WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.899 Let me invite you to come in and take a seat as we begin. 00:00:03.740 --> 00:00:05.160 It's good to see you all today. 00:00:07.320 --> 00:00:13.859 In the book of Isaiah, chapter 45, verse 22, God says this, 00:00:15.320 --> 00:00:23.740 Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth, for I am God, and there is no other. 00:00:23.739 --> 00:00:31.719 So we live in a world where it can be increasingly hard to tell what's real and what's fake, right? 00:00:32.399 --> 00:00:37.000 And that's not just the case on the internet or on a news cycle. 00:00:37.619 --> 00:00:39.159 It's also true of the spiritual life. 00:00:40.799 --> 00:00:45.219 Sociologists and some philosophers of modernity describe it as the Nova effect. 00:00:45.780 --> 00:00:50.599 Every day there's an increasing number of options that seem to present themselves 00:00:50.600 --> 00:00:53.820 for our spiritual consideration and consumption. 00:00:54.240 --> 00:00:54.539 Boom! 00:00:54.820 --> 00:00:55.700 They just multiply. 00:00:57.260 --> 00:00:58.820 But you know, in the midst of the book of Isaiah, 00:00:59.620 --> 00:01:02.679 the God of the Bible, one true creator and redeemer, 00:01:03.359 --> 00:01:07.260 has revealed himself definitively in Jesus Christ. 00:01:08.079 --> 00:01:11.480 We see the glory of God in the face of Jesus. 00:01:12.140 --> 00:01:15.260 He makes himself unmistakably free to us. 00:01:16.159 --> 00:01:17.700 And this God says, 00:01:18.460 --> 00:01:19.500 I am God. 00:01:19.500 --> 00:01:21.079 There is no other. 00:01:21.640 --> 00:01:23.219 Turn to me and be saved. 00:01:24.459 --> 00:01:29.680 So in worship, we have an opportunity to respond to this call of God. 00:01:30.140 --> 00:01:31.359 To turn to him. 00:01:31.859 --> 00:01:36.280 To find a real God who's made himself known and has saved to be rescued. 00:01:37.039 --> 00:01:39.060 So let's stand and let's sing together. 00:01:39.060 --> 00:01:39.519 Amen. 00:01:50.040 --> 00:01:50.500 Amen. 00:01:50.500 --> 00:02:20.479 Thank you. 00:02:20.500 --> 00:02:50.479 Thank you. 00:02:50.500 --> 00:03:20.479 Thank you. 00:03:20.500 --> 00:03:22.500 Thank you. 00:03:50.500 --> 00:03:52.500 Thank you. 00:04:20.500 --> 00:04:22.500 Thank you. 00:04:50.500 --> 00:04:53.500 This is my story. 00:04:53.500 --> 00:04:56.500 This is my song. 00:04:57.839 --> 00:05:04.839 Praising my Savior all the day long. 00:05:04.839 --> 00:05:07.839 This is my story. 00:05:07.839 --> 00:05:11.839 This is my song. 00:05:11.839 --> 00:05:20.839 Praising my Savior all the day long. 00:05:20.839 --> 00:05:37.839 You were the word at the beginning. 00:05:37.839 --> 00:05:45.839 One with God the Lord knows time. 00:05:46.839 --> 00:05:51.839 Your hidden glory and creation. 00:05:51.839 --> 00:05:59.019 Now we build in you, O Christ. 00:05:59.019 --> 00:06:01.839 What a beautiful name it is. 00:06:01.839 --> 00:06:05.979 What a beautiful name it is. 00:06:05.980 --> 00:06:11.980 The name of Jesus Christ my King. 00:06:11.980 --> 00:06:15.980 What a beautiful name it is. 00:06:15.980 --> 00:06:17.980 The name of Jesus. 00:06:17.980 --> 00:06:22.980 The name of Jesus. 00:06:22.980 --> 00:06:29.980 The name of Jesus. 00:06:29.980 --> 00:06:37.980 You didn't want heaven without us. 00:06:37.980 --> 00:06:44.980 So Jesus you brought us down. 00:06:44.980 --> 00:06:45.980 When sin was great. 00:06:45.980 --> 00:06:49.980 When sin was great, your love was greater. 00:06:49.980 --> 00:06:50.980 The name of God. 00:06:50.980 --> 00:06:51.980 The name of Jesus. 00:06:51.980 --> 00:06:54.980 The name of Jesus. 00:06:54.980 --> 00:06:58.980 The name of Jesus. 00:06:58.980 --> 00:06:59.980 The name of Jesus. 00:06:59.980 --> 00:07:00.980 The name of Jesus. 00:07:00.980 --> 00:07:03.980 What a beautiful name it is. 00:07:03.980 --> 00:07:04.980 What a wonderful name it is. 00:07:04.980 --> 00:07:08.980 The name of Jesus Christ my King. 00:07:08.980 --> 00:07:11.980 What a beautiful name it is. 00:07:11.980 --> 00:07:15.980 Nothing compares to this. 00:07:15.980 --> 00:07:18.300 Nothing compares to this. 00:07:18.900 --> 00:07:21.700 What a wonderful name it is. 00:07:21.920 --> 00:07:25.040 The name of Jesus. 00:07:25.660 --> 00:07:28.460 What a wonderful name it is. 00:07:28.660 --> 00:07:31.939 The name of Jesus. 00:07:45.980 --> 00:08:00.379 Death could not hold you. 00:08:00.379 --> 00:08:04.080 The veil tore before you. 00:08:04.480 --> 00:08:06.379 You silenced the lost. 00:08:07.379 --> 00:08:10.860 How sin and gain. 00:08:11.740 --> 00:08:14.560 The heavens are roaring. 00:08:14.560 --> 00:08:18.240 The praise of your glory. 00:08:19.139 --> 00:08:24.560 For you are raised to life again. 00:08:26.139 --> 00:08:28.699 And you have no rival. 00:08:29.620 --> 00:08:32.200 You have no equal. 00:08:33.299 --> 00:08:39.720 Now and forever God you raise. 00:08:40.259 --> 00:08:42.720 But yours is the kingdom. 00:08:42.720 --> 00:08:46.399 And yours is the glory. 00:08:47.200 --> 00:08:50.080 Yours is the name. 00:08:50.139 --> 00:08:52.720 Above all names. 00:08:54.000 --> 00:08:56.899 What a powerful name it is. 00:08:57.300 --> 00:08:59.720 What a powerful name it is. 00:08:59.720 --> 00:09:10.720 What a powerful name it is. 00:09:10.720 --> 00:09:13.720 And nothing can stand against. 00:09:13.720 --> 00:09:17.399 What a powerful name it is. 00:09:17.399 --> 00:09:20.840 The name of Jesus. 00:09:20.840 --> 00:09:24.320 And you have no rival. 00:09:25.200 --> 00:09:27.740 You have no equal. 00:09:27.740 --> 00:09:35.159 Now and forever God you raise. 00:09:35.159 --> 00:09:36.159 Yours is the name of God. 00:09:36.159 --> 00:09:37.159 Yours is the kingdom. 00:09:37.159 --> 00:09:38.159 Yours is the glory. 00:09:38.159 --> 00:09:40.159 Yours is the glory. 00:09:40.159 --> 00:09:42.159 Yours is the name. 00:09:42.159 --> 00:09:44.159 Yours is the name. 00:09:44.159 --> 00:09:48.159 The name above all names. 00:09:48.159 --> 00:09:51.159 What a powerful name it is. 00:09:51.159 --> 00:09:53.159 What a powerful name it is. 00:09:53.159 --> 00:09:54.159 What a powerful name it is. 00:09:54.159 --> 00:09:55.159 What a powerful name it is. 00:09:55.159 --> 00:10:01.159 The name of Jesus Christ my King. 00:10:01.159 --> 00:10:02.159 What a powerful name it is. 00:10:02.159 --> 00:10:04.159 What a powerful name it is. 00:10:04.159 --> 00:10:08.159 Nothing can stand against. 00:10:08.159 --> 00:10:11.159 What a powerful name it is. 00:10:11.159 --> 00:10:15.159 The name of Jesus. 00:10:15.159 --> 00:10:18.159 What a powerful name it is. 00:10:18.159 --> 00:10:38.159 What a powerful name it is. 00:10:38.159 --> 00:10:39.159 You may be seated. 00:10:39.159 --> 00:10:55.159 Good morning church. 00:10:55.159 --> 00:11:02.159 Our reading this morning is taken from the book of Daniel chapter 7 verses 7 to 18. 00:11:02.159 --> 00:11:06.159 That is Daniel 7 verses 7 to 18. 00:11:06.159 --> 00:11:11.159 It is on page 697 of the Pew Bible. 00:11:11.159 --> 00:11:13.159 When I am done reading I will say, 00:11:13.159 --> 00:11:17.159 This is God's word to which I invite you to respond, 00:11:17.159 --> 00:11:19.159 Thanks be to God. 00:11:19.159 --> 00:11:25.159 In this passage, Daniel is already part way through describing a vision that he had received. 00:11:25.159 --> 00:11:29.159 So once again, Daniel 7, 7 to 18. 00:11:29.159 --> 00:11:30.159 I read, 00:11:30.159 --> 00:11:39.159 After this, in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, terrifying and dreadful and exceedingly strong. 00:11:39.159 --> 00:11:42.159 It had great iron teeth. 00:11:42.159 --> 00:11:47.159 It devoured and broke in pieces and stamped what was left with its feet. 00:11:47.159 --> 00:11:50.159 It was different from all the beasts that were before it. 00:11:50.159 --> 00:11:52.159 And it had ten horns. 00:11:52.159 --> 00:12:04.159 I considered the horns, and behold, there came up among them another horn, a little one, before which three of the first horns were plucked up by the roots. 00:12:04.159 --> 00:12:12.159 And behold, in this own horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things. 00:12:12.159 --> 00:12:18.159 As I looked, thrones were placed, and the Ancient of Days took his seat. 00:12:18.159 --> 00:12:24.159 His clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool. 00:12:24.159 --> 00:12:29.159 His throne was fiery flames, its wheels were burning fire. 00:12:29.159 --> 00:12:33.159 A stream of fire issued and came out from before him. 00:12:33.159 --> 00:12:41.159 A thousand thousands served him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him. 00:12:41.159 --> 00:12:46.159 The court sat in judgment, and the books were opened. 00:12:46.159 --> 00:12:51.159 I looked then, because of the sound of the great words that the horn was speaking. 00:12:51.159 --> 00:12:58.159 And as I looked, the beast was killed, and its body destroyed, and given over to be burned with fire. 00:12:58.159 --> 00:13:07.159 As for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was taken away, but their lives were prolonged for a season and a time. 00:13:07.159 --> 00:13:15.159 I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven, there came one like a son of man. 00:13:15.159 --> 00:13:20.159 And he came to the Ancient of Days, and was presented before him. 00:13:20.159 --> 00:13:29.159 And to him was given dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him. 00:13:29.159 --> 00:13:38.159 His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom, one that shall not be destroyed. 00:13:38.159 --> 00:13:47.159 As for me, Daniel, my spirit within me was anxious, and the visions of my head alarmed me. 00:13:47.159 --> 00:13:53.159 I approached one of those who stood there, and asked him the truth concerning all this. 00:13:53.159 --> 00:13:57.159 So he told me, and made known to me the interpretation of the things. 00:13:57.159 --> 00:14:02.159 These four great beasts are four kings who shall arise out of the earth. 00:14:02.159 --> 00:14:10.159 But the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever, forever and ever. 00:14:10.159 --> 00:14:13.159 This is God's word. 00:14:13.159 --> 00:14:14.159 Amen. 00:14:14.159 --> 00:14:16.159 Let us pray. 00:14:16.159 --> 00:14:31.159 Father God, we thank you for the gift of your word, and for the ways it helps us to see you clearly. 00:14:31.159 --> 00:14:41.159 In the midst of the increasingly self-promoting and boastful world that we live, we are glad that you remain the one worthy of all true worship. 00:14:41.159 --> 00:14:50.159 The Ancient of Days, in a class of your own, with no rival or equal, in heaven above or on earth below. 00:14:50.159 --> 00:14:59.159 We rejoice with the thousand thousands that serve you, and join the innumerable hosts of creation to sing your praise. 00:14:59.159 --> 00:15:13.159 Yet, Lord, no sooner we rise from worship than the vision begins to fade, as we are sworn by the voices of beasts and idols that seek to usurp your position of worship in our hearts. 00:15:13.159 --> 00:15:25.159 They speak great boasts and lies, promising to fulfill our deepest desires, things we only ought to seek from you, if only we would worship and serve them. 00:15:25.159 --> 00:15:35.159 We would claim to be wise and spiritual enough to see through the folly and lies of their boast, Lord, but alas, we are often deceived. 00:15:35.159 --> 00:15:54.159 Even worse, Lord, more often than we dare acknowledge, we become like them, claiming to have achieved by our merit and skill the true victor who, through his death and resurrection, rescued us from our sin and our reigns in majesty. 00:15:54.159 --> 00:16:01.159 We see him, to whom one day every knee will bow and tongue confess to his everlasting dominion. 00:16:01.159 --> 00:16:13.159 We see him who will fulfill our deepest longings, promising to wipe away every tear from our eyes, and to give us a share in his kingdom for our possession forever and ever. 00:16:13.159 --> 00:16:15.279 We ask that you help us keep that vision. 00:16:15.279 --> 00:16:20.839 We ask that you have given to everyone who has turned from self-reliance and self-salvation to trust wholly in Christ, 00:16:21.579 --> 00:16:28.699 that a perfect ransom has been paid for you by God's own Son, the perfect Son of Man, Jesus Christ, 00:16:29.399 --> 00:16:31.159 and all your sins have been forgiven. 00:16:32.159 --> 00:16:33.159 So let's... 00:16:33.159 --> 00:16:52.980 This is... 00:16:54.120 --> 00:16:54.879 Is... 00:16:56.019 --> 00:16:56.259 Peacarlúng... 