WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:11.620 Kids, I think you're in with us this morning and if you want to draw a picture, I'm going to draw. I'm going to speak of two different mountains this morning and if you could capture that in a picture and show it to me afterwards, I'd love to see it. 00:00:11.620 --> 00:00:23.780 If you would open up your Bibles to Hebrews chapter 12. It's on page 1197 of your pew Bible. I'm going to read 1218 through 29. Hear the word of God. 00:00:23.780 --> 00:00:38.500 For you have not come to what may be touched, a blazing fire and darkness and gloom and a tempest and the sound of a trumpet and a voice whose words made the hearers beg that no further messages be spoken to them. 00:00:39.299 --> 00:00:46.500 For they could not endure the order that was given. If even a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned. 00:00:46.500 --> 00:00:51.799 Indeed, so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, I tremble with fear. 00:00:52.619 --> 00:01:01.259 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem and to innumerable angels and festal gathering. 00:01:01.259 --> 00:01:17.280 And to the assembly of the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven and to God, the judge of all and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel. 00:01:18.719 --> 00:01:21.519 See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. 00:01:21.519 --> 00:01:31.099 For if they did not escape, when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape if we reject him who warns from heaven. 00:01:32.319 --> 00:01:40.759 At that time, his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised yet once more, I will shake not only the earth, but also the heavens. 00:01:41.859 --> 00:01:45.500 This phrase yet once more indicates the removal of things that are shaken. 00:01:45.500 --> 00:01:51.840 That is, things that have been made in order that the things that cannot be shaken may remain. 00:01:51.980 --> 00:01:57.200 Therefore, let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken. 00:01:58.159 --> 00:02:06.400 And thus, let us offer to God acceptable worship with reverence in all for our God is a consuming fire. 00:02:07.539 --> 00:02:10.180 May God bless the hearing of his word. 00:02:10.180 --> 00:02:40.159 May God bless the hearing of his word. 00:02:40.180 --> 00:02:43.439 Let that settle upon you. 00:02:44.260 --> 00:02:47.319 Fifteen plus hours. 00:02:48.920 --> 00:02:50.719 We'll be listening to Spotify music. 00:02:52.200 --> 00:02:54.900 We'll get through one or two books from Audible. 00:02:55.800 --> 00:02:57.700 We'll play the license plate game. 00:02:57.800 --> 00:02:58.360 Maybe you know it. 00:02:58.420 --> 00:03:01.360 We try to spot a license plate from every state in the union. 00:03:02.219 --> 00:03:04.140 Hawaii and Alaska are always hard. 00:03:05.580 --> 00:03:07.280 It's going to be an endurance drive. 00:03:07.280 --> 00:03:09.560 Here's the good thing about it. 00:03:09.599 --> 00:03:10.879 We've got four drivers, though. 00:03:10.960 --> 00:03:11.500 We can rotate. 00:03:14.240 --> 00:03:14.840 That's news. 00:03:18.879 --> 00:03:20.219 It's going to be a long haul. 00:03:21.439 --> 00:03:23.539 There's going to be times where you just want to be done. 00:03:23.539 --> 00:03:32.359 And in those moments of travel fatigue, we're going to be a clear vision of our vacation destination. 00:03:33.139 --> 00:03:34.719 It's going to make all the difference. 00:03:34.719 --> 00:03:42.900 A vision for your destination revives hope and fuels endurance. 00:03:42.900 --> 00:03:48.700 You know, when we get four hours into the drive, we start getting a little weary. 00:03:48.819 --> 00:03:52.560 I'm going to pull out pictures of our Airbnb in Providence, Rhode Island. 00:03:52.740 --> 00:03:53.540 It is cool. 00:03:53.640 --> 00:03:55.040 We've got pictures of it. 00:03:55.460 --> 00:03:56.400 It's been rented. 00:03:56.680 --> 00:03:57.620 It's been paid for. 00:03:57.719 --> 00:03:59.060 It's waiting for us. 00:03:59.060 --> 00:04:10.000 And then when we get nine hours in, I'm going to pull up a picture of Narragonset Town Beach. 00:04:12.060 --> 00:04:16.100 Big waves, soft sand, and the snack shack. 00:04:18.480 --> 00:04:27.920 But when we get into those really difficult hours, 13 hours in, 14 hours in, I've got to save the best for last. 00:04:29.060 --> 00:04:31.379 I'm just going to say two words. 00:04:32.899 --> 00:04:34.000 Lobster roll. 00:04:35.720 --> 00:04:38.740 Or as my relatives on the East Coast, lobster roll. 00:04:41.180 --> 00:04:43.060 Dunn Brothers Seafood Shack. 00:04:43.360 --> 00:04:47.620 Oh, there's a lobster roll or two or three, maybe four waiting for us. 00:04:49.259 --> 00:04:57.040 You see, when you get into the weary hours, you need a vision for what lies ahead. 00:04:57.040 --> 00:05:01.460 And we've been given a race set before us. 00:05:01.819 --> 00:05:02.819 It's an endurance race. 00:05:03.020 --> 00:05:06.180 We've got to hold fast to Jesus all the way to the end. 00:05:07.640 --> 00:05:12.220 And this morning, we're going to be given a picture of our destination. 00:05:14.420 --> 00:05:14.840 Zion. 00:05:14.839 --> 00:05:20.719 Brothers and sisters, you are Zion bound. 00:05:22.419 --> 00:05:28.239 And to help you see this and endure, I want you to see three things this morning. 00:05:28.839 --> 00:05:31.479 Our destination, Zion. 00:05:33.339 --> 00:05:34.539 Our warning. 00:05:35.599 --> 00:05:37.839 There's the last warning in the book of Hebrews here. 00:05:37.839 --> 00:05:40.339 And our response. 00:05:42.159 --> 00:05:43.000 We worship. 00:05:44.060 --> 00:05:45.139 Here's what I'm going to argue. 00:05:45.319 --> 00:05:47.279 I'm going to try to convince you from this passage. 00:05:48.799 --> 00:05:52.819 Knowing we are Zion bound, we endure. 00:05:52.819 --> 00:05:58.599 So, let's look at this, our destination, Mount Zion. 00:05:58.800 --> 00:06:00.439 It's in verses 18 through 24. 00:06:01.439 --> 00:06:03.560 I'll never forget June 2023. 00:06:04.839 --> 00:06:09.500 Months back ago, Jenny, Mary, and I were on this epic road trip west. 00:06:09.939 --> 00:06:15.680 And as we're driving through the Great Plains, we get to see a glimpse on the horizon of mountains. 00:06:15.680 --> 00:06:21.420 Even with the Canadian wildfire, fire, smoke, we could still make them out. 00:06:23.040 --> 00:06:24.720 The Rocky Mountains. 00:06:26.660 --> 00:06:33.220 In verses 18 through 24, the writer of Hebrews points us to two mountains. 00:06:35.319 --> 00:06:37.680 Starting in verse 18, we're told, 00:06:37.680 --> 00:06:42.519 For you have not come to a particular mountain. 00:06:43.480 --> 00:06:45.519 And that mountain is Mount Sinai. 00:06:46.480 --> 00:06:50.180 And then in verse 22, he says, 00:06:50.840 --> 00:06:55.620 But you have come to Mount Zion. 00:06:56.060 --> 00:06:57.280 You have a Christian. 00:06:57.420 --> 00:07:00.199 You have not come to Mount Sinai. 00:07:00.579 --> 00:07:02.300 You've come to Zion. 00:07:04.939 --> 00:07:09.240 Why are these two mountains being put in front of us? 00:07:09.319 --> 00:07:11.340 They represent two covenants. 00:07:12.280 --> 00:07:14.480 Mount Sinai, the old covenant. 00:07:14.480 --> 00:07:17.439 And Zion represents the new covenant. 00:07:17.439 --> 00:07:22.120 And these two mountains, these two covenants, they define us. 00:07:23.700 --> 00:07:25.560 They represent us. 00:07:26.220 --> 00:07:30.560 And Zion represents us, brothers and sisters. 00:07:30.920 --> 00:07:31.860 What we live for. 00:07:32.020 --> 00:07:32.720 Where we're going. 00:07:32.720 --> 00:07:41.740 In verses 18 through 21, we have this description of God revealing himself to Israel from Mount Sinai. 