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 And it's a very exciting end, an encouraging end.

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 So we're going to look at that this morning, but before we do,

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 Nick is going to come and read for us Daniel chapter 12. Thanks, Nick.

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 Daniel chapter 12, and this is on page 898 of the Red Church Bible.

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 You have that.

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 At that time, Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arrive.

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 There will be a time of distress, such as not happened from the beginning of nations until then.

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 But at that time, your people, everyone whose name is found written in the book, will be delivered.

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 Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake.

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 Some to everlasting life.

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 Others to shame and everlasting contempt.

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 Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens.

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 And those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars, forever and ever.

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 But you, Daniel, close up and seal the words of the scroll until the time of the end.

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 Many will go here, and there will be no increased knowledge.

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 Then I, Daniel, looked, and there before me stood two others, one on this bank of the river and one on the opposite bank.

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 One of them said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river,

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 how long will it be before these astonishing things are fulfilled?

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 The man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, lifted his right hand and his left hand toward the heaven.

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 And I heard him swear by him who lives forever, saying,

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 It will be for a time, times, and time and a half.

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 When the power of the holy people has been finally broken, all these things will be completed.

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 I heard, but I did not understand.

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 So I asked,

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 My Lord, what will the outcome of all this be?

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 He replied,

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 Go your way, Daniel, because the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end.

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 Many will be purified, made spotless and refined,

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 but the wicked will continue to be wicked.

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 None of the wicked will understand,

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 but those who are wise will understand.

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 From the time that the daily sacrifice is abolished

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 and the abomination that causes desolation is set up,

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 there will be 1,290 days.

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 Blessed is the one who waits for and reaches the end of the 1,335 days.

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 As for you,

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 go your way till the end.

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 You will rest,

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 and then, at the end of the days,

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 you will rise to receive your allotted inheritance.

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 Thanks very much, Nick.

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 Well, verse 8 is always encouraging, isn't it?

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 I heard, but I didn't understand.

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 If Daniel didn't understand,

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 then I don't think perhaps we understand either.

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 So maybe we need to ask for God's help of the Holy Spirit to help us understand.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Our Father God,

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 we do come to your word as people who struggle at times to understand everything that you say.

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 It's hard to work out,

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 and it's hard for us to see how it applies to our life.

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 So we come and ask that by the power of your Holy Spirit,

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 you would give us not just an understanding with our minds,

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 but that by your Spirit you would open up our hearts,

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 that we might see you and understand clearly what you are saying to us,

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 that it may change us and transform us,

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 and help us to be a people who look forward in great hope

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 and great anticipation.

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 So please help us through this morning, we pray in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 The car is packed.

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 The children are sitting comfortably.

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 Mom has a supply of snacks and drinks,

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 but only five minutes down the road,

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 there is a little cry from the back.

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 Are we there yet?

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 Ever heard that before?

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 Maybe you've said it.

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 There's this longing and a hoping for the journey to be over.

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 They just want to be home.

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 How long is it going to go on for?

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 How long must we wait?

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 Now that's the cry of every Christian who lives in this world.

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 Look at verse 6.

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 One of them, this is one of the people he sees in the vision,

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 said to the man clothed in linen,

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 who is above the waters of the river,

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 how long will it be before these astonishing things are fulfilled?

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 You remember back in chapter 11,

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 Daniel has just been given a terrifying and frightening vision of the future.

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 There he was told instead of things getting better,

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 things are going to get a whole lot worse.

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 Chapter 11 was there to prepare God's people

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 that they are going to face terrible persecution and opposition.

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 And so the cry goes up to God.

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 End of verse 6.

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 How long will it be before these astonishing things are fulfilled?

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 How long must we wait until all the struggles and all the hardships are over?

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 Now isn't that the cry of your heart as well?

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 You perhaps go to college.

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 You face the loneliness of being the only Christian in your class.

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 You head out to work on a Monday morning.

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 You face the rejection of colleagues because of what you believe.

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 You read stories of Christians around the world who are beaten, imprisoned and die for their faith.

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 Like the two pastors in Bangladesh who were attacked and imprisoned

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 because they had a baptism at their church.

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 Or the six families and their young children from Laos

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 who were kicked out of their homes and their village

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 with nowhere to go simply because they became followers of Jesus.

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 Could you imagine being kicked out of Karigaline and out of your house

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 because you follow Jesus?

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 Or the two women who were beheaded in Somalia

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 and their two girls age 8 and 15 being forced to watch.

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 And you cry out in the midst of all of this suffering

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 how long must we wait?

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 How long till all the pain is over?

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 How long till all the suffering ends for God's people?

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 Well in Daniel chapter 12 we have three answers to that question.

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 How long till it's all over?

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 Here's the first answer.

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 The first answer is this.

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 Suffering now.

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 Salvation later.

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 God's people are to expect suffering through this life

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 but are assured of salvation to come.

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 Look at verse 1 of chapter 12.

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 At that time Michael the great prince who protects your people will arise.

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 There will be a time of distress

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 such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then.

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 He's reminding us that there's going to be an intense time of distress.

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 This distress is opposition and persecution.

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 And it's real.

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 And it's happening to many believers today across the world.

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 And what is the experience of many people across the world today

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 is going to happen to all believers at one stage.

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 If you think that is what is happening now is bad

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 he says it's actually only going to get worse.

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 A time is coming he says.

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 We don't know when it is.

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 But in the future there will be severe and widespread hostility.

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 Look at that little phrase in verse 1.

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 As has not happened from the beginning of nations until then.

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 Yes it's bad now.

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 But it will get worse.

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 And if you are a Christian

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 the promise of God today is suffering now.

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 It's not going to be easy to be a Christian.

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 But we must take comfort and encouragement.

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 Because in the midst of all of this

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 God promises salvation.

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 Look at the rest of verse 1.

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 But at that time

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 in this time of distress

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 your people

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 everyone

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 whose name is found written in the book

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 will be delivered.

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 So we're told here there's a book

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 and this book

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 is God's citizen list.

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 It records all the names

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 of all those who belong

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 to God's eternal kingdom.

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 All those people

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 throughout history

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 like Daniel

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 who loved and trusted God

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 have their names written

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 in permanent ink

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 never to be erased.

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 And it's in this book.

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 So if you today

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 are a follower of Jesus

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 your name is written

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 in that book too.

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 And you are guaranteed

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 and assured

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 that God will

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 deliver you

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 and save you.

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 But when is all that

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 going to happen?

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 Well look at verse 2.

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 Multitudes who sleep

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 in the dust of the earth

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 will awake

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 some to everlasting life

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 others to shame

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 and everlasting contempt.

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 It's reminding us

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 that just as everybody

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 who has lived in history

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 has died

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 so one day

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 you and I

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 are going to die.

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 And over the course of time

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 when we die

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 our physical bodies

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 will decompose

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 and they will eventually

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 turn to dust.

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 That's what it says here.

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 But look how that

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 dust time

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 is actually described

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 in verse 2.

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 He says

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 multitudes

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 will sleep

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 in the dust.

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 It's as if

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 when we die

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 we're actually

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 just all asleep.

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 Like when you go

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 to bed tonight

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 and you fall asleep

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 that's what it will be like.

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 It's like

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 we're just asleep

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 because one day

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 look at what it says

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 in verse 2

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 they will awake.

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 One day

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 God is going to come

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 and wake us

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 all up

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 and those

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 whose names

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 are in the book

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 will live forever

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 as citizens

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 of God's kingdom.

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 You will be

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 woken up

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 and you will live

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 as citizens

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 of God's

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 eternal kingdom.

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 But please

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 note the rest

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 of verse 2

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 because not

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 everybody

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 is going to

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 enjoy this

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 rising up to

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 everlasting life.