00:16:56.259 --> 00:16:57.220 We... 00:16:57.220 --> 00:17:00.600 In all that score 00:17:00.600 --> 00:17:08.720 Bowing to the Father's will 00:17:08.720 --> 00:17:15.640 He took the crown of thorns 00:17:15.640 --> 00:17:19.559 Oh, that rugged cross 00:17:19.559 --> 00:17:22.360 My salvation 00:17:22.360 --> 00:17:26.559 Where you love poured out 00:17:26.559 --> 00:17:29.759 Over me 00:17:29.759 --> 00:17:33.799 Now my soul cries out 00:17:33.799 --> 00:17:36.000 Hallelujah 00:17:36.000 --> 00:17:40.559 Praise and hallelujah 00:17:40.559 --> 00:17:44.879 To Thee 00:17:44.879 --> 00:17:47.299 Please stand as we continue to worship 00:17:47.299 --> 00:17:52.179 The scent of heaven 00:17:52.179 --> 00:17:55.319 God's own soul 00:17:55.319 --> 00:18:00.519 To purchase and redeem 00:18:00.519 --> 00:18:09.639 And reconcile the very ones 00:18:09.639 --> 00:18:14.559 Who nailed Him to the tree 00:18:14.559 --> 00:18:20.019 Oh, that rugged cross 00:18:20.019 --> 00:18:22.919 My salvation 00:18:22.919 --> 00:18:27.039 Where you love poured out 00:18:27.039 --> 00:18:29.759 Over me 00:18:29.759 --> 00:18:34.079 Now my soul cries out 00:18:34.079 --> 00:18:37.000 Hallelujah 00:18:37.000 --> 00:18:40.119 Praise and honor 00:18:40.119 --> 00:18:51.939 Now my death is paid 00:18:51.939 --> 00:18:55.259 It is paid in full 00:18:55.259 --> 00:18:58.579 Now the curse of sin 00:18:58.579 --> 00:19:02.179 Has no hold on me 00:19:02.180 --> 00:19:05.380 Whom the sun sets free 00:19:05.380 --> 00:19:09.420 Oh, is free indeed 00:19:09.420 --> 00:19:12.660 Now my death is paid in full 00:19:12.660 --> 00:19:16.660 Now my death is paid in full 00:19:16.660 --> 00:19:19.860 By the precious blood 00:19:19.860 --> 00:19:21.860 That my Jesus 00:19:21.860 --> 00:19:23.900 Now my death is paid in full 00:19:23.900 --> 00:19:27.259 Now the curse of sin 00:19:27.259 --> 00:19:30.700 Has no hold on me 00:19:30.700 --> 00:19:31.700 Whom the sun 00:19:31.700 --> 00:19:34.160 Whom the sun sets free 00:19:34.160 --> 00:19:35.900 Oh, is free 00:19:35.900 --> 00:19:37.220 Indeed 00:19:37.220 --> 00:19:37.300 Indeed 00:19:37.300 --> 00:19:37.540 Indeed 00:19:37.540 --> 00:19:41.360 Oh, that rugged cross 00:19:41.359 --> 00:19:55.559 acs my salvation 00:19:55.559 --> 00:19:58.839 And VI 00:19:58.839 --> 00:20:04.899 Praise and honor run to thee 00:20:04.899 --> 00:20:16.939 See the stone is rolled away 00:20:16.939 --> 00:20:22.839 Behold the empty tomb 00:20:22.839 --> 00:20:30.839 Hallelujah, God be praised 00:20:31.559 --> 00:20:38.039 He's risen from the grave 00:20:38.039 --> 00:20:44.519 Oh, that rugged cross of salvation 00:20:44.519 --> 00:20:51.720 May your love float out over me 00:20:51.720 --> 00:20:55.480 Now my soul cries out 00:20:55.480 --> 00:20:57.539 Hallelujah 00:20:57.539 --> 00:21:04.519 Praise and honor run to thee 00:21:04.519 --> 00:21:12.120 Praise and honor run to thee 00:21:12.119 --> 00:21:21.619 Please be seated 00:21:21.619 --> 00:21:43.000 Paul tells us in Ephesians 2 that the cross has not only removed the barrier between us and God, but also between us and one another. 00:21:43.000 --> 00:21:46.759 The new community the church is a gospel reality 00:21:46.759 --> 00:21:51.379 So we pause to mention just a few things happening in our corporate life together 00:21:51.379 --> 00:21:53.759 First if you're visiting or if you're new 00:21:53.759 --> 00:22:02.019 Feel free to fill out one of our welcome cards in the pews in the boxes at either exit of the sanctuary and we'd be happy to connect with you or to pray for you 00:22:02.019 --> 00:22:04.440 Coming up next Sunday 00:22:04.440 --> 00:22:05.779 March 3rd 00:22:05.779 --> 00:22:11.559 After the service over lunch, we'll be hosting Trinity 101 00:22:11.559 --> 00:22:16.160 Now Trinity 101 is a class for those who are interested in membership at Trinity 00:22:16.160 --> 00:22:19.400 Or if you're new and you just want to learn more about the church 00:22:19.400 --> 00:22:21.279 You can come to Trinity 101 as well 00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:22.619 Everyone's welcome to come to that 00:22:22.619 --> 00:22:26.739 You can fill out an RSVP for Trinity 101 on the home page of the website 00:22:26.739 --> 00:22:32.299 If you just go to our home page and scroll down there should be a button there to RSVP for Trinity 101 next Sunday 00:22:32.299 --> 00:22:35.199 Also next Sunday at 9 a.m. 00:22:35.219 --> 00:22:38.159 Our adult Sunday school class is continuing in the book of Ephesians 00:22:38.159 --> 00:22:42.779 And next Sunday we're coming to that great passage in Ephesians 5 about marriage 00:22:42.779 --> 00:22:48.519 So if you'd like to come and learn more about a biblical vision of marriage and all those good things 00:22:48.519 --> 00:22:50.559 You come next Sunday at 9 a.m. 00:22:50.559 --> 00:22:51.879 To adult Sunday school 00:22:51.880 --> 00:22:58.380 Two more things a couple of weeks from now our youth group will be heading out on spring retreat 00:22:58.380 --> 00:23:02.220 March 8th through 10th or winter retreat sort of depends in New England 00:23:02.220 --> 00:23:04.240 How the weather decides to be that weekend? 00:23:04.580 --> 00:23:06.440 It will either be a spring retreat or a winter retreat 00:23:06.440 --> 00:23:09.040 If you are in middle school or high school 00:23:09.040 --> 00:23:13.860 Our youth group meets every Sunday after the service in the fellowship hall classroom downstairs 00:23:13.860 --> 00:23:17.940 So if you want to learn more about youth group, you can come talk to me after the service and 00:23:17.940 --> 00:23:20.520 Beth and I be happy to connect you with our youth group leaders 00:23:20.519 --> 00:23:23.160 And get you plugged into to our youth ministry 00:23:23.160 --> 00:23:24.299 Last thing 00:23:24.299 --> 00:23:30.119 Good friday and easter are coming up believe it or not easter is march 31st this year 00:23:30.119 --> 00:23:32.619 And we'll have our good friday service on march 00:23:32.619 --> 00:23:34.799 29th at 6 30 as well 00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:40.299 Let me encourage you to start thinking who you might invite to come with you to either of these services 00:23:40.299 --> 00:23:44.419 These are great services to invite friends who might not normally come to church 00:23:44.419 --> 00:23:47.659 And the gospel will be clearly presented in both of those services 00:23:47.659 --> 00:23:49.659 So consider who you might bring along 00:23:49.659 --> 00:23:52.559 Well 00:23:52.559 --> 00:23:54.419 As a church 00:23:54.419 --> 00:23:57.480 We see of our city as we reach here locally 00:23:57.480 --> 00:23:59.279 We have an impact globally 00:23:59.279 --> 00:24:01.700 And john and anita hinkson 00:24:01.700 --> 00:24:08.339 Have been at the vanguard of this work for many many years here in new haven and at yale university through their work at the rivendell institute 00:24:08.339 --> 00:24:11.079 Many of you know and love john and anita 00:24:11.079 --> 00:24:13.679 As they have been members here at trinity for 00:24:13.679 --> 00:24:14.539 Well 00:24:14.539 --> 00:24:17.299 Probably longer than most of us right john 00:24:17.299 --> 00:24:19.399 But not all of us 00:24:19.399 --> 00:24:22.220 And they have been mentors and models for 00:24:22.220 --> 00:24:25.359 Last thing that he wrote before the lord took him 00:24:25.359 --> 00:24:29.920 He identified some of these challenges that we the church in america 00:24:29.920 --> 00:24:32.379 Really really discouraging 00:24:32.379 --> 00:24:35.059 We we really are struggling 00:24:35.059 --> 00:24:38.460 With attractiveness and we have a deep need 00:24:38.460 --> 00:24:40.279 For transformation 00:24:40.279 --> 00:24:43.599 Conformity to the image of christ 00:24:43.599 --> 00:24:45.679 Second one that tim mentions 00:24:45.679 --> 00:24:46.559 Is uh 00:24:46.559 --> 00:24:52.359 We we seem to be really challenged with our ability to take the wonderful good news of the gospel 00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:54.779 And communicate it 00:24:54.779 --> 00:24:57.199 Such that it is actually heard 00:24:57.199 --> 00:24:59.199 As good news 00:24:59.199 --> 00:25:03.199 We have this challenge we struggle with this challenge 00:25:03.199 --> 00:25:05.699 Of thoughtful translation 00:25:05.699 --> 00:25:07.159 Of the gospel 00:25:07.159 --> 00:25:08.240 Such that it's heard 00:25:08.240 --> 00:25:09.619 As good news 00:25:09.619 --> 00:25:12.099 So those are a couple of the challenges that we face and again 00:25:12.099 --> 00:25:14.240 I I don't mean to be over dramatic 00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:19.399 As a church as a people of god across the ages we've always faced challenges like these 00:25:19.399 --> 00:25:20.659 So nothing new here 00:25:20.659 --> 00:25:25.559 But these are a couple of the challenges that we at rivendell are trying to put our attention to 00:25:25.559 --> 00:25:27.099 And and anita and I have been 00:25:27.099 --> 00:25:32.699 Seeking to respond to these challenges all the years that we've been here many decades 00:25:32.700 --> 00:25:43.660 And uh trying to cultivate disciples of jesus as growing image bearers and witness bearers 00:25:43.660 --> 00:25:48.860 Mark 2 13 describes jesus it says of jesus he went out 00:25:48.860 --> 00:25:49.900 Again 00:25:49.900 --> 00:25:53.500 And the people came to him 00:25:53.500 --> 00:25:55.500 And he taught them 00:25:55.500 --> 00:25:57.819 See that he went out 00:25:57.819 --> 00:25:59.460 He was missional 00:25:59.460 --> 00:26:05.819 He took the initiative to connect with those around him and he did it again and again and again 00:26:05.819 --> 00:26:07.500 This was his this was his practice 00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:10.980 And he went out and the people came to him 00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:13.099 That was he was attractive 00:26:13.099 --> 00:26:17.220 They found something in him that just drew them to him 00:26:17.220 --> 00:26:18.359 He went out 00:26:18.359 --> 00:26:21.359 And the people came to him and he taught them 00:26:21.359 --> 00:26:23.579 He was able to impart 00:26:23.579 --> 00:26:25.979 He had good news to offer them 00:26:25.979 --> 00:26:27.799 And he communicated that 00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:30.279 So that's what we that's what we try to do 00:26:30.279 --> 00:26:33.799 We seek to sow to present and future in that sense 00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:40.139 It's also a place where so much of the discourse that animates our nation is kind of forged 00:26:40.139 --> 00:26:43.779 It's it ideas of the currency of the university 00:26:43.779 --> 00:26:48.159 So it's a wonderful place to bring gospel truths there 00:26:48.160 --> 00:26:49.519 And particularly 00:26:49.519 --> 00:26:52.519 We find ourselves I'm convinced 00:26:52.519 --> 00:26:55.960 In a time where to use Paul's expression 00:26:55.960 --> 00:27:01.060 A wide door for effectual service is opened to us 00:27:01.060 --> 00:27:02.800 As he says in first corinthians 00:27:02.800 --> 00:27:05.720 So what is this new wide door? 00:27:06.100 --> 00:27:06.279 Well 00:27:06.279 --> 00:27:08.740 I'm going to try to make this super short 00:27:08.740 --> 00:27:11.960 I love this stuff as an historian 00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:16.100 The university has long operated 00:27:16.100 --> 00:27:17.100 Unicipate 00:27:17.099 --> 00:27:20.740 So as a result many Christians in the academy 00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:26.299 Have found themselves undergoing this very secular apprenticeship 00:27:26.299 --> 00:27:29.039 As they are cultivated in their disciplines 00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:31.019 And have very few models 00:27:31.019 --> 00:27:33.759 Or very much opportunity to begin to ask the question 00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:37.519 Well what bearing does my faith have in this discipline? 00:27:37.519 --> 00:27:40.460 What are some of the riches that the gospel might bring 00:27:40.460 --> 00:27:44.079 To the questions that my discipline asks 00:27:44.079 --> 00:27:47.099 The challenges that we face 00:27:47.099 --> 00:27:49.400 So very little of that is done 00:27:49.400 --> 00:27:50.680 Now lately 00:27:50.680 --> 00:27:51.940 Here's some of the good news 00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:52.519 Lately 00:27:52.519 --> 00:27:56.559 This enlightenment model of how we should do the university 00:27:56.559 --> 00:27:59.559 Is really starting to fray significantly 00:27:59.559 --> 00:28:01.099 And it's a fascinating story 00:28:01.099 --> 00:28:02.599 I'd love to tell it in like some time 00:28:02.599 --> 00:28:07.240 But this supposed neutral rationality 00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:08.539 That the university prizes 00:28:08.539 --> 00:28:11.079 Really like a suit 00:28:11.079 --> 00:28:12.699 That you could just take off 00:28:12.699 --> 00:28:13.759 And leave behind 00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:16.339 Isn't it more like a skin 00:28:16.339 --> 00:28:18.719 That you just bring with you inevitably? 