00:07:41.840 --> 00:07:44.660 This takes place in Exodus 19 and 20. 00:07:44.660 --> 00:07:48.580 The blazing fire is Exodus 19 and 18. 00:07:48.580 --> 00:07:49.320 There's darkness. 00:07:49.480 --> 00:07:50.200 There's gloom. 00:07:50.439 --> 00:07:51.340 There's a tempest. 00:07:51.340 --> 00:07:55.439 There's this overwhelming sense of foreboding among Israel. 00:07:55.680 --> 00:07:57.740 There is this overwhelming fear. 00:07:58.000 --> 00:08:00.460 In verse 19, we read this. 00:08:00.459 --> 00:08:02.979 And the sound of a trumpet. 00:08:04.419 --> 00:08:08.959 The day that Israel was to kind of come to God on Mount Sinai. 00:08:09.099 --> 00:08:12.740 It started early in Exodus 19, 16 with a trumpet. 00:08:12.740 --> 00:08:21.420 And then as you get into Exodus 19, 19, this trumpet just gets louder and louder. 00:08:21.560 --> 00:08:25.259 It's like multiple air sirens coming on. 00:08:28.259 --> 00:08:30.400 Something big is coming. 00:08:30.399 --> 00:08:34.519 And then we hear this. 00:08:35.019 --> 00:08:36.079 They hear this voice. 00:08:38.559 --> 00:08:40.220 You see that again in verse 19. 00:08:40.299 --> 00:08:45.360 A voice whose words made the hearers beg that no further messages be spoken to them. 00:08:46.659 --> 00:08:49.059 That's in Exodus 20, 18 and 19. 00:08:49.059 --> 00:08:52.279 If you want to turn back in your Bibles to Exodus chapter 20. 00:08:54.539 --> 00:08:57.199 Verses 18 and 19. 00:08:57.200 --> 00:09:01.600 We read now when all the people saw God has spoken the Ten Commandments. 00:09:01.700 --> 00:09:04.200 Now when all the people saw the thunder and the flashes of lightning. 00:09:04.340 --> 00:09:05.860 And the sound of the trumpet. 00:09:06.000 --> 00:09:07.000 And the mountain smoking. 00:09:07.840 --> 00:09:09.420 The people were afraid and trembled. 00:09:09.480 --> 00:09:12.180 And they stood far off. 00:09:13.320 --> 00:09:15.160 And said to Moses, you speak to us. 00:09:15.400 --> 00:09:16.300 And we will listen. 00:09:16.660 --> 00:09:18.920 But do not let God speak to us lest we die. 00:09:19.000 --> 00:09:20.720 They could not endure it. 00:09:20.720 --> 00:09:27.580 Earlier in chapter 19. 00:09:29.040 --> 00:09:29.940 Of Exodus. 00:09:30.680 --> 00:09:32.720 God says to Moses. 00:09:32.940 --> 00:09:34.180 This is verse 12 and 13. 00:09:34.580 --> 00:09:36.660 And you shall set limits for the people all around. 00:09:36.800 --> 00:09:38.019 Saying take care. 00:09:38.340 --> 00:09:39.779 Not to go up into the mountain. 00:09:39.920 --> 00:09:40.980 Or touch the edge of it. 00:09:41.220 --> 00:09:43.060 Whoever touches the mountain shall be put to death. 00:09:43.600 --> 00:09:44.980 No hand shall touch him. 00:09:45.040 --> 00:09:46.840 But he shall be stoned or shot. 00:09:47.180 --> 00:09:48.100 Whether beast or man. 00:09:48.320 --> 00:09:49.519 He shall not live. 00:09:49.519 --> 00:09:51.100 When the trumpet sounds a long blast. 00:09:51.199 --> 00:09:52.659 They shall come up to the mountain. 00:09:53.000 --> 00:09:53.679 But don't touch it. 00:09:55.860 --> 00:09:57.000 They couldn't endure it. 00:09:58.159 --> 00:10:00.399 This was a revelation of God and his holiness. 00:10:00.860 --> 00:10:02.679 And it is a fearful vision. 00:10:02.840 --> 00:10:04.379 It's a fearful experience. 00:10:04.799 --> 00:10:08.059 They stood far off in fear. 00:10:14.819 --> 00:10:15.299 Imagine. 00:10:15.299 --> 00:10:16.299 Mount Sinai. 00:10:16.299 --> 00:10:18.679 Mount Sinai. 00:10:18.779 --> 00:10:19.679 Has had this. 00:10:20.779 --> 00:10:22.439 Fence built around it. 00:10:22.639 --> 00:10:23.219 With this. 00:10:24.379 --> 00:10:25.839 And on that fence. 00:10:27.019 --> 00:10:29.379 It says stay out or die. 00:10:31.319 --> 00:10:32.759 It's a vivid way. 00:10:32.899 --> 00:10:34.259 To represent the old covenant. 00:10:35.120 --> 00:10:36.339 The old covenant. 00:10:36.879 --> 00:10:37.979 Reveals God's holiness. 00:10:38.219 --> 00:10:39.639 It exposes our sinfulness. 00:10:39.639 --> 00:10:44.600 But is unable to cleanse our sinful consciences. 00:10:44.980 --> 00:10:47.159 What the old covenant does and does well. 00:10:47.240 --> 00:10:48.279 It lays out the law. 00:10:49.659 --> 00:10:50.759 Exposing your sin. 00:10:50.860 --> 00:10:52.740 And it reminds you again and again. 00:10:53.100 --> 00:10:55.299 That sin deserves death. 00:10:55.840 --> 00:10:57.220 Something needs to die for that. 00:10:58.860 --> 00:10:59.299 Christian. 00:11:00.580 --> 00:11:01.659 This is not your mountain. 00:11:01.659 --> 00:11:05.360 You've not come to this mountain. 00:11:06.240 --> 00:11:07.579 You've not come to a God. 00:11:07.879 --> 00:11:10.419 Who says stay out or die. 00:11:13.319 --> 00:11:15.339 Even the mediator of the old covenant. 00:11:15.559 --> 00:11:17.219 Moses trembled with fear. 00:11:18.339 --> 00:11:20.339 You've come to a different mountain. 00:11:21.299 --> 00:11:21.740 Brother. 00:11:22.000 --> 00:11:22.879 Sister in Christ. 00:11:23.579 --> 00:11:25.159 And that mountain is found in 22. 00:11:25.240 --> 00:11:27.500 Verses 22 through 24. 00:11:27.659 --> 00:11:28.339 And I'm just going to. 00:11:28.459 --> 00:11:30.299 I'm just going to lay this out a little bit for you. 00:11:30.299 --> 00:11:31.479 Because. 00:11:31.879 --> 00:11:33.699 Because once you see what's going on here. 00:11:34.559 --> 00:11:36.740 It's going to revive hope in you. 00:11:36.859 --> 00:11:38.139 And give you strength to endure. 00:11:40.379 --> 00:11:42.139 In 22 through 24. 00:11:44.339 --> 00:11:47.539 We have this description of Mount Zion. 00:11:48.120 --> 00:11:50.319 You have not come to what may be touched. 00:11:51.120 --> 00:11:52.759 You could touch Mount Zion. 00:11:53.339 --> 00:11:54.399 Mount Sinai. 00:11:54.719 --> 00:11:56.199 And die for it with God there. 00:11:57.319 --> 00:11:59.240 But you can't touch Mount Zion. 00:12:00.299 --> 00:12:03.259 Because it's the heavenly Jerusalem. 00:12:05.479 --> 00:12:07.639 It's where God is dwelling. 00:12:11.919 --> 00:12:13.459 And we're not there yet. 00:12:15.139 --> 00:12:16.559 We've come to it. 00:12:16.659 --> 00:12:17.719 We're citizens of it. 00:12:18.059 --> 00:12:20.740 But we haven't entered it. 00:12:23.259 --> 00:12:26.120 Jerusalem means city of peace. 00:12:26.120 --> 00:12:28.799 And the heavenly Jerusalem. 00:12:28.799 --> 00:12:30.240 Jerusalem is a city of peace. 00:12:30.299 --> 00:12:32.000 We're not talking about the earthly Jerusalem. 00:12:32.720 --> 00:12:34.580 That is not a city of peace right now. 00:12:35.580 --> 00:12:37.679 We're talking about the heavenly Jerusalem. 00:12:37.679 --> 00:12:38.740 Where God is. 00:12:39.360 --> 00:12:41.539 And it is full of shalom. 00:12:41.799 --> 00:12:42.700 Full of peace. 00:12:43.399 --> 00:12:46.419 It's a city whose designer and builder is God. 00:12:47.419 --> 00:12:49.639 You see that in chapter 11 verse 10. 00:12:49.639 --> 00:12:52.139 In chapter 13 verse 14. 00:12:52.319 --> 00:12:54.759 It is the city that is to come. 00:12:56.139 --> 00:12:58.299 Remember Revelation 21 and 22. 00:12:58.699 --> 00:13:05.179 It's the new Jerusalem coming down upon a new earth. 00:13:05.179 --> 00:13:13.000 And the greatest feature of the new Jerusalem. 00:13:13.000 --> 00:13:13.759 Is that. 00:13:14.299 --> 00:13:15.620 Is that God is there. 00:13:17.439 --> 00:13:19.939 He will wipe away every tear. 00:13:20.079 --> 00:13:20.859 21 for. 00:13:21.179 --> 00:13:23.239 Remember the pain that we talked about last week. 00:13:23.299 --> 00:13:23.659 No pain. 00:13:23.739 --> 00:13:24.239 No gain. 00:13:24.979 --> 00:13:26.879 You're going to be disciplined by your father. 00:13:26.979 --> 00:13:29.319 Because that's part of the living in this life right now. 00:13:29.359 --> 00:13:30.379 But when we get there. 