.879
 But these are

00:33:50.879 --> 00:33:51.619
 the dwellers

00:33:51.619 --> 00:33:52.299
 of the earth.

00:33:52.379 --> 00:33:52.659
 What I was

00:33:52.659 --> 00:33:53.079
 telling you

00:33:53.079 --> 00:33:53.639
 before of

00:33:53.639 --> 00:33:54.019
 those who

00:33:54.019 --> 00:33:55.019
 have opposed

00:33:55.019 --> 00:33:55.619
 the lamb

00:33:55.619 --> 00:33:56.039
 and his

00:33:56.039 --> 00:33:56.500
 people,

00:33:57.159 --> 00:33:57.480
 those who

00:33:57.480 --> 00:33:58.039
 have rejected

00:33:58.039 --> 00:33:58.599
 him for

00:33:58.599 --> 00:33:59.119
 idols,

00:33:59.980 --> 00:34:00.480
 they're still

00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:00.819
 on the

00:34:00.819 --> 00:34:01.879
 earth and

00:34:01.880 --> 00:34:02.400
 when this

00:34:02.400 --> 00:34:03.440
 devastation

00:34:03.440 --> 00:34:03.920
 hits,

00:34:04.280 --> 00:34:04.840
 they are

00:34:04.840 --> 00:34:05.580
 terrified.

00:34:05.720 --> 00:34:06.160
 And notice,

00:34:06.460 --> 00:34:06.940
 it's a

00:34:06.940 --> 00:34:07.660
 diverse group

00:34:07.660 --> 00:34:08.160
 of people.

00:34:09.019 --> 00:34:09.539
 Kings,

00:34:09.700 --> 00:34:10.220
 great ones,

00:34:10.340 --> 00:34:10.640
 generals,

00:34:10.900 --> 00:34:11.200
 rich,

00:34:11.360 --> 00:34:11.820
 powerful,

00:34:12.619 --> 00:34:13.059
 everyone,

00:34:13.640 --> 00:34:14.099
 slaves and

00:34:14.099 --> 00:34:14.340
 free.

00:34:14.880 --> 00:34:15.760
 Everyone who

00:34:15.760 --> 00:34:16.480
 hasn't bowed

00:34:16.480 --> 00:34:17.079
 the knee and

00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:17.680
 is on the

00:34:17.680 --> 00:34:18.300
 planet when

00:34:18.300 --> 00:34:19.019
 this happens

00:34:19.019 --> 00:34:19.640
 are going

00:34:19.640 --> 00:34:19.860
 to be

00:34:19.860 --> 00:34:20.380
 terrified.

00:34:23.260 --> 00:34:23.900
 I mean,

00:34:23.960 --> 00:34:24.360
 think about

00:34:24.360 --> 00:34:24.680
 it.

00:34:25.660 --> 00:34:26.140
 Kings,

00:34:26.420 --> 00:34:26.960
 great ones,

00:34:27.160 --> 00:34:27.599
 generals,

00:34:27.900 --> 00:34:28.280
 rich and

00:34:28.280 --> 00:34:28.760
 powerful,

00:34:29.099 --> 00:34:29.860
 they're not

00:34:29.860 --> 00:34:30.539
 the type that

00:34:30.539 --> 00:34:30.940
 should be

00:34:30.940 --> 00:34:31.400
 hiding.

00:34:32.340 --> 00:34:32.679
 Usually,

00:34:32.860 --> 00:34:33.440
 people hide

00:34:33.440 --> 00:34:34.099
 from them.

00:34:35.139 --> 00:34:35.579
 But now,

00:34:35.759 --> 00:34:36.539
 they're hiding.

00:34:37.699 --> 00:34:38.820
 They're afraid

00:34:38.820 --> 00:34:40.259
 because they

00:34:40.259 --> 00:34:40.900
 know what

00:34:40.900 --> 00:34:41.179
 has now

00:34:41.179 --> 00:34:41.820
 come upon

00:34:41.820 --> 00:34:42.119
 them.

00:34:42.800 --> 00:34:43.279
 It's going

00:34:43.279 --> 00:34:43.940
 to be

00:34:43.940 --> 00:34:45.779
 extensive

00:34:45.779 --> 00:34:47.000
 devastation.

00:34:48.880 --> 00:34:49.779
 They're united

00:34:49.779 --> 00:34:50.179
 in their

00:34:50.179 --> 00:34:50.599
 fearful

00:34:50.599 --> 00:34:51.739
 chorus.

00:34:53.320 --> 00:34:53.880
 Look what

00:34:53.880 --> 00:34:54.360
 they say.

00:34:55.420 --> 00:34:56.139
 They're calling

00:34:56.139 --> 00:34:56.820
 to the mountains

00:34:56.820 --> 00:34:57.259
 and rocks.

00:34:57.380 --> 00:34:57.579
 Notice,

00:34:57.940 --> 00:34:58.519
 they're not

00:34:58.519 --> 00:34:59.559
 calling out

00:34:59.559 --> 00:35:00.119
 to the one

00:35:00.119 --> 00:35:00.639
 seated on

00:35:00.639 --> 00:35:01.000
 the throne

00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:01.280
 or to

00:35:01.280 --> 00:35:01.699
 the Lamb.

