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 Father, it's a lot easier for us to imagine a really bad future than it is for us to imagine

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 something like heaven.

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 And it's far easier for us, Father, to long for idols masquerading as heaven, to long

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 for utopias that we human beings will make or create by our own power.

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 Father, it's far easier for us to imagine that than it is for us to imagine heaven.

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 It's hard for us, Father, even to hear what your word has to say about it.

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 So we ask, Father, that your Holy Spirit would do a mighty work in our minds and hearts and

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 wills, in our imagination and in our memories.

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 We ask, Father, that you would make our minds and hearts and wills, our imaginations and our

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 memories, that you would make it good soil so that your word will enter in to our mind

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 and our heart and our will, our imagination, our memories, our longings and our yearnings,

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 that your word will enter into us as good soil and that we will bear much fruit for your glory.

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 That, Father, we will have a great desire to see you face to face and to stand in your presence.

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 Father, fan and flame within us such a desire, such a longing and a yearning.

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 And this we ask in Jesus' name, your Son and our Savior.

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 Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 Just apologize in advance for my coughing.

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 On one hand, I just rejoice to see all the leaves coming out in the trees.

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 On the other hand, I also have allergies and asthma.

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 And so it just, I forgot to take my antihistamine this morning, so I'm coughing a little bit from allergies.

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 It always means that spring is a little bit bittersweet for me, since it brings both allergies and,

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 I mean, who wouldn't want the weather?

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 Allergies are worth it to have the weather.

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 Probably in our culture, I think even amongst young people, John Lennon's song,

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 Imagine, is very well known.

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 It begins, imagine there's no heaven.

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 It's easy if you try.

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 No hell below us, above us only sky.

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 And then it goes on and says, you know, maybe one day you'll join us and then the world will be as one.

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 And I'm not going to take any cheap shots at John Lennon and his song.

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 But I am just going to comment that I think he's wrong.

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 I actually think that it's actually very hard to imagine heaven.

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 Sorry, what's that?

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 Yeah, I mean, I think it's very easy to imagine that there's no heaven.

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 That's not actually very hard.

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 I think it's the easiest thing in the world to imagine there's no heaven.

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 I think it's hard at all.

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 It's very easy.

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 What's actually hard is to imagine heaven.

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 It's a well-known problem in drama and in novels and in theater that it's far harder to portray a good character than it is to portray a bad character.

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 In Milton's classic Paradise Lost, the best parts of that poem are where he's describing the devil and hell.

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 And the weakest part is where he's trying to describe heaven.

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 And so, in fact, I think it's very easy to imagine there's no heaven.

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 But it's very hard to get our minds around heaven.

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 And so, if you find your mind starting to drift this morning, one of the things you can pray is that the words here in the Bible,

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 which are describing something which ultimately words can't really describe,

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 and my attempt to bring this word home to you, that somehow or another the Holy Spirit will move and work in minds and hearts and wills in a way,

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 that bring these words home to your imagination, your heart, and your mind, and your will.

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 Because I think the words that are described here in Revelation chapter 21 and 22 are hard for us to imagine.

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 And it's easy for our minds to drift.

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 So, please pray as I go through it.

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 If you find your mind start to wander, say, oh, yeah, that George said that when that happens, I'm supposed to pray.

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 And then we'll all get something out of this very, very beautiful and very powerful passage of scripture.

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 And now, before we sort of look at what it says about heaven, to bring out a bit of a contrast, I'm going to try to tell you two jokes.

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 I'm actually going to tell you two jokes.

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 The question will be whether anybody laughs.

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 I tried it with my family, and these jokes flew like a lead balloon.

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 All of my kids and my wife just looked at me blankly after I told the first one.

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 And because I'm a dad, not to be deterred, I told the second one.

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 And that also flew like a lead balloon.

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 So, we'll see if this works for any of you.

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 Okay?

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 So, here's the joke, the first joke.

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 And by the way, just in advance, I invented the second joke myself.

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 I adapted the first joke into a second joke.

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 And so, the first one I heard from another place, and the second one I developed.

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 So, the Hindu comes, a Hindu is visiting Ottawa, and they come to one of those hot dog vendors that you see downtown in nice weather, sometimes in bad weather as well.

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 And she asks, do you have vegetarian hot dogs?

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 And the vendor says, yes, I do.

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 And he said, you want one?

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 And she says, yes.

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 He says, what do you want on it?

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 And she says, make me one with everything.

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 The Hindu, make me one with everything.

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 You see, if you have to explain it, you have to explain it, it's not a joke, right?

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 The Hindu, make me one with everything.

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 I thought it was real.

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 I thought that was so funny when I read it.

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 So, here's the second one.

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 And she has a Buddhist friend.

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 And so, the Buddhist friend says, I'd also like a hot dog.

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 And the vendor says, what would you like on it?

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 And she says, make me one with nothing.

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 I invented that one myself.

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 So, if you tell it to somebody else, you have to give me credit for it.

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 Either that or blame, okay?

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 If they don't laugh, you can say, that's my pastor.

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 He's so lame when it comes to jokes.

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 Anyway, that's the Hindu, make me one with everything.

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 And for Buddhists, make me one with nothing.

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 And so, the Bible is going to portray a very, very different end than Hinduism or Buddhism.

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 And a very, very different end than Hollywood portrays.

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 And that common human religion portrays.

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 And it's found in Revelation chapter 21 and 22.

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 And today, we're just looking at Revelation 21.

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 So, if you turn in your Bibles with me, we're going to look at this chapter.

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 And I can't figure out a good hot dog joke description of what the Christian belief is.

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 Maybe one of you during the sermon, by the end of it, will have a hot dog joke for Christians.

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 I couldn't figure one out.

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 But as you already know, I'm not very good at figuring out jokes.

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 So, here's what it says.

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 What is it that the Christians understand about the end of all things?

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 And here's how it begins.

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 Verse 1 of chapter 21.

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 Then I saw a new heaven.

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 Oh, we're in trouble.

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 I didn't set my stopwatch.

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 That means I have an extra 10 minutes to preach.

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 No, just joking.

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 So, verse 1.

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 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth.

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 For the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.

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 Just sort of pause there.

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 We're going to actually spend a bit of time on this verse.

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 It's not saying that there's not going to be any surfing in heaven.

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 It's not saying that all of us who want to move to places, all those people who go to Florida in the winter and be by the ocean,

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 that's actually not preparing yourself for heaven at all.

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 What it is, if you read all the way through the book of Revelation, I haven't commented on it.

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 I don't think I've commented on it once.

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 But every time that the sea is mentioned in the book of Revelation, the sea is a symbol.

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 And it's a symbol of evil.

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 And so this is just a continuation of the imagery.

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 If you take a concordance and you look at it and you look at when the sea is mentioned,

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 it's always mentioned in connection with the devil.

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 So it's not being literal here.

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 It's just a continuation of the imagery.

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 And so what it's trying to say, verse 1.

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 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth.

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 For the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.

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 It means that there's no evil whatsoever, no source of evil, that all you have is the new heaven and the new earth with no evil whatsoever.

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 And here's the first point.

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 The first point is, I will have a resurrection body.

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 And I just realized after I sent it to Andrew and before I could text him again, we should get rid of the word to and put in the word and.

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 And then the sentence actually makes sense, which is a good thing for a sentence to do to make sense.

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 I will have a resurrection body and dwell in the new heaven and earth that God will make.

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 I will have a resurrection body and dwell in the new heaven and earth that God will make.

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 That's what the Bible teaches, that God's desire for every human being that was born, we won't all get there.

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 Talk about that in a few moments.

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 But that's what God's desire is.

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 He is going to make a new heaven and a new earth.

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 And he will give his people, he will transform us so that we can live in that new heaven and that new earth.

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 You know, it's very funny.

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 I've been waiting several weeks to say this because I realized it several weeks ago.

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 And so now it's my chance.

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 You know, when I said that, you know, the Hindu hot dog person says, make me one with everything and the Buddhist make me one with nothing.

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 In both of those systems of thought, basically the end of all things is one version of what Christians believe hell is.

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 Isn't that sort of shocking?

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 Because in Christian circles, in Orthodox Christian circles, there's a bit of a debate as to whether after, in a sense, God punishes us in hell, that eventually there's an annihilation that we no longer exist.

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 And other Christians believe that there's not an annihilation.

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 And I'm not going to comment on it in the sermons.

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 That would be a whole, that would be one of those things we'd have to have sort of a couple of Bible studies at.

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 There's a whole range of texts and complicated things to sort out.

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 But here's the thing.

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 If that annihilation view of hell is correct, then that annihilation, which Christians understand as hell, that's exactly what Hindus and Buddhists seek as heaven.

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 Because to be one with everything is to completely and utterly lose yourself.

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 You cease existing, right?

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 Because the famous analogy is it's like a drop of water joining the sea.

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 And once you put a drop of water into the sea, the drop of water disappears.

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 It no longer exists.

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 It's just the sea.

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 It's just the ocean.

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 And, you know, so this has to mean that if, in fact, for a Buddhist and a Hindu,

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 what they long and yearn for is annihilation.

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 And if the Bible is inviting us not to long for annihilation but to flee annihilation,

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 and instead to understand that God is going to make a new heaven and earth.

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 It's not that he's just going to make a new earth.

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 It's going to be a new heaven and a new earth.

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 And that he will make us so that we can dwell there at home.

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 Dwell in earth and heaven.

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 That's a radically, radically different vision of what's going to happen.

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 It's the end of the big picture of the Christian story.

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 So, in a sense, chapter 21 and 22, the last two chapters of the Bible,

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 they're the true counterpoint to the first two chapters of the Bible,

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 Genesis chapter 1 and 2.

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 And, in fact, even in a few moments when we're going to talk about some of the things

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 that God's going to do in the new heaven and the new earth,

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 it'd be very interesting for you later on to go back and read Genesis 3

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 where evil comes into the world, and you see what happens as evil comes into the world,

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 pain and tears and sorrow and all of that.

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 And then you see what's going to happen in the new heaven and the new earth.

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 It's a specific reversal or overcoming of the fall.

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 And in the big picture of the Christian story, God makes everything good.

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 God creates everything, and he makes it good.

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 And he makes human beings to have a pivotal, central role in the created order.

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 That human beings, in a sense, are the priests of the created order.

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 That they alone are made, we alone are made in the image of God, the likeness of God.

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 That we, in a sense, are to give voice

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 and a specific type of intimate, personal relationship with God

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 on behalf of the entire created order.

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 And that Adam and Eve, who have this, in a sense, representative role

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 for all human beings who since existed,

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 that they chose not to be those priests and to be in union with God

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 and communion with God and fellowship with God,

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 and they chose to be like God themselves.

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 They chose to dethrone God in the attempt to be God themselves.

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 So the big Christian story is that it begins with creation, which is good.

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 It moves to the fall, which means that now human beings

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 and all human reality is slightly bent.

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 That it's no longer the way it was intended to be.

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 That there's now evil in the world.

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 That there's now pain in the world.

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 That there's now death in the world.

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 And it all comes as a result of Adam and Eve

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 and their decision to try to be like God's themselves.

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 And then all of what we know as the Old Testament.

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 Genesis chapter 4, right to the end of Malachi.

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 That is the period of promise.

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 It is the period of God revealing to people

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 what he is going to do to rectify the situation.

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 It's God making clear to people that they can't rectify it themselves.

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 To make it clear just how far they've been bent away from God.

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 And a promise that God is going to send to deliver.

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 And then we have in Matthew, Mark, and Luke, and John,

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 we have God keeping his promise.

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 We go from creation to fall to the promises

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 to God keeping his promise in the person of his son, Jesus Christ,

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 who the Bible describes as a second Adam.

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 And Jesus lives amongst us,

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 suffering the trials and temptations that we suffer only without sin.

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 But he does all that he experiences these trials and temptations without sinning.

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 But that isn't what we need.

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 We ultimately need this sacrifice that only God can make,

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 where evil is dealt with, and rebellion is dealt with,

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 and the punishment is dealt with, and the banishment and destruction,

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 and all of the consequences of evil,

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 and all of the things that God should really do to make things right,

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 so that he's both just, and because he's good and loving and merciful,

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 Jesus takes our place.

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 He takes the place.

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 What would unmake us if God did it to us,

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 Jesus comes and stands in our place,

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 so that what would unmake us falls on him and unmakes him.

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 And in that coming and dying upon the cross,

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 he trades his place for mine.

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 That's what we receive when we put our faith and trust in Jesus.

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 Not only him standing in our stead, but him offering us his place instead.

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 And the big picture of the Christian story is God creates all things good.

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 Evil comes into the world through human actions.

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 God then speaks to us as human beings and starts making promises

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 about how he's going to put all things right,

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 because only God can put all things right.

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 And the Gospels are the story of how God comes to put all things right,

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 and then the rest of the New Testament up until Revelation chapter 21 and 22.

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 I'm simplifying things just slightly.

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 That's the period of the already not yet.

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 That's what we live in right now.

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 The already not yet.

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 On one hand, as I read in 1 Peter,

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 I'm a sojourner.

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 My true home is in heaven.

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 But I live here right now.

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 I have the Holy Spirit within me when I put my faith and trust in Jesus

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 as a type of first fruits.

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 But I still, that God hasn't created the new heaven and the new earth yet.

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 So we have creation.

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 We have fall.

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 We have the promises.

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 We have God keeping his promise.

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 We have the already not yet.

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 And then at one point in time, which is still in the future for us,

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 what's described in Revelation chapter 21 and 22,

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 we have God making a new heaven and a new earth,

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 the end of the story,

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 which is the beginning of the real story.

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 It's the end of this story.

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 And God makes all things new.

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 He makes a new heaven and a new earth.

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 And for those who are the followers of Jesus,

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 the adopted children of God by grace,

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 the true story, the long story,

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 the unending story where every day is better than the one before

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 is just the beginning.

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 And in that story,

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 I will have a resurrection body

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 and dwell in the new heaven and earth

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 that God will make.

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 Now, you know, if you have a story,

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 if you understand that the end of all things is annihilation,

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 then why should you care for this creation right now?

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 If at the end of all things is going to be annihilation,

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 why should you care for other people

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 who will only be annihilated

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 if they end up managing their karma,

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 they will only end up being annihilated?

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 Why care for things?

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 Now, I'm not saying that there's no caring for things

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 in cultures dominated by Hinduism and Buddhism.

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 I would say it's because we're ultimately made in the image of God

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 and there's this, in a sense,

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 residual memory in each person

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 that, in fact,

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 that there's this different story

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 which we were made for,

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 that creation isn't a prison

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 for our souls or our spirits,

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 that the created order is not a prison.

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 The created order is not a punishment for us.

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 There is, on one hand,

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 the story of Hinduism and Buddhism

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 is that the created order is a type of punishment for us,

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 but there's this part of us

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 that knows that that's not true.

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 And so you see tended gardens

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 and you see good things that happen.

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 But for us as Christians,

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 this idea that God created us

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 to have bodies and to be in a relationship with him

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 and that when the story is all over

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 that there will be new heaven and a new earth,

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 then of course we should care for people.

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 And of course we should care for this created order.

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 And you and I might know

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 that we'll never make this world perfect.

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 In fact, if there's one thing that comes from this story

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 is that the modern habit of organizing ethics

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 and right and wrong around some type of utopian future,

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 and that's a very, very powerful,

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 you know, just the whole,

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 anytime somebody says that something's progressive,

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 it means that they believe

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 there's some type of utopian future

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 that human beings are going to make

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 that we're moving forward towards.

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 And Christians are to rid utopia

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 from their minds completely and utterly.

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 It's one of the most important things

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 for discipleship today

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 and to form a Christian mind today

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 is to completely and utterly rid our mind

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 of any form of man-made,

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 woman-made, human-made utopia.

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 Because we understand that God is going to do this.

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 But it doesn't mean that we don't care for things.

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 We care for things even more

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 because creation matters to God.

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 It was made by God

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 and the end of all things

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 will not be annihilation,

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 but it will be a new heaven

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 and a new earth that God makes

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 and that God's adopted children by grace

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 will dwell in forever.

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 I can't get my glasses back on.

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 I was at a...

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 It's funny.

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 One of the things that can unite some churches

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 is what they say that's wrong.

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 I was at a United Church funeral a few years ago

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 and the minister said

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 that the person who had died

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 had become an angel.

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 It was just about a year after

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 I'd been at a Roman Catholic church

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 and the priest said

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 that the person who had died

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 had become an angel.

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 And it's very, very common

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 to hear people talk.

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 It's a bit surprising to hear a minister

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 or a priest say

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 that a person who dies

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 has become an angel,

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 but it's a very common type of idea.

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 And so if we do try to imagine heaven,

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 it's trying to imagine

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 what it's like to be an angel,

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 a disembodied spirit

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 with wings,

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 well, without wings,

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 but a disembodied spirit.

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 And on the other hand,

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 many of us,

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 when we try to imagine heaven,

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 we sort of are greatly influenced

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 by Hollywood.

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 One of my favorite movies

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 is Gladiator.

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 I know that it's almost completely

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 and utterly wrong

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 about everything that it says

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 about the Roman world,

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 but apart from that,

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 it's a very, very compelling movie

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 as long as you don't think

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 you've learned anything at all

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 about Rome from watching the movie.

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 Just remember that.

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 I learned nothing about Rome

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 from this movie.

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 It's a good movie.

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 And of course,

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 at the end of that movie,

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 it's not a spoiler alert,

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 you know,

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 you see the fellow

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 and it's of course in a,

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 the fields look beautiful

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 and the light filter is very nice

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 and it's a,

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 and there's a bit of a wind

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 and everything is blowing

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 and he gets reunited

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 with his wife

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 and his son,

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 the hero of the movie

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 and that's heaven.

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 And so,

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 most of us in Canada,

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 when we do try to imagine heaven,

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 what we imagine

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 is either becoming like spirits

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 or we imagine

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 some type of future like that

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 without God present.

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 But we see that the Bible

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 is asking us to imagine

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 something which is very,

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 very, very, very different.

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 Like already,

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 this is quite different

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 than how most people

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 try to envision heaven,

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 but,

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 but,

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 but the next part

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 is even more stunningly different.

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 Verses two and three.

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 Actually,

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 we'll start at verse one again.

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 Then I saw a new heaven

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 and a new earth

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 for the first heaven

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 and the first earth

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 had passed away

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 and the sea was no more.

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 Verse two,

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 and I saw the holy city,

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 New Jerusalem,

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 coming down out of heaven

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 from God,

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 prepared as a bride

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 adorned for her husband.

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 And I heard a loud voice

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 from the throne saying,

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 behold,

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 the dwelling place of God

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 is with man.

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 He will dwell with them

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 and they will be his people

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 and God himself

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 will be with them

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 as their God.

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 Notice that again.