00:13:31.579 --> 00:13:32.539 No more pain. 00:13:32.539 --> 00:13:36.319 You wipe away every tear. 00:13:38.000 --> 00:13:39.559 This is the heavenly Jerusalem. 00:13:39.799 --> 00:13:40.939 This is the mountain Zion. 00:13:40.939 --> 00:13:42.439 That is being talked about here. 00:13:42.839 --> 00:13:47.099 This is what we're going to set our sights upon. 00:13:47.620 --> 00:13:49.159 When you get road weary. 00:13:51.219 --> 00:13:53.459 Not only is this the new Jerusalem. 00:13:53.719 --> 00:13:55.240 This is the heavenly city. 00:13:55.419 --> 00:13:58.299 This is a place where there are innumerable. 00:13:59.299 --> 00:13:59.779 Angels. 00:14:00.620 --> 00:14:01.519 And festal. 00:14:01.519 --> 00:14:02.759 Gathering. 00:14:02.759 --> 00:14:04.980 If you flip to in your Bible. 00:14:05.299 --> 00:14:06.439 Write just a little bit. 00:14:07.039 --> 00:14:08.579 To Revelation chapter 5. 00:14:09.240 --> 00:14:10.879 In verses 11. 00:14:11.240 --> 00:14:12.279 And 12. 00:14:12.419 --> 00:14:12.899 And 13. 00:14:13.039 --> 00:14:15.199 Let me let me just read to you. 00:14:15.519 --> 00:14:16.699 What is going on. 00:14:17.079 --> 00:14:17.840 In Zion. 00:14:18.299 --> 00:14:18.779 Right now. 00:14:20.360 --> 00:14:22.399 Then I looked and I heard around the throne. 00:14:22.519 --> 00:14:23.419 And the living creatures. 00:14:23.559 --> 00:14:24.039 And the elders. 00:14:24.679 --> 00:14:26.620 The voice of many angels. 00:14:27.679 --> 00:14:29.220 Numbering myriads of myriads. 00:14:29.279 --> 00:14:30.279 And thousands of thousands. 00:14:30.279 --> 00:14:32.199 Saying with a loud voice. 00:14:32.740 --> 00:14:34.939 Worthy is the lamb who was slain. 00:14:35.600 --> 00:14:37.860 To receive power and wealth and wisdom and might. 00:14:37.939 --> 00:14:39.600 And honor and glory and blessing. 00:14:40.319 --> 00:14:42.439 And I heard every creature in heaven and earth. 00:14:42.480 --> 00:14:43.899 And under the earth and in the sea. 00:14:43.959 --> 00:14:45.179 And all that is in them saying. 00:14:45.600 --> 00:14:46.879 To him who sits on the throne. 00:14:46.959 --> 00:14:47.639 And to the lamb. 00:14:48.199 --> 00:14:50.799 Be blessing and honor and glory and might. 00:14:51.659 --> 00:14:52.559 Forever and ever. 00:14:52.559 --> 00:14:54.479 That was not happening. 00:14:54.479 --> 00:14:54.759 That was not happening. 00:14:54.979 --> 00:14:56.399 On Mount Sinai. 00:14:57.319 --> 00:14:58.439 That's happening. 00:14:59.159 --> 00:15:00.019 In Mount Zion. 00:15:01.219 --> 00:15:02.179 And this. 00:15:03.019 --> 00:15:05.000 Worshipping of God and the lamb. 00:15:06.279 --> 00:15:07.699 It's full of joy. 00:15:09.699 --> 00:15:11.519 It's a festal gathering. 00:15:11.519 --> 00:15:16.399 It's better than a beach in Providence. 00:15:18.639 --> 00:15:21.519 Better than any football game you can go to. 00:15:24.179 --> 00:15:25.319 In verse 23. 00:15:25.980 --> 00:15:26.840 We're told. 00:15:27.980 --> 00:15:29.480 We have come to Mount Zion. 00:15:29.639 --> 00:15:29.799 This. 00:15:30.480 --> 00:15:31.799 City of the living God. 00:15:31.980 --> 00:15:32.179 This. 00:15:33.019 --> 00:15:34.539 Gathering of innumerable angels. 00:15:34.980 --> 00:15:35.559 Verse 23. 00:15:35.559 --> 00:15:38.039 And to the assembly of the firstborn. 00:15:39.639 --> 00:15:40.759 The word for assembly. 00:15:41.000 --> 00:15:42.099 Literally means church. 00:15:42.219 --> 00:15:42.879 It's the Greek word. 00:15:43.059 --> 00:15:43.500 Ekklesia. 00:15:44.519 --> 00:15:46.299 To the church of the firstborn. 00:15:46.919 --> 00:15:48.579 And when you hear the word firstborn. 00:15:48.679 --> 00:15:50.739 You might go in the direction of Colossians 1. 00:15:50.859 --> 00:15:51.679 Speaking of Jesus. 00:15:51.679 --> 00:15:53.919 You may go Hebrews chapter 1 verse 6. 00:15:54.139 --> 00:15:55.119 Speaking of Jesus. 00:15:55.299 --> 00:15:55.939 The firstborn. 00:15:56.419 --> 00:15:57.679 But in this passage. 00:15:58.039 --> 00:15:58.559 Firstborn. 00:15:58.859 --> 00:16:00.359 Is in the plural. 00:16:02.759 --> 00:16:04.679 To the church of the firstborns. 00:16:05.559 --> 00:16:10.619 To those who are enrolled in heaven. 00:16:11.079 --> 00:16:13.839 Whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life. 00:16:14.199 --> 00:16:16.539 And that was etched into that book. 00:16:16.599 --> 00:16:17.979 Before the foundation of the world. 00:16:18.059 --> 00:16:19.099 What we're talking about here. 00:16:19.179 --> 00:16:20.279 Who we're talking about here. 00:16:20.919 --> 00:16:22.579 Are all those sinners. 00:16:23.119 --> 00:16:24.339 Who by faith. 00:16:24.699 --> 00:16:26.779 Have been saved by God's grace. 00:16:27.839 --> 00:16:29.539 And they have been given. 00:16:30.419 --> 00:16:31.439 The privilege. 00:16:32.359 --> 00:16:34.839 Of being firstborn children of the living God. 00:16:34.840 --> 00:16:36.680 With all the rights and privileges thereof. 00:16:37.160 --> 00:16:39.580 Including an eternal inheritance. 00:16:40.220 --> 00:16:42.060 With God our father forever. 00:16:42.059 --> 00:16:46.199 That's the assembly of the firstborn. 00:16:49.039 --> 00:16:50.279 And if you flip over. 00:16:50.479 --> 00:16:52.939 You don't need to go to Revelation chapter 7. 00:16:53.279 --> 00:16:54.859 Verses 9 and 10. 00:16:56.019 --> 00:16:58.239 This assembly of the firstborn. 00:16:58.399 --> 00:16:59.699 Are people from every tribe. 00:16:59.839 --> 00:17:00.899 Tongue and nation. 00:17:01.259 --> 00:17:03.099 And they've gathered around the throne. 00:17:03.259 --> 00:17:04.179 And they are singing. 00:17:04.619 --> 00:17:06.440 Salvation belongs to our God. 00:17:06.940 --> 00:17:08.139 And to the Lamb. 00:17:08.140 --> 00:17:08.240 Zion. 00:17:13.400 --> 00:17:14.980 This is the assembly. 00:17:16.420 --> 00:17:18.540 They're the ones who have gone before us. 00:17:19.440 --> 00:17:21.620 They're our brothers and sisters in the faith. 00:17:22.840 --> 00:17:24.040 They're there now. 00:17:24.039 --> 00:17:25.039 Zion. 00:17:25.039 --> 00:17:24.180 Now. 00:17:26.500 --> 00:17:27.819 You see. 00:17:28.259 --> 00:17:29.139 Zion. 00:17:29.299 --> 00:17:30.899 Isn't an empty. 00:17:31.180 --> 00:17:31.779 Mountain. 00:17:32.180 --> 00:17:32.500 Top. 00:17:34.139 --> 00:17:35.799 Zion is full. 00:17:37.059 --> 00:17:39.139 Of saints and angels. 00:17:39.339 --> 00:17:41.159 Giving God his praises. 00:17:42.440 --> 00:17:43.799 That's where we're heading. 00:17:45.000 --> 00:17:46.599 That's where we're citizens of. 00:17:46.599 --> 00:17:50.719 We're also coming to the God. 00:17:50.839 --> 00:17:51.619 The judge of all. 00:17:52.279 --> 00:17:52.699 We know that. 00:17:53.079 --> 00:17:54.240 From Matthew 25. 00:17:54.559 --> 00:17:56.319 And from Revelation chapter 20. 00:17:56.779 --> 00:17:57.959 That when Jesus returns. 00:17:58.219 --> 00:17:59.659 He will judge all. 00:17:59.819 --> 00:18:02.099 From his great white throne. 00:18:03.139 --> 00:18:03.539 You see. 00:18:03.980 --> 00:18:04.799 This vision. 00:18:05.519 --> 00:18:06.539 Of Mount Zion. 00:18:07.119 --> 00:18:08.899 Does not exclude God. 00:18:09.399 --> 00:18:10.619 As holy and just. 00:18:11.379 --> 00:18:12.559 He's the judge of all. 00:18:12.559 --> 00:18:15.319 God hasn't ceased. 00:18:15.319 --> 00:18:16.960 Being holy and just. 00:18:17.399 --> 00:18:18.079 So the question is. 00:18:18.419 --> 00:18:19.440 How can sinners. 00:18:20.220 --> 00:18:21.980 Come into the presence. 00:18:22.299 --> 00:18:23.720 Of a holy and just God. 00:18:23.779 --> 00:18:25.299 The judge of all forever. 00:18:25.440 --> 00:18:26.419 How does that happen? 