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 The other day I was reading a book with our two-year-old, Emmy, and that was a neat little

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 book.

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 It had pictures of places and pictures of animals and creatures, and what you had to

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 do with the book was to take each picture of an animal, and you had to match the animal

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 with the correct picture of the animal's home.

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 The idea being that each kind of animal has a specific home that is designed just for

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 that animal to meet all of its needs where it will be completely comfortable.

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 And as I was reading this book with her, I found myself thinking, what if this book had

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 a picture of a human being in it?

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 What would the picture of home look like?

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 Revelation chapters 21 and 22.

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 We've been in a long study of this masterful, amazing, sometimes baffling work of the Apostle

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 John through the inspiration of the Spirit, and at last we come to Revelation 21 and 22.

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 As Ellen so beautifully read, this gives us a description of a vast city.

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 But it's a city unlike anything we've ever seen.

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 It goes beyond anything we can really imagine.

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 It's almost the size of Australia.

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 It has jewel-encrusted walls that stand 1,500 miles high.

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 By comparison, Mount Everest is 5.5 miles high.

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 We can barely survive being on the summit of that mountain.

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 These walls stand 1,500 miles high.

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 It's a city far greater than anything human beings have ever produced, anything we will

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 ever produce.

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 It's beyond all imagining.

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 It makes New York City look like a Lego set.

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 But the most amazing thing about this city is that it shows us in highly symbolic language,

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 and if we were first century Christians steeped in Old Testament imagery, the descriptions would

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 make a lot more sense.

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 But it shows us through highly symbolic language what our true home really looks like.

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 In other words, this world is not our true home.

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 It sometimes looks like it.

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 It sometimes feels like it.

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 But it's not our true home.

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 The picture that we are meant to be matched with is the New Jerusalem.

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 And so what we're going to do is we're going to spend some time this morning looking at this

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 home, this true home, and trying to understand why it's so perfectly suited for us as human

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 beings.

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 Let's pray, and then we'll dive in.

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 Lord, we thank You for Your Word.

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 And every week, it's so tempting to put Your Word down on the table, on the dissecting table,

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 and to begin to take it apart piece by piece, to analyze it, to scrutinize it.

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 But Lord, we know that what we most need this morning is to be the ones on the table.

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 We need to sit under Your Word.

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 We need Your Word to analyze us, to scrutinize us, to open up our hearts, to reveal to us

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 those deep places where we most need light and truth and love and grace.

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 And as we open Your written Word, Lord, we pray that by the power of Your Spirit, we would

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 come face to face with Your living Word, Jesus Christ.

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 It's in His name that we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 So, the first thing we see about this home as we look at some of the great themes of these

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 chapters is this.

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 Home is a place where creation is renewed.

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 All creation is renewed.

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 In chapter 21, verse 5, it says,

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 He who is seated on the throne said,

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 Behold, I am making all things new.

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 And notice He says,

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 Not, I am making all new things.

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 Right?

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 Which has been a very prevalent belief, especially in the evangelical church over the last century

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 or so.

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 The idea that God's going to scrap this world.

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 It's going to all burn up in fire.

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 And that God's going to make all new things.

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 That's not what it says.

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 It says, I make all things new.

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 Right?

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 In this world, all things break down.

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 All things decay.

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 It's the second law of thermodynamics, the law of entropy, which says that everything

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 from the most distant galaxies spiraling through space to your body as it sits here in these

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 pews, that everything is winding down.

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 Everything is breaking down.

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 Across the universe, order is slowly returning to chaos.

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 And as we wrestle with this reality that everything is slowly breaking down,

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 it occurs to me that if this is all there is,

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 if we are an accident of atoms,

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 and we come into existence as a conscious, sentient being for a few decades,

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 but we are doomed to break down and to return to dust,

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 if that's all there is, it seems like after all this time of being human beings on the earth,

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 we would have gotten used to the idea.

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 That we would have come to terms with our fate and our destiny.

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 If there's no God and no world beyond this one, we should have accepted that by now.

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 And you know, the atheist Richard Dawkins tries to dress this whole idea up a bit.

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 He tries to infuse it with some sense of beauty.

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 He offers a eulogy to his mentor,

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 and in that eulogy he describes the man's body decaying and being consumed,

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 and then living on as a swarm of insects buzzing through the forest.

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 And with this imagery, he's trying to take this old pagan myth

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 that you find in all the old ancient religions,

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 this idea of the cycle of life.

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 He's trying to imbue that with some sense of wonder and beauty,

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 trying to make it somehow comforting.

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 But I somehow doubt that idea would comfort a mother who's just buried her baby.

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 You know, I think there's something deep in the human heart

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 that screams defiantly in the face of death.

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 You know, like the poet Dylan Thomas,

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 you know, half drunk and full of fire,

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 crying out,

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 do not go gently into that gentle night,

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 but rage, rage against the dying of the light.

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 Do not go gentle into that good night,

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 rage, rage against the dying of the light.

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 I think in our hearts,

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 we know what we should believe based on what science tells us,

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 and yet there's something deep down that says,

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 no, there has to be more,

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 because this is wrong.

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 And our true home is the place where all things are made new.

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 Our true home is a place where entropy is reversed.

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 Our true home is a place where death itself is undone,

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 where God passes judgment on death.

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 It doesn't belong here anymore.

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 It's a place where there's no crying or mourning or pain

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 for the former things have passed away.

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 So the first question I have for you is this,

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 why would we rage against the dying of the light

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 unless we were made for a home

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 where the light never dies,

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 where life never ends,

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 and we have some primal memory,

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 deeply buried,

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 that that's where we belong.

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 So home is a place where all creation is renewed.

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 Another thing we see about our true home is this,

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 home is the place where longings are satisfied.

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 Longings are satisfied.

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 You know, I think we all have a kind of gnawing,

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 thirst,

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 a kind of restlessness,

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 an angst that can't be satisfied in this life.

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 Now if you look inside and you say,

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 well, I don't feel any sense of that longing or that angst,

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 I would suggest that that's probably because most of us,

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 including me,

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 spend most of our time anesthetized.

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 And we're so numb that we have no idea that longing is there.

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 You know, food and drink and sex and ambition

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 and smartphones and social media and news feeds

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 and shopping and vacations and busy work,

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 anesthesia,

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 all of it,

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 all meant to keep us comfortably numb.

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 But there are moments in life where you come fully awake.

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 Right?

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 There's that moment after you've finally gotten your dream job

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 where you begin to see behind the curtain

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 and you begin to realize that it's not nearly as ideal

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 as you thought it was going to be.

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 In fact,

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 you kind of wish you were back in your old job.

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 And you don't know what to do with those feelings.

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 You know,

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 and you think,

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 maybe I wasn't looking for a new job.

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 Maybe there was something deeper

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 that I was actually trying to satisfy.

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 Maybe it wasn't the job.

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 Maybe it wasn't the geographic cure.

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 Maybe it wasn't moving to a new home or a new state.

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 Maybe there's something deeper.

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 You know,

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 there's that,

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 the times that,

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 you know,

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 you've fallen for somebody

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 and you've given yourself to them

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 and you've slept with them

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 and then they stop returning your calls.

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 They stop returning your texts.

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 You know,

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 and you say,

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 that feeling that I had,

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 that this was everything.

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 What do I do with the fact

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 that I've now been abandoned?

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 What do I do with the fact

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 that I've given myself to somebody

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 who is gone?

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 And you begin to realize,

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 well,

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 maybe I wasn't,

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 maybe I wasn't really looking for that person.

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 Maybe there was something under that

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 that was driving me.

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 Maybe there was a deeper need

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 and I was confusing it

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 with my romantic desire.

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 There are these moments

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 where we begin to get,

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 the dimmest sense

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 that there is something

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 down deep in our hearts,

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 a longing

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 that can't be satisfied.

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 And you know,

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 some people simply refuse

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 to accept that.

