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 It's such a joy to worship with you all each morning.

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 For those of you who don't know me, my name is Sean.

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 I'm one of the pastors of Trinity Kings Church,

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 and it's my privilege to preach God's word to you this morning.

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 Please turn with me to Revelation chapter 14, verses 6 to 20.

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 We've been in this passage.

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 We've been in the book of Revelation since the winter.

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 And we are in chapter 14, verses 6 to 20.

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 I have the grave task this morning of preaching the passage that Pastor and Theologian D.A. Carson calls

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 the most horrific passage on hell in the whole Bible.

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 But God's word includes sobering passages like this because God knows that we need to sober up from the wine of sin.

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 Because God knows that we need a healthy dose of eternal reality check.

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 Though hell might be an inconvenient truth that we might wish to ignore,

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 and Jesus spoke of it repeatedly throughout the Gospels.

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 And it's dangerous for us to ignore.

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 So in Revelation chapter 14, verses 6 to 20,

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 we pray for the reading and preaching of God's word.

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 Heavenly Father,

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 give me grace this morning

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 to preach the horrors of hell

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 that conveys

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 your love

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 and justice,

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 your worthiness

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 and glory

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 and your mercy.

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 As we

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 humble ourselves before your word,

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 please, God,

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 make us sober-minded people

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 with their eyes set on eternity

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 so that we might live in this life

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 in a manner that is pleasing to you.

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 In Jesus' name,

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 we pray.

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 Amen.

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 If you are able,

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 please stand and join us for the reading of God's word

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 from Revelation chapter 14,

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 6 to 20.

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 Amen.

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 Then I saw another angel

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 flying directly overhead

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 with an eternal gospel

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 proclaimed to those who dwell on earth,

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 to every nation

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 and tribe

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 and language

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 and people.

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 And he said with a loud voice,

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 Fear God

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 and give Him glory

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 because

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 the hour of His judgment

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 has come

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 and worship Him

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 who made heaven and earth

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 the sea

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 and the springs of wire.

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 Another angel,

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 a second,

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 followed,

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 saying,

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 Fallen,

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 fallen is Babylon the great,

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 she who made all nations

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 drink the wine

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 of the passion

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 of her sexual immorality.

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 And another angel,

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 a third,

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 followed them,

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 saying with a loud voice,

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 If anyone worships the beast

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 and its image

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 and receives a mark

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 on his forehead

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 or on his hand,

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 he also will drink

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 the wine

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 of God's wrath,

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 pour full strength

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 into the cup

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 of his anger,

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 and he will be tormented

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 with fire and sulfur

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 in the presence

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 of the holy angels

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 and in the presence

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 of the Lamb.

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 And the smoke

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 of their torment

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 goes up forever

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 and ever,

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 and they have no rest,

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 day or night,

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 these worshipers

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 of the beast

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 and its image

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 and whoever receives

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 the mark of its name.

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 Here is a call

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 for the endurance

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 of the saints,

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 those who keep

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 the commandments

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 of God

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 and their faith

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 in Jesus.

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 And I heard a voice

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 from heaven

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 saying,

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 Write this,

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 Blessed are the dead

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 who die in the Lord

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 from now on.

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 Blessed indeed,

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 says the Spirit,

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 that they may rest

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 from their labors,

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 for their deeds

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 follow them.

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 then I looked,

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 and behold,

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 a white cloud

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 and seated on the cloud

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 one like a son of man

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 with a golden crown

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 on his head

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 and a sharp sickle

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 in his hand.

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 And another angel

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 came out of the temple

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 calling with a loud voice

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 to him who sat

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 on the cloud,

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 Put in your sickle

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 and reap,

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 for the hour to reap

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 has come,

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 for the harvest

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 of the earth

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 is fully ripe.

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 So he who sat

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 on the cloud

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 swung his sickle

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 across the earth,

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 and the earth

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 was reaped.

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 Then another angel

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 came out of the temple

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 in heaven,

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 and he too

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 had a sharp sickle.

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 And another angel

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 came out from the altar,

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 the angel who has

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 authority over the fire,

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 and he called

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 with a loud voice

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 to the one

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 who had the sharp sickle,

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 Put in your sickle

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 and gather the clusters

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 from the vine of the earth,

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 for its grapes

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 are ripe.

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 So the angel

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 swung his sickle

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 across the earth

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 and gathered

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 the grape harvest

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 of the earth,

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 and threw it

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 into the great

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 winepress

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 of the wrath

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 of God.

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 And the winepress

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 was trodden

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 outside the city,

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 and blood

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 flowed from the winepress,

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 as high as a horse's bridle,

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 for 1600 stadia.

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 This is God's

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 holy and authoritative word.

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 Please be seated.

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 61 million people

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 are estimated

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 to have died

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 last year

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 in 2023.

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 That's approximately

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 5 million deaths

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 monthly,

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 167,

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 123 deaths

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 daily,

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 and 6,963

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 deaths

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 hourly,

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 116 deaths

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 every minute,

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 and two deaths

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 every second.

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 just now,

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 two people

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 went to either

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 heaven or hell.

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 And two more.

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 And two more.

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 Yesterday,

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 over 167,000 people

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 went to either

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 heaven or hell.

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 We often forget

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 that death

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 is coming

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 for us all.

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 We lather on

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 anti-aging creams

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 to hide

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 the appearance

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 of aging.

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 I'm not saying

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 that's wrong

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 for you to do.

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 I'm just saying

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 that's what we tend

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 to do.

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 We run on treadmills

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 and ellipticals

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 and eat fish oils

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 and turmeric

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 to improve our health

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 and extend

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 our lives.

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 Our society

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 seeks,

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 at all costs,

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 to alleviate pain

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 and avoid death

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 for as long

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 as possible

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 because ultimately

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 he doesn't want

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 to reckon

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 with death

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 and what lies after.

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 But it would be

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 spiritually helpful

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 for us to think

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 about the inevitability

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 of death

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 and the eternal

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 destinies of heaven

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 and hell

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 more often.

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 Moses' prayer

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 is recorded

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 in Psalm 90.

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 For all our days

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 pass away

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 under your wrath.

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 we bring our ears

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 to an end

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 like a sigh.

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 The years

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 of our life

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 are 70

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 or even by reason

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 of strength

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 80.

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 So teach us

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 to number

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 our days

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 that we may get

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 a heart

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 of wisdom.

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 By confronting us

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 with the eternal

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 and inescapable

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 realities of heaven

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 and hell,

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 Revelation 14,

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 6 to 20

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 seeks to give us

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 that heart

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 of wisdom.

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 God,

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 the inevitable

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 judgment of God

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 should make

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 all of us

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 fear him

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 and give him

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 glory.

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 I'm going to

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 first talk about

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 the contrast

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 of the call

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 to repentance

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 and a call

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 for endurance

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 in verses 6

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 to 13

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 and I'll talk

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 about the harvest

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 of grain

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 and the harvest

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 of grapes

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 in verses 14

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 to 20.

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 It says in

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 verse 6,

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 Then I saw

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 another angel

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 flying directly

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 overhead

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 with an eternal

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 gospel to proclaim

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 to those who dwell

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 on earth,

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 to every nation

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 and tribe

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 and language

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 and people.

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 This seems

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 auspicious

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 at first.

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 This angel

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 has an eternal

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 gospel to proclaim

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 to all those

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 people who dwell

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 on the earth.

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 And the gospel

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 means good news

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 as we talk about

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 every week.

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 It's what we

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 rehearse during

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 worship every Sunday,

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 the good news

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 that Christ Jesus

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 came into the world

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 to save sinners,

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 that he died

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 on the cross

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 to atone

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 for our sins

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 and to appease

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 the wrath of God

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 and that Jesus

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 was raised

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 from the dead

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 so that we might

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 have everlasting

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 life and fellowship

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 with him.

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 That's the good news.

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 However,

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 there are clues

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 here in this passage

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 that suggest

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 that the emphasis

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 of the angel's

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 pronouncement

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 is not actually

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 salvation

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 but judgment.

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 This angel

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 in chapter 14

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 is flying

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 directly overhead

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 and proclaims

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 the eternal gospel

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 in a loud

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 voice

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 and begins

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 a threefold

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 announcement

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 of divine judgment.

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 And these details

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 are parallel

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 in chapter 8

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 verse 13

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 of the evil

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 that flies

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 directly overhead

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 and proclaims

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 in a loud voice

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 the threefold

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 woes

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 of divine judgment.

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 They both

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 have as their

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 addressees

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 those who dwell

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 on the earth.

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 And those who dwell

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 on the earth

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 is John's way,

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 the way he

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 characteristically

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 refers to those

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 who do not

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 have faith

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 in God,

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 those who refuse

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 to repent

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 of their sins

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 and therefore

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 are the object

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 of the wrath

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 and judgment

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 of God.

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 That's in contrast

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 with those

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 who dwell

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 in heaven

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 as Revelation

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 13, 6

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 and 12, 12

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 talk about

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 which is us,

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 God's people,

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 those who believe

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 in Christ.

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 Even though we

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 might live here

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 presently on earth,

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 even now

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 our dwelling place,

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 our citizenship,

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 and our home

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 is in heaven.

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 The focus

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 on the judgment

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 of God

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 is confirmed

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 by verse 7.

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 It says,

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 And he said

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 with a loud voice,

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 Fear God

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 and give him glory

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 because the hour

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 of his judgment

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 has come

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 and worship him

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 who made heaven

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 and earth,

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 the sea and the

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 springs of water.

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 This raises

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 the question,

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 how is the

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 announcement

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 of the judgment

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 of God

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 the eternal gospel?

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 That's because

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 there is no gospel

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 without the judgment

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 of God.

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 For example,

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 when Isaiah 60

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 prophesies of the

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 good news

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 of Jesus Christ

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 that's to come,

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 it announces

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 good news

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 and the mercy

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 of God

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 to the people

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 of God,

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 how God

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 will deliver them

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 and build them up.

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 But in that same

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 exact context,

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 it also speaks

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 of the fact

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 that the nations

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 and the kingdoms

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 that opposed God

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 and oppressed

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 God's people

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 will perish

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 and be utterly

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 laid waste.

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 The good news

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 of deliverance

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 on the one hand

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 for God's people

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 necessarily includes

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 on the other hand

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 bad news

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 of judgment

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 for God's enemies.

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 The gospel

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 is often summarized

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 with John 3.16

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 for God so loved

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 the world

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 that he gave

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 his only son

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 that whoever

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 believes in him

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 should not perish

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 but have eternal life.

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 But God's judgment

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 is also implied

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 by the gospel

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 because those

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 who reject the gospel

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 will be punished.

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 John 3.16

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 is followed

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 by verses 18-19.

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 Whoever believes

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 in him

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 is not condemned

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 but whoever

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 does not believe

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 is condemned

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 already

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 because he has

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 not believed

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 in the name

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 of the only

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 son of God.

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 And this is

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 the judgment.

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 The light

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 has come into

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 the world

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 and people

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 love the darkness

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 rather than the light

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 because their works

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 were evil.

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 The eternal gospel

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 is the message

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 of God's deliverance

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 and rescue

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 but the corollary

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 is that

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 those who refuse

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 God's rescue

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 and deliverance

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 will surely perish

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 and face

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 God's eternal judgment.

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 We frequently

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 observe this pattern

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 in scripture.

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 Romans 1.16

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 I am not ashamed

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 of the gospel

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 for it is the power

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 of God

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 for salvation

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 for those who believe.

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 And then it's

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 followed immediately

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 by

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 for the wrath

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 of God

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 is revealed

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 from heaven

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 against all

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 ungodliness

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 and unrighteousness

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 of man.

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 2 Corinthians 2.14-16

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 says the fragrance

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 of the knowledge

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 of Jesus Christ

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 is a fragrance

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 from life to life

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 for those

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 who are being saved.

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 But that same

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 fragrance of Christ

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 is the fragrance

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 from death to death

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 among those

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 who are perishing.

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 This eternal gospel

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 of verse 6

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 is addressed

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 to those

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 who are perishing.

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 to those

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 who dwell

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 on the earth.

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 And it is

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 therefore

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 a fragrance

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 from death

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 to death.

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 That's why

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 it's described

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 as an eternal gospel

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 which matches

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 verse 11

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 where it says

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 that the smoke

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 of their torment

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 goes up forever

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 and ever.

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 That's literally

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 eternity

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 of eternities.

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 It's the same word

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 as the eternal gospel.

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 The gospel

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 is eternal

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 because its truth

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 abides forever

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 and because

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 what we do

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 with that truth

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 determines

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 our eternal

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 destinies.

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 Not all truths

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 are made equal.

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 Not all truths

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 are equally relevant

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 or equally important

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 at all times.

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 I was looking

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 for the most

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 random fact

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 I could find.

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 For example,

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 the 1896

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 Summer Olympics

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 held in Athens,

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 Greece

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 was the first

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 international Olympic Games

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 held in modern history.

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 Fascinating

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 but useless.

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 It's completely

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 irrelevant now.

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 But the eternal gospel

00:14:12.000 --> 00:14:13.740
 is eternally relevant

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 and it is

00:14:15.740 --> 00:14:16.979
 eternally important

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 which is

00:14:19.399 --> 00:14:20.899
 all the more reason

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 why we must

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 proclaim it

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 to all the nations.

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 and this gospel

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 is also universal.

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 It does not apply

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 only to a part

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 of the world

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 only to a particular

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 people.

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 No, he says

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 it applies to

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 every nation

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 and tribe

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 and language

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 and people

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 which is why

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 we must go

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 to all the nations.

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 And the angel

00:14:43.580 --> 00:14:44.500
 says in a loud voice

00:14:44.500 --> 00:14:45.139
 in verse 7

00:14:45.139 --> 00:14:46.220
 Fear God

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 and give Him glory

00:14:47.399 --> 00:14:48.279
 because the hour

00:14:48.279 --> 00:14:48.899
 of His judgment

00:14:48.899 --> 00:14:49.540
 has come

00:14:49.540 --> 00:14:50.899
 and worship Him

00:14:50.899 --> 00:14:51.560
 who made heaven

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 and earth

00:14:51.899 --> 00:14:52.420
 the sea

00:14:52.420 --> 00:14:53.180
 and the springs

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 of water.

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 The appropriate

00:14:55.620 --> 00:14:56.720
 response to this

00:14:56.720 --> 00:14:57.680
 eternal gospel

00:14:57.680 --> 00:14:58.740
 and the impending

00:14:58.740 --> 00:14:59.500
 judgment of God

00:14:59.500 --> 00:15:00.600
 is for us

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 to fear God

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 and give Him glory.

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 If we know

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 that God

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 is the creator

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 who made

00:15:06.759 --> 00:15:07.600
 the heaven and earth

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 and the sea

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 and the springs

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 of water

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 if we know

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 that God

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 is the universal

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 judge

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 who punish

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 evil doers

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 then we ought

00:15:15.320 --> 00:15:16.920
 to fear God

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 and give Him glory.

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 The fear of God

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 is a prominent theme

00:15:21.600 --> 00:15:22.000
 in the book

00:15:22.000 --> 00:15:22.820
 of Proverbs.

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 Proverbs 9.10

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 says the fear

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 of the Lord

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 is the beginning

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 of wisdom

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 and the knowledge

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 of the Holy One

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 is insight.

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 So to fear God

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 is to know Him rightly.

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 Similarly,

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 Proverbs 15.33

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 says the fear

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 of the Lord

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 is instruction

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 in wisdom

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 and humility

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 comes before honor.

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 So the fear

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 of the Lord

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 is not just

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 being terrified

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 of Him

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 but knowing

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 Him rightly

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 and relating

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 to Him

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 with humility

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 and submission.

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 In other words,

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 if we know

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 how big God

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 really is

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 and how small

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 we really are,

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 if we know

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 how holy God

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 really is

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 and how sinful

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 we really are,

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 then that produces

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 fear,

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 reverence,

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 awe,

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 worship.

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 That's the fear

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 of the Lord.

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 In Revelation 16.9

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 we see unbelievers

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 who despite

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 the warnings

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 and the previews

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 of God's judgment

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 refuse to repent

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 and give Him glory.

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 But as we saw

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 in Revelation 11.13

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 when God's final judgment

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 comes,

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 even the most

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 stubborn unbelievers

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 will have no choice

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 but to be terrified,

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 quote,

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 terrified

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 and give glory

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 to the God of heaven.

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 That's what it says

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 in Revelation 11.13.

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 The day is surely coming

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 when every knee

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 will bow before Jesus

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 and every tongue

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 will confess

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 the name of Jesus

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 and worship Him

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 to the glory

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 of God the Father.

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 That day is coming.

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 And we then

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 really only have

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 two choices.

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 We can fear God

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 and give Him glory

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 now voluntarily

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 or we will be

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 terrified of Him

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 and give Him glory

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 involuntarily

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 in the future.

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 we can worship God

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 joyfully now

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 or we can worship God

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 begrudgingly

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 in the future.

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 One way or the other

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 God will get

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 the glory

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 that is due to Him.

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 But if we wait

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 until God's final judgment

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 we will have lost

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 our chance

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 to repent

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 and we will not

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 escape the fire's path.

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 So this is a call

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 for repentance

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 for all those

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 who have not yet

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 put their trust

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 in Jesus

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 for salvation.

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 Fear God.

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 Please

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 I plead with you

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 fear God

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 and give Him glory.

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 That is your salvation.

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 Do it while

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 you still have time.

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 After this angelic

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 pronouncement

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 of the hour of judgment

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 the second angel

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 follows in verse 8

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 saying

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 fallen, fallen

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 is Babylon the great

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 she who made

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 all nations

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 drink the wine

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 of the passion

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 of her sexual immorality.

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 This is a preview

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 of the more lengthy

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 section on Babylon

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 and the fall of Babylon

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 in chapters 17 and 18.

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 Prophet Isaiah

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 prophesied

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 of the fall of Babylon

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 in the 8th century BC

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 using these exact words

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 in Isaiah 21.9

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 fallen,

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 fallen

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 is Babylon.

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 That expression

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 Babylon the great

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 comes from Daniel 4.30

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 where the king

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 of Babylon

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 Nebuchadnezzar

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 at the time

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 boasts

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 is not this

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 Babylon the great

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 which I have built

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 by my mighty power

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 as a royal residence

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 and for the glory

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 of my majesty.

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 But that boasting

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 is short lived

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 because Isaiah's prophecy

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 is fulfilled

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 in an immediate sense

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 in 539 BC

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 when the Persian Empire

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 led by King Cyrus

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 attacks and conquers

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 Babylon.

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 But John

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 appropriates that prophecy

00:19:08.000 --> 00:19:09.539
 Isaiah's prophecy

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 and tells us

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 that it will be fulfilled

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 it was already fulfilled

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 in an immediate sense

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 but it will be fulfilled

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 in an ultimate sense

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 at the end of the age.

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 Because ancient Babylon

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 sacked Jerusalem

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 and destroyed

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 the temple of God

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 and led people of Judah

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 into captivity

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 and exile

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 and because King Nebuchadnezzar

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 tried to assimilate

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 the Jewish religion

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 and culture

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 into Babylonian culture

00:19:33.480 --> 00:19:34.039
 and religion

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 the name Babylon

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 became synonymous

00:19:37.279 --> 00:19:38.859
 with worldly powers

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 and influences

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 that persecuted

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 God's people

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 and seduced them

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 into compromise.

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 That's what Babylon

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 represents.