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 Remember I said

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 we had to rid our minds

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 of all sense of utopia

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 that human beings

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 are going to be able

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 to try to create

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 some type of perfect society.

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 Heaven here,

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 verse two,

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 I saw the holy city,

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 New Jerusalem,

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 coming down out of heaven

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 from God.

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 Here's the thing.

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 I'm going to word it

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 in these ways.

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 If you could put it up

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 on the screen.

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 I will live,

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 here's,

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 here's what heaven is.

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 Here's what you can pray

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 you have a longing for.

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 And I put it in terms of I

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 so that if you write it

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 down in your notes,

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 it's not we,

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 it's not you,

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 it's not they,

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 it's I.

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 I will live in the city

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 where I am a neighbor,

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 where I have a neighbor,

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 and where everyone

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 has God

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 as their neighbor.

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 That's heaven.

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 That's heaven.

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 The city.

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 Now next week

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 we're going to look

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 at the second image.

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 A few weeks ago

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 I talked about the image

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 of the bride

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 and the feast.

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 And next Sunday

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 we'll look at

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 Revelation 22

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 which has the image

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 of the Garden of Eden.

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 A Garden of Eden.

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 It's an image

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 of a garden.

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 But for now

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 all of chapter 21

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 in fact

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 what's going to happen

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 is that there's going

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 to be a few more talk

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 a little bit about

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 what it's like

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 to be in that city

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 and verses 9

00:24:22.259 --> 00:24:23.140
 to the end of the chapter

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 is just a description

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 of the city.

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 And I'm not going

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 to go through

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 and well maybe

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 I will read it

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 in a moment

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 but here's the

00:24:29.560 --> 00:24:30.220
 fundamental image.

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 This is a spectacular,

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 spectacularly important image.

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 Right?

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 So if the modern

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 Canadian type of image

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 is that somehow

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 or another

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 when you die

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 you become an angel

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 well if you're going

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 to become an angel

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 when you die

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 why should you really

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 care about what

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 goes on in the city?

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 Why should you care

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 about what goes

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 on in the world?

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 If you're just going

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 to become an angel

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 when you die

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 like why should you

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 care about your neighbors?

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 And if all that happens

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 is when you die

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 you go to be with

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 the people whom you like

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 hopefully they've picked

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 you to be in heaven

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 with them by the way.

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 That's an intellectual problem

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 that people have

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 never talked about.

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 You know?

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 What if it happens

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 that you die

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 and it's like going

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 to a party

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 where everybody

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 when they talk to you

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 they're looking

00:25:10.480 --> 00:25:11.480
 for somebody better

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 to talk to?

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 We wouldn't think

00:25:14.120 --> 00:25:14.860
 that was heaven

00:25:14.860 --> 00:25:15.400
 would we?

00:25:15.600 --> 00:25:16.520
 I hate going

00:25:16.520 --> 00:25:17.060
 to a party

00:25:17.060 --> 00:25:18.560
 where I know nobody

00:25:18.560 --> 00:25:20.000
 I get stuck

00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:20.620
 with somebody

00:25:20.620 --> 00:25:21.460
 and I can tell

00:25:21.460 --> 00:25:22.640
 they think

00:25:22.640 --> 00:25:23.120
 they're stuck

00:25:23.120 --> 00:25:23.700
 with me

00:25:23.700 --> 00:25:24.580
 and they don't

00:25:24.580 --> 00:25:25.160
 want to talk

00:25:25.160 --> 00:25:25.660
 to me

00:25:25.660 --> 00:25:26.940
 even for an instant

00:25:26.940 --> 00:25:28.120
 because their eyes

00:25:28.120 --> 00:25:28.980
 are going like this

00:25:28.980 --> 00:25:30.620
 all over the room

00:25:30.620 --> 00:25:31.480
 hoping they say

00:25:31.480 --> 00:25:32.819
 oh there's Fred

00:25:32.819 --> 00:25:35.319
 good to see you Bill

00:25:35.319 --> 00:25:36.360
 they say to me

00:25:36.360 --> 00:25:37.120
 because they don't

00:25:37.120 --> 00:25:38.079
 even remember my name

00:25:38.079 --> 00:25:38.559
 and you know

00:25:38.559 --> 00:25:39.960
 so people never think

00:25:39.960 --> 00:25:40.839
 that you know

00:25:40.839 --> 00:25:41.360
 when we die

00:25:41.360 --> 00:25:41.839
 we go to be

00:25:41.839 --> 00:25:42.680
 with our loved ones

00:25:42.680 --> 00:25:43.200
 and they don't realize

00:25:43.200 --> 00:25:43.980
 that their loved ones

00:25:43.980 --> 00:25:44.360
 are hoping

00:25:44.360 --> 00:25:45.860
 we won't be with them

00:25:45.860 --> 00:25:47.140
 when they die

00:25:47.140 --> 00:25:47.680
 okay

00:25:47.680 --> 00:25:48.539
 that's a

00:25:48.539 --> 00:25:50.960
 maybe we should send

00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:51.640
 some letters

00:25:51.640 --> 00:25:52.660
 to the National Post

00:25:52.660 --> 00:25:53.599
 to the Ottawa Citizen

00:25:53.599 --> 00:25:54.180
 to ask them

00:25:54.180 --> 00:25:54.940
 to try to reflect

00:25:54.940 --> 00:25:55.779
 on that problem

00:25:55.779 --> 00:25:56.420
 in terms of

00:25:56.420 --> 00:25:57.420
 the modern Canadian

00:25:57.420 --> 00:25:57.960
 view of heaven

00:25:57.960 --> 00:25:59.380
 so but you know what

00:25:59.380 --> 00:26:01.080
 so if the modern view

00:26:01.080 --> 00:26:01.380
 of heaven

00:26:01.380 --> 00:26:02.200
 is either angels

00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:02.799
 or we're just going

00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:03.299
 to be with people

00:26:03.299 --> 00:26:03.700
 we like

00:26:03.700 --> 00:26:04.440
 why should we bother

00:26:04.440 --> 00:26:05.140
 with neighbors

00:26:05.140 --> 00:26:06.180
 why should we bother

00:26:06.180 --> 00:26:06.960
 with the city

00:26:06.960 --> 00:26:09.500
 but heaven

00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:10.279
 is pictured

00:26:10.279 --> 00:26:11.200
 as the city

00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:15.180
 this is really important

00:26:15.180 --> 00:26:16.740
 for modern Canadians

00:26:16.740 --> 00:26:18.060
 and modern North Americans

00:26:18.060 --> 00:26:19.400
 because so many

00:26:19.400 --> 00:26:20.440
 Christians

00:26:20.440 --> 00:26:22.700
 flee to the suburbs

00:26:22.700 --> 00:26:24.140
 with the hope

00:26:24.140 --> 00:26:25.019
 that they don't really

00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:25.960
 have to be part

00:26:25.960 --> 00:26:26.480
 of the city

00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:28.720
 so many church slides

00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:29.980
 in worship services

00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:30.900
 are pictures

00:26:30.900 --> 00:26:31.759
 of nature

00:26:31.759 --> 00:26:35.240
 as if real living

00:26:35.240 --> 00:26:36.640
 is getting away

00:26:36.640 --> 00:26:37.480
 from people

00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:39.460
 and real living

00:26:39.460 --> 00:26:40.380
 is getting away

00:26:40.380 --> 00:26:41.140
 from the city

00:26:41.140 --> 00:26:43.340
 but in the book

00:26:43.340 --> 00:26:44.000
 of Revelation

00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:44.960
 when it pictures

00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:46.000
 the new heaven

00:26:46.000 --> 00:26:46.980
 and the new earth

00:26:46.980 --> 00:26:48.799
 and it pictures

00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:49.480
 where I'm going

00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:49.960
 to dwell

00:26:49.960 --> 00:26:51.400
 with my resurrected body

00:26:51.400 --> 00:26:52.279
 it pictures

00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:53.019
 a city

00:26:53.019 --> 00:26:54.799
 and it pictures

00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:55.460
 a city

00:26:55.460 --> 00:26:56.859
 where I have

00:26:56.859 --> 00:26:57.399
 neighbors

00:26:57.399 --> 00:26:59.059
 and it pictures

00:26:59.059 --> 00:26:59.700
 a city

00:26:59.700 --> 00:27:01.480
 where I can't move

00:27:01.480 --> 00:27:02.319
 into a neighborhood

00:27:02.319 --> 00:27:03.480
 without having God

00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:04.180
 as my neighbor

00:27:04.180 --> 00:27:08.759
 everybody who lives

00:27:08.759 --> 00:27:09.899
 there has a neighbor

00:27:09.899 --> 00:27:10.920
 and everybody

00:27:10.920 --> 00:27:12.180
 has one of their

00:27:12.180 --> 00:27:12.579
 neighbors

00:27:12.579 --> 00:27:13.359
 is God

00:27:13.359 --> 00:27:15.859
 and we dwell there

00:27:15.859 --> 00:27:16.539
 with God

00:27:16.539 --> 00:27:17.660
 as our God

00:27:17.660 --> 00:27:19.440
 and we enjoy it

00:27:19.440 --> 00:27:20.960
 I mean I don't even

00:27:20.960 --> 00:27:21.220
 have to

00:27:21.220 --> 00:27:21.960
 can you see

00:27:21.960 --> 00:27:23.259
 this is revolutionary

00:27:23.259 --> 00:27:24.680
 in terms of how

00:27:24.680 --> 00:27:25.259
 we should view

00:27:25.259 --> 00:27:25.840
 our city

00:27:25.840 --> 00:27:27.460
 not that Ottawa

00:27:27.460 --> 00:27:28.000
 is heaven

00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:29.259
 far from it

00:27:29.259 --> 00:27:32.840
 but the city

00:27:32.840 --> 00:27:33.559
 matters

00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:34.400
 to God

00:27:34.400 --> 00:27:36.279
 cities matter

00:27:36.279 --> 00:27:36.960
 to God

00:27:36.960 --> 00:27:40.740
 and you know

00:27:40.740 --> 00:27:41.759
 to understand

00:27:41.759 --> 00:27:44.240
 that in heaven

00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:45.120
 I'm going to have

00:27:45.120 --> 00:27:45.640
 neighbors

00:27:45.640 --> 00:27:46.440
 and I'm going

00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:47.200
 to be a neighbor

00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:49.140
 like all this week