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 Some people insist

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 on finding

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 all of their satisfaction

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 here in this world.

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 They insist on making this world home.

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 And you know,

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 verse 8 talks about

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 the cowardly

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 and the faithless

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 and the detestable

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 and the murderers

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 and we sort of wince

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 at this list.

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 It sounds somehow pejorative.

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 But here's what we need

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 to understand about this list.

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 These are people

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 who have become

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 nothing more

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 than their appetites.

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 Right?

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 The person who craved

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 safety above all else

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 and chose self-preservation

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 above all else,

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 eventually that person

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 has become cowardice,

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 incarnate.

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 They don't know

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 how to stand for anything.

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 They only know

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 how to close up

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 and wait out the storm.

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 Right?

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 The person who craved

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 revenge above all else

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 has eventually become

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 murder incarnate.

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 They can't escape

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 that deep resentment

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 and scorn

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 and anger

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 and it has consumed them.

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 And you know,

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 God does honor

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 human choice.

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 If we spend

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 our entire lives

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 saying,

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 I am nothing

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 without this thing

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 I desire.

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 I am nothing

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 without this thing

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 that I long for.

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 God will one day

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 say to us,

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 have it your way.

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 Spend eternity

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 as nothing

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 but that desire.

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 I think it helps

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 the image

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 of an unquenchable

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 lake of fire

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 make a little more sense.

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 The unquenchable fire

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 of unmet desires,

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 longings

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 that were never satisfied,

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 thirst

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 that will never be quenched.

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 But then there are

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 the people

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 who realize the truth

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 as C.S. Lewis put it,

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 if I find in myself

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 a desire

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 which no experience

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 in this world

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 can satisfy,

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 the most probable

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 explanation

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 is that I was made

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 for another world.

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 People who realize

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 that if we trust Jesus

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 with our unmet desires,

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 if we bring them to Him

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 and say,

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 I don't know what to do

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 with this,

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 but you do

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 and I trust you,

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 that He will one day

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 bring us home.

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 And that is the place

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 where all of our longings

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 will finally be satisfied.

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 You know,

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 we see a river

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 where we can come

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 and drink freely.

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 We see an image

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 of a great wedding celebration

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 where all of humanity

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 is united with God

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 like a bride to a groom.

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 And we're meant

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 to draw from this

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 not only with our physical

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 longings be satisfied,

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 like hunger and thirst,

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 but our deeper desires,

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 maybe even our more

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 painful desires,

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 our emotional,

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 psychological,

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 spiritual longings.

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 No more hunger

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 and thirst,

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 no more loneliness,

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 no more rejection,

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 no more isolation,

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 no more alienation.

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 Only the joy

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 of knowing

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 and being known,

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 loving and being loved

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 by the one who made us.

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 A river and a wedding,

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 right?

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 Drinking from the water of life

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 and drinking

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 from the limitless intimacy

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 that we were made

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 to experience with God

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 and one another.

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 So my second question

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 is this,

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 why would we have

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 unquenchable longings

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 that can't be satisfied

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 in this world

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 unless we were made

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 for another world?

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 Unless this is not our home,

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 unless there is

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 some other world

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 where we will truly

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 be at home.

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 The third thing

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 that we see

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 about our true home

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 is this.

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 Our true home

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 is the place

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 where all of our work

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 is fulfilled

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 or where all of our work

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 finds its fulfillment.

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 You know,

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 the Bible tells us

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 that all human beings

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 were made to work.

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 We were made to work.

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 You know,

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 we need to be productive

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 in our lives.

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 We need to be generative.

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 We need to be creating.

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 We need to be cultivating.

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 We need to be

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 making things happen.

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 And what we know

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 psychologically

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 is that if we don't do that,

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 that we stagnate.

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 And eventually,

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 we not only stagnate,

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 we die.

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 You have to get up

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 out of bed

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 and go do

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 in the world.

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 It's how you were made.

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 And yet,

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 our work

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 is also filled

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 with frustration

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 and futility.

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 And I don't have

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 to convince you of that.

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 You know that.

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 The Bible says

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 this is because

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 our world

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 is under a curse.

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 You know,

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 human beings

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 rebelled against God

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 and one of the

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 ramifications of that

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 is that when we go

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 to work,

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 we have to contend

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 with thorns

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 and thistles

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 and hard soil.

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 Now,

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 what's that all about?

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 What does that look like

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 since most of us

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 are not in

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 agricultural trades?

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 What does that look like?

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 Well,

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 it looks like a few things.

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 It looks like this.

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 No matter what we build,

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 it will always fall apart.

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 Right?

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 The greatest

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 ancient

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 architectural wonders

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 from past centuries

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 are now either

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 dust

00:16:06.000 --> 00:16:07.280
 or tourist traps.

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 And somebody else

00:16:09.540 --> 00:16:10.020
 has come along

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 and built something

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 on top.

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 Names of buildings

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 change.

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 Everything crumbles.

00:16:18.180 --> 00:16:19.399
 Futility also means

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 that we will always

00:16:20.340 --> 00:16:21.720
 be able to envision

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 more than we can

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 ever actually accomplish.

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 Now,

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 what a cruel joke

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 that is.

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 Oh,

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 so painful.

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 You know,

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 you think of

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 the Habsburg court

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 composer

00:16:35.000 --> 00:16:36.600
 Antonio Salieri,

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 painfully insecure,

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 knowing deep down

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 that his work

00:16:41.000 --> 00:16:42.279
 is only mediocre.

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 And then you think

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 of him

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 hearing the music

00:16:45.919 --> 00:16:46.539
 of this

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 no-name,

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 impoverished guy

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 named Mozart.

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 And in that moment,

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 realizing that

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 he will never

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 be able to match that.

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 it also means

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 that our work

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 is going to be

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 subject to forces

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 outside of our control.

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 You know,

00:17:07.819 --> 00:17:08.420
 you deal with a

00:17:08.420 --> 00:17:08.980
 frustrating,

00:17:09.180 --> 00:17:10.220
 impossible boss.

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 You have a

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 meaningful collaboration

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 with somebody

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 and then they

00:17:14.259 --> 00:17:15.059
 stab you in the back.

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 You're doing

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 the best you can,

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 your team is doing

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 the best they can,

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 your boss is doing

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 the best they can,

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 but you work

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 within a broken

00:17:23.940 --> 00:17:24.660
 bureaucracy.

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 You're a dented,

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 bent cog

00:17:28.380 --> 00:17:29.420
 in a gigantic,

00:17:30.080 --> 00:17:31.220
 creaky machine.

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 Laying it on thick.

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 And you realize

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 it's outside of your

00:17:40.120 --> 00:17:40.580
 control.

00:17:41.940 --> 00:17:42.620
 Thorns and thistles

00:17:42.620 --> 00:17:43.320
 and hard soil

00:17:43.320 --> 00:17:44.580
 mean that you will

00:17:44.580 --> 00:17:45.480
 never achieve

00:17:45.480 --> 00:17:46.019
 perfection.

00:17:46.840 --> 00:17:47.640
 You'll never

00:17:47.640 --> 00:17:48.480
 achieve perfection.

00:17:48.480 --> 00:17:48.579
 perfection.

00:17:51.420 --> 00:17:52.660
 I'm told a story

00:17:52.660 --> 00:17:53.519
 from Kaylee

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 on our team

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 in Brussels.

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 In the town square

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 there is the town hall

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 and the town hall

00:18:03.599 --> 00:18:04.680
 is this masterpiece

00:18:04.680 --> 00:18:06.740
 of Gothic architecture.

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 But as the story goes,

00:18:09.519 --> 00:18:10.360
 the architect,

00:18:11.220 --> 00:18:12.079
 upon completion

00:18:12.079 --> 00:18:13.079
 of this massive,

00:18:13.259 --> 00:18:13.940
 beautiful structure,

00:18:14.360 --> 00:18:15.319
 realized when looking

00:18:15.319 --> 00:18:16.940
 at it that the front door

00:18:16.940 --> 00:18:17.980
 was off center

00:18:17.980 --> 00:18:21.160
 of his life's work.

