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 Good morning all. Great to be with you again on church and online.

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 Just let me add one more thing.

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 This is effectively the close off of Vision 2020

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 and what an amazing journey it's been.

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 Someone who's been with us that whole time has been Nick and Sam.

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 They've both been with us that whole time.

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 And it's quite appropriate that today is their last day

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 before they take seven weeks of long service leave

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 at the end of Vision 2020.

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 So thank you guys. Thank you for serving us.

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 In the next seven weeks, may you experience rest

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 as we launch into looking at eternal rest now.

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 Let me pray as we begin.

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 Gracious God, thank you for Nick, for Sam, for Isla, for Juddy.

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 Thank you for their contribution to our church life.

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 And I pray that these next seven weeks for them

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 will be a glimpse of heaven.

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 I pray that they will drink deeply from you,

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 that they will experience rest as a family

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 and especially rest for their souls in you.

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 So Lord, refuel them for the next stage of ministry.

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 And as we launch into your word now,

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 give us a vision, a clear vision of the end.

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 And I pray, Lord, that our hearts will beat,

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 that adrenaline will course

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 as we look forward to the day coming.

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 Amen.

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 And so as we close off Vision 2020

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 and as we close off Revelation

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 and our time of celebration,

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 we start looking to the future

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 as we've already started to do.

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 I want to begin today by,

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 as I've done on numerous occasions in the past,

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 drawing our attention to the life

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 of one of the greatest philosophical thinkers,

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 one of the sharpest political minds,

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 one of the most quoted individuals

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 and widely respected entertainers

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 of the past 100 years.

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 Arnold Schwarzenegger was born

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 the son of a low-ranking Austrian police officer

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 and he was destined to be a nobody

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 until his hands wrapped around a barbell

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 for the very first time.

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 By the age of 18, he was traveling the world,

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 competing in bodybuilding championships.

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 And at one point, he's living in England

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 and his coach, Wag Bennett, said to him,

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 Arnie, what do you want to do with your life?

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 And Wag said Arnold's response

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 was phenomenal for an 18-year-old.

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 He said, I want to be the richest

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 and the greatest bodybuilder of all time.

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 I want to live in the United States.

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 I want to be an actor, a movie director.

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 I want to own an apartment block

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 and I want to have a political career.

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 18 years of age,

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 he saw the vision of the future

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 and that vision controlled his day-by-day actions.

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 One training partner,

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 living and in fact working with Arnie at that time,

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 said that Arnold was so focused on his future

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 that on one occasion,

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 we were doing reps with masses amounts of weight

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 and he said, I did one more than Arnie.

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 And he said, Arnie looked at me and said,

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 you'll never ever do that again.

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 And he said, no matter how hard I tried,

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 no matter how much training I did,

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 I could never beat him from that moment.

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 He knew what he wanted,

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 wasn't distracted,

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 he saw the future

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 and he went for it.

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 You see, whatever we think the future is,

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 it will determine

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 how we live in the present,

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 whether you're an atheist or a Christian.

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 Your future determines how you live.

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 So I want us to focus today,

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 Revelation 21, 22,

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 on a rock-solid certain future hope

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 that should control how we live right now.

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 As I said last week,

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 Revelation was not given to us

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 to satisfy our curiosity about things in the future,

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 but to open our eyes.

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 It's there to prod us

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 to become awake to the reality of what is

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 and to stimulate and reform actions in our lives.

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 It opens our eyes to the Christian worldview.

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 The crucified, resurrected Jesus

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 is the one who reigns in heaven.

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 His people suffer on earth with joy

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 while being threatened and seduced

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 by the powers and cultures of its day.

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 God, however, is in control

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 throughout the chaos of history

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 and he has determined

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 and he will come again

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 to judge all of humanity

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 and Christians are therefore called

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 to remain faithful to Jesus

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 and the good news about him

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 as we wait for his return

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 to wind up history

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 and to bring us into his perfect presence forever.

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 Last week, we saw the destruction of Babylon,

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 Babylon, the city which represents

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 the representation of idolatrous human societies

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 in all their forms

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 which are set against the creator God.

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 By the end of chapter 20,

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 all evil is dealt with and judged

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 and as we launch into chapters 21 and 22,

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 we're introduced to a new city.

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 And we'll notice a number of contrasts

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 between the two cities of Babylon,

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 the prostitute,

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 and Jerusalem, the bride.

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 Babylon seduced and corrupted the nations

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 but Jerusalem is a light to the nations.

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 Babylon is full of abominations and filth

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 but impurity and deceit

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 are excluded from Jerusalem.

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 In Babylon, wine intoxicates the nations.

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 In Jerusalem, there is water of life

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 and a tree of life

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 for the healing of the nations.

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 God's people are called out of Babylon

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 and they are called to enter Jerusalem.

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 And so before us today is an alternative city,

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 alternative Babylon,

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 a place of eternal rest.

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 And I want us to see three things quickly

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 from this today.

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 And if you've got the St. Paul's app,

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 I encourage you to open that up

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 and you have those three things in front of you.

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 The nature of eternal rest,

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 receiving eternal rest,

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 and thirdly, living for eternal rest.

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 So the nature of eternal rest is in verse 2.

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 It says,

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 I saw the holy city,

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 this is chapter 21,

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 I saw the holy city,

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 the new Jerusalem,

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 coming down out of heaven from God.

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 So the Bible describes here

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 a vision of the end of the world history,

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 the climax of history.

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 It's a picture of heaven.

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 And this vision is not of individual souls

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 rising up, escaping the world,

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 going to a white, fluffy, cloudy place

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 where we're playing harps.

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 That's not what we have here.

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 What you see instead is heaven coming down

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 and transforming the world.

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 That's what you see.

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 The climax of God's plan is a rewoven,

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 healed, perfected material world.

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 A world where even the good things of this world

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 are made to be infinitely better

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 than they currently are.

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 The Bible does not give us a picture of heaven

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 where we hover around with wings

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 amongst clouds, playing harps

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 and communicating via mental telepathy.

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 It's a real material world like this one

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 where people hug each other

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 and walk and run and laugh and dance

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 and kiss and eat and work and play.

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 It's a place like we've never experienced

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 in this world but it's also very, very similar

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 to this world.

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 The Swiss Alps will be the Swiss Alps

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 but perfected.

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 I don't know how that's possible

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 but it will be.

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 Maybe the less skiers or something.

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 I'm not sure what the deal is

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 but it will be perfected.

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 The difference is everything in this world

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 is broken.

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 Even the beautiful things.

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 There will be all pure, right and whole.

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 Every one of us,

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 every single human being

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 has this sense,

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 a longing for the perfect,

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 for the complete.

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 As good as this world might be at times,

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 it doesn't give us

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 the satisfaction that lasts.

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 Even the best marriages will end.

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 The best cars will rust.

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 The best holidays will be but a memory.

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 It all leaves us longing for the next thing,

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 the thing that will last.

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 It might be longing for a body

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 that we've never had,

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 the approval that we've never had,

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 the home that we've never had,

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 a beach or a wave that we've never had,

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 the family that we've never had.

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 Whatever it is,

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 these chapters say

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 that all of our desires

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 for fulfillment

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 and satisfaction

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 and contentment

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 is coming.

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 Verse 3 tells us

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 why it will be so right.

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 Why all of our hopes

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 and our expectations

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 will be fulfilled.

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 It says,

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 now the dwelling of God

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 is with people

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 and he will live with them.

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 They will be his people

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 and God himself

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 will be with them

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 and be their God.

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 Right at the beginning of the Bible

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 we are told

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 that's exactly what we were created for.

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 It's what God's plan has been all along

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 for him and his people

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 to dwell together

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 in perfect harmony.

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 We have that

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 at the beginning of the Bible

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 at creation

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 God dwells with his people

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 in the Garden of Eden.

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 They walk

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 and they talk together.

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 Everything is perfect.

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 In fact,

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 at the end of six days of creating

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 it says that God rested.