00:35:03.099 --> 00:35:03.340
 They're

00:35:03.340 --> 00:35:03.820
 calling to

00:35:03.820 --> 00:35:04.320
 the mountains

00:35:04.320 --> 00:35:04.940
 and the rocks,

00:35:05.360 --> 00:35:06.219
 fall on us

00:35:06.219 --> 00:35:07.500
 and hide us

00:35:07.500 --> 00:35:08.239
 from the face

00:35:08.239 --> 00:35:08.619
 of Him.

00:35:08.880 --> 00:35:09.940
 These are the

00:35:09.940 --> 00:35:10.840
 big dudes

00:35:10.840 --> 00:35:11.699
 of the world.

00:35:12.840 --> 00:35:13.699
 Hide us

00:35:13.699 --> 00:35:16.780
 from Him

00:35:16.780 --> 00:35:17.380
 who is seated

00:35:17.380 --> 00:35:18.039
 on the throne.

00:35:18.619 --> 00:35:19.199
 Don't let us

00:35:19.199 --> 00:35:20.059
 see His face.

00:35:21.480 --> 00:35:21.840
 Hide us

00:35:21.840 --> 00:35:22.460
 from the wrath

00:35:22.460 --> 00:35:23.019
 of the Lamb.

00:35:23.019 --> 00:35:29.440
 They are

00:35:29.440 --> 00:35:30.199
 still unwilling

00:35:30.199 --> 00:35:30.840
 to turn to

00:35:30.840 --> 00:35:31.539
 God even

00:35:31.539 --> 00:35:32.739
 at this

00:35:32.739 --> 00:35:33.159
 point.

00:35:36.340 --> 00:35:36.960
 They're

00:35:36.960 --> 00:35:37.599
 hiding like

00:35:37.599 --> 00:35:38.199
 Adam and

00:35:38.199 --> 00:35:38.820
 Eve hid

00:35:38.820 --> 00:35:39.699
 in Genesis

00:35:39.699 --> 00:35:40.500
 chapter 3

00:35:40.500 --> 00:35:41.159
 from God's

00:35:41.159 --> 00:35:41.920
 presence because

00:35:41.920 --> 00:35:42.239
 of their

00:35:42.239 --> 00:35:42.900
 wrongdoing.

00:35:43.840 --> 00:35:44.199
 But on

00:35:44.199 --> 00:35:44.900
 this day,

00:35:46.280 --> 00:35:46.739
 no one

00:35:46.739 --> 00:35:47.420
 escapes God's

00:35:47.420 --> 00:35:47.759
 presence.

00:35:48.960 --> 00:35:49.380
 No one

00:35:49.380 --> 00:35:49.980
 escapes the

00:35:49.980 --> 00:35:50.980
 wrath of the

00:35:50.980 --> 00:35:51.239
 Lamb.

00:35:51.239 --> 00:35:52.879
 which raises

00:35:52.879 --> 00:35:53.319
 a really

00:35:53.319 --> 00:35:53.759
 interesting

00:35:53.759 --> 00:35:54.239
 question.

00:35:55.479 --> 00:35:56.139
 When you

00:35:56.139 --> 00:35:56.539
 think about

00:35:56.539 --> 00:35:57.000
 the Lamb,

00:35:57.319 --> 00:35:57.879
 I'm guessing

00:35:57.879 --> 00:35:58.199
 you don't

00:35:58.199 --> 00:35:58.859
 think wrath.

00:35:59.779 --> 00:36:00.599
 It's almost

00:36:00.599 --> 00:36:01.419
 paradoxical.

00:36:02.859 --> 00:36:03.779
 Why is the

00:36:03.779 --> 00:36:04.579
 Lamb so

00:36:04.579 --> 00:36:05.039
 full of

00:36:05.039 --> 00:36:05.379
 wrath?

00:36:06.519 --> 00:36:07.119
 That He

00:36:07.119 --> 00:36:07.719
 would destroy

00:36:07.719 --> 00:36:08.179
 the heavens

00:36:08.179 --> 00:36:08.659
 and the earth

00:36:08.659 --> 00:36:08.979
 that He

00:36:08.979 --> 00:36:09.439
 created?

00:36:10.919 --> 00:36:11.500
 That He

00:36:11.500 --> 00:36:12.199
 would terrify

00:36:12.199 --> 00:36:12.859
 the inhabitants

00:36:12.859 --> 00:36:13.500
 of the world?

00:36:15.379 --> 00:36:16.459
 Why is the

00:36:16.459 --> 00:36:17.019
 Lamb so

00:36:17.019 --> 00:36:17.479
 full of

00:36:17.479 --> 00:36:17.819
 wrath?

00:36:18.079 --> 00:36:18.219
 Well,

00:36:18.239 --> 00:36:18.519
 you've got to

00:36:18.519 --> 00:36:18.839
 understand,

00:36:18.959 --> 00:36:19.619
 God's anger

00:36:19.619 --> 00:36:20.339
 is not like

00:36:20.339 --> 00:36:21.059
 our anger.

00:36:21.239 --> 00:36:22.439
 His anger

00:36:22.439 --> 00:36:23.339
 is always

00:36:23.339 --> 00:36:24.219
 sinless.

00:36:24.659 --> 00:36:25.299
 It's never

00:36:25.299 --> 00:36:26.199
 kind of

00:36:26.199 --> 00:36:30.019
 quick-tempered.

00:36:30.939 --> 00:36:31.679
 His anger

00:36:31.679 --> 00:36:32.379
 is always

00:36:32.379 --> 00:36:33.239
 just and

00:36:33.239 --> 00:36:33.539
 right.