00:28:20.179 --> 00:28:20.679 In fact 00:28:20.679 --> 00:28:23.219 Inevitably we see through lenses 00:28:23.219 --> 00:28:24.859 That we each and every one 00:28:24.859 --> 00:28:26.740 Have been grinding all our lives 00:28:26.740 --> 00:28:28.059 Through all of our experiences 00:28:28.059 --> 00:28:29.819 And that's what we've got 00:28:29.819 --> 00:28:31.679 To engage with knowledge with 00:28:31.679 --> 00:28:33.019 So all this to say 00:28:33.019 --> 00:28:37.139 That this old model 00:28:37.139 --> 00:28:38.619 The enlightenment model of the university 00:28:38.619 --> 00:28:40.139 Is really fraying 00:28:40.139 --> 00:28:42.379 And now people are realizing 00:28:42.379 --> 00:28:42.939 Hey 00:28:42.939 --> 00:28:45.919 We inevitably bring our perspectives 00:28:45.919 --> 00:28:47.779 Let's bring them 00:28:47.779 --> 00:28:49.679 In the hopes that they can contribute 00:28:49.679 --> 00:28:52.959 So we want to try to encourage Christians 00:28:52.959 --> 00:28:54.199 To begin to think this way 00:28:54.200 --> 00:28:55.740 And in terms of their contribution 00:28:55.740 --> 00:28:57.200 That they can make 00:28:57.200 --> 00:28:59.400 In a sense 00:28:59.400 --> 00:29:01.200 To sow to 00:29:01.200 --> 00:29:02.279 What we might call 00:29:02.279 --> 00:29:03.799 A Christian renaissance 00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:05.819 Whereby we as believers 00:29:05.819 --> 00:29:07.240 In our different disciplines 00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:08.500 Are beginning to ask 00:29:08.500 --> 00:29:09.740 Well what are some of the riches 00:29:09.740 --> 00:29:10.539 Of the gospel 00:29:10.539 --> 00:29:12.240 That I can bring to bear 00:29:12.240 --> 00:29:13.259 In my discipline 00:29:13.259 --> 00:29:14.680 Some of the motivations 00:29:14.680 --> 00:29:15.620 Some of the insights 00:29:15.620 --> 00:29:16.900 Some of the intuitions 00:29:16.900 --> 00:29:18.400 That I can then bring to bear 00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:19.220 On the puzzles 00:29:19.220 --> 00:29:20.340 And the projects 00:29:20.340 --> 00:29:21.980 That the academy has 00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:23.440 For the common good 00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:24.740 And notice 00:29:24.740 --> 00:29:26.680 For the common good 00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:28.400 This is the way 00:29:28.400 --> 00:29:29.279 We need to frame it 00:29:29.279 --> 00:29:30.620 In contrast to a way 00:29:30.620 --> 00:29:32.180 That often it can be tempting 00:29:32.180 --> 00:29:33.279 To frame it in 00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:34.779 In terms of the culture war 00:29:34.779 --> 00:29:35.960 Where we're thinking 00:29:35.960 --> 00:29:37.420 In terms of a power struggle 00:29:37.420 --> 00:29:38.320 Okay 00:29:38.320 --> 00:29:39.519 These people think this way 00:29:39.519 --> 00:29:40.420 And we think differently 00:29:40.420 --> 00:29:42.660 And we just need to beat them 00:29:42.660 --> 00:29:43.700 In this power struggle 00:29:43.700 --> 00:29:44.400 No, no, no 00:29:44.400 --> 00:29:46.120 We need to think in terms 00:29:46.120 --> 00:29:47.820 Of the common good 00:29:47.819 --> 00:29:52.379 And this sort of Christian contribution 00:29:52.379 --> 00:29:54.099 Brought into the context 00:29:54.099 --> 00:29:54.720 Of the academy 00:29:54.720 --> 00:29:55.659 Is going to require 00:29:55.659 --> 00:29:56.839 Some sort of sensitivity 00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:58.619 And thoughtfulness 00:29:58.619 --> 00:30:00.079 In its contextualization 00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:01.779 To really make a contribution 00:30:01.779 --> 00:30:03.039 But there is a contribution 00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:04.299 To be made 00:30:04.299 --> 00:30:06.759 So how do we go about 00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:08.079 Sowing to these things? 00:30:09.079 --> 00:30:09.639 Well one 00:30:09.639 --> 00:30:10.599 By engaging 00:30:10.599 --> 00:30:11.279 That is 00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:12.119 Finding 00:30:12.119 --> 00:30:13.579 And maybe forging 00:30:13.579 --> 00:30:15.019 Contexts 00:30:15.019 --> 00:30:15.680 In which 00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:17.539 It is very natural 00:30:17.539 --> 00:30:18.759 For us to be able 00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:19.980 To bear witness to Christ 00:30:19.980 --> 00:30:21.440 Finding or forging 00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:22.160 Those places 00:30:22.160 --> 00:30:23.200 It's very natural 00:30:23.200 --> 00:30:24.759 To just speak of these things 00:30:24.759 --> 00:30:27.019 One of the places 00:30:27.019 --> 00:30:27.920 That I've made reference 00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:28.980 To a few times now 00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:30.200 Is a sauna 00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:31.339 Where a whole lot of people 00:30:31.339 --> 00:30:32.619 From the university hang out 00:30:32.619 --> 00:30:33.740 And they're sitting there 00:30:33.740 --> 00:30:35.299 And we have conversations 00:30:35.299 --> 00:30:36.359 About meaningful things 00:30:36.359 --> 00:30:37.000 All the time 00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:37.879 There's a place 00:30:37.879 --> 00:30:39.460 Dinner tables 00:30:39.460 --> 00:30:40.139 Hikes 00:30:40.139 --> 00:30:41.079 So many places 00:30:41.079 --> 00:30:41.879 That we can find 00:30:41.879 --> 00:30:42.619 Where it's natural 00:30:42.619 --> 00:30:43.859 To communicate the good news 00:30:43.859 --> 00:30:45.059 But then also 00:30:45.059 --> 00:30:45.939 Coming on the side 00:30:45.939 --> 00:30:46.439 Believers 00:30:46.439 --> 00:30:48.519 And helping to equip them 00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:50.279 To be able to do 00:30:50.279 --> 00:30:51.399 These things well 00:30:51.399 --> 00:30:52.819 Creating a womb 00:30:52.819 --> 00:30:53.319 If you will 00:30:53.319 --> 00:30:54.159 Where these good 00:30:54.159 --> 00:30:56.459 Capacities can gestate 00:30:56.459 --> 00:30:58.919 So what Anita and I have done 00:30:58.919 --> 00:31:00.179 In our particular task 00:31:00.179 --> 00:31:00.819 At Rivendell 00:31:00.819 --> 00:31:01.779 Is putting together 00:31:01.779 --> 00:31:02.939 It's a lot of fun 00:31:02.939 --> 00:31:03.740 And you know 00:31:03.740 --> 00:31:05.479 There is such a hunger 00:31:05.479 --> 00:31:06.740 For the gospel 00:31:06.740 --> 00:31:07.539 We're finding 00:31:07.539 --> 00:31:07.919 Yeah 00:31:07.919 --> 00:31:09.359 You remember how 00:31:09.359 --> 00:31:12.339 Jesus said to Paul 00:31:12.339 --> 00:31:13.639 In Corinth 00:31:13.640 --> 00:31:15.040 I guess it was 00:31:15.040 --> 00:31:16.220 Go on 00:31:16.220 --> 00:31:17.040 Go on 00:31:17.040 --> 00:31:18.120 Communicating the gospel 00:31:18.120 --> 00:31:19.740 For I have many people 00:31:19.740 --> 00:31:20.460 In this city 00:31:20.460 --> 00:31:21.900 And we trust that the Lord 00:31:21.900 --> 00:31:22.720 Has many people 00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:23.980 In this city 00:31:23.980 --> 00:31:25.480 I'll just give one 00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:26.440 Quick illustration 00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:27.520 As I say 00:31:27.520 --> 00:31:28.900 One of the wonderful places 00:31:28.900 --> 00:31:29.480 We found 00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:30.340 Is the sauna 00:31:30.340 --> 00:31:31.160 Of a local gym 00:31:31.160 --> 00:31:32.320 That we go to 00:31:32.320 --> 00:31:33.759 Where a lot of 00:31:33.759 --> 00:31:35.160 University folk hang out 00:31:35.160 --> 00:31:36.440 And it's 00:31:36.440 --> 00:31:37.720 Come to have a reputation 00:31:37.720 --> 00:31:38.680 Of a place where you can go 00:31:38.680 --> 00:31:39.300 To talk about 00:31:39.300 --> 00:31:40.200 These meaningful things 00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:40.560 In fact 00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:41.319 Just the other day 00:31:41.319 --> 00:31:42.399 There was a fellow 00:31:42.399 --> 00:31:42.940 That came up 00:31:42.940 --> 00:31:43.659 And he pressed his 00:31:43.659 --> 00:31:44.899 He pressed his face 00:31:44.899 --> 00:31:45.879 Up against the 00:31:45.879 --> 00:31:47.139 Glass door 00:31:47.139 --> 00:31:48.220 And he said 00:31:48.220 --> 00:31:48.799 Hey is 00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:50.299 Is this the place 00:31:50.299 --> 00:31:51.220 Where we talk about 00:31:51.220 --> 00:31:52.559 Meaningful things in life 00:31:52.559 --> 00:31:53.220 I've heard 00:31:53.220 --> 00:31:53.980 That there 00:31:53.980 --> 00:31:55.579 That you guys do that 00:31:55.579 --> 00:31:56.039 And is this 00:31:56.039 --> 00:31:56.579 Says yeah 00:31:56.579 --> 00:31:57.299 Come on in 00:31:57.299 --> 00:31:57.960 Come on in 00:31:57.960 --> 00:31:59.279 So when he comes 00:31:59.279 --> 00:32:00.659 And he 00:32:00.659 --> 00:32:03.379 He was a ripe old age 00:32:03.379 --> 00:32:04.899 He was a professor emeritus 00:32:04.899 --> 00:32:05.799 That was there 00:32:05.799 --> 00:32:06.899 And he comes in here 00:32:06.899 --> 00:32:07.460 Come on in 00:32:07.460 --> 00:32:08.000 Come on in 00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:08.519 And here 00:32:08.519 --> 00:32:09.799 You've been here before 00:32:09.799 --> 00:32:10.659 No first time 00:32:10.659 --> 00:32:11.180 We'll take the 00:32:11.180 --> 00:32:12.299 Take the lower bench here 00:32:12.299 --> 00:32:13.259 Not a humble thing 00:32:13.259 --> 00:32:14.220 It's just less hot 00:32:14.220 --> 00:32:14.940 Yeah yeah 00:32:14.940 --> 00:32:15.480 Come on in 00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:16.500 And we're going at 00:32:16.500 --> 00:32:17.139 We're going at 00:32:17.139 --> 00:32:18.279 Gospel conversation 00:32:18.279 --> 00:32:19.019 And Kierkegaard 00:32:19.019 --> 00:32:19.460 And Hegel 00:32:19.460 --> 00:32:19.799 And that 00:32:19.799 --> 00:32:20.659 And he's just having 00:32:20.659 --> 00:32:21.359 So much fun 00:32:21.359 --> 00:32:22.779 And as I'm watching him 00:32:22.779 --> 00:32:25.019 About 10-15 minutes in 00:32:25.019 --> 00:32:28.259 But it was just so wonderful 00:32:28.259 --> 00:32:29.000 You don't know 00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:30.019 How long it's been 00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:31.359 Since I've had 00:32:31.359 --> 00:32:32.879 Conversations like these 00:32:32.879 --> 00:32:34.539 I really need these 00:32:34.539 --> 00:32:36.819 And we're finding this 00:32:36.819 --> 00:32:37.839 Again and again and again 00:32:37.839 --> 00:32:39.960 So the harvest 00:32:39.960 --> 00:32:42.240 Is ripe and white 00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:43.460 So we just want to be 00:32:43.460 --> 00:32:45.160 Workers to go out there 00:32:45.160 --> 00:32:45.900 And thank you 00:32:45.900 --> 00:32:47.139 For your partnership in this 00:32:47.139 --> 00:32:48.019 You as a church 00:32:48.019 --> 00:32:49.019 Have come alongside us 00:32:49.019 --> 00:32:50.000 And allowed us to do this 00:32:50.000 --> 00:32:50.980 All these many years 00:32:50.980 --> 00:32:52.639 And we're really grateful 00:32:52.639 --> 00:32:53.819 For this partnership 00:32:53.819 --> 00:32:55.919 In Asia, Africa, South America 00:32:55.919 --> 00:32:56.599 The Middle East 00:32:56.599 --> 00:32:57.659 The Pacific Islands 00:32:57.659 --> 00:32:59.559 In your providence 00:32:59.559 --> 00:33:00.599 You have gathered people here 00:33:00.599 --> 00:33:01.019 In New Haven 00:33:01.019 --> 00:33:01.960 From all these places 00:33:01.960 --> 00:33:04.319 So we thank you 00:33:04.319 --> 00:33:05.240 For the faithful labors 00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:06.139 Of John and Anita 00:33:06.139 --> 00:33:08.279 And how through their work 00:33:08.279 --> 00:33:08.799 They have 00:33:08.799 --> 00:33:11.559 Let our love for you 00:33:11.559 --> 00:33:12.679 Lord Jesus abound 00:33:12.679 --> 00:33:15.000 With the freedom 00:33:15.000 --> 00:33:16.299 Of your love for us 00:33:16.299 --> 00:33:17.899 Your forgiveness of sins 00:33:17.899 --> 00:33:19.059 The hope we have in you 00:33:19.059 --> 00:33:20.419 Of a good and certain future 00:33:20.420 --> 00:33:22.140 The purpose you give 00:33:22.140 --> 00:33:23.240 To each and every day 00:33:23.240 --> 00:33:24.840 Be like a stream 00:33:24.840 --> 00:33:26.600 That wells up in our hearts 00:33:26.600 --> 00:33:28.880 Pushes over the banks 00:33:28.880 --> 00:33:30.000 You are God 00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:30.920 And there is no other 00:33:30.920 --> 00:33:32.400 You're the one we've been 00:33:32.400 --> 00:33:33.720 Looking for this whole time 00:33:33.720 --> 00:33:35.500 And now where else 00:33:35.500 --> 00:33:36.120 Would we go? 00:33:36.119 --> 00:33:53.500 How deep the Father's love for us 00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:59.420 Cause my sin upon his shoulders 00:33:59.420 --> 00:34:05.559 Ashamed I hear my mocking voice 00:34:05.559 --> 00:34:11.420 Why should I gain from his reward? 