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 He wasn't tired.

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 Rest was the goal of creation.

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 On the seventh day

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 God rested.

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 You don't then

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 and then it was Monday again

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 he had to get back to work.

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 Rest was it.

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 The seventh day was it.

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 Rest.

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 All things in their proper order

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 in harmony with each other

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 for their joy

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 is biblical rest.

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 And here at the end of all things

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 God is again dwelling with his people

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 in heaven.

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 Rest.

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 God

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 has always planned

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 and desired

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 to be with his people

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 in a state of perfect harmony.

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 Rest is the goal.

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 But as we know

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 in Genesis 3

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 that rest was

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 totally

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 ruined

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 when we lost

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 our relationship

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 with God

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 through sin.

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 And on that moment

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 even our relationship

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 with our true selves

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 was broken.

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 Fell apart.

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 Adam and Eve

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 immediately began

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 to experience

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 fear and anxiety

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 and their relationship

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 with each other

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 fell apart.

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 Their relationship

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 with the physical world

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 fell apart

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 as the snake

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 tempted Eve.

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 They began

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 to experience

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 aging and disease

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 and pain

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 and death.

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 When your relationship

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 with God

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 falls apart

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 everything

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 falls apart.

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 restlessness

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 is the consequence.

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 Constantly

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 striving

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 for contentment

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 and satisfaction

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 is the consequence.

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 but when the relationship

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 with God

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 is put right

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 every other relationship

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 is put right.

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 Everything sad

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 and broken

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 and wrong

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 will be wiped away.

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 That is the day

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 that's coming.

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 For me

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 I'm a diabetic

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 I'm constantly

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 hooked up to a pump

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 and I've got

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 hearing aids now

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 and so

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 everything's breaking.

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 Everything's breaking.

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 But for me

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 that's not my major concern.

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 The thing that I look forward to

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 in heaven

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 is not a new pancreas.

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 The thing that I look forward to

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 more than anything else

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 is the weight

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 to be lifted.

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 The weight to be gone.

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 The weight of expectations

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 and the need to lead

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 and the constant feeling

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 of being a failure

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 as a disciple

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 and as a leader

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 and everything

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 to be gone

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 to be lifted like that.

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 Heaven is a place

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 of rest

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 of endless joy

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 happiness

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 freedom

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 fulfillment

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 beauty

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 love

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 contentment.

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 The future

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 for the inhabitants

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 of Babylon

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 is darkness

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 despair

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 and loneliness.

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 The future

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 for the members

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 of the new Jerusalem

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 the bride of Christ

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 the church

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 is light

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 joy

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 and intimate

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 relationship.

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 And that's what we see

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 in the second half

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 of chapter 21.

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 In verse 9

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 one of the angels

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 says to John

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 come

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 I will show you

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 the bride

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 the wife

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 of the lamb

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 and he carried me

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 away

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 in the spirit

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 to a mountain

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 high and great

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 and he showed me

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 the holy city.

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 So here's John

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 taken away

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 in a vision

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 to see the bride

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 the wife

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 of the lamb

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 and when he gets there

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 what does he see?

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 A city.

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 Now the details

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 of the rest

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 of the chapter

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 reveal

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 an unusual city.

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 It's huge.

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 It's a huge

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 cube.

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 2200 kilometers

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 by 2200 kilometers

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 by 2200 kilometers.

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 That's massive.

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 That's a lot

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 of stories.

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 Here to Townsville

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 and somewhere

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 further west

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 and I don't know

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 how many

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 Mount Everest

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 on top of each other.

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 An awful lot.

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 The measurements

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 and the details

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 here are symbolic.

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 This cube

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 echoes the most

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 holy place

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 in Solomon's temple

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 in 1 Kings 6.

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 The holy city

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 is now

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 the most holy place.

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 The place

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 where God

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 meets with his people.

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 In the past

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 it was only

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 the high priest

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 who could ever

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 enter the most holy place

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 and only once a year

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 and after very

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 specific preparation

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 the blood of Jesus

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 has opened the way

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 for every

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 single person

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 to now

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 be in his presence

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 forever.

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 The jewels

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 on the high priest

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 breastplate

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 which represented

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 the people of God

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 are now embedded

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 into the city walls.

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 The old temple

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 had one single entrance.

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 This one

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 has gates

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 on all four sides

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 welcoming people

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 from all four corners

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 of the globe.

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 The temple

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 was the symbol

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 of God's presence

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 with his people

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 and now that symbol

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 has given way

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 to reality.

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 It's not literally

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 2,200 by

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 it's not literally

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 a big cube.

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 These numbers

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 are significant.

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 This vision

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 of the John C

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 is so

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 magnificent

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 so incomprehensible

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 that he tries

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 to grab for language

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 and symbols

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 to try and describe

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 the beauty

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 and the magnificence

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 of it.

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 This is a city

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 that contains

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 all of God's people.

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 All of God's people

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 from Old Testament

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 to New Testament

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 that's what all the

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 specific numbers

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 are referring to.

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 That's the symbolism

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 of it.

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 And it's a city

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 about the size

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 of the world

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 as they knew it

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 at the time.

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 The thick walls

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 and the angelic watchmen

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 on each gate

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 which are never closed

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 are references

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 to its safety

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 and its security.

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 Perfect relationship

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 with God

00:17:22.099 --> 00:17:23.740
 perfect relationship

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 with all people

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 and perfect relationship

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 with the created order.

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 It's hard to picture.

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 But imagine

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 this world

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 with everything

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 negative

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 everything broken

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 sinful

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 evil

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 decaying

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 dark

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 destructive thing

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 every one of those things

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 taken out of it

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 so that all

00:17:47.420 --> 00:17:48.500
 that we have left

00:17:48.500 --> 00:17:50.259
 is the stuff

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 that's good

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 whole

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 light

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 righteous

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 loving

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 kind

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 and all of that stuff

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 being perfected

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 millions and millions

00:17:58.700 --> 00:17:59.519
 of times over

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 and you start to get

00:18:00.259 --> 00:18:00.740
 a glimpse

00:18:00.740 --> 00:18:02.100
 of what forever

00:18:02.100 --> 00:18:02.540
 with God

00:18:02.540 --> 00:18:03.340
 is going to be like.

00:18:07.259 --> 00:18:08.460
 Revelation 21

00:18:08.460 --> 00:18:10.019
 verses 4 and 5

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 really just sum it up.

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 God will wipe away

00:18:13.220 --> 00:18:13.820
 every tear

00:18:13.820 --> 00:18:14.640
 with their eyes

00:18:14.640 --> 00:18:15.860
 that we know

00:18:15.860 --> 00:18:16.660
 more death

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 or mourning

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 or crying

00:18:19.880 --> 00:18:21.000
 or pain

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 for the old order

00:18:22.519 --> 00:18:22.940
 of things

00:18:22.940 --> 00:18:23.960
 has passed away.

00:18:24.799 --> 00:18:25.740
 He who was seated

00:18:25.740 --> 00:18:26.360
 on the throne

00:18:26.360 --> 00:18:27.700
 said I am making

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 everything

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 new.

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 That is the hope

00:18:33.519 --> 00:18:34.080
 of the Christian

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 and that is the nature

00:18:34.920 --> 00:18:36.000
 of our eternal rest.

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 So how do we get it?

00:18:38.319 --> 00:18:40.419
 The simple answer

00:18:40.419 --> 00:18:40.960
 is

00:18:40.960 --> 00:18:42.339
 you believe

00:18:42.339 --> 00:18:43.059
 in the death

00:18:43.059 --> 00:18:43.720
 and resurrection

00:18:43.720 --> 00:18:44.839
 of Jesus Christ

00:18:44.839 --> 00:18:46.539
 and you cling

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 to him

00:18:47.000 --> 00:18:48.059
 all the days

00:18:48.059 --> 00:18:48.759
 of your life.

