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 To your bulletin to Daniel chapter 2, Daniel chapter 2. Our theme today is the kingdom of God. I hope you picked that up as we were working through our service. There were lots of different hints. The church seeks to build throughout the service what we will focus on in our passage.

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 And today we're studying the kingdom of God. And we're particularly looking at how does the kingdom of God speak to evangelism. That is to sharing our faith. I looked at this last week as we looked at Judges chapter 19. We're looking at it again this week. Same topic. Through the lens of the kingdom of God. One of the visions or one of the values of this church is fervent witness.

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 Matthew and I went to seminary together. And when we were in seminary we just were pounded over and over again. If you're not equipping Christians in the pews on how to share your faith. We're not doing our job. And one of the things that we love to do. Me on a college campus. Matthew here is to think with you all.

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 On how do we take what many of us have believed for many years or what we confess as Christians and speak to it persuasively, kindly, but firmly to our friends who are not yet Christians.

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 People that you work with. People that you share a neighborhood fence with. People in your family who perhaps have been in the faith and have since left the faith.

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 We all know people who we wish would follow Jesus with us. And how do we welcome them and challenge them into that life together.

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 And so that's what we're going to look at today. Particularly looking at it in the lens of the kingdom of God.

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 And so we're going to read Daniel chapter 2. And then we'll make. We'll look at it together.

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 So Daniel chapter 2 starting in verse 31. This is Daniel. He says he's interpreting a dream from Nebuchadnezzar.

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 Nebuchadnezzar has a dream. Asks the people of God. Asks for his magicians to interpret it. But only Daniel is able to rightly interpret it.

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 I'll say more on this in a minute. But starting in our text it says,

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 You saw, O king, and behold a great image. This image mighty and exceeding brightness stood before you and its appearance was frightening.

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 The head of this image was of fine gold and its chest and its arms of silver and its middle and thighs of bronze and its legs of iron and its feet partly of iron and partly of clay.

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 And as you looked, a stone was cut out by no human hand.

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 And it struck the image on its feet of iron and clay and broke them into pieces.

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 Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold all together were broken in pieces and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors.

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 And the wind carried them away so that not a trace of them could be found.

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 But the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.

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 Verse 36.

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 This was the dream.

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 Now we will tell the king its interpretation.

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 You, O king, the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom the power and the might and the glory,

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 and in whose hand he has given, wherever they dwell, the children of man, the beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens,

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 making you rule over them all.

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 You are the head of gold.

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 Another kingdom inferior to you shall arise after you, and yet a third kingdom of bronze,

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 which shall rule over the earth.

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 And there shall be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron, because iron breaks to pieces and shatters all things.

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 And like iron that crushes, it shall break and crush all these.

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 And as you saw the feet and the toes, partly of potter's clay and partly of iron, it shall be a divided kingdom.

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 But some of the firmness of iron shall be in it, just as you saw iron mixed with the soft clay.

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 And as the toes of the feet were partly iron and partly clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly brittle.

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 As you saw the iron mixed with soft clay, so they will mix with one another in marriage.

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 But they will not hold together, just as iron does not mix with clay.

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 In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed,

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 nor shall the kingdom be left to another people.

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 It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and shall bring them to an end, and they shall stand forever.

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 Just as you saw that a stone was cut from a mountain by no human hands,

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 and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold.

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 A great God shall make known to the king what shall be after this.

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 The dream is certain, and its interpretation sure.

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 This is God's word.

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 Would you pray with me?

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 Lord in heaven, as we study your kingdom this morning,

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 we pray that your spirit would be with us,

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 and that we would behold the goodness, the grandeur, the surety, the might of your kingdom,

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 and that we would be persuaded by it.

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 In our hearts, in our minds, with every part of our being, so persuaded

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 that you would give us the courage, the confidence, the words to share it with our friends,

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 and that you would be glorified in it.

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 It's in Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 So in 1992, a political philosopher, a guy named Francis Fukuyama,

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 he's one of the brightest scholars that has ever written about political philosophy.

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 He wrote a book called The End of History.

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 The End of History.

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 And in it, he argued that Western liberal democracies and market capitalism

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 had become so dominant, so triumphant in the world

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 that the prospect of global war, of international conflict,

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 and even of political ideological struggle was irrelevant, was gone, was impossible.

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 He argued that the West had won the Cold War.

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 China was increasingly adopting pro-market strategies and policies.

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 Southern continents like Africa and South America

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 were either moving toward democracy or knew they should be,

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 knew that democracy and capitalism were the best, most peaceful,

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 most prosperous forms of government.

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 Global organizations like the UN and the EU and others were ushering in

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 a new era of civility, camaraderie, and peace.

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 And history, he argues, Fukuyama argues, history,

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 which is the tumultuous rise and fall of nations,

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 the grist of war, the conflict of ideas,

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 communism, capitalism, liberalism, socialism,

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 all of this history, he argues, was effectively over.

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 It's done.

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 There's a new era of confidence, a new era of optimism.

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 There was a lot of, if you were alive back then, I was barely alive,

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 you remember that in the 90s, there was a lot of hope.

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 The Cold War was over.

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 The market was on the rise.

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 Things felt very peaceful.

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 And then, September 11th happened.

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 And we were challenged in this, this new idea of radicalized Islam pops up.

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 Then, in 2008, the stock market crashed.

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 Whether or not it was a recession or a depression depends on whether or not you

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 had a job, but it was a thin line.

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 Then, in 2020, a global pandemic happens.

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 We thought we had won against modern medicine had triumphed,

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 and we realized how quickly and how vulnerable we were to even a small COVID bug.

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 And brought with it not just illness,

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 but tremendous market political and social upheaval.

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 And the unity that we thought we had was gone.

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 In 2022, you know this, Russia invades Ukraine for the first European war since 1945.

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 Now, we see the AI revolution is challenging the very question of what is a human being?

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 What is human society?

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 Closer to home in the U.S.,

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 the 2016 presidential election reveals significant political divide in the U.S.

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 that we did not think was present.

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 The right and the left moved to the extremes.

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 And this is only a tiny percentage.

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 All the things I've just talked about, you know this.

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 You read the news.

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 You watch the, you scroll.

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 A tiny percentage.

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 We could go, I've read, I mean, this is an area I love,

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 books and books and books about all the upheaval that has happened since,

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 let's start with 2020, let alone 1992.

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 Racial tension reemerged.

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 Cultural issues of what is gender, what is sexuality.

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 The rise of the reemergence of Soviet and Russian era.

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 The emergence of China.

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 The last few memes, the last few years,

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 there's been a meme that circles around on the internet for my generation.

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 I'm a millennial.

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 And whenever something happens,

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 the meme is that millennials are,

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 it says, I'm tired of living through another unprecedented event.

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 You've seen the memes, right?

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 Of how many times do millennials have to live through another unprecedented event?

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 Something that's never happened in human history,

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 it's happened again.

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 It's just wham, wham, wham.

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 Every eight months, something new happens.

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 In fact, just think about what happened last week alone.

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 The U.S. takes out, does regime change in three hours

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 on a level that we've never seen.

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 Tumult of whether or not Greenland should be ours or not.

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 And again, huge ideological conflict in our own nation in Minneapolis.

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 Minneapolis.

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 All in one week.

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 Michael Bird and N.T. Wright have a book.

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 I highly recommend this book.

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 It's called Jesus and the Powers.

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 Jesus and the Powers.

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 They write this.

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 They say,

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 We are not the first to say so, but Francis Fukuyama was wrong.

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 The 2020s appeared to be the most precarious and perilous time in human history since the 1930s.

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 And the optimism of the early 1990s died in the killing fields of Kosovo,

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 the ruins of the World Trade Center, and the valleys of Afghanistan.

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 History has struck back with a vengeance.

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 History, the rise and fall of nations, the rise and fall conflict of ideas,

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 has struck back with a vengeance.

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 And we have all felt this.

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 We've all felt this.

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 Through our swiping, through our conversations,

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 through the awkwardness of getting together for Thanksgiving dinner,

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 there was another meme that went around that was just like,

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 How are we going to make it through Thanksgiving dinner

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 when all of our family gets together and we start talking

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 and politics comes up and everybody's just like,

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 Oh, heavens no.

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 Oh, man, how are we going to talk about economics?

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 We've all felt this.

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 There has been an increased anxiety in the air.

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 And we could attribute this to,

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 it's definitely attributable to the access that we have to news,

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 which is truly unprecedented.

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 We have access to 24-7 news channels,

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 which bring in tons of money by being extravagant.

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 Bad business sells money.

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 And yet, at the same time,

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 there is an undeniable sense of political and economic instability in our world.

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 We all feel it.

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 And this is particularly true among my generation and the younger generation,

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 the generation I minister to, Gen Z.

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 Gen Z is increasingly pessimistic about their own personal prospects,

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 about a nation, about the nation of America, and about the globe.

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 They don't expect to own homes.

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 It's the first generation ever to say,

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 We probably won't ever own our own home.

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 They don't expect to have their job that they desire to have.

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 Listen to this.

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 For college graduates, this is 2025,

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 only 30% of college graduates got a job in their own field,

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 in the field they studied.

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 30% got a job.

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 And 33% right now are unemployed.

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 It's the worst ever.

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 Both on the right and on the left,

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 there's a sense that America is increasingly unstable as a nation.

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 We see this in our political cycle, 2020, 2024.

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 The American Psychological Association did a survey,

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 cites that at the 2024 election,

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 around two in five adults reported that the state of the nation

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 has made them consider moving to a different country.

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 40% and political environment in their state

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 has made them consider moving to a different state.

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 In addition, nearly two-thirds, 64%,

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 of adults felt that their rights were under attack.

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 Even this week, like I said,

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 we feel the turbulence politically and globally.

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 What's the point?

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 What's the point?

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 You and, here's the important part,

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 your neighbors worry about global peace,

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 worry about economic prospects,

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 worry about culture and values.

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 They fear that their personal political values

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 and their economic prospects are not good.

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 Now, we can talk at length about the legitimacy of these anxieties,

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 where they come from,

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 wisdom in navigating them.

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 I love that conversation.

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 What I want to start with is,

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 regardless, regardless of those,

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 the reality of the anxiety is true, real, and felt.

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 We all feel it.

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 And, here's the fun part,

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 I'm convinced,

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 I'm convinced that those anxieties that we feel

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 are tremendous open doors for talking about our faith.

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 Those are open doors for talking about faith.

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 The Bible, here's what's amazing,

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 the Bible is very confident in the presence

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 and in the midst of unprecedented events.

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 The Bible's very comfortable

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 in the presence of unprecedented events,

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 the rise and fall of nations.

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 And, there's no better picture of this

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 than a text that we've just read.

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 Daniel chapter 2,

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 the book of Daniel is part narrative

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 and part prophetic literature.

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 Part of it is a history.

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 It tells the story of God's people,

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 particularly for men in the midst of God's name,

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 God's history.

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 And, it's also partly prophetic.

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 That is, it is speaking from the divine lens

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 about what God is doing.

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 And so, the narrative part

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 is that it exists in one of the most tumultuous times

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 in Israel's history.

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 Israel had been,

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 or God's people, Judah,

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 had been in deep spiritual rebellion

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 and the consequences of that rebellion

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 is they are exiled from the land.

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 And so, after a prolonged period of God saying,

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 please repent, please come back,

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 they fail to do so.

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 And so, God does what he promises.

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 He sends a foreign nation into Judah

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 and obliterates them,

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 wipes them out culturally, politically, militarily.

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 In 586, the Babylonian Empire invades

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 and takes out, exiles most of the Israelites.

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 And he takes with them their best,

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 their brightest,

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 their most culturally,

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 their most potential that they have.

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 And when he does this,

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 when the Babylonians,

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 when Nebuchadnezzar does this,

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 he attempts complete,

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 total culture annihilation.

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 He brings the best of the best out

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 and says,

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 I'm going to train you,

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 not in your culture,

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 but in my culture.

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 I'm going to beat you so bad

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 that your children don't even remember

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 who they are or where they came from.

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 Chapter 1, we see this.

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 Daniel is among them.

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 Four Jewish men resist this.

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 Daniel among them.

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 And you can read more about this.

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 But then in Chapter 2,

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 Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon,

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 has a dream.

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 He has a terrifying dream, a vision,

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 and he challenges his spiritual elite

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 to interpret the dream,

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 and they can't.

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 They're unable to interpret it.

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 And so only Daniel can interpret it.

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 So Daniel is brought to Nebuchadnezzar

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 to interpret the dream.

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 And Daniel describes to Nebuchadnezzar

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 what he sees.

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 He sees a huge statue,

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 a giant terrifying statue.

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 You can read this in verse 31.

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 A great image, exceeding bright,

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 stood before you,

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 and its appearance was frightening.

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 And it's made of a series

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 of different materials.

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 There's a gold head,

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 a silver chest,

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 bronze thighs and legs,

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 and then a mix of iron and clay feet.

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 And then, interestingly,

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 in verse 34,

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 something interesting happens.

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 A stone,

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 not cut from human hands,

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 comes and destroys the whole image.

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 Destroys the image.

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 And Daniel says,

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 the dream means that there will be

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 a succession of four kingdoms.

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 Four nations will rise and fall,

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 and then a fifth different kingdom

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 will destroy them all

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 and grow to fill the whole earth.

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 That's what the dream is.

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 Now, what does it mean?

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 Daniel here is describing,

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 prophetically,

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 that is,

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 from the lens of God,

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 from God's standpoint,

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 the rise and fall of nations

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 and kingdoms in human history.

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 And most scholars reading this

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 think that he's probably

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 immediately concerned

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 with the particular next 500 years

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 of politics in the ancient Near East.

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 And so he says,

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 you, O King Nebuchadnezzar,

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 are the head of gold.

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 You, Nebuchadnezzar,

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 are the Babylonian Empire.

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 And then after you

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 will come another kingdom,

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 the Persian Empire,

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 which will take over

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 the Babylonian Empire

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 around 530, 540 B.C.

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 And then after them will come,

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 we know our history,

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 the Greek Empire

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 with Alexander the Great.

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 And then after them

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 will come the Roman Empire,

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 which is a mixer of iron and clay.

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 One nation will rise,

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 and then it will fall,

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 and another nation will replace it.

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 And so here Daniel is describing

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 the next 500 years of geopolitics.

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 But here's what's important,

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 that it's not just 500 years

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 of geopolitics,

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 because Daniel is not just literature,

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 or it's not just narrative,

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 it's prophetic literature.

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 And as prophetic literature,

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 he is also describing

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 a spiritual reality.

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 Daniel is also describing

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 a spiritual reality.

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 Biblical prophecy,

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 the genre that this book

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 is written in,

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 is a literary tool.

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 It's beautiful,

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 because it can use

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 historical events,

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 the rise and fall

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 of ancient nations,

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 to reveal the spiritual dynamics

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 happening underneath and behind.

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 It uses historical events

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 to reveal spiritual truth.

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 That's what biblical,

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 one of the things

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 that biblical prophecy can do.

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 And so Daniel here

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 is more than just anticipating

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 or prophesying

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 about the next few hundred years

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 of geopolitics.

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 He is showing how and what

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 God is doing behind all of that.

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 Namely, that God is orchestrating

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 the rise and the fall of nations

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 for his own glory

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 and for his own purposes.

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 For his own glory

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 and for his own purposes.

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 Prophecy is less about

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 telling the future.

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 Often we think, you know,

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 a prophet is somebody

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 who just kind of blurts out

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 this is what is going

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 to happen tomorrow.

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 But it's more about describing

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 theological forces

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 and spiritual motives

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 at work in human affairs.

