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 Let's say that we had the opportunity to ask Jeremiah while he was in the cistern.

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 Jeremiah!

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 Yeah?

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 Hey, why are you in the cistern?

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 I'm here because I've been declaring God's message to a people under judgment so that they would be saved.

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 Jeremiah!

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 Yeah?

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 Is it worth it?

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 Yes.

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 What are you willing to suffer for?

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 Maybe if you've got a gluten allergy, you find yourself asking the question,

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 if I eat this cake, I'm going to suffer for it.

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 Is it worth it?

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 For those of you who have to endure pain of physical training for an athletic contest,

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 you suffer for the sake of winning, you suffer for the sake of maybe just even finishing,

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 got to ask the question, is it worth it?

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 Those serving in the armed forces, sitting on a post under the threat of enemy attack,

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 you're risking your life for the good of your country, is it worth it?

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 A woman who goes into labor and experiences a lot of pain in the delivery of childbirth,

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 you suffer trauma to have a baby, oh, it's so worth it.

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 Parents, you know what it's like to be sleep deprived, peace deprived, respect deprived as you raise your children.

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 Is all that deprivation worth it?

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 To see Christ's character form in your child, yes.

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 What are you willing to suffer for?

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 I think that there are many American Christians

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 who have been surprised to find out

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 that they weren't told something

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 when they began to follow Jesus.

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 And what was that?

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 That in order for you to obey Jesus and all that He commanded you,

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 it will require you to suffer for Him.

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 And it's not fine print in your Bible.

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 Jesus hasn't instructed His disciples,

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 okay, bring people to Me,

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 and then after two years, after they're settled,

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 then show them the fine print that it gets really hard.

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 Now, Jesus was very upfront in it.

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 In Matthew 5, in the greatest sermon ever preached,

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 the Sermon on the Mount,

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 Jesus says one of His beatitudes,

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 one of the characteristics of a follower of Jesus

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 is that they will suffer for Jesus,

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 be persecuted for His name's sake,

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 and they will be blessed by that.

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 2 Timothy 3.12,

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 Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus

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 will be persecuted.

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 So, why I'm bringing this up is

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 suffering as a result of following Jesus

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 isn't fine print in your Bible.

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 We, the American church,

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 just tends to leave it out

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 thinking that nobody in their right mind

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 would become a Christian

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 if they knew it may cost them dearly.

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 Let me put it this way.

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 Biblically speaking,

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 it's not,

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 it's suffering for Jesus

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 is the exception,

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 not the norm.

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 No, I said that wrong.

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 Suffering for Jesus is the norm,

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 not the exception.

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 In fact,

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 if you're not catching flack for Jesus,

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 it should raise this question,

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 are you actually living for Jesus?

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 What are you willing to suffer for?

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 In Revelation chapter 11,

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 verses 1 through 14,

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 we're going to see

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 Christ's prophetic church

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 being a suffering church.

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 A prophetic church

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 is a suffering church.

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 Just as our Lord Jesus has suffered,

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 so will we.

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 Now, since September of 2018,

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 we've been getting a steady IV drip

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 of the book of Revelation.

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 And the purpose of this IV drip

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 into the body of Christ

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 is the IV drip

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 of the book of Revelation

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 is to strengthen

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 a church

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 that is being,

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 facing difficulty

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 in following Jesus

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 and proclaiming the truth

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 of who He is

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 and what He's done.

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 The book of Revelation

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 is designed to drip courage

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 into the hearts

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 of suffering saints.

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 It's 22 chapters

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 of biblical courage

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 for those saints

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 encountering hardship.

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 And the way that the book

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 of Revelation gets into your veins

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 is it gets into you graphically.

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 It's vision after vision

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 given to John

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 who writes down

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 and passes on to us.

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 We are to imbibe this

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 through our imaginations.

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 And it strikes us.

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 It's designed to encourage us.

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 Two weeks ago,

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 I walked us through

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 the seven trumpet judgments

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 in chapters 8 and 9

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 and the last half

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 of chapter 11.

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 And in between

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 the sixth and seventh trumpet

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 is what scholars call

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 an interlude.

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 And it's the second interlude

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 that we've experienced

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 because the first interlude

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 was between the sixth

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 and seventh seal.

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 And the interlude

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 between the sixth

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 and seventh seal

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 answered a question.

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 Do you remember

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 what the question was?

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 On the day of God's wrath,

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 all those who dwell

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 on the earth

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 who don't know,

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 who aren't following Jesus,

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 ask this question.

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 Who is able to stand?

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 And chapter 7

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 answers the question.

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 The church,

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 the blood bought of Christ,

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 those sealed

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 with the seal

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 of the living God

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 on their foreheads,

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 they are the ones

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 who stand

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 on that day,

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 safeguarded

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 in the presence

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 of God.

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 The first interlude

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 was about the church

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 and so was

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 the second interlude.

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 The first interlude

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 answers the question,

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 who is this people?

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 Who can stand?

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 The second interlude,

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 chapter 10

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 and the first half

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 of 11,

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 which we're looking

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 at today,

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 that answers

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 the question,

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 what is the church

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 to do

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 as judgment

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 heats up

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 on the earth?

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 To be Christ's

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 prophetic church

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 means we will also

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 be Christ's

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 suffering church.

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 Revelation 11,

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 1 through 14

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 prepares us

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 for the increasing

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 suffering

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 to come.

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 I don't think

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 that we're in

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 the sixth trumpet.

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 Because there's

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 not this

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 worldwide persecution

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 of Christians

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 across the board.

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 But I think

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 we're on our way.

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 This vision

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 unfolds

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 in four scenes.

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 Scene 1,

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 the church measured.

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 Scene 2,

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 the church prophetic.

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 Scene 3,

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 the church suffering.

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 And scene 4,

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 the church vindicated.

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 Come up here.

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 So in order

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 to help you

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 understand

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 that Christ's

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 prophetic church

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 is Christ's

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 suffering church,

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 let's look

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 at this

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 first scene,

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 the church measured.

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 11,

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 chapter 11,

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 verses 1 and 2.

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 Now,

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 I've got to set it up.

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 In chapter 10,

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 John has been given

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 a scroll to eat

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 by an angel

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 in its classic

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 symbolism

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 of the calling

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 of a prophet.

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 In verse 11,

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 he is required

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 to proclaim

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 the contents

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 of that scroll

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 which is God's plan

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 for the fullness

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 of time realized

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 in Jesus.

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 And he's told

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 you must again

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 prophesy that

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 to all people.

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 Chapter 11,

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 verse 1,

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 after being given

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 the scroll to eat

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 and the call

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 to prophesy,

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 he is given

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 a measuring rod

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 to measure something,

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 verse 1,

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 and not to measure

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 something else.

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 verse 2.

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 And the backdrop

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 of all this

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 measuring business

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 are two Old Testament

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 passages,

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 Ezekiel chapter 40

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 through the end

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 of the book

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 and Zechariah chapter 2.

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 And in both

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 those passages,

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 God

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 has an angel

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 measure

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 the temple

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 and it's a picture

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 of God dwelling

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 with his people.

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 We see the measurement

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 of the temple

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 in verse 1

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 that measure

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 the temple of God,

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 the altar

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 and those who worship

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 there,

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 which is a really

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 interesting way

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 to talk about that.

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 The temple of God

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 represented God's

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 presence

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 among his people

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 all throughout

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 the Old Testament.

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 God dwelling

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 with his people.

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 And by the time

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 you get to the New Testament,

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 God has a new

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 dwelling place.

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 It's not bricks

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 and mortar.

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 It is his people.

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 And if you want

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 to look at Ephesians 2,

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 19 through 20,

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 take a look at that.

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 It's a compelling picture

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 of the church

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 as God's temple

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 indwelt

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 by the Holy Spirit.

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 But just to let you know,

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 I'm just not

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 importing this

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 into the book

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 of Revelation.

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 Would you flip back

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 to Revelation 3

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 to the church

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 of Philadelphia?

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 This was a faithful church.

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 Chapter 3,

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 verse 12.

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 Jesus,

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 the risen,

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 reigning,

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 and radiant one

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 says this

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 to this church.

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 Verse 12.

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 The one who conquers,

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 I will make him

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 a pillar

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 in the temple

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 of my God.

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 He's talking to a

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 primarily Gentile church.

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 I'll make him

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 a pillar

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 in the temple

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 of my God.

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 I will build him

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 into my temple,

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 my people.

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 And then he goes on

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 to say,

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 I will write on him

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 the name of my God

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 in the name

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 of the city

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 of my God,

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 the New Jerusalem.

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 The Philadelphia church

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 is being considered

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 the temple of God,

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 the city of God.

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 God.

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 And when John

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 is told to measure

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 the temple here,

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 he's talking about

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 measuring a people,

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 those who worship God.

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 So what's this measuring

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 business all about?

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 Well, let me ask you this.

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 What effect does measuring

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 have on you?

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 Let's say you want

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 to build a house,

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 you've got this great idea

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 for a house,

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 and you're like,

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 yeah, this is going

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 to be really cool.

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 And then one day,

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 all of a sudden,

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 the blueprints come in

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 and you get to see

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 the measurements

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 of this house

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 you're about to build.

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 You know what happens

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 right at that point?

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 Things get real.

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 You start seeing

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 how big things is.

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 You start understanding

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 what's required.

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 The building material.

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 Measuring makes things real.

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 And what John is to measure,

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 the inner court of the temple,

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 which is the sanctuary,

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 the altar.

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 Remember, the altar

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 is where those saints

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 who've been martyred,

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 their blood is lying

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 underneath that.

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 And those who worship there,

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 it's again this hint

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 that we're talking

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 more than bricks and mortar.

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 He's to measure a people.

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 Now, if you're wondering,

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 well, maybe he's being told

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 to measure the temple

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 that's in Jerusalem.

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 Well, the thing is,

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 that was destroyed

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 25 years before this was penned

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 in 70 A.D. by Rome.

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 God's people

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 are His very dwelling place now.

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 The church is the place

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 where God dwells

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 and He knows

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 who His people are.

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 And so what this is a picture of

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 is a picture of God

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 knowing who is His own.

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 It's a picture of security.

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 What John is not to measure

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 is the outer court of the temple.

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 Now, don't make the mistake

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 of thinking now

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 the outer court

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 is somehow not the church.

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 It is.

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 Because the outer court

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 is considered part of the

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 holy city.

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 Do you see that in verse 2?

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 which is the church.

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 So why?

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 What's being communicated here?

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 If the inner court

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 is a picture of security,

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 God knows who His worshipers are.

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 The measuring of the outer court

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 which is going to be trampled

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 by the nations

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 of those who

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 don't follow Jesus,

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 it's a picture

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 of suffering.

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 The first measuring

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 picture is of security.

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 God knows us.

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 He's with us.

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 And the second is

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 of being trampled.

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 Of God's people suffering.

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 The outer court of the temple

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 is now depicted

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 in verse 2

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 as still being part

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 of the holy city

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 and yet that holy city

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 is not named.

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 The holy city does get named

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 later in the book of Revelation.

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 Chapter 21, 1-2.

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 The name is the new Jerusalem.

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 God dwelling with His people

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 finally and forever.

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 The holy city

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 that is being referenced here

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 is God's people.

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 And so right here

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 in chapter 11,

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 verses 1 and 2,

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 we have this picture

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 of God's people

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 as a temple

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 and a city

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 secure with God

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 because He's with us

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 and yet at the same time

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 we're going to be trampled

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 by the nations.

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 It is a simultaneous

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 picture of being secure

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 and suffering.

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 So during the time

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 of the sixth trumpet,

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 God's people,

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 the church,

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 will be secure

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 yet they will suffer.

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 And it's true now.

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 Did you notice that

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 the suffering

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 takes place

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 for a designated time?

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 It says,

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 they will trample

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 the holy city

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 for 42 months.

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 You're like,

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 what's that all about?

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 Well, it's interesting

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 because those 42 months

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 have a reference

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 way back

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 in the book of Daniel,

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 chapter 7.

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 But

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 the same reference

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 is made

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 in the very next verse.

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 And I will grant authority

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 to my two witnesses

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 and they will prophesy

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 for 1,260 days.

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 And you're thinking,

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 wait,

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 42 months

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 is not the same

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 as 1,260 days.

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 Well, actually,

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 in antiquity,

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 one month was 30 days,

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 one year was 360 days.

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 So if you multiply

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 42 times 30,

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 do you know

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 what number you get?

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 1260.

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 They're different numbers,

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 but they're talking

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 about the same amount

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 of time.

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 Here's why that's

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 significant

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 because there's

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 another number.

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 If you flip over

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 to chapter 12,

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 verse 14,

00:16:42.600 --> 00:16:43.340
 you read this.

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 But the woman

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 was given to

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 the two wings

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 of the great eagle

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 so that she might

00:16:47.500 --> 00:16:48.360
 fly from the serpent

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 into the wilderness

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 to the place

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 where she is to

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 be nourished

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 for a time

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 and times

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 and a half time.

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 Now,

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 now it's an explicit

00:16:57.740 --> 00:16:59.000
 reference to Daniel.

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 If you flip back

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 to Daniel,

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 Daniel chapter 7,

00:17:03.460 --> 00:17:04.779
 right after Ezekiel,

00:17:04.880 --> 00:17:07.240
 verse 25,

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 Daniel has just

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 been given a vision.

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 It's being interpreted

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 by an angel.