00:36:33.659 --> 00:36:34.000
 It's a

00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:34.859
 holy wrath.

00:36:35.339 --> 00:36:35.699
 And His

00:36:35.699 --> 00:36:36.379
 wrath is

00:36:36.379 --> 00:36:37.199
 the outworking

00:36:37.199 --> 00:36:37.759
 of His

00:36:37.759 --> 00:36:38.239
 perfect

00:36:38.239 --> 00:36:38.939
 justice.

00:36:40.079 --> 00:36:40.439
 We read

00:36:40.439 --> 00:36:41.079
 in John 3

00:36:41.079 --> 00:36:42.000
 that those

00:36:42.000 --> 00:36:42.759
 who do not

00:36:42.759 --> 00:36:43.279
 believe in

00:36:43.279 --> 00:36:43.579
 Jesus,

00:36:44.019 --> 00:36:44.579
 they're under

00:36:44.579 --> 00:36:45.059
 God's

00:36:45.059 --> 00:36:45.759
 condemnation.

00:36:45.919 --> 00:36:46.539
 They're under

00:36:46.539 --> 00:36:47.259
 His wrath

00:36:47.259 --> 00:36:47.919
 now.

00:36:47.919 --> 00:36:48.000
 Now,

00:36:48.000 --> 00:36:51.199
 when you

00:36:51.199 --> 00:36:51.699
 sin against

00:36:51.699 --> 00:36:52.239
 a holy,

00:36:52.559 --> 00:36:53.199
 just God,

00:36:53.300 --> 00:36:53.760
 when you

00:36:53.760 --> 00:36:55.840
 swap Him

00:36:55.840 --> 00:36:56.260
 out for

00:36:56.260 --> 00:36:57.039
 something else

00:36:57.039 --> 00:36:57.420
 as an

00:36:57.420 --> 00:36:57.679
 idol,

00:36:58.480 --> 00:36:59.619
 it provokes

00:36:59.619 --> 00:37:00.559
 His wrath.

00:37:02.739 --> 00:37:03.420
 It's a

00:37:03.420 --> 00:37:04.099
 terrible thing

00:37:04.099 --> 00:37:04.480
 to fall

00:37:04.480 --> 00:37:04.860
 into the

00:37:04.860 --> 00:37:05.679
 hands of

00:37:05.679 --> 00:37:06.539
 the living

00:37:06.539 --> 00:37:06.840
 God,

00:37:06.920 --> 00:37:07.119
 Hebrews

00:37:07.119 --> 00:37:07.619
 says.

00:37:08.780 --> 00:37:09.579
 Is He

00:37:09.579 --> 00:37:10.219
 safe?

00:37:10.219 --> 00:37:11.639
 Is this

00:37:11.639 --> 00:37:14.460
 your Jesus,

00:37:14.659 --> 00:37:14.860
 Lamb?

00:37:14.860 --> 00:37:20.720
 His wrath

00:37:20.720 --> 00:37:21.059
 will be

00:37:21.059 --> 00:37:21.640
 poured out

00:37:21.640 --> 00:37:22.340
 on all

00:37:22.340 --> 00:37:22.860
 those who

00:37:22.860 --> 00:37:23.660
 refuse to

00:37:23.660 --> 00:37:24.380
 submit to

00:37:24.380 --> 00:37:24.680
 Him,

00:37:26.500 --> 00:37:26.760
 who

00:37:26.760 --> 00:37:27.660
 swapped

00:37:27.660 --> 00:37:28.660
 Him out

00:37:28.660 --> 00:37:29.260
 for something

00:37:29.260 --> 00:37:29.620
 else,

00:37:29.740 --> 00:37:30.079
 and who

00:37:30.079 --> 00:37:31.559
 mock and

00:37:31.559 --> 00:37:32.840
 hurt those

00:37:32.840 --> 00:37:33.420
 who follow

00:37:33.420 --> 00:37:33.940
 the Lamb.

00:37:35.019 --> 00:37:35.740
 His wrath

00:37:35.740 --> 00:37:36.360
 will be

00:37:36.360 --> 00:37:36.940
 final,

00:37:37.420 --> 00:37:38.099
 it will be

00:37:38.099 --> 00:37:38.599
 full,

00:37:38.880 --> 00:37:39.559
 and it

00:37:39.559 --> 00:37:40.700
 will be

00:37:40.700 --> 00:37:41.559
 forever.

00:37:41.559 --> 00:37:41.860
 Forever.

00:37:41.860 --> 00:37:41.920
 forever.

00:37:49.640 --> 00:37:50.620
 And we

00:37:50.620 --> 00:37:50.940
 have an

00:37:50.940 --> 00:37:51.380
 announcement.

00:37:52.380 --> 00:37:53.039
 Verse 17.

00:37:54.420 --> 00:37:54.820
 These

00:37:54.820 --> 00:37:55.860
 terrified

00:37:55.860 --> 00:37:56.360
 ones,

00:37:56.460 --> 00:37:57.280
 they announce

00:37:57.280 --> 00:37:57.900
 the great

00:37:57.900 --> 00:37:58.980
 day of

00:37:58.980 --> 00:37:59.559
 God's

00:37:59.559 --> 00:37:59.980
 wrath

00:37:59.980 --> 00:38:01.180
 has

00:38:01.180 --> 00:38:02.260
 come.