00:27:49.140 --> 00:27:49.720
 and it sort of

00:27:49.720 --> 00:27:50.140
 struck me

00:27:50.140 --> 00:27:50.500
 I was trying to

00:27:50.500 --> 00:27:50.920
 think how to

00:27:50.920 --> 00:27:51.480
 put down

00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:51.900
 this you know

00:27:51.900 --> 00:27:52.480
 God will dwell

00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:52.940
 with us

00:27:52.940 --> 00:27:53.420
 and all that

00:27:53.420 --> 00:27:53.940
 and it struck

00:27:53.940 --> 00:27:54.140
 me

00:27:54.140 --> 00:27:54.600
 neighbors

00:27:54.600 --> 00:27:56.020
 I mean I think

00:27:56.020 --> 00:27:56.520
 I'm an alright

00:27:56.520 --> 00:27:56.840
 neighbor

00:27:56.840 --> 00:27:58.240
 I live in the

00:27:58.240 --> 00:27:58.480
 suburbs

00:27:58.480 --> 00:27:59.100
 because that's

00:27:59.100 --> 00:27:59.420
 where I can

00:27:59.420 --> 00:27:59.960
 afford to own

00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:00.340
 a house

00:28:00.340 --> 00:28:01.759
 and I live

00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:02.120
 in one of those

00:28:02.120 --> 00:28:02.440
 suburbs

00:28:02.440 --> 00:28:03.000
 where you hardly

00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:03.460
 know your

00:28:03.460 --> 00:28:03.780
 neighbors

00:28:03.780 --> 00:28:04.220
 you know

00:28:04.220 --> 00:28:04.800
 and

00:28:04.800 --> 00:28:08.960
 but this

00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:09.860
 means that

00:28:09.860 --> 00:28:10.700
 I mean this

00:28:10.700 --> 00:28:11.480
 means on a city

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:12.080
 level that we

00:28:12.080 --> 00:28:12.620
 should have a heart

00:28:12.620 --> 00:28:13.120
 for our city

00:28:13.120 --> 00:28:13.740
 which is part of

00:28:13.740 --> 00:28:14.580
 our vision statement

00:28:14.579 --> 00:28:18.559
 and it's an

00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:19.099
 important thing

00:28:19.099 --> 00:28:19.599
 for us to figure

00:28:19.599 --> 00:28:20.019
 out how to be

00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:20.919
 great neighbors

00:28:20.919 --> 00:28:21.599
 on one level

00:28:21.599 --> 00:28:22.139
 it's training

00:28:22.139 --> 00:28:22.740
 for heaven

00:28:22.740 --> 00:28:24.119
 and even

00:28:24.119 --> 00:28:24.960
 apart from

00:28:24.960 --> 00:28:26.439
 this level

00:28:26.439 --> 00:28:26.799
 of what it

00:28:26.799 --> 00:28:27.199
 means for the

00:28:27.199 --> 00:28:27.419
 city

00:28:27.419 --> 00:28:28.039
 it's part of

00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:28.359
 the reason

00:28:28.359 --> 00:28:29.419
 why normal

00:28:29.419 --> 00:28:30.480
 Christian life

00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:31.059
 once we give

00:28:31.059 --> 00:28:31.579
 our lives to

00:28:31.579 --> 00:28:31.919
 Jesus

00:28:31.919 --> 00:28:32.919
 there should be

00:28:32.919 --> 00:28:33.579
 a drive

00:28:33.579 --> 00:28:34.139
 that we have

00:28:34.139 --> 00:28:34.579
 within us

00:28:34.579 --> 00:28:35.159
 to connect

00:28:35.159 --> 00:28:35.659
 with other

00:28:35.659 --> 00:28:36.220
 Christians

00:28:36.220 --> 00:28:37.980
 and to grow

00:28:37.980 --> 00:28:38.539
 with other

00:28:38.539 --> 00:28:39.099
 Christians

00:28:39.099 --> 00:28:41.279
 and to meet

00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:41.799
 with Jesus

00:28:41.799 --> 00:28:42.539
 in the presence

00:28:42.539 --> 00:28:43.319
 of his people

00:28:43.319 --> 00:28:44.000
 and that that

00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:44.440
 should be a

00:28:44.440 --> 00:28:45.180
 drive of us

00:28:45.180 --> 00:28:45.480
 that's why

00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:45.700
 we have

00:28:45.700 --> 00:28:46.400
 small groups

00:28:46.400 --> 00:28:46.700
 that's why

00:28:46.700 --> 00:28:46.859
 we have

00:28:46.859 --> 00:28:47.299
 prayer meetings

00:28:47.299 --> 00:28:47.559
 that's why

00:28:47.559 --> 00:28:47.740
 we have

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:48.240
 ministries

00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:50.380
 and that's

00:28:50.380 --> 00:28:50.799
 why it's

00:28:50.799 --> 00:28:51.240
 appropriate

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:51.519
 for us

00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:51.839
 to try to

00:28:51.839 --> 00:28:52.359
 figure out

00:28:52.359 --> 00:28:52.839
 ways to

00:28:52.839 --> 00:28:53.200
 connect

00:28:53.200 --> 00:28:53.819
 because it's

00:28:53.819 --> 00:28:54.619
 all connected

00:28:54.619 --> 00:28:55.019
 to this

00:28:55.019 --> 00:28:55.700
 in a small

00:28:55.700 --> 00:28:56.119
 way with

00:28:56.119 --> 00:28:56.779
 this image

00:28:56.779 --> 00:28:57.319
 of heaven

00:28:57.319 --> 00:28:58.359
 as a city

00:28:58.359 --> 00:29:00.200
 where I

00:29:00.200 --> 00:29:00.839
 will be a

00:29:00.839 --> 00:29:01.140
 neighbor

00:29:01.140 --> 00:29:02.400
 and I

00:29:02.400 --> 00:29:03.019
 will have

00:29:03.019 --> 00:29:03.480
 a neighbor

00:29:03.480 --> 00:29:04.160
 I will have

00:29:04.160 --> 00:29:04.660
 neighbors

00:29:04.660 --> 00:29:06.259
 that's probably

00:29:06.259 --> 00:29:06.619
 what I should

00:29:06.619 --> 00:29:06.900
 say

00:29:06.900 --> 00:29:07.480
 I will have

00:29:07.480 --> 00:29:07.880
 neighbors

00:29:07.880 --> 00:29:08.660
 and where

00:29:08.660 --> 00:29:09.400
 everyone has

00:29:09.400 --> 00:29:10.079
 God as

00:29:10.079 --> 00:29:10.559
 their neighbor

00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:12.319
 that's what

00:29:12.319 --> 00:29:12.679
 the book

00:29:12.679 --> 00:29:13.259
 of Revelation

00:29:13.259 --> 00:29:14.460
 is teaching

00:29:14.460 --> 00:29:15.240
 us

00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:17.839
 I'll say a

00:29:17.839 --> 00:29:18.139
 few more

00:29:18.139 --> 00:29:18.559
 things about

00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:19.240
 how's my

00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:19.460
 time

00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:19.799
 we have

00:29:19.799 --> 00:29:20.079
 time

00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:21.099
 let's look

00:29:21.099 --> 00:29:21.339
 at some

00:29:21.339 --> 00:29:21.639
 of the ways

00:29:21.639 --> 00:29:22.119
 just briefly

00:29:22.119 --> 00:29:22.659
 how the city

00:29:22.659 --> 00:29:23.139
 is described

00:29:23.139 --> 00:29:23.579
 you jump

00:29:23.579 --> 00:29:23.940
 down to

00:29:23.940 --> 00:29:24.500
 verse 9

00:29:24.500 --> 00:29:25.919
 then came

00:29:25.919 --> 00:29:26.259
 one of the

00:29:26.259 --> 00:29:27.099
 seven angels

00:29:27.099 --> 00:29:27.659
 who had the

00:29:27.659 --> 00:29:28.179
 seven bowls

00:29:28.179 --> 00:29:28.599
 full of the

00:29:28.599 --> 00:29:29.139
 seven last

00:29:29.139 --> 00:29:29.500
 plagues

00:29:29.500 --> 00:29:29.980
 and spoke

00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:30.259
 to me

00:29:30.259 --> 00:29:30.819
 saying come

00:29:30.819 --> 00:29:31.299
 I will show

00:29:31.299 --> 00:29:31.539
 you the

00:29:31.539 --> 00:29:31.819
 bride

00:29:31.819 --> 00:29:32.200
 the wife

00:29:32.200 --> 00:29:32.480
 of the

00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:32.700
 lamb

00:29:32.700 --> 00:29:33.819
 and I

00:29:33.819 --> 00:29:34.480
 talked about

00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:34.980
 this image

00:29:34.980 --> 00:29:35.599
 of the bride

00:29:35.599 --> 00:29:36.299
 of Christ

00:29:36.299 --> 00:29:36.819
 it's a

00:29:36.819 --> 00:29:37.659
 corporate image

00:29:37.660 --> 00:29:39.120
 it's a

00:29:39.120 --> 00:29:39.519
 lot of us

00:29:39.519 --> 00:29:40.140
 as Christians

00:29:40.140 --> 00:29:40.740
 when we think

00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:41.000
 of our

00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:41.480
 relationship

00:29:41.480 --> 00:29:42.040
 with Jesus

00:29:42.040 --> 00:29:42.460
 it's a

00:29:42.460 --> 00:29:42.820
 private

00:29:42.820 --> 00:29:43.480
 relationship

00:29:43.480 --> 00:29:44.380
 but the

00:29:44.380 --> 00:29:44.860
 image here

00:29:44.860 --> 00:29:45.240
 of heaven

00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:45.580
 is a

00:29:45.580 --> 00:29:45.980
 corporate

00:29:45.980 --> 00:29:46.660
 relationship

00:29:46.660 --> 00:29:47.060
 and it's

00:29:47.060 --> 00:29:47.820
 to try to

00:29:47.820 --> 00:29:48.220
 bring home

00:29:48.220 --> 00:29:48.540
 to us

00:29:48.540 --> 00:29:48.860
 that there's

00:29:48.860 --> 00:29:49.019
 this

00:29:49.019 --> 00:29:49.500
 corporate

00:29:49.500 --> 00:29:50.140
 sense

00:29:50.140 --> 00:29:52.860
 and it's

00:29:52.860 --> 00:29:53.640
 really important

00:29:53.640 --> 00:29:54.540
 if I sing

00:29:54.540 --> 00:29:55.120
 to Jesus

00:29:55.120 --> 00:29:55.759
 as if he's

00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:56.140
 sort of my

00:29:56.140 --> 00:29:56.580
 boyfriend

00:29:56.580 --> 00:29:57.019
 that's like

00:29:57.019 --> 00:29:57.340
 a weird

00:29:57.340 --> 00:29:57.880
 thing for a

00:29:57.880 --> 00:29:58.340
 guy to sing

00:29:58.340 --> 00:29:58.600
 about

00:29:58.600 --> 00:29:59.840
 Jesus

00:29:59.840 --> 00:30:00.259
 you're my

00:30:00.259 --> 00:30:00.680
 boyfriend

00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:01.640
 that's weird

00:30:01.640 --> 00:30:02.100
 okay

00:30:02.100 --> 00:30:03.940
 but if we're

00:30:03.940 --> 00:30:04.480
 to understand

00:30:04.480 --> 00:30:05.019
 ourselves

00:30:05.019 --> 00:30:05.759
 that I'm

00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:06.140
 part of

00:30:06.140 --> 00:30:07.460
 as together

00:30:07.460 --> 00:30:08.440
 all who

00:30:08.440 --> 00:30:08.880
 are part

00:30:08.880 --> 00:30:09.840
 of Jesus

00:30:09.840 --> 00:30:10.519
 that we're

00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:11.140
 the bride

00:30:11.140 --> 00:30:11.900
 of Christ

00:30:11.900 --> 00:30:13.259
 that's this

00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:14.440
 corporate image

00:30:14.440 --> 00:30:15.500
 which it's

00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:15.960
 calling us

00:30:15.960 --> 00:30:16.100
 to

00:30:16.100 --> 00:30:16.660
 it's why

00:30:16.660 --> 00:30:17.200
 at different

00:30:17.200 --> 00:30:17.680
 times I've

00:30:17.680 --> 00:30:18.220
 described that

00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:18.660
 we enter

00:30:18.660 --> 00:30:19.140
 the Jesus

00:30:19.140 --> 00:30:19.700
 way one

00:30:19.700 --> 00:30:20.380
 by one

00:30:20.380 --> 00:30:22.440
 because I

00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:23.140
 can't

00:30:23.140 --> 00:30:23.860
 God doesn't

00:30:23.860 --> 00:30:24.559
 have grandchildren

00:30:24.559 --> 00:30:24.900
 right

00:30:24.900 --> 00:30:25.440
 we all

00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:26.279
 individually

00:30:26.279 --> 00:30:26.720
 have to

00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:26.980
 make a

00:30:26.980 --> 00:30:27.240
 decision

00:30:27.240 --> 00:30:27.819
 for Jesus

00:30:27.819 --> 00:30:28.799
 we enter

00:30:28.799 --> 00:30:29.259
 the Jesus

00:30:29.259 --> 00:30:29.779
 way one

00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:30.240
 by one

00:30:30.240 --> 00:30:30.600
 but we

00:30:30.600 --> 00:30:31.299
 walk the

00:30:31.299 --> 00:30:31.600
 Jesus

00:30:31.600 --> 00:30:32.140
 way with

00:30:32.140 --> 00:30:32.480
 Jesus

00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:33.180
 and others

00:30:33.180 --> 00:30:34.759
 and that's

00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:35.180
 what the

00:30:35.180 --> 00:30:35.720
 Christian faith

00:30:35.720 --> 00:30:35.900
 is

00:30:35.900 --> 00:30:36.480
 we enter it

00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:36.779
 one by

00:30:36.779 --> 00:30:37.100
 one but

00:30:37.099 --> 00:30:37.719
 we walk

00:30:37.719 --> 00:30:38.279
 the Jesus

00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:39.000
 way with

00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:39.419
 Jesus

00:30:39.419 --> 00:30:40.579
 and with

00:30:40.579 --> 00:30:40.939
 others

00:30:40.939 --> 00:30:42.099
 anyway we

00:30:42.099 --> 00:30:42.439
 talked about

00:30:42.439 --> 00:30:43.299
 the bride a

00:30:43.299 --> 00:30:43.699
 few weeks

00:30:43.699 --> 00:30:43.980
 ago

00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:45.139
 verse 10

00:30:45.139 --> 00:30:45.379
 and he

00:30:45.379 --> 00:30:45.799
 carried me

00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:46.139
 away in

00:30:46.139 --> 00:30:46.539
 the spirit

00:30:46.539 --> 00:30:46.959
 to a great

00:30:46.959 --> 00:30:47.459
 high mountain

00:30:47.459 --> 00:30:47.879
 and showed

00:30:47.879 --> 00:30:48.159
 me the

00:30:48.159 --> 00:30:48.699
 holy city

00:30:48.699 --> 00:30:49.119
 Jerusalem

00:30:49.119 --> 00:30:49.779
 coming down

00:30:49.779 --> 00:30:50.259
 out of heaven

00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:50.859
 from God

00:30:50.859 --> 00:30:52.059
 having the

00:30:52.059 --> 00:30:52.719
 glory of God

00:30:52.719 --> 00:30:53.359
 its radiance

00:30:53.359 --> 00:30:53.919
 like a most

00:30:53.919 --> 00:30:54.599
 rare jewel

00:30:54.599 --> 00:30:55.719
 and then it

00:30:55.719 --> 00:30:56.399
 describes the

00:30:56.399 --> 00:30:57.019
 different gates

00:30:57.019 --> 00:30:57.759
 in the apostles

00:30:57.759 --> 00:30:58.599
 and it's

00:30:58.599 --> 00:30:59.259
 really showing

00:30:59.259 --> 00:30:59.819
 here how

00:30:59.819 --> 00:31:00.699
 there's two

00:31:00.699 --> 00:31:01.199
 testaments

00:31:01.199 --> 00:31:01.719
 but one

00:31:01.719 --> 00:31:02.159
 Bible

00:31:02.160 --> 00:31:03.580
 two

00:31:03.580 --> 00:31:04.140
 testaments

00:31:04.140 --> 00:31:04.620
 but one

00:31:04.620 --> 00:31:05.040
 Bible

00:31:05.040 --> 00:31:06.080
 and God

00:31:06.080 --> 00:31:06.740
 only has

00:31:06.740 --> 00:31:07.400
 one people

00:31:07.400 --> 00:31:08.960
 and up

00:31:08.960 --> 00:31:09.320
 until the

00:31:09.320 --> 00:31:09.759
 time of

00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:10.060
 Jesus

00:31:10.060 --> 00:31:10.900
 the primary

00:31:10.900 --> 00:31:11.279
 way to

00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:12.000
 describe the

00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:12.519
 people of

00:31:12.519 --> 00:31:12.779
 God

00:31:12.779 --> 00:31:13.440
 was the

00:31:13.440 --> 00:31:13.920
 nation of

