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 every Saturday morning at 10.30 a.m.,

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 the emergency weather siren goes off in Kenosha.

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 It's a big test.

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 And every Saturday morning at 10.30 a.m.,

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 I'm usually in my office writing a sermon,

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 and I hear that siren, and my heart drops.

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 And then I remember it's 10.30 Saturday morning.

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 This is just a test.

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 Well, the purpose of the trumpeting of the emergency weather siren

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 on Saturdays at 10.30 is to test the emergency warning system.

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 But when it gets warm out,

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 it's mid-July, late Friday afternoon,

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 and we hear that siren blare,

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 and there are these dark, imposing thunderstorms

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 rolling in with a fierce wind,

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 it's not practice anymore.

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 At that moment, we're being warned.

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 And when you're warned of an impending danger like that,

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 you've got to stop what you're doing,

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 and you make sure you can find some cover.

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 And if you've got time,

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 you're going to make sure those around you

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 stop what they're doing

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 so that they can find cover with you.

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 This morning, you're going to be hearing

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 the blaring of the seven trumpets of judgment

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 from Revelation chapter 8 and 9 and into 11.

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 And this is no Saturday morning practice.

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 This is not a practice test this morning.

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 This morning, you're going to hear

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 real warning of judgment

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 blowing in on God's winds.

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 So this morning, don't ignore the warning calls.

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 Don't ignore God's mercy

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 in the face of judgment.

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 Like I mentioned,

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 we've got a lot of real estate

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 to cover this morning,

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 so I first want to kind of give you

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 a lay of the land

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 of where we're going to be going,

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 so I want to kind of place

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 some things in your minds.

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 So what you're going to see

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 in chapter 8, verses 1 through 6,

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 is an opening scene.

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 It's essentially in verse 6,

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 it's the raising of the trumpets to Blair.

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 And then in chapter 8, verse 7,

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 all the way through chapter 9,

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 you have the six trumpets blasting

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 one after another.

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 There's some really interesting details in this.

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 But when we get to chapter 10,

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 we've got a break in the action.

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 The six trumpet sounds,

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 and then in chapter 10,

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 in 11, 1 through 14,

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 we have what's called an interlude

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 between the sixth trumpet

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 and the seventh trumpet.

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 If you remember the sixth

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 and the seventh seals,

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 there was an interlude there too.

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 It's chapter 7 of Revelation.

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 And it's about the church

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 in chapter 7,

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 and chapter 10,

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 in 11, 1 through 14,

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 it's about the church too.

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 It's about what we must be doing

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 with these sirens going off

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 in the trumpets.

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 We're going to come back to that

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 over the next two weeks.

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 But what you have in chapter 11,

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 verses 14 through 19,

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 is the seventh trumpet.

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 And what's interesting

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 about the seventh trumpet

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 is that you're no longer in earth.

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 You're in heaven

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 seeing something going on.

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 And surprise,

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 instead of devastation,

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 you're seeing celebration.

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 What's up with that?

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 This morning,

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 it's possible to hear these trumpets

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 as some kind of Saturday morning

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 practice test of a warning system.

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 It's not a practice test.

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 These are real warnings

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 for us all today.

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 Judgment is coming.

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 So stop what you're doing.

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 Stop living a life against God

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 and find cover in the Lamb.

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 And if you've already found cover

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 in the Lamb,

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 we need to be telling others

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 about the judgment to come

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 so that they can find cover

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 in the Lamb with us.

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 So let me begin

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 by pointing you

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 to this opening scene

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 in chapter 8, 1 through 6.

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 It sets up the trumpets.

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 Chapter 8, verse 1,

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 the Lamb opens the seventh seal

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 of the scroll of God's plan

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 for the fullness of time.

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 And remember,

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 up until this point,

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 heaven has been a loud place.

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 The Lamb and the one on the throne

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 have been worshipped

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 after by many,

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 24 elders,

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 four living creatures,

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 myriads of angels.

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 Up until this point,

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 heaven is a loud place.

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 And then all of a sudden,

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 we read,

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 the Lamb opens the seventh seal

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 and there's a half hour of silence.

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 It makes you ask the question,

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 what's the silence about?

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 Well, look at verse 2.

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 All of a sudden,

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 there are seven angels

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 who are standing before God

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 and they have been given

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 seven trumpets.

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 Now look down at verse 6.

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 Now those seven angels

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 who had the seven trumpets

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 prepare to blow them.

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 So they're given the trumpets.

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 Verse 6,

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 that they raise them

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 to blow them

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 and then something happens

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 in between them

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 that's very important.

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 In verses 3 and 4,

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 we see another angel

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 coming and standing

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 in the heavenly,

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 before the heavenly altar.

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 It's gold before the throne.

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 This is in heaven

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 before God

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 and he's holding in his hand

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 a golden censer.

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 Basically,

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 that's a ceremonial fire pan

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 that you burn incense in

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 in the worship of God

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 in the heavenly temple.

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 What's this incense

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 that we're reading about?

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 Well, we hear,

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 what we read in verse 3,

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 he was given much incense

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 to offer with the prayers

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 of all the saints

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 and in verse 4,

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 the smoke of the incense

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 with the prayers

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 of the saints.

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 Now flip back

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 to chapter 5,

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 verse 8.

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 And when he had taken

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 the scroll,

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 the four living creatures

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 and the 24 elders

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 fell down before the lamb,

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 each holding a harp

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 and golden bowls

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 full of incense,

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 which are the prayers

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 of the saints.

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 It's best to understand

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 that incense

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 is our prayers

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 being offered to God.

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 Your praying

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 is being pictured

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 as an offering

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 to God

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 here in Revelation chapter 8.

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 It's the prayers

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 of all the saints.

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 So here's what we're getting at.

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 Heaven is silent,

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 trumpets are given,

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 still silent

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 so that God

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 can hear

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 the prayers

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 of his saints.

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 Not that there was

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 a distraction before,

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 it's focus.

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 God's interested

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 in the prayers

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 of his saints.

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 He hears

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 all

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 the saints'

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 prayers

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 and he hears them

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 with pleasure.

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 The silence

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 is to hear

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 his saints.

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 Those

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 sealed of God,

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 chapter 7,

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 verse 3,

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 those

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 whom Jesus

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 is the

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 exclusive

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 center

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 of their

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 lives

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 and Jesus

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 is becoming

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 more and more

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 important.

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 It's by his blood

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 that we even have

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 access into the throne room

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 to begin with.

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 The last prayer

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 we have come across

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 from God's people

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 is in Revelation

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 chapter 6

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 and it comes from

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 a select group

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 of the saints,

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 the martyrs,

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 the fifth seal.

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 They're below the altar,

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 this altar,

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 and they are

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 saying to God,

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 how long,

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 O Lord,

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 how long

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 until you vindicate

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 and judge

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 those who dwell

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 on the earth

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 for our blood?

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 The last prayer

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 we've come across,

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 God hears all

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 the prayers

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 of his saints,

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 but the last prayer

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 in the book of Revelation

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 is a prayer

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 of vindication.

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 God,

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 when will you

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 show us

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 justice?

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 justice?

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 When will you

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 do us right?

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 God hears

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 all of his saints,

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 but here,

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 what is being shown

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 in particular

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 is God hearing

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 the particular prayers

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 of his suffering

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 saints

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 calling out

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 for justice.

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 incense?

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 Verse 4,

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 they rise up,

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 these prayers

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 rise up

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 with smoke

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 to God,

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 incense,

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 from the censer

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 in the angel's

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 right hand.

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 Verse 5,

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 after those prayers

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 are offered,

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 the censer

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 is empty

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 and that angel

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 takes the same censer

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 that offered

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 the prayers

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 and then

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 grabs a whole

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 bunch of

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 altar fire

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 in the same

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 altar

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 and then

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 he throws

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 it down

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 upon the earth.

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 Do you see

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 what's going on?

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 See what's being

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 pictured?

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 Our prayers

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 offered up,

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 God responds

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 by the pouring

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 out of

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 holy fire

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 upon the earth.

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 It's very

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 important to notice

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 that the first

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 three trumpet

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 blares

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 deal with

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 burning

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 objects

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 being

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 cast

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 down

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 onto earth.

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 It's an

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 outworking

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 of this.

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 So,

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 verse 5,

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 the angel

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 throws

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 down

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 the holy

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 fire

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 judgment

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 in response

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 to the prayers

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 of the saints.

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 There is

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 this

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 thunder,

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 rumblings,

00:10:50.120 --> 00:10:50.899
 flashes of lightning,

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 earthquake,

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 this is

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 theophany,

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 God is at

00:10:54.479 --> 00:10:54.979
 work,

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 and then

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 in verse 6,

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 the seven angels

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 pick up their

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 seven trumpets

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 to blow.

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 That's

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 setting up

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 the trumpets.

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 And now

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 let's turn

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 to the

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 trumpets

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 themselves.

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 Before,

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 let me just

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 say this.

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 Remember how

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 Jesus taught

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 us to pray,

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 our Father

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 who is in

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 heaven,

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 hallowed be

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 your name,

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 your kingdom

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 come.

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 come.

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 This

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 puts some

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 weight on

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 that.

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 When we

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 pray,

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 your kingdom

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 come,

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 we're asking

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 God,

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 God,

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 bring justice

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 on this

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 earth

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 with your

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 reign.

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 We're

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 praying for

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 Jesus to

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 come.

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 These

00:11:45.320 --> 00:11:46.000
 seven trumpets

00:11:46.000 --> 00:11:46.520
 are sounded

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 in response

00:11:47.180 --> 00:11:47.500
 to the

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 prayers of

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 the saints.

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 it's a

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 response of

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 justice.

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 It's your

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 opening scene.

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 Now let's

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 look at

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 verses

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 seven

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 through

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 twelve

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 where we

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 read of

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 the first

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 four trumpets.

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 What we

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 have in

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 the trumpets,

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 the first

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 six at least,

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 they're broken

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 up,

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 they're divided.

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 The first

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 four,

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 then the next

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 two,

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 and then the

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 last one,

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 the seventh.

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 And there's a

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 reason for it.

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 But what we

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 notice is that

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 all start

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 with a

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 trumpet

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 player.

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 So they

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 have some

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 commonalities.

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 The first

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 four in

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 particular have

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 some things

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 in common

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 I want to

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 point out.

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 In chapter

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 seven, we

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 read the

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 first angel

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 blew his

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 trumpet.

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 And then

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 verse seven,

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 then verse

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 eight, the

00:12:34.259 --> 00:12:34.899
 second angel

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 blew his

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 trumpet.

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 Verse 10,

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 the third

00:12:38.860 --> 00:12:39.279
 angel blew

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 his trumpet.

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 Verse 12,

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 the fourth

00:12:41.120 --> 00:12:41.779
 angel blew

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 his trumpet.

