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 Good morning again, welcome to worship this morning.

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 For those of you who I haven't had a chance to meet,

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! My name's Jeff, I'm one of the pastors here,

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 and I would love to meet you after the service,

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 out on the steps and hear your story

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 and get to know you a little bit better.

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 As a kid growing up in the late 90s and early 2000s,

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 one of my favorite TV shows was on the Disney Channel.

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 It was called The Jersey, The Jersey Show of Hands.

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 Has anyone seen this show?

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 A couple, probably 90s kids, 2000s kids.

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 Probably not many of you have seen this.

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 It's about a group of kids who love to play sports.

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 And one day, this group of teenagers

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 who love to play sports discover an old football jersey

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 up in the attic of one of their houses.

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 It was a football jersey that belonged

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 to one of the grandfathers of these kids,

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 and they discover that this old football jersey

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 has magical powers.

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 And in every episode,

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 these kids would be encountering some problem

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 of teenage life related to school or friendship

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 or dating or sports.

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 And then somewhere along the way,

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 they would put on the jersey,

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 or sometimes even the jersey would find them,

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 and it would transport them

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 into the bodies of professional athletes.

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 They would suddenly become the 49ers quarterback Steve Young

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 playing in the NFL.

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 Or they would become Dominique Dawes competing in gymnastics

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 in the Olympics.

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 Any number of professional athletes.

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 And somewhere in these experiences of being transported

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 to being a professional sports player,

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 they would learn a truth about life.

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 They would learn about the value of teamwork

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 or having integrity or how to face their fears.

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 And then finally, that moment would be over,

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 and the jersey would transport them back

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 to their real lives again.

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 And the rest of the episode,

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 they would be reflecting how their experience

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 as Steve Young or as Dominique Dawes

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 had taught them something about how to persevere.

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 about how to persevere through the problem

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 and the challenges that they were facing.

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 And I know that it's an imperfect illustration,

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 but something like this is happening

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 in the book of Revelation.

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 The book of Revelation was written by the apostle John

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 to a group of churches in first century Asia Minor,

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 many of whom were experiencing very real hardship

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 and persecution and suffering.

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 And in this book, we see over and over again

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 that John is transported.

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 He's transported across space and time

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 through a series of visions across the entirety of the book.

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 And the purpose of these visions

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 is something like what the jersey did.

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 It's meant to tell the truth.

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 It's meant to tell the truth about reality

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 in a way that encourages perseverance for the church,

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 to encourage these embattled churches

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 in Asia Minor in the first century,

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 to persevere in their own generation

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 and faithful living and gospel witness.

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 And it's meant to do the same for us.

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 And over the course of the Easter season,

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 we've been journeying through Revelation in the lectionary.

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 A few weeks ago, we saw that in Revelation chapter one,

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 we saw this vision of Jesus holding the seven lampstands

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 and the seven stars of the churches.

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 Last week in Revelation five, we saw this vision of Jesus

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 who is at once the lamb who was slain

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 and the lion of the tribe of Judah.

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 And in our text this morning, in Revelation chapter seven,

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 John receives another vision.

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 And it's this vision of this great multitude.

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 And so that's what we're gonna look at this morning,

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 who this great multitude is

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 and how this multitude encourages us

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 to persevere in our own generation

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 is what we're gonna look at this morning.

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 We're gonna see from Revelation seven,

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 we're gonna see a multi-ethnic multitude,

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 a triumphant multitude, and a secure multitude.

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 A multi-ethnic multitude, a triumphant multitude,

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 and a secure multitude.

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 So first of all, a multi-ethnic multitude.

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 One of the questions that faces anybody

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 who reads this section of Revelation chapter seven

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 is what John's seeing,

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 is what he is seeing one group or is it two groups?

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 In verses four through eight, John hears a number.

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 And the number that he hears is 144,000

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 from the tribe of Israel,

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 from the various tribes of Israel.

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 But then in verse nine, he sees,

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 he sees a great multitude that no one could count

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 from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.

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 And so we have to ask ourselves, which is it?

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 Is this one group of people

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 or is this two groups of people?

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 And as you can imagine,

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 scholars have proposed various theories

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 across the centuries.

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 Those within Christendom

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 and those outside of Christendom.

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 So Jehovah's Witnesses, for example,

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 you may know that Jehovah's Witnesses

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 actually believe that these 144,000

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 are a select group of people

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 that will reign with Christ in heaven one day

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 while all other believers

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 have somewhat of a second-class existence on earth.

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 It's kind of a varsity, junior varsity split going on here.

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 If you're a really great Christian,

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 you'll be numbered among the 144,000.

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 Within Christendom,

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 some Christians have even argued

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 that the 144,000

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 represent a select group of Jewish evangelists

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 who will witness to Jesus as the Messiah

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 during the period of the Great Tribulation,

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 which is still yet to come.

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 But I think that neither of these views

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 actually reads Revelation well.

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 Neither of these views best accounts

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 for what's happening

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 and how the symbolic imagery of Revelation

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 is supposed to work

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 on its original audience and on us.

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 To read this well,

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 all we have to do is remember back to chapter five.

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 When John hears and he sees.

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 In Revelation chapter five,

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 John hears the name of the lion of the tribe of Judah,

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 but then a verse later,

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 he sees who?

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 He sees the lamb who was slain,

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 seated on the throne.

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 And what we realize in Revelation five

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 is what John hears and what he sees

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 are one and the same.

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 Jesus is both the lion of the tribe of Judah

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 and the lamb seated on the throne who was slain.

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 And these two images are two lenses

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 through which we see the same Jesus.

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 And the same thing is happening here.

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 John hears the number of 144,000

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 and then he sees the great multitude

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 that can't be counted.

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 But they are one and the same,

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 simply viewed through two different lenses.

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 The 144,000 symbolically represent

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 God's people Israel under the old covenant.

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 The number 12, if you read the Old Testament,

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 or even if you think about Jesus' 12 disciples,

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 number 12 is symbolic of fullness

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 or completeness in the Bible.

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 And so 144,000 comes from the 12 tribes of Israel

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 times 12,000.