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 So he climbed

00:18:24.480 --> 00:18:24.860
 to the top

00:18:24.860 --> 00:18:25.360
 of the tower

00:18:25.360 --> 00:18:26.820
 and threw himself

00:18:26.820 --> 00:18:28.279
 off to his death.

00:18:28.360 --> 00:18:29.299
 Life was no longer

00:18:29.299 --> 00:18:29.880
 worth living.

00:18:30.460 --> 00:18:31.200
 Now, whether or not

00:18:31.200 --> 00:18:31.960
 that story is true,

00:18:32.019 --> 00:18:33.180
 apparently there's a star

00:18:33.180 --> 00:18:33.960
 on the spot

00:18:33.960 --> 00:18:35.320
 where he landed.

00:18:35.420 --> 00:18:35.700
 I don't know,

00:18:35.759 --> 00:18:36.620
 you can go check it out.

00:18:38.340 --> 00:18:39.299
 But regardless

00:18:39.299 --> 00:18:40.420
 of whether the story

00:18:40.420 --> 00:18:40.680
 is true,

00:18:40.720 --> 00:18:41.700
 the point still stands.

00:18:42.880 --> 00:18:44.140
 Our work will always

00:18:44.140 --> 00:18:45.020
 be off center.

00:18:46.540 --> 00:18:47.480
 We'll always have

00:18:47.480 --> 00:18:48.460
 to contend with that.

00:18:49.440 --> 00:18:50.800
 Perfection is not possible

00:18:50.800 --> 00:18:52.200
 in this world.

00:18:53.440 --> 00:18:54.160
 And in the face

00:18:54.160 --> 00:18:54.960
 of such futility,

00:18:55.060 --> 00:18:55.720
 I think people go

00:18:55.720 --> 00:18:56.880
 one of two directions.

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 People either double down

00:18:59.080 --> 00:19:00.620
 and they become workaholics.

00:19:01.300 --> 00:19:02.320
 If I try harder,

00:19:02.400 --> 00:19:03.460
 if I work longer hours,

00:19:03.640 --> 00:19:04.560
 maybe I can overcome

00:19:04.560 --> 00:19:05.140
 the futility.

00:19:05.680 --> 00:19:06.820
 I think other people

00:19:06.820 --> 00:19:07.980
 eventually check out.

00:19:08.500 --> 00:19:09.560
 They get so cynical

00:19:09.560 --> 00:19:10.759
 and so burned out

00:19:10.759 --> 00:19:11.500
 from butting up

00:19:11.500 --> 00:19:12.040
 against things

00:19:12.040 --> 00:19:12.460
 that they have

00:19:12.460 --> 00:19:13.259
 no control over

00:19:13.259 --> 00:19:13.860
 that they just

00:19:13.860 --> 00:19:14.720
 sort of check out.

00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:16.279
 And they slide

00:19:16.279 --> 00:19:17.120
 into some job

00:19:17.120 --> 00:19:17.700
 that they can do

00:19:17.700 --> 00:19:18.660
 with half their brain

00:19:18.660 --> 00:19:19.259
 turned off.

00:19:20.079 --> 00:19:22.140
 And they anesthetize

00:19:22.140 --> 00:19:22.920
 themselves and they

00:19:22.920 --> 00:19:24.000
 sort of go through life

00:19:24.000 --> 00:19:26.340
 from pleasure to pleasure,

00:19:26.519 --> 00:19:27.240
 escape to escape,

00:19:27.299 --> 00:19:27.700
 but their job

00:19:27.700 --> 00:19:28.400
 no longer has

00:19:28.400 --> 00:19:29.059
 any real meaning.

00:19:30.960 --> 00:19:31.559
 In the face

00:19:31.559 --> 00:19:32.579
 of such futility,

00:19:32.720 --> 00:19:33.799
 it's hard to imagine

00:19:33.799 --> 00:19:35.519
 continuing in a life

00:19:35.519 --> 00:19:35.940
 of work.

00:19:36.079 --> 00:19:36.799
 That is,

00:19:36.880 --> 00:19:38.059
 unless we realize

00:19:38.059 --> 00:19:38.960
 that our work

00:19:38.960 --> 00:19:39.840
 was actually made

00:19:39.840 --> 00:19:40.759
 for another world.

00:19:41.980 --> 00:19:42.400
 Right?

00:19:42.460 --> 00:19:43.259
 Verse 26,

00:19:43.600 --> 00:19:45.140
 it's this amazing reference.

00:19:45.319 --> 00:19:46.460
 A great processional

00:19:46.460 --> 00:19:48.120
 brings all of the glory

00:19:48.120 --> 00:19:48.819
 and the honor

00:19:48.819 --> 00:19:49.640
 of the nations

00:19:49.640 --> 00:19:51.120
 through the gates

00:19:51.120 --> 00:19:52.700
 of the New Jerusalem

00:19:52.700 --> 00:19:54.120
 to become a part

00:19:54.120 --> 00:19:55.259
 of the architecture

00:19:55.259 --> 00:19:56.660
 of the New Jerusalem.

00:19:57.920 --> 00:19:59.480
 This is an amazing image.

00:19:59.759 --> 00:20:01.240
 The work of human hands

00:20:01.240 --> 00:20:03.940
 and the work of God's hands

00:20:03.940 --> 00:20:06.220
 joined together as one.

00:20:07.259 --> 00:20:08.140
 All of the things

00:20:08.140 --> 00:20:09.140
 that we strive for,

00:20:09.200 --> 00:20:09.840
 all of the effort

00:20:09.840 --> 00:20:10.840
 that we put into it,

00:20:10.839 --> 00:20:12.379
 joined with God

00:20:12.379 --> 00:20:14.220
 who can overcome obstacles,

00:20:14.480 --> 00:20:16.500
 who can achieve perfection.

00:20:17.119 --> 00:20:18.079
 It's the completion

00:20:18.079 --> 00:20:19.919
 of all human endeavor.

00:20:20.740 --> 00:20:22.059
 Because in the New Jerusalem,

00:20:22.179 --> 00:20:23.099
 the curse has finally

00:20:23.099 --> 00:20:23.699
 been lifted.

00:20:24.119 --> 00:20:25.059
 We'll no longer

00:20:25.059 --> 00:20:26.079
 be able to envision

00:20:26.079 --> 00:20:27.439
 more than we can imagine.

00:20:27.579 --> 00:20:28.039
 In fact,

00:20:28.099 --> 00:20:29.139
 every day we will see

00:20:29.139 --> 00:20:30.059
 more than we ever

00:20:30.059 --> 00:20:30.819
 dreamed possible.

00:20:33.319 --> 00:20:34.379
 There's that wonderful

00:20:34.379 --> 00:20:35.019
 little story

00:20:35.019 --> 00:20:36.159
 from J.R.R. Tolkien,

00:20:36.339 --> 00:20:37.139
 Leaf by Niggle,

00:20:37.140 --> 00:20:38.620
 that I think parallels

00:20:38.620 --> 00:20:39.480
 his own life

00:20:39.480 --> 00:20:40.759
 in many ways.

00:20:41.580 --> 00:20:42.540
 Niggle is an artist

00:20:42.540 --> 00:20:43.900
 in a society

00:20:43.900 --> 00:20:44.500
 that does not

00:20:44.500 --> 00:20:45.340
 appreciate art.

00:20:45.860 --> 00:20:45.980
 I mean,

00:20:46.000 --> 00:20:46.700
 that's pretty tragic.

00:20:47.900 --> 00:20:49.700
 And he's an artist

00:20:49.700 --> 00:20:50.920
 who has this vision

00:20:50.920 --> 00:20:51.720
 of a tree

00:20:51.720 --> 00:20:52.759
 in his mind.