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 When you

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 hear the

00:12:44.480 --> 00:12:45.139
 word trumpet,

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 don't think

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 Dizzy

00:12:46.879 --> 00:12:47.340
 Gillespie,

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 don't think

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 Wynton

00:12:48.159 --> 00:12:48.720
 Marsalis,

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 Louis Armstrong,

00:12:49.799 --> 00:12:50.419
 Miles Davis

00:12:50.419 --> 00:12:51.740
 playing their

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 metal horn.

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 These aren't

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 those.

00:12:56.799 --> 00:12:57.279
 These are

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 shofars.

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 These are

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 ram's horns.

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 These are

00:13:02.059 --> 00:13:02.939
 the trumpets

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 of Israel.

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 These are

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 the kinds

00:13:05.919 --> 00:13:06.480
 of trumpets

00:13:06.480 --> 00:13:06.779
 that were

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 handed to

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 the seven

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 priests in

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 Joshua 6

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 who led

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 out before

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 the ark

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 and they

00:13:15.000 --> 00:13:15.740
 blared their

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 trumpets

00:13:16.480 --> 00:13:17.060
 before

00:13:17.060 --> 00:13:17.960
 Jericho,

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 blaring

00:13:18.940 --> 00:13:19.519
 judgment,

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 the city

00:13:20.539 --> 00:13:21.159
 falls,

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 the people

00:13:21.899 --> 00:13:22.580
 enter the

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 promised land.

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 It gets

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 played out

00:13:24.100 --> 00:13:24.460
 the next

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 four chapters

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 in Revelation.

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 What this

00:13:29.879 --> 00:13:30.700
 trumpet blaring

00:13:30.700 --> 00:13:31.600
 does is it

00:13:31.600 --> 00:13:32.659
 announces

00:13:32.659 --> 00:13:34.120
 judgment

00:13:34.120 --> 00:13:36.340
 like an

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 early

00:13:36.799 --> 00:13:37.799
 warning

00:13:37.799 --> 00:13:38.980
 weather

00:13:38.980 --> 00:13:39.500
 siren.

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 But it's

00:13:41.580 --> 00:13:41.960
 more than

00:13:41.960 --> 00:13:42.240
 that.

00:13:42.240 --> 00:13:43.279
 Each trumpet

00:13:43.279 --> 00:13:44.299
 blown is

00:13:44.299 --> 00:13:44.839
 announcing

00:13:44.839 --> 00:13:46.379
 the lamb

00:13:46.379 --> 00:13:47.699
 reigns.

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 Because each

00:13:49.539 --> 00:13:50.000
 of these

00:13:50.000 --> 00:13:50.599
 trumpets

00:13:50.599 --> 00:13:51.779
 are being

00:13:51.779 --> 00:13:52.339
 blown by

00:13:52.339 --> 00:13:52.939
 an angel

00:13:52.939 --> 00:13:53.979
 who's in

00:13:53.979 --> 00:13:54.500
 the throne

00:13:54.500 --> 00:13:54.899
 room,

00:13:55.240 --> 00:13:55.579
 who's been

00:13:55.579 --> 00:13:56.039
 given a

00:13:56.039 --> 00:13:56.419
 trumpet

00:13:56.419 --> 00:13:57.699
 by the

00:13:57.699 --> 00:13:58.059
 lamb.

00:13:59.459 --> 00:14:00.359
 He's behind

00:14:00.359 --> 00:14:00.679
 it all.

00:14:03.519 --> 00:14:04.359
 So these

00:14:04.359 --> 00:14:05.240
 trumpets are

00:14:05.240 --> 00:14:05.839
 announcing

00:14:05.839 --> 00:14:06.559
 something,

00:14:07.039 --> 00:14:07.379
 judgment

00:14:07.379 --> 00:14:08.159
 and the

00:14:08.159 --> 00:14:08.759
 reign of

00:14:08.759 --> 00:14:09.219
 the lamb.

00:14:09.220 --> 00:14:10.980
 and it

00:14:10.980 --> 00:14:11.399
 also

00:14:11.399 --> 00:14:12.620
 notice

00:14:12.620 --> 00:14:13.320
 that these

00:14:13.320 --> 00:14:14.019
 first four

00:14:14.019 --> 00:14:14.420
 trumpet

00:14:14.420 --> 00:14:14.879
 judgments,

00:14:15.440 --> 00:14:16.379
 they fall

00:14:16.379 --> 00:14:17.759
 on creation.

00:14:18.300 --> 00:14:18.600
 In the

00:14:18.600 --> 00:14:19.279
 first one,

00:14:19.399 --> 00:14:19.639
 hail

00:14:19.639 --> 00:14:20.399
 falls on

00:14:20.399 --> 00:14:21.220
 the land.

00:14:21.600 --> 00:14:22.160
 The second

00:14:22.160 --> 00:14:22.500
 one,

00:14:22.800 --> 00:14:23.360
 it looks

00:14:23.360 --> 00:14:23.680
 like some

00:14:23.680 --> 00:14:24.000
 kind of

00:14:24.000 --> 00:14:24.540
 volcanic

00:14:24.540 --> 00:14:25.240
 eruption

00:14:25.240 --> 00:14:26.240
 on the

00:14:26.240 --> 00:14:26.840
 sea.

00:14:27.259 --> 00:14:27.420
 And then

00:14:27.420 --> 00:14:27.940
 what appears

00:14:27.940 --> 00:14:28.700
 to be a

00:14:28.700 --> 00:14:29.200
 blazing

00:14:29.200 --> 00:14:30.180
 meteor in

00:14:30.180 --> 00:14:31.300
 the third

00:14:31.300 --> 00:14:31.920
 judgment

00:14:31.920 --> 00:14:32.980
 falls into

00:14:32.980 --> 00:14:33.660
 the water.

00:14:33.659 --> 00:14:34.919
 and then

00:14:34.919 --> 00:14:35.919
 darkness

00:14:35.919 --> 00:14:38.639
 comes upon

00:14:38.639 --> 00:14:39.600
 the sun,

00:14:39.860 --> 00:14:40.079
 moon,

00:14:40.199 --> 00:14:40.539
 and the

00:14:40.539 --> 00:14:41.519
 star in

00:14:41.519 --> 00:14:42.519
 the fourth

00:14:42.519 --> 00:14:43.079
 trumpet

00:14:43.079 --> 00:14:43.799
 judgment.

00:14:44.379 --> 00:14:45.360
 All creation

00:14:45.360 --> 00:14:46.659
 will be

00:14:46.659 --> 00:14:48.159
 affected by

00:14:48.159 --> 00:14:48.639
 these four

00:14:48.639 --> 00:14:50.079
 judgments and

00:14:50.079 --> 00:14:50.879
 it will affect

00:14:50.879 --> 00:14:51.799
 all of

00:14:51.799 --> 00:14:52.439
 humanity,

00:14:53.219 --> 00:14:53.860
 both those

00:14:53.860 --> 00:14:54.219
 who've been

00:14:54.219 --> 00:14:55.379
 sealed by

00:14:55.379 --> 00:14:56.100
 the seal of

00:14:56.100 --> 00:14:56.360
 the living

00:14:56.360 --> 00:14:56.759
 God,

00:14:57.219 --> 00:14:57.679
 chapter 7,

00:14:57.740 --> 00:14:58.120
 verse 3,

00:14:58.559 --> 00:14:59.039
 Christians,

00:14:59.459 --> 00:15:00.419
 as well as

00:15:00.419 --> 00:15:00.919
 those who

00:15:00.919 --> 00:15:01.720
 have not been

00:15:01.720 --> 00:15:02.899
 sealed with

00:15:02.899 --> 00:15:03.159
 the,

00:15:03.159 --> 00:15:04.159
 the seal of

00:15:04.159 --> 00:15:04.579
 the lamb,

00:15:04.860 --> 00:15:05.379
 but with

00:15:05.379 --> 00:15:05.740
 the mark

00:15:05.740 --> 00:15:05.980
 of the

00:15:05.980 --> 00:15:06.219
 peace.

00:15:06.480 --> 00:15:07.179
 These are

00:15:07.179 --> 00:15:07.919
 cataclysmic

00:15:07.919 --> 00:15:08.519
 events that

00:15:08.519 --> 00:15:09.120
 will change

00:15:09.120 --> 00:15:09.719
 life on

00:15:09.719 --> 00:15:10.179
 earth as

00:15:10.179 --> 00:15:10.459
 we know

00:15:10.459 --> 00:15:10.559
 it.

00:15:10.620 --> 00:15:10.939
 We can't

00:15:10.939 --> 00:15:11.339
 get around

00:15:11.339 --> 00:15:11.459
 it.

00:15:11.519 --> 00:15:11.740
 It's going

00:15:11.740 --> 00:15:12.019
 to affect

00:15:12.019 --> 00:15:12.279
 the way

00:15:12.279 --> 00:15:12.519
 that we

00:15:12.519 --> 00:15:12.799
 live.

00:15:15.639 --> 00:15:16.079
 Now,

00:15:16.120 --> 00:15:16.419
 the first

00:15:16.419 --> 00:15:16.740
 one is

00:15:16.740 --> 00:15:16.980
 very

00:15:16.980 --> 00:15:17.399
 interesting.

00:15:20.360 --> 00:15:21.059
 It talks

00:15:21.059 --> 00:15:21.860
 about hail

00:15:21.860 --> 00:15:22.679
 coming down

00:15:22.679 --> 00:15:24.860
 and the

00:15:24.860 --> 00:15:25.500
 earth being

00:15:25.500 --> 00:15:26.279
 burned up

00:15:26.279 --> 00:15:26.860
 and a

00:15:26.860 --> 00:15:27.179
 third,

00:15:27.659 --> 00:15:28.039
 a third of

00:15:28.039 --> 00:15:28.439
 the trees

00:15:28.439 --> 00:15:28.839
 were burned

00:15:28.839 --> 00:15:29.079
 up.

00:15:30.339 --> 00:15:30.879
 I don't

00:15:30.879 --> 00:15:31.220
 know about

00:15:31.220 --> 00:15:31.500
 you.

00:15:31.620 --> 00:15:31.779
 I don't

00:15:31.779 --> 00:15:32.039
 know how

00:15:32.039 --> 00:15:32.199
 this,

00:15:32.200 --> 00:15:32.940
 how this

00:15:32.940 --> 00:15:33.720
 intersects

00:15:33.720 --> 00:15:34.280
 with global

00:15:34.280 --> 00:15:34.640
 warming,

00:15:34.800 --> 00:15:35.780
 but it

00:15:35.780 --> 00:15:36.140
 should do

00:15:36.140 --> 00:15:36.540
 at least

00:15:36.540 --> 00:15:37.060
 this.

00:15:37.460 --> 00:15:37.879
 It should

00:15:37.879 --> 00:15:38.240
 give you

00:15:38.240 --> 00:15:38.700
 at least

00:15:38.700 --> 00:15:39.620
 a third

00:15:39.620 --> 00:15:40.500
 option in

00:15:40.500 --> 00:15:41.700
 explaining why

00:15:41.700 --> 00:15:42.379
 our world

00:15:42.379 --> 00:15:43.000
 is warming

00:15:43.000 --> 00:15:43.360
 up.