00:38:03.820 --> 00:38:04.780
 How about

00:38:04.780 --> 00:38:05.260
 that for a

00:38:05.260 --> 00:38:05.519
 preview?

00:38:07.059 --> 00:38:07.500
 The

00:38:07.500 --> 00:38:07.900
 destruction

00:38:07.900 --> 00:38:08.320
 of the

00:38:08.320 --> 00:38:08.740
 world

00:38:08.739 --> 00:38:11.099
 and

00:38:11.099 --> 00:38:11.339
 those

00:38:11.339 --> 00:38:11.839
 left on

00:38:11.839 --> 00:38:11.959
 the

00:38:11.959 --> 00:38:12.259
 planet

00:38:12.259 --> 00:38:12.459
 who

00:38:12.459 --> 00:38:12.599
 has

00:38:12.599 --> 00:38:12.859
 not

00:38:12.859 --> 00:38:13.839
 yielded

00:38:13.839 --> 00:38:13.979
 to

00:38:13.979 --> 00:38:14.500
 Jesus

00:38:14.500 --> 00:38:16.539
 hiding

00:38:16.539 --> 00:38:17.079
 from

00:38:17.079 --> 00:38:17.359
 Him.

00:38:22.739 --> 00:38:23.239
 But I

00:38:23.239 --> 00:38:23.439
 got to

00:38:23.439 --> 00:38:23.639
 tell you

00:38:23.639 --> 00:38:23.879
 something.

00:38:25.679 --> 00:38:26.299
 If you're

00:38:26.299 --> 00:38:26.899
 afraid right

00:38:26.899 --> 00:38:27.319
 now of

00:38:27.319 --> 00:38:27.659
 the wrath

00:38:27.659 --> 00:38:27.899
 of the

00:38:27.899 --> 00:38:28.099
 Lamb,

00:38:28.239 --> 00:38:28.539
 you don't

00:38:28.539 --> 00:38:28.779
 need to

00:38:28.779 --> 00:38:29.219
 be afraid.

00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:31.419
 Because

00:38:31.419 --> 00:38:31.839
 right now

00:38:31.839 --> 00:38:32.179
 He is

00:38:32.179 --> 00:38:32.739
 offering

00:38:32.739 --> 00:38:34.279
 you to

00:38:34.279 --> 00:38:34.639
 be

00:38:34.639 --> 00:38:35.399
 free,

00:38:36.239 --> 00:38:36.659
 forgiven.

00:38:38.739 --> 00:38:38.919
 You don't

00:38:38.919 --> 00:38:39.139
 need to

00:38:39.139 --> 00:38:39.299
 wait

00:38:39.299 --> 00:38:39.519
 until

00:38:39.519 --> 00:38:39.699
 that

00:38:39.699 --> 00:38:39.939
 day.

00:38:41.599 --> 00:38:41.939
 Today

00:38:41.939 --> 00:38:42.319
 can be

00:38:42.319 --> 00:38:42.459
 the

00:38:42.459 --> 00:38:42.719
 day

00:38:42.719 --> 00:38:42.979
 in

00:38:42.979 --> 00:38:43.179
 which

00:38:43.179 --> 00:38:43.359
 you

00:38:43.359 --> 00:38:43.679
 turn

00:38:43.679 --> 00:38:43.899
 to

00:38:43.899 --> 00:38:44.099
 the

00:38:44.099 --> 00:38:44.359
 Lamb

00:38:44.359 --> 00:38:44.559
 who

00:38:44.559 --> 00:38:44.739
 was

00:38:44.739 --> 00:38:45.079
 slain

00:38:45.079 --> 00:38:45.319
 for

00:38:45.319 --> 00:38:45.639
 you,

00:38:45.639 --> 00:38:46.259
 who

00:38:46.259 --> 00:38:46.779
 bore

00:38:46.779 --> 00:38:47.519
 God's

00:38:47.519 --> 00:38:47.959
 wrath

00:38:47.959 --> 00:38:48.399
 on the

00:38:48.399 --> 00:38:48.919
 cross.

00:38:49.399 --> 00:38:50.139
 So you

00:38:50.139 --> 00:38:50.619
 don't have

00:38:50.619 --> 00:38:51.159
 to bear

00:38:51.159 --> 00:38:51.959
 God's

00:38:51.959 --> 00:38:52.319
 wrath

00:38:52.319 --> 00:38:52.919
 on that

00:38:52.919 --> 00:38:53.219
 day.

00:38:54.739 --> 00:38:55.359
 It's

00:38:55.359 --> 00:38:55.979
 an incredible

00:38:55.979 --> 00:38:56.679
 display of

00:38:56.679 --> 00:38:57.059
 mercy.

00:38:58.039 --> 00:38:58.199
 The

00:38:58.199 --> 00:38:58.859
 Lamb

00:38:58.859 --> 00:38:59.559
 who is

00:38:59.559 --> 00:39:00.339
 wrathful

00:39:00.339 --> 00:39:01.019
 bore

00:39:01.019 --> 00:39:01.619
 God's

00:39:01.619 --> 00:39:02.139
 wrath

00:39:02.139 --> 00:39:02.579
 for

00:39:02.579 --> 00:39:02.779
 his

00:39:02.779 --> 00:39:03.619
 idolaters

00:39:03.619 --> 00:39:04.419
 today.

00:39:04.939 --> 00:39:05.119
 And

00:39:05.119 --> 00:39:05.539
 He offers

00:39:05.539 --> 00:39:05.879
 it to

00:39:05.879 --> 00:39:06.179
 all.