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 In the first century

00:19:49.199 --> 00:19:50.119
 Babylon was the

00:19:50.119 --> 00:19:51.019
 code name for Rome

00:19:51.019 --> 00:19:53.079
 because in the same way

00:19:53.079 --> 00:19:54.059
 the Babylonian Empire

00:19:54.059 --> 00:19:54.899
 destroyed the temple

00:19:54.899 --> 00:19:55.419
 in Jerusalem

00:19:55.419 --> 00:19:56.619
 in 586 BC

00:19:56.619 --> 00:19:57.819
 so the Roman Empire

00:19:57.819 --> 00:19:58.839
 destroyed the temple

00:19:58.839 --> 00:20:00.279
 and Jerusalem

00:20:00.279 --> 00:20:01.279
 in 70 AD.

00:20:02.339 --> 00:20:03.319
 But Babylon the Great

00:20:03.319 --> 00:20:04.399
 is not primarily

00:20:04.399 --> 00:20:05.419
 a reference to

00:20:05.419 --> 00:20:06.079
 ancient Babylon

00:20:06.079 --> 00:20:07.119
 or even to

00:20:07.119 --> 00:20:07.839
 ancient Rome

00:20:07.839 --> 00:20:08.759
 or even to

00:20:08.759 --> 00:20:09.579
 modern day Iraq

00:20:09.579 --> 00:20:10.179
 which is where

00:20:10.179 --> 00:20:11.599
 Babylon geographically

00:20:11.599 --> 00:20:12.199
 used to be.

00:20:13.539 --> 00:20:14.559
 But as John says here

00:20:14.559 --> 00:20:15.399
 in Revelation 14

00:20:15.399 --> 00:20:16.459
 because the Babylon

00:20:16.459 --> 00:20:17.639
 the ultimate Babylon

00:20:17.639 --> 00:20:18.839
 will fall only

00:20:18.839 --> 00:20:20.000
 at the end of the age.

00:20:20.699 --> 00:20:21.480
 So it represents

00:20:21.480 --> 00:20:22.419
 the center

00:20:22.419 --> 00:20:24.559
 of the sinful world's

00:20:24.559 --> 00:20:25.839
 cultural influence

00:20:25.839 --> 00:20:27.039
 and economic power.

00:20:28.839 --> 00:20:31.439
 in chapter 17

00:20:31.439 --> 00:20:32.659
 Babylon is called

00:20:32.659 --> 00:20:34.019
 the great prostitute

00:20:34.019 --> 00:20:35.159
 who sits

00:20:35.159 --> 00:20:36.220
 on the beast

00:20:36.220 --> 00:20:37.199
 of chapter 13

00:20:37.199 --> 00:20:38.500
 which has seven heads

00:20:38.500 --> 00:20:39.059
 and ten homes.

00:20:39.759 --> 00:20:40.939
 So Babylon and the beast

00:20:40.939 --> 00:20:42.419
 are intimately related.

00:20:42.559 --> 00:20:43.279
 They're not identical

00:20:43.279 --> 00:20:44.319
 but they're related.

00:20:45.179 --> 00:20:46.419
 The beast represented

00:20:46.419 --> 00:20:47.599
 the worldly rulers

00:20:47.599 --> 00:20:48.379
 and governments

00:20:48.379 --> 00:20:48.919
 and kingdoms

00:20:48.919 --> 00:20:49.859
 that oppose God

00:20:49.859 --> 00:20:50.859
 and oppress God's people

00:20:50.859 --> 00:20:52.899
 and Babylon is carried

00:20:52.899 --> 00:20:54.099
 by this beast.

00:20:54.099 --> 00:20:56.079
 meaning Babylon's

00:20:56.079 --> 00:20:57.339
 sinful influence

00:20:57.339 --> 00:20:58.139
 and wealth

00:20:58.139 --> 00:20:59.859
 are given prominence

00:20:59.859 --> 00:21:01.019
 and propagated

00:21:01.019 --> 00:21:01.939
 by the beast.

00:21:03.879 --> 00:21:04.899
 Babylon the great

00:21:04.899 --> 00:21:05.639
 is described

00:21:05.639 --> 00:21:06.639
 in 17.5

00:21:06.639 --> 00:21:07.399
 as the mother

00:21:07.399 --> 00:21:08.259
 of prostitutes

00:21:08.259 --> 00:21:09.019
 and of earth's

00:21:09.019 --> 00:21:09.759
 abominations.

00:21:10.939 --> 00:21:11.639
 She makes

00:21:11.639 --> 00:21:12.659
 as we see in our chapter

00:21:12.659 --> 00:21:13.899
 chapter 14 verse 8

00:21:13.899 --> 00:21:15.119
 she makes all the nations

00:21:15.119 --> 00:21:16.199
 drink the wine

00:21:16.199 --> 00:21:17.279
 of the passion

00:21:17.279 --> 00:21:18.980
 of her sexual immorality

00:21:18.980 --> 00:21:21.220
 and in doing so

00:21:21.220 --> 00:21:24.279
 she is a fertile prostitute

00:21:24.279 --> 00:21:24.900
 who becomes

00:21:24.900 --> 00:21:26.140
 the mother of prostitutes

00:21:26.140 --> 00:21:26.680
 and of all

00:21:26.680 --> 00:21:27.900
 of earth's abominations.

00:21:30.640 --> 00:21:31.779
 Babylon's wine

00:21:31.779 --> 00:21:32.480
 of the passion

00:21:32.480 --> 00:21:33.480
 of her sexual immorality

00:21:33.480 --> 00:21:34.299
 is explained later

00:21:34.299 --> 00:21:35.740
 in chapter 18 verse 3.

00:21:36.400 --> 00:21:37.339
 For all nations

00:21:37.339 --> 00:21:38.319
 have drunk the wine

00:21:38.319 --> 00:21:38.860
 of the passion

00:21:38.860 --> 00:21:39.860
 of her sexual immorality

00:21:39.860 --> 00:21:41.120
 and the kings of the earth

00:21:41.120 --> 00:21:41.839
 have committed

00:21:41.839 --> 00:21:43.099
 immorality with her

00:21:43.099 --> 00:21:44.480
 and the merchants

00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:45.279
 of the earth

00:21:45.279 --> 00:21:46.559
 have grown rich

00:21:46.559 --> 00:21:47.700
 from the power

00:21:47.700 --> 00:21:48.819
 of her luxurious

00:21:48.819 --> 00:21:49.419
 living.

00:21:50.720 --> 00:21:51.139
 So this

00:21:51.139 --> 00:21:52.579
 sexual immorality

00:21:52.579 --> 00:21:53.480
 I'm sure there's

00:21:53.480 --> 00:21:54.799
 literal sexual immorality

00:21:54.799 --> 00:21:55.799
 involved as well

00:21:55.799 --> 00:21:56.599
 but here

00:21:56.599 --> 00:21:57.759
 it's also a metaphor

00:21:57.759 --> 00:21:58.639
 in part

00:21:58.639 --> 00:22:00.259
 for the commerce

00:22:00.259 --> 00:22:01.339
 and wealth

00:22:01.339 --> 00:22:02.559
 that's enabled

00:22:02.559 --> 00:22:03.299
 by the beast

00:22:03.299 --> 00:22:04.359
 the worldly kingdoms.

00:22:06.700 --> 00:22:07.740
 And it's also

00:22:07.740 --> 00:22:08.139
 a metaphor

00:22:08.139 --> 00:22:09.539
 for idolatry

00:22:09.539 --> 00:22:10.779
 because remember

00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:11.779
 from chapter 13

00:22:11.779 --> 00:22:12.519
 verse 17

00:22:12.519 --> 00:22:13.720
 no one can buy

00:22:13.720 --> 00:22:14.419
 or sell

00:22:14.419 --> 00:22:15.839
 unless he has

00:22:15.839 --> 00:22:16.299
 the mark

00:22:16.299 --> 00:22:17.139
 of the beast

00:22:17.139 --> 00:22:18.639
 that is the name

00:22:18.640 --> 00:22:19.120
 of the beast

00:22:19.120 --> 00:22:19.580
 or the number

00:22:19.580 --> 00:22:20.140
 of its name

00:22:20.140 --> 00:22:21.160
 unless you pledge

00:22:21.160 --> 00:22:21.620
 allegiance

00:22:21.620 --> 00:22:22.500
 to these worldly

00:22:22.500 --> 00:22:24.040
 sinful powers

00:22:24.040 --> 00:22:25.360
 to the beast

00:22:25.360 --> 00:22:26.300
 you cannot buy

00:22:26.300 --> 00:22:26.780
 and sell

00:22:26.780 --> 00:22:27.560
 and prosper

00:22:27.560 --> 00:22:28.960
 so that these people

00:22:28.960 --> 00:22:30.140
 who grow rich

00:22:30.140 --> 00:22:31.240
 through their intercourse

00:22:31.240 --> 00:22:31.960
 with Babylon

00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:32.800
 the prostitute

00:22:32.800 --> 00:22:33.720
 are guilty

00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:34.720
 of idolatry.

00:22:36.460 --> 00:22:36.740
 Babylon

00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:37.300
 has made them

00:22:37.300 --> 00:22:38.300
 drunk with the wine

00:22:38.300 --> 00:22:38.840
 of the passion

00:22:38.840 --> 00:22:39.820
 of her sexual immorality

00:22:39.820 --> 00:22:40.900
 and seduced them

00:22:40.900 --> 00:22:42.180
 with prosperity

00:22:42.180 --> 00:22:43.080
 and pleasure

00:22:43.080 --> 00:22:44.259
 into committing

00:22:44.259 --> 00:22:45.259
 spiritual adultery

00:22:45.259 --> 00:22:46.119
 against the Lord

00:22:46.119 --> 00:22:46.599
 himself.

00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:49.480
 To enjoy

00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:50.059
 the riches

00:22:50.059 --> 00:22:51.059
 and the pleasures

00:22:51.059 --> 00:22:52.559
 of Babylon

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 the prostitute

00:22:53.400 --> 00:22:55.299
 people have succumbed

00:22:55.299 --> 00:22:56.059
 to the powers

00:22:56.059 --> 00:22:56.640
 of the beast.

00:22:58.180 --> 00:22:59.440
 In what ways

00:22:59.440 --> 00:23:00.180
 are the pleasures

00:23:00.180 --> 00:23:01.279
 and the riches

00:23:01.279 --> 00:23:02.460
 of this world

00:23:02.460 --> 00:23:03.960
 drawing you

00:23:03.960 --> 00:23:05.240
 into the grip

00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:05.799
 of the beast?

00:23:05.799 --> 00:23:11.119
 This is why

00:23:11.119 --> 00:23:11.899
 the third angel

00:23:11.899 --> 00:23:12.339
 announces

00:23:12.339 --> 00:23:13.299
 in verses 9 to 10

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 if anyone

00:23:13.839 --> 00:23:14.980
 worships the beast

00:23:14.980 --> 00:23:15.779
 and its image

00:23:15.779 --> 00:23:16.779
 and receives a mark

00:23:16.779 --> 00:23:17.319
 on his forehead

00:23:17.319 --> 00:23:18.019
 or on his hand

00:23:18.019 --> 00:23:18.799
 he also will drink

00:23:18.799 --> 00:23:19.419
 the wine

00:23:19.419 --> 00:23:20.659
 of God's wrath

00:23:20.659 --> 00:23:22.359
 poured full strength

00:23:22.359 --> 00:23:23.059
 into the cup

00:23:23.059 --> 00:23:23.980
 of his anger.

00:23:25.399 --> 00:23:26.379
 Here the wine

00:23:26.379 --> 00:23:27.440
 of God's wrath

00:23:27.440 --> 00:23:28.559
 is contrasted

00:23:28.559 --> 00:23:29.339
 with the wine

00:23:29.339 --> 00:23:30.460
 of the passion

00:23:30.460 --> 00:23:31.779
 of the Babylon

00:23:31.779 --> 00:23:32.960
 sexual immorality.

00:23:33.960 --> 00:23:34.619
 If you are using

00:23:34.619 --> 00:23:35.559
 the English standard

00:23:35.559 --> 00:23:36.399
 version of the Bible

00:23:36.399 --> 00:23:37.479
 you could look there

00:23:37.479 --> 00:23:38.000
 in that verse

00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:38.479
 and you probably

00:23:38.479 --> 00:23:39.099
 have a footnote

00:23:39.099 --> 00:23:39.779
 next to the word

00:23:39.779 --> 00:23:41.019
 passion in verse 8.

00:23:42.839 --> 00:23:43.719
 That tells you

00:23:43.719 --> 00:23:44.279
 if you go down

00:23:44.279 --> 00:23:44.959
 and look at the footnote

00:23:44.959 --> 00:23:45.559
 that the word

00:23:45.559 --> 00:23:46.619
 translated passion

00:23:46.619 --> 00:23:48.439
 can also be translated

00:23:48.439 --> 00:23:49.179
 wrath.

00:23:50.919 --> 00:23:51.459
 In fact

00:23:51.459 --> 00:23:52.559
 outside of

00:23:52.559 --> 00:23:53.419
 Revelation 14

00:23:53.419 --> 00:23:54.179
 8

00:23:54.179 --> 00:23:55.039
 and 18 3

00:23:55.039 --> 00:23:55.659
 where it's

00:23:55.659 --> 00:23:56.319
 translated the

00:23:56.319 --> 00:23:56.879
 passion of

00:23:56.879 --> 00:23:57.519
 the wine

00:23:57.519 --> 00:23:58.000
 of the passion

00:23:58.000 --> 00:23:58.599
 of Babylon

00:23:58.599 --> 00:23:59.439
 sexual immorality

00:23:59.439 --> 00:24:01.000
 every single time

00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:01.599
 that word

00:24:01.599 --> 00:24:02.819
 is translated

00:24:02.819 --> 00:24:03.599
 as wrath

00:24:03.599 --> 00:24:04.459
 anger

00:24:04.460 --> 00:24:05.720
 or fearing.

00:24:07.500 --> 00:24:07.880
 And I think

00:24:07.880 --> 00:24:08.400
 that's a better

00:24:08.400 --> 00:24:09.019
 translation.

00:24:10.279 --> 00:24:10.740
 It's the exact

00:24:10.740 --> 00:24:11.579
 same Greek word

00:24:11.579 --> 00:24:12.200
 that's translated

00:24:12.200 --> 00:24:13.039
 wrath in verse 10

00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:13.440
 the wine

00:24:13.440 --> 00:24:14.620
 of God's wrath.

00:24:15.340 --> 00:24:15.740
 So then the

00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:16.860
 wine of the

00:24:16.860 --> 00:24:17.460
 wrath

00:24:17.460 --> 00:24:18.400
 of Babylon

00:24:18.400 --> 00:24:19.460
 sexual immorality

00:24:19.460 --> 00:24:20.460
 is being

00:24:20.460 --> 00:24:21.180
 contrasted

00:24:21.180 --> 00:24:21.500
 with the

00:24:21.500 --> 00:24:21.920
 wine

00:24:21.920 --> 00:24:22.759
 of God's

00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:23.120
 wrath.

00:24:23.860 --> 00:24:24.480
 What is

00:24:24.480 --> 00:24:25.200
 the wine

00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:26.180
 of the wrath

00:24:26.180 --> 00:24:27.120
 of Babylon

00:24:27.120 --> 00:24:28.039
 sexual immorality?

00:24:28.559 --> 00:24:29.019
 We're told

00:24:29.019 --> 00:24:29.940
 exactly what's

00:24:29.940 --> 00:24:30.920
 in that cup

00:24:30.920 --> 00:24:31.840
 in Revelation

00:24:31.840 --> 00:24:32.660
 17 6.

00:24:33.480 --> 00:24:33.779
 It says

00:24:33.779 --> 00:24:34.079
 that the

00:24:34.079 --> 00:24:34.420
 Babylon

00:24:34.420 --> 00:24:35.079
 prostitute

00:24:35.079 --> 00:24:35.799
 is drunk

00:24:35.799 --> 00:24:36.720
 with the

00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:37.200
 blood

00:24:37.200 --> 00:24:37.660
 of the

00:24:37.660 --> 00:24:38.039
 saints.

00:24:39.839 --> 00:24:40.440
 The

00:24:40.440 --> 00:24:40.899
 blood

00:24:40.899 --> 00:24:41.279
 of the

00:24:41.279 --> 00:24:41.740
 martyrs

00:24:41.740 --> 00:24:42.119
 of Jesus.

00:24:44.160 --> 00:24:45.000
 So her

00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:45.420
 wine

00:24:45.420 --> 00:24:45.819
 is the

00:24:45.819 --> 00:24:46.160
 blood

00:24:46.160 --> 00:24:46.839
 of God's

00:24:46.839 --> 00:24:47.339
 people.

00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:48.559
 She's

00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:49.000
 drunk

00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:49.319
 on

00:24:49.319 --> 00:24:50.160
 violence

00:24:50.160 --> 00:24:50.859
 against

00:24:50.859 --> 00:24:51.119
 the

00:24:51.119 --> 00:24:51.440
 people

00:24:51.440 --> 00:24:52.019
 of God

00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:52.899
 which is

00:24:52.899 --> 00:24:53.139
 why

00:24:53.139 --> 00:24:53.420
 it is

00:24:53.420 --> 00:24:53.660
 fitting

00:24:53.660 --> 00:24:53.839
 to

00:24:53.839 --> 00:24:54.200
 describe

00:24:54.200 --> 00:24:54.519
 as the

00:24:54.519 --> 00:24:54.899
 wine

00:24:54.899 --> 00:24:55.480
 of the

00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:55.920
 wrath

00:24:55.920 --> 00:24:56.319
 of her

00:24:56.319 --> 00:24:56.680
 sexual

00:24:56.680 --> 00:24:57.259
 immorality.

00:24:57.960 --> 00:24:58.319
 Babylon

00:24:58.319 --> 00:24:58.839
 and those

00:24:58.839 --> 00:24:59.420
 who intercourse

00:24:59.420 --> 00:24:59.980
 with her

00:24:59.980 --> 00:25:00.960
 rail against

00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:01.160
 the

00:25:01.160 --> 00:25:01.500
 people

00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:02.000
 of God

00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:02.579
 and they

00:25:02.579 --> 00:25:02.980
 enrich

00:25:02.980 --> 00:25:03.480
 themselves

00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:03.840
 at the

00:25:03.840 --> 00:25:04.460
 expense

00:25:04.460 --> 00:25:04.840
 of the

00:25:04.840 --> 00:25:05.079
 people

00:25:05.079 --> 00:25:05.480
 of God.

00:25:05.759 --> 00:25:06.079
 They get

00:25:06.079 --> 00:25:06.539
 drunk

00:25:06.539 --> 00:25:07.000
 with the

00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:07.420
 blood

00:25:07.420 --> 00:25:07.799
 of the

00:25:07.799 --> 00:25:08.120
 people

00:25:08.120 --> 00:25:08.579
 of God

00:25:08.579 --> 00:25:09.180
 and their

00:25:09.180 --> 00:25:10.039
 intoxication

00:25:10.039 --> 00:25:10.660
 leads to

00:25:10.660 --> 00:25:11.240
 even further

00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:11.920
 idolatry

00:25:11.920 --> 00:25:13.680
 and adultery.

00:25:16.180 --> 00:25:17.079
 But divine

00:25:17.079 --> 00:25:17.700
 retribution

00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:18.240
 is coming.

00:25:19.980 --> 00:25:20.579
 Verse 10

00:25:20.579 --> 00:25:21.140
 tells us

00:25:21.140 --> 00:25:21.460
 that those

00:25:21.460 --> 00:25:21.980
 who worship

00:25:21.980 --> 00:25:22.519
 the beast

00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:23.039
 and took

00:25:23.039 --> 00:25:23.460
 on its

00:25:23.460 --> 00:25:23.860
 mark,

00:25:24.380 --> 00:25:24.680
 those who

00:25:24.680 --> 00:25:25.120
 intercourse

00:25:25.120 --> 00:25:25.740
 with Babylon

00:25:25.740 --> 00:25:26.559
 will drink

00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:27.579
 the wine

00:25:27.579 --> 00:25:34.699
 of God's

00:25:34.699 --> 00:25:35.179
 wrath,

00:25:35.559 --> 00:25:36.240
 pour full

00:25:36.240 --> 00:25:36.799
 strength

00:25:36.799 --> 00:25:37.439
 into the

00:25:37.439 --> 00:25:37.740
 cup of

00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:37.859
 his

00:25:37.859 --> 00:25:38.179
 anger.