00:15:44.600 --> 00:15:45.440
 Option number

00:15:45.440 --> 00:15:45.800
 one,

00:15:46.800 --> 00:15:47.060
 human

00:15:47.060 --> 00:15:47.500
 pollution.

00:15:48.660 --> 00:15:49.259
 Option number

00:15:49.259 --> 00:15:49.620
 two,

00:15:50.120 --> 00:15:50.900
 just regular

00:15:50.900 --> 00:15:51.840
 kind of,

00:15:52.040 --> 00:15:52.720
 kind of

00:15:52.720 --> 00:15:53.540
 rhythms of

00:15:53.540 --> 00:15:54.080
 creation.

00:15:55.520 --> 00:15:56.140
 Option number

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 three,

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 maybe this

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 is God

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 at work.

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 Raising

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 the

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 temperature,

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 causing

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 questions to

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 be asked.

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 Why would

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 God be

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 willing to

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 start destroying

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 his creation?

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 Here's why.

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 God is

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 willing to

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 destroy his

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 creation in

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 order to

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 rescue sinners

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 from being

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 destroyed.

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 Why?

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 Why?

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 Why?

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 Why?

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 Why?

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 Why?

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 Why?

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 Why?

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 Why?

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 Why?

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 Why?

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 So we

00:16:30.700 --> 00:16:31.519
 see these

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 judgments

00:16:32.720 --> 00:16:33.379
 being poured

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 out on

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 creation.

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 And what I

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 also want to

00:16:36.779 --> 00:16:37.200
 point out to

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 you here is

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 there are

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 allusions

00:16:40.360 --> 00:16:41.200
 to the

00:16:41.200 --> 00:16:41.779
 plagues

00:16:41.779 --> 00:16:43.659
 in Exodus.

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 Each of

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 the four

00:16:46.960 --> 00:16:47.419
 judgments

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 here,

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 and then

00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:49.440
 we'll see

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 it more

00:16:50.019 --> 00:16:50.580
 to come,

00:16:50.879 --> 00:16:51.580
 are allusions

00:16:51.580 --> 00:16:52.159
 to the

00:16:52.159 --> 00:16:52.700
 plagues

00:16:52.700 --> 00:16:53.420
 in Exodus.

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 Remember,

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 Moses,

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 let my

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 people go,

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 and Pharaoh's

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 like,

00:16:56.460 --> 00:16:56.879
 whatever.

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 And then

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 God starts

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 pouring out

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 plagues

00:17:00.120 --> 00:17:00.879
 on them.

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 Judgments

00:17:03.840 --> 00:17:05.680
 leading to

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 Egypt,

00:17:07.319 --> 00:17:08.200
 that idolatrous

00:17:08.200 --> 00:17:08.599
 nation,

00:17:08.720 --> 00:17:09.620
 their downfall,

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 in order to

00:17:10.480 --> 00:17:11.319
 deliver his

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 people into

00:17:12.259 --> 00:17:12.779
 the promised

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 land.

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 Trumpet

00:17:15.920 --> 00:17:16.920
 one corresponds,

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 alludes to

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 plague seven

00:17:18.799 --> 00:17:19.680
 of the hail

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 coming down,

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 Exodus chapter

00:17:21.140 --> 00:17:21.460
 nine.

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 Trumpets

00:17:22.180 --> 00:17:22.500
 two and

00:17:22.500 --> 00:17:23.279
 three have

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 allusions to

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 plague number

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 one of

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 blood,

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 the Nile

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 turning to

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 blood.

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 Fish

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 dying,

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 undrinkable

00:17:30.299 --> 00:17:30.759
 water.

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 Trumpet

00:17:32.159 --> 00:17:32.359
 number

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 four corresponds

00:17:33.599 --> 00:17:34.099
 to plague

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 nine,

00:17:35.000 --> 00:17:35.500
 darkness

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 covering the

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 land,

00:17:36.759 --> 00:17:37.039
 Exodus

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 10.

00:17:37.779 --> 00:17:38.119
 Trumpet

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 five,

00:17:39.479 --> 00:17:39.819
 plague

00:17:39.819 --> 00:17:40.359
 eight,

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 a plague

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 of locusts,

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 wait till you

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 see those,

00:17:44.379 --> 00:17:44.779
 and then

00:17:44.779 --> 00:17:45.679
 trumpet six.

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 What you're

00:17:46.419 --> 00:17:46.639
 going to see,

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 there's no

00:17:47.119 --> 00:17:48.659
 specific allusion

00:17:48.659 --> 00:17:49.399
 to one of the

00:17:49.399 --> 00:17:49.899
 plagues in

00:17:49.899 --> 00:17:50.219
 Exodus,

00:17:50.779 --> 00:17:51.819
 just the word

00:17:51.819 --> 00:17:52.899
 plague gets

00:17:52.899 --> 00:17:53.779
 explicitly

00:17:53.779 --> 00:17:54.799
 used there.

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 So,

00:17:58.579 --> 00:17:59.500
 why would

00:17:59.500 --> 00:18:00.980
 plagues

00:18:00.980 --> 00:18:02.859
 in Exodus

00:18:02.859 --> 00:18:04.460
 be showing

00:18:04.460 --> 00:18:05.700
 up in

00:18:05.700 --> 00:18:06.220
 Revelation

00:18:06.220 --> 00:18:06.799
 chapters

00:18:06.799 --> 00:18:07.419
 eight and

00:18:07.419 --> 00:18:07.659
 nine?

00:18:07.660 --> 00:18:11.900
 because plagues

00:18:11.900 --> 00:18:13.320
 in Exodus

00:18:13.320 --> 00:18:14.320
 were God's

00:18:14.320 --> 00:18:15.820
 warning to

00:18:15.820 --> 00:18:16.460
 Egypt,

00:18:16.620 --> 00:18:17.080
 to Pharaoh

00:18:17.080 --> 00:18:17.820
 in particular,

00:18:18.320 --> 00:18:19.080
 to force

00:18:19.080 --> 00:18:19.660
 his hand to

00:18:19.660 --> 00:18:20.080
 let his

00:18:20.080 --> 00:18:21.320
 people go.

00:18:21.320 --> 00:18:23.019
 There were

00:18:23.019 --> 00:18:23.560
 judgments

00:18:23.560 --> 00:18:24.880
 leading to

00:18:24.880 --> 00:18:25.580
 deliverance.

00:18:27.180 --> 00:18:27.580
 And all

00:18:27.580 --> 00:18:28.120
 throughout

00:18:28.120 --> 00:18:28.960
 Exodus and

00:18:28.960 --> 00:18:29.560
 these plagues,

00:18:29.680 --> 00:18:29.920
 there's a

00:18:29.920 --> 00:18:30.320
 refrain,

00:18:30.319 --> 00:18:32.500
 that you

00:18:32.500 --> 00:18:33.439
 may know

00:18:33.439 --> 00:18:34.919
 that I

00:18:34.919 --> 00:18:35.980
 am

00:18:35.980 --> 00:18:37.019
 the Lord.

00:18:38.659 --> 00:18:39.819
 The gods

00:18:39.819 --> 00:18:40.359
 of Egypt

00:18:40.359 --> 00:18:41.159
 cannot deliver

00:18:41.159 --> 00:18:41.480
 you,

00:18:42.919 --> 00:18:43.399
 only

00:18:43.399 --> 00:18:45.079
 I,

00:18:45.179 --> 00:18:45.599
 the Lord,

00:18:45.740 --> 00:18:46.079
 can.

00:18:47.019 --> 00:18:47.339
 So,

00:18:47.419 --> 00:18:47.899
 these trumpet

00:18:47.899 --> 00:18:48.359
 judgments

00:18:48.359 --> 00:18:49.419
 are God's

00:18:49.419 --> 00:18:50.559
 modern-day

00:18:50.559 --> 00:18:51.259
 plagues,

00:18:51.419 --> 00:18:52.379
 like warnings

00:18:52.379 --> 00:18:53.480
 to idolaters

00:18:53.480 --> 00:18:54.259
 in response

00:18:54.259 --> 00:18:54.619
 to his

00:18:54.619 --> 00:18:55.359
 suffering servants

00:18:55.359 --> 00:18:56.019
 crying out

00:18:56.019 --> 00:18:56.759
 for deliverance.

00:18:56.759 --> 00:18:59.839
 and they're

00:18:59.839 --> 00:19:00.379
 purposed.

00:19:02.420 --> 00:19:03.319
 I'm not sure

00:19:03.319 --> 00:19:03.680
 if you've

00:19:03.680 --> 00:19:04.319
 noticed this,

00:19:04.500 --> 00:19:05.180
 but there

00:19:05.180 --> 00:19:05.960
 is a

00:19:05.960 --> 00:19:07.460
 repeated

00:19:07.460 --> 00:19:08.660
 little phrase.

00:19:09.759 --> 00:19:10.359
 It's

00:19:10.359 --> 00:19:11.440
 the phrase

00:19:11.440 --> 00:19:12.160
 a third

00:19:12.160 --> 00:19:13.440
 that shows

00:19:13.440 --> 00:19:14.099
 up in all

00:19:14.099 --> 00:19:14.420
 of these

00:19:14.420 --> 00:19:15.220
 four judgments.

00:19:15.940 --> 00:19:16.480
 A third.

00:19:16.700 --> 00:19:17.140
 It's used

00:19:17.140 --> 00:19:18.980
 13 times.

00:19:20.480 --> 00:19:20.960
 And what's

00:19:20.960 --> 00:19:21.279
 it getting

00:19:21.279 --> 00:19:21.859
 at is

00:19:21.859 --> 00:19:22.779
 restraint.

00:19:24.619 --> 00:19:25.240
 God's

00:19:25.240 --> 00:19:25.920
 restraining

00:19:25.920 --> 00:19:26.740
 his judgment

00:19:26.740 --> 00:19:27.859
 on creation.

00:19:29.599 --> 00:19:30.519
 The point

00:19:30.519 --> 00:19:30.880
 is that

00:19:30.880 --> 00:19:31.319
 it's one

00:19:31.319 --> 00:19:31.559
 third,

00:19:31.680 --> 00:19:32.180
 not two

00:19:32.180 --> 00:19:32.480
 thirds,

00:19:32.539 --> 00:19:32.980
 or three

00:19:32.980 --> 00:19:33.279
 thirds.

00:19:34.039 --> 00:19:34.920
 It's a

00:19:34.920 --> 00:19:35.400
 fraction

00:19:35.400 --> 00:19:36.559
 of creation

00:19:36.559 --> 00:19:37.900
 being

00:19:37.900 --> 00:19:38.539
 destroyed

00:19:38.539 --> 00:19:38.819
 and

00:19:38.819 --> 00:19:39.759
 disrupted,

00:19:40.680 --> 00:19:41.900
 and it's

00:19:41.900 --> 00:19:42.279
 for a

00:19:42.279 --> 00:19:42.599
 reason.