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 Daniel here is revealing

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 spiritual dynamics

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 behind and beyond

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 what we see.

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 Namely, history from God's standpoint

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 and under God's direction.

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 And from this,

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 Nebuchadnezzar's dream,

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 if this is true,

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 it tells us two things

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 that are really, really important.

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 One, nations rise and fall

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 under God's command.

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 And two, God has and will

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 establish an eternal

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 spiritual kingdom

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 that will only grow.

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 So first,

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 nations rise and fall

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 under God's command.

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 Look at verse 37.

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 This is the dream,

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 verse 36,

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 and now we will tell the king

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 its interpretation.

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 You, O king,

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 the king of kings,

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 to whom God of heaven

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 has given the kingdom,

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 the power,

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 and the might,

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 and the glory.

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 Now there's a subtle,

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 almost irony here.

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 He says,

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 you're the king of kings,

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 but God made you that way.

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 God is the one

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 who gave you this authority.

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 God is the king of kings.

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 He's the one

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 who even you

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 are subservient

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 and submitting to.

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 God is the true sovereign.

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 And any human authority,

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 any human who has

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 any level of authority,

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 has been delegated from God.

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 Here's our truth,

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 and this is very important

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 and very good

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 for our world today.

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 Any human political power

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 exists only because God

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 in his providence

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 and his power enabled it.

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 Providence is God

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 working in and behind

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 everything that happens

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 to accomplish his purposes.

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 Think about,

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 think that there's another place

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 where Jesus talks about this.

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 Jesus is on trial with Pilate.

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 Pilate,

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 this great Roman ruler

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 who has the authority,

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 the capacity to kill Jesus.

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 And Jesus says to him,

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 you have no authority

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 over me at all

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 unless it has been given

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 to you from above.

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 Pilate's authority,

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 significant as it is,

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 has been given to him

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 by God.

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 Romans 13,

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 Paul says it even more clearly.

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 There is no authority

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 except from God,

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 and those that exist

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 have been instituted by God.

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 There is no authority

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 except from God,

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 and those that do exist

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 have been instituted by God.

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 Over and over and over again,

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 the Bible is very clear

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 that God alone,

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 our God,

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 is the king of the creation,

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 and every human political ruler

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 and system exists

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 because God created it.

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 And Daniel recognizes this.

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 You can flip back

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 just a few pages,

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 a few verses

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 in chapter 221.

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 Daniel prays this,

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 Blessed be the God,

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 blessed be the name of God

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 forever and ever

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 to whom belong wisdom

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 and might.

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 He changes

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 the times

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 and the season.

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 He removes kings

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 and he sets up kings.

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 Behind the rise

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 and fall

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 of nations

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 is the hand of God,

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 his providence,

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 his final,

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 ultimate sovereignty.

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 Nebuchadnezzar

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 is only a tool

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 in God's hands.

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 And Nebuchadnezzar himself

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 grows to recognize this.

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 We'll read in a minute

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 how he understands

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 and internalizes this,

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 that the total supremacy

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 and eternal dominion

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 belongs to God.

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 And this means

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 that God has planned

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 and accomplished

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 the rise of the Babylonians

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 and the fall

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 of the Babylonians.

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 The rise of the Persians

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 and the fall

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 of the Persians.

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 The rise

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 of the British Empire

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 where the sun never sets

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 and the fall

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 of the British Empire.

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 The rise

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 of the American

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 power

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 and someday

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 the fall

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 of the American power.

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 First thing

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 that we see here

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 is that God

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 sets up

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 every nation

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 for his purposes.

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 Second thing

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 is that God

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 has established

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 and will protect

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 and grow

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 a spiritual

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 and ultimately

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 non-spiritual kingdom.

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 Verse 44.

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 And in these days,

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 he's talking about

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 the stone,

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 and in the days

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 of those kings,

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 the God of heaven

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 will set up

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 a kingdom

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 that shall never

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 be destroyed,

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 nor shall the kingdom

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 be left to another people.

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 It shall break

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 in pieces

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 all these kingdoms

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 and bring them

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 to an end

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 and it shall stand

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 forever.

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 Just as you saw

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 that a stone

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 was cut from a mountain

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 by no human hand

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 and it broke in pieces

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 the other kingdoms.

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 What is he saying here?

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 A stone

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 made without

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 human hands

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 appears

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 and destroys

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 all of the other kingdoms

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 and it so thoroughly

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 destroys them

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 that they become

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 like chaff,

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 dust in the wind,

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 right?

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 What's the great

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 Kansas song?

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 Dust in the wind.

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 Are we all

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 dust in the wind

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 that gets thrown

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 up in the air

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 and blows away

00:25:11.880 --> 00:25:12.840
 and is gone forever?

00:25:13.519 --> 00:25:14.740
 The kingdom of God,

00:25:14.860 --> 00:25:15.700
 this is something

00:25:15.700 --> 00:25:17.720
 unlike anything

00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:18.600
 that a human being

00:25:18.600 --> 00:25:19.420
 could conjure up.

00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:20.000
 A stone

00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:20.820
 made without

00:25:20.820 --> 00:25:21.539
 human hands

00:25:21.539 --> 00:25:23.019
 will rise up

00:25:23.019 --> 00:25:24.620
 and decimate

00:25:24.620 --> 00:25:25.680
 in the truest

00:25:25.680 --> 00:25:26.600
 sense of that word.

00:25:26.940 --> 00:25:27.420
 Obliterate,

00:25:27.560 --> 00:25:28.220
 annihilate,

00:25:28.360 --> 00:25:29.120
 pick your word.

00:25:29.119 --> 00:25:31.139
 all of the human

00:25:31.139 --> 00:25:32.079
 schemes,

00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:32.919
 powers,

00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:33.639
 rulers,

00:25:33.779 --> 00:25:34.339
 and authority.

00:25:36.539 --> 00:25:37.099
 And,

00:25:37.299 --> 00:25:38.539
 the vision tells us

00:25:38.539 --> 00:25:39.000
 it will happen

00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:40.000
 at a very specific

00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:41.000
 moment in time

00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:42.839
 in the kingdom

00:25:42.839 --> 00:25:44.599
 mixed with iron

00:25:44.599 --> 00:25:45.839
 of iron and clay

00:25:45.839 --> 00:25:47.179
 which we know

00:25:47.179 --> 00:25:48.159
 is the Roman Empire.

00:25:49.059 --> 00:25:50.319
 The Roman Empire

00:25:50.319 --> 00:25:51.039
 and what does Paul

00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:52.299
 say in Galatians 4?

00:25:52.399 --> 00:25:53.079
 In the fullness

00:25:53.079 --> 00:25:53.859
 of time,

00:25:53.859 --> 00:25:56.199
 the right time,

00:25:56.559 --> 00:25:57.759
 God sent forth

00:25:57.759 --> 00:25:58.659
 his son.

00:25:59.699 --> 00:26:00.879
 God sent forth

00:26:00.879 --> 00:26:01.319
 his son

00:26:01.319 --> 00:26:02.619
 and when Jesus Christ

00:26:02.619 --> 00:26:04.659
 appears in the Roman Empire

00:26:04.659 --> 00:26:06.099
 in human history

00:26:06.099 --> 00:26:06.639
 30,

00:26:07.619 --> 00:26:09.579
 31 AD,

00:26:10.259 --> 00:26:11.179
 something like that,

00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:12.799
 what does Jesus'

00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:13.759
 first words say?

00:26:13.819 --> 00:26:14.639
 The first words

00:26:14.639 --> 00:26:15.359
 that Jesus says

00:26:15.359 --> 00:26:16.639
 in the Gospel of Mark,

00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:19.199
 the time is fulfilled,

00:26:19.639 --> 00:26:21.279
 the kingdom of God

00:26:21.279 --> 00:26:22.240
 is at hand.

00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:24.940
 God in the middle

00:26:24.940 --> 00:26:25.900
 of human history

00:26:25.900 --> 00:26:27.620
 establishes,

00:26:28.059 --> 00:26:29.279
 builds a separate

00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:30.299
 kingdom

00:26:30.299 --> 00:26:31.799
 that will grow

00:26:31.799 --> 00:26:32.940
 and expand

00:26:32.940 --> 00:26:33.819
 not through

00:26:33.819 --> 00:26:35.339
 human political power,

00:26:35.480 --> 00:26:36.259
 not by the might

00:26:36.259 --> 00:26:36.900
 of armies,

00:26:36.900 --> 00:26:38.400
 but through

00:26:38.400 --> 00:26:39.380
 what Paul would say

00:26:39.380 --> 00:26:40.339
 is the foolish

00:26:40.339 --> 00:26:41.019
 and weak

00:26:41.019 --> 00:26:41.620
 proclamation

00:26:41.620 --> 00:26:42.660
 of good news,

00:26:43.700 --> 00:26:44.259
 the Gospel.

00:26:45.339 --> 00:26:46.039
 The proclamation

00:26:46.039 --> 00:26:46.779
 of the Gospel.

00:26:46.920 --> 00:26:47.779
 And even that word

00:26:47.779 --> 00:26:48.519
 Gospel

00:26:48.519 --> 00:26:50.980
 has a kingdom

00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:51.960
 ring to it.

00:26:52.160 --> 00:26:53.019
 The word Gospel

00:26:53.019 --> 00:26:54.339
 comes from the old

00:26:54.339 --> 00:26:55.220
 Greek word

00:26:55.220 --> 00:26:56.059
 euangelion,

00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:57.059
 which was the word

00:26:57.059 --> 00:27:00.879
 of victory in battle.

00:27:01.680 --> 00:27:03.059
 When a Roman

00:27:03.059 --> 00:27:03.879
 or a Greek king

00:27:03.879 --> 00:27:04.420
 would win,

00:27:04.660 --> 00:27:05.440
 they would send

00:27:05.440 --> 00:27:06.660
 a soldier up ahead

00:27:06.660 --> 00:27:07.740
 and say he would bring

00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:09.139
 the good news

00:27:09.139 --> 00:27:09.839
 of victory.

00:27:10.319 --> 00:27:11.200
 And so when the Christians

00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:11.879
 first appear,

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.980
 they are proclaiming

00:27:12.980 --> 00:27:13.900
 the Gospel,

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:15.400
 the good news

00:27:15.400 --> 00:27:17.440
 of victory,

00:27:17.720 --> 00:27:18.380
 of a king

00:27:18.380 --> 00:27:19.300
 who has come.

00:27:21.220 --> 00:27:22.280
 Richard Loveless,

00:27:22.920 --> 00:27:25.000
 great theologian,

00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:26.360
 writes this,

00:27:26.360 --> 00:27:27.360
 the recurring

00:27:27.360 --> 00:27:28.460
 conflicts between

00:27:28.460 --> 00:27:29.259
 nations

00:27:29.259 --> 00:27:30.360
 represented in

00:27:30.360 --> 00:27:31.180
 Daniel's vision

00:27:31.180 --> 00:27:32.480
 as segments

00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:33.500
 of a human statue.

00:27:34.300 --> 00:27:35.040
 The Son of Man

00:27:35.040 --> 00:27:35.660
 is presented

00:27:35.660 --> 00:27:36.780
 before the Ancient

00:27:36.780 --> 00:27:37.240
 of Days

00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:37.940
 and is given

00:27:37.940 --> 00:27:38.759
 dominion

00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:39.500
 and glory

00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:40.040
 and kingdom

00:27:40.040 --> 00:27:41.240
 so that all peoples

00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:41.800
 and nations

00:27:41.800 --> 00:27:42.380
 and languages

00:27:42.380 --> 00:27:44.300
 should serve him.

00:27:44.299 --> 00:27:47.539
 Daniel is anticipating

00:27:47.539 --> 00:27:49.980
 something beyond

00:27:49.980 --> 00:27:51.000
 a human political

00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:52.000
 system

00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:53.019
 that will come

00:27:53.019 --> 00:27:54.819
 and create something

00:27:54.819 --> 00:27:56.180
 beyond a human

00:27:56.180 --> 00:27:57.180
 political system.

00:27:57.960 --> 00:27:59.899
 A trans-political

00:27:59.899 --> 00:28:00.240
 kingdom

00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:01.240
 that will endure

00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:02.799
 despite

00:28:02.799 --> 00:28:04.480
 and beyond

00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:05.659
 the rise

00:28:05.659 --> 00:28:06.059
 and fall

00:28:06.059 --> 00:28:06.720
 of nations.

00:28:08.440 --> 00:28:09.279
 Again,

00:28:09.579 --> 00:28:10.339
 right and bird

00:28:10.339 --> 00:28:10.740
 and Jesus

00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:11.319
 and the powers.

00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:12.619
 Successions

00:28:12.619 --> 00:28:13.559
 of empires

00:28:13.559 --> 00:28:14.099
 rise

00:28:14.099 --> 00:28:15.239
 one after another,

00:28:15.359 --> 00:28:16.259
 Daniel tells us.

00:28:16.939 --> 00:28:17.519
 But the kingdom

00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:18.199
 of God

00:28:18.199 --> 00:28:19.199
 or sorry,

00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:19.959
 the God of heaven

00:28:19.959 --> 00:28:20.519
 will set up

00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:20.919
 a kingdom

00:28:20.919 --> 00:28:21.659
 that will never

00:28:21.659 --> 00:28:22.459
 be destroyed

00:28:22.459 --> 00:28:23.500
 nor shall his

00:28:23.500 --> 00:28:24.439
 kingdom be left

00:28:24.439 --> 00:28:25.319
 to another people.

00:28:25.939 --> 00:28:27.000
 It shall crush

00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:28.239
 all these kingdoms

00:28:28.239 --> 00:28:29.079
 and bring them

00:28:29.079 --> 00:28:29.739
 to an end

00:28:29.739 --> 00:28:31.319
 and it alone

00:28:31.319 --> 00:28:31.879
 shall stand

00:28:31.879 --> 00:28:32.279
 forever.

00:28:32.279 --> 00:28:32.339
 forever.

00:28:33.920 --> 00:28:34.920
 I encourage you

00:28:34.920 --> 00:28:35.319
 to go read

00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:36.000
 there's a poem

00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:37.960
 by Percy Shelley

00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:38.899
 Ozymandias

00:28:38.899 --> 00:28:40.180
 that talks

00:28:40.180 --> 00:28:40.700
 about this.

00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.079
 It talks

00:28:41.079 --> 00:28:41.519
 about this

00:28:41.519 --> 00:28:42.539
 great statue

00:28:42.539 --> 00:28:43.460
 this great

00:28:43.460 --> 00:28:44.399
 statue

00:28:44.399 --> 00:28:45.119
 of a great

00:28:45.119 --> 00:28:46.339
 old ancient

00:28:46.339 --> 00:28:46.819
 king

00:28:46.819 --> 00:28:47.440
 and he's

00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:48.019
 powerful

00:28:48.019 --> 00:28:49.200
 and he's

00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:49.859
 almighty

00:28:49.859 --> 00:28:51.559
 but now

00:28:51.559 --> 00:28:52.019
 thousands

00:28:52.019 --> 00:28:52.500
 of years

00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:52.879
 later

00:28:52.879 --> 00:28:54.480
 he's this

00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:54.960
 crumpled

00:28:54.960 --> 00:28:55.819
 statue

00:28:55.819 --> 00:28:56.339
 in the middle

00:28:56.339 --> 00:28:56.839
 of a desert

00:28:56.839 --> 00:28:57.539
 with sand

00:28:57.539 --> 00:28:58.299
 whipping around

00:28:58.299 --> 00:28:58.720
 him

00:28:58.720 --> 00:28:59.799
 so much

00:28:59.799 --> 00:29:00.140
 for all

00:29:00.140 --> 00:29:00.740
 his might

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:02.360
 Percy Shelley

00:29:02.360 --> 00:29:02.860
 writes

00:29:02.860 --> 00:29:04.319
 a great

00:29:04.319 --> 00:29:04.779
 statue

00:29:04.779 --> 00:29:05.319
 only in

00:29:05.319 --> 00:29:05.660
 dust.