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 Look at the rest

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 of verse 2.

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 Some

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 will be woken up

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 to everlasting life

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 others

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 to shame

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 and everlasting

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 contempt.

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 That is

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 all those

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 who've stood

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 opposed to God

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 all people

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 who have rejected

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 God

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 and ignored him

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 and pushed him

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 out of their lives

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 all those

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 who've persecuted

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 and opposed

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 God's people

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 will be shut

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 out of God's

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 kingdom

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 forever.

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 Everlasting

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 contempt.

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 It's what the

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 Bible calls

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 hell.

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 Their names

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 will not be

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 in the book.

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 But for those

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 who trust

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 God

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 their names

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 are there

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 and they can

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 look forward

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 to everlasting

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 life.

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 Now

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 if you're a

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 Christian

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 facing

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 hostility

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 today

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 if you

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 lived in a

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 country

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 where losing

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 your life

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 because you

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 followed Jesus

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 is a reality

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 then you

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 need to know

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 that however

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 you die

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 or whatever

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 situation

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 you may come

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 up against

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 you need to

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 know that

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 one day

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 you will be

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 woken up

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 your name

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 will be called

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 from the book

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 and you will

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 rise to

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 everlasting

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 life.

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 But all of us

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 need to know

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 that

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 whichever country

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 we live in

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 that one day

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 we will be

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 woken up

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 as it were

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 our names

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 called from

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 the book

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 and we

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 will rise

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 to

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 everlasting

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 life.

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 God

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 will not

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 forget

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 his people

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 who follow

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 him

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 and who

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 trust him.

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 Yes we may

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 go through

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 all kinds

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 of hardships

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 and struggles

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 but one day

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 look at

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 verse 3

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 those who

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 are wise

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 or those

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 who impart

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 wisdom

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 will shine

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 like the

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 brightness

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 of the heavens

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 and those

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 who lead

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 many to

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 righteousness

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 like the

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 stars

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 forever

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 and forever.

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 This is a

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 wonderful picture

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 of what it

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 will be like

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 for God's

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 people in

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 the future.

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 Have you

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 ever looked

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 up at the

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 dark sky

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 at night

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 on a

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 clear night

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 where there's

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 no clouds

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 and all you

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 can see

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 are hundreds

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 and thousands

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 of stars

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 shining brightly?

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 Each one

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 is so

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 brilliant

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 and magnificent

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 and their

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 brightness

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 is never

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 fading

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 even when

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 there are

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 clouds

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 there

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 even

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 when the

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 sun

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 comes

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 out

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 they're

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 still

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 there

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 they're

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 still

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 lighting

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 it never

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 fades

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 away.

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 Well that

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 says God

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 is what

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 my people

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 are like.

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 Yes they

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 may die

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 for their

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 faith

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 yes they

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 may struggle

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 in hard

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 times and

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 difficult

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 times

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 but I

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 will ensure

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 that they

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 will shine

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 on forever

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 and ever

00:16:36.800 --> 00:16:37.740
 like the

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 stars

00:16:38.399 --> 00:16:39.299
 in the

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 sky.

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 But perhaps

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 you're

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 thinking

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 well I

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 don't live

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 in a

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 country

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 where people

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 face all

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 kinds of

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 opposition

00:16:50.879 --> 00:16:51.779
 and persecution

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 and if

00:16:53.840 --> 00:16:54.459
 ever I

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 did live

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 in a

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 country

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 like that

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 I don't

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 think

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 that I

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 would be

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 able to

00:17:01.019 --> 00:17:01.620
 keep going

00:17:01.620 --> 00:17:01.939
 as a

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 Christian.

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 Like imagine

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 if you or

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 I today

00:17:05.339 --> 00:17:05.960
 lived in a

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 country like

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 Iraq

00:17:07.200 --> 00:17:09.039
 or Sudan

00:17:09.039 --> 00:17:10.660
 or Pakistan

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 where it

00:17:12.460 --> 00:17:12.700
 would be

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 illegal for

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 us to

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 meet as

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 we're

00:17:14.360 --> 00:17:14.700
 meeting

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 today.

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 Where if

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 you had

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 a Bible

00:17:17.120 --> 00:17:17.519
 in your

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 possession

00:17:17.980 --> 00:17:18.759
 or whether

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 your family

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 knew that

00:17:19.880 --> 00:17:20.340
 you were a

00:17:20.340 --> 00:17:20.860
 follower of

00:17:20.860 --> 00:17:21.200
 Jesus

00:17:21.200 --> 00:17:23.120
 and you

00:17:23.120 --> 00:17:23.480
 knew that

00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:23.779
 you could

00:17:23.779 --> 00:17:24.220
 lose your

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 job

00:17:24.680 --> 00:17:26.279
 or worse

00:17:26.279 --> 00:17:28.380
 how would

00:17:28.380 --> 00:17:29.059
 you stand

00:17:29.059 --> 00:17:29.580
 in that

00:17:29.580 --> 00:17:30.140
 situation?

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 Could you

00:17:30.539 --> 00:17:31.039
 do it?

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 Well I

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 don't think

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 I would

00:17:34.200 --> 00:17:34.720
 be loyal

00:17:34.720 --> 00:17:35.360
 or faithful.

00:17:36.319 --> 00:17:36.720
 I don't

00:17:36.720 --> 00:17:37.120
 think I

00:17:37.120 --> 00:17:37.680
 could stand

00:17:37.680 --> 00:17:38.039
 up to

00:17:38.039 --> 00:17:38.220
 that

00:17:38.220 --> 00:17:38.680
 pressure.

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 And I

00:17:40.339 --> 00:17:40.740
 think the

00:17:40.740 --> 00:17:41.360
 truth is

00:17:41.360 --> 00:17:41.880
 there's

00:17:41.880 --> 00:17:42.360
 none of

00:17:42.360 --> 00:17:42.700
 us who

00:17:42.700 --> 00:17:43.000
 would be

00:17:43.000 --> 00:17:43.420
 able to

00:17:43.420 --> 00:17:43.980
 stand up

00:17:43.980 --> 00:17:44.500
 to that

00:17:44.500 --> 00:17:45.700
 unless

00:17:45.700 --> 00:17:47.440
 God

00:17:47.440 --> 00:17:47.880
 enabled

00:17:47.880 --> 00:17:48.319
 us and

00:17:48.319 --> 00:17:48.660
 gave us

00:17:48.660 --> 00:17:49.200
 strength.

00:17:49.960 --> 00:17:50.440
 Go back

00:17:50.440 --> 00:17:50.880
 to verse

00:17:50.880 --> 00:17:51.240
 1.

00:17:52.600 --> 00:17:53.200
 I wasn't

00:17:53.200 --> 00:17:53.720
 missing it

00:17:53.720 --> 00:17:55.140
 out but

00:17:55.140 --> 00:17:55.480
 this is

00:17:55.480 --> 00:17:55.900
 just where

00:17:55.900 --> 00:17:56.360
 it comes

00:17:56.360 --> 00:17:56.960
 helpfully.

00:17:57.460 --> 00:17:57.759
 Chapter

00:17:57.759 --> 00:17:58.779
 12 verse

00:17:58.779 --> 00:17:59.160
 1.

00:17:59.500 --> 00:18:00.100
 At that

00:18:00.100 --> 00:18:00.740
 time,

00:18:01.400 --> 00:18:01.980
 so in

00:18:01.980 --> 00:18:02.559
 this time

00:18:02.559 --> 00:18:03.180
 of distress

00:18:03.180 --> 00:18:04.220
 and difficulty,

00:18:04.779 --> 00:18:05.240
 Michael,

00:18:05.240 --> 00:18:06.880
 the great

00:18:06.880 --> 00:18:08.319
 prince who

00:18:08.319 --> 00:18:09.299
 protects your

00:18:09.299 --> 00:18:11.200
 people will

00:18:11.200 --> 00:18:12.539
 arise.