00:18:50.599 --> 00:18:51.359
 Jesus' death

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 is alluded to

00:18:51.980 --> 00:18:52.819
 in verse 6

00:18:52.819 --> 00:18:55.159
 where it says

00:18:55.159 --> 00:18:55.679
 to him

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 who is thirsty

00:18:56.419 --> 00:18:57.119
 I will give

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 to drink

00:18:57.679 --> 00:18:59.159
 without cost

00:18:59.159 --> 00:19:00.859
 from the spring

00:19:00.859 --> 00:19:01.500
 of the water

00:19:01.500 --> 00:19:02.039
 of life.

00:19:02.919 --> 00:19:03.460
 As I said

00:19:03.460 --> 00:19:04.039
 last week

00:19:04.039 --> 00:19:04.799
 the John who

00:19:04.799 --> 00:19:06.119
 gets this vision

00:19:06.119 --> 00:19:06.720
 in Revelation

00:19:06.720 --> 00:19:07.259
 is the John

00:19:07.259 --> 00:19:08.359
 who wrote John's Gospel

00:19:08.359 --> 00:19:09.619
 and what's standing

00:19:09.619 --> 00:19:10.900
 behind verse 6

00:19:10.900 --> 00:19:13.220
 is John 4

00:19:13.220 --> 00:19:14.279
 where Jesus

00:19:14.279 --> 00:19:15.059
 meets a woman

00:19:15.059 --> 00:19:15.700
 at the well

00:19:15.700 --> 00:19:16.900
 and says

00:19:16.900 --> 00:19:17.660
 that he can give

00:19:17.660 --> 00:19:18.579
 water to her

00:19:18.579 --> 00:19:19.799
 that will mean

00:19:19.799 --> 00:19:20.619
 that she will never

00:19:20.619 --> 00:19:21.339
 ever be thirsty

00:19:21.339 --> 00:19:21.859
 again

00:19:21.859 --> 00:19:22.480
 and she thought

00:19:22.480 --> 00:19:23.299
 this is fantastic

00:19:23.299 --> 00:19:24.220
 you know

00:19:24.220 --> 00:19:25.079
 get me buckets

00:19:25.079 --> 00:19:26.019
 and I'll have

00:19:26.019 --> 00:19:26.619
 some of that.

00:19:27.099 --> 00:19:27.680
 She of course

00:19:27.680 --> 00:19:28.240
 thought he was

00:19:28.240 --> 00:19:28.720
 talking about

00:19:28.720 --> 00:19:29.500
 actual water

00:19:29.500 --> 00:19:30.180
 he was talking

00:19:30.180 --> 00:19:31.259
 about eternal life.

00:19:32.299 --> 00:19:33.599
 Jesus offered her

00:19:33.599 --> 00:19:34.640
 in that moment

00:19:34.640 --> 00:19:35.960
 a foretaste

00:19:35.960 --> 00:19:38.060
 of this new heaven

00:19:38.060 --> 00:19:39.060
 and this new earth.

00:19:40.500 --> 00:19:41.900
 The deepest longings

00:19:41.900 --> 00:19:42.600
 of our life

00:19:42.600 --> 00:19:43.240
 the longing

00:19:43.240 --> 00:19:43.840
 for love

00:19:43.840 --> 00:19:44.259
 the longing

00:19:44.259 --> 00:19:44.960
 for value

00:19:44.960 --> 00:19:45.700
 the longing

00:19:45.700 --> 00:19:46.380
 for life

00:19:46.380 --> 00:19:47.080
 to last

00:19:47.080 --> 00:19:48.020
 are satisfied

00:19:48.020 --> 00:19:49.720
 in and by Jesus.

00:19:50.680 --> 00:19:51.900
 Jesus says

00:19:51.900 --> 00:19:52.960
 that we can have it

00:19:52.960 --> 00:19:53.620
 for free

00:19:53.620 --> 00:19:55.100
 he offers it to us

00:19:55.100 --> 00:19:55.840
 it says there

00:19:55.840 --> 00:19:57.280
 without cost.

00:19:58.580 --> 00:19:59.940
 How is that possible?

00:20:00.920 --> 00:20:01.980
 How is it possible

00:20:01.980 --> 00:20:03.160
 that he can offer

00:20:03.160 --> 00:20:04.240
 that to us

00:20:04.240 --> 00:20:06.180
 without cost?

00:20:10.860 --> 00:20:11.299
 Well

00:20:11.299 --> 00:20:11.960
 at the end

00:20:11.960 --> 00:20:12.759
 of John's gospel

00:20:12.759 --> 00:20:13.480
 we have Jesus

00:20:13.480 --> 00:20:14.259
 on the cross.

00:20:15.299 --> 00:20:16.420
 That's how it's possible.

00:20:17.519 --> 00:20:18.200
 He's the one

00:20:18.200 --> 00:20:18.860
 who has taken

00:20:18.860 --> 00:20:19.660
 our sin

00:20:19.660 --> 00:20:20.400
 to the cross.

00:20:21.640 --> 00:20:22.460
 And one of the

00:20:22.460 --> 00:20:23.299
 significant things

00:20:23.299 --> 00:20:23.799
 he says

00:20:23.799 --> 00:20:24.319
 at the end

00:20:24.319 --> 00:20:25.079
 of John's gospel

00:20:25.079 --> 00:20:26.099
 while he's on the cross

00:20:26.099 --> 00:20:26.700
 he said a number

00:20:26.700 --> 00:20:27.180
 of things

00:20:27.180 --> 00:20:28.039
 but one of the

00:20:28.039 --> 00:20:28.880
 significant things

00:20:28.880 --> 00:20:29.400
 he said

00:20:29.400 --> 00:20:30.140
 was

00:20:30.140 --> 00:20:31.799
 I am thirsty.

00:20:31.980 --> 00:20:34.059
 I am thirsty.

00:20:35.099 --> 00:20:35.960
 It wasn't just

00:20:35.960 --> 00:20:36.819
 a physical thirst

00:20:36.819 --> 00:20:38.099
 because straight afterwards

00:20:38.099 --> 00:20:38.579
 he says

00:20:38.579 --> 00:20:39.019
 my God

00:20:39.019 --> 00:20:39.559
 my God

00:20:39.559 --> 00:20:40.839
 why have you

00:20:40.839 --> 00:20:42.059
 forsaken me?

00:20:43.180 --> 00:20:44.019
 On the cross

00:20:44.019 --> 00:20:44.460
 Jesus

00:20:44.460 --> 00:20:46.400
 was experiencing

00:20:46.400 --> 00:20:48.160
 cosmic hopelessness

00:20:48.160 --> 00:20:50.660
 so that we could

00:20:50.660 --> 00:20:51.360
 experience

00:20:51.360 --> 00:20:53.019
 living hope.

00:20:54.000 --> 00:20:54.779
 On the cross

00:20:54.779 --> 00:20:55.860
 Jesus experienced

00:20:55.860 --> 00:20:56.980
 cosmic thirst

00:20:56.980 --> 00:20:57.700
 separation

00:20:57.700 --> 00:20:58.680
 from God

00:20:58.680 --> 00:21:00.140
 that's what

00:21:00.140 --> 00:21:01.059
 we deserve

00:21:01.059 --> 00:21:01.859
 so that we

00:21:01.859 --> 00:21:02.259
 could have

00:21:02.259 --> 00:21:02.799
 the spring

00:21:02.799 --> 00:21:03.279
 of the water

00:21:03.279 --> 00:21:03.720
 of life

00:21:03.720 --> 00:21:04.159
 instead.

00:21:04.279 --> 00:21:04.700
 On the cross

00:21:04.700 --> 00:21:05.039
 Jesus

00:21:05.039 --> 00:21:06.179
 took the curse

00:21:06.179 --> 00:21:06.859
 of God

00:21:06.859 --> 00:21:08.039
 for our sin

00:21:08.039 --> 00:21:08.759
 so that we

00:21:08.759 --> 00:21:09.799
 can experience

00:21:09.799 --> 00:21:10.619
 an eternal

00:21:10.619 --> 00:21:11.119
 future

00:21:11.119 --> 00:21:11.700
 of blessing

00:21:11.700 --> 00:21:12.919
 in his presence.