00:29:06.880 --> 00:29:07.500
 So what's

00:29:07.500 --> 00:29:07.900
 the point

00:29:07.900 --> 00:29:08.160
 here?

00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:09.299
 Daniel is

00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:10.059
 showing us

00:29:10.059 --> 00:29:11.079
 that God

00:29:11.079 --> 00:29:11.900
 has

00:29:11.900 --> 00:29:12.640
 and will

00:29:12.640 --> 00:29:13.360
 establish

00:29:13.360 --> 00:29:14.059
 a kingdom

00:29:14.059 --> 00:29:14.460
 that will

00:29:14.460 --> 00:29:14.960
 exist

00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:15.720
 beyond

00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:17.039
 and within

00:29:17.039 --> 00:29:18.279
 the rise

00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:18.660
 and fall

00:29:18.660 --> 00:29:19.200
 of nations

00:29:19.200 --> 00:29:20.200
 and that

00:29:20.200 --> 00:29:20.460
 is the

00:29:20.460 --> 00:29:20.860
 gospel

00:29:20.860 --> 00:29:21.740
 and that

00:29:21.740 --> 00:29:22.180
 Jesus

00:29:22.180 --> 00:29:22.839
 is the

00:29:22.839 --> 00:29:23.200
 king

00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:24.120
 who came

00:29:24.120 --> 00:29:25.039
 and announced

00:29:25.039 --> 00:29:25.920
 that kingdom

00:29:25.920 --> 00:29:27.839
 and has

00:29:27.839 --> 00:29:28.279
 been

00:29:28.279 --> 00:29:29.039
 and is

00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:29.579
 welcoming

00:29:29.579 --> 00:29:30.220
 and inviting

00:29:30.220 --> 00:29:30.740
 others

00:29:30.740 --> 00:29:31.440
 into

00:29:31.440 --> 00:29:32.519
 following

00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:32.859
 him.

00:29:33.779 --> 00:29:34.139
 That is

00:29:34.139 --> 00:29:34.440
 what our

00:29:34.440 --> 00:29:35.079
 text shows

00:29:35.079 --> 00:29:35.240
 us.

00:29:35.319 --> 00:29:35.500
 That is

00:29:35.500 --> 00:29:35.759
 what the

00:29:35.759 --> 00:29:36.000
 Christian

00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:36.240
 faith

00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:36.740
 tells us.

00:29:37.160 --> 00:29:37.680
 Now how

00:29:37.680 --> 00:29:37.920
 do we

00:29:37.920 --> 00:29:38.299
 begin to

00:29:38.299 --> 00:29:39.099
 apply this

00:29:39.099 --> 00:29:40.279
 to evangelism

00:29:40.279 --> 00:29:40.819
 to sharing

00:29:40.819 --> 00:29:41.359
 our faith?

00:29:42.680 --> 00:29:43.379
 I hope

00:29:43.379 --> 00:29:44.440
 it's obvious

00:29:44.440 --> 00:29:47.019
 after I did

00:29:47.019 --> 00:29:47.500
 the setup

00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:48.200
 of talking

00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:48.579
 about the

00:29:48.579 --> 00:29:49.000
 anxiety

00:29:49.000 --> 00:29:49.379
 that we

00:29:49.379 --> 00:29:49.599
 feel

00:29:49.599 --> 00:29:50.119
 but I'm

00:29:50.119 --> 00:29:50.279
 going to

00:29:50.279 --> 00:29:50.879
 take it

00:29:50.879 --> 00:29:51.079
 in a

00:29:51.079 --> 00:29:51.339
 slightly

00:29:51.339 --> 00:29:51.779
 different

00:29:51.779 --> 00:29:52.200
 angle

00:29:52.200 --> 00:29:52.579
 and then

00:29:52.579 --> 00:29:52.700
 we'll

00:29:52.700 --> 00:29:52.940
 get to

00:29:52.940 --> 00:29:53.079
 the

00:29:53.079 --> 00:29:53.359
 obvious

00:29:53.359 --> 00:29:53.680
 part.

00:29:54.079 --> 00:29:54.420
 Here's

00:29:54.420 --> 00:29:54.779
 the thing

00:29:54.779 --> 00:29:55.660
 the first

00:29:55.660 --> 00:29:56.160
 and most

00:29:56.160 --> 00:29:56.559
 urgent

00:29:56.559 --> 00:29:57.000
 thing we

00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:57.599
 must do

00:29:57.599 --> 00:29:59.039
 is recognize

00:29:59.039 --> 00:29:59.659
 that the

00:29:59.659 --> 00:30:00.059
 Christian

00:30:00.059 --> 00:30:00.919
 is first

00:30:00.919 --> 00:30:01.779
 and foremost

00:30:01.779 --> 00:30:03.539
 a citizen

00:30:03.539 --> 00:30:04.079
 in the

00:30:04.079 --> 00:30:04.539
 eternal

00:30:04.539 --> 00:30:05.159
 and trans

00:30:05.159 --> 00:30:05.419
 political

00:30:05.419 --> 00:30:05.759
 kingdom

00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:06.179
 of God.

00:30:06.599 --> 00:30:07.559
 The first

00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:08.019
 thing that

00:30:08.019 --> 00:30:08.399
 you and

00:30:08.399 --> 00:30:09.059
 I must

00:30:09.059 --> 00:30:09.299
 do,

00:30:09.379 --> 00:30:09.779
 the first

00:30:09.779 --> 00:30:10.159
 thing that

00:30:10.159 --> 00:30:10.539
 Cheyenne

00:30:10.539 --> 00:30:10.799
 Mountain

00:30:10.799 --> 00:30:11.240
 Prez

00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:12.459
 must do

00:30:12.459 --> 00:30:13.039
 and be

00:30:13.039 --> 00:30:14.839
 is an

00:30:14.839 --> 00:30:15.459
 outpost.

00:30:15.559 --> 00:30:15.980
 This is what

00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:16.799
 Matthew talks

00:30:16.799 --> 00:30:17.179
 about all

00:30:17.179 --> 00:30:17.619
 the time,

00:30:17.719 --> 00:30:18.779
 an outpost

00:30:18.779 --> 00:30:19.619
 of the

00:30:19.619 --> 00:30:19.959
 kingdom

00:30:19.959 --> 00:30:20.559
 of God.

00:30:20.679 --> 00:30:20.899
 What does

00:30:20.899 --> 00:30:21.519
 Paul say

00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:22.099
 in Philippians

00:30:22.099 --> 00:30:22.319
 3?

00:30:22.419 --> 00:30:22.699
 That our

00:30:22.699 --> 00:30:23.459
 citizenship

00:30:23.459 --> 00:30:24.699
 is not

00:30:24.699 --> 00:30:25.319
 here.

00:30:25.319 --> 00:30:26.740
 First

00:30:26.740 --> 00:30:27.379
 and foremost

00:30:27.379 --> 00:30:27.799
 it is

00:30:27.799 --> 00:30:28.119
 we are

00:30:28.119 --> 00:30:28.720
 citizens

00:30:28.720 --> 00:30:29.460
 in heaven.

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:30.679
 This

00:30:30.679 --> 00:30:31.079
 means

00:30:31.079 --> 00:30:31.639
 frankly

00:30:31.639 --> 00:30:32.799
 the

00:30:32.799 --> 00:30:33.279
 first

00:30:33.279 --> 00:30:33.720
 task

00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:33.939
 we

00:30:33.939 --> 00:30:34.220
 must

00:30:34.220 --> 00:30:34.559
 do

00:30:34.559 --> 00:30:35.460
 and

00:30:35.460 --> 00:30:35.639
 this

00:30:35.639 --> 00:30:35.779
 is

00:30:35.779 --> 00:30:36.259
 hard

00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:36.480
 in

00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:36.899
 America

00:30:36.899 --> 00:30:38.000
 is

00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:38.179
 to

00:30:38.179 --> 00:30:38.799
 understand

00:30:38.799 --> 00:30:39.679
 ourselves

00:30:39.679 --> 00:30:40.079
 as

00:30:40.079 --> 00:30:40.839
 exiles

00:30:40.839 --> 00:30:41.159
 and

00:30:41.159 --> 00:30:41.799
 pilgrims

00:30:41.799 --> 00:30:42.079
 here.

00:30:42.439 --> 00:30:42.559
 We

00:30:42.559 --> 00:30:43.019
 do

00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:43.480
 not

00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:44.019
 belong

00:30:44.019 --> 00:30:44.439
 here.