00:25:39.859 --> 00:25:40.500
 In the

00:25:40.500 --> 00:25:40.659
 ancient

00:25:40.659 --> 00:25:41.079
 world,

00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:41.699
 most people

00:25:41.699 --> 00:25:42.299
 diluted

00:25:42.299 --> 00:25:42.679
 wine,

00:25:42.859 --> 00:25:43.399
 usually with

00:25:43.399 --> 00:25:43.839
 two to

00:25:43.839 --> 00:25:44.299
 three parts

00:25:44.299 --> 00:25:44.839
 water and

00:25:44.839 --> 00:25:45.319
 one part

00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:45.599
 wine,

00:25:45.699 --> 00:25:46.220
 they dilute

00:25:46.220 --> 00:25:46.439
 it,

00:25:46.879 --> 00:25:47.259
 so it

00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:47.919
 was much

00:25:47.919 --> 00:25:48.619
 weaker than

00:25:48.619 --> 00:25:49.199
 the wine

00:25:49.199 --> 00:25:49.460
 that's

00:25:49.460 --> 00:25:49.939
 distilled

00:25:49.939 --> 00:25:50.559
 nowadays for

00:25:50.559 --> 00:25:50.960
 people to

00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:51.220
 drink.

00:25:52.839 --> 00:25:53.059
 And so

00:25:53.059 --> 00:25:53.460
 that's what

00:25:53.460 --> 00:25:53.939
 it's referring

00:25:53.939 --> 00:25:54.460
 to here.

00:25:56.079 --> 00:25:56.599
 Babylon's

00:25:56.599 --> 00:25:57.039
 wine of

00:25:57.039 --> 00:25:57.399
 wrath

00:25:57.400 --> 00:25:58.220
 is diluted

00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:58.560
 wine.

00:25:59.259 --> 00:25:59.660
 No matter

00:25:59.660 --> 00:26:00.300
 how potent

00:26:00.300 --> 00:26:00.980
 it seems,

00:26:01.740 --> 00:26:02.320
 it's only

00:26:02.320 --> 00:26:02.940
 diluted

00:26:02.940 --> 00:26:03.340
 wine.

00:26:04.300 --> 00:26:05.519
 But the

00:26:05.519 --> 00:26:06.380
 wine of

00:26:06.380 --> 00:26:06.960
 God's

00:26:06.960 --> 00:26:08.100
 wrath is

00:26:08.100 --> 00:26:09.220
 undiluted

00:26:09.220 --> 00:26:09.900
 poured

00:26:09.900 --> 00:26:10.400
 full

00:26:10.400 --> 00:26:11.060
 strength.

00:26:13.019 --> 00:26:13.440
 The

00:26:13.440 --> 00:26:13.980
 Lord spoke

00:26:13.980 --> 00:26:14.320
 of this

00:26:14.320 --> 00:26:14.820
 wrath in

00:26:14.820 --> 00:26:15.580
 Isaiah 51

00:26:15.580 --> 00:26:16.960
 17,

00:26:17.180 --> 00:26:17.800
 stand up

00:26:17.800 --> 00:26:18.280
 O Jerusalem,

00:26:18.860 --> 00:26:19.320
 O you

00:26:19.320 --> 00:26:19.840
 who have

00:26:19.840 --> 00:26:20.560
 drunk from

00:26:20.560 --> 00:26:21.700
 the hand

00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:21.960
 of the

00:26:21.960 --> 00:26:22.180
 Lord,

00:26:22.400 --> 00:26:22.860
 the cup

00:26:22.860 --> 00:26:23.140
 of his

00:26:23.140 --> 00:26:23.480
 wrath,

00:26:24.440 --> 00:26:24.800
 who have

00:26:24.800 --> 00:26:25.240
 drunk to

00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:25.780
 the dregs

00:26:25.780 --> 00:26:26.220
 the bowl,

00:26:26.620 --> 00:26:27.200
 the cup

00:26:27.200 --> 00:26:27.500
 of

00:26:27.500 --> 00:26:28.180
 staggering.

00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:30.600
 It's a

00:26:30.600 --> 00:26:30.980
 terrifying

00:26:30.980 --> 00:26:31.460
 picture.

00:26:33.039 --> 00:26:33.539
 Imagine

00:26:33.539 --> 00:26:34.980
 being forced

00:26:34.980 --> 00:26:35.620
 to down

00:26:35.620 --> 00:26:36.680
 liquor that

00:26:36.680 --> 00:26:37.160
 you cannot

00:26:37.160 --> 00:26:37.620
 handle,

00:26:38.700 --> 00:26:40.559
 that will

00:26:40.559 --> 00:26:40.900
 make you

00:26:40.900 --> 00:26:41.779
 drunk forever,

00:26:43.799 --> 00:26:44.340
 leaving you

00:26:44.340 --> 00:26:45.160
 staggering and

00:26:45.160 --> 00:26:45.580
 completely

00:26:45.580 --> 00:26:45.960
 helpless.

00:26:48.580 --> 00:26:49.500
 There's no

00:26:49.500 --> 00:26:50.160
 sobering up

00:26:50.160 --> 00:26:50.460
 from the

00:26:50.460 --> 00:26:50.759
 wine of

00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:51.319
 God's wrath,

00:26:51.319 --> 00:26:51.419
 death.

00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:54.339
 Because it's

00:26:54.339 --> 00:26:55.099
 the punishment

00:26:55.099 --> 00:26:55.539
 that lasts

00:26:55.539 --> 00:26:55.839
 for you.

00:26:58.919 --> 00:26:59.859
 We see

00:26:59.859 --> 00:27:00.899
 this in the

00:27:00.899 --> 00:27:01.179
 rest of

00:27:01.179 --> 00:27:01.679
 verse 10,

00:27:02.379 --> 00:27:02.599
 and he

00:27:02.599 --> 00:27:02.859
 will be

00:27:02.859 --> 00:27:03.399
 tormented

00:27:03.399 --> 00:27:04.799
 with fire

00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:05.679
 and sulfur

00:27:05.679 --> 00:27:06.519
 in the

00:27:06.519 --> 00:27:07.240
 presence of

00:27:07.240 --> 00:27:07.599
 the holy

00:27:07.599 --> 00:27:08.399
 angels and

00:27:08.399 --> 00:27:08.679
 in the

00:27:08.679 --> 00:27:09.480
 presence of

00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:09.919
 the man.

00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:12.799
 Can't get

00:27:12.799 --> 00:27:13.419
 clearer than

00:27:13.419 --> 00:27:13.659
 this.

00:27:13.659 --> 00:27:14.859
 When sinners

00:27:14.859 --> 00:27:15.919
 reject Jesus

00:27:15.919 --> 00:27:17.480
 Christ and

00:27:17.480 --> 00:27:17.879
 die,

00:27:18.659 --> 00:27:19.379
 they do not

00:27:19.380 --> 00:27:20.320
 simply cease

00:27:20.320 --> 00:27:20.880
 to exist.

00:27:23.320 --> 00:27:24.640
 They go to

00:27:24.640 --> 00:27:25.060
 hell,

00:27:25.820 --> 00:27:26.600
 where they are

00:27:26.600 --> 00:27:27.500
 tormented with

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:28.140
 fire and

00:27:28.140 --> 00:27:28.380
 sulfur.

00:27:30.700 --> 00:27:31.540
 This is the

00:27:31.540 --> 00:27:32.000
 place that is

00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:32.660
 called later in

00:27:32.660 --> 00:27:33.320
 Revelation 19,

00:27:33.420 --> 00:27:33.700
 20,

00:27:33.840 --> 00:27:34.300
 and 20,

00:27:34.420 --> 00:27:34.680
 10,

00:27:34.760 --> 00:27:35.100
 and 21,

00:27:35.220 --> 00:27:35.320
 8,

00:27:35.360 --> 00:27:35.640
 as the

00:27:35.640 --> 00:27:36.480
 lake that

00:27:36.480 --> 00:27:37.240
 burns with

00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:38.060
 fire and

00:27:38.060 --> 00:27:38.560
 sulfur,

00:27:38.740 --> 00:27:39.100
 which is the

00:27:39.100 --> 00:27:39.660
 second death.

00:27:39.660 --> 00:27:39.779
 fire.

00:27:41.980 --> 00:27:42.420
 Now,

00:27:42.920 --> 00:27:43.779
 I do think

00:27:43.779 --> 00:27:44.740
 these are

00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:45.620
 metaphorical,

00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:47.160
 but that does

00:27:47.160 --> 00:27:47.840
 not make it

00:27:47.840 --> 00:27:49.360
 less real or

00:27:49.360 --> 00:27:50.040
 less painful.

00:27:52.360 --> 00:27:53.140
 To illustrate,

00:27:53.300 --> 00:27:53.680
 God is

00:27:53.680 --> 00:27:54.400
 described in

00:27:54.400 --> 00:27:55.080
 Scripture as a

00:27:55.080 --> 00:27:56.320
 consuming fire.

00:27:58.040 --> 00:27:58.420
 He is the

00:27:58.420 --> 00:27:59.380
 one who dwells

00:27:59.380 --> 00:28:00.400
 in unapproachable

00:28:00.400 --> 00:28:00.900
 light, it says

00:28:00.900 --> 00:28:01.600
 in verse 26,

00:28:01.720 --> 00:28:02.140
 16.

00:28:03.160 --> 00:28:03.860
 1 John 1,

00:28:03.900 --> 00:28:04.640
 5 says that

00:28:04.640 --> 00:28:05.380
 God is light

00:28:05.380 --> 00:28:05.820
 and in him

00:28:05.820 --> 00:28:06.420
 is no darkness

00:28:06.420 --> 00:28:06.800
 at all.

00:28:06.840 --> 00:28:07.259
 So God is

00:28:07.259 --> 00:28:07.880
 light, he is

00:28:07.880 --> 00:28:08.840
 fire, he dwells

00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:09.500
 in unapproachable

00:28:09.500 --> 00:28:09.819
 light.

00:28:11.559 --> 00:28:12.220
 In contrast,

00:28:12.399 --> 00:28:13.299
 Jesus describes

00:28:13.299 --> 00:28:14.299
 hell as the

00:28:14.299 --> 00:28:16.079
 outer darkness

00:28:16.079 --> 00:28:18.259
 where there will

00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:19.059
 be weeping and

00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:20.019
 gnashing of teeth.

00:28:20.159 --> 00:28:20.579
 This is Matthew

00:28:20.579 --> 00:28:21.359
 25, 30.

00:28:22.379 --> 00:28:22.919
 The expression

00:28:22.919 --> 00:28:23.879
 gnashing of teeth

00:28:23.879 --> 00:28:24.579
 refers to your

00:28:24.579 --> 00:28:25.480
 teeth chattering

00:28:25.480 --> 00:28:26.779
 because it's

00:28:26.779 --> 00:28:27.359
 so cold.

00:28:32.439 --> 00:28:33.139
 But at the

00:28:33.139 --> 00:28:33.720
 same time,

00:28:33.919 --> 00:28:34.439
 hell is also

00:28:34.439 --> 00:28:35.000
 called a place

00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:35.419
 of eternal

00:28:35.419 --> 00:28:36.000
 fire.

00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:37.419
 Obviously,

00:28:37.559 --> 00:28:38.000
 both of those

00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:38.799
 two things

00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:39.639
 cannot literally

00:28:39.639 --> 00:28:40.539
 coexist because

00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:40.899
 if there's

00:28:40.899 --> 00:28:41.500
 fire, there's

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:42.000
 warmth and

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:42.519
 there's light,

00:28:42.619 --> 00:28:43.139
 you're burning.

00:28:43.599 --> 00:28:44.059
 You cannot be

00:28:44.059 --> 00:28:44.500
 burning and

00:28:44.500 --> 00:28:44.980
 chattowing and

00:28:44.980 --> 00:28:45.399
 cold at the

00:28:45.399 --> 00:28:45.940
 same time.

00:28:46.559 --> 00:28:47.119
 You cannot be

00:28:47.119 --> 00:28:47.899
 in outer darkness

00:28:47.899 --> 00:28:48.559
 and be in

00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:49.359
 eternal fire

00:28:49.359 --> 00:28:49.799
 at the same

00:28:49.799 --> 00:28:50.059
 time.

00:28:50.139 --> 00:28:50.539
 I think these

00:28:50.539 --> 00:28:51.419
 are metaphorical.

00:28:53.579 --> 00:28:54.299
 But these

00:28:54.299 --> 00:28:55.440
 metaphors reveal

00:28:55.440 --> 00:28:56.500
 the true nature

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:56.940
 of hell.

00:28:58.159 --> 00:28:58.539
 Christian

00:28:58.539 --> 00:28:59.000
 philosopher

00:28:59.000 --> 00:28:59.839
 Henry Stobb

00:28:59.839 --> 00:29:00.440
 explains it

00:29:00.440 --> 00:29:00.859
 this way,

00:29:01.460 --> 00:29:02.159
 hell in the

00:29:02.159 --> 00:29:02.980
 Bible is very

00:29:02.980 --> 00:29:03.839
 hot or very

00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:04.159
 cold,

00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:05.319
 depending on

00:29:05.319 --> 00:29:05.700
 whether the

00:29:05.700 --> 00:29:06.039
 sinner is

00:29:06.039 --> 00:29:06.599
 perceived as

00:29:06.599 --> 00:29:07.299
 a rebel or

00:29:07.299 --> 00:29:07.759
 an alien.

00:29:07.759 --> 00:29:09.299
 hell is

00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:09.799
 made by

00:29:09.799 --> 00:29:10.140
 those who

00:29:10.140 --> 00:29:10.640
 climb the

00:29:10.640 --> 00:29:11.240
 holy mountain

00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:11.839
 and try to

00:29:11.839 --> 00:29:12.579
 unseat the

00:29:12.579 --> 00:29:13.079
 holy one

00:29:13.079 --> 00:29:13.299
 who are

00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:13.879
 blazed with

00:29:13.879 --> 00:29:14.259
 glory,

00:29:14.579 --> 00:29:15.039
 dwells in

00:29:15.039 --> 00:29:15.420
 the light

00:29:15.420 --> 00:29:16.180
 unapproachable.

00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:17.700
 Those who

00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:18.099
 mount an

00:29:18.099 --> 00:29:18.839
 attack on

00:29:18.839 --> 00:29:19.359
 God and

00:29:19.359 --> 00:29:19.859
 cross the

00:29:19.859 --> 00:29:20.379
 barrier of

00:29:20.379 --> 00:29:21.000
 this exclusive

00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:22.299
 divinity die

00:29:22.299 --> 00:29:23.440
 like mods in

00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:24.180
 the flame of

00:29:24.180 --> 00:29:24.920
 him who will

00:29:24.920 --> 00:29:25.400
 not and

00:29:25.400 --> 00:29:26.079
 cannot be

00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:26.539
 displaced.

00:29:27.640 --> 00:29:28.279
 And hell is

00:29:28.279 --> 00:29:28.740
 made by

00:29:28.740 --> 00:29:29.319
 those who,

00:29:29.680 --> 00:29:30.099
 turning their

00:29:30.099 --> 00:29:30.740
 backs on

00:29:30.740 --> 00:29:30.980
 God,

00:29:31.140 --> 00:29:31.680
 flee the

00:29:31.680 --> 00:29:32.519
 light and

00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:33.160
 move toward

00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:33.700
 the eternal

00:29:33.700 --> 00:29:34.559
 blackness that

00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:35.299
 marks God's

00:29:35.299 --> 00:29:35.740
 absence.

00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:37.140
 hell,

00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:37.480
 then,

00:29:37.900 --> 00:29:39.200
 is unarrested

00:29:39.200 --> 00:29:40.160
 sin's natural

00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:41.140
 and programmatic

00:29:41.140 --> 00:29:41.519
 end.

00:29:42.380 --> 00:29:43.380
 Sin is either

00:29:43.380 --> 00:29:44.220
 rebellion or

00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:44.720
 flight,

00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:45.480
 and when

00:29:45.480 --> 00:29:46.279
 persisted in,

00:29:46.359 --> 00:29:47.099
 leads either to

00:29:47.099 --> 00:29:47.579
 the fiery

00:29:47.579 --> 00:29:48.779
 furnace or to

00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:49.620
 the cold and

00:29:49.620 --> 00:29:50.779
 desolate night.

00:29:54.200 --> 00:29:54.960
 Hell is,

00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:55.259
 then,

00:29:55.819 --> 00:29:57.140
 either a place

00:29:57.140 --> 00:29:58.220
 of outer

00:29:58.220 --> 00:29:59.000
 darkness and

00:29:59.000 --> 00:30:00.279
 extreme cold in

00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:01.259
 the absence of

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:01.859
 the light of

00:30:01.859 --> 00:30:02.180
 God,

00:30:02.180 --> 00:30:03.519
 or the

00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:04.259
 place that

00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:05.200
 burns with

00:30:05.200 --> 00:30:06.060
 fire and

00:30:06.060 --> 00:30:06.799
 sulfur with

00:30:06.799 --> 00:30:07.700
 the wrathful

00:30:07.700 --> 00:30:08.480
 presence of

00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:08.860
 God,

00:30:09.460 --> 00:30:09.900
 who is a

00:30:09.900 --> 00:30:10.740
 consuming fire.

00:30:12.660 --> 00:30:13.259
 John,

00:30:13.580 --> 00:30:13.960
 here in

00:30:13.960 --> 00:30:14.640
 Revelation 14,

00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:15.299
 is highlighting

00:30:15.299 --> 00:30:15.799
 the latter.

00:30:18.019 --> 00:30:18.620
 The one who

00:30:18.620 --> 00:30:19.360
 does not put

00:30:19.360 --> 00:30:19.860
 his faith in

00:30:19.860 --> 00:30:20.400
 Jesus Christ

00:30:20.400 --> 00:30:20.799
 will be

00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:21.700
 tormented with

00:30:21.700 --> 00:30:22.600
 fire and

00:30:22.600 --> 00:30:23.200
 sulfur in

00:30:23.200 --> 00:30:24.060
 the presence

00:30:24.060 --> 00:30:24.940
 of the

00:30:24.940 --> 00:30:25.560
 holy angels

00:30:25.560 --> 00:30:26.320
 and in the

00:30:26.320 --> 00:30:27.360
 presence of

00:30:27.360 --> 00:30:27.860
 the Lamb.

00:30:28.640 --> 00:30:29.259
 This is why

00:30:29.259 --> 00:30:29.880
 it is not

00:30:29.880 --> 00:30:30.920
 fully accurate

00:30:30.920 --> 00:30:31.519
 to describe

00:30:31.519 --> 00:30:32.420
 hell only

00:30:32.420 --> 00:30:32.960
 as the

00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:33.620
 absence of

00:30:33.620 --> 00:30:33.840
 God.

00:30:36.060 --> 00:30:37.000
 It is true

00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:37.460
 in a sense

00:30:37.460 --> 00:30:37.800
 that hell

00:30:37.800 --> 00:30:38.300
 is the

00:30:38.300 --> 00:30:38.820
 absence of

00:30:38.820 --> 00:30:39.080
 God.