00:18:29.259 --> 00:18:30.000 Well look down. 00:18:31.779 --> 00:18:33.099 Come to the God. 00:18:33.200 --> 00:18:33.779 The judge of all. 00:18:33.960 --> 00:18:34.819 Into the spirits. 00:18:34.819 --> 00:18:35.539 Of the righteous. 00:18:35.700 --> 00:18:36.139 Made perfect. 00:18:36.240 --> 00:18:37.139 This is just another way. 00:18:37.179 --> 00:18:37.819 Of describing. 00:18:38.419 --> 00:18:39.059 The assembly. 00:18:39.240 --> 00:18:40.500 Of the firstborns. 00:18:40.500 --> 00:18:43.160 Why that's being described. 00:18:43.160 --> 00:18:44.519 As the spirits. 00:18:45.099 --> 00:18:46.059 Of the righteous. 00:18:46.500 --> 00:18:48.259 Is because these are disembodied saints. 00:18:48.380 --> 00:18:49.240 Here's what I mean by that. 00:18:49.759 --> 00:18:50.579 Paul talked about. 00:18:51.019 --> 00:18:52.400 When you're absent from the body. 00:18:52.599 --> 00:18:53.680 You are present. 00:18:53.819 --> 00:18:55.160 In the presence of the Lord. 00:18:55.519 --> 00:18:56.420 And so these. 00:18:56.660 --> 00:18:57.960 Are brothers and sisters. 00:18:58.160 --> 00:18:58.480 Saints. 00:18:58.579 --> 00:18:59.680 Who've gone before us. 00:18:59.740 --> 00:19:00.339 Who've died. 00:19:00.819 --> 00:19:01.519 And they are. 00:19:02.039 --> 00:19:02.720 In spirit. 00:19:03.099 --> 00:19:04.099 With our God. 00:19:04.460 --> 00:19:05.880 Who are fully recognizable. 00:19:06.279 --> 00:19:06.440 They. 00:19:06.660 --> 00:19:08.519 They are known for who they are. 00:19:09.299 --> 00:19:10.279 And they're righteous. 00:19:10.500 --> 00:19:11.400 They've been justified. 00:19:11.759 --> 00:19:12.839 They have been made perfect. 00:19:14.200 --> 00:19:15.240 They are sinless. 00:19:18.160 --> 00:19:19.940 They are without pain. 00:19:21.660 --> 00:19:23.140 They are delighting themselves. 00:19:23.240 --> 00:19:24.359 In the very presence of God. 00:19:24.359 --> 00:19:25.339 The reason why. 00:19:25.859 --> 00:19:26.380 These. 00:19:26.940 --> 00:19:27.460 Spirits. 00:19:27.740 --> 00:19:28.539 Of the saints. 00:19:28.740 --> 00:19:30.359 Can be in God's presence. 00:19:30.880 --> 00:19:32.019 Is they've been made. 00:19:32.259 --> 00:19:32.799 Righteous. 00:19:32.920 --> 00:19:33.819 By the blood of Jesus. 00:19:37.460 --> 00:19:38.700 Which brings us. 00:19:38.700 --> 00:19:43.259 To the last. 00:19:43.759 --> 00:19:44.279 Feature. 00:19:45.700 --> 00:19:46.860 Of Mount Zion. 00:19:48.360 --> 00:19:49.759 The author of Hebrews. 00:19:49.920 --> 00:19:50.920 Saves the best. 00:19:51.080 --> 00:19:51.660 For last. 00:19:51.860 --> 00:19:52.440 Verse 24. 00:19:54.039 --> 00:19:54.940 And to Jesus. 00:19:59.160 --> 00:20:00.480 Mediator of a new covenant. 00:20:01.299 --> 00:20:01.960 Totally God. 00:20:02.140 --> 00:20:02.860 Totally man. 00:20:02.859 --> 00:20:04.879 He's from the. 00:20:04.879 --> 00:20:07.000 Order of Melchizedek. 00:20:07.419 --> 00:20:07.899 He's seated. 00:20:08.079 --> 00:20:08.939 At the right hand. 00:20:09.000 --> 00:20:09.579 Of God. 00:20:11.319 --> 00:20:11.879 And. 00:20:12.240 --> 00:20:13.179 He's not there. 00:20:13.299 --> 00:20:13.839 Trembling. 00:20:15.139 --> 00:20:16.359 Our mediator. 00:20:16.719 --> 00:20:17.500 Is not. 00:20:17.879 --> 00:20:18.099 There. 00:20:18.419 --> 00:20:18.939 Trembling. 00:20:19.259 --> 00:20:19.779 He's there. 00:20:20.339 --> 00:20:20.959 Interceding. 00:20:21.119 --> 00:20:21.619 For us. 00:20:21.859 --> 00:20:22.439 He's there. 00:20:22.559 --> 00:20:23.219 Bidding us. 00:20:23.419 --> 00:20:23.799 Come. 00:20:24.240 --> 00:20:25.159 And find grace. 00:20:25.599 --> 00:20:26.199 In time. 00:20:26.479 --> 00:20:27.059 Of need. 00:20:27.059 --> 00:20:29.399 And his blood. 00:20:29.599 --> 00:20:30.000 Speaks. 00:20:30.159 --> 00:20:31.279 A better word. 00:20:32.059 --> 00:20:32.659 Than the blood. 00:20:32.720 --> 00:20:33.099 Of Abel. 00:20:34.619 --> 00:20:35.500 It's a reference. 00:20:35.500 --> 00:20:36.599 To Genesis 4. 00:20:36.799 --> 00:20:37.119 Remember. 00:20:37.319 --> 00:20:38.099 Cain and Abel. 00:20:38.220 --> 00:20:38.639 They both. 00:20:38.980 --> 00:20:39.819 Give offerings. 00:20:39.819 --> 00:20:40.419 To God. 00:20:40.619 --> 00:20:41.179 Abel's. 00:20:41.740 --> 00:20:42.220 Sacrifice. 00:20:42.220 --> 00:20:42.940 Is acceptable. 00:20:42.940 --> 00:20:43.559 To God. 00:20:43.700 --> 00:20:44.339 And Cain's. 00:20:44.619 --> 00:20:45.679 Was lacking. 00:20:46.059 --> 00:20:46.319 And so. 00:20:46.419 --> 00:20:47.240 What does Cain do? 00:20:47.500 --> 00:20:48.200 He murders. 00:20:48.200 --> 00:20:48.679 His brother. 00:20:48.839 --> 00:20:49.240 Abel. 00:20:50.200 --> 00:20:51.140 And his blood. 00:20:51.420 --> 00:20:52.579 Hits the ground. 00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:53.660 And the ground. 00:20:53.839 --> 00:20:54.259 Cries. 00:20:54.400 --> 00:20:54.740 Out. 00:20:54.900 --> 00:20:55.660 To God. 00:20:57.259 --> 00:20:58.220 You know what God does? 00:20:59.960 --> 00:21:00.960 Curses Cain. 00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:03.640 That spilt. 00:21:03.900 --> 00:21:04.339 Blood. 00:21:04.680 --> 00:21:05.720 Of Abel. 00:21:06.220 --> 00:21:06.700 Cursed. 00:21:07.120 --> 00:21:07.620 Cain. 00:21:09.079 --> 00:21:10.120 God cursed him. 00:21:10.319 --> 00:21:10.900 Through that blood. 00:21:12.480 --> 00:21:13.700 But the blood of Jesus. 00:21:13.880 --> 00:21:14.660 The sprinkled blood. 00:21:14.819 --> 00:21:15.819 The shed blood of Jesus. 00:21:16.059 --> 00:21:16.299 That. 00:21:16.519 --> 00:21:18.420 That speaks a better word. 00:21:18.420 --> 00:21:19.320 Brothers and sisters. 00:21:21.060 --> 00:21:22.200 Through his blood. 00:21:22.519 --> 00:21:22.880 God. 00:21:23.039 --> 00:21:24.279 Does not speak curse. 00:21:24.440 --> 00:21:24.920 To us. 00:21:25.160 --> 00:21:26.140 He speaks blessing. 00:21:27.360 --> 00:21:28.279 He speaks. 00:21:28.480 --> 00:21:29.460 Full forgiveness. 00:21:29.940 --> 00:21:31.080 Once and for all. 00:21:31.440 --> 00:21:32.019 Cleansed. 00:21:32.200 --> 00:21:32.700 Conscious. 00:21:33.060 --> 00:21:33.400 Full. 00:21:35.019 --> 00:21:35.620 Unhindered. 00:21:35.720 --> 00:21:36.460 Access to God. 00:21:36.519 --> 00:21:37.060 We can go to him. 00:21:37.060 --> 00:21:37.600 Boldly. 00:21:37.820 --> 00:21:38.680 Because of this blood. 00:21:41.660 --> 00:21:43.240 Mount Sinai. 00:21:43.860 --> 00:21:44.240 Says. 00:21:45.019 --> 00:21:45.980 Stay out. 00:21:46.259 --> 00:21:47.060 Or die. 00:21:47.059 --> 00:21:47.659 Die. 00:21:48.139 --> 00:21:49.000 Mount Zion. 00:21:49.179 --> 00:21:49.659 Through the blood. 00:21:49.740 --> 00:21:50.099 Of Jesus. 00:21:50.259 --> 00:21:50.519 Says. 00:21:50.839 --> 00:21:51.259 Draw. 00:21:51.619 --> 00:21:51.940 Near. 00:21:52.179 --> 00:21:52.619 And. 00:21:53.039 --> 00:21:53.500 Live. 00:21:53.859 --> 00:21:54.480 Come to me. 00:21:55.000 --> 00:21:55.259 Jesus. 00:21:55.419 --> 00:21:55.599 Says. 00:21:55.700 --> 00:21:56.740 Come to me. 00:22:00.419 --> 00:22:01.839 You full access. 00:22:02.779 --> 00:22:03.779 Full welcome. 00:22:07.379 --> 00:22:08.460 There's this already. 00:22:09.659 --> 00:22:10.220 Aspect. 00:22:10.299 --> 00:22:10.899 Of our coming. 00:22:11.539 --> 00:22:12.319 To Mount Zion. 00:22:12.480 --> 00:22:13.559 We are citizens. 00:22:14.200 --> 00:22:15.099 Full citizenship. 00:22:15.099 --> 00:22:15.539 Now. 00:22:15.779 --> 00:22:16.659 We draw near. 00:22:18.119 --> 00:22:19.339 This defines us. 00:22:19.659 --> 00:22:20.359 This is the mountain. 00:22:20.439 --> 00:22:21.399 That defines us. 00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:23.359 But there's also. 00:22:23.459 --> 00:22:23.959 A not yet. 00:22:24.139 --> 00:22:24.439 We. 00:22:24.659 --> 00:22:25.480 We can't yet. 00:22:25.599 --> 00:22:26.179 Touch it. 00:22:28.319 --> 00:22:29.399 Not until we breathe. 