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 And this angel said,

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 verse 25,

00:17:16.220 --> 00:17:17.220
 he shall speak words

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 against the most high.

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 He's speaking about

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 the beast

00:17:20.100 --> 00:17:21.080
 that raises,

00:17:21.480 --> 00:17:22.700
 comes up from the earth.

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 He shall speak words

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 against the most high

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 and he shall wear out

00:17:26.760 --> 00:17:27.380
 the saints

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 of the most high

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 and shall think

00:17:29.660 --> 00:17:30.920
 to change the times

00:17:30.920 --> 00:17:31.480
 and the law

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 and they shall be

00:17:32.380 --> 00:17:33.519
 given into his hand

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 for a time,

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 times,

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 and a half time.

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 Classically understood

00:17:39.779 --> 00:17:41.019
 as three and a half years.

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 It's representative

00:17:43.740 --> 00:17:45.220
 of a set amount

00:17:45.220 --> 00:17:45.740
 of time.

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 Do you know what happens

00:17:49.980 --> 00:17:51.000
 when you divide

00:17:51.000 --> 00:17:52.039
 42 months

00:17:52.039 --> 00:17:53.500
 by 12 months?

00:17:55.700 --> 00:17:57.120
 You get three and a half years.

00:17:58.880 --> 00:17:59.700
 Do you know what happens

00:17:59.700 --> 00:18:00.259
 when you divide

00:18:00.259 --> 00:18:01.180
 1260,

00:18:01.279 --> 00:18:02.720
 divide by 360 days?

00:18:04.380 --> 00:18:05.700
 You get three and a half years.

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 These are all

00:18:08.339 --> 00:18:09.259
 different figures

00:18:09.259 --> 00:18:10.319
 communicating the same

00:18:10.319 --> 00:18:11.000
 amount of time.

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 So now the question becomes,

00:18:15.019 --> 00:18:15.500
 well, what does

00:18:15.500 --> 00:18:16.240
 three and a half have?

00:18:16.400 --> 00:18:17.279
 What's that all about?

00:18:18.380 --> 00:18:19.259
 Well, three and a half

00:18:19.259 --> 00:18:20.299
 is half of what?

00:18:21.400 --> 00:18:21.819
 Seven.

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 And what do we know

00:18:22.660 --> 00:18:23.519
 about the number seven?

00:18:24.660 --> 00:18:25.460
 It's fullness,

00:18:26.119 --> 00:18:26.700
 completion.

00:18:28.720 --> 00:18:29.559
 And so what is being

00:18:29.559 --> 00:18:30.720
 communicated in this number

00:18:30.720 --> 00:18:32.640
 is God has a plan.

00:18:33.500 --> 00:18:34.279
 Daniel 7.

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 And for a short amount

00:18:37.339 --> 00:18:38.380
 of time,

00:18:39.380 --> 00:18:40.920
 God's people will suffer.

00:18:41.000 --> 00:18:44.339
 It's a temporary

00:18:44.339 --> 00:18:45.480
 amount of time.

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 It's not going to be forever.

00:18:51.740 --> 00:18:52.900
 John is saying

00:18:52.900 --> 00:18:54.119
 that the trampling

00:18:54.119 --> 00:18:54.900
 of the church

00:18:54.900 --> 00:18:56.240
 for 42 months

00:18:56.240 --> 00:18:57.740
 is the realization

00:18:57.740 --> 00:19:00.380
 of Daniel 7.25.

00:19:03.180 --> 00:19:04.599
 Now what's also interesting

00:19:04.599 --> 00:19:05.400
 is if you look at

00:19:05.400 --> 00:19:09.380
 back in Revelation 13.5,

00:19:09.380 --> 00:19:12.480
 you're going to read

00:19:12.480 --> 00:19:13.080
 about the beast.

00:19:13.160 --> 00:19:13.700
 We're going to see him

00:19:13.700 --> 00:19:14.280
 in a little bit.

00:19:16.160 --> 00:19:16.580
 And the beast

00:19:16.580 --> 00:19:17.820
 was given a mouth

00:19:17.820 --> 00:19:18.560
 uttering haughty

00:19:18.560 --> 00:19:19.620
 and blasphemous words

00:19:19.620 --> 00:19:20.240
 and it was allowed

00:19:20.240 --> 00:19:21.300
 to exercise authority

00:19:21.300 --> 00:19:22.220
 for 42 months,

00:19:22.300 --> 00:19:22.960
 three and a half years.

00:19:23.220 --> 00:19:24.060
 It opened its mouth

00:19:24.060 --> 00:19:25.060
 to utter blasphemies

00:19:25.060 --> 00:19:25.680
 against God,

00:19:25.860 --> 00:19:26.940
 blaspheming his name

00:19:26.940 --> 00:19:27.640
 and his dwelling.

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 That is,

00:19:28.680 --> 00:19:29.840
 those who dwell in heaven.

00:19:29.920 --> 00:19:30.540
 Did you see that?

00:19:30.539 --> 00:19:32.819
 Also,

00:19:32.940 --> 00:19:33.339
 it was allowed

00:19:33.339 --> 00:19:33.980
 to make war

00:19:33.980 --> 00:19:34.599
 on the saints

00:19:34.599 --> 00:19:35.500
 and to conquer them.

00:19:36.139 --> 00:19:36.720
 The beast

00:19:36.720 --> 00:19:37.920
 in chapter 13

00:19:37.920 --> 00:19:39.220
 is waging war

00:19:39.220 --> 00:19:40.500
 on God's people,

00:19:40.619 --> 00:19:41.619
 his dwelling place.

00:19:42.079 --> 00:19:42.519
 And what we're seeing

00:19:42.519 --> 00:19:43.159
 in chapter 11

00:19:43.159 --> 00:19:43.579
 a little bit

00:19:43.579 --> 00:19:44.639
 is the same beast

00:19:44.639 --> 00:19:46.079
 is making the same warfare

00:19:46.079 --> 00:19:48.119
 on two witnesses,

00:19:49.119 --> 00:19:50.759
 the church.

00:19:52.119 --> 00:19:53.019
 But I'm getting ahead

00:19:53.019 --> 00:19:53.500
 of myself.

00:19:53.500 --> 00:19:57.500
 Why?

00:19:59.619 --> 00:20:00.059
 Why?

00:20:01.339 --> 00:20:03.859
 If this temple,

00:20:04.039 --> 00:20:04.740
 this city

00:20:04.740 --> 00:20:05.599
 that we're reading about

00:20:05.599 --> 00:20:07.259
 in Revelation 11,

00:20:07.359 --> 00:20:07.799
 1 and 2,

00:20:07.859 --> 00:20:09.240
 if this is the church,

00:20:09.240 --> 00:20:10.579
 why are they suffering?

00:20:13.680 --> 00:20:15.039
 Why are they being trampled?

00:20:17.240 --> 00:20:17.839
 Of course,

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 it's fulfillment

00:20:18.660 --> 00:20:20.099
 of Daniel 7,

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 but it's more than that.

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 The church is prophetic.

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 And we see that explanation

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 in the next few verses

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 in chapter 11,

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 verses 3 through 6.

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 So,

00:20:33.180 --> 00:20:33.920
 we've gone from

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 the church measured

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 now to the church prophetic.

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 Who the church is

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 to now what the church does.

00:20:43.599 --> 00:20:44.099
 Now,

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 I'm guessing

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 that what I'm about to say,

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 many of you

00:20:46.819 --> 00:20:48.259
 have not heard before

00:20:48.259 --> 00:20:50.160
 because you've been brought up

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 in churches

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 that have taught

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 that the two witnesses

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 are two literal people,

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 Moses and Elijah,

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 who have come back

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 from the dead

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 to prophesy.

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 Well,

00:21:01.140 --> 00:21:02.100
 that's a possible way

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 to explain this passage,

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 but I don't think

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 it's accurate.

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 And I've got a number

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 of reasons why.

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 I'm going to give you

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 two right now.

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 I believe that

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 the two witnesses

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 are a symbolic description

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 of the church,

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 the blood-bought people

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 of God

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 living at this point

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 in history

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 called to be prophetic.

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 The first reason

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 is contextual.

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 And remember

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 what we were just talking about

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 in chapter 11,

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 1 and 2,

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 we were just talking about

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 the temple

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 and the holy city

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 as being the church.

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 And so,

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 when John moves

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 from talking about

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 the holy city,

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 the temple,

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 the church,

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 into verse 3,

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 and now two witnesses,

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 I'm going to argue

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 he hasn't changed

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 the subject matter.

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 He's still talking

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 about the church.

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 He has just switched

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 the symbolism.

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 And now we've got

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 to ask the question,

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 why the symbolism

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 of two witnesses?

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 Now, typically,

00:22:01.400 --> 00:22:02.259
 we will think,

00:22:02.360 --> 00:22:02.640
 okay,

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 tell me who

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 these two witnesses are.

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 Are they Elijah

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 and Moses?

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 Who are these

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 two witnesses?

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 Don't think

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 in terms of

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 individuals.

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 Think in terms

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 of concept,

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 the two witness concept.

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 Do you know anything

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 from your Bible

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 that talks about

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 the importance

00:22:21.759 --> 00:22:22.920
 of having two witnesses?

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 Deuteronomy 19.15,

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 only on the evidence

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 of two witnesses

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 shall a charge

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 be established.

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 What's being pictured here

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 is that the church

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 is being symbolically

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 described as two witnesses

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 establishing

00:22:41.940 --> 00:22:44.099
 a legal truth claim,

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 prophesying

00:22:45.759 --> 00:22:48.459
 of the contents

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 of the scroll.

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 God's plan

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 for the fullness

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 of time

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 realized in Jesus.

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 It's a description

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 of the church's

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 function

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 during the time

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 immediately

00:23:00.699 --> 00:23:02.259
 preceding

00:23:02.259 --> 00:23:03.199
 final judgment,

00:23:03.819 --> 00:23:04.980
 trumpet seven.

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 It's true of us

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 now as well.

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 The interlude

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 between

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 seal six

00:23:13.800 --> 00:23:14.759
 and seal seven,

00:23:14.860 --> 00:23:15.480
 seal six

00:23:15.480 --> 00:23:16.200
 and seal seven

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 answers the question

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 who can stand?

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 And what we're

00:23:19.519 --> 00:23:20.360
 seeing here

00:23:20.360 --> 00:23:21.640
 is the interlude

00:23:21.640 --> 00:23:22.460
 between the six

00:23:22.460 --> 00:23:23.300
 and seven trumpet

00:23:23.300 --> 00:23:24.480
 is addressing

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 what is the church

00:23:25.820 --> 00:23:26.620
 to do?

00:23:28.460 --> 00:23:29.840
 We're to witness,

00:23:31.740 --> 00:23:33.060
 bear testimony

00:23:33.060 --> 00:23:35.080
 as two witnesses

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 to the truth

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 of the gospel.

00:23:37.900 --> 00:23:42.420
 Now,

00:23:43.120 --> 00:23:43.340
 I

00:23:43.340 --> 00:23:50.300
 want you to notice

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 something.

00:23:53.340 --> 00:23:54.420
 In verse two,

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 we're told

00:23:55.280 --> 00:23:56.480
 that

00:23:56.480 --> 00:23:59.600
 that the holy city

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 is going to be trampled

00:24:00.320 --> 00:24:01.400
 for 42 months

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 and then in verse three,

00:24:05.180 --> 00:24:06.340
 the two witnesses

00:24:06.340 --> 00:24:07.240
 are to prophesy

00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:08.680
 for 1260 days.

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 It's the same amount

00:24:09.579 --> 00:24:10.039
 of time,

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 so you know

00:24:10.559 --> 00:24:11.079
 what that means.

00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:13.279
 While we suffer,

00:24:13.700 --> 00:24:15.180
 we prophesy.

00:24:19.900 --> 00:24:20.920
 This interlude

00:24:20.920 --> 00:24:23.180
 is about the church

00:24:23.180 --> 00:24:26.099
 and what we must be doing.

00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:30.259
 They're not two literal people,

00:24:30.380 --> 00:24:31.460
 Moses and Elijah,

00:24:31.579 --> 00:24:32.500
 having come back.

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 It's the church

00:24:34.140 --> 00:24:35.599
 bearing witness,

00:24:35.839 --> 00:24:36.759
 prophesying

00:24:36.759 --> 00:24:37.920
 of the judgment

00:24:37.920 --> 00:24:38.619
 to come

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 with all

00:24:39.859 --> 00:24:41.220
 of the authority

00:24:41.220 --> 00:24:42.559
 of Moses

00:24:42.559 --> 00:24:43.700
 and Elijah.

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 That's why

00:24:45.160 --> 00:24:45.779
 they're there.

00:24:47.460 --> 00:24:48.359
 Verse three,

00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:49.160
 these two witnesses

00:24:49.160 --> 00:24:50.140
 are given authority.

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 The church

00:24:50.940 --> 00:24:51.599
 is given authority

00:24:51.599 --> 00:24:52.839
 to pronounce judgment

00:24:52.839 --> 00:24:54.160
 on all those

00:24:54.160 --> 00:24:55.319
 unwilling to repent

00:24:55.319 --> 00:24:56.480
 of their idolatry.