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 And I checked on my calculator this week

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 and it does lead to 144,000.

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 So you're welcome to check my math.

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 But this is not a statistic.

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 It's not a statistic.

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 It's a symbolic image of the completeness of God's people.

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 The people of Israel under the old covenant

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 are one in the same.

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 They are one in the same with the great multitude

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 from every tribe and tongue and people and nation

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 under the new covenant.

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 And although God is revealing this to John

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 in a new vision, this is nothing new.

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 If you've read the Old Testament,

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 you know that this has been God's plan all along.

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 God told Abraham in Genesis 12 that his family,

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 his descendants will be a blessing

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 to all the families of the earth.

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 And all over the Old Testament,

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 we read how Israel's mission was meant

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 to be a light to the nations,

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 to all of the peoples of the earth.

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 And so the church is this multi-ethnic fulfillment

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 of these promises.

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 They are the new Israel in Christ.

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 And so what John sees is a future vision

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 of the full number of God's people

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 from at the end of history,

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 from every era of time

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 and from every nation on earth

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 that will stand before God

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 and who will reign with him forever and ever.

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 And this future vision

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 is meant to encourage us

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 to persevere in our present mission.

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 This future reality doesn't yet match

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 what is currently the present reality.

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 The Joshua Project estimates

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 that there are 7,200 ethnic groups in the world

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 representing over 3 billion people

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 with little to no access to the gospel.

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 Many of them who live in what's called

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 as the 1040 window.

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 This is the part of the globe

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 stretching from North Africa

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 across the Middle East to parts of Asia.

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 This is the place where

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 most people in the world

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 have not only not heard of Christ

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 but have little to no access to the gospel.

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 And in our digital and connected world,

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 many of the people who remain unreached

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 are unreached for a reason.

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 They live in places

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 that are geographically hard to get to.

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 They live in places

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 that are spiritually challenging

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 and they live in places

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 where the political authorities

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 are opposed to the gospel,

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 sometimes even violently.

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 And so to share Christ

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 with people in these places

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 often takes great risk.

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 And it often involves great difficulty

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 and even opposition.

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 Just as the churches

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 in the first century in Asian minor

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 experienced,

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 in the Roman Empire,

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 experienced risk

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 and opposition

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 and even persecution

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 to share Christ,

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 the same is true of many today

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 who answer the call of God

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 to share Christ with those

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 in unreached and difficult places.

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 Why should the church,

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 why should the people of God

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 persevere in spreading the gospel

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 in places that are geographically

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 hard to get to,

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 in places that are spiritually challenging,

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 and in places where the political authorities

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 are opposed to the gospel?

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 Because of the great multitude.

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 Because of the great multitude,

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 God is on a mission

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 to make the good news

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 of the victory of the Lamb

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 known to every tribe

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 and tongue

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 and nation

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 on earth.

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 And this vision

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 of the multitude

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 in Revelation 7

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 assures us

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 that this

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 multi-ethnic mission

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 will

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 not

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 fail.

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 It will not fail.

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 The success rate

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 is 100%.

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 And God

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 has given us

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 the incredible stewardship

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 and privilege

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 and opportunity

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 to join him

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 in his mission

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 to every tribe

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 and tongue

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 and people

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 on earth.

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 This is why

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 as a church

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 we support missionaries

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 all over the world

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 taking the gospel

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 to people

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 in unreached

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 and hard to reach places.

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 This is why

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 we support missionaries

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 working in

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 places like

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 Thailand.

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 In places

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 like Kazakhstan.

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 It's why

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 we support

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 missionaries

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 who work with

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 Middle Eastern refugees

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 in places

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 like Greece.

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 This is why

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 we give generously

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 to the calls

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 of global missions.

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 It's why

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 we pray

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 faithfully

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 for the calls

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 of global missions

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 and it's why

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 we go

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 courageously

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 to hard places

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 for the calls

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 of global missions.

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 We do this

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 because the

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 north star

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 for the mission

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 of the church

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 is the multi-ethnic

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 multitude

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 in Revelation 7

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 from every tribe

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 and tongue

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 and people

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 and nation.

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 So that's the first thing

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 that we see

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 in Revelation 7

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 that this multitude

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 that John sees

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 is a multi-ethnic

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 multitude.

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 The second thing

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 that we see

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 as we continue

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 in the passage

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 is that it is

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 a triumphant

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 multitude.

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 It's a triumphant

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 multitude.

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 We saw

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 in chapter 5

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 last week

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 we saw

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 this vision

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 of the scroll

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 how there's

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 a scroll

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 that reveals

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 God's plan

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 his sovereign

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 plan for all

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 of history

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 that there is

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 only one

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 and there is

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 only one

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 who is able

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 to break

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 the seals

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 and to open

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 the scroll

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 and it is

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 the one

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 who is both

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 the lion

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 of the tribe

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 of Judah

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 and the lamb

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 who was slain.

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 And then

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 as we move

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 forward in chapter 6

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 what we begin

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 to see

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 is that

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 the lamb

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 who is the lion

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 begins opening

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 the seals

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 of the book

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 of history.

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 And as he opens

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 the seals

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 what we begin

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 to see

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 is the reality

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 of a suffering

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 world

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 where the powers

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 of evil

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 are wreaking

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 havoc

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 where there is

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 violence

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 and destruction

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 and famine

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 and death

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 on humanity

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 in general

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 and where the

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 people of God

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 in particular

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 are persecuted

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 and even killed.