00:30:45.339 --> 00:30:45.519
 I was

00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:45.919
 reflecting

00:30:45.919 --> 00:30:46.200
 this

00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:46.500
 on this

00:30:46.500 --> 00:30:46.740
 as I

00:30:46.740 --> 00:30:46.879
 was

00:30:46.879 --> 00:30:47.259
 driving

00:30:47.259 --> 00:30:47.679
 over

00:30:47.679 --> 00:30:48.779
 the

00:30:48.779 --> 00:30:49.259
 great

00:30:49.259 --> 00:30:51.439
 temptation

00:30:51.439 --> 00:30:52.200
 that we

00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:52.539
 have

00:30:52.539 --> 00:30:52.839
 is to

00:30:52.839 --> 00:30:53.119
 think

00:30:53.119 --> 00:30:53.339
 that

00:30:53.339 --> 00:30:53.859
 I

00:30:53.859 --> 00:30:54.339
 this

00:30:54.339 --> 00:30:54.480
 is

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:54.639
 where

00:30:54.639 --> 00:30:54.779
 I

00:30:54.779 --> 00:30:55.220
 belong

00:30:55.220 --> 00:30:55.740
 this

00:30:55.740 --> 00:30:55.899
 is

00:30:55.899 --> 00:30:56.119
 my

00:30:56.119 --> 00:30:56.500
 home

00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:56.919
 this

00:30:56.919 --> 00:30:57.079
 is

00:30:57.079 --> 00:30:57.259
 my

00:30:57.259 --> 00:30:57.759
 people

00:30:57.759 --> 00:30:59.359
 and

00:30:59.359 --> 00:30:59.480
 this

00:30:59.480 --> 00:30:59.539
 is

00:30:59.539 --> 00:30:59.919
 true

00:30:59.919 --> 00:31:00.699
 but

00:31:00.699 --> 00:31:01.379
 this

00:31:01.379 --> 00:31:01.959
 is

00:31:01.959 --> 00:31:02.199
 where

00:31:02.199 --> 00:31:02.399
 I

00:31:02.399 --> 00:31:02.859
 belong

00:31:02.859 --> 00:31:03.879
 this

00:31:03.879 --> 00:31:04.500
 is

00:31:04.500 --> 00:31:04.720
 my

00:31:04.720 --> 00:31:05.139
 people

00:31:05.139 --> 00:31:05.519
 the

00:31:05.519 --> 00:31:05.919
 person

00:31:05.919 --> 00:31:06.299
 next

00:31:06.299 --> 00:31:06.519
 to

00:31:06.519 --> 00:31:06.819
 you

00:31:06.819 --> 00:31:08.639
 and

00:31:08.639 --> 00:31:08.839
 we

00:31:08.839 --> 00:31:09.000
 are

00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:09.199
 but

00:31:09.199 --> 00:31:09.819
 exiles

00:31:09.819 --> 00:31:10.059
 and

00:31:10.059 --> 00:31:10.579
 pilgrims

00:31:10.579 --> 00:31:11.000
 as

00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:11.599
 Daniel

00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:12.159
 was

00:31:12.159 --> 00:31:13.740
 living

00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:14.179
 in

00:31:14.179 --> 00:31:14.319
 and

00:31:14.319 --> 00:31:14.679
 among

00:31:14.679 --> 00:31:15.199
 a

00:31:15.199 --> 00:31:15.579
 nation

00:31:15.579 --> 00:31:15.859
 that

00:31:15.859 --> 00:31:16.179
 did

00:31:16.179 --> 00:31:16.439
 not

00:31:16.439 --> 00:31:16.740
 like

00:31:16.740 --> 00:31:16.959
 him

00:31:16.959 --> 00:31:17.220
 was

00:31:17.220 --> 00:31:17.599
 seeking

00:31:17.599 --> 00:31:17.879
 to

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 dominate

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 him

00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:18.919
 in

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 every

00:31:19.220 --> 00:31:19.480
 other

00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:19.759
 way

00:31:19.759 --> 00:31:20.220
 and

00:31:20.220 --> 00:31:20.539
 he

00:31:20.539 --> 00:31:21.000
 was

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 to

00:31:21.199 --> 00:31:21.559
 point

00:31:21.559 --> 00:31:21.859
 to

00:31:21.859 --> 00:31:22.439
 and live

00:31:22.439 --> 00:31:22.699
 in

00:31:22.700 --> 00:31:22.900
 the

00:31:22.900 --> 00:31:23.180
 kingdom

00:31:23.180 --> 00:31:23.400
 of

00:31:23.400 --> 00:31:23.720
 God

00:31:23.720 --> 00:31:24.880
 Stephan

00:31:24.880 --> 00:31:25.340
 Pass

00:31:25.340 --> 00:31:26.140
 he's

00:31:26.140 --> 00:31:26.240
 a

00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:26.940
 missiologist

00:31:26.940 --> 00:31:27.860
 great

00:31:27.860 --> 00:31:28.240
 book

00:31:28.240 --> 00:31:28.860
 called

00:31:28.860 --> 00:31:29.600
 pilgrims

00:31:29.600 --> 00:31:29.799
 and

00:31:29.799 --> 00:31:30.160
 priests

00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:30.519
 writes

00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:30.819
 this

00:31:30.819 --> 00:31:31.100
 listen

00:31:31.100 --> 00:31:31.440
 closely

00:31:31.440 --> 00:31:31.620
 this

00:31:31.620 --> 00:31:31.720
 is

00:31:31.720 --> 00:31:32.140
 amazing

00:31:32.140 --> 00:31:32.940
 from

00:31:32.940 --> 00:31:33.120
 the

00:31:33.120 --> 00:31:33.920
 expulsion

00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:34.160
 of

00:31:34.160 --> 00:31:34.519
 Eden

00:31:34.519 --> 00:31:35.819
 Genesis

00:31:35.819 --> 00:31:38.019
 to

00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:38.720
 John's

00:31:38.720 --> 00:31:39.259
 exile

00:31:39.259 --> 00:31:39.519
 in

00:31:39.519 --> 00:31:40.019
 Patmos

00:31:40.019 --> 00:31:40.920
 Revelation

00:31:40.920 --> 00:31:41.900
 the

00:31:41.900 --> 00:31:42.340
 Bible

00:31:42.340 --> 00:31:42.580
 is

00:31:42.580 --> 00:31:42.759
 a

00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:43.059
 book

00:31:43.059 --> 00:31:43.340
 of

00:31:43.340 --> 00:31:44.160
 uprooting

00:31:44.160 --> 00:31:44.600
 and

00:31:44.600 --> 00:31:45.340
 displacement

00:31:45.340 --> 00:31:46.259
 Christians

00:31:46.259 --> 00:31:46.559
 have

00:31:46.559 --> 00:31:47.019
 oriented

00:31:47.019 --> 00:31:47.539
 themselves

00:31:47.539 --> 00:31:47.940
 from

00:31:47.940 --> 00:31:48.140
 the

00:31:48.140 --> 00:31:48.460
 beginning

00:31:48.460 --> 00:31:48.779
 to

00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:49.000
 the

00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:49.380
 end

00:31:49.380 --> 00:31:50.380
 especially

00:31:50.380 --> 00:31:50.700
 in

00:31:50.700 --> 00:31:51.080
 stories

00:31:51.080 --> 00:31:51.640
 and songs

00:31:51.640 --> 00:31:51.880
 that

00:31:51.880 --> 00:31:52.059
 were

00:31:52.059 --> 00:31:52.400
 written

00:31:52.400 --> 00:31:53.180
 about

00:31:53.180 --> 00:31:53.680
 Israel

00:31:53.680 --> 00:31:53.980
 and

00:31:53.980 --> 00:31:54.160
 its

00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:54.640
 captivity

00:31:54.640 --> 00:31:54.880
 in

00:31:54.880 --> 00:31:55.220
 Babylon

00:31:55.220 --> 00:31:56.240
 as

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:56.580
 people

00:31:56.580 --> 00:31:56.840
 who

00:31:56.840 --> 00:31:57.140
 do

00:31:57.140 --> 00:31:57.600
 not

00:31:57.600 --> 00:31:58.340
 belong

00:31:58.340 --> 00:31:58.980
 in

00:31:58.980 --> 00:31:59.680
 597

00:31:59.680 --> 00:32:00.080
 to

00:32:00.080 --> 00:32:00.900
 586

00:32:00.900 --> 00:32:01.060
 the

00:32:01.060 --> 00:32:01.660
 Babylonians

00:32:01.660 --> 00:32:02.080
 conquered

00:32:02.080 --> 00:32:02.580
 Jerusalem

00:32:02.580 --> 00:32:03.320
 and they

00:32:03.320 --> 00:32:03.740
 carried

00:32:03.740 --> 00:32:04.560
 a large

00:32:04.560 --> 00:32:04.920
 part of

00:32:04.920 --> 00:32:05.019
 the

00:32:05.019 --> 00:32:05.320
 people

00:32:05.320 --> 00:32:05.820
 away

00:32:05.820 --> 00:32:06.320
 in

00:32:06.320 --> 00:32:07.000
 exile

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:08.180
 we

00:32:08.180 --> 00:32:08.340
 are

00:32:08.340 --> 00:32:08.780
 people

00:32:08.780 --> 00:32:09.140
 in

00:32:09.140 --> 00:32:09.720
 exile

00:32:09.720 --> 00:32:10.420
 we

00:32:10.420 --> 00:32:10.600
 do

00:32:10.600 --> 00:32:10.880
 not

00:32:10.880 --> 00:32:11.280
 live

00:32:11.280 --> 00:32:11.840
 here

00:32:11.840 --> 00:32:13.880
 we

00:32:13.880 --> 00:32:14.220
 look

00:32:14.220 --> 00:32:14.480
 to

00:32:14.480 --> 00:32:14.700
 a

00:32:14.700 --> 00:32:14.980
 kingdom

00:32:14.980 --> 00:32:15.200
 that

00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:15.340
 is

00:32:15.340 --> 00:32:15.600
 far

00:32:15.600 --> 00:32:16.060
 greater

00:32:16.060 --> 00:32:17.400
 the

00:32:17.400 --> 00:32:17.660
 kingdom

00:32:17.660 --> 00:32:17.840
 of

00:32:17.840 --> 00:32:18.100
 God

00:32:18.100 --> 00:32:19.120
 this

00:32:19.120 --> 00:32:19.259
 is

00:32:19.259 --> 00:32:19.420
 of

00:32:19.420 --> 00:32:19.640
 course

00:32:19.640 --> 00:32:19.860
 the

00:32:19.860 --> 00:32:20.300
 theme

00:32:20.300 --> 00:32:20.480
 of

00:32:20.480 --> 00:32:20.660
 the

00:32:20.660 --> 00:32:20.920
 city

00:32:20.920 --> 00:32:21.099
 of

00:32:21.099 --> 00:32:21.360
 God

00:32:21.360 --> 00:32:22.120
 Augustine's

00:32:22.120 --> 00:32:22.319
 great

00:32:22.319 --> 00:32:22.519
 work

00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:22.839
 which is

00:32:22.839 --> 00:32:23.120
 frankly

00:32:23.120 --> 00:32:23.519
 probably

00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:23.900
 the most

00:32:23.900 --> 00:32:24.400
 important

00:32:24.400 --> 00:32:24.839
 piece

00:32:24.839 --> 00:32:25.779
 of

00:32:25.779 --> 00:32:26.620
 literature

00:32:26.620 --> 00:32:27.279
 written

00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:27.920
 after

00:32:27.920 --> 00:32:28.440
 Christ

00:32:28.440 --> 00:32:29.019
 it's

00:32:29.019 --> 00:32:29.900
 incredible

00:32:29.900 --> 00:32:30.700
 it says

00:32:30.700 --> 00:32:31.059
 this

00:32:31.059 --> 00:32:31.799
 Augustine

00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:32.079
 says

00:32:32.079 --> 00:32:32.279
 the

00:32:32.279 --> 00:32:32.720
 heavenly

00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:33.299
 city

00:32:33.299 --> 00:32:33.680
 that is

00:32:33.680 --> 00:32:33.880
 the

00:32:33.880 --> 00:32:34.140
 kingdom

00:32:34.140 --> 00:32:34.360
 of

00:32:34.360 --> 00:32:34.579
 God

00:32:34.579 --> 00:32:34.799
 that

00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:35.140
 part

00:32:35.140 --> 00:32:35.279
 of

00:32:35.279 --> 00:32:35.420
 it

00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:35.900
 which

00:32:35.900 --> 00:32:36.039
 is

00:32:36.039 --> 00:32:36.360
 on

00:32:36.360 --> 00:32:37.000
 pilgrimage

00:32:37.000 --> 00:32:37.319
 in

00:32:37.319 --> 00:32:37.559
 this

00:32:37.559 --> 00:32:38.220
 condition

00:32:38.220 --> 00:32:38.460
 of

00:32:38.460 --> 00:32:39.059
 mortality

00:32:39.059 --> 00:32:39.920
 and

00:32:39.920 --> 00:32:40.140
 which

00:32:40.140 --> 00:32:40.539
 lives

00:32:40.539 --> 00:32:40.680
 as

00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:40.860
 the

00:32:40.860 --> 00:32:41.220
 basis

00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:41.519
 of

00:32:41.519 --> 00:32:41.880
 faith

00:32:41.880 --> 00:32:42.420
 must

00:32:42.420 --> 00:32:42.720
 use

00:32:42.720 --> 00:32:43.079
 must

00:32:43.079 --> 00:32:43.319
 make

00:32:43.319 --> 00:32:43.779
 temporary

00:32:43.779 --> 00:32:44.640
 peace

00:32:44.640 --> 00:32:45.880
 temporary

00:32:45.880 --> 00:32:46.519
 peace

00:32:46.519 --> 00:32:46.839
 until

00:32:46.839 --> 00:32:47.240
 this

00:32:47.240 --> 00:32:47.519
 mortal

00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:47.920
 peace

00:32:47.920 --> 00:32:49.400
 mortal

00:32:49.400 --> 00:32:49.759
 state

00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:49.960
 for

00:32:49.960 --> 00:32:50.180
 which

00:32:50.180 --> 00:32:50.440
 this

00:32:50.440 --> 00:32:50.759
 peace

00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:51.000
 is

00:32:51.000 --> 00:32:51.440
 essential

00:32:51.440 --> 00:32:51.880
 passes

00:32:51.880 --> 00:32:52.259
 away

00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:52.759
 and

00:32:52.759 --> 00:32:52.880
 it

00:32:52.880 --> 00:32:53.180
 therefore

00:32:53.180 --> 00:32:53.519
 leads

00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:53.660
 to

00:32:53.660 --> 00:32:53.779
 what

00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:53.900
 we

00:32:53.900 --> 00:32:54.080
 may

00:32:54.080 --> 00:32:54.279
 call

00:32:54.279 --> 00:32:54.440
 a

00:32:54.440 --> 00:32:54.860
 life

00:32:54.860 --> 00:32:55.019
 of

00:32:55.019 --> 00:32:55.539
 captivity

00:32:55.539 --> 00:32:56.120
 in

00:32:56.120 --> 00:32:56.340
 this

00:32:56.340 --> 00:32:56.660
 earthly

00:32:56.660 --> 00:32:57.100
 city

00:32:57.100 --> 00:32:57.860
 as

00:32:57.860 --> 00:32:57.980
 in

00:32:57.980 --> 00:32:58.160
 a

00:32:58.160 --> 00:32:58.420
 foreign

00:32:58.420 --> 00:32:58.800
 land

00:32:58.800 --> 00:32:58.980
 what

00:32:58.980 --> 00:32:59.100
 is

00:32:59.100 --> 00:32:59.580
 Augustine

00:32:59.580 --> 00:32:59.900
 saying

00:32:59.900 --> 00:33:00.400
 Augustine

00:33:00.400 --> 00:33:00.860
 says

00:33:00.860 --> 00:33:01.460
 that

00:33:01.460 --> 00:33:01.680
 we

00:33:01.680 --> 00:33:02.160
 live

00:33:02.160 --> 00:33:02.660
 in

00:33:02.660 --> 00:33:03.180
 the

00:33:03.180 --> 00:33:03.539
 city

00:33:03.539 --> 00:33:03.800
 of

00:33:03.800 --> 00:33:04.019
 man

00:33:04.019 --> 00:33:04.200
 we

00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:04.519
 live

00:33:04.519 --> 00:33:04.980
 in

00:33:04.980 --> 00:33:05.539
 America

00:33:05.539 --> 00:33:05.800
 and

00:33:05.800 --> 00:33:05.960
 we

00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:06.519
 use

00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:06.740
 the

00:33:06.740 --> 00:33:07.180
 blessings

00:33:07.180 --> 00:33:07.460
 and

00:33:07.460 --> 00:33:07.600
 the

00:33:07.600 --> 00:33:07.920
 pieces

00:33:07.920 --> 00:33:08.240
 that

00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:08.380
 it

00:33:08.380 --> 00:33:08.980
 provides

00:33:08.980 --> 00:33:09.400
 but

00:33:09.400 --> 00:33:09.560
 we

00:33:09.560 --> 00:33:09.800
 know

00:33:09.800 --> 00:33:10.000
 that

00:33:10.000 --> 00:33:10.160
 we

00:33:10.160 --> 00:33:10.279
 are

00:33:10.279 --> 00:33:10.600
 this

00:33:10.600 --> 00:33:10.759
 is

00:33:10.759 --> 00:33:11.000
 not

00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:11.160
 where

00:33:11.160 --> 00:33:11.340
 we

00:33:11.340 --> 00:33:12.259
 reside

00:33:12.259 --> 00:33:13.579
 we

00:33:13.579 --> 00:33:13.819
 know

00:33:13.819 --> 00:33:14.000
 that

00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:14.200
 this

00:33:14.200 --> 00:33:14.359
 is

00:33:14.359 --> 00:33:14.579
 not

00:33:14.579 --> 00:33:14.759
 our

00:33:14.759 --> 00:33:15.019
 true

00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:15.519
 citizenship

00:33:15.519 --> 00:33:15.879
 we

00:33:15.879 --> 00:33:16.180
 live

00:33:16.180 --> 00:33:16.379
 as

00:33:16.379 --> 00:33:17.059
 captives

00:33:17.059 --> 00:33:18.240
 anticipating

00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:19.079
 a finer

00:33:19.079 --> 00:33:19.400
 and

00:33:19.400 --> 00:33:19.740
 greater

00:33:19.740 --> 00:33:20.400
 city

00:33:20.400 --> 00:33:20.619
 to

00:33:20.619 --> 00:33:20.960
 come

00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:22.339
 Daniel

00:33:22.339 --> 00:33:22.839
 understood

00:33:22.839 --> 00:33:23.480
 that

00:33:23.480 --> 00:33:23.579
 he