00:19:44.180 --> 00:19:44.960
 When you

00:19:44.960 --> 00:19:45.599
 read that

00:19:45.599 --> 00:19:46.299
 little phrase

00:19:46.299 --> 00:19:47.180
 a third,

00:19:48.220 --> 00:19:48.960
 you need

00:19:48.960 --> 00:19:49.220
 to be

00:19:49.220 --> 00:19:49.720
 thinking

00:19:49.720 --> 00:19:51.140
 mercy.

00:19:53.220 --> 00:19:53.859
 13

00:19:53.859 --> 00:19:54.660
 times

00:19:54.660 --> 00:19:56.599
 mercy.

00:19:56.740 --> 00:19:58.880
 God's

00:19:58.880 --> 00:19:59.279
 mercy

00:19:59.279 --> 00:19:59.839
 is

00:19:59.839 --> 00:20:00.500
 restraining

00:20:00.500 --> 00:20:01.039
 his

00:20:01.039 --> 00:20:01.839
 justice

00:20:01.839 --> 00:20:02.299
 and his

00:20:02.299 --> 00:20:02.740
 wrath

00:20:02.740 --> 00:20:03.880
 for this

00:20:03.880 --> 00:20:04.500
 purpose,

00:20:04.660 --> 00:20:05.099
 to give

00:20:05.099 --> 00:20:05.640
 those who

00:20:05.640 --> 00:20:06.079
 dwell on

00:20:06.079 --> 00:20:06.420
 the earth

00:20:06.420 --> 00:20:07.000
 opportunity

00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:07.839
 to repent,

00:20:09.420 --> 00:20:10.420
 to stop

00:20:10.420 --> 00:20:11.880
 their

00:20:11.880 --> 00:20:12.539
 idolatrous

00:20:12.539 --> 00:20:12.960
 worship,

00:20:13.240 --> 00:20:14.359
 to stop

00:20:14.359 --> 00:20:15.240
 their sinful

00:20:15.240 --> 00:20:15.819
 ways,

00:20:16.079 --> 00:20:16.559
 and to

00:20:16.559 --> 00:20:17.359
 find cover

00:20:17.359 --> 00:20:18.480
 in the

00:20:18.480 --> 00:20:18.940
 lamb.

00:20:18.940 --> 00:20:19.059
 him.

00:20:21.539 --> 00:20:22.279
 His

00:20:22.279 --> 00:20:23.259
 mercy

00:20:23.259 --> 00:20:25.019
 restrains

00:20:25.019 --> 00:20:26.559
 for the

00:20:26.559 --> 00:20:26.980
 purpose

00:20:26.980 --> 00:20:28.100
 to save.

00:20:29.160 --> 00:20:29.400
 Now,

00:20:29.480 --> 00:20:29.880
 if you flip

00:20:29.880 --> 00:20:30.380
 over to

00:20:30.380 --> 00:20:31.059
 2 Peter

00:20:31.059 --> 00:20:32.660
 chapter 3

00:20:32.660 --> 00:20:33.440
 verse 9,

00:20:33.539 --> 00:20:33.980
 it's another

00:20:33.980 --> 00:20:34.580
 section

00:20:34.580 --> 00:20:35.400
 talking about

00:20:35.400 --> 00:20:37.180
 the last

00:20:37.180 --> 00:20:38.000
 days,

00:20:38.700 --> 00:20:38.980
 God's

00:20:38.980 --> 00:20:39.279
 coming

00:20:39.279 --> 00:20:39.820
 judgment,

00:20:41.299 --> 00:20:41.720
 and verse

00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:42.240
 9 says,

00:20:42.240 --> 00:20:42.640
 the Lord

00:20:42.640 --> 00:20:43.019
 is not

00:20:43.019 --> 00:20:43.500
 slow to

00:20:43.500 --> 00:20:43.759
 fulfill

00:20:43.759 --> 00:20:43.980
 his

00:20:43.980 --> 00:20:44.400
 promise,

00:20:44.519 --> 00:20:44.880
 as some

00:20:44.880 --> 00:20:45.180
 count

00:20:45.180 --> 00:20:45.759
 slowness,

00:20:46.120 --> 00:20:46.779
 but is

00:20:46.779 --> 00:20:47.460
 patient

00:20:47.460 --> 00:20:48.339
 toward you,

00:20:48.859 --> 00:20:49.759
 not wishing

00:20:49.759 --> 00:20:50.440
 that any

00:20:50.440 --> 00:20:51.180
 should perish,

00:20:51.500 --> 00:20:52.259
 but all

00:20:52.259 --> 00:20:53.120
 should reach

00:20:53.120 --> 00:20:53.940
 repentance.

00:20:55.259 --> 00:20:56.299
 These are

00:20:56.299 --> 00:20:57.539
 warning trumpets,

00:20:57.740 --> 00:20:58.559
 warning sirens

00:20:58.559 --> 00:20:59.359
 going off

00:20:59.359 --> 00:21:00.380
 for those

00:21:00.380 --> 00:21:00.940
 on the

00:21:00.940 --> 00:21:01.740
 planet who

00:21:01.740 --> 00:21:02.339
 have yet

00:21:02.339 --> 00:21:03.099
 to repent.

00:21:05.299 --> 00:21:05.660
 It's

00:21:05.660 --> 00:21:06.559
 announcements

00:21:06.559 --> 00:21:08.019
 of comprehensive

00:21:08.019 --> 00:21:09.559
 devastations on

00:21:09.559 --> 00:21:10.419
 only part

00:21:10.419 --> 00:21:11.159
 of creation.

00:21:11.839 --> 00:21:12.339
 One third

00:21:12.339 --> 00:21:13.419
 is mercy.

00:21:15.059 --> 00:21:15.899
 It's not a

00:21:15.899 --> 00:21:16.720
 practice warning.

00:21:17.759 --> 00:21:18.259
 The warning

00:21:18.259 --> 00:21:18.879
 is real.

00:21:20.099 --> 00:21:20.619
 So if you're

00:21:20.619 --> 00:21:21.079
 in the room

00:21:21.079 --> 00:21:21.599
 right now,

00:21:21.659 --> 00:21:22.079
 and you're not

00:21:22.079 --> 00:21:22.500
 a follower

00:21:22.500 --> 00:21:22.980
 of Jesus,

00:21:23.099 --> 00:21:23.519
 you've got to

00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:24.679
 stop what

00:21:24.679 --> 00:21:25.220
 you're doing,

00:21:25.579 --> 00:21:25.980
 what you're

00:21:25.980 --> 00:21:26.639
 living for.

00:21:26.759 --> 00:21:27.359
 If it's not

00:21:27.359 --> 00:21:27.679
 Jesus,

00:21:27.779 --> 00:21:28.179
 you've got to

00:21:28.179 --> 00:21:28.779
 stop it.

00:21:29.240 --> 00:21:29.759
 And what you

00:21:29.759 --> 00:21:30.159
 need to do

00:21:30.159 --> 00:21:30.720
 is you need

00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:31.119
 to turn

00:21:31.119 --> 00:21:31.819
 from that

00:21:31.819 --> 00:21:32.599
 and turn

00:21:32.599 --> 00:21:33.359
 to Jesus

00:21:33.359 --> 00:21:34.119
 and find

00:21:34.119 --> 00:21:34.879
 cover in

00:21:34.879 --> 00:21:35.139
 him.

00:21:39.559 --> 00:21:39.980
 Those are

00:21:39.980 --> 00:21:40.279
 the four

00:21:40.279 --> 00:21:40.599
 trumpet

00:21:40.599 --> 00:21:41.019
 judgments

00:21:41.019 --> 00:21:41.779
 to start.

00:21:42.119 --> 00:21:42.279
 And then

00:21:42.279 --> 00:21:42.720
 in verse

00:21:42.720 --> 00:21:43.599
 13 of

00:21:43.599 --> 00:21:44.220
 chapter 8,

00:21:44.319 --> 00:21:44.639
 we have

00:21:44.639 --> 00:21:45.119
 a rather

00:21:45.119 --> 00:21:45.740
 interesting

00:21:45.740 --> 00:21:46.379
 transition.

00:21:48.399 --> 00:21:49.079
 We read

00:21:49.079 --> 00:21:49.440
 this.

00:21:50.500 --> 00:21:50.819
 Then I

00:21:50.819 --> 00:21:51.179
 looked and

00:21:51.179 --> 00:21:51.440
 I heard

00:21:51.440 --> 00:21:51.879
 an eagle

00:21:51.879 --> 00:21:52.419
 crying with

00:21:52.419 --> 00:21:52.679
 a loud

00:21:52.679 --> 00:21:53.220
 voice as

00:21:53.220 --> 00:21:53.579
 it flew

00:21:53.579 --> 00:21:54.000
 directly

00:21:54.000 --> 00:21:54.480
 overhead.

00:21:54.980 --> 00:21:55.299
 Woe,

00:21:55.399 --> 00:21:55.659
 woe,

00:21:55.819 --> 00:21:56.220
 woe to

00:21:56.220 --> 00:21:56.599
 those who

00:21:56.599 --> 00:21:56.980
 dwell on

00:21:56.980 --> 00:21:57.339
 the earth

00:21:57.339 --> 00:21:58.000
 at the

00:21:58.000 --> 00:21:58.779
 blasts of

00:21:58.779 --> 00:21:59.220
 the other

00:21:59.220 --> 00:22:00.019
 three trumpets

00:22:00.019 --> 00:22:00.960
 that the

00:22:00.960 --> 00:22:01.819
 three angels

00:22:01.819 --> 00:22:02.419
 are about

00:22:02.419 --> 00:22:02.899
 to blow.

00:22:03.039 --> 00:22:03.700
 The last

00:22:03.700 --> 00:22:04.679
 three trumpets.

00:22:05.200 --> 00:22:05.460
 This

00:22:05.460 --> 00:22:07.099
 angel flying

00:22:07.099 --> 00:22:08.159
 like an eagle,

00:22:08.319 --> 00:22:08.559
 it's a

00:22:08.559 --> 00:22:09.099
 reference back

00:22:09.099 --> 00:22:10.859
 to 4

00:22:10.859 --> 00:22:11.779
 verse 7,

00:22:12.500 --> 00:22:13.019
 one of the

00:22:13.019 --> 00:22:14.059
 living creatures

00:22:14.059 --> 00:22:14.779
 like an

00:22:14.779 --> 00:22:15.619
 eagle flying.

00:22:17.919 --> 00:22:18.799
 He's saying

00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:19.359
 the last

00:22:19.359 --> 00:22:20.099
 three trumpets

00:22:20.099 --> 00:22:20.699
 are way

00:22:20.699 --> 00:22:21.719
 worse than

00:22:21.719 --> 00:22:22.279
 the first

00:22:22.279 --> 00:22:22.740
 four.

