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 Well, good morning.

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 Happy St. Patrick's Day parade for those of you who live in New Haven.

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 We begin this morning.

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 I want to tell you something.

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 Prince of Egypt is my favorite animated movie.

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 If you haven't seen it, it's the story of Moses in the beginning chapters of Exodus,

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 told in an expanded and fictionalized way.

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 And it's not a perfect movie.

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 It doesn't reflect the whole biblical story in appropriate ways.

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 But it opens with this amazing song called Deliver Us.

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 And it depicts the people of Israel in slavery.

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 And musically and visually, it just shows how downtrodden and how beaten

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 and how oppressed they are and how deeply they suffer at the cruel hands of their Egyptian taskmasters.

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 It depicts, I think, well, what Exodus 1, 13 says.

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 So they ruthlessly made the people of Israel work as slaves and made their lives bitter and hard service

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 in mortar and brick and in all kinds of work in the field.

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 And in all their work, they ruthlessly made them work as slaves.

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 And Israel cried out, deliver us.

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 Lord, deliver us.

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 And of course, friends, this brings us to the book of Revelation

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 and our series that we're preaching on this spring, finishing the book of Revelation.

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 If you remember, the book of Revelation was written to a church at a time when the church was suffering under similar persecution.

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 Life as a Christian in Rome had become more and more difficult.

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 The rise of the emperor cult and worship was high, and the cost of abstaining would be significant.

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 It was not only spiritual persecution, but also economic ostracization.

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 You would be excluded from the hallways of wealth and power.

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 And of course, at times, the Roman Empire persecuted Christians mercilessly and terribly.

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 And so in the first century, as this book was written,

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 when the people of God were saying, cry, were crying out, deliver us, O Lord.

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 Of course, friends, we know this as well from Revelation 6, 9 through 11, which we've seen before.

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 You remember this?

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 In the midst of the seals, as Jesus is opening the seals,

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 there's a picture of the saints under the altar crying out, saying,

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 O sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you will judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?

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 And friends, we know that the people of God have cried out throughout the ages with this same cry,

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 Lord, deliver us.

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 Lord, save us.

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 Lord, will you come and make things right?

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 Well, today, as we look at Revelation chapters 15 and 16, we see God responding to this cry.

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 And in it, we see a picture of God's rescue and deliverance,

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 but also a picture of His judgment on evildoers, on oppressors.

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 And I will just say this morning and acknowledge some of us will struggle with this.

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 We don't like a God who judges.

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 We may struggle with revulsion at the idea that God would judge people,

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 that God would be fair or good if He judged people,

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 that a loving God would ever judge people.

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 And I'm just going to punt.

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 Go back to Nick's sermon last week,

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 because he did a great job and spent about 10 or 15 minutes really unpacking this idea.

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 How do we understand God's judgment and respond to it in a way that makes sense to us?

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 It's not something that our modern sensibilities easily adopt.

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 But I'm not going to talk just about judgment this morning

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 in the sense of just explaining it again and saying this is what God is doing.

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 This morning, as we look at verses, or at chapters 15 and 16,

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 I want to ask this question.

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 How does God want us to respond to the truth of God's judgment?

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 What does He call us to do, or how does He expect us to respond?

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 Because remember, this whole book of Revelation was written to churches who were suffering

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 with a pastoral intent.

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 There was a goal, there was a hope that this book would minister to people

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 and cause them to respond in certain ways.

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 And so that's the question I want to ask as we look at this passage this morning.

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 We're going to look at Revelations chapter 15 and 16.

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 If you're following along in the Pew Bibles, it's page 973.

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 So if you want to turn there, and just to remind you, if you're visiting

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 or if you forgot from last week, which sometimes happens to us,

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 chapters 12 through 14, right before this, we saw this picture

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 that reminded us that the whole world is in a spiritual war,

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 that there are those who are God's enemies that seek to destroy God's people

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 and to resist His kingdom and to build their own kingdoms economically, spiritually, politically,

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 and these stand up in rebellion against and excluding of God,

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 and that this battle is fierce,

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 but that in the end, God will have an ultimate victory.

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 And then we come to chapters 15 and 16,

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 and as we'll see, it's a picture of judgment where you have seven things.

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 And we've seen this before, haven't we?

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 In 6 through 8, we have had seven seals.

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 In 8 through 11, we've had seven trumpets.

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 And now we have seven bowls that depict God's response to this cry,

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 deliver us, God's work of judgment on the earth.

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 So, the question, how do we respond to God's judgment?

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 If you're taking notes, here's our outline this morning.

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 First, we are to celebrate God's response of judgment.

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 Second, we are to tremble at God's response of judgment.

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 And thirdly, we are to choose in response to God's judgment.

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 So, let's look at these passages.

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 We're going to walk through the passage together.

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 Hopefully, you will see why I think this is what God is doing

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 and how He wants us to respond to His Word as we read this chapter.

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 So, Revelation chapter 15, starting in verse 1.

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 Let's read this together.

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 And they sang the song of Moses, the servant of God,

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 and the song of the Lamb, saying,

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 Great and amazing are your deeds, O Lord God, the Almighty.

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 Just and true are your ways, O King of the nations.

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 Who will not fear, O God, and glorify your name?

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 For you alone are holy.

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 All nations will come and worship you,

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 for your righteous acts have been revealed.

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 After this, I looked, and the sanctuary of the tent of witness,

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 and heaven was opened, and out of the sanctuary came

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 the seven angels with the seven plagues,

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 clothed in pure bright linen,

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 with gold sashes around their chests.

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 And one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels

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 seven golden bowls, full of the wrath of God

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 who lives forever and ever.

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 And the sanctuary was filled with smoke from the glory of God

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 and from his power, and no one could enter the sanctuary

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 until the seven plagues of the seven angels were finished.

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 What I want you to see in this first chapter,

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 this first section that we're looking at today,

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 is that we are actually called to celebrate

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 in response to God's judgment.

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 Why do I say that?

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 Well, let me walk through the passage, help you see it.

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 Verse one is kind of an introductory section,

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 and then two through four is almost like an interlude,

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 and then five through eight finishes what we see in verse one.

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 And we see this picture of, in the heavenly temple,

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 angels carrying bowls.

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 And in verse one, it says these bowls are the plagues,

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 which would remind us immediately of Egypt

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 and God's judgment on Egypt,

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 where he brought ten plagues

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 in order to deliver the people of Israel from them, right?

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 So these bowls are plagues

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 that then we will see later are full of God's wrath.

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 Now, we've seen bowls before in Revelation.

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 Perhaps you haven't remembered this,

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 so let me remind you.

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 In Revelation 5,

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 as we saw this grand picture of the throne room again,

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 there were bowls.

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 Jesus takes the scroll,

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 and it says this,

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 and when Jesus had taken the scroll,

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 the four creatures and the 24 elders

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 fell down before the lamb,

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 each holding a harp,

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 and golden bowls full of incense,

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 which are the prayers of the saints.

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 The bowls,

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 which are now coming out of the temple

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 with full of wrath,

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 were the bowls that went into the temple,

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 full of the prayers of the saints of God.

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 And I believe that the writer is pulling hard

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 on the imagery of the Exodus

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 so that we understand what's going on here.

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 Just as in Exodus,

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 the people of God cried out,

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 and God heard their cries

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 and responded with plagues of judgment

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 in order to deliver them,

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 so also we see this picture of,

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 in response to the prayers of the saints

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 being lifted up to God

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 in these golden bowls.

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 These golden bowls are now coming back

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 filled with the wrath of God,

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 the judgment of God

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 against his enemies.

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 Why else do I say this?

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 Because it makes sense of verses 2 through 4.

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 Because 2 through 4 is a weird interlude

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 in the middle of this, isn't it?

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 Unless, as Nancy Guthrie

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 so helpfully pointed out,

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 this is a picture

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 that's like the people of God.

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 Because you know the story of Exodus, right?

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 God had delivered his people from slavery.

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 They were on their way to the Promised Land.

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 They were going towards the Red Sea.

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 Pharaoh changed his mind.

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 He said,

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 I don't want to let them go.

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 He sent his army of chariots after them.

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 They were trapped between the army of Pharaoh

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 and the Red Sea.

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 And God miraculously opened a way

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 through the Red Sea

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 for the people of God to be delivered.

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 And then, just as miraculously,

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 brought the sea back down

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 when the army of Pharaoh

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 tried to follow them

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 through that path of deliverance.

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 And they were destroyed.

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 And imagine,

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 and this is where the movie

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 does a beautiful picture of this as well.

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 Imagine the people of God

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 standing on the shores of the Red Sea

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 as the detritus from Pharaoh's army

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 floated to the surface of the Red Sea.

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 Maybe a cloth here,

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 something there.

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 Do you think they said,

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 wow, God's wrath is really terrible.

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 I don't know if I really want to believe

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 in a God who would deliver people like that.

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 It seems really mean.

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 No.

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 No.

