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 Well, it's my privilege this morning to preach, and you might think, all right, we're going

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 to continue our sermon series in Genesis, right?

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 Well, we're actually going to Revelation this morning.

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 So you might think, well, wait a minute, what in the world does Revelation have to do with

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 Genesis?

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 You might be surprised how connected they are.

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 So as we've been talking through or working through, reading through the book of Genesis,

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 we've heard several big truths there, one about creation.

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 We've seen the fall, that is, Adam and Eve committing sin in the garden.

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 We've seen the separation, how that they were forced to leave the garden, how that they suffered

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 much more difficulty at tilling the ground and farming and gathering food.

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 We've seen the promise that God has given to send a Messiah through the seed of the woman,

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 that God would raise up a Savior, that God would raise up a Messiah, that God would raise up

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 a snake crusher.

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 And then you might ask the question, where is all this going?

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 What is the end of the equation?

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 Where is all of this pointing?

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 And that is what we'll see this morning.

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 That's why we're looking at the book of Revelation this morning, to see how these two are so similar

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 and where it's all pointing to.

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 We'll be reading this morning out of the book of Revelation.

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 And let me just put a caveat in here, I love the book of Revelation.

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 Love it.

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 And I'll do my best to finish within two hours this morning.

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 Those of you who know me know that I can spend a lot of time, and we've done that in Sunday

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 school, about 14 months worth.

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 But this morning, I'll try to confine myself to a couple of points out of the book of Revelation.

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 But it's dangerous a little bit to jump into a book that's so symbolic.

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 It's hard to understand what these truths really mean without getting the grand scheme of how

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 the book is written.

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 It's a vision that was given to John.

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 And this vision is very symbolic in nature.

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 And I'll do my best to pull out some of that symbolism for us and make it as simple as possible.

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 If we're going to go anywhere in the book of Revelation,

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 it's fairly clear at this end in chapters 21 and part of 22.

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 So in honor of God's word, I'd ask that you'd stand as we open his word together.

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 We ream from chapter, starting in chapter 21 down through verse 5 of chapter 22.

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 If you're able to stand, I would invite you to do so and open your word and read along.

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 As I read, if you would read along silently there.

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 Chapter 21.

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

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 and the sea was no more.

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 And I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,

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 prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

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 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying,

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 Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man.

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 He will dwell with them, and they will be his people,

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 and God himself will be with them as their God.

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 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,

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 and death shall be no more.

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 Neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore.

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 For the former things have passed away.

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 And he who is seated on the throne said,

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 Behold, I am making all things new.

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 And he said, Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.

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 And he said to me, It is done.

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 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end.

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 To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment.

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 The one who conquers will have this heritage,

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 and I will be his God, and he will be my son.

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 But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers,

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 the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and liars,

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 their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur,

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 which is the second death.

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 Then came one of the seven angels,

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 who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues,

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 and spoke to me, saying,

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 Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.

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 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great high mountain

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 and showed me the holy city Jerusalem,

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 coming down out of heaven from God,

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 having the glory of God,

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 its radiance like a most rare jewel,

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 like a jasper, clear as crystal.

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 It had a great high wall with twelve gates,

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 and at the gates twelve angels,

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 and on the gates the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel were inscribed.

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 On the east three gates,

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 on the north three gates,

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 on the south three gates,

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 on the west three gates.

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 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations,

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 and on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

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 And the one who spoke with me had a measuring rod of gold

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 to measure the city and its gates and walls.

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 The city lies four square,

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 its length the same as its width.

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 And he measured the city with his rod,

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 twelve thousand stadia.

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 Its length with its width and height are equal.

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 He also measured its wall,

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 144 cubits by human measurement,

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 which is also an angel's measurement.

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 The wall was built of jasper,

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 while the city was pure gold,

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 like clear glass.

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 The foundations of the walls of the city

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 were adorned with every kind of jewel.

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 The first was jasper,

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 the second sapphire,

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 the third agate,

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 the fourth emerald,

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 the fifth onyx,

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 the sixth carnelian,

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 the seventh chrysolite,

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 the eighth beryl,

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 the ninth topaz,

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 the tenth chrysophthous,

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 the eleventh jasper,

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 the twelfth amethyst.

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 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls,

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 each of the gates made of a single pearl.

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 And the street of the city was pure gold,

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 like transparent glass.

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 And I saw no temple in the city,

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 for its temple is the Lord God,

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 the Almighty and the Lamb.

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 And the city has no need of sun or moon

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 to shine in it,

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 for the glory of God gives its light.

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 And its lamp is the Lamb.

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 By its light will the nations walk,

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 and the kings of the earth

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 will bring their glory into it.

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 And its gates will never be shut by day,

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 and there will be no night there.

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 They will bring into it the glory

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 and the honor of the nations.

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 But nothing unclean will ever enter into it,

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 nor anyone who does what is detestable or false,

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 but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.

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 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life,

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 bright as crystal,

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 flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb

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 through the middle of the street of the city.

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 Also on either side of the river,

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 the tree of life,

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 with its twelve kinds of fruit,

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 yielding its fruit each month.

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 The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

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 No longer will there be anything accursed,

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 but the throne of God and the Lamb will be in it,

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 and His servants will worship Him.

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 They will see His face,

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 and His name will be on their foreheads,

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 and night will be no more.

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 They will need no light or lamp or sun,

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 for the Lord God will be their light,

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 and they will reign forever and ever.

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 Amen.

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 Blessed is the reading of the Word of God.

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 Let's pray.

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 Father, would you open your Word to our hearts this morning?

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 Would you help us to see this grand,

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 beautiful picture of eternity?

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 God, would you bless us this morning,

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 I ask in Christ's name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 You can have a seat.

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 Amen.

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 So it's my task this morning

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 to relate these two ends of the Scripture.

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 That is, what have we seen in the book of Genesis,

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 and how does it relate to the book of Revelation?

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 How do these things tie together?

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 Why would we leave the series in Genesis,

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 jump all the way to Revelation,

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 and preach a sermon in Revelation?

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 Well, number one, it answers the question,

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 where's all this pointing?

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 What is it all heading towards?

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 And if I was to share it in a word,

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 or in a phrase,

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 I would say it's heading to the wedding supper of the Lamb.

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 You know that all of the plan of God

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 is pointing to that?

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 This beautiful picture of a wedding.

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 And you and I know,

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 even earthly weddings,

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 there's celebration

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 as part of the wedding ceremony.

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 We have no idea

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 the celebration that's going to happen

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 at that wedding supper of the Lamb.

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 But I want you to see this.

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 You know, many people would say,

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 I would certainly be included in this

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 early on in my Christian walk.

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 I would say,

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 you know what we really need?

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 Now that this sin has entered the world,

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 and it's a struggle,

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 everything seems to be a struggle,

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 wouldn't it be great

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 if we were back in the Garden of Eden

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 where everything was right?

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 But you know,

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 there's something even greater

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 than the Garden of Eden.

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 If we listen to the vision of John,

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 and we hear what he says,

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 I would make this claim

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 that there's something greater

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 that awaits us

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 than even the Garden of Eden.

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 Why would I say that?

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 Well, let me share with you

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 some truths that we've heard from Genesis.

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 And I want to share with you

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 some truths that we've just read.

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 From Revelation.

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 I want you to hear

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 a distinction between the two.

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 So I'm just going to take this list.

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 I'm going to go Genesis, Revelation,

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 Genesis, Revelation,

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 Genesis, Revelation.

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 I want you to hear

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 how beautiful it is,

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 this heavenly kingdom that awaits us.

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 You know,

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 Genesis talks about

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 the creation of heaven and earth.

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 You know,

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 Revelation talks about

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 a new heaven

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 and a new earth.

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 Genesis talks about

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 the sun,

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 which is the picture

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 of God's glory,

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 and the moon,

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 which is the reflection

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 of God's glory.

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 But do you know

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 that in the new heaven

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 and new earth,

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 there is not going to be

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 a need for the sun and moon

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 at all?

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 all of us will be

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 in the very presence

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 of God's glory.

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 He will be the light

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 of the place.

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 There was a physical river

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 flowing out of Eden.

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 And in Revelation,

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 we see a spiritual river

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 of life

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 flowing from the very throne

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 of God.

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 You know,

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 God is the source

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 of life,

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 and we see it

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 in this book of Revelation.

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 Man was banished

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 from the garden

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 and from the presence

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 of God.

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 In Revelation,

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 man is invited

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 to enter into

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 the very presence

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 of God.

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 In the book of Genesis,

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 we see a curse

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 that was placed

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 on the land

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 because of sin.

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 We see toil

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 and sorrow

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 affecting all.

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 You know,

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 in the book of Revelation,

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 there's going to be

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 no more curse

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 ever again.

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 No more tears.

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 All things

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 will be redeemed

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 forever.

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 We see

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 Adam and Eve

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 were covered

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 in Genesis,

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 were covered

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 with animal skin.

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 In Revelation,

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 we see

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 the bride

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 covered in fine

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 white linen.

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 A beautiful picture

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 of the righteousness

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 of Christ.

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 In Genesis,

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 we see

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 that a bride

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 was formed

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 for Adam.

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 In Revelation,

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 we see

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 that a bride

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 was prepared

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 for the second

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 Adam for Christ.

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 We see

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 in Genesis

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 that the bride

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 was susceptible

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 to sin.

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 But in Revelation,

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 we see

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 that the bride

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 is free

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 from sin.

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 There will never

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 be any more sin.

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 In the garden,

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 we see

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 that it was accessible

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 by the liar Satan.

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 that he had access

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 into the garden.

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 But in Revelation,

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 we see

00:13:02.139 --> 00:13:02.819
 that the

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 serpent,

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 Satan,

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 the liar,

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 is cast

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 into

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 the lake

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 of fire

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 and he will

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 not have access

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 to the city

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 of God.

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 We see

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 in Genesis

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 that man's

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 dominion

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 ceased

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 and Satan's

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 dominion

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 began.

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 In the book

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 of Revelation,

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 we see

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 Satan's

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 dominion

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 ceases

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 and man's

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 dominion

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 is restored.

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 In Genesis,

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 we see

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 that

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 redemption

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 is promised.

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 but in

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 Revelation,

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 we see

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 that

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 redemption

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 is

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 accomplished.

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 His bride

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 will be

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 with him

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 forever,

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 fully

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 redeemed.

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 All of

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 creation

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 will be

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 fully

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 redeemed.

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 And so

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 if I

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 ask you

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 this question,

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 how would

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 you summarize

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 the whole

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 Bible?

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 Now,

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 we've heard

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 a few

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 sermons

00:14:10.220 --> 00:14:11.500
 in Genesis

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 and I

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 will be

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 able

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 this morning

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 to talk

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 a little

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 more about

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 Revelation.

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 I trust

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 that everything

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 in between

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 you all

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 already know.

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 So,

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 how would

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 you summarize

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 the whole

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 Bible?

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 I'll give

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 you four

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 words.

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 Creation,

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 fall,

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 redemption,

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 restoration.

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 Again,

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 creation,

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 we see it

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 as we've

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 looked at

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 it in the

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 book of

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 Genesis,

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 how God

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 created

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 all of

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 this and

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 it was

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 good until

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 sin entered

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 in the

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 fall.

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 We see

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 the

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 temptation,

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 we see

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 the yielding

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 to temptation,

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 we see

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 the rebellion

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 towards the

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 rule of

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 God doing

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 something he

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 said they

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 should not

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 do,

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 and we

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 see the

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 separation

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 that resulted.

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 So we

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 see creation,

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 we see

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 the fall,

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 and we

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 hear this

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 promise of

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 redemption

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 that he

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 will send

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 a seed,

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 a seed of

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 the woman

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 who will

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 be a

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 snake

00:15:13.860 --> 00:15:14.360
 crusher.

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 He will

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 crush the

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 head of

00:15:16.519 --> 00:15:17.080
 the serpent,

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 Satan.

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 We see

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 all through

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 the Old

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 Testament

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 this pointing

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 towards a

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 Messiah,

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 this coming

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 of the

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 seed of

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 David,

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 this coming

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 of the

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 one who

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 he promised

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 to be the

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 source of

00:15:33.220 --> 00:15:33.779
 our redemption,

00:15:33.940 --> 00:15:34.480
 our Savior,

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 Jesus.

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 And then

00:15:36.039 --> 00:15:36.759
 in Revelation,

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 we see this

00:15:38.279 --> 00:15:39.240
 beautiful picture

00:15:39.240 --> 00:15:39.939
 where it's all

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 heading.

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 It's headed

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 to this

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 restoration

00:15:43.079 --> 00:15:44.379
 where all

00:15:44.379 --> 00:15:44.899
 things will

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 be made

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 right,

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 all sin

00:15:46.439 --> 00:15:46.819
 will be

00:15:46.819 --> 00:15:47.219
 wiped

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 away,

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 all of

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 us will

00:15:49.079 --> 00:15:50.500
 be glorified,

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 those of

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 us who

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 are part

00:15:52.039 --> 00:15:52.259
 of his

00:15:52.259 --> 00:15:52.639
 bride.

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 So if

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 you will

00:15:55.339 --> 00:15:55.919
 turn with

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 me,

00:15:58.059 --> 00:15:58.419
 hopefully

00:15:58.419 --> 00:15:58.860
 your Bible

00:15:58.860 --> 00:15:59.199
 is still

00:15:59.199 --> 00:15:59.639
 open to

00:15:59.639 --> 00:16:00.099
 Revelation,

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 and I

00:16:01.620 --> 00:16:01.980
 want you

00:16:01.980 --> 00:16:02.559
 to see

00:16:02.559 --> 00:16:03.339
 two main

00:16:03.339 --> 00:16:03.919
 points this

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 morning out

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 of these

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 passages.