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 and we see

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 this in Revelation 6

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 verses 9 and 10

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 when the fifth

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 of seven seals

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 is opened

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 we read this

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 when he opened

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 the fifth seal

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 I saw under

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 the altar

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 the souls

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 of those

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 who had been slain

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 because of the word

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 of God

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 and the testimony

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 that they had maintained

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 and they called out

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 in a loud voice

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 how long

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 sovereign Lord

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 holy and true

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 until you judge

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 the inhabitants

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 of the earth

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 and avenge

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 our blood

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 and these

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 are the martyrs

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 of the church

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 they are those

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 who have been killed

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 for their faith

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 in Christ

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 and for their witness

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 to the gospel

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 not only those

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 in the first century

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 in the seven churches

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 in Asia Minor

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 who were killed

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 and martyred

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 under the great persecutions

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 of the Roman Empire

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 but those who continue

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 to be martyred

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 even today

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 Open Doors International

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 is a ministry

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 that supports

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 and creates awareness

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 of the persecuted church

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 around the world

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 and they report

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 that in

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 last year

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 in 2024

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 that approximately

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 4,500 Christians

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 across the globe

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 were killed

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 and martyred

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 for their faith

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 and that this number

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 is likely higher

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 since many of these

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 instances

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 go unreported

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 the reality

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 of martyrdom

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 is not an ancient

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 phenomenon

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 it is a present reality

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 for many Christians

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 around the world

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 those who have died

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 for the sake of Christ

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 across history

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 are in the presence

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 of the Lord

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 and they're crying out

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 to God saying

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 how long

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 how long

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 until you bring justice

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 to our death

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 and defeat the powers

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 of evil

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 once and for all

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 how long

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 is the cry

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 of the martyrs

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 of the church

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 it's also the cry

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 of every Christian

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 who suffers

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 in a fallen world

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 it's the cry

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 of every human being

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 who feels

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 as if justice

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 will never come

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 it's the cry

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 of every person

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 in this room

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 who is suffering

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 how long

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 God

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 why are you waiting

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 why are you delaying

00:16:04.320 --> 00:16:05.120
 bringing justice

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 to the world

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 and we begin

00:16:08.759 --> 00:16:09.840
 to get an answer

00:16:09.840 --> 00:16:10.919
 in chapter 6

00:16:10.919 --> 00:16:11.460
 verse 11

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 it says

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 then each of them

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 was given a white robe

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 and they were told

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 to wait a little longer

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 until the full number

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 of their fellow servants