00:24:56.839 --> 00:24:57.839
 Just like

00:24:57.839 --> 00:24:59.960
 Elijah five

00:24:59.960 --> 00:25:00.920
 in the first part

00:25:00.920 --> 00:25:01.400
 of six,

00:25:01.660 --> 00:25:02.340
 we've been given

00:25:02.340 --> 00:25:03.420
 authority to call

00:25:03.420 --> 00:25:04.100
 down fire.

00:25:04.279 --> 00:25:04.840
 We've been given

00:25:04.840 --> 00:25:06.059
 authority to shut

00:25:06.059 --> 00:25:06.640
 up the heavens.

00:25:07.079 --> 00:25:07.620
 We've been given

00:25:07.620 --> 00:25:08.940
 Moses-like authority

00:25:08.940 --> 00:25:10.100
 calling down plagues.

00:25:10.200 --> 00:25:10.700
 These are things

00:25:10.700 --> 00:25:11.299
 that we've already

00:25:11.299 --> 00:25:12.120
 seen in the seals

00:25:12.120 --> 00:25:13.039
 and the trumpets gang.

00:25:13.039 --> 00:25:17.519
 This is not a new authority

00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:18.220
 that's being given

00:25:18.220 --> 00:25:18.740
 to us.

00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:19.960
 This is an authority

00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:20.639
 that was given

00:25:20.639 --> 00:25:21.460
 to the church

00:25:21.460 --> 00:25:22.799
 way back

00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:23.480
 when Jesus

00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:24.359
 walked the earth.

00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:26.759
 Matthew 16,

00:25:27.799 --> 00:25:28.460
 speaking to

00:25:28.460 --> 00:25:29.680
 Simon Peter,

00:25:29.819 --> 00:25:30.259
 he says,

00:25:30.859 --> 00:25:32.279
 here are the keys

00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:32.819
 to the kingdom,

00:25:32.980 --> 00:25:33.240
 baby.

00:25:33.899 --> 00:25:34.639
 What you locks

00:25:34.639 --> 00:25:34.980
 locked,

00:25:35.079 --> 00:25:35.799
 what you opens

00:25:35.799 --> 00:25:36.759
 opened up.

00:25:38.579 --> 00:25:39.379
 That's the kind

00:25:39.379 --> 00:25:39.819
 of authority

00:25:39.819 --> 00:25:40.480
 that we're talking

00:25:40.480 --> 00:25:40.819
 about.

00:25:40.819 --> 00:25:42.019
 Now,

00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:42.799
 it seems odd

00:25:42.799 --> 00:25:43.460
 to us

00:25:43.460 --> 00:25:44.700
 today

00:25:44.700 --> 00:25:45.899
 because we

00:25:45.899 --> 00:25:47.119
 typically do not

00:25:47.119 --> 00:25:48.000
 think of ourselves

00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:48.960
 as having been

00:25:48.960 --> 00:25:49.720
 given this kind

00:25:49.720 --> 00:25:50.319
 of authority.

00:25:53.579 --> 00:25:54.439
 But we've been

00:25:54.439 --> 00:25:54.879
 given it.

00:25:56.119 --> 00:25:57.939
 We are prophesying

00:25:57.939 --> 00:25:59.000
 a judgment

00:25:59.000 --> 00:26:00.679
 and what you're

00:26:00.679 --> 00:26:01.220
 going to see

00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:01.779
 in the verses

00:26:01.779 --> 00:26:02.279
 to come,

00:26:02.399 --> 00:26:03.039
 particularly in

00:26:03.039 --> 00:26:03.579
 verse 10,

00:26:04.220 --> 00:26:05.539
 that content

00:26:05.539 --> 00:26:06.899
 of what we

00:26:06.899 --> 00:26:07.559
 proclaim,

00:26:08.079 --> 00:26:09.779
 it torments

00:26:09.779 --> 00:26:11.139
 people who

00:26:11.139 --> 00:26:11.680
 don't have

00:26:11.680 --> 00:26:12.519
 ears to hear.

00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:19.799
 In verse 3,

00:26:20.799 --> 00:26:22.639
 you notice

00:26:22.639 --> 00:26:23.259
 that the church

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:23.759
 is wearing

00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:24.899
 sackcloth,

00:26:26.359 --> 00:26:26.759
 these two

00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:27.220
 witnesses,

00:26:28.220 --> 00:26:29.319
 at the end.

00:26:30.460 --> 00:26:31.379
 It reflects

00:26:31.379 --> 00:26:31.960
 the message

00:26:31.960 --> 00:26:32.559
 of repentance

00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:33.480
 that we declare.

00:26:33.480 --> 00:26:39.599
 for a relatively

00:26:39.599 --> 00:26:40.319
 short period

00:26:40.319 --> 00:26:40.839
 of time,

00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:42.420
 the church

00:26:42.420 --> 00:26:43.279
 is going

00:26:43.279 --> 00:26:43.759
 to suffer

00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:44.519
 intense

00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:45.500
 suffering,

00:26:46.059 --> 00:26:46.819
 the trampling.

00:26:48.420 --> 00:26:49.579
 But the church

00:26:49.579 --> 00:26:50.480
 is secure

00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:51.380
 amidst its

00:26:51.380 --> 00:26:51.779
 suffering,

00:26:52.299 --> 00:26:54.019
 and while

00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:54.720
 we suffer,

00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:55.920
 we must

00:26:55.920 --> 00:26:56.860
 prophesy

00:26:56.860 --> 00:26:57.940
 repentance

00:26:57.940 --> 00:26:59.319
 in the face

00:26:59.319 --> 00:26:59.860
 of coming

00:26:59.860 --> 00:27:00.319
 judgment

00:27:00.319 --> 00:27:01.400
 to those

00:27:01.400 --> 00:27:01.779
 who dwell

00:27:01.779 --> 00:27:02.259
 on the earth.

00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:04.140
 Now,

00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:05.480
 let me give

00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:06.099
 you a definition,

00:27:06.259 --> 00:27:06.460
 a working

00:27:06.460 --> 00:27:07.259
 definition of

00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:08.299
 to prophesy.

00:27:09.119 --> 00:27:10.099
 To prophesy

00:27:10.099 --> 00:27:11.079
 is to proclaim

00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:12.039
 God's message

00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:12.640
 of judgment

00:27:12.640 --> 00:27:14.460
 to a disobedient

00:27:14.460 --> 00:27:14.920
 people

00:27:14.920 --> 00:27:16.279
 so that they

00:27:16.279 --> 00:27:17.039
 would repent

00:27:17.039 --> 00:27:19.099
 and be saved

00:27:19.099 --> 00:27:20.259
 from that

00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:20.680
 judgment.

00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:22.379
 And what I want

00:27:22.379 --> 00:27:22.779
 you to know

00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:23.400
 right up the

00:27:23.400 --> 00:27:23.859
 front is

00:27:23.859 --> 00:27:25.440
 prophesying

00:27:25.440 --> 00:27:27.859
 is by nature

00:27:27.859 --> 00:27:29.819
 confrontational.

00:27:29.819 --> 00:27:33.359
 do you think

00:27:33.359 --> 00:27:35.039
 of the gospel

00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:37.339
 as confrontational?

00:27:39.980 --> 00:27:40.960
 Do you think

00:27:40.960 --> 00:27:41.720
 of preaching

00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:42.480
 the gospel

00:27:42.480 --> 00:27:44.579
 as prophesying

00:27:44.579 --> 00:27:45.139
 judgment?

00:27:48.139 --> 00:27:49.099
 It is.

00:27:51.240 --> 00:27:52.119
 When you tell

00:27:52.119 --> 00:27:52.619
 someone that

00:27:52.619 --> 00:27:53.200
 they need

00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:54.159
 Jesus in order

00:27:54.159 --> 00:27:54.839
 to be rescued

00:27:54.839 --> 00:27:55.759
 from God's wrath

00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:56.519
 for their sin,

00:27:56.519 --> 00:27:58.019
 you are declaring

00:27:58.019 --> 00:27:58.599
 a message

00:27:58.599 --> 00:27:59.220
 of judgment.

00:28:01.420 --> 00:28:02.339
 When we tell

00:28:02.339 --> 00:28:03.019
 somebody that

00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:04.180
 certain attitudes

00:28:04.180 --> 00:28:05.079
 and actions

00:28:05.079 --> 00:28:06.099
 are actually

00:28:06.099 --> 00:28:07.339
 acts of rebellion

00:28:07.339 --> 00:28:08.259
 against a holy

00:28:08.259 --> 00:28:09.779
 God that provoke

00:28:09.779 --> 00:28:10.579
 his wrath,

00:28:10.839 --> 00:28:11.660
 we're saying

00:28:11.660 --> 00:28:12.400
 that God

00:28:12.400 --> 00:28:13.039
 has judged

00:28:13.039 --> 00:28:14.220
 them and that

00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:15.059
 they will face

00:28:15.059 --> 00:28:15.639
 his wrath

00:28:15.639 --> 00:28:16.759
 and they need

00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:17.460
 to be rescued

00:28:17.460 --> 00:28:18.200
 from that.

00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:20.339
 That's why

00:28:20.339 --> 00:28:20.720
 they need

00:28:20.720 --> 00:28:21.059
 Jesus.

00:28:21.059 --> 00:28:24.619
 the gospel

00:28:24.619 --> 00:28:25.559
 is God's

00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:26.079
 message

00:28:26.079 --> 00:28:27.139
 of salvation

00:28:27.139 --> 00:28:28.480
 and it

00:28:28.480 --> 00:28:28.899
 is

00:28:28.899 --> 00:28:30.279
 confrontational.

00:28:31.359 --> 00:28:32.619
 It requires

00:28:32.619 --> 00:28:33.339
 us to

00:28:33.339 --> 00:28:33.759
 pronounce

00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:34.859
 judgment

00:28:34.859 --> 00:28:36.179
 on sinners

00:28:36.179 --> 00:28:36.940
 so that

00:28:36.940 --> 00:28:37.299
 they can

00:28:37.299 --> 00:28:38.179
 understand

00:28:38.179 --> 00:28:39.179
 their great

00:28:39.179 --> 00:28:39.839
 need for

00:28:39.839 --> 00:28:40.399
 an even

00:28:40.399 --> 00:28:40.980
 greater

00:28:40.980 --> 00:28:41.619
 savior

00:28:41.619 --> 00:28:43.980
 who bore

00:28:43.980 --> 00:28:44.639
 God's wrath

00:28:44.639 --> 00:28:45.339
 on the cross.

00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:48.639
 So in our

00:28:48.639 --> 00:28:49.519
 prophetic calling

00:28:49.519 --> 00:28:50.480
 as a church,

00:28:51.059 --> 00:28:52.200
 Christ the

00:28:52.200 --> 00:28:52.339
 King,

00:28:52.379 --> 00:28:52.599
 you've got to

00:28:52.599 --> 00:28:53.079
 hear me out

00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:53.339
 now.

00:28:55.539 --> 00:28:56.179
 When we're

00:28:56.179 --> 00:28:56.960
 given opportunities

00:28:56.960 --> 00:28:58.519
 to prophesy,

00:28:58.679 --> 00:28:59.119
 whether it's

00:28:59.119 --> 00:28:59.960
 you're a prophetic

00:28:59.960 --> 00:29:00.539
 parent,

00:29:01.679 --> 00:29:02.799
 or you're given

00:29:02.799 --> 00:29:03.319
 an opportunity

00:29:03.319 --> 00:29:04.759
 to speak

00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:05.599
 the gospel

00:29:05.599 --> 00:29:06.139
 to someone

00:29:06.139 --> 00:29:06.460
 at your

00:29:06.460 --> 00:29:07.000
 workplace

00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:07.899
 or at the

00:29:07.899 --> 00:29:08.259
 gym

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:09.200
 or somewhere

00:29:09.200 --> 00:29:09.720
 where you

00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:10.179
 roam,

00:29:12.139 --> 00:29:13.359
 we cannot

00:29:13.359 --> 00:29:15.059
 de-sin

00:29:15.059 --> 00:29:16.359
 the gospel.

00:29:17.879 --> 00:29:18.720
 We cannot

00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:20.000
 out of

00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:20.679
 love

00:29:20.680 --> 00:29:25.580
 erase God's

00:29:25.580 --> 00:29:25.980
 judgment

00:29:25.980 --> 00:29:26.519
 from our

00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:26.860
 prophetic

00:29:26.860 --> 00:29:27.420
 message.

00:29:28.960 --> 00:29:29.920
 The gospel

00:29:29.920 --> 00:29:30.720
 requires us

00:29:30.720 --> 00:29:31.200
 to speak

00:29:31.200 --> 00:29:31.860
 about God.

00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:32.539
 It requires

00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:33.560
 us to speak

00:29:33.560 --> 00:29:34.320
 about sin.

00:29:34.700 --> 00:29:35.460
 It requires

00:29:35.460 --> 00:29:36.240
 us to speak

00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:36.799
 about his

00:29:36.799 --> 00:29:37.640
 coming judgment

00:29:37.640 --> 00:29:38.860
 so that we

00:29:38.860 --> 00:29:39.600
 can point to

00:29:39.600 --> 00:29:40.539
 Jesus as a

00:29:40.539 --> 00:29:41.259
 real savior.

00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:41.359
 Savior.

00:29:43.859 --> 00:29:44.720
 This week I

00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:45.240
 sat down with

00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:45.579
 someone I

00:29:45.579 --> 00:29:46.200
 care for a

00:29:46.200 --> 00:29:47.900
 lot and I

00:29:47.900 --> 00:29:48.299
 had to say

00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:48.779
 some hard

00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:49.940
 things and I

00:29:49.940 --> 00:29:50.640
 offended this

00:29:50.640 --> 00:29:51.640
 person greatly.