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 That is

00:16:06.820 --> 00:16:07.279
 just chapter

00:16:07.279 --> 00:16:07.980
 21 and

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 22.

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 And the

00:16:09.800 --> 00:16:10.340
 first I

00:16:10.340 --> 00:16:10.680
 want you

00:16:10.680 --> 00:16:11.039
 to see

00:16:11.039 --> 00:16:11.720
 is this.

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 When we

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 talk about

00:16:14.200 --> 00:16:16.320
 this heavenly

00:16:16.320 --> 00:16:16.899
 kingdom,

00:16:17.440 --> 00:16:17.899
 we have

00:16:17.899 --> 00:16:18.600
 this beautiful

00:16:18.600 --> 00:16:19.800
 picture in

00:16:19.800 --> 00:16:20.539
 verse 1 of

00:16:20.539 --> 00:16:21.440
 chapter 21.

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 It says

00:16:22.019 --> 00:16:22.259
 this,

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 there will

00:16:22.500 --> 00:16:23.139
 be a new

00:16:23.139 --> 00:16:24.220
 heaven and

00:16:24.220 --> 00:16:24.600
 a new

00:16:24.600 --> 00:16:25.019
 earth.

00:16:25.320 --> 00:16:25.960
 It will

00:16:25.960 --> 00:16:26.820
 be restored.

00:16:29.820 --> 00:16:30.480
 And I

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 love the

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 beautiful

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 truths that

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 are wound

00:16:33.179 --> 00:16:34.079
 into verse

00:16:34.079 --> 00:16:34.519
 2.

00:16:34.719 --> 00:16:35.139
 And this

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 is our

00:16:35.439 --> 00:16:36.059
 first point.

00:16:36.139 --> 00:16:36.439
 The point

00:16:36.439 --> 00:16:36.879
 is this,

00:16:37.279 --> 00:16:37.859
 the bride

00:16:37.859 --> 00:16:38.519
 prepared.

00:16:39.579 --> 00:16:40.259
 The bride

00:16:40.259 --> 00:16:41.120
 is prepared.

00:16:41.299 --> 00:16:41.479
 Let me

00:16:41.479 --> 00:16:41.879
 just say

00:16:41.879 --> 00:16:42.179
 this.

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 As we

00:16:43.679 --> 00:16:44.179
 look at

00:16:44.179 --> 00:16:44.839
 this passage,

00:16:44.959 --> 00:16:45.359
 you'll see

00:16:45.359 --> 00:16:46.039
 in verse 2,

00:16:46.079 --> 00:16:46.539
 let me read

00:16:46.539 --> 00:16:46.679
 it.

00:16:46.719 --> 00:16:46.959
 And I

00:16:46.959 --> 00:16:47.620
 saw the

00:16:47.620 --> 00:16:48.259
 holy city

00:16:48.259 --> 00:16:48.579
 in New

00:16:48.579 --> 00:16:49.000
 Jerusalem

00:16:49.000 --> 00:16:50.019
 coming down

00:16:50.019 --> 00:16:50.359
 out of

00:16:50.359 --> 00:16:50.839
 heaven from

00:16:50.839 --> 00:16:51.159
 God,

00:16:51.459 --> 00:16:52.159
 prepared as

00:16:52.159 --> 00:16:52.879
 a bride.

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 Let me

00:16:55.539 --> 00:16:56.019
 take a

00:16:56.019 --> 00:16:56.859
 moment to

00:16:56.859 --> 00:16:58.759
 unravel what

00:16:58.759 --> 00:16:59.659
 this means in

00:16:59.659 --> 00:17:00.679
 symbolic language.

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 So when we

00:17:01.439 --> 00:17:02.139
 see this

00:17:02.139 --> 00:17:03.360
 picture that's

00:17:03.360 --> 00:17:04.099
 referred to

00:17:04.099 --> 00:17:04.960
 as a city,

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 we have to

00:17:06.779 --> 00:17:07.399
 understand that

00:17:07.399 --> 00:17:08.279
 even in Isaiah

00:17:08.279 --> 00:17:08.920
 and even in

00:17:08.920 --> 00:17:09.619
 the Psalms,

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 often in the

00:17:12.180 --> 00:17:12.740
 Old Testament

00:17:12.740 --> 00:17:13.339
 as well as

00:17:13.339 --> 00:17:13.740
 in New,

00:17:13.819 --> 00:17:14.659
 there is a

00:17:14.659 --> 00:17:15.220
 symbolic

00:17:15.220 --> 00:17:16.099
 reference of

00:17:16.099 --> 00:17:16.899
 Jerusalem.

00:17:17.079 --> 00:17:17.559
 Here in New

00:17:17.559 --> 00:17:17.980
 Jerusalem,

00:17:18.200 --> 00:17:18.940
 it's referring

00:17:18.940 --> 00:17:19.579
 to the people

00:17:19.579 --> 00:17:20.099
 of God.

00:17:21.519 --> 00:17:22.440
 And so when

00:17:22.440 --> 00:17:23.220
 we see that

00:17:23.220 --> 00:17:24.059
 this city is

00:17:24.059 --> 00:17:24.940
 called a bride,

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 it's just

00:17:25.819 --> 00:17:26.659
 another way of

00:17:26.659 --> 00:17:27.279
 saying that the

00:17:27.279 --> 00:17:28.279
 bride is the

00:17:28.279 --> 00:17:28.819
 church.

00:17:30.700 --> 00:17:31.700
 So we see

00:17:31.700 --> 00:17:32.180
 it here,

00:17:32.319 --> 00:17:32.899
 that is in

00:17:32.899 --> 00:17:33.819
 verse 2,

00:17:34.019 --> 00:17:35.000
 is this holy

00:17:35.000 --> 00:17:35.399
 city,

00:17:35.519 --> 00:17:36.139
 New Jerusalem,

00:17:36.440 --> 00:17:37.259
 prepared as

00:17:37.259 --> 00:17:38.119
 a bride.

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 It's talking

00:17:39.539 --> 00:17:40.299
 about the

00:17:40.299 --> 00:17:40.839
 church.

00:17:42.119 --> 00:17:43.119
 The beautiful

00:17:43.119 --> 00:17:43.899
 picture of the

00:17:43.899 --> 00:17:44.500
 bride of

00:17:44.500 --> 00:17:44.879
 Christ.

00:17:45.220 --> 00:17:45.720
 And I want

00:17:45.720 --> 00:17:46.259
 you to note

00:17:46.259 --> 00:17:47.359
 the bride had

00:17:47.359 --> 00:17:48.420
 to be prepared.

00:17:49.899 --> 00:17:50.160
 You know,

00:17:50.200 --> 00:17:50.619
 in truth,

00:17:50.720 --> 00:17:51.519
 the bride can't

00:17:51.519 --> 00:17:52.420
 prepare herself.

00:17:53.720 --> 00:17:54.700
 We know that,

00:17:54.799 --> 00:17:54.980
 right?

00:17:55.039 --> 00:17:55.680
 Because we,

00:17:55.839 --> 00:17:56.480
 the church,

00:17:56.660 --> 00:17:57.599
 apart from the

00:17:57.599 --> 00:17:58.259
 shed blood of

00:17:58.259 --> 00:17:58.779
 Christ would

00:17:58.779 --> 00:17:59.519
 have no hope

00:17:59.519 --> 00:18:00.740
 of ever being

00:18:00.740 --> 00:18:01.279
 in the heavenly

00:18:01.279 --> 00:18:01.700
 kingdom.

00:18:02.619 --> 00:18:03.539
 Something has

00:18:03.539 --> 00:18:04.680
 to happen for

00:18:04.680 --> 00:18:05.700
 us to be made

00:18:05.700 --> 00:18:06.539
 right with God,

00:18:06.599 --> 00:18:07.619
 to be placed in

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 relationship with

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 God.

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 And as this text

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 shares,

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 I saw the

00:18:12.420 --> 00:18:13.279
 holy city.

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 What does it

00:18:13.740 --> 00:18:14.160
 mean to be

00:18:14.160 --> 00:18:14.500
 holy?

00:18:15.920 --> 00:18:16.900
 Holy means to

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 be set apart

00:18:17.819 --> 00:18:18.500
 for the purpose

00:18:18.500 --> 00:18:19.039
 of God.

00:18:19.539 --> 00:18:20.539
 Who sets the

00:18:20.539 --> 00:18:21.180
 church apart?

00:18:21.579 --> 00:18:22.180
 God himself

00:18:22.180 --> 00:18:22.680
 does.

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 God sets the

00:18:24.839 --> 00:18:25.599
 church apart

00:18:25.599 --> 00:18:26.299
 as holy.

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 holy.

00:18:27.579 --> 00:18:28.619
 This city is

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 holy,

00:18:29.059 --> 00:18:29.839
 is his.

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 For his

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 purpose.

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 I want you to

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 also,

00:18:35.859 --> 00:18:36.539
 in line with

00:18:36.539 --> 00:18:36.740
 that,

00:18:36.879 --> 00:18:37.339
 see this,

00:18:37.440 --> 00:18:38.159
 as we keep

00:18:38.159 --> 00:18:38.779
 reading in this

00:18:38.779 --> 00:18:39.039
 verse,

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 it says that

00:18:40.000 --> 00:18:40.819
 New Jerusalem

00:18:40.819 --> 00:18:41.899
 coming down

00:18:41.899 --> 00:18:42.799
 out of heaven.

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 This text,

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 this phrase

00:18:44.059 --> 00:18:45.039
 means that

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 it's from

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 God.

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 The source

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 of this

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 redeemed

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 church,

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 this beautifully

00:18:51.720 --> 00:18:52.579
 prepared bride,

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 is God

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 himself.

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 when we see

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 this phrase

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 coming out

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 of heaven,

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 that is a

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 phrase that

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 means that

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 God has

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 done this,

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 that God

00:19:01.919 --> 00:19:02.740
 has prepared

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 this bride.

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 I want you

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 to also

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 notice,

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 if we go

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 back into

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 the previous

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 chapter,

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 we did not

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 read it,

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 but I want

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 you to look

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 at the

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 verse that

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 preceded

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 chapter 21

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 and it

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 says this.

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 I feel

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 like I need

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 to give you

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 a little

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 context here

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 for us to

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 understand what

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 this verse

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 says.

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 So the

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 context is

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 this,

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 if we were

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 to read

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 the previous

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 chapter,

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 chapter 20,

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 we would

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 see that

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 it's talking

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 about judgment.

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 It's talking

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 about the

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 final judgment,

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 judgment day.

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 And if we

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 read verse 14,

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 it says,

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 then death

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 and Hades

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 were thrown

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 into the

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 lake of

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 the fire,

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 a lake

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 of fire,

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 this is a

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 second death.

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 It's referring

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 to the

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 final judgment

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 when everything

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 that's not

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 of God,

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 that everything

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 that's not

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 a part of

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 the bride,

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 the church,

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 is going

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 to be judged

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 and going

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 to be thrown

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 into the

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 lake of fire.

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 And then

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 verse 15,

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 it says this.

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 And if anyone's

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 name was not

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 found written

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 in the book

00:20:01.959 --> 00:20:02.599
 of life,

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 he was

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 thrown into

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 the lake

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 of fire.

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 Everyone's

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 name was not

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 written in the

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 book of life.

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 You know,

00:20:12.659 --> 00:20:13.639
 it talks about

00:20:13.639 --> 00:20:14.379
 that too in

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 chapter 21,

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 the last

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 verse.

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 That is

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 verse 27.

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 And I'll

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 read that now

00:20:19.759 --> 00:20:20.559
 because it ties

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 into this

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 concept of

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 this Lamb's

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 book of

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 life.

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 That in

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 this book

00:20:25.240 --> 00:20:25.660
 of life

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 is written

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 the name

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 of every

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 person that's

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 ever been

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 saved.

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 And we

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 see in

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 this holy

00:20:31.680 --> 00:20:32.079
 city,

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 it says,

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 but nothing

00:20:33.099 --> 00:20:33.880
 unclean

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 will ever

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 enter into

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 this holy

00:20:36.039 --> 00:20:36.420
 city,

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 ever.

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 Nor anyone

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 who does

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 what is

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 detestable

00:20:39.880 --> 00:20:40.420
 or false,

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 but only

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 those whose

00:20:42.700 --> 00:20:43.559
 names are

00:20:43.559 --> 00:20:44.099
 written in

00:20:44.099 --> 00:20:44.599
 the Lamb's

00:20:44.599 --> 00:20:45.200
 book of life,

00:20:45.299 --> 00:20:45.680
 they're the

00:20:45.680 --> 00:20:46.480
 only ones

00:20:46.480 --> 00:20:46.740
 that will

00:20:46.740 --> 00:20:47.339
 enter this

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 city.

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 And what

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 does that

00:20:49.100 --> 00:20:49.660
 mean?

00:20:51.320 --> 00:20:51.900
 What is

00:20:51.900 --> 00:20:52.560
 being shared

00:20:52.560 --> 00:20:52.800
 here?

00:20:52.900 --> 00:20:53.580
 This holiness,

00:20:53.920 --> 00:20:55.380
 this what God

00:20:55.380 --> 00:20:56.019
 has done on

00:20:56.019 --> 00:20:56.580
 behalf of

00:20:56.580 --> 00:20:57.279
 his bride,

00:20:57.420 --> 00:20:58.480
 this concept

00:20:58.480 --> 00:20:58.900
 that there

00:20:58.900 --> 00:20:59.820
 is a Lamb's

00:20:59.820 --> 00:21:00.220
 book of

00:21:00.220 --> 00:21:00.680
 life,

00:21:01.120 --> 00:21:02.380
 where all

00:21:02.380 --> 00:21:02.960
 of the names

00:21:02.960 --> 00:21:03.740
 of all the

00:21:03.740 --> 00:21:04.180
 saints that

00:21:04.180 --> 00:21:04.640
 have ever

00:21:04.640 --> 00:21:05.220
 lived are in

00:21:05.220 --> 00:21:05.600
 this book

00:21:05.600 --> 00:21:06.019
 of life.