00:22:24.219 --> 00:22:24.679
 Woe.

00:22:25.599 --> 00:22:26.679
 Woe on

00:22:26.679 --> 00:22:27.319
 those who

00:22:27.319 --> 00:22:28.139
 dwell on

00:22:28.139 --> 00:22:28.799
 the earth

00:22:28.799 --> 00:22:30.339
 when these

00:22:30.339 --> 00:22:31.000
 judgments

00:22:31.000 --> 00:22:31.959
 roll in.

00:22:33.199 --> 00:22:34.219
 Because these

00:22:34.219 --> 00:22:35.039
 judgments are

00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:35.500
 going to be

00:22:35.500 --> 00:22:36.399
 increasing in

00:22:36.399 --> 00:22:37.839
 intensity and

00:22:37.839 --> 00:22:38.740
 narrowing in

00:22:38.740 --> 00:22:39.180
 focus.

00:22:44.180 --> 00:22:44.819
 When we

00:22:44.819 --> 00:22:45.279
 read about

00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:45.680
 those who

00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:46.120
 dwell on

00:22:46.120 --> 00:22:46.519
 the earth,

00:22:47.480 --> 00:22:48.359
 I mentioned

00:22:48.359 --> 00:22:48.640
 a couple

00:22:48.640 --> 00:22:49.220
 weeks ago

00:22:49.220 --> 00:22:49.480
 in a

00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:49.980
 sermon that

00:22:49.980 --> 00:22:50.400
 that's a

00:22:50.400 --> 00:22:51.200
 technical way

00:22:51.200 --> 00:22:51.680
 of talking

00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:52.940
 about non-Christians.

00:22:53.559 --> 00:22:54.200
 It's not

00:22:54.200 --> 00:22:54.620
 talking about

00:22:54.620 --> 00:22:55.039
 all the

00:22:55.039 --> 00:22:55.720
 inhabitants on

00:22:55.720 --> 00:22:56.099
 the planet.

00:22:56.299 --> 00:22:56.799
 It's talking

00:22:56.799 --> 00:22:57.359
 about those

00:22:57.359 --> 00:22:57.599
 on the

00:22:57.599 --> 00:22:58.380
 planet who

00:22:58.380 --> 00:22:58.720
 are not

00:22:58.720 --> 00:22:59.200
 living for

00:22:59.200 --> 00:23:00.279
 Jesus but

00:23:00.279 --> 00:23:00.900
 for

00:23:00.900 --> 00:23:02.839
 themselves,

00:23:03.339 --> 00:23:04.900
 which ends

00:23:04.900 --> 00:23:05.359
 up being

00:23:05.359 --> 00:23:06.159
 part of

00:23:06.159 --> 00:23:07.579
 beastly

00:23:07.579 --> 00:23:08.079
 worship.

00:23:10.579 --> 00:23:11.259
 So,

00:23:11.419 --> 00:23:12.419
 these warnings

00:23:12.419 --> 00:23:13.199
 are those

00:23:13.199 --> 00:23:13.699
 who are

00:23:13.699 --> 00:23:14.579
 persisting in

00:23:14.579 --> 00:23:15.179
 the rejection

00:23:15.179 --> 00:23:15.779
 of the

00:23:15.779 --> 00:23:16.099
 lamb.

00:23:16.699 --> 00:23:17.059
 This eagle

00:23:17.059 --> 00:23:17.379
 is saying

00:23:17.379 --> 00:23:18.019
 woe,

00:23:18.419 --> 00:23:19.159
 woe,

00:23:19.399 --> 00:23:20.299
 woe to

00:23:20.299 --> 00:23:20.599
 them.

00:23:20.599 --> 00:23:24.379
 So,

00:23:24.439 --> 00:23:24.839
 let's look at

00:23:24.839 --> 00:23:26.619
 these three

00:23:26.619 --> 00:23:27.759
 trumpet blasts,

00:23:28.379 --> 00:23:29.819
 these warning

00:23:29.819 --> 00:23:30.579
 woes.

00:23:32.439 --> 00:23:33.059
 In the

00:23:33.059 --> 00:23:33.619
 fifth trumpet,

00:23:33.839 --> 00:23:34.159
 which is

00:23:34.159 --> 00:23:35.039
 chapter 9,

00:23:35.119 --> 00:23:35.419
 1 through

00:23:35.419 --> 00:23:36.019
 12,

00:23:37.419 --> 00:23:37.959
 9, 1

00:23:37.959 --> 00:23:38.559
 starts again

00:23:38.559 --> 00:23:39.179
 with the

00:23:39.179 --> 00:23:39.799
 blowing of

00:23:39.799 --> 00:23:40.619
 a trumpet

00:23:40.619 --> 00:23:41.000
 by an

00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:41.259
 angel.

00:23:41.359 --> 00:23:41.759
 And remember,

00:23:42.039 --> 00:23:42.619
 that is an

00:23:42.619 --> 00:23:43.819
 announcement of

00:23:43.819 --> 00:23:44.199
 judgment.

00:23:44.379 --> 00:23:44.759
 This time,

00:23:44.819 --> 00:23:45.459
 it's going to be

00:23:45.459 --> 00:23:46.119
 increasing in

00:23:46.119 --> 00:23:47.319
 intensity and

00:23:47.319 --> 00:23:47.939
 narrowing in

00:23:47.939 --> 00:23:48.359
 focus.

00:23:48.359 --> 00:23:50.019
 And it's

00:23:50.019 --> 00:23:50.939
 also declaring,

00:23:51.359 --> 00:23:52.179
 brings us back

00:23:52.179 --> 00:23:52.639
 to the throne

00:23:52.639 --> 00:23:52.899
 room,

00:23:53.719 --> 00:23:54.219
 the lamb

00:23:54.219 --> 00:23:55.079
 reigns.

00:23:55.899 --> 00:23:56.759
 The lamb

00:23:56.759 --> 00:23:57.319
 reigns.

00:23:57.379 --> 00:23:57.939
 He's behind

00:23:57.939 --> 00:23:58.419
 this.

00:23:59.379 --> 00:23:59.839
 The first

00:23:59.839 --> 00:24:00.439
 four trumpet

00:24:00.439 --> 00:24:00.879
 judgments,

00:24:01.639 --> 00:24:02.000
 they were

00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:03.539
 natural forces

00:24:03.539 --> 00:24:04.379
 bringing

00:24:04.379 --> 00:24:05.359
 devastation to

00:24:05.359 --> 00:24:05.899
 creation.

00:24:06.759 --> 00:24:07.399
 The next

00:24:07.399 --> 00:24:08.319
 two judgments

00:24:08.319 --> 00:24:10.159
 are supernatural

00:24:10.159 --> 00:24:10.939
 forces,

00:24:11.279 --> 00:24:11.639
 demonic

00:24:11.639 --> 00:24:12.319
 forces,

00:24:13.219 --> 00:24:13.679
 wreaking

00:24:13.679 --> 00:24:15.539
 havoc on

00:24:15.539 --> 00:24:16.240
 the dwellers

00:24:16.240 --> 00:24:16.519
 of the

00:24:16.519 --> 00:24:16.899
 earth,

00:24:17.559 --> 00:24:18.339
 non-Christians.

00:24:19.199 --> 00:24:19.579
 It's going

00:24:19.579 --> 00:24:21.000
 to hurt

00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:21.479
 you to

00:24:21.479 --> 00:24:22.219
 read this.

00:24:27.599 --> 00:24:28.439
 9, 1,

00:24:28.519 --> 00:24:28.819
 we read

00:24:28.819 --> 00:24:29.219
 about a

00:24:29.219 --> 00:24:30.879
 star that

00:24:30.879 --> 00:24:31.479
 is falling

00:24:31.479 --> 00:24:32.899
 from heaven

00:24:32.899 --> 00:24:33.519
 to earth.

00:24:33.899 --> 00:24:34.179
 It's a

00:24:34.179 --> 00:24:34.799
 reference to

00:24:34.799 --> 00:24:35.179
 Satan,

00:24:35.299 --> 00:24:35.699
 the devil.

00:24:36.199 --> 00:24:36.719
 Jesus in

00:24:36.719 --> 00:24:37.339
 his ministry

00:24:37.339 --> 00:24:38.159
 in Luke

00:24:38.159 --> 00:24:38.779
 10, 18,

00:24:39.159 --> 00:24:39.799
 he almost

00:24:39.799 --> 00:24:40.359
 used the

00:24:40.359 --> 00:24:41.139
 same language.

00:24:42.179 --> 00:24:42.459
 He has

00:24:42.459 --> 00:24:43.019
 sent out his

00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:43.779
 72 disciples

00:24:43.779 --> 00:24:44.059
 that have

00:24:44.059 --> 00:24:44.679
 come back,

00:24:44.979 --> 00:24:45.559
 they've seen

00:24:45.559 --> 00:24:46.740
 demons obey

00:24:46.740 --> 00:24:47.459
 them, and

00:24:47.459 --> 00:24:47.939
 Jesus says

00:24:47.939 --> 00:24:48.259
 this,

00:24:48.359 --> 00:24:49.679
 I saw

00:24:49.679 --> 00:24:50.459
 Satan fall

00:24:50.459 --> 00:24:51.299
 like lightning

00:24:51.299 --> 00:24:52.479
 from heaven.

00:24:54.479 --> 00:24:55.179
 Jesus'

00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:56.199
 ministry on

00:24:56.199 --> 00:24:56.959
 earth resulted

00:24:56.959 --> 00:24:58.079
 in Satan

00:24:58.079 --> 00:24:59.579
 falling from

00:24:59.579 --> 00:24:59.919
 heaven.

00:25:00.779 --> 00:25:01.500
 You'll see in

00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:02.359
 Revelation 12

00:25:02.359 --> 00:25:03.240
 that it's

00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:03.899
 talking about

00:25:03.899 --> 00:25:04.740
 the dragon

00:25:04.740 --> 00:25:05.479
 being thrown

00:25:05.479 --> 00:25:06.039
 down to

00:25:06.039 --> 00:25:06.519
 earth,

00:25:07.659 --> 00:25:09.000
 the subjugation

00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:09.779
 of the devil.

00:25:11.839 --> 00:25:12.759
 We read here

00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:13.119
 that he's

00:25:13.119 --> 00:25:13.919
 given a

00:25:13.919 --> 00:25:14.259
 key,

00:25:14.259 --> 00:25:14.319
 key.

00:25:15.059 --> 00:25:15.519
 And I just

00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:15.759
 want to

00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:16.339
 remind you

00:25:16.339 --> 00:25:16.940
 that we've

00:25:16.940 --> 00:25:17.480
 already seen

00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:18.140
 some keys.