00:33:23.579 --> 00:33:23.759
 did

00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:24.160
 not

00:33:24.160 --> 00:33:24.920
 belong

00:33:24.920 --> 00:33:25.160
 in

00:33:25.160 --> 00:33:25.539
 Babylon

00:33:25.539 --> 00:33:26.759
 even

00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:27.000
 though

00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:27.200
 he

00:33:27.200 --> 00:33:27.359
 knew

00:33:27.359 --> 00:33:27.519
 he

00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:27.700
 would

00:33:27.700 --> 00:33:28.059
 die

00:33:28.059 --> 00:33:28.359
 in

00:33:28.359 --> 00:33:28.700
 Babylon

00:33:28.700 --> 00:33:30.119
 he

00:33:30.119 --> 00:33:30.559
 belonged

00:33:30.559 --> 00:33:30.839
 to

00:33:30.839 --> 00:33:31.299
 Israel

00:33:31.299 --> 00:33:32.240
 he

00:33:32.240 --> 00:33:32.379
 was

00:33:32.379 --> 00:33:32.539
 a

00:33:32.539 --> 00:33:32.879
 child

00:33:32.879 --> 00:33:33.059
 of

00:33:33.059 --> 00:33:33.460
 God

00:33:33.460 --> 00:33:34.160
 he

00:33:34.160 --> 00:33:34.279
 is

00:33:34.279 --> 00:33:34.440
 a

00:33:34.440 --> 00:33:34.960
 pilgrim

00:33:34.960 --> 00:33:36.259
 this

00:33:36.259 --> 00:33:36.359
 is

00:33:36.359 --> 00:33:36.500
 how

00:33:36.500 --> 00:33:36.779
 first

00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:37.059
 Peter

00:33:37.059 --> 00:33:37.640
 describes

00:33:37.640 --> 00:33:38.039
 us

00:33:38.039 --> 00:33:38.660
 as

00:33:38.660 --> 00:33:39.440
 exiles

00:33:39.440 --> 00:33:39.759
 and

00:33:39.759 --> 00:33:40.559
 sojourners

00:33:40.559 --> 00:33:42.079
 now

00:33:42.079 --> 00:33:42.359
 what does

00:33:42.359 --> 00:33:42.539
 this

00:33:42.539 --> 00:33:42.819
 mean

00:33:42.819 --> 00:33:43.460
 for

00:33:43.460 --> 00:33:44.000
 evangelism

00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:44.299
 it

00:33:44.299 --> 00:33:44.919
 means

00:33:44.919 --> 00:33:46.980
 that

00:33:46.980 --> 00:33:47.119
 we

00:33:47.119 --> 00:33:47.379
 must

00:33:47.379 --> 00:33:47.759
 form

00:33:47.759 --> 00:33:48.339
 communities

00:33:48.339 --> 00:33:48.599
 and

00:33:48.599 --> 00:33:49.059
 habits

00:33:49.059 --> 00:33:49.899
 that

00:33:49.899 --> 00:33:50.299
 reveal

00:33:50.299 --> 00:33:50.599
 our

00:33:50.599 --> 00:33:51.240
 citizenship

00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:51.839
 in

00:33:51.839 --> 00:33:52.119
 heaven

00:33:52.119 --> 00:33:53.500
 the

00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:54.039
 church

00:33:54.039 --> 00:33:54.359
 the

00:33:54.359 --> 00:33:54.839
 community

00:33:54.839 --> 00:33:55.240
 here

00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:55.799
 becomes

00:33:55.799 --> 00:33:56.439
 so

00:33:56.439 --> 00:33:56.639
 much

00:33:56.639 --> 00:33:56.879
 more

00:33:56.879 --> 00:33:57.019
 than

00:33:57.019 --> 00:33:57.199
 a

00:33:57.199 --> 00:33:57.539
 social

00:33:57.539 --> 00:33:58.119
 gathering

00:33:58.119 --> 00:33:59.539
 but

00:33:59.539 --> 00:34:00.199
 this

00:34:00.199 --> 00:34:00.379
 is

00:34:00.379 --> 00:34:00.720
 amazing

00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:01.720
 church

00:34:01.720 --> 00:34:02.319
 coming

00:34:02.319 --> 00:34:02.599
 here

00:34:02.599 --> 00:34:02.899
 on a

00:34:02.899 --> 00:34:03.119
 Sunday

00:34:03.119 --> 00:34:03.500
 morning

00:34:03.500 --> 00:34:04.539
 becomes

00:34:04.539 --> 00:34:05.059
 in a

00:34:05.059 --> 00:34:05.299
 way

00:34:05.299 --> 00:34:05.559
 a

00:34:05.559 --> 00:34:06.000
 form

00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:06.220
 of

00:34:06.220 --> 00:34:06.819
 protest

00:34:06.819 --> 00:34:07.159
 against

00:34:07.159 --> 00:34:07.379
 the

00:34:07.379 --> 00:34:07.699
 status

00:34:07.699 --> 00:34:08.039
 quo

00:34:08.039 --> 00:34:09.239
 your

00:34:09.239 --> 00:34:09.719
 coming

00:34:09.719 --> 00:34:10.039
 here

00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:10.319
 this

00:34:10.319 --> 00:34:10.659
 morning

00:34:10.659 --> 00:34:11.380
 says

00:34:11.380 --> 00:34:12.579
 I

00:34:12.579 --> 00:34:12.980
 belong

00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:13.220
 to

00:34:13.220 --> 00:34:13.619
 something

00:34:13.619 --> 00:34:14.119
 greater

00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:14.539
 than

00:34:14.539 --> 00:34:14.960
 America

00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:15.760
 I

00:34:15.760 --> 00:34:16.200
 belong

00:34:16.200 --> 00:34:16.440
 to

00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:16.800
 something

00:34:16.800 --> 00:34:17.380
 greater

00:34:17.380 --> 00:34:17.900
 than

00:34:17.900 --> 00:34:18.059
 the

00:34:18.059 --> 00:34:18.440
 rise

00:34:18.440 --> 00:34:18.599
 and

00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:18.860
 fall

00:34:18.860 --> 00:34:19.039
 of

00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:19.440
 nations

00:34:19.440 --> 00:34:20.500
 I

00:34:20.500 --> 00:34:21.039
 anticipate

00:34:21.039 --> 00:34:21.820
 something

00:34:21.820 --> 00:34:22.599
 bigger

00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:23.059
 than

00:34:23.059 --> 00:34:23.480
 anything

00:34:23.480 --> 00:34:23.740
 that

00:34:23.740 --> 00:34:24.019
 our

00:34:24.019 --> 00:34:24.539
 economy

00:34:24.539 --> 00:34:25.000
 anything

00:34:25.000 --> 00:34:25.280
 that

00:34:25.280 --> 00:34:25.460
 our

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:25.860
 nation

00:34:25.860 --> 00:34:26.240
 anything

00:34:26.240 --> 00:34:26.539
 that

00:34:26.539 --> 00:34:27.160
 liberalism

00:34:27.160 --> 00:34:27.440
 anything

00:34:27.440 --> 00:34:27.680
 that

00:34:27.680 --> 00:34:28.220
 democracy

00:34:28.220 --> 00:34:28.460
 can

00:34:28.460 --> 00:34:29.039
 accomplish

00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:30.039
 and I

00:34:30.039 --> 00:34:30.220
 will

00:34:30.220 --> 00:34:30.860
 show up

00:34:30.860 --> 00:34:31.160
 on a

00:34:31.160 --> 00:34:31.380
 Sunday

00:34:31.380 --> 00:34:31.780
 morning

00:34:31.780 --> 00:34:32.440
 to

00:34:32.440 --> 00:34:33.079
 believe

00:34:33.079 --> 00:34:33.300
 and

00:34:33.300 --> 00:34:33.780
 entrust

00:34:33.780 --> 00:34:34.019
 and

00:34:34.019 --> 00:34:34.500
 reinforce

00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:35.079
 that

00:34:35.079 --> 00:34:36.260
 it

00:34:36.260 --> 00:34:36.519
 becomes

00:34:36.519 --> 00:34:36.680
 a

00:34:36.680 --> 00:34:37.039
 protest

00:34:37.039 --> 00:34:37.500
 against

00:34:37.500 --> 00:34:37.680
 the

00:34:37.680 --> 00:34:38.000
 status

00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:38.220
 quo

00:34:38.220 --> 00:34:38.360
 it

00:34:38.360 --> 00:34:38.599
 becomes

00:34:38.599 --> 00:34:38.780
 a

00:34:38.780 --> 00:34:39.180
 protest

00:34:39.180 --> 00:34:39.559
 against

00:34:39.559 --> 00:34:39.740
 the

00:34:39.740 --> 00:34:40.340
 allegiances

00:34:40.340 --> 00:34:41.039
 of the

00:34:41.039 --> 00:34:41.360
 rise

00:34:41.360 --> 00:34:41.539
 and

00:34:41.539 --> 00:34:41.860
 falls

00:34:41.860 --> 00:34:42.059
 of

00:34:42.059 --> 00:34:42.280
 one

00:34:42.280 --> 00:34:42.660
 government

00:34:42.660 --> 00:34:43.000
 over

00:34:43.000 --> 00:34:43.300
 another

00:34:43.300 --> 00:34:43.539
 we

00:34:43.539 --> 00:34:43.740
 are

00:34:43.740 --> 00:34:43.900
 a

00:34:43.900 --> 00:34:44.280
 people

00:34:44.280 --> 00:34:44.800
 with

00:34:44.800 --> 00:34:44.980
 a

00:34:44.980 --> 00:34:45.340
 king

00:34:45.340 --> 00:34:46.000
 beyond

00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:46.700
 this

00:34:46.700 --> 00:34:47.300
 king

00:34:47.300 --> 00:34:50.460
 and

00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:50.600
 what

00:34:50.600 --> 00:34:50.800
 this

00:34:50.800 --> 00:34:51.079
 also

00:34:51.079 --> 00:34:51.360
 means

00:34:51.360 --> 00:34:51.620
 is that

00:34:51.620 --> 00:34:51.740
 we

00:34:51.740 --> 00:34:52.120
 must

00:34:52.120 --> 00:34:52.460
 not

00:34:52.460 --> 00:34:52.780
 pin

00:34:52.780 --> 00:34:53.000
 our

00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:53.360
 earthly

00:34:53.360 --> 00:34:53.780
 hopes

00:34:53.780 --> 00:34:53.960
 or

00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:54.920
 anything

00:34:54.920 --> 00:34:55.460
 that

00:34:55.460 --> 00:34:55.600
 we

00:34:55.600 --> 00:34:55.760
 would

00:34:55.760 --> 00:34:55.980
 hope

00:34:55.980 --> 00:34:56.240
 even

00:34:56.240 --> 00:34:56.440
 our

00:34:56.440 --> 00:34:56.820
 spiritual

00:34:56.820 --> 00:34:57.120
 hopes

00:34:57.120 --> 00:34:57.280
 on

00:34:57.280 --> 00:34:57.579
 any

00:34:57.579 --> 00:34:58.059
 temporal

00:34:58.059 --> 00:34:58.539
 nation

00:34:58.539 --> 00:34:58.940
 no

00:34:58.940 --> 00:34:59.400
 nation

00:34:59.400 --> 00:34:59.640
 on

00:34:59.640 --> 00:34:59.880
 earth

00:34:59.880 --> 00:35:00.240
 today

00:35:00.240 --> 00:35:00.519
 has

00:35:00.519 --> 00:35:01.079
 God's

00:35:01.079 --> 00:35:01.620
 special

00:35:01.620 --> 00:35:02.079
 blessing

00:35:02.079 --> 00:35:03.059
 they

00:35:03.059 --> 00:35:03.220
 are

00:35:03.220 --> 00:35:03.820
 tools

00:35:03.820 --> 00:35:04.340
 in

00:35:04.340 --> 00:35:04.500
 the

00:35:04.500 --> 00:35:04.740
 good

00:35:04.740 --> 00:35:05.420
 providential

00:35:05.420 --> 00:35:05.780
 hands

00:35:05.780 --> 00:35:05.940
 of

00:35:05.940 --> 00:35:06.220
 God

00:35:06.220 --> 00:35:06.400
 to

00:35:06.400 --> 00:35:06.800
 establish

00:35:06.800 --> 00:35:07.059
 his

00:35:07.059 --> 00:35:07.460
 purpose

00:35:07.460 --> 00:35:07.960
 but

00:35:07.960 --> 00:35:08.140
 the

00:35:08.140 --> 00:35:08.680
 primary

00:35:08.679 --> 00:35:09.199
 tool

00:35:09.199 --> 00:35:10.379
 that

00:35:10.379 --> 00:35:10.699
 God

00:35:10.699 --> 00:35:10.879
 will

00:35:10.879 --> 00:35:11.139
 use

00:35:11.139 --> 00:35:11.279
 to

00:35:11.279 --> 00:35:11.699
 establish

00:35:11.699 --> 00:35:11.940
 his

00:35:11.940 --> 00:35:12.159
 kingdom

00:35:12.159 --> 00:35:12.359
 is

00:35:12.359 --> 00:35:12.519
 the

00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:12.899
 church

00:35:12.899 --> 00:35:13.940
 proclaiming

00:35:13.940 --> 00:35:14.179
 what

00:35:14.179 --> 00:35:14.579
 the

00:35:14.579 --> 00:35:15.239
 gospel

00:35:15.239 --> 00:35:15.500
 of

00:35:15.500 --> 00:35:15.679
 the

00:35:15.679 --> 00:35:16.000
 kingdom

00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:16.279
 of

00:35:16.279 --> 00:35:16.799
 God

00:35:16.799 --> 00:35:17.359
 through

00:35:17.359 --> 00:35:17.699
 what

00:35:17.699 --> 00:35:18.059
 the

00:35:18.059 --> 00:35:18.599
 proclamation

00:35:18.599 --> 00:35:19.159
 of the

00:35:19.159 --> 00:35:19.519
 death

00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:19.919
 of

00:35:19.919 --> 00:35:20.079
 the

00:35:20.079 --> 00:35:20.460
 king

00:35:20.460 --> 00:35:20.799
 and

00:35:20.799 --> 00:35:20.960
 the

00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:21.119
 new

00:35:21.119 --> 00:35:21.419
 life

00:35:21.419 --> 00:35:21.559
 of

00:35:21.559 --> 00:35:21.679
 the

00:35:21.679 --> 00:35:21.859
 king

00:35:21.859 --> 00:35:21.960
 and

00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:22.079
 the

00:35:22.079 --> 00:35:22.440
 proper

00:35:22.440 --> 00:35:23.079
 administration

00:35:23.079 --> 00:35:23.259
 of

00:35:23.259 --> 00:35:23.379
 the

00:35:23.379 --> 00:35:23.919
 sacraments

00:35:23.919 --> 00:35:24.440
 that

00:35:24.440 --> 00:35:24.719
 is

00:35:24.719 --> 00:35:24.919
 what

00:35:24.919 --> 00:35:25.119
 we

00:35:25.119 --> 00:35:25.440
 hope

00:35:25.440 --> 00:35:25.759
 in

00:35:25.759 --> 00:35:26.539
 not

00:35:26.539 --> 00:35:27.679
 in

00:35:27.679 --> 00:35:27.839
 the

00:35:27.839 --> 00:35:28.379
 strength

00:35:28.379 --> 00:35:28.539
 of

00:35:28.539 --> 00:35:28.699
 our

00:35:28.699 --> 00:35:29.079
 military

00:35:29.079 --> 00:35:29.419
 not

00:35:29.419 --> 00:35:29.599
 in

00:35:29.599 --> 00:35:29.739
 the

00:35:29.739 --> 00:35:30.099
 power

00:35:30.099 --> 00:35:30.259
 of

00:35:30.259 --> 00:35:30.379
 our

00:35:30.379 --> 00:35:30.839
 economic

00:35:30.839 --> 00:35:31.139
 motor

00:35:31.139 --> 00:35:31.440
 not

00:35:31.440 --> 00:35:31.639
 in

00:35:31.639 --> 00:35:31.799
 the

00:35:31.799 --> 00:35:32.519
 goodness

00:35:32.519 --> 00:35:33.019
 of

00:35:33.019 --> 00:35:33.259
 liberal

00:35:33.259 --> 00:35:33.759
 democracy

00:35:33.760 --> 00:35:34.180
 as much

00:35:34.180 --> 00:35:34.420
 as I

00:35:34.420 --> 00:35:34.740
 love

00:35:34.740 --> 00:35:34.980
 those

00:35:34.980 --> 00:35:35.260
 things

00:35:35.260 --> 00:35:35.500
 they

00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:35.820
 will

00:35:35.820 --> 00:35:36.100
 go

00:35:36.100 --> 00:35:36.420
 away

00:35:36.420 --> 00:35:36.600
 at

00:35:36.600 --> 00:35:36.860
 some

00:35:36.860 --> 00:35:37.280
 point

00:35:37.280 --> 00:35:39.020
 and

00:35:39.020 --> 00:35:39.420
 just

00:35:39.420 --> 00:35:39.660
 by

00:35:39.660 --> 00:35:40.080
 doing

00:35:40.080 --> 00:35:40.460
 that

00:35:40.460 --> 00:35:40.720
 by

00:35:40.720 --> 00:35:41.340
 believing

00:35:41.340 --> 00:35:41.620
 that

00:35:41.620 --> 00:35:41.780
 by

00:35:41.780 --> 00:35:42.300
 showing

00:35:42.300 --> 00:35:42.560
 up

00:35:42.560 --> 00:35:42.860
 here

00:35:42.860 --> 00:35:43.460
 on

00:35:43.460 --> 00:35:43.640
 a

00:35:43.640 --> 00:35:43.900
 Sunday

00:35:43.900 --> 00:35:44.220
 morning

00:35:44.220 --> 00:35:44.420
 by

00:35:44.420 --> 00:35:44.780
 being

00:35:44.780 --> 00:35:44.940
 in

00:35:44.940 --> 00:35:45.080
 your

00:35:45.080 --> 00:35:45.380
 home

00:35:45.380 --> 00:35:45.660
 group

00:35:45.660 --> 00:35:46.060
 by

00:35:46.060 --> 00:35:46.780
 learning

00:35:46.780 --> 00:35:47.040
 and

00:35:47.040 --> 00:35:47.240
 being

00:35:47.240 --> 00:35:48.040
 catechized

00:35:48.040 --> 00:35:48.600
 and taught

00:35:48.600 --> 00:35:49.200
 in the

00:35:49.200 --> 00:35:49.440
 Christian

00:35:49.440 --> 00:35:49.740
 faith

00:35:49.740 --> 00:35:50.120
 we

00:35:50.120 --> 00:35:50.580
 become

00:35:50.580 --> 00:35:51.460
 missional

00:35:51.460 --> 00:35:51.960
 people

00:35:51.960 --> 00:35:52.800
 we

00:35:52.800 --> 00:35:53.140
 become

00:35:53.140 --> 00:35:53.520
 people

00:35:53.520 --> 00:35:53.740
 who

00:35:53.740 --> 00:35:54.360
 proclaim

00:35:54.360 --> 00:35:55.280
 the

00:35:55.280 --> 00:35:55.740
 gospel

00:35:55.740 --> 00:35:56.040
 which

00:35:56.040 --> 00:35:56.240
 is

00:35:56.240 --> 00:35:56.800
 beyond

00:35:56.800 --> 00:35:57.320
 this

00:35:57.320 --> 00:35:57.720
 world

00:35:57.720 --> 00:35:58.240
 Abraham

00:35:58.240 --> 00:35:58.660
 Kuyper

00:35:58.660 --> 00:35:59.040
 is a

00:35:59.040 --> 00:35:59.400
 brilliant

00:35:59.400 --> 00:36:00.020
 theologian

00:36:00.020 --> 00:36:00.300
 and

00:36:00.300 --> 00:36:00.880
 politician

00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:01.880
 he

00:36:01.880 --> 00:36:02.100
 was a

00:36:02.100 --> 00:36:02.080
!