00:21:13.059 --> 00:21:13.740
 On the cross

00:21:13.740 --> 00:21:14.720
 the sun went

00:21:14.720 --> 00:21:15.960
 down at midday

00:21:15.960 --> 00:21:17.299
 darkness fell

00:21:17.299 --> 00:21:18.259
 so that we

00:21:18.259 --> 00:21:19.000
 could experience

00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:19.599
 an eternal

00:21:19.599 --> 00:21:20.779
 future of light

00:21:20.779 --> 00:21:21.659
 and glory

00:21:21.659 --> 00:21:22.500
 and safety.

00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:23.799
 He was nailed

00:21:23.799 --> 00:21:24.679
 to the cross

00:21:24.679 --> 00:21:25.679
 of death

00:21:25.679 --> 00:21:26.579
 so that we

00:21:26.579 --> 00:21:27.299
 can have access

00:21:27.299 --> 00:21:28.139
 to the tree

00:21:28.140 --> 00:21:28.920
 of life.

00:21:29.340 --> 00:21:29.660
 Jesus

00:21:29.660 --> 00:21:31.100
 left the rest

00:21:31.100 --> 00:21:31.780
 of heaven

00:21:31.780 --> 00:21:32.780
 came into

00:21:32.780 --> 00:21:33.460
 this world

00:21:33.460 --> 00:21:34.580
 so that we

00:21:34.580 --> 00:21:35.580
 could receive

00:21:35.580 --> 00:21:36.520
 eternal rest

00:21:36.520 --> 00:21:36.880
 with him

00:21:36.880 --> 00:21:37.259
 forever.

00:21:40.720 --> 00:21:41.500
 And he

00:21:41.500 --> 00:21:42.020
 didn't just

00:21:42.020 --> 00:21:42.560
 die

00:21:42.560 --> 00:21:43.200
 he rose

00:21:43.200 --> 00:21:43.580
 again.

00:21:43.700 --> 00:21:44.560
 His resurrection

00:21:44.560 --> 00:21:45.840
 his new

00:21:45.840 --> 00:21:46.259
 body

00:21:46.259 --> 00:21:47.740
 is the first

00:21:47.740 --> 00:21:48.700
 installment

00:21:48.700 --> 00:21:50.000
 of everything

00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:51.340
 being made

00:21:51.340 --> 00:21:52.160
 new forever.

00:21:52.660 --> 00:21:53.700
 It all hinges

00:21:53.700 --> 00:21:54.240
 on that.

00:21:54.560 --> 00:21:55.680
 It all hinges

00:21:55.680 --> 00:21:56.780
 on resurrection.

00:21:58.140 --> 00:22:00.180
 So if you're

00:22:00.180 --> 00:22:00.620
 sitting here

00:22:00.620 --> 00:22:01.259
 today going

00:22:01.259 --> 00:22:03.200
 pie in the

00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:03.900
 sky Steve

00:22:03.900 --> 00:22:04.940
 let's get

00:22:04.940 --> 00:22:05.740
 historical for

00:22:05.740 --> 00:22:06.180
 a moment.

00:22:07.320 --> 00:22:07.920
 Walk away

00:22:07.920 --> 00:22:08.540
 from here

00:22:08.540 --> 00:22:09.620
 and investigate

00:22:09.620 --> 00:22:10.560
 the resurrection

00:22:10.560 --> 00:22:11.280
 of Jesus.

00:22:11.880 --> 00:22:12.500
 Historical

00:22:12.500 --> 00:22:13.200
 resurrection

00:22:13.200 --> 00:22:13.759
 of Jesus

00:22:13.759 --> 00:22:14.940
 that is the

00:22:14.940 --> 00:22:15.780
 first fruit

00:22:15.780 --> 00:22:16.980
 of this promise

00:22:16.980 --> 00:22:17.780
 here of

00:22:17.780 --> 00:22:18.500
 eternal rest

00:22:18.500 --> 00:22:19.100
 with Christ.

00:22:20.480 --> 00:22:21.400
 If you need

00:22:21.400 --> 00:22:21.860
 help doing

00:22:21.860 --> 00:22:22.740
 that I'd be

00:22:22.740 --> 00:22:23.520
 delighted to

00:22:23.520 --> 00:22:23.980
 help you do

00:22:23.980 --> 00:22:24.280
 that.

00:22:24.279 --> 00:22:28.420
 his resurrection

00:22:28.420 --> 00:22:29.079
 is a promise

00:22:29.079 --> 00:22:29.700
 to us that

00:22:29.700 --> 00:22:30.420
 this world

00:22:30.420 --> 00:22:30.980
 is not

00:22:30.980 --> 00:22:31.539
 everything

00:22:31.539 --> 00:22:32.379
 and that

00:22:32.379 --> 00:22:32.720
 there is

00:22:32.720 --> 00:22:33.379
 hope beyond

00:22:33.379 --> 00:22:33.759
 death.

00:22:34.000 --> 00:22:34.660
 His resurrection

00:22:34.660 --> 00:22:36.160
 guarantees our

00:22:36.160 --> 00:22:37.240
 resurrection with

00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:37.920
 him and

00:22:37.920 --> 00:22:38.899
 therefore guarantees

00:22:38.899 --> 00:22:39.599
 our hope

00:22:39.599 --> 00:22:40.539
 and he invites

00:22:40.539 --> 00:22:41.240
 us to join him

00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:41.660
 in it.

00:22:43.379 --> 00:22:44.299
 So thirdly

00:22:44.299 --> 00:22:46.460
 how does this

00:22:46.460 --> 00:22:47.319
 future shape

00:22:47.319 --> 00:22:48.019
 our present?

00:22:48.599 --> 00:22:49.079
 What does it

00:22:49.079 --> 00:22:50.200
 mean to live

00:22:50.200 --> 00:22:51.680
 for eternal

00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:52.160
 rest?

00:22:52.160 --> 00:22:53.920
 You see

00:22:53.920 --> 00:22:54.380
 the person

00:22:54.380 --> 00:22:54.960
 who knows

00:22:54.960 --> 00:22:55.259
 that their

00:22:55.259 --> 00:22:55.880
 destiny is

00:22:55.880 --> 00:22:56.240
 glorious

00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:57.360
 and certain

00:22:57.360 --> 00:22:58.700
 because of

00:22:58.700 --> 00:22:59.100
 the radical

00:22:59.100 --> 00:22:59.500
 love and

00:22:59.500 --> 00:23:00.060
 the sacrifice

00:23:00.060 --> 00:23:01.240
 of a forgiving

00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:01.680
 and loving

00:23:01.680 --> 00:23:03.019
 God will be

00:23:03.019 --> 00:23:04.640
 free and I

00:23:04.640 --> 00:23:05.460
 mean set

00:23:05.460 --> 00:23:06.800
 free to

00:23:06.800 --> 00:23:07.940
 live the

00:23:07.940 --> 00:23:08.820
 most radical

00:23:08.820 --> 00:23:10.120
 life of

00:23:10.120 --> 00:23:10.920
 love and

00:23:10.920 --> 00:23:11.779
 sacrifice here

00:23:11.779 --> 00:23:12.220
 on earth.

00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:12.980
 You see

00:23:12.980 --> 00:23:13.880
 if someone

00:23:13.880 --> 00:23:14.940
 picture this

00:23:14.940 --> 00:23:15.660
 someone falls

00:23:15.660 --> 00:23:16.140
 out of an

00:23:16.140 --> 00:23:16.600
 aeroplane

00:23:16.600 --> 00:23:17.279
 you're flying

00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:17.800
 along right

00:23:17.800 --> 00:23:18.640
 someone falls

00:23:18.640 --> 00:23:19.160
 out of an

00:23:19.160 --> 00:23:20.140
 aeroplane and

00:23:20.140 --> 00:23:20.640
 they don't have

00:23:20.640 --> 00:23:21.240
 a parachute

00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:21.800
 on

00:23:21.799 --> 00:23:23.220
 you don't

00:23:23.220 --> 00:23:23.740
 go

00:23:23.740 --> 00:23:25.259
 I'll jump

00:23:25.259 --> 00:23:25.559
 out of the

00:23:25.559 --> 00:23:26.079
 aeroplane and

00:23:26.079 --> 00:23:26.440
 see if I can

00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:26.919
 rescue them.