00:31:13.920 --> 00:31:14.279
 Israel

00:31:14.279 --> 00:31:15.640
 and now

00:31:15.640 --> 00:31:16.540
 it's those

00:31:16.540 --> 00:31:17.100
 who are in

00:31:17.100 --> 00:31:17.480
 Jesus

00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:18.320
 which both

00:31:18.320 --> 00:31:18.759
 includes

00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:19.200
 Israel

00:31:19.200 --> 00:31:20.000
 and those

00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:20.600
 who are from

00:31:20.600 --> 00:31:21.300
 pagan backgrounds

00:31:21.300 --> 00:31:22.060
 like myself

00:31:22.060 --> 00:31:22.920
 down to

00:31:22.920 --> 00:31:23.680
 verse 15

00:31:23.680 --> 00:31:24.820
 the one

00:31:24.820 --> 00:31:25.259
 who spoke

00:31:25.259 --> 00:31:25.799
 with me

00:31:25.799 --> 00:31:26.120
 had a

00:31:26.120 --> 00:31:26.400
 measuring

00:31:26.400 --> 00:31:26.820
 rod of

00:31:26.820 --> 00:31:27.100
 gold

00:31:27.100 --> 00:31:27.519
 to measure

00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:27.940
 the city

00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:28.220
 and its

00:31:28.220 --> 00:31:28.440
 gates

00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:28.759
 and its

00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:29.120
 walls

00:31:29.120 --> 00:31:30.299
 the city

00:31:30.299 --> 00:31:30.900
 lies four

00:31:30.900 --> 00:31:31.279
 square

00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:31.740
 its length

00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:32.100
 the same

00:31:32.100 --> 00:31:32.440
 as its

00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:32.680
 width

00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:33.140
 and he

00:31:33.140 --> 00:31:33.380
 measured

00:31:33.380 --> 00:31:33.740
 the city

00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:34.080
 with his

00:31:34.080 --> 00:31:34.279
 rod

00:31:34.279 --> 00:31:35.039
 12,000

00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:35.560
 stadia

00:31:35.560 --> 00:31:36.720
 its length

00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:37.539
 and width

00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:38.000
 and height

00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:38.500
 are equal

00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:40.259
 and just

00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:40.920
 what

00:31:40.920 --> 00:31:42.320
 12,000

00:31:42.320 --> 00:31:42.860
 stadia

00:31:42.860 --> 00:31:43.500
 was the

00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:43.759
 length

00:31:43.759 --> 00:31:44.039
 of the

00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:44.240
 Roman

00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:44.680
 Empire

00:31:44.680 --> 00:31:46.620
 that's

00:31:46.620 --> 00:31:47.299
 what 12,000

00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:47.700
 stadia

00:31:47.700 --> 00:31:47.980
 was

00:31:47.980 --> 00:31:49.440
 the length

00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:49.720
 of the

00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:50.500
 Roman Empire

00:31:50.500 --> 00:31:51.580
 give or take

00:31:51.580 --> 00:31:51.880
 a few

00:31:51.880 --> 00:31:52.340
 stadia

00:31:52.339 --> 00:31:54.539
 and so

00:31:54.539 --> 00:31:55.240
 this city

00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:57.099
 is the

00:31:57.099 --> 00:31:57.579
 length

00:31:57.579 --> 00:31:58.279
 of the

00:31:58.279 --> 00:31:58.899
 Roman Empire

00:31:58.899 --> 00:31:59.459
 at the time

00:31:59.459 --> 00:31:59.879
 John was

00:31:59.879 --> 00:32:00.139
 writing

00:32:00.139 --> 00:32:01.519
 and its

00:32:01.519 --> 00:32:02.439
 depth

00:32:02.439 --> 00:32:03.240
 is bigger

00:32:03.240 --> 00:32:03.539
 than the

00:32:03.539 --> 00:32:04.119
 Roman Empire

00:32:04.119 --> 00:32:04.679
 because the

00:32:04.679 --> 00:32:05.279
 Roman Empire

00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:05.980
 was wider

00:32:05.980 --> 00:32:06.619
 than it was

00:32:06.619 --> 00:32:07.439
 long

00:32:07.439 --> 00:32:09.240
 and its

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:09.720
 height

00:32:09.720 --> 00:32:10.319
 is the

00:32:10.319 --> 00:32:10.579
 height

00:32:10.579 --> 00:32:10.899
 of the

00:32:10.899 --> 00:32:11.799
 Roman Empire

00:32:11.799 --> 00:32:12.939
 he's

00:32:12.939 --> 00:32:13.319
 imagining

00:32:13.319 --> 00:32:13.919
 the cube

00:32:13.919 --> 00:32:15.720
 and

00:32:15.720 --> 00:32:16.599
 it's really

00:32:16.599 --> 00:32:17.339
 hard for us

00:32:17.339 --> 00:32:17.740
 it's hard

00:32:17.740 --> 00:32:18.159
 for even

00:32:18.159 --> 00:32:18.539
 ministers

00:32:18.539 --> 00:32:18.980
 like me

00:32:18.980 --> 00:32:19.639
 I mean

00:32:19.639 --> 00:32:19.899
 on one

00:32:19.899 --> 00:32:20.139
 level

00:32:20.139 --> 00:32:21.799
 it's probably

00:32:21.799 --> 00:32:22.139
 easier

00:32:22.140 --> 00:32:22.420
 for me

00:32:22.420 --> 00:32:22.740
 to use

00:32:22.740 --> 00:32:23.140
 images

00:32:23.140 --> 00:32:23.580
 to talk

00:32:23.580 --> 00:32:23.800
 to you

00:32:23.800 --> 00:32:24.040
 folks

00:32:24.040 --> 00:32:24.380
 from the

00:32:24.380 --> 00:32:24.700
 walking

00:32:24.700 --> 00:32:25.120
 dead

00:32:25.120 --> 00:32:25.640
 than it

00:32:25.640 --> 00:32:25.880
 is

00:32:25.880 --> 00:32:26.340
 from the

00:32:26.340 --> 00:32:26.500
 book

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:26.640
 of

00:32:26.640 --> 00:32:27.180
 Leviticus

00:32:27.180 --> 00:32:28.720
 I'm not

00:32:28.720 --> 00:32:29.000
 trying to

00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:29.580
 insult you

00:32:29.580 --> 00:32:30.360
 but probably

00:32:30.360 --> 00:32:31.040
 most of us

00:32:31.040 --> 00:32:31.580
 have spent

00:32:31.580 --> 00:32:32.180
 more time

00:32:32.180 --> 00:32:32.720
 watching the

00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:33.000
 walking

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:33.320
 dead

00:32:33.320 --> 00:32:33.680
 over the

00:32:33.680 --> 00:32:33.980
 last

00:32:33.980 --> 00:32:34.420
 couple

00:32:34.420 --> 00:32:34.780
 of years

00:32:34.780 --> 00:32:35.120
 than we

00:32:35.120 --> 00:32:35.300
 have

00:32:35.300 --> 00:32:35.620
 studying

00:32:35.620 --> 00:32:35.759
 the

00:32:35.759 --> 00:32:35.900
 book

00:32:35.900 --> 00:32:36.040
 of

00:32:36.040 --> 00:32:36.600
 Leviticus

00:32:36.600 --> 00:32:39.060
 if not

00:32:39.060 --> 00:32:39.220
 the

00:32:39.220 --> 00:32:39.520
 walking

00:32:39.520 --> 00:32:39.840
 dead

00:32:39.840 --> 00:32:40.280
 some other

00:32:40.280 --> 00:32:40.660
 type of

00:32:40.660 --> 00:32:40.820
 thing

00:32:40.820 --> 00:32:41.040
 from

00:32:41.040 --> 00:32:41.520
 television

00:32:41.520 --> 00:32:42.400
 but

00:32:42.400 --> 00:32:42.840
 basically

00:32:42.840 --> 00:32:43.160
 what

00:32:43.160 --> 00:32:43.560
 John

00:32:43.560 --> 00:32:43.720
 is

00:32:43.720 --> 00:32:44.280
 describing

00:32:44.280 --> 00:32:44.700
 here

00:32:44.700 --> 00:32:45.000
 what

00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:45.240
 the

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:45.460
 angel

00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:45.640
 is

00:32:45.640 --> 00:32:46.160
 describing

00:32:46.160 --> 00:32:46.480
 here

00:32:46.480 --> 00:32:46.600
 is

00:32:46.600 --> 00:32:46.740
 a

00:32:46.740 --> 00:32:47.160
 perfect

00:32:47.160 --> 00:32:47.800
 cube

00:32:47.800 --> 00:32:48.900
 and

00:32:48.900 --> 00:32:49.220
 in

00:32:49.220 --> 00:32:49.400
 the

00:32:52.140 --> 00:32:52.360
 covenant

00:32:52.360 --> 00:32:52.660
 was

00:32:52.660 --> 00:32:52.800
 and

00:32:52.800 --> 00:32:52.920
 where

00:32:52.920 --> 00:32:53.300
 the

00:32:53.300 --> 00:32:53.540
 Jewish

00:32:53.540 --> 00:32:53.840
 people

00:32:53.840 --> 00:32:54.660
 understood

00:32:54.660 --> 00:32:55.080
 God

00:32:55.080 --> 00:32:55.280
 to

00:32:55.280 --> 00:32:55.620
 dwell

00:32:55.620 --> 00:32:56.100
 was

00:32:56.100 --> 00:32:56.240
 a

00:32:56.240 --> 00:32:56.540
 perfect

00:32:56.540 --> 00:32:57.000
 cube

00:32:57.000 --> 00:32:58.060
 and

00:32:58.060 --> 00:32:58.240
 so

00:32:58.240 --> 00:32:58.460
 it's

00:32:58.460 --> 00:32:59.100
 describing

00:32:59.100 --> 00:32:59.440
 here

00:32:59.440 --> 00:32:59.720
 even

00:32:59.720 --> 00:32:59.920
 the

00:32:59.920 --> 00:33:00.160
 things

00:33:00.160 --> 00:33:00.280
 of

00:33:00.280 --> 00:33:00.420
 the

00:33:00.420 --> 00:33:02.060
 crystals

00:33:02.060 --> 00:33:02.420
 and

00:33:02.420 --> 00:33:02.660
 everything

00:33:02.660 --> 00:33:02.900
 like

00:33:02.900 --> 00:33:03.080
 that

00:33:03.080 --> 00:33:03.280
 it's

00:33:03.280 --> 00:33:03.840
 describing

00:33:03.840 --> 00:33:04.600
 that

00:33:04.600 --> 00:33:04.840
 in a

00:33:04.840 --> 00:33:05.120
 sense

00:33:05.120 --> 00:33:05.340
 the

00:33:05.340 --> 00:33:05.800
 city

00:33:05.800 --> 00:33:06.340
 which

00:33:06.340 --> 00:33:06.480
 is

00:33:06.480 --> 00:33:06.700
 now

00:33:06.700 --> 00:33:06.860
 as

00:33:06.860 --> 00:33:07.080
 big

00:33:07.080 --> 00:33:07.200
 as

00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:07.960
 wide

00:33:07.960 --> 00:33:08.120
 as

00:33:08.120 --> 00:33:08.240
 the

00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:08.420
 Roman

00:33:08.420 --> 00:33:08.860
 Empire

00:33:08.860 --> 00:33:09.160
 and

00:33:09.160 --> 00:33:09.920
 the

00:33:09.920 --> 00:33:10.200
 same

00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:10.600
 height

00:33:10.600 --> 00:33:10.780
 as

00:33:10.780 --> 00:33:10.880
 it

00:33:10.880 --> 00:33:11.040
 is

00:33:11.040 --> 00:33:11.300
 and

00:33:11.300 --> 00:33:11.640
 depth

00:33:11.640 --> 00:33:12.360
 it's

00:33:12.360 --> 00:33:12.840
 describing

00:33:12.840 --> 00:33:13.140
 the

00:33:13.140 --> 00:33:13.380
 holy

00:33:13.380 --> 00:33:13.580
 of

00:33:13.580 --> 00:33:14.000
 holies

00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:14.300
 and

00:33:14.300 --> 00:33:14.600
 that's

00:33:14.600 --> 00:33:14.759
 where

00:33:14.759 --> 00:33:14.960
 we

00:33:14.960 --> 00:33:15.340
 live

00:33:15.340 --> 00:33:17.080
 in

00:33:17.080 --> 00:33:17.280
 the

00:33:17.280 --> 00:33:17.580
 holy

00:33:17.580 --> 00:33:17.780
 of

00:33:22.140 --> 00:33:22.380
 the

00:33:22.380 --> 00:33:23.220
 jewels

00:33:23.220 --> 00:33:23.540
 and

00:33:23.540 --> 00:33:23.680
 the

00:33:23.680 --> 00:33:24.080
 walls

00:33:24.080 --> 00:33:24.360
 they

00:33:24.360 --> 00:33:24.800
 all

00:33:24.800 --> 00:33:25.340
 exist

00:33:25.340 --> 00:33:25.660
 to

00:33:25.660 --> 00:33:26.060
 show

00:33:26.060 --> 00:33:26.720
 the

00:33:26.720 --> 00:33:27.240
 glory

00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:27.540
 and

00:33:27.540 --> 00:33:27.720
 the

00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:28.080
 light

00:33:28.080 --> 00:33:28.300
 and

00:33:28.300 --> 00:33:28.460
 the

00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:28.820
 movement

00:33:28.820 --> 00:33:29.160
 and

00:33:29.160 --> 00:33:29.320
 to

00:33:29.320 --> 00:33:29.880
 magnify

00:33:29.880 --> 00:33:30.120
 the

00:33:30.120 --> 00:33:30.420
 glory

00:33:30.420 --> 00:33:30.620
 of

00:33:30.620 --> 00:33:30.920
 God

00:33:30.920 --> 00:33:31.200
 and

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:31.500
 that

00:33:31.500 --> 00:33:31.700
 is

00:33:31.700 --> 00:33:32.000
 where

00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:32.400
 you

00:33:32.400 --> 00:33:32.540
 and

00:33:32.540 --> 00:33:32.780
 I

00:33:32.780 --> 00:33:32.980
 will

00:33:32.980 --> 00:33:33.360
 dwell

00:33:33.360 --> 00:33:34.440
 with

00:33:34.440 --> 00:33:34.580
 a

00:33:34.580 --> 00:33:35.080
 resurrected

00:33:35.080 --> 00:33:35.480
 body

00:33:35.480 --> 00:33:40.060
 I

00:33:40.060 --> 00:33:42.360
 actually

00:33:42.360 --> 00:33:42.740
 watch

00:33:42.740 --> 00:33:43.220
 The Walking

00:33:43.220 --> 00:33:43.540
 Dead

00:33:43.540 --> 00:33:43.980
 which is

00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:44.440
 a bit

00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:44.860
 of a

00:33:44.860 --> 00:33:45.660
 stretch

00:33:45.660 --> 00:33:46.000
 for me

00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:46.259
 because

00:33:46.259 --> 00:33:46.380
 I

00:33:46.380 --> 00:33:46.500
 don't

00:33:46.500 --> 00:33:46.700
 like

00:33:46.700 --> 00:33:47.160
 scary

00:33:47.160 --> 00:33:47.700
 movies

00:33:47.700 --> 00:33:49.900
 which

00:33:49.900 --> 00:33:50.060
 is

00:33:50.060 --> 00:33:50.380
 why

00:33:50.380 --> 00:33:50.740
 other

00:33:50.740 --> 00:33:51.000
 than

00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:51.340
 sort

00:33:51.340 --> 00:33:51.420
 of

00:33:51.420 --> 00:33:51.539
 like

00:33:51.539 --> 00:33:51.980
 The Walking

00:33:51.980 --> 00:33:52.200
 Dead

00:33:52.200 --> 00:33:52.300
 and

00:33:52.300 --> 00:33:52.420
 the

00:33:52.420 --> 00:33:52.820
 occasional

00:33:52.820 --> 00:33:53.340
 zombie

00:33:53.340 --> 00:33:53.680
 thing

00:33:53.680 --> 00:33:53.880
 which

00:33:53.880 --> 00:33:53.960
 I

00:33:53.960 --> 00:33:54.060
 don't

00:33:54.060 --> 00:33:54.220
 really

00:33:54.220 --> 00:33:54.460
 find

00:33:54.460 --> 00:33:54.620
 that

00:33:54.620 --> 00:33:55.019
 scary

00:33:55.019 --> 00:33:55.240
 by

00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:55.320
 the

00:33:55.320 --> 00:33:55.539
 way

00:33:55.539 --> 00:33:56.660
 I

00:33:56.660 --> 00:33:57.420
 don't

00:33:57.420 --> 00:33:57.519
 know

00:33:57.519 --> 00:33:57.640
 why

00:33:57.640 --> 00:33:57.720
 I

00:33:57.720 --> 00:33:58.019
 have

00:33:58.019 --> 00:33:58.160
 to

00:33:58.160 --> 00:33:58.620
 show

00:33:58.620 --> 00:33:58.779
 all

00:33:58.779 --> 00:33:58.900
 the

00:33:58.900 --> 00:33:59.180
 blood

00:33:59.180 --> 00:33:59.620
 spritting

00:33:59.620 --> 00:33:59.860
 out

00:33:59.860 --> 00:34:00.560
 but

00:34:00.560 --> 00:34:02.920
 maybe

00:34:02.920 --> 00:34:04.060
 it's

00:34:04.060 --> 00:34:04.300
 because

00:34:04.300 --> 00:34:04.519
 when I

00:34:04.519 --> 00:34:04.820
 was a

00:34:04.820 --> 00:34:05.060
 kid

00:34:05.060 --> 00:34:05.279
 I

00:34:05.279 --> 00:34:05.440
 had

00:34:05.440 --> 00:34:05.960
 two

00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:06.340
 things

00:34:06.340 --> 00:34:06.539
 two

00:34:06.539 --> 00:34:06.800
 very

00:34:06.800 --> 00:34:07.160
 clear

00:34:07.160 --> 00:34:07.560
 memories

00:34:07.560 --> 00:34:07.759
 of

00:34:07.759 --> 00:34:07.980
 things