00:25:18.519 --> 00:25:18.920
 It was on

00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:19.920
 Jesus, the

00:25:19.920 --> 00:25:20.859
 risen, radiant,

00:25:21.259 --> 00:25:21.839
 and wonderful

00:25:21.839 --> 00:25:23.980
 Lord in

00:25:23.980 --> 00:25:24.640
 Revelation 1.

00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:25.160
 He's got a

00:25:25.160 --> 00:25:26.400
 key chain, and

00:25:26.400 --> 00:25:27.200
 on his key

00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:27.920
 chain is the

00:25:27.920 --> 00:25:29.140
 key to death

00:25:29.140 --> 00:25:29.680
 and Hades.

00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:31.400
 Well, the

00:25:31.400 --> 00:25:32.000
 devil is given

00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:32.480
 a key.

00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:34.599
 And what that

00:25:34.599 --> 00:25:36.119
 means is he's

00:25:36.119 --> 00:25:36.839
 being allowed to

00:25:36.839 --> 00:25:37.379
 do something.

00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:40.839
 He's on a

00:25:40.839 --> 00:25:41.180
 leash.

00:25:41.180 --> 00:25:41.259
 leash.

00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:43.180
 Have you ever

00:25:43.180 --> 00:25:43.519
 seen a

00:25:43.519 --> 00:25:44.060
 convict who

00:25:44.060 --> 00:25:44.440
 wears the

00:25:44.440 --> 00:25:45.140
 ankle bracelet

00:25:45.140 --> 00:25:47.840
 that tells

00:25:47.840 --> 00:25:48.680
 officials where

00:25:48.680 --> 00:25:49.120
 they're at at

00:25:49.120 --> 00:25:49.480
 any given

00:25:49.480 --> 00:25:49.860
 time?

00:25:51.580 --> 00:25:52.299
 Satan, the

00:25:52.299 --> 00:25:52.900
 serpent, has

00:25:52.900 --> 00:25:53.240
 an ankle

00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:53.660
 bracelet.

00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:54.880
 He doesn't do

00:25:54.880 --> 00:25:55.620
 anything outside

00:25:55.620 --> 00:25:56.140
 of God's

00:25:56.140 --> 00:25:56.500
 purposes.

00:25:57.759 --> 00:25:58.560
 He's on a

00:25:58.560 --> 00:25:58.860
 leash.

00:26:00.519 --> 00:26:01.039
 And here we

00:26:01.039 --> 00:26:01.480
 see him being

00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:03.420
 thrown down, and

00:26:03.420 --> 00:26:03.980
 who throws him

00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:04.120
 down?

00:26:04.220 --> 00:26:04.840
 God himself

00:26:04.840 --> 00:26:05.259
 threw him

00:26:05.259 --> 00:26:06.200
 down through

00:26:06.200 --> 00:26:06.980
 the death and

00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:07.660
 resurrection of

00:26:07.660 --> 00:26:07.980
 Jesus.

00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:09.840
 And now he's

00:26:09.840 --> 00:26:10.580
 given a key,

00:26:10.579 --> 00:26:11.879
 and that key

00:26:11.879 --> 00:26:13.299
 turns the lock

00:26:13.299 --> 00:26:14.980
 on a shaft of

00:26:14.980 --> 00:26:15.619
 the bottomless

00:26:15.619 --> 00:26:16.480
 pit, verse 2.

00:26:17.480 --> 00:26:18.259
 Think of it as a

00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:18.799
 hell hole.

00:26:20.119 --> 00:26:21.099
 And those who

00:26:21.099 --> 00:26:22.179
 are resident in

00:26:22.179 --> 00:26:23.099
 that hell hole

00:26:23.099 --> 00:26:25.399
 are angels that

00:26:25.399 --> 00:26:25.779
 have been

00:26:25.779 --> 00:26:26.859
 imprisoned, 2

00:26:26.859 --> 00:26:28.299
 Peter 2,

00:26:28.439 --> 00:26:29.019
 verse 4.

00:26:30.599 --> 00:26:31.500
 And they're not

00:26:31.500 --> 00:26:32.259
 partying down

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:32.559
 there.

00:26:34.599 --> 00:26:35.500
 They're raging.

00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:37.599
 So here what we

00:26:37.599 --> 00:26:38.399
 see happening is

00:26:38.399 --> 00:26:39.099
 Satan, he's been

00:26:39.099 --> 00:26:39.819
 thrown down, he's

00:26:39.819 --> 00:26:40.559
 given permission to

00:26:40.559 --> 00:26:41.399
 release a demonic

00:26:41.399 --> 00:26:42.220
 horde from a

00:26:42.220 --> 00:26:44.779
 hell hole, a

00:26:44.779 --> 00:26:45.700
 demonic horde that

00:26:45.700 --> 00:26:46.740
 God put there.

00:26:48.059 --> 00:26:49.099
 And now God is

00:26:49.099 --> 00:26:49.720
 allowing their

00:26:49.720 --> 00:26:50.359
 release, and the

00:26:50.359 --> 00:26:51.440
 question is, why

00:26:51.440 --> 00:26:52.399
 would he let them

00:26:52.399 --> 00:26:53.119
 be released?

00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:55.519
 Let's keep on

00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:55.759
 reading.

00:26:57.139 --> 00:27:01.220
 Verse 2, the

00:27:01.220 --> 00:27:02.139
 hell holes opened

00:27:02.139 --> 00:27:03.659
 up, smoke like the

00:27:03.659 --> 00:27:04.259
 smoke of a great

00:27:04.259 --> 00:27:05.299
 furnace comes out,

00:27:05.299 --> 00:27:07.180
 smoke coming out of

00:27:07.180 --> 00:27:07.639
 the shaft.

00:27:07.639 --> 00:27:07.659
 And with that smoke

00:27:07.659 --> 00:27:08.319
 coming out of the

00:27:08.319 --> 00:27:09.240
 shaft, verse 3,

00:27:09.919 --> 00:27:11.639
 came locusts on the

00:27:11.639 --> 00:27:11.879
 earth.

00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:12.319
 You should be

00:27:12.319 --> 00:27:13.000
 thinking plague

00:27:13.000 --> 00:27:13.319
 ate.

00:27:14.460 --> 00:27:15.419
 But these aren't,

00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:16.700
 these aren't your

00:27:16.700 --> 00:27:18.139
 ordinary locusts.

00:27:20.460 --> 00:27:22.700
 These locusts do

00:27:22.700 --> 00:27:23.680
 something other than

00:27:23.680 --> 00:27:24.779
 what normal locusts

00:27:24.779 --> 00:27:24.980
 do.

00:27:25.180 --> 00:27:25.839
 What do normal

00:27:25.839 --> 00:27:26.419
 locusts do?

00:27:26.819 --> 00:27:27.599
 Swarms of normal

00:27:27.599 --> 00:27:28.399
 locusts in a plague,

00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:30.200
 they eat green stuff.

00:27:31.359 --> 00:27:31.899
 Anything,

00:27:31.900 --> 00:27:32.580
 everywhere.

00:27:34.519 --> 00:27:35.580
 These locusts are

00:27:35.580 --> 00:27:37.560
 told not to eat any

00:27:37.560 --> 00:27:39.700
 green thing, plant or

00:27:39.700 --> 00:27:40.360
 any tree.

00:27:41.380 --> 00:27:41.960
 But here's what

00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:42.700
 they're to do, verse

00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:43.040
 4.

00:27:43.480 --> 00:27:46.820
 Their job, their job is

00:27:46.820 --> 00:27:47.340
 to torment.

00:27:48.900 --> 00:27:50.200
 Torment those people

00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:51.160
 who do not have the

00:27:51.160 --> 00:27:52.120
 seal of God on their

00:27:52.120 --> 00:27:52.900
 foreheads.

00:27:55.340 --> 00:27:56.900
 That word torment is

00:27:57.800 --> 00:27:59.280
 used in Revelation not

00:27:59.280 --> 00:28:00.580
 to describe so much of

00:28:00.579 --> 00:28:02.279
 a physical torment but

00:28:02.279 --> 00:28:03.980
 a psychological torment

00:28:03.980 --> 00:28:06.059
 to wreak havoc on the

00:28:06.059 --> 00:28:07.919
 minds of non-Christians.

00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:10.859
 So much so, our

00:28:10.859 --> 00:28:11.939
 non-Christians friends

00:28:11.939 --> 00:28:13.259
 and family would rather

00:28:13.259 --> 00:28:15.439
 die than to suffer the

00:28:15.439 --> 00:28:17.099
 mental anguish these

00:28:17.099 --> 00:28:19.099
 demons are bringing to

00:28:19.099 --> 00:28:20.659
 bear on them in this

00:28:20.659 --> 00:28:20.919
 play.

00:28:21.939 --> 00:28:23.659
 It's a horrific sight.

00:28:24.500 --> 00:28:26.019
 Whoa, whoa, whoa.

00:28:27.199 --> 00:28:28.759
 Whoa to those non-

00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:29.859
 Christians who are on the

00:28:29.859 --> 00:28:31.039
 planet when this happens.

00:28:35.920 --> 00:28:37.619
 These locusts represent a

00:28:37.619 --> 00:28:39.779
 demonic onslaught from a

00:28:39.779 --> 00:28:41.519
 hell hole to torment

00:28:41.519 --> 00:28:43.980
 non-Christians, the

00:28:43.980 --> 00:28:45.259
 dwellers on the earth.

00:28:46.879 --> 00:28:48.240
 In verses 7 through 10, we

00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:49.420
 see a description of these

00:28:49.420 --> 00:28:51.839
 locusts like demons and it's

00:28:51.839 --> 00:28:53.460
 kind of grotesque and they're

00:28:53.460 --> 00:28:55.079
 bent on tormenting.

00:28:55.079 --> 00:28:56.659
 And you know what the irony of

00:28:56.659 --> 00:28:57.299
 it all is?

00:29:00.899 --> 00:29:02.179
 These are demonic.

00:29:03.220 --> 00:29:05.319
 Released by Satan.

00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:10.099
 And they're attacking those with

00:29:10.099 --> 00:29:11.299
 the mark of the beast.

00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:14.779
 Those who don't have the seal of

00:29:14.779 --> 00:29:15.240
 the lamb.

00:29:17.059 --> 00:29:18.079
 It's horrific.

00:29:18.079 --> 00:29:23.419
 Satan is tormenting his

00:29:23.419 --> 00:29:24.539
 quote unquote own.

00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:27.299
 In verse 11, we read that

00:29:27.299 --> 00:29:28.980
 there is an angel of the

00:29:28.980 --> 00:29:31.119
 bottomless pit, the king of the

00:29:31.119 --> 00:29:31.839
 hell hole.

00:29:32.359 --> 00:29:34.419
 His Hebrew name is Abaddon.

00:29:34.679 --> 00:29:36.079
 His Greek name is Apollyon.

00:29:36.879 --> 00:29:37.980
 One means destruction.