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 Because in Exodus 15,

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 what they did

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 is they sang

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 and they celebrated

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 because they had cried out to God

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 and God had answered their prayers.

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 And He had done so in righteousness

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 and in goodness.

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 And He had freed them

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 from slavery and oppression.

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 And Moses sang a song of deliverance.

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 And this is what chapter 15 is about.

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 The picture of this cry coming up

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 and then God responding.

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 But we're meant to hear this story

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 so that we can take in

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 what it was that Israel did

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 when it responded.

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 Because this is what we see

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 the saints doing in verse 15.

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 With the same harps,

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 with a song of Moses in their mouth,

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 they sing praises to God.

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 Now, when I was a new believer

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 and went off to college

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 back in the 80s,

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 there was a praise song

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 that we used to sing.

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 I will sing unto the Lord

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 for He has triumphed gloriously.

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 The horse and rider

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 thrown into the sea.

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 It was really odd to me.

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 I was a fairly new believer

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 and I was like,

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 okay,

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 the Lord my God,

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 my strength,

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 my song

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 has now become my victory.

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 Anyway,

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 I can keep going,

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 but I won't.

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 But it's Exodus 15

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 just put into a 1980s

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 Maranatha praise chorus

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 that you could do

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 in three-part harmony in rounds,

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 which is really cool.

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 But it was a celebration

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 of God being the God

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 who vindicates.

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 Look at what they sang

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 as you see in verses 3 and 4.

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 Great and amazing are you deeds,

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 O Lord God Almighty.

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 Just and true are your ways,

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 O King of the nations.

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 Who will not fear,

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 O Lord,

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 and glorify your name?

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 For you alone are holy

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 and all nations will come

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 and worship you

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 because your righteous acts

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 have been revealed.

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 God's judgment

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 in the eyes of His people

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 are meant to be seen

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 as righteous acts

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 that we celebrate.

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 Now look,

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 God does not rejoice

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 in the death of the wicked.

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 Right?

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 We know this in Scripture.

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 We don't.

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 So we need to be careful

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 to not misapply this.

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 But there is meant to be

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 in the church

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 a tone of celebration.

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 We know that we are aligned

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 with the God

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 who will ultimately have

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 the victory.

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 And this is a good thing.

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 And we in the West,

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 when we sit

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 in our comfortable churches

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 without persecution

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 and without cost

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 and without suffering,

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 can wrestle with,

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 oh, does this seem good?

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 But I promise you

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 that if you go to other parts

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 of the world

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 where the church

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 is facing active persecution,

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 they rejoice

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 in the judgment of God.

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 They rejoice

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 in His suffering.

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 They know that their suffering

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 will not last forever

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 because God will hear

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 their prayers

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 and God will respond.

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 And this

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 is why we sing, church.

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 This is why we celebrate.

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 Because we have a God

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 who is worth

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 rejoicing over.

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 Now look,

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 there's also time,

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 there's time in our church

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 to lament,

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 to lament about

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 the brokenness of our world,

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 to lament about our own sin,

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 and to confess.

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 And I don't want to

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 eradicate that

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 from the life of our church.

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 But friends,

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 maybe we need to sing

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 a little more loudly

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 the songs of celebration

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 and triumph

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 that God has won the victory.

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 victory.

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 But we sing

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 the song of victory

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 in the midst of

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 this age,

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 not the age to come.

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 We sing it

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 when we haven't yet

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 seen the fullness.

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 And where we still

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 need to cry out as well,

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 God deliver us.

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 God come in judgment.

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 Of course,

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 this is the context

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 of recognizing

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 that God

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 will come in judgment,

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 is coming in judgment,

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 has come in judgment

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 in a fearsome way.

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 Because this is what

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 happens in verse 16.

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 After verse 15,

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 which is this picture,

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 right,

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 of God responding

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 to the saints,

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 it is now,

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 okay,

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 what happens to those bowls

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 filled with wrath?

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 This is what chapter 16

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 is all about.

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 So in chapter 16,

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 we see that we are

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 to tremble

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 at God's judgment.

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 These bowls,

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 then,

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 are poured out

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 sequentially.

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 The first bowl,

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 the second bowl,

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 the third bowl.

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 Let's read it together,

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 and then we'll observe.

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 Then I heard a loud voice

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 from the temple

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 telling the seven angels,

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 go and pour out

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 on the earth

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 the seven bowls

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 of the wrath of God.

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 So the first angel

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 went and poured out

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 his bowl on the earth,

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 and harmful

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 and painful sores

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 came upon the people

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 who bore the mark

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 of the beast

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 and worshipped its image.

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 The second angel

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 poured out his bowl

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 into the sea,

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 and it became

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 like the blood

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 of a corpse,

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 and every living thing

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 died that was in the sea.

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 The third angel

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 poured out his bowl

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 into the rivers

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 and the springs of water,

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 and they became blood.

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 And I heard the angel

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 in charge of the waters

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 say,

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 Just are you,

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 O holy one,

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 who is and who was,

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 for you brought

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 these judgments,

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 for they have shed

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 the blood of the saints

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 and prophets,

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 and you have given

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 them blood to drink.

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 It is what they deserve.

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 And I heard the altar

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 saying,

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 Yes, Lord God,

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 the Almighty,

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 true and just

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 are your judgments.

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 And the fourth angel

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 pulled out his bowl

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 on the sun,

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 and it was allowed

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 to scorch the people

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 with fire.

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 They were scorched

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 by the fierce heat,

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 and they cursed

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 the name of God

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 who had power

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 over these plagues.

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 They did not repent

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 and give him glory.

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 The fifth angel

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 poured out his bowl

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 on the throne

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 of the beast,

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 and its kingdom

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 was plunged

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 into darkness.

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 People gnawed

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 their tongues in anguish

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 and cursed the God

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 of heaven

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 for their pain

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 and sores.

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 They did not repent

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 of their deeds.

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 The sixth angel

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 poured out his bowl

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 on the great river Euphrates,

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 and its waters

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 were dried up

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 to prepare the way

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 for the kings

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 from the east.

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 And I saw coming

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 out of the mouth

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 of the dragon

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 and out of the mouth

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 of the beast

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 and out of the mouth

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 of the false prophet

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 three unclean spirits

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 like frogs.

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 They were,

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 they are demonic

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 for their demonic spirits

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 performing signs

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 who go abroad

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 to the kings

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 of the whole world

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 to assemble them

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 for battle

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 on the great day

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 of God the Almighty.

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 Behold,

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 I am coming

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 like a thief.

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 Blessed is the one

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 who stays awake,

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 keeping his garments on

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 that he may not

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 go about naked

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 and be seen exposed.

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 And they assembled them

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 at the place

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 that in Hebrew

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 is called Armageddon.

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 The seventh angel

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 poured out his bowl

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 into the air,

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 and a loud voice

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 came out of the temple

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 from the throne

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 saying,

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 It is done.

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 And there were

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 flashes of lightning,

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 rumblings,

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 peals of thunder,

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 great earthquakes

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 such as there had

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 never been since

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 man was on the earth

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 so great was that earthquake.

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 The great city

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 was split into three parts

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 and the cities

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 of the nations fell,

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 and God remembered

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 Babylon the great

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 to make her drain

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 the cup

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 of the wine

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 of the fury

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 of his wrath.

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 And every island

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 fled away

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 and no mountains

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 were to be found.

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 And great hailstones,

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 about 100 pounds

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 each,

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 fell from heaven

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 on people.

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 And they cursed God

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 for the plague of hell

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 because the plague

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 was so severe.

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 So this is a picture

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 of God pouring out

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 his wrath.

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 I want to make

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 a series of observations

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 rather than going through them

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 one by one

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 and explaining.

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 I want to make

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 a series of observations

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 about the overall effect

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 of these things.

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 things.

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 First is that the judgment

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 will come on those

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 who do not worship God.

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 So we see in the first bowl

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 those who have

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 the mark of the beast,

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 those who do not worship God

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 but who worship

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 some other God

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 or who have the mark

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 of the beast,

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 who have set themselves

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 in the binary

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 either for God

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 or against God.

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 They are in the

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 against God category.

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 Those who have worshipped

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 another God,

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 those who have

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 compromised

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 in order to fit in

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 with the spirits

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 of the world,

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 the economic systems,

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 the powers,

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 and not faithfully

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 stood apart

00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:37.940
 for the sake of Christ.

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 So judgments

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 have come on those

00:21:41.639 --> 00:21:42.599
 who do not worship God.

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 They also will come

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 on all of creation,

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 both natural and human.

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 You see the scope of it.

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 The first one

00:21:49.859 --> 00:21:50.759
 comes on the earth,

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 the second one,

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 the seas,

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 this third,

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 the fresh waters,

00:21:55.220 --> 00:21:55.839
 the fourth,

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 and we see finally

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 in the air as well,

00:22:00.400 --> 00:22:01.559
 we see that there is

00:22:01.559 --> 00:22:02.839
 this upheaval

00:22:02.839 --> 00:22:04.900
 of the natural order.