00:20:52.900 --> 00:20:53.900
 He's possessed

00:20:53.900 --> 00:20:55.540
 by this vision

00:20:55.540 --> 00:20:56.860
 and he's obsessed

00:20:56.860 --> 00:20:57.440
 with trying

00:20:57.440 --> 00:20:58.660
 to bring it about.

00:20:58.759 --> 00:20:59.380
 And so he spends

00:20:59.380 --> 00:21:00.160
 his whole life

00:21:00.160 --> 00:21:01.120
 trying to paint

00:21:01.120 --> 00:21:02.640
 this tree perfectly,

00:21:02.780 --> 00:21:03.500
 but distractions

00:21:03.500 --> 00:21:04.500
 take him away

00:21:04.500 --> 00:21:05.339
 and futility

00:21:05.339 --> 00:21:06.220
 thwarts him

00:21:06.220 --> 00:21:06.980
 at every turn.

00:21:07.279 --> 00:21:07.759
 And so he spends

00:21:07.759 --> 00:21:08.279
 his whole life

00:21:08.279 --> 00:21:08.960
 trying to paint

00:21:08.960 --> 00:21:09.720
 the tree

00:21:09.720 --> 00:21:10.720
 in his mind

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 only to die

00:21:11.779 --> 00:21:12.900
 and to have

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 his unfinished

00:21:13.759 --> 00:21:14.539
 painting

00:21:14.539 --> 00:21:15.640
 abandoned,

00:21:16.460 --> 00:21:17.420
 largely forgotten,

00:21:17.920 --> 00:21:18.779
 even at one point

00:21:18.779 --> 00:21:19.960
 used to patch

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 a leaky roof.

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 And then after

00:21:24.299 --> 00:21:24.839
 his death,

00:21:25.619 --> 00:21:26.700
 Niggle finds himself

00:21:26.700 --> 00:21:28.440
 in a beautiful

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 countryside.

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 And he begins

00:21:30.740 --> 00:21:31.259
 to realize

00:21:31.259 --> 00:21:32.039
 with amazement

00:21:32.039 --> 00:21:33.740
 that this

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 is the land

00:21:34.839 --> 00:21:35.799
 of his vision.

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 And then he looks

00:21:37.559 --> 00:21:40.579
 and he sees

00:21:40.579 --> 00:21:41.059
 the tree.

00:21:43.399 --> 00:21:44.279
 But this isn't

00:21:44.279 --> 00:21:44.940
 just a painting.

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 It's the real thing.

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 The question

00:21:50.700 --> 00:21:51.059
 is this,

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 why would we

00:21:51.740 --> 00:21:52.639
 be able to dream

00:21:52.639 --> 00:21:54.279
 such fantastic dreams

00:21:54.279 --> 00:21:55.259
 unless they

00:21:55.259 --> 00:21:56.519
 might be realized

00:21:56.519 --> 00:21:57.240
 in another world?

00:21:57.339 --> 00:21:57.920
 Maybe we're not

00:21:57.920 --> 00:21:58.639
 dreaming about

00:21:58.639 --> 00:21:59.319
 this world.

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 Maybe we're dreaming

00:22:00.359 --> 00:22:00.940
 about the world

00:22:00.940 --> 00:22:02.380
 that we are meant

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 for.

00:22:03.600 --> 00:22:04.100
 By the way,

00:22:04.180 --> 00:22:04.940
 this is the great

00:22:04.940 --> 00:22:06.200
 gift that artists

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 give us.

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 Because they,

00:22:08.320 --> 00:22:08.920
 more than anyone

00:22:08.920 --> 00:22:09.400
 else,

00:22:10.640 --> 00:22:11.240
 they,

00:22:11.360 --> 00:22:12.019
 more than anyone

00:22:12.019 --> 00:22:12.360
 else,

00:22:12.480 --> 00:22:13.779
 are able to help

00:22:13.779 --> 00:22:14.519
 us imagine

00:22:14.519 --> 00:22:17.340
 what is possible.

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 And you name it,

00:22:20.600 --> 00:22:21.620
 it is possible

00:22:21.620 --> 00:22:22.860
 in the New Jerusalem.

00:22:25.420 --> 00:22:26.580
 So our true home

00:22:26.580 --> 00:22:27.039
 is a place

00:22:27.039 --> 00:22:27.880
 where creation

00:22:27.880 --> 00:22:28.900
 is renewed.

00:22:29.400 --> 00:22:29.799
 It's a place

00:22:29.799 --> 00:22:30.680
 where longings

00:22:30.680 --> 00:22:31.440
 are satisfied.

00:22:31.440 --> 00:22:32.399
 It's a place

00:22:32.399 --> 00:22:33.059
 where our work

00:22:33.059 --> 00:22:34.159
 finally finds

00:22:34.159 --> 00:22:35.099
 its fulfillment,

00:22:35.279 --> 00:22:36.159
 its completion.

00:22:36.460 --> 00:22:37.399
 The glory

00:22:37.399 --> 00:22:38.019
 that we may

00:22:38.019 --> 00:22:39.059
 have desired here

00:22:39.059 --> 00:22:40.079
 is actually

00:22:40.079 --> 00:22:40.879
 meant for Him.

00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:43.480
 The fourth

00:22:43.480 --> 00:22:44.200
 and final thing

00:22:44.200 --> 00:22:44.899
 we see about

00:22:44.899 --> 00:22:46.399
 this true home

00:22:46.399 --> 00:22:46.919
 is that this

00:22:46.919 --> 00:22:47.419
 is the place

00:22:47.419 --> 00:22:48.139
 where humanity

00:22:48.139 --> 00:22:48.859
 is restored.

00:22:49.839 --> 00:22:50.680
 Our humanity.

00:22:52.299 --> 00:22:53.019
 Everyone I know

00:22:53.019 --> 00:22:53.919
 wants world peace.

00:22:55.099 --> 00:22:55.740
 Everyone I know

00:22:55.740 --> 00:22:56.539
 wants world peace.

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 But in spite

00:22:57.940 --> 00:22:58.599
 of the myth

00:22:58.599 --> 00:22:59.460
 of progress,

00:23:00.039 --> 00:23:01.480
 we seem no closer

00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:02.559
 to peace today

00:23:02.559 --> 00:23:03.799
 than we were

00:23:03.799 --> 00:23:05.000
 a thousand years ago.

00:23:05.180 --> 00:23:06.180
 I think our own

00:23:06.180 --> 00:23:07.319
 country feels

00:23:07.319 --> 00:23:08.500
 more politically

00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:09.559
 and racially divided

00:23:09.559 --> 00:23:10.079
 than ever.

00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:13.159
 The problem is

00:23:13.159 --> 00:23:13.680
 I think people

00:23:13.680 --> 00:23:14.200
 have said that

00:23:14.200 --> 00:23:15.059
 in every generation.

00:23:17.619 --> 00:23:18.579
 Revelation 22

00:23:18.579 --> 00:23:19.139
 verse 2

00:23:19.139 --> 00:23:20.039
 shows us

00:23:20.039 --> 00:23:21.279
 the tree of life

00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:22.440
 which sits

00:23:22.440 --> 00:23:22.960
 in the heart

00:23:22.960 --> 00:23:23.539
 of the city.

00:23:23.539 --> 00:23:24.599
 And it says

00:23:24.599 --> 00:23:25.200
 that the leaves

00:23:25.200 --> 00:23:25.759
 of this tree

00:23:25.759 --> 00:23:26.659
 are for the healing

00:23:26.659 --> 00:23:27.480
 of the nations

00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:29.899
 which is a beautiful image.