00:23:28.559 --> 00:23:29.440
 There's no

00:23:29.440 --> 00:23:30.180
 point.

00:23:30.879 --> 00:23:31.599
 Two deaths

00:23:31.599 --> 00:23:32.460
 is not better

00:23:32.460 --> 00:23:33.220
 than one.

00:23:33.960 --> 00:23:34.480
 Doesn't make

00:23:34.480 --> 00:23:35.099
 any sense.

00:23:35.240 --> 00:23:35.579
 However

00:23:35.579 --> 00:23:37.079
 if the person

00:23:37.079 --> 00:23:37.639
 falls out of

00:23:37.639 --> 00:23:38.240
 the aeroplane

00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:38.839
 and you happen

00:23:38.839 --> 00:23:39.279
 to have a

00:23:39.279 --> 00:23:40.059
 parachute on

00:23:40.059 --> 00:23:40.980
 then you just

00:23:40.980 --> 00:23:41.659
 may in that

00:23:41.659 --> 00:23:42.559
 moment attempt

00:23:42.559 --> 00:23:43.039
 one of those

00:23:43.039 --> 00:23:43.740
 James Bond

00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:45.279
 kind of rescue

00:23:45.279 --> 00:23:46.000
 attempts where

00:23:46.000 --> 00:23:46.919
 you free fall

00:23:46.919 --> 00:23:47.619
 like a bullet

00:23:47.619 --> 00:23:48.220
 and you catch

00:23:48.220 --> 00:23:48.619
 them and

00:23:48.619 --> 00:23:50.339
 pull the cord

00:23:50.339 --> 00:23:50.799
 and you rescue

00:23:50.799 --> 00:23:51.019
 them.

00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:52.440
 You see

00:23:52.440 --> 00:23:53.220
 it is the

00:23:53.220 --> 00:23:54.379
 hope of

00:23:54.379 --> 00:23:55.099
 eternal

00:23:55.099 --> 00:23:56.200
 rest

00:23:56.200 --> 00:23:58.180
 safety and

00:23:58.180 --> 00:23:58.980
 love in the

00:23:58.980 --> 00:23:59.799
 end that

00:23:59.799 --> 00:24:00.539
 releases

00:24:00.539 --> 00:24:01.960
 radical

00:24:01.960 --> 00:24:03.119
 sacrificial

00:24:03.119 --> 00:24:03.700
 love right

00:24:03.700 --> 00:24:03.980
 now.

00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:08.399
 So the

00:24:08.399 --> 00:24:08.759
 book of

00:24:08.759 --> 00:24:09.299
 Revelation

00:24:09.299 --> 00:24:11.039
 and our

00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:12.200
 future hope

00:24:12.200 --> 00:24:13.119
 should cause

00:24:13.119 --> 00:24:13.619
 the Christian

00:24:13.619 --> 00:24:14.099
 to move

00:24:14.099 --> 00:24:15.099
 away from

00:24:15.099 --> 00:24:15.899
 lives of

00:24:15.899 --> 00:24:16.779
 self-centeredness

00:24:16.779 --> 00:24:17.519
 and flimsy

00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:18.619
 loyalties and

00:24:18.619 --> 00:24:19.440
 undisciplined

00:24:19.440 --> 00:24:20.619
 devotion and

00:24:20.619 --> 00:24:21.379
 presumption of

00:24:21.379 --> 00:24:21.679
 God's

00:24:21.679 --> 00:24:22.799
 patience into

00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:23.859
 people whose

00:24:23.859 --> 00:24:24.479
 lives are

00:24:24.479 --> 00:24:25.279
 consistently

00:24:25.279 --> 00:24:26.399
 living for

00:24:26.399 --> 00:24:26.959
 more than

00:24:26.959 --> 00:24:27.819
 self-preservation

00:24:27.819 --> 00:24:28.679
 self-praise and

00:24:28.679 --> 00:24:29.419
 self-fulfillment.

00:24:29.420 --> 00:24:34.880
 the Christian

00:24:34.880 --> 00:24:36.180
 is not just

00:24:36.180 --> 00:24:36.900
 the citizen

00:24:36.900 --> 00:24:37.759
 of this

00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:38.120
 city,

00:24:38.279 --> 00:24:38.920
 New Jerusalem

00:24:38.920 --> 00:24:39.519
 into the

00:24:39.519 --> 00:24:39.960
 future,

00:24:40.539 --> 00:24:41.640
 they're part

00:24:41.640 --> 00:24:42.120
 of it right

00:24:42.120 --> 00:24:42.460
 now.

00:24:43.680 --> 00:24:44.620
 And at the

00:24:44.620 --> 00:24:45.700
 very least,

00:24:46.580 --> 00:24:47.360
 what that

00:24:47.360 --> 00:24:48.320
 means is

00:24:48.320 --> 00:24:48.900
 that there is

00:24:48.900 --> 00:24:49.539
 to some

00:24:49.539 --> 00:24:51.320
 degree that

00:24:51.320 --> 00:24:52.240
 we can in

00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:52.800
 fact wipe

00:24:52.800 --> 00:24:53.279
 away the

00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:53.980
 tears of

00:24:53.980 --> 00:24:54.759
 our city

00:24:54.759 --> 00:24:56.740
 right now

00:24:56.740 --> 00:24:57.759
 through

00:24:57.759 --> 00:24:58.900
 acts of

00:24:58.900 --> 00:24:59.359
 selfless

00:24:59.359 --> 00:25:00.019
 love and

00:25:00.019 --> 00:25:00.720
 mercy and

00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:01.180
 justice.

00:25:04.079 --> 00:25:04.920
 The

00:25:04.920 --> 00:25:05.339
 Christian

00:25:05.339 --> 00:25:06.579
 hope is

00:25:06.579 --> 00:25:07.039
 a life

00:25:07.039 --> 00:25:07.779
 transforming

00:25:07.779 --> 00:25:09.220
 living hope

00:25:09.220 --> 00:25:10.059
 and not an

00:25:10.059 --> 00:25:11.460
 abstract idea.

00:25:12.160 --> 00:25:12.579
 These

00:25:12.579 --> 00:25:13.460
 chapters were

00:25:13.460 --> 00:25:14.339
 originally written

00:25:14.339 --> 00:25:15.640
 to people who

00:25:15.640 --> 00:25:16.660
 were suffering

00:25:16.660 --> 00:25:18.460
 terrible things.

00:25:18.460 --> 00:25:20.960
 they had

00:25:20.960 --> 00:25:21.840
 homes taken

00:25:21.840 --> 00:25:22.380
 away and

00:25:22.380 --> 00:25:22.920
 plundered,

00:25:23.240 --> 00:25:23.840
 as I said

00:25:23.840 --> 00:25:24.259
 right at the

00:25:24.259 --> 00:25:24.559
 beginning of

00:25:24.559 --> 00:25:25.059
 this series.

00:25:25.880 --> 00:25:26.380
 They were

00:25:26.380 --> 00:25:27.039
 sent into

00:25:27.039 --> 00:25:27.640
 the arena

00:25:27.640 --> 00:25:28.279
 and torn

00:25:28.279 --> 00:25:29.380
 apart by

00:25:29.380 --> 00:25:30.299
 wild animals

00:25:30.299 --> 00:25:30.700
 as the

00:25:30.700 --> 00:25:31.960
 crowds watched

00:25:31.960 --> 00:25:32.840
 and applauded.