00:22:05.019 --> 00:22:05.519
 When you get

00:22:05.519 --> 00:22:06.740
 to the seventh one,

00:22:07.059 --> 00:22:08.339
 the world itself

00:22:08.339 --> 00:22:10.000
 seems to be falling apart.

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 The judgment of God

00:22:11.460 --> 00:22:12.680
 will be so great

00:22:12.680 --> 00:22:14.160
 that it will leave

00:22:14.160 --> 00:22:14.799
 the earth

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 in a place

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 where only

00:22:16.779 --> 00:22:18.440
 the renewal of God

00:22:18.440 --> 00:22:20.240
 and the recreation

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 of the world

00:22:21.779 --> 00:22:23.400
 in the new heavens

00:22:23.400 --> 00:22:24.259
 and the new earth

00:22:24.259 --> 00:22:25.299
 could redeem it.

00:22:27.799 --> 00:22:29.599
 You heard the end

00:22:29.599 --> 00:22:30.859
 of verse 21.

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 The plagues

00:22:31.579 --> 00:22:32.680
 were so severe,

00:22:33.180 --> 00:22:34.920
 even the natural world

00:22:34.920 --> 00:22:37.099
 was turned upside down

00:22:37.099 --> 00:22:38.480
 in this way.

00:22:39.339 --> 00:22:40.740
 We see in the third bowl

00:22:40.740 --> 00:22:42.220
 that there is a justice

00:22:42.220 --> 00:22:43.480
 that is brought

00:22:43.480 --> 00:22:45.640
 upon those

00:22:45.640 --> 00:22:46.519
 who persecuted

00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:47.680
 the church

00:22:47.680 --> 00:22:48.839
 and God's people.

00:22:49.579 --> 00:22:50.160
 When you look

00:22:50.160 --> 00:22:50.879
 at that song

00:22:50.879 --> 00:22:51.559
 that the angel

00:22:51.559 --> 00:22:52.559
 in charge of the waters

00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:53.419
 sing, right,

00:22:53.539 --> 00:22:54.480
 the waters

00:22:54.480 --> 00:22:55.740
 that were the lifeblood

00:22:55.740 --> 00:22:56.339
 of the people

00:22:56.339 --> 00:22:57.460
 who lived in a dry

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 and desert area

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 were turned to blood.

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 They had nothing

00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:03.700
 to drink but blood.

00:23:04.980 --> 00:23:06.419
 Symbolically picturing,

00:23:06.659 --> 00:23:06.879
 right,

00:23:06.960 --> 00:23:07.879
 this isn't real.

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 It wasn't like

00:23:08.899 --> 00:23:09.579
 all the water

00:23:09.579 --> 00:23:10.179
 in the Middle East

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 suddenly turned to blood.

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 This is a symbol

00:23:12.099 --> 00:23:13.659
 pointing to the fact

00:23:13.659 --> 00:23:15.000
 that what they thought

00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:15.779
 was life

00:23:15.779 --> 00:23:16.759
 in their persecution

00:23:16.759 --> 00:23:17.779
 of God's church

00:23:17.779 --> 00:23:19.539
 now turns to death.

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 And those who had been

00:23:21.059 --> 00:23:22.359
 the purveyors of death

00:23:22.359 --> 00:23:23.819
 now were receiving

00:23:23.819 --> 00:23:24.779
 that death

00:23:24.779 --> 00:23:26.859
 in just response.

00:23:29.940 --> 00:23:32.079
 We see that the powers

00:23:32.079 --> 00:23:33.579
 that have set themselves up,

00:23:33.960 --> 00:23:36.180
 the throne of the beast itself,

00:23:36.720 --> 00:23:38.619
 will be plunged

00:23:38.619 --> 00:23:39.359
 into darkness

00:23:39.359 --> 00:23:40.559
 and overthrown.

00:23:41.500 --> 00:23:44.399
 We see in the sixth bowl

00:23:44.399 --> 00:23:45.579
 being poured out

00:23:45.579 --> 00:23:47.759
 the unholy trinity.

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 If you go back,

00:23:48.980 --> 00:23:49.879
 this is what we saw

00:23:49.879 --> 00:23:51.240
 in chapters 12 through 14.

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 The dragon

00:23:52.119 --> 00:23:53.039
 and the two beasts,

00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:54.019
 the one beast

00:23:54.019 --> 00:23:54.960
 coming from the sea

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 and then the other beast

00:23:56.240 --> 00:23:57.180
 which is also here

00:23:57.180 --> 00:23:58.339
 called the false prophet

00:23:58.339 --> 00:23:59.579
 coming from the earth.

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 This unholy trinity

00:24:01.640 --> 00:24:03.140
 is gathering people

00:24:03.140 --> 00:24:04.480
 and people have wrestled

00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:05.759
 a lot with what this means.

00:24:05.940 --> 00:24:07.119
 They're gathering the kings.

00:24:07.259 --> 00:24:08.660
 The Euphrates is dried up.

00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:10.480
 It's probably an image

00:24:10.480 --> 00:24:13.379
 that's picking on the fact

00:24:13.379 --> 00:24:14.539
 that the eastern border

00:24:14.539 --> 00:24:15.640
 of the Roman Empire

00:24:15.640 --> 00:24:16.920
 was the Euphrates River.

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 And if that river dried up,

00:24:19.320 --> 00:24:20.460
 the Parthians would have

00:24:20.460 --> 00:24:21.460
 a clear road

00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:23.500
 to invade the Roman Empire.

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 And that's not what

00:24:24.560 --> 00:24:25.580
 they were predicting

00:24:25.580 --> 00:24:26.220
 would happen.

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 They're saying,

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 it is like that.

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 Like the very barrier

00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:31.480
 that kept you

00:24:31.480 --> 00:24:32.920
 from your worst enemy

00:24:32.920 --> 00:24:35.380
 is now going to be dried up

00:24:35.380 --> 00:24:36.620
 and there is nothing

00:24:36.620 --> 00:24:37.920
 to hide you.

00:24:38.620 --> 00:24:40.019
 There is no barrier.

00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:42.380
 There is no safety for you

00:24:42.380 --> 00:24:43.440
 in this place.

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 And it seems that

00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:45.000
 what's happening

00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:46.339
 in the midst of that then,

00:24:47.079 --> 00:24:47.259
 right,

00:24:47.339 --> 00:24:48.240
 the enemies of God

00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:49.059
 are gathering

00:24:49.059 --> 00:24:50.680
 the kingdoms of the earth

00:24:50.680 --> 00:24:53.099
 to a final battle

00:24:53.099 --> 00:24:54.160
 against God,

00:24:54.559 --> 00:24:54.799
 right,

00:24:54.859 --> 00:24:56.579
 on the great day of God.

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 The kings of the earth

00:24:58.160 --> 00:24:59.019
 will gather

00:24:59.019 --> 00:25:00.440
 under the leadership

00:25:00.440 --> 00:25:02.759
 of this unholy trinity

00:25:02.759 --> 00:25:04.119
 and the three spirits,

00:25:04.259 --> 00:25:05.359
 the unclean spirits

00:25:05.359 --> 00:25:06.599
 that are like frogs

00:25:06.599 --> 00:25:08.700
 that would be a stench

00:25:08.700 --> 00:25:10.019
 to the world

00:25:10.019 --> 00:25:11.900
 because of their smell.

00:25:11.900 --> 00:25:14.440
 this is the picture

00:25:14.440 --> 00:25:15.200
 that we see

00:25:15.200 --> 00:25:16.680
 in verse six.

00:25:17.560 --> 00:25:18.120
 And of course,

00:25:18.180 --> 00:25:19.320
 it ends in Armageddon,

00:25:19.580 --> 00:25:20.320
 which of course,

00:25:20.400 --> 00:25:22.160
 we have bad movies about.

00:25:22.580 --> 00:25:25.160
 We have all sorts of imagery.

00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:26.420
 What Armageddon,

00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:27.140
 this picture

00:25:27.140 --> 00:25:28.380
 of this final battle.

00:25:29.080 --> 00:25:29.740
 Lots of people

00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:31.259
 have argued,

00:25:31.620 --> 00:25:32.420
 have tried to argue,

00:25:32.540 --> 00:25:32.640
 well,

00:25:32.720 --> 00:25:33.820
 this is a real place

00:25:33.820 --> 00:25:35.100
 and this is going to happen

00:25:35.100 --> 00:25:36.320
 somewhere near

00:25:36.320 --> 00:25:37.400
 the ancient city

00:25:37.400 --> 00:25:38.240
 of Megiddo

00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:39.620
 and on a plane

00:25:39.619 --> 00:25:40.439
 that we're,

00:25:40.819 --> 00:25:42.039
 but I don't think

00:25:42.039 --> 00:25:42.879
 that's actually

00:25:42.879 --> 00:25:43.739
 what this is.