00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:31.220
 And earlier

00:23:31.220 --> 00:23:31.779
 in Revelation

00:23:31.779 --> 00:23:32.399
 we're told

00:23:32.399 --> 00:23:33.279
 that the new Jerusalem

00:23:33.279 --> 00:23:34.399
 will be a place

00:23:34.399 --> 00:23:35.159
 where people

00:23:35.159 --> 00:23:36.819
 from every tribe

00:23:36.819 --> 00:23:37.539
 and tongue

00:23:37.539 --> 00:23:38.119
 and nation

00:23:38.119 --> 00:23:39.359
 are joined together

00:23:39.359 --> 00:23:40.159
 in the worship

00:23:40.159 --> 00:23:41.180
 of Christ.

00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:41.839
 Right?

00:23:41.899 --> 00:23:42.379
 So the leaves

00:23:42.379 --> 00:23:43.339
 aren't just for the healing

00:23:43.339 --> 00:23:44.359
 of our nation

00:23:44.359 --> 00:23:46.119
 or our nation

00:23:46.119 --> 00:23:46.720
 and the nations

00:23:46.720 --> 00:23:47.779
 that we happen to like.

00:23:48.960 --> 00:23:50.039
 It's for the healing

00:23:50.039 --> 00:23:51.200
 of all of the nations

00:23:51.200 --> 00:23:52.500
 because the purpose

00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:53.160
 of the gospel

00:23:53.160 --> 00:23:54.019
 was always

00:23:54.019 --> 00:23:55.019
 to go out

00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:55.720
 to every tribe

00:23:55.720 --> 00:23:56.079
 tongue

00:23:56.079 --> 00:23:56.799
 and nation

00:23:56.799 --> 00:23:57.460
 to gather people

00:23:57.460 --> 00:23:58.180
 from every corner

00:23:58.180 --> 00:23:58.700
 of the earth

00:23:58.700 --> 00:24:00.279
 together as one.

00:24:01.180 --> 00:24:02.220
 And so the new Jerusalem

00:24:02.220 --> 00:24:03.579
 like any city

00:24:03.579 --> 00:24:04.640
 is multi-ethnic

00:24:04.640 --> 00:24:05.759
 it's multicultural

00:24:05.759 --> 00:24:07.079
 it's multilingual

00:24:07.079 --> 00:24:09.319
 but unlike any other city

00:24:09.319 --> 00:24:10.180
 all humanity

00:24:10.180 --> 00:24:10.859
 is unified.

00:24:11.859 --> 00:24:13.619
 So you have perfect unity

00:24:13.619 --> 00:24:15.259
 and perfect diversity

00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:16.279
 together.

00:24:17.779 --> 00:24:19.480
 Remember at Pentecost

00:24:19.480 --> 00:24:21.240
 that miracle

00:24:21.240 --> 00:24:21.839
 we read about

00:24:21.839 --> 00:24:22.640
 in Acts chapter 2

00:24:22.640 --> 00:24:23.779
 the birth of the church

00:24:23.779 --> 00:24:24.599
 when God pours

00:24:24.599 --> 00:24:25.420
 His Holy Spirit

00:24:25.420 --> 00:24:26.920
 out on His people

00:24:26.920 --> 00:24:27.500
 in fulfillment

00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:28.900
 of ancient promises.

00:24:29.960 --> 00:24:30.380
 And remember

00:24:30.380 --> 00:24:31.019
 what happens

00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:31.599
 when the Spirit

00:24:31.599 --> 00:24:32.359
 is poured out.

00:24:33.120 --> 00:24:34.359
 It does not say

00:24:34.359 --> 00:24:35.559
 and everyone began

00:24:35.559 --> 00:24:36.980
 speaking the same language.

00:24:37.900 --> 00:24:38.779
 Everyone became

00:24:38.779 --> 00:24:40.579
 of the same culture.

00:24:41.859 --> 00:24:43.200
 The true miracle

00:24:43.200 --> 00:24:44.079
 of Pentecost

00:24:44.079 --> 00:24:45.160
 is that everybody

00:24:45.160 --> 00:24:46.279
 hears the gospel

00:24:46.279 --> 00:24:47.799
 in their own language.

00:24:48.460 --> 00:24:48.880
 In fact

00:24:48.880 --> 00:24:49.980
 there was never a time

00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:51.000
 in the history of the church

00:24:51.000 --> 00:24:52.539
 when it was not multilingual.

00:24:53.460 --> 00:24:54.180
 There was never a time

00:24:54.180 --> 00:24:54.940
 in the history of the church

00:24:54.940 --> 00:24:56.099
 when it was not multicultural

00:24:56.099 --> 00:24:57.279
 multi-ethnic.

00:24:57.339 --> 00:24:58.160
 This has always been

00:24:58.160 --> 00:24:59.339
 the reality of God's church

00:24:59.339 --> 00:25:00.819
 and we see why.

00:25:01.220 --> 00:25:02.299
 Because God's desire

00:25:02.299 --> 00:25:03.380
 is that the greatest

00:25:03.380 --> 00:25:04.720
 most glorious

00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:06.259
 most beautiful artifacts

00:25:06.259 --> 00:25:07.640
 from all the cultures

00:25:07.640 --> 00:25:08.819
 and ethnicities

00:25:08.819 --> 00:25:09.660
 and languages

00:25:09.660 --> 00:25:10.240
 around the world

00:25:10.240 --> 00:25:10.980
 that all of that

00:25:10.980 --> 00:25:11.940
 would adorn

00:25:11.940 --> 00:25:13.460
 the new Jerusalem.

00:25:13.640 --> 00:25:14.140
 That it would all

00:25:14.140 --> 00:25:14.819
 become a part

00:25:14.819 --> 00:25:15.400
 of the glory

00:25:15.400 --> 00:25:16.599
 of our true home.

00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:17.860
 It's intentional.

00:25:17.859 --> 00:25:20.619
 The new Jerusalem

00:25:20.619 --> 00:25:21.219
 is a place

00:25:21.219 --> 00:25:22.119
 where all people

00:25:22.119 --> 00:25:22.859
 will live together

00:25:22.859 --> 00:25:23.539
 in peace.

00:25:23.859 --> 00:25:25.219
 I love Zechariah's

00:25:25.219 --> 00:25:26.139
 description of it.

00:25:26.199 --> 00:25:26.639
 He says

00:25:26.639 --> 00:25:28.139
 this will be a place

00:25:28.139 --> 00:25:30.240
 where the streets

00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:30.779
 of the city

00:25:30.779 --> 00:25:31.619
 shall be filled

00:25:31.619 --> 00:25:32.299
 with the sounds

00:25:32.299 --> 00:25:33.199
 of children playing.

00:25:34.539 --> 00:25:35.099
 If you look

00:25:35.099 --> 00:25:35.779
 at the larger reference

00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:36.119
 he says

00:25:36.119 --> 00:25:37.299
 old men and women

00:25:37.299 --> 00:25:38.159
 will sit in the streets.

00:25:38.259 --> 00:25:38.659
 You can imagine

00:25:38.659 --> 00:25:39.159
 them sitting

00:25:39.159 --> 00:25:39.919
 in benches

00:25:39.919 --> 00:25:40.500
 and talking

00:25:40.500 --> 00:25:42.279
 and you'll hear

00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:42.919
 the sounds

00:25:42.919 --> 00:25:44.839
 of children playing.

00:25:45.719 --> 00:25:46.339
 In other words

00:25:46.339 --> 00:25:47.699
 it's a great place

00:25:47.699 --> 00:25:48.500
 to grow old in.

00:25:49.199 --> 00:25:50.059
 It's a great place

00:25:50.059 --> 00:25:50.799
 to grow up in.

00:25:51.480 --> 00:25:52.579
 It's the kind of city

00:25:52.579 --> 00:25:53.539
 we all wish

00:25:53.539 --> 00:25:54.259
 we could live in.

00:25:54.980 --> 00:25:55.879
 It's our true home.