00:25:33.620 --> 00:25:33.980
 Christians

00:25:33.980 --> 00:25:34.759
 were impaled

00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:35.559
 on stakes

00:25:35.559 --> 00:25:36.140
 while still

00:25:36.140 --> 00:25:36.579
 alive,

00:25:36.720 --> 00:25:37.240
 covered with

00:25:37.240 --> 00:25:38.039
 tar and

00:25:38.039 --> 00:25:38.819
 set alight.

00:25:40.299 --> 00:25:41.000
 They also

00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:41.600
 suffered the

00:25:41.600 --> 00:25:42.340
 daily struggle

00:25:42.340 --> 00:25:43.000
 of not being

00:25:43.000 --> 00:25:43.740
 seduced by

00:25:43.740 --> 00:25:44.200
 the power

00:25:44.200 --> 00:25:44.440
 and the

00:25:44.440 --> 00:25:45.059
 affluence of

00:25:45.059 --> 00:25:45.380
 Rome,

00:25:45.660 --> 00:25:46.259
 the daily

00:25:46.259 --> 00:25:47.000
 struggle of

00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:47.559
 not planting

00:25:47.559 --> 00:25:48.160
 their hopes

00:25:48.160 --> 00:25:49.460
 firmly in

00:25:49.460 --> 00:25:50.420
 a temporary

00:25:50.420 --> 00:25:51.140
 empire.

00:25:52.540 --> 00:25:53.420
 That's what

00:25:53.420 --> 00:25:54.120
 they faced.

00:25:55.580 --> 00:25:56.600
 What does

00:25:56.600 --> 00:25:57.180
 John give

00:25:57.180 --> 00:25:57.460
 them?

00:25:59.660 --> 00:26:00.400
 Free

00:26:00.400 --> 00:26:00.779
 tickets to

00:26:00.779 --> 00:26:01.400
 the Maldives?

00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:03.759
 No.

00:26:04.980 --> 00:26:05.700
 Great

00:26:05.700 --> 00:26:06.040
 career

00:26:06.040 --> 00:26:06.519
 advancement?

00:26:07.860 --> 00:26:08.480
 No.

00:26:10.320 --> 00:26:11.340
 He gave

00:26:11.340 --> 00:26:12.040
 them this

00:26:12.040 --> 00:26:13.180
 is what he

00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:13.580
 gave them.

00:26:15.060 --> 00:26:16.040
 He gave

00:26:16.040 --> 00:26:16.440
 them this.

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:16.960
 He gave

00:26:16.960 --> 00:26:17.740
 them the

00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:18.440
 new heavens

00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:18.940
 and the

00:26:18.940 --> 00:26:19.839
 new earth.

00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:20.400
 He gave

00:26:20.400 --> 00:26:20.720
 them the

00:26:20.720 --> 00:26:21.480
 glimpse of

00:26:21.480 --> 00:26:22.099
 God's

00:26:22.099 --> 00:26:22.859
 plan of

00:26:22.859 --> 00:26:23.380
 the climax

00:26:23.380 --> 00:26:24.059
 of history

00:26:24.059 --> 00:26:24.740
 and it's

00:26:24.740 --> 00:26:25.200
 a simple

00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:26.019
 fact that

00:26:26.019 --> 00:26:26.359
 when he

00:26:26.359 --> 00:26:26.920
 gave them

00:26:26.920 --> 00:26:27.420
 this,

00:26:27.539 --> 00:26:28.299
 it worked.

00:26:30.920 --> 00:26:31.680
 The early

00:26:31.680 --> 00:26:32.400
 Christians took

00:26:32.400 --> 00:26:33.059
 their suffering

00:26:33.059 --> 00:26:33.740
 with such

00:26:33.740 --> 00:26:34.279
 peace.

00:26:34.680 --> 00:26:35.140
 They sang

00:26:35.140 --> 00:26:35.799
 hymns as

00:26:35.799 --> 00:26:36.200
 the beasts

00:26:36.200 --> 00:26:36.680
 were tearing

00:26:36.680 --> 00:26:37.180
 them apart

00:26:37.180 --> 00:26:37.740
 and they

00:26:37.740 --> 00:26:38.240
 forgave the

00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:38.680
 people who

00:26:38.680 --> 00:26:39.099
 were killing

00:26:39.099 --> 00:26:39.380
 them.

00:26:39.779 --> 00:26:40.140
 But the

00:26:40.140 --> 00:26:40.839
 more the

00:26:40.839 --> 00:26:41.200
 Christians

00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:41.819
 were killed,

00:26:41.920 --> 00:26:42.319
 the more

00:26:42.319 --> 00:26:42.960
 the Christian

00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:43.900
 movement grew

00:26:43.900 --> 00:26:44.700
 and expanded

00:26:44.700 --> 00:26:45.680
 because when

00:26:45.680 --> 00:26:46.840
 people watched

00:26:46.840 --> 00:26:48.200
 how Christians

00:26:48.200 --> 00:26:49.600
 were dying,

00:26:49.700 --> 00:26:50.080
 it became

00:26:50.080 --> 00:26:50.840
 obvious to

00:26:50.840 --> 00:26:51.080
 them that

00:26:51.080 --> 00:26:51.319
 they had

00:26:51.319 --> 00:26:51.580
 something

00:26:51.580 --> 00:26:52.000
 different.

00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:52.660
 They

00:26:52.660 --> 00:26:53.299
 obviously

00:26:53.299 --> 00:26:53.980
 had a

00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:54.799
 living hope.

00:26:58.100 --> 00:26:58.360
 Us

00:26:58.360 --> 00:26:59.840
 human beings,

00:26:59.960 --> 00:27:00.660
 we are such

00:27:00.660 --> 00:27:01.740
 hope-shaped

00:27:01.740 --> 00:27:02.360
 creatures.

00:27:02.740 --> 00:27:03.259
 Our hopes

00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:03.700
 and our

00:27:03.700 --> 00:27:04.720
 aspirations for

00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:05.340
 the future

00:27:05.340 --> 00:27:06.380
 determine how

00:27:06.380 --> 00:27:06.799
 we live

00:27:06.799 --> 00:27:07.400
 right now.

00:27:09.200 --> 00:27:10.039
 Imagine for a

00:27:10.039 --> 00:27:10.620
 moment that I

00:27:10.620 --> 00:27:11.460
 offered two of

00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:12.100
 you a job

00:27:12.100 --> 00:27:13.059
 starting tomorrow.

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:15.000
 Two people

00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:15.620
 here offered

00:27:15.620 --> 00:27:16.779
 a job and

00:27:16.779 --> 00:27:17.720
 the job was

00:27:17.720 --> 00:27:18.160
 I'm going to

00:27:18.160 --> 00:27:18.980
 sit you at

00:27:18.980 --> 00:27:20.220
 a table with

00:27:20.220 --> 00:27:20.980
 an uncomfortable

00:27:20.980 --> 00:27:22.579
 chair in a

00:27:22.579 --> 00:27:23.600
 damp, dark,

00:27:23.819 --> 00:27:24.920
 smelly, windless

00:27:24.920 --> 00:27:26.279
 room for 10

00:27:26.279 --> 00:27:27.079
 hours a day,

00:27:27.240 --> 00:27:28.400
 six days a week

00:27:28.400 --> 00:27:29.759
 and your job is

00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:30.559
 to screw widgets

00:27:30.559 --> 00:27:31.279
 onto wadgets.

00:27:33.220 --> 00:27:33.660
 And if you

00:27:33.660 --> 00:27:34.120
 don't know what

00:27:34.120 --> 00:27:34.500
 they are,

00:27:34.579 --> 00:27:35.160
 neither do I.

00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:37.500
 Same room,

00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:39.319
 exact same

00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:40.019
 situation.

00:27:41.460 --> 00:27:42.420
 But I

00:27:42.420 --> 00:27:43.079
 take one of

00:27:43.079 --> 00:27:43.819
 you aside and

00:27:43.819 --> 00:27:44.480
 I say at the

00:27:44.480 --> 00:27:44.860
 end of this

00:27:44.860 --> 00:27:45.180
 year I'm

00:27:45.180 --> 00:27:45.600
 going to give

00:27:45.600 --> 00:27:46.460
 you $5,000.