00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:13.280 I can't 00:34:13.280 --> 00:34:13.880 Before we begin 00:34:13.880 --> 00:34:15.539 I want to do something real quick 00:34:15.539 --> 00:34:16.719 This is not a book giveaway 00:34:16.719 --> 00:34:18.159 Sorry, I will need these 00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:19.239 For the next couple of weeks 00:34:19.239 --> 00:34:20.159 Or months 00:34:20.159 --> 00:34:22.579 Three books on the book of Revelation 00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:23.699 If you're interested in 00:34:23.699 --> 00:34:24.819 Finding something to read 00:34:24.819 --> 00:34:26.799 Blessed by Nancy Guthrie 00:34:26.799 --> 00:34:27.619 It's new 00:34:27.619 --> 00:34:30.059 It has a whole series of podcasts 00:34:30.059 --> 00:34:31.139 If you want to listen 00:34:31.139 --> 00:34:31.960 Rather than read 00:34:31.960 --> 00:34:33.539 It's been very good 00:34:33.539 --> 00:34:34.840 Vern Poitras 00:34:34.840 --> 00:34:36.659 The Returning King 00:34:36.659 --> 00:34:37.960 A Guide to the Book of Revelation 00:34:37.960 --> 00:34:39.219 It's small 00:34:39.219 --> 00:34:40.880 But very powerful 00:34:40.880 --> 00:34:42.259 And then 00:34:42.259 --> 00:34:44.500 The commentary that I've spent 00:34:44.500 --> 00:34:45.679 Most of my time is 00:34:45.679 --> 00:34:47.199 Greg Beal 00:34:47.199 --> 00:34:48.659 This is Little Beal 00:34:48.659 --> 00:34:49.639 There's a big one 00:34:49.639 --> 00:34:51.359 So this is 00:34:51.359 --> 00:34:53.059 This is your user friendly version 00:34:53.059 --> 00:34:54.259 It's only 400 pages 00:34:54.259 --> 00:34:55.059 Instead of 800 00:34:55.059 --> 00:34:55.440 So 00:34:55.440 --> 00:34:56.619 But 00:34:56.619 --> 00:34:58.519 If you're looking for those 00:34:58.519 --> 00:34:59.659 They also were sent out 00:34:59.659 --> 00:35:01.000 A couple weeks ago 00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:02.219 In the weekly newsletter 00:35:02.219 --> 00:35:03.739 As an attachment 00:35:03.739 --> 00:35:05.839 And if you need to find that again 00:35:05.839 --> 00:35:07.239 You can contact the church office 00:35:07.239 --> 00:35:09.219 And we can direct you again 00:35:09.219 --> 00:35:10.739 To getting those 00:35:10.739 --> 00:35:15.159 We continue in the book of Revelation 00:35:15.159 --> 00:35:16.819 If you were here in the fall 00:35:16.820 --> 00:35:17.980 You would remember that when 00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:19.480 We looked at the situation 00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:21.019 Of the churches in the first century 00:35:21.019 --> 00:35:22.440 One of the pressures they faced 00:35:22.440 --> 00:35:25.000 Was the rise of the cult of the emperor 00:35:25.000 --> 00:35:28.539 In the first century 00:35:28.539 --> 00:35:31.820 There were slowly but growing 00:35:31.820 --> 00:35:34.280 Worship of the emperor 00:35:34.280 --> 00:35:36.080 Throughout the Roman Empire 00:35:36.080 --> 00:35:37.940 Initially it was only 00:35:37.940 --> 00:35:39.640 Worshipping dead emperors 00:35:39.640 --> 00:35:40.720 So you had to have been 00:35:40.720 --> 00:35:41.940 In the past tense 00:35:41.940 --> 00:35:43.780 In order to get a temple built for you 00:35:43.780 --> 00:35:45.220 But by the end of the first century 00:35:45.219 --> 00:35:47.439 They were starting to build temples 00:35:47.439 --> 00:35:48.799 To living emperors 00:35:48.799 --> 00:35:51.139 And the emperor was being exalted 00:35:51.139 --> 00:35:52.879 To a high level 00:35:52.879 --> 00:35:54.699 And Christians were facing 00:35:54.699 --> 00:35:56.139 A challenge 00:35:56.139 --> 00:35:59.099 Because the empire they lived in 00:35:59.099 --> 00:36:00.799 Was providing great things 00:36:00.799 --> 00:36:02.519 It was providing peace 00:36:02.519 --> 00:36:04.779 It was providing security 00:36:04.779 --> 00:36:09.399 It was providing economic prosperity 00:36:09.399 --> 00:36:10.419 The travel 00:36:10.419 --> 00:36:11.819 The roads that they built 00:36:11.820 --> 00:36:14.680 The ways that they improved society 00:36:14.680 --> 00:36:15.680 For many people 00:36:15.680 --> 00:36:17.519 It was something that they wanted 00:36:17.519 --> 00:36:18.580 To be a part of 00:36:18.580 --> 00:36:19.780 And yet 00:36:19.780 --> 00:36:20.920 And yet 00:36:20.920 --> 00:36:22.740 The emperor was increasingly 00:36:22.740 --> 00:36:23.559 Being raised up 00:36:23.559 --> 00:36:24.140 And of course 00:36:24.140 --> 00:36:24.920 We also know 00:36:24.920 --> 00:36:26.600 That for the Christians 00:36:26.600 --> 00:36:29.000 It wasn't always a great thing 00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:29.720 When the emperor 00:36:29.720 --> 00:36:31.100 Had so much power 00:36:31.100 --> 00:36:32.240 In society 00:36:32.240 --> 00:36:33.420 Because when the emperor 00:36:33.420 --> 00:36:35.380 Decided he didn't like Christians 00:36:35.380 --> 00:36:36.960 Or he wanted to blame Christians 00:36:36.960 --> 00:36:38.660 For things that were going wrong 00:36:38.660 --> 00:36:40.460 Persecution ensued 00:36:40.460 --> 00:36:41.720 And there was great suffering 00:36:41.720 --> 00:36:42.659 In the church 00:36:42.659 --> 00:36:45.920 In the midst of this 00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:47.019 Imagine yourself 00:36:47.019 --> 00:36:48.519 As a first century Christian 00:36:48.519 --> 00:36:50.659 And thinking 00:36:50.659 --> 00:36:51.559 You know what 00:36:51.559 --> 00:36:54.019 They're right 00:36:54.019 --> 00:36:56.159 That's the life I want 00:36:56.159 --> 00:36:57.380 I'm just going to say 00:36:57.380 --> 00:36:58.000 Okay 00:36:58.000 --> 00:36:59.099 I'll worship the emperor 00:36:59.099 --> 00:37:00.880 How bad can it be 00:37:00.880 --> 00:37:03.380 Now 00:37:03.380 --> 00:37:04.800 We sit here in church 00:37:04.800 --> 00:37:05.380 And we think 00:37:05.380 --> 00:37:07.059 Would we do that 00:37:07.059 --> 00:37:10.739 Well 00:37:10.739 --> 00:37:13.039 You know 00:37:13.039 --> 00:37:14.179 There are lots of stories 00:37:14.179 --> 00:37:15.159 Throughout human history 00:37:15.159 --> 00:37:15.860 Where people 00:37:15.860 --> 00:37:18.980 Captivated by something 00:37:18.980 --> 00:37:21.380 That met their longings 00:37:21.380 --> 00:37:22.679 In particular ways 00:37:22.679 --> 00:37:24.119 And showed great promise 00:37:24.119 --> 00:37:24.799 And power 00:37:24.799 --> 00:37:27.739 Turned their allegiance 00:37:27.739 --> 00:37:28.880 To these things 00:37:28.880 --> 00:37:31.519 This is what happened 00:37:31.519 --> 00:37:32.039 In Germany 00:37:32.039 --> 00:37:33.759 In the 1930s 00:37:33.760 --> 00:37:36.100 This is what happened 00:37:36.100 --> 00:37:36.800 In America 00:37:36.800 --> 00:37:39.620 As white people 00:37:39.620 --> 00:37:40.760 Embraced a view 00:37:40.760 --> 00:37:41.640 Of race 00:37:41.640 --> 00:37:44.080 That was so contrary 00:37:44.080 --> 00:37:45.100 To God's plan 00:37:45.100 --> 00:37:46.760 In the church 00:37:46.760 --> 00:37:49.480 And listen 00:37:49.480 --> 00:37:50.580 It happens globally 00:37:50.580 --> 00:37:51.900 It happens politically 00:37:51.900 --> 00:37:53.280 It happens societally 00:37:53.280 --> 00:37:55.320 It happens personally 00:37:55.320 --> 00:37:59.000 When we laugh 00:37:59.000 --> 00:37:59.660 With the bully 00:37:59.660 --> 00:38:01.000 Rather than stand up 00:38:01.000 --> 00:38:02.260 For the kid 00:38:02.260 --> 00:38:02.860 Who's picked on 00:38:02.860 --> 00:38:03.380 At school 00:38:03.380 --> 00:38:06.599 Or when we 00:38:06.599 --> 00:38:08.219 Allow 00:38:08.219 --> 00:38:09.539 A colleague 00:38:09.539 --> 00:38:10.260 To continue 00:38:10.260 --> 00:38:11.219 Speaking poorly 00:38:11.219 --> 00:38:12.699 Of one of your 00:38:12.699 --> 00:38:13.420 Co-workers 00:38:13.420 --> 00:38:15.300 Unfairly 00:38:15.300 --> 00:38:16.079 And unjustly 00:38:16.079 --> 00:38:18.139 How easily 00:38:18.139 --> 00:38:19.280 We get caught up 00:38:19.280 --> 00:38:20.239 In things 00:38:20.239 --> 00:38:21.239 Greater than us 00:38:21.239 --> 00:38:23.099 Because we want 00:38:23.099 --> 00:38:23.639 To belong 00:38:23.639 --> 00:38:24.440 Because we want 00:38:24.440 --> 00:38:25.000 To prosper 00:38:25.000 --> 00:38:27.420 Because we want 00:38:27.420 --> 00:38:28.179 To find life 00:38:28.179 --> 00:38:34.199 This morning 00:38:34.199 --> 00:38:34.719 We're going to look 00:38:34.719 --> 00:38:35.199 At Revelation 00:38:35.199 --> 00:38:36.039 Chapter 13 00:38:36.039 --> 00:38:38.799 And if you want 00:38:38.799 --> 00:38:39.219 To turn there 00:38:39.219 --> 00:38:40.379 It's page 972 00:38:40.379 --> 00:38:41.139 In your pew bible 00:38:41.139 --> 00:38:42.339 We're going to be 00:38:42.339 --> 00:38:43.619 Looking at a picture 00:38:43.619 --> 00:38:44.619 And we're in a section 00:38:44.619 --> 00:38:45.559 In Revelation 00:38:45.559 --> 00:38:46.799 12 through 14 00:38:46.799 --> 00:38:50.139 Where we see 00:38:50.139 --> 00:38:51.199 That there's a real 00:38:51.199 --> 00:38:52.739 Spiritual warfare 00:38:52.739 --> 00:38:53.679 Going on 00:38:53.679 --> 00:38:54.940 That we are involved 00:38:54.940 --> 00:38:55.960 In right now 00:38:55.960 --> 00:38:57.159 Between the forces 00:38:57.159 --> 00:38:58.139 Of God 00:38:58.139 --> 00:38:58.759 And his kingdom 00:38:58.759 --> 00:38:59.480 And those 00:38:59.480 --> 00:39:00.219 Who would stand 00:39:00.219 --> 00:39:01.039 Against it 00:39:01.039 --> 00:39:01.920 And we saw 00:39:01.920 --> 00:39:02.920 There was a dragon 00:39:02.920 --> 00:39:03.920 In the 00:39:03.920 --> 00:39:05.219 Revelation 00:39:05.219 --> 00:39:06.279 Symbolic language 00:39:06.279 --> 00:39:07.199 The dragon 00:39:07.199 --> 00:39:08.359 Symbolizing Satan 00:39:08.359 --> 00:39:10.159 Pursuing the woman 00:39:10.159 --> 00:39:11.299 Who was giving birth 00:39:11.299 --> 00:39:12.179 To the church 00:39:12.179 --> 00:39:15.759 And these pictures 00:39:15.759 --> 00:39:16.960 This image 00:39:16.960 --> 00:39:18.539 Of this grand battle 00:39:18.539 --> 00:39:20.480 And so this is what 00:39:20.480 --> 00:39:21.460 We saw in chapter 12 00:39:21.460 --> 00:39:22.519 In chapter 13 00:39:22.519 --> 00:39:24.179 What we see 00:39:24.179 --> 00:39:25.000 Is an extension 00:39:25.000 --> 00:39:25.899 Of that vision 00:39:25.900 --> 00:39:27.599 We see going back 00:39:27.599 --> 00:39:27.920 And saying 00:39:27.920 --> 00:39:29.160 Okay how did this 00:39:29.160 --> 00:39:30.039 Battle 00:39:30.039 --> 00:39:31.160 How was this battle 00:39:31.160 --> 00:39:31.800 Waged 00:39:31.800 --> 00:39:33.360 And what we will see 00:39:33.360 --> 00:39:34.340 Is that the battle 00:39:34.340 --> 00:39:35.920 Here is waged 00:39:35.920 --> 00:39:37.440 Through counterfeit 00:39:37.440 --> 00:39:38.639 Power 00:39:38.639 --> 00:39:39.579 And being a symbol 00:39:39.579 --> 00:39:40.059 Of Satan 00:39:40.059 --> 00:39:41.500 So here we go 00:39:41.500 --> 00:39:42.639 Then the dragon 00:39:42.639 --> 00:39:43.420 Became furious 00:39:43.420 --> 00:39:43.940 With the woman 00:39:43.940 --> 00:39:44.519 And went off 00:39:44.519 --> 00:39:45.340 To make war 00:39:45.340 --> 00:39:46.000 On the rest 00:39:46.000 --> 00:39:46.800 Of her offspring 00:39:46.800 --> 00:39:48.360 On those who keep 00:39:48.360 --> 00:39:48.960 The commandments 00:39:48.960 --> 00:39:49.660 Of God 00:39:49.660 --> 00:39:50.280 And hold 00:39:50.280 --> 00:39:51.539 To the testimony 00:39:51.539 --> 00:39:52.160 Of Jesus 00:39:52.159 --> 00:39:53.299 And he stood 00:39:53.299 --> 00:39:54.379 On the sand 00:39:54.379 --> 00:39:55.379 Of the sea 00:39:55.379 --> 00:39:57.579 And I saw a beast 00:39:57.579 --> 00:39:58.819 Rising out of the sea 00:39:58.819 --> 00:39:59.539 With ten horns 00:39:59.539 --> 00:40:00.539 And seven heads 00:40:00.539 --> 00:40:01.859 With ten diadems 00:40:01.859 --> 00:40:02.839 On its horns 00:40:02.839 --> 00:40:04.559 And blasphemous names 00:40:04.559 --> 00:40:05.480 On its heads 00:40:05.480 --> 00:40:06.980 And the