00:25:44.059 --> 00:25:45.299
 I think instead

00:25:45.299 --> 00:25:48.039
 that it's a,

00:25:48.579 --> 00:25:50.000
 it's another symbol

00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:51.199
 of a place

00:25:51.199 --> 00:25:52.779
 because Megiddo

00:25:52.779 --> 00:25:53.679
 was a place

00:25:53.679 --> 00:25:55.059
 where the enemies

00:25:55.059 --> 00:25:55.879
 of God came

00:25:55.879 --> 00:25:56.659
 and would battle

00:25:56.659 --> 00:25:57.759
 against Israel

00:25:57.759 --> 00:25:59.739
 and where this would be.

00:25:59.839 --> 00:26:01.000
 It was taking this up

00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:01.739
 as a symbol

00:26:01.739 --> 00:26:02.719
 to say there will be

00:26:02.719 --> 00:26:05.439
 a final grand battle.

00:26:05.919 --> 00:26:06.439
 We don't know

00:26:06.439 --> 00:26:07.059
 where it will be.

00:26:07.159 --> 00:26:07.579
 We don't know

00:26:07.579 --> 00:26:08.199
 when it will be.

00:26:08.200 --> 00:26:09.180
 Let's not look

00:26:09.180 --> 00:26:09.860
 for Armageddon

00:26:09.860 --> 00:26:10.860
 somewhere in the Middle East

00:26:10.860 --> 00:26:12.140
 but let's recognize

00:26:12.140 --> 00:26:13.140
 that there will be

00:26:13.140 --> 00:26:14.420
 a final conflict

00:26:14.420 --> 00:26:16.220
 that will come

00:26:16.220 --> 00:26:18.160
 and at the end

00:26:18.160 --> 00:26:19.319
 as we will see

00:26:19.319 --> 00:26:20.240
 in chapter 20

00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:21.519
 there will be

00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:22.539
 a complete victory

00:26:22.539 --> 00:26:23.580
 and the enemies

00:26:23.580 --> 00:26:24.100
 of God

00:26:24.100 --> 00:26:25.120
 will be defeated.

00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:30.160
 Another thing

00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:30.840
 I want to point out

00:26:30.840 --> 00:26:31.160
 in this

00:26:31.160 --> 00:26:31.980
 is that the judgments

00:26:31.980 --> 00:26:32.660
 are total.

00:26:33.580 --> 00:26:34.319
 If you went back

00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:35.279
 and you looked through

00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:36.720
 when you had

00:26:36.720 --> 00:26:37.940
 seven seals

00:26:37.940 --> 00:26:38.640
 that were broken

00:26:38.640 --> 00:26:39.380
 they affected

00:26:39.380 --> 00:26:40.600
 one quarter

00:26:40.600 --> 00:26:41.500
 of the earth.

00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:42.460
 When you had

00:26:42.460 --> 00:26:43.360
 seven trumpets

00:26:43.360 --> 00:26:44.160
 that were blown

00:26:44.160 --> 00:26:44.980
 they affected

00:26:44.980 --> 00:26:45.840
 one third

00:26:45.840 --> 00:26:46.720
 of the earth.

00:26:47.160 --> 00:26:48.420
 And when you come here

00:26:48.420 --> 00:26:50.680
 when the bowls

00:26:50.680 --> 00:26:51.420
 are poured out

00:26:51.420 --> 00:26:52.880
 they are poured out

00:26:52.880 --> 00:26:54.880
 on the whole earth.

00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:57.880
 There's no limiting

00:26:57.880 --> 00:26:59.559
 no restraint.

00:27:00.299 --> 00:27:01.000
 This is

00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:01.519
 I believe

00:27:01.519 --> 00:27:02.140
 what it means

00:27:02.140 --> 00:27:03.259
 in chapter 15

00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:03.799
 verse 1

00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:04.279
 when it says

00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:05.339
 these are the last

00:27:05.339 --> 00:27:05.899
 plagues

00:27:05.899 --> 00:27:07.119
 when the wrath

00:27:07.119 --> 00:27:07.559
 of God

00:27:07.559 --> 00:27:08.240
 is finished.

00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:10.379
 Now we've been

00:27:10.379 --> 00:27:10.960
 telling you

00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:11.819
 that we believe

00:27:11.819 --> 00:27:12.440
 that these are

00:27:12.440 --> 00:27:12.960
 pictures

00:27:12.960 --> 00:27:14.440
 that are true

00:27:14.440 --> 00:27:15.619
 that were true

00:27:15.619 --> 00:27:16.599
 in the first century

00:27:16.599 --> 00:27:17.799
 that are true

00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:19.180
 throughout the church age

00:27:19.180 --> 00:27:20.299
 and that have

00:27:20.299 --> 00:27:23.039
 a particular truth

00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:23.779
 an expression

00:27:23.779 --> 00:27:24.599
 that will still

00:27:24.599 --> 00:27:25.420
 yet to come

00:27:25.420 --> 00:27:26.099
 in the future.

00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:27.420
 And this is where

00:27:27.420 --> 00:27:28.279
 we see this

00:27:28.279 --> 00:27:29.639
 maybe most clearly

00:27:29.639 --> 00:27:30.680
 because these

00:27:30.680 --> 00:27:31.200
 plagues

00:27:31.200 --> 00:27:32.420
 these judgments

00:27:32.420 --> 00:27:33.000
 seem to be

00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:33.920
 ratcheting up.

00:27:34.420 --> 00:27:34.960
 The seals

00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:35.700
 are bad

00:27:35.700 --> 00:27:36.620
 the trumpets

00:27:36.620 --> 00:27:37.200
 are worse

00:27:37.200 --> 00:27:38.420
 and here the bowls

00:27:38.420 --> 00:27:39.640
 are the most fierce

00:27:39.640 --> 00:27:40.920
 and the most extreme

00:27:40.920 --> 00:27:42.779
 and this is the fullness

00:27:42.779 --> 00:27:43.600
 the picture

00:27:43.600 --> 00:27:44.559
 of the fullness

00:27:44.559 --> 00:27:46.380
 of God's wrath

00:27:46.380 --> 00:27:47.299
 poured out

00:27:47.299 --> 00:27:48.400
 in judgment

00:27:48.400 --> 00:27:49.960
 upon the world

00:27:49.960 --> 00:27:52.680
 and it will affect all

00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:56.539
 and it is inescapable.

00:27:56.539 --> 00:28:01.039
 And I believe

00:28:01.039 --> 00:28:02.159
 the proper response

00:28:02.159 --> 00:28:03.019
 is to tremble.

00:28:06.000 --> 00:28:06.740
 Do you remember

00:28:06.740 --> 00:28:07.460
 when you were in high school

00:28:07.460 --> 00:28:09.159
 was there a coach

00:28:09.159 --> 00:28:09.920
 or a teacher

00:28:09.920 --> 00:28:11.579
 that you never wanted

00:28:11.579 --> 00:28:12.200
 to run into

00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:12.759
 in the hallway

00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:14.019
 because even if you

00:28:14.019 --> 00:28:15.180
 weren't doing something wrong

00:28:15.180 --> 00:28:16.099
 you'd be afraid

00:28:16.099 --> 00:28:16.700
 that you were going

00:28:16.700 --> 00:28:17.159
 to get in trouble

00:28:17.159 --> 00:28:18.279
 because they were

00:28:18.279 --> 00:28:19.759
 the ones who always came

00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:21.000
 and brought the rules

00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:22.319
 and made justice happen.

00:28:22.839 --> 00:28:23.680
 For me it was

00:28:23.680 --> 00:28:24.500
 my lacrosse coach

00:28:24.500 --> 00:28:25.159
 Mr. Diven.

00:28:25.160 --> 00:28:26.420
 He wasn't in the hallways

00:28:26.420 --> 00:28:26.800
 very much

00:28:26.800 --> 00:28:27.680
 but man when you

00:28:27.680 --> 00:28:28.880
 when you got sideways

00:28:28.880 --> 00:28:29.340
 with him

00:28:29.340 --> 00:28:30.259
 it was terrible.

00:28:30.640 --> 00:28:31.580
 You just did not

00:28:31.580 --> 00:28:32.580
 want to do that.

00:28:36.300 --> 00:28:36.740
 Friends

00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:39.880
 we need to recognize

00:28:39.880 --> 00:28:41.200
 oh so

00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:41.980
 so when we have

00:28:41.980 --> 00:28:42.360
 those people

00:28:42.360 --> 00:28:43.100
 we tremble

00:28:43.100 --> 00:28:44.240
 when we see them coming

00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:45.519
 we start to be afraid.

00:28:46.180 --> 00:28:47.279
 Oh no I'm in trouble.

00:28:52.040 --> 00:28:53.540
 Friends this is just a taste.

00:28:55.160 --> 00:28:56.740
 God's judgment

00:28:56.740 --> 00:28:57.300
 will be

00:28:57.300 --> 00:28:59.259
 immeasurably worse

00:28:59.259 --> 00:29:01.320
 than what Mr. Diven

00:29:01.320 --> 00:29:02.279
 could have done to me.