00:36:02.079 --> 00:36:02.519
 politician

00:36:02.519 --> 00:36:03.519
 in the

00:36:03.519 --> 00:36:03.860
 Netherlands

00:36:03.860 --> 00:36:04.039
 he

00:36:04.039 --> 00:36:04.279
 was the

00:36:04.279 --> 00:36:04.579
 president

00:36:04.579 --> 00:36:04.900
 but he

00:36:04.900 --> 00:36:05.319
 understood

00:36:05.319 --> 00:36:05.900
 what I'm

00:36:05.900 --> 00:36:06.199
 talking

00:36:06.199 --> 00:36:06.420
 about

00:36:06.420 --> 00:36:06.559
 he

00:36:06.559 --> 00:36:06.860
 says

00:36:06.860 --> 00:36:07.400
 though

00:36:07.400 --> 00:36:07.659
 the

00:36:07.659 --> 00:36:08.000
 lamp

00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:08.299
 of the

00:36:08.299 --> 00:36:08.779
 Christian

00:36:08.779 --> 00:36:09.159
 faith

00:36:09.159 --> 00:36:09.519
 only

00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:10.039
 burns

00:36:10.039 --> 00:36:10.259
 within

00:36:10.259 --> 00:36:10.500
 the

00:36:10.500 --> 00:36:10.819
 walls

00:36:10.819 --> 00:36:10.980
 of

00:36:10.980 --> 00:36:11.119
 the

00:36:11.119 --> 00:36:11.480
 churches

00:36:11.480 --> 00:36:12.159
 as

00:36:12.159 --> 00:36:12.340
 it

00:36:12.340 --> 00:36:12.940
 shines

00:36:12.940 --> 00:36:13.279
 through

00:36:13.279 --> 00:36:13.500
 its

00:36:13.500 --> 00:36:13.960
 windows

00:36:13.960 --> 00:36:14.219
 to

00:36:14.219 --> 00:36:14.659
 areas

00:36:14.659 --> 00:36:15.000
 far

00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:15.440
 beyond

00:36:15.440 --> 00:36:16.579
 illuminating

00:36:16.579 --> 00:36:16.980
 all

00:36:16.980 --> 00:36:17.219
 the

00:36:17.219 --> 00:36:17.719
 sectors

00:36:17.719 --> 00:36:17.960
 that

00:36:17.960 --> 00:36:18.380
 appear

00:36:18.380 --> 00:36:18.920
 across

00:36:18.920 --> 00:36:19.159
 the

00:36:19.159 --> 00:36:19.500
 wide

00:36:19.500 --> 00:36:19.880
 range

00:36:19.880 --> 00:36:20.019
 of

00:36:20.019 --> 00:36:20.299
 human

00:36:20.299 --> 00:36:20.659
 life

00:36:20.659 --> 00:36:20.819
 and

00:36:20.819 --> 00:36:21.299
 activity

00:36:21.299 --> 00:36:21.960
 through

00:36:21.960 --> 00:36:22.199
 the

00:36:22.199 --> 00:36:22.819
 administering

00:36:22.819 --> 00:36:23.019
 of

00:36:23.019 --> 00:36:23.179
 the

00:36:23.179 --> 00:36:23.719
 sacraments

00:36:23.719 --> 00:36:24.480
 exercises

00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:24.699
 of

00:36:24.699 --> 00:36:25.119
 discipline

00:36:25.119 --> 00:36:25.619
 forming

00:36:25.619 --> 00:36:25.819
 of

00:36:25.819 --> 00:36:26.259
 disciples

00:36:26.259 --> 00:36:26.719
 the

00:36:26.719 --> 00:36:27.000
 church

00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:28.000
 nourishes

00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:28.239
 a

00:36:28.239 --> 00:36:28.759
 vibrant

00:36:28.759 --> 00:36:29.119
 core

00:36:29.119 --> 00:36:29.279
 of

00:36:29.279 --> 00:36:29.639
 believers

00:36:29.639 --> 00:36:29.940
 who

00:36:29.940 --> 00:36:31.639
 infiltrate

00:36:31.639 --> 00:36:32.059
 and

00:36:32.059 --> 00:36:32.719
 leaven

00:36:32.719 --> 00:36:33.199
 the

00:36:33.199 --> 00:36:33.480
 whole

00:36:33.480 --> 00:36:34.119
 society

00:36:34.119 --> 00:36:35.980
 one

00:36:35.980 --> 00:36:36.059
 of

00:36:36.059 --> 00:36:36.139
 the

00:36:36.139 --> 00:36:36.339
 ways

00:36:36.339 --> 00:36:36.519
 I

00:36:36.519 --> 00:36:36.859
 often

00:36:36.859 --> 00:36:37.179
 talk

00:36:37.179 --> 00:36:37.319
 with

00:36:37.319 --> 00:36:37.500
 my

00:36:37.500 --> 00:36:37.839
 college

00:36:37.839 --> 00:36:38.339
 students

00:36:38.339 --> 00:36:39.719
 about

00:36:39.719 --> 00:36:40.339
 campus

00:36:40.339 --> 00:36:41.119
 ministry

00:36:41.119 --> 00:36:42.319
 is in

00:36:42.319 --> 00:36:42.559
 some

00:36:42.559 --> 00:36:42.759
 ways

00:36:42.759 --> 00:36:42.940
 we're

00:36:42.940 --> 00:36:43.139
 like

00:36:43.139 --> 00:36:43.559
 special

00:36:43.559 --> 00:36:44.059
 forces

00:36:44.059 --> 00:36:45.559
 I'm

00:36:45.559 --> 00:36:45.819
 not a

00:36:45.819 --> 00:36:46.099
 military

00:36:46.099 --> 00:36:46.440
 man

00:36:46.440 --> 00:36:46.920
 I've

00:36:46.920 --> 00:36:47.099
 never

00:36:47.099 --> 00:36:47.259
 been

00:36:47.259 --> 00:36:47.519
 well

00:36:47.519 --> 00:36:47.779
 I

00:36:47.779 --> 00:36:48.079
 love

00:36:48.079 --> 00:36:48.380
 I

00:36:48.380 --> 00:36:48.739
 know

00:36:48.739 --> 00:36:48.940
 more

00:36:48.940 --> 00:36:49.099
 about

00:36:49.099 --> 00:36:49.179
 it

00:36:49.179 --> 00:36:49.299
 than

00:36:49.299 --> 00:36:49.599
 most

00:36:49.599 --> 00:36:50.319
 but

00:36:50.319 --> 00:36:51.299
 what

00:36:51.299 --> 00:36:51.440
 we

00:36:51.440 --> 00:36:51.599
 do

00:36:51.599 --> 00:36:51.699
 is

00:36:51.699 --> 00:36:51.839
 we

00:36:51.839 --> 00:36:52.099
 go

00:36:52.099 --> 00:36:52.400
 on

00:36:52.400 --> 00:36:52.519
 to

00:36:52.519 --> 00:36:52.699
 a

00:36:52.699 --> 00:36:53.019
 college

00:36:53.019 --> 00:36:53.559
 campus

00:36:53.559 --> 00:36:54.380
 we're

00:36:54.380 --> 00:36:54.639
 too

00:36:54.639 --> 00:36:55.159
 small

00:36:55.159 --> 00:36:55.400
 and

00:36:55.400 --> 00:36:55.679
 not

00:36:55.679 --> 00:36:56.299
 to

00:36:56.299 --> 00:36:56.839
 be

00:36:56.839 --> 00:36:57.039
 able

00:36:57.039 --> 00:36:57.239
 to

00:36:57.239 --> 00:36:58.039
 change

00:36:58.039 --> 00:36:58.259
 the

00:36:58.259 --> 00:36:58.659
 campus

00:36:58.659 --> 00:36:59.079
 through

00:36:59.079 --> 00:36:59.219
 a

00:36:59.219 --> 00:36:59.399
 full

00:36:59.399 --> 00:36:59.719
 frontal

00:36:59.719 --> 00:37:00.159
 attack

00:37:00.159 --> 00:37:00.799
 we

00:37:00.799 --> 00:37:00.960
 just

00:37:00.960 --> 00:37:01.159
 can't

00:37:01.159 --> 00:37:01.299
 do

00:37:01.299 --> 00:37:01.440
 it

00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:01.679
 but

00:37:01.679 --> 00:37:01.779
 you

00:37:01.779 --> 00:37:01.839
 know

00:37:01.839 --> 00:37:01.920
 what

00:37:01.920 --> 00:37:02.039
 we

00:37:02.039 --> 00:37:02.259
 can

00:37:02.259 --> 00:37:02.460
 do

00:37:02.460 --> 00:37:02.859
 is

00:37:02.859 --> 00:37:03.119
 go

00:37:03.119 --> 00:37:03.519
 into

00:37:03.519 --> 00:37:03.739
 a

00:37:03.739 --> 00:37:04.019
 college

00:37:04.019 --> 00:37:04.440
 campus

00:37:04.440 --> 00:37:05.219
 classrooms

00:37:05.219 --> 00:37:06.139
 other

00:37:06.139 --> 00:37:06.799
 clubs

00:37:06.799 --> 00:37:08.159
 cafeterias

00:37:08.159 --> 00:37:09.219
 and be

00:37:09.219 --> 00:37:09.599
 public

00:37:09.599 --> 00:37:10.099
 Christians

00:37:10.099 --> 00:37:11.039
 not

00:37:11.039 --> 00:37:11.679
 annoying

00:37:11.679 --> 00:37:12.799
 not

00:37:12.799 --> 00:37:13.420
 offensive

00:37:13.420 --> 00:37:13.799
 not

00:37:13.799 --> 00:37:14.579
 argumentative

00:37:14.579 --> 00:37:14.779
 but

00:37:14.779 --> 00:37:15.279
 public

00:37:15.279 --> 00:37:15.799
 Christians

00:37:15.799 --> 00:37:16.379
 and

00:37:16.379 --> 00:37:16.599
 that

00:37:16.599 --> 00:37:16.940
 whole

00:37:16.940 --> 00:37:17.659
 process

00:37:17.659 --> 00:37:19.500
 infiltrates

00:37:19.500 --> 00:37:19.799
 and

00:37:19.799 --> 00:37:20.539
 leavens

00:37:20.539 --> 00:37:20.779
 like

00:37:20.779 --> 00:37:21.379
 yeast

00:37:21.379 --> 00:37:21.819
 this is

00:37:21.819 --> 00:37:21.920
 how

00:37:21.920 --> 00:37:22.199
 Jesus

00:37:22.199 --> 00:37:22.519
 talks

00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:22.759
 about

00:37:22.759 --> 00:37:22.920
 it

00:37:22.920 --> 00:37:23.420
 yeast

00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:23.759
 in

00:37:23.759 --> 00:37:23.920
 the

00:37:23.920 --> 00:37:24.199
 whole

00:37:24.199 --> 00:37:24.579
 lump

00:37:24.579 --> 00:37:25.219
 the

00:37:25.219 --> 00:37:25.480
 whole

00:37:25.480 --> 00:37:25.779
 things

00:37:25.779 --> 00:37:26.339
 changed

00:37:26.339 --> 00:37:27.539
 and the

00:37:27.539 --> 00:37:27.779
 kingdom

00:37:27.779 --> 00:37:28.259
 grows

00:37:28.260 --> 00:37:29.500
 what's

00:37:29.500 --> 00:37:29.620
 the

00:37:29.620 --> 00:37:29.940
 takeaway

00:37:29.940 --> 00:37:30.380
 do

00:37:30.380 --> 00:37:30.840
 church

00:37:30.840 --> 00:37:31.400
 publicly

00:37:31.400 --> 00:37:32.620
 do

00:37:32.620 --> 00:37:33.040
 church

00:37:33.040 --> 00:37:33.580
 publicly

00:37:33.580 --> 00:37:34.620
 tell your

00:37:34.620 --> 00:37:35.100
 friends

00:37:35.100 --> 00:37:35.860
 I can't

00:37:35.860 --> 00:37:36.300
 go hiking

00:37:36.300 --> 00:37:36.620
 with you

00:37:36.620 --> 00:37:37.020
 on Sunday

00:37:37.020 --> 00:37:37.340
 morning

00:37:37.340 --> 00:37:38.040
 I'm going

00:37:38.040 --> 00:37:38.580
 to church

00:37:38.580 --> 00:37:40.900
 tell your

00:37:40.900 --> 00:37:41.340
 friends

00:37:41.340 --> 00:37:41.960
 that my

00:37:41.960 --> 00:37:42.520
 kids can't

00:37:42.520 --> 00:37:42.900
 compete

00:37:42.900 --> 00:37:43.440
 on Sunday

00:37:43.440 --> 00:37:43.760
 we are

00:37:43.760 --> 00:37:44.240
 church on

00:37:44.240 --> 00:37:44.760
 that morning

00:37:44.760 --> 00:37:45.720
 Sunday

00:37:45.720 --> 00:37:46.100
 is a

00:37:46.100 --> 00:37:46.620
 special day

00:37:46.620 --> 00:37:47.000
 for our

00:37:47.000 --> 00:37:47.380
 families

00:37:47.380 --> 00:37:47.940
 to reflect

00:37:47.940 --> 00:37:48.200
 on the

00:37:48.200 --> 00:37:48.460
 Christian

00:37:48.460 --> 00:37:48.780
 life

00:37:48.780 --> 00:37:49.260
 that is

00:37:49.260 --> 00:37:49.420
 a

00:37:49.420 --> 00:37:49.760
 missionary

00:37:49.760 --> 00:37:50.300
 statement

00:37:50.300 --> 00:37:50.820
 there's

00:37:50.820 --> 00:37:51.120
 this guy

00:37:51.120 --> 00:37:51.400
 I see

00:37:51.400 --> 00:37:51.800
 regularly

00:37:51.800 --> 00:37:52.060
 at a

00:37:52.060 --> 00:37:52.300
 coffee

00:37:52.300 --> 00:37:52.600
 shop

00:37:52.600 --> 00:37:53.240
 he grew

00:37:53.240 --> 00:37:53.500
 up a

00:37:53.500 --> 00:37:53.760
 Christian

00:37:53.760 --> 00:37:53.960
 in

00:37:53.960 --> 00:37:54.200
 Colorado

00:37:54.200 --> 00:37:54.640
 Springs

00:37:54.640 --> 00:37:55.040
 and he's

00:37:55.040 --> 00:37:55.360
 left the

00:37:55.360 --> 00:37:55.660
 faith

00:37:55.659 --> 00:37:56.819
 and he

00:37:56.819 --> 00:37:57.000
 and I

00:37:57.000 --> 00:37:57.239
 have gotten

00:37:57.239 --> 00:37:57.480
 to know

00:37:57.480 --> 00:37:57.799
 each other

00:37:57.799 --> 00:37:58.279
 regularly

00:37:58.279 --> 00:38:00.339
 and we

00:38:00.339 --> 00:38:00.659
 got in

00:38:00.659 --> 00:38:01.039
 coffee a

00:38:01.039 --> 00:38:01.699