00:21:06.340 --> 00:21:06.860
 I want you

00:21:06.860 --> 00:21:07.420
 to hear it

00:21:07.420 --> 00:21:08.980
 from Paul.

00:21:10.220 --> 00:21:11.000
 So Paul

00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:11.820
 shares in

00:21:11.820 --> 00:21:12.940
 Ephesians

00:21:12.940 --> 00:21:14.420
 chapter 2,

00:21:14.420 --> 00:21:14.779
 I want you

00:21:14.779 --> 00:21:15.300
 to hear a

00:21:15.300 --> 00:21:15.860
 few verses

00:21:15.860 --> 00:21:17.860
 about the

00:21:17.860 --> 00:21:18.480
 bride of

00:21:18.480 --> 00:21:21.300
 Christ being

00:21:21.300 --> 00:21:21.860
 prepared.

00:21:22.180 --> 00:21:23.940
 So before

00:21:23.940 --> 00:21:24.620
 I read that,

00:21:24.680 --> 00:21:25.279
 I just want

00:21:25.279 --> 00:21:25.960
 to say this,

00:21:26.019 --> 00:21:27.500
 is that we

00:21:27.500 --> 00:21:28.759
 are, that

00:21:28.759 --> 00:21:29.539
 is those of

00:21:29.539 --> 00:21:29.920
 us who are

00:21:29.920 --> 00:21:30.400
 born again,

00:21:30.539 --> 00:21:31.120
 those of us

00:21:31.120 --> 00:21:31.360
 who are

00:21:31.360 --> 00:21:31.779
 Christian,

00:21:31.960 --> 00:21:32.519
 those of us

00:21:32.519 --> 00:21:32.980
 that are in

00:21:32.980 --> 00:21:33.420
 the kingdom,

00:21:33.740 --> 00:21:34.519
 those of us

00:21:34.519 --> 00:21:35.120
 are a part of

00:21:35.120 --> 00:21:35.740
 the bride of

00:21:35.740 --> 00:21:36.320
 Christ, the

00:21:36.320 --> 00:21:36.740
 church.

00:21:37.800 --> 00:21:38.539
 Something has

00:21:38.539 --> 00:21:39.080
 happened in

00:21:39.080 --> 00:21:39.660
 our life.

00:21:40.500 --> 00:21:40.920
 Nicodemus

00:21:40.920 --> 00:21:41.500
 would know

00:21:41.500 --> 00:21:42.120
 it's this,

00:21:42.180 --> 00:21:42.800
 that you must

00:21:42.800 --> 00:21:43.660
 be born again.

00:21:44.420 --> 00:21:45.000
 And it's

00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:45.519
 my prayer

00:21:45.519 --> 00:21:46.220
 that everyone

00:21:46.220 --> 00:21:46.860
 here this

00:21:46.860 --> 00:21:47.340
 morning is

00:21:47.340 --> 00:21:47.860
 born again.

00:21:47.980 --> 00:21:48.279
 If you're

00:21:48.279 --> 00:21:49.880
 not, then

00:21:49.880 --> 00:21:50.519
 this is the

00:21:50.519 --> 00:21:50.700
 need.

00:21:50.800 --> 00:21:51.000
 What I'm

00:21:51.000 --> 00:21:51.620
 about to

00:21:51.620 --> 00:21:52.900
 read in

00:21:52.900 --> 00:21:53.500
 Ephesians

00:21:53.500 --> 00:21:54.240
 chapter 2

00:21:54.240 --> 00:21:54.580
 is going

00:21:54.580 --> 00:21:55.320
 to reveal

00:21:55.320 --> 00:21:56.240
 that this

00:21:56.240 --> 00:21:56.759
 is what it

00:21:56.759 --> 00:21:57.380
 looks like

00:21:57.380 --> 00:21:57.920
 to be born

00:21:57.920 --> 00:21:59.240
 again, to

00:21:59.240 --> 00:21:59.840
 be saved,

00:21:59.940 --> 00:22:00.300
 to be a

00:22:00.300 --> 00:22:00.600
 part of

00:22:00.600 --> 00:22:01.080
 the bride.

00:22:03.279 --> 00:22:03.779
 Chapter

00:22:03.779 --> 00:22:04.320
 2 of

00:22:04.320 --> 00:22:04.880
 Ephesians

00:22:04.880 --> 00:22:05.460
 verse 3

00:22:05.460 --> 00:22:06.220
 says this,

00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:08.700
 we once

00:22:08.700 --> 00:22:10.080
 lived in

00:22:10.080 --> 00:22:10.640
 the passions

00:22:10.640 --> 00:22:11.060
 of our

00:22:11.060 --> 00:22:11.519
 flesh,

00:22:11.860 --> 00:22:12.440
 carrying out

00:22:12.440 --> 00:22:13.180
 the desires

00:22:13.180 --> 00:22:13.640
 of the

00:22:13.640 --> 00:22:14.140
 body and

00:22:14.140 --> 00:22:14.540
 the mind,

00:22:14.740 --> 00:22:15.180
 and we

00:22:15.180 --> 00:22:15.740
 were by

00:22:15.740 --> 00:22:16.280
 nature

00:22:16.280 --> 00:22:17.020
 children of

00:22:17.020 --> 00:22:17.360
 wrath.

00:22:18.160 --> 00:22:18.800
 Do you

00:22:18.800 --> 00:22:19.480
 identify with

00:22:19.480 --> 00:22:19.680
 that?

00:22:20.640 --> 00:22:20.940
 Do you

00:22:20.940 --> 00:22:21.200
 know a

00:22:21.200 --> 00:22:21.520
 time in

00:22:21.520 --> 00:22:22.000
 your life

00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:22.420
 when you

00:22:22.420 --> 00:22:22.980
 were in

00:22:22.980 --> 00:22:23.660
 rebellion to

00:22:23.660 --> 00:22:24.160
 God, where

00:22:24.160 --> 00:22:24.759
 you were

00:22:24.759 --> 00:22:25.600
 not his

00:22:25.600 --> 00:22:25.960
 child?

00:22:27.420 --> 00:22:28.240
 Where we

00:22:28.240 --> 00:22:28.800
 were in

00:22:28.800 --> 00:22:29.420
 sin, we've

00:22:29.420 --> 00:22:30.140
 looked in

00:22:30.140 --> 00:22:33.400
 Genesis, and

00:22:33.400 --> 00:22:34.500
 we've seen in

00:22:34.500 --> 00:22:35.220
 Adam that the

00:22:35.220 --> 00:22:36.040
 sin of Adam

00:22:36.040 --> 00:22:36.980
 is carried on

00:22:36.980 --> 00:22:37.600
 to everyone

00:22:37.600 --> 00:22:38.240
 in the race.

00:22:38.840 --> 00:22:39.660
 All men

00:22:39.660 --> 00:22:41.060
 are now born

00:22:41.060 --> 00:22:42.000
 in Adam, and

00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:42.460
 they're born

00:22:42.460 --> 00:22:42.880
 with this

00:22:42.880 --> 00:22:44.100
 sin nature, with

00:22:44.100 --> 00:22:44.840
 this propensity

00:22:44.840 --> 00:22:46.700
 to sin, and

00:22:46.700 --> 00:22:47.640
 we are called

00:22:47.640 --> 00:22:48.320
 enemies of

00:22:48.320 --> 00:22:48.920
 God, and by

00:22:48.920 --> 00:22:50.240
 nature we're in

00:22:50.240 --> 00:22:51.400
 opposition to

00:22:51.400 --> 00:22:51.680
 God.

00:22:52.180 --> 00:22:52.800
 We want to

00:22:52.800 --> 00:22:53.259
 build our

00:22:53.259 --> 00:22:53.740
 kingdom, we

00:22:53.740 --> 00:22:54.200
 don't want to

00:22:54.200 --> 00:22:54.800
 honor God's

00:22:54.800 --> 00:22:55.040
 kingdom.

00:22:55.440 --> 00:22:56.019
 We want to

00:22:56.019 --> 00:22:56.660
 be God, we

00:22:56.660 --> 00:22:57.080
 don't want to

00:22:57.080 --> 00:22:57.660
 honor him as

00:22:57.660 --> 00:22:57.920
 God.

00:22:58.160 --> 00:22:58.800
 That's just

00:22:58.800 --> 00:22:59.360
 who we are

00:22:59.360 --> 00:22:59.840
 because we're

00:22:59.840 --> 00:23:00.860
 born in sin,

00:23:01.060 --> 00:23:01.860
 we're born in

00:23:01.860 --> 00:23:03.019
 Adam, we're by

00:23:03.019 --> 00:23:03.820
 nature children

00:23:03.820 --> 00:23:04.720
 of wrath, but

00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:06.300
 God, isn't that a

00:23:06.299 --> 00:23:07.200
 beautiful phrase?

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 Verse 4, Paul

00:23:10.779 --> 00:23:11.899
 says, but God,

00:23:12.419 --> 00:23:15.200
 God intervened

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 into the world,

00:23:16.339 --> 00:23:16.839
 into the

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 situation, on

00:23:18.180 --> 00:23:19.460
 behalf of

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 those that

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 would be a

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 part of the

00:23:24.539 --> 00:23:25.779
 church, those

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 whose names are

00:23:27.339 --> 00:23:28.000
 written in the

00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:28.759
 Lamb's book of

00:23:28.759 --> 00:23:29.799
 life, God

00:23:29.799 --> 00:23:31.220
 entered into, and

00:23:31.220 --> 00:23:31.960
 he did this, but

00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:33.279
 God being rich in

00:23:33.279 --> 00:23:34.899
 mercy, because of

00:23:34.899 --> 00:23:35.779
 the great love

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 with which he

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 loved us, even

00:23:37.339 --> 00:23:37.960
 when we were

00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:39.059
 dead in our

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 trespasses, he

00:23:42.339 --> 00:23:43.359
 made us alive

00:23:43.359 --> 00:23:44.579
 together with

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 Christ.

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 By grace, you

00:23:47.420 --> 00:23:48.359
 have been saved

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 and raised up

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 with him and

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 seated us with

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 him in the

00:23:53.200 --> 00:23:53.960
 heavenly places

00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:54.779
 in Christ

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 Jesus, so that

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 in the coming

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 ages, he might

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 show the

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 immeasurable

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 riches of his

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 grace and

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 kindness toward

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 us.

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 for by grace

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 you've been

00:24:07.539 --> 00:24:08.259
 saved through

00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:08.679
 faith.

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 Let me just

00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:09.919
 say that again.

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 Apart from the

00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:12.759
 grace of God, we

00:24:12.759 --> 00:24:14.019
 would never enjoy

00:24:14.019 --> 00:24:14.439
 the wedding

00:24:14.439 --> 00:24:15.000
 supper of the

00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:15.199
 Lamb.

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 Apart from the

00:24:17.319 --> 00:24:18.099
 grace of God

00:24:18.099 --> 00:24:19.459
 and salvation, we

00:24:19.459 --> 00:24:20.279
 would never know

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 what it means to

00:24:20.939 --> 00:24:22.079
 be his child.

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 We would be

00:24:23.719 --> 00:24:24.819
 also cast into

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 the lake of

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 fire, apart from

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 the incredible

00:24:27.859 --> 00:24:29.459
 grace of God on

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 our behalf, that

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 we might be

00:24:31.659 --> 00:24:32.379
 saved.

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 God.

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 This is the gift

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 of God.

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 It's not your

00:24:36.540 --> 00:24:37.160
 own doing.

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 It's God's

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 gracious gift that

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 he would allow

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 us to look

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 forward to this

00:24:43.840 --> 00:24:45.020
 beautiful picture

00:24:45.020 --> 00:24:46.000
 that's coming.

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 So again, back

00:24:47.740 --> 00:24:48.500
 to Revelation,

00:24:48.780 --> 00:24:50.380
 this whole phrase,

00:24:50.540 --> 00:24:51.540
 this first point

00:24:51.540 --> 00:24:52.300
 I'm making has

00:24:52.300 --> 00:24:53.060
 three parts.

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 The first point

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 is that the bride

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 is being prepared.

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 Who is doing the

00:24:57.880 --> 00:24:58.440
 preparation?

00:24:58.660 --> 00:24:59.160
 God himself.

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 In what way is

00:25:00.120 --> 00:25:00.700
 he preparing?

00:25:00.700 --> 00:25:01.740
 Well, the first

00:25:01.740 --> 00:25:02.720
 way is salvation.

00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:05.420
 Only those who

00:25:05.420 --> 00:25:06.740
 are saved, only

00:25:06.740 --> 00:25:07.680
 those whose names

00:25:07.680 --> 00:25:08.160
 are written in

00:25:08.160 --> 00:25:08.940
 the book of life,

00:25:09.039 --> 00:25:09.559
 the Lamb's book

00:25:09.559 --> 00:25:10.100
 of life, will

00:25:10.100 --> 00:25:11.400
 enjoy this

00:25:11.400 --> 00:25:12.700
 restored kingdom,

00:25:12.840 --> 00:25:13.240
 this heavenly

00:25:13.240 --> 00:25:13.620
 kingdom.

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 And the second

00:25:15.019 --> 00:25:16.620
 aspect is this.

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 I want you to

00:25:17.180 --> 00:25:17.580
 see.

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 Make sure I'm

00:25:21.160 --> 00:25:21.519
 on the right

00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:22.180
 chapter here.

00:25:22.440 --> 00:25:22.680
 Yes.

00:25:23.539 --> 00:25:25.240
 21 verse 2

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 says this.