00:29:06.220 --> 00:29:07.259
 And his judgment

00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:08.460
 is fearsome

00:29:08.460 --> 00:29:11.100
 and he has

00:29:11.100 --> 00:29:12.519
 and he is

00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:14.019
 and he will be

00:29:14.019 --> 00:29:14.980
 judging the world

00:29:14.980 --> 00:29:18.240
 and we are to tremble

00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:19.960
 even as we are

00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:21.019
 to celebrate it

00:29:21.019 --> 00:29:21.500
 we are also

00:29:21.500 --> 00:29:22.480
 to tremble

00:29:22.480 --> 00:29:24.339
 before his righteous

00:29:24.339 --> 00:29:25.380
 holy

00:29:25.380 --> 00:29:26.539
 just

00:29:26.539 --> 00:29:27.539
 power.

00:29:32.940 --> 00:29:34.259
 But as we see

00:29:34.259 --> 00:29:35.059
 these things

00:29:35.059 --> 00:29:35.940
 coming together

00:29:35.940 --> 00:29:36.400
 then

00:29:36.400 --> 00:29:37.360
 it is as

00:29:37.360 --> 00:29:38.440
 trembling people

00:29:38.440 --> 00:29:39.279
 that we see

00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:40.319
 the third response

00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:41.700
 in this text

00:29:41.700 --> 00:29:43.420
 because I believe

00:29:43.420 --> 00:29:44.360
 that the third way

00:29:44.360 --> 00:29:44.900
 that we are meant

00:29:44.900 --> 00:29:46.220
 to respond to this text

00:29:46.220 --> 00:29:48.000
 is to choose.

00:29:48.000 --> 00:29:50.299
 we can either

00:29:50.299 --> 00:29:51.240
 curse God

00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:52.720
 or we can repent

00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:54.859
 and trust in him.

00:29:55.420 --> 00:29:55.880
 Now

00:29:55.880 --> 00:29:57.039
 it may not be obvious

00:29:57.039 --> 00:29:57.420
 in this

00:29:57.420 --> 00:29:58.539
 because there is no call

00:29:58.539 --> 00:29:59.539
 to repentance

00:29:59.539 --> 00:30:00.460
 in this passage.

00:30:00.859 --> 00:30:02.160
 There is no clear sense

00:30:02.160 --> 00:30:02.579
 in fact

00:30:02.579 --> 00:30:03.380
 if anything

00:30:03.380 --> 00:30:04.819
 there is more of a fear

00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:06.460
 but one of the things

00:30:06.460 --> 00:30:07.420
 you see is that

00:30:07.420 --> 00:30:09.240
 the judgment of God

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:10.500
 clearly

00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:12.779
 reveals our hearts

00:30:12.779 --> 00:30:13.960
 and our choice

00:30:13.960 --> 00:30:15.160
 our decision

00:30:15.160 --> 00:30:16.619
 of how we will respond

00:30:16.619 --> 00:30:17.779
 to the God

00:30:17.779 --> 00:30:18.659
 of the universe.

00:30:19.379 --> 00:30:19.659
 Right?

00:30:19.959 --> 00:30:21.139
 We see this

00:30:21.139 --> 00:30:22.339
 in chapter 16

00:30:22.339 --> 00:30:22.939
 verse 9

00:30:22.939 --> 00:30:23.500
 and 11

00:30:23.500 --> 00:30:24.199
 where it says

00:30:24.199 --> 00:30:25.419
 and they cursed

00:30:25.419 --> 00:30:26.679
 God for the plagues

00:30:26.679 --> 00:30:27.839
 and they did not

00:30:27.839 --> 00:30:28.319
 repent.

00:30:29.899 --> 00:30:31.119
 So the judgments

00:30:31.119 --> 00:30:32.959
 revealed the hearts

00:30:32.959 --> 00:30:33.419
 of those

00:30:33.419 --> 00:30:34.839
 who were so hardened

00:30:34.839 --> 00:30:37.500
 that they would not

00:30:37.500 --> 00:30:38.099
 respond.

00:30:38.859 --> 00:30:39.739
 And we see this

00:30:39.739 --> 00:30:40.119
 of course

00:30:40.119 --> 00:30:41.059
 with the echoes

00:30:41.059 --> 00:30:42.839
 of the Exodus story.

00:30:42.939 --> 00:30:43.099
 Right?

00:30:43.259 --> 00:30:44.039
 Where God would

00:30:44.039 --> 00:30:45.019
 bring a plague

00:30:45.019 --> 00:30:45.779
 and Pharaoh

00:30:45.779 --> 00:30:46.459
 would repent

00:30:46.460 --> 00:30:47.840
 and then he changed

00:30:47.840 --> 00:30:48.319
 his mind.

00:30:48.920 --> 00:30:49.559
 And then he would

00:30:49.559 --> 00:30:49.920
 repent

00:30:49.920 --> 00:30:50.740
 and then he would

00:30:50.740 --> 00:30:51.559
 harden his heart

00:30:51.559 --> 00:30:52.400
 again and change

00:30:52.400 --> 00:30:53.000
 his mind.

00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:54.240
 And so the echoes

00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:55.440
 of the Exodus story

00:30:55.440 --> 00:30:56.480
 come that these

00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:57.840
 judgments are meant

00:30:57.840 --> 00:30:59.500
 to call us

00:30:59.500 --> 00:31:00.140
 to repentance

00:31:00.140 --> 00:31:02.220
 but also it reveals

00:31:02.220 --> 00:31:03.220
 the hardness

00:31:03.220 --> 00:31:04.200
 of our hearts

00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:05.860
 and how easily

00:31:05.860 --> 00:31:07.559
 we harden ourselves

00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:08.519
 against God

00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:09.799
 and reject him

00:31:09.799 --> 00:31:11.180
 rather than receive him.

00:31:11.539 --> 00:31:12.539
 How often we

00:31:12.539 --> 00:31:13.960
 choose to love

00:31:13.960 --> 00:31:14.480
 our sin

00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:15.079
 rather than

00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:16.000
 repenting of it.

00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:16.859
 how often

00:31:16.859 --> 00:31:17.680
 we will love

00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:18.420
 the world

00:31:18.420 --> 00:31:19.059
 rather than

00:31:19.059 --> 00:31:19.960
 God himself.

00:31:24.380 --> 00:31:25.859
 We also see

00:31:25.859 --> 00:31:30.059
 this repentance

00:31:30.059 --> 00:31:30.880
 theme coming

00:31:30.880 --> 00:31:32.319
 out of chapter 14

00:31:32.319 --> 00:31:33.099
 that Pastor Nick

00:31:33.099 --> 00:31:34.200
 preached on last week

00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:35.119
 which was this

00:31:35.119 --> 00:31:36.099
 grand reaping

00:31:36.099 --> 00:31:36.640
 this grand

00:31:36.640 --> 00:31:37.920
 there were two results

00:31:37.920 --> 00:31:38.480
 coming out

00:31:38.480 --> 00:31:39.640
 some will be gathered

00:31:39.640 --> 00:31:40.259
 to God

00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:41.299
 for this celebration

00:31:41.299 --> 00:31:41.880
 and victory

00:31:41.880 --> 00:31:42.619
 in this new life

00:31:42.619 --> 00:31:43.539
 and others

00:31:43.539 --> 00:31:45.199
 will be gathered

00:31:45.199 --> 00:31:46.039
 for the most

00:31:46.039 --> 00:31:47.159
 fearsome of judgments.

00:31:49.959 --> 00:31:50.859
 But I think

00:31:50.859 --> 00:31:51.619
 verse 15

00:31:51.619 --> 00:31:53.099
 is the reason

00:31:53.099 --> 00:31:53.779
 why I think

00:31:53.779 --> 00:31:54.739
 most clearly

00:31:54.739 --> 00:31:55.519
 there's a call

00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:56.059
 to repentance

00:31:56.059 --> 00:31:57.019
 in this passage.

00:31:57.559 --> 00:31:58.619
 Did you hear it?

00:31:58.779 --> 00:32:00.759
 It's so out of step.

00:32:01.339 --> 00:32:02.419
 It feels like

00:32:02.419 --> 00:32:03.139
 an interlude.

00:32:03.599 --> 00:32:04.539
 My Bible

00:32:04.539 --> 00:32:05.199
 has it in

00:32:05.199 --> 00:32:05.679
 parentheses

00:32:05.679 --> 00:32:07.000
 and in red

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:08.579
 and almost set apart.

00:32:09.059 --> 00:32:09.439
 Right?

00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:11.200
 Why is verse 15

00:32:11.200 --> 00:32:11.660
 in there?

00:32:11.799 --> 00:32:12.500
 Jesus saying

00:32:12.500 --> 00:32:13.200
 behold I come

00:32:13.200 --> 00:32:13.860
 like a thief.

00:32:15.380 --> 00:32:15.980
 Why?