00:27:48.660 --> 00:27:49.200
 That's your

00:27:49.200 --> 00:27:49.700
 job, give

00:27:49.700 --> 00:27:50.299
 you $5,000.

00:27:50.500 --> 00:27:50.740
 The other

00:27:50.740 --> 00:27:51.259
 one I take

00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:51.680
 aside and

00:27:51.680 --> 00:27:51.940
 say at the

00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:52.240
 end of this

00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:52.440
 year I'm

00:27:52.440 --> 00:27:52.539
 going to

00:27:52.539 --> 00:27:52.819
 give you

00:27:52.819 --> 00:27:54.299
 $10,000,000.

00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:58.180
 One will

00:27:58.180 --> 00:27:58.819
 quit before

00:27:58.819 --> 00:27:59.299
 the year's

00:27:59.299 --> 00:28:00.980
 out and the

00:28:00.980 --> 00:28:01.380
 other will

00:28:01.380 --> 00:28:01.840
 whistle while

00:28:01.840 --> 00:28:02.319
 they work.

00:28:04.880 --> 00:28:05.460
 They will

00:28:05.460 --> 00:28:06.380
 experience exact

00:28:06.380 --> 00:28:07.460
 same circumstances

00:28:07.460 --> 00:28:08.819
 in utterly

00:28:08.819 --> 00:28:09.819
 different ways

00:28:09.819 --> 00:28:11.200
 because what

00:28:11.200 --> 00:28:11.899
 they believe

00:28:11.899 --> 00:28:12.559
 about their

00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:12.980
 future.

00:28:15.460 --> 00:28:16.179
 Do you

00:28:16.179 --> 00:28:17.460
 believe that

00:28:17.460 --> 00:28:18.200
 this world is

00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:18.700
 all that there

00:28:18.700 --> 00:28:19.539
 is and that

00:28:19.539 --> 00:28:20.159
 when you die

00:28:20.159 --> 00:28:20.700
 you rot?

00:28:22.179 --> 00:28:23.059
 Or do you

00:28:23.059 --> 00:28:23.700
 believe in a

00:28:23.700 --> 00:28:24.579
 new heavens and

00:28:24.579 --> 00:28:25.319
 a new earth

00:28:25.319 --> 00:28:26.700
 and a judgment

00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:27.439
 day when all

00:28:27.439 --> 00:28:28.299
 wrong is put

00:28:28.299 --> 00:28:30.240
 right and all

00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:31.879
 right is made

00:28:31.879 --> 00:28:32.980
 even better?

00:28:32.980 --> 00:28:36.839
 depending on

00:28:36.839 --> 00:28:37.500
 which one you

00:28:37.500 --> 00:28:39.339
 believe you're

00:28:39.339 --> 00:28:39.920
 going to live

00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:41.120
 in two very

00:28:41.120 --> 00:28:42.779
 different ways.

00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:44.519
 People from

00:28:44.519 --> 00:28:45.299
 every language

00:28:45.299 --> 00:28:46.259
 culture, people

00:28:46.259 --> 00:28:46.720
 from every

00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:47.519
 people group

00:28:47.519 --> 00:28:48.319
 have taken

00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:48.920
 this living

00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:49.660
 hope of a

00:28:49.660 --> 00:28:50.539
 glorious future

00:28:50.539 --> 00:28:51.079
 with their

00:28:51.079 --> 00:28:51.819
 created God

00:28:51.819 --> 00:28:52.500
 into the

00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:53.019
 center of their

00:28:53.019 --> 00:28:54.079
 lives and

00:28:54.079 --> 00:28:54.400
 they have

00:28:54.400 --> 00:28:55.500
 triumphed over

00:28:55.500 --> 00:28:55.920
 the most

00:28:55.920 --> 00:28:56.740
 harshest of

00:28:56.740 --> 00:28:57.400
 circumstances.

00:28:58.819 --> 00:29:00.000
 That is what

00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:00.620
 the hope of

00:29:00.620 --> 00:29:01.299
 eternal rest

00:29:01.299 --> 00:29:01.779
 does.

00:29:02.980 --> 00:29:03.839
 And so for

00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:04.319
 the Christian

00:29:04.319 --> 00:29:05.019
 who's hearing

00:29:05.019 --> 00:29:06.079
 this right now

00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:06.759
 here in the

00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:07.360
 room on the

00:29:07.360 --> 00:29:10.140
 screen, mark

00:29:10.140 --> 00:29:10.860
 the concluding

00:29:10.860 --> 00:29:11.360
 message of

00:29:11.360 --> 00:29:12.200
 Revelation from

00:29:12.200 --> 00:29:12.779
 the mouth of

00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:13.460
 the Lord Jesus.

00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:16.519
 I am coming

00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:17.140
 soon.

00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:20.779
 Three times

00:29:20.779 --> 00:29:21.640
 we read

00:29:21.640 --> 00:29:22.460
 these three

00:29:22.460 --> 00:29:23.140
 words, those

00:29:23.140 --> 00:29:25.380
 words, four

00:29:25.380 --> 00:29:26.140
 words in

00:29:26.140 --> 00:29:27.819
 Revelation 22

00:29:27.819 --> 00:29:28.380
 verse 7,

00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:29.240
 verse 12 and

00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:29.839
 verse 20.

00:29:31.360 --> 00:29:32.779
 The unveiling

00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:33.720
 of the scroll

00:29:33.720 --> 00:29:34.440
 has now

00:29:34.440 --> 00:29:34.859
 happened.

00:29:35.920 --> 00:29:36.660
 The scroll

00:29:36.660 --> 00:29:37.180
 has been

00:29:37.180 --> 00:29:38.500
 opened, the

00:29:38.500 --> 00:29:39.379
 destiny of

00:29:39.379 --> 00:29:40.399
 humanity has

00:29:40.399 --> 00:29:41.399
 been revealed,

00:29:41.859 --> 00:29:42.819
 the message of

00:29:42.819 --> 00:29:43.759
 Revelation is

00:29:43.759 --> 00:29:45.859
 complete and

00:29:45.859 --> 00:29:47.559
 he says to

00:29:47.559 --> 00:29:48.700
 us just

00:29:48.700 --> 00:29:49.940
 wait a

00:29:49.940 --> 00:29:51.119
 little longer.

00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:52.899
 Just wait.

00:29:54.200 --> 00:29:54.940
 Verse 7 he

00:29:54.940 --> 00:29:55.460
 says, I am

00:29:55.460 --> 00:29:56.259
 coming soon

00:29:56.259 --> 00:29:57.940
 therefore don't

00:29:57.940 --> 00:29:58.639
 disobey this

00:29:58.639 --> 00:29:59.200
 Revelation.

00:29:59.779 --> 00:30:00.319
 May the message

00:30:00.319 --> 00:30:01.019
 of this book

00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:01.899
 shape your

00:30:01.899 --> 00:30:02.579
 values, your

00:30:02.579 --> 00:30:03.339
 priorities and

00:30:03.339 --> 00:30:04.000
 your life day

00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:04.439
 by day.

00:30:04.539 --> 00:30:05.579
 Verse 12 he

00:30:05.579 --> 00:30:06.460
 says again, I

00:30:06.460 --> 00:30:07.480
 am coming soon

00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:08.539
 therefore don't

00:30:08.539 --> 00:30:09.099
 hide this

00:30:09.099 --> 00:30:09.460
 Revelation.

00:30:10.059 --> 00:30:10.759
 This is not a

00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:11.240
 book that gets

00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:11.960
 put back on

00:30:11.960 --> 00:30:12.559
 your shelf.

00:30:12.899 --> 00:30:13.639
 These words are

00:30:13.639 --> 00:30:14.220
 to be read,

00:30:14.299 --> 00:30:14.799
 they are to be

00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:15.259
 proclaimed.