00:22:29.459 --> 00:22:30.319 Our last breath. 00:22:31.279 --> 00:22:32.379 So we endure. 00:22:35.259 --> 00:22:36.740 Jesus is the greatest feature. 00:22:36.879 --> 00:22:37.379 He is. 00:22:38.179 --> 00:22:39.639 He is the light. 00:22:40.099 --> 00:22:41.319 Of the new Jerusalem. 00:22:41.500 --> 00:22:42.299 Revelation 21. 00:22:42.299 --> 00:22:43.440 We will walk by. 00:22:43.980 --> 00:22:44.460 Lamb light. 00:22:47.399 --> 00:22:47.879 We. 00:22:48.119 --> 00:22:49.480 We set our eyes on him. 00:22:49.579 --> 00:22:50.399 We set our eyes. 00:22:51.480 --> 00:22:52.359 On Zion. 00:22:52.919 --> 00:22:53.579 To Zion. 00:22:53.740 --> 00:22:54.119 We go. 00:22:57.319 --> 00:22:58.839 Defines what we live for. 00:23:00.579 --> 00:23:01.240 You know. 00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:03.559 I am mostly Italian. 00:23:05.559 --> 00:23:07.059 But I have a big dose. 00:23:07.059 --> 00:23:09.220 Of Scottish Highlander blood. 00:23:10.720 --> 00:23:11.359 In fact. 00:23:11.460 --> 00:23:12.660 I come from the clan. 00:23:13.660 --> 00:23:14.180 McIntyre. 00:23:15.460 --> 00:23:16.839 And the McIntyres. 00:23:17.120 --> 00:23:17.599 Are from. 00:23:18.259 --> 00:23:18.740 Northwest. 00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:19.640 Scotland. 00:23:19.980 --> 00:23:20.480 And when. 00:23:20.700 --> 00:23:21.900 Clan McIntyre. 00:23:22.099 --> 00:23:23.200 Would go to battle. 00:23:23.500 --> 00:23:24.599 Do you know what they would cry? 00:23:25.740 --> 00:23:26.359 Caracan. 00:23:26.359 --> 00:23:29.559 Ben Caracan. 00:23:30.259 --> 00:23:31.000 Is a mountain. 00:23:31.959 --> 00:23:32.959 In northwest. 00:23:33.599 --> 00:23:34.000 Scotland. 00:23:34.179 --> 00:23:35.319 It was their mountain. 00:23:35.599 --> 00:23:36.539 It defined them. 00:23:36.979 --> 00:23:37.119 It. 00:23:37.219 --> 00:23:38.779 It gave them strength. 00:23:38.879 --> 00:23:39.319 To endure. 00:23:39.439 --> 00:23:40.859 This is what we're living for. 00:23:41.639 --> 00:23:42.699 Brothers and sisters. 00:23:42.699 --> 00:23:43.619 Of the clan. 00:23:43.799 --> 00:23:44.139 Jesus. 00:23:45.399 --> 00:23:46.299 We have. 00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:47.199 An endurance. 00:23:47.419 --> 00:23:47.799 Cry. 00:23:49.859 --> 00:23:50.799 To Zion. 00:23:53.199 --> 00:23:54.099 To Zion. 00:23:54.099 --> 00:23:54.159 To Zion. 00:23:54.159 --> 00:23:54.219 To Zion. 00:23:54.220 --> 00:23:57.259 When any of us is weary. 00:23:58.019 --> 00:23:58.920 Travel weary. 00:23:59.480 --> 00:24:01.600 Whenever any of us wants to give up. 00:24:02.640 --> 00:24:03.460 To Zion. 00:24:05.039 --> 00:24:06.180 To Zion. 00:24:07.539 --> 00:24:09.079 To Zion we go. 00:24:11.819 --> 00:24:15.019 Our destination is not Sinai. 00:24:16.440 --> 00:24:19.140 Our mountain is Zion. 00:24:19.460 --> 00:24:20.140 Can I have an amen? 00:24:20.140 --> 00:24:20.279 Amen. 00:24:20.279 --> 00:24:20.359 Amen. 00:24:23.079 --> 00:24:24.980 We move from our destination. 00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:26.059 To our warning. 00:24:28.019 --> 00:24:29.379 The book of Hebrews. 00:24:29.579 --> 00:24:30.839 This is 25 through 27. 00:24:31.099 --> 00:24:31.980 The book of Hebrews. 00:24:32.279 --> 00:24:35.200 Has five distinct warnings in it. 00:24:35.700 --> 00:24:36.879 Because the book of Hebrews. 00:24:37.119 --> 00:24:39.019 Is one long exhortation. 00:24:39.160 --> 00:24:40.220 To hold fast to Christ. 00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:41.399 Until we breathe our last. 00:24:42.879 --> 00:24:43.539 So this is. 00:24:43.779 --> 00:24:45.019 This is a great book. 00:24:45.099 --> 00:24:45.940 For those Christians. 00:24:46.139 --> 00:24:46.960 Who are weary. 00:24:47.160 --> 00:24:48.039 And faint hearted. 00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:49.619 And even thinking about. 00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:51.339 Turning their back on Christ. 00:24:52.539 --> 00:24:54.399 In verses 25 and 27. 00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:55.519 25 in particular. 00:24:55.740 --> 00:24:55.960 There's. 00:24:56.200 --> 00:24:57.079 There's the warning. 00:24:58.779 --> 00:25:00.519 See that you do not refuse him. 00:25:00.599 --> 00:25:01.399 Who is speaking. 00:25:02.839 --> 00:25:03.220 See. 00:25:04.220 --> 00:25:05.559 He's talking to the whole church. 00:25:06.420 --> 00:25:07.759 See that none of you. 00:25:08.639 --> 00:25:09.359 Refuse him. 00:25:09.420 --> 00:25:10.139 Who is speaking. 00:25:10.960 --> 00:25:12.180 Do not turn away. 00:25:12.180 --> 00:25:12.700 From him. 00:25:12.700 --> 00:25:13.359 Who is speaking. 00:25:13.359 --> 00:25:13.899 Do not. 00:25:14.500 --> 00:25:15.619 Trample underfoot. 00:25:15.740 --> 00:25:16.599 The one who's speaking. 00:25:16.599 --> 00:25:17.179 Do not. 00:25:18.399 --> 00:25:19.279 Disassociate yourself. 00:25:19.439 --> 00:25:20.259 From the one who's speaking. 00:25:20.439 --> 00:25:20.839 Do not. 00:25:21.879 --> 00:25:22.359 Reject. 00:25:22.679 --> 00:25:22.959 Him. 00:25:23.159 --> 00:25:23.919 Who is speaking. 00:25:24.859 --> 00:25:25.639 And the one. 00:25:26.019 --> 00:25:26.719 Who is speaking. 00:25:27.500 --> 00:25:28.599 Is the one. 00:25:28.719 --> 00:25:29.659 Who has shed his blood. 00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:30.339 Verse 24. 00:25:31.059 --> 00:25:32.000 The blood that speaks. 00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:32.839 A better word. 00:25:33.199 --> 00:25:33.899 Our mediator. 00:25:34.619 --> 00:25:34.959 Jesus. 00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:35.959 From Zion. 00:25:36.740 --> 00:25:36.879 The. 00:25:36.959 --> 00:25:37.219 The. 00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:38.319 The blood that speaks. 00:25:38.559 --> 00:25:39.079 Blessing. 00:25:39.599 --> 00:25:40.759 The blood that bids us. 00:25:40.819 --> 00:25:41.339 Draw near. 00:25:41.719 --> 00:25:41.859 The. 00:25:42.299 --> 00:25:43.519 Blood that bids us. 00:25:43.639 --> 00:25:44.480 Hold fast. 00:25:44.480 --> 00:25:46.740 And in this little section. 00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:48.380 We are given two reasons. 00:25:49.380 --> 00:25:50.759 Why not to refuse him. 00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:52.240 25. 00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:53.140 The first one. 00:25:54.039 --> 00:25:55.579 There's no escaping his judgment. 00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:57.519 Here's the rationale. 00:25:59.240 --> 00:25:59.980 If Israel. 00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:02.220 Did not escape God's judgment. 00:26:02.220 --> 00:26:04.440 When God warned from Sinai. 00:26:04.519 --> 00:26:05.079 On earth. 00:26:05.620 --> 00:26:07.000 They did not enter his rest. 00:26:07.120 --> 00:26:07.640 Psalm 95. 00:26:08.900 --> 00:26:09.460 Then. 00:26:09.700 --> 00:26:10.579 We will certainly. 00:26:10.579 --> 00:26:11.860 Not escape him. 00:26:11.859 --> 00:26:14.019 If we reject him. 00:26:14.019 --> 00:26:15.379 Who warns from heaven. 00:26:15.379 --> 00:26:16.059 And has given. 00:26:16.459 --> 00:26:17.779 A better promise. 00:26:18.279 --> 00:26:19.079 Greater covenant. 00:26:19.959 --> 00:26:21.079 If they didn't escape. 00:26:21.259 --> 00:26:22.139 We won't escape. 00:26:23.659 --> 00:26:25.059 This escape language. 00:26:25.059 --> 00:26:25.979 Might ring a bell. 00:26:27.019 --> 00:26:28.639 In Hebrews chapter 2. 00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:29.779 1 through 3. 00:26:29.879 --> 00:26:30.500 We read this. 00:26:30.599 --> 00:26:31.579 This is the first warning. 