00:18:13.880 --> 00:18:14.460
 Michael,

00:18:14.620 --> 00:18:15.180
 you remember,

00:18:15.579 --> 00:18:16.880
 from chapter

00:18:16.880 --> 00:18:18.480
 10, was a

00:18:18.480 --> 00:18:19.660
 chief angel.

00:18:21.019 --> 00:18:21.779
 His role

00:18:21.779 --> 00:18:22.259
 here we're

00:18:22.259 --> 00:18:23.059
 told is to

00:18:23.059 --> 00:18:24.319
 protect and

00:18:24.319 --> 00:18:25.259
 watch over

00:18:25.259 --> 00:18:26.299
 God's people.

00:18:26.859 --> 00:18:27.559
 We can't

00:18:27.559 --> 00:18:28.380
 see him,

00:18:28.859 --> 00:18:29.559
 we can't

00:18:29.559 --> 00:18:30.079
 hear him,

00:18:30.120 --> 00:18:30.559
 he doesn't

00:18:30.559 --> 00:18:31.279
 talk to us

00:18:31.279 --> 00:18:31.920
 or communicate

00:18:31.920 --> 00:18:32.519
 to us,

00:18:32.519 --> 00:18:33.359
 but God

00:18:33.359 --> 00:18:34.240
 assures us

00:18:34.240 --> 00:18:35.119
 that his

00:18:35.119 --> 00:18:36.879
 angels will

00:18:36.879 --> 00:18:37.379
 be there

00:18:37.379 --> 00:18:38.319
 keeping us,

00:18:38.700 --> 00:18:39.079
 strengthening

00:18:39.079 --> 00:18:39.980
 us and

00:18:39.980 --> 00:18:41.160
 protecting us

00:18:41.160 --> 00:18:41.960
 in the

00:18:41.960 --> 00:18:42.379
 faith.

00:18:43.859 --> 00:18:44.359
 You see,

00:18:44.519 --> 00:18:45.240
 whenever we

00:18:45.240 --> 00:18:46.319
 face hostility,

00:18:46.799 --> 00:18:47.359
 whenever we

00:18:47.359 --> 00:18:48.240
 face struggles

00:18:48.240 --> 00:18:49.139
 as Christians,

00:18:49.740 --> 00:18:50.180
 God is

00:18:50.180 --> 00:18:50.440
 saying,

00:18:50.579 --> 00:18:51.220
 I have my

00:18:51.220 --> 00:18:52.480
 angels who

00:18:52.480 --> 00:18:52.879
 are there

00:18:52.879 --> 00:18:53.740
 fighting for

00:18:53.740 --> 00:18:54.599
 you so

00:18:54.599 --> 00:18:55.200
 that you

00:18:55.200 --> 00:18:56.039
 will stand

00:18:56.039 --> 00:18:57.480
 strong in

00:18:57.480 --> 00:18:58.339
 your faith.

00:18:58.940 --> 00:18:59.559
 So no

00:18:59.559 --> 00:19:00.200
 matter what

00:19:00.200 --> 00:19:00.819
 you come up

00:19:00.819 --> 00:19:01.319
 against,

00:19:02.519 --> 00:19:02.980
 you will

00:19:02.980 --> 00:19:03.679
 be faithful

00:19:03.679 --> 00:19:04.859
 and loyal

00:19:04.859 --> 00:19:06.619
 even in

00:19:06.619 --> 00:19:07.059
 death.

00:19:08.579 --> 00:19:09.359
 Daniel had

00:19:09.359 --> 00:19:09.939
 been promised

00:19:09.939 --> 00:19:10.339
 that there

00:19:10.339 --> 00:19:10.619
 would be

00:19:10.619 --> 00:19:11.460
 terrible things

00:19:11.460 --> 00:19:12.000
 to come,

00:19:13.119 --> 00:19:13.619
 but God

00:19:13.619 --> 00:19:14.359
 says there

00:19:14.359 --> 00:19:14.819
 will be

00:19:14.819 --> 00:19:15.299
 eternal

00:19:15.299 --> 00:19:16.419
 salvation and

00:19:16.419 --> 00:19:17.220
 until that

00:19:17.220 --> 00:19:17.720
 time,

00:19:18.899 --> 00:19:19.720
 my angels

00:19:19.720 --> 00:19:20.399
 will be there

00:19:20.399 --> 00:19:21.019
 for you,

00:19:21.980 --> 00:19:22.879
 to strengthen

00:19:22.879 --> 00:19:23.359
 you and

00:19:23.359 --> 00:19:24.019
 protect you

00:19:24.019 --> 00:19:24.339
 in your

00:19:24.339 --> 00:19:24.759
 faith.

00:19:25.039 --> 00:19:25.779
 Even if you

00:19:25.779 --> 00:19:26.319
 should lose

00:19:26.319 --> 00:19:26.899
 your life,

00:19:27.939 --> 00:19:28.839
 your faith

00:19:28.839 --> 00:19:29.419
 will still

00:19:29.419 --> 00:19:29.960
 be real.

00:19:30.819 --> 00:19:31.179
 And you

00:19:31.179 --> 00:19:32.179
 are guaranteed

00:19:32.179 --> 00:19:33.899
 that salvation

00:19:33.899 --> 00:19:35.039
 is to

00:19:35.039 --> 00:19:35.379
 come.

00:19:37.179 --> 00:19:38.279
 So that's

00:19:38.279 --> 00:19:38.740
 the first

00:19:38.740 --> 00:19:39.279
 answer.

00:19:40.200 --> 00:19:40.679
 There will

00:19:40.679 --> 00:19:41.700
 be suffering

00:19:41.700 --> 00:19:42.159
 now,

00:19:42.500 --> 00:19:43.639
 but salvation

00:19:43.639 --> 00:19:44.099
 later.

00:19:44.240 --> 00:19:44.679
 The second

00:19:44.679 --> 00:19:45.500
 answer to

00:19:45.500 --> 00:19:45.899
 the how

00:19:45.899 --> 00:19:46.659
 long is

00:19:46.659 --> 00:19:47.079
 this.

00:19:47.939 --> 00:19:48.659
 Faithfulness

00:19:48.659 --> 00:19:49.240
 now,

00:19:50.319 --> 00:19:50.779
 fulfillment

00:19:50.779 --> 00:19:51.399
 later.

00:19:52.200 --> 00:19:52.599
 God's

00:19:52.599 --> 00:19:53.299
 people are

00:19:53.299 --> 00:19:53.779
 called to

00:19:53.779 --> 00:19:54.439
 be faithful

00:19:54.439 --> 00:19:54.960
 now,

00:19:55.799 --> 00:19:56.419
 but be

00:19:56.419 --> 00:19:56.960
 assured,

00:19:57.859 --> 00:19:58.599
 the end

00:19:58.599 --> 00:19:59.219
 will

00:19:59.219 --> 00:19:59.959
 come.

00:20:00.639 --> 00:20:01.039
 Look at

00:20:01.039 --> 00:20:01.719
 verse 6.