00:30:15.659 --> 00:30:16.399
 This Revelation

00:30:16.399 --> 00:30:17.220
 must remain

00:30:17.220 --> 00:30:18.179
 open until

00:30:18.179 --> 00:30:19.299
 Jesus returns

00:30:19.299 --> 00:30:20.319
 and that all

00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:21.200
 people get a

00:30:21.200 --> 00:30:22.119
 chance to see

00:30:22.119 --> 00:30:22.980
 and believe

00:30:22.980 --> 00:30:24.339
 this final rest.

00:30:25.279 --> 00:30:25.939
 Verse 20

00:30:25.939 --> 00:30:27.099
 Jesus says, I am

00:30:27.099 --> 00:30:27.799
 coming soon,

00:30:27.799 --> 00:30:28.859
 therefore do

00:30:28.859 --> 00:30:29.579
 not meddle

00:30:29.579 --> 00:30:30.099
 with this

00:30:30.099 --> 00:30:30.659
 Revelation.

00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:31.839
 These words

00:30:31.839 --> 00:30:32.559
 are final.

00:30:32.899 --> 00:30:33.619
 There is not

00:30:33.619 --> 00:30:34.039
 a better

00:30:34.039 --> 00:30:34.539
 message,

00:30:34.819 --> 00:30:35.220
 there is not

00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:35.700
 a newer

00:30:35.700 --> 00:30:36.159
 message,

00:30:36.279 --> 00:30:36.539
 there is not

00:30:36.539 --> 00:30:37.220
 a supplement

00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:37.680
 to this

00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:38.240
 message.

00:30:38.779 --> 00:30:39.419
 Everything we

00:30:39.419 --> 00:30:39.980
 need to know

00:30:39.980 --> 00:30:40.619
 about human

00:30:40.619 --> 00:30:41.879
 destiny has

00:30:41.879 --> 00:30:42.680
 been revealed

00:30:42.680 --> 00:30:43.299
 in this

00:30:43.299 --> 00:30:43.839
 Revelation.

00:30:44.559 --> 00:30:45.359
 Every single

00:30:45.359 --> 00:30:46.000
 one of us

00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:47.059
 here in this

00:30:47.059 --> 00:30:47.940
 room on

00:30:47.940 --> 00:30:48.740
 screen is

00:30:48.740 --> 00:30:49.339
 living for

00:30:49.339 --> 00:30:49.859
 the future.

00:30:50.359 --> 00:30:50.879
 Every single

00:30:50.879 --> 00:30:51.460
 one of us.

00:30:53.419 --> 00:30:53.980
 That is,

00:30:54.200 --> 00:30:54.460
 there is not

00:30:54.460 --> 00:30:55.359
 a single human

00:30:55.359 --> 00:30:56.279
 being who lives

00:30:56.279 --> 00:30:56.879
 for the present.

00:30:57.799 --> 00:30:58.599
 It is a

00:30:58.599 --> 00:30:59.599
 nonsense when

00:30:59.599 --> 00:31:00.119
 people say,

00:31:00.259 --> 00:31:00.579
 I am living

00:31:00.579 --> 00:31:01.059
 for today.

00:31:01.220 --> 00:31:01.819
 No, you are

00:31:01.819 --> 00:31:02.220
 not.

00:31:03.839 --> 00:31:04.500
 No, you are

00:31:04.500 --> 00:31:04.799
 not.

00:31:05.839 --> 00:31:06.359
 You are

00:31:06.359 --> 00:31:06.859
 living for

00:31:06.859 --> 00:31:07.460
 today because

00:31:07.460 --> 00:31:07.919
 of what you

00:31:07.919 --> 00:31:08.599
 think about

00:31:08.599 --> 00:31:09.159
 the future.

00:31:14.740 --> 00:31:15.639
 So what is

00:31:15.639 --> 00:31:16.079
 the future

00:31:16.079 --> 00:31:16.399
 that has

00:31:16.399 --> 00:31:16.759
 determined

00:31:16.759 --> 00:31:17.319
 your life?

00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:20.180
 Christianity

00:31:20.180 --> 00:31:20.839
 declares

00:31:20.839 --> 00:31:22.700
 there is no

00:31:22.700 --> 00:31:23.919
 other, no

00:31:23.919 --> 00:31:24.659
 greater hope

00:31:24.659 --> 00:31:25.259
 than Jesus

00:31:25.259 --> 00:31:26.079
 Christ, billions

00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:26.899
 of people around

00:31:26.900 --> 00:31:27.440
 this world

00:31:27.440 --> 00:31:28.440
 have discovered

00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:29.000
 it in the

00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:29.759
 last 2,000

00:31:29.759 --> 00:31:30.220
 years.

00:31:30.700 --> 00:31:31.080
 And the

00:31:31.080 --> 00:31:31.740
 closing verses

00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:32.340
 of Revelation

00:31:32.340 --> 00:31:33.259
 also has a

00:31:33.259 --> 00:31:34.360
 message for

00:31:34.360 --> 00:31:35.220
 those who

00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:36.860
 have not yet

00:31:36.860 --> 00:31:37.980
 embraced Jesus

00:31:37.980 --> 00:31:38.480
 Christ.

00:31:40.980 --> 00:31:42.060
 Chapter 22

00:31:42.060 --> 00:31:42.700
 verse 17

00:31:42.700 --> 00:31:43.660
 is an invitation

00:31:43.660 --> 00:31:44.600
 for you,

00:31:45.140 --> 00:31:45.960
 the non-Christian.

00:31:47.280 --> 00:31:47.840
 The spirit

00:31:47.840 --> 00:31:48.519
 and the bride

00:31:48.519 --> 00:31:48.840
 says,

00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:49.280
 come.

00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:51.019
 And let the

00:31:51.019 --> 00:31:51.360
 one who

00:31:51.360 --> 00:31:51.920
 hears

00:31:51.920 --> 00:31:52.800
 say,

00:31:52.980 --> 00:31:53.300
 come.

00:31:53.299 --> 00:31:53.359
 Come.

00:31:54.359 --> 00:31:54.720
 Let the

00:31:54.720 --> 00:31:55.059
 one who

00:31:55.059 --> 00:31:55.639
 is thirsty

00:31:55.639 --> 00:31:56.180
 come.

00:31:56.839 --> 00:31:57.159
 Let the

00:31:57.159 --> 00:31:58.200
 one who

00:31:58.200 --> 00:32:00.299
 wishes take

00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:00.819
 the free

00:32:00.819 --> 00:32:01.500
 gift of the

00:32:01.500 --> 00:32:01.940
 water of

00:32:01.940 --> 00:32:02.299
 life,

00:32:03.379 --> 00:32:03.859
 come.

00:32:04.759 --> 00:32:05.799
 Come now

00:32:05.799 --> 00:32:06.539
 to Jesus

00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:07.940
 and find rest

00:32:07.940 --> 00:32:08.299
 for your

00:32:08.299 --> 00:32:08.639
 souls.

00:32:09.099 --> 00:32:09.599
 Come to

00:32:09.599 --> 00:32:10.559
 Jesus and

00:32:10.559 --> 00:32:11.819
 find eternal

00:32:11.819 --> 00:32:12.099
 rest.

00:32:12.200 --> 00:32:12.539
 Come to

00:32:12.539 --> 00:32:13.019
 Jesus and

00:32:13.019 --> 00:32:13.579
 receive from

00:32:13.579 --> 00:32:14.799
 him life and

00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:16.119
 satisfaction and

00:32:16.119 --> 00:32:16.539
 hope.

00:32:16.940 --> 00:32:17.299
 Come to

00:32:17.299 --> 00:32:18.619
 Jesus and

00:32:18.619 --> 00:32:19.299
 get a future

00:32:19.299 --> 00:32:20.359
 that's worth

00:32:20.359 --> 00:32:22.079
 waiting for and

00:32:22.079 --> 00:32:22.779
 working for.

00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:24.099
 Amen.