00:32:18.039 --> 00:32:19.080
 It's there to

00:32:19.080 --> 00:32:19.880
 remind us

00:32:19.880 --> 00:32:20.279
 that

00:32:20.279 --> 00:32:22.580
 this promise

00:32:22.580 --> 00:32:23.660
 of the coming

00:32:23.660 --> 00:32:24.779
 judgment of God

00:32:24.779 --> 00:32:25.840
 will come

00:32:25.840 --> 00:32:26.519
 when we don't

00:32:26.519 --> 00:32:27.180
 expect it.

00:32:27.320 --> 00:32:27.920
 It will come

00:32:27.920 --> 00:32:28.700
 in a surprising

00:32:28.700 --> 00:32:29.140
 way

00:32:29.140 --> 00:32:30.400
 at a surprising

00:32:30.400 --> 00:32:31.019
 time.

00:32:33.019 --> 00:32:33.559
 And the

00:32:33.559 --> 00:32:34.920
 undergirding

00:32:34.920 --> 00:32:35.480
 thought

00:32:35.480 --> 00:32:36.140
 in that

00:32:36.140 --> 00:32:36.700
 throughout

00:32:36.700 --> 00:32:37.620
 the New Testament

00:32:37.620 --> 00:32:38.279
 is

00:32:38.279 --> 00:32:39.460
 therefore

00:32:39.460 --> 00:32:40.180
 today

00:32:40.180 --> 00:32:41.160
 while it is

00:32:41.160 --> 00:32:41.700
 still day

00:32:41.700 --> 00:32:42.360
 today

00:32:42.360 --> 00:32:43.059
 while you

00:32:43.059 --> 00:32:43.660
 still have

00:32:43.660 --> 00:32:44.160
 a choice

00:32:44.160 --> 00:32:44.860
 today

00:32:44.860 --> 00:32:45.400
 while you

00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:46.120
 can still

00:32:46.120 --> 00:32:46.620
 respond

00:32:46.620 --> 00:32:47.120
 because you

00:32:47.120 --> 00:32:47.480
 know

00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:47.980
 that

00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:48.740
 that

00:32:48.740 --> 00:32:49.059
 hundred

00:32:49.059 --> 00:32:49.400
 pound

00:32:49.400 --> 00:32:49.920
 hailstones

00:32:49.920 --> 00:32:50.640
 haven't yet

00:32:50.640 --> 00:32:51.539
 rained upon

00:32:51.539 --> 00:32:51.940
 the earth

00:32:51.940 --> 00:32:52.720
 and destroyed

00:32:52.720 --> 00:32:53.319
 everything.

00:32:54.200 --> 00:32:54.539
 Today

00:32:54.539 --> 00:32:55.279
 you have a

00:32:55.279 --> 00:32:55.680
 choice

00:32:55.680 --> 00:32:56.319
 to turn

00:32:56.319 --> 00:32:56.740
 again

00:32:56.740 --> 00:32:57.799
 to him.

00:33:00.100 --> 00:33:00.880
 And we

00:33:00.880 --> 00:33:01.400
 know that

00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:02.000
 this book

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:02.460
 was written

00:33:02.460 --> 00:33:03.259
 to a church

00:33:03.259 --> 00:33:03.940
 that was

00:33:03.940 --> 00:33:04.559
 meant to

00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:05.779
 comfort

00:33:05.779 --> 00:33:06.279
 them

00:33:06.279 --> 00:33:07.099
 in the

00:33:07.099 --> 00:33:07.339
 midst

00:33:07.339 --> 00:33:07.639
 of the

00:33:07.639 --> 00:33:08.139
 trials

00:33:08.139 --> 00:33:08.859
 but also

00:33:08.859 --> 00:33:09.519
 to call

00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:09.759
 them

00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:09.960
 to

00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:10.500
 holiness

00:33:10.500 --> 00:33:11.639
 and holy

00:33:11.639 --> 00:33:12.000
 living

00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:12.399
 and living

00:33:12.399 --> 00:33:12.980
 wholehearted

00:33:12.980 --> 00:33:13.619
 for them.

00:33:14.700 --> 00:33:14.980
 And just

00:33:14.980 --> 00:33:15.319
 like there

00:33:15.319 --> 00:33:16.059
 probably is

00:33:16.059 --> 00:33:16.559
 today in

00:33:16.559 --> 00:33:17.180
 those churches

00:33:17.180 --> 00:33:17.539
 there would

00:33:17.539 --> 00:33:17.779
 have been

00:33:17.779 --> 00:33:18.099
 some

00:33:18.099 --> 00:33:18.759
 who would

00:33:18.759 --> 00:33:19.079
 have had

00:33:19.079 --> 00:33:19.639
 to still

00:33:19.639 --> 00:33:20.039
 think

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:20.440
 through

00:33:20.440 --> 00:33:21.619
 where does

00:33:21.619 --> 00:33:22.240
 my allegiance

00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:22.839
 lie?

00:33:23.480 --> 00:33:24.059
 Do I bear

00:33:24.059 --> 00:33:24.500
 the mark

00:33:24.500 --> 00:33:25.019
 of the beast

00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:25.440
 or do I

00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:26.240
 bear the name

00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:26.740
 of Jesus

00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:27.240
 on my

00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:27.639
 forehead?

00:33:29.559 --> 00:33:30.240
 Where do

00:33:30.240 --> 00:33:31.000
 I stand?

00:33:31.279 --> 00:33:31.660
 Because at

00:33:31.660 --> 00:33:32.000
 the end

00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:32.660
 of the day

00:33:32.660 --> 00:33:33.559
 the book

00:33:33.559 --> 00:33:34.279
 of Revelation

00:33:34.279 --> 00:33:35.139
 reminds us

00:33:35.140 --> 00:33:35.400
 there are

00:33:35.400 --> 00:33:36.000
 only two

00:33:36.000 --> 00:33:36.560
 camps

00:33:36.560 --> 00:33:37.440
 those who

00:33:37.440 --> 00:33:37.840
 are in

00:33:37.840 --> 00:33:38.200
 Christ

00:33:38.200 --> 00:33:38.640
 and those

00:33:38.640 --> 00:33:38.920
 who are

00:33:38.920 --> 00:33:39.320
 not

00:33:39.320 --> 00:33:40.320
 and those

00:33:40.320 --> 00:33:40.560
 who are

00:33:40.560 --> 00:33:41.180
 not in

00:33:41.180 --> 00:33:41.480
 Christ

00:33:41.480 --> 00:33:42.080
 will face

00:33:42.080 --> 00:33:42.940
 this fearsome

00:33:42.940 --> 00:33:43.420
 judgment

00:33:43.420 --> 00:33:44.600
 without any

00:33:44.600 --> 00:33:45.200
 protection.

00:33:48.280 --> 00:33:49.300
 They will

00:33:49.300 --> 00:33:50.000
 as it says

00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:50.440
 in verses

00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:51.860
 in verse

00:33:51.860 --> 00:33:52.180
 eight

00:33:52.180 --> 00:33:53.040
 or nineteen

00:33:53.040 --> 00:33:53.580
 they will

00:33:53.580 --> 00:33:54.220
 drink the

00:33:54.220 --> 00:33:54.580
 cup

00:33:54.580 --> 00:33:56.020
 of God's

00:33:56.020 --> 00:33:56.380
 wrath.

00:34:01.460 --> 00:34:02.500
 But friends

00:34:02.500 --> 00:34:06.640
 we have

00:34:06.640 --> 00:34:06.980
 one

00:34:06.980 --> 00:34:08.599
 who has

00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:08.800
 drunk

00:34:08.800 --> 00:34:09.059
 that

00:34:09.059 --> 00:34:09.340
 cup

00:34:09.340 --> 00:34:09.519
 of

00:34:09.519 --> 00:34:09.780
 wrath

00:34:09.780 --> 00:34:10.059
 for

00:34:10.059 --> 00:34:10.400
 us.

00:34:11.920 --> 00:34:12.559
 This is

00:34:12.559 --> 00:34:12.780
 what

00:34:12.780 --> 00:34:13.139
 Jesus

00:34:13.139 --> 00:34:13.460
 has

00:34:13.460 --> 00:34:13.719
 come

00:34:13.719 --> 00:34:13.960
 to

00:34:13.960 --> 00:34:14.239
 do.