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 their brothers and sisters

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 were killed

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 just as they had been

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 and this

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 seems

00:16:28.000 --> 00:16:29.419
 a bit surprising

00:16:29.419 --> 00:16:30.659
 perhaps even troubling

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 at first

00:16:32.060 --> 00:16:32.919
 when we read this

00:16:32.919 --> 00:16:33.959
 that God

00:16:33.959 --> 00:16:34.559
 is delaying

00:16:34.559 --> 00:16:35.199
 his justice

00:16:35.199 --> 00:16:35.899
 until the

00:16:35.899 --> 00:16:36.899
 full number

00:16:36.899 --> 00:16:37.559
 of martyrs

00:16:37.559 --> 00:16:38.199
 have been killed

00:16:38.199 --> 00:16:42.439
 until

00:16:42.439 --> 00:16:43.819
 we remember

00:16:43.819 --> 00:16:44.279
 the lamb

00:16:44.279 --> 00:16:46.459
 and we remember

00:16:46.459 --> 00:16:47.439
 that this is

00:16:47.439 --> 00:16:48.279
 exactly how

00:16:48.279 --> 00:16:48.819
 the lamb

00:16:48.819 --> 00:16:49.699
 conquers

00:16:49.699 --> 00:16:50.539
 the powers

00:16:50.539 --> 00:16:51.339
 of evil

00:16:51.339 --> 00:16:52.159
 and sin

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 and death

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 just

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 as

00:16:55.059 --> 00:16:55.799
 the lamb

00:16:55.799 --> 00:16:56.919
 was triumphant

00:16:56.919 --> 00:16:57.860
 through weakness

00:16:57.860 --> 00:16:58.939
 and sacrifice

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 and death

00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:01.220
 so too

00:17:01.220 --> 00:17:02.179
 are those

00:17:02.179 --> 00:17:03.039
 who follow

00:17:03.039 --> 00:17:03.679
 the lamb

00:17:03.679 --> 00:17:06.259
 what the powers

00:17:06.259 --> 00:17:07.279
 of evil do

00:17:07.279 --> 00:17:08.039
 to try

00:17:08.039 --> 00:17:08.700
 to oppose

00:17:08.700 --> 00:17:09.180
 the lamb

00:17:09.180 --> 00:17:12.319
 the lamb

00:17:12.319 --> 00:17:12.960
 uses

00:17:12.960 --> 00:17:13.839
 to conquer

00:17:13.839 --> 00:17:14.700
 the powers

00:17:14.700 --> 00:17:15.319
 of evil

00:17:15.319 --> 00:17:17.460
 the third century

00:17:17.460 --> 00:17:18.099
 church father

00:17:18.099 --> 00:17:18.680
 Tertullian

00:17:18.680 --> 00:17:19.640
 is famous

00:17:19.640 --> 00:17:20.259
 for saying

00:17:20.259 --> 00:17:22.059
 that the blood

00:17:22.059 --> 00:17:23.079
 of the martyrs

00:17:23.079 --> 00:17:24.660
 is the seed

00:17:24.660 --> 00:17:25.140
 of the church

00:17:25.140 --> 00:17:26.779
 the blood

00:17:26.779 --> 00:17:27.359
 of the martyrs

00:17:27.359 --> 00:17:27.819
 is the seed

00:17:27.819 --> 00:17:28.220
 of the church

00:17:28.220 --> 00:17:28.980
 throughout history

00:17:28.980 --> 00:17:30.519
 whenever followers

00:17:30.519 --> 00:17:30.960
 of Christ

00:17:30.960 --> 00:17:31.360
 have given

00:17:31.360 --> 00:17:31.799
 their lives

00:17:31.799 --> 00:17:32.319
 for the gospel

00:17:32.319 --> 00:17:35.400
 what happens

00:17:35.400 --> 00:17:38.380
 the gospel

00:17:38.380 --> 00:17:39.420
 spreads

00:17:39.420 --> 00:17:41.519
 and the church

00:17:41.519 --> 00:17:42.799
 grows

00:17:42.799 --> 00:17:44.120
 and the lamb

00:17:44.120 --> 00:17:45.819
 is victorious

00:17:45.819 --> 00:17:47.640
 and this

00:17:47.640 --> 00:17:48.599
 is what we see

00:17:48.599 --> 00:17:49.559
 in Revelation

00:17:49.559 --> 00:17:51.140
 chapter 7

00:17:51.140 --> 00:17:53.799
 we see

00:17:53.799 --> 00:17:54.460
 in Revelation

00:17:54.460 --> 00:17:55.180
 chapter 6

00:17:55.180 --> 00:17:56.700
 the cry

00:17:56.700 --> 00:17:57.360
 of the martyrs

00:17:57.360 --> 00:17:57.880
 and in Revelation

00:17:57.880 --> 00:17:58.799
 7 we see

00:17:58.799 --> 00:17:59.720
 that this

00:17:59.720 --> 00:18:00.359
 army

00:18:00.359 --> 00:18:01.440
 of martyrs

00:18:01.440 --> 00:18:02.180
 is triumphant

00:18:02.180 --> 00:18:03.919
 and verse 9

00:18:03.919 --> 00:18:04.579
 they are wearing

00:18:04.579 --> 00:18:05.259
 white robes

00:18:05.259 --> 00:18:05.619
 and they are

00:18:05.619 --> 00:18:07.139
 holding palm branches

00:18:07.139 --> 00:18:08.259
 white robes

00:18:08.259 --> 00:18:08.919
 and palm branches

00:18:08.919 --> 00:18:09.759
 in the ancient world

00:18:09.759 --> 00:18:11.079
 were symbols

00:18:11.079 --> 00:18:12.399
 of a military victory

00:18:12.399 --> 00:18:15.079
 and as this multitude

00:18:15.079 --> 00:18:15.740
 bears

00:18:15.740 --> 00:18:16.759
 the symbols

00:18:16.759 --> 00:18:17.359
 of victory

00:18:17.359 --> 00:18:18.579
 they sing

00:18:18.579 --> 00:18:19.240
 a song

00:18:19.240 --> 00:18:19.740
 of victory

00:18:19.740 --> 00:18:20.539
 to their triumphant

00:18:20.539 --> 00:18:20.960
 king

00:18:20.960 --> 00:18:22.000
 verse 10

00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:23.099
 they cry out

00:18:23.099 --> 00:18:24.019
 with a loud voice

00:18:24.019 --> 00:18:24.919
 salvation

00:18:24.919 --> 00:18:26.180
 belongs to

00:18:26.180 --> 00:18:26.720
 our God

00:18:26.720 --> 00:18:27.380
 who sits

00:18:27.380 --> 00:18:28.019
 on the throne

00:18:28.019 --> 00:18:29.339
 into the lamb

00:18:29.339 --> 00:18:31.519
 and all the angels

00:18:31.519 --> 00:18:32.019
 were standing

00:18:32.019 --> 00:18:32.680
 around the throne

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 and around the elders

00:18:33.519 --> 00:18:35.180
 and the four living creatures

00:18:35.180 --> 00:18:37.120
 and they fell

00:18:37.120 --> 00:18:37.880
 on their faces

00:18:37.880 --> 00:18:38.779
 before the throne

00:18:38.779 --> 00:18:40.059
 and worshiped God

00:18:40.059 --> 00:18:40.680
 saying

00:18:40.680 --> 00:18:41.640
 amen

00:18:41.640 --> 00:18:42.600
 blessing

00:18:42.600 --> 00:18:43.740
 and glory

00:18:43.740 --> 00:18:44.720
 and wisdom

00:18:44.720 --> 00:18:46.100
 and thanksgiving

00:18:46.100 --> 00:18:47.039
 and honor

00:18:47.039 --> 00:18:47.839
 and power

00:18:47.839 --> 00:18:48.460
 and might

00:18:48.460 --> 00:18:50.200
 be to our God

00:18:50.200 --> 00:18:50.920
 forever

00:18:50.920 --> 00:18:51.759
 and ever

00:18:51.759 --> 00:18:52.360
 amen

00:18:52.359 --> 00:18:53.599
 this is

00:18:53.599 --> 00:18:54.679
 a triumphant

00:18:54.679 --> 00:18:55.439
 multitude

00:18:55.439 --> 00:19:00.299
 and in a

00:19:00.299 --> 00:19:01.139
 suffering world

00:19:01.139 --> 00:19:03.459
 where there is

00:19:03.459 --> 00:19:04.899
 real suffering

00:19:04.899 --> 00:19:07.919
 and real injustice

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 where there is

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 violence

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 and destruction

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 and war

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 and famine

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 and chaos

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 and death

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 where followers

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 of Christ

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 are imprisoned

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 and tortured

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 and even killed

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 for the gospel

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 around the world

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 in a world

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 and in our own lives

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 where sometimes

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 it can feel

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 like the powers

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 of evil

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 are winning

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 and sometimes

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 it can feel

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 hopeless

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 this is why

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 the church