00:29:38.439 --> 00:29:39.079
 The other means destroyer.

00:29:39.960 --> 00:29:40.919
 You can call him the

00:29:40.919 --> 00:29:41.079
 exterminator.

00:29:43.220 --> 00:29:44.220
 He wreaks havoc.

00:29:44.859 --> 00:29:46.099
 Some think that he's Satan.

00:29:46.099 --> 00:29:47.839
 But I tend to think that this is

00:29:47.839 --> 00:29:49.240
 an early introduction to the

00:29:49.240 --> 00:29:49.599
 beast.

00:29:50.379 --> 00:29:51.279
 And here's why.

00:29:52.419 --> 00:29:53.740
 When we get into the bull

00:29:53.740 --> 00:29:54.159
 judgments.

00:29:55.019 --> 00:29:57.059
 Where God's wrath is

00:29:57.059 --> 00:29:58.019
 unrestrained.

00:29:58.859 --> 00:30:00.480
 In the corresponding bull

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:00.859
 judgment.

00:30:01.299 --> 00:30:02.559
 The fifth bull.

00:30:03.839 --> 00:30:05.279
 The throne of the beast.

00:30:06.039 --> 00:30:07.299
 Gets whacked.

00:30:10.919 --> 00:30:12.500
 Whether it's Satan or the

00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:12.879
 beast.

00:30:13.619 --> 00:30:14.379
 It's Apollyon.

00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:15.519
 He's a destroyer.

00:30:16.099 --> 00:30:18.679
 I tend to think about him as the

00:30:18.679 --> 00:30:20.659
 second person of the anti-trinity.

00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:21.959
 He's the destroyer.

00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:22.879
 Not the savior.

00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:28.899
 The first woe is the releasing of a

00:30:28.899 --> 00:30:31.480
 demonic plague from a hell hole on

00:30:31.480 --> 00:30:32.519
 non-Christians.

00:30:35.919 --> 00:30:37.159
 But there's restraint.

00:30:38.559 --> 00:30:39.459
 There's mercy.

00:30:39.460 --> 00:30:40.460
 There's mercy.

00:30:40.460 --> 00:30:41.460
 There's mercy.

00:30:41.460 --> 00:30:42.460
 There's mercy.

00:30:42.460 --> 00:30:44.460
 There's mercy.

00:30:44.460 --> 00:30:44.500
 There's mercy.

00:30:44.500 --> 00:30:44.519
 There's mercy.

00:30:44.519 --> 00:30:45.100
 There's mercy.

00:30:45.100 --> 00:30:45.700
 Even in this.

00:30:46.100 --> 00:30:48.100
 The lamb wants these unrepentant

00:30:48.100 --> 00:30:50.100
 ones to stop what they're doing

00:30:50.100 --> 00:30:51.799
 and find cover in his blood.

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:53.400
 They're tormented.

00:30:53.900 --> 00:30:54.660
 Not killed.

00:30:55.340 --> 00:30:55.680
 Mercy.

00:30:56.240 --> 00:30:57.860
 And they're tormented for five

00:30:57.860 --> 00:30:58.420
 months.

00:30:58.860 --> 00:30:59.579
 It's a mercy.

00:31:00.120 --> 00:31:00.840
 It's a mercy.

00:31:01.640 --> 00:31:03.200
 And there's another kind of a

00:31:03.200 --> 00:31:03.460
 mercy.

00:31:03.460 --> 00:31:03.539
 mercy.

00:31:05.140 --> 00:31:07.759
 The church is still on earth.

00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:14.460
 This torment is on only those who do not have the seal of God.

00:31:14.680 --> 00:31:21.360
 Which means that at this time, those with the seal of God are present.

00:31:22.359 --> 00:31:23.240
 They're there.

00:31:24.199 --> 00:31:25.439
 Which means this.

00:31:25.899 --> 00:31:31.059
 Those of us who are here at this time, we're not going to be looking at those people suffering

00:31:31.059 --> 00:31:34.459
 mental anguish from demons and being saved like, oh, I told you so.

00:31:34.519 --> 00:31:35.419
 I knew that was coming.

00:31:35.539 --> 00:31:36.139
 Sorry, buddy.

00:31:37.899 --> 00:31:39.459
 We're going to be doing things like this.

00:31:39.679 --> 00:31:40.019
 No, no, no.

00:31:41.599 --> 00:31:43.740
 You can find shelter in the lamb still.

00:31:44.419 --> 00:31:45.459
 There's still time.

00:31:46.659 --> 00:31:48.919
 Come find shelter in the blood of Jesus.

00:31:51.359 --> 00:31:56.079
 There's mercy present in the first woe, the fifth trumpet.

00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:57.979
 There's opportunity to repent.

00:31:58.439 --> 00:32:05.319
 But judgment is increasing in its intensity and narrowing in its focus, which brings us

00:32:05.319 --> 00:32:09.119
 to the sixth trumpet, the second woe.

00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:12.779
 This is chapter 9, verses 12 through 21.

00:32:13.459 --> 00:32:15.879
 Again, we start with the trumpet in verse 13.

00:32:15.880 --> 00:32:21.480
 And when you hear that trumpet, Blair, you need to be thinking, one, judgment, and two,

00:32:21.580 --> 00:32:23.480
 the lamb is on his throne reigning.

00:32:24.920 --> 00:32:28.300
 And in verse 13, we hear a voice from the heavenly altar.

00:32:28.460 --> 00:32:30.380
 I tend to think it's the lamb's voice.

00:32:30.380 --> 00:32:40.420
 And this is to remind us that what is happening is in response to his saints' prayers.

00:32:42.200 --> 00:32:48.780
 And this voice says to the sixth angel who's blowing this trumpet, he says to the angel,

00:32:48.940 --> 00:32:52.240
 release the four angels bound at the great river Euphrates.

00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:58.099
 And just make sure you understand, these four angels aren't nice guy angels.

00:32:58.259 --> 00:32:59.240
 They're not good angels.

00:32:59.339 --> 00:33:01.039
 There's a reason why they're bound.

00:33:02.579 --> 00:33:06.380
 It's like those demons who've been in the hell hole.

00:33:06.799 --> 00:33:11.420
 These two have been bound at the river Euphrates because they're evil.

00:33:11.420 --> 00:33:17.800
 The reference to the Euphrates, maybe that's making a, well, why is that there?

00:33:19.279 --> 00:33:28.940
 Well, the Euphrates was classically the eastern border of ancient Israel and Rome at this time.

00:33:29.560 --> 00:33:37.039
 And the Euphrates formed a natural barrier against military invasion for both Israel and Rome.

00:33:37.039 --> 00:33:48.659
 And so what we're seeing here is this trumpet is announcing some kind of invasion militarily.

00:33:51.359 --> 00:33:55.500
 I'm not sure if you noticed this, but in verse 15, if you look,

00:33:57.240 --> 00:34:01.779
 so the four angels who had been prepared for the hour, the day, the month, and the year

00:34:01.779 --> 00:34:03.980
 were released to kill a third of mankind.

00:34:03.980 --> 00:34:09.159
 These angels had been prepared for this day.

00:34:11.579 --> 00:34:19.360
 This has been a long time coming, which is really interesting because this is also a response

00:34:19.360 --> 00:34:21.920
 to the saints' prayers.

00:34:23.480 --> 00:34:28.639
 And so what we have in a little microcosm is this really interesting intersection between

00:34:28.639 --> 00:34:32.719
 human responsibility in our praying and God's sovereignty in His planning.

00:34:33.980 --> 00:34:35.059
 Both are true.

00:34:35.059 --> 00:34:35.099
 Both are true.

00:34:38.940 --> 00:34:43.880
 But they're invading with a purpose.

00:34:45.659 --> 00:34:47.300
 The purpose is to kill.

00:34:48.619 --> 00:34:50.019
 Released with a purpose.

00:34:50.139 --> 00:34:51.780
 To kill one third of mankind.

00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:54.960
 Increasing intensity and narrowing of focus.

00:34:54.960 --> 00:35:02.480
 The first four trumpets, natural forces on creation.

00:35:03.139 --> 00:35:07.179
 Trumpets five and six, supernatural forces on unrepentant mankind.

00:35:08.800 --> 00:35:13.320
 And now the question becomes, how are these angels going to wipe out one third of mankind?

00:35:13.699 --> 00:35:16.440
 And the answer is war.

00:35:17.400 --> 00:35:17.900
 Sixteen.

00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:20.900
 The number of mounted troops was twice ten thousand.

00:35:20.900 --> 00:35:26.619
 We go from a description of these four angels to now all these troops.

00:35:27.119 --> 00:35:30.940
 Two hundred million is if you do the math, literally.

00:35:32.000 --> 00:35:34.039
 Massive amounts of troops.

00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:42.340
 Seventeen through nineteen, we read descriptions of these horde, these riders of horses.

00:35:43.340 --> 00:35:45.760
 They're corresponding in their colors.

00:35:45.760 --> 00:35:51.620
 But the focus lands on the horses.

00:35:52.100 --> 00:35:55.380
 And from their mouth, three plagues.

00:35:55.900 --> 00:35:56.820
 Plagues come.

00:35:57.960 --> 00:35:59.280
 Destroying one third of mankind.

00:35:59.440 --> 00:36:00.320
 There's the word, plague.

00:36:01.080 --> 00:36:02.280
 Exodus is behind this.

00:36:05.400 --> 00:36:06.720
 Woe to those one third.

00:36:06.719 --> 00:36:14.799
 Now I tend to think that this is a demonic force, but it also could be a demonic force mobilizing human armies.

00:36:14.899 --> 00:36:18.939
 We're just going to let God's word show us what it is as we go along.

00:36:19.199 --> 00:36:20.579
 But don't miss the irony.

00:36:21.699 --> 00:36:22.839
 It's a dark irony.

00:36:24.819 --> 00:36:34.299
 It's demonic forces mobilizing an army that will destroy one third of those who have not repented before the Lamb.

00:36:34.300 --> 00:36:39.300
 Satan destroying his own.

00:36:42.640 --> 00:36:46.940
 But again, there is restraint in even the sixth trumpet.

00:36:47.600 --> 00:36:49.980
 It's not all of mankind.

00:36:50.460 --> 00:36:54.039
 It is a third of mankind.

00:36:54.900 --> 00:36:55.460
 Mercy.

00:36:56.840 --> 00:36:59.980
 The Lamb is showing mercy to the unrepentant.

00:37:01.280 --> 00:37:03.140
 Woe to those who die.

00:37:03.140 --> 00:37:04.280
 Woe to those who die.

00:37:04.300 --> 00:37:12.640
 And may it be a message for everyone else to stop what they're doing and find shelter in the presence of God.

00:37:17.360 --> 00:37:19.440
 Can you hear the words echoing?

00:37:20.680 --> 00:37:23.280
 That they may know that I am the Lord.