beast 00:40:06.980 --> 00:40:07.920 That I saw 00:40:07.920 --> 00:40:09.139 Was like a leopard 00:40:09.139 --> 00:40:11.099 Its feet were like a bear's 00:40:11.099 --> 00:40:11.920 And its mouth 00:40:11.920 --> 00:40:13.960 Was like a lion's mouth 00:40:13.960 --> 00:40:15.679 And to it 00:40:15.679 --> 00:40:17.159 The dragon gave his power 00:40:17.159 --> 00:40:17.859 And his throne 00:40:17.859 --> 00:40:19.039 And great authority 00:40:19.039 --> 00:40:20.599 One of its heads 00:40:20.599 --> 00:40:21.380 Seemed to have 00:40:21.380 --> 00:40:22.500 A mortal wound 00:40:22.500 --> 00:40:24.840 But its mortal wound 00:40:24.840 --> 00:40:25.440 Was healed 00:40:25.440 --> 00:40:26.599 And the whole earth 00:40:26.599 --> 00:40:27.500 Marveled 00:40:27.500 --> 00:40:28.340 As they followed 00:40:28.340 --> 00:40:28.960 The beast 00:40:28.960 --> 00:40:30.719 And they worshipped 00:40:30.719 --> 00:40:31.380 The dragon 00:40:31.380 --> 00:40:32.219 For he had given 00:40:32.219 --> 00:40:32.880 His authority 00:40:32.880 --> 00:40:33.579 To the beast 00:40:33.579 --> 00:40:34.279 And they worshipped 00:40:34.279 --> 00:40:34.739 The beast 00:40:34.739 --> 00:40:35.139 Saying 00:40:35.139 --> 00:40:37.500 Who is like the beast 00:40:37.500 --> 00:40:38.960 And who can fight 00:40:38.960 --> 00:40:39.599 Against it 00:40:39.599 --> 00:40:41.219 And the beast 00:40:41.219 --> 00:40:42.259 Was given a mouth 00:40:42.259 --> 00:40:43.159 Uttering haughty 00:40:43.159 --> 00:40:44.420 And blasphemous words 00:40:44.420 --> 00:40:45.420 And it was allowed 00:40:45.420 --> 00:40:46.619 To exercise authority 00:40:46.619 --> 00:40:47.880 For forty-two months 00:40:47.880 --> 00:40:49.400 It opened its mouth 00:40:49.400 --> 00:40:50.599 To utter blasphemies 00:40:50.599 --> 00:40:51.340 Against God 00:40:51.340 --> 00:40:52.619 Blaspheming his name 00:40:52.619 --> 00:40:53.440 And his dwelling 00:40:53.440 --> 00:40:54.599 That is those 00:40:54.599 --> 00:40:55.539 Who dwell in heaven 00:40:55.539 --> 00:40:57.840 Also it was allowed 00:40:57.840 --> 00:40:58.640 To make war 00:40:58.640 --> 00:40:59.260 On the saints 00:40:59.260 --> 00:41:00.220 And to conquer them 00:41:00.220 --> 00:41:01.240 And authority 00:41:01.240 --> 00:41:01.980 Was given it 00:41:01.980 --> 00:41:02.940 Over every tribe 00:41:02.940 --> 00:41:03.599 And people 00:41:03.599 --> 00:41:04.220 And language 00:41:04.220 --> 00:41:04.880 And nation 00:41:04.880 --> 00:41:06.180 And all who dwell 00:41:06.180 --> 00:41:06.720 On the earth 00:41:06.720 --> 00:41:07.660 Will worship it 00:41:07.660 --> 00:41:09.180 Everyone whose name 00:41:09.180 --> 00:41:10.260 Has not been written 00:41:10.260 --> 00:41:11.760 Before the foundation 00:41:11.760 --> 00:41:12.440 Of the world 00:41:12.440 --> 00:41:13.500 In the book of life 00:41:13.500 --> 00:41:14.220 Of the lamb 00:41:14.220 --> 00:41:15.140 That was slain 00:41:15.139 --> 00:41:18.039 If anyone has an ear 00:41:18.039 --> 00:41:19.039 Let him hear 00:41:19.039 --> 00:41:21.199 If anyone is to be 00:41:21.199 --> 00:41:21.960 Taken captive 00:41:21.960 --> 00:41:23.699 To captivity he goes 00:41:23.699 --> 00:41:25.279 If anyone is to be 00:41:25.279 --> 00:41:26.460 Slain with the sword 00:41:26.460 --> 00:41:27.739 With the sword 00:41:27.739 --> 00:41:29.299 Must he be slain 00:41:29.299 --> 00:41:30.900 Here is a call 00:41:30.900 --> 00:41:31.659 For the endurance 00:41:31.659 --> 00:41:33.359 And faith of the saints 00:41:33.359 --> 00:41:36.779 Then I saw another beast 00:41:36.779 --> 00:41:37.920 Rising out of the earth 00:41:37.920 --> 00:41:38.799 It had two horns 00:41:38.799 --> 00:41:39.420 Like a lamb 00:41:39.420 --> 00:41:40.739 And it spoke like a dragon 00:41:40.739 --> 00:41:43.119 It exercises all the authority 00:41:43.119 --> 00:41:44.299 Of the first beast 00:41:44.299 --> 00:41:45.379 In its presence 00:41:45.379 --> 00:41:46.779 And makes the earth 00:41:46.779 --> 00:41:47.639 And its inhabitants 00:41:47.639 --> 00:41:49.219 Worship the first beast 00:41:49.219 --> 00:41:50.639 Whose mortal wounds 00:41:50.639 --> 00:41:52.719 Was allowed to give breath 00:41:52.719 --> 00:41:54.019 To the image of the beast 00:41:54.019 --> 00:41:55.859 So that the image 00:41:55.859 --> 00:41:56.539 Of the beast 00:41:56.539 --> 00:41:57.919 Might even speak 00:41:57.919 --> 00:41:59.459 And might cause those 00:41:59.459 --> 00:42:00.500 Who would not worship 00:42:00.500 --> 00:42:02.179 The image of the beast 00:42:02.179 --> 00:42:03.239 To be slain 00:42:03.239 --> 00:42:05.419 Also it causes all 00:42:05.419 --> 00:42:06.659 Both small and great 00:42:06.659 --> 00:42:07.759 Both rich and poor 00:42:07.759 --> 00:42:09.339 Both free and slave 00:42:09.340 --> 00:42:10.579 To be marked 00:42:10.579 --> 00:42:11.640 On the right hand 00:42:11.640 --> 00:42:12.440 Of the forehead 00:42:12.440 --> 00:42:14.420 So that no one can buy 00:42:14.420 --> 00:42:14.960 Or sell 00:42:14.960 --> 00:42:16.200 Unless it has the mark 00:42:16.200 --> 00:42:17.440 Unless he has the mark 00:42:17.440 --> 00:42:18.740 That is the name 00:42:18.740 --> 00:42:19.380 Of the beast 00:42:19.380 --> 00:42:20.180 Or the number 00:42:20.180 --> 00:42:20.940 Of its name 00:42:20.940 --> 00:42:22.579 This calls for wisdom 00:42:22.579 --> 00:42:23.360 Let the one 00:42:23.360 --> 00:42:24.579 Who has understanding 00:42:24.579 --> 00:42:25.760 Calculate the number 00:42:25.760 --> 00:42:26.400 Of the beast 00:42:26.400 --> 00:42:27.960 For it is the number 00:42:27.960 --> 00:42:28.800 Of a man 00:42:28.800 --> 00:42:30.120 And his number is 00:42:30.120 --> 00:42:31.260 Six 00:42:31.260 --> 00:42:32.160 Six 00:42:32.160 --> 00:42:32.920 Six 00:42:32.920 --> 00:42:36.320 And this is God's word 00:42:36.320 --> 00:42:39.519 So what do we do 00:42:39.519 --> 00:42:40.059 With this 00:42:40.059 --> 00:42:41.519 Well today I want 00:42:41.519 --> 00:42:42.700 To take a classic 00:42:42.700 --> 00:42:43.760 Bible study approach 00:42:43.760 --> 00:42:44.160 To this 00:42:44.160 --> 00:42:45.320 We're going to explain it 00:42:45.320 --> 00:42:47.120 What does it actually say 00:42:47.120 --> 00:42:48.059 And then we're going 00:42:48.059 --> 00:42:48.960 To interpret it 00:42:48.960 --> 00:42:50.500 What does it mean 00:42:50.500 --> 00:42:51.059 What does it mean 00:42:51.059 --> 00:42:51.640 For us 00:42:51.640 --> 00:42:52.300 And then we're going 00:42:52.300 --> 00:42:53.559 To respond to it 00:42:53.559 --> 00:42:54.960 How do we then 00:42:54.960 --> 00:42:56.140 Respond to the truth 00:42:56.140 --> 00:42:56.720 Of this passage 00:42:56.720 --> 00:42:57.400 So if you're taking 00:42:57.400 --> 00:42:58.500 Your notes 00:42:58.500 --> 00:42:59.559 There's our outline 00:42:59.559 --> 00:43:00.280 First we're just 00:43:00.280 --> 00:43:01.620 Going to explain it 00:43:01.619 --> 00:43:03.219 And we're going 00:43:03.219 --> 00:43:03.559 To start 00:43:03.559 --> 00:43:04.679 There are two beasts 00:43:04.679 --> 00:43:05.639 That are obviously 00:43:05.639 --> 00:43:07.199 They dominate this chapter 00:43:07.199 --> 00:43:07.579 Right 00:43:07.579 --> 00:43:08.539 Two beasts 00:43:08.539 --> 00:43:11.179 Are the central images 00:43:11.179 --> 00:43:12.460 And what are they 00:43:12.460 --> 00:43:13.960 Well clearly they are 00:43:13.960 --> 00:43:15.960 Agents of the dragon 00:43:15.960 --> 00:43:17.619 They are like him 00:43:17.619 --> 00:43:18.819 They have horns 00:43:18.819 --> 00:43:20.519 They have crowns 00:43:20.519 --> 00:43:20.739 They 00:43:20.739 --> 00:43:22.099 For the first beast 00:43:22.099 --> 00:43:22.940 The second beast 00:43:22.940 --> 00:43:23.719 Speaks 00:43:23.719 --> 00:43:26.239 As if he were dragon 00:43:26.239 --> 00:43:27.960 They come with power 00:43:27.960 --> 00:43:28.679 And authority 00:43:28.679 --> 00:43:30.980 Again we see the authority 00:43:30.980 --> 00:43:33.400 Given to the first beast 00:43:33.400 --> 00:43:34.380 By the dragon 00:43:34.380 --> 00:43:35.119 His authority 00:43:35.119 --> 00:43:35.840 His thrones 00:43:35.840 --> 00:43:36.500 His power 00:43:36.500 --> 00:43:37.719 The second one 00:43:37.719 --> 00:43:39.139 Shows power 00:43:39.139 --> 00:43:40.940 By doing miraculous things 00:43:40.940 --> 00:43:43.039 These miraculous things 00:43:43.039 --> 00:43:46.380 Are a part of the wonder 00:43:46.380 --> 00:43:48.079 Of these beasts 00:43:48.079 --> 00:43:49.300 You know it's fascinating 00:43:49.300 --> 00:43:50.579 Because beast seems 00:43:50.579 --> 00:43:51.940 To be a negative image 00:43:51.940 --> 00:43:53.780 And yet what we see here 00:43:53.780 --> 00:43:55.579 Is that people marvel at 00:43:55.579 --> 00:43:57.139 And flock to 00:43:57.139 --> 00:43:59.300 And end up following these beasts 00:43:59.300 --> 00:44:00.240 Partly why 00:44:00.239 --> 00:44:02.239 Because they're doing miracles 00:44:02.239 --> 00:44:03.659 The first beast 00:44:03.659 --> 00:44:04.639 Has a wound 00:44:04.639 --> 00:44:06.399 That should have killed it 00:44:06.399 --> 00:44:07.779 And yet it lived 00:44:07.779 --> 00:44:09.719 And the second beast 00:44:09.719 --> 00:44:12.199 Performed signs and wonders 00:44:12.199 --> 00:44:13.439 Using imagery 00:44:13.439 --> 00:44:14.419 That we might have pulled 00:44:14.419 --> 00:44:15.359 From the Old Testament 00:44:15.359 --> 00:44:16.579 When in 00:44:16.579 --> 00:44:18.739 First Kings 18 00:44:18.739 --> 00:44:19.699 Elijah calls 00:44:19.699 --> 00:44:21.099 They come with this 00:44:21.099 --> 00:44:22.439 This massive 00:44:22.439 --> 00:44:24.099 Powerful image 00:44:24.099 --> 00:44:25.739 Of 00:44:25.739 --> 00:44:29.559 That's calling the world 00:44:29.559 --> 00:44:30.699 To respond to them 00:44:30.699 --> 00:44:32.099 Now 00:44:32.099 --> 00:44:33.259 You're here 00:44:33.259 --> 00:44:34.739 And what you see in Daniel 00:44:34.739 --> 00:44:35.259 Is that 00:44:35.259 --> 00:44:36.439 These are actually 00:44:36.439 --> 00:44:37.279 Representative 00:44:37.279 --> 00:44:38.539 Of governments 00:44:38.539 --> 00:44:40.579 And political powers 00:44:40.579 --> 00:44:41.759 They're kings 00:44:41.759 --> 00:44:42.579 And kingdoms 00:44:42.579 --> 00:44:44.059 That will rise up 00:44:44.059 --> 00:44:45.939 Against God 00:44:45.939 --> 00:44:46.719 And his kingdom 00:44:46.719 --> 00:44:47.619 In the world 00:44:47.619 --> 00:44:52.420 The final thing 00:44:52.420 --> 00:44:53.779 We need to explain here 00:44:53.779 --> 00:44:55.420 Is the number 00:44:55.420 --> 00:44:57.139 Because everybody 00:44:57.139 --> 00:44:58.079 Knows this number 00:44:58.079 --> 00:44:58.380 Right 00:44:58.380 --> 00:44:59.880 And you know 00:44:59.880 --> 00:45:00.940 In the last couple of years 00:45:00.940 --> 00:45:02.179 People have wondered 00:45:02.179 --> 00:45:02.779 You know 00:45:02.779 --> 00:45:04.339 Is getting a vaccine 00:45:04.339 --> 00:45:05.579 The mark of the beast 00:45:05.579 --> 00:45:07.400 Or is using a tap card 00:45:07.400 --> 00:45:08.339 On our credit card 00:45:08.339 --> 00:45:09.639 The mark of the beast 00:45:09.639 --> 00:45:10.019 Or 00:45:10.019 --> 00:45:10.980 There are all these 00:45:10.980 --> 00:45:11.659 Different ways 00:45:11.659 --> 00:45:12.619 In which we've wondered 00:45:12.619 --> 00:45:14.619 Well I'll tell you what 00:45:14.619 --> 00:45:15.519 When we talk to 00:45:15.519 --> 00:45:16.339 Bible study 00:45:16.339 --> 00:45:17.579 Bible commentators 00:45:17.579 --> 00:45:18.579 About what the number 00:45:18.579 --> 00:45:19.400 666 is 00:45:19.400 --> 00:45:20.960 They don't know 00:45:20.960 --> 00:45:22.719 They have a lot 00:45:22.719 --> 00:45:24.500 Of really creative ideas 00:45:24.500 --> 00:45:25.319 There's this whole thing 00:45:25.319 --> 00:45:26.139 Called gemetria 00:45:26.139 --> 00:45:26.579 Where you 00:45:26.579 --> 00:45:27.839 Take letters 00:45:27.839 --> 00:45:28.619 And you line them up 00:45:28.619 --> 00:45:29.359 With the numbers 00:45:29.359 --> 00:45:30.219 In the alphabet 00:45:30.219 --> 00:45:31.539 So A is 1 00:45:31.539 --> 00:45:32.299 And B is 2 00:45:32.299 --> 00:45:33.699 And then you add them together 00:45:33.699 --> 00:45:34.940 And if you put 00:45:34.940 --> 00:45:35.920 Nero Caesar 00:45:35.920 --> 00:45:37.839 Transliterated from Greek 00:45:37.839 --> 00:45:38.559 Into Hebrew 00:45:38.559 --> 00:45:40.119 In just the right way 00:45:40.119 --> 00:45:41.380 You might get to 666 00:45:41.380 --> 00:45:43.599 And 00:45:43.599 --> 00:45:47.619 The most compelling 00:45:47.619 --> 00:45:48.240 Argument 00:45:48.240 --> 00:45:49.320 That I found 00:45:49.320 --> 00:45:50.480 Is that we have 00:45:50.480 --> 00:45:51.440 Seen numbers 00:45:51.440 --> 00:45:52.700 In the book of Revelation 00:45:52.700 --> 00:45:54.059 Be symbolic of things 