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 It says,

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 I saw the

00:25:28.140 --> 00:25:28.840
 holy city,

00:25:28.960 --> 00:25:29.539
 New Jerusalem,

00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:30.440
 coming down out

00:25:30.440 --> 00:25:31.039
 of heaven from

00:25:31.039 --> 00:25:32.360
 God, prepared

00:25:32.360 --> 00:25:33.580
 as a bride

00:25:33.580 --> 00:25:34.799
 adorned.

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 I want to

00:25:35.740 --> 00:25:36.539
 emphasize the

00:25:36.539 --> 00:25:37.420
 word adorned

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 for her husband.

00:25:39.460 --> 00:25:40.360
 This bride will

00:25:40.360 --> 00:25:40.920
 be adorned.

00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:41.420
 Now, you can

00:25:41.420 --> 00:25:42.059
 picture the

00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:43.880
 wedding in

00:25:43.880 --> 00:25:44.740
 this world.

00:25:44.860 --> 00:25:45.460
 You can picture

00:25:45.460 --> 00:25:46.340
 that that is a

00:25:46.340 --> 00:25:48.620
 day that ladies

00:25:48.620 --> 00:25:49.480
 look forward to

00:25:49.480 --> 00:25:50.299
 all their life.

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 The day when

00:25:51.320 --> 00:25:52.519
 they will be

00:25:52.519 --> 00:25:53.580
 wed to a man

00:25:53.580 --> 00:25:54.320
 that they love.

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 And it's the

00:25:55.080 --> 00:25:55.680
 day when they

00:25:55.680 --> 00:25:56.180
 go out and

00:25:56.180 --> 00:25:56.779
 they buy this

00:25:56.779 --> 00:25:57.740
 perfect dress,

00:25:57.820 --> 00:25:58.440
 this beautiful

00:25:58.440 --> 00:25:58.980
 dress.

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 And they

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 spend all

00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:01.059
 day, and I

00:26:01.059 --> 00:26:01.339
 don't know how

00:26:01.339 --> 00:26:01.620
 they can do

00:26:01.620 --> 00:26:01.980
 this, but they

00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:03.019
 spend all day

00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:03.680
 getting their

00:26:03.680 --> 00:26:04.180
 hair done.

00:26:05.039 --> 00:26:06.099
 And they

00:26:06.099 --> 00:26:06.980
 doll up.

00:26:07.819 --> 00:26:08.460
 It's as

00:26:08.460 --> 00:26:09.220
 beautiful as

00:26:09.220 --> 00:26:09.799
 they can be.

00:26:09.920 --> 00:26:10.440
 They get their

00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:11.140
 friends to come

00:26:11.140 --> 00:26:11.380
 over.

00:26:11.460 --> 00:26:12.180
 They enjoy the

00:26:12.180 --> 00:26:12.779
 whole process

00:26:12.779 --> 00:26:13.539
 on this

00:26:13.539 --> 00:26:14.480
 incredible day.

00:26:14.720 --> 00:26:15.660
 But I want us

00:26:15.660 --> 00:26:16.799
 to really dig

00:26:16.799 --> 00:26:17.519
 into this word

00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:18.079
 adorned.

00:26:18.079 --> 00:26:18.799
 What does it

00:26:18.799 --> 00:26:19.599
 mean for the

00:26:19.599 --> 00:26:20.480
 bride of Christ,

00:26:20.579 --> 00:26:20.960
 the church,

00:26:21.079 --> 00:26:21.940
 to be adorned?

00:26:21.940 --> 00:26:25.059
 A woman would

00:26:25.059 --> 00:26:25.840
 get dressed and

00:26:25.840 --> 00:26:26.580
 put on a dress

00:26:26.580 --> 00:26:28.360
 and jewelry and

00:26:28.360 --> 00:26:29.680
 do up her hair and

00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:30.080
 she would be

00:26:30.080 --> 00:26:31.240
 adorned ready for

00:26:31.240 --> 00:26:31.660
 the wedding.

00:26:31.920 --> 00:26:32.500
 What does it

00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:33.299
 look like for the

00:26:33.299 --> 00:26:34.059
 church to be

00:26:34.059 --> 00:26:34.340
 ready?

00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:36.700
 What does it

00:26:36.700 --> 00:26:37.380
 look like to be

00:26:37.380 --> 00:26:38.080
 adorned?

00:26:38.820 --> 00:26:39.380
 Well, I want you

00:26:39.380 --> 00:26:40.000
 to see it.

00:26:41.080 --> 00:26:42.140
 As Paul talks

00:26:42.140 --> 00:26:42.519
 about it, I want

00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:43.120
 you to see it in

00:26:43.120 --> 00:26:43.980
 Colossians chapter

00:26:43.980 --> 00:26:44.400
 three.

00:26:45.620 --> 00:26:46.360
 I'm just going to

00:26:46.360 --> 00:26:46.779
 read it.

00:26:47.900 --> 00:26:48.640
 What does it

00:26:48.640 --> 00:26:49.240
 mean to be

00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:49.740
 adorned?

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:50.259
 There's this

00:26:50.259 --> 00:26:51.740
 beautiful truth

00:26:51.740 --> 00:26:53.500
 where Paul

00:26:53.500 --> 00:26:54.319
 talks to the

00:26:54.319 --> 00:26:55.019
 church and he

00:26:55.019 --> 00:26:56.259
 says, put off

00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:57.099
 anything that

00:26:57.099 --> 00:26:57.819
 has to do with

00:26:57.819 --> 00:26:58.180
 the world.

00:26:58.460 --> 00:26:59.339
 Put off anything

00:26:59.339 --> 00:26:59.980
 that has to do

00:26:59.980 --> 00:27:00.359
 with Satan.

00:27:00.660 --> 00:27:01.480
 Put off anything

00:27:01.480 --> 00:27:02.299
 that has to do

00:27:02.299 --> 00:27:02.799
 with self.

00:27:04.140 --> 00:27:04.900
 And put on,

00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:06.059
 adorn yourself

00:27:06.059 --> 00:27:07.779
 with, listen to

00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:08.359
 the word of God,

00:27:09.160 --> 00:27:10.599
 as chosen ones

00:27:10.599 --> 00:27:11.619
 of God, holy

00:27:11.619 --> 00:27:12.200
 and beloved,

00:27:13.660 --> 00:27:14.859
 put on

00:27:14.859 --> 00:27:15.519
 compassionate

00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:16.200
 hearts,

00:27:16.819 --> 00:27:17.220
 kindness,

00:27:17.579 --> 00:27:18.119
 humility,

00:27:18.779 --> 00:27:19.339
 meekness,

00:27:19.579 --> 00:27:20.240
 patience,

00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:22.099
 bearing with

00:27:22.099 --> 00:27:22.720
 one another.

00:27:23.119 --> 00:27:23.660
 If anyone

00:27:23.660 --> 00:27:24.460
 has a complaint

00:27:24.460 --> 00:27:25.059
 against another,

00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:25.940
 forgive each

00:27:25.940 --> 00:27:27.640
 other as the

00:27:27.640 --> 00:27:28.019
 Lord has

00:27:28.019 --> 00:27:28.680
 forgiven you.

00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:29.720
 So you also

00:27:29.720 --> 00:27:30.480
 must forgive

00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:31.839
 and above all

00:27:31.839 --> 00:27:32.579
 these put on

00:27:32.579 --> 00:27:34.819
 love, which

00:27:34.819 --> 00:27:35.599
 binds everything

00:27:35.599 --> 00:27:36.180
 together in

00:27:36.180 --> 00:27:36.819
 perfect harmony

00:27:36.819 --> 00:27:37.579
 and let the

00:27:37.579 --> 00:27:38.359
 peace of God

00:27:38.359 --> 00:27:39.240
 rule in your

00:27:39.240 --> 00:27:40.379
 hearts to which

00:27:40.379 --> 00:27:41.019
 indeed you are

00:27:41.019 --> 00:27:42.960
 called in one

00:27:42.960 --> 00:27:43.619
 body and be

00:27:43.619 --> 00:27:44.240
 thankful.

00:27:44.980 --> 00:27:45.460
 Let the word

00:27:45.460 --> 00:27:46.220
 of Christ dwell

00:27:46.220 --> 00:27:47.160
 in you richly,

00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:48.200
 teaching and

00:27:48.200 --> 00:27:49.140
 admonishing one

00:27:49.140 --> 00:27:49.799
 another in all

00:27:49.799 --> 00:27:50.839
 wisdom, singing

00:27:50.839 --> 00:27:51.659
 psalms and

00:27:51.659 --> 00:27:52.180
 hymns and

00:27:52.180 --> 00:27:53.000
 spiritual songs

00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:54.940
 with thankfulness

00:27:54.940 --> 00:27:55.779
 in your hearts

00:27:55.779 --> 00:27:56.799
 to God.

00:27:57.899 --> 00:27:58.359
 And whatever

00:27:58.359 --> 00:27:59.000
 you do in

00:27:59.000 --> 00:27:59.579
 word or deed,

00:27:59.680 --> 00:28:00.519
 do everything

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:01.019
 in the name

00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:01.440
 of the Lord

00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:02.139
 Jesus, giving

00:28:02.139 --> 00:28:03.180
 thanks to God

00:28:03.180 --> 00:28:04.079
 the Father

00:28:04.079 --> 00:28:05.000
 through him.

00:28:05.139 --> 00:28:05.519
 How are we

00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:06.000
 doing, church?

00:28:07.599 --> 00:28:08.639
 Do you hear

00:28:08.639 --> 00:28:09.440
 the beautiful

00:28:09.440 --> 00:28:10.359
 picture of what

00:28:10.359 --> 00:28:11.859
 he's doing in

00:28:11.859 --> 00:28:12.359
 the life of

00:28:12.359 --> 00:28:13.539
 his church to

00:28:13.539 --> 00:28:14.339
 prepare his

00:28:14.339 --> 00:28:15.079
 church for the

00:28:15.079 --> 00:28:15.639
 wedding supper

00:28:15.640 --> 00:28:16.160
 of the Lamb?

00:28:18.320 --> 00:28:19.400
 You know, the

00:28:19.400 --> 00:28:19.980
 word of God

00:28:19.980 --> 00:28:20.759
 talks about

00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:22.380
 Christ and

00:28:22.380 --> 00:28:23.400
 what he did

00:28:23.400 --> 00:28:24.600
 on behalf of

00:28:24.600 --> 00:28:25.160
 the bride.

00:28:28.040 --> 00:28:28.980
 It's such a

00:28:28.980 --> 00:28:29.680
 beautiful picture

00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:30.740
 of what Christ

00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:31.380
 has done.

00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:33.360
 There is a

00:28:33.360 --> 00:28:34.400
 preparation that

00:28:34.400 --> 00:28:35.200
 is happening for

00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:36.100
 the bride right

00:28:36.100 --> 00:28:36.500
 now.

00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:38.440
 And as

00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:39.180
 Christians, we

00:28:39.180 --> 00:28:39.640
 are part of

00:28:39.640 --> 00:28:40.420
 that preparation.

00:28:40.600 --> 00:28:40.980
 What is he

00:28:40.980 --> 00:28:41.640
 doing in the

00:28:41.640 --> 00:28:42.180
 life of the

00:28:42.180 --> 00:28:42.360
 church?

00:28:42.440 --> 00:28:42.800
 What is he

00:28:42.800 --> 00:28:43.300
 doing in your

00:28:43.300 --> 00:28:43.540
 heart?

00:28:43.800 --> 00:28:44.060
 You know what

00:28:44.059 --> 00:28:44.339
 he's doing?

00:28:44.519 --> 00:28:45.500
 He's changing

00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:46.519
 us into the

00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:47.319
 very image of

00:28:47.319 --> 00:28:47.700
 Christ.

00:28:49.980 --> 00:28:50.700
 He's given

00:28:50.700 --> 00:28:51.299
 us a new

00:28:51.299 --> 00:28:51.859
 heart with

00:28:51.859 --> 00:28:52.599
 new desires

00:28:52.599 --> 00:28:53.119
 and he said,

00:28:53.539 --> 00:28:54.019
 seek my

00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:54.559
 kingdom and

00:28:54.559 --> 00:28:55.379
 my righteousness,

00:28:56.059 --> 00:28:56.919
 everything else

00:28:56.919 --> 00:28:57.539
 I'll take care

00:28:57.539 --> 00:28:57.779
 of.

00:28:58.039 --> 00:28:58.539
 You just

00:28:58.539 --> 00:28:59.779
 focus your

00:28:59.779 --> 00:29:00.259
 eyes on

00:29:00.259 --> 00:29:00.879
 Jesus, the

00:29:00.879 --> 00:29:01.279
 author and

00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:01.859
 perfecter of

00:29:01.859 --> 00:29:02.319
 your faith.

00:29:03.379 --> 00:29:03.799
 And listen

00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:04.079
 to what it

00:29:04.079 --> 00:29:04.559
 said Christ

00:29:04.559 --> 00:29:04.799
 did.

00:29:05.079 --> 00:29:05.819
 Christ loved

00:29:05.819 --> 00:29:06.299
 the church

00:29:06.299 --> 00:29:07.019
 and he gave

00:29:07.019 --> 00:29:07.940
 himself up

00:29:07.940 --> 00:29:08.639
 for her.

00:29:09.419 --> 00:29:10.000
 He died.

00:29:10.899 --> 00:29:11.500
 He loved

00:29:11.500 --> 00:29:12.220
 the church in

00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:13.079
 such a great

00:29:13.079 --> 00:29:13.619
 measure that

00:29:13.619 --> 00:29:14.339
 he died for

00:29:14.339 --> 00:29:14.819
 the bride.

00:29:16.259 --> 00:29:16.899
 Christ loved

00:29:16.899 --> 00:29:17.559
 the church and

00:29:17.559 --> 00:29:18.759
 gave himself up

00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:19.959
 for her that

00:29:19.959 --> 00:29:20.399
 he might

00:29:20.399 --> 00:29:21.679
 sanctify her.