00:39:08.739 --> 00:39:12.019
 Don't

00:39:12.019 --> 00:39:12.399
 miss the

00:39:12.399 --> 00:39:12.779
 question

00:39:12.779 --> 00:39:13.199
 that gets

00:39:13.199 --> 00:39:13.659
 asked

00:39:13.659 --> 00:39:14.979
 at the

00:39:14.979 --> 00:39:15.199
 end of

00:39:15.199 --> 00:39:15.959
 verse 17

00:39:15.959 --> 00:39:17.039
 by the

00:39:17.039 --> 00:39:17.679
 ones who

00:39:17.679 --> 00:39:18.339
 are terrified.

00:39:19.039 --> 00:39:19.299
 They say

00:39:19.299 --> 00:39:19.719
 the great

00:39:19.719 --> 00:39:20.159
 day of

00:39:20.159 --> 00:39:20.479
 the wrath

00:39:20.479 --> 00:39:20.979
 has come

00:39:20.979 --> 00:39:21.559
 and then

00:39:21.559 --> 00:39:22.059
 they ask

00:39:22.059 --> 00:39:22.599
 well who

00:39:22.599 --> 00:39:23.299
 can stand?

00:39:24.019 --> 00:39:24.279
 It's a

00:39:24.279 --> 00:39:24.659
 rhetorical

00:39:24.659 --> 00:39:25.059
 question.

00:39:25.839 --> 00:39:26.059
 They don't

00:39:26.059 --> 00:39:26.539
 think anybody

00:39:26.539 --> 00:39:27.119
 can stand.

00:39:29.239 --> 00:39:29.459
 But

00:39:29.459 --> 00:39:30.319
 chapter 7

00:39:30.319 --> 00:39:31.159
 answers the

00:39:31.159 --> 00:39:31.679
 question

00:39:31.679 --> 00:39:32.619
 who can

00:39:32.619 --> 00:39:33.199
 stand?

00:39:34.899 --> 00:39:35.459
 Briefly

00:39:35.459 --> 00:39:35.759
 look at

00:39:35.759 --> 00:39:36.299
 chapter 7

00:39:36.299 --> 00:39:36.859
 verse 9.

00:39:38.739 --> 00:39:39.379
 After this

00:39:39.379 --> 00:39:39.879
 I looked

00:39:39.879 --> 00:39:40.679
 and behold

00:39:40.679 --> 00:39:41.099
 a great

00:39:41.099 --> 00:39:41.579
 multitude

00:39:41.579 --> 00:39:42.099
 that no

00:39:42.099 --> 00:39:42.419
 one could

00:39:42.419 --> 00:39:42.679
 number

00:39:42.679 --> 00:39:43.219
 from every

00:39:43.219 --> 00:39:43.599
 nation

00:39:43.599 --> 00:39:44.339
 from all

00:39:44.339 --> 00:39:44.939
 tribes and

00:39:44.939 --> 00:39:45.439
 people and

00:39:45.439 --> 00:39:45.879
 languages

00:39:45.879 --> 00:39:47.519
 standing

00:39:47.519 --> 00:39:48.819
 before the

00:39:48.819 --> 00:39:49.199
 throne

00:39:49.199 --> 00:39:52.099
 crying out

00:39:52.099 --> 00:39:52.619
 with a

00:39:52.619 --> 00:39:53.439
 loud voice

00:39:53.439 --> 00:39:54.519
 salvation

00:39:54.519 --> 00:39:55.299
 belongs to

00:39:55.299 --> 00:39:55.839
 our God

00:39:55.839 --> 00:39:56.519
 who sits

00:39:56.519 --> 00:39:56.799
 on the

00:39:56.799 --> 00:39:57.099
 throne

00:39:57.099 --> 00:39:57.679
 and to

00:39:57.679 --> 00:39:58.399
 the Lamb.

00:39:59.319 --> 00:39:59.559
 Chapter

00:39:59.559 --> 00:40:00.079
 7 is

00:40:00.079 --> 00:40:00.539
 really good

00:40:00.539 --> 00:40:00.939
 news for

00:40:00.939 --> 00:40:01.259
 us.

00:40:03.179 --> 00:40:03.779
 It

00:40:03.779 --> 00:40:04.319
 answers the

00:40:04.319 --> 00:40:04.799
 question

00:40:04.799 --> 00:40:06.079
 who can

00:40:06.079 --> 00:40:06.419
 stand?

00:40:06.500 --> 00:40:06.779
 We'll come

00:40:06.779 --> 00:40:07.319
 back to that

00:40:07.319 --> 00:40:07.839
 more next

00:40:07.839 --> 00:40:08.199
 week.

00:40:08.739 --> 00:40:09.799
 But now

00:40:09.799 --> 00:40:10.119
 would you

00:40:10.119 --> 00:40:10.419
 turn to

00:40:10.419 --> 00:40:11.000
 chapter 8

00:40:11.000 --> 00:40:11.619
 verse 1

00:40:11.619 --> 00:40:11.919
 and the

00:40:11.919 --> 00:40:12.459
 last seal?