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 can persevere

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 this is why

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 the church

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 can persevere

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 amidst

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 opposition

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 and persecution

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 and even martyrdom

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 because the ultimate

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 triumph

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 of the Lamb

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 over the powers

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 of evil

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 is never in doubt

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 in fact

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 he uses

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 what the powers

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 of evil

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 try to do

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 to oppose him

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 to conquer

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 the powers

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 of evil

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 and the power

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 and glory

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 of all earthly

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 empires

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 will eventually

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 fade

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 and will eventually

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 give way

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 to the glory

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 and power

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 of the Lamb

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 and his kingdom

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 the original audience

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 would have heard

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 in their culture

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 and in their time

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 Caesar and Rome

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 bring you salvation

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 Caesar and Rome

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 bring you blessing

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 Caesar and Rome

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 bring you glory

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 Caesar and Rome

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 bring you wisdom

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 and honor

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 they were false

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 promises then

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 they're false

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 promises now

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 salvation

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 doesn't belong

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 to Rome

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 it doesn't belong

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 to Caesar

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 it doesn't belong

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 to any earthly empire

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 including our own

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 including our own

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 salvation

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 belongs

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 to our God

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 and to the Lamb

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 who is seated

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 on the throne

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 blessing

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 and glory

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 and wisdom

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 and thanksgiving

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 and honor

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 and power

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 and might

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 be to our God

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 forever

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 and ever

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 Amen

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 so the first

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 thing we see

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 about this

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 multitude

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 is that it is

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 a multi-ethnic

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 multitude

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 the second thing

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 we see

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 is that it is

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 a triumphant

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 multitude

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 and finally

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 the third thing

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 and final thing

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 we see

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 in Revelation 7

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 is that it is

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 a secure

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 multitude

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 the hard truth

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 of Revelation

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 of all of Revelation

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 but Revelation

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 chapter 6

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 the hard truth

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 is that

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 the wrath

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 of the Lamb

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 is coming

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 we see

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 at the end

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 of chapter 6

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 as the sixth

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 seal of the scroll

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 is opened

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 we see a vision

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 of the day of judgment

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 at the end of time

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 Revelation chapter 6

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 verses 15

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 through 17

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 then the kings

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 of the earth

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 and the great ones

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 and the generals

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 and the rich

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 and the powerful

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 and everyone