00:34:15.519 --> 00:34:16.000
 Remember

00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:16.300
 in the

00:34:16.300 --> 00:34:16.500
 Garden

00:34:16.500 --> 00:34:16.659
 of

00:34:16.659 --> 00:34:17.159
 Gethsemane

00:34:17.159 --> 00:34:17.760
 he asked

00:34:17.760 --> 00:34:18.059
 to be

00:34:18.059 --> 00:34:18.360
 spared

00:34:18.360 --> 00:34:18.659
 this

00:34:18.659 --> 00:34:19.000
 cup

00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:20.480
 a cup

00:34:20.480 --> 00:34:20.760
 that he

00:34:20.760 --> 00:34:21.179
 did not

00:34:21.179 --> 00:34:21.659
 deserve

00:34:21.659 --> 00:34:22.000
 because

00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:22.440
 he had

00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:22.699
 no

00:34:22.699 --> 00:34:23.119
 sin

00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:26.400
 but he

00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:26.760
 said

00:34:26.760 --> 00:34:27.340
 not my

00:34:27.340 --> 00:34:27.519
 will

00:34:27.519 --> 00:34:27.880
 but your

00:34:27.880 --> 00:34:28.239
 will be

00:34:28.239 --> 00:34:28.579
 done

00:34:28.579 --> 00:34:29.199
 oh

00:34:29.199 --> 00:34:29.500
 Lord

00:34:29.500 --> 00:34:31.420
 and so

00:34:31.420 --> 00:34:31.699
 he went

00:34:31.699 --> 00:34:31.960
 to the

00:34:31.960 --> 00:34:32.400
 cross

00:34:32.400 --> 00:34:33.400
 and he

00:34:33.400 --> 00:34:33.760
 suffered

00:34:33.760 --> 00:34:34.219
 and he

00:34:34.219 --> 00:34:34.619
 died

00:34:34.619 --> 00:34:35.119
 bearing

00:34:35.119 --> 00:34:35.380
 the

00:34:35.380 --> 00:34:35.760
 penalty

00:34:35.760 --> 00:34:36.800
 of

00:34:36.800 --> 00:34:37.139
 our

00:34:37.139 --> 00:34:37.760
 sins

00:34:37.760 --> 00:34:38.820
 bearing

00:34:38.820 --> 00:34:39.199
 the

00:34:39.199 --> 00:34:39.699
 wrath

00:34:39.699 --> 00:34:39.940
 of

00:34:39.940 --> 00:34:40.539
 God

00:34:40.539 --> 00:34:41.559
 against

00:34:41.559 --> 00:34:42.780
 unrighteousness

00:34:42.780 --> 00:34:43.820
 that we

00:34:43.820 --> 00:34:44.480
 have done

00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:46.239
 when he

00:34:46.239 --> 00:34:46.699
 died on

00:34:46.699 --> 00:34:47.300
 the cross

00:34:47.300 --> 00:34:49.119
 he did

00:34:49.119 --> 00:34:49.679
 not shrink

00:34:49.679 --> 00:34:50.219
 back but

00:34:50.219 --> 00:34:50.840
 he went

00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:51.719
 into the

00:34:51.719 --> 00:34:52.059
 judgment

00:34:52.059 --> 00:34:52.659
 and bore

00:34:52.659 --> 00:34:53.099
 it for

00:34:53.099 --> 00:34:53.400
 us

00:34:53.400 --> 00:34:55.360
 and when

00:34:55.360 --> 00:34:55.719
 he did

00:34:55.719 --> 00:34:56.199
 so the

00:34:56.199 --> 00:34:56.800
 signs

00:34:56.800 --> 00:34:57.239
 that we

00:34:57.239 --> 00:34:57.619
 see at

00:34:57.619 --> 00:34:57.960
 the end

00:34:57.960 --> 00:34:58.320
 of the

00:34:58.320 --> 00:34:58.619
 seventh

00:34:58.619 --> 00:34:59.059
 bowl

00:34:59.059 --> 00:34:59.880
 thunder

00:34:59.880 --> 00:35:00.639
 and lightning

00:35:00.639 --> 00:35:01.619
 and skies

00:35:01.619 --> 00:35:02.059
 growing

00:35:02.059 --> 00:35:02.480
 dark

00:35:02.480 --> 00:35:02.799
 and the

00:35:02.799 --> 00:35:03.119
 earth

00:35:03.119 --> 00:35:03.699
 shaking

00:35:03.699 --> 00:35:08.139
 this is

00:35:08.139 --> 00:35:08.599
 what happened

00:35:08.599 --> 00:35:09.039
 to Jesus

00:35:09.039 --> 00:35:09.840
 for us

00:35:09.840 --> 00:35:11.980
 and at

00:35:11.980 --> 00:35:12.380
 the end

00:35:12.380 --> 00:35:13.039
 he cried

00:35:13.039 --> 00:35:13.679
 it is

00:35:13.679 --> 00:35:14.139
 finished

00:35:14.139 --> 00:35:17.480
 God

00:35:17.480 --> 00:35:17.739
 drank

00:35:17.739 --> 00:35:18.279
 this cup

00:35:18.279 --> 00:35:19.259
 for us

00:35:19.259 --> 00:35:19.599
 so that

00:35:19.599 --> 00:35:20.320
 we won't

00:35:20.320 --> 00:35:20.820
 have to

00:35:20.820 --> 00:35:21.960
 on that

00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:22.320
 day

00:35:22.320 --> 00:35:27.259
 verse 17

00:35:27.259 --> 00:35:27.820
 it says

00:35:27.820 --> 00:35:28.079
 in the

00:35:28.079 --> 00:35:28.679
 final bowl

00:35:28.679 --> 00:35:29.019
 it is

00:35:29.019 --> 00:35:29.399
 done

00:35:29.399 --> 00:35:33.119
 time

00:35:33.119 --> 00:35:33.619
 will come

00:35:33.619 --> 00:35:33.960
 when there

00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:34.219
 will be

00:35:34.219 --> 00:35:34.599
 no more

00:35:34.599 --> 00:35:35.119
 choice

00:35:35.119 --> 00:35:38.139
 friends

00:35:38.139 --> 00:35:38.419
 we don't

00:35:38.419 --> 00:35:38.919
 usually do

00:35:38.919 --> 00:35:39.259
 this at

00:35:39.259 --> 00:35:39.519
 Trinity

00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:39.940
 but

00:35:39.940 --> 00:35:41.299
 given this

00:35:41.299 --> 00:35:41.599
 message

00:35:41.599 --> 00:35:41.940
 I think

00:35:41.940 --> 00:35:42.399
 it's worth

00:35:42.399 --> 00:35:42.739
 doing

00:35:42.739 --> 00:35:43.199
 today

00:35:43.199 --> 00:35:44.139
 we don't

00:35:44.139 --> 00:35:44.399
 want to

00:35:44.399 --> 00:35:44.519
 be

00:35:44.519 --> 00:35:44.960
 emotional

00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:46.960
 but we

00:35:46.960 --> 00:35:47.339
 do want

00:35:47.339 --> 00:35:47.819
 to say

00:35:47.819 --> 00:35:49.019
 that the

00:35:49.019 --> 00:35:49.639
 gospel of

00:35:49.639 --> 00:35:50.239
 Jesus Christ

00:35:50.239 --> 00:35:51.039
 calls for

00:35:51.039 --> 00:35:51.759
 a response

00:35:51.759 --> 00:35:52.639
 today

00:35:52.639 --> 00:35:53.739
 is the

00:35:53.739 --> 00:35:54.079
 day

00:35:54.079 --> 00:35:54.859
 whom

00:35:54.859 --> 00:35:55.279
 will you

00:35:55.279 --> 00:35:55.679
 serve

00:35:55.679 --> 00:35:56.419
 who

00:35:56.419 --> 00:35:56.759
 will you

00:35:56.759 --> 00:35:57.159
 trust

00:35:57.159 --> 00:35:57.460
 in

00:35:57.460 --> 00:35:58.719
 will you

00:35:58.719 --> 00:36:00.119
 confess

00:36:00.119 --> 00:36:00.659
 that you

00:36:00.659 --> 00:36:01.079
 are a

00:36:01.079 --> 00:36:01.359
 sinner

00:36:01.359 --> 00:36:02.899
 who needs

00:36:02.899 --> 00:36:03.759
 rescuing

00:36:03.759 --> 00:36:04.279
 from the

00:36:04.279 --> 00:36:04.659
 judgment

00:36:04.659 --> 00:36:05.339
 of God

00:36:05.339 --> 00:36:06.219
 and that

00:36:06.219 --> 00:36:06.980
 Jesus has

00:36:06.980 --> 00:36:07.699
 done all

00:36:07.699 --> 00:36:08.139
 that you

00:36:08.139 --> 00:36:08.539
 need

00:36:08.539 --> 00:36:09.619
 to be

00:36:09.619 --> 00:36:09.980
 rescued

00:36:09.980 --> 00:36:10.799
 from that

00:36:10.800 --> 00:36:13.000
 and if

00:36:13.000 --> 00:36:13.600
 you confess

00:36:13.600 --> 00:36:14.180
 those things

00:36:14.180 --> 00:36:14.880
 today

00:36:14.880 --> 00:36:16.000
 and put

00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:16.720