 couple times

00:38:01.699 --> 00:38:02.579
 he's

00:38:02.579 --> 00:38:03.099
 interested in

00:38:03.099 --> 00:38:03.440
 the Christian

00:38:03.440 --> 00:38:03.779
 faith

00:38:03.779 --> 00:38:05.460
 and I've

00:38:05.460 --> 00:38:05.759
 just been

00:38:05.759 --> 00:38:06.299
 very present

00:38:06.299 --> 00:38:06.599
 in his

00:38:06.599 --> 00:38:06.879
 life

00:38:06.879 --> 00:38:09.019
 and open

00:38:09.019 --> 00:38:09.440
 about my

00:38:09.440 --> 00:38:09.719
 faith

00:38:09.719 --> 00:38:10.139
 open about

00:38:10.139 --> 00:38:10.799
 my job

00:38:10.799 --> 00:38:11.399
 in front

00:38:11.399 --> 00:38:11.699
 of him

00:38:11.699 --> 00:38:12.219
 things like

00:38:12.219 --> 00:38:12.659
 hey I

00:38:12.659 --> 00:38:13.440
 can't hang

00:38:13.440 --> 00:38:13.859
 out that

00:38:13.859 --> 00:38:14.179
 day I'm

00:38:14.179 --> 00:38:14.599
 taking my

00:38:14.599 --> 00:38:15.119
 kids to a

00:38:15.119 --> 00:38:15.299
 choir

00:38:15.299 --> 00:38:15.619
 Christian

00:38:15.619 --> 00:38:15.859
 choir

00:38:15.859 --> 00:38:16.259
 concert

00:38:16.259 --> 00:38:16.579
 or I

00:38:16.579 --> 00:38:16.819
 can't

00:38:16.819 --> 00:38:17.039
 hike

00:38:17.039 --> 00:38:17.219
 I'm

00:38:17.219 --> 00:38:17.399
 going

00:38:17.399 --> 00:38:17.940
 to church

00:38:17.940 --> 00:38:18.960
 would you

00:38:18.960 --> 00:38:19.239
 like to go

00:38:19.239 --> 00:38:19.399
 to the

00:38:19.399 --> 00:38:19.619
 Christmas

00:38:19.619 --> 00:38:20.019
 concert

00:38:20.019 --> 00:38:20.559
 with us

00:38:20.559 --> 00:38:21.879
 and just

00:38:21.879 --> 00:38:22.339
 last week

00:38:22.339 --> 00:38:22.739
 he texted

00:38:22.739 --> 00:38:23.199
 me and said

00:38:23.199 --> 00:38:24.479
 hey can

00:38:24.479 --> 00:38:24.799
 I come

00:38:24.799 --> 00:38:25.059
 to your

00:38:25.059 --> 00:38:25.319
 church

00:38:25.319 --> 00:38:25.539
 home

00:38:25.539 --> 00:38:25.819
 group

00:38:25.819 --> 00:38:26.839
 I'm

00:38:26.839 --> 00:38:27.119
 curious

00:38:27.119 --> 00:38:27.399
 about

00:38:27.399 --> 00:38:27.959
 spirituality

00:38:27.959 --> 00:38:29.279
 that's

00:38:29.279 --> 00:38:29.819
 a huge

00:38:29.819 --> 00:38:30.199
 win

00:38:30.199 --> 00:38:31.699
 that's

00:38:31.699 --> 00:38:32.299
 a huge

00:38:32.299 --> 00:38:32.699
 win

00:38:32.699 --> 00:38:33.919
 just by

00:38:33.919 --> 00:38:34.559
 me saying

00:38:34.559 --> 00:38:35.000
 I'm a

00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:35.239
 Christian

00:38:35.239 --> 00:38:35.719
 I belong

00:38:35.719 --> 00:38:36.139
 to something

00:38:36.139 --> 00:38:36.500
 bigger

00:38:36.500 --> 00:38:37.199
 than

00:38:37.199 --> 00:38:37.739
 myself

00:38:37.739 --> 00:38:39.939
 Christian

00:38:39.939 --> 00:38:40.579
 faith is

00:38:40.579 --> 00:38:41.379
 more caught

00:38:41.379 --> 00:38:42.219
 than taught

00:38:42.219 --> 00:38:43.919
 the Christian

00:38:43.919 --> 00:38:44.339
 faith is

00:38:44.339 --> 00:38:45.000
 more caught

00:38:45.000 --> 00:38:45.659
 than taught

00:38:45.659 --> 00:38:46.319
 be a

00:38:46.319 --> 00:38:46.739
 Christian

00:38:46.739 --> 00:38:47.899
 live in

00:38:47.899 --> 00:38:48.219
 the kingdom

00:38:48.219 --> 00:38:48.779
 of God

00:38:48.779 --> 00:38:49.939
 do it

00:38:49.939 --> 00:38:50.419
 publicly

00:38:50.419 --> 00:38:50.959
 and others

00:38:50.959 --> 00:38:51.359
 will see

00:38:51.359 --> 00:38:51.599
 it

00:38:51.599 --> 00:38:53.360
 now the

00:38:53.360 --> 00:38:53.679
 obvious

00:38:53.679 --> 00:38:54.279
 application

00:38:54.279 --> 00:38:55.460
 we live

00:38:55.460 --> 00:38:55.659
 in a

00:38:55.659 --> 00:38:55.880
 world

00:38:55.880 --> 00:38:56.159
 that's

00:38:56.159 --> 00:38:56.480
 deeply

00:38:56.480 --> 00:38:57.299
 and highly

00:38:57.299 --> 00:38:57.860
 anxious

00:38:57.860 --> 00:38:59.219
 deeply

00:38:59.219 --> 00:38:59.880
 I describe

00:38:59.880 --> 00:39:00.259
 this to

00:39:00.259 --> 00:39:00.440
 you

00:39:00.440 --> 00:39:00.920
 and they're

00:39:00.920 --> 00:39:01.319
 anxious

00:39:01.319 --> 00:39:01.699
 about

00:39:01.699 --> 00:39:02.380
 economics

00:39:02.380 --> 00:39:03.360
 politics

00:39:03.360 --> 00:39:04.319
 ideas

00:39:04.319 --> 00:39:04.940
 struggles

00:39:04.940 --> 00:39:05.539
 of culture

00:39:05.539 --> 00:39:07.219
 the rise

00:39:07.219 --> 00:39:07.599
 and fall

00:39:07.599 --> 00:39:08.159
 of nations

00:39:08.159 --> 00:39:09.199
 the tumult

00:39:09.199 --> 00:39:10.279
 that is

00:39:10.279 --> 00:39:11.039
 described

00:39:11.039 --> 00:39:12.059
 in Daniel

00:39:12.059 --> 00:39:12.380
 2

00:39:12.380 --> 00:39:14.119
 we have

00:39:14.119 --> 00:39:14.960
 the opportunity

00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:15.900
 you have

00:39:15.900 --> 00:39:16.559
 the opportunity

00:39:16.559 --> 00:39:17.659
 as it comes

00:39:17.659 --> 00:39:18.400
 up and it

00:39:18.400 --> 00:39:18.739
 will

00:39:18.739 --> 00:39:19.259
 you know

00:39:19.259 --> 00:39:19.779
 it will

00:39:19.779 --> 00:39:20.779
 around the

00:39:20.779 --> 00:39:21.039
 water

00:39:21.039 --> 00:39:21.440
 cooler

00:39:21.440 --> 00:39:22.940
 when somebody

00:39:22.940 --> 00:39:23.300
 asks

00:39:23.300 --> 00:39:23.579
 what do

00:39:23.579 --> 00:39:23.900
 you think

00:39:23.900 --> 00:39:24.240
 about what

00:39:24.240 --> 00:39:24.539
 happened

00:39:24.539 --> 00:39:25.059
 in Venezuela

00:39:25.059 --> 00:39:26.240
 when somebody

00:39:26.240 --> 00:39:26.559
 asks

00:39:26.559 --> 00:39:27.119
 how do you

00:39:27.119 --> 00:39:27.760
 make sense

00:39:27.760 --> 00:39:28.679
 of Minneapolis

00:39:28.679 --> 00:39:29.559
 when somebody

00:39:29.559 --> 00:39:29.920
 asks

00:39:29.920 --> 00:39:30.599
 what are we

00:39:30.599 --> 00:39:31.179
 doing in

00:39:31.179 --> 00:39:31.440
 Denmark

00:39:31.440 --> 00:39:31.960
 you can say

00:39:31.960 --> 00:39:32.440
 I don't

00:39:32.440 --> 00:39:32.780
 know

00:39:32.780 --> 00:39:33.820
 I don't

00:39:33.820 --> 00:39:34.099
 know

00:39:34.099 --> 00:39:35.420
 but I

00:39:35.420 --> 00:39:35.980
 have hope

00:39:35.980 --> 00:39:36.619
 and confidence

00:39:36.619 --> 00:39:37.179
 in something

00:39:37.179 --> 00:39:37.800
 far bigger

00:39:37.800 --> 00:39:38.920
 something far

00:39:38.920 --> 00:39:39.300
 greater

00:39:39.300 --> 00:39:40.920
 this is

00:39:40.920 --> 00:39:41.599
 particularly

00:39:41.599 --> 00:39:42.320
 applicable

00:39:42.320 --> 00:39:43.159
 for Cheyenne

00:39:43.159 --> 00:39:43.420
 Mountain

00:39:43.420 --> 00:39:43.800
 Prez

00:39:43.800 --> 00:39:44.360
 where most

00:39:44.360 --> 00:39:44.619
 of you

00:39:44.619 --> 00:39:45.059
 are or

00:39:45.059 --> 00:39:45.539
 have been

00:39:45.539 --> 00:39:45.920
 involved

00:39:45.920 --> 00:39:46.179
 in the

00:39:46.179 --> 00:39:46.559
 military

00:39:46.559 --> 00:39:47.440
 this is

00:39:47.440 --> 00:39:48.340
 your job

00:39:48.340 --> 00:39:49.619
 the rise

00:39:49.619 --> 00:39:50.079
 and fall

00:39:50.079 --> 00:39:50.780
 of nations

00:39:50.780 --> 00:39:52.340
 and you

00:39:52.340 --> 00:39:52.680
 get to

00:39:52.680 --> 00:39:52.860
 say

00:39:52.860 --> 00:39:53.240
 I will

00:39:53.240 --> 00:39:53.840
 participate

00:39:53.840 --> 00:39:54.540
 but I

00:39:54.540 --> 00:39:55.140
 will hope

00:39:55.140 --> 00:39:55.660
 in something

00:39:55.660 --> 00:39:56.000
 far

00:39:56.000 --> 00:39:56.360
 greater

00:39:56.360 --> 00:39:58.240
 and I

00:39:58.240 --> 00:39:58.920
 will join

00:39:58.920 --> 00:40:00.340
 a people

00:40:00.340 --> 00:40:01.240
 that is a

00:40:01.240 --> 00:40:01.720
 part of

00:40:01.720 --> 00:40:02.019
 what does

00:40:02.019 --> 00:40:02.720
 Hebrews 12

00:40:02.720 --> 00:40:03.160
 call it

00:40:03.160 --> 00:40:04.620
 an unshakable

00:40:04.620 --> 00:40:05.040
 kingdom

00:40:05.040 --> 00:40:06.140
 that will

00:40:06.140 --> 00:40:06.920
 fill the

00:40:06.920 --> 00:40:07.660
 whole earth

00:40:07.660 --> 00:40:08.380
 as the

00:40:08.380 --> 00:40:08.720
 waters

00:40:08.720 --> 00:40:09.220
 cover the

00:40:09.220 --> 00:40:09.519
 sea

00:40:09.519 --> 00:40:11.340
 that's

00:40:11.340 --> 00:40:11.800
 hope

00:40:11.800 --> 00:40:12.660
 that's

00:40:12.660 --> 00:40:13.140
 peace

00:40:13.140 --> 00:40:13.460
 in a

00:40:13.460 --> 00:40:13.660
 world

00:40:13.660 --> 00:40:14.140
 that's

00:40:14.140 --> 00:40:14.560
 deeply

00:40:14.560 --> 00:40:15.019
 anxious

00:40:15.019 --> 00:40:16.060
 and that's

00:40:16.060 --> 00:40:16.300
 what we

00:40:16.300 --> 00:40:16.620
 get to

00:40:16.620 --> 00:40:16.900
 share

00:40:16.900 --> 00:40:17.360
 it's

00:40:17.360 --> 00:40:17.559
 the

00:40:17.559 --> 00:40:18.220
 gospel

00:40:18.220 --> 00:40:18.780
 it's

00:40:18.780 --> 00:40:18.960
 the

00:40:18.960 --> 00:40:19.340
 good

00:40:19.340 --> 00:40:19.800
 news

00:40:19.800 --> 00:40:20.280
 that

00:40:20.280 --> 00:40:20.519
 is

00:40:20.519 --> 00:40:20.700
 what

00:40:20.700 --> 00:40:21.500
 evangelism

00:40:21.500 --> 00:40:21.940
 is

00:40:21.940 --> 00:40:23.640
 and that

00:40:23.640 --> 00:40:23.960
 kingdom

00:40:23.960 --> 00:40:24.420
 changes

00:40:24.420 --> 00:40:24.840
 hearts

00:40:24.840 --> 00:40:25.599
 it even

00:40:25.599 --> 00:40:26.059
 changed

00:40:26.059 --> 00:40:27.039
 Nebuchadnezzar's

00:40:27.039 --> 00:40:28.480
 it's one of my

00:40:28.480 --> 00:40:29.420
 favorite passages

00:40:29.420 --> 00:40:29.980
 in the whole

00:40:29.980 --> 00:40:30.500
 Bible is

00:40:30.500 --> 00:40:31.160
 Daniel chapter

00:40:31.160 --> 00:40:31.519
 four

00:40:31.519 --> 00:40:32.059
 because

00:40:32.059 --> 00:40:32.860
 Nebuchadnezzar

00:40:32.860 --> 00:40:33.900
 has goes

00:40:33.900 --> 00:40:34.260
 through a

00:40:34.260 --> 00:40:34.660
 bout of

00:40:34.660 --> 00:40:35.360
 insanity

00:40:35.360 --> 00:40:35.980
 absolute

00:40:35.980 --> 00:40:36.519
 insanity

00:40:36.519 --> 00:40:37.079
 because he

00:40:37.079 --> 00:40:37.620
 thinks that

00:40:37.620 --> 00:40:38.300
 he is

00:40:38.300 --> 00:40:39.059
 the king

00:40:39.059 --> 00:40:39.579
 of kings

00:40:39.579 --> 00:40:40.320
 and then

00:40:40.320 --> 00:40:40.720
 God in

00:40:40.720 --> 00:40:41.200
 his mercy

00:40:41.200 --> 00:40:41.720
 restores

00:40:41.720 --> 00:40:42.039
 him to

00:40:42.039 --> 00:40:42.539
 sanity

00:40:42.539 --> 00:40:43.519
 and he

00:40:43.519 --> 00:40:44.140
 prays

00:40:44.140 --> 00:40:44.780
 chapter