00:29:21.779 --> 00:29:22.139
 There's the

00:29:22.139 --> 00:29:22.479
 word,

00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:23.419
 sanctify.

00:29:23.459 --> 00:29:23.939
 You know the

00:29:23.939 --> 00:29:24.599
 church right

00:29:24.599 --> 00:29:25.079
 now is being

00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:25.659
 sanctified?

00:29:27.699 --> 00:29:28.500
 What does it

00:29:28.500 --> 00:29:29.039
 look like to

00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:29.559
 be prepared?

00:29:29.699 --> 00:29:30.739
 It looks like

00:29:30.739 --> 00:29:31.299
 that God is

00:29:31.299 --> 00:29:31.959
 doing this work

00:29:31.959 --> 00:29:32.559
 in our life

00:29:32.559 --> 00:29:33.099
 that we're

00:29:33.099 --> 00:29:33.859
 more and

00:29:33.859 --> 00:29:34.519
 more and

00:29:34.519 --> 00:29:35.119
 more and

00:29:35.119 --> 00:29:35.639
 more and

00:29:35.639 --> 00:29:36.099
 more like

00:29:36.099 --> 00:29:36.519
 Christ.

00:29:37.479 --> 00:29:38.139
 That we

00:29:38.139 --> 00:29:38.779
 turn away

00:29:38.779 --> 00:29:39.379
 from worldly

00:29:39.379 --> 00:29:40.339
 ways and we

00:29:40.339 --> 00:29:40.919
 turn toward

00:29:40.919 --> 00:29:42.000
 godly ways and

00:29:42.000 --> 00:29:42.619
 we begin to

00:29:42.619 --> 00:29:43.219
 reflect the

00:29:43.220 --> 00:29:43.880
 very image of

00:29:43.880 --> 00:29:44.279
 Christ in

00:29:44.279 --> 00:29:44.759
 our lives.

00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:46.100
 He goes on

00:29:46.100 --> 00:29:48.600
 to say that

00:29:48.600 --> 00:29:49.480
 he might

00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:50.400
 sanctify her

00:29:50.400 --> 00:29:51.380
 having cleansed

00:29:51.380 --> 00:29:51.500
 her.

00:29:51.600 --> 00:29:51.900
 You know we

00:29:51.900 --> 00:29:52.259
 need to be

00:29:52.259 --> 00:29:52.940
 cleansed?

00:29:53.259 --> 00:29:53.860
 Cleansed her

00:29:53.860 --> 00:29:54.339
 by the

00:29:54.339 --> 00:29:55.059
 washing of

00:29:55.059 --> 00:29:55.839
 water and

00:29:55.839 --> 00:29:56.200
 by the

00:29:56.200 --> 00:29:56.400
 word.

00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:56.779
 You know the

00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:57.279
 word of God

00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:58.079
 cleanses us?

00:29:58.860 --> 00:29:59.740
 So that he

00:29:59.740 --> 00:30:00.539
 might present

00:30:00.539 --> 00:30:01.420
 the church to

00:30:01.420 --> 00:30:02.160
 himself in

00:30:02.160 --> 00:30:02.940
 splendor.

00:30:04.940 --> 00:30:05.460
 Man.

00:30:05.460 --> 00:30:05.519
 man.

00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:08.299
 I don't

00:30:08.299 --> 00:30:09.160
 know that we

00:30:09.160 --> 00:30:10.720
 grasp the

00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:11.500
 greatness of

00:30:11.500 --> 00:30:12.079
 what's being

00:30:12.079 --> 00:30:13.180
 done for

00:30:13.180 --> 00:30:13.620
 us.

00:30:19.559 --> 00:30:20.420
 He goes on

00:30:20.420 --> 00:30:20.720
 to say

00:30:20.720 --> 00:30:21.559
 without spot

00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:22.200
 or wrinkle

00:30:22.200 --> 00:30:22.700
 or any

00:30:22.700 --> 00:30:23.900
 such thing

00:30:23.900 --> 00:30:24.519
 that she

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:25.000
 might be

00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:26.059
 holy and

00:30:26.059 --> 00:30:26.380
 without

00:30:26.380 --> 00:30:26.799
 blemish.

00:30:26.840 --> 00:30:27.059
 You know

00:30:27.059 --> 00:30:27.400
 what he's

00:30:27.400 --> 00:30:27.740
 doing?

00:30:28.400 --> 00:30:28.840
 He is

00:30:28.840 --> 00:30:29.480
 doing a

00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:29.960
 work in

00:30:29.960 --> 00:30:30.440
 the life

00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:30.799
 of the

00:30:30.799 --> 00:30:31.319
 church so

00:30:31.319 --> 00:30:31.660
 that the

00:30:31.660 --> 00:30:32.140
 church will

00:30:32.140 --> 00:30:33.319
 be totally

00:30:33.319 --> 00:30:33.720
 without

00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:34.120
 blemish.

00:30:34.180 --> 00:30:34.380
 You know

00:30:34.380 --> 00:30:34.680
 what that

00:30:34.680 --> 00:30:35.080
 work is

00:30:35.080 --> 00:30:35.380
 called?

00:30:35.920 --> 00:30:36.519
 Sanctification.

00:30:37.500 --> 00:30:37.980
 So we've

00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:39.180
 seen one

00:30:39.180 --> 00:30:39.920
 aspect of

00:30:39.920 --> 00:30:40.620
 a prepared

00:30:40.620 --> 00:30:41.200
 bride that

00:30:41.200 --> 00:30:42.000
 is justification

00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:42.779
 to be

00:30:42.779 --> 00:30:43.180
 saved.

00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:44.039
 We've seen

00:30:44.039 --> 00:30:45.200
 another look

00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:46.320
 another aspect

00:30:46.320 --> 00:30:46.960
 of what it

00:30:46.960 --> 00:30:47.460
 means to

00:30:47.460 --> 00:30:49.019
 be prepared

00:30:49.019 --> 00:30:49.880
 as a bride

00:30:49.880 --> 00:30:50.240
 and that is

00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:50.539
 to be

00:30:50.539 --> 00:30:51.200
 sanctified.

00:30:51.400 --> 00:30:52.080
 That more

00:30:52.080 --> 00:30:52.400
 and more

00:30:52.400 --> 00:30:52.820
 we look

00:30:52.820 --> 00:30:53.380
 like Christ.

00:30:53.620 --> 00:30:54.120
 More and

00:30:54.120 --> 00:30:54.460
 more we

00:30:54.460 --> 00:30:55.039
 live like

00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:55.299
 Christ.

00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:55.920
 More and

00:30:55.920 --> 00:30:56.560
 more we

00:30:56.560 --> 00:30:57.279
 honor God

00:30:57.279 --> 00:30:57.660
 with the

00:30:57.660 --> 00:30:58.320
 way we

00:30:58.320 --> 00:30:58.820
 think,

00:30:59.400 --> 00:30:59.799
 what we

00:30:59.799 --> 00:31:00.259
 say,

00:31:00.539 --> 00:31:00.840
 and what

00:31:00.840 --> 00:31:01.380
 we do.

00:31:01.940 --> 00:31:02.220
 And then

00:31:02.220 --> 00:31:02.799
 thirdly I

00:31:02.799 --> 00:31:03.200
 want you to

00:31:03.200 --> 00:31:03.580
 see this

00:31:03.580 --> 00:31:04.420
 amazing,

00:31:04.420 --> 00:31:05.000
 amazing

00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:06.900
 picture of

00:31:06.900 --> 00:31:07.640
 the bride

00:31:07.640 --> 00:31:09.380
 prepared in

00:31:09.380 --> 00:31:10.300
 chapter 21

00:31:10.300 --> 00:31:11.080
 of Revelation.

00:31:13.900 --> 00:31:14.500
 Starting in

00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:15.120
 verse 9 it

00:31:15.120 --> 00:31:15.640
 says this,

00:31:15.700 --> 00:31:15.920
 I'm going to

00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:16.400
 skip down to

00:31:16.400 --> 00:31:16.740
 the place

00:31:16.740 --> 00:31:17.100
 that says,

00:31:17.200 --> 00:31:17.759
 come I

00:31:17.759 --> 00:31:18.320
 will show

00:31:18.320 --> 00:31:18.700
 you the

00:31:18.700 --> 00:31:19.180
 bride.

00:31:19.900 --> 00:31:20.539
 So John

00:31:20.539 --> 00:31:21.019
 is seeing a

00:31:21.019 --> 00:31:21.259
 vision,

00:31:21.340 --> 00:31:21.600
 you know what

00:31:21.600 --> 00:31:21.860
 he's seeing?

00:31:21.940 --> 00:31:22.360
 He's seeing a

00:31:22.360 --> 00:31:23.019
 vision of the

00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:23.279
 bride.

00:31:23.340 --> 00:31:23.620
 Who is the

00:31:23.620 --> 00:31:23.800
 bride?

00:31:23.860 --> 00:31:24.500
 The church.

00:31:27.600 --> 00:31:28.420
 I will show

00:31:28.420 --> 00:31:29.060
 you the bride,

00:31:29.160 --> 00:31:29.900
 the wife of

00:31:29.900 --> 00:31:30.279
 the Lamb,

00:31:30.340 --> 00:31:30.920
 and he carried

00:31:30.920 --> 00:31:31.400
 me away in

00:31:31.400 --> 00:31:32.060
 the Spirit to

00:31:32.060 --> 00:31:32.779
 a great high

00:31:32.779 --> 00:31:33.019
 mountain.

00:31:33.019 --> 00:31:33.319
 You know what

00:31:33.319 --> 00:31:33.599
 that means?

00:31:33.660 --> 00:31:34.039
 Great high

00:31:34.039 --> 00:31:34.259
 mountains?

00:31:34.339 --> 00:31:34.599
 It means you

00:31:34.599 --> 00:31:34.879
 can see

00:31:34.879 --> 00:31:35.240
 everything.

00:31:35.680 --> 00:31:35.940
 You're on

00:31:35.940 --> 00:31:36.319
 this high

00:31:36.319 --> 00:31:36.519
 mountain,

00:31:36.619 --> 00:31:36.940
 it's just

00:31:36.940 --> 00:31:37.980
 great visibility

00:31:37.980 --> 00:31:38.440
 is what it

00:31:38.440 --> 00:31:39.599
 means symbolically.

00:31:39.599 --> 00:31:40.500
 And he showed

00:31:40.500 --> 00:31:41.059
 me the holy

00:31:41.059 --> 00:31:41.859
 city Jerusalem,

00:31:42.059 --> 00:31:42.740
 it's the church

00:31:42.740 --> 00:31:45.059
 coming down out

00:31:45.059 --> 00:31:45.639
 of heaven for

00:31:45.639 --> 00:31:45.839
 God.

00:31:45.940 --> 00:31:46.400
 Listen to this,

00:31:46.740 --> 00:31:47.839
 having the glory

00:31:47.839 --> 00:31:48.400
 of God.

00:31:48.460 --> 00:31:49.200
 You know there's a

00:31:49.200 --> 00:31:50.440
 day coming when

00:31:50.440 --> 00:31:50.940
 you and I are

00:31:50.940 --> 00:31:51.200
 going to be

00:31:51.200 --> 00:31:51.720
 glorified.

00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:51.799
 God.

00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:54.279
 This old sin

00:31:54.279 --> 00:31:54.980
 nature that

00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:55.680
 drives us

00:31:55.680 --> 00:31:56.579
 crazy and

00:31:56.579 --> 00:31:57.759
 causes us to

00:31:57.759 --> 00:31:58.299
 stumble,

00:31:59.039 --> 00:31:59.839
 tempts us all

00:31:59.839 --> 00:32:00.420
 the time,

00:32:00.960 --> 00:32:01.740
 feeds on our

00:32:01.740 --> 00:32:02.319
 flesh that

00:32:02.319 --> 00:32:03.380
 desires and

00:32:03.380 --> 00:32:04.120
 craves to be

00:32:04.120 --> 00:32:04.480
 filled,

00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:05.700
 it's going to

00:32:05.700 --> 00:32:06.400
 be done away

00:32:06.400 --> 00:32:06.720
 with.

00:32:07.440 --> 00:32:07.900
 We're going to

00:32:07.900 --> 00:32:08.900
 receive a brand

00:32:08.900 --> 00:32:09.440
 new body,

00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:10.079
 a glorified

00:32:10.079 --> 00:32:10.460
 body.

00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:11.860
 He's going to

00:32:11.860 --> 00:32:13.380
 make us new.

00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:13.960
 He's going to

00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:15.640
 restore us in

00:32:15.640 --> 00:32:16.500
 such a way that

00:32:16.500 --> 00:32:16.819
 we're going to

00:32:16.819 --> 00:32:17.799
 be glorified.

00:32:18.440 --> 00:32:19.299
 You know that in

00:32:19.299 --> 00:32:20.380
 Revelation he says

00:32:20.380 --> 00:32:21.400
 no sin can come

00:32:21.400 --> 00:32:22.920
 near me because

00:32:22.920 --> 00:32:23.400
 of the great

00:32:23.400 --> 00:32:24.160
 holiness of God.

00:32:24.260 --> 00:32:24.920
 You know that all

00:32:24.920 --> 00:32:25.640
 sin will be taken

00:32:25.640 --> 00:32:26.020
 away.

00:32:26.560 --> 00:32:27.080
 You know that

00:32:27.080 --> 00:32:29.800
 to Moses he

00:32:29.800 --> 00:32:30.080
 said,

00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:31.200
 God show me

00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:31.880
 your glory and

00:32:31.880 --> 00:32:32.360
 what did he say

00:32:32.360 --> 00:32:32.800
 to Moses?