00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:08.139
 that

00:34:08.139 --> 00:34:08.539
 terrified

00:34:08.539 --> 00:34:08.820
 me

00:34:08.820 --> 00:34:09.059
 when I

00:34:09.059 --> 00:34:09.200
 was

00:34:09.200 --> 00:34:09.340
 a

00:34:09.340 --> 00:34:09.700
 child

00:34:09.700 --> 00:34:10.639
 I

00:34:10.639 --> 00:34:11.180
 know

00:34:11.180 --> 00:34:11.300
 the

00:34:11.300 --> 00:34:11.760
 original

00:34:11.760 --> 00:34:12.539
 Wizard

00:34:12.539 --> 00:34:12.720
 of

00:34:12.720 --> 00:34:13.000
 Oz

00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:13.579
 movie

00:34:13.579 --> 00:34:13.880
 you

00:34:13.880 --> 00:34:13.940
 know

00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:14.079
 that

00:34:14.079 --> 00:34:14.380
 old

00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:14.680
 one

00:34:14.680 --> 00:34:15.280
 yeah

00:34:15.280 --> 00:34:15.500
 yeah

00:34:15.500 --> 00:34:16.240
 I

00:34:21.420 --> 00:34:21.619
 that

00:34:21.619 --> 00:34:21.760
 up

00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:21.960
 I

00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:22.159
 had

00:34:22.159 --> 00:34:22.659
 nightmares

00:34:22.659 --> 00:34:23.059
 for

00:34:23.059 --> 00:34:23.619
 weeks

00:34:23.619 --> 00:34:24.840
 I

00:34:24.840 --> 00:34:25.280
 remember

00:34:25.280 --> 00:34:25.500
 at the

00:34:25.500 --> 00:34:25.840
 time

00:34:25.840 --> 00:34:26.079
 I

00:34:26.079 --> 00:34:26.480
 think

00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:26.619
 I

00:34:26.619 --> 00:34:27.159
 screamed

00:34:27.159 --> 00:34:27.380
 when

00:34:27.380 --> 00:34:27.519
 the

00:34:27.519 --> 00:34:27.820
 flying

00:34:27.820 --> 00:34:28.159
 monkey

00:34:28.159 --> 00:34:28.559
 show

00:34:28.559 --> 00:34:28.760
 up

00:34:28.760 --> 00:34:28.920
 in

00:34:28.920 --> 00:34:29.019
 the

00:34:29.019 --> 00:34:29.260
 Wizard

00:34:29.260 --> 00:34:29.420
 of

00:34:29.420 --> 00:34:29.559
 Oz

00:34:29.559 --> 00:34:29.700
 I

00:34:29.700 --> 00:34:29.880
 look

00:34:29.880 --> 00:34:30.119
 at it

00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:30.320
 now

00:34:30.320 --> 00:34:30.519
 and I

00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:30.659
 think

00:34:30.659 --> 00:34:31.059
 gosh

00:34:31.059 --> 00:34:31.200
 is

00:34:31.200 --> 00:34:31.320
 that

00:34:31.320 --> 00:34:31.920
 cheesy

00:34:31.920 --> 00:34:32.240
 and

00:34:32.240 --> 00:34:32.900
 corny

00:34:32.900 --> 00:34:33.159
 looking

00:34:33.159 --> 00:34:33.320
 but

00:34:33.320 --> 00:34:33.480
 as

00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:33.680
 a

00:34:33.680 --> 00:34:33.960
 kid

00:34:33.960 --> 00:34:34.400
 watching

00:34:34.400 --> 00:34:34.599
 it

00:34:34.599 --> 00:34:34.980
 I

00:34:34.980 --> 00:34:35.119
 had

00:34:35.119 --> 00:34:35.420
 nightmares

00:34:35.420 --> 00:34:35.680
 for

00:34:35.680 --> 00:34:35.940
 weeks

00:34:35.940 --> 00:34:36.720
 and

00:34:36.720 --> 00:34:36.820
 in

00:34:36.820 --> 00:34:36.940
 the

00:34:36.940 --> 00:34:37.260
 Christmas

00:34:37.260 --> 00:34:37.700
 carol

00:34:37.700 --> 00:34:37.860
 the

00:34:37.860 --> 00:34:38.139
 old

00:34:38.139 --> 00:34:38.360
 one

00:34:38.360 --> 00:34:38.460
 you

00:34:38.460 --> 00:34:38.579
 know

00:34:38.579 --> 00:34:38.800
 with

00:34:38.800 --> 00:34:39.440
 Alistair

00:34:39.440 --> 00:34:39.740
 Sims

00:34:39.740 --> 00:34:40.860
 and

00:34:40.860 --> 00:34:42.480
 I

00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:42.700
 had

00:34:42.700 --> 00:34:43.019
 nightmares

00:34:43.019 --> 00:34:43.360
 for

00:34:43.360 --> 00:34:43.619
 weeks

00:34:43.619 --> 00:34:43.920
 after

00:34:43.920 --> 00:34:44.079
 I

00:34:44.079 --> 00:34:44.360
 watched

00:34:44.360 --> 00:34:44.539
 that

00:34:44.539 --> 00:34:44.659
 as

00:34:44.659 --> 00:34:44.819
 a

00:34:44.819 --> 00:34:44.960
 kid

00:34:44.960 --> 00:34:45.139
 with

00:34:45.139 --> 00:34:45.340
 my

00:34:45.340 --> 00:34:45.799
 parents

00:34:45.799 --> 00:34:46.840
 and

00:34:46.840 --> 00:34:47.039
 I

00:34:47.039 --> 00:34:47.319
 remember

00:34:47.319 --> 00:34:47.559
 just

00:34:47.559 --> 00:34:47.739
 seeing

00:34:47.739 --> 00:34:47.920
 the

00:34:47.920 --> 00:34:48.179
 dark

00:34:48.179 --> 00:34:48.880
 terrified

00:34:48.880 --> 00:34:49.079
 of

00:34:49.079 --> 00:34:49.579
 the

00:34:49.579 --> 00:34:49.980
 ghosts

00:34:49.980 --> 00:34:51.819
 but

00:34:51.819 --> 00:34:52.739
 the

00:34:52.739 --> 00:34:53.139
 book

00:34:53.139 --> 00:34:53.299
 of

00:34:53.299 --> 00:34:53.759
 Revelation

00:34:53.759 --> 00:34:55.819
 the

00:34:55.819 --> 00:34:56.000
 book

00:34:56.000 --> 00:34:56.139
 of

00:34:56.139 --> 00:34:56.579
 Revelation

00:34:56.579 --> 00:34:58.059
 is

00:34:58.059 --> 00:34:58.319
 a

00:34:58.319 --> 00:34:58.860
 little

00:34:58.860 --> 00:34:59.179
 bit

00:34:59.179 --> 00:34:59.579
 like

00:34:59.579 --> 00:35:00.019
 a

00:35:00.019 --> 00:35:00.360
 Christmas

00:35:00.360 --> 00:35:00.840
 carol

00:35:00.840 --> 00:35:02.699
 it's

00:35:02.699 --> 00:35:04.739
 even

00:35:04.739 --> 00:35:04.980
 though

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:05.539
 he's

00:35:05.539 --> 00:35:05.860
 telling us

00:35:05.860 --> 00:35:06.199
 all about

00:35:06.199 --> 00:35:06.579
 heaven

00:35:06.579 --> 00:35:06.719
 and

00:35:06.719 --> 00:35:07.000
 everything

00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:07.239
 like

00:35:07.239 --> 00:35:07.420
 that

00:35:07.420 --> 00:35:07.639
 there's

00:35:07.639 --> 00:35:07.819
 going

00:35:07.819 --> 00:35:08.039
 to be

00:35:08.039 --> 00:35:08.219
 an

00:35:08.219 --> 00:35:08.819
 opportunity

00:35:08.819 --> 00:35:09.719
 for

00:35:09.719 --> 00:35:10.079
 us

00:35:10.079 --> 00:35:10.639
 to

00:35:10.639 --> 00:35:11.119
 repent

00:35:11.119 --> 00:35:13.059
 and

00:35:13.059 --> 00:35:14.420
 sort

00:35:14.420 --> 00:35:14.539
 of

00:35:14.539 --> 00:35:14.579
 a

00:35:14.579 --> 00:35:14.699
 little

00:35:14.699 --> 00:35:14.840
 bit

00:35:14.840 --> 00:35:15.000
 like

00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:15.340
 you

00:35:15.340 --> 00:35:15.480
 know

00:35:15.480 --> 00:35:15.619
 the

00:35:15.619 --> 00:35:16.059
 story

00:35:16.059 --> 00:35:16.179
 of

00:35:16.179 --> 00:35:16.299
 the

00:35:16.299 --> 00:35:16.599
 Christmas

00:35:16.599 --> 00:35:17.159
 carol

00:35:17.159 --> 00:35:17.460
 is

00:35:17.460 --> 00:35:17.579
 that

00:35:17.579 --> 00:35:17.920
 after

00:35:17.920 --> 00:35:18.559
 he's

00:35:18.559 --> 00:35:18.799
 had

00:35:18.799 --> 00:35:19.000
 the

00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:19.559
 dreams

00:35:19.559 --> 00:35:20.880
 he

00:35:20.880 --> 00:35:21.239
 wakes

00:35:21.239 --> 00:35:21.599
 up

00:35:21.599 --> 00:35:22.139
 and

00:35:22.139 --> 00:35:22.239
 he

00:35:22.239 --> 00:35:22.619
 discovers

00:35:22.619 --> 00:35:22.799
 that

00:35:22.799 --> 00:35:22.900
 they

00:35:22.900 --> 00:35:23.019
 were

00:35:23.019 --> 00:35:23.259
 just

00:35:23.259 --> 00:35:23.699
 dreams

00:35:23.699 --> 00:35:25.039
 and

00:35:25.039 --> 00:35:25.219
 that

00:35:25.219 --> 00:35:25.599
 Christmas

00:35:25.599 --> 00:35:26.039
 is

00:35:26.039 --> 00:35:26.259
 just

00:35:26.259 --> 00:35:26.579
 happening

00:35:26.579 --> 00:35:26.799
 right

00:35:26.799 --> 00:35:27.039
 now

00:35:27.039 --> 00:35:27.159
 and

00:35:27.159 --> 00:35:27.320
 he

00:35:27.320 --> 00:35:27.480
 has

00:35:27.480 --> 00:35:27.599
 a

00:35:27.599 --> 00:35:27.900
 chance

00:35:27.900 --> 00:35:28.079
 for

00:35:28.079 --> 00:35:28.259
 new

00:35:28.259 --> 00:35:28.539
 life

00:35:28.539 --> 00:35:28.679
 and

00:35:28.679 --> 00:35:29.179
 repentance

00:35:29.179 --> 00:35:30.279
 and

00:35:30.279 --> 00:35:30.440
 that's

00:35:30.440 --> 00:35:30.519
 what

00:35:30.519 --> 00:35:30.639
 the

00:35:30.639 --> 00:35:30.820
 whole

00:35:30.820 --> 00:35:31.019
 book

00:35:31.019 --> 00:35:31.139
 of

00:35:31.139 --> 00:35:31.519
 Revelation

00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:31.779
 is

00:35:31.779 --> 00:35:32.119
 like

00:35:32.119 --> 00:35:32.900
 that

00:35:32.900 --> 00:35:33.199
 even

00:35:33.199 --> 00:35:33.719
 this

00:35:33.719 --> 00:35:34.119
 chapter

00:35:34.119 --> 00:35:34.320
 and

00:35:34.320 --> 00:35:34.619
 next

00:35:34.619 --> 00:35:34.860
 there's

00:35:34.860 --> 00:35:35.019
 going

00:35:35.019 --> 00:35:35.099
 to

00:35:35.099 --> 00:35:35.199
 be

00:35:35.199 --> 00:35:35.340
 an

00:35:35.340 --> 00:35:35.779
 opportunity

00:35:35.780 --> 00:35:36.180
 for us

00:35:36.180 --> 00:35:36.360
 to

00:35:36.360 --> 00:35:36.820
 realize

00:35:36.820 --> 00:35:38.060
 that

00:35:38.060 --> 00:35:40.000
 it

00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:40.360
 hasn't

00:35:40.360 --> 00:35:40.880
 happened

00:35:40.880 --> 00:35:41.260
 yet

00:35:41.260 --> 00:35:42.019
 and

00:35:42.019 --> 00:35:42.160
 we

00:35:42.160 --> 00:35:42.360
 can

00:35:42.360 --> 00:35:42.640
 heed

00:35:42.640 --> 00:35:42.880
 the

00:35:42.880 --> 00:35:43.220
 warnings

00:35:43.220 --> 00:35:43.519
 and

00:35:43.519 --> 00:35:43.740
 believe

00:35:43.740 --> 00:35:43.940
 the

00:35:43.940 --> 00:35:44.400
 promises

00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:45.280
 and

00:35:45.280 --> 00:35:45.420
 that

00:35:45.420 --> 00:35:45.660
 God

00:35:45.660 --> 00:35:45.860
 can

00:35:45.860 --> 00:35:46.000
 do

00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:46.140
 a

00:35:46.140 --> 00:35:46.260
 new

00:35:46.260 --> 00:35:46.640
 thing

00:35:46.640 --> 00:35:47.000
 in

00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:47.140
 our

00:35:47.140 --> 00:35:47.680
 lives

00:35:47.680 --> 00:35:48.360
 but

00:35:48.360 --> 00:35:48.560
 let's

00:35:48.560 --> 00:35:48.680
 go

00:35:48.680 --> 00:35:48.900
 back

00:35:48.900 --> 00:35:49.080
 to

00:35:49.080 --> 00:35:49.300
 the

00:35:49.300 --> 00:35:49.700
 verse

00:35:49.700 --> 00:35:50.040
 four

00:35:50.039 --> 00:35:51.800
 he

00:35:51.800 --> 00:35:51.960
 will

00:35:51.960 --> 00:35:52.199
 wipe

00:35:52.199 --> 00:35:52.400
 away

00:35:52.400 --> 00:35:52.679
 every

00:35:52.679 --> 00:35:52.960
 tear

00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:53.179
 from

00:35:53.179 --> 00:35:53.320
 their

00:35:53.320 --> 00:35:53.719
 eyes

00:35:53.719 --> 00:35:54.179
 and

00:35:54.179 --> 00:35:54.400
 death

00:35:54.400 --> 00:35:54.619
 shall

00:35:54.619 --> 00:35:54.779
 be

00:35:54.779 --> 00:35:54.960
 no

00:35:54.960 --> 00:35:55.259
 more

00:35:55.259 --> 00:35:55.860
 neither

00:35:55.860 --> 00:35:56.179
 shall

00:35:56.179 --> 00:35:56.340
 there

00:35:56.340 --> 00:35:56.500
 be

00:35:56.500 --> 00:35:56.880
 mourning

00:35:56.880 --> 00:35:57.400
 nor

00:35:57.400 --> 00:35:57.980
 crying

00:35:57.980 --> 00:35:58.400
 nor

00:35:58.400 --> 00:35:58.820
 pain

00:35:58.820 --> 00:35:59.300
 anymore

00:35:59.300 --> 00:36:00.199
 for

00:36:00.199 --> 00:36:00.360
 the

00:36:00.360 --> 00:36:00.659
 former

00:36:00.659 --> 00:36:01.059
 things

00:36:01.059 --> 00:36:01.239
 have

00:36:01.239 --> 00:36:01.599
 passed

00:36:01.599 --> 00:36:01.960
 away

00:36:01.960 --> 00:36:03.099
 and

00:36:03.099 --> 00:36:03.300
 he

00:36:03.300 --> 00:36:03.440
 who

00:36:03.440 --> 00:36:03.619
 was

00:36:03.619 --> 00:36:03.820
 seated

00:36:03.820 --> 00:36:04.000
 on

00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:04.159
 the

00:36:04.159 --> 00:36:04.420
 throne

00:36:04.420 --> 00:36:04.860
 said

00:36:04.860 --> 00:36:05.779
 behold

00:36:05.779 --> 00:36:06.059
 I

00:36:06.059 --> 00:36:06.219
 am

00:36:06.219 --> 00:36:06.480
 making

00:36:06.480 --> 00:36:06.779
 all

00:36:06.779 --> 00:36:07.179
 things

00:36:07.179 --> 00:36:07.500
 new

00:36:07.500 --> 00:36:08.519
 also

00:36:08.519 --> 00:36:08.779
 he

00:36:08.779 --> 00:36:09.099
 said

00:36:09.099 --> 00:36:09.500
 write

00:36:09.500 --> 00:36:09.759
 this

00:36:09.759 --> 00:36:10.099
 down

00:36:10.099 --> 00:36:10.639
 for

00:36:10.639 --> 00:36:10.880
 these

00:36:10.880 --> 00:36:11.259
 words

00:36:11.259 --> 00:36:11.440
 are

00:36:11.440 --> 00:36:11.900
 trustworthy

00:36:11.900 --> 00:36:12.300
 and

00:36:12.300 --> 00:36:12.539
 true

00:36:12.539 --> 00:36:13.739
 and

00:36:13.739 --> 00:36:13.900
 he

00:36:13.900 --> 00:36:14.179
 said

00:36:14.179 --> 00:36:14.340
 to

00:36:14.340 --> 00:36:14.480
 me

00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:14.699
 it

00:36:14.699 --> 00:36:14.860
 is

00:36:14.860 --> 00:36:15.199
 done

00:36:15.199 --> 00:36:15.920
 I

00:36:15.920 --> 00:36:16.039
 am

00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:16.159
 the

00:36:16.159 --> 00:36:16.480
 alpha

00:36:16.480 --> 00:36:16.619
 and

00:36:20.039 --> 00:36:29.119
 the

00:36:29.119 --> 00:36:30.099
 cowardly

00:36:30.099 --> 00:36:30.279
 the

00:36:30.279 --> 00:36:30.800
 faithless

00:36:30.800 --> 00:36:30.980
 the

00:36:30.980 --> 00:36:31.619
 detestable

00:36:31.619 --> 00:36:31.940
 as

00:36:31.940 --> 00:36:32.139
 for

00:36:32.139 --> 00:36:32.800
 murderers

00:36:32.800 --> 00:36:33.039
 the

00:36:33.039 --> 00:36:33.440
 sexually

00:36:33.440 --> 00:36:33.940
 immoral

00:36:33.940 --> 00:36:34.820
 sorcerers

00:36:34.820 --> 00:36:35.340
 idolaters

00:36:35.340 --> 00:36:35.539
 and

00:36:35.539 --> 00:36:35.759
 all

00:36:35.759 --> 00:36:36.139
 liars

00:36:36.139 --> 00:36:36.360
 their

00:36:36.360 --> 00:36:36.759
 portion

00:36:36.759 --> 00:36:37.000
 will

00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:37.119
 be

00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:37.239
 in

00:36:37.239 --> 00:36:37.340
 the

00:36:37.340 --> 00:36:37.519
 lake

00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:37.699
 that

00:36:37.699 --> 00:36:38.000
 burns

00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:38.179
 with

00:36:38.179 --> 00:36:38.559
 fire

00:36:38.559 --> 00:36:38.779
 and

00:36:38.779 --> 00:36:39.099
 sulfur

00:36:39.099 --> 00:36:39.759
 which

00:36:39.759 --> 00:36:39.900
 is

00:36:39.900 --> 00:36:40.039
 the

00:36:40.039 --> 00:36:40.300
 second

00:36:40.300 --> 00:36:40.679
 death

00:36:40.679 --> 00:36:41.440
 if

00:36:41.440 --> 00:36:41.559
 you're

00:36:41.559 --> 00:36:41.599
 a

00:36:41.599 --> 00:36:41.779
 guest

00:36:41.779 --> 00:36:42.059
 here

00:36:42.059 --> 00:36:42.519
 I

00:36:42.519 --> 00:36:42.759
 talked

00:36:42.759 --> 00:36:42.920
 about

00:36:42.920 --> 00:36:43.039
 the

00:36:43.039 --> 00:36:43.199
 lake

00:36:43.199 --> 00:36:43.340
 of

00:36:43.340 --> 00:36:43.519
 fire

00:36:43.519 --> 00:36:43.820
 last

00:36:43.820 --> 00:36:44.000
 week