00:25:57.179 --> 00:25:57.839
 And you have

00:25:57.839 --> 00:25:58.599
 all of humanity

00:25:58.599 --> 00:25:59.379
 gathered around

00:25:59.379 --> 00:26:00.220
 the light

00:26:00.220 --> 00:26:00.899
 and the warmth

00:26:00.899 --> 00:26:01.839
 of God himself

00:26:01.839 --> 00:26:03.559
 who by the death

00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:03.980
 and resurrection

00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:04.919
 of Jesus Christ

00:26:04.919 --> 00:26:06.299
 has finally made peace

00:26:06.299 --> 00:26:07.339
 not only between humans

00:26:07.339 --> 00:26:08.099
 and himself

00:26:08.099 --> 00:26:09.399
 but also between humans

00:26:09.399 --> 00:26:10.480
 and one another.

00:26:10.599 --> 00:26:11.500
 He's made reconciliation

00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:12.220
 possible

00:26:12.220 --> 00:26:13.959
 so that he can finally

00:26:13.959 --> 00:26:14.659
 be the God

00:26:14.660 --> 00:26:15.920
 who dwells

00:26:15.920 --> 00:26:16.320
 in the midst

00:26:16.320 --> 00:26:17.040
 of his people

00:26:17.040 --> 00:26:18.300
 all of his people.

00:26:19.240 --> 00:26:20.240
 So the fourth question

00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:20.580
 is this

00:26:20.580 --> 00:26:21.680
 why would we long

00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:22.380
 for peace

00:26:22.380 --> 00:26:24.860
 unless we were made

00:26:24.860 --> 00:26:25.360
 for a world

00:26:25.360 --> 00:26:26.240
 where all humanity

00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:27.300
 lives together as one?

00:26:29.600 --> 00:26:30.600
 Right so this is

00:26:30.600 --> 00:26:31.600
 what our true home

00:26:31.600 --> 00:26:32.140
 is like.

00:26:33.340 --> 00:26:34.120
 This is a place

00:26:34.120 --> 00:26:34.700
 where creation

00:26:34.700 --> 00:26:35.279
 is renewed.

00:26:35.640 --> 00:26:36.180
 This is a place

00:26:36.180 --> 00:26:36.860
 where longings

00:26:36.860 --> 00:26:37.460
 are satisfied.

00:26:38.300 --> 00:26:38.759
 It's a place

00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:39.300
 where work

00:26:39.300 --> 00:26:39.940
 is fulfilled.

00:26:40.380 --> 00:26:40.820
 It's a place

00:26:40.820 --> 00:26:41.460
 where humanity

00:26:41.460 --> 00:26:42.200
 is restored.

00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:43.860
 And the reason

00:26:43.860 --> 00:26:44.440
 that we're saying

00:26:44.440 --> 00:26:44.759
 all this

00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:45.120
 to kind of

00:26:45.120 --> 00:26:46.080
 bring all this

00:26:46.080 --> 00:26:46.460
 home

00:26:46.460 --> 00:26:49.120
 is that the aim

00:26:49.120 --> 00:26:50.440
 of all human life

00:26:50.440 --> 00:26:51.160
 is to find

00:26:51.160 --> 00:26:51.880
 our way home.

00:26:52.980 --> 00:26:53.620
 The aim

00:26:53.620 --> 00:26:54.680
 of all human life

00:26:54.680 --> 00:26:55.400
 is to find

00:26:55.400 --> 00:26:55.860
 our way

00:26:55.860 --> 00:26:56.680
 to this city.

00:26:58.160 --> 00:26:58.580
 You know

00:26:58.580 --> 00:26:59.220
 it reminds me

00:26:59.220 --> 00:27:00.240
 of Bob Goff

00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:00.700
 who tells

00:27:00.700 --> 00:27:01.360
 this story

00:27:01.360 --> 00:27:02.039
 of himself

00:27:02.039 --> 00:27:03.340
 and a few friends

00:27:03.340 --> 00:27:03.960
 participating

00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:05.960
 in a trans-Pacific

00:27:05.960 --> 00:27:06.759
 sailing race

00:27:06.759 --> 00:27:07.340
 which is a pretty

00:27:07.340 --> 00:27:07.860
 big deal.

00:27:08.319 --> 00:27:09.299
 I'm not a sailor

00:27:09.299 --> 00:27:11.100
 but I can imagine

00:27:11.100 --> 00:27:11.559
 this would be

00:27:11.559 --> 00:27:12.279
 quite challenging.

00:27:13.319 --> 00:27:13.799
 And Goff

00:27:13.799 --> 00:27:14.339
 says that he

00:27:14.339 --> 00:27:14.799
 and his friends

00:27:14.799 --> 00:27:15.720
 were woefully

00:27:15.720 --> 00:27:16.700
 underprepared

00:27:16.700 --> 00:27:17.940
 for this undertaking

00:27:17.940 --> 00:27:18.579
 but they set out

00:27:18.579 --> 00:27:19.059
 anyway

00:27:19.059 --> 00:27:21.019
 on this trans-Pacific

00:27:21.019 --> 00:27:21.519
 race

00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:22.519
 and he says

00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:23.220
 they get lost

00:27:23.220 --> 00:27:24.099
 numerous times

00:27:24.099 --> 00:27:24.960
 they take all kinds

00:27:24.960 --> 00:27:25.919
 of twists and turns

00:27:25.919 --> 00:27:26.960
 they have to do

00:27:26.960 --> 00:27:27.779
 course correction

00:27:27.779 --> 00:27:28.740
 after course correction

00:27:28.740 --> 00:27:30.079
 he says

00:27:30.079 --> 00:27:31.379
 it's at times

00:27:31.379 --> 00:27:31.839
 brutal

00:27:31.839 --> 00:27:32.899
 and exhausting

00:27:32.899 --> 00:27:35.019
 and then they

00:27:35.019 --> 00:27:36.059
 finally make it

00:27:36.059 --> 00:27:36.460
 to port

00:27:36.460 --> 00:27:37.419
 they finally make it

00:27:37.419 --> 00:27:38.159
 home in the early

00:27:38.159 --> 00:27:39.099
 hours of the morning

00:27:39.099 --> 00:27:40.639
 and Goff

00:27:40.639 --> 00:27:41.259
 talks about

00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:41.839
 his boat

00:27:41.839 --> 00:27:42.619
 finally pulling

00:27:42.619 --> 00:27:43.119
 into the marina

00:27:43.119 --> 00:27:44.039
 they're all exhausted

00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:45.440
 and he says

00:27:45.440 --> 00:27:46.339
 that the silence

00:27:46.339 --> 00:27:47.099
 is broken

00:27:47.099 --> 00:27:48.759
 by a booming voice

00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:49.900
 over a loud speaker

00:27:49.900 --> 00:27:51.759
 it's a tradition

00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:52.640
 in this race

00:27:52.640 --> 00:27:53.539
 that whenever a boat

00:27:53.539 --> 00:27:54.460
 makes it home

00:27:54.460 --> 00:27:55.079
 no matter if it's

00:27:55.079 --> 00:27:55.879
 two or three o'clock

00:27:55.879 --> 00:27:56.400
 in the morning

00:27:56.400 --> 00:27:58.920
 that this old announcer

00:27:58.920 --> 00:27:59.900
 same guy who's been

00:27:59.900 --> 00:28:01.019
 doing it for decades

00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:02.759
 announces the boat

00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:03.879
 and announces

00:28:03.879 --> 00:28:05.500
 all of the crew members

00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:07.200
 and so they're sailing in

00:28:07.200 --> 00:28:08.500
 and this announcer

00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:10.640
 voice booms out

00:28:10.640 --> 00:28:11.440
 and it says

00:28:11.440 --> 00:28:12.180
 then he started

00:28:12.180 --> 00:28:13.200
 announcing the names

00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:14.440
 of our ragtag crew