00:32:33.100 --> 00:32:33.940
 No man can see

00:32:33.940 --> 00:32:34.540
 my glory and

00:32:34.540 --> 00:32:35.260
 live because of

00:32:35.260 --> 00:32:35.700
 your sin.

00:32:36.700 --> 00:32:37.320
 Do you know in

00:32:37.320 --> 00:32:38.240
 Revelation it says

00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:38.560
 we're going to be

00:32:38.560 --> 00:32:39.140
 able to see him

00:32:39.140 --> 00:32:39.880
 face to face?

00:32:40.120 --> 00:32:40.460
 You know why?

00:32:40.520 --> 00:32:41.200
 Because our sin

00:32:41.200 --> 00:32:41.800
 is taken away.

00:32:41.880 --> 00:32:42.180
 We've been

00:32:42.180 --> 00:32:42.880
 glorified.

00:32:44.020 --> 00:32:45.100
 We individually

00:32:45.100 --> 00:32:46.000
 and we as a

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:46.800
 body that is the

00:32:46.800 --> 00:32:47.380
 church will be

00:32:47.380 --> 00:32:48.640
 totally glorified.

00:32:49.140 --> 00:32:50.040
 We will be

00:32:50.039 --> 00:32:50.920
 with him in

00:32:50.920 --> 00:32:51.599
 such a way

00:32:51.599 --> 00:32:52.079
 that it was

00:32:52.079 --> 00:32:53.159
 meant the way

00:32:53.159 --> 00:32:53.920
 that God meant

00:32:53.920 --> 00:32:54.960
 it to be with

00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:55.920
 no sin,

00:32:56.440 --> 00:32:57.539
 no enemy,

00:32:58.000 --> 00:32:58.980
 no sin nature,

00:32:59.299 --> 00:33:00.139
 no crying,

00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:01.039
 no tears.

00:33:01.639 --> 00:33:02.659
 We will be in

00:33:02.659 --> 00:33:03.460
 the very presence

00:33:03.460 --> 00:33:03.899
 of God.

00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:04.639
 We'll see him

00:33:04.639 --> 00:33:05.279
 face to face.

00:33:05.519 --> 00:33:06.740
 We'll enjoy the

00:33:06.740 --> 00:33:08.079
 fellowship fully.

00:33:09.079 --> 00:33:09.639
 You know we've

00:33:09.639 --> 00:33:10.440
 tasted it now.

00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:16.940
 Individually if

00:33:16.940 --> 00:33:17.700
 y'all experience

00:33:17.700 --> 00:33:18.799
 those moments when

00:33:18.799 --> 00:33:20.039
 you know you're

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:20.460
 in the presence

00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:20.919
 of God.

00:33:24.680 --> 00:33:25.399
 It's like

00:33:25.399 --> 00:33:29.139
 to be in the

00:33:29.139 --> 00:33:29.759
 presence of a

00:33:29.759 --> 00:33:30.759
 holy God is

00:33:30.759 --> 00:33:31.819
 powerful.

00:33:32.799 --> 00:33:33.339
 Do you know we

00:33:33.339 --> 00:33:34.680
 will eternally be

00:33:34.680 --> 00:33:35.259
 in the presence

00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:35.759
 of God?

00:33:35.960 --> 00:33:36.779
 We will experience

00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:37.680
 the fellowship that

00:33:37.680 --> 00:33:38.799
 we know momentarily

00:33:38.799 --> 00:33:39.220
 now.

00:33:39.579 --> 00:33:40.759
 This concept of

00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:41.779
 abiding with him,

00:33:41.839 --> 00:33:42.759
 this concept of

00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:43.180
 fellowship,

00:33:43.720 --> 00:33:44.399
 this close

00:33:44.399 --> 00:33:45.240
 relationship,

00:33:46.019 --> 00:33:47.419
 closer than any

00:33:47.420 --> 00:33:48.220
 other relationship,

00:33:48.380 --> 00:33:48.500
 right?

00:33:48.539 --> 00:33:49.240
 We will be

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:50.560
 married to

00:33:50.560 --> 00:33:52.740
 Christ.

00:33:56.180 --> 00:33:56.800
 And the

00:33:56.800 --> 00:33:57.620
 beautiful picture

00:33:57.620 --> 00:33:59.140
 here is the

00:33:59.140 --> 00:33:59.779
 holy city

00:33:59.779 --> 00:34:00.700
 Jerusalem coming

00:34:00.700 --> 00:34:01.259
 down out of

00:34:01.259 --> 00:34:01.960
 heaven from God,

00:34:02.220 --> 00:34:03.080
 having the glory

00:34:03.080 --> 00:34:03.779
 of God.

00:34:04.019 --> 00:34:05.300
 It's radiance

00:34:05.300 --> 00:34:09.400
 like a most

00:34:09.400 --> 00:34:10.519
 rare jewel.

00:34:10.659 --> 00:34:11.240
 You know when I

00:34:11.240 --> 00:34:13.480
 was younger,

00:34:13.480 --> 00:34:15.360
 I grew up in

00:34:15.360 --> 00:34:16.659
 inland South

00:34:16.659 --> 00:34:17.500
 Carolina, but we

00:34:17.500 --> 00:34:18.019
 had a little

00:34:18.019 --> 00:34:19.019
 camper at the

00:34:19.019 --> 00:34:19.619
 beach in Myrtle

00:34:19.619 --> 00:34:19.920
 Beach.

00:34:19.980 --> 00:34:20.519
 And I tell you,

00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:21.300
 I was on that

00:34:21.300 --> 00:34:22.000
 beach looking for

00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:22.820
 shark's teeth like

00:34:22.820 --> 00:34:23.539
 you can't imagine.

00:34:23.940 --> 00:34:24.719
 I had a little

00:34:24.719 --> 00:34:25.900
 glass thing in my

00:34:25.900 --> 00:34:26.240
 camper.

00:34:26.360 --> 00:34:27.139
 We had a camper at

00:34:27.139 --> 00:34:27.760
 the campground.

00:34:27.940 --> 00:34:29.900
 I had every summer I

00:34:29.900 --> 00:34:31.019
 would try to fill that

00:34:31.019 --> 00:34:31.519
 thing up.

00:34:31.559 --> 00:34:32.480
 And over time I did,

00:34:32.559 --> 00:34:33.000
 I filled it up.

00:34:33.159 --> 00:34:34.159
 They were so tiny you

00:34:34.159 --> 00:34:34.800
 couldn't hardly see

00:34:34.800 --> 00:34:34.900
 them.

00:34:34.960 --> 00:34:36.199
 I was always looking

00:34:36.199 --> 00:34:37.599
 for that big one,

00:34:37.679 --> 00:34:38.260
 you know, the one you

00:34:38.260 --> 00:34:38.980
 can make a necklace

00:34:38.980 --> 00:34:39.519
 out of.

00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:41.079
 Or when I would go

00:34:41.079 --> 00:34:41.920
 to one of the stores

00:34:41.920 --> 00:34:42.820
 in downtown Myrtle

00:34:42.820 --> 00:34:43.340
 Beach, they had

00:34:43.340 --> 00:34:44.259
 megalodon teeth and

00:34:44.259 --> 00:34:44.860
 they were bigger in my

00:34:44.860 --> 00:34:45.059
 hand.

00:34:45.099 --> 00:34:45.719
 I'm like, that's what

00:34:45.719 --> 00:34:46.139
 I want.

00:34:46.519 --> 00:34:47.400
 Never did find it.

00:34:47.800 --> 00:34:48.519
 But I was always

00:34:48.519 --> 00:34:49.139
 looking for it.

00:34:49.159 --> 00:34:49.780
 When I was in

00:34:49.780 --> 00:34:50.639
 college, I was a

00:34:50.639 --> 00:34:51.119
 geologist.

00:34:51.280 --> 00:34:52.079
 And the thing that I

00:34:52.079 --> 00:34:53.619
 really loved about

00:34:53.619 --> 00:34:54.659
 being a geologist was

00:34:54.659 --> 00:34:55.239
 the gems.

00:34:55.360 --> 00:34:56.659
 I love the gemstones.

00:34:56.780 --> 00:34:57.739
 I love all the

00:34:57.739 --> 00:34:58.159
 crystals.

00:34:59.219 --> 00:35:00.239
 I just, I don't know

00:35:00.239 --> 00:35:01.440
 why in me I always

00:35:01.440 --> 00:35:02.280
 wanted to find the

00:35:02.280 --> 00:35:03.340
 big, important,

00:35:03.539 --> 00:35:05.619
 beautiful crystal that

00:35:05.619 --> 00:35:06.480
 would, I could just

00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:07.500
 stare at and wonder.

00:35:07.659 --> 00:35:09.119
 And I know we, as

00:35:09.119 --> 00:35:10.799
 a guy, as a

00:35:10.799 --> 00:35:12.179
 geologist up in the

00:35:12.179 --> 00:35:12.699
 mountains of North

00:35:12.699 --> 00:35:13.319
 Carolina, I found

00:35:13.319 --> 00:35:14.279
 emeralds, I found

00:35:14.279 --> 00:35:15.460
 rubies, I found

00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:18.199
 sapphires, I found

00:35:18.199 --> 00:35:20.099
 gold, I found some

00:35:20.099 --> 00:35:20.579
 of these things.

00:35:20.679 --> 00:35:21.799
 But it was always

00:35:21.799 --> 00:35:22.779
 fun for me to go

00:35:22.779 --> 00:35:23.639
 searching for it.

00:35:23.679 --> 00:35:24.579
 I found kyanite.

00:35:24.659 --> 00:35:25.079
 Y'all probably don't

00:35:25.079 --> 00:35:25.920
 know what that means.

00:35:26.319 --> 00:35:27.259
 But that is something

00:35:27.259 --> 00:35:28.019
 that ended up in the

00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:28.859
 trophy case at

00:35:28.859 --> 00:35:29.219
 Furman.

00:35:29.279 --> 00:35:30.079
 I didn't even think

00:35:30.079 --> 00:35:30.559
 it was all that

00:35:30.559 --> 00:35:31.199
 impressive, but they

00:35:31.199 --> 00:35:31.440
 did.

00:35:32.000 --> 00:35:33.339
 My point is that

00:35:33.339 --> 00:35:34.339
 there's just something

00:35:34.339 --> 00:35:35.500
 in me that wants to

00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:36.759
 find this incredible

00:35:36.759 --> 00:35:37.460
 rare jewel.

00:35:37.579 --> 00:35:38.719
 Went to Arkansas and

00:35:38.719 --> 00:35:39.879
 looked for crystals,

00:35:40.199 --> 00:35:40.799
 quartz crystals.

00:35:41.519 --> 00:35:42.359
 That long, that

00:35:42.359 --> 00:35:43.159
 long, that long.

00:35:43.219 --> 00:35:43.799
 They had them sitting

00:35:43.799 --> 00:35:44.019
 there.

00:35:44.079 --> 00:35:44.599
 They were literally,

00:35:44.739 --> 00:35:45.219
 you couldn't put your

00:35:45.219 --> 00:35:45.879
 arms around, just

00:35:45.879 --> 00:35:47.019
 beautiful crystal clear

00:35:47.019 --> 00:35:47.599
 look right through

00:35:47.599 --> 00:35:47.759
 them.

00:35:48.079 --> 00:35:48.919
 It always amazed me.

00:35:48.959 --> 00:35:49.919
 But listen to this.

00:35:52.819 --> 00:35:54.159
 That we, the church,

00:35:54.199 --> 00:35:55.259
 will have radiance.

00:35:55.379 --> 00:35:56.179
 We will shine.

00:35:56.239 --> 00:35:57.219
 If you take a diamond

00:35:57.219 --> 00:35:58.099
 and put it in the light,

00:35:58.159 --> 00:35:58.659
 what happens?

00:35:59.039 --> 00:36:00.299
 Light goes everywhere

00:36:00.299 --> 00:36:01.239
 and it's amazing.

00:36:02.179 --> 00:36:03.159
 You can do that with

00:36:03.159 --> 00:36:03.799
 an emerald and it

00:36:03.799 --> 00:36:04.639
 does the same thing.

00:36:04.719 --> 00:36:05.659
 It throws green light

00:36:05.659 --> 00:36:06.319
 everywhere.

00:36:07.119 --> 00:36:08.000
 It's just beautiful.

00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:11.000
 And he likens the

00:36:11.000 --> 00:36:12.119
 church, the bride,

00:36:12.260 --> 00:36:13.380
 glorified to this

00:36:13.380 --> 00:36:14.980
 most rare jewel.

00:36:15.139 --> 00:36:16.159
 It's the most rare.

00:36:16.239 --> 00:36:17.239
 It means there's no

00:36:17.239 --> 00:36:18.539
 more rare jewel.

00:36:18.800 --> 00:36:20.000
 There's nothing more

00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:21.440
 beautiful than that.

00:36:22.539 --> 00:36:23.980
 You found it.

00:36:25.159 --> 00:36:26.320
 In a sense.

00:36:26.960 --> 00:36:27.880
 I found what I was

00:36:27.880 --> 00:36:28.599
 always looking for,

00:36:28.679 --> 00:36:29.980
 but this far exceeds

00:36:29.980 --> 00:36:30.460
 it all.

00:36:31.460 --> 00:36:33.639
 Like a most rare jewel,

00:36:33.900 --> 00:36:35.920
 it shines off the glory

00:36:35.920 --> 00:36:36.400
 of God.

00:36:36.400 --> 00:36:36.660
 Why?

00:36:36.780 --> 00:36:37.639
 Because the church

00:36:37.639 --> 00:36:38.800
 has been glorified.

00:36:39.800 --> 00:36:40.360
 You know,

00:36:40.420 --> 00:36:41.320
 we don't know

00:36:41.320 --> 00:36:42.079
 what it's like

00:36:42.079 --> 00:36:42.920
 to be glorified.