00:26:31.579 --> 00:26:32.099 Of the book. 00:26:33.039 --> 00:26:33.259 Therefore. 00:26:33.459 --> 00:26:34.439 We must pay close. 00:26:34.639 --> 00:26:35.979 Much closer attention. 00:26:35.979 --> 00:26:37.039 To what we have heard. 00:26:37.299 --> 00:26:38.939 Lest we drift away from it. 00:26:39.819 --> 00:26:40.819 For since the message. 00:26:40.819 --> 00:26:41.799 Declared by angels. 00:26:41.939 --> 00:26:42.839 Proved to be reliable. 00:26:43.039 --> 00:26:44.119 And every transgression. 00:26:44.299 --> 00:26:45.119 Or disobedience. 00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:46.519 Received a just retribution. 00:26:47.079 --> 00:26:47.799 No escape. 00:26:48.740 --> 00:26:50.059 How shall we escape. 00:26:50.299 --> 00:26:51.279 If we neglect. 00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:52.720 Such a great salvation. 00:26:53.159 --> 00:26:53.839 It was declared. 00:26:53.939 --> 00:26:54.220 At first. 00:26:54.299 --> 00:26:54.960 By the Lord. 00:26:55.659 --> 00:26:56.039 This. 00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:57.220 This blood of Jesus. 00:26:57.220 --> 00:26:58.000 Shed for us. 00:26:58.079 --> 00:26:58.759 That has established. 00:26:58.759 --> 00:26:59.419 The new covenant. 00:27:01.419 --> 00:27:02.299 It tells us. 00:27:02.379 --> 00:27:03.179 There's no escape. 00:27:05.039 --> 00:27:05.480 10. 00:27:05.679 --> 00:27:06.119 27. 00:27:06.339 --> 00:27:06.779 26. 00:27:06.859 --> 00:27:07.379 And 27. 00:27:07.379 --> 00:27:07.700 It's. 00:27:07.939 --> 00:27:09.119 The fourth warning. 00:27:09.119 --> 00:27:11.299 For if we go on sinning deliberately. 00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:14.219 After receiving the knowledge of the truth about Jesus. 00:27:14.359 --> 00:27:14.979 And his shed blood. 00:27:15.059 --> 00:27:15.679 And the new covenant. 00:27:16.159 --> 00:27:18.279 There no longer remains a sacrifice for sin. 00:27:18.339 --> 00:27:19.779 But a fearful expectation. 00:27:20.059 --> 00:27:20.799 Of judgment. 00:27:20.919 --> 00:27:21.699 There's no escape. 00:27:22.479 --> 00:27:23.739 And a fury of fire. 00:27:24.139 --> 00:27:26.299 That will consume the adversaries. 00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:29.899 A saving faith. 00:27:30.459 --> 00:27:32.119 Is an enduring faith. 00:27:33.319 --> 00:27:34.959 But if someone professes. 00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:36.079 To be a Christian. 00:27:36.279 --> 00:27:38.519 But then turns their back on Jesus. 00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:39.620 And refuses him. 00:27:39.680 --> 00:27:40.380 And denies him. 00:27:40.600 --> 00:27:42.400 They were never a Christian to begin with. 00:27:44.160 --> 00:27:45.220 A saving faith. 00:27:45.279 --> 00:27:46.220 Is an enduring faith. 00:27:48.519 --> 00:27:50.039 The first reason why. 00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:51.960 You're not to refuse him. 00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:53.840 Who is speaking from heaven. 00:27:55.140 --> 00:27:56.559 Is because we can't escape. 00:27:57.000 --> 00:27:57.759 His judgment. 00:27:58.420 --> 00:27:59.539 The second reason. 00:28:01.079 --> 00:28:01.920 Is this. 00:28:01.920 --> 00:28:04.039 This judgment. 00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:05.100 Has been promised. 00:28:08.160 --> 00:28:09.300 In verse 26. 00:28:09.440 --> 00:28:09.700 We read. 00:28:09.779 --> 00:28:10.500 And at this time. 00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:12.160 At that time. 00:28:12.220 --> 00:28:13.380 His voice shook the earth. 00:28:13.720 --> 00:28:14.220 Sinai. 00:28:14.840 --> 00:28:15.600 But now. 00:28:15.820 --> 00:28:17.080 He has promised. 00:28:17.800 --> 00:28:18.519 Yet once more. 00:28:18.620 --> 00:28:19.160 I will shake. 00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:20.080 Not only the earth. 00:28:20.160 --> 00:28:21.360 But also the heavens. 00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:22.620 It's Haggai 2.6. 00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:23.660 And he's saying. 00:28:23.800 --> 00:28:24.960 God is still speaking this. 00:28:25.019 --> 00:28:25.960 He's warning this. 00:28:25.960 --> 00:28:28.880 And the warning is. 00:28:29.019 --> 00:28:30.680 Of a future shaking. 00:28:31.799 --> 00:28:34.200 That does not just include the earth. 00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:35.720 But includes the earth. 00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:36.680 And the heavens. 00:28:37.079 --> 00:28:38.860 And what's being talked about there. 00:28:40.220 --> 00:28:41.620 All things created. 00:28:44.019 --> 00:28:44.340 This. 00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:46.340 This promised shaking. 00:28:47.200 --> 00:28:48.920 Is the shaking of. 00:28:49.420 --> 00:28:51.140 All things. 00:28:51.600 --> 00:28:52.319 Created. 00:28:52.319 --> 00:28:55.539 It's another way. 00:28:55.539 --> 00:28:56.099 Of describing. 00:28:56.099 --> 00:28:57.339 The day of the Lord. 00:28:59.579 --> 00:29:00.720 And in 2nd Peter. 00:29:00.879 --> 00:29:01.220 Chapter. 00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:02.399 3. 00:29:02.579 --> 00:29:02.700 We. 00:29:03.259 --> 00:29:03.720 Read this. 00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:04.799 But the day of the Lord. 00:29:04.960 --> 00:29:05.779 This is verse 10. 00:29:05.980 --> 00:29:06.879 Will come like a thief. 00:29:06.960 --> 00:29:07.559 And then the heavens. 00:29:07.559 --> 00:29:08.259 Will pass away. 00:29:08.339 --> 00:29:08.799 With a roar. 00:29:08.939 --> 00:29:10.279 And the heavenly bodies. 00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:11.059 Will be burned up. 00:29:11.119 --> 00:29:11.619 And dissolved. 00:29:11.740 --> 00:29:12.240 And the earth. 00:29:12.279 --> 00:29:12.859 And the works. 00:29:12.859 --> 00:29:13.639 That are done in it. 00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:14.399 Will be exposed. 00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:16.159 Since all these things. 00:29:16.159 --> 00:29:17.259 Are thus to be dissolved. 00:29:17.460 --> 00:29:18.240 What sort of people. 00:29:18.439 --> 00:29:19.079 Ought you to be. 00:29:19.159 --> 00:29:19.919 In lives of holiness. 00:29:19.919 --> 00:29:20.599 And godliness. 00:29:21.059 --> 00:29:21.720 Waiting for. 00:29:21.720 --> 00:29:22.259 And hastening. 00:29:22.380 --> 00:29:23.100 The coming of the day. 00:29:23.100 --> 00:29:23.539 Of the Lord. 00:29:23.860 --> 00:29:24.500 Because of which. 00:29:24.579 --> 00:29:24.940 The heavens. 00:29:24.940 --> 00:29:25.920 Will be set on fire. 00:29:25.920 --> 00:29:26.440 And dissolved. 00:29:26.539 --> 00:29:27.360 And the heavenly bodies. 00:29:27.360 --> 00:29:27.799 Will melt. 00:29:27.799 --> 00:29:28.620 As they burn. 00:29:29.220 --> 00:29:30.640 But according to his promise. 00:29:30.640 --> 00:29:31.380 We are waiting. 00:29:31.380 --> 00:29:32.100 For new heavens. 00:29:32.100 --> 00:29:33.240 And a new earth. 00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:34.620 In which righteousness. 00:29:35.120 --> 00:29:35.680 Dwells. 00:29:37.460 --> 00:29:38.680 This is another way. 00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:39.240 Of speaking. 00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:40.240 Of what is to come. 00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:43.000 The day of the Lord. 00:29:43.160 --> 00:29:44.000 The great. 00:29:44.240 --> 00:29:45.400 And final shaking. 00:29:46.360 --> 00:29:47.759 And when everything. 00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:48.900 Has been shook. 