00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:40.220
 2 Thessalonians

00:30:40.220 --> 00:30:40.900
 1.9 says

00:30:40.900 --> 00:30:41.180
 that those

00:30:41.180 --> 00:30:41.580
 who do not

00:30:41.580 --> 00:30:42.039
 obey the

00:30:42.039 --> 00:30:42.600
 gospel of

00:30:42.600 --> 00:30:42.880
 our Lord

00:30:42.880 --> 00:30:43.800
 Jesus will

00:30:43.800 --> 00:30:44.320
 suffer the

00:30:44.320 --> 00:30:44.920
 punishment of

00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:45.320
 eternal

00:30:45.320 --> 00:30:46.779
 destruction away

00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:47.539
 from the

00:30:47.539 --> 00:30:48.259
 presence of

00:30:48.259 --> 00:30:48.880
 the Lord and

00:30:48.880 --> 00:30:49.340
 from the

00:30:49.340 --> 00:30:49.779
 glory of

00:30:49.779 --> 00:30:50.160
 his might.

00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:51.259
 This

00:30:51.259 --> 00:30:52.240
 conveys God's

00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:52.800
 judgment,

00:30:53.740 --> 00:30:54.360
 God turning

00:30:54.360 --> 00:30:55.120
 his face

00:30:55.120 --> 00:30:55.820
 from them.

00:30:57.800 --> 00:30:58.360
 Instead of

00:30:58.360 --> 00:30:58.860
 making his

00:30:58.860 --> 00:30:59.660
 face shine

00:30:59.660 --> 00:31:00.140
 upon them,

00:31:00.180 --> 00:31:00.560
 instead of

00:31:00.560 --> 00:31:00.840
 lifting

00:31:00.839 --> 00:31:01.259
 up his

00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:01.599
 gracious

00:31:01.599 --> 00:31:02.259
 countenance

00:31:02.259 --> 00:31:02.839
 toward them,

00:31:03.059 --> 00:31:03.639
 he turns

00:31:03.639 --> 00:31:04.240
 his face

00:31:04.240 --> 00:31:04.720
 from them

00:31:04.720 --> 00:31:05.679
 in judgment.

00:31:08.099 --> 00:31:08.579
 That's

00:31:08.579 --> 00:31:08.819
 God's

00:31:08.819 --> 00:31:09.259
 absence.

00:31:09.939 --> 00:31:10.179
 But in

00:31:10.179 --> 00:31:10.959
 another sense,

00:31:11.099 --> 00:31:11.599
 God cannot

00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:12.199
 be fully

00:31:12.199 --> 00:31:12.799
 absent from

00:31:12.799 --> 00:31:13.519
 hell since

00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:13.899
 God is

00:31:13.899 --> 00:31:14.759
 omnipresent,

00:31:15.159 --> 00:31:15.539
 present

00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:16.079
 everywhere.

00:31:17.259 --> 00:31:17.679
 As Psalm

00:31:17.679 --> 00:31:18.439
 139,

00:31:18.539 --> 00:31:19.240
 7-8 says,

00:31:19.339 --> 00:31:19.779
 Where shall

00:31:19.779 --> 00:31:20.339
 I go from

00:31:20.339 --> 00:31:20.879
 your spirit?

00:31:21.339 --> 00:31:21.899
 Or where

00:31:21.899 --> 00:31:22.919
 shall I flee

00:31:22.919 --> 00:31:23.259
 from your

00:31:23.259 --> 00:31:23.599
 presence?

00:31:23.759 --> 00:31:24.299
 If I ascend

00:31:24.299 --> 00:31:24.779
 to heaven,

00:31:24.959 --> 00:31:25.459
 you are there.

00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:26.339
 If I make

00:31:26.339 --> 00:31:27.079
 my bed in

00:31:27.079 --> 00:31:27.439
 Sheol,

00:31:28.299 --> 00:31:29.139
 you are there.

00:31:29.140 --> 00:31:31.900
 Revelation 14-10

00:31:31.900 --> 00:31:32.680
 teaches us

00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:33.620
 clearly that

00:31:33.620 --> 00:31:34.040
 the wicked

00:31:34.040 --> 00:31:34.440
 will be

00:31:34.440 --> 00:31:34.860
 tormented

00:31:34.860 --> 00:31:35.420
 with fire

00:31:35.420 --> 00:31:35.800
 and sulfur

00:31:35.800 --> 00:31:36.560
 in the

00:31:36.560 --> 00:31:37.320
 presence of

00:31:37.320 --> 00:31:37.640
 the holy

00:31:37.640 --> 00:31:38.040
 angels,

00:31:38.420 --> 00:31:38.820
 in the

00:31:38.820 --> 00:31:39.720
 presence of

00:31:39.720 --> 00:31:40.200
 the Lamb.

00:31:40.660 --> 00:31:40.960
 This is

00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:41.280
 not a

00:31:41.280 --> 00:31:41.800
 contradiction.

00:31:42.940 --> 00:31:43.540
 God is

00:31:43.540 --> 00:31:44.160
 present in

00:31:44.160 --> 00:31:44.440
 hell,

00:31:44.820 --> 00:31:45.420
 but not

00:31:45.420 --> 00:31:45.960
 with his

00:31:45.960 --> 00:31:46.580
 gracious

00:31:46.580 --> 00:31:47.340
 countenance,

00:31:48.060 --> 00:31:48.700
 instead with

00:31:48.700 --> 00:31:49.740
 his wrathful

00:31:49.740 --> 00:31:50.560
 countenance.

00:31:52.240 --> 00:31:52.780
 As Pastor

00:31:52.780 --> 00:31:53.460
 John Piper

00:31:53.460 --> 00:31:53.980
 puts it,

00:31:54.280 --> 00:31:54.440
 with,

00:31:54.440 --> 00:31:55.940
 an everlasting

00:31:55.940 --> 00:31:57.519
 frown of

00:31:57.519 --> 00:31:58.380
 disapproving

00:31:58.380 --> 00:31:59.019
 justice.

00:32:03.340 --> 00:32:04.160
 The fact

00:32:04.160 --> 00:32:04.680
 that fire

00:32:04.680 --> 00:32:05.100
 and sulfur

00:32:05.100 --> 00:32:06.100
 are metaphorical

00:32:06.100 --> 00:32:07.080
 does not

00:32:07.080 --> 00:32:08.140
 decrease the

00:32:08.140 --> 00:32:08.640
 horrors of

00:32:08.640 --> 00:32:08.860
 hell.

00:32:11.440 --> 00:32:12.160
 If you

00:32:12.160 --> 00:32:12.440
 are a

00:32:12.440 --> 00:32:12.779
 Christian,

00:32:13.460 --> 00:32:13.960
 then you

00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:14.660
 know God

00:32:14.660 --> 00:32:15.059
 in his

00:32:15.059 --> 00:32:15.840
 boundless

00:32:15.840 --> 00:32:16.700
 mercy and

00:32:16.700 --> 00:32:17.220
 compassion.

00:32:18.580 --> 00:32:19.100
 But can

00:32:19.100 --> 00:32:19.860
 you imagine

00:32:19.860 --> 00:32:22.700
 facing God's

00:32:22.700 --> 00:32:23.860
 eternal wrath

00:32:23.859 --> 00:32:24.359
 injustice?

00:32:27.779 --> 00:32:28.559
 Can you

00:32:28.559 --> 00:32:29.099
 imagine

00:32:29.099 --> 00:32:30.059
 spending

00:32:30.059 --> 00:32:30.699
 eternity

00:32:30.699 --> 00:32:33.019
 before God's

00:32:33.019 --> 00:32:33.799
 disapproving

00:32:33.799 --> 00:32:34.500
 frown of

00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:34.859
 justice?

00:32:39.359 --> 00:32:40.119
 Can you

00:32:40.119 --> 00:32:40.759
 imagine the

00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:41.339
 eternal

00:32:41.339 --> 00:32:42.479
 torments of

00:32:42.479 --> 00:32:42.699
 hell?

00:32:47.219 --> 00:32:48.000
 This is

00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:48.419
 why we

00:32:48.419 --> 00:32:48.839
 Christians

00:32:48.839 --> 00:32:50.139
 should never

00:32:50.139 --> 00:32:51.439
 use swear

00:32:51.439 --> 00:32:52.039
 words like

00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:53.539
 hell or

00:32:53.539 --> 00:32:53.940
 damn.

00:32:57.399 --> 00:32:58.039
 We should

00:32:58.039 --> 00:32:58.480
 never use

00:32:58.480 --> 00:32:58.940
 any swear

00:32:58.940 --> 00:32:59.259
 word,

00:32:59.559 --> 00:32:59.859
 period.

00:33:00.259 --> 00:33:00.639
 Ephesians

00:33:00.639 --> 00:33:01.159
 5, 4

00:33:01.159 --> 00:33:01.740
 commands us

00:33:01.740 --> 00:33:02.339
 categorically

00:33:02.339 --> 00:33:02.619
 that there

00:33:02.619 --> 00:33:03.019
 be no

00:33:03.019 --> 00:33:03.700
 filthiness,

00:33:03.819 --> 00:33:04.299
 no foolish

00:33:04.299 --> 00:33:04.779
 talk or

00:33:04.779 --> 00:33:05.000
 crude

00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:05.399
 joking,

00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:06.319
 which are

00:33:06.319 --> 00:33:06.659
 out of

00:33:06.659 --> 00:33:07.059
 place,

00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:08.099
 but instead

00:33:08.099 --> 00:33:08.519
 let there

00:33:08.519 --> 00:33:08.700
 be

00:33:08.700 --> 00:33:09.299
 thanksgiving.

00:33:10.819 --> 00:33:11.079
 Swear

00:33:11.079 --> 00:33:11.680
 words are

00:33:11.680 --> 00:33:12.220
 without

00:33:12.220 --> 00:33:12.799
 exception,

00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:13.599
 out of

00:33:13.599 --> 00:33:14.079
 place,

00:33:14.659 --> 00:33:14.779
 and

00:33:14.779 --> 00:33:15.539
 unseemly,

00:33:15.639 --> 00:33:16.339
 because they

00:33:16.339 --> 00:33:17.480
 profane what

00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:18.099
 is sacred,

00:33:18.539 --> 00:33:18.980
 or make

00:33:18.980 --> 00:33:19.879
 light of

00:33:19.879 --> 00:33:20.200
 what is

00:33:20.200 --> 00:33:20.639
 grave.

00:33:20.640 --> 00:33:25.300
 words are

00:33:25.300 --> 00:33:25.960
 never just

00:33:25.960 --> 00:33:26.700
 words.

00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:28.360
 The words

00:33:28.360 --> 00:33:28.759
 that we

00:33:28.759 --> 00:33:29.520
 use shape

00:33:29.520 --> 00:33:30.220
 our attitudes

00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:31.300
 and actions

00:33:31.300 --> 00:33:31.860
 toward the

00:33:31.860 --> 00:33:32.400
 things that

00:33:32.400 --> 00:33:33.000
 those words

00:33:33.000 --> 00:33:33.560
 represent.

00:33:35.500 --> 00:33:36.360
 Do you

00:33:36.360 --> 00:33:36.920
 think that

00:33:36.920 --> 00:33:37.480
 people who

00:33:37.480 --> 00:33:38.300
 casually throw

00:33:38.300 --> 00:33:38.880
 around words

00:33:38.880 --> 00:33:39.440
 like hell

00:33:39.440 --> 00:33:40.320
 or damn

00:33:40.320 --> 00:33:42.100
 will take

00:33:42.100 --> 00:33:42.720
 hell and

00:33:42.720 --> 00:33:43.360
 damnation

00:33:43.360 --> 00:33:43.980
 seriously?

00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:49.519
 do you

00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:49.759
 speak

00:33:49.759 --> 00:33:50.500
 casually or

00:33:50.500 --> 00:33:50.960
 jokingly

00:33:50.960 --> 00:33:51.279
 about the

00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:51.579
 Holocaust?

00:33:54.860 --> 00:33:55.579
 Surely

00:33:55.579 --> 00:33:55.960
 not.

00:33:57.019 --> 00:33:57.680
 Why then

00:33:57.680 --> 00:33:58.779
 would you

00:33:58.779 --> 00:33:59.539
 speak casually

00:33:59.539 --> 00:34:00.380
 of the

00:34:00.380 --> 00:34:01.700
 place of

00:34:01.700 --> 00:34:02.360
 eternal

00:34:02.360 --> 00:34:03.220
 torment?

00:34:06.440 --> 00:34:07.319
 Where the

00:34:07.319 --> 00:34:08.719
 undiluted

00:34:08.719 --> 00:34:09.740
 wrath of

00:34:09.740 --> 00:34:11.000
 God is

00:34:11.000 --> 00:34:11.480
 poured out

00:34:11.480 --> 00:34:11.940
 in full

00:34:11.940 --> 00:34:12.480
 strength.

00:34:12.480 --> 00:34:19.320
 look at

00:34:19.320 --> 00:34:19.860
 verse 11.

00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:21.179
 The smoke

00:34:21.179 --> 00:34:21.480
 of their

00:34:21.480 --> 00:34:21.880
 torment

00:34:21.880 --> 00:34:22.360
 goes up

00:34:22.360 --> 00:34:22.960
 forever

00:34:22.960 --> 00:34:23.860
 and ever

00:34:23.860 --> 00:34:24.539
 and they

00:34:24.539 --> 00:34:24.980
 have no

00:34:24.980 --> 00:34:25.900
 rest day

00:34:25.900 --> 00:34:26.480
 or night.

00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:27.119
 These

00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:27.639
 worshippers

00:34:27.639 --> 00:34:28.019
 of the

00:34:28.019 --> 00:34:28.400
 beast and

00:34:28.400 --> 00:34:28.800
 its image

00:34:28.800 --> 00:34:29.179
 and whoever

00:34:29.179 --> 00:34:29.820
 receives the

00:34:29.820 --> 00:34:30.179
 mark of

00:34:30.179 --> 00:34:30.579
 its name.

00:34:33.179 --> 00:34:33.679
 In

00:34:33.679 --> 00:34:34.500
 James Joyce's

00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:34.800
 novel,

00:34:34.940 --> 00:34:35.500
 A Portrait of

00:34:35.500 --> 00:34:35.840
 the Artist

00:34:35.840 --> 00:34:36.340
 as a Young

00:34:36.340 --> 00:34:36.639
 Man,

00:34:36.800 --> 00:34:37.159
 there's a

00:34:37.159 --> 00:34:38.740
 preacher who

00:34:38.740 --> 00:34:40.119
 describes hell

00:34:40.119 --> 00:34:40.740
 vividly in

00:34:40.740 --> 00:34:41.179
 this manner.

00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:44.240
 A holy

00:34:44.240 --> 00:34:45.039
 saint was

00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:45.940
 once vouchsafed

00:34:45.940 --> 00:34:46.400
 the vision

00:34:46.400 --> 00:34:46.840
 of hell.

00:34:47.800 --> 00:34:48.280
 It seemed

00:34:48.280 --> 00:34:48.679
 to him

00:34:48.679 --> 00:34:49.000
 that he

00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:49.500
 stood in

00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:49.800
 the midst

00:34:49.800 --> 00:34:50.079
 of a

00:34:50.079 --> 00:34:50.400
 great

00:34:50.400 --> 00:34:50.840
 hole,

00:34:51.079 --> 00:34:51.679
 dark and

00:34:51.679 --> 00:34:52.119
 silent,

00:34:52.699 --> 00:34:53.219
 save for

00:34:53.219 --> 00:34:53.599
 the ticking

00:34:53.599 --> 00:34:54.000
 of a

00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:54.240
 great

00:34:54.240 --> 00:34:54.699
 clock.

00:34:55.820 --> 00:34:56.280
 The

00:34:56.280 --> 00:34:56.519
 ticking

00:34:56.519 --> 00:34:57.099
 went on

00:34:57.099 --> 00:34:58.179
 unceasingly.

00:34:58.880 --> 00:34:59.240
 And it

00:34:59.240 --> 00:34:59.679
 seemed to

00:34:59.679 --> 00:35:00.099
 this saint

00:35:00.099 --> 00:35:00.460
 that the

00:35:00.460 --> 00:35:01.000
 sound of

00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:01.360
 the ticking

00:35:01.360 --> 00:35:01.880
 was the

00:35:01.880 --> 00:35:02.320
 ceaseless

00:35:02.320 --> 00:35:02.860
 repetition

00:35:02.860 --> 00:35:03.260
 of the

00:35:03.260 --> 00:35:03.620
 words,

00:35:04.039 --> 00:35:04.400
 ever,

00:35:05.019 --> 00:35:05.480
 never,

00:35:06.059 --> 00:35:06.660
 ever,

00:35:07.300 --> 00:35:07.740
 never,

00:35:08.260 --> 00:35:10.780
 ever to

00:35:10.780 --> 00:35:11.099
 be in

00:35:11.099 --> 00:35:11.340
 hell,

00:35:12.340 --> 00:35:13.240
 never to

00:35:13.240 --> 00:35:13.500
 be in

00:35:13.500 --> 00:35:13.720
 heaven,

00:35:14.700 --> 00:35:15.380
 ever to

00:35:15.380 --> 00:35:15.800
 be shut

00:35:15.800 --> 00:35:16.240
 off from

00:35:16.240 --> 00:35:16.720
 the presence

00:35:16.720 --> 00:35:17.320
 of God,

00:35:17.880 --> 00:35:19.099
 never to

00:35:19.099 --> 00:35:19.720
 enjoy the

00:35:19.720 --> 00:35:20.039
 beautiful

00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:20.760
 vision,

00:35:21.660 --> 00:35:22.280
 ever to

00:35:22.280 --> 00:35:22.700
 be eaten

00:35:22.700 --> 00:35:23.559
 with flames,

00:35:24.140 --> 00:35:24.640
 gnawed by

00:35:24.640 --> 00:35:25.099
 vermin,

00:35:25.280 --> 00:35:25.780
 goaded with

00:35:25.780 --> 00:35:26.059
 burning

00:35:26.059 --> 00:35:26.599
 spikes,

00:35:27.120 --> 00:35:27.780
 never to

00:35:27.780 --> 00:35:28.340
 be freed

00:35:28.340 --> 00:35:28.780
 from those

00:35:28.780 --> 00:35:29.180
 pains,

00:35:29.820 --> 00:35:30.480
 ever to

00:35:30.480 --> 00:35:30.980
 have the

00:35:30.980 --> 00:35:31.579
 conscience

00:35:31.579 --> 00:35:32.300
 upbraid

00:35:32.300 --> 00:35:32.619
 one,

00:35:32.920 --> 00:35:33.480
 the memory

00:35:33.480 --> 00:35:34.199
 enraged,

00:35:34.440 --> 00:35:34.920
 the mind

00:35:34.920 --> 00:35:35.539
 filled with

00:35:35.539 --> 00:35:36.260
 darkness and

00:35:36.260 --> 00:35:36.719
 despair,

00:35:37.159 --> 00:35:38.240
 never to

00:35:38.240 --> 00:35:38.840
 escape,

00:35:39.760 --> 00:35:40.460
 ever to

00:35:40.460 --> 00:35:41.260
 cry out of

00:35:41.260 --> 00:35:41.820
 the abyss

00:35:41.820 --> 00:35:42.599
 of fire to

00:35:42.599 --> 00:35:43.119
 God for

00:35:43.119 --> 00:35:43.820
 an instant,

00:35:44.139 --> 00:35:44.699
 a single

00:35:44.699 --> 00:35:45.579
 instant of

00:35:45.579 --> 00:35:46.179
 respite from

00:35:46.179 --> 00:35:47.019
 such awful

00:35:47.019 --> 00:35:47.659
 agony,

00:35:48.240 --> 00:35:49.079
 never to

00:35:49.079 --> 00:35:49.639
 receive,

00:35:49.920 --> 00:35:50.599
 even for

00:35:50.599 --> 00:35:51.300
 an instant,

00:35:51.599 --> 00:35:51.960
 God's

00:35:51.960 --> 00:35:52.400
 pardon,

00:35:53.760 --> 00:35:54.539
 ever to

00:35:54.539 --> 00:35:54.980
 suffer,

00:35:55.599 --> 00:35:56.280
 never to

00:35:56.280 --> 00:35:56.820
 enjoy,

00:35:57.360 --> 00:35:58.000
 ever to

00:35:58.000 --> 00:35:58.599
 be damned,

00:35:59.059 --> 00:35:59.760
 never to

00:35:59.760 --> 00:36:00.320
 be saved,

00:36:00.480 --> 00:36:00.980
 ever,

00:36:01.599 --> 00:36:02.059
 never,

00:36:03.139 --> 00:36:03.559
 ever,

00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:05.260
 never.