00:40:16.539 --> 00:40:17.339
 We read

00:40:17.339 --> 00:40:18.359
 when the

00:40:18.359 --> 00:40:18.959
 Lamb opened

00:40:18.959 --> 00:40:19.459
 the seventh

00:40:19.459 --> 00:40:19.939
 seal there

00:40:19.939 --> 00:40:20.639
 was silence

00:40:20.639 --> 00:40:21.079
 in heaven

00:40:21.079 --> 00:40:21.619
 for about

00:40:21.619 --> 00:40:22.119
 half an

00:40:22.119 --> 00:40:22.339
 hour.

00:40:24.759 --> 00:40:25.559
 I mentioned

00:40:25.559 --> 00:40:26.439
 earlier that

00:40:26.439 --> 00:40:28.959
 the throne

00:40:28.959 --> 00:40:29.399
 room has

00:40:29.399 --> 00:40:29.679
 been a

00:40:29.679 --> 00:40:30.459
 relatively loud

00:40:30.459 --> 00:40:31.000
 place up

00:40:31.000 --> 00:40:31.439
 until this

00:40:31.439 --> 00:40:31.679
 point.

00:40:32.779 --> 00:40:33.019
 Chapter

00:40:33.019 --> 00:40:34.339
 4 people

00:40:34.339 --> 00:40:35.279
 all sorts

00:40:35.279 --> 00:40:35.699
 of beings

00:40:35.699 --> 00:40:36.299
 praising the

00:40:36.299 --> 00:40:36.659
 one seated

00:40:36.659 --> 00:40:36.919
 on the

00:40:36.919 --> 00:40:37.239
 throne.

00:40:37.239 --> 00:40:38.259
 chapter 5

00:40:38.259 --> 00:40:39.179
 everybody

00:40:39.179 --> 00:40:40.439
 around the

00:40:40.439 --> 00:40:40.779
 one seated

00:40:40.779 --> 00:40:41.000
 on the

00:40:41.000 --> 00:40:41.219
 throne

00:40:41.219 --> 00:40:41.500
 and the

00:40:41.500 --> 00:40:41.759
 Lamb

00:40:41.759 --> 00:40:42.079
 giving

00:40:42.079 --> 00:40:42.539
 praises

00:40:42.539 --> 00:40:43.119
 to him.

00:40:43.559 --> 00:40:44.239
 Chapter 6

00:40:44.239 --> 00:40:44.639
 with the

00:40:44.639 --> 00:40:45.039
 seals.

00:40:45.379 --> 00:40:45.939
 Seals 1

00:40:45.939 --> 00:40:46.500
 through 4

00:40:46.500 --> 00:40:46.799
 we have

00:40:46.799 --> 00:40:47.059
 the four

00:40:47.059 --> 00:40:47.259
 living

00:40:47.259 --> 00:40:47.719
 creatures

00:40:47.719 --> 00:40:48.199
 yelling

00:40:48.199 --> 00:40:49.099
 come.

00:40:49.579 --> 00:40:50.159
 And seal

00:40:50.159 --> 00:40:50.759
 number 5

00:40:50.759 --> 00:40:51.059
 we have

00:40:51.059 --> 00:40:51.779
 the martyrs

00:40:51.779 --> 00:40:52.479
 calling out

00:40:52.479 --> 00:40:53.359
 how long?

00:40:54.219 --> 00:40:54.559
 And then

00:40:54.559 --> 00:40:55.779
 seal number

00:40:55.779 --> 00:40:56.899
 6 we have

00:40:56.899 --> 00:40:57.699
 those dwellers

00:40:57.699 --> 00:40:57.979
 on the

00:40:57.979 --> 00:40:58.419
 earth who

00:40:58.419 --> 00:40:58.919
 are facing

00:40:58.919 --> 00:40:59.679
 God's wrath

00:40:59.679 --> 00:41:00.639
 yelling out

00:41:00.639 --> 00:41:01.659
 fall on

00:41:01.659 --> 00:41:02.519
 us to the

00:41:02.519 --> 00:41:03.079
 mountains.

00:41:03.079 --> 00:41:05.519
 chapter 7

00:41:05.519 --> 00:41:07.400
 it's loud

00:41:07.400 --> 00:41:08.259
 praise of

00:41:08.259 --> 00:41:08.579
 the one

00:41:08.579 --> 00:41:09.059
 sitting on

00:41:09.059 --> 00:41:09.400
 the throne

00:41:09.400 --> 00:41:09.659
 and to

00:41:09.659 --> 00:41:10.079
 the Lamb.

00:41:10.920 --> 00:41:11.440
 Salvation

00:41:11.440 --> 00:41:12.179
 belongs to

00:41:12.179 --> 00:41:12.420
 him.

00:41:12.759 --> 00:41:13.239
 We see

00:41:13.239 --> 00:41:14.079
 that up

00:41:14.079 --> 00:41:14.460
 until this

00:41:14.460 --> 00:41:14.679
 point

00:41:14.679 --> 00:41:15.360
 revelation

00:41:15.360 --> 00:41:16.219
 this set

00:41:16.219 --> 00:41:16.599
 of visions

00:41:16.599 --> 00:41:17.279
 is just

00:41:17.279 --> 00:41:18.019
 loud.

00:41:21.019 --> 00:41:22.039
 And then

00:41:22.039 --> 00:41:22.579
 chapter 8

00:41:22.579 --> 00:41:23.219
 verse 1

00:41:23.219 --> 00:41:24.619
 silence.