00:29:51.859 --> 00:29:52.059
 Oh,

00:29:53.059 --> 00:29:56.640
 but it was the

00:29:56.640 --> 00:29:57.119
 most loving

00:29:57.119 --> 00:29:57.640
 thing I could

00:29:57.640 --> 00:29:58.039
 do.

00:29:58.039 --> 00:30:02.879
 because I

00:30:02.879 --> 00:30:03.220
 know it's

00:30:03.220 --> 00:30:03.480
 coming.

00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:07.440
 Our

00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:07.940
 prophetic

00:30:07.940 --> 00:30:08.659
 gospel

00:30:08.659 --> 00:30:09.379
 message

00:30:09.379 --> 00:30:10.700
 about God,

00:30:11.039 --> 00:30:11.339
 sin,

00:30:11.680 --> 00:30:12.019
 judgment,

00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:12.740
 and Jesus,

00:30:13.119 --> 00:30:13.720
 it's

00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:14.399
 offensive.

00:30:16.619 --> 00:30:17.259
 People don't

00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:17.720
 want to hear

00:30:17.720 --> 00:30:18.819
 it and they

00:30:18.819 --> 00:30:19.119
 don't want to

00:30:19.119 --> 00:30:19.740
 hear it because

00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:20.279
 according to

00:30:20.279 --> 00:30:20.859
 John 1,

00:30:21.220 --> 00:30:22.019
 they love the

00:30:22.019 --> 00:30:22.960
 darkness more

00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:23.539
 than the light.

00:30:23.539 --> 00:30:27.779
 and just to

00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:28.779
 deliver you

00:30:28.779 --> 00:30:29.159
 from any

00:30:29.159 --> 00:30:30.139
 self-righteousness,

00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:31.680
 it's only

00:30:31.680 --> 00:30:32.139
 because of

00:30:32.139 --> 00:30:32.819
 God's grace

00:30:32.819 --> 00:30:33.899
 that he

00:30:33.899 --> 00:30:34.700
 allowed you

00:30:34.700 --> 00:30:35.700
 to understand

00:30:35.700 --> 00:30:36.259
 the judgment

00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:36.759
 that you

00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:37.240
 were under

00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:37.700
 so you

00:30:37.700 --> 00:30:38.399
 could repent.

00:30:40.639 --> 00:30:40.960
 And so

00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:42.539
 we prophesy

00:30:42.539 --> 00:30:43.619
 not as

00:30:43.619 --> 00:30:44.759
 jerks who

00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:45.519
 are angry.

00:30:47.059 --> 00:30:47.980
 We prophesy

00:30:47.980 --> 00:30:49.920
 as those

00:30:49.920 --> 00:30:50.180
 who have

00:30:50.180 --> 00:30:50.779
 been delivered,

00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:52.680
 who have

00:30:52.680 --> 00:30:53.319
 been rescued,

00:30:53.539 --> 00:30:54.960
 who understand

00:30:54.960 --> 00:30:56.039
 we too

00:30:56.039 --> 00:30:56.500
 were under

00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:56.980
 judgment.

00:31:01.039 --> 00:31:01.859
 So did you

00:31:01.859 --> 00:31:03.079
 notice that

00:31:03.079 --> 00:31:03.759
 it's the same

00:31:03.759 --> 00:31:04.200
 amount of

00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:05.480
 time that

00:31:05.480 --> 00:31:05.819
 the church

00:31:05.819 --> 00:31:06.619
 is trampled,

00:31:07.480 --> 00:31:08.019
 it's the same

00:31:08.019 --> 00:31:08.359
 amount of

00:31:08.359 --> 00:31:09.019
 time the church

00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:10.039
 is prophesying?

00:31:11.460 --> 00:31:12.000
 Our

00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:12.920
 suffering

00:31:12.920 --> 00:31:14.039
 gives us

00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:15.000
 opportunity

00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:15.899
 to preach.

00:31:18.420 --> 00:31:19.079
 I didn't

00:31:19.079 --> 00:31:19.559
 even mention

00:31:19.559 --> 00:31:20.019
 anything about

00:31:20.019 --> 00:31:20.639
 verse 4.

00:31:21.200 --> 00:31:21.619
 These are the

00:31:21.619 --> 00:31:22.519
 two olive trees

00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:23.180
 and the two

00:31:23.180 --> 00:31:23.820
 lampstands

00:31:23.820 --> 00:31:24.120
 that stand

00:31:24.120 --> 00:31:24.580
 before the

00:31:24.580 --> 00:31:25.360
 Lord of

00:31:25.360 --> 00:31:25.799
 the earth.

00:31:25.960 --> 00:31:26.700
 It's back

00:31:26.700 --> 00:31:27.500
 to Zechariah

00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:27.880
 4.

00:31:28.400 --> 00:31:28.779
 You have

00:31:28.779 --> 00:31:29.480
 Zerubbabel

00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:30.420
 and Joshua

00:31:30.420 --> 00:31:31.140
 portrayed as

00:31:31.140 --> 00:31:31.720
 these two

00:31:31.720 --> 00:31:33.039
 olive trees

00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:33.799
 and there's

00:31:33.799 --> 00:31:35.019
 this lampstand

00:31:35.019 --> 00:31:35.720
 in Zechariah

00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:36.019
 4.

00:31:36.140 --> 00:31:36.660
 It's two

00:31:36.660 --> 00:31:37.420
 in John

00:31:37.420 --> 00:31:38.080
 or in

00:31:38.080 --> 00:31:38.500
 Revelation

00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:38.960
 here.

00:31:39.420 --> 00:31:40.519
 In Zechariah

00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:41.060
 4 there are

00:31:41.060 --> 00:31:41.440
 these little

00:31:41.440 --> 00:31:42.200
 tubes coming

00:31:42.200 --> 00:31:43.340
 from the

00:31:43.340 --> 00:31:45.340
 olive trees

00:31:45.340 --> 00:31:46.060
 and the

00:31:46.060 --> 00:31:46.519
 olive trees

00:31:46.519 --> 00:31:47.539
 are perpetually

00:31:47.539 --> 00:31:48.640
 pumping olive

00:31:48.640 --> 00:31:49.600
 oil into

00:31:49.600 --> 00:31:50.320
 this bowl

00:31:50.320 --> 00:31:50.640
 of the

00:31:50.640 --> 00:31:51.200
 lampstand

00:31:51.200 --> 00:31:52.460
 continually

00:31:52.460 --> 00:31:53.540
 lighting it

00:31:53.540 --> 00:31:54.020
 up before

00:31:54.020 --> 00:31:54.380
 God.

00:31:55.120 --> 00:31:55.820
 That's us.

00:31:58.300 --> 00:31:59.280
 Lit up

00:31:59.280 --> 00:32:00.940
 by God

00:32:00.940 --> 00:32:02.120
 for God

00:32:02.120 --> 00:32:03.040
 to a people

00:32:03.040 --> 00:32:03.560
 in darkness.

00:32:06.280 --> 00:32:07.320
 The prophetic

00:32:07.320 --> 00:32:07.820
 church

00:32:07.820 --> 00:32:09.580
 is a suffering

00:32:09.580 --> 00:32:10.100
 church

00:32:10.100 --> 00:32:11.920
 to which we

00:32:11.920 --> 00:32:12.440
 turn now.

00:32:12.860 --> 00:32:14.040
 In chapter 11

00:32:14.040 --> 00:32:14.720
 verses 7

00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:15.259
 through 10

00:32:15.259 --> 00:32:16.160
 we see a

00:32:16.160 --> 00:32:16.860
 picture of the

00:32:16.859 --> 00:32:17.179
 church

00:32:17.179 --> 00:32:17.839
 suffering.

00:32:19.459 --> 00:32:20.139
 What do you

00:32:20.139 --> 00:32:20.899
 think happens

00:32:20.899 --> 00:32:22.399
 when a

00:32:22.399 --> 00:32:22.879
 church

00:32:22.879 --> 00:32:23.779
 filled by

00:32:23.779 --> 00:32:24.199
 the Spirit

00:32:24.199 --> 00:32:24.599
 of God

00:32:24.599 --> 00:32:25.539
 is boldly

00:32:25.539 --> 00:32:26.519
 and lovingly

00:32:26.519 --> 00:32:27.740
 prophetically

00:32:27.740 --> 00:32:29.799
 calling sinners

00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:30.799
 to repent

00:32:30.799 --> 00:32:32.099
 to be rescued

00:32:32.099 --> 00:32:32.639
 from the

00:32:32.639 --> 00:32:33.179
 judgment to

00:32:33.179 --> 00:32:33.419
 come?

00:32:35.599 --> 00:32:36.259
 What do you

00:32:36.259 --> 00:32:36.819
 think happens

00:32:36.819 --> 00:32:37.619
 when we

00:32:37.619 --> 00:32:38.359
 preach sin

00:32:38.359 --> 00:32:39.019
 judgment

00:32:39.019 --> 00:32:39.639
 in the need

00:32:39.639 --> 00:32:40.119
 for Jesus

00:32:40.119 --> 00:32:40.679
 in the need

00:32:40.679 --> 00:32:41.339
 to repent?

00:32:41.719 --> 00:32:42.259
 Some will

00:32:42.259 --> 00:32:42.659
 repent.

00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:43.740
 The rest

00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:44.500
 will resent.

00:32:44.500 --> 00:32:49.099
 In verse

00:32:49.099 --> 00:32:49.420
 7

00:32:49.420 --> 00:32:49.859
 the church

00:32:49.859 --> 00:32:51.160
 is pictured

00:32:51.160 --> 00:32:52.119
 as having

00:32:52.119 --> 00:32:52.880
 finished their

00:32:52.880 --> 00:32:53.460
 testimony

00:32:53.460 --> 00:32:54.319
 and when they

00:32:54.319 --> 00:32:54.779
 have finished

00:32:54.779 --> 00:32:55.480
 their testimony

00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:56.220
 the beast

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:56.859
 that rises

00:32:56.859 --> 00:32:57.259
 from the

00:32:57.259 --> 00:32:57.960
 bottomless pit

00:32:57.960 --> 00:32:58.680
 will make

00:32:58.680 --> 00:32:59.480
 war on them.

00:33:00.059 --> 00:33:00.619
 So when you

00:33:00.619 --> 00:33:01.259
 read

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:02.980
 the church

00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:03.440
 these two

00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:03.759
 witnesses

00:33:03.759 --> 00:33:04.599
 finishing their

00:33:04.599 --> 00:33:05.079
 testimony

00:33:05.079 --> 00:33:06.339
 insert Matthew

00:33:06.339 --> 00:33:07.380
 24 14

00:33:07.380 --> 00:33:08.599
 and this

00:33:08.599 --> 00:33:09.519
 gospel of the

00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:09.839
 kingdom

00:33:09.839 --> 00:33:10.579
 will be

00:33:10.579 --> 00:33:11.039
 proclaimed

00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:11.799
 throughout the

00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:12.380
 whole world

00:33:12.380 --> 00:33:12.819
 as a

00:33:12.819 --> 00:33:13.299
 testimony.

00:33:13.559 --> 00:33:14.119
 Witnesses do

00:33:14.119 --> 00:33:14.420
 that.

00:33:14.500 --> 00:33:15.200
 as a

00:33:15.200 --> 00:33:15.599
 testimony

00:33:15.599 --> 00:33:16.420
 to the

00:33:16.420 --> 00:33:16.920
 nations

00:33:16.920 --> 00:33:18.240
 and then

00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:18.920
 the end

00:33:18.920 --> 00:33:19.599
 will come.

00:33:21.720 --> 00:33:22.619
 When the

00:33:22.619 --> 00:33:23.299
 church has

00:33:23.299 --> 00:33:24.660
 faithfully

00:33:24.660 --> 00:33:26.099
 completed

00:33:26.099 --> 00:33:27.059
 the great

00:33:27.059 --> 00:33:27.559
 commission

00:33:27.559 --> 00:33:28.180
 we've been

00:33:28.180 --> 00:33:28.700
 given to

00:33:28.700 --> 00:33:29.160
 go make

00:33:29.160 --> 00:33:30.000
 disciples

00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:31.460
 the beast

00:33:31.460 --> 00:33:32.640
 rises from

00:33:32.640 --> 00:33:33.440
 the bottomless

00:33:33.440 --> 00:33:33.819
 pit

00:33:33.819 --> 00:33:35.180
 and the

00:33:35.180 --> 00:33:35.579
 beast

00:33:35.579 --> 00:33:35.880
 what we

00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:36.200
 read in

00:33:36.200 --> 00:33:36.740
 verse 7

00:33:36.740 --> 00:33:37.180
 it's

00:33:37.180 --> 00:33:37.839
 brutal.