00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:44.139
 I'm

00:36:44.139 --> 00:36:44.320
 not

00:36:44.320 --> 00:36:44.420
 going

00:36:44.420 --> 00:36:44.519
 to

00:36:44.519 --> 00:36:44.759
 talk

00:36:44.759 --> 00:36:44.960
 about

00:36:44.960 --> 00:36:45.059
 it

00:36:45.059 --> 00:36:45.300
 again

00:36:45.300 --> 00:36:45.440
 you

00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:45.559
 can

00:36:45.559 --> 00:36:45.679
 go

00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:45.920
 back

00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:46.039
 and

00:36:46.039 --> 00:36:46.219
 listen

00:36:46.219 --> 00:36:46.400
 to

00:36:46.400 --> 00:36:46.500
 it

00:36:46.500 --> 00:36:46.860
 online

00:36:46.860 --> 00:36:47.739
 here's

00:36:47.739 --> 00:36:47.880
 the

00:36:47.880 --> 00:36:48.139
 first

00:36:48.139 --> 00:36:48.420
 thing

00:36:50.039 --> 00:36:50.460
 the

00:36:50.460 --> 00:36:50.679
 first

00:36:50.679 --> 00:36:50.860
 thing

00:36:50.860 --> 00:36:50.960
 is

00:36:50.960 --> 00:36:51.119
 that

00:36:51.119 --> 00:36:51.340
 God

00:36:51.340 --> 00:36:51.719
 takes

00:36:51.719 --> 00:36:51.960
 a

00:36:51.960 --> 00:36:52.480
 scattered

00:36:52.480 --> 00:36:53.719
 incomplete

00:36:53.719 --> 00:36:54.860
 finite

00:36:54.860 --> 00:36:55.800
 fallen

00:36:55.800 --> 00:36:56.599
 slave

00:36:56.599 --> 00:36:57.440
 and

00:36:57.440 --> 00:36:57.860
 makes

00:36:57.860 --> 00:36:58.440
 me

00:36:58.440 --> 00:36:59.099
 fit

00:36:59.099 --> 00:36:59.619
 to

00:36:59.619 --> 00:36:59.920
 dwell

00:36:59.920 --> 00:37:00.320
 with

00:37:00.320 --> 00:37:00.559
 him

00:37:00.559 --> 00:37:01.480
 that

00:37:01.480 --> 00:37:03.679
 God

00:37:03.679 --> 00:37:04.079
 takes

00:37:04.079 --> 00:37:04.259
 a

00:37:04.259 --> 00:37:04.820
 scattered

00:37:04.820 --> 00:37:05.860
 incomplete

00:37:05.860 --> 00:37:06.800
 finite

00:37:06.800 --> 00:37:07.619
 fallen

00:37:07.619 --> 00:37:08.460
 slave

00:37:08.460 --> 00:37:09.300
 and

00:37:09.300 --> 00:37:09.599
 makes

00:37:09.599 --> 00:37:09.820
 me

00:37:09.820 --> 00:37:10.219
 fit

00:37:10.219 --> 00:37:10.719
 to

00:37:10.719 --> 00:37:11.019
 dwell

00:37:11.019 --> 00:37:11.279
 with

00:37:11.279 --> 00:37:11.539
 him

00:37:11.539 --> 00:37:13.719
 you

00:37:13.719 --> 00:37:13.900
 see

00:37:13.900 --> 00:37:14.519
 the

00:37:14.519 --> 00:37:14.820
 Bible

00:37:14.820 --> 00:37:15.579
 portrays

00:37:15.579 --> 00:37:16.279
 that

00:37:16.279 --> 00:37:16.759
 any

00:37:16.759 --> 00:37:17.099
 type

00:37:17.099 --> 00:37:17.239
 of

00:37:17.239 --> 00:37:17.619
 rebellion

00:37:17.619 --> 00:37:18.039
 against

00:37:18.039 --> 00:37:18.539
 God

00:37:18.539 --> 00:37:19.300
 rather

00:37:19.300 --> 00:37:19.519
 than

00:37:19.519 --> 00:37:19.759
 us

00:37:19.760 --> 00:37:20.340
 actually

00:37:20.340 --> 00:37:20.780
 becoming

00:37:20.780 --> 00:37:21.120
 like

00:37:21.120 --> 00:37:21.560
 God

00:37:21.560 --> 00:37:21.920
 in

00:37:21.920 --> 00:37:22.080
 our

00:37:22.080 --> 00:37:22.520
 rebellion

00:37:22.520 --> 00:37:23.420
 all

00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:23.620
 we

00:37:23.620 --> 00:37:23.840
 do

00:37:23.840 --> 00:37:24.000
 is

00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:24.360
 become

00:37:24.360 --> 00:37:24.980
 slaves

00:37:24.980 --> 00:37:25.180
 of

00:37:25.180 --> 00:37:25.500
 different

00:37:25.500 --> 00:37:25.960
 things

00:37:25.960 --> 00:37:26.900
 we

00:37:26.900 --> 00:37:27.200
 become

00:37:27.200 --> 00:37:27.700
 slaves

00:37:27.700 --> 00:37:27.920
 of

00:37:27.920 --> 00:37:28.440
 lies

00:37:28.440 --> 00:37:29.200
 we

00:37:29.200 --> 00:37:29.480
 become

00:37:29.480 --> 00:37:29.940
 slaves

00:37:29.940 --> 00:37:30.140
 of

00:37:30.140 --> 00:37:30.560
 idols

00:37:30.560 --> 00:37:31.580
 we

00:37:31.580 --> 00:37:31.960
 become

00:37:31.960 --> 00:37:32.640
 slaves

00:37:32.640 --> 00:37:33.200
 of

00:37:33.200 --> 00:37:33.640
 and

00:37:33.640 --> 00:37:34.040
 idols

00:37:34.040 --> 00:37:34.240
 are

00:37:34.240 --> 00:37:34.500
 things

00:37:34.500 --> 00:37:34.720
 which

00:37:34.720 --> 00:37:34.880
 we

00:37:34.880 --> 00:37:35.360
 serve

00:37:35.360 --> 00:37:35.700
 love

00:37:35.700 --> 00:37:35.960
 obey

00:37:35.960 --> 00:37:36.380
 trust

00:37:36.380 --> 00:37:36.540
 and

00:37:36.540 --> 00:37:36.840
 hope

00:37:36.840 --> 00:37:37.020
 in

00:37:37.020 --> 00:37:37.940
 so

00:37:37.940 --> 00:37:38.240
 if

00:37:38.240 --> 00:37:38.420
 we

00:37:38.420 --> 00:37:39.420
 if

00:37:39.420 --> 00:37:40.140
 we're

00:37:40.140 --> 00:37:40.560
 serving

00:37:40.560 --> 00:37:40.860
 loving

00:37:40.860 --> 00:37:41.140
 obeying

00:37:41.140 --> 00:37:41.500
 trusting

00:37:41.500 --> 00:37:41.820
 hoping

00:37:41.820 --> 00:37:42.040
 in

00:37:42.040 --> 00:37:42.340
 money

00:37:42.340 --> 00:37:42.980
 in

00:37:42.980 --> 00:37:43.080
 a

00:37:43.080 --> 00:37:43.280
 sense

00:37:43.280 --> 00:37:43.440
 we

00:37:43.440 --> 00:37:43.700
 become

00:37:43.700 --> 00:37:43.900
 a

00:37:43.900 --> 00:37:44.300
 slave

00:37:44.300 --> 00:37:44.520
 to

00:37:44.520 --> 00:37:44.700
 money

00:37:44.700 --> 00:37:44.980
 money

00:37:44.980 --> 00:37:45.320
 starts

00:37:45.320 --> 00:37:45.540
 to

00:37:45.540 --> 00:37:45.800
 run

00:37:45.800 --> 00:37:46.260
 us

00:37:46.260 --> 00:37:47.260
 we

00:37:47.260 --> 00:37:47.480
 want

00:37:47.480 --> 00:37:47.780
 more

00:37:47.780 --> 00:37:48.060
 and more

00:37:49.760 --> 00:37:50.240
 and

00:37:50.240 --> 00:37:50.420
 when

00:37:50.420 --> 00:37:50.880
 we

00:37:50.880 --> 00:37:51.180
 don't

00:37:51.180 --> 00:37:51.360
 and

00:37:51.360 --> 00:37:51.500
 then

00:37:51.500 --> 00:37:51.680
 when

00:37:51.680 --> 00:37:52.020
 something

00:37:52.020 --> 00:37:52.660
 frustrates

00:37:52.660 --> 00:37:52.860
 us

00:37:52.860 --> 00:37:52.980
 in

00:37:52.980 --> 00:37:53.100
 our

00:37:53.100 --> 00:37:53.800
 desire

00:37:53.800 --> 00:37:54.000
 to

00:37:54.000 --> 00:37:54.140
 get

00:37:54.140 --> 00:37:54.420
 money

00:37:54.420 --> 00:37:54.600
 we

00:37:54.600 --> 00:37:54.940
 become

00:37:54.940 --> 00:37:55.380
 angry

00:37:55.380 --> 00:37:55.560
 and

00:37:55.560 --> 00:37:55.660
 we

00:37:55.660 --> 00:37:55.980
 become

00:37:55.980 --> 00:37:56.500
 depressed

00:37:56.500 --> 00:37:56.660
 and

00:37:56.660 --> 00:37:56.760
 we

00:37:56.760 --> 00:37:56.880
 don't

00:37:56.880 --> 00:37:57.060
 even

00:37:57.060 --> 00:37:57.500
 realize

00:37:57.500 --> 00:37:57.700
 that

00:37:57.700 --> 00:37:57.800
 we're

00:37:57.800 --> 00:37:57.960
 now

00:37:57.960 --> 00:37:58.320
 serving

00:37:58.320 --> 00:37:58.460
 it

00:37:58.460 --> 00:37:58.660
 we

00:37:58.660 --> 00:37:59.400
 serve

00:37:59.400 --> 00:37:59.840
 sex

00:37:59.840 --> 00:38:00.040
 we

00:38:00.040 --> 00:38:00.280
 serve

00:38:00.280 --> 00:38:00.700
 lies

00:38:00.700 --> 00:38:00.920
 we

00:38:00.920 --> 00:38:01.160
 serve

00:38:01.160 --> 00:38:03.180
 ideologies

00:38:03.180 --> 00:38:03.500
 we

00:38:03.500 --> 00:38:03.760
 serve

00:38:03.760 --> 00:38:04.280
 all

00:38:04.280 --> 00:38:04.600
 sorts

00:38:04.600 --> 00:38:04.760
 of

00:38:04.760 --> 00:38:05.060
 things

00:38:05.060 --> 00:38:05.500
 and

00:38:05.500 --> 00:38:05.680
 by

00:38:05.680 --> 00:38:06.060
 serving

00:38:06.060 --> 00:38:06.240
 them

00:38:06.240 --> 00:38:06.360
 we

00:38:06.360 --> 00:38:06.680
 become

00:38:06.680 --> 00:38:07.320
 slaves

00:38:07.320 --> 00:38:07.860
 and

00:38:07.860 --> 00:38:08.000
 the

00:38:08.000 --> 00:38:08.360
 picture

00:38:08.360 --> 00:38:08.580
 of

00:38:08.580 --> 00:38:08.860
 heaven

00:38:08.860 --> 00:38:09.140
 here

00:38:09.140 --> 00:38:09.320
 that

00:38:09.320 --> 00:38:09.440
 we

00:38:09.440 --> 00:38:09.740
 see

00:38:09.740 --> 00:38:10.420
 is

00:38:10.420 --> 00:38:10.800
 us

00:38:10.800 --> 00:38:11.060
 in

00:38:11.060 --> 00:38:11.220
 our

00:38:11.220 --> 00:38:11.680
 resurrected

00:38:11.680 --> 00:38:12.380
 bodies

00:38:12.380 --> 00:38:13.180
 God

00:38:13.180 --> 00:38:13.660
 takes

00:38:13.659 --> 00:38:14.139
 me

00:38:14.139 --> 00:38:14.359
 and

00:38:14.359 --> 00:38:14.559
 I'm

00:38:14.559 --> 00:38:15.159
 scattered

00:38:15.159 --> 00:38:16.039
 because

00:38:16.039 --> 00:38:17.159
 my

00:38:17.159 --> 00:38:17.639
 betrayal

00:38:17.639 --> 00:38:17.839
 of

00:38:17.839 --> 00:38:17.980
 what

00:38:17.980 --> 00:38:18.119
 I

00:38:18.119 --> 00:38:18.339
 am

00:38:18.339 --> 00:38:18.480
 there

00:38:18.480 --> 00:38:18.759
 that's

00:38:18.759 --> 00:38:18.899
 not

00:38:18.899 --> 00:38:19.359
 completely

00:38:19.359 --> 00:38:19.899
 accurate

00:38:19.899 --> 00:38:20.440
 I

00:38:20.440 --> 00:38:20.579
 mean

00:38:20.579 --> 00:38:21.019
 what's

00:38:21.019 --> 00:38:21.219
 many

00:38:21.219 --> 00:38:21.379
 of

00:38:21.379 --> 00:38:21.500
 our

00:38:21.500 --> 00:38:21.799
 thought

00:38:21.799 --> 00:38:22.159
 lives

00:38:22.159 --> 00:38:22.539
 like

00:38:22.539 --> 00:38:23.000
 like

00:38:23.000 --> 00:38:23.199
 many

00:38:23.199 --> 00:38:23.359
 of

00:38:23.359 --> 00:38:23.500
 our

00:38:23.500 --> 00:38:23.779
 thought

00:38:23.779 --> 00:38:24.139
 lives

00:38:24.139 --> 00:38:24.279
 are

00:38:24.279 --> 00:38:24.519
 like

00:38:24.519 --> 00:38:24.839
 maybe

00:38:24.839 --> 00:38:25.480
 I'm

00:38:25.480 --> 00:38:25.659
 just

00:38:25.659 --> 00:38:26.079
 vastly

00:38:26.079 --> 00:38:26.339
 more

00:38:26.339 --> 00:38:26.679
 sinful

00:38:26.679 --> 00:38:26.920
 than

00:38:26.920 --> 00:38:27.099
 all

00:38:27.099 --> 00:38:27.239
 of

00:38:27.239 --> 00:38:27.379
 you

00:38:27.379 --> 00:38:27.579
 but

00:38:27.579 --> 00:38:27.779
 what

00:38:27.779 --> 00:38:28.139
 goes

00:38:28.139 --> 00:38:28.319
 on

00:38:28.319 --> 00:38:28.440
 in

00:38:28.440 --> 00:38:28.559
 our

00:38:28.559 --> 00:38:28.879
 thought

00:38:28.879 --> 00:38:29.139
 lives

00:38:29.139 --> 00:38:29.480
 sometimes

00:38:29.480 --> 00:38:29.839
 we

00:38:29.839 --> 00:38:30.019
 just

00:38:30.019 --> 00:38:30.239
 think

00:38:30.239 --> 00:38:30.859
 gosh

00:38:30.859 --> 00:38:31.000
 I

00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:31.159
 wish

00:38:31.159 --> 00:38:31.279
 I

00:38:31.279 --> 00:38:31.399
 could

00:38:31.399 --> 00:38:31.559
 get

00:38:31.559 --> 00:38:32.079
 revenge

00:38:32.079 --> 00:38:32.319
 on

00:38:32.319 --> 00:38:32.519
 that

00:38:32.519 --> 00:38:33.000
 person

00:38:33.000 --> 00:38:33.519
 and

00:38:33.519 --> 00:38:33.839
 sometimes

00:38:33.839 --> 00:38:34.119
 we

00:38:34.119 --> 00:38:34.339
 think

00:38:34.339 --> 00:38:34.480
 of

00:38:34.480 --> 00:38:34.960
 kindness

00:38:34.960 --> 00:38:35.759
 sometimes

00:38:35.760 --> 00:38:36.100
 we

00:38:36.100 --> 00:38:36.260
 want

00:38:36.260 --> 00:38:36.340
 to

00:38:36.340 --> 00:38:36.680
 imagine

00:38:36.680 --> 00:38:36.860
 that

00:38:36.860 --> 00:38:36.980
 we're

00:38:36.980 --> 00:38:37.140
 the

00:38:37.140 --> 00:38:37.660
 superstar

00:38:37.660 --> 00:38:38.260
 and

00:38:38.260 --> 00:38:38.440
 other

00:38:38.440 --> 00:38:38.780
 times

00:38:38.780 --> 00:38:38.900
 we

00:38:38.900 --> 00:38:39.040
 want

00:38:39.040 --> 00:38:39.120
 to

00:38:39.120 --> 00:38:39.280
 just

00:38:39.280 --> 00:38:39.420
 be

00:38:39.420 --> 00:38:39.560
 the

00:38:39.560 --> 00:38:39.880
 quiet

00:38:39.880 --> 00:38:40.300
 servant

00:38:40.300 --> 00:38:40.740
 sometimes

00:38:40.740 --> 00:38:41.180
 we

00:38:41.180 --> 00:38:41.700
 imagine

00:38:41.700 --> 00:38:42.240
 that

00:38:42.240 --> 00:38:42.560
 everybody

00:38:42.560 --> 00:38:42.840
 is

00:38:42.840 --> 00:38:43.220
 praising

00:38:43.220 --> 00:38:43.560
 us

00:38:43.560 --> 00:38:43.980
 and

00:38:43.980 --> 00:38:44.500
 sometimes

00:38:44.500 --> 00:38:44.860
 we

00:38:44.860 --> 00:38:45.040
 just

00:38:45.040 --> 00:38:45.200
 want

00:38:45.200 --> 00:38:45.300
 to

00:38:45.300 --> 00:38:45.500
 think

00:38:45.500 --> 00:38:45.620
 of

00:38:45.620 --> 00:38:45.820
 some

00:38:45.820 --> 00:38:46.020
 way

00:38:46.020 --> 00:38:46.160
 that

00:38:46.160 --> 00:38:46.280
 we

00:38:46.280 --> 00:38:46.480
 can

00:38:46.480 --> 00:38:46.940
 give

00:38:46.940 --> 00:38:47.080
 to

00:38:47.080 --> 00:38:47.260
 another

00:38:47.260 --> 00:38:47.660
 person

00:38:47.660 --> 00:38:47.820
 and

00:38:47.820 --> 00:38:48.100
 praise

00:38:48.100 --> 00:38:48.360
 them

00:38:48.360 --> 00:38:48.840
 and

00:38:48.840 --> 00:38:49.000
 that

00:38:49.000 --> 00:38:49.600
 inside

00:38:49.600 --> 00:38:49.780
 of

00:38:49.780 --> 00:38:49.940
 us

00:38:49.940 --> 00:38:50.160
 on

00:38:50.160 --> 00:38:50.400
 one

00:38:50.400 --> 00:38:50.620
 hand

00:38:50.620 --> 00:38:50.840
 there's

00:38:50.840 --> 00:38:51.160
 parts

00:38:51.160 --> 00:38:51.280
 of

00:38:51.280 --> 00:38:51.400
 our

00:38:51.400 --> 00:38:51.600
 life

00:38:51.600 --> 00:38:51.740
 that

00:38:51.740 --> 00:38:51.820
 are

00:38:51.820 --> 00:38:51.920
 in

00:38:51.920 --> 00:38:52.120
 deep

00:38:52.120 --> 00:38:52.640
 slavery

00:38:52.640 --> 00:38:53.380
 but

00:38:53.380 --> 00:38:53.560
 on

00:38:53.560 --> 00:38:53.660
 the

00:38:53.660 --> 00:38:53.820
 other

00:38:53.820 --> 00:38:54.000
 hand

00:38:54.000 --> 00:38:54.140
 we

00:38:54.140 --> 00:38:54.300
 know

00:38:54.300 --> 00:38:54.440
 that

00:38:54.440 --> 00:38:54.659
 there's

00:38:54.659 --> 00:38:54.820
 some

00:38:54.820 --> 00:38:55.119
 areas

00:38:55.119 --> 00:38:55.320
 of

00:38:55.320 --> 00:38:55.579
 freedom

00:38:55.579 --> 00:38:55.760
 in

00:38:55.760 --> 00:38:55.880
 our

00:38:55.880 --> 00:38:56.139
 lives

00:38:56.139 --> 00:38:56.280
 and

00:38:56.280 --> 00:38:56.440
 that

00:38:56.440 --> 00:38:56.639
 we're

00:38:56.639 --> 00:38:57.200
 scattered

00:38:57.200 --> 00:38:57.519
 we're

00:38:57.519 --> 00:38:58.059
 incomplete

00:38:58.059 --> 00:38:58.440
 we're

00:38:58.440 --> 00:38:58.840
 finite

00:38:58.840 --> 00:38:59.519
 and

00:38:59.519 --> 00:38:59.700
 we're

00:38:59.700 --> 00:39:00.240
 fallen

00:39:00.240 --> 00:39:00.500
 which

00:39:00.500 --> 00:39:00.740
 means

00:39:00.740 --> 00:39:00.880
 that

00:39:00.880 --> 00:39:00.980
 we

00:39:00.980 --> 00:39:01.300
 can't

00:39:01.300 --> 00:39:01.420
 be

00:39:01.420 --> 00:39:01.720
 related

00:39:01.720 --> 00:39:01.920
 to

00:39:01.920 --> 00:39:02.139
 God

00:39:02.139 --> 00:39:02.280
 in

00:39:02.280 --> 00:39:02.400
 our

00:39:02.400 --> 00:39:02.500
 own

00:39:02.500 --> 00:39:02.720
 effort

00:39:02.720 --> 00:39:02.880
 or

00:39:02.880 --> 00:39:03.119
 power

00:39:03.119 --> 00:39:03.559
 but

00:39:03.559 --> 00:39:04.240
 fundamentally

00:39:04.240 --> 00:39:04.780