00:36:11.360 --> 00:36:12.139
 This is

00:36:12.139 --> 00:36:12.460
 the meaning

00:36:12.460 --> 00:36:12.820
 of verse

00:36:12.820 --> 00:36:13.139
 11.

00:36:14.659 --> 00:36:14.840
 Their

00:36:14.840 --> 00:36:15.599
 torment goes

00:36:15.599 --> 00:36:16.400
 up forever

00:36:16.400 --> 00:36:17.559
 and ever

00:36:17.559 --> 00:36:18.260
 and they

00:36:18.260 --> 00:36:18.760
 have no

00:36:18.760 --> 00:36:19.820
 rest day

00:36:19.820 --> 00:36:21.099
 or night.

00:36:23.039 --> 00:36:23.400
 You might

00:36:23.400 --> 00:36:23.679
 ask,

00:36:23.800 --> 00:36:24.199
 how can

00:36:24.199 --> 00:36:24.679
 sins

00:36:24.679 --> 00:36:25.340
 committed in

00:36:25.340 --> 00:36:25.780
 this short

00:36:25.780 --> 00:36:26.599
 temporal life

00:36:26.599 --> 00:36:27.099
 warrant

00:36:27.099 --> 00:36:27.719
 eternal

00:36:27.719 --> 00:36:28.219
 punishment?

00:36:28.920 --> 00:36:29.380
 How is

00:36:29.380 --> 00:36:30.079
 that just?

00:36:30.480 --> 00:36:33.059
 I have

00:36:33.059 --> 00:36:33.320
 some of

00:36:33.320 --> 00:36:34.219
 my kids'

00:36:35.260 --> 00:36:35.639
 beautiful

00:36:35.639 --> 00:36:36.039
 drawings

00:36:36.039 --> 00:36:36.460
 hanging up

00:36:36.460 --> 00:36:36.699
 in my

00:36:36.699 --> 00:36:37.019
 bedroom

00:36:37.019 --> 00:36:40.219
 and if

00:36:40.219 --> 00:36:40.780
 one of

00:36:40.780 --> 00:36:41.019
 you were

00:36:41.019 --> 00:36:41.320
 to come

00:36:41.320 --> 00:36:41.659
 to my

00:36:41.659 --> 00:36:42.000
 house

00:36:42.000 --> 00:36:42.559
 and then

00:36:42.559 --> 00:36:42.820
 go into

00:36:42.820 --> 00:36:43.260
 my room

00:36:43.260 --> 00:36:43.920
 and then

00:36:43.920 --> 00:36:44.480
 scribble

00:36:44.480 --> 00:36:45.119
 all over

00:36:45.119 --> 00:36:45.940
 their artwork,

00:36:47.420 --> 00:36:47.639
 it will

00:36:47.639 --> 00:36:48.159
 probably leave

00:36:48.159 --> 00:36:48.559
 my kids

00:36:48.559 --> 00:36:50.280
 crying and

00:36:50.280 --> 00:36:51.139
 I will be

00:36:51.139 --> 00:36:51.679
 very upset

00:36:51.679 --> 00:36:52.059
 with you.

00:36:52.059 --> 00:36:54.980
 but I'm

00:36:54.980 --> 00:36:55.239
 never going

00:36:55.239 --> 00:36:55.579
 to sue

00:36:55.579 --> 00:36:55.880
 you

00:36:55.880 --> 00:36:58.759
 because I'm

00:36:58.759 --> 00:36:59.000
 not going

00:36:59.000 --> 00:36:59.219
 to get

00:36:59.219 --> 00:36:59.619
 anything

00:36:59.619 --> 00:37:01.079
 because those

00:37:01.079 --> 00:37:01.739
 paintings are

00:37:01.739 --> 00:37:03.360
 not worth

00:37:03.360 --> 00:37:03.759
 that much

00:37:03.759 --> 00:37:04.019
 money

00:37:04.019 --> 00:37:05.820
 yet.

00:37:11.400 --> 00:37:12.199
 But in

00:37:12.199 --> 00:37:12.519
 Italy,

00:37:13.079 --> 00:37:14.019
 if you

00:37:14.019 --> 00:37:14.539
 deface

00:37:14.539 --> 00:37:15.059
 monuments

00:37:15.059 --> 00:37:15.920
 or artworks,

00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:16.460
 even for the

00:37:16.460 --> 00:37:16.860
 sake of

00:37:16.860 --> 00:37:17.480
 protests,

00:37:17.480 --> 00:37:18.860
 you have

00:37:18.860 --> 00:37:19.159
 to pay

00:37:19.159 --> 00:37:19.659
 fines up

00:37:19.659 --> 00:37:21.019
 to $64,000.

00:37:22.219 --> 00:37:22.980
 Why?

00:37:24.119 --> 00:37:25.179
 Because that

00:37:25.179 --> 00:37:26.360
 artwork has

00:37:26.360 --> 00:37:27.260
 significance.

00:37:28.679 --> 00:37:29.039
 It has

00:37:29.039 --> 00:37:29.719
 cultural

00:37:29.719 --> 00:37:31.320
 cachet

00:37:31.320 --> 00:37:32.360
 and value.

00:37:32.360 --> 00:37:36.900
 Or think

00:37:36.900 --> 00:37:37.240
 of it this

00:37:37.240 --> 00:37:37.420
 way,

00:37:37.480 --> 00:37:38.120
 if a man

00:37:38.120 --> 00:37:39.960
 swats a

00:37:39.960 --> 00:37:40.260
 fly,

00:37:42.660 --> 00:37:43.280
 nobody

00:37:43.280 --> 00:37:43.680
 will bat

00:37:43.680 --> 00:37:44.079
 an eye.

00:37:45.740 --> 00:37:46.500
 But if a

00:37:46.500 --> 00:37:46.900
 man were

00:37:46.900 --> 00:37:47.820
 to slap

00:37:47.820 --> 00:37:48.519
 his wife,

00:37:50.620 --> 00:37:51.180
 he can

00:37:51.180 --> 00:37:51.460
 go to

00:37:51.460 --> 00:37:51.740
 jail.

00:37:57.140 --> 00:37:57.620
 Why?

00:37:58.780 --> 00:37:59.220
 Because

00:37:59.220 --> 00:38:00.019
 a human

00:38:00.019 --> 00:38:01.120
 being is

00:38:01.120 --> 00:38:02.059
 way more

00:38:02.059 --> 00:38:02.599
 valuable

00:38:02.599 --> 00:38:03.039
 than a

00:38:03.039 --> 00:38:03.360
 fly.

00:38:06.279 --> 00:38:06.799
 The

00:38:06.799 --> 00:38:07.299
 gravity

00:38:07.299 --> 00:38:07.659
 of the

00:38:07.659 --> 00:38:08.259
 offense

00:38:08.259 --> 00:38:09.039
 and the

00:38:09.039 --> 00:38:09.500
 commensurate

00:38:09.500 --> 00:38:10.199
 punishment

00:38:10.199 --> 00:38:11.340
 depend not

00:38:11.340 --> 00:38:11.980
 only on

00:38:11.980 --> 00:38:12.699
 the nature

00:38:12.699 --> 00:38:13.619
 of the

00:38:13.619 --> 00:38:14.360
 act itself,

00:38:14.500 --> 00:38:14.860
 but on

00:38:14.860 --> 00:38:15.500
 the dignity

00:38:15.500 --> 00:38:16.679
 and worth

00:38:16.679 --> 00:38:17.259
 of the

00:38:17.259 --> 00:38:18.019
 object of

00:38:18.019 --> 00:38:18.679
 that offense.

00:38:21.259 --> 00:38:22.039
 How much

00:38:22.039 --> 00:38:22.480
 more than

00:38:22.480 --> 00:38:22.900
 does this

00:38:22.900 --> 00:38:23.739
 principle apply

00:38:23.739 --> 00:38:24.059
 when it

00:38:24.059 --> 00:38:24.599
 comes to

00:38:24.599 --> 00:38:25.000
 God?

00:38:25.860 --> 00:38:26.519
 God is

00:38:26.519 --> 00:38:27.259
 infinitely

00:38:27.259 --> 00:38:28.400
 worthy of

00:38:28.400 --> 00:38:29.119
 our faith

00:38:29.119 --> 00:38:30.079
 and obedience

00:38:30.079 --> 00:38:31.340
 and worship

00:38:31.340 --> 00:38:32.320
 for that

00:38:32.320 --> 00:38:32.880
 reason to

00:38:32.880 --> 00:38:33.680
 sin against

00:38:33.680 --> 00:38:34.620
 God merits

00:38:34.620 --> 00:38:35.519
 infinite

00:38:35.519 --> 00:38:36.340
 punishment.

00:38:39.579 --> 00:38:40.280
 That's why

00:38:40.280 --> 00:38:40.920
 we say in

00:38:40.920 --> 00:38:41.280
 one of our

00:38:41.280 --> 00:38:41.920
 confessions of

00:38:41.920 --> 00:38:42.500
 sins that

00:38:42.500 --> 00:38:42.960
 we use on

00:38:42.960 --> 00:38:43.360
 Sundays,

00:38:43.880 --> 00:38:44.180
 let us

00:38:44.180 --> 00:38:44.920
 never forget

00:38:44.920 --> 00:38:45.240
 that we

00:38:45.240 --> 00:38:45.539
 have an

00:38:45.539 --> 00:38:46.059
 eternal

00:38:46.059 --> 00:38:46.720
 duty to

00:38:46.720 --> 00:38:47.039
 love,

00:38:47.500 --> 00:38:47.800
 honor,

00:38:47.980 --> 00:38:48.440
 and obey

00:38:48.440 --> 00:38:48.880
 you,

00:38:49.079 --> 00:38:49.400
 that you

00:38:49.400 --> 00:38:50.260
 are infinitely

00:38:50.260 --> 00:38:50.960
 worthy of

00:38:50.960 --> 00:38:51.260
 such,

00:38:51.480 --> 00:38:51.980
 that if we

00:38:51.980 --> 00:38:52.600
 fail to

00:38:52.600 --> 00:38:53.340
 glorify you,

00:38:53.400 --> 00:38:53.860
 we are

00:38:53.860 --> 00:38:54.539
 guilty of

00:38:54.539 --> 00:38:55.120
 infinite

00:38:55.120 --> 00:38:56.059
 evil that

00:38:56.059 --> 00:38:56.480
 merits

00:38:56.480 --> 00:38:57.100
 infinite

00:38:57.100 --> 00:38:57.640
 punishment,

00:38:57.639 --> 00:38:58.739
 for sin

00:38:58.739 --> 00:38:59.279
 is the

00:38:59.279 --> 00:38:59.879
 violation

00:38:59.879 --> 00:39:00.579
 of an

00:39:00.579 --> 00:39:01.099
 infinite

00:39:01.099 --> 00:39:02.159
 obligation.

00:39:07.799 --> 00:39:08.859
 Our sins

00:39:08.859 --> 00:39:09.539
 deserve

00:39:09.539 --> 00:39:10.119
 eternal

00:39:10.119 --> 00:39:10.659
 punishment,

00:39:10.859 --> 00:39:11.519
 not primarily

00:39:11.519 --> 00:39:12.079
 because of

00:39:12.079 --> 00:39:12.619
 what we

00:39:12.619 --> 00:39:13.159
 have done,

00:39:13.460 --> 00:39:13.879
 but because

00:39:13.879 --> 00:39:14.599
 of whom

00:39:14.599 --> 00:39:15.980
 against

00:39:15.980 --> 00:39:17.639
 whom

00:39:17.639 --> 00:39:18.199
 we have

00:39:18.199 --> 00:39:18.679
 sinned.

00:39:21.579 --> 00:39:22.519
 Sin is an

00:39:22.519 --> 00:39:22.859
 act of

00:39:22.859 --> 00:39:23.420
 treason

00:39:23.420 --> 00:39:24.099
 against the

00:39:24.099 --> 00:39:24.779
 kingship of

00:39:24.780 --> 00:39:25.060
 God.

00:39:26.860 --> 00:39:27.540
 Sin is an

00:39:27.540 --> 00:39:27.860
 act of

00:39:27.860 --> 00:39:28.780
 adultery that

00:39:28.780 --> 00:39:30.320
 betrays the

00:39:30.320 --> 00:39:31.320
 everlasting love

00:39:31.320 --> 00:39:31.900
 of God,

00:39:32.940 --> 00:39:33.940
 and sin

00:39:33.940 --> 00:39:34.580
 against an

00:39:34.580 --> 00:39:35.300
 eternal God

00:39:35.300 --> 00:39:36.060
 merits eternal

00:39:36.060 --> 00:39:36.600
 punishment.

00:39:40.840 --> 00:39:41.580
 That's why

00:39:41.580 --> 00:39:41.980
 they have no

00:39:41.980 --> 00:39:42.840
 rest day or

00:39:42.840 --> 00:39:43.120
 night.

00:39:44.780 --> 00:39:45.180
 And the

00:39:45.180 --> 00:39:46.320
 restlessness of

00:39:46.320 --> 00:39:46.940
 the worshippers

00:39:46.940 --> 00:39:47.600
 of the beast

00:39:47.600 --> 00:39:48.860
 is contrasted

00:39:48.860 --> 00:39:49.580
 with the rest

00:39:49.580 --> 00:39:51.420
 that is prepared

00:39:51.420 --> 00:39:51.840
 for the

00:39:51.840 --> 00:39:52.420
 worshippers of

00:39:52.420 --> 00:39:53.060
 the lamb in

00:39:53.060 --> 00:39:53.760
 verse 13.

00:39:53.760 --> 00:39:54.880
 Blessed are

00:39:54.880 --> 00:39:55.300
 the dead

00:39:55.300 --> 00:39:55.760
 who die

00:39:55.760 --> 00:39:56.000
 in the

00:39:56.000 --> 00:39:56.400
 Lord from

00:39:56.400 --> 00:39:56.940
 now on.

00:39:57.320 --> 00:39:57.580
 Blessed

00:39:57.580 --> 00:39:57.940
 indeed,

00:39:58.060 --> 00:39:58.400
 says the

00:39:58.400 --> 00:39:58.640
 spirit,

00:39:58.720 --> 00:39:58.920
 that they

00:39:58.920 --> 00:39:59.440
 may rest

00:39:59.440 --> 00:39:59.980
 from their

00:39:59.980 --> 00:40:00.400
 labors,

00:40:00.600 --> 00:40:01.000
 for their

00:40:01.000 --> 00:40:01.740
 deeds follow

00:40:01.740 --> 00:40:02.060
 them.

00:40:03.060 --> 00:40:03.820
 If we are

00:40:03.820 --> 00:40:04.840
 truly in

00:40:04.840 --> 00:40:05.380
 Christ,

00:40:05.720 --> 00:40:06.440
 if we are

00:40:06.440 --> 00:40:07.000
 Christians,

00:40:07.440 --> 00:40:08.240
 then it's a

00:40:08.240 --> 00:40:09.140
 blessing for

00:40:09.140 --> 00:40:10.040
 us to die.

00:40:10.760 --> 00:40:11.000
 Do you

00:40:11.000 --> 00:40:11.460
 believe that?

00:40:14.460 --> 00:40:15.260
 Paul says

00:40:15.260 --> 00:40:15.760
 it's better

00:40:15.760 --> 00:40:16.260
 for him to

00:40:16.260 --> 00:40:16.800
 die and to

00:40:16.800 --> 00:40:17.580
 depart to be

00:40:17.580 --> 00:40:18.160
 with Christ

00:40:18.160 --> 00:40:18.720
 in Philippians

00:40:18.720 --> 00:40:19.340
 1.23,

00:40:19.860 --> 00:40:20.540
 because there

00:40:20.540 --> 00:40:21.320
 we will have

00:40:21.320 --> 00:40:22.840
 finally rest

00:40:22.840 --> 00:40:23.720
 from our

00:40:23.720 --> 00:40:24.320
 labors.

00:40:26.160 --> 00:40:26.740
 The Greek

00:40:26.740 --> 00:40:27.360
 word translated

00:40:27.360 --> 00:40:28.059
 labors here

00:40:28.059 --> 00:40:28.400
 is a word

00:40:28.400 --> 00:40:28.920
 that conveys

00:40:28.920 --> 00:40:29.420
 a sense of

00:40:29.420 --> 00:40:30.680
 toil and

00:40:30.680 --> 00:40:31.600
 hardship and

00:40:31.600 --> 00:40:32.800
 trouble and

00:40:32.800 --> 00:40:33.500
 difficulty.

00:40:34.300 --> 00:40:34.960
 That's what

00:40:34.960 --> 00:40:35.519
 our life on

00:40:35.519 --> 00:40:36.180
 earth is like,

00:40:36.220 --> 00:40:36.680
 isn't it?

00:40:39.620 --> 00:40:40.400
 Here we are

00:40:40.400 --> 00:40:41.280
 beset by our

00:40:41.280 --> 00:40:41.840
 own sinful

00:40:41.840 --> 00:40:42.340
 flesh.

00:40:42.900 --> 00:40:43.579
 Here we are

00:40:43.579 --> 00:40:44.400
 assailed by

00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:44.860
 the sinful

00:40:44.860 --> 00:40:45.340
 world.

00:40:45.720 --> 00:40:46.400
 Here we are

00:40:46.400 --> 00:40:47.240
 tormented and

00:40:47.240 --> 00:40:48.079
 pursued by the

00:40:48.079 --> 00:40:48.400
 devil.

00:40:48.800 --> 00:40:49.280
 But this

00:40:49.280 --> 00:40:50.019
 verse assures

00:40:50.019 --> 00:40:50.940
 us that though

00:40:50.940 --> 00:40:51.539
 we might be

00:40:51.539 --> 00:40:52.320
 persecuted and

00:40:52.320 --> 00:40:52.780
 killed in

00:40:52.780 --> 00:40:53.300
 this life,

00:40:53.380 --> 00:40:53.600
 we will

00:40:53.600 --> 00:40:54.100
 have life

00:40:54.100 --> 00:40:54.860
 forevermore

00:40:54.860 --> 00:40:55.340
 with God

00:40:55.340 --> 00:40:55.700
 in heaven.

00:40:58.340 --> 00:40:58.980
 Though we

00:40:58.980 --> 00:40:59.360
 might be

00:40:59.360 --> 00:40:59.880
 poor and

00:40:59.880 --> 00:41:00.880
 disenfranchised

00:41:00.880 --> 00:41:01.220
 here on

00:41:01.220 --> 00:41:01.480
 earth,

00:41:01.980 --> 00:41:02.460
 that soon

00:41:02.460 --> 00:41:03.000
 heavenly

00:41:03.000 --> 00:41:03.600
 inheritance

00:41:03.600 --> 00:41:04.000
 will be

00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:04.320
 ours.