00:33:38.980 --> 00:33:39.559
 He will

00:33:39.559 --> 00:33:40.519
 make war

00:33:40.519 --> 00:33:41.099
 on the

00:33:41.099 --> 00:33:41.619
 two witnesses

00:33:41.619 --> 00:33:42.220
 on the

00:33:42.220 --> 00:33:42.660
 church

00:33:42.660 --> 00:33:43.980
 and he

00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:44.640
 will conquer

00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:45.060
 them

00:33:45.060 --> 00:33:45.740
 the two

00:33:45.740 --> 00:33:46.100
 witnesses

00:33:46.100 --> 00:33:47.000
 the church

00:33:47.000 --> 00:33:48.200
 and he

00:33:48.200 --> 00:33:48.720
 will kill

00:33:48.720 --> 00:33:49.100
 them

00:33:49.100 --> 00:33:50.580
 the church

00:33:50.580 --> 00:33:51.420
 and it

00:33:51.420 --> 00:33:51.820
 doesn't end

00:33:51.820 --> 00:33:52.140
 there

00:33:52.140 --> 00:33:53.300
 and their

00:33:53.300 --> 00:33:54.140
 dead bodies

00:33:54.140 --> 00:33:55.440
 literally in the

00:33:55.440 --> 00:33:55.840
 Greek it's

00:33:55.840 --> 00:33:56.960
 actually singular

00:33:56.960 --> 00:33:57.840
 and their dead

00:33:57.840 --> 00:33:58.400
 body

00:33:58.400 --> 00:34:01.200
 will lie in

00:34:01.200 --> 00:34:02.340
 the street of

00:34:02.340 --> 00:34:03.019
 the great city

00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:03.800
 that symbolically

00:34:03.800 --> 00:34:04.160
 is called

00:34:04.160 --> 00:34:04.759
 Sodom in

00:34:04.759 --> 00:34:05.680
 Egypt where

00:34:05.680 --> 00:34:06.580
 their lord

00:34:06.580 --> 00:34:07.600
 was crucified.

00:34:07.599 --> 00:34:09.139
 not only

00:34:09.139 --> 00:34:09.380
 will he

00:34:09.380 --> 00:34:09.920
 make war

00:34:09.920 --> 00:34:10.480
 and conquer

00:34:10.480 --> 00:34:10.960
 and kill

00:34:10.960 --> 00:34:11.639
 he will

00:34:11.639 --> 00:34:12.739
 humiliate

00:34:12.739 --> 00:34:13.380
 the church.

00:34:19.779 --> 00:34:20.380
 In the

00:34:20.380 --> 00:34:20.819
 Middle East

00:34:20.819 --> 00:34:21.360
 when your

00:34:21.360 --> 00:34:22.099
 body is not

00:34:22.099 --> 00:34:22.579
 buried

00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:24.400
 it is

00:34:24.400 --> 00:34:25.219
 humiliating.

00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:29.299
 The beast

00:34:29.299 --> 00:34:30.139
 is introduced

00:34:30.139 --> 00:34:30.960
 by name

00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:31.500
 for the first

00:34:31.500 --> 00:34:31.880
 time in

00:34:31.880 --> 00:34:32.159
 Revelation

00:34:32.159 --> 00:34:32.699
 and we're

00:34:32.699 --> 00:34:32.819
 going to

00:34:32.819 --> 00:34:33.199
 learn more

00:34:33.199 --> 00:34:33.699
 about him

00:34:33.699 --> 00:34:34.179
 in Revelation

00:34:34.179 --> 00:34:34.679
 13

00:34:34.679 --> 00:34:35.860
 but suffice

00:34:35.860 --> 00:34:36.420
 it to say

00:34:36.420 --> 00:34:36.860
 here's what

00:34:36.860 --> 00:34:37.220
 you need to

00:34:37.220 --> 00:34:37.500
 know

00:34:37.500 --> 00:34:38.320
 he's the

00:34:38.320 --> 00:34:39.059
 second person

00:34:39.059 --> 00:34:39.500
 of the

00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:40.200
 anti-trinity

00:34:40.200 --> 00:34:41.099
 the first

00:34:41.099 --> 00:34:41.680
 person of

00:34:41.680 --> 00:34:42.420
 the anti-trinity

00:34:42.420 --> 00:34:42.760
 is the

00:34:42.760 --> 00:34:43.099
 dragon

00:34:43.099 --> 00:34:43.920
 the second

00:34:43.920 --> 00:34:44.539
 person of

00:34:44.539 --> 00:34:45.260
 the anti-trinity

00:34:45.260 --> 00:34:46.059
 is the

00:34:46.059 --> 00:34:46.340
 beast

00:34:46.340 --> 00:34:46.880
 and the

00:34:46.880 --> 00:34:47.440
 third person

00:34:47.440 --> 00:34:47.880
 of the

00:34:47.880 --> 00:34:48.620
 anti-trinity

00:34:48.620 --> 00:34:50.340
 the false

00:34:50.340 --> 00:34:50.700
 prophet.

00:34:51.840 --> 00:34:52.680
 The beast

00:34:52.680 --> 00:34:53.360
 is the

00:34:53.360 --> 00:34:54.420
 antichrist

00:34:54.420 --> 00:34:55.440
 and he is

00:34:55.440 --> 00:34:55.920
 of whom

00:34:55.920 --> 00:34:56.960
 Daniel was

00:34:56.960 --> 00:34:57.599
 speaking in

00:34:57.599 --> 00:34:58.300
 Daniel chapter

00:34:58.300 --> 00:34:58.780
 7.

00:35:02.400 --> 00:35:03.380
 So here

00:35:03.380 --> 00:35:03.740
 in

00:35:03.740 --> 00:35:04.420
 Revelation

00:35:04.420 --> 00:35:05.200
 11

00:35:05.200 --> 00:35:06.059
 we see

00:35:06.059 --> 00:35:06.559
 the beast

00:35:06.559 --> 00:35:07.299
 rise from

00:35:07.299 --> 00:35:07.679
 his hell

00:35:07.679 --> 00:35:07.960
 hole

00:35:07.960 --> 00:35:08.820
 to eradicate

00:35:08.820 --> 00:35:09.559
 the church

00:35:09.559 --> 00:35:10.840
 and it

00:35:10.840 --> 00:35:11.460
 appears as

00:35:11.460 --> 00:35:12.219
 though he

00:35:12.219 --> 00:35:12.739
 has been

00:35:12.739 --> 00:35:13.639
 successful

00:35:13.639 --> 00:35:15.199
 but we

00:35:15.199 --> 00:35:15.840
 know that

00:35:15.840 --> 00:35:16.460
 the church

00:35:16.460 --> 00:35:17.299
 can never

00:35:17.299 --> 00:35:18.299
 be destroyed

00:35:18.299 --> 00:35:19.799
 because Jesus

00:35:19.799 --> 00:35:20.900
 has said

00:35:20.900 --> 00:35:21.699
 and the gates

00:35:21.699 --> 00:35:22.139
 of hell

00:35:22.139 --> 00:35:22.739
 will not

00:35:22.739 --> 00:35:23.559
 prevail against

00:35:23.559 --> 00:35:23.820
 her.

00:35:28.699 --> 00:35:29.480
 This is

00:35:29.480 --> 00:35:30.039
 depicting a

00:35:30.039 --> 00:35:30.840
 time following

00:35:30.840 --> 00:35:31.380
 the completion

00:35:31.380 --> 00:35:32.039
 of the church's

00:35:32.039 --> 00:35:32.360
 mission.

00:35:32.360 --> 00:35:33.620
 the church

00:35:33.620 --> 00:35:34.300
 appears to

00:35:34.300 --> 00:35:34.940
 be defeated

00:35:34.940 --> 00:35:36.160
 after a

00:35:36.160 --> 00:35:36.780
 tribulation

00:35:36.780 --> 00:35:37.840
 so fierce

00:35:37.840 --> 00:35:39.920
 it appears

00:35:39.920 --> 00:35:40.440
 as though

00:35:40.440 --> 00:35:41.160
 the church

00:35:41.160 --> 00:35:42.500
 is no

00:35:42.500 --> 00:35:43.280
 more.

00:35:45.200 --> 00:35:45.519
 Did you

00:35:45.519 --> 00:35:45.980
 notice where

00:35:45.980 --> 00:35:46.640
 the bodies

00:35:46.640 --> 00:35:48.099
 are lying

00:35:48.099 --> 00:35:48.539
 in verse

00:35:48.539 --> 00:35:48.820
 8?

00:35:49.740 --> 00:35:50.280
 In the

00:35:50.280 --> 00:35:50.820
 street of

00:35:50.820 --> 00:35:51.200
 the great

00:35:51.200 --> 00:35:51.559
 city.

00:35:53.740 --> 00:35:54.680
 Notice the

00:35:54.680 --> 00:35:55.519
 symbolic names

00:35:55.519 --> 00:35:56.099
 of this

00:35:56.099 --> 00:35:56.860
 great city.

00:35:57.099 --> 00:35:57.500
 Sodom

00:35:57.500 --> 00:35:58.820
 known

00:35:58.820 --> 00:35:59.980
 known

00:35:59.980 --> 00:36:00.579
 for its

00:36:00.579 --> 00:36:01.139
 wickedness

00:36:01.139 --> 00:36:01.840
 and judgment.

00:36:02.199 --> 00:36:02.460
 Egypt

00:36:02.460 --> 00:36:03.039
 known

00:36:03.039 --> 00:36:03.559
 for the

00:36:03.559 --> 00:36:04.019
 captivity

00:36:04.019 --> 00:36:04.579
 of God's

00:36:04.579 --> 00:36:04.860
 people

00:36:04.860 --> 00:36:05.440
 and judgment.

00:36:06.420 --> 00:36:06.840
 It's also

00:36:06.840 --> 00:36:07.280
 one more

00:36:07.280 --> 00:36:07.699
 description

00:36:07.699 --> 00:36:08.099
 of the

00:36:08.099 --> 00:36:09.360
 great city

00:36:09.360 --> 00:36:10.260
 where the

00:36:10.260 --> 00:36:10.739
 Lord was

00:36:10.739 --> 00:36:11.360
 crucified

00:36:11.360 --> 00:36:12.320
 there being

00:36:12.320 --> 00:36:13.039
 the church.

00:36:14.559 --> 00:36:15.340
 It's not

00:36:15.340 --> 00:36:16.260
 stated but

00:36:16.260 --> 00:36:16.760
 it's referencing

00:36:16.760 --> 00:36:17.599
 to Jerusalem

00:36:17.599 --> 00:36:18.679
 and I find

00:36:18.679 --> 00:36:19.179
 it interesting

00:36:19.179 --> 00:36:20.320
 that Jerusalem

00:36:20.320 --> 00:36:21.179
 is being

00:36:21.179 --> 00:36:21.820
 associated

00:36:21.820 --> 00:36:23.059
 with Sodom

00:36:23.059 --> 00:36:24.099
 and Egypt

00:36:24.099 --> 00:36:25.039
 and connected

00:36:25.039 --> 00:36:25.639
 to this

00:36:25.639 --> 00:36:26.420
 great city.

00:36:26.539 --> 00:36:26.860
 What's up

00:36:26.860 --> 00:36:27.320
 with that?

00:36:27.500 --> 00:36:33.380
 The last

00:36:33.380 --> 00:36:34.119
 city reference

00:36:34.119 --> 00:36:35.099
 we saw

00:36:35.099 --> 00:36:35.559
 in chapter

00:36:35.559 --> 00:36:36.539
 11 was

00:36:36.539 --> 00:36:36.940
 in verse

00:36:36.940 --> 00:36:37.380
 2.

00:36:38.900 --> 00:36:39.440
 The holy

00:36:39.440 --> 00:36:39.820
 city.

00:36:41.739 --> 00:36:42.639
 The new

00:36:42.639 --> 00:36:43.119
 Jerusalem.

00:36:44.219 --> 00:36:44.760
 The people

00:36:44.760 --> 00:36:45.320
 of God.

00:36:46.059 --> 00:36:46.840
 The great

00:36:46.840 --> 00:36:47.519
 city that

00:36:47.519 --> 00:36:47.900
 we're reading

00:36:47.900 --> 00:36:48.639
 about here

00:36:48.639 --> 00:36:49.139
 in verse

00:36:49.139 --> 00:36:49.559
 8.

00:36:51.519 --> 00:36:52.519
 It's not

00:36:52.519 --> 00:36:53.219
 Jerusalem.

00:36:54.139 --> 00:36:54.860
 It's not

00:36:54.860 --> 00:36:55.380
 Sodom.

00:36:56.239 --> 00:36:56.980
 It's not

00:36:56.980 --> 00:36:57.599
 Egypt.

00:36:58.599 --> 00:36:59.440
 It goes

00:36:59.440 --> 00:36:59.980
 by another

00:36:59.980 --> 00:37:00.400
 name in the

00:37:00.400 --> 00:37:00.679
 book of

00:37:00.679 --> 00:37:01.119
 Revelation.

00:37:01.860 --> 00:37:03.099
 A prostitute.

00:37:04.039 --> 00:37:04.199
 The

00:37:04.199 --> 00:37:05.219
 anti-bride.

00:37:06.900 --> 00:37:07.280
 Babylon.

00:37:08.920 --> 00:37:09.699
 That's the

00:37:09.699 --> 00:37:10.300
 great city.

00:37:11.420 --> 00:37:12.599
 Chapter 17

00:37:12.599 --> 00:37:13.079
 and 18.

00:37:14.039 --> 00:37:15.039
 Every time

00:37:15.039 --> 00:37:15.820
 that phrase

00:37:15.820 --> 00:37:16.420
 the great

00:37:16.420 --> 00:37:17.340
 city is

00:37:17.340 --> 00:37:18.219
 referenced in

00:37:18.219 --> 00:37:18.780
 the book of

00:37:18.780 --> 00:37:19.240
 Revelation

00:37:19.239 --> 00:37:20.859
 it always

00:37:20.859 --> 00:37:21.839
 refers to

00:37:21.839 --> 00:37:22.319
 Babylon.