00:37:23.280 --> 00:37:31.240
 Here's one of the most tragic things you'll read.

00:37:34.280 --> 00:37:35.460
 Despite all the mercy.

00:37:36.800 --> 00:37:38.480
 Despite all the warning trumpets.

00:37:39.380 --> 00:37:41.460
 Despite all that's going on.

00:37:43.300 --> 00:37:46.280
 I'm just going to read chapter 9 verses 20 and 21.

00:37:46.280 --> 00:37:51.360
 The rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues.

00:37:51.620 --> 00:37:54.880
 Did not repent of the works of their hands.

00:37:54.880 --> 00:38:00.120
 Nor give up worshiping demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood.

00:38:00.119 --> 00:38:02.119
 Which cannot see or hear or walk.

00:38:02.119 --> 00:38:08.119
 Nor did they repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.

00:38:10.500 --> 00:38:17.059
 Those left after the sixth trumpet stubbornly resist the mercy of the Lamb.

00:38:17.059 --> 00:38:24.099
 They choose not to stop what they're doing.

00:38:25.400 --> 00:38:30.119
 They choose not to find cover in the Lamb.

00:38:31.900 --> 00:38:32.820
 Heartbreaking isn't it?

00:38:32.820 --> 00:38:37.600
 We get to the end of the seventh trumpet.

00:38:38.080 --> 00:38:39.580
 And maybe you're starting to ask the question.

00:38:39.700 --> 00:38:40.620
 Hey what about the church?

00:38:40.780 --> 00:38:41.260
 What's going on?

00:38:41.280 --> 00:38:41.760
 Where's the church?

00:38:42.059 --> 00:38:42.380
 What's up?

00:38:42.519 --> 00:38:42.820
 What's up?

00:38:44.640 --> 00:38:47.480
 Well that's answered in the next chapter and a half.

00:38:47.740 --> 00:38:50.420
 Chapter 10 and the first half of chapter 11.

00:38:50.420 --> 00:39:01.420
 And in these passages we're shown two pictures that call us to be courageous in our witness to those who are suffering.

00:39:02.820 --> 00:39:05.880
 And being called to repent.

00:39:07.539 --> 00:39:11.200
 Like I said we'll come back to that in the next couple weeks.

00:39:13.019 --> 00:39:15.059
 If you pick up in chapter 11.

00:39:15.260 --> 00:39:16.720
 If you turn to chapter 11 now.

00:39:19.000 --> 00:39:19.920
 Verse 14.

00:39:20.039 --> 00:39:21.460
 The second woe has passed.

00:39:21.600 --> 00:39:23.360
 Behold the third woe is soon to come.

00:39:25.820 --> 00:39:28.740
 And with what we've been through already you're thinking woe.

00:39:29.000 --> 00:39:29.200
 Okay.

00:39:29.380 --> 00:39:30.600
 What kind of devastation is next?

00:39:33.780 --> 00:39:34.620
 11.15.

00:39:34.740 --> 00:39:36.620
 The seventh angel blows the last trumpet.

00:39:37.160 --> 00:39:38.980
 It's an announcement of judgment right?

00:39:39.320 --> 00:39:40.680
 The lamb reigns right?

00:39:41.220 --> 00:39:44.100
 But what happens is surprising.

00:39:47.420 --> 00:39:49.059
 We don't see a woe.

00:39:49.260 --> 00:39:52.300
 There's nothing woe-ish about what we read next.

00:39:52.780 --> 00:39:53.300
 Seemingly.

00:39:53.300 --> 00:40:00.660
 And there were loud voices in heaven saying the kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ.

00:40:00.740 --> 00:40:02.220
 And he shall reign forever and ever.

00:40:03.260 --> 00:40:05.960
 All of a sudden we're off the earth and in heaven.

00:40:05.960 --> 00:40:12.159
 We're being shown something in the future that has present implications.

00:40:16.539 --> 00:40:17.639
 There's a multitude.

00:40:19.559 --> 00:40:21.300
 Loud voices in heaven.

00:40:21.300 --> 00:40:24.600
 I'm guessing it's a multitude who are standing.

00:40:25.039 --> 00:40:27.240
 I'm guessing it's a multinational multitude.

00:40:27.760 --> 00:40:29.280
 A multi-ethnic multitude.

00:40:29.780 --> 00:40:34.660
 A multi-lingual multitude who have been redeemed by the blood of Jesus.

00:40:34.659 --> 00:40:42.379
 And they're saying the kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of the Lord and of his Christ.

00:40:47.619 --> 00:40:48.799
 It's the surprise.

00:40:50.379 --> 00:40:54.980
 Instead of devastation, we're seeing celebration.

00:40:57.199 --> 00:40:58.199
 Celebration in heaven.

00:40:58.199 --> 00:41:03.699
 And what they're celebrating is that God has removed all his adversaries on earth.

00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:07.139
 It's like this big giant all clear being sounded.

00:41:07.799 --> 00:41:08.639
 It's done.

00:41:11.739 --> 00:41:13.559
 All of his enemies have been put down.

00:41:15.899 --> 00:41:24.519
 It's a picture of what will happen following Christ's return when he wipes out all of his opposition.

00:41:24.519 --> 00:41:28.659
 All of God's people are saying yes.

00:41:29.119 --> 00:41:30.320
 Jesus wins.

00:41:30.759 --> 00:41:31.219
 Yes.

00:41:33.259 --> 00:41:35.400
 And that's good news for us.

00:41:36.639 --> 00:41:37.460
 Jesus wins.

00:41:37.579 --> 00:41:39.239
 It's good news for us.

00:41:39.800 --> 00:41:42.840
 To see this picture when it's all done.

00:41:45.460 --> 00:41:49.579
 And simultaneously, it's woeful news for the unrepentant.

00:41:49.579 --> 00:42:07.239
 Our celebration of what he will do in fullness is woe to those who are unrepentant because our celebration happens simultaneously to their ultimate destruction.

00:42:10.960 --> 00:42:16.139
 Do you know how I know that this takes place after the return of Jesus?

00:42:16.139 --> 00:42:21.619
 It's because five words are missing in verse 17.

00:42:23.199 --> 00:42:24.239
 Five words are missing.

00:42:26.279 --> 00:42:30.460
 The church says the kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of Christ.

00:42:30.839 --> 00:42:32.920
 There are 24 elders who sit around the thrones.

00:42:33.039 --> 00:42:34.759
 They fall on their faces and worship God.

00:42:34.839 --> 00:42:36.219
 In verse 17, they say,

00:42:36.219 --> 00:42:40.379
 We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty, who is and who was.

00:42:42.199 --> 00:42:44.359
 For you have taken your great power and begun to reign.

00:42:45.439 --> 00:42:46.219
 Something missing.

00:42:47.319 --> 00:42:49.759
 Flip back to chapter 1, verse 8.

00:42:52.819 --> 00:42:58.599
 I am the Alpha and the Omega, says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come.

00:42:59.539 --> 00:43:00.359
 The Almighty.

00:43:00.360 --> 00:43:03.180
 Chapter 4.

00:43:07.680 --> 00:43:08.380
 Verse 8.

00:43:08.620 --> 00:43:14.079
 Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come.

00:43:16.039 --> 00:43:17.440
 Five words are missing here.

00:43:19.660 --> 00:43:21.880
 Who is and who was.

00:43:23.099 --> 00:43:24.200
 He's already come.

00:43:24.199 --> 00:43:34.659
 And when he comes, he comes against raging nations against him in his wrath.

00:43:35.519 --> 00:43:39.579
 And at that time, all the dead will be judged.

00:43:39.679 --> 00:43:40.279
 Verse 18.

00:43:41.399 --> 00:43:46.679
 At that time, the rewarding of his servants, both small and great.

00:43:47.039 --> 00:43:50.960
 At that time, the destruction of the destroyers.

00:43:52.039 --> 00:43:52.899
 Revelation 20.

00:43:53.279 --> 00:43:53.599
 Judgment.

00:43:53.599 --> 00:43:54.519
 Revelation 21.

00:43:54.699 --> 00:43:55.079
 Reward.

00:43:55.219 --> 00:43:56.339
 Revelation back to 20.

00:43:57.059 --> 00:44:01.819
 The destruction of the destroyers, the devil, the beast, the false prophets, even death,

00:44:02.159 --> 00:44:05.659
 are tossed with a hip check into the lake of fire.

00:44:08.639 --> 00:44:10.360
 This is great news for us.

00:44:11.500 --> 00:44:14.759
 Our victory is as good as done in Jesus.

00:44:16.579 --> 00:44:20.619
 But that in lies the woe for the unrepentant.

00:44:20.619 --> 00:44:24.920
 Our coming victory is their coming doom.

00:44:24.920 --> 00:44:26.779
 And it's sure.

00:44:28.839 --> 00:44:31.980
 This morning we have looked at the seven trumpets.

00:44:31.980 --> 00:44:37.240
 And I'm trying to tell you, this is not some Saturday morning practice test.

00:44:38.039 --> 00:44:39.820
 You are really being warned.

00:44:40.440 --> 00:44:41.320
 By God.

00:44:43.159 --> 00:44:44.400
 Judgment is coming.

00:44:44.400 --> 00:44:45.660
 So if you're not a Christian yet.

00:44:45.660 --> 00:44:52.440
 So if you're not a Christian yet, stop your idolatrous worship in your sinful living.

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 And find shelter in the blood of the Lamb.

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 The one who is warning you is welcoming you.

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 With wrists bearing nail marks.

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 The wrath to come you can avoid because Jesus bore the wrath already on the cross.

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 And what you non-Christian, if you're not a follower of Jesus, all you need to do is this.

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 Jesus, I'm trying to find shelter.

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 And I'm here and it's you.

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 Shelter me.

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 Shelter me.

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 He will shelter you.

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 Stop what you're doing and find shelter in the Lamb.

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 And for those of us who have been sealed with the seal of God.

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 We've repented of our sin.

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 We've turned to Christ.

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 We know we're being sheltered on that day.

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 We're being given time.

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 We're being given time.

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 We're being given time.

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 To tell others of what is coming so that they too can stop what they're doing.

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 And with us find shelter in the Lamb.

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 That's what we're going to look at the next two weeks.

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 We're going to start with praying.

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 We're going to start with praying.

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 Would you bow with me now?

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 Lord God, if this is all true and we believe it is, this informs the way we live.

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 It compels us to live for you.

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 To help those who don't know of the coming judgment.

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 God, would you give us unprecedented opportunities in this city.

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 Unprecedented opportunities to make people aware of the trumpets blaring.

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 So that we, God, can point them to find shelter in you, Lord Jesus.

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 With us.

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 God, would you, by your spirit, would you pour out your spirit on our city.

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 Bringing conviction of sin and judgment to come.

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 And awakening sinners to the Lamb.

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 Who was slain and is standing.

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 We pray this in the name of Jesus.

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 Amen.

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 We pray this in the name of Jesus.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.