 what we

00:39:04.780 --> 00:39:05.079
 are

00:39:05.079 --> 00:39:05.559
 is

00:39:05.559 --> 00:39:05.800
 in

00:39:05.800 --> 00:39:06.700
 bondage

00:39:06.700 --> 00:39:07.519
 and

00:39:07.519 --> 00:39:07.960
 Jesus

00:39:07.960 --> 00:39:08.539
 comes

00:39:08.539 --> 00:39:09.099
 to

00:39:09.099 --> 00:39:09.420
 deliver

00:39:09.420 --> 00:39:09.659
 us

00:39:09.659 --> 00:39:09.860
 from

00:39:09.860 --> 00:39:10.740
 bondage

00:39:10.740 --> 00:39:11.179
 and

00:39:11.179 --> 00:39:11.539
 partly

00:39:11.539 --> 00:39:11.760
 what

00:39:11.760 --> 00:39:12.200
 happens

00:39:12.200 --> 00:39:12.420
 as

00:39:12.420 --> 00:39:12.880
 God's

00:39:12.880 --> 00:39:13.280
 word

00:39:13.280 --> 00:39:13.659
 works

00:39:13.659 --> 00:39:13.820
 its

00:39:13.820 --> 00:39:14.000
 way

00:39:14.000 --> 00:39:14.119
 in

00:39:14.119 --> 00:39:14.240
 our

00:39:14.240 --> 00:39:14.480
 heart

00:39:14.480 --> 00:39:14.700
 as

00:39:14.700 --> 00:39:14.840
 the

00:39:14.840 --> 00:39:15.039
 Holy

00:39:15.039 --> 00:39:15.559
 Spirit

00:39:15.559 --> 00:39:16.159
 moves

00:39:16.159 --> 00:39:16.360
 and

00:39:16.360 --> 00:39:16.659
 works

00:39:16.659 --> 00:39:16.920
 within

00:39:16.920 --> 00:39:17.079
 us

00:39:17.079 --> 00:39:17.320
 as

00:39:17.320 --> 00:39:17.559
 we're

00:39:17.559 --> 00:39:17.880
 gripped

00:39:17.880 --> 00:39:18.119
 by

00:39:18.119 --> 00:39:18.300
 the

00:39:18.300 --> 00:39:18.780
 gospel

00:39:18.780 --> 00:39:19.500
 and

00:39:19.500 --> 00:39:19.720
 learning

00:39:19.720 --> 00:39:19.900
 to

00:39:19.900 --> 00:39:20.039
 live

00:39:20.039 --> 00:39:20.180
 for

00:39:20.180 --> 00:39:20.340
 his

00:39:20.340 --> 00:39:20.680
 glory

00:39:20.680 --> 00:39:20.860
 that

00:39:20.860 --> 00:39:21.039
 what

00:39:21.039 --> 00:39:21.280
 God

00:39:21.280 --> 00:39:21.579
 brings

00:39:21.579 --> 00:39:21.780
 into

00:39:21.780 --> 00:39:21.960
 our

00:39:21.960 --> 00:39:22.300
 lives

00:39:22.300 --> 00:39:22.539
 is

00:39:22.539 --> 00:39:23.099
 freedom

00:39:23.099 --> 00:39:25.159
 freedom

00:39:25.159 --> 00:39:25.440
 to

00:39:25.440 --> 00:39:25.820
 love

00:39:25.820 --> 00:39:27.619
 freedom

00:39:27.619 --> 00:39:28.539
 to

00:39:28.539 --> 00:39:28.920
 give

00:39:28.920 --> 00:39:29.880
 freedom

00:39:29.880 --> 00:39:30.460
 to

00:39:30.460 --> 00:39:30.940
 forgive

00:39:30.940 --> 00:39:31.880
 freedom

00:39:31.880 --> 00:39:32.619
 not

00:39:32.619 --> 00:39:32.840
 to

00:39:32.840 --> 00:39:32.980
 be

00:39:32.980 --> 00:39:33.280
 bound

00:39:33.280 --> 00:39:34.460
 and

00:39:34.460 --> 00:39:34.760
 that

00:39:34.760 --> 00:39:35.380
 tiny

00:39:35.380 --> 00:39:35.740
 bit

00:39:35.740 --> 00:39:35.960
 of

00:39:35.960 --> 00:39:36.300
 freedom

00:39:36.300 --> 00:39:36.519
 that

00:39:36.519 --> 00:39:36.700
 we

00:39:36.700 --> 00:39:37.039
 start

00:39:37.039 --> 00:39:37.220
 to

00:39:37.220 --> 00:39:37.840
 experience

00:39:37.840 --> 00:39:38.059
 as

00:39:38.059 --> 00:39:38.220
 the

00:39:38.220 --> 00:39:38.440
 Holy

00:39:38.440 --> 00:39:38.820
 Spirit

00:39:38.820 --> 00:39:39.180
 works

00:39:39.180 --> 00:39:39.280
 in

00:39:39.280 --> 00:39:39.420
 our

00:39:39.420 --> 00:39:39.760
 lives

00:39:39.760 --> 00:39:39.940
 as

00:39:39.940 --> 00:39:40.180
 we're

00:39:40.180 --> 00:39:40.480
 gripped

00:39:40.480 --> 00:39:40.700
 by

00:39:40.700 --> 00:39:40.880
 the

00:39:40.880 --> 00:39:41.460
 gospel

00:39:41.460 --> 00:39:42.460
 will

00:39:42.460 --> 00:39:42.920
 describe

00:39:42.920 --> 00:39:43.240
 what

00:39:43.240 --> 00:39:43.380
 we

00:39:43.380 --> 00:39:43.860
 become

00:39:43.860 --> 00:39:44.099
 in

00:39:44.099 --> 00:39:44.300
 its

00:39:44.300 --> 00:39:44.800
 fullness

00:39:44.800 --> 00:39:45.500
 when

00:39:45.500 --> 00:39:45.680
 we

00:39:45.679 --> 00:39:46.019
 die

00:39:46.019 --> 00:39:47.879
 that

00:39:47.879 --> 00:39:48.039
 when

00:39:48.039 --> 00:39:48.219
 we

00:39:48.219 --> 00:39:48.419
 die

00:39:48.419 --> 00:39:48.879
 God

00:39:48.879 --> 00:39:49.179
 does

00:39:49.179 --> 00:39:49.579
 something

00:39:49.579 --> 00:39:49.859
 in

00:39:49.859 --> 00:39:50.179
 us

00:39:50.179 --> 00:39:50.619
 that's

00:39:50.619 --> 00:39:50.879
 only

00:39:50.879 --> 00:39:51.119
 the

00:39:51.119 --> 00:39:51.659
 tiniest

00:39:51.659 --> 00:39:51.899
 little

00:39:51.899 --> 00:39:52.319
 seed

00:39:52.319 --> 00:39:52.519
 on

00:39:52.519 --> 00:39:52.699
 this

00:39:52.699 --> 00:39:52.899
 side

00:39:52.899 --> 00:39:53.000
 of

00:39:53.000 --> 00:39:53.119
 the

00:39:53.119 --> 00:39:53.440
 grave

00:39:53.440 --> 00:39:54.259
 but

00:39:54.259 --> 00:39:54.639
 after

00:39:54.639 --> 00:39:54.839
 the

00:39:54.839 --> 00:39:55.219
 grave

00:39:55.219 --> 00:39:56.359
 when

00:39:56.359 --> 00:39:56.659
 Jesus

00:39:56.659 --> 00:39:57.159
 welcomes

00:39:57.159 --> 00:39:57.819
 us

00:39:57.819 --> 00:39:58.019
 in

00:39:58.019 --> 00:39:58.159
 his

00:39:58.159 --> 00:39:58.619
 arms

00:39:58.619 --> 00:39:59.359
 we

00:39:59.359 --> 00:39:59.519
 will

00:39:59.519 --> 00:40:00.099
 experience

00:40:00.099 --> 00:40:00.319
 for

00:40:00.319 --> 00:40:00.599
 all

00:40:00.599 --> 00:40:00.980
 eternity

00:40:00.980 --> 00:40:01.159
 in

00:40:01.159 --> 00:40:01.319
 its

00:40:01.319 --> 00:40:01.679
 fullness

00:40:01.679 --> 00:40:02.099
 no

00:40:02.099 --> 00:40:02.500
 longer

00:40:02.500 --> 00:40:02.719
 a

00:40:02.719 --> 00:40:03.119
 slave

00:40:03.119 --> 00:40:03.399
 but

00:40:03.399 --> 00:40:03.799
 free

00:40:03.799 --> 00:40:04.480
 no

00:40:04.480 --> 00:40:04.960
 longer

00:40:04.960 --> 00:40:05.539
 scattered

00:40:05.539 --> 00:40:05.819
 but

00:40:05.819 --> 00:40:06.159
 whole

00:40:06.159 --> 00:40:06.419
 no

00:40:06.419 --> 00:40:06.819
 longer

00:40:06.819 --> 00:40:07.480
 incomplete

00:40:07.480 --> 00:40:08.059
 but

00:40:08.059 --> 00:40:08.739
 complete

00:40:08.739 --> 00:40:09.859
 still

00:40:09.859 --> 00:40:10.440
 finite

00:40:10.440 --> 00:40:11.299
 but

00:40:11.299 --> 00:40:11.919
 fine

00:40:11.919 --> 00:40:12.299
 with

00:40:12.299 --> 00:40:12.519
 being

00:40:12.519 --> 00:40:13.059
 finite

00:40:13.059 --> 00:40:15.199
 because

00:40:15.199 --> 00:40:15.939
 we

00:40:15.939 --> 00:40:16.419
 rest

00:40:16.419 --> 00:40:16.819
 in

00:40:16.819 --> 00:40:17.039
 the

00:40:17.039 --> 00:40:17.639
 everlasting

00:40:17.639 --> 00:40:18.519
 arms

00:40:18.519 --> 00:40:20.139
 of

00:40:20.139 --> 00:40:20.539
 God

00:40:20.539 --> 00:40:22.500
 no

00:40:22.500 --> 00:40:22.859
 longer

00:40:22.859 --> 00:40:23.399
 fallen

00:40:23.399 --> 00:40:23.659
 and

00:40:23.659 --> 00:40:24.000
 bent

00:40:24.000 --> 00:40:24.659
 but

00:40:24.659 --> 00:40:24.960
 made

00:40:24.960 --> 00:40:25.639
 straight

00:40:25.639 --> 00:40:26.279
 for

00:40:26.279 --> 00:40:26.559
 all

00:40:26.559 --> 00:40:27.059
 eternity

00:40:27.059 --> 00:40:28.639
 and

00:40:28.639 --> 00:40:28.980
 only

00:40:28.980 --> 00:40:29.439
 God

00:40:29.439 --> 00:40:29.719
 can

00:40:29.719 --> 00:40:29.919
 make

00:40:29.919 --> 00:40:30.079
 me

00:40:30.079 --> 00:40:30.439
 fit

00:40:30.439 --> 00:40:30.739
 to

00:40:30.739 --> 00:40:30.980
 dwell

00:40:30.980 --> 00:40:31.219
 with

00:40:31.219 --> 00:40:31.419
 him

00:40:31.419 --> 00:40:33.099
 but

00:40:33.099 --> 00:40:33.299
 the

00:40:33.299 --> 00:40:33.619
 text

00:40:33.619 --> 00:40:33.839
 then

00:40:33.839 --> 00:40:34.079
 gives

00:40:34.079 --> 00:40:34.219
 us

00:40:34.219 --> 00:40:34.439
 this

00:40:34.439 --> 00:40:35.079
 choice

00:40:35.079 --> 00:40:36.119
 put up

00:40:36.119 --> 00:40:36.219
 the

00:40:36.219 --> 00:40:36.419
 next

00:40:36.419 --> 00:40:36.799
 slide

00:40:36.799 --> 00:40:37.899
 and

00:40:37.899 --> 00:40:38.159
 here's

00:40:38.159 --> 00:40:38.299
 the

00:40:38.299 --> 00:40:38.739
 choice

00:40:38.739 --> 00:40:39.679
 it

00:40:39.679 --> 00:40:40.019
 takes

00:40:40.019 --> 00:40:40.619
 courage

00:40:40.619 --> 00:40:40.859
 to

00:40:40.859 --> 00:40:41.099
 say

00:40:41.099 --> 00:40:41.419
 no

00:40:41.419 --> 00:40:41.659
 to

00:40:41.659 --> 00:40:42.139
 lies

00:40:42.139 --> 00:40:42.339
 and

00:40:42.339 --> 00:40:42.599
 death

00:40:42.599 --> 00:40:42.759
 and

00:40:42.759 --> 00:40:43.099
 evil

00:40:43.099 --> 00:40:43.259
 and

00:40:43.259 --> 00:40:43.639
 idols

00:40:43.639 --> 00:40:43.839
 and

00:40:43.839 --> 00:40:43.979
 to

00:40:43.979 --> 00:40:44.159
 say

00:40:44.159 --> 00:40:44.459
 yes

00:40:44.459 --> 00:40:44.659
 to

00:40:44.659 --> 00:40:45.119
 Jesus

00:40:45.119 --> 00:40:45.859
 choose

00:40:45.859 --> 00:40:46.439
 courage

00:40:46.439 --> 00:40:48.239
 like

00:40:48.239 --> 00:40:48.379
 if

00:40:48.379 --> 00:40:48.500
 there

00:40:48.500 --> 00:40:48.619
 was

00:40:48.619 --> 00:40:48.719
 to

00:40:48.719 --> 00:40:48.839
 be

00:40:48.839 --> 00:40:49.019
 a

00:40:49.019 --> 00:40:49.319
 sentence

00:40:49.319 --> 00:40:49.579
 to

00:40:49.579 --> 00:40:49.919
 summarize

00:40:49.919 --> 00:40:50.279
 that

00:40:50.279 --> 00:40:50.419
 you

00:40:50.419 --> 00:40:50.519
 know

00:40:50.519 --> 00:40:50.819
 if

00:40:50.819 --> 00:40:50.899
 you

00:40:50.899 --> 00:40:51.019
 go

00:40:51.019 --> 00:40:51.239
 back

00:40:51.239 --> 00:40:51.359
 and

00:40:51.359 --> 00:40:51.500
 read

00:40:51.500 --> 00:40:51.699
 things

00:40:51.699 --> 00:40:51.879
 about

00:40:51.879 --> 00:40:51.979
 how

00:40:51.979 --> 00:40:52.119
 to

00:40:52.119 --> 00:40:52.359
 preach

00:40:52.359 --> 00:40:52.519
 they

00:40:52.519 --> 00:40:52.779
 often

00:40:52.779 --> 00:40:53.000
 say

00:40:53.000 --> 00:40:53.099
 you

00:40:53.099 --> 00:40:53.219
 should

00:40:53.219 --> 00:40:53.339
 have

00:40:53.339 --> 00:40:53.579
 a

00:40:53.579 --> 00:40:54.000
 sentence

00:40:54.000 --> 00:40:54.259
 which

00:40:54.259 --> 00:40:54.639
 gives

00:40:54.639 --> 00:40:54.899
 unity

00:40:54.899 --> 00:40:55.039
 to

00:40:55.039 --> 00:40:55.079
 the

00:40:55.079 --> 00:40:55.259
 whole

00:40:55.259 --> 00:40:55.599
 sermon

00:40:55.599 --> 00:40:56.359
 often

00:40:56.359 --> 00:40:56.679
 doesn't

00:40:56.679 --> 00:40:56.959
 show

00:40:56.959 --> 00:40:57.179
 up

00:40:57.179 --> 00:40:57.379
 in

00:40:57.379 --> 00:40:57.679
 the

00:40:57.679 --> 00:40:58.479
 sermon

00:40:58.479 --> 00:40:58.959
 text

00:40:58.959 --> 00:40:59.319
 itself

00:40:59.319 --> 00:40:59.479
 but

00:40:59.479 --> 00:40:59.599
 it

00:40:59.599 --> 00:40:59.759
 sort

00:40:59.760 --> 00:41:00.300
 helps

00:41:00.300 --> 00:41:00.460
 you

00:41:00.460 --> 00:41:00.760
 to

00:41:00.760 --> 00:41:01.160
 govern

00:41:01.160 --> 00:41:02.100
 your

00:41:02.100 --> 00:41:02.820
 point

00:41:02.820 --> 00:41:03.220
 I'm

00:41:03.220 --> 00:41:03.360
 going to

00:41:03.360 --> 00:41:03.560
 tell

00:41:03.560 --> 00:41:03.660
 you

00:41:03.660 --> 00:41:03.800
 what

00:41:03.800 --> 00:41:04.080
 mine

00:41:04.080 --> 00:41:04.440
 was

00:41:04.440 --> 00:41:07.480
 mine

00:41:07.480 --> 00:41:08.460
 would

00:41:08.460 --> 00:41:08.560
 have

00:41:08.560 --> 00:41:08.660
 been

00:41:08.660 --> 00:41:08.840
 this

00:41:08.840 --> 00:41:09.080
 no

00:41:09.080 --> 00:41:09.400
 heaven

00:41:09.400 --> 00:41:09.620
 is

00:41:09.620 --> 00:41:09.920
 real

00:41:09.920 --> 00:41:10.420
 if

00:41:10.420 --> 00:41:11.240
 I

00:41:11.240 --> 00:41:11.380
 want

00:41:11.380 --> 00:41:11.480
 to

00:41:11.480 --> 00:41:12.300
 organize

00:41:12.300 --> 00:41:12.540
 all

00:41:12.540 --> 00:41:12.640
 of

00:41:12.640 --> 00:41:13.000
 Revelation

00:41:13.000 --> 00:41:13.400
 chapter

00:41:13.400 --> 00:41:13.840
 21

00:41:13.840 --> 00:41:14.020
 in

00:41:14.020 --> 00:41:14.260
 one

00:41:14.260 --> 00:41:14.780
 sentence

00:41:14.780 --> 00:41:15.340
 and

00:41:15.340 --> 00:41:15.680
 usually

00:41:15.680 --> 00:41:15.920
 it's

00:41:15.920 --> 00:41:16.160
 about

00:41:16.160 --> 00:41:16.780
 something

00:41:16.780 --> 00:41:17.060
 being

00:41:17.060 --> 00:41:17.340
 true

00:41:17.340 --> 00:41:17.480
 and

00:41:17.480 --> 00:41:17.740
 something

00:41:17.740 --> 00:41:17.900
 that

00:41:17.900 --> 00:41:17.980
 you

00:41:17.980 --> 00:41:18.140
 have

00:41:18.140 --> 00:41:18.260
 to

00:41:18.260 --> 00:41:18.480
 do

00:41:18.480 --> 00:41:19.100
 and

00:41:19.100 --> 00:41:19.440
 this

00:41:19.440 --> 00:41:19.540
 is

00:41:19.540 --> 00:41:19.640
 how

00:41:19.640 --> 00:41:19.740
 it

00:41:19.740 --> 00:41:19.880
 is

00:41:19.880 --> 00:41:20.160
 no

00:41:20.160 --> 00:41:21.180
 heaven

00:41:21.180 --> 00:41:21.400
 is

00:41:21.400 --> 00:41:21.700
 real

00:41:21.700 --> 00:41:22.700
 therefore

00:41:22.700 --> 00:41:23.280
 choose

00:41:23.280 --> 00:41:23.780
 courageous

00:41:23.780 --> 00:41:24.160
 faith

00:41:24.160 --> 00:41:24.360
 in

00:41:24.360 --> 00:41:24.680
 Jesus

00:41:24.680 --> 00:41:26.560
 no

00:41:26.560 --> 00:41:26.960
 heaven

00:41:26.960 --> 00:41:27.200
 is

00:41:27.200 --> 00:41:27.520
 real

00:41:27.520 --> 00:41:28.560
 therefore

00:41:28.560 --> 00:41:29.180
 choose

00:41:29.179 --> 00:41:29.839
 courageous

00:41:29.839 --> 00:41:30.440
 faith

00:41:30.440 --> 00:41:30.739
 in

00:41:30.739 --> 00:41:31.119
 Jesus

00:41:31.119 --> 00:41:32.079
 no

00:41:32.079 --> 00:41:32.480
 heaven

00:41:32.480 --> 00:41:32.699
 is

00:41:32.699 --> 00:41:33.000
 real

00:41:33.000 --> 00:41:34.119
 therefore

00:41:34.119 --> 00:41:34.799
 choose

00:41:34.799 --> 00:41:35.759
 courageous

00:41:35.759 --> 00:41:36.299
 faith

00:41:36.299 --> 00:41:36.599
 in

00:41:36.599 --> 00:41:36.919
 Jesus

00:41:36.919 --> 00:41:38.179
 and

00:41:38.179 --> 00:41:38.460
 the

00:41:38.460 --> 00:41:38.759
 text

00:41:38.759 --> 00:41:38.879
 here

00:41:38.879 --> 00:41:39.079
 when it

00:41:39.079 --> 00:41:39.199
 says

00:41:39.199 --> 00:41:39.399
 about

00:41:39.399 --> 00:41:40.059
 the

00:41:40.059 --> 00:41:40.679
 cowardly

00:41:40.679 --> 00:41:40.839
 the

00:41:40.839 --> 00:41:41.299
 faithless

00:41:41.299 --> 00:41:41.440
 the

00:41:41.440 --> 00:41:41.899
 detestable

00:41:41.899 --> 00:41:42.079
 is

00:41:42.079 --> 00:41:42.259
 for

00:41:42.259 --> 00:41:42.819
 murderers

00:41:42.819 --> 00:41:43.619
 it

00:41:43.619 --> 00:41:44.619
 realizes

00:41:44.619 --> 00:41:44.899
 that

00:41:44.899 --> 00:41:45.059
 on

00:41:45.059 --> 00:41:45.259
 this

00:41:45.259 --> 00:41:45.599
 side

00:41:45.599 --> 00:41:45.699
 of

00:41:45.699 --> 00:41:45.799
 the

00:41:45.799 --> 00:41:46.099
 grave

00:41:46.099 --> 00:41:46.379
 it

00:41:46.379 --> 00:41:46.679
 takes

00:41:46.679 --> 00:41:47.259
 courage

00:41:47.259 --> 00:41:47.500
 to

00:41:47.500 --> 00:41:47.699
 say

00:41:47.699 --> 00:41:47.940
 no

00:41:47.940 --> 00:41:48.159