00:37:22.319 --> 00:37:22.479
 Babylon.

00:37:22.479 --> 00:37:23.399
 A people

00:37:23.399 --> 00:37:24.879
 who do not

00:37:24.879 --> 00:37:25.479
 belong to

00:37:25.479 --> 00:37:25.979
 the Lamb

00:37:25.979 --> 00:37:26.899
 but bear

00:37:26.899 --> 00:37:27.479
 the mark

00:37:27.479 --> 00:37:27.919
 of the

00:37:27.919 --> 00:37:28.319
 beast.

00:37:28.979 --> 00:37:30.039
 The world.

00:37:32.059 --> 00:37:32.979
 This is not

00:37:32.979 --> 00:37:33.439
 an actual

00:37:33.439 --> 00:37:33.859
 city.

00:37:34.119 --> 00:37:35.719
 This great

00:37:35.719 --> 00:37:36.979
 city is

00:37:36.979 --> 00:37:38.639
 all unrepentant

00:37:38.639 --> 00:37:39.239
 mankind

00:37:39.239 --> 00:37:40.659
 in opposition

00:37:40.659 --> 00:37:41.519
 to the Lamb

00:37:41.519 --> 00:37:42.480
 and they

00:37:42.480 --> 00:37:43.259
 see the

00:37:43.259 --> 00:37:43.880
 church

00:37:43.880 --> 00:37:45.619
 humiliated

00:37:45.619 --> 00:37:46.239
 and it

00:37:46.239 --> 00:37:46.759
 looks like

00:37:46.759 --> 00:37:47.219
 the church

00:37:47.219 --> 00:37:48.099
 is done.

00:37:49.280 --> 00:37:49.820
 The holy

00:37:49.820 --> 00:37:51.000
 city looks

00:37:51.000 --> 00:37:51.440
 like it's

00:37:51.440 --> 00:37:51.679
 gotten

00:37:51.679 --> 00:37:52.340
 trampled

00:37:52.340 --> 00:37:53.420
 by the

00:37:53.420 --> 00:37:54.300
 great city.

00:37:54.900 --> 00:37:55.219
 It's a

00:37:55.219 --> 00:37:55.840
 tale of two

00:37:55.840 --> 00:37:56.280
 cities.

00:37:59.280 --> 00:38:00.139
 And this

00:38:00.139 --> 00:38:01.280
 happens for a

00:38:01.280 --> 00:38:02.000
 very short

00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:02.500
 time.

00:38:02.759 --> 00:38:03.139
 Three and a

00:38:03.139 --> 00:38:03.840
 half days.

00:38:05.539 --> 00:38:06.599
 Verse 9.

00:38:08.019 --> 00:38:08.679
 Verse 11.

00:38:08.679 --> 00:38:10.179
 When you

00:38:10.179 --> 00:38:11.419
 hear three

00:38:11.419 --> 00:38:11.739
 and a half

00:38:11.739 --> 00:38:12.279
 days,

00:38:13.819 --> 00:38:14.519
 there should

00:38:14.519 --> 00:38:14.980
 be another

00:38:14.980 --> 00:38:16.039
 three days

00:38:16.039 --> 00:38:16.500
 that starts

00:38:16.500 --> 00:38:16.940
 ringing in

00:38:16.940 --> 00:38:17.379
 your head.

00:38:20.699 --> 00:38:21.500
 So for a

00:38:21.500 --> 00:38:22.019
 very short

00:38:22.019 --> 00:38:23.039
 time, it

00:38:23.039 --> 00:38:23.500
 looks like

00:38:23.500 --> 00:38:24.259
 the church

00:38:24.259 --> 00:38:25.559
 appears

00:38:25.559 --> 00:38:26.419
 eradicated

00:38:26.419 --> 00:38:28.139
 and humiliated.

00:38:31.279 --> 00:38:31.899
 And then

00:38:31.899 --> 00:38:32.719
 in verse 10,

00:38:33.159 --> 00:38:33.759
 what you see

00:38:33.759 --> 00:38:34.239
 is the

00:38:34.239 --> 00:38:35.319
 unrepentant

00:38:35.319 --> 00:38:36.139
 mankind

00:38:36.139 --> 00:38:38.079
 gloating.

00:38:38.679 --> 00:38:40.779
 it's

00:38:40.779 --> 00:38:41.819
 more than

00:38:41.819 --> 00:38:42.219
 just

00:38:42.219 --> 00:38:43.119
 gazing

00:38:43.119 --> 00:38:43.960
 and those

00:38:43.960 --> 00:38:44.319
 who dwell

00:38:44.319 --> 00:38:44.579
 on the

00:38:44.579 --> 00:38:44.960
 earth will

00:38:44.960 --> 00:38:45.639
 rejoice over

00:38:45.639 --> 00:38:45.960
 them and

00:38:45.960 --> 00:38:46.359
 make merry

00:38:46.359 --> 00:38:46.839
 and exchange

00:38:46.839 --> 00:38:47.399
 presents.

00:38:48.279 --> 00:38:48.659
 Exchange

00:38:48.659 --> 00:38:49.079
 presents?

00:38:50.899 --> 00:38:51.279
 I mean,

00:38:51.319 --> 00:38:51.739
 it looks

00:38:51.739 --> 00:38:53.059
 like the

00:38:53.059 --> 00:38:53.819
 world has

00:38:53.819 --> 00:38:54.559
 declared a

00:38:54.559 --> 00:38:55.000
 worldwide

00:38:55.000 --> 00:38:56.519
 holiday of

00:38:56.519 --> 00:38:57.259
 rejoicing,

00:38:57.639 --> 00:38:58.339
 making merry,

00:38:58.659 --> 00:38:59.339
 and exchanging

00:38:59.339 --> 00:39:00.299
 gift cards

00:39:00.299 --> 00:39:01.159
 because,

00:39:01.599 --> 00:39:01.879
 ding,

00:39:02.119 --> 00:39:02.419
 dong,

00:39:02.559 --> 00:39:02.980
 the church

00:39:02.980 --> 00:39:03.679
 is dead.

00:39:03.679 --> 00:39:08.579
 Why the

00:39:08.579 --> 00:39:09.079
 celebrating?

00:39:10.279 --> 00:39:10.919
 Why are

00:39:10.919 --> 00:39:11.759
 people exchanging

00:39:11.759 --> 00:39:12.419
 gift cards

00:39:12.419 --> 00:39:12.859
 to go to

00:39:12.859 --> 00:39:14.079
 Target and

00:39:14.079 --> 00:39:14.500
 throw the

00:39:14.500 --> 00:39:15.099
 church's dead

00:39:15.099 --> 00:39:15.519
 parties?

00:39:18.559 --> 00:39:19.139
 Look at

00:39:19.139 --> 00:39:19.599
 verse 10.

00:39:21.199 --> 00:39:21.519
 The word

00:39:21.519 --> 00:39:22.059
 because,

00:39:22.139 --> 00:39:22.579
 right in the

00:39:22.579 --> 00:39:22.779
 middle.

00:39:24.059 --> 00:39:24.480
 Because the

00:39:24.480 --> 00:39:25.199
 two prophets

00:39:25.199 --> 00:39:25.779
 had been a

00:39:25.779 --> 00:39:26.399
 torment to

00:39:26.399 --> 00:39:26.799
 those who

00:39:26.799 --> 00:39:27.199
 dwell on

00:39:27.199 --> 00:39:27.539
 the earth.

00:39:30.239 --> 00:39:30.879
 We've seen

00:39:30.879 --> 00:39:31.219
 that word

00:39:31.219 --> 00:39:32.059
 torment before.

00:39:32.059 --> 00:39:33.480
 chapter 9,

00:39:34.239 --> 00:39:34.739
 used three

00:39:34.739 --> 00:39:35.420
 times to

00:39:35.420 --> 00:39:36.719
 describe the

00:39:36.719 --> 00:39:38.000
 torment the

00:39:38.000 --> 00:39:38.460
 demonic

00:39:38.460 --> 00:39:39.579
 locust plague

00:39:39.579 --> 00:39:40.960
 has on the

00:39:40.960 --> 00:39:41.920
 unrepentant men

00:39:41.920 --> 00:39:42.360
 and women,

00:39:42.840 --> 00:39:44.039
 and there we

00:39:44.039 --> 00:39:44.860
 defined it as

00:39:44.860 --> 00:39:45.699
 it should be,

00:39:46.360 --> 00:39:46.960
 a mental

00:39:46.960 --> 00:39:47.900
 anguish.

00:39:52.699 --> 00:39:53.460
 They're

00:39:53.460 --> 00:39:54.199
 rejoicing

00:39:54.199 --> 00:39:55.980
 because they

00:39:55.980 --> 00:39:56.460
 think the

00:39:56.460 --> 00:39:57.380
 church has

00:39:57.380 --> 00:39:58.519
 finally and

00:39:58.519 --> 00:39:59.699
 forever been

00:39:59.699 --> 00:40:00.679
 silenced.

00:40:02.059 --> 00:40:02.980
 Hooray!

00:40:03.960 --> 00:40:04.659
 The church

00:40:04.659 --> 00:40:05.139
 is no longer

00:40:05.139 --> 00:40:06.480
 prophesying about

00:40:06.480 --> 00:40:07.119
 sin, judgment,

00:40:07.239 --> 00:40:07.779
 and Jesus.

00:40:08.179 --> 00:40:08.420
 Phew!

00:40:09.699 --> 00:40:10.299
 Finally!

00:40:11.139 --> 00:40:11.579
 Yay!

00:40:12.460 --> 00:40:13.659
 Come on over

00:40:13.659 --> 00:40:14.279
 for our

00:40:14.279 --> 00:40:15.639
 church is dead

00:40:15.639 --> 00:40:16.159
 party.

00:40:16.799 --> 00:40:17.380
 Bring the

00:40:17.380 --> 00:40:17.880
 snacks.

00:40:19.079 --> 00:40:19.480
 Finally!

00:40:20.039 --> 00:40:20.639
 The crazy

00:40:20.639 --> 00:40:21.380
 witnesses have

00:40:21.380 --> 00:40:22.059
 been silenced

00:40:22.059 --> 00:40:22.719
 and now we can

00:40:22.719 --> 00:40:23.619
 have some peace

00:40:23.619 --> 00:40:24.219
 of mind.

00:40:24.340 --> 00:40:24.699
 Finally!

00:40:24.699 --> 00:40:24.779
 Finally!

00:40:24.780 --> 00:40:30.360
 My friends,

00:40:30.460 --> 00:40:31.240
 at this point

00:40:31.240 --> 00:40:31.840
 in history,

00:40:32.900 --> 00:40:34.880
 the church

00:40:34.880 --> 00:40:35.440
 prophetic

00:40:35.440 --> 00:40:36.800
 has been

00:40:36.800 --> 00:40:37.440
 suffering,

00:40:38.440 --> 00:40:40.100
 but prophesying,

00:40:41.780 --> 00:40:42.580
 tormenting

00:40:42.580 --> 00:40:44.360
 the unrepented

00:40:44.360 --> 00:40:44.840
 mankind,

00:40:45.840 --> 00:40:46.540
 and they

00:40:46.540 --> 00:40:47.440
 suffer for it.

00:40:47.440 --> 00:40:49.880
 I hope you

00:40:49.880 --> 00:40:50.760
 see this,

00:40:51.460 --> 00:40:53.000
 that it's

00:40:53.000 --> 00:40:54.519
 because the

00:40:54.519 --> 00:40:55.360
 church's

00:40:55.360 --> 00:40:56.200
 prophetic

00:40:56.200 --> 00:40:57.079
 presence,

00:40:58.200 --> 00:40:59.019
 witnessing to

00:40:59.019 --> 00:40:59.659
 sin judgment

00:40:59.659 --> 00:41:00.260
 in Jesus,

00:41:01.000 --> 00:41:02.400
 that leads

00:41:02.400 --> 00:41:03.260
 the church

00:41:03.260 --> 00:41:04.420
 into great

00:41:04.420 --> 00:41:05.059
 suffering.

00:41:06.059 --> 00:41:07.159
 The good

00:41:07.159 --> 00:41:08.240
 news which

00:41:08.240 --> 00:41:09.519
 we prophesy

00:41:09.519 --> 00:41:11.860
 torments

00:41:11.860 --> 00:41:13.059
 those who do

00:41:13.059 --> 00:41:13.960
 not have ears

00:41:13.960 --> 00:41:14.539
 to hear,

00:41:15.039 --> 00:41:15.900
 and they can't

00:41:15.900 --> 00:41:16.519
 take it.

00:41:16.519 --> 00:41:20.679
 what will

00:41:20.679 --> 00:41:21.320
 you suffer

00:41:21.320 --> 00:41:21.659
 for?