00:45:54.059 --> 00:45:55.559 Throughout the whole book 00:45:55.559 --> 00:45:56.920 And we know 00:45:56.920 --> 00:45:57.840 That the number 7 00:45:57.840 --> 00:45:59.240 Is the number of perfection 00:45:59.240 --> 00:46:00.160 Or completeness 00:46:00.160 --> 00:46:00.840 Or fulfillment 00:46:00.840 --> 00:46:03.240 And so the number 666 00:46:03.240 --> 00:46:04.900 Is the not quite number 00:46:04.900 --> 00:46:06.019 And it's repeated 00:46:06.019 --> 00:46:06.820 Three times 00:46:06.820 --> 00:46:07.900 It is the 00:46:07.900 --> 00:46:09.700 Counterfeit number 00:46:09.699 --> 00:46:11.980 This is almost like 00:46:11.980 --> 00:46:13.119 The perfection of God 00:46:13.119 --> 00:46:14.379 But not quite 00:46:14.379 --> 00:46:16.139 And this idea 00:46:16.139 --> 00:46:16.919 Of counterfeit 00:46:16.919 --> 00:46:18.099 Is not something 00:46:18.099 --> 00:46:19.239 That I just made up 00:46:19.239 --> 00:46:20.719 As we look 00:46:20.719 --> 00:46:21.799 Through this passage 00:46:21.799 --> 00:46:22.460 In fact 00:46:22.460 --> 00:46:23.059 What you see 00:46:23.059 --> 00:46:24.019 Is this beast 00:46:24.019 --> 00:46:25.379 In its compelling 00:46:25.379 --> 00:46:26.619 Nature and power 00:46:26.619 --> 00:46:28.279 Is like 00:46:28.279 --> 00:46:29.939 Christ 00:46:29.939 --> 00:46:31.039 And the Holy Spirit 00:46:31.039 --> 00:46:32.139 The first beast 00:46:32.139 --> 00:46:33.379 Is like Christ 00:46:33.379 --> 00:46:36.239 Think about 00:46:36.239 --> 00:46:36.799 What we know 00:46:36.799 --> 00:46:37.480 About Jesus 00:46:37.480 --> 00:46:39.000 He said 00:46:39.000 --> 00:46:40.159 All authority 00:46:40.159 --> 00:46:40.639 Has been 00:46:40.639 --> 00:46:41.280 In heaven 00:46:41.280 --> 00:46:41.860 And on earth 00:46:41.860 --> 00:46:42.480 Has been given 00:46:42.480 --> 00:46:42.980 To me 00:46:42.980 --> 00:46:43.780 Therefore go 00:46:43.780 --> 00:46:44.760 And preach the gospel 00:46:44.760 --> 00:46:48.000 The first beast 00:46:48.000 --> 00:46:48.980 Is given authority 00:46:48.980 --> 00:46:49.740 And power 00:46:49.740 --> 00:46:51.139 By the dragon 00:46:51.139 --> 00:46:51.800 Right 00:46:51.800 --> 00:46:55.039 Jesus rises 00:46:55.039 --> 00:46:55.659 From the dead 00:46:55.659 --> 00:46:56.400 And says to Thomas 00:46:56.400 --> 00:46:57.539 Put your hand 00:46:57.539 --> 00:46:58.420 In the wound 00:46:58.420 --> 00:46:59.320 In my side 00:46:59.320 --> 00:47:00.360 The mortal wound 00:47:00.360 --> 00:47:01.219 That should have 00:47:01.219 --> 00:47:01.719 Killed me 00:47:01.719 --> 00:47:04.240 Put it in my hands 00:47:04.240 --> 00:47:04.699 And feet 00:47:04.699 --> 00:47:06.579 And the dragon 00:47:06.579 --> 00:47:07.279 Comes and says 00:47:07.279 --> 00:47:08.179 I have a mortal wound 00:47:08.179 --> 00:47:08.439 Too 00:47:08.439 --> 00:47:09.059 And it's 00:47:09.059 --> 00:47:10.179 Been healed 00:47:10.179 --> 00:47:13.079 The counterfeit 00:47:13.079 --> 00:47:13.819 So that we might 00:47:13.819 --> 00:47:15.199 Be led astray 00:47:15.199 --> 00:47:17.339 Into false worship 00:47:17.339 --> 00:47:20.579 This of course 00:47:20.579 --> 00:47:21.179 Is a pattern 00:47:21.179 --> 00:47:21.899 That we know 00:47:21.899 --> 00:47:22.559 Is throughout 00:47:22.559 --> 00:47:23.539 The Bible 00:47:23.539 --> 00:47:24.939 Romans 1 00:47:24.939 --> 00:47:25.519 25 00:47:25.519 --> 00:47:26.719 Talks about this 00:47:26.719 --> 00:47:28.179 We exchange 00:47:28.179 --> 00:47:29.359 The truth of God 00:47:29.359 --> 00:47:29.960 For a lie 00:47:29.960 --> 00:47:30.519 And worship 00:47:30.519 --> 00:47:31.139 And serve 00:47:31.139 --> 00:47:32.299 The creator 00:47:32.299 --> 00:47:33.179 The creature 00:47:33.179 --> 00:47:34.439 Rather than the creator 00:47:34.440 --> 00:47:36.079 Who is blessed 00:47:36.079 --> 00:47:37.920 So 00:47:37.920 --> 00:47:40.220 What is this imagery about? 00:47:40.960 --> 00:47:42.380 It's about these beasts 00:47:42.380 --> 00:47:43.220 Who come like 00:47:43.220 --> 00:47:44.720 Counterfeit saviors 00:47:44.720 --> 00:47:46.200 Counterfeit gods 00:47:46.200 --> 00:47:47.039 That promise 00:47:47.039 --> 00:47:47.659 Power 00:47:47.659 --> 00:47:48.700 And victory 00:47:48.700 --> 00:47:49.539 And success 00:47:49.539 --> 00:47:50.760 And salvation 00:47:50.760 --> 00:47:53.880 But who are not 00:47:53.880 --> 00:47:54.659 The true 00:47:54.659 --> 00:47:55.720 And living God 00:47:55.720 --> 00:47:59.639 And this whole vision 00:47:59.639 --> 00:48:00.659 Seems to be given 00:48:00.659 --> 00:48:02.800 So that 00:48:02.800 --> 00:48:03.940 The church 00:48:03.940 --> 00:48:04.720 Might be prepared 00:48:04.720 --> 00:48:05.860 To see it clearly 00:48:05.860 --> 00:48:06.980 And to respond 00:48:06.980 --> 00:48:07.800 With perseverance 00:48:07.800 --> 00:48:09.560 This is what verse 10 00:48:09.560 --> 00:48:10.260 Is about 00:48:10.260 --> 00:48:11.480 You may have wondered 00:48:11.480 --> 00:48:12.519 It was kind of a weird 00:48:12.519 --> 00:48:13.120 Interlude 00:48:13.120 --> 00:48:13.380 Right? 00:48:14.060 --> 00:48:14.720 It's this 00:48:14.720 --> 00:48:17.019 Look with me 00:48:17.019 --> 00:48:17.600 In verse 10 00:48:17.600 --> 00:48:18.200 Right? 00:48:18.320 --> 00:48:18.960 If anyone has 00:48:18.960 --> 00:48:19.180 Here 00:48:19.180 --> 00:48:20.039 Let him hear 00:48:20.039 --> 00:48:20.280 Oh 00:48:20.280 --> 00:48:21.820 That if anyone 00:48:21.820 --> 00:48:22.880 Is taken captive 00:48:22.880 --> 00:48:23.560 To captivity 00:48:23.560 --> 00:48:24.300 He will go 00:48:24.300 --> 00:48:25.320 And if anyone 00:48:25.320 --> 00:48:25.880 Is slain 00:48:25.880 --> 00:48:26.480 With the sword 00:48:26.480 --> 00:48:27.340 With the sword 00:48:27.340 --> 00:48:28.780 Must he be slain 00:48:28.780 --> 00:48:29.860 Here's a call 00:48:29.860 --> 00:48:30.820 For the endurance 00:48:30.820 --> 00:48:31.360 And faith 00:48:31.360 --> 00:48:32.039 Of the saints 00:48:32.039 --> 00:48:33.940 In the face 00:48:33.940 --> 00:48:34.840 Of these beasts 00:48:34.840 --> 00:48:35.960 Knowing what 00:48:35.960 --> 00:48:36.840 They're gonna do 00:48:36.840 --> 00:48:39.500 For true Christians 00:48:39.500 --> 00:48:40.880 To stand firm 00:48:40.880 --> 00:48:41.740 In believing 00:48:41.740 --> 00:48:42.880 And following Jesus 00:48:42.880 --> 00:48:44.280 They will suffer 00:48:44.280 --> 00:48:45.019 These things 00:48:45.019 --> 00:48:46.080 They will go 00:48:46.080 --> 00:48:46.740 To captivity 00:48:46.740 --> 00:48:47.880 They will go 00:48:47.880 --> 00:48:48.440 To death 00:48:48.440 --> 00:48:50.920 And the call 00:48:50.920 --> 00:48:51.900 Is to persevere 00:48:51.900 --> 00:48:52.760 Through that 00:48:52.760 --> 00:48:53.639 Because there is 00:48:53.639 --> 00:48:54.420 A greater hope 00:48:54.420 --> 00:48:55.740 On the other side 00:48:55.740 --> 00:48:56.420 That we see 00:48:56.420 --> 00:48:57.760 In verse 9 00:48:57.760 --> 00:48:58.920 We'll talk about 00:48:58.920 --> 00:48:59.760 This at the end 00:48:59.760 --> 00:49:00.940 But those 00:49:00.940 --> 00:49:01.539 Whose names 00:49:01.539 --> 00:49:01.960 Are written 00:49:01.960 --> 00:49:02.820 In the Lamb's 00:49:02.820 --> 00:49:04.220 Book of life 00:49:04.220 --> 00:49:05.400 The Lamb who 00:49:05.400 --> 00:49:06.000 Was slain 00:49:06.000 --> 00:49:06.619 For us 00:49:06.619 --> 00:49:10.179 Even if we die 00:49:10.179 --> 00:49:11.019 Persevering 00:49:11.019 --> 00:49:11.840 In faith in him 00:49:11.840 --> 00:49:13.260 Yet we will live 00:49:13.260 --> 00:49:14.280 Because of that 00:49:14.280 --> 00:49:15.700 And so this is 00:49:15.700 --> 00:49:16.420 The purpose 00:49:16.420 --> 00:49:18.139 That God gives us 00:49:18.139 --> 00:49:19.319 For this 00:49:19.319 --> 00:49:20.879 Passage 00:49:20.879 --> 00:49:21.379 This is 00:49:21.379 --> 00:49:22.839 Smorgasbord of images 00:49:22.839 --> 00:49:24.139 What do we do 00:49:24.139 --> 00:49:24.619 With it 00:49:24.619 --> 00:49:25.500 Well 00:49:25.500 --> 00:49:26.420 If you were 00:49:26.420 --> 00:49:27.019 At our Sunday school 00:49:27.019 --> 00:49:27.659 A couple weeks ago 00:49:27.659 --> 00:49:28.319 This is gonna be 00:49:28.319 --> 00:49:28.699 A review 00:49:28.699 --> 00:49:29.639 There are lots 00:49:29.639 --> 00:49:30.299 Of different ways 00:49:30.299 --> 00:49:30.719 That people 00:49:30.719 --> 00:49:31.619 Have interpreted it 00:49:31.619 --> 00:49:32.460 There are four 00:49:32.460 --> 00:49:33.359 Schools of thought 00:49:33.359 --> 00:49:34.259 Throughout the church 00:49:34.259 --> 00:49:35.159 One of them 00:49:35.159 --> 00:49:36.359 Is fairly patently 00:49:36.359 --> 00:49:37.059 Not true 00:49:37.059 --> 00:49:37.900 Because they tried 00:49:37.900 --> 00:49:38.539 To identify 00:49:38.539 --> 00:49:39.519 The beast 00:49:39.519 --> 00:49:40.619 With particular people 00:49:40.619 --> 00:49:41.319 Along the way 00:49:41.319 --> 00:49:41.839 In history 00:49:41.839 --> 00:49:42.400 And so 00:49:42.400 --> 00:49:43.639 You know 00:49:43.639 --> 00:49:44.900 Charlemagne 00:49:44.900 --> 00:49:45.839 Might have been 00:49:45.839 --> 00:49:47.719 The beast 00:49:47.719 --> 00:49:49.139 Well he wasn't 00:49:49.139 --> 00:49:49.939 Because it wasn't 00:49:49.939 --> 00:49:50.959 The end after him 00:49:50.959 --> 00:49:52.459 So whatever it was 00:49:52.459 --> 00:49:53.759 We know that can't be it 00:49:53.759 --> 00:49:54.019 Right 00:49:54.019 --> 00:49:54.679 And so 00:49:54.679 --> 00:49:55.879 But there are three others 00:49:55.879 --> 00:49:56.459 That are worth 00:49:56.459 --> 00:49:57.799 Worth considering 00:49:57.799 --> 00:49:58.879 One is called 00:49:58.879 --> 00:49:59.799 The preterist 00:49:59.799 --> 00:50:00.519 Which sees 00:50:00.519 --> 00:50:01.919 These as images 00:50:01.919 --> 00:50:03.679 That would be fulfilled 00:50:03.679 --> 00:50:05.000 In the first century 00:50:05.000 --> 00:50:06.139 So this is all about 00:50:06.139 --> 00:50:07.139 The Roman Empire 00:50:07.139 --> 00:50:08.599 Christians facing 00:50:08.599 --> 00:50:09.439 The Roman Empire 00:50:09.439 --> 00:50:10.559 And the challenges 00:50:10.559 --> 00:50:11.739 That they face 00:50:11.739 --> 00:50:12.299 And the beast 00:50:12.299 --> 00:50:12.899 Might be 00:50:12.899 --> 00:50:13.599 Nero 00:50:13.599 --> 00:50:14.380 Or Domitian 00:50:14.380 --> 00:50:15.339 Or Diocletian 00:50:15.339 --> 00:50:16.599 It might be 00:50:16.599 --> 00:50:17.559 Addressed 00:50:17.559 --> 00:50:17.839 Ready 00:50:17.839 --> 00:50:19.279 If this might come 00:50:19.279 --> 00:50:20.219 Right 00:50:20.219 --> 00:50:21.319 If you're familiar 00:50:21.319 --> 00:50:22.400 With Hal Lindsay 00:50:22.400 --> 00:50:23.139 In the late great 00:50:23.139 --> 00:50:23.839 Planet Earth 00:50:23.839 --> 00:50:24.759 Or 00:50:24.759 --> 00:50:26.099 Tim LaHaye 00:50:26.099 --> 00:50:27.139 Jerry Jenkins 00:50:27.139 --> 00:50:28.059 In The Left Behind 00:50:28.059 --> 00:50:29.739 This is their take 00:50:29.739 --> 00:50:30.179 Right 00:50:30.179 --> 00:50:31.400 So Nicholas Carpathia 00:50:31.400 --> 00:50:32.480 Is the beast 00:50:32.480 --> 00:50:33.460 In this 00:50:33.460 --> 00:50:34.539 In this image 00:50:34.539 --> 00:50:35.480 If you're familiar 00:50:35.480 --> 00:50:36.139 With that 00:50:36.139 --> 00:50:38.920 The third school 00:50:38.920 --> 00:50:39.279 Of thought 00:50:39.279 --> 00:50:39.619 Is called 00:50:39.619 --> 00:50:40.739 The idealist thought 00:50:40.739 --> 00:50:41.919 That says 00:50:41.919 --> 00:50:42.899 These images 00:50:42.899 --> 00:50:45.219 Are giving pictures 00:50:45.219 --> 00:50:46.419 Or seem to describe 00:50:46.419 --> 00:50:46.979 Some stuff 00:50:46.979 --> 00:50:47.859 In the first century 00:50:47.859 --> 00:50:49.399 And they do seem to 00:50:49.399 --> 00:50:50.479 We do think 00:50:50.479 --> 00:50:51.639 That there is a growing 00:50:51.639 --> 00:50:53.179 Or a trajectory 00:50:53.179 --> 00:50:54.579 Where at the end 00:50:54.579 --> 00:50:55.879 It will get worse 00:50:55.879 --> 00:50:57.459 And there may very well 00:50:57.459 --> 00:50:58.639 Be a particular 00:50:58.639 --> 00:51:00.059 Beast 00:51:00.059 --> 00:51:01.239 Or antichrist 00:51:01.239 --> 00:51:01.899 And we'll get to that 00:51:01.899 --> 00:51:02.199 In a minute 00:51:02.199 --> 00:51:03.259 There may be 00:51:03.259 --> 00:51:04.579 Something in the future 00:51:04.579 --> 00:51:05.459 That we'll get to 00:51:05.459 --> 00:51:06.679 But even now 00:51:06.679 --> 00:51:07.479 We see that 00:51:07.479 --> 00:51:08.579 These things are going 00:51:08.579 --> 00:51:09.799 Going on 00:51:09.800 --> 00:51:10.880 That these dynamics 00:51:10.880 --> 00:51:11.820 Are true 00:51:11.820 --> 00:51:12.680 In the life 00:51:12.680 --> 00:51:13.340 Of the church 00:51:13.340 --> 00:51:14.420 In the world 00:51:14.420 --> 00:51:15.980 So we don't have 00:51:15.980 --> 00:51:16.880 To choose 00:51:16.880 --> 00:51:18.260 And say 00:51:18.260 --> 00:51:19.680 But we can say 00:51:19.680 --> 00:51:20.160 The beast 00:51:20.160 --> 00:51:21.539 Have expressed themselves 00:51:21.539 --> 00:51:22.240 In Rome 00:51:22.240 --> 00:51:23.420 They are expressing 00:51:23.420 --> 00:51:24.000 Themselves 00:51:24.000 --> 00:51:24.800 In our world today 00:51:24.800 --> 00:51:25.960 And they will express 00:51:25.960 --> 00:51:26.600 Themselves 00:51:26.600 --> 00:51:28.200 In the future 00:51:28.200 --> 00:51:31.340 And this is 00:51:31.340 --> 00:51:32.280 This is 00:51:32.280 --> 00:51:33.620 Consistent 00:51:33.620 --> 00:51:34.780 With what we see 00:51:34.780 --> 00:51:36.960 In other parts 00:51:36.960 --> 00:51:37.780 Of the New Testament 00:51:37.780 --> 00:51:38.480 In particular 00:51:38.480 --> 00:51:39.599 Where it talks about 00:51:39.599 --> 00:51:40.280 What happens 00:51:40.280 --> 00:51:40.880 In the future 00:51:40.880 --> 00:51:41.920 Josh is going 00:51:41.920 --> 00:51:42.420 To help me 00:51:42.420 --> 00:51:43.719 Given our time 00:51:43.719 --> 00:51:44.099 We're not going 00:51:44.099 --> 00:51:44.760 To read all 00:51:44.760 --> 00:51:45.579 Of these passages 00:51:45.579 --> 00:51:47.019 But when Jesus 00:51:47.019 --> 00:51:48.500 Talks about the future 00:51:48.500 --> 00:51:49.559 And the coming 00:51:49.559 --> 00:51:50.500 When the disciples 00:51:50.500 --> 00:51:51.340 Say tell us 00:51:51.340 --> 00:51:52.539 When will these things 00:51:52.539 --> 00:51:53.380 Be and what will be 00:51:53.380 --> 00:51:54.460 The sign of your coming 00:51:54.460 --> 00:51:55.740 At the end of the age 00:51:55.740 --> 00:51:56.800 Right 00:51:56.800 --> 00:51:57.579 Matthew 24 00:51:57.579 --> 00:51:58.079 He says 00:51:58.079 --> 00:51:59.360 Many will come 00:51:59.360 --> 00:52:00.900 Not just one 00:52:00.900 --> 00:52:02.059 But many will come 00:52:02.059 --> 00:52:02.719 In my name 00:52:02.719 --> 00:52:04.119 Saying I am the Christ 00:52:04.119 --> 00:52:05.539 In verse 5 00:52:05.539 --> 00:52:07.000 And then in verse 11 00:52:07.000 --> 00:52:07.460 He'll say 00:52:07.460 --> 00:52:09.279 Many false prophets 00:52:09.279 --> 00:52:10.400 Will arise 00:52:10.400 --> 00:52:13.739 So Jesus is saying 00:52:13.739 --> 00:52:14.000 Look 00:52:14.000 --> 00:52:15.400 You're going to see 00:52:15.400 --> 00:52:16.900 This over and over again 00:52:16.900 --> 00:52:17.500 Right 00:52:17.500 --> 00:52:19.420 And then it says 00:52:19.420 --> 00:52:20.880 But at the end 00:52:20.880 --> 00:52:22.820 There will be 00:52:22.820 --> 00:52:23.679 An end to this 00:52:23.679 --> 00:52:24.380 And 00:52:24.380 --> 00:52:26.840 The one who endures 00:52:26.840 --> 00:52:27.440 To the end 00:52:27.440 --> 00:52:28.840 Will be saved 00:52:28.840 --> 00:52:30.380 Paul 00:52:30.380 --> 00:52:32.579 In 2nd Thessalonians 00:52:32.579 --> 00:52:34.980 Chapter 2 00:52:34.980 --> 00:52:36.539 Talks about 00:52:36.539 --> 00:52:37.519 A figure called 00:52:37.519 --> 00:52:38.700 The man of lawlessness 00:52:38.700 --> 00:52:40.680 And he takes his seat 00:52:40.680 --> 00:52:41.800 In the temple of God 00:52:41.800 --> 00:52:43.300 Proclaiming himself 00:52:43.300 --> 00:52:44.300 To be God 00:52:44.300 --> 00:52:46.240 That is the very nature 00:52:46.240 --> 00:52:47.340 Of the counterfeit 00:52:47.340 --> 00:52:48.200 That we see 00:52:48.200 --> 00:52:48.940 Right 00:52:48.940 --> 00:52:49.840 And it seems to be 00:52:49.840 --> 00:52:50.920 An individual here 00:52:50.920 --> 00:52:52.000 But then in verse 7 00:52:52.000 --> 00:52:52.760 It talks about 00:52:52.760 --> 00:52:54.740 The mystery of lawlessness 00:52:54.740 --> 00:52:57.019 That is already at work 00:52:57.019 --> 00:52:58.740 So we see the ongoing nature 00:52:58.739 --> 00:52:59.500 And yet maybe 00:52:59.500 --> 00:53:00.739 A future person 00:53:00.739 --> 00:53:02.179 Who will embody this 00:53:02.179 --> 00:53:02.979 In its fullness 00:53:02.979 --> 00:53:05.459 1st John 00:53:05.459 --> 00:53:06.500 Talks about this 00:53:06.500 --> 00:53:07.299 If you remember 00:53:07.299 --> 00:53:07.879 When we preached 00:53:07.879 --> 00:53:08.519 The 1st John 00:53:08.519 --> 00:53:09.579 Tyler did a great job 00:53:09.579 --> 00:53:09.979 With this 00:53:09.979 --> 00:53:11.639 The antichrist 00:53:11.639 --> 00:53:12.179 Is coming 00:53:12.179 --> 00:53:13.779 But I tell you now 00:53:13.779 --> 00:53:15.339 Many antichrists 00:53:15.339 --> 00:53:16.399 Have come 00:53:16.399 --> 00:53:18.259 And then in verse 22 00:53:18.259 --> 00:53:18.639 Here 00:53:18.639 --> 00:53:20.099 This is the antichrist 00:53:20.099 --> 00:53:21.579 He who denies 00:53:21.579 --> 00:53:22.859 The father and the son 00:53:22.859 --> 00:53:24.299 So is it one 00:53:24.299 --> 00:53:24.959 Or is it both 00:53:24.959 --> 00:53:25.179 Well 00:53:25.179 --> 00:53:26.779 The New testament image 00:53:26.779 --> 00:53:27.099 Is that 00:53:27.099 --> 00:53:28.000 These both 00:53:28.000 --> 00:53:29.239 These are both true 00:53:29.239 --> 00:53:30.500 So if you're wondering 00:53:30.500 --> 00:53:31.719 Why we take this 00:53:31.719 --> 00:53:32.839 Interpretive approach 00:53:32.839 --> 00:53:34.719 Why we do it this way 00:53:34.719 --> 00:53:35.940 It's because we think 00:53:35.940 --> 00:53:36.639 The new testament 00:53:36.639 --> 00:53:37.960 Actually gives us 00:53:37.960 --> 00:53:39.039 A complex picture 00:53:39.039 --> 00:53:41.179 But are ultimately 00:53:41.179 --> 00:53:43.279 Leading us to destruction 00:53:43.279 --> 00:53:45.940 I was actually struck 00:53:45.940 --> 00:53:47.000 By what John 00:53:47.000 --> 00:53:48.839 Was talking about earlier 00:53:48.839 --> 00:53:50.219 With regard to the enlightenment 00:53:50.219 --> 00:53:51.039 Because 00:53:51.039 --> 00:53:52.159 Good heavens 00:53:52.159 --> 00:53:53.000 The enlightenment 00:53:53.000 --> 00:53:54.659 Was an intellectual movement 00:53:54.659 --> 00:53:56.339 That gripped the western world 00:53:56.339 --> 00:53:57.519 And maybe the whole world 00:53:57.519 --> 00:53:59.339 For hundreds of years 00:53:59.339 --> 00:54:01.659 Exalting human reason 00:54:01.659 --> 00:54:02.420 And logic 00:54:02.420 --> 00:54:03.299 And understanding 00:54:03.299 --> 00:54:04.799 To such a height 00:54:04.799 --> 00:54:06.239 And it had a promise 00:54:06.239 --> 00:54:06.659 Of a 00:54:06.659 --> 00:54:08.899 It presented a promise 00:54:08.899 --> 00:54:10.259 Of progress 00:54:10.259 --> 00:54:11.239 Of success 00:54:11.239 --> 00:54:13.559 Of utopia 00:54:13.559 --> 00:54:14.579 Of fulfillment 00:54:14.579 --> 00:54:18.299 And it was beastly 00:54:18.299 --> 00:54:20.000 For those underneath it 00:54:20.000 --> 00:54:21.139 Because it was the enlightenment 00:54:21.139 --> 00:54:22.099 That produced things 00:54:22.099 --> 00:54:23.380 Like the french revolution 00:54:23.380 --> 00:54:26.299 So we can 00:54:26.299 --> 00:54:28.339 Yale university 00:54:28.339 --> 00:54:29.339 Opened up 00:54:29.339 --> 00:54:30.420 Mental health 00:54:30.420 --> 00:54:32.139 Sites 00:54:32.139 --> 00:54:34.420 To care for 00:54:34.420 --> 00:54:35.839 Advocate for positions 00:54:35.839 --> 00:54:37.500 We can support candidates 00:54:37.500 --> 00:54:38.679 But let us 00:54:38.679 --> 00:54:39.759 Never ever 00:54:39.759 --> 00:54:41.119 Confuse them 00:54:41.119 --> 00:54:42.159 Or let them 00:54:42.159 --> 00:54:43.960 Take a counterfeit role 00:54:43.960 --> 00:54:46.860 That God means 00:54:46.860 --> 00:54:48.940 To have in our lives 00:54:48.940 --> 00:54:49.579 Alone 00:54:49.579 --> 00:54:50.619 In the person 00:54:50.619 --> 00:54:51.300 And work 00:54:51.300 --> 00:54:53.240 Of Jesus Christ 00:54:53.240 --> 00:54:59.199 Katie and I 00:54:59.199 --> 00:55:00.019 Were talking about this 00:55:00.019 --> 00:55:00.659 The other day 00:55:00.659 --> 00:55:01.920 And she said 00:55:01.920 --> 00:55:02.179 You know 00:55:02.179 --> 00:55:03.460 One of the things 00:55:03.460 --> 00:55:04.099 That's scary 00:55:04.099 --> 00:55:04.599 Is that 00:55:04.599 --> 00:55:05.460 The church 00:55:05.460 --> 00:55:06.820 Can be the most 00:55:06.820 --> 00:55:08.119 Gullible 00:55:08.119 --> 00:55:09.400 And vulnerable 00:55:09.400 --> 00:55:10.039 To this 00:55:10.039 --> 00:55:11.579 Because we come 00:55:11.579 --> 00:55:12.460 To everything 00:55:12.460 --> 00:55:13.860 With religious fervor 00:55:13.860 --> 00:55:15.960 But we need 00:55:15.960 --> 00:55:16.640 To make sure 00:55:16.640 --> 00:55:17.940 That our religious 00:55:17.940 --> 00:55:19.460 Worship is clear 00:55:19.460 --> 00:55:21.420 So that 00:55:21.420 --> 00:55:22.780 As we live out 00:55:22.780 --> 00:55:23.400 Our lives 00:55:23.400 --> 00:55:24.660 For Christ 00:55:24.660 --> 00:55:25.680 And for his kingdom 00:55:25.680 --> 00:55:27.900 We do so 00:55:27.900 --> 00:55:28.579 In a way 00:55:28.579 --> 00:55:29.900 That makes Christ 00:55:29.900 --> 00:55:30.500 The center 00:55:30.500 --> 00:55:32.240 Of all that we do 00:55:32.240 --> 00:55:35.460 And friends 00:55:35.460 --> 00:55:36.079 We do need to 00:55:36.079 --> 00:55:37.019 Recognize as well 00:55:37.019 --> 00:55:38.539 My time is short 00:55:38.539 --> 00:55:38.900 So 00:55:38.900 --> 00:55:40.900 But I just want 00:55:40.900 --> 00:55:41.480 To recognize 00:55:41.480 --> 00:55:42.200 That deceit 00:55:42.199 --> 00:55:42.919 That it's not 00:55:42.919 --> 00:55:43.539 Just things 00:55:43.539 --> 00:55:44.319 Out there 00:55:44.319 --> 00:55:46.179 Because the church 00:55:46.179 --> 00:55:47.579 Itself is constantly 00:55:47.579 --> 00:55:48.500 Under attack 00:55:48.500 --> 00:55:49.960 The false prophet 00:55:49.960 --> 00:55:51.859 The second beast 00:55:51.859 --> 00:55:52.319 Comes 00:55:52.319 --> 00:55:53.079 And as you look 00:55:53.079 --> 00:55:54.099 Ahead in Revelation 00:55:54.099 --> 00:55:55.159 In chapter 17 00:55:55.159 --> 00:55:56.839 You will see 00:55:56.839 --> 00:55:57.539 That there's this 00:55:57.539 --> 00:55:58.619 Unholy trinity 00:55:58.619 --> 00:55:59.960 Of the dragon 00:55:59.960 --> 00:56:01.000 The first beast 00:56:01.000 --> 00:56:02.039 And the second beast 00:56:02.039 --> 00:56:02.819 Who is then later 00:56:02.819 --> 00:56:04.179 Called the false prophet 00:56:04.179 --> 00:56:06.399 And we know 00:56:06.399 --> 00:56:07.239 That there are 00:56:07.239 --> 00:56:10.059 Dynamics within 00:56:10.059 --> 00:56:10.940 Our church 00:56:10.940 --> 00:56:11.899 Even today 00:56:11.899 --> 00:56:12.919 We know 00:56:12.919 --> 00:56:13.519 That there is 00:56:13.519 --> 00:56:15.039 Such a desire 00:56:15.039 --> 00:56:16.519 In the western world 00:56:16.519 --> 00:56:17.739 And even 00:56:17.739 --> 00:56:19.099 Throughout the whole world 00:56:19.099 --> 00:56:20.199 Where the gospel 00:56:20.199 --> 00:56:21.139 Doesn't become 00:56:21.139 --> 00:56:21.639 The gospel 00:56:21.639 --> 00:56:22.819 Of Jesus Christ 00:56:22.819 --> 00:56:24.019 This is why 00:56:24.019 --> 00:56:25.059 Cults are so 00:56:25.059 --> 00:56:25.759 Attractive 00:56:25.759 --> 00:56:26.599 Because they tell you 00:56:26.599 --> 00:56:27.519 You must do 00:56:27.519 --> 00:56:28.159 These things 00:56:28.159 --> 00:56:29.079 And then you're okay 00:56:29.079 --> 00:56:30.299 And the gospel 00:56:30.299 --> 00:56:31.039 Of grace 00:56:31.039 --> 00:56:32.059 Is that we will 00:56:32.059 --> 00:56:33.380 Never be good enough 00:56:33.380 --> 00:56:34.759 And that only 00:56:34.759 --> 00:56:35.659 By the blood 00:56:35.659 --> 00:56:36.139 Of Jesus 00:56:36.139 --> 00:56:37.239 Shed for us 00:56:37.239 --> 00:56:38.799 And our coming 00:56:38.799 --> 00:56:40.380 Trains people 00:56:40.380 --> 00:56:41.860 To no counterfeits 00:56:41.860 --> 00:56:42.380 Do you know 00:56:42.380 --> 00:56:42.940 What they do? 00:56:43.659 --> 00:56:44.179 They give them 00:56:44.179 --> 00:56:44.840 The real thing 00:56:44.840 --> 00:56:46.159 And they make them 00:56:46.159 --> 00:56:47.460 Study it carefully 00:56:47.460 --> 00:56:48.739 And they look 00:56:48.739 --> 00:56:49.819 At the ink 00:56:49.819 --> 00:56:51.719 And they feel 00:56:51.719 --> 00:56:52.480 The paper 00:56:52.480 --> 00:56:53.340 And they look 00:56:53.340 --> 00:56:54.139 At the design 00:56:54.139 --> 00:56:55.519 And they notice 00:56:55.519 --> 00:56:57.119 The watermarks 00:56:57.119 --> 00:56:57.880 And there are 00:56:57.880 --> 00:56:58.599 All these different 00:56:58.599 --> 00:56:59.699 Tests that they use 00:56:59.699 --> 00:57:00.339 But they give them 00:57:00.339 --> 00:57:01.299 The real thing 00:57:01.299 --> 00:57:02.400 And then when 00:57:02.400 --> 00:57:03.480 They start to give them 00:57:03.480 --> 00:57:04.299 The real thing 00:57:04.299 --> 00:57:04.900 