00:41:07.059 --> 00:41:07.559
 19th

00:41:07.559 --> 00:41:08.200
 century British

00:41:08.200 --> 00:41:08.980
 pastor Charles

00:41:08.980 --> 00:41:09.300
 Spurgeon

00:41:09.300 --> 00:41:10.240
 describes dying

00:41:10.240 --> 00:41:10.800
 and going to

00:41:10.800 --> 00:41:11.180
 heaven in

00:41:11.180 --> 00:41:11.700
 this beautiful

00:41:11.700 --> 00:41:12.120
 way.

00:41:13.460 --> 00:41:13.960
 To come

00:41:13.960 --> 00:41:14.559
 to thee

00:41:14.559 --> 00:41:15.440
 is to

00:41:15.440 --> 00:41:16.440
 come home

00:41:16.440 --> 00:41:17.280
 from exile,

00:41:17.620 --> 00:41:18.880
 to come

00:41:18.880 --> 00:41:19.480
 to land

00:41:19.480 --> 00:41:19.920
 out of the

00:41:19.920 --> 00:41:20.900
 raging storm,

00:41:20.900 --> 00:41:22.300
 to come

00:41:22.300 --> 00:41:23.000
 to rest

00:41:23.000 --> 00:41:24.200
 after long

00:41:24.200 --> 00:41:24.680
 labor,

00:41:25.059 --> 00:41:25.900
 to come

00:41:25.900 --> 00:41:26.300
 to the

00:41:26.300 --> 00:41:27.160
 goal of

00:41:27.160 --> 00:41:28.019
 my desires

00:41:28.019 --> 00:41:28.760
 and the

00:41:28.760 --> 00:41:29.700
 summit of

00:41:29.700 --> 00:41:30.380
 my wishes.

00:41:34.960 --> 00:41:35.940
 This should

00:41:35.940 --> 00:41:36.860
 motivate us

00:41:36.860 --> 00:41:39.700
 to endure

00:41:39.700 --> 00:41:41.019
 with faith

00:41:41.019 --> 00:41:41.720
 and obedience.

00:41:43.780 --> 00:41:44.800
 Verse 12

00:41:44.800 --> 00:41:45.139
 says,

00:41:45.139 --> 00:41:45.900
 here is a

00:41:45.900 --> 00:41:46.359
 call for

00:41:46.359 --> 00:41:46.539
 the

00:41:46.539 --> 00:41:47.079
 endurance

00:41:47.079 --> 00:41:47.980
 of the

00:41:47.980 --> 00:41:48.359
 saints,

00:41:48.879 --> 00:41:49.159
 those who

00:41:49.159 --> 00:41:49.619
 keep the

00:41:49.619 --> 00:41:49.980
 commandments

00:41:49.980 --> 00:41:50.500
 of God

00:41:50.500 --> 00:41:50.779
 and their

00:41:50.779 --> 00:41:51.339
 faith in

00:41:51.339 --> 00:41:51.699
 Jesus.

00:41:52.099 --> 00:41:52.339
 The

00:41:52.339 --> 00:41:52.819
 certainty

00:41:52.819 --> 00:41:53.359
 of hell

00:41:53.359 --> 00:41:53.819
 should make

00:41:53.819 --> 00:41:54.319
 us fear

00:41:54.319 --> 00:41:54.799
 God and

00:41:54.799 --> 00:41:55.079
 give him

00:41:55.079 --> 00:41:55.460
 glory.

00:41:56.059 --> 00:41:56.339
 And the

00:41:56.339 --> 00:41:56.679
 certainty

00:41:56.679 --> 00:41:57.159
 of heaven

00:41:57.159 --> 00:41:57.639
 should make

00:41:57.639 --> 00:41:58.099
 us keep

00:41:58.099 --> 00:41:58.460
 God's

00:41:58.460 --> 00:41:58.879
 commandments

00:41:58.879 --> 00:41:59.639
 and our

00:41:59.639 --> 00:42:00.139
 faith in

00:42:00.139 --> 00:42:00.579
 Jesus.

00:42:03.799 --> 00:42:04.359
 Christian

00:42:04.359 --> 00:42:04.980
 author Randy

00:42:04.980 --> 00:42:05.699
 Alcorn says

00:42:05.699 --> 00:42:06.159
 this in his

00:42:06.159 --> 00:42:06.759
 book entitled

00:42:06.759 --> 00:42:07.099
 Heaven.

00:42:08.379 --> 00:42:10.199
 Earth is an

00:42:10.199 --> 00:42:10.819
 in-between

00:42:10.819 --> 00:42:12.159
 world touched

00:42:12.159 --> 00:42:12.719
 by both

00:42:12.719 --> 00:42:13.199
 heaven and

00:42:13.199 --> 00:42:13.420
 hell.

00:42:13.420 --> 00:42:15.220
 earth leads

00:42:15.220 --> 00:42:15.980
 directly into

00:42:15.980 --> 00:42:16.500
 heaven or

00:42:16.500 --> 00:42:17.360
 directly into

00:42:17.360 --> 00:42:17.720
 hell,

00:42:18.220 --> 00:42:18.700
 affording a

00:42:18.700 --> 00:42:19.420
 choice between

00:42:19.420 --> 00:42:19.780
 the two.

00:42:20.440 --> 00:42:21.559
 The best of

00:42:21.559 --> 00:42:22.019
 life on

00:42:22.019 --> 00:42:22.840
 earth is a

00:42:22.840 --> 00:42:23.400
 glimpse of

00:42:23.400 --> 00:42:23.619
 heaven.

00:42:24.180 --> 00:42:24.980
 The worst

00:42:24.980 --> 00:42:26.340
 of life is a

00:42:26.340 --> 00:42:26.860
 glimpse of

00:42:26.860 --> 00:42:27.079
 hell.

00:42:27.900 --> 00:42:28.139
 For

00:42:28.139 --> 00:42:28.619
 Christians,

00:42:29.300 --> 00:42:29.940
 this present

00:42:29.940 --> 00:42:30.639
 life is the

00:42:30.639 --> 00:42:31.360
 closest they

00:42:31.360 --> 00:42:31.880
 will come to

00:42:31.880 --> 00:42:32.119
 hell.

00:42:32.740 --> 00:42:33.059
 For

00:42:33.059 --> 00:42:33.720
 unbelievers,

00:42:34.159 --> 00:42:34.599
 it is the

00:42:34.599 --> 00:42:35.519
 closest they

00:42:35.519 --> 00:42:36.000
 will come

00:42:36.000 --> 00:42:37.240
 to hell.

00:42:40.500 --> 00:42:41.500
 What is

00:42:41.500 --> 00:42:42.400
 earth to

00:42:42.400 --> 00:42:42.680
 you?

00:42:43.420 --> 00:42:46.300
 where are

00:42:46.300 --> 00:42:46.579
 you in

00:42:46.579 --> 00:42:47.079
 your relation

00:42:47.079 --> 00:42:47.619
 to Christ?

00:42:49.300 --> 00:42:49.740
 Is

00:42:49.740 --> 00:42:50.200
 earth the

00:42:50.200 --> 00:42:50.740
 closest you'll

00:42:50.740 --> 00:42:51.019
 get to

00:42:51.019 --> 00:42:51.260
 heaven?

00:42:53.019 --> 00:42:53.639
 Or is

00:42:53.639 --> 00:42:53.940
 this the

00:42:53.940 --> 00:42:54.440
 closest you'll

00:42:54.440 --> 00:42:54.720
 get to

00:42:54.720 --> 00:42:54.940
 hell?

00:42:58.260 --> 00:42:58.940
 The scene

00:42:58.940 --> 00:42:59.619
 shifts in

00:42:59.619 --> 00:43:00.340
 verses 14 to

00:43:00.340 --> 00:43:00.940
 20 to the

00:43:00.940 --> 00:43:01.639
 contrast of

00:43:01.639 --> 00:43:02.280
 the harvest of

00:43:02.280 --> 00:43:02.659
 grain and

00:43:02.659 --> 00:43:03.240
 the harvest of

00:43:03.240 --> 00:43:03.539
 grapes.

00:43:04.000 --> 00:43:04.400
 The main

00:43:04.400 --> 00:43:05.180
 point is the

00:43:05.180 --> 00:43:05.500
 same.

00:43:06.180 --> 00:43:06.880
 The inevitable

00:43:06.880 --> 00:43:07.480
 judgment of

00:43:07.480 --> 00:43:07.920
 God should make

00:43:07.920 --> 00:43:08.760
 all of us fear

00:43:08.760 --> 00:43:09.420
 him and give

00:43:09.420 --> 00:43:09.860
 him glory.

00:43:10.900 --> 00:43:11.340
 It says in

00:43:11.340 --> 00:43:12.059
 verses 14 to

00:43:12.059 --> 00:43:12.400
 16,

00:43:12.460 --> 00:43:12.660
 And I

00:43:12.660 --> 00:43:13.160
 looked as

00:43:13.160 --> 00:43:13.620
 behold a

00:43:13.620 --> 00:43:14.340
 white cloud

00:43:14.340 --> 00:43:14.900
 and seated

00:43:14.900 --> 00:43:15.180
 on the

00:43:15.180 --> 00:43:15.640
 cloud one

00:43:15.640 --> 00:43:16.000
 like a

00:43:16.000 --> 00:43:16.300
 son of

00:43:16.300 --> 00:43:16.700
 man with

00:43:16.700 --> 00:43:17.100
 a golden

00:43:17.100 --> 00:43:17.660
 crown on

00:43:17.660 --> 00:43:18.539
 his head and

00:43:18.539 --> 00:43:18.920
 a sharp

00:43:18.920 --> 00:43:19.500
 sickle in

00:43:19.500 --> 00:43:20.539
 his hand.

00:43:21.180 --> 00:43:21.620
 And another

00:43:21.620 --> 00:43:22.400
 angel came out

00:43:22.400 --> 00:43:22.800
 of the temple

00:43:22.800 --> 00:43:23.460
 calling with a

00:43:23.460 --> 00:43:24.160
 loud voice to

00:43:24.160 --> 00:43:24.660
 him who said

00:43:24.660 --> 00:43:25.160
 on the cloud,

00:43:25.300 --> 00:43:25.800
 Put in your

00:43:25.800 --> 00:43:26.340
 sickle and

00:43:26.340 --> 00:43:27.220
 reap, for the

00:43:27.220 --> 00:43:27.880
 hour to reap

00:43:27.880 --> 00:43:28.920
 has come, for

00:43:28.920 --> 00:43:29.480
 the harvest of

00:43:29.480 --> 00:43:29.900
 the earth is

00:43:29.900 --> 00:43:30.480
 fully ripe.

00:43:31.260 --> 00:43:31.660
 So he

00:43:31.660 --> 00:43:32.160
 sat on the

00:43:32.160 --> 00:43:32.840
 cloud, swung

00:43:32.840 --> 00:43:33.360
 his sickle

00:43:33.360 --> 00:43:33.880
 across the

00:43:33.880 --> 00:43:34.660
 earth, and

00:43:34.660 --> 00:43:35.200
 the earth was

00:43:35.200 --> 00:43:35.480
 reaped.

00:43:35.480 --> 00:43:37.460
 This figure

00:43:37.460 --> 00:43:38.719
 here is set

00:43:38.719 --> 00:43:39.340
 apart from

00:43:39.340 --> 00:43:40.059
 the angels,

00:43:40.860 --> 00:43:42.240
 the number of

00:43:42.240 --> 00:43:42.980
 angels in the

00:43:42.980 --> 00:43:43.440
 rest of this

00:43:43.440 --> 00:43:44.860
 chapter, because

00:43:44.860 --> 00:43:45.519
 he is described

00:43:45.519 --> 00:43:46.280
 as the one

00:43:46.280 --> 00:43:47.400
 like a son of

00:43:47.400 --> 00:43:47.760
 man.

00:43:49.199 --> 00:43:50.360
 He is seated

00:43:50.360 --> 00:43:51.119
 on the cloud

00:43:51.119 --> 00:43:52.360
 and wears a

00:43:52.360 --> 00:43:53.199
 golden crown on

00:43:53.199 --> 00:43:53.559
 his head,

00:43:53.679 --> 00:43:54.400
 indicating his

00:43:54.400 --> 00:43:55.820
 rule, his

00:43:55.820 --> 00:43:56.320
 kingship.

00:43:56.920 --> 00:43:57.579
 This is none

00:43:57.579 --> 00:43:58.119
 other than

00:43:58.119 --> 00:43:59.740
 Jesus himself,

00:44:00.079 --> 00:44:00.579
 Christ the

00:44:00.579 --> 00:44:00.760
 king.

00:44:01.719 --> 00:44:02.380
 John has

00:44:02.380 --> 00:44:03.059
 already referred

00:44:03.059 --> 00:44:03.860
 to Jesus as

00:44:03.860 --> 00:44:04.760
 the one like a

00:44:04.760 --> 00:44:05.380
 son of man in

00:44:05.380 --> 00:44:06.420
 Revelation 1.13,

00:44:06.960 --> 00:44:07.440
 and he is

00:44:07.440 --> 00:44:08.260
 alluding in

00:44:08.260 --> 00:44:08.700
 both of those

00:44:08.700 --> 00:44:09.340
 passages to

00:44:09.340 --> 00:44:11.039
 Daniel 7.13-14,

00:44:11.420 --> 00:44:11.680
 where in

00:44:11.680 --> 00:44:12.539
 prophet Daniel's

00:44:12.539 --> 00:44:13.480
 vision, one

00:44:13.480 --> 00:44:14.340
 like a son of

00:44:14.340 --> 00:44:15.200
 man comes with

00:44:15.200 --> 00:44:16.140
 the clouds of

00:44:16.140 --> 00:44:16.940
 heaven and

00:44:16.940 --> 00:44:17.660
 approaches the

00:44:17.660 --> 00:44:18.059
 engine of

00:44:18.059 --> 00:44:18.420
 days and

00:44:18.420 --> 00:44:19.180
 receives from

00:44:19.180 --> 00:44:20.340
 him everlasting

00:44:20.340 --> 00:44:21.200
 dominion and

00:44:21.200 --> 00:44:21.900
 glory and

00:44:21.900 --> 00:44:23.160
 kingdom, so

00:44:23.160 --> 00:44:23.599
 that all

00:44:23.599 --> 00:44:24.160
 peoples and

00:44:24.160 --> 00:44:24.700
 nations and

00:44:24.700 --> 00:44:26.640
 languages serve

00:44:26.640 --> 00:44:27.039
 him and

00:44:27.039 --> 00:44:27.579
 worship him.

00:44:28.880 --> 00:44:30.140
 Jesus applied

00:44:30.140 --> 00:44:30.680
 the prophetic

00:44:30.680 --> 00:44:31.140
 vision of

00:44:31.140 --> 00:44:31.780
 Daniel 7 to

00:44:31.780 --> 00:44:32.760
 himself when

00:44:32.760 --> 00:44:33.200
 he was on

00:44:33.200 --> 00:44:34.099
 trial with the

00:44:34.099 --> 00:44:34.700
 high priest in

00:44:34.699 --> 00:44:35.699
 Mark 14.62,

00:44:36.259 --> 00:44:36.939
 the high priest

00:44:36.939 --> 00:44:37.799
 asked Jesus,

00:44:38.199 --> 00:44:38.779
 are you the

00:44:38.779 --> 00:44:39.839
 Christ, the

00:44:39.839 --> 00:44:40.500
 son of the

00:44:40.500 --> 00:44:40.859
 blessed?

00:44:41.839 --> 00:44:42.199
 And then

00:44:42.199 --> 00:44:42.939
 Jesus replied,

00:44:43.359 --> 00:44:44.679
 I am.

00:44:46.159 --> 00:44:46.960
 And you

00:44:46.960 --> 00:44:48.299
 will see the

00:44:48.299 --> 00:44:49.199
 son of man

00:44:49.199 --> 00:44:50.279
 seated at the

00:44:50.279 --> 00:44:50.839
 right hand of

00:44:50.839 --> 00:44:51.819
 power and

00:44:51.819 --> 00:44:52.799
 coming with the

00:44:52.799 --> 00:44:53.319
 clouds of

00:44:53.319 --> 00:44:53.579
 heaven.

00:44:55.639 --> 00:44:56.439
 Some people

00:44:56.439 --> 00:44:57.019
 object that

00:44:57.019 --> 00:44:57.519
 Jesus could

00:44:57.519 --> 00:44:58.279
 not possibly,

00:44:58.839 --> 00:44:59.460
 this could not

00:44:59.460 --> 00:45:00.019
 possibly be

00:45:00.019 --> 00:45:00.519
 Jesus because

00:45:00.519 --> 00:45:01.199
 he receives a

00:45:01.199 --> 00:45:02.019
 command from

00:45:02.019 --> 00:45:03.539
 an angel in

00:45:03.539 --> 00:45:04.360
 verse 15.

00:45:05.099 --> 00:45:05.599
 But this

00:45:05.599 --> 00:45:06.340
 poses no

00:45:06.340 --> 00:45:07.039
 problem because

00:45:07.039 --> 00:45:08.059
 the angel is

00:45:08.059 --> 00:45:08.779
 simply a

00:45:08.779 --> 00:45:09.159
 messenger.

00:45:09.400 --> 00:45:09.679
 The word

00:45:09.679 --> 00:45:10.420
 angel literally

00:45:10.420 --> 00:45:11.380
 means messenger.

00:45:12.579 --> 00:45:12.980
 And notice

00:45:12.980 --> 00:45:13.259
 that this

00:45:13.259 --> 00:45:13.860
 angel comes

00:45:13.860 --> 00:45:14.599
 out of the

00:45:14.599 --> 00:45:15.380
 temple, meaning

00:45:15.380 --> 00:45:16.440
 the temple in

00:45:16.440 --> 00:45:16.880
 heaven, the

00:45:16.880 --> 00:45:17.719
 dwelling place of

00:45:17.719 --> 00:45:18.440
 God himself,

00:45:18.900 --> 00:45:19.259
 God the

00:45:19.259 --> 00:45:19.559
 Father.

00:45:20.059 --> 00:45:20.779
 The angel in

00:45:20.779 --> 00:45:21.800
 verse 15 is

00:45:21.800 --> 00:45:22.900
 simply relaying

00:45:22.900 --> 00:45:23.719
 the command of

00:45:23.719 --> 00:45:24.360
 the Father,

00:45:24.840 --> 00:45:25.340
 put in your

00:45:25.340 --> 00:45:25.820
 sickle and

00:45:25.820 --> 00:45:26.380
 reap for the

00:45:26.380 --> 00:45:27.340
 hour to reap

00:45:27.340 --> 00:45:28.340
 has come, for

00:45:28.340 --> 00:45:28.980
 the harvest of

00:45:28.980 --> 00:45:29.400
 the earth is

00:45:29.400 --> 00:45:30.039
 fully ripe.

00:45:30.039 --> 00:45:31.500
 Jesus taught

00:45:31.500 --> 00:45:32.019
 us in Mark

00:45:32.019 --> 00:45:32.920
 13, 32,

00:45:33.219 --> 00:45:33.980
 concerning that

00:45:33.980 --> 00:45:34.880
 day or the

00:45:34.880 --> 00:45:36.500
 hour, no one

00:45:36.500 --> 00:45:38.219
 knows, not even

00:45:38.219 --> 00:45:38.980
 the angels in

00:45:38.980 --> 00:45:40.300
 heaven, nor the

00:45:40.300 --> 00:45:42.000
 Son, but only

00:45:42.000 --> 00:45:42.539
 the Father.

00:45:43.739 --> 00:45:44.119
 So it is

00:45:44.119 --> 00:45:44.800
 natural for

00:45:44.800 --> 00:45:45.759
 Jesus to

00:45:45.759 --> 00:45:46.300
 receive the

00:45:46.300 --> 00:45:47.099
 announcement of

00:45:47.099 --> 00:45:47.980
 that hour which

00:45:47.980 --> 00:45:48.559
 only the Father

00:45:48.559 --> 00:45:50.139
 knows from the

00:45:50.139 --> 00:45:50.840
 Father's messenger.