00:28:14.440 --> 00:28:15.519
 like he was introducing

00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:16.359
 heads of state

00:28:16.359 --> 00:28:18.140
 he didn't tell everyone

00:28:18.140 --> 00:28:18.880
 we didn't know

00:28:18.880 --> 00:28:19.779
 which way was north

00:28:19.779 --> 00:28:21.259
 or about all the other

00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:21.779
 mess ups

00:28:21.779 --> 00:28:23.160
 instead he just

00:28:23.160 --> 00:28:23.940
 welcomed us in

00:28:23.940 --> 00:28:24.599
 from the adventure

00:28:24.599 --> 00:28:25.940
 like a proud father would

00:28:25.940 --> 00:28:27.559
 when he was done

00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:28.599
 there was a pause

00:28:28.599 --> 00:28:30.779
 and then in a sincere voice

00:28:30.779 --> 00:28:31.660
 his last words

00:28:31.660 --> 00:28:32.619
 to the entire crew

00:28:32.619 --> 00:28:33.240
 were these

00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:34.559
 friends

00:28:34.559 --> 00:28:36.200
 it's been a long trip

00:28:36.200 --> 00:28:37.559
 welcome home

00:28:37.559 --> 00:28:40.400
 the point is

00:28:40.400 --> 00:28:41.480
 I think that one day

00:28:41.480 --> 00:28:42.120
 for those of us

00:28:42.120 --> 00:28:43.440
 who have put our faith

00:28:43.440 --> 00:28:44.380
 in Jesus Christ

00:28:44.380 --> 00:28:46.580
 I think we're going to

00:28:46.580 --> 00:28:47.299
 have such words

00:28:47.299 --> 00:28:48.319
 spoken over us

00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:49.519
 as we enter the gates

00:28:49.519 --> 00:28:50.200
 of the new Jerusalem

00:28:50.200 --> 00:28:53.720
 and the reason I'm telling

00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:54.580
 you all of this

00:28:54.580 --> 00:28:57.380
 is so that I can ask you

00:28:57.380 --> 00:28:57.980
 this question

00:28:57.980 --> 00:28:59.759
 what is the aim

00:28:59.759 --> 00:29:00.380
 of your life

00:29:00.380 --> 00:29:02.620
 what's the aim

00:29:02.620 --> 00:29:03.100
 of your life

00:29:03.100 --> 00:29:03.720
 what is your life

00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:04.480
 aiming at

00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:06.680
 are you aiming

00:29:06.680 --> 00:29:07.660
 only at the things

00:29:07.660 --> 00:29:08.279
 of this world

00:29:08.279 --> 00:29:10.220
 are you aiming

00:29:10.220 --> 00:29:12.000
 only at this present reality

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:14.039
 or are you aiming

00:29:14.039 --> 00:29:15.099
 beyond this world

00:29:15.099 --> 00:29:16.019
 to our true home

00:29:16.019 --> 00:29:17.839
 and I would say

00:29:17.839 --> 00:29:18.460
 that this is maybe

00:29:18.460 --> 00:29:19.360
 the most important

00:29:19.360 --> 00:29:20.860
 question of your life

00:29:20.860 --> 00:29:24.039
 are you off course

00:29:24.039 --> 00:29:25.980
 in your aim

00:29:25.980 --> 00:29:27.400
 have you lost

00:29:27.400 --> 00:29:28.400
 a sense of true north

00:29:28.400 --> 00:29:30.039
 if that's true

00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:31.220
 then now is the time

00:29:31.220 --> 00:29:32.180
 for a course correction

00:29:32.180 --> 00:29:34.039
 now is the time

00:29:34.039 --> 00:29:35.000
 to come to Jesus

00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:36.460
 and to ask

00:29:36.460 --> 00:29:36.960
 his forgiveness

00:29:36.960 --> 00:29:38.539
 and to give your life

00:29:38.539 --> 00:29:38.920
 to him

00:29:38.920 --> 00:29:39.660
 and to ask him

00:29:39.660 --> 00:29:40.340
 to set you back

00:29:40.340 --> 00:29:40.940
 on course

00:29:40.940 --> 00:29:43.480
 if you aim

00:29:43.480 --> 00:29:44.539
 only at this world

00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:45.400
 if you live like

00:29:45.400 --> 00:29:45.880
 there's nothing

00:29:45.880 --> 00:29:46.680
 beyond this world

00:29:46.680 --> 00:29:47.600
 your life is never

00:29:47.600 --> 00:29:48.660
 going to make sense

00:29:48.660 --> 00:29:50.400
 you're going to rage

00:29:50.400 --> 00:29:51.200
 against death

00:29:51.200 --> 00:29:52.299
 you're going to have

00:29:52.299 --> 00:29:53.180
 longings that you

00:29:53.180 --> 00:29:54.019
 can't satisfy

00:29:54.019 --> 00:29:55.100
 you're going to

00:29:55.100 --> 00:29:56.620
 dream dreams

00:29:56.620 --> 00:29:57.700
 that can't be fulfilled

00:29:57.700 --> 00:30:01.120
 and it's never

00:30:01.120 --> 00:30:01.880
 going to make sense

00:30:01.880 --> 00:30:04.319
 but more than that

00:30:04.319 --> 00:30:04.779
 if you aim

00:30:04.779 --> 00:30:05.880
 only at this world

00:30:05.880 --> 00:30:06.580
 and this is

00:30:06.580 --> 00:30:07.120
 counterintuitive

00:30:07.120 --> 00:30:07.819
 if you are aiming

00:30:07.819 --> 00:30:08.779
 only at this world

00:30:08.779 --> 00:30:10.720
 then you will actually

00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:11.519
 be of very little

00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:12.440
 use to this world

00:30:12.440 --> 00:30:14.400
 you won't be

00:30:14.400 --> 00:30:15.059
 very useful

00:30:15.059 --> 00:30:17.559
 the reason is simple

00:30:17.559 --> 00:30:19.100
 this world

00:30:19.100 --> 00:30:19.759
 needs people

00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:20.240
 of hope

00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:22.180
 this world

00:30:22.180 --> 00:30:22.720
 needs people

00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:24.200
 of undying

00:30:24.200 --> 00:30:25.480
 unquenchable hope

00:30:25.480 --> 00:30:27.000
 you know people

00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:28.099
 who can face

00:30:28.099 --> 00:30:28.799
 suffering

00:30:28.799 --> 00:30:30.000
 and death

00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:30.980
 with hope

00:30:30.980 --> 00:30:32.980
 people who can

00:30:32.980 --> 00:30:34.839
 bear the weight

00:30:34.839 --> 00:30:36.460
 of unmet longings

00:30:36.460 --> 00:30:38.480
 with hope

00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:40.640
 people who can work

00:30:40.640 --> 00:30:41.559
 in long

00:30:41.559 --> 00:30:43.140
 difficult

00:30:43.140 --> 00:30:45.500
 often thankless

00:30:45.500 --> 00:30:46.420
 jobs

00:30:46.420 --> 00:30:48.839
 with hope

00:30:48.839 --> 00:30:51.579
 people who can do

00:30:51.579 --> 00:30:52.640
 the hard

00:30:52.640 --> 00:30:54.140
 grueling

00:30:54.140 --> 00:30:55.360
 long term

00:30:55.360 --> 00:30:55.860
 work

00:30:55.860 --> 00:30:57.620
 of peacemaking

00:30:57.620 --> 00:30:59.060
 and bridge

00:30:59.060 --> 00:30:59.560
 building

00:30:59.560 --> 00:31:01.360
 and reconciliation

00:31:01.360 --> 00:31:03.040
 and never

00:31:03.040 --> 00:31:03.600
 lose hope

00:31:03.600 --> 00:31:05.560
 that's what

00:31:05.560 --> 00:31:05.880
 the world

00:31:05.880 --> 00:31:06.420
 needs

00:31:06.420 --> 00:31:07.660
 and it's the

00:31:07.660 --> 00:31:08.360
 promise of a

00:31:08.360 --> 00:31:09.000
 home in the

00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:09.460
 future

00:31:09.460 --> 00:31:10.420
 that gives us

00:31:10.420 --> 00:31:10.900
 hope

00:31:10.900 --> 00:31:12.120
 for this

00:31:12.120 --> 00:31:12.580
 home

00:31:12.580 --> 00:31:13.340
 in the

00:31:13.340 --> 00:31:13.740
 present

00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:15.620
 and this is

00:31:15.620 --> 00:31:16.400
 why we are

00:31:16.400 --> 00:31:17.120
 here by the way

00:31:17.120 --> 00:31:17.900
 as Church of the

00:31:17.900 --> 00:31:18.180
 Advent

00:31:18.180 --> 00:31:18.860
 this is why

00:31:18.860 --> 00:31:19.580
 we exist

00:31:19.580 --> 00:31:21.180
 because we want

00:31:21.180 --> 00:31:21.920
 to be people

00:31:21.920 --> 00:31:22.600
 of hope

00:31:22.600 --> 00:31:23.500
 in Washington

00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:24.120
 D.C.