00:36:43.059 --> 00:36:44.139
 We can't imagine

00:36:44.139 --> 00:36:45.639
 not having the temptations

00:36:45.639 --> 00:36:47.320
 and not having

00:36:47.320 --> 00:36:50.840
 the constant battle

00:36:50.840 --> 00:36:51.420
 against sin.

00:36:51.500 --> 00:36:51.780
 You know,

00:36:51.840 --> 00:36:52.519
 there's a day coming

00:36:52.519 --> 00:36:53.320
 we'll enjoy

00:36:53.320 --> 00:36:54.340
 that fellowship

00:36:54.340 --> 00:36:54.900
 with Him,

00:36:55.740 --> 00:36:56.700
 a beautiful fellowship.

00:36:58.400 --> 00:36:59.980
 So the bride prepared

00:36:59.980 --> 00:37:00.700
 and secondly,

00:37:01.260 --> 00:37:02.180
 eternity entered.

00:37:02.179 --> 00:37:04.000
 Do you know that

00:37:04.000 --> 00:37:05.460
 as a church,

00:37:05.739 --> 00:37:06.519
 as believers,

00:37:06.879 --> 00:37:07.739
 that one day

00:37:07.739 --> 00:37:09.079
 we will enter heaven

00:37:09.079 --> 00:37:10.059
 and we will enjoy

00:37:10.059 --> 00:37:11.579
 this incredible

00:37:11.579 --> 00:37:13.779
 love-filled relationship

00:37:13.779 --> 00:37:14.960
 that's far beyond

00:37:14.960 --> 00:37:16.500
 even our wildest imagination?

00:37:18.579 --> 00:37:19.759
 You remember what Christ

00:37:19.759 --> 00:37:20.259
 said when He was

00:37:20.259 --> 00:37:21.519
 on the cross?

00:37:23.139 --> 00:37:24.539
 He's about to die

00:37:24.539 --> 00:37:24.980
 and He says,

00:37:25.139 --> 00:37:25.859
 God, God,

00:37:25.919 --> 00:37:27.119
 why have you

00:37:27.119 --> 00:37:28.159
 forsaken me?

00:37:28.819 --> 00:37:29.859
 What was He saying?

00:37:30.839 --> 00:37:31.659
 Why have you

00:37:31.659 --> 00:37:32.859
 turned your back on me?

00:37:32.940 --> 00:37:34.019
 Why do I not

00:37:34.019 --> 00:37:34.699
 have fellowship

00:37:34.699 --> 00:37:35.519
 with you now?

00:37:35.759 --> 00:37:36.019
 You know,

00:37:36.059 --> 00:37:36.819
 He didn't say it

00:37:36.819 --> 00:37:37.559
 about the beating.

00:37:37.719 --> 00:37:38.359
 He didn't say it

00:37:38.359 --> 00:37:39.119
 about any of the

00:37:39.119 --> 00:37:41.000
 difficult physical aspects.

00:37:41.619 --> 00:37:42.440
 He did say,

00:37:42.559 --> 00:37:43.399
 if this can pass,

00:37:44.019 --> 00:37:44.879
 take it from me,

00:37:44.960 --> 00:37:45.819
 but I'm willing

00:37:45.819 --> 00:37:46.859
 to walk this road

00:37:46.859 --> 00:37:47.719
 for the sake

00:37:47.719 --> 00:37:48.299
 of the prize

00:37:48.299 --> 00:37:49.219
 that's on the other end

00:37:49.219 --> 00:37:49.899
 and that prize

00:37:49.899 --> 00:37:50.559
 is the bride,

00:37:51.199 --> 00:37:51.739
 the church.

00:37:53.420 --> 00:37:54.079
 But Christ

00:37:54.079 --> 00:37:55.279
 lost fellowship

00:37:55.279 --> 00:37:55.819
 with God

00:37:55.819 --> 00:37:56.679
 because He took on

00:37:56.679 --> 00:37:57.519
 the sins of the world.

00:37:57.519 --> 00:37:58.940
 it's the most precious thing

00:37:58.940 --> 00:37:59.820
 He ever had.

00:37:59.880 --> 00:38:00.400
 He lost it.

00:38:00.440 --> 00:38:00.800
 Do you know

00:38:00.800 --> 00:38:01.440
 we're getting it

00:38:01.440 --> 00:38:01.960
 as a gift?

00:38:03.139 --> 00:38:04.000
 This fellowship

00:38:04.000 --> 00:38:05.739
 that the Father

00:38:05.739 --> 00:38:06.199
 and Son

00:38:06.199 --> 00:38:06.860
 and Holy Spirit

00:38:06.860 --> 00:38:07.440
 have shared

00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:08.739
 from eternity past

00:38:08.739 --> 00:38:10.599
 that He's allowing us

00:38:10.599 --> 00:38:11.440
 to enter into

00:38:11.440 --> 00:38:12.599
 the beautiful fellowship

00:38:12.599 --> 00:38:13.860
 that we'll enjoy

00:38:13.860 --> 00:38:14.679
 in the heavenly kingdom.

00:38:14.820 --> 00:38:15.519
 Chapter 22.

00:38:16.019 --> 00:38:16.300
 You know,

00:38:16.480 --> 00:38:18.199
 the symbol is this,

00:38:18.280 --> 00:38:19.460
 the picture of the symbol

00:38:19.460 --> 00:38:21.599
 is like this throne room

00:38:21.599 --> 00:38:22.059
 of God

00:38:22.059 --> 00:38:24.019
 and flowing out

00:38:24.019 --> 00:38:24.860
 of the throne room

00:38:24.860 --> 00:38:25.940
 is life.

00:38:27.519 --> 00:38:28.539
 You know that there is

00:38:28.539 --> 00:38:29.659
 no life apart from God.

00:38:29.739 --> 00:38:30.679
 He spoke life

00:38:30.679 --> 00:38:31.500
 into existence

00:38:31.500 --> 00:38:32.259
 and you and I

00:38:32.259 --> 00:38:33.119
 would not have life

00:38:33.119 --> 00:38:33.900
 except for God

00:38:33.900 --> 00:38:35.000
 that He's given it to us.

00:38:36.019 --> 00:38:36.780
 And in heaven

00:38:36.780 --> 00:38:38.079
 we will have life

00:38:38.079 --> 00:38:39.139
 abundantly,

00:38:39.300 --> 00:38:40.059
 far more abundant

00:38:40.059 --> 00:38:40.860
 than we can imagine.

00:38:41.259 --> 00:38:42.259
 Notice what's flowing

00:38:42.259 --> 00:38:43.559
 out of the throne.

00:38:44.019 --> 00:38:45.780
 It's a river of water,

00:38:45.940 --> 00:38:46.940
 a living water,

00:38:47.280 --> 00:38:47.800
 this water

00:38:47.800 --> 00:38:48.599
 that gives life.

00:38:48.679 --> 00:38:49.320
 And if we look

00:38:49.320 --> 00:38:49.980
 at these verses,

00:38:50.840 --> 00:38:52.179
 the water of life,

00:38:52.619 --> 00:38:53.579
 the tree of life,

00:38:53.679 --> 00:38:54.519
 the fruit that comes

00:38:54.519 --> 00:38:55.019
 from the tree,

00:38:55.019 --> 00:38:56.079
 the healing that is

00:38:56.079 --> 00:38:57.239
 a part of that

00:38:57.239 --> 00:38:57.900
 whole process,

00:38:58.239 --> 00:38:59.519
 the picture is this,

00:38:59.559 --> 00:39:00.559
 is that life comes

00:39:00.559 --> 00:39:01.039
 from God

00:39:01.039 --> 00:39:02.219
 and we will enjoy

00:39:02.219 --> 00:39:03.099
 it in full.

00:39:03.960 --> 00:39:05.400
 The fullest element

00:39:05.400 --> 00:39:06.800
 of life we will enjoy

00:39:06.800 --> 00:39:08.179
 in the heavenly kingdom

00:39:08.179 --> 00:39:08.599
 here.

00:39:10.800 --> 00:39:11.820
 Notice it says

00:39:11.820 --> 00:39:13.000
 there will no longer

00:39:13.000 --> 00:39:14.699
 be anything accursed.

00:39:16.159 --> 00:39:17.699
 We look back up

00:39:17.699 --> 00:39:18.320
 and we can see

00:39:18.320 --> 00:39:19.239
 the same thing

00:39:19.239 --> 00:39:21.099
 in chapter 21

00:39:21.099 --> 00:39:21.679
 is there will be

00:39:21.679 --> 00:39:22.639
 no night there,

00:39:22.639 --> 00:39:23.039
 they will,

00:39:23.179 --> 00:39:23.519
 sorry,

00:39:24.519 --> 00:39:25.839
 where am I?

00:39:29.719 --> 00:39:30.039
 No,

00:39:30.119 --> 00:39:30.460
 there it is,

00:39:30.480 --> 00:39:30.739
 27.

00:39:31.059 --> 00:39:32.279
 Nothing unclean

00:39:32.279 --> 00:39:33.920
 will ever enter into it.

00:39:34.460 --> 00:39:35.379
 No longer

00:39:35.379 --> 00:39:36.500
 anything accursed.

00:39:36.900 --> 00:39:37.779
 Everything will be

00:39:37.779 --> 00:39:38.500
 purified.

00:39:38.699 --> 00:39:39.619
 Everything will be

00:39:39.619 --> 00:39:40.940
 redeemed and restored

00:39:40.940 --> 00:39:42.279
 by his power.

00:39:43.639 --> 00:39:44.599
 I love the beautiful

00:39:44.599 --> 00:39:45.000
 picture.

00:39:45.119 --> 00:39:46.000
 It says we will see

00:39:46.000 --> 00:39:46.960
 him face to face.

00:39:47.019 --> 00:39:47.379
 Have you ever

00:39:47.379 --> 00:39:48.099
 pondered that?

00:39:49.579 --> 00:39:50.379
 Have you ever

00:39:50.379 --> 00:39:51.159
 put yourself

00:39:51.159 --> 00:39:51.799
 in the shoes

00:39:51.800 --> 00:39:52.380
 of Moses

00:39:52.380 --> 00:39:53.120
 in the cleft

00:39:53.120 --> 00:39:53.760
 of that rock

00:39:53.760 --> 00:39:54.460
 if you ever

00:39:54.460 --> 00:39:55.340
 so desperately

00:39:55.340 --> 00:39:56.140
 wanted to see

00:39:56.140 --> 00:39:56.820
 the glory of God?

00:40:00.440 --> 00:40:01.560
 I think the more

00:40:01.560 --> 00:40:02.340
 we read scripture,

00:40:02.500 --> 00:40:03.180
 you know what happens?

00:40:03.280 --> 00:40:04.080
 We have a desire

00:40:04.080 --> 00:40:05.039
 to see the glory of God.

00:40:05.560 --> 00:40:06.440
 And we see it

00:40:06.440 --> 00:40:06.980
 in the pages

00:40:06.980 --> 00:40:07.500
 of scripture,

00:40:07.640 --> 00:40:08.280
 but if you ever

00:40:08.280 --> 00:40:09.160
 wanted to see,

00:40:09.380 --> 00:40:10.120
 if you ever wanted

00:40:10.120 --> 00:40:10.820
 him just to be

00:40:10.820 --> 00:40:11.380
 right here

00:40:11.380 --> 00:40:13.100
 and just to see

00:40:13.100 --> 00:40:13.840
 him face to face

00:40:13.840 --> 00:40:14.600
 and talk to him,

00:40:15.640 --> 00:40:16.840
 I know we can

00:40:16.840 --> 00:40:17.480
 talk to him now.

00:40:17.560 --> 00:40:18.240
 I'm not trying to say,

00:40:18.280 --> 00:40:19.019
 but there's just

00:40:19.019 --> 00:40:20.500
 this longing for more.

00:40:20.620 --> 00:40:21.220
 Do you all know it?

00:40:21.219 --> 00:40:23.099
 Do you all feel it?

00:40:23.119 --> 00:40:23.779
 Do you sense it?

00:40:23.839 --> 00:40:24.439
 Do you want more?

00:40:24.779 --> 00:40:25.299
 Well, it's coming.

00:40:25.939 --> 00:40:26.379
 It's coming.

00:40:26.480 --> 00:40:27.219
 We'll be able to

00:40:27.219 --> 00:40:28.500
 experience perfect fellowship.

00:40:28.839 --> 00:40:29.919
 We'll be able to stand

00:40:29.919 --> 00:40:31.000
 in his presence.

00:40:31.319 --> 00:40:32.159
 That's why it says

00:40:32.159 --> 00:40:33.359
 there's no need

00:40:33.359 --> 00:40:35.099
 for the temple.

00:40:35.799 --> 00:40:36.799
 What was the temple

00:40:36.799 --> 00:40:37.619
 to the life

00:40:37.619 --> 00:40:38.199
 of the church

00:40:38.199 --> 00:40:38.799
 or the life

00:40:38.799 --> 00:40:39.459
 of the Israelites,

00:40:39.659 --> 00:40:40.539
 the life of God's people?

00:40:40.579 --> 00:40:41.239
 What was the church?

00:40:41.839 --> 00:40:42.379
 It was,

00:40:42.480 --> 00:40:43.019
 I mean the temple,

00:40:43.159 --> 00:40:43.939
 it was a way

00:40:43.939 --> 00:40:44.939
 to shield the glory

00:40:44.939 --> 00:40:45.339
 of God

00:40:45.339 --> 00:40:45.819
 so they wouldn't

00:40:45.819 --> 00:40:46.519
 be consumed.

00:40:46.519 --> 00:40:48.840
 So he said,

00:40:49.239 --> 00:40:50.059
 build the tabernacle

00:40:50.059 --> 00:40:50.579
 like this.