00:45:52.719 --> 00:45:53.739
 I think this

00:45:53.739 --> 00:45:54.880
 first harvest by

00:45:54.880 --> 00:45:55.920
 Jesus represents

00:45:55.920 --> 00:45:56.800
 the harvest of

00:45:56.800 --> 00:45:57.699
 first fruits that

00:45:57.699 --> 00:45:58.519
 we saw last

00:45:58.519 --> 00:45:59.440
 week in

00:45:59.440 --> 00:46:00.360
 verses 1 to 5.

00:46:01.079 --> 00:46:01.619
 There I

00:46:01.619 --> 00:46:02.400
 argued that

00:46:02.400 --> 00:46:04.519
 the 144,000,

00:46:05.200 --> 00:46:05.679
 the elect

00:46:05.679 --> 00:46:06.119
 people of

00:46:06.119 --> 00:46:06.400
 God, it

00:46:06.400 --> 00:46:07.220
 represents those

00:46:07.220 --> 00:46:07.760
 who are sealed

00:46:07.760 --> 00:46:08.519
 with the name

00:46:08.519 --> 00:46:09.159
 of the Lamb,

00:46:09.820 --> 00:46:10.099
 and it

00:46:10.099 --> 00:46:10.880
 represents all

00:46:10.880 --> 00:46:11.420
 of God's

00:46:11.420 --> 00:46:12.400
 people, those

00:46:12.400 --> 00:46:13.159
 who have, as

00:46:13.159 --> 00:46:13.940
 verse 4 says,

00:46:14.039 --> 00:46:14.300
 have been

00:46:14.300 --> 00:46:15.340
 redeemed from

00:46:15.340 --> 00:46:16.880
 mankind as

00:46:16.880 --> 00:46:18.539
 first fruits for

00:46:18.539 --> 00:46:19.019
 God and the

00:46:19.019 --> 00:46:19.220
 Lamb.

00:46:20.300 --> 00:46:20.539
 And I

00:46:20.539 --> 00:46:21.300
 mentioned last

00:46:21.300 --> 00:46:21.619
 week that

00:46:21.619 --> 00:46:22.300
 first fruits is

00:46:22.300 --> 00:46:23.820
 an allusion to

00:46:23.820 --> 00:46:24.159
 the Old

00:46:24.159 --> 00:46:25.300
 Testament feast of

00:46:25.300 --> 00:46:25.740
 the harvest,

00:46:26.300 --> 00:46:26.599
 where the

00:46:26.599 --> 00:46:27.720
 first fruits of

00:46:27.720 --> 00:46:28.440
 your labor,

00:46:28.760 --> 00:46:29.360
 like wheat,

00:46:29.440 --> 00:46:30.320
 first fruits that

00:46:30.320 --> 00:46:31.240
 come up as

00:46:31.240 --> 00:46:31.700
 grain, that

00:46:31.700 --> 00:46:32.079
 are ready for

00:46:32.079 --> 00:46:32.420
 the harvest,

00:46:32.780 --> 00:46:33.659
 are taken and

00:46:33.659 --> 00:46:34.559
 dedicated to God

00:46:34.559 --> 00:46:35.159
 as a wave

00:46:35.159 --> 00:46:35.539
 offering.

00:46:36.280 --> 00:46:36.920
 And in this

00:46:36.920 --> 00:46:37.700
 sense, this

00:46:37.700 --> 00:46:39.000
 idea of first

00:46:39.000 --> 00:46:39.780
 fruits comes to

00:46:39.780 --> 00:46:40.539
 represent the

00:46:40.539 --> 00:46:41.380
 portion of the

00:46:41.380 --> 00:46:42.280
 harvest that

00:46:42.280 --> 00:46:43.320
 belongs specially

00:46:43.320 --> 00:46:44.280
 to God, that

00:46:44.280 --> 00:46:45.200
 is set aside and

00:46:45.200 --> 00:46:45.840
 set apart for

00:46:45.840 --> 00:46:46.119
 God.

00:46:46.960 --> 00:46:47.960
 That's the idea

00:46:47.960 --> 00:46:48.539
 that's behind

00:46:48.539 --> 00:46:49.880
 James 1.18 when

00:46:49.880 --> 00:46:51.019
 it says, concerning

00:46:51.019 --> 00:46:51.820
 all of God's

00:46:51.820 --> 00:46:53.019
 people, of his

00:46:53.019 --> 00:46:54.000
 own will, God

00:46:54.000 --> 00:46:55.099
 brought us forth

00:46:55.099 --> 00:46:55.800
 by the word of

00:46:55.800 --> 00:46:56.840
 truth, that we

00:46:56.840 --> 00:46:57.900
 should be a kind

00:46:57.900 --> 00:46:59.400
 of first fruits of

00:46:59.400 --> 00:46:59.880
 his creatures.

00:47:01.059 --> 00:47:01.980
 This first

00:47:01.980 --> 00:47:02.920
 harvest is the

00:47:02.920 --> 00:47:03.840
 harvest of first

00:47:03.840 --> 00:47:04.400
 fruits, this

00:47:04.400 --> 00:47:05.160
 harvest that Jesus

00:47:05.160 --> 00:47:05.820
 brings about.

00:47:06.220 --> 00:47:07.099
 It's the harvest of

00:47:07.099 --> 00:47:07.559
 redemption.

00:47:08.599 --> 00:47:09.300
 And the second

00:47:09.300 --> 00:47:10.099
 harvest, which we'll

00:47:10.099 --> 00:47:11.260
 see shortly, is the

00:47:11.260 --> 00:47:12.119
 harvest of judgment.

00:47:13.880 --> 00:47:15.220
 The two-stage and

00:47:15.220 --> 00:47:16.599
 time harvest is seen

00:47:16.599 --> 00:47:17.840
 in Matthew 3.12,

00:47:18.160 --> 00:47:18.700
 where John the

00:47:18.700 --> 00:47:19.280
 Baptist says,

00:47:19.480 --> 00:47:20.380
 concerning Jesus,

00:47:20.920 --> 00:47:22.200
 that a winnowing

00:47:22.200 --> 00:47:23.380
 fork is in his

00:47:23.380 --> 00:47:24.500
 hand, and he will

00:47:24.500 --> 00:47:25.519
 clear his threshing

00:47:25.519 --> 00:47:26.440
 floor and gather his

00:47:26.440 --> 00:47:27.179
 wheat into the

00:47:27.179 --> 00:47:28.860
 barn, but the

00:47:28.860 --> 00:47:29.679
 chaff he will burn

00:47:29.679 --> 00:47:30.460
 with unquenchable

00:47:30.460 --> 00:47:30.840
 fire.

00:47:31.599 --> 00:47:32.880
 The wheat that

00:47:32.880 --> 00:47:33.340
 will be gathered

00:47:33.340 --> 00:47:34.119
 into the barn is

00:47:34.119 --> 00:47:35.059
 contrasted with the

00:47:35.059 --> 00:47:35.800
 chaff that will be

00:47:35.800 --> 00:47:37.099
 burned with fire.

00:47:37.220 --> 00:47:37.860
 And we see this

00:47:37.860 --> 00:47:39.200
 same two-stage

00:47:39.200 --> 00:47:40.559
 harvest in the

00:47:40.559 --> 00:47:41.200
 parable that Jesus

00:47:41.200 --> 00:47:41.800
 tells in Matthew

00:47:41.800 --> 00:47:43.000
 13, where the

00:47:43.000 --> 00:47:43.780
 kingdom of heaven is

00:47:43.780 --> 00:47:44.639
 to compare to a

00:47:44.639 --> 00:47:45.519
 field that is sown

00:47:45.519 --> 00:47:47.099
 with both wheat and

00:47:47.099 --> 00:47:47.760
 weeds.

00:47:48.539 --> 00:47:49.599
 And the master of

00:47:49.599 --> 00:47:50.280
 the field says,

00:47:50.559 --> 00:47:51.119
 let them grow

00:47:51.119 --> 00:47:51.599
 together.

00:47:52.119 --> 00:47:52.720
 Don't try to

00:47:52.720 --> 00:47:53.300
 separate them out

00:47:53.300 --> 00:47:53.539
 now.

00:47:53.760 --> 00:47:54.519
 Let the weeds and

00:47:54.519 --> 00:47:55.059
 the wheat grow

00:47:55.059 --> 00:47:55.539
 together.

00:47:55.539 --> 00:47:56.559
 And then, when

00:47:56.559 --> 00:47:57.779
 the harvest comes,

00:47:58.519 --> 00:47:59.460
 the weeds are

00:47:59.460 --> 00:48:00.360
 burned, and the

00:48:00.360 --> 00:48:00.920
 weeds are gathered.

00:48:02.480 --> 00:48:03.800
 The second harvest,

00:48:04.340 --> 00:48:05.320
 in verses 17 to

00:48:05.320 --> 00:48:06.940
 20, is different.

00:48:07.079 --> 00:48:08.079
 It's from the first

00:48:08.079 --> 00:48:08.739
 harvest in a number

00:48:08.739 --> 00:48:09.139
 of ways.

00:48:10.019 --> 00:48:10.519
 First, it's

00:48:10.519 --> 00:48:11.219
 harvested by the

00:48:11.219 --> 00:48:12.099
 angel and not by

00:48:12.099 --> 00:48:13.139
 Christ himself.

00:48:13.820 --> 00:48:14.639
 And second, in

00:48:14.639 --> 00:48:15.400
 verse 18, this

00:48:15.400 --> 00:48:16.460
 angel came out from

00:48:16.460 --> 00:48:17.039
 the altar.

00:48:17.579 --> 00:48:18.079
 The angel who

00:48:18.079 --> 00:48:18.880
 announces this, the

00:48:18.880 --> 00:48:19.539
 angel who has

00:48:19.539 --> 00:48:20.380
 authority over the

00:48:20.380 --> 00:48:21.019
 fire.

00:48:21.800 --> 00:48:22.739
 Fire from the

00:48:22.739 --> 00:48:22.940
 altar.

00:48:23.440 --> 00:48:24.039
 This is a

00:48:24.039 --> 00:48:24.460
 reference to

00:48:24.460 --> 00:48:25.139
 Revelation 8,

00:48:25.139 --> 00:48:26.379
 1 to 5, where

00:48:26.379 --> 00:48:27.199
 the prayers of

00:48:27.199 --> 00:48:28.179
 the saints, crying

00:48:28.179 --> 00:48:29.039
 out to God to

00:48:29.039 --> 00:48:29.679
 avenge their

00:48:29.679 --> 00:48:31.039
 blood on those

00:48:31.039 --> 00:48:31.519
 who dwell on

00:48:31.519 --> 00:48:32.679
 the earth, rose

00:48:32.679 --> 00:48:33.699
 as incense before

00:48:33.699 --> 00:48:34.819
 God at the altar

00:48:34.819 --> 00:48:35.859
 before the throne.

00:48:36.440 --> 00:48:37.279
 And in answer to

00:48:37.279 --> 00:48:38.139
 those prayers, God

00:48:38.139 --> 00:48:38.940
 commanded an angel

00:48:38.940 --> 00:48:40.000
 who then took the

00:48:40.000 --> 00:48:41.559
 fire from that

00:48:41.559 --> 00:48:43.159
 altar and cast it

00:48:43.159 --> 00:48:44.000
 upon the earth, upon

00:48:44.000 --> 00:48:44.599
 those who dwell on

00:48:44.599 --> 00:48:45.539
 the earth, which

00:48:45.539 --> 00:48:46.179
 brought forth the

00:48:46.179 --> 00:48:46.960
 judgments of God

00:48:46.960 --> 00:48:47.859
 in the trumpets,

00:48:48.099 --> 00:48:48.779
 seven trumpets.

00:48:48.780 --> 00:48:51.860
 So this is, this is

00:48:51.860 --> 00:48:52.560
 the angel that

00:48:52.560 --> 00:48:53.800
 announces the

00:48:53.800 --> 00:48:54.600
 second harvest is

00:48:54.600 --> 00:48:54.960
 one who has

00:48:54.960 --> 00:48:55.660
 authority over the

00:48:55.660 --> 00:48:56.500
 fire from the

00:48:56.500 --> 00:48:56.800
 altar.

00:48:57.220 --> 00:48:57.960
 In other words, this

00:48:57.960 --> 00:48:58.780
 is a harvest of

00:48:58.780 --> 00:48:59.100
 judgment.

00:49:00.940 --> 00:49:01.920
 While the first

00:49:01.920 --> 00:49:02.580
 harvest was a

00:49:02.580 --> 00:49:03.640
 harvest of grains,

00:49:04.040 --> 00:49:04.820
 possibly wheat,

00:49:05.280 --> 00:49:06.240
 second harvest is a

00:49:06.240 --> 00:49:07.160
 harvest of grapes.

00:49:08.440 --> 00:49:09.400
 Notice verse 15

00:49:09.400 --> 00:49:10.500
 says the harvest of

00:49:10.500 --> 00:49:11.160
 the earth.

00:49:11.860 --> 00:49:12.800
 And the Greek word

00:49:12.800 --> 00:49:14.440
 that is used to say

00:49:14.440 --> 00:49:15.500
 that the harvest of

00:49:15.500 --> 00:49:16.360
 the earth was fully

00:49:16.360 --> 00:49:17.940
 ripe is a word that

00:49:17.940 --> 00:49:18.820
 literally means to

00:49:18.820 --> 00:49:20.519
 dry up or shrivel

00:49:20.519 --> 00:49:20.860
 up.

00:49:21.340 --> 00:49:22.200
 And that's the word

00:49:22.200 --> 00:49:23.659
 that's used in

00:49:23.659 --> 00:49:24.539
 Greek to describe

00:49:24.539 --> 00:49:25.860
 when a harvest of

00:49:25.860 --> 00:49:26.920
 grains is ready.

00:49:27.539 --> 00:49:28.240
 Because a grain

00:49:28.240 --> 00:49:29.200
 harvest is not ready

00:49:29.200 --> 00:49:30.400
 until the wheat turns

00:49:30.400 --> 00:49:31.059
 dry.

00:49:32.500 --> 00:49:33.500
 I don't know much

00:49:33.500 --> 00:49:34.280
 about farming, so I

00:49:34.280 --> 00:49:35.019
 did this up online,

00:49:35.119 --> 00:49:35.780
 and some random

00:49:35.780 --> 00:49:36.960
 farm online claims

00:49:36.960 --> 00:49:38.940
 that the wheat grain

00:49:38.940 --> 00:49:39.619
 has to have less

00:49:39.619 --> 00:49:41.260
 than 14.5% of

00:49:41.260 --> 00:49:42.079
 moisture left in

00:49:42.079 --> 00:49:42.760
 order for it to be

00:49:42.760 --> 00:49:43.480
 stored safely.

00:49:44.340 --> 00:49:44.860
 I don't know how

00:49:44.860 --> 00:49:45.500
 he measures that.

00:49:45.500 --> 00:49:48.340
 In contrast,

00:49:48.539 --> 00:49:49.400
 verse 18 says,

00:49:49.519 --> 00:49:50.119
 put in your sickle

00:49:50.119 --> 00:49:50.659
 and gather the

00:49:50.659 --> 00:49:51.719
 clusters from the

00:49:51.719 --> 00:49:52.400
 vine of the earth,

00:49:52.460 --> 00:49:53.400
 for its grapes are

00:49:53.400 --> 00:49:53.820
 ripe.

00:49:54.579 --> 00:49:55.420
 The Greek word for

00:49:55.420 --> 00:49:56.519
 ripe here is a

00:49:56.519 --> 00:49:57.679
 different word than

00:49:57.679 --> 00:49:58.260
 the one used in

00:49:58.260 --> 00:49:58.840
 verse 15.

00:49:59.900 --> 00:50:00.699
 This word here

00:50:00.699 --> 00:50:01.820
 means to bloom,

00:50:02.420 --> 00:50:04.400
 to come to the

00:50:04.400 --> 00:50:05.320
 best time of its

00:50:05.320 --> 00:50:05.679
 life.

00:50:06.500 --> 00:50:07.260
 So even here,

00:50:07.380 --> 00:50:08.219
 there is a stark

00:50:08.219 --> 00:50:08.940
 contrast.

00:50:09.340 --> 00:50:10.480
 The people of God,

00:50:11.420 --> 00:50:12.420
 when harvest time

00:50:12.420 --> 00:50:13.199
 comes on earth,

00:50:13.500 --> 00:50:14.780
 are like wheat that's

00:50:14.780 --> 00:50:15.700
 withered up and

00:50:15.700 --> 00:50:16.420
 shriveled up,

00:50:16.480 --> 00:50:17.060
 and that's why

00:50:17.060 --> 00:50:17.600
 they're ready for

00:50:17.600 --> 00:50:18.120
 the harvest.

00:50:19.040 --> 00:50:19.700
 Because they're

00:50:19.700 --> 00:50:20.540
 oppressed and

00:50:20.540 --> 00:50:21.620
 persecuted on earth.

00:50:22.380 --> 00:50:23.519
 But the enemies of

00:50:23.519 --> 00:50:24.720
 God, the grapes,

00:50:24.900 --> 00:50:26.519
 are plump and

00:50:26.519 --> 00:50:29.300
 juicy, full of and

00:50:29.300 --> 00:50:30.600
 drunk with the

00:50:30.600 --> 00:50:31.480
 blood of the saints.

00:50:33.160 --> 00:50:34.120
 But when the

00:50:34.120 --> 00:50:35.280
 sickle is swung,

00:50:36.080 --> 00:50:36.820
 their fates are

00:50:36.820 --> 00:50:37.880
 dramatically reversed.

00:50:39.460 --> 00:50:41.180
 The wheat are

00:50:41.180 --> 00:50:41.880
 gathered into the

00:50:41.880 --> 00:50:42.880
 barn as the

00:50:42.880 --> 00:50:44.340
 first fruits for God.

00:50:44.780 --> 00:50:45.940
 And the grapes are

00:50:45.940 --> 00:50:47.700
 trodden outside the

00:50:47.700 --> 00:50:47.960
 city.

00:50:49.960 --> 00:50:51.180
 In this life, the

00:50:51.180 --> 00:50:52.220
 people of God face

00:50:52.220 --> 00:50:52.980
 the wrath of the

00:50:52.980 --> 00:50:54.320
 dragon, 1212, and

00:50:54.320 --> 00:50:55.360
 the wrath of Babylon,

00:50:55.700 --> 00:50:56.260
 148.

00:50:56.440 --> 00:50:57.480
 But in eternity, it's

00:50:57.480 --> 00:50:58.660
 the enemies of God

00:50:58.660 --> 00:50:59.840
 who will face the

00:50:59.840 --> 00:51:00.800
 wrath of God

00:51:00.800 --> 00:51:01.260
 himself.

00:51:02.900 --> 00:51:03.700
 It says in verses

00:51:03.700 --> 00:51:04.580
 19 to 20,

00:51:04.660 --> 00:51:05.519
 So the angel swung

00:51:05.519 --> 00:51:06.340
 his circle across the

00:51:06.340 --> 00:51:07.000
 earth and gathered the

00:51:07.000 --> 00:51:07.820
 great harvest of the

00:51:07.820 --> 00:51:08.760
 earth and threw it

00:51:08.760 --> 00:51:09.820
 into the great wine

00:51:09.820 --> 00:51:10.660
 press of the wrath of

00:51:10.660 --> 00:51:10.920
 God.