00:20:05.740 --> 00:20:06.359
 One of

00:20:06.359 --> 00:20:06.639
 them,

00:20:07.159 --> 00:20:07.659
 this is

00:20:07.659 --> 00:20:08.039
 one of

00:20:08.039 --> 00:20:08.819
 the angels

00:20:08.819 --> 00:20:09.359
 who came

00:20:09.359 --> 00:20:09.740
 to him

00:20:09.740 --> 00:20:10.039
 in the

00:20:10.039 --> 00:20:10.279
 vision,

00:20:10.459 --> 00:20:10.819
 said to

00:20:10.819 --> 00:20:11.240
 the man

00:20:11.240 --> 00:20:11.819
 clothed

00:20:11.819 --> 00:20:12.240
 in linen,

00:20:12.659 --> 00:20:12.959
 now I

00:20:12.959 --> 00:20:13.319
 know this

00:20:13.319 --> 00:20:13.819
 may be a

00:20:13.819 --> 00:20:14.079
 little bit

00:20:14.079 --> 00:20:14.500
 hard to

00:20:14.500 --> 00:20:14.939
 get around,

00:20:15.039 --> 00:20:15.259
 but the

00:20:15.259 --> 00:20:15.919
 man clothed

00:20:15.919 --> 00:20:16.259
 in linen,

00:20:16.359 --> 00:20:16.719
 we met

00:20:16.719 --> 00:20:17.599
 him back

00:20:17.599 --> 00:20:18.199
 in chapter

00:20:18.199 --> 00:20:18.799
 10.

00:20:19.339 --> 00:20:19.699
 He was

00:20:19.699 --> 00:20:20.159
 one who

00:20:20.159 --> 00:20:20.719
 came from

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 God.

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 They're

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 having a

00:20:22.319 --> 00:20:22.919
 conversation

00:20:22.919 --> 00:20:23.459
 with each

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 other,

00:20:24.519 --> 00:20:25.099
 and this

00:20:25.099 --> 00:20:25.439
 is what

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 they ask.

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 How long

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 will it

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 be before

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 these

00:20:28.240 --> 00:20:28.940
 astonishing

00:20:28.940 --> 00:20:30.000
 things are

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 fulfilled?

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 How long

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 till all

00:20:32.420 --> 00:20:33.039
 this suffering

00:20:33.039 --> 00:20:33.580
 and all

00:20:33.580 --> 00:20:34.160
 this trouble

00:20:34.160 --> 00:20:34.759
 for God's

00:20:34.759 --> 00:20:35.220
 people is

00:20:35.220 --> 00:20:35.480
 over?

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 How long

00:20:36.180 --> 00:20:36.420
 do we

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 have to

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 wait?

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 The answer

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 comes at

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 the end

00:20:39.820 --> 00:20:40.160
 of verse

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 7.

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 He tells

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 us there,

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 it will

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 be for

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 a time,

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 times,

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 and half

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 a time.

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 Now we're

00:20:51.740 --> 00:20:51.920
 going to

00:20:51.920 --> 00:20:52.299
 come back

00:20:52.299 --> 00:20:52.740
 to that

00:20:52.740 --> 00:20:53.500
 in a

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 minute.

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 It will

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 be for

00:20:56.420 --> 00:20:57.000
 a time,

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 times,

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 and half

00:20:57.920 --> 00:20:58.279
 a time.

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 When the

00:20:59.140 --> 00:21:00.000
 power of

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 the holy

00:21:00.580 --> 00:21:02.220
 people has

00:21:02.220 --> 00:21:03.220
 been finally

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 broken,

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 all these

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 things will

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 be completed.

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 Now I

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 don't want

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 to be

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 sensational

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 here,

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 but I

00:21:13.519 --> 00:21:14.259
 do want

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 us to

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 take

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 seriously

00:21:15.500 --> 00:21:15.940
 what the

00:21:15.940 --> 00:21:16.460
 Bible is

00:21:16.460 --> 00:21:16.860
 saying to

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 us,

00:21:17.059 --> 00:21:17.539
 what God

00:21:17.539 --> 00:21:17.980
 is saying

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 to us.

00:21:19.220 --> 00:21:19.820
 He tells

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 us a

00:21:20.180 --> 00:21:20.680
 time is

00:21:20.680 --> 00:21:21.059
 coming,

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 verse 7,

00:21:22.240 --> 00:21:22.559
 when,

00:21:22.640 --> 00:21:22.840
 look at

00:21:22.840 --> 00:21:23.460
 that phrase,

00:21:23.900 --> 00:21:24.259
 when the

00:21:24.259 --> 00:21:25.080
 power of

00:21:25.079 --> 00:21:25.619
 the holy

00:21:25.619 --> 00:21:26.759
 people has

00:21:26.759 --> 00:21:27.659
 been finally

00:21:27.659 --> 00:21:28.159
 broken.

00:21:29.679 --> 00:21:30.279
 That's

00:21:30.279 --> 00:21:30.879
 scary,

00:21:31.679 --> 00:21:32.919
 because it's

00:21:32.919 --> 00:21:33.480
 telling us

00:21:33.480 --> 00:21:34.379
 that hostility

00:21:34.379 --> 00:21:35.480
 towards God's

00:21:35.480 --> 00:21:36.399
 people will

00:21:36.399 --> 00:21:37.419
 become so

00:21:37.419 --> 00:21:39.039
 great that

00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:39.399
 it will

00:21:39.399 --> 00:21:40.639
 appear that

00:21:40.639 --> 00:21:41.379
 the church,

00:21:41.559 --> 00:21:42.379
 God's people,

00:21:42.619 --> 00:21:43.119
 have been

00:21:43.119 --> 00:21:44.399
 finally defeated

00:21:44.399 --> 00:21:45.699
 and destroyed.

00:21:48.259 --> 00:21:48.859
 Now,

00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:49.539
 we might

00:21:49.539 --> 00:21:50.419
 find ourselves

00:21:50.419 --> 00:21:51.159
 hard to get

00:21:51.159 --> 00:21:51.579
 our minds

00:21:51.579 --> 00:21:52.279
 around that,

00:21:52.519 --> 00:21:52.879
 but you

00:21:52.879 --> 00:21:53.419
 think of

00:21:53.420 --> 00:21:53.740
 some of

00:21:53.740 --> 00:21:53.880
 the

00:21:53.880 --> 00:21:54.259
 countries

00:21:54.259 --> 00:21:54.820
 today

00:21:54.820 --> 00:21:55.340
 where

00:21:55.340 --> 00:21:55.759
 every

00:21:55.759 --> 00:21:56.180
 Christian

00:21:56.180 --> 00:21:56.460
 is

00:21:56.460 --> 00:21:56.779
 shut

00:21:56.779 --> 00:21:57.180
 away,

00:21:58.019 --> 00:21:58.300
 where

00:21:58.300 --> 00:21:58.560
 it's

00:21:58.560 --> 00:21:59.060
 illegal

00:21:59.060 --> 00:21:59.420
 to

00:21:59.420 --> 00:22:00.240
 meet

00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:00.800
 together,

00:22:01.440 --> 00:22:01.880
 we've

00:22:01.880 --> 00:22:02.160
 got a

00:22:02.160 --> 00:22:02.340
 little

00:22:02.340 --> 00:22:02.759
 taste

00:22:02.759 --> 00:22:03.080
 or an

00:22:03.080 --> 00:22:03.560
 insight

00:22:03.560 --> 00:22:04.539
 as to

00:22:04.539 --> 00:22:04.759
 what

00:22:04.759 --> 00:22:04.980
 that

00:22:04.980 --> 00:22:05.220
 day

00:22:05.220 --> 00:22:05.340
 will

00:22:05.340 --> 00:22:05.460
 be

00:22:05.460 --> 00:22:05.700
 like.

00:22:05.779 --> 00:22:05.920
 It'll

00:22:05.920 --> 00:22:06.320
 be like

00:22:06.320 --> 00:22:06.500
 that

00:22:06.500 --> 00:22:06.720
 for

00:22:06.720 --> 00:22:07.240
 every

00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:07.779
 Christian

00:22:07.779 --> 00:22:08.840
 in

00:22:08.840 --> 00:22:09.400
 Ireland,

00:22:09.779 --> 00:22:10.259
 America,

00:22:10.580 --> 00:22:10.900
 wouldn't

00:22:10.900 --> 00:22:11.140
 matter

00:22:11.140 --> 00:22:11.400
 where

00:22:11.400 --> 00:22:11.600
 you

00:22:11.600 --> 00:22:12.140
 lived.