00:29:48.900 --> 00:29:48.980 Look. 00:29:49.620 --> 00:29:52.060 Only the unshakable remains. 00:29:53.160 --> 00:29:53.960 Look at verse 28. 00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:01.940 Therefore let us be grateful. 00:30:01.940 --> 00:30:03.900 For receiving a kingdom. 00:30:04.640 --> 00:30:05.780 That cannot. 00:30:06.780 --> 00:30:07.460 Be. 00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:08.880 Shaken. 00:30:09.880 --> 00:30:11.220 Zion cannot be shaken. 00:30:12.940 --> 00:30:13.920 God's people. 00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:15.960 Bought by the blood of Jesus. 00:30:16.300 --> 00:30:17.259 Cannot be shaken. 00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:19.140 Do not. 00:30:19.539 --> 00:30:20.460 Refuse him. 00:30:20.460 --> 00:30:21.539 Who is speaking. 00:30:22.039 --> 00:30:22.579 From heaven. 00:30:22.779 --> 00:30:23.819 With a better blood. 00:30:24.339 --> 00:30:25.240 Who alone. 00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:26.420 Can rescue you. 00:30:26.539 --> 00:30:27.119 From the judgment. 00:30:27.279 --> 00:30:27.700 To come. 00:30:28.819 --> 00:30:29.660 Apart from Christ. 00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:31.099 There is no escape. 00:30:32.180 --> 00:30:33.539 So if you're not a Christian. 00:30:35.079 --> 00:30:35.259 This. 00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:37.079 Hear what's being said to you. 00:30:37.180 --> 00:30:37.859 Run to Christ. 00:30:39.400 --> 00:30:40.460 He can save you. 00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:41.039 From the judgment. 00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:41.539 To come. 00:30:42.940 --> 00:30:44.400 This is the final warning. 00:30:44.400 --> 00:30:45.539 From the book of Hebrews. 00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:49.039 If you're heaven bound. 00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:52.859 If to Zion you go. 00:30:53.359 --> 00:30:53.740 Why. 00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:54.500 Would. 00:30:54.899 --> 00:30:55.159 You. 00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:55.960 Ever. 00:30:56.299 --> 00:30:57.000 Refuse. 00:30:57.220 --> 00:30:58.220 This Christ. 00:31:02.819 --> 00:31:04.740 We move from our final warning. 00:31:04.740 --> 00:31:05.200 To. 00:31:06.819 --> 00:31:07.980 Our response. 00:31:09.819 --> 00:31:10.379 Worship. 00:31:10.879 --> 00:31:12.420 This is in verses 28 and 29. 00:31:12.420 --> 00:31:15.440 If we're not to refuse him. 00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:16.560 Who warns from heaven. 00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:18.060 How do we respond to him. 00:31:18.100 --> 00:31:18.660 Who's in heaven. 00:31:20.539 --> 00:31:22.000 We know it's not. 00:31:23.160 --> 00:31:24.800 Standing afar in fear. 00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:28.100 It's drawing near in faith. 00:31:29.100 --> 00:31:30.220 And offering to God. 00:31:30.420 --> 00:31:31.300 Acceptable worship. 00:31:32.759 --> 00:31:34.000 How do we respond? 00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:36.680 We respond. 00:31:37.680 --> 00:31:38.119 Worshipfully. 00:31:39.720 --> 00:31:40.819 Remember Romans 12. 00:31:40.880 --> 00:31:41.359 One and two. 00:31:41.680 --> 00:31:42.759 By the mercies of God. 00:31:43.480 --> 00:31:44.880 In light of what God has done. 00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:45.200 We. 00:31:46.160 --> 00:31:48.259 Offer our bodies as living sacrifices. 00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:48.880 To God. 00:31:50.079 --> 00:31:51.539 That's what's going on here. 00:31:52.660 --> 00:31:54.460 Knowing that we are Zion bound. 00:31:54.640 --> 00:31:55.359 We endure. 00:31:56.660 --> 00:31:57.259 Worshipfully. 00:31:57.400 --> 00:31:58.380 And I just want to help you see. 00:31:58.500 --> 00:32:00.119 The directional flow. 00:32:00.119 --> 00:32:00.680 Of verse. 00:32:01.380 --> 00:32:01.859 28. 00:32:01.859 --> 00:32:03.459 There's a downward grace. 00:32:04.639 --> 00:32:06.519 And that downward grace. 00:32:06.919 --> 00:32:08.839 Is receiving a kingdom. 00:32:08.839 --> 00:32:10.259 That cannot be shaken. 00:32:11.179 --> 00:32:13.000 It's when you realize. 00:32:13.379 --> 00:32:15.439 That it's only by God's grace. 00:32:15.479 --> 00:32:16.919 Only by the blood of Jesus. 00:32:17.199 --> 00:32:18.599 That you have entered. 00:32:19.099 --> 00:32:20.199 This kingdom. 00:32:20.799 --> 00:32:21.879 This city. 00:32:22.339 --> 00:32:23.439 This homeland. 00:32:24.359 --> 00:32:26.000 It's only by God's grace. 00:32:26.099 --> 00:32:27.159 It's only by the blood. 00:32:29.099 --> 00:32:31.240 That downward grace. 00:32:31.240 --> 00:32:32.599 When received. 00:32:33.019 --> 00:32:35.160 It has an inward. 00:32:36.299 --> 00:32:36.900 Effect. 00:32:38.519 --> 00:32:39.160 Gratitude. 00:32:41.539 --> 00:32:43.019 Let us be grateful. 00:32:43.019 --> 00:32:44.819 For receiving a kingdom. 00:32:44.819 --> 00:32:46.059 That cannot be shaken. 00:32:47.420 --> 00:32:48.900 Let us be grateful. 00:32:48.900 --> 00:32:50.740 That we have a place. 00:32:51.079 --> 00:32:52.059 In Zion. 00:32:52.299 --> 00:32:53.640 That has been reserved. 00:32:53.900 --> 00:32:54.759 And paid for. 00:32:55.019 --> 00:32:55.980 And you're one day. 00:32:56.180 --> 00:32:56.960 Closer to it. 00:32:56.960 --> 00:32:58.880 It's better than. 00:32:58.880 --> 00:32:59.940 Any Airbnb. 00:33:00.440 --> 00:33:01.120 It's better than. 00:33:01.360 --> 00:33:02.840 Any cabin up north. 00:33:04.519 --> 00:33:05.960 Because Jesus is there. 00:33:07.360 --> 00:33:08.460 This gratitude. 00:33:10.620 --> 00:33:11.940 Is a Godward joy. 00:33:13.380 --> 00:33:14.799 That's why we sing songs like. 00:33:14.880 --> 00:33:15.900 Thank you for saving me. 00:33:16.319 --> 00:33:16.880 Amazing grace. 00:33:17.740 --> 00:33:18.539 These are. 00:33:18.819 --> 00:33:19.460 The songs. 00:33:19.700 --> 00:33:20.680 Of the citizens. 00:33:20.940 --> 00:33:22.299 Who are on their way. 00:33:22.420 --> 00:33:22.680 Who are. 00:33:23.079 --> 00:33:23.860 Running the race. 00:33:24.059 --> 00:33:24.559 To Zion. 00:33:24.559 --> 00:33:28.059 So we run this race. 00:33:28.059 --> 00:33:29.200 With endurance. 00:33:29.399 --> 00:33:30.179 With grateful. 00:33:30.740 --> 00:33:31.200 Hearts. 00:33:31.639 --> 00:33:32.639 We receive God's. 00:33:32.639 --> 00:33:33.559 Downward grace. 00:33:33.980 --> 00:33:34.879 Our hearts. 00:33:35.279 --> 00:33:36.399 Are the inward change. 00:33:36.399 --> 00:33:37.119 Of gratitude. 00:33:37.119 --> 00:33:38.700 And then we go upward. 00:33:38.700 --> 00:33:39.659 With glory. 00:33:40.679 --> 00:33:41.460 Downward grace. 00:33:42.319 --> 00:33:43.079 Inner gratitude. 00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:44.819 Upward glory. 00:33:46.539 --> 00:33:47.720 We are to. 00:33:50.599 --> 00:33:51.579 Offer to God. 00:33:51.659 --> 00:33:52.519 Acceptable worship. 00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:52.599 Worship. 00:33:54.859 --> 00:33:56.079 I've told you this before. 00:33:56.200 --> 00:33:56.319 But. 00:33:56.680 --> 00:33:57.379 The word worship. 00:33:57.379 --> 00:33:57.480 Worship. 00:33:57.599 --> 00:33:59.160 Comes from an old English word. 00:33:59.279 --> 00:33:59.700 That means. 00:34:00.160 --> 00:34:00.500 Worth. 00:34:01.700 --> 00:34:02.139 Ship. 00:34:03.240 --> 00:34:04.160 Where you are. 00:34:04.700 --> 00:34:05.259 Recognizing. 00:34:05.259 --> 00:34:06.700 And giving God. 00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:08.239 His worth. 00:34:09.739 --> 00:34:11.360 It is treasuring Jesus. 