 to

00:41:48.159 --> 00:41:48.659
 lies

00:41:48.659 --> 00:41:50.059
 it

00:41:50.059 --> 00:41:50.359
 takes

00:41:50.359 --> 00:41:50.960
 courage

00:41:50.960 --> 00:41:51.199
 to

00:41:51.199 --> 00:41:51.419
 say

00:41:51.419 --> 00:41:51.659
 no

00:41:51.659 --> 00:41:51.839
 to

00:41:51.839 --> 00:41:52.119
 death

00:41:52.119 --> 00:41:52.299
 it

00:41:52.299 --> 00:41:52.579
 takes

00:41:52.579 --> 00:41:53.159
 courage

00:41:53.159 --> 00:41:53.359
 to

00:41:53.359 --> 00:41:53.539
 say

00:41:53.539 --> 00:41:53.739
 no

00:41:53.739 --> 00:41:53.879
 to

00:41:53.879 --> 00:41:54.159
 evil

00:41:54.159 --> 00:41:54.359
 it

00:41:54.359 --> 00:41:54.599
 takes

00:41:54.599 --> 00:41:55.179
 courage

00:41:55.179 --> 00:41:55.399
 to

00:41:55.399 --> 00:41:55.559
 say

00:41:55.559 --> 00:41:55.779
 no

00:41:55.779 --> 00:41:55.919
 to

00:41:55.919 --> 00:41:56.339
 idols

00:41:56.339 --> 00:41:57.299
 and

00:41:59.179 --> 00:41:59.719
 the

00:41:59.719 --> 00:42:00.039
 Bible

00:42:00.039 --> 00:42:00.419
 doesn't

00:42:00.419 --> 00:42:00.679
 teach

00:42:00.679 --> 00:42:00.859
 us

00:42:00.859 --> 00:42:01.440
 the

00:42:01.440 --> 00:42:01.799
 Bible

00:42:01.799 --> 00:42:02.099
 isn't

00:42:02.099 --> 00:42:02.239
 a

00:42:02.239 --> 00:42:02.480
 faith

00:42:02.480 --> 00:42:02.619
 of

00:42:02.619 --> 00:42:02.859
 no

00:42:02.859 --> 00:42:03.079
 no

00:42:03.079 --> 00:42:03.319
 no

00:42:03.319 --> 00:42:03.559
 no

00:42:03.559 --> 00:42:03.940
 no

00:42:03.940 --> 00:42:04.819
 it's

00:42:04.819 --> 00:42:05.179
 always

00:42:05.179 --> 00:42:05.440
 a

00:42:05.440 --> 00:42:05.819
 no

00:42:05.819 --> 00:42:06.440
 so

00:42:06.440 --> 00:42:06.639
 we

00:42:06.639 --> 00:42:06.779
 can

00:42:06.779 --> 00:42:07.059
 say

00:42:07.059 --> 00:42:07.539
 yes

00:42:07.539 --> 00:42:09.119
 and

00:42:09.119 --> 00:42:09.279
 the

00:42:09.279 --> 00:42:09.699
 yes

00:42:09.699 --> 00:42:10.039
 is

00:42:10.039 --> 00:42:10.239
 to

00:42:10.239 --> 00:42:10.659
 Jesus

00:42:10.659 --> 00:42:11.940
 and

00:42:11.940 --> 00:42:12.099
 the

00:42:12.099 --> 00:42:12.399
 text

00:42:12.399 --> 00:42:12.619
 here

00:42:12.619 --> 00:42:12.899
 when it

00:42:12.899 --> 00:42:13.139
 says

00:42:13.139 --> 00:42:13.539
 in

00:42:13.539 --> 00:42:13.739
 verse

00:42:13.739 --> 00:42:13.899
 8

00:42:13.899 --> 00:42:14.059
 but

00:42:14.059 --> 00:42:14.199
 as

00:42:14.199 --> 00:42:14.339
 for

00:42:14.339 --> 00:42:14.500
 the

00:42:14.500 --> 00:42:15.139
 cowardly

00:42:15.139 --> 00:42:15.460
 it's

00:42:15.460 --> 00:42:15.539
 in

00:42:15.539 --> 00:42:15.619
 a

00:42:15.619 --> 00:42:15.799
 sense

00:42:15.799 --> 00:42:16.259
 introduction

00:42:16.259 --> 00:42:16.460
 to

00:42:16.460 --> 00:42:16.579
 the

00:42:16.579 --> 00:42:16.819
 whole

00:42:16.819 --> 00:42:17.199
 thing

00:42:17.199 --> 00:42:17.879
 to

00:42:17.879 --> 00:42:18.359
 recognize

00:42:18.359 --> 00:42:18.719
 that

00:42:18.719 --> 00:42:18.859
 it

00:42:18.859 --> 00:42:19.179
 takes

00:42:19.179 --> 00:42:20.039
 courage

00:42:20.039 --> 00:42:21.779
 it

00:42:21.779 --> 00:42:22.099
 takes

00:42:22.099 --> 00:42:22.980
 courage

00:42:22.980 --> 00:42:23.759
 to

00:42:23.759 --> 00:42:24.099
 live

00:42:24.099 --> 00:42:24.940
 a

00:42:24.940 --> 00:42:25.399
 sexually

00:42:25.399 --> 00:42:25.940
 chaste

00:42:25.940 --> 00:42:26.559
 life

00:42:26.559 --> 00:42:27.239
 life

00:42:27.239 --> 00:42:27.579
 in

00:42:27.579 --> 00:42:27.739
 our

00:42:27.739 --> 00:42:27.920
 day

00:42:27.920 --> 00:42:28.019
 and

00:42:28.019 --> 00:42:28.360
 age

00:42:28.360 --> 00:42:30.699
 it's

00:42:30.699 --> 00:42:31.299
 mocked

00:42:31.299 --> 00:42:31.579
 right

00:42:31.579 --> 00:42:32.579
 it

00:42:32.579 --> 00:42:32.940
 takes

00:42:32.940 --> 00:42:33.779
 courage

00:42:33.779 --> 00:42:35.420
 to

00:42:35.420 --> 00:42:36.199
 practice

00:42:36.199 --> 00:42:36.759
 forgiveness

00:42:36.759 --> 00:42:37.599
 it

00:42:37.599 --> 00:42:37.940
 takes

00:42:37.940 --> 00:42:38.759
 courage

00:42:38.759 --> 00:42:39.920
 to

00:42:39.920 --> 00:42:40.340
 practice

00:42:40.340 --> 00:42:40.940
 financial

00:42:40.940 --> 00:42:41.619
 generosity

00:42:41.619 --> 00:42:41.900
 and

00:42:41.900 --> 00:42:42.219
 time

00:42:42.219 --> 00:42:42.679
 it

00:42:42.679 --> 00:42:43.059
 takes

00:42:43.059 --> 00:42:43.980
 courage

00:42:43.980 --> 00:42:45.480
 that

00:42:45.480 --> 00:42:45.880
 even

00:42:45.880 --> 00:42:46.119
 though

00:42:46.119 --> 00:42:46.420
 maybe

00:42:46.420 --> 00:42:46.880
 everybody

00:42:46.880 --> 00:42:47.279
 in the

00:42:47.279 --> 00:42:47.679
 party

00:42:47.679 --> 00:42:48.219
 is all

00:42:48.219 --> 00:42:48.579
 very

00:42:48.579 --> 00:42:48.799
 very

00:42:48.799 --> 00:42:49.279
 interested

00:42:49.279 --> 00:42:49.440
 in

00:42:49.440 --> 00:42:49.559
 this

00:42:49.559 --> 00:42:49.920
 person

00:42:49.920 --> 00:42:50.099
 who's

00:42:50.099 --> 00:42:50.460
 involved

00:42:50.460 --> 00:42:50.659
 in

00:42:50.659 --> 00:42:51.079
 magic

00:42:51.079 --> 00:42:51.400
 and

00:42:51.400 --> 00:42:52.079
 it

00:42:52.079 --> 00:42:52.340
 takes

00:42:52.340 --> 00:42:52.900
 courage

00:42:52.900 --> 00:42:53.099
 to

00:42:53.099 --> 00:42:53.259
 say

00:42:53.259 --> 00:42:53.440
 that

00:42:53.440 --> 00:42:53.679
 that's

00:42:53.679 --> 00:42:53.880
 not

00:42:53.880 --> 00:42:54.039
 what

00:42:54.039 --> 00:42:54.239
 you're

00:42:54.239 --> 00:42:54.559
 involved

00:42:54.559 --> 00:42:54.739
 in

00:42:54.739 --> 00:42:54.840
 that

00:42:54.840 --> 00:42:54.920
 you

00:42:54.920 --> 00:42:55.119
 think

00:42:55.119 --> 00:42:55.279
 that

00:42:55.279 --> 00:42:55.500
 it's

00:42:55.500 --> 00:42:55.819
 wrong

00:42:55.820 --> 00:42:56.960
 it

00:42:56.960 --> 00:42:57.260
 takes

00:42:57.260 --> 00:42:58.000
 courage

00:42:58.000 --> 00:42:58.280
 in

00:42:58.280 --> 00:42:58.700
 Canada

00:42:58.700 --> 00:42:59.740
 when

00:42:59.740 --> 00:43:01.500
 abortion

00:43:01.500 --> 00:43:02.280
 is just

00:43:02.280 --> 00:43:02.740
 assumed

00:43:02.740 --> 00:43:03.160
 to be

00:43:03.160 --> 00:43:03.600
 the way

00:43:03.600 --> 00:43:03.900
 that

00:43:03.900 --> 00:43:04.680
 Canada

00:43:04.680 --> 00:43:04.920
 should

00:43:04.920 --> 00:43:05.039
 be

00:43:05.039 --> 00:43:05.320
 organized

00:43:05.320 --> 00:43:05.519
 it

00:43:05.519 --> 00:43:05.740
 takes

00:43:05.740 --> 00:43:06.300
 courage

00:43:06.300 --> 00:43:06.519
 to

00:43:06.519 --> 00:43:06.720
 say

00:43:06.720 --> 00:43:06.940
 no

00:43:06.940 --> 00:43:07.100
 to

00:43:07.100 --> 00:43:07.300
 that

00:43:07.300 --> 00:43:08.780
 it

00:43:08.780 --> 00:43:09.080
 takes

00:43:09.080 --> 00:43:09.620
 courage

00:43:09.620 --> 00:43:09.820
 when

00:43:09.820 --> 00:43:10.080
 all

00:43:10.080 --> 00:43:10.280
 of the

00:43:10.280 --> 00:43:10.480
 best

00:43:10.480 --> 00:43:10.820
 minds

00:43:10.820 --> 00:43:11.100
 in our

00:43:11.100 --> 00:43:11.460
 culture

00:43:11.460 --> 00:43:11.680
 are

00:43:11.680 --> 00:43:11.860
 saying

00:43:11.860 --> 00:43:12.019
 that

00:43:12.019 --> 00:43:12.160
 there

00:43:12.160 --> 00:43:12.340
 should

00:43:12.340 --> 00:43:12.480
 be

00:43:12.480 --> 00:43:12.620
 a

00:43:12.620 --> 00:43:12.840
 way

00:43:12.840 --> 00:43:13.340
 for

00:43:13.340 --> 00:43:13.600
 people

00:43:13.600 --> 00:43:13.760
 to

00:43:13.760 --> 00:43:13.940
 take

00:43:13.940 --> 00:43:14.120
 their

00:43:14.120 --> 00:43:14.260
 own

00:43:14.260 --> 00:43:14.539
 lives

00:43:14.539 --> 00:43:14.660
 and

00:43:14.660 --> 00:43:14.880
 have

00:43:14.880 --> 00:43:15.360
 doctors

00:43:15.360 --> 00:43:15.600
 be

00:43:15.600 --> 00:43:15.740
 able

00:43:15.740 --> 00:43:15.920
 to

00:43:15.920 --> 00:43:16.160
 kill

00:43:16.160 --> 00:43:16.460
 people

00:43:16.460 --> 00:43:16.620
 it

00:43:16.620 --> 00:43:16.840
 takes

00:43:16.840 --> 00:43:17.420
 courage

00:43:17.420 --> 00:43:17.640
 to

00:43:17.640 --> 00:43:17.820
 say

00:43:17.820 --> 00:43:18.019
 no

00:43:18.019 --> 00:43:18.140
 to

00:43:18.140 --> 00:43:18.360
 that

00:43:18.360 --> 00:43:20.800
 it

00:43:20.800 --> 00:43:21.120
 takes

00:43:21.120 --> 00:43:21.940
 courage

00:43:21.940 --> 00:43:22.380
 to

00:43:22.380 --> 00:43:22.559
 say

00:43:22.559 --> 00:43:22.800
 no

00:43:22.800 --> 00:43:23.019
 to

00:43:23.019 --> 00:43:23.380
 lies

00:43:23.380 --> 00:43:23.579
 and

00:43:23.579 --> 00:43:23.800
 death

00:43:23.800 --> 00:43:23.940
 and

00:43:23.940 --> 00:43:24.199
 evil

00:43:24.199 --> 00:43:24.360
 and

00:43:24.360 --> 00:43:24.739
 idols

00:43:24.739 --> 00:43:24.980
 and

00:43:24.980 --> 00:43:25.139
 to

00:43:25.139 --> 00:43:25.280
 say

00:43:25.280 --> 00:43:25.539
 yes

00:43:25.539 --> 00:43:25.739
 to

00:43:25.739 --> 00:43:26.099
 Jesus

00:43:26.099 --> 00:43:26.840
 and

00:43:26.840 --> 00:43:27.019
 the

00:43:27.019 --> 00:43:27.380
 purpose

00:43:27.380 --> 00:43:27.599
 of

00:43:27.599 --> 00:43:27.980
 Revelation

00:43:27.980 --> 00:43:28.480
 21

00:43:28.480 --> 00:43:28.980
 is

00:43:28.980 --> 00:43:30.079
 choose

00:43:30.079 --> 00:43:31.199
 courage

00:43:31.199 --> 00:43:33.079
 choose

00:43:33.079 --> 00:43:34.000
 courage

00:43:34.000 --> 00:43:35.639
 Karl Barth

00:43:35.639 --> 00:43:36.320
 famously

00:43:36.320 --> 00:43:36.800
 said

00:43:36.800 --> 00:43:37.119
 that

00:43:37.119 --> 00:43:37.840
 courage

00:43:37.840 --> 00:43:38.500
 is

00:43:38.500 --> 00:43:39.059
 fear

00:43:39.059 --> 00:43:39.719
 that

00:43:39.719 --> 00:43:39.900
 has

00:43:39.900 --> 00:43:40.079
 said

00:43:40.079 --> 00:43:40.280
 its

00:43:40.280 --> 00:43:40.780
 prayers

00:43:40.780 --> 00:43:44.619
 courage

00:43:44.619 --> 00:43:45.320
 is

00:43:45.320 --> 00:43:45.860
 fear

00:43:45.860 --> 00:43:46.480
 that

00:43:46.480 --> 00:43:46.639
 has

00:43:46.639 --> 00:43:46.840
 said

00:43:46.840 --> 00:43:47.039
 its

00:43:47.039 --> 00:43:47.539
 prayers

00:43:47.539 --> 00:43:49.619
 some

00:43:49.619 --> 00:43:49.900
 of us

00:43:49.900 --> 00:43:50.079
 might

00:43:50.079 --> 00:43:50.259
 not

00:43:50.259 --> 00:43:50.480
 feel

00:43:50.480 --> 00:43:50.759
 very

00:43:50.759 --> 00:43:51.159
 courageous

00:43:51.159 --> 00:43:51.400
 some

00:43:51.400 --> 00:43:51.659
 of us

00:43:51.659 --> 00:43:51.840
 just

00:43:51.840 --> 00:43:52.059
 might

00:43:52.059 --> 00:43:52.219
 know

00:43:52.219 --> 00:43:52.460
 all

00:43:52.460 --> 00:43:52.699
 sorts

00:43:52.699 --> 00:43:52.880
 of

00:43:52.880 --> 00:43:53.179
 fears

00:43:53.179 --> 00:43:54.159
 that's

00:43:54.159 --> 00:43:54.460
 fine

00:43:54.460 --> 00:43:55.320
 say

00:43:55.320 --> 00:43:55.539
 your

00:43:55.539 --> 00:43:55.980
 prayers

00:43:55.980 --> 00:43:56.860
 ask

00:43:56.860 --> 00:43:57.099
 for

00:43:57.099 --> 00:43:57.559
 courage

00:43:57.559 --> 00:43:58.340
 God

00:43:58.340 --> 00:43:58.519
 will

00:43:58.519 --> 00:43:58.720
 give

00:43:58.720 --> 00:43:58.840
 you

00:43:58.840 --> 00:43:59.340
 courage

00:43:59.340 --> 00:44:00.539
 know

00:44:00.539 --> 00:44:00.780
 that

00:44:00.780 --> 00:44:01.039
 heaven

00:44:01.039 --> 00:44:01.280
 is

00:44:01.280 --> 00:44:01.579
 real

00:44:01.579 --> 00:44:02.579
 therefore

00:44:02.579 --> 00:44:03.159
 choose

00:44:03.159 --> 00:44:03.619
 courageous

00:44:03.619 --> 00:44:04.019
 faith

00:44:04.019 --> 00:44:04.220
 in

00:44:04.220 --> 00:44:04.500
 Jesus

00:44:04.500 --> 00:44:04.880
 let's

00:44:04.880 --> 00:44:05.199
 stand

00:44:22.460 --> 00:44:23.460
 moon

00:44:23.460 --> 00:44:25.119
 father

00:44:25.119 --> 00:44:26.000
 father

00:44:26.000 --> 00:44:26.119
 we

00:44:26.119 --> 00:44:26.360
 ask

00:44:26.360 --> 00:44:26.699
 you

00:44:26.699 --> 00:44:26.960
 would

00:44:26.960 --> 00:44:27.460
 gently

00:44:27.460 --> 00:44:28.039
 19

00:44:28.039 --> 00:44:28.179
 pour

00:44:28.179 --> 00:44:28.400
 out

00:44:28.400 --> 00:44:28.579
 your

00:44:28.579 --> 00:44:28.800
 holy

00:44:28.800 --> 00:44:29.079
 spirit

00:44:29.079 --> 00:44:29.380
 upon

00:44:29.380 --> 00:44:29.579
 us

00:44:29.579 --> 00:44:29.780
 this

00:44:29.780 --> 00:44:30.099
 morning

00:44:30.099 --> 00:44:32.500
 you

00:44:32.500 --> 00:44:32.699
 know

00:44:32.699 --> 00:44:33.079
 father

00:44:33.079 --> 00:44:33.400
 how

00:44:33.400 --> 00:44:33.780
 much

00:44:33.780 --> 00:44:34.559
 we

00:44:34.559 --> 00:44:34.960
 let

00:44:34.960 --> 00:44:35.539
 Hollywood

00:44:35.539 --> 00:44:37.800
 shape

00:44:37.800 --> 00:44:38.400
 or other

00:44:38.400 --> 00:44:38.940
 sources

00:44:38.940 --> 00:44:39.300
 shape

00:44:39.300 --> 00:44:39.599
 the way

00:44:39.599 --> 00:44:39.880
 that we

00:44:39.880 --> 00:44:40.480
 understand

00:44:40.480 --> 00:44:40.880
 what

00:44:40.880 --> 00:44:42.019
 like after we die.

00:44:43.760 --> 00:44:45.760
 We ask, Father, that your Holy Spirit

00:44:45.760 --> 00:44:47.900
 would do a work of healing and cleansing

00:44:47.900 --> 00:44:50.579
 and restoration and renewal in our minds

00:44:50.579 --> 00:44:52.860
 so that your word will form how we think

00:44:52.860 --> 00:44:54.539
 about what happens after we die.

00:44:55.559 --> 00:44:58.700
 And we ask, Father, that you so fill us

00:44:58.700 --> 00:45:00.940
 with the knowledge of the reality of heaven

00:45:00.940 --> 00:45:03.840
 that we might have greater courage

00:45:03.840 --> 00:45:06.260
 to live for you in our city,

00:45:06.760 --> 00:45:10.220
 to pray and to work for the flourishing of our city,

00:45:11.079 --> 00:45:13.259
 to pray for the ways that our city

00:45:13.259 --> 00:45:15.539
 could at least in some tiny minute way

00:45:15.539 --> 00:45:17.419
 model the heavenly city,

00:45:17.919 --> 00:45:20.279
 that we could work for our city in such a way

00:45:20.279 --> 00:45:23.119
 that the stench of Babylon be lessened,

00:45:23.819 --> 00:45:25.279
 all the while knowing, Father,

00:45:25.379 --> 00:45:28.639
 that one day that we are made for that heavenly city

00:45:28.639 --> 00:45:30.739
 where we will have neighbors,

00:45:31.199 --> 00:45:32.259
 where you will be our neighbor,

00:45:32.719 --> 00:45:35.599
 where we will have resurrected bodies.

00:45:36.119 --> 00:45:37.379
 Father, fan in the flame within us

00:45:37.379 --> 00:45:38.539
 such a longing and yearning.

00:45:38.539 --> 00:45:41.440
 Help us, Father, to know that heaven is real

00:45:41.440 --> 00:45:45.000
 and to choose to have a courageous faith in Jesus

00:45:45.000 --> 00:45:46.820
 as we live each day.

00:45:47.500 --> 00:45:49.420
 And all this we ask in Jesus' name,

00:45:49.599 --> 00:45:50.880
 your Son and our Savior.

00:45:50.880 --> 00:45:51.640
 Amen.

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 Amen.