00:22:12.140 --> 00:22:16.180
 this is

00:22:16.180 --> 00:22:16.600
 what the

00:22:16.600 --> 00:22:17.000
 future

00:22:17.000 --> 00:22:17.420
 will be

00:22:17.420 --> 00:22:17.860
 like.

00:22:18.500 --> 00:22:18.960
 This is

00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:19.640
 what God's

00:22:19.640 --> 00:22:20.180
 people are

00:22:20.180 --> 00:22:20.540
 to be

00:22:20.540 --> 00:22:20.940
 prepared

00:22:20.940 --> 00:22:21.220
 for.

00:22:21.540 --> 00:22:21.800
 Maybe

00:22:21.800 --> 00:22:22.360
 not for

00:22:22.360 --> 00:22:22.720
 you,

00:22:23.140 --> 00:22:23.720
 but maybe

00:22:23.720 --> 00:22:24.200
 for your

00:22:24.200 --> 00:22:24.580
 children.

00:22:24.720 --> 00:22:25.040
 If not

00:22:25.040 --> 00:22:25.240
 your

00:22:25.240 --> 00:22:25.620
 children,

00:22:25.740 --> 00:22:25.940
 maybe

00:22:25.940 --> 00:22:26.200
 their

00:22:26.200 --> 00:22:26.620
 grandchildren.

00:22:28.620 --> 00:22:29.400
 It will

00:22:29.400 --> 00:22:29.840
 happen.

00:22:31.840 --> 00:22:32.360
 So,

00:22:32.440 --> 00:22:32.660
 what are

00:22:32.660 --> 00:22:32.980
 we to

00:22:32.980 --> 00:22:33.360
 do?

00:22:35.300 --> 00:22:35.780
 Be

00:22:35.780 --> 00:22:37.220
 faithful.

00:22:38.420 --> 00:22:38.700
 Be

00:22:38.700 --> 00:22:39.220
 faithful.

00:22:40.120 --> 00:22:40.620
 Go back

00:22:40.620 --> 00:22:41.020
 to verse

00:22:41.020 --> 00:22:41.680
 three again.

00:22:42.140 --> 00:22:45.580
 it says

00:22:45.580 --> 00:22:45.759
 there,

00:22:45.860 --> 00:22:46.460
 those who

00:22:46.460 --> 00:22:47.340
 are wise

00:22:47.340 --> 00:22:49.480
 or those

00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:50.280
 who impart

00:22:50.280 --> 00:22:50.920
 wisdom

00:22:50.920 --> 00:22:52.300
 will shine

00:22:52.300 --> 00:22:52.740
 like the

00:22:52.740 --> 00:22:53.080
 brightness

00:22:53.080 --> 00:22:53.520
 of the

00:22:53.520 --> 00:22:53.840
 heavens

00:22:53.840 --> 00:22:55.240
 and those

00:22:55.240 --> 00:22:56.120
 who lead

00:22:56.120 --> 00:22:56.759
 many to

00:22:56.759 --> 00:22:57.420
 righteousness

00:22:57.420 --> 00:22:58.800
 like the

00:22:58.800 --> 00:22:59.200
 stars

00:22:59.200 --> 00:22:59.780
 forever

00:22:59.780 --> 00:23:00.780
 and ever.

00:23:01.040 --> 00:23:01.400
 He's

00:23:01.400 --> 00:23:02.060
 telling there

00:23:02.060 --> 00:23:02.740
 that God's

00:23:02.740 --> 00:23:03.200
 people are

00:23:03.200 --> 00:23:03.759
 to remain

00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:04.440
 faithful.

00:23:05.380 --> 00:23:05.740
 They are

00:23:05.740 --> 00:23:05.980
 to be

00:23:05.980 --> 00:23:06.520
 those who

00:23:06.520 --> 00:23:07.100
 prepare

00:23:07.100 --> 00:23:07.700
 others

00:23:07.700 --> 00:23:08.220
 for what

00:23:08.220 --> 00:23:08.580
 is to

00:23:08.580 --> 00:23:08.940
 come.

00:23:09.580 --> 00:23:09.740
 They're

00:23:09.740 --> 00:23:10.520
 to impart

00:23:10.520 --> 00:23:11.160
 wisdom.

00:23:11.160 --> 00:23:11.279
 them.

00:23:11.920 --> 00:23:12.300
 They're

00:23:12.300 --> 00:23:12.940
 to lead

00:23:12.940 --> 00:23:13.400
 them in

00:23:13.400 --> 00:23:13.720
 the way

00:23:13.720 --> 00:23:13.920
 of

00:23:13.920 --> 00:23:14.480
 righteousness.

00:23:15.040 --> 00:23:15.279
 They are

00:23:15.279 --> 00:23:15.700
 to get

00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:16.300
 alongside

00:23:16.300 --> 00:23:17.200
 those who

00:23:17.200 --> 00:23:17.360
 are

00:23:17.360 --> 00:23:17.840
 struggling

00:23:17.840 --> 00:23:18.440
 in the

00:23:18.440 --> 00:23:18.800
 faith

00:23:18.800 --> 00:23:19.460
 and to

00:23:19.460 --> 00:23:20.019
 encourage

00:23:20.019 --> 00:23:20.740
 them to

00:23:20.740 --> 00:23:21.400
 keep on

00:23:21.400 --> 00:23:22.380
 going and

00:23:22.380 --> 00:23:22.860
 not to

00:23:22.860 --> 00:23:23.420
 give up.

00:23:24.259 --> 00:23:24.519
 Yes,

00:23:24.620 --> 00:23:24.880
 they're

00:23:24.880 --> 00:23:25.320
 suffering

00:23:25.320 --> 00:23:25.779
 now.

00:23:26.200 --> 00:23:26.420
 Yes,

00:23:26.480 --> 00:23:26.779
 it will

00:23:26.779 --> 00:23:27.460
 be hard,

00:23:27.820 --> 00:23:28.500
 but eternal

00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:29.160
 salvation

00:23:29.160 --> 00:23:30.019
 will follow.

00:23:30.560 --> 00:23:30.960
 Don't

00:23:30.960 --> 00:23:31.600
 give up.

00:23:31.920 --> 00:23:32.160
 Keep

00:23:32.160 --> 00:23:32.680
 going.

00:23:32.680 --> 00:23:34.680
 God's

00:23:34.680 --> 00:23:35.680
 love.

00:23:35.680 --> 00:23:36.279
 Now,

00:23:36.360 --> 00:23:36.620
 of course,

00:23:36.700 --> 00:23:37.000
 we don't

00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:37.440
 need to

00:23:37.440 --> 00:23:37.720
 live in

00:23:37.720 --> 00:23:38.160
 a hostile

00:23:38.160 --> 00:23:38.940
 country to

00:23:38.940 --> 00:23:39.420
 need this

00:23:39.420 --> 00:23:39.860
 kind of

00:23:39.860 --> 00:23:40.360
 support.

00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:42.000
 I need

00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:42.660
 that support.

00:23:42.840 --> 00:23:43.360
 You need

00:23:43.360 --> 00:23:44.000
 that support.

00:23:44.320 --> 00:23:44.720
 We need

00:23:44.720 --> 00:23:45.380
 encouragement

00:23:45.380 --> 00:23:45.840
 to be

00:23:45.840 --> 00:23:46.600
 faithful to

00:23:46.600 --> 00:23:47.000
 God.

00:23:47.360 --> 00:23:47.779
 We face

00:23:47.779 --> 00:23:48.539
 pressures of

00:23:48.539 --> 00:23:48.940
 life.