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 slave and free

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 hid themselves

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 in the caves

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 and among the rocks

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 of the mountains

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 calling to the mountains

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 and the rocks

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 fall on us

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 and hide us

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 from the face

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 of him

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 who is seated

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 on the throne

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 and from the wrath

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 of the Lamb

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 for the great day

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 of their wrath

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 has come

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 and who

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 can stand

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 for some of us

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 perhaps many of us

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 the wrath of God

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 is something

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 that is

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 uncomfortable

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 or perhaps

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 even troubling

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 to think about

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 perhaps this is

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 why some of us

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 cannot possibly

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 believe in the God

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 of the Bible

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 we've dismissed

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 the God

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 of the Bible

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 because we can

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 never believe

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 in a God

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 of wrath

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 it seems

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 irrational

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 it seems unfair

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 it seems opposed

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 to a God

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 of love

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 but think

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 for a second

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 about

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 the people

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 in your life

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 who

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 you love

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 the most

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 who love

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 you the most

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 friends

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 family

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 loved ones

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 what if

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 the people

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 in your life

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 that you love

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 the most

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 were threatened

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 were harmed

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 even abused

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 what would

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 you feel

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 would you

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 not feel

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 anger

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 would you

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 not feel

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 wrath

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 would you

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 not long

00:23:43.000 --> 00:23:43.680
 for someone

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 to do

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 something about

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 it

00:23:45.299 --> 00:23:45.599
 and to

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 bring

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 justice

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 in the same

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 way

00:23:49.539 --> 00:23:50.599
 God's wrath

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 and judgment

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 is simply

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 the flip side

00:23:52.579 --> 00:23:53.379
 of his love

00:23:53.379 --> 00:23:55.099
 God's purposes

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 for humanity

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 and for his

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 creation

00:23:56.720 --> 00:23:57.519
 are loving

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 and redemptive

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 they are to heal

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 and restore

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 his creation

00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:07.200
 but as many

00:24:07.200 --> 00:24:07.539
 who have

00:24:07.539 --> 00:24:08.079
 experienced

00:24:08.079 --> 00:24:08.600
 injustice

00:24:08.600 --> 00:24:09.100
 know

00:24:09.100 --> 00:24:11.759
 healing

00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:13.880
 cannot happen

00:24:13.880 --> 00:24:14.620
 without justice

00:24:14.620 --> 00:24:16.980
 the judge

00:24:16.980 --> 00:24:17.579
 of all the earth

00:24:17.579 --> 00:24:18.259
 must punish

00:24:18.259 --> 00:24:18.779
 and remove

00:24:18.779 --> 00:24:19.279
 all evil

00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:20.079
 and cleanse

00:24:20.079 --> 00:24:20.940
 his world

00:24:20.940 --> 00:24:21.840
 from sin

00:24:21.840 --> 00:24:23.039
 to restore it

00:24:23.039 --> 00:24:25.559
 and the question

00:24:25.559 --> 00:24:26.299
 that revelation

00:24:26.299 --> 00:24:27.180
 confronts us

00:24:27.180 --> 00:24:27.539
 with

00:24:27.539 --> 00:24:30.480
 is who

00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:31.119
 can stand

00:24:31.119 --> 00:24:33.899
 who can stand

00:24:33.899 --> 00:24:34.819
 before a God

00:24:34.819 --> 00:24:35.519
 like that

00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:38.000
 who can stand

00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:39.240
 before the wrath

00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:39.779
 of the Lamb

00:24:39.779 --> 00:24:42.259
 when all of us

00:24:42.259 --> 00:24:43.059
 rightly deserve

00:24:43.059 --> 00:24:43.559
 his judgment

00:24:43.559 --> 00:24:44.619
 because of the sin

00:24:44.619 --> 00:24:45.099
 and evil

00:24:45.099 --> 00:24:45.740
 in our hearts

00:24:45.740 --> 00:24:50.299
 that's the hard

00:24:50.299 --> 00:24:51.059
 news of revelation

00:24:51.059 --> 00:24:51.960
 but the good news

00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:52.500
 of revelation