00:40:44.780 --> 00:40:45.200
 four

00:40:45.200 --> 00:40:45.640
 listen to

00:40:45.640 --> 00:40:45.860
 what he

00:40:45.860 --> 00:40:46.300
 prays

00:40:46.300 --> 00:40:47.440
 I

00:40:47.440 --> 00:40:48.000
 blessed

00:40:48.000 --> 00:40:48.240
 the

00:40:48.240 --> 00:40:48.480
 most

00:40:48.480 --> 00:40:48.900
 high

00:40:48.900 --> 00:40:49.400
 and

00:40:49.400 --> 00:40:49.840
 praised

00:40:49.840 --> 00:40:50.019
 and

00:40:50.019 --> 00:40:50.260
 honored

00:40:50.260 --> 00:40:50.519
 him

00:40:50.519 --> 00:40:50.700
 who

00:40:50.700 --> 00:40:50.980
 lives

00:40:50.980 --> 00:40:51.340
 forever

00:40:51.340 --> 00:40:51.600
 for

00:40:51.600 --> 00:40:51.920
 his

00:40:51.920 --> 00:40:52.519
 dominion

00:40:52.519 --> 00:40:53.039
 is

00:40:53.039 --> 00:40:53.200
 an

00:40:53.200 --> 00:40:53.720
 everlasting

00:40:53.720 --> 00:40:54.380
 dominion

00:40:54.380 --> 00:40:55.160
 and his

00:40:55.160 --> 00:40:55.539
 kingdom

00:40:55.539 --> 00:40:56.060
 endures

00:40:56.060 --> 00:40:56.280
 from

00:40:56.280 --> 00:40:56.740
 generation

00:40:56.740 --> 00:40:56.960
 to

00:40:56.960 --> 00:40:57.480
 generation

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 this

00:40:57.920 --> 00:40:58.039
 is

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 the

00:40:58.180 --> 00:40:58.340
 head

00:40:58.340 --> 00:40:58.460
 of

00:40:58.460 --> 00:40:58.760
 gold

00:40:58.760 --> 00:40:59.300
 and

00:40:59.300 --> 00:40:59.440
 this

00:40:59.440 --> 00:40:59.539
 is

00:40:59.539 --> 00:40:59.660
 what

00:40:59.660 --> 00:40:59.780
 he

00:40:59.780 --> 00:41:00.140
 says

00:41:00.140 --> 00:41:01.000
 all

00:41:01.000 --> 00:41:01.180
 the

00:41:01.180 --> 00:41:01.640
 inhabitants

00:41:01.640 --> 00:41:01.920
 of

00:41:01.920 --> 00:41:02.039
 the

00:41:02.039 --> 00:41:02.240
 earth

00:41:02.240 --> 00:41:02.420
 are

00:41:02.420 --> 00:41:02.760
 accounted

00:41:02.760 --> 00:41:03.000
 as

00:41:03.000 --> 00:41:03.380
 nothing

00:41:03.380 --> 00:41:03.600
 and

00:41:03.600 --> 00:41:03.740
 he

00:41:03.740 --> 00:41:04.060
 does

00:41:04.060 --> 00:41:04.360
 according

00:41:04.360 --> 00:41:04.539
 to

00:41:04.539 --> 00:41:04.740
 his

00:41:04.740 --> 00:41:04.980
 will

00:41:04.980 --> 00:41:05.180
 among

00:41:05.180 --> 00:41:05.340
 the

00:41:05.340 --> 00:41:05.720
 inhabitants

00:41:05.720 --> 00:41:05.900
 of

00:41:05.900 --> 00:41:06.019
 the

00:41:06.019 --> 00:41:06.200
 earth

00:41:06.200 --> 00:41:06.660
 and

00:41:06.660 --> 00:41:06.960
 none

00:41:06.960 --> 00:41:07.180
 can

00:41:07.180 --> 00:41:07.420
 stay

00:41:07.420 --> 00:41:07.660
 his

00:41:07.660 --> 00:41:08.000
 hand

00:41:08.000 --> 00:41:08.400
 or

00:41:08.400 --> 00:41:08.620
 say

00:41:08.620 --> 00:41:08.760
 to

00:41:08.760 --> 00:41:08.980
 him

00:41:08.980 --> 00:41:09.420
 what

00:41:09.420 --> 00:41:09.579
 have

00:41:09.579 --> 00:41:09.719
 you

00:41:09.719 --> 00:41:10.059
 done

00:41:10.059 --> 00:41:10.679
 now

00:41:10.679 --> 00:41:11.219
 I

00:41:11.219 --> 00:41:12.420
 Nebuchadnezzar

00:41:12.420 --> 00:41:13.699
 praise

00:41:13.699 --> 00:41:14.380
 and extol

00:41:14.380 --> 00:41:14.840
 and honor

00:41:14.840 --> 00:41:15.039
 the

00:41:15.039 --> 00:41:15.280
 king

00:41:15.280 --> 00:41:15.420
 of

00:41:15.420 --> 00:41:15.719
 heaven

00:41:15.719 --> 00:41:16.219
 for

00:41:16.219 --> 00:41:16.539
 all

00:41:16.539 --> 00:41:16.820
 his

00:41:16.820 --> 00:41:17.159
 works

00:41:17.159 --> 00:41:17.400
 are

00:41:17.400 --> 00:41:17.740
 right

00:41:17.740 --> 00:41:17.920
 and

00:41:17.920 --> 00:41:18.199
 his

00:41:18.199 --> 00:41:18.460
 ways

00:41:18.460 --> 00:41:18.619
 are

00:41:18.619 --> 00:41:18.960
 just

00:41:18.960 --> 00:41:19.440
 and

00:41:19.440 --> 00:41:19.820
 those

00:41:19.820 --> 00:41:20.000
 who

00:41:20.000 --> 00:41:20.340
 walk

00:41:20.340 --> 00:41:20.519
 in

00:41:20.519 --> 00:41:20.880
 pride

00:41:20.880 --> 00:41:21.159
 he

00:41:21.159 --> 00:41:21.519
 is

00:41:21.519 --> 00:41:21.820
 able

00:41:21.820 --> 00:41:22.059
 to

00:41:22.059 --> 00:41:22.400
 humble

00:41:22.400 --> 00:41:24.699
 this

00:41:24.699 --> 00:41:24.840
 is

00:41:24.840 --> 00:41:24.980
 a

00:41:24.980 --> 00:41:25.400
 man

00:41:25.400 --> 00:41:25.980
 who

00:41:25.980 --> 00:41:26.539
 encounters

00:41:26.539 --> 00:41:26.780
 the

00:41:26.780 --> 00:41:27.039
 kingdom

00:41:27.039 --> 00:41:27.240
 of

00:41:27.240 --> 00:41:27.659
 God

00:41:27.659 --> 00:41:28.659
 and

00:41:28.659 --> 00:41:29.019
 says

00:41:29.019 --> 00:41:29.400
 I'm

00:41:29.400 --> 00:41:29.679
 in

00:41:29.679 --> 00:41:30.719
 even

00:41:30.719 --> 00:41:30.920
 in

00:41:30.920 --> 00:41:31.159
 all

00:41:31.159 --> 00:41:31.420
 my

00:41:31.420 --> 00:41:31.880
 power

00:41:31.880 --> 00:41:32.119
 it

00:41:32.119 --> 00:41:32.519
 changed

00:41:32.519 --> 00:41:32.699
 his

00:41:32.699 --> 00:41:33.039
 heart

00:41:33.039 --> 00:41:34.260
 this

00:41:34.260 --> 00:41:34.420
 is

00:41:34.420 --> 00:41:34.539
 what

00:41:34.539 --> 00:41:34.699
 we

00:41:34.699 --> 00:41:35.039
 welcome

00:41:35.039 --> 00:41:35.240
 our

00:41:35.240 --> 00:41:35.559
 friends

00:41:35.559 --> 00:41:35.960
 into

00:41:35.960 --> 00:41:37.679
 it's

00:41:37.679 --> 00:41:37.840
 a

00:41:37.840 --> 00:41:38.219
 great

00:41:38.219 --> 00:41:38.659
 kingdom

00:41:38.659 --> 00:41:39.980
 that

00:41:39.980 --> 00:41:40.359
 offers

00:41:40.359 --> 00:41:40.919
 hope

00:41:40.919 --> 00:41:41.359
 and

00:41:41.359 --> 00:41:42.039
 security

00:41:42.039 --> 00:41:42.319
 and

00:41:42.319 --> 00:41:43.079
 permanence

00:41:43.079 --> 00:41:43.239
 in

00:41:43.239 --> 00:41:43.379
 a

00:41:43.379 --> 00:41:43.759
 world

00:41:43.759 --> 00:41:44.439
 that

00:41:44.439 --> 00:41:44.739
 feels

00:41:44.739 --> 00:41:44.919
 the

00:41:44.919 --> 00:41:45.279
 opposite

00:41:45.279 --> 00:41:46.259
 and

00:41:46.259 --> 00:41:46.419
 so

00:41:46.419 --> 00:41:46.659
 go

00:41:46.659 --> 00:41:47.019
 be

00:41:47.019 --> 00:41:47.399
 a

00:41:47.399 --> 00:41:47.759
 citizen

00:41:47.759 --> 00:41:47.959
 in

00:41:47.959 --> 00:41:48.099
 the

00:41:48.099 --> 00:41:48.339
 kingdom

00:41:48.339 --> 00:41:48.539
 of

00:41:48.539 --> 00:41:48.839
 God

00:41:48.839 --> 00:41:49.419
 and

00:41:49.419 --> 00:41:49.799
 welcome

00:41:49.799 --> 00:41:50.359
 others

00:41:50.359 --> 00:41:50.639
 into

00:41:50.639 --> 00:41:50.799
 it

00:41:50.799 --> 00:41:50.980
 would

00:41:50.980 --> 00:41:51.079
 you

00:41:51.079 --> 00:41:51.199
 pray

00:41:51.199 --> 00:41:51.379
 with

00:41:51.379 --> 00:41:51.559
 me

00:41:51.559 --> 00:41:53.859
 Lord

00:41:53.859 --> 00:41:54.039
 in

00:41:54.039 --> 00:41:54.299
 heaven

00:41:54.299 --> 00:41:55.039
 thank

00:41:55.039 --> 00:41:55.179
 you

00:41:55.179 --> 00:41:55.339
 that

00:41:55.339 --> 00:41:55.519
 your

00:41:55.519 --> 00:41:55.879
 kingdom

00:41:55.879 --> 00:41:56.439
 is

00:41:56.439 --> 00:41:56.739
 an

00:41:56.739 --> 00:41:58.579
 unshakable

00:41:58.579 --> 00:41:58.980
 kingdom

00:41:58.980 --> 00:42:00.179
 it's

00:42:00.179 --> 00:42:00.339
 one

00:42:00.339 --> 00:42:00.500
 that

00:42:00.500 --> 00:42:00.719
 will

00:42:00.719 --> 00:42:00.980
 not

00:42:00.980 --> 00:42:01.339
 pass

00:42:01.339 --> 00:42:01.679
 away

00:42:01.679 --> 00:42:03.059
 it's

00:42:03.059 --> 00:42:03.219
 one

00:42:03.219 --> 00:42:03.359
 that

00:42:03.359 --> 00:42:03.539
 you

00:42:03.539 --> 00:42:03.719
 will

00:42:03.719 --> 00:42:04.259
 establish

00:42:04.259 --> 00:42:04.599
 not

00:42:04.599 --> 00:42:04.819
 through

00:42:04.819 --> 00:42:05.379
 power

00:42:05.379 --> 00:42:06.339
 but

00:42:06.339 --> 00:42:06.539
 through

00:42:06.539 --> 00:42:07.019
 weakness

00:42:07.019 --> 00:42:07.259
 through

00:42:07.259 --> 00:42:07.459
 the

00:42:07.459 --> 00:42:07.919
 death

00:42:07.920 --> 00:42:08.659
 of a

00:42:08.659 --> 00:42:08.840
 mere

00:42:08.840 --> 00:42:09.260
 human

00:42:09.260 --> 00:42:09.500
 who

00:42:09.500 --> 00:42:09.800
 also

00:42:09.800 --> 00:42:10.039
 was

00:42:10.039 --> 00:42:10.480
 God

00:42:10.480 --> 00:42:11.940
 Colossians

00:42:11.940 --> 00:42:12.460
 one

00:42:12.460 --> 00:42:13.480
 all

00:42:13.480 --> 00:42:13.960
 rulers

00:42:13.960 --> 00:42:14.159
 and

00:42:14.159 --> 00:42:14.619
 authorities

00:42:14.619 --> 00:42:15.099
 are in

00:42:15.099 --> 00:42:15.420
 submission

00:42:15.420 --> 00:42:15.680
 to

00:42:15.680 --> 00:42:16.000
 you

00:42:16.000 --> 00:42:17.539
 so that

00:42:17.539 --> 00:42:17.760
 in

00:42:17.760 --> 00:42:18.019
 you

00:42:18.019 --> 00:42:18.240
 you

00:42:18.240 --> 00:42:18.420
 may

00:42:18.420 --> 00:42:18.599
 be

00:42:18.599 --> 00:42:19.139
 preeminent

00:42:19.139 --> 00:42:19.300
 in

00:42:19.300 --> 00:42:19.440
 all

00:42:19.440 --> 00:42:19.720
 things

00:42:19.720 --> 00:42:19.860
 and

00:42:19.860 --> 00:42:19.980
 so

00:42:19.980 --> 00:42:20.139
 we

00:42:20.139 --> 00:42:20.320
 do

00:42:20.320 --> 00:42:20.880
 pray

00:42:20.880 --> 00:42:22.680
 your

00:42:22.680 --> 00:42:23.059
 kingdom

00:42:23.059 --> 00:42:23.519
 come

00:42:23.519 --> 00:42:24.680
 preserve

00:42:24.680 --> 00:42:24.940
 your

00:42:24.940 --> 00:42:25.360
 church

00:42:25.360 --> 00:42:25.539
 and

00:42:25.539 --> 00:42:25.740
 make

00:42:25.740 --> 00:42:25.900
 it

00:42:25.900 --> 00:42:26.280
 grow

00:42:26.280 --> 00:42:27.240
 destroy

00:42:27.240 --> 00:42:27.440
 the

00:42:27.440 --> 00:42:27.820
 devil's

00:42:27.820 --> 00:42:28.200
 works

00:42:28.200 --> 00:42:29.780
 do

00:42:29.780 --> 00:42:30.099
 this

00:42:30.099 --> 00:42:30.400
 until

00:42:30.400 --> 00:42:30.619
 your

00:42:30.619 --> 00:42:31.059
 kingdom

00:42:31.059 --> 00:42:31.519
 comes

00:42:31.519 --> 00:42:31.900
 fully

00:42:31.900 --> 00:42:32.440
 when

00:42:32.440 --> 00:42:32.639
 you

00:42:32.639 --> 00:42:32.900
 will

00:42:32.900 --> 00:42:33.079
 be

00:42:33.079 --> 00:42:33.360
 all

00:42:33.360 --> 00:42:33.559
 and

00:42:33.559 --> 00:42:33.740
 in

00:42:33.740 --> 00:42:33.980
 all

00:42:33.980 --> 00:42:34.420
 it's

00:42:34.420 --> 00:42:34.460
 in

00:42:34.460 --> 00:42:34.659
 Jesus

00:42:34.659 --> 00:42:34.860
 name

00:42:34.860 --> 00:42:35.000
 we

00:42:35.000 --> 00:42:35.179
 pray

00:42:35.179 --> 00:42:35.599
 amen

00:42:35.599 --> 00:42:38.000
 as

00:42:38.000 --> 00:42:38.000


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 Thank you.