00:23:49.560 --> 00:23:49.880
 We have

00:23:49.880 --> 00:23:50.380
 our own

00:23:50.380 --> 00:23:50.960
 sinfulness

00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:51.539
 to deal

00:23:51.539 --> 00:23:51.759
 with.

00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:52.200
 The

00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:53.019
 temptations

00:23:53.019 --> 00:23:53.480
 that the

00:23:53.480 --> 00:23:53.820
 enemy

00:23:53.820 --> 00:23:54.320
 brings

00:23:54.320 --> 00:23:55.320
 can cause

00:23:55.320 --> 00:23:55.720
 us to

00:23:55.720 --> 00:23:56.160
 wander

00:23:56.160 --> 00:23:56.880
 and to

00:23:56.880 --> 00:23:57.539
 drift away

00:23:57.539 --> 00:23:57.840
 from

00:23:57.840 --> 00:23:58.259
 God.

00:23:58.740 --> 00:23:59.160
 All

00:23:59.160 --> 00:23:59.740
 kinds of

00:23:59.740 --> 00:24:00.240
 difficulties

00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:00.880
 we face

00:24:00.880 --> 00:24:01.519
 and we

00:24:01.519 --> 00:24:02.000
 wander

00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:02.480
 away.

00:24:03.680 --> 00:24:04.200
 That's

00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:04.700
 why we

00:24:04.700 --> 00:24:05.119
 need

00:24:05.119 --> 00:24:05.380
 each

00:24:05.380 --> 00:24:05.599
 other.

00:24:05.839 --> 00:24:06.079
 That's

00:24:06.079 --> 00:24:06.420
 why we

00:24:06.420 --> 00:24:06.700
 meet

00:24:06.700 --> 00:24:07.099
 together

00:24:07.099 --> 00:24:07.440
 on a

00:24:07.440 --> 00:24:07.720
 Sunday.

00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:08.319
 That's

00:24:08.319 --> 00:24:08.680
 why we

00:24:08.680 --> 00:24:09.000
 meet

00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:09.319
 on a

00:24:09.319 --> 00:24:09.680
 Wednesday

00:24:09.680 --> 00:24:10.019
 to

00:24:10.019 --> 00:24:10.599
 encourage

00:24:10.599 --> 00:24:11.039
 each

00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:11.319
 other

00:24:11.319 --> 00:24:11.799
 and

00:24:11.799 --> 00:24:12.440
 strengthen

00:24:12.440 --> 00:24:12.799
 each

00:24:12.799 --> 00:24:13.019
 other

00:24:13.019 --> 00:24:13.259
 in

00:24:13.259 --> 00:24:13.420
 the

00:24:13.420 --> 00:24:13.740
 faith,

00:24:14.099 --> 00:24:14.240
 to

00:24:14.240 --> 00:24:14.839
 impart

00:24:14.839 --> 00:24:15.299
 wisdom,

00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:15.920
 to lead

00:24:15.920 --> 00:24:16.180
 each

00:24:16.180 --> 00:24:16.420
 other

00:24:16.420 --> 00:24:16.680
 in

00:24:16.680 --> 00:24:17.240
 righteousness,

00:24:17.559 --> 00:24:18.319
 to read

00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:18.859
 the Bible

00:24:18.859 --> 00:24:19.259
 with them,

00:24:19.339 --> 00:24:19.839
 to pray

00:24:19.839 --> 00:24:20.319
 for each

00:24:20.319 --> 00:24:20.539
 other,

00:24:20.619 --> 00:24:20.960
 to say

00:24:20.960 --> 00:24:21.220
 be

00:24:21.220 --> 00:24:21.819
 faithful,

00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:22.500
 keep

00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:22.859
 on

00:24:22.859 --> 00:24:23.380
 going.

00:24:27.640 --> 00:24:28.339
 But we

00:24:28.339 --> 00:24:28.839
 know that

00:24:28.839 --> 00:24:29.299
 this will

00:24:29.299 --> 00:24:29.779
 not go

00:24:29.779 --> 00:24:30.019
 on

00:24:30.019 --> 00:24:30.500
 forever.

00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:32.859
 It will

00:24:32.859 --> 00:24:33.319
 not be

00:24:33.319 --> 00:24:33.819
 like this

00:24:33.819 --> 00:24:34.279
 forever.

00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:35.759
 Look at

00:24:35.759 --> 00:24:36.880
 verse 7

00:24:36.880 --> 00:24:37.259
 again.

00:24:38.539 --> 00:24:39.240
 He says

00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:39.619
 this is

00:24:39.619 --> 00:24:40.059
 going to

00:24:40.059 --> 00:24:40.380
 be,

00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:40.819
 or it

00:24:40.819 --> 00:24:40.980
 will

00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:41.559
 last,

00:24:42.200 --> 00:24:42.680
 for a

00:24:42.680 --> 00:24:43.099
 time,

00:24:43.299 --> 00:24:43.859
 times,

00:24:43.859 --> 00:24:44.819
 and half

00:24:44.819 --> 00:24:45.299
 a time.

00:24:46.380 --> 00:24:46.960
 So if you

00:24:46.960 --> 00:24:47.299
 got your

00:24:47.299 --> 00:24:48.279
 calculators out,

00:24:48.359 --> 00:24:48.759
 are you ready?

00:24:50.319 --> 00:24:51.059
 How long

00:24:51.059 --> 00:24:51.500
 is a

00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:51.839
 time,

00:24:51.980 --> 00:24:52.380
 times,

00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:52.920
 half a

00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:53.180
 time?

00:24:53.640 --> 00:24:54.140
 Here's the

00:24:54.140 --> 00:24:54.539
 answer.

00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:55.859
 It's a

00:24:55.859 --> 00:24:56.160
 time,

00:24:56.319 --> 00:24:56.680
 times,

00:24:56.740 --> 00:24:57.119
 and half

00:24:57.119 --> 00:24:57.539
 a time.

00:24:57.539 --> 00:24:57.579
 time.

00:25:00.259 --> 00:25:00.980
 In other

00:25:00.980 --> 00:25:01.359
 words,

00:25:01.859 --> 00:25:02.980
 we don't

00:25:02.980 --> 00:25:03.420
 know how

00:25:03.420 --> 00:25:03.940
 long this

00:25:03.940 --> 00:25:04.759
 time is,

00:25:05.359 --> 00:25:06.079
 but we

00:25:06.079 --> 00:25:06.659
 do know

00:25:06.659 --> 00:25:07.139
 that the

00:25:07.139 --> 00:25:07.839
 troubles that

00:25:07.839 --> 00:25:08.240
 we will

00:25:08.240 --> 00:25:08.859
 face will

00:25:08.859 --> 00:25:09.700
 only last

00:25:09.700 --> 00:25:10.139
 for a

00:25:10.139 --> 00:25:10.480
 limited

00:25:10.480 --> 00:25:11.039
 time.

00:25:11.700 --> 00:25:12.059
 It's

00:25:12.059 --> 00:25:12.579
 specific.

00:25:14.259 --> 00:25:14.680
 Look at

00:25:14.680 --> 00:25:14.960
 the end

00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:15.299
 of verse

00:25:15.299 --> 00:25:15.639
 7.

00:25:16.000 --> 00:25:16.240
 It will

00:25:16.240 --> 00:25:16.720
 be for

00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:17.240
 a time

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:18.759
 when all

00:25:18.759 --> 00:25:19.559
 these things

00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:20.180
 will be

00:25:20.180 --> 00:25:20.940
 completed

00:25:20.940 --> 00:25:22.500
 or fulfilled.