00:51:11.160 --> 00:51:11.740
 And the wine

00:51:11.740 --> 00:51:12.820
 press was trodden

00:51:12.820 --> 00:51:14.300
 outside the city and

00:51:14.300 --> 00:51:15.720
 blood flowed from the

00:51:15.720 --> 00:51:16.880
 wine press as high as

00:51:16.880 --> 00:51:18.180
 a horse's bridle for

00:51:18.180 --> 00:51:19.519
 1600 stadia.

00:51:20.800 --> 00:51:22.400
 It's a gruesome image.

00:51:24.800 --> 00:51:25.960
 It's great that we have

00:51:25.960 --> 00:51:27.000
 it in words and not in

00:51:27.000 --> 00:51:27.260
 pictures.

00:51:28.260 --> 00:51:29.680
 It's a gruesome image of

00:51:29.680 --> 00:51:32.160
 people like grapes being

00:51:32.160 --> 00:51:33.420
 thrown into a wine

00:51:33.420 --> 00:51:33.900
 press.

00:51:33.900 --> 00:51:38.039
 and then crushed,

00:51:38.420 --> 00:51:41.599
 trembled all over so

00:51:41.599 --> 00:51:43.119
 that the juice squeezes

00:51:43.119 --> 00:51:45.099
 out of the wine press

00:51:45.099 --> 00:51:46.539
 like blood.

00:51:48.440 --> 00:51:49.480
 And the blood that

00:51:49.480 --> 00:51:50.660
 spills out of the

00:51:50.660 --> 00:51:51.700
 wine press is such that

00:51:51.700 --> 00:51:53.800
 it stretches for 1600

00:51:53.800 --> 00:51:56.639
 stadia, 184 miles, and

00:51:56.639 --> 00:51:58.000
 mounts up to the height

00:51:58.000 --> 00:51:58.920
 of a horse's bridle,

00:51:59.019 --> 00:51:59.599
 which is worn on the

00:51:59.599 --> 00:52:00.700
 horse's head, so it's

00:52:00.700 --> 00:52:01.820
 about six feet tall.

00:52:02.280 --> 00:52:02.660
 Imagine.

00:52:02.659 --> 00:52:04.460
 It's a tsunami of

00:52:04.460 --> 00:52:07.599
 blood that pours forth

00:52:07.599 --> 00:52:08.579
 from this wine press

00:52:08.579 --> 00:52:09.199
 of God's wrath.

00:52:12.679 --> 00:52:14.460
 Number 1600 is likely

00:52:14.460 --> 00:52:15.619
 symbolic like most other

00:52:15.619 --> 00:52:16.659
 numbers in Revelation.

00:52:16.940 --> 00:52:18.420
 It can be four times four

00:52:18.420 --> 00:52:19.379
 times a hundred,

00:52:19.839 --> 00:52:20.980
 similar to twelve times

00:52:20.980 --> 00:52:22.179
 twelve times a thousand

00:52:22.179 --> 00:52:24.039
 to make up the 144,000

00:52:24.039 --> 00:52:24.759
 people of God.

00:52:25.519 --> 00:52:26.719
 Number four throughout

00:52:26.719 --> 00:52:27.779
 Revelation symbolizes

00:52:27.779 --> 00:52:28.639
 universality.

00:52:29.059 --> 00:52:30.579
 The earth's four corners,

00:52:30.579 --> 00:52:32.639
 the four winds of the

00:52:32.639 --> 00:52:34.500
 earth, the four-fold

00:52:34.500 --> 00:52:36.420
 formula of every tribe,

00:52:36.599 --> 00:52:37.559
 tongue, people, and

00:52:37.559 --> 00:52:37.860
 nation.

00:52:38.340 --> 00:52:39.779
 And so 1600 stadia

00:52:39.779 --> 00:52:40.579
 represents the

00:52:40.579 --> 00:52:42.699
 comprehensive universality

00:52:42.699 --> 00:52:43.980
 of God's judgment.

00:52:45.219 --> 00:52:46.319
 No one escapes it.

00:52:47.179 --> 00:52:48.360
 Even in this, there is

00:52:48.360 --> 00:52:49.619
 poetic justice because if

00:52:49.619 --> 00:52:50.319
 you remember from

00:52:50.319 --> 00:52:51.460
 Revelation 11, 2,

00:52:51.799 --> 00:52:53.159
 they are the holy city

00:52:53.159 --> 00:52:54.519
 which represents the

00:52:54.519 --> 00:52:55.319
 people of God.

00:52:55.380 --> 00:52:55.940
 It's said we're

00:52:55.940 --> 00:52:57.579
 trampled by the

00:52:57.579 --> 00:52:58.440
 unbelieving nations.

00:53:00.619 --> 00:53:02.119
 But here in 1420,

00:53:02.259 --> 00:53:02.920
 it's the unbelieving

00:53:02.920 --> 00:53:03.719
 nations that are

00:53:03.719 --> 00:53:05.099
 trodden outside the

00:53:05.099 --> 00:53:05.279
 sea.

00:53:05.400 --> 00:53:06.139
 The trampled and

00:53:06.139 --> 00:53:07.239
 tread are the exact

00:53:07.239 --> 00:53:07.980
 same Greek words.

00:53:14.139 --> 00:53:15.159
 I think we could use

00:53:15.159 --> 00:53:16.000
 some good news after

00:53:16.000 --> 00:53:16.259
 this.

00:53:18.759 --> 00:53:20.480
 Hebrews 13, 11-12

00:53:20.480 --> 00:53:21.920
 notes that Jesus

00:53:21.920 --> 00:53:24.179
 died on the cross as

00:53:24.179 --> 00:53:25.199
 a sacrifice for

00:53:25.199 --> 00:53:25.400
 sin.

00:53:25.400 --> 00:53:29.180
 outside the camp,

00:53:30.420 --> 00:53:31.660
 outside the city,

00:53:31.800 --> 00:53:33.559
 where the sacrifices

00:53:33.559 --> 00:53:34.440
 on the Day of

00:53:34.440 --> 00:53:35.220
 Atonement were to

00:53:35.220 --> 00:53:35.740
 be burned.

00:53:38.639 --> 00:53:39.900
 Jesus went where

00:53:39.900 --> 00:53:41.300
 sinners deserve to go

00:53:41.300 --> 00:53:43.200
 to be punished so

00:53:43.200 --> 00:53:44.519
 that he could die for

00:53:44.519 --> 00:53:45.780
 our sins as a

00:53:45.780 --> 00:53:46.440
 sacrifice.

00:53:49.480 --> 00:53:51.420
 David Wells, a

00:53:51.420 --> 00:53:52.059
 Christian theologian,

00:53:52.119 --> 00:53:53.000
 puts it this way in

00:53:53.000 --> 00:53:53.559
 his book, The

00:53:53.559 --> 00:53:54.000
 Search for

00:53:54.000 --> 00:53:54.420
 Salvation.

00:53:55.400 --> 00:53:56.960
 Man is alienated

00:53:56.960 --> 00:53:57.800
 from God by

00:53:57.800 --> 00:53:58.220
 sin.

00:53:58.720 --> 00:53:59.619
 And God is

00:53:59.619 --> 00:54:00.360
 alienated from

00:54:00.360 --> 00:54:01.400
 man by wrath.

00:54:02.220 --> 00:54:02.800
 It is the

00:54:02.800 --> 00:54:04.220
 substitutionary death

00:54:04.220 --> 00:54:05.019
 of Christ,

00:54:05.440 --> 00:54:06.980
 it is in the

00:54:06.980 --> 00:54:07.960
 substitutionary death

00:54:07.960 --> 00:54:08.440
 of Christ,

00:54:08.720 --> 00:54:09.500
 that sin is

00:54:09.500 --> 00:54:10.360
 overcome and

00:54:10.360 --> 00:54:11.300
 wrath averted.

00:54:11.900 --> 00:54:12.880
 So that God can

00:54:12.880 --> 00:54:13.559
 look on man

00:54:13.559 --> 00:54:14.740
 without displeasure,

00:54:15.180 --> 00:54:16.079
 and man can look

00:54:16.079 --> 00:54:17.300
 on God without

00:54:17.300 --> 00:54:17.780
 fear.

00:54:18.920 --> 00:54:20.160
 Sin is

00:54:20.160 --> 00:54:20.860
 expiated,

00:54:21.280 --> 00:54:22.400
 and God is

00:54:22.400 --> 00:54:23.340
 propitiated.

00:54:23.340 --> 00:54:25.740
 that's the good

00:54:25.740 --> 00:54:26.620
 news of the

00:54:26.620 --> 00:54:27.480
 eternal gospel.

00:54:28.420 --> 00:54:29.860
 If you refuse to

00:54:29.860 --> 00:54:30.559
 believe in Jesus

00:54:30.559 --> 00:54:31.980
 and fail to accept

00:54:31.980 --> 00:54:33.000
 Christ's sacrifice

00:54:33.000 --> 00:54:34.640
 for sin outside the

00:54:34.640 --> 00:54:35.920
 city, then you are

00:54:35.920 --> 00:54:37.059
 still in your sins,

00:54:37.320 --> 00:54:38.220
 and you are still

00:54:38.220 --> 00:54:39.160
 under the wrath of

00:54:39.160 --> 00:54:40.300
 God, and for this

00:54:40.300 --> 00:54:41.300
 reason you yourself

00:54:41.300 --> 00:54:42.600
 will be excluded

00:54:42.600 --> 00:54:43.519
 from the beloved

00:54:43.519 --> 00:54:45.039
 city and suffer

00:54:45.039 --> 00:54:46.000
 eternal torment

00:54:46.000 --> 00:54:47.260
 outside the city.

00:54:47.260 --> 00:54:47.380
 sin.

00:54:49.380 --> 00:54:53.420
 But if, if you

00:54:53.420 --> 00:54:54.920
 turn from your

00:54:54.920 --> 00:54:56.060
 sin in repentance,

00:54:56.620 --> 00:54:57.200
 and you turn

00:54:57.200 --> 00:54:58.900
 toward Jesus in

00:54:58.900 --> 00:55:00.760
 faith, if you fear

00:55:00.760 --> 00:55:01.600
 God and give Him

00:55:01.600 --> 00:55:02.960
 glory, your sins

00:55:02.960 --> 00:55:03.940
 will be paid for,

00:55:04.740 --> 00:55:05.660
 and you will be

00:55:05.660 --> 00:55:06.960
 destined to bear the

00:55:06.960 --> 00:55:08.040
 eternal wrath of God

00:55:08.040 --> 00:55:08.920
 and His frowning

00:55:08.920 --> 00:55:10.780
 countenance no more.

00:55:10.780 --> 00:55:14.380
 Do you know,

00:55:14.620 --> 00:55:15.380
 beloved saints of

00:55:15.380 --> 00:55:17.620
 God, that when

00:55:17.620 --> 00:55:18.860
 God looks at you,

00:55:19.560 --> 00:55:20.640
 He does not see

00:55:20.640 --> 00:55:21.960
 a failure

00:55:21.960 --> 00:55:23.760
 and a

00:55:23.760 --> 00:55:24.360
 disappointment

00:55:24.360 --> 00:55:26.160
 or an

00:55:26.160 --> 00:55:26.800
 incorrigible

00:55:26.800 --> 00:55:27.360
 mess,

00:55:28.500 --> 00:55:30.060
 but that He sees

00:55:30.060 --> 00:55:30.540
 a beloved

00:55:30.540 --> 00:55:30.960
 child?

00:55:30.960 --> 00:55:36.200
 Do you know that

00:55:36.200 --> 00:55:37.600
 there's not a

00:55:37.600 --> 00:55:38.840
 drop of

00:55:38.840 --> 00:55:40.340
 the wine of

00:55:40.340 --> 00:55:41.059
 God's wrath

00:55:41.059 --> 00:55:41.940
 left for you

00:55:41.940 --> 00:55:42.420
 to drink?

00:55:43.700 --> 00:55:44.880
 Because Jesus

00:55:44.880 --> 00:55:45.760
 bore that wrath

00:55:45.760 --> 00:55:46.460
 on our behalf

00:55:46.460 --> 00:55:47.120
 on the cross?

00:55:47.820 --> 00:55:48.660
 Remember, just

00:55:48.660 --> 00:55:49.340
 before He goes

00:55:49.340 --> 00:55:49.900
 to the cross,

00:55:50.000 --> 00:55:50.600
 in the Garden of

00:55:50.600 --> 00:55:51.220
 Gethsemane, as

00:55:51.220 --> 00:55:52.320
 He's agonizing

00:55:52.320 --> 00:55:53.000
 and pouring His

00:55:53.000 --> 00:55:53.860
 heart before His

00:55:53.860 --> 00:55:54.660
 Father, He says,

00:55:54.980 --> 00:55:55.559
 Father, if you

00:55:55.559 --> 00:55:56.100
 are willing,

00:55:56.200 --> 00:55:57.100
 remove this

00:55:57.100 --> 00:55:58.140
 cup from

00:55:58.140 --> 00:55:58.640
 me.

00:56:00.260 --> 00:56:00.600
 Nevertheless,

00:56:00.800 --> 00:56:01.640
 not my will,

00:56:01.720 --> 00:56:02.519
 but yours

00:56:02.519 --> 00:56:03.460
 be done.

00:56:05.320 --> 00:56:06.280
 What is that

00:56:06.280 --> 00:56:06.680
 cup?

00:56:06.679 --> 00:56:09.219
 You guessed

00:56:09.219 --> 00:56:09.399
 it.

00:56:09.480 --> 00:56:09.940
 That's the

00:56:09.940 --> 00:56:10.719
 cup that we

00:56:10.719 --> 00:56:11.319
 see here.

00:56:11.679 --> 00:56:12.159
 That's the

00:56:12.159 --> 00:56:12.980
 cup of the

00:56:12.980 --> 00:56:13.779
 wine of God's

00:56:13.779 --> 00:56:14.339
 wrath.

00:56:15.579 --> 00:56:16.399
 The cup of

00:56:16.399 --> 00:56:16.980
 staggering.

00:56:17.460 --> 00:56:18.039
 The cup of

00:56:18.039 --> 00:56:19.099
 eternal torment.

00:56:19.659 --> 00:56:20.099
 Cup of

00:56:20.099 --> 00:56:21.319
 alienation and

00:56:21.319 --> 00:56:22.299
 separation from

00:56:22.299 --> 00:56:22.759
 God.

00:56:23.199 --> 00:56:23.879
 That eternal

00:56:23.879 --> 00:56:24.500
 cup.

00:56:24.960 --> 00:56:25.940
 Jesus takes

00:56:25.940 --> 00:56:27.079
 it for us

00:56:27.079 --> 00:56:27.819
 on the cross

00:56:27.819 --> 00:56:28.879
 and He drinks

00:56:28.879 --> 00:56:29.940
 it to the

00:56:29.940 --> 00:56:30.719
 very last

00:56:30.719 --> 00:56:31.259
 drop.

00:56:32.319 --> 00:56:33.139
 Down to the

00:56:33.139 --> 00:56:33.659
 trace.

00:56:33.659 --> 00:56:35.559
 so there

00:56:35.559 --> 00:56:36.179
 is not a

00:56:36.179 --> 00:56:36.699
 drop of

00:56:36.699 --> 00:56:38.199
 wrath left

00:56:38.199 --> 00:56:38.839
 for us.

00:56:45.639 --> 00:56:46.339
 Oh, that

00:56:46.339 --> 00:56:46.699
 should give

00:56:46.699 --> 00:56:47.659
 us great

00:56:47.659 --> 00:56:48.399
 confidence.

00:56:50.139 --> 00:56:50.859
 My Christian

00:56:50.859 --> 00:56:51.259
 brothers and

00:56:51.259 --> 00:56:51.559
 sisters,

00:56:52.779 --> 00:56:53.079
 should give

00:56:53.079 --> 00:56:53.480
 us great

00:56:53.480 --> 00:56:54.980
 confidence for

00:56:54.980 --> 00:56:56.779
 both life and

00:56:56.779 --> 00:56:57.239
 death.

00:57:00.239 --> 00:57:00.960
 We close

00:57:00.960 --> 00:57:01.359
 with this

00:57:01.359 --> 00:57:01.779
 hymn.

00:57:01.780 --> 00:57:03.980
 It was

00:57:03.980 --> 00:57:04.380
 written in

00:57:04.380 --> 00:57:04.880
 the 17th

00:57:04.880 --> 00:57:05.480
 century by

00:57:05.480 --> 00:57:05.920
 a pastor

00:57:05.920 --> 00:57:06.420
 named Richard

00:57:06.420 --> 00:57:06.840
 Baxter.

00:57:09.100 --> 00:57:09.660
 Lord,

00:57:10.660 --> 00:57:11.580
 it belongs

00:57:11.580 --> 00:57:12.240
 not to

00:57:12.240 --> 00:57:12.820
 my care,

00:57:13.500 --> 00:57:14.180
 whether I

00:57:14.180 --> 00:57:14.620
 die or

00:57:14.620 --> 00:57:14.900
 live.

00:57:16.160 --> 00:57:16.760
 To love

00:57:16.760 --> 00:57:17.500
 and serve

00:57:17.500 --> 00:57:18.019
 Thee is

00:57:18.019 --> 00:57:18.560
 my share,

00:57:19.140 --> 00:57:19.900
 and this

00:57:19.900 --> 00:57:20.500
 Thy grace

00:57:20.500 --> 00:57:21.040
 must give.

00:57:22.320 --> 00:57:23.180
 If life

00:57:23.180 --> 00:57:23.720
 be long,

00:57:24.260 --> 00:57:24.960
 I will be

00:57:24.960 --> 00:57:26.200
 glad that

00:57:26.200 --> 00:57:26.920
 I may long

00:57:26.920 --> 00:57:27.340
 obey.

00:57:28.500 --> 00:57:29.260
 If short,

00:57:30.140 --> 00:57:30.620
 yet why

00:57:30.620 --> 00:57:31.300
 should I be

00:57:31.300 --> 00:57:31.600
 sad?

00:57:31.780 --> 00:57:32.980
 to soar

00:57:32.980 --> 00:57:34.160
 to endless

00:57:34.160 --> 00:57:34.700
 day.

00:57:36.680 --> 00:57:37.320
 Father,

00:57:39.320 --> 00:57:40.280
 grant us

00:57:40.280 --> 00:57:40.760
 by Your

00:57:40.760 --> 00:57:41.540
 Spirit the

00:57:41.540 --> 00:57:42.160
 eyes of

00:57:42.160 --> 00:57:42.580
 faith,

00:57:43.680 --> 00:57:43.840
 that we

00:57:43.840 --> 00:57:44.260
 might take

00:57:44.260 --> 00:57:44.820
 hold of

00:57:44.820 --> 00:57:45.340
 these eternal

00:57:45.340 --> 00:57:46.320
 realities and

00:57:46.320 --> 00:57:46.860
 live them

00:57:46.860 --> 00:57:47.420
 out daily.

00:57:53.600 --> 00:57:54.240
 Lord,

00:57:54.480 --> 00:57:56.040
 save those

00:57:56.040 --> 00:57:56.560
 who are lost

00:57:56.560 --> 00:57:56.900
 in this

00:57:56.900 --> 00:57:57.140
 world,

00:57:57.139 --> 00:57:59.639
 and grant

00:57:59.639 --> 00:58:00.500
 endurance and

00:58:00.500 --> 00:58:00.980
 perseverance

00:58:00.980 --> 00:58:01.480
 to those

00:58:01.480 --> 00:58:01.839
 who are

00:58:01.839 --> 00:58:02.239
 Yours.

00:58:03.519 --> 00:58:04.259
 In Jesus'

00:58:04.440 --> 00:58:04.699
 name we

00:58:04.699 --> 00:58:04.960
 pray.

00:58:05.299 --> 00:58:05.599
 Amen.

00:58:05.599 --> 00:58:21.559
 have been

00:58:27.559 --> 00:58:28.299
 there.