00:41:27.480 --> 00:41:28.460
 So today,

00:41:28.579 --> 00:41:28.880
 when we

00:41:28.880 --> 00:41:29.280
 suffer,

00:41:30.699 --> 00:41:32.019
 because we're

00:41:32.019 --> 00:41:32.759
 called narrow-minded

00:41:32.759 --> 00:41:33.300
 bigots,

00:41:33.519 --> 00:41:34.179
 uneducated

00:41:34.179 --> 00:41:35.039
 backwater people

00:41:35.039 --> 00:41:35.599
 because we

00:41:35.599 --> 00:41:36.039
 believe a

00:41:36.039 --> 00:41:36.639
 judgment's to

00:41:36.639 --> 00:41:36.920
 come,

00:41:39.119 --> 00:41:39.780
 this is

00:41:39.780 --> 00:41:40.300
 God's

00:41:40.300 --> 00:41:40.559
 word.

00:41:41.940 --> 00:41:42.519
 This is

00:41:42.519 --> 00:41:43.119
 the scroll.

00:41:46.519 --> 00:41:49.139
 we have

00:41:49.139 --> 00:41:49.900
 suffering in

00:41:49.900 --> 00:41:50.400
 our future,

00:41:51.360 --> 00:41:53.840
 but it

00:41:53.840 --> 00:41:54.340
 doesn't end

00:41:54.340 --> 00:41:54.599
 there.

00:41:55.400 --> 00:41:55.679
 There's

00:41:55.679 --> 00:41:55.980
 more.

00:41:56.440 --> 00:41:56.780
 The church

00:41:56.780 --> 00:41:57.480
 vindicated,

00:41:58.440 --> 00:41:59.099
 verses 11

00:41:59.099 --> 00:41:59.860
 through 14.

00:42:00.980 --> 00:42:01.500
 11,

00:42:02.880 --> 00:42:03.679
 after the

00:42:03.679 --> 00:42:04.059
 three and a

00:42:04.059 --> 00:42:04.559
 half days,

00:42:04.679 --> 00:42:05.159
 a breath of

00:42:05.159 --> 00:42:05.940
 life from

00:42:05.940 --> 00:42:06.739
 God entered

00:42:06.739 --> 00:42:07.139
 them,

00:42:07.840 --> 00:42:08.139
 the two

00:42:08.139 --> 00:42:08.500
 witnesses,

00:42:08.699 --> 00:42:09.139
 the church,

00:42:09.280 --> 00:42:09.500
 and they

00:42:09.500 --> 00:42:10.019
 stood up on

00:42:10.019 --> 00:42:10.480
 their feet,

00:42:12.579 --> 00:42:13.300
 standing on

00:42:13.300 --> 00:42:13.759
 their feet.

00:42:13.760 --> 00:42:15.720
 who can

00:42:15.720 --> 00:42:16.140
 stand?

00:42:18.920 --> 00:42:19.700
 And great

00:42:19.700 --> 00:42:20.480
 fear fell on

00:42:20.480 --> 00:42:20.880
 those who

00:42:20.880 --> 00:42:21.380
 saw them.

00:42:23.180 --> 00:42:23.800
 Three and a

00:42:23.800 --> 00:42:24.620
 half days after

00:42:24.620 --> 00:42:25.400
 humiliation,

00:42:25.720 --> 00:42:26.060
 three and a

00:42:26.060 --> 00:42:26.680
 half days of

00:42:26.680 --> 00:42:27.160
 quote-unquote

00:42:27.160 --> 00:42:28.760
 being dead,

00:42:28.860 --> 00:42:29.400
 but not in a

00:42:29.400 --> 00:42:29.800
 grave,

00:42:29.800 --> 00:42:32.180
 God raised

00:42:32.180 --> 00:42:32.700
 the church

00:42:32.700 --> 00:42:33.840
 from apparent

00:42:33.840 --> 00:42:34.200
 death,

00:42:34.420 --> 00:42:34.840
 and they

00:42:34.840 --> 00:42:35.580
 stand on

00:42:35.580 --> 00:42:36.120
 their feet.

00:42:36.580 --> 00:42:37.300
 The rejoicing

00:42:37.300 --> 00:42:38.200
 and merry-making

00:42:38.200 --> 00:42:39.160
 of the three and

00:42:39.160 --> 00:42:39.620
 a half day,

00:42:39.700 --> 00:42:40.140
 the church's

00:42:40.140 --> 00:42:40.820
 dead party of

00:42:40.820 --> 00:42:41.360
 the world

00:42:41.360 --> 00:42:42.440
 stops,

00:42:42.880 --> 00:42:43.980
 and as the

00:42:43.980 --> 00:42:45.060
 church rises,

00:42:45.780 --> 00:42:46.880
 fear falls

00:42:46.880 --> 00:42:47.700
 on those who

00:42:47.700 --> 00:42:47.880
 have been

00:42:47.880 --> 00:42:48.780
 rejoicing over

00:42:48.780 --> 00:42:49.539
 the church's

00:42:49.539 --> 00:42:50.760
 apparent

00:42:50.760 --> 00:42:51.700
 demise,

00:42:53.260 --> 00:42:53.880
 vindication.

00:42:55.880 --> 00:42:56.320
 The

00:42:56.320 --> 00:42:56.860
 resurrection

00:42:56.860 --> 00:42:57.800
 of God's

00:42:57.800 --> 00:42:58.740
 people is

00:42:58.740 --> 00:42:59.420
 the judgment

00:42:59.420 --> 00:43:00.420
 on those

00:43:00.420 --> 00:43:00.980
 who remain.

00:43:02.440 --> 00:43:03.460
 Verse 12,

00:43:04.740 --> 00:43:05.960
 we see that

00:43:05.960 --> 00:43:07.240
 the unrepentant,

00:43:08.260 --> 00:43:08.940
 it's them

00:43:08.940 --> 00:43:09.720
 who hear the

00:43:09.720 --> 00:43:10.440
 voice of the

00:43:10.440 --> 00:43:11.139
 Lamb called

00:43:11.139 --> 00:43:11.480
 to His

00:43:11.480 --> 00:43:11.840
 people,

00:43:12.420 --> 00:43:13.320
 come up

00:43:13.320 --> 00:43:13.780
 here.

00:43:14.740 --> 00:43:15.420
 Not only

00:43:15.420 --> 00:43:16.139
 they're raised

00:43:16.139 --> 00:43:16.500
 from the

00:43:16.500 --> 00:43:16.820
 dead,

00:43:17.280 --> 00:43:18.059
 they're called

00:43:18.059 --> 00:43:18.659
 up.

00:43:19.559 --> 00:43:20.380
 Come up

00:43:20.380 --> 00:43:20.659
 here.

00:43:22.740 --> 00:43:22.960
 And

00:43:22.960 --> 00:43:23.300
 immediately

00:43:23.300 --> 00:43:24.059
 the church

00:43:24.059 --> 00:43:25.420
 is taken

00:43:25.420 --> 00:43:26.460
 up into

00:43:26.460 --> 00:43:27.000
 a cloud

00:43:27.000 --> 00:43:27.480
 in heaven.

00:43:27.860 --> 00:43:28.220
 And this

00:43:28.220 --> 00:43:28.760
 whole scene

00:43:28.760 --> 00:43:29.720
 started in

00:43:29.720 --> 00:43:30.240
 10-1

00:43:30.240 --> 00:43:30.820
 with an

00:43:30.820 --> 00:43:31.380
 angel coming

00:43:31.380 --> 00:43:31.920
 down in

00:43:31.920 --> 00:43:32.360
 a cloud

00:43:32.360 --> 00:43:33.060
 from heaven.

00:43:35.900 --> 00:43:36.880
 The picture

00:43:36.880 --> 00:43:38.760
 is that

00:43:38.760 --> 00:43:39.860
 the only

00:43:39.860 --> 00:43:41.200
 ones

00:43:41.200 --> 00:43:41.980
 left

00:43:41.980 --> 00:43:42.740
 on

00:43:42.740 --> 00:43:43.600
 earth

00:43:43.600 --> 00:43:45.700
 are the

00:43:45.700 --> 00:43:46.380
 enemies of

00:43:46.380 --> 00:43:46.760
 God's

00:43:46.760 --> 00:43:47.180
 people,

00:43:47.700 --> 00:43:48.600
 and they're

00:43:48.600 --> 00:43:49.480
 left to

00:43:49.480 --> 00:43:50.680
 face the

00:43:50.680 --> 00:43:51.860
 seventh and

00:43:51.860 --> 00:43:52.540
 final

00:43:52.540 --> 00:43:53.400
 trumpet,

00:43:53.960 --> 00:43:54.940
 which ushers

00:43:54.940 --> 00:43:55.780
 in the

00:43:55.780 --> 00:43:56.980
 seven bowl

00:43:56.980 --> 00:43:58.559
 wrath.

00:44:01.240 --> 00:44:01.940
 Now my

00:44:01.940 --> 00:44:02.519
 hunch is

00:44:02.519 --> 00:44:04.000
 that this

00:44:04.000 --> 00:44:04.659
 calling up

00:44:04.659 --> 00:44:04.960
 of the

00:44:04.960 --> 00:44:05.320
 church

00:44:05.320 --> 00:44:06.800
 is what

00:44:06.800 --> 00:44:07.240
 we call

00:44:07.240 --> 00:44:07.940
 the rapture

00:44:07.940 --> 00:44:08.380
 of the

00:44:08.380 --> 00:44:08.760
 church.

00:44:10.539 --> 00:44:11.500
 1 Thessalonians

00:44:11.500 --> 00:44:12.119
 4.16,

00:44:12.340 --> 00:44:12.599
 for the

00:44:12.599 --> 00:44:13.159
 Lord Himself

00:44:13.159 --> 00:44:13.699
 will descend

00:44:13.699 --> 00:44:14.139
 from heaven

00:44:14.139 --> 00:44:14.579
 and with a

00:44:14.579 --> 00:44:15.099
 cry of

00:44:15.099 --> 00:44:15.460
 command,

00:44:16.420 --> 00:44:16.860
 come up

00:44:16.860 --> 00:44:17.179
 here,

00:44:18.460 --> 00:44:18.940
 with the

00:44:18.940 --> 00:44:19.260
 voice of

00:44:19.260 --> 00:44:20.460
 an archangel

00:44:20.460 --> 00:44:21.599
 and with the

00:44:21.599 --> 00:44:22.019
 sound of a

00:44:22.019 --> 00:44:22.519
 trumpet of

00:44:22.519 --> 00:44:22.820
 God,

00:44:22.960 --> 00:44:23.679
 seven trumpets,

00:44:24.099 --> 00:44:24.699
 and the

00:44:24.699 --> 00:44:25.079
 dead in

00:44:25.079 --> 00:44:25.619
 Christ will

00:44:25.619 --> 00:44:26.519
 rise first.

00:44:28.159 --> 00:44:28.699
 The church's

00:44:28.699 --> 00:44:29.360
 final prophetic

00:44:29.360 --> 00:44:29.799
 word of

00:44:29.799 --> 00:44:30.440
 judgment will

00:44:30.440 --> 00:44:30.920
 be the

00:44:30.920 --> 00:44:31.940
 resurrection and

00:44:31.940 --> 00:44:32.679
 rapturous

00:44:32.679 --> 00:44:34.059
 ascension up

00:44:34.059 --> 00:44:34.599
 to heaven.

00:44:35.139 --> 00:44:35.980
 When Jesus

00:44:35.980 --> 00:44:36.440
 says,

00:44:36.779 --> 00:44:37.940
 come up

00:44:37.940 --> 00:44:38.159
 here,

00:44:39.539 --> 00:44:41.099
 I'm clearing

00:44:41.099 --> 00:44:41.819
 out my own

00:44:41.819 --> 00:44:42.259
 from this

00:44:42.259 --> 00:44:42.599
 planet.

00:44:44.059 --> 00:44:44.360
 And in

00:44:44.360 --> 00:44:44.960
 verse 13,

00:44:45.019 --> 00:44:45.539
 at that very

00:44:45.539 --> 00:44:46.000
 hour,

00:44:47.119 --> 00:44:47.739
 there's a

00:44:47.739 --> 00:44:48.400
 great earthquake.

00:44:48.960 --> 00:44:49.400
 When they get

00:44:49.400 --> 00:44:49.880
 called up,

00:44:49.960 --> 00:44:50.460
 there's a great

00:44:50.460 --> 00:44:50.840
 earthquake.

00:44:51.039 --> 00:44:51.219
 And in

00:44:51.219 --> 00:44:51.639
 Revelation,

00:44:52.319 --> 00:44:52.739
 earthquakes

00:44:52.739 --> 00:44:54.579
 mark God's

00:44:54.579 --> 00:44:55.479
 mighty axe.

00:44:56.799 --> 00:44:57.579
 One tenth of

00:44:57.579 --> 00:44:58.419
 the great city

00:44:58.419 --> 00:44:58.959
 falls,

00:44:59.419 --> 00:45:00.139
 seven thousand

00:45:00.139 --> 00:45:00.859
 were killed.

00:45:01.259 --> 00:45:01.500
 Remember,

00:45:01.619 --> 00:45:02.479
 this is still

00:45:02.479 --> 00:45:03.819
 trumpet six,

00:45:04.079 --> 00:45:05.000
 partial judgments.

00:45:06.639 --> 00:45:07.699
 Those remaining

00:45:07.699 --> 00:45:08.899
 are terrified.

00:45:10.719 --> 00:45:11.179
 And what's

00:45:11.179 --> 00:45:11.839
 interesting is

00:45:11.839 --> 00:45:12.659
 they give glory

00:45:12.659 --> 00:45:13.159
 to the God

00:45:13.159 --> 00:45:13.539
 of heaven.