00:25:23.859 --> 00:25:24.720
 We might

00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:25.539
 not know

00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:26.019
 how long

00:25:26.019 --> 00:25:26.420
 we have

00:25:26.420 --> 00:25:26.960
 to wait,

00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:27.819
 but God

00:25:27.819 --> 00:25:28.339
 knows the

00:25:28.339 --> 00:25:28.799
 number of

00:25:28.799 --> 00:25:29.220
 days.

00:25:29.980 --> 00:25:30.139
 The

00:25:30.139 --> 00:25:30.660
 distress

00:25:30.660 --> 00:25:31.119
 God's

00:25:31.119 --> 00:25:31.619
 people will

00:25:31.619 --> 00:25:31.980
 have to

00:25:31.980 --> 00:25:32.940
 face is

00:25:32.940 --> 00:25:33.619
 restricted.

00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:34.680
 It will

00:25:34.680 --> 00:25:35.299
 not go

00:25:35.299 --> 00:25:36.279
 on forever.

00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:38.119
 It will

00:25:38.119 --> 00:25:38.819
 come to

00:25:38.819 --> 00:25:39.279
 an end.

00:25:39.539 --> 00:25:39.799
 It will

00:25:39.799 --> 00:25:40.700
 be completed.

00:25:40.900 --> 00:25:41.139
 It will

00:25:41.139 --> 00:25:41.980
 be fulfilled.

00:25:44.119 --> 00:25:44.900
 When I

00:25:44.900 --> 00:25:45.220
 was a

00:25:45.220 --> 00:25:45.660
 teenager,

00:25:45.819 --> 00:25:46.279
 I did a

00:25:46.279 --> 00:25:46.720
 sponsored

00:25:46.720 --> 00:25:48.339
 walk from

00:25:48.339 --> 00:25:49.180
 Waterford to

00:25:49.180 --> 00:25:49.539
 Dublin.

00:25:50.680 --> 00:25:50.960
 It took

00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:51.460
 me three

00:25:51.460 --> 00:25:52.019
 days,

00:25:52.680 --> 00:25:53.240
 and the

00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:54.019
 closer I

00:25:54.019 --> 00:25:54.539
 got to

00:25:54.539 --> 00:25:54.799
 my

00:25:54.799 --> 00:25:55.519
 destination,

00:25:56.019 --> 00:25:56.700
 the

00:25:56.700 --> 00:25:57.099
 harder

00:25:57.099 --> 00:25:57.720
 it got.

00:25:58.599 --> 00:25:59.059
 I

00:25:59.059 --> 00:25:59.859
 longed

00:25:59.859 --> 00:26:00.160
 for the

00:26:00.160 --> 00:26:00.720
 finish.

00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:02.019
 In my

00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:02.420
 mind,

00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:02.759
 it was

00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:03.379
 just never

00:26:03.379 --> 00:26:03.940
 going to

00:26:03.940 --> 00:26:04.319
 end.

00:26:04.440 --> 00:26:04.700
 It didn't

00:26:04.700 --> 00:26:05.139
 matter how

00:26:05.139 --> 00:26:05.460
 far I

00:26:05.460 --> 00:26:05.799
 walked.

00:26:05.879 --> 00:26:05.960
 I

00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:06.180
 didn't

00:26:06.180 --> 00:26:06.579
 seem I

00:26:06.579 --> 00:26:06.720
 got

00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:07.019
 anywhere

00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:07.599
 closer.

00:26:08.279 --> 00:26:08.440
 My

00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:08.920
 support

00:26:08.920 --> 00:26:09.420
 team,

00:26:09.920 --> 00:26:10.259
 which

00:26:10.259 --> 00:26:10.740
 consisted

00:26:10.740 --> 00:26:11.160
 of my

00:26:11.160 --> 00:26:11.579
 sister,

00:26:12.339 --> 00:26:12.779
 cycled

00:26:12.779 --> 00:26:13.359
 alongside,

00:26:13.799 --> 00:26:14.119
 drove

00:26:14.119 --> 00:26:14.720
 alongside.

00:26:15.639 --> 00:26:15.920
 Yes,

00:26:15.980 --> 00:26:16.220
 you were

00:26:16.220 --> 00:26:16.599
 there as

00:26:16.599 --> 00:26:16.779
 well,

00:26:16.879 --> 00:26:17.039
 mother,

00:26:17.139 --> 00:26:17.400
 but that

00:26:17.400 --> 00:26:17.619
 was at

00:26:17.619 --> 00:26:17.720
 the

00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:17.879
 very

00:26:17.879 --> 00:26:18.240
 beginning,

00:26:18.339 --> 00:26:18.619
 not at

00:26:18.619 --> 00:26:18.740
 the

00:26:18.740 --> 00:26:19.019
 end.

00:26:19.019 --> 00:26:19.379
 Don't

00:26:19.379 --> 00:26:19.599
 worry.

00:26:21.940 --> 00:26:22.460
 Keep

00:26:22.460 --> 00:26:23.259
 on going,

00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:24.039
 she said.

00:26:24.299 --> 00:26:24.980
 It's not

00:26:24.980 --> 00:26:25.379
 much

00:26:25.380 --> 00:26:25.940
 further.

00:26:26.360 --> 00:26:26.680
 You're

00:26:26.680 --> 00:26:27.280
 almost

00:26:27.280 --> 00:26:27.820
 there.

00:26:28.160 --> 00:26:28.480
 Keep

00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:29.120
 on going.

00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:29.440
 And if

00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:29.920
 it weren't

00:26:29.920 --> 00:26:30.260
 for the

00:26:30.260 --> 00:26:30.740
 support,

00:26:31.020 --> 00:26:31.360
 you'd

00:26:31.360 --> 00:26:32.080
 stop.

00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:34.960
 But there

00:26:34.960 --> 00:26:35.400
 was an

00:26:35.400 --> 00:26:35.900
 end,

00:26:36.060 --> 00:26:36.580
 and it

00:26:36.580 --> 00:26:37.380
 did finish.

00:26:38.400 --> 00:26:38.880
 And that's

00:26:38.880 --> 00:26:39.140
 what I

00:26:39.140 --> 00:26:39.760
 want us to

00:26:39.760 --> 00:26:40.160
 grasp,

00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:40.860
 that in the

00:26:40.860 --> 00:26:41.580
 Christian life,

00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:42.520
 we will face

00:26:42.520 --> 00:26:43.480
 all kinds of

00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:44.360
 obstacles and

00:26:44.360 --> 00:26:44.860
 struggles,

00:26:45.080 --> 00:26:45.960
 and we need to

00:26:45.960 --> 00:26:46.620
 get alongside

00:26:46.620 --> 00:26:47.400
 each other,

00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:48.160
 to encourage

00:26:48.160 --> 00:26:48.680
 each other,

00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:49.060
 and say,

00:26:49.420 --> 00:26:50.020
 keep on

00:26:50.020 --> 00:26:50.400
 going.

00:26:50.400 --> 00:26:51.240
 we mightn't

00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:51.680
 see an

00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:52.340
 end to

00:26:52.340 --> 00:26:52.519
 it.

00:26:52.759 --> 00:26:53.220
 We mightn't

00:26:53.220 --> 00:26:53.640
 think that

00:26:53.640 --> 00:26:53.940
 it's going

00:26:53.940 --> 00:26:54.460
 to finish,

00:26:54.700 --> 00:26:55.160
 but here

00:26:55.160 --> 00:26:55.600
 he's telling

00:26:55.600 --> 00:26:55.920
 us it

00:26:55.920 --> 00:26:56.420
 will last

00:26:56.420 --> 00:26:56.700
 for a

00:26:56.700 --> 00:26:57.100
 specific

00:26:57.100 --> 00:26:57.680
 time,

00:26:58.000 --> 00:26:58.660
 and all

00:26:58.660 --> 00:26:59.180
 these things

00:26:59.180 --> 00:26:59.580
 will be

00:26:59.580 --> 00:27:00.340
 fulfilled and

00:27:00.340 --> 00:27:00.780
 completed.