00:34:11.440 --> 00:34:12.420 Above all else. 00:34:12.739 --> 00:34:13.880 It's when the triune God. 00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:15.179 Becomes the controlling center. 00:34:15.179 --> 00:34:15.840 Of your life. 00:34:15.900 --> 00:34:16.519 And everything. 00:34:16.699 --> 00:34:17.480 Orbits him. 00:34:17.739 --> 00:34:19.340 You are wanting to live for him. 00:34:19.400 --> 00:34:20.699 Because he is worthy. 00:34:20.699 --> 00:34:23.599 You have done the math. 00:34:25.799 --> 00:34:26.699 Incomparable worth. 00:34:29.059 --> 00:34:30.319 We worship him. 00:34:30.319 --> 00:34:31.559 On his terms. 00:34:33.199 --> 00:34:34.679 And he is a consuming fire. 00:34:34.779 --> 00:34:35.779 Do you see that in verse 29? 00:34:36.699 --> 00:34:38.059 You don't trifle with him. 00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:41.480 He is going to bring about judgment. 00:34:41.480 --> 00:34:45.800 So. 00:34:45.980 --> 00:34:46.880 What's interesting here. 00:34:46.960 --> 00:34:48.260 Is we're both to be. 00:34:48.940 --> 00:34:49.380 Grateful. 00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:51.280 And yet. 00:34:51.480 --> 00:34:52.240 To worship him. 00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:53.360 With reverence and fear. 00:34:53.440 --> 00:34:54.159 Isn't that interesting? 00:34:55.619 --> 00:34:57.280 We don't typically think that way. 00:34:57.360 --> 00:35:00.099 That can start sounding paradoxical to us. 00:35:00.760 --> 00:35:01.860 How does that work? 00:35:04.760 --> 00:35:05.519 C.S. Lewis. 00:35:05.760 --> 00:35:07.019 Shows us how that works. 00:35:07.019 --> 00:35:09.340 In the lion. 00:35:09.420 --> 00:35:09.639 The witch. 00:35:09.679 --> 00:35:10.179 And the wardrobe. 00:35:11.360 --> 00:35:12.980 The four Pevensey children. 00:35:13.259 --> 00:35:14.059 Are in Narnia. 00:35:14.880 --> 00:35:16.119 And they have just learned. 00:35:16.239 --> 00:35:16.539 From Mr. 00:35:16.559 --> 00:35:16.820 And Mrs. 00:35:16.900 --> 00:35:17.239 Beaver. 00:35:17.420 --> 00:35:18.179 That Aslan. 00:35:18.259 --> 00:35:18.780 The lion. 00:35:19.219 --> 00:35:21.119 Is the rightful king. 00:35:21.199 --> 00:35:22.460 Of all Narnia. 00:35:23.820 --> 00:35:24.259 Parents. 00:35:24.340 --> 00:35:25.280 If you have not read this. 00:35:25.360 --> 00:35:26.059 With your kids yet. 00:35:26.880 --> 00:35:28.119 It's on your short list. 00:35:30.199 --> 00:35:30.599 Susan. 00:35:31.219 --> 00:35:31.599 Says. 00:35:32.059 --> 00:35:33.320 Of this lion. 00:35:34.360 --> 00:35:35.840 Is he quite safe? 00:35:35.840 --> 00:35:37.559 I should feel quite nervous. 00:35:37.640 --> 00:35:38.160 Meeting him. 00:35:39.480 --> 00:35:39.860 Mrs. 00:35:39.960 --> 00:35:40.720 Beaver says. 00:35:41.620 --> 00:35:42.300 If there's anyone. 00:35:42.480 --> 00:35:42.760 Who can. 00:35:43.220 --> 00:35:44.320 Appear before Aslan. 00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:45.260 Without knees knocking. 00:35:45.579 --> 00:35:46.960 Is either braver than most. 00:35:47.059 --> 00:35:48.280 Or just silly. 00:35:50.559 --> 00:35:51.120 Susan. 00:35:52.400 --> 00:35:53.380 And he isn't safe. 00:35:54.760 --> 00:35:55.320 Mr. 00:35:55.420 --> 00:35:55.740 Beaver. 00:35:57.660 --> 00:35:58.180 Safe. 00:36:00.420 --> 00:36:02.300 Who said anything about safe? 00:36:03.620 --> 00:36:05.180 Of course he isn't safe. 00:36:05.779 --> 00:36:06.440 He's a lion. 00:36:08.899 --> 00:36:09.839 But he's good. 00:36:11.599 --> 00:36:12.659 He's the king. 00:36:12.779 --> 00:36:13.339 I tell you. 00:36:15.199 --> 00:36:17.139 Our God is both a God of grace. 00:36:17.279 --> 00:36:18.919 And a consuming fire. 00:36:19.399 --> 00:36:20.299 He's the king. 00:36:20.379 --> 00:36:21.000 I tell you. 00:36:23.359 --> 00:36:25.440 We receive his grace. 00:36:26.139 --> 00:36:26.980 Downward grace. 00:36:27.500 --> 00:36:28.319 Our hearts. 00:36:28.319 --> 00:36:29.759 Are made grateful. 00:36:30.319 --> 00:36:31.639 And then we give him the glory. 00:36:31.739 --> 00:36:32.419 He deserves. 00:36:32.420 --> 00:36:34.500 We worship him. 00:36:35.539 --> 00:36:37.039 I'm going to be out the next two Sundays. 00:36:37.200 --> 00:36:38.039 But when we get back. 00:36:38.159 --> 00:36:40.740 We're going to unpack Hebrews 13. 00:36:41.059 --> 00:36:43.680 And Hebrews 13 is a series of like. 00:36:44.019 --> 00:36:44.200 Pop. 00:36:44.240 --> 00:36:44.400 Pop. 00:36:44.440 --> 00:36:44.619 Pop. 00:36:44.619 --> 00:36:44.840 Pop. 00:36:44.900 --> 00:36:45.220 Pop. 00:36:45.220 --> 00:36:45.340 Pop. 00:36:45.340 --> 00:36:45.860 Pop. 00:36:45.860 --> 00:36:46.380 Commands. 00:36:46.860 --> 00:36:49.079 And they are the outworkings. 00:36:49.440 --> 00:36:51.820 The specifics of what it means to worship. 00:36:51.820 --> 00:36:53.519 Our God together. 00:36:54.019 --> 00:36:55.240 As we run this race. 00:36:55.239 --> 00:36:58.879 And as we move. 00:36:59.539 --> 00:37:00.079 To Zion. 00:37:01.019 --> 00:37:02.919 Are you going on a road trip this summer? 00:37:04.659 --> 00:37:05.959 When you get road weary. 00:37:06.799 --> 00:37:07.459 Travel fatigue. 00:37:07.559 --> 00:37:08.459 When you want it to be done. 00:37:09.019 --> 00:37:11.659 Remember your vacation destination. 00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:13.019 Lobster rolls. 00:37:13.019 --> 00:37:19.480 We run the race that God has set before us. 00:37:20.739 --> 00:37:21.739 It's going to get long. 00:37:21.800 --> 00:37:22.579 It's going to get hard. 00:37:23.960 --> 00:37:25.280 It's going to be travel fatigue. 00:37:25.500 --> 00:37:26.559 You may want to give up. 00:37:27.039 --> 00:37:29.420 But knowing we are Zion bound. 00:37:29.619 --> 00:37:30.179 We endure. 00:37:31.239 --> 00:37:32.179 Our destination. 00:37:32.800 --> 00:37:33.519 To Zion. 00:37:33.900 --> 00:37:34.519 Our warning. 00:37:34.739 --> 00:37:35.639 Do not refuse him. 00:37:35.639 --> 00:37:36.800 Our response. 00:37:37.639 --> 00:37:38.559 Worship him. 00:37:39.840 --> 00:37:40.759 Repeat after me. 00:37:41.639 --> 00:37:42.340 Christ is my. 00:37:42.340 --> 00:37:45.260 Risen and reigning. 00:37:47.079 --> 00:37:48.019 Priest and king. 00:37:49.280 --> 00:37:50.820 The anchor of my soul. 00:37:52.840 --> 00:37:54.440 Our consuming fire. 00:37:56.720 --> 00:37:58.440 To him we hold fast. 00:38:01.019 --> 00:38:02.820 To Zion we go. 00:38:04.660 --> 00:38:05.400 Let's pray. 00:38:08.519 --> 00:38:09.260 Lord Jesus. 00:38:09.420 --> 00:38:10.440 Thank you for. 00:38:11.140 --> 00:38:12.079 By your blood. 00:38:12.819 --> 00:38:14.480 Making us citizens. 00:38:14.480 --> 00:38:16.179 Of the heavenly Jerusalem. 00:38:18.679 --> 00:38:19.940 We look forward. 00:38:20.139 --> 00:38:21.840 To seeing you face to face. 00:38:23.179 --> 00:38:24.539 Would you put strength. 00:38:24.840 --> 00:38:25.420 In us. 00:38:25.719 --> 00:38:27.119 Resolve to endure. 00:38:27.679 --> 00:38:29.380 To worship you. 00:38:29.380 --> 00:38:31.079 In gratitude. 00:38:32.039 --> 00:38:33.440 You are worthy. 00:38:34.440 --> 00:38:35.000 Amen. 00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:35.059 Amen. 00:38:35.059 --> 00:38:35.059 00:38:35.059 --> 00:38:35.059 00:38:35.059 --> 00:38:35.059 00:38:35.059 --> 00:38:35.059 00:38:35.059 --> 00:38:35.059 00:38:35.059 --> 00:38:35.059 00:38:35.059 --> 00:38:35.059 00:38:35.059 --> 00:38:35.059 00:38:35.059 --> 00:38:35.059 00:38:35.059 --> 00:38:35.059 00:38:35.059 --> 00:38:35.059 00:38:35.059 --> 00:38:37.059 Amen. 00:38:37.059 --> 00:38:37.059 00:38:37.059 --> 00:38:39.119 Amen. 00:38:39.119 --> 00:38:39.119 00:38:39.119 --> 00:38:39.119 00:38:39.119 --> 00:38:39.119 00:38:39.119 --> 00:38:39.119 00:38:39.119 --> 00:38:39.119 00:38:39.119 --> 00:38:39.119