00:41:26.039 --> 00:41:26.239
 The

00:41:26.239 --> 00:41:26.840
 seventh seal

00:41:26.840 --> 00:41:28.259
 the last

00:41:28.259 --> 00:41:28.699
 seal

00:41:28.699 --> 00:41:30.000
 silence

00:41:30.000 --> 00:41:31.760
 in heaven

00:41:31.760 --> 00:41:32.920
 for

00:41:32.920 --> 00:41:33.780
 half an

00:41:33.780 --> 00:41:34.039
 hour.

00:41:34.599 --> 00:41:34.900
 Very

00:41:34.900 --> 00:41:35.340
 specific.

00:41:37.260 --> 00:41:38.000
 Here's how

00:41:38.000 --> 00:41:38.199
 to be

00:41:38.199 --> 00:41:38.739
 thinking about

00:41:38.739 --> 00:41:39.639
 this ominous

00:41:39.639 --> 00:41:40.280
 silence.

00:41:41.179 --> 00:41:41.619
 It's the

00:41:41.619 --> 00:41:42.480
 calm before

00:41:42.480 --> 00:41:43.099
 the storm.

00:41:45.679 --> 00:41:46.300
 Specifically

00:41:46.300 --> 00:41:48.139
 it's the

00:41:48.139 --> 00:41:48.599
 calm

00:41:48.599 --> 00:41:49.679
 before

00:41:49.679 --> 00:41:51.260
 the fire

00:41:51.260 --> 00:41:52.019
 storm.

00:41:52.920 --> 00:41:53.659
 Because when

00:41:53.659 --> 00:41:54.380
 you see

00:41:54.380 --> 00:41:55.280
 the trumpets

00:41:55.280 --> 00:41:56.780
 and what

00:41:56.780 --> 00:41:57.719
 gets poured

00:41:57.719 --> 00:41:58.800
 out on a

00:41:58.800 --> 00:41:59.599
 third of

00:41:59.599 --> 00:42:00.199
 creation

00:42:00.199 --> 00:42:01.779
 it's all

00:42:01.779 --> 00:42:02.480
 burning.

00:42:07.119 --> 00:42:08.059
 Chapter 8

00:42:08.059 --> 00:42:08.819
 verse 1

00:42:08.819 --> 00:42:10.539
 through 5

00:42:10.539 --> 00:42:11.719
 transitions us

00:42:11.719 --> 00:42:12.239
 to the

00:42:12.239 --> 00:42:13.039
 second

00:42:13.039 --> 00:42:13.559
 or the

00:42:13.559 --> 00:42:14.259
 third cycle

00:42:14.259 --> 00:42:14.539
 of

00:42:14.539 --> 00:42:15.860
 judgments

00:42:15.860 --> 00:42:16.539
 the trumpet

00:42:16.539 --> 00:42:17.079
 judgments

00:42:17.079 --> 00:42:17.639
 and we're

00:42:17.639 --> 00:42:17.759
 going to

00:42:17.759 --> 00:42:18.019
 look at

00:42:18.019 --> 00:42:18.480
 that in

00:42:18.480 --> 00:42:19.139
 two weeks.

00:42:21.960 --> 00:42:22.380
 But seal

00:42:22.380 --> 00:42:22.839
 seven

00:42:22.839 --> 00:42:24.480
 ends on

00:42:24.480 --> 00:42:24.819
 a rather

00:42:24.819 --> 00:42:25.460
 ominous

00:42:25.460 --> 00:42:25.860
 note.

00:42:25.860 --> 00:42:29.000
 I've been

00:42:29.000 --> 00:42:29.579
 asking you a

00:42:29.579 --> 00:42:29.960
 question

00:42:29.960 --> 00:42:30.460
 throughout the

00:42:30.460 --> 00:42:30.740
 sermon.

00:42:32.599 --> 00:42:33.340
 Is this

00:42:33.340 --> 00:42:33.840
 your Jesus?

00:42:36.500 --> 00:42:37.200
 Is the

00:42:37.200 --> 00:42:37.579
 Lamb of

00:42:37.579 --> 00:42:37.980
 Revelation

00:42:37.980 --> 00:42:38.840
 chapter 6

00:42:38.840 --> 00:42:39.720
 the Jesus

00:42:39.720 --> 00:42:41.039
 who is your

00:42:41.039 --> 00:42:42.160
 first love?

00:42:43.539 --> 00:42:44.240
 Who you

00:42:44.240 --> 00:42:44.800
 will live

00:42:44.800 --> 00:42:45.880
 for all the

00:42:45.880 --> 00:42:46.519
 days of your

00:42:46.519 --> 00:42:47.160
 life no

00:42:47.160 --> 00:42:48.019
 matter what

00:42:48.019 --> 00:42:48.620
 you face?

00:42:50.140 --> 00:42:51.180
 Is he

00:42:51.180 --> 00:42:52.120
 your

00:42:52.119 --> 00:42:52.859
 Jesus?

00:42:54.779 --> 00:42:55.179
 And maybe

00:42:55.179 --> 00:42:55.679
 you're still

00:42:55.679 --> 00:42:56.159
 asking the

00:42:56.159 --> 00:42:56.779
 question something

00:42:56.779 --> 00:42:57.219
 like the

00:42:57.219 --> 00:42:57.619
 Pevensey

00:42:57.619 --> 00:42:58.000
 children

00:42:58.000 --> 00:42:59.279
 is he

00:42:59.279 --> 00:42:59.679
 safe?