00:27:01.060 --> 00:27:01.700
 It will

00:27:01.700 --> 00:27:03.000
 come to

00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:03.820
 an end.

00:27:04.940 --> 00:27:05.519
 So be

00:27:05.519 --> 00:27:06.500
 faithful now.

00:27:07.540 --> 00:27:08.240
 Support and

00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:09.019
 encourage each

00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:10.100
 other in

00:27:10.100 --> 00:27:10.600
 your walk

00:27:10.600 --> 00:27:11.200
 with God.

00:27:12.580 --> 00:27:13.019
 That's the

00:27:13.019 --> 00:27:13.740
 second answer.

00:27:13.860 --> 00:27:14.259
 The third

00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:16.500
 answer is

00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:16.980
 this.

00:27:19.579 --> 00:27:20.299
 Refined

00:27:20.299 --> 00:27:20.859
 now,

00:27:22.059 --> 00:27:22.460
 resurrection

00:27:22.460 --> 00:27:23.240
 later.

00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:25.160
 God's

00:27:25.160 --> 00:27:25.619
 people,

00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:27.440
 as we

00:27:27.440 --> 00:27:27.980
 wait for

00:27:27.980 --> 00:27:28.660
 that time

00:27:28.660 --> 00:27:29.000
 at the

00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:29.400
 end,

00:27:30.160 --> 00:27:30.579
 we are

00:27:30.579 --> 00:27:31.000
 going to

00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:31.400
 go through

00:27:31.400 --> 00:27:31.920
 a time

00:27:31.920 --> 00:27:32.759
 of refining,

00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:34.180
 but

00:27:34.180 --> 00:27:34.940
 resurrection

00:27:34.940 --> 00:27:36.059
 awaits.

00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:36.839
 Look at

00:27:36.839 --> 00:27:37.480
 verse 8.

00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:40.400
 I heard,

00:27:41.339 --> 00:27:41.859
 but I

00:27:41.859 --> 00:27:42.440
 did not

00:27:42.440 --> 00:27:43.019
 understand.

00:27:44.480 --> 00:27:45.299
 So I

00:27:45.299 --> 00:27:45.720
 asked,

00:27:45.880 --> 00:27:46.420
 my Lord,

00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:47.460
 what will

00:27:47.460 --> 00:27:48.079
 the outcome

00:27:48.079 --> 00:27:48.519
 of all

00:27:48.519 --> 00:27:49.039
 this be?

00:27:49.859 --> 00:27:50.460
 What's it

00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:50.880
 going to

00:27:50.880 --> 00:27:51.539
 be like

00:27:51.539 --> 00:27:51.960
 as we're

00:27:51.960 --> 00:27:52.480
 waiting for

00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:52.740
 the end?

00:27:52.839 --> 00:27:53.380
 What can

00:27:53.380 --> 00:27:54.259
 I expect?

00:27:54.440 --> 00:27:54.720
 What's

00:27:54.720 --> 00:27:55.019
 going to

00:27:55.019 --> 00:27:55.579
 go on?

00:27:56.180 --> 00:27:56.400
 Well,

00:27:56.420 --> 00:27:56.799
 the answer

00:27:56.799 --> 00:27:57.380
 comes in

00:27:57.380 --> 00:27:58.019
 verse 10.

00:27:58.720 --> 00:27:59.240
 He says,

00:27:59.359 --> 00:27:59.940
 many will

00:27:59.940 --> 00:28:00.960
 be purified,

00:28:01.579 --> 00:28:02.339
 many made

00:28:02.339 --> 00:28:03.099
 spotless,

00:28:03.339 --> 00:28:05.059
 many refined,

00:28:06.059 --> 00:28:06.720
 but the

00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:08.299
 wicked will

00:28:08.299 --> 00:28:09.200
 continue to

00:28:09.200 --> 00:28:09.619
 be wicked.

00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:12.240
 So God

00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:12.660
 is very

00:28:12.660 --> 00:28:13.079
 clear,

00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:13.519
 isn't he?

00:28:13.640 --> 00:28:14.359
 He's not

00:28:14.359 --> 00:28:14.940
 going to

00:28:14.940 --> 00:28:15.539
 remove

00:28:15.539 --> 00:28:16.480
 wickedness.

00:28:17.259 --> 00:28:17.880
 He's not

00:28:17.880 --> 00:28:18.360
 going to

00:28:18.360 --> 00:28:18.940
 remove

00:28:18.940 --> 00:28:19.860
 suffering,

00:28:20.440 --> 00:28:21.660
 but he's

00:28:21.660 --> 00:28:22.099
 going to

00:28:22.099 --> 00:28:23.120
 use it

00:28:23.120 --> 00:28:24.779
 for our

00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:25.200
 good.

00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:28.019
 He's not

00:28:28.019 --> 00:28:28.440
 going to

00:28:28.440 --> 00:28:29.220
 remove it,

00:28:29.779 --> 00:28:30.360
 but he will

00:28:30.360 --> 00:28:31.099
 use it for

00:28:31.099 --> 00:28:31.660
 our good.

00:28:32.440 --> 00:28:33.319
 Just as a

00:28:33.319 --> 00:28:33.980
 metal worker

00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:35.200
 uses fire

00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:36.500
 to refine

00:28:36.500 --> 00:28:37.880
 and strengthen

00:28:37.880 --> 00:28:38.559
 steel,

00:28:38.940 --> 00:28:39.640
 so God

00:28:39.640 --> 00:28:40.299
 uses the

00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:41.319
 fire of

00:28:41.319 --> 00:28:41.920
 suffering

00:28:41.920 --> 00:28:43.220
 to refine

00:28:43.220 --> 00:28:44.240
 us and

00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:44.960
 strengthen

00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:46.240
 us in

00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:46.880
 our faith.

00:28:48.600 --> 00:28:49.259
 The

00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:49.600
 apostle

00:28:49.600 --> 00:28:50.440
 Peter said

00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:50.860
 something

00:28:50.860 --> 00:28:51.380
 similar.

00:28:52.360 --> 00:28:52.660
 It's

00:28:52.660 --> 00:28:52.980
 quoted

00:28:52.980 --> 00:28:53.420
 there.

00:28:53.800 --> 00:28:54.120
 Peter,

00:28:54.259 --> 00:28:54.740
 you remember,

00:28:54.900 --> 00:28:55.519
 wrote to

00:28:55.519 --> 00:28:56.779
 scattered

00:28:56.779 --> 00:28:57.519
 Christians

00:28:57.519 --> 00:28:58.980
 at the

00:28:58.980 --> 00:28:59.539
 time of

00:28:59.539 --> 00:29:00.039
 Nero,

00:29:00.160 --> 00:29:00.620
 the Roman

00:29:00.620 --> 00:29:01.200
 Empire,

00:29:01.560 --> 00:29:01.800
 who

00:29:01.800 --> 00:29:02.800
 persecuted,

00:29:03.800 --> 00:29:04.380
 crucified

00:29:04.380 --> 00:29:05.220
 Christians,

00:29:05.220 --> 00:29:06.319
 did all

00:29:06.319 --> 00:29:06.620
 kinds

00:29:06.620 --> 00:29:06.740
 of

00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:07.059
 terrible

00:29:07.059 --> 00:29:08.279
 people.

00:29:08.419 --> 00:29:09.839
 He

00:29:09.839 --> 00:29:10.879
 was

00:29:10.879 --> 00:29:12.339
 out.

00:29:12.339 --> 00:29:38.939
 What I will remember, the attainedруш dislikes, is not sort of an invitation before setting a