00:45:14.939 --> 00:45:15.699
 What's that

00:45:15.699 --> 00:45:16.159
 all about?

00:45:17.959 --> 00:45:18.479
 Well,

00:45:18.500 --> 00:45:19.019
 this is not a

00:45:19.019 --> 00:45:19.879
 glorifying God

00:45:19.879 --> 00:45:20.579
 born of repentance

00:45:20.579 --> 00:45:21.139
 and faith,

00:45:21.239 --> 00:45:22.119
 marked by fullness

00:45:22.119 --> 00:45:22.819
 of thanksgiving

00:45:22.819 --> 00:45:23.259
 and joy.

00:45:24.400 --> 00:45:25.500
 This is a

00:45:25.500 --> 00:45:25.960
 terrified

00:45:25.960 --> 00:45:26.960
 realization

00:45:26.960 --> 00:45:28.000
 that what

00:45:28.000 --> 00:45:28.579
 the church

00:45:28.579 --> 00:45:29.199
 has been

00:45:29.199 --> 00:45:30.219
 proclaiming

00:45:30.219 --> 00:45:31.359
 is actually

00:45:31.359 --> 00:45:32.059
 true.

00:45:33.880 --> 00:45:34.259
 The

00:45:34.259 --> 00:45:35.900
 unrepentant

00:45:35.900 --> 00:45:37.480
 acknowledge

00:45:37.480 --> 00:45:38.440
 God's

00:45:38.440 --> 00:45:39.179
 glory

00:45:39.179 --> 00:45:40.759
 too late,

00:45:41.759 --> 00:45:42.380
 but they

00:45:42.380 --> 00:45:43.000
 acknowledge it.

00:45:43.659 --> 00:45:44.039
 It's kind of

00:45:44.039 --> 00:45:44.639
 like Philippians

00:45:44.639 --> 00:45:44.880
 2,

00:45:44.980 --> 00:45:45.179
 10,

00:45:45.239 --> 00:45:45.539
 and 11.

00:45:46.000 --> 00:45:46.819
 Every knee

00:45:46.819 --> 00:45:47.279
 shall bow

00:45:47.279 --> 00:45:47.819
 in heaven

00:45:47.819 --> 00:45:48.460
 and on earth

00:45:48.460 --> 00:45:48.799
 and under

00:45:48.799 --> 00:45:49.259
 the earth

00:45:49.260 --> 00:45:50.220
 and every

00:45:50.220 --> 00:45:50.540
 tongue

00:45:50.540 --> 00:45:51.120
 confess

00:45:51.120 --> 00:45:52.520
 that Jesus

00:45:52.520 --> 00:45:53.080
 Christ is

00:45:53.080 --> 00:45:53.920
 Lord to

00:45:53.920 --> 00:45:54.320
 the glory

00:45:54.320 --> 00:45:54.820
 of God

00:45:54.820 --> 00:45:55.460
 the Father.

00:45:55.540 --> 00:45:56.020
 There's coming

00:45:56.020 --> 00:45:56.600
 a time

00:45:56.600 --> 00:45:57.260
 where every

00:45:57.260 --> 00:45:57.620
 tongue

00:45:57.620 --> 00:45:58.480
 confesses

00:45:58.480 --> 00:45:58.800
 him.

00:46:00.240 --> 00:46:00.640
 Some

00:46:00.640 --> 00:46:01.360
 saved,

00:46:01.600 --> 00:46:01.980
 others

00:46:01.980 --> 00:46:03.280
 to torment.

00:46:03.280 --> 00:46:03.380
 repent.

00:46:05.540 --> 00:46:06.320
 If you're

00:46:06.320 --> 00:46:06.560
 not a

00:46:06.560 --> 00:46:06.860
 Christian,

00:46:07.820 --> 00:46:10.700
 if you

00:46:10.700 --> 00:46:11.080
 have yet

00:46:11.080 --> 00:46:11.620
 to heed

00:46:11.620 --> 00:46:12.320
 the prophetic

00:46:12.320 --> 00:46:14.580
 call that

00:46:14.580 --> 00:46:15.480
 you're sinful,

00:46:16.080 --> 00:46:16.780
 God's judgment

00:46:16.780 --> 00:46:17.840
 is over you,

00:46:18.200 --> 00:46:18.780
 and that

00:46:18.780 --> 00:46:19.360
 your only

00:46:19.360 --> 00:46:20.080
 rescue from

00:46:20.080 --> 00:46:20.500
 the wrath

00:46:20.500 --> 00:46:20.880
 to come

00:46:20.880 --> 00:46:21.640
 is Jesus,

00:46:22.440 --> 00:46:22.880
 you need

00:46:22.880 --> 00:46:23.400
 to repent.

00:46:23.540 --> 00:46:24.000
 If that's

00:46:24.000 --> 00:46:24.420
 you,

00:46:25.740 --> 00:46:26.660
 it's not

00:46:26.660 --> 00:46:27.160
 too late.

00:46:29.580 --> 00:46:30.680
 Verse 13

00:46:30.680 --> 00:46:31.120
 isn't here

00:46:31.120 --> 00:46:31.400
 yet.

00:46:31.400 --> 00:46:33.880
 It doesn't

00:46:33.880 --> 00:46:34.360
 matter how

00:46:34.360 --> 00:46:34.680
 old you

00:46:34.680 --> 00:46:34.920
 are.

00:46:35.240 --> 00:46:35.559
 It doesn't

00:46:35.559 --> 00:46:35.940
 matter how

00:46:35.940 --> 00:46:36.320
 much you've

00:46:36.320 --> 00:46:36.720
 sinned.

00:46:36.960 --> 00:46:37.320
 It doesn't

00:46:37.320 --> 00:46:37.700
 matter how

00:46:37.700 --> 00:46:38.160
 long you've

00:46:38.160 --> 00:46:38.599
 been ignoring

00:46:38.599 --> 00:46:39.039
 Jesus.

00:46:39.660 --> 00:46:41.039
 Today is

00:46:41.039 --> 00:46:42.079
 not that

00:46:42.079 --> 00:46:42.519
 day,

00:46:42.660 --> 00:46:43.039
 Revelation

00:46:43.039 --> 00:46:44.220
 11.13.

00:46:44.740 --> 00:46:45.900
 Today is

00:46:45.900 --> 00:46:46.599
 the day

00:46:46.599 --> 00:46:47.300
 of your

00:46:47.300 --> 00:46:47.980
 salvation.

00:46:52.079 --> 00:46:52.720
 Beyond

00:46:52.720 --> 00:46:53.920
 11.13,

00:46:54.360 --> 00:46:55.039
 there's no

00:46:55.039 --> 00:46:55.920
 other opportunity

00:46:55.920 --> 00:46:56.700
 for the people

00:46:56.700 --> 00:46:57.280
 on earth

00:46:57.280 --> 00:46:57.840
 to repent.

00:46:57.840 --> 00:47:00.900
 so if

00:47:00.900 --> 00:47:01.519
 you know

00:47:01.519 --> 00:47:03.000
 that you

00:47:03.000 --> 00:47:03.340
 have yet

00:47:03.340 --> 00:47:04.100
 to respond

00:47:04.100 --> 00:47:04.720
 to Jesus,

00:47:05.100 --> 00:47:06.079
 don't delay.

00:47:08.800 --> 00:47:09.440
 I'd love

00:47:09.440 --> 00:47:09.780
 to talk

00:47:09.780 --> 00:47:10.019
 to you

00:47:10.019 --> 00:47:10.300
 about it

00:47:10.300 --> 00:47:10.680
 after the

00:47:10.680 --> 00:47:11.059
 service.

00:47:13.480 --> 00:47:14.079
 What we

00:47:14.079 --> 00:47:14.700
 see happening

00:47:14.700 --> 00:47:16.900
 in Revelation

00:47:16.900 --> 00:47:17.860
 11 here is

00:47:17.860 --> 00:47:18.519
 the church

00:47:18.519 --> 00:47:19.480
 very much

00:47:19.480 --> 00:47:20.539
 depicts her

00:47:20.539 --> 00:47:20.980
 master.

00:47:21.680 --> 00:47:22.160
 The church

00:47:22.160 --> 00:47:22.900
 suffers like

00:47:22.900 --> 00:47:23.220
 Jesus,

00:47:23.400 --> 00:47:23.740
 the church

00:47:23.740 --> 00:47:24.539
 dies like

00:47:24.539 --> 00:47:24.860
 Jesus,

00:47:25.200 --> 00:47:25.720
 the church

00:47:25.720 --> 00:47:26.579
 is dead

00:47:26.579 --> 00:47:27.139
 for a period

00:47:27.139 --> 00:47:27.579
 of time

00:47:27.579 --> 00:47:28.119
 like Jesus,

00:47:28.340 --> 00:47:28.860
 the church

00:47:28.860 --> 00:47:29.679
 is raised

00:47:29.679 --> 00:47:30.440
 up from

00:47:30.440 --> 00:47:30.779
 the dead

00:47:30.779 --> 00:47:31.340
 like Jesus

00:47:31.340 --> 00:47:32.259
 and ascends

00:47:32.259 --> 00:47:32.819
 in a cloud

00:47:32.819 --> 00:47:33.239
 to heaven

00:47:33.239 --> 00:47:33.920
 like Jesus.

00:47:35.219 --> 00:47:36.279
 Our prophetic

00:47:36.279 --> 00:47:36.739
 witness,

00:47:36.920 --> 00:47:37.779
 our suffering

00:47:37.779 --> 00:47:40.319
 are reflected

00:47:40.319 --> 00:47:40.920
 of the Savior

00:47:40.920 --> 00:47:41.380
 we love

00:47:41.380 --> 00:47:41.840
 and serve.

00:47:45.279 --> 00:47:46.139
 It's a sober

00:47:46.139 --> 00:47:46.639
 word,

00:47:47.860 --> 00:47:49.099
 but this

00:47:49.099 --> 00:47:49.860
 passage ends

00:47:49.860 --> 00:47:50.639
 with vindication.

00:47:52.440 --> 00:47:53.380
 Come up

00:47:53.380 --> 00:47:53.759
 here.

00:47:53.760 --> 00:47:56.480
 it's a

00:47:56.480 --> 00:47:56.900
 promise.

00:47:58.820 --> 00:47:59.460
 What are you

00:47:59.460 --> 00:47:59.820
 willing to

00:47:59.820 --> 00:48:00.340
 suffer for?

00:48:01.480 --> 00:48:02.160
 Let's pray.

00:48:04.520 --> 00:48:05.120
 God in

00:48:05.120 --> 00:48:05.360
 heaven,

00:48:06.480 --> 00:48:09.260
 help us to

00:48:09.260 --> 00:48:09.680
 be faithful

00:48:09.680 --> 00:48:10.060
 to you

00:48:10.060 --> 00:48:10.380
 now,

00:48:11.220 --> 00:48:13.080
 that we

00:48:13.080 --> 00:48:13.400
 would be

00:48:13.400 --> 00:48:14.040
 faithful to

00:48:14.040 --> 00:48:14.360
 what you

00:48:14.360 --> 00:48:14.840
 call us

00:48:14.840 --> 00:48:15.420
 to speak,

00:48:16.820 --> 00:48:18.420
 not sheepishly,

00:48:19.320 --> 00:48:20.100
 not leaving

00:48:20.100 --> 00:48:20.720
 things out,

00:48:20.719 --> 00:48:22.439
 but that

00:48:22.439 --> 00:48:22.759
 we would

00:48:22.759 --> 00:48:23.679
 love people

00:48:23.679 --> 00:48:24.879
 with the

00:48:24.879 --> 00:48:25.779
 entirety of

00:48:25.779 --> 00:48:26.319
 the gospel,

00:48:27.359 --> 00:48:27.959
 speaking of

00:48:27.959 --> 00:48:28.199
 you,

00:48:28.699 --> 00:48:29.199
 speaking of

00:48:29.199 --> 00:48:29.579
 sin,

00:48:30.139 --> 00:48:30.759
 of justice,

00:48:30.980 --> 00:48:31.619
 judgment to

00:48:31.619 --> 00:48:31.980
 come,

00:48:32.859 --> 00:48:33.179
 and the need

00:48:33.179 --> 00:48:33.659
 to repent.

00:48:34.839 --> 00:48:35.599
 It's the

00:48:35.599 --> 00:48:36.059
 same,

00:48:36.279 --> 00:48:37.019
 same old

00:48:37.019 --> 00:48:37.579
 story.

00:48:39.239 --> 00:48:39.779
 God,

00:48:39.859 --> 00:48:40.359
 would you

00:48:40.359 --> 00:48:42.199
 fill us

00:48:42.199 --> 00:48:42.619
 with your

00:48:42.619 --> 00:48:43.059
 spirit

00:48:43.059 --> 00:48:44.659
 that we

00:48:44.659 --> 00:48:45.359
 may be

00:48:45.359 --> 00:48:46.079
 prophetically

00:48:46.079 --> 00:48:46.619
 present

00:48:46.619 --> 00:48:48.299
 and endure

00:48:48.299 --> 00:48:48.739
 to the

00:48:48.739 --> 00:48:49.099
 end.

00:48:49.839 --> 00:48:50.319
 In Jesus'

00:48:50.480 --> 00:48:50.779
 name we

00:48:50.779 --> 00:48:51.059
 pray.

00:48:51.059 --> 00:48:52.159
 Amen.