 your trust

00:36:16.720 --> 00:36:17.420
 for your

00:36:17.420 --> 00:36:17.880
 spiritual

00:36:17.880 --> 00:36:18.340
 standing

00:36:18.340 --> 00:36:19.060
 for God

00:36:19.060 --> 00:36:20.260
 for forgiveness

00:36:20.260 --> 00:36:20.920
 of sins

00:36:20.920 --> 00:36:21.580
 and for new

00:36:21.580 --> 00:36:22.480
 spiritual life

00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:24.680
 today can be

00:36:24.680 --> 00:36:25.160
 the day

00:36:25.160 --> 00:36:25.539
 that you

00:36:25.539 --> 00:36:26.160
 will know

00:36:26.160 --> 00:36:27.519
 and face

00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:27.940
 the day

00:36:27.940 --> 00:36:28.360
 of judgment

00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:29.000
 that's coming

00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:29.840
 with confidence

00:36:29.840 --> 00:36:31.400
 and celebration

00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:32.720
 not in

00:36:32.720 --> 00:36:33.080
 trembling

00:36:33.080 --> 00:36:34.340
 and in

00:36:34.340 --> 00:36:34.640
 fear

00:36:34.640 --> 00:36:38.440
 I was a little

00:36:38.440 --> 00:36:39.120
 afraid to do

00:36:39.120 --> 00:36:39.980
 this because

00:36:39.980 --> 00:36:41.360
 some people

00:36:41.360 --> 00:36:41.920
 think the

00:36:41.920 --> 00:36:42.240
 whole book

00:36:42.240 --> 00:36:42.740
 of Revelation

00:36:42.740 --> 00:36:43.240
 is about

00:36:43.240 --> 00:36:44.079
 you gotta

00:36:44.079 --> 00:36:44.380
 make a

00:36:44.380 --> 00:36:44.679
 decision

00:36:44.679 --> 00:36:45.000
 you gotta

00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:45.519
 choose

00:36:45.519 --> 00:36:46.400
 but you

00:36:46.400 --> 00:36:46.840
 know what

00:36:46.840 --> 00:36:47.659
 today's

00:36:47.659 --> 00:36:48.099
 the day

00:36:48.099 --> 00:36:49.099
 today's

00:36:49.099 --> 00:36:49.420
 the day

00:36:49.420 --> 00:36:49.980
 to choose

00:36:49.980 --> 00:36:50.920
 if you're

00:36:50.920 --> 00:36:51.340
 here and

00:36:51.340 --> 00:36:51.519
 you're

00:36:51.519 --> 00:36:51.820
 wondering

00:36:51.820 --> 00:36:52.179
 where do

00:36:52.179 --> 00:36:52.840
 I stand

00:36:52.840 --> 00:36:57.199
 implore you

00:36:57.199 --> 00:36:57.659
 today

00:36:57.659 --> 00:36:58.280
 choose

00:36:58.280 --> 00:36:58.840
 Christ

00:36:58.840 --> 00:37:04.880
 so let's

00:37:04.880 --> 00:37:05.460
 pray together

00:37:05.460 --> 00:37:14.440
 Lord as we

00:37:14.440 --> 00:37:15.500
 come together

00:37:15.500 --> 00:37:19.800
 before you

00:37:19.800 --> 00:37:21.019
 Lord we

00:37:21.019 --> 00:37:25.639
 this is a

00:37:25.639 --> 00:37:26.019
 fearsome

00:37:26.019 --> 00:37:26.480
 truth

00:37:26.480 --> 00:37:27.840
 and you

00:37:27.840 --> 00:37:28.179
 are a

00:37:28.179 --> 00:37:28.880
 holy God

00:37:28.880 --> 00:37:31.159
 and Lord we

00:37:31.159 --> 00:37:31.659
 cry out

00:37:31.659 --> 00:37:32.360
 deliver us

00:37:32.360 --> 00:37:32.780
 from our

00:37:32.780 --> 00:37:33.160
 sin

00:37:33.160 --> 00:37:34.860
 deliver us

00:37:34.860 --> 00:37:36.180
 from the

00:37:36.180 --> 00:37:36.600
 darkness

00:37:36.600 --> 00:37:36.980
 in our

00:37:36.980 --> 00:37:37.260
 own

00:37:37.260 --> 00:37:37.780
 hearts

00:37:37.780 --> 00:37:40.180
 Lord I

00:37:40.180 --> 00:37:40.660
 pray for

00:37:40.660 --> 00:37:41.280
 those now

00:37:41.280 --> 00:37:41.980
 today who

00:37:41.980 --> 00:37:42.460
 are here

00:37:42.460 --> 00:37:43.780
 who have

00:37:43.780 --> 00:37:44.560
 not trusted

00:37:44.560 --> 00:37:45.140
 in Jesus

00:37:45.140 --> 00:37:46.080
 Lord give

00:37:46.080 --> 00:37:46.460
 them the

00:37:46.460 --> 00:37:47.019
 grace to

00:37:47.019 --> 00:37:47.780
 respond to

00:37:47.780 --> 00:37:48.160
 you

00:37:48.160 --> 00:37:49.040
 let them

00:37:49.040 --> 00:37:49.700
 say now

00:37:49.700 --> 00:37:50.540
 I believe

00:37:50.540 --> 00:37:51.280
 in Jesus

00:37:51.280 --> 00:37:52.260
 by his

00:37:52.260 --> 00:37:52.780
 death on

00:37:52.780 --> 00:37:53.260
 the cross

00:37:53.260 --> 00:37:53.640
 he has

00:37:53.640 --> 00:37:54.140
 saved me

00:37:54.140 --> 00:37:54.740
 from my

00:37:54.740 --> 00:37:55.060
 sin

00:37:55.060 --> 00:37:56.380
 I believe

00:37:56.380 --> 00:37:56.780
 that

00:37:56.780 --> 00:37:59.180
 and Lord

00:37:59.180 --> 00:37:59.640
 for those

00:37:59.640 --> 00:37:59.980
 who have

00:37:59.980 --> 00:38:00.460
 wandered

00:38:00.460 --> 00:38:01.260
 from faith

00:38:01.260 --> 00:38:01.960
 who have

00:38:01.960 --> 00:38:02.580
 compromised

00:38:02.580 --> 00:38:03.380
 and loved

00:38:03.380 --> 00:38:03.940
 the world

00:38:03.940 --> 00:38:04.560
 rather than

00:38:04.560 --> 00:38:05.020
 following

00:38:05.020 --> 00:38:05.620
 Christ

00:38:05.620 --> 00:38:07.180
 today Lord

00:38:07.180 --> 00:38:07.580
 give them

00:38:07.580 --> 00:38:08.180
 strength

00:38:08.180 --> 00:38:09.200
 to return

00:38:09.200 --> 00:38:10.580
 to Christ

00:38:10.580 --> 00:38:11.280
 in faith

00:38:11.280 --> 00:38:12.860
 to stand

00:38:12.860 --> 00:38:13.180
 in the

00:38:13.180 --> 00:38:13.840
 grace

00:38:13.840 --> 00:38:15.140
 of Jesus

00:38:15.140 --> 00:38:16.460
 for all

00:38:16.460 --> 00:38:16.760
 who have

00:38:16.760 --> 00:38:17.080
 believed

00:38:17.080 --> 00:38:17.600
 in him

00:38:17.600 --> 00:38:19.880
 and Lord

00:38:19.880 --> 00:38:20.400
 for those

00:38:20.400 --> 00:38:20.780
 of us

00:38:20.780 --> 00:38:21.360
 who today

00:38:21.360 --> 00:38:22.560
 are trusting

00:38:22.560 --> 00:38:23.180
 in you

00:38:23.180 --> 00:38:24.420
 Lord fill

00:38:24.420 --> 00:38:24.980
 our hearts

00:38:24.980 --> 00:38:25.380
 with a

00:38:25.380 --> 00:38:25.920
 song

00:38:25.920 --> 00:38:26.980
 of celebration

00:38:26.980 --> 00:38:28.140
 that you

00:38:28.140 --> 00:38:28.620
 are a

00:38:28.620 --> 00:38:29.000
 just

00:38:29.000 --> 00:38:29.780
 and holy

00:38:29.780 --> 00:38:30.280
 God

00:38:30.280 --> 00:38:32.380
 who has

00:38:32.380 --> 00:38:33.240
 and will

00:38:33.240 --> 00:38:35.140
 work your

00:38:35.140 --> 00:38:35.620
 work of

00:38:35.620 --> 00:38:36.060
 redemption

00:38:36.060 --> 00:38:37.100
 for your

00:38:37.100 --> 00:38:37.700
 glory

00:38:37.700 --> 00:38:38.880
 and for

00:38:38.880 --> 00:38:39.480
 our good

00:38:39.480 --> 00:38:43.040
 today

00:38:43.040 --> 00:38:43.640
 Lord

00:38:43.640 --> 00:38:45.820
 let today

00:38:45.820 --> 00:38:46.200
 be the

00:38:46.200 --> 00:38:46.519
 day

00:38:46.519 --> 00:38:47.940
 that we

00:38:47.940 --> 00:38:48.640
 respond to

00:38:48.640 --> 00:38:48.940
 you

00:38:48.940 --> 00:38:49.800
 with clarity

00:38:49.800 --> 00:38:50.440
 and with

00:38:50.440 --> 00:38:50.820
 faith

00:38:50.820 --> 00:38:53.040
 we pray

00:38:53.040 --> 00:38:53.460
 this in

00:38:53.460 --> 00:38:54.060
 Jesus name

00:38:54.060 --> 00:38:55.120
 amen