Mixed in with 00:57:04.900 --> 00:57:05.559 Counterfeits 00:57:05.559 --> 00:57:07.440 They kind of know 00:57:07.440 --> 00:57:09.239 Even when they don't 00:57:09.239 --> 00:57:10.319 Even when they can't 00:57:10.319 --> 00:57:10.880 Tell you exactly 00:57:10.880 --> 00:57:11.339 What it is 00:57:11.339 --> 00:57:11.920 They go 00:57:11.920 --> 00:57:12.599 Yeah this doesn't 00:57:12.599 --> 00:57:13.019 Feel right 00:57:13.019 --> 00:57:13.500 And then they look 00:57:13.500 --> 00:57:13.759 At it 00:57:13.759 --> 00:57:14.420 And they can find 00:57:14.420 --> 00:57:15.019 Why it's 00:57:15.019 --> 00:57:16.219 Why it's a counterfeit 00:57:16.219 --> 00:57:17.839 Friends 00:57:17.839 --> 00:57:19.420 This is how we 00:57:19.420 --> 00:57:20.619 Respond to this 00:57:20.619 --> 00:57:21.579 Chapter of the Bible 00:57:21.579 --> 00:57:23.599 We need to look 00:57:23.599 --> 00:57:25.139 To Jesus 00:57:25.139 --> 00:57:26.819 We need to know 00:57:26.820 --> 00:57:28.800 Him so well 00:57:28.800 --> 00:57:30.120 That we won't 00:57:30.120 --> 00:57:31.460 Get drawn away 00:57:31.460 --> 00:57:33.000 By the counterfeits 00:57:33.000 --> 00:57:33.920 That our world 00:57:33.920 --> 00:57:35.500 Seduces us with 00:57:35.500 --> 00:57:36.900 By the counterfeits 00:57:36.900 --> 00:57:37.840 That our church 00:57:37.840 --> 00:57:39.180 Falls into 00:57:39.180 --> 00:57:40.480 In false teaching 00:57:40.480 --> 00:57:42.860 We know 00:57:42.860 --> 00:57:43.580 At the end 00:57:43.580 --> 00:57:44.680 That Jesus 00:57:44.680 --> 00:57:45.320 Will win 00:57:45.320 --> 00:57:46.220 In Revelation 00:57:46.220 --> 00:57:47.280 19-20 00:57:47.280 --> 00:57:48.180 These 00:57:48.180 --> 00:57:49.019 The beast 00:57:49.019 --> 00:57:50.059 And the false prophet 00:57:50.059 --> 00:57:51.460 They are judged 00:57:51.460 --> 00:57:52.220 By the one 00:57:52.220 --> 00:57:52.800 Who comes 00:57:52.800 --> 00:57:54.160 Riding on a white horse 00:57:54.159 --> 00:57:58.339 And they're cast 00:57:58.339 --> 00:57:59.920 Into a lake of fire 00:57:59.920 --> 00:58:02.319 And they will be destroyed 00:58:02.319 --> 00:58:03.420 And the counterfeit 00:58:03.420 --> 00:58:04.159 Will be shown 00:58:04.159 --> 00:58:05.179 For what it is 00:58:05.179 --> 00:58:09.420 In verse 20 00:58:09.420 --> 00:58:10.299 In chapter 20 00:58:10.299 --> 00:58:10.940 Verse 10 00:58:10.940 --> 00:58:11.879 The dragon 00:58:11.879 --> 00:58:13.440 Will likely be cast 00:58:13.440 --> 00:58:14.399 Into the same 00:58:14.399 --> 00:58:15.519 Lake of fire 00:58:15.519 --> 00:58:17.319 These counterfeits 00:58:17.319 --> 00:58:18.579 Will not last 00:58:18.579 --> 00:58:19.579 And if we put 00:58:19.579 --> 00:58:20.299 Our hope in them 00:58:20.299 --> 00:58:20.579 There 00:58:20.579 --> 00:58:22.159 They will destroy us 00:58:22.159 --> 00:58:24.219 But instead 00:58:24.219 --> 00:58:25.599 Let us 00:58:25.599 --> 00:58:27.920 Set our hearts 00:58:27.920 --> 00:58:28.940 And our minds 00:58:28.940 --> 00:58:29.899 On the Lamb 00:58:29.899 --> 00:58:31.399 Who was slain 00:58:31.399 --> 00:58:34.539 I want to close 00:58:34.539 --> 00:58:35.079 By just 00:58:35.079 --> 00:58:36.319 Reminding us 00:58:36.319 --> 00:58:37.199 Of what Scripture 00:58:37.199 --> 00:58:38.059 Tells us 00:58:38.059 --> 00:58:38.819 Jesus 00:58:38.819 --> 00:58:40.239 Born of all creation 00:58:40.239 --> 00:58:41.859 For by Him 00:58:41.859 --> 00:58:43.219 All things were created 00:58:43.219 --> 00:58:43.779 In heaven 00:58:43.779 --> 00:58:44.579 And on earth 00:58:44.579 --> 00:58:46.239 Visible and invisible 00:58:46.239 --> 00:58:47.159 Whether thrones 00:58:47.159 --> 00:58:47.739 Or dominions 00:58:47.739 --> 00:58:48.219 Or rulers 00:58:48.219 --> 00:58:48.859 Or authorities 00:58:48.859 --> 00:58:50.500 All things were created 00:58:50.500 --> 00:58:51.199 Through Him 00:58:51.199 --> 00:58:51.899 And for Him 00:58:51.899 --> 00:58:52.859 And He is before 00:58:52.859 --> 00:58:53.500 All things 00:58:53.500 --> 00:58:54.059 And in Him 00:58:54.059 --> 00:58:55.480 All things hold together 00:58:55.480 --> 00:58:56.639 And He is the head 00:58:56.639 --> 00:58:57.219 Of the body 00:58:57.219 --> 00:58:57.859 The church 00:58:57.859 --> 00:58:58.899 He is the beginning 00:58:58.899 --> 00:58:59.779 The firstborn 00:58:59.779 --> 00:59:00.500 From the dead 00:59:00.500 --> 00:59:01.739 That in everything 00:59:01.739 --> 00:59:03.359 He might be preeminent 00:59:03.359 --> 00:59:04.219 For in Him 00:59:04.219 --> 00:59:05.159 All the fullness 00:59:05.159 --> 00:59:05.699 Of God 00:59:05.699 --> 00:59:06.819 Was pleased to dwell 00:59:06.819 --> 00:59:07.839 And through Him 00:59:07.839 --> 00:59:08.559 To reconcile 00:59:08.559 --> 00:59:09.339 To Himself 00:59:09.339 --> 00:59:10.419 All things 00:59:10.419 --> 00:59:11.539 Whether on earth 00:59:11.539 --> 00:59:12.460 Or in heaven 00:59:12.460 --> 00:59:13.719 Making peace 00:59:13.719 --> 00:59:14.759 By the blood 00:59:14.759 --> 00:59:15.599 Of His cross 00:59:15.599 --> 00:59:19.500 And in Philippians 2 00:59:19.500 --> 00:59:20.659 Paul reminds us 00:59:20.659 --> 00:59:21.719 That though He was 00:59:21.719 --> 00:59:22.559 In the form of God 00:59:22.559 --> 00:59:23.319 He did not count 00:59:23.319 --> 00:59:24.519 Equality with God 00:59:24.519 --> 00:59:26.239 A thing to be grasped 00:59:26.239 --> 00:59:27.400 But emptied Himself 00:59:27.400 --> 00:59:29.900 Taking the form 00:59:29.900 --> 00:59:30.539 Of a servant 00:59:30.539 --> 00:59:31.420 Being born 00:59:31.420 --> 00:59:32.759 In the likeness of men 00:59:32.759 --> 00:59:34.019 And being found 00:59:34.019 --> 00:59:34.799 In human form 00:59:34.799 --> 00:59:35.839 He humbled Himself 00:59:35.839 --> 00:59:37.559 By becoming obedient 00:59:37.559 --> 00:59:38.759 To the point of death 00:59:38.759 --> 00:59:39.539 Even death 00:59:39.539 --> 00:59:40.839 On a cross 00:59:40.840 --> 00:59:42.620 Therefore God 00:59:42.620 --> 00:59:43.980 Has highly exalted Him 00:59:43.980 --> 00:59:45.140 And bestowed on Him 00:59:45.140 --> 00:59:46.500 The name that is above 00:59:46.500 --> 00:59:47.280 Every name 00:59:47.280 --> 00:59:48.160 So that at the name 00:59:48.160 --> 00:59:48.660 Of Jesus 00:59:48.660 --> 00:59:49.900 Every knee should bow 00:59:49.900 --> 00:59:50.360 In heaven 00:59:50.360 --> 00:59:50.980 And on earth 00:59:50.980 --> 00:59:51.720 And under the earth 00:59:51.720 --> 00:59:53.059 And every tongue 00:59:53.059 --> 00:59:53.740 Confess 00:59:53.740 --> 00:59:55.039 That Jesus Christ 00:59:55.039 --> 00:59:55.519 Is Lord 00:59:55.519 --> 00:59:56.780 To the glory of God 00:59:56.780 --> 00:59:57.380 The Father 00:59:57.380 --> 01:00:00.180 Friends 01:00:00.180 --> 01:00:01.740 Here's the thing 01:00:01.740 --> 01:00:02.680 I want you to see 01:00:02.680 --> 01:00:04.120 In both of these passages 01:00:04.120 --> 01:00:05.480 Do you know 01:00:05.480 --> 01:00:06.340 What is unique 01:00:06.340 --> 01:00:07.280 About the glory 01:00:07.280 --> 01:00:07.860 Of Jesus 01:00:07.860 --> 01:00:11.559 He died for us 01:00:11.559 --> 01:00:13.900 He laid down His life 01:00:13.900 --> 01:00:17.120 He didn't take His power 01:00:17.120 --> 01:00:18.820 And impose it on people 01:00:18.820 --> 01:00:20.280 He didn't force 01:00:20.280 --> 01:00:21.740 But He came 01:00:21.740 --> 01:00:22.940 And He loved 01:00:22.940 --> 01:00:23.980 And He laid down 01:00:23.980 --> 01:00:25.059 His life for us 01:00:25.059 --> 01:00:29.599 One of the ways 01:00:29.599 --> 01:00:30.180 We know 01:00:30.180 --> 01:00:31.579 That there's a counterfeit 01:00:31.579 --> 01:00:33.400 Is when it says 01:00:33.400 --> 01:00:34.640 You can either 01:00:34.640 --> 01:00:35.539 Wield your power 01:00:35.539 --> 01:00:36.740 Without any restraint 01:00:36.739 --> 01:00:38.679 Or you can have it all 01:00:38.679 --> 01:00:39.819 Without any cost 01:00:39.819 --> 01:00:42.559 Because neither of those 01:00:42.559 --> 01:00:43.279 Are the gospel 01:00:43.279 --> 01:00:46.299 And my friends 01:00:46.299 --> 01:00:48.599 We need to gird ourselves up 01:00:48.599 --> 01:00:51.879 But if we see Jesus 01:00:51.879 --> 01:00:54.079 If we know 01:00:54.079 --> 01:00:55.899 How great He is 01:00:55.899 --> 01:00:59.339 Then no matter how hard 01:00:59.339 --> 01:01:00.339 That storm will be 01:01:00.339 --> 01:01:02.500 We will persevere 01:01:02.500 --> 01:01:04.780 And we will be those 01:01:04.780 --> 01:01:07.159 Whose names are written 01:01:07.159 --> 01:01:08.780 In the Lamb's book of life 01:01:08.780 --> 01:01:10.099 The Lamb who was slain 01:01:10.099 --> 01:01:12.039 Let's pray 01:01:12.039 --> 01:01:14.760 Lord we thank you 01:01:14.760 --> 01:01:17.400 That you are a great God 01:01:17.400 --> 01:01:18.280 And a great Savior 01:01:18.280 --> 01:01:20.639 And Lord we ask for your help 01:01:20.639 --> 01:01:21.980 For we are wayward 01:01:21.980 --> 01:01:24.860 And our hearts do so often turn 01:01:24.860 --> 01:01:27.920 Lord we are deceived 01:01:27.920 --> 01:01:29.860 Lord save us from this 01:01:29.860 --> 01:01:31.140 And by your spirit 01:01:31.140 --> 01:01:32.440 Give us discernment 01:01:32.440 --> 01:01:34.200 So that our loyalty 01:01:34.200 --> 01:01:35.680 And our worship to you 01:01:35.680 --> 01:01:36.320 Would be full 01:01:36.320 --> 01:01:39.559 We pray this in Jesus name 01:01:39.559 --> 01:01:40.220 Amen 01:01:40.220 --> 01:01:42.120 Well friends 01:01:42.120 --> 01:01:43.240 As we close our service 01:01:43.240 --> 01:01:44.579 As the music team comes up 01:01:44.579 --> 01:01:45.740 We're going to sing a song 01:01:45.739 --> 01:01:46.599 Oh Lord 01:01:46.599 --> 01:02:13.239 A fount of perfect wisdom 01:02:13.239 --> 01:02:17.059 My eye is good 01:02:17.059 --> 01:02:21.859 Am I unending need 01:02:21.859 --> 01:02:28.500 Faithfulness 01:02:28.500 --> 01:02:34.379 My refuge in the night 01:02:34.380 --> 01:02:40.900 O Lord 01:02:40.900 --> 01:02:42.660 My rock 01:02:42.660 --> 01:02:45.340 My redeemer 01:02:45.340 --> 01:02:49.119 Gracious Savior 01:02:49.119 --> 01:02:54.119 Of my ruined life 01:02:54.119 --> 01:02:57.019 My guilt 01:02:57.019 --> 01:02:58.720 And cross 01:02:58.720 --> 01:03:01.440 Laid on your shoulders 01:03:01.440 --> 01:03:04.960 But in my place 01:03:04.960 --> 01:03:08.139 You suffered blood 01:03:08.139 --> 01:03:10.300 And died 01:03:10.300 --> 01:03:13.340 You rose 01:03:13.340 --> 01:03:15.000 The grave 01:03:15.000 --> 01:03:15.920 And death 01:03:15.920 --> 01:03:17.340 Are conquered 01:03:17.340 --> 01:03:21.059 You broke 01:03:21.059 --> 01:03:22.760 My bonds 01:03:22.760 --> 01:03:23.780 To sin 01:03:23.780 --> 01:03:25.179 And shame 01:03:25.179 --> 01:03:27.699 You rose 01:03:27.699 --> 01:03:28.919 You rose 01:03:28.919 --> 01:03:30.440 Now gave 01:03:30.440 --> 01:03:31.419 And death 01:03:31.419 --> 01:03:32.819 I conquered 01:03:32.819 --> 01:03:36.079 You broke 01:03:36.079 --> 01:03:38.159 My bonds 01:03:38.159 --> 01:03:39.139 To sin 01:03:39.139 --> 01:03:40.139 And shame 01:03:40.139 --> 01:03:44.199 Oh Lord 01:03:44.199 --> 01:03:45.919 My rock 01:03:45.919 --> 01:03:48.399 And my redeemer 01:03:48.399 --> 01:03:52.039 May all my days 01:03:52.039 --> 01:03:53.699 Bring glory 01:03:53.699 --> 01:03:56.259 To your name 01:03:56.259 --> 01:03:59.759 May all my days 01:03:59.759 --> 01:04:01.619 Bring glory 01:04:01.619 --> 01:04:04.659 To your name 01:04:04.659 --> 01:04:10.179 Friends 01:04:10.179 --> 01:04:11.199 Thank you for joining us 01:04:11.199 --> 01:04:11.659 For worship 01:04:11.659 --> 01:04:12.480 We hope you'll stick around 01:04:12.480 --> 01:04:13.099 For fellowship 01:04:13.099 --> 01:04:14.420 There's coffee downstairs 01:04:14.420 --> 01:04:16.079 Don't forget next week 01:04:16.079 --> 01:04:16.759 Trinity 101 01:04:16.759 --> 01:04:17.960 We'd love to have you join us 01:04:17.960 --> 01:04:19.539 Please sign up if you can 01:04:19.539 --> 01:04:23.000 And I think 01:04:23.000 --> 01:04:24.659 That's the end 01:04:24.659 --> 01:04:25.559 So let me send you out 01:04:25.559 --> 01:04:26.299 With a benediction 01:04:26.299 --> 01:04:26.940 Now to him 01:04:26.940 --> 01:04:28.079 Who is able to keep you 01:04:28.079 --> 01:04:28.779 From stumbling 01:04:28.780 --> 01:04:30.900 And to present you blameless 01:04:30.900 --> 01:04:31.180 Before 01:04:58.780 --> 01:05:01.920 With a benediction 01:05:03.120 --> 01:05:03.680 To don't forget 01:05:03.680 --> 01:05:03.920 To don't slip 01:05:03.920 --> 01:05:10.640 Into wash 01:05:16.080 --> 01:05:17.220 And Ral�ah 01:05:17.220 --> 01:05:18.760 Don't 01:05:18.760 --> 01:05:19.540 vs 01:05:19.540 --> 01:05:19.740 Tik 01:05:19.740 --> 01:05:20.080 Not 01:05:20.080 --> 01:05:28.720 Pas 01:05:28.719 --> 01:05:40.639 I thought you were going back to birth school.