00:24:52.500 --> 00:24:53.480
 is though the

00:24:53.480 --> 00:24:55.039
 wrath of the Lamb

00:24:55.039 --> 00:24:55.819
 is coming

00:24:55.819 --> 00:25:00.579
 the salvation

00:25:00.579 --> 00:25:01.200
 of the Lamb

00:25:01.200 --> 00:25:01.980
 has already

00:25:01.980 --> 00:25:02.279
 come

00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:03.740
 the salvation

00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:04.319
 of the Lamb

00:25:04.319 --> 00:25:05.200
 has already

00:25:05.200 --> 00:25:05.460
 come

00:25:05.460 --> 00:25:05.859
 this is what

00:25:05.859 --> 00:25:06.180
 it's meant

00:25:06.180 --> 00:25:07.359
 by chapter 7

00:25:07.359 --> 00:25:08.079
 verse 14

00:25:08.079 --> 00:25:09.079
 when it talks

00:25:09.079 --> 00:25:09.740
 about this multitude

00:25:09.740 --> 00:25:10.599
 it says that

00:25:10.599 --> 00:25:11.319
 they have washed

00:25:11.319 --> 00:25:12.039
 their robes

00:25:12.039 --> 00:25:12.539
 and made them

00:25:12.539 --> 00:25:13.500
 white in the blood

00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:14.019
 of the Lamb

00:25:14.019 --> 00:25:15.899
 that's strange

00:25:15.899 --> 00:25:17.720
 that's confusing

00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:18.859
 how can

00:25:18.859 --> 00:25:19.680
 blood

00:25:19.680 --> 00:25:21.059
 wash something

00:25:21.059 --> 00:25:21.740
 and make it

00:25:21.740 --> 00:25:22.180
 white

00:25:22.180 --> 00:25:24.799
 but the strangeness

00:25:24.799 --> 00:25:25.460
 of this image

00:25:25.460 --> 00:25:26.340
 helps us to see

00:25:26.340 --> 00:25:27.299
 the powerfully

00:25:27.299 --> 00:25:27.779
 good news

00:25:27.779 --> 00:25:28.299
 of the gospel

00:25:28.299 --> 00:25:29.060
 that in revelation

00:25:29.060 --> 00:25:29.600
 5

00:25:29.600 --> 00:25:31.220
 Jesus is the Lamb

00:25:31.220 --> 00:25:32.100
 who was slain

00:25:32.100 --> 00:25:32.720
 for you

00:25:32.720 --> 00:25:33.860
 to purchase you

00:25:33.860 --> 00:25:34.960
 with his death

00:25:34.960 --> 00:25:36.100
 with his blood

00:25:36.100 --> 00:25:36.940
 and his blood

00:25:36.940 --> 00:25:38.060
 shed for us

00:25:38.060 --> 00:25:38.740
 on the cross

00:25:38.740 --> 00:25:39.920
 is what brings us

00:25:39.920 --> 00:25:40.640
 salvation

00:25:40.640 --> 00:25:41.680
 and healing

00:25:41.680 --> 00:25:42.519
 and forgiveness

00:25:42.519 --> 00:25:43.340
 and restoration

00:25:43.340 --> 00:25:45.080
 and it is what

00:25:45.080 --> 00:25:45.900
 makes us clean

00:25:45.900 --> 00:25:46.860
 from the stain

00:25:46.860 --> 00:25:47.700
 of sin

00:25:47.700 --> 00:25:50.720
 and if you

00:25:50.720 --> 00:25:51.420
 have trusted

00:25:51.420 --> 00:25:52.400
 in him

00:25:52.400 --> 00:25:52.900
 if you have

00:25:52.900 --> 00:25:53.640
 trusted in

00:25:53.640 --> 00:25:54.759
 the blood

00:25:54.759 --> 00:25:55.160
 of the Lamb

00:25:55.160 --> 00:25:55.860
 to wash you

00:25:55.860 --> 00:25:56.279
 and make you

00:25:56.279 --> 00:25:56.600
 clean

00:25:56.600 --> 00:25:59.519
 then just

00:25:59.519 --> 00:26:00.220
 like the great

00:26:00.220 --> 00:26:00.680
 multitude

00:26:00.680 --> 00:26:03.759
 in the day

00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:04.480
 of the Lamb's

00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:04.819
 wrath

00:26:04.819 --> 00:26:06.180
 you can

00:26:06.180 --> 00:26:06.779
 stand

00:26:06.779 --> 00:26:08.279
 you can

00:26:08.279 --> 00:26:08.920
 stand

00:26:08.920 --> 00:26:11.240
 you can

00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:11.900
 stand

00:26:11.900 --> 00:26:12.779
 clothed

00:26:12.779 --> 00:26:13.220
 in a white

00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:13.620
 robe

00:26:13.620 --> 00:26:14.319
 washed

00:26:14.319 --> 00:26:14.759
 in the blood

00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:15.160
 of the Lamb

00:26:15.160 --> 00:26:15.640
 because you

00:26:15.640 --> 00:26:16.220
 are safe

00:26:16.220 --> 00:26:17.100
 and secure

00:26:17.100 --> 00:26:17.920
 in his

00:26:17.920 --> 00:26:18.640
 love

00:26:18.640 --> 00:26:20.519
 and what's

00:26:20.519 --> 00:26:20.860
 said

00:26:20.860 --> 00:26:21.920
 in verses

00:26:21.920 --> 00:26:22.880
 15-17

00:26:22.880 --> 00:26:23.400
 if you look

00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:24.279
 at chapter 7

00:26:24.279 --> 00:26:25.380
 verses 15-17

00:26:25.380 --> 00:26:26.259
 what is said

00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:26.740
 about the great

00:26:26.740 --> 00:26:27.160
 multitude

00:26:27.160 --> 00:26:28.799
 is your

00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:29.600
 sure hope

00:26:29.600 --> 00:26:30.500
 and consolation

00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:31.600
 as well

00:26:31.600 --> 00:26:34.440
 and I'm

00:26:34.440 --> 00:26:35.700
 as I read

00:26:35.700 --> 00:26:36.180
 this verses

00:26:36.180 --> 00:26:36.940
 as I read

00:26:36.940 --> 00:26:37.440
 these verses

00:26:37.440 --> 00:26:39.440
 I want to

00:26:39.440 --> 00:26:39.779
 acknowledge

00:26:39.779 --> 00:26:40.339
 that there are

00:26:40.339 --> 00:26:40.920
 people all

00:26:40.920 --> 00:26:41.440
 across this

00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:41.720
 room

00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:42.279
 who are

00:26:42.279 --> 00:26:43.240
 experiencing

00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:45.140
 a range

00:26:45.140 --> 00:26:45.640
 of

00:26:45.640 --> 00:26:46.860
 degrees

00:26:46.860 --> 00:26:48.560
 of

00:26:48.560 --> 00:26:49.160
 suffering

00:26:49.160 --> 00:26:50.420
 that come

00:26:50.420 --> 00:26:50.780
 from living

00:26:50.780 --> 00:26:51.180
 in a fallen

00:26:51.180 --> 00:26:51.560
 world

00:26:51.560 --> 00:26:53.140
 and if that's

00:26:53.140 --> 00:26:53.600
 you and you're

00:26:53.600 --> 00:26:53.860
 here this

00:26:53.860 --> 00:26:54.060
 morning

00:26:54.060 --> 00:26:54.560
 I want

00:26:54.560 --> 00:26:54.900
 you to

00:26:54.900 --> 00:26:55.480
 receive

00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:56.160
 these

00:26:56.160 --> 00:26:56.600
 verses

00:26:56.600 --> 00:26:57.800
 from

00:26:57.800 --> 00:26:58.680
 Jesus

00:26:58.680 --> 00:26:59.180
 himself

00:26:59.180 --> 00:26:59.440
 as

00:26:59.440 --> 00:27:00.220
 consolation

00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:01.040
 for your

00:27:01.040 --> 00:27:01.300
 soul

00:27:01.300 --> 00:27:05.280
 therefore

00:27:05.280 --> 00:27:05.780
 they are

00:27:05.780 --> 00:27:06.380
 before

00:27:06.380 --> 00:27:07.140
 the throne

00:27:07.140 --> 00:27:07.600
 of God

00:27:07.600 --> 00:27:10.460
 and serve

00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:10.800
 him

00:27:10.800 --> 00:27:11.880
 day and

00:27:11.880 --> 00:27:12.180
 night

00:27:12.180 --> 00:27:12.600
 in his

00:27:12.600 --> 00:27:12.940
 temple

00:27:12.940 --> 00:27:15.160
 and he

00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:16.160
 who sits

00:27:16.160 --> 00:27:16.560
 on the

00:27:16.560 --> 00:27:16.820
 throne

00:27:16.820 --> 00:27:17.060
 will

00:27:17.060 --> 00:27:17.519
 shelter

00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:17.920
 them

00:27:17.920 --> 00:27:18.500
 with

00:27:18.500 --> 00:27:18.720
 his

00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:19.220
 presence

00:27:19.220 --> 00:27:22.400
 they

00:27:22.400 --> 00:27:22.620
 shall

00:27:22.620 --> 00:27:23.039
 hunger

00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:24.240
 no more

00:27:24.240 --> 00:27:26.440
 neither

00:27:26.440 --> 00:27:27.140
 thirst

00:27:27.140 --> 00:27:28.220
 anymore

00:27:28.220 --> 00:27:30.340
 the sun

00:27:30.340 --> 00:27:30.740
 shall not

00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:31.360
 strike them

00:27:31.360 --> 00:27:33.299
 nor any

00:27:33.299 --> 00:27:34.060
 scorching

00:27:34.060 --> 00:27:34.460
 heat

00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:36.400
 for the

00:27:36.400 --> 00:27:36.799
 lamb

00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:37.320
 in the

00:27:37.320 --> 00:27:37.580
 midst

00:27:37.580 --> 00:27:37.960
 of the

00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:38.320
 throne

00:27:38.319 --> 00:27:39.419
 will be

00:27:39.419 --> 00:27:40.200
 their

00:27:40.200 --> 00:27:40.980
 shepherd

00:27:40.980 --> 00:27:43.759