00:43:02.299 --> 00:43:02.940
 Well here's

00:43:02.940 --> 00:43:03.219
 what I can

00:43:03.219 --> 00:43:03.619
 tell you.

00:43:04.779 --> 00:43:05.519
 The Lamb is

00:43:05.519 --> 00:43:06.099
 on his throne.

00:43:08.059 --> 00:43:08.659
 He's in

00:43:08.659 --> 00:43:10.779
 control and

00:43:10.779 --> 00:43:11.259
 he's carrying

00:43:11.259 --> 00:43:11.819
 out God's

00:43:11.819 --> 00:43:12.480
 plan for the

00:43:12.480 --> 00:43:12.980
 fullness of

00:43:12.980 --> 00:43:14.519
 time including

00:43:14.519 --> 00:43:15.579
 devastations and

00:43:15.579 --> 00:43:16.380
 destructions.

00:43:16.380 --> 00:43:18.260
 I wouldn't

00:43:18.260 --> 00:43:18.780
 put him in

00:43:18.780 --> 00:43:19.180
 the safe

00:43:19.180 --> 00:43:21.680
 category but

00:43:21.680 --> 00:43:21.940
 you remember

00:43:21.940 --> 00:43:22.240
 what the

00:43:22.240 --> 00:43:22.559
 Beaver,

00:43:23.119 --> 00:43:23.340
 Mr.

00:43:23.420 --> 00:43:23.880
 Beaver told

00:43:23.880 --> 00:43:24.420
 the Pevensey

00:43:24.420 --> 00:43:26.680
 children when

00:43:26.680 --> 00:43:27.380
 they asked is

00:43:27.380 --> 00:43:27.900
 he safe?

00:43:28.619 --> 00:43:29.380
 He said he's

00:43:29.380 --> 00:43:29.880
 a lion.

00:43:30.160 --> 00:43:30.579
 He's not

00:43:30.579 --> 00:43:32.640
 safe but

00:43:32.640 --> 00:43:33.099
 he's good.

00:43:35.079 --> 00:43:36.019
 The Lamb is

00:43:36.019 --> 00:43:36.420
 good.

00:43:37.619 --> 00:43:38.559
 The Lamb who

00:43:38.559 --> 00:43:39.360
 was slain for

00:43:39.360 --> 00:43:40.280
 you is good.

00:43:42.099 --> 00:43:43.579
 He is good

00:43:43.579 --> 00:43:44.280
 and he's on

00:43:44.280 --> 00:43:45.000
 the throne and

00:43:45.000 --> 00:43:45.400
 he's in

00:43:45.400 --> 00:43:46.180
 control and

00:43:46.179 --> 00:43:47.139
 he is carrying

00:43:47.139 --> 00:43:47.679
 out God's

00:43:47.679 --> 00:43:48.359
 plan for the

00:43:48.359 --> 00:43:48.879
 fullness of

00:43:48.879 --> 00:43:50.019
 time and he

00:43:50.019 --> 00:43:50.940
 is good which

00:43:50.940 --> 00:43:51.659
 means you can

00:43:51.659 --> 00:43:54.719
 trust him all

00:43:54.719 --> 00:43:55.219
 the days of

00:43:55.219 --> 00:43:57.399
 your life no

00:43:57.399 --> 00:43:58.279
 matter what you

00:43:58.279 --> 00:44:00.019
 encounter to be

00:44:00.019 --> 00:44:00.799
 faithful to the

00:44:00.799 --> 00:44:01.099
 end.

00:44:02.039 --> 00:44:02.819
 Is he safe?

00:44:04.059 --> 00:44:04.919
 He's good.

00:44:06.460 --> 00:44:07.059
 He shed his

00:44:07.059 --> 00:44:07.679
 blood for you.

00:44:09.179 --> 00:44:09.919
 He's raining on

00:44:09.919 --> 00:44:10.239
 high.

00:44:11.759 --> 00:44:12.299
 Let's pray.

00:44:14.559 --> 00:44:15.379
 God would

00:44:15.380 --> 00:44:17.320
 you press this

00:44:17.320 --> 00:44:17.880
 into our

00:44:17.880 --> 00:44:19.440
 hearts and

00:44:19.440 --> 00:44:19.940
 help us to

00:44:19.940 --> 00:44:20.599
 respond with

00:44:20.599 --> 00:44:21.140
 the appropriate

00:44:21.140 --> 00:44:23.760
 reverence and

00:44:23.760 --> 00:44:24.599
 sobriety,

00:44:25.880 --> 00:44:26.880
 long-suffering,

00:44:27.880 --> 00:44:29.059
 willingness to

00:44:29.059 --> 00:44:30.740
 endure that is

00:44:30.740 --> 00:44:31.700
 in keeping with

00:44:31.700 --> 00:44:32.539
 those who follow

00:44:32.539 --> 00:44:32.880
 you.

00:44:34.920 --> 00:44:35.980
 O risen Lamb,

00:44:36.039 --> 00:44:36.640
 will you give us

00:44:36.640 --> 00:44:39.320
 the strength to

00:44:39.320 --> 00:44:40.200
 press forward

00:44:40.200 --> 00:44:43.180
 regardless of what

00:44:43.179 --> 00:44:43.619
 comes.

00:44:44.579 --> 00:44:45.239
 It's in the name

00:44:45.239 --> 00:44:45.899
 of Jesus we

00:44:45.899 --> 00:44:46.239
 pray.

00:44:46.239 --> 00:44:47.339
 Amen.