00:31:24.140 --> 00:31:25.360
 for Washington

00:31:25.360 --> 00:31:25.920
 D.C.

00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:27.540
 we want to seek

00:31:27.540 --> 00:31:28.120
 the flourishing

00:31:28.120 --> 00:31:28.759
 of the city

00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:30.060
 we want to push

00:31:30.060 --> 00:31:31.080
 back the chaos

00:31:31.080 --> 00:31:32.100
 and the darkness

00:31:32.100 --> 00:31:34.240
 until Jesus

00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:35.040
 comes again

00:31:35.040 --> 00:31:37.180
 because we know

00:31:37.180 --> 00:31:38.020
 that when Jesus

00:31:38.020 --> 00:31:38.960
 comes again

00:31:38.960 --> 00:31:41.640
 he is the one

00:31:41.640 --> 00:31:42.100
 who will make

00:31:42.100 --> 00:31:42.980
 all things new

00:31:42.980 --> 00:31:45.660
 and then he will

00:31:45.660 --> 00:31:46.320
 wipe away

00:31:46.320 --> 00:31:47.180
 every tear

00:31:47.180 --> 00:31:50.680
 he will wipe away

00:31:50.680 --> 00:31:51.360
 every tear

00:31:51.359 --> 00:31:54.299
 and he will say

00:31:54.299 --> 00:31:55.240
 to each of us

00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:57.399
 friends

00:31:57.399 --> 00:31:58.119
 it's been a long

00:31:58.119 --> 00:31:58.479
 trip

00:31:58.479 --> 00:32:00.879
 welcome home

00:32:00.879 --> 00:32:03.359
 let's pray

00:32:03.359 --> 00:32:11.019
 Lord we desire

00:32:11.019 --> 00:32:11.500
 to be people

00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:11.919
 of hope

00:32:11.919 --> 00:32:14.179
 but not just

00:32:14.179 --> 00:32:14.899
 an earthly hope

00:32:14.900 --> 00:32:16.400
 we long

00:32:16.400 --> 00:32:16.580
 we long for

00:32:16.580 --> 00:32:17.180
 a supernatural

00:32:17.180 --> 00:32:17.720
 hope

00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:19.300
 an inexplicable

00:32:19.300 --> 00:32:19.640
 hope

00:32:19.640 --> 00:32:24.240
 we long

00:32:24.240 --> 00:32:25.080
 to drink

00:32:25.080 --> 00:32:25.700
 from the deep

00:32:25.700 --> 00:32:26.040
 well

00:32:26.040 --> 00:32:27.400
 of your gospel

00:32:27.400 --> 00:32:30.019
 that it might

00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:30.680
 fill us with

00:32:30.680 --> 00:32:31.920
 joy and hope

00:32:31.920 --> 00:32:32.820
 and faith

00:32:32.820 --> 00:32:37.060
 despite our

00:32:37.060 --> 00:32:37.600
 circumstances

00:32:37.599 --> 00:32:37.719
 promises

00:32:37.719 --> 00:32:39.819
 and we pray

00:32:39.819 --> 00:32:40.339
 that this

00:32:40.339 --> 00:32:40.879
 hope

00:32:40.879 --> 00:32:41.659
 sourced in

00:32:41.659 --> 00:32:42.019
 you

00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:42.839
 would not

00:32:42.839 --> 00:32:43.299
 just be for

00:32:43.299 --> 00:32:43.579
 us

00:32:43.579 --> 00:32:44.219
 but that it

00:32:44.219 --> 00:32:44.579
 would be a

00:32:44.579 --> 00:32:45.259
 blessing to

00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:45.719
 the city

00:32:45.719 --> 00:32:46.419
 that it would

00:32:46.419 --> 00:32:46.899
 be a blessing

00:32:46.899 --> 00:32:47.259
 to our

00:32:47.259 --> 00:32:47.599
 neighbors

00:32:47.599 --> 00:32:48.240
 that it would

00:32:48.240 --> 00:32:48.699
 be a blessing

00:32:48.699 --> 00:32:49.099
 to our

00:32:49.099 --> 00:32:49.659
 families

00:32:49.659 --> 00:32:50.819
 that it would

00:32:50.819 --> 00:32:51.319
 be a blessing

00:32:51.319 --> 00:32:52.079
 to the places

00:32:52.079 --> 00:32:52.959
 where we work

00:32:52.959 --> 00:32:54.379
 that it would

00:32:54.379 --> 00:32:54.819
 be a blessing

00:32:54.819 --> 00:32:55.759
 to all of those

00:32:55.759 --> 00:32:56.199
 we come in

00:32:56.199 --> 00:32:57.000
 contact with

00:32:57.000 --> 00:32:57.519
 that this would

00:32:57.519 --> 00:32:58.240
 be a place

00:32:58.240 --> 00:32:58.619
 that is a

00:32:58.619 --> 00:32:59.119
 wellspring

00:32:59.119 --> 00:32:59.599
 of hope

00:32:59.599 --> 00:33:01.599
 because we

00:33:01.599 --> 00:33:02.439
 have our eyes

00:33:02.439 --> 00:33:03.259
 fixed on our

00:33:03.259 --> 00:33:03.919
 true home

00:33:03.920 --> 00:33:06.539
 we pray this

00:33:06.539 --> 00:33:07.360
 not only for

00:33:07.360 --> 00:33:07.800
 our good

00:33:07.800 --> 00:33:08.100
 or the good

00:33:08.100 --> 00:33:08.560
 of this city

00:33:08.560 --> 00:33:09.019
 but because

00:33:09.019 --> 00:33:09.779
 it will glorify

00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:10.019
 you

00:33:10.019 --> 00:33:10.519
 because one

00:33:10.519 --> 00:33:11.300
 day the

00:33:11.300 --> 00:33:11.560
 greatest

00:33:11.560 --> 00:33:12.160
 accomplishments

00:33:12.160 --> 00:33:13.060
 in Washington

00:33:13.060 --> 00:33:13.600
 D.C.

00:33:16.259 --> 00:33:17.100
 will pale

00:33:17.100 --> 00:33:17.700
 in comparison

00:33:17.700 --> 00:33:18.220
 to the walls

00:33:18.220 --> 00:33:18.860
 of that city

00:33:18.860 --> 00:33:20.759
 and all of the

00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:21.279
 glory that we

00:33:21.279 --> 00:33:21.820
 might try to

00:33:21.820 --> 00:33:22.759
 grab up here

00:33:22.759 --> 00:33:24.500
 will all be

00:33:24.500 --> 00:33:25.039
 given to you

00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:26.860
 and it's in that

00:33:26.860 --> 00:33:27.500
 desire in the

00:33:27.500 --> 00:33:27.860
 name of your

00:33:27.860 --> 00:33:28.220
 son Jesus

00:33:28.220 --> 00:33:28.779
 Christ that we

00:33:28.779 --> 00:33:29.700
 pray amen

00:33:29.700 --> 00:33:43.660
 God bless you