00:40:50.659 --> 00:40:51.340
 Make sure there's

00:40:51.340 --> 00:40:52.119
 heavy curtains

00:40:52.119 --> 00:40:53.300
 in there all the way around

00:40:53.300 --> 00:40:54.000
 and make sure there's

00:40:54.000 --> 00:40:54.599
 more curtains

00:40:54.599 --> 00:40:55.099
 all the way around

00:40:55.099 --> 00:40:56.139
 and then my glory

00:40:56.139 --> 00:40:56.780
 will enter in

00:40:56.780 --> 00:40:57.420
 and when his glory

00:40:57.420 --> 00:40:57.860
 entered in

00:40:57.860 --> 00:40:58.539
 and it spilled out

00:40:58.539 --> 00:40:59.079
 from the bottom,

00:40:59.159 --> 00:40:59.860
 what did the people do?

00:41:01.579 --> 00:41:02.380
 Because of the great

00:41:02.380 --> 00:41:03.139
 holiness of God,

00:41:03.199 --> 00:41:04.000
 they back up

00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:08.579
 and yet it's shielded.

00:41:09.880 --> 00:41:10.739
 Moses goes up

00:41:10.739 --> 00:41:11.920
 and he sees the stardust

00:41:11.920 --> 00:41:12.759
 of the glory of God

00:41:12.759 --> 00:41:13.099
 go by

00:41:13.099 --> 00:41:13.679
 and he comes down

00:41:13.679 --> 00:41:14.139
 off the mountain

00:41:14.139 --> 00:41:14.679
 and what's happening

00:41:14.679 --> 00:41:15.219
 is glowing

00:41:15.219 --> 00:41:17.099
 because of the greatness

00:41:17.099 --> 00:41:17.980
 of God's glory.

00:41:19.039 --> 00:41:19.319
 You know,

00:41:19.379 --> 00:41:20.239
 there's no temple

00:41:20.239 --> 00:41:21.639
 needed in this heavenly kingdom

00:41:21.639 --> 00:41:23.500
 because we will be able

00:41:23.500 --> 00:41:24.359
 to be in the presence

00:41:24.359 --> 00:41:24.980
 of very God

00:41:24.980 --> 00:41:26.039
 because there's no more sin.

00:41:27.319 --> 00:41:28.400
 We will experience

00:41:28.400 --> 00:41:29.059
 his glory

00:41:29.059 --> 00:41:30.460
 and we will celebrate.

00:41:30.599 --> 00:41:31.259
 You know what we'll do?

00:41:31.480 --> 00:41:32.980
 We'll do what the angels did.

00:41:33.619 --> 00:41:34.920
 In chapter 19,

00:41:35.059 --> 00:41:35.900
 if we go back,

00:41:35.960 --> 00:41:37.059
 it talks a little bit

00:41:37.059 --> 00:41:38.159
 about the wedding feast.

00:41:38.359 --> 00:41:39.559
 I want you to hear it

00:41:39.559 --> 00:41:41.259
 and then we'll close

00:41:41.259 --> 00:41:42.539
 our time with the beauty

00:41:42.539 --> 00:41:43.799
 of what's getting ready

00:41:43.800 --> 00:41:44.340
 to happen.

00:41:45.039 --> 00:41:45.880
 And this is the,

00:41:48.160 --> 00:41:51.080
 in verse 4 of chapter 19,

00:41:51.080 --> 00:41:52.360
 it talks about the,

00:41:52.600 --> 00:41:53.060
 what's coming,

00:41:53.160 --> 00:41:53.820
 the wedding supper

00:41:53.820 --> 00:41:54.340
 of the Lamb.

00:41:54.660 --> 00:41:54.920
 You know,

00:41:54.980 --> 00:41:56.240
 all of the message

00:41:56.240 --> 00:41:56.940
 of Genesis,

00:41:57.580 --> 00:41:58.980
 the promise of a Savior,

00:41:59.660 --> 00:42:00.460
 the sanctification

00:42:00.460 --> 00:42:01.480
 of his people,

00:42:01.880 --> 00:42:03.400
 the building of his church

00:42:03.400 --> 00:42:05.039
 is all pointing

00:42:05.039 --> 00:42:06.740
 to this ultimate conclusion,

00:42:07.420 --> 00:42:08.420
 the wedding supper

00:42:08.420 --> 00:42:09.019
 of the Lamb.

00:42:09.220 --> 00:42:10.100
 Listen to the beauty.

00:42:10.280 --> 00:42:11.519
 Listen how the angels

00:42:11.519 --> 00:42:12.760
 long for it.

00:42:12.760 --> 00:42:14.600
 the cherubim

00:42:14.600 --> 00:42:15.220
 and seraphim,

00:42:15.320 --> 00:42:16.940
 they long for this moment

00:42:16.940 --> 00:42:19.280
 because God is worthy

00:42:19.280 --> 00:42:20.320
 of this worship.

00:42:21.000 --> 00:42:22.000
 This type of worship

00:42:22.000 --> 00:42:23.260
 is what we're made for.

00:42:24.880 --> 00:42:26.780
 This is what we're redeemed for

00:42:26.780 --> 00:42:28.420
 so that we can worship

00:42:28.420 --> 00:42:29.580
 in spirit and truth

00:42:29.580 --> 00:42:31.820
 along with all the host

00:42:31.820 --> 00:42:32.320
 of heaven.

00:42:32.540 --> 00:42:32.740
 Listen,

00:42:33.420 --> 00:42:34.600
 and the 24 elders

00:42:34.600 --> 00:42:35.880
 and the four living creatures

00:42:35.880 --> 00:42:36.500
 fell down

00:42:36.500 --> 00:42:37.660
 and worshiped God

00:42:37.660 --> 00:42:38.580
 who was seated

00:42:38.580 --> 00:42:39.180
 on the throne

00:42:39.180 --> 00:42:39.500
 saying,

00:42:39.500 --> 00:42:40.059
 Amen.

00:42:40.840 --> 00:42:41.280
 Hallelujah.

00:42:42.280 --> 00:42:43.360
 And from the throne

00:42:43.360 --> 00:42:44.239
 came a voice saying,

00:42:44.579 --> 00:42:45.579
 Praise our God,

00:42:45.780 --> 00:42:46.780
 all you his servants,

00:42:46.920 --> 00:42:47.599
 you who fear him,

00:42:47.699 --> 00:42:48.360
 small and great.

00:42:48.559 --> 00:42:49.719
 Then I heard what seemed

00:42:49.719 --> 00:42:50.480
 to be the voice

00:42:50.480 --> 00:42:51.659
 of a great multitude,

00:42:52.059 --> 00:42:53.059
 like the roar

00:42:53.059 --> 00:42:54.519
 of many waters,

00:42:54.619 --> 00:42:55.559
 like the sound

00:42:55.559 --> 00:42:56.739
 of mighty peals

00:42:56.739 --> 00:42:57.179
 of thunder

00:42:57.179 --> 00:42:58.179
 crying out,

00:42:58.639 --> 00:42:59.059
 Hallelujah.

00:42:59.059 --> 00:42:59.260
 Hallelujah.

00:42:59.739 --> 00:43:00.440
 For the Lord,

00:43:00.539 --> 00:43:00.980
 our God,

00:43:01.059 --> 00:43:02.420
 the Almighty reigns.

00:43:02.460 --> 00:43:03.400
 Let us rejoice

00:43:03.400 --> 00:43:04.639
 and exult

00:43:04.639 --> 00:43:06.019
 and give him glory.

00:43:06.440 --> 00:43:07.199
 For the marriage

00:43:07.199 --> 00:43:08.319
 of the Lamb has come

00:43:08.319 --> 00:43:08.939
 and the bride

00:43:08.939 --> 00:43:10.099
 has made herself ready.

00:43:11.139 --> 00:43:12.319
 And it was granted her

00:43:12.319 --> 00:43:13.559
 to clothe herself

00:43:13.559 --> 00:43:14.779
 with fine linen,

00:43:15.299 --> 00:43:16.919
 bright and pure.

00:43:17.219 --> 00:43:18.480
 Praise be to Jesus

00:43:18.480 --> 00:43:19.419
 that we are called

00:43:19.419 --> 00:43:20.179
 by his name,

00:43:20.559 --> 00:43:21.279
 that we're sons

00:43:21.279 --> 00:43:21.779
 and daughters

00:43:21.779 --> 00:43:22.480
 of the King,

00:43:22.659 --> 00:43:23.480
 that we're part

00:43:23.480 --> 00:43:24.619
 of the bride of Christ,

00:43:24.619 --> 00:43:25.699
 that our names

00:43:25.699 --> 00:43:27.199
 are written

00:43:27.199 --> 00:43:28.359
 in the Lamb's book of life.

00:43:28.439 --> 00:43:28.799
 Let's pray.

00:43:31.939 --> 00:43:32.460
 Father,

00:43:32.759 --> 00:43:35.059
 get stirred up.

00:43:37.199 --> 00:43:39.639
 just thinking about

00:43:39.639 --> 00:43:41.759
 the wonders

00:43:41.759 --> 00:43:42.659
 of your kingdom,

00:43:42.899 --> 00:43:44.460
 the incredible nature

00:43:44.460 --> 00:43:46.259
 of being in your presence.

00:43:46.679 --> 00:43:47.559
 I mean,

00:43:47.659 --> 00:43:49.059
 Mary is in the presence

00:43:49.059 --> 00:43:49.519
 of Jesus

00:43:49.519 --> 00:43:50.119
 and she just

00:43:50.119 --> 00:43:51.699
 doesn't have to say a word,

00:43:51.819 --> 00:43:52.579
 just enjoy it.

00:43:52.619 --> 00:43:53.279
 I can't matter.

00:43:53.559 --> 00:43:54.279
 I can't imagine

00:43:54.279 --> 00:43:55.899
 how much more incredible

00:43:55.899 --> 00:43:56.460
 it's going to be

00:43:56.460 --> 00:43:57.759
 to see you face to face

00:43:57.759 --> 00:43:59.299
 and experience your presence

00:43:59.299 --> 00:44:00.980
 and the utter awe

00:44:00.980 --> 00:44:02.879
 and the incredible worship

00:44:02.879 --> 00:44:04.000
 that will spill out of us

00:44:04.000 --> 00:44:04.819
 because you're worthy.

00:44:04.820 --> 00:44:06.940
 God,

00:44:07.000 --> 00:44:08.300
 as you sanctify us

00:44:08.300 --> 00:44:09.000
 in this life,

00:44:09.100 --> 00:44:10.280
 help us to live for you

00:44:10.280 --> 00:44:11.100
 and not for self.

00:44:11.880 --> 00:44:12.780
 Help us to

00:44:12.780 --> 00:44:14.400
 adorn ourselves

00:44:14.400 --> 00:44:15.800
 with the beautiful picture

00:44:15.800 --> 00:44:16.640
 of your fruit

00:44:16.640 --> 00:44:17.900
 in our life.

00:44:18.000 --> 00:44:18.120
 Lord,

00:44:18.180 --> 00:44:19.720
 would you do a work in us?

00:44:19.780 --> 00:44:21.140
 We can't sanctify ourselves.

00:44:22.220 --> 00:44:22.620
 God,

00:44:22.700 --> 00:44:23.940
 you have to sanctify us

00:44:23.940 --> 00:44:24.240
 and God,

00:44:24.340 --> 00:44:25.600
 we ask you to do it.

00:44:25.880 --> 00:44:26.720
 We ask you to

00:44:26.720 --> 00:44:28.620
 pour fruit into our life.

00:44:28.700 --> 00:44:28.760
 God,

00:44:28.780 --> 00:44:29.620
 I know we have to

00:44:29.620 --> 00:44:31.780
 choose you

00:44:31.780 --> 00:44:32.420
 and I just pray

00:44:32.420 --> 00:44:33.440
 that you give each of us

00:44:33.440 --> 00:44:34.800
 a desire to choose you

00:44:34.800 --> 00:44:36.179
 and to live for you

00:44:36.179 --> 00:44:37.039
 and live for your kingdom.

00:44:37.200 --> 00:44:37.360
 God,

00:44:37.440 --> 00:44:38.760
 help us to always have

00:44:38.760 --> 00:44:40.200
 your kingdom in view,

00:44:40.340 --> 00:44:40.599
 God.

00:44:42.280 --> 00:44:43.280
 Give us this

00:44:43.280 --> 00:44:45.159
 unquenchable longing

00:44:45.159 --> 00:44:46.240
 for your presence

00:44:46.240 --> 00:44:47.559
 and the fullness

00:44:47.559 --> 00:44:48.360
 of your glory.

00:44:48.460 --> 00:44:48.639
 God,

00:44:48.679 --> 00:44:49.460
 I pray that you would

00:44:49.460 --> 00:44:50.659
 fill us with song

00:44:50.659 --> 00:44:51.720
 and worship.

00:44:52.960 --> 00:44:53.360
 Father,

00:44:53.500 --> 00:44:54.099
 you would give us

00:44:54.099 --> 00:44:54.559
 endurance

00:44:54.559 --> 00:44:55.960
 as we run this race.

00:44:56.539 --> 00:44:56.700
 God,

00:44:56.760 --> 00:44:57.400
 we await

00:44:57.400 --> 00:44:59.340
 the incredible wedding feasts

00:44:59.340 --> 00:45:00.260
 that we get to enjoy

00:45:00.260 --> 00:45:01.599
 because of your gift to us.

00:45:01.599 --> 00:45:01.839
 God,

00:45:01.900 --> 00:45:03.159
 we praise you this day

00:45:03.159 --> 00:45:03.819
 in Christ's name.

00:45:04.019 --> 00:45:04.199
 Amen.

00:45:04.199 --> 00:45:04.319
 Amen.

00:45:04.319 --> 00:45:04.360
 Amen.

00:45:04.360 --> 00:45:04.360


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