 and he

00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:44.240
 will guide

00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:44.679
 them to

00:27:44.679 --> 00:27:45.059
 springs

00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:45.939
 of living

00:27:45.939 --> 00:27:46.299
 water

00:27:46.299 --> 00:27:47.000
 and God

00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:47.799
 will wipe

00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:48.339
 away

00:27:48.339 --> 00:27:49.960
 every tear

00:27:49.960 --> 00:27:51.439
 from their

00:27:51.439 --> 00:27:51.980
 eyes

00:27:51.980 --> 00:27:56.039
 can you

00:27:56.039 --> 00:27:56.359
 imagine

00:27:56.359 --> 00:27:57.099
 it

00:27:57.099 --> 00:27:59.359
 does this

00:27:59.359 --> 00:27:59.859
 seem too

00:27:59.859 --> 00:28:00.279
 good to be

00:28:00.279 --> 00:28:00.579
 true

00:28:00.579 --> 00:28:02.220
 sheltered

00:28:02.220 --> 00:28:02.779
 forever

00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:03.460
 by the

00:28:03.460 --> 00:28:03.740
 presence

00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:04.319
 of God

00:28:04.319 --> 00:28:06.339
 the lamb

00:28:06.339 --> 00:28:07.139
 who was

00:28:07.139 --> 00:28:07.559
 slain

00:28:07.559 --> 00:28:08.359
 himself as

00:28:08.359 --> 00:28:08.759
 your

00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:09.279
 shepherd

00:28:09.279 --> 00:28:11.259
 drinking

00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:11.759
 from

00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:12.599
 springs

00:28:12.599 --> 00:28:13.379
 of living

00:28:13.379 --> 00:28:13.759
 water

00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:14.299
 all of

00:28:14.299 --> 00:28:14.480
 your

00:28:14.480 --> 00:28:15.019
 tears

00:28:15.019 --> 00:28:15.460
 wiped

00:28:15.460 --> 00:28:15.919
 away

00:28:15.919 --> 00:28:17.379
 never

00:28:17.379 --> 00:28:17.940
 having

00:28:17.940 --> 00:28:18.179
 to

00:28:18.179 --> 00:28:18.460
 suffer

00:28:18.460 --> 00:28:19.059
 again

00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:20.940
 this

00:28:20.940 --> 00:28:21.539
 is the

00:28:21.539 --> 00:28:22.119
 ultimate

00:28:22.119 --> 00:28:23.960
 consolation

00:28:23.960 --> 00:28:24.720
 and comfort

00:28:24.720 --> 00:28:25.319
 and hope

00:28:25.319 --> 00:28:26.299
 to all

00:28:26.299 --> 00:28:27.119
 who trust

00:28:27.119 --> 00:28:27.740
 in the

00:28:27.740 --> 00:28:28.000
 lamb

00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:29.480
 whose

00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:29.899
 robes

00:28:29.899 --> 00:28:30.399
 are washed

00:28:30.399 --> 00:28:30.759
 white

00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:31.200
 in his

00:28:31.200 --> 00:28:31.519
 blood

00:28:31.519 --> 00:28:32.159
 and to

00:28:32.159 --> 00:28:32.579
 all

00:28:32.579 --> 00:28:33.240
 who have

00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:33.679
 suffered

00:28:33.679 --> 00:28:34.639
 and died

00:28:34.639 --> 00:28:35.220
 for the

00:28:35.220 --> 00:28:35.480
 sake

00:28:35.480 --> 00:28:35.759
 of

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:36.059
 Christ

00:28:36.059 --> 00:28:38.700
 the

00:28:38.700 --> 00:28:39.059
 lamb

00:28:39.059 --> 00:28:39.240
 who

00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:39.419
 was

00:28:39.419 --> 00:28:39.779
 slain

00:28:39.779 --> 00:28:39.980
 is

00:28:39.980 --> 00:28:40.359
 also

00:28:40.359 --> 00:28:40.639
 our

00:28:40.639 --> 00:28:41.000
 shepherd

00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:41.460
 who

00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:41.720
 brings

00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:41.879
 us

00:28:41.879 --> 00:28:42.319
 shelter

00:28:42.319 --> 00:28:43.000
 and

00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:43.500
 safety

00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:44.059
 and

00:28:44.059 --> 00:28:44.579
 security

00:28:44.579 --> 00:28:45.079
 and

00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:45.779
 consolation

00:28:45.779 --> 00:28:46.419
 forever

00:28:46.419 --> 00:28:51.899
 as a

00:28:51.899 --> 00:28:52.119
 kid

00:28:52.119 --> 00:28:52.839
 growing up

00:28:52.839 --> 00:28:53.019
 in the

00:28:53.019 --> 00:28:53.559
 90s

00:28:53.559 --> 00:28:54.899
 part of

00:28:54.899 --> 00:28:55.039
 me

00:28:55.039 --> 00:28:55.460
 longed

00:28:55.460 --> 00:28:55.759
 to have

00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:55.919
 that

00:28:55.919 --> 00:28:56.179
 magic

00:28:56.179 --> 00:28:56.500
 jersey

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:58.519
 I

00:28:58.519 --> 00:28:58.659
 want

00:28:58.659 --> 00:28:58.980
 to be

00:28:58.980 --> 00:28:59.619
 transported

00:28:59.619 --> 00:29:00.059
 to be

00:29:00.059 --> 00:29:00.460
 a professional

00:29:00.460 --> 00:29:00.940
 athlete

00:29:00.940 --> 00:29:02.259
 play in

00:29:02.259 --> 00:29:02.819
 the NFL

00:29:02.819 --> 00:29:04.179
 play in

00:29:04.179 --> 00:29:04.480
 the NBA

00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:08.480
 I

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:08.720
 later

00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:09.319
 found out

00:29:09.319 --> 00:29:12.099
 I

00:29:12.099 --> 00:29:12.339
 can't

00:29:12.339 --> 00:29:12.619
 wear that

00:29:12.619 --> 00:29:12.879
 magic

00:29:12.879 --> 00:29:13.179
 jersey

00:29:13.179 --> 00:29:16.019
 friends we

00:29:16.019 --> 00:29:16.339
 don't have

00:29:16.339 --> 00:29:16.639
 a magic

00:29:16.639 --> 00:29:16.939
 jersey

00:29:16.939 --> 00:29:19.819
 we have

00:29:19.819 --> 00:29:20.079
 something

00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:20.359
 better

00:29:20.359 --> 00:29:22.619
 we have

00:29:22.619 --> 00:29:22.879
 the word

00:29:22.879 --> 00:29:23.220
 of God

00:29:23.220 --> 00:29:24.159
 we have

00:29:24.159 --> 00:29:24.439
 the book

00:29:24.439 --> 00:29:24.559
 of

00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:24.879
 revelation

00:29:24.879 --> 00:29:25.519
 we have

00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:26.220
 revelation

00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:27.220
 chapter 7

00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:28.019
 this vision

00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:28.460
 in revelation

00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:28.899
 7

00:29:28.899 --> 00:29:29.859
 transported

00:29:29.859 --> 00:29:30.279
 john

00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:30.539
 in the

00:29:30.539 --> 00:29:30.720
 first

00:29:30.720 --> 00:29:31.039
 century

00:29:31.039 --> 00:29:31.500
 church

00:29:31.500 --> 00:29:32.480
 to see

00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:33.200
 the great

00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:33.680
 multitude

00:29:33.680 --> 00:29:34.559
 in ways

00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:35.019
 that brought

00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:36.740
 them encouragement

00:29:36.740 --> 00:29:37.640
 and hope

00:29:37.640 --> 00:29:38.660
 and assurance

00:29:38.660 --> 00:29:41.019
 so that they

00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:41.839
 could persevere

00:29:41.839 --> 00:29:42.160
 in their

00:29:42.160 --> 00:29:42.640
 generation

00:29:42.640 --> 00:29:44.099
 faithful

00:29:44.099 --> 00:29:44.519
 living

00:29:44.519 --> 00:29:45.660
 and in

00:29:45.660 --> 00:29:46.059
 gospel

00:29:46.059 --> 00:29:46.839
 witness

00:29:46.839 --> 00:29:48.859
 and it

00:29:48.859 --> 00:29:49.160
 does the

00:29:49.160 --> 00:29:49.480
 same for

00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:49.880
 us today

00:29:49.880 --> 00:29:51.880
 seeing

00:29:51.880 --> 00:29:52.240
 this

00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:53.000
 multi

00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:53.420
 ethnic

00:29:53.420 --> 00:29:54.000
 multitude

00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:54.759
 encourages

00:29:54.759 --> 00:29:55.440
 us to

00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:55.960
 persevere

00:29:55.960 --> 00:29:56.319
 in the

00:29:56.319 --> 00:29:56.680
 global

00:29:56.680 --> 00:29:57.079
 mission

00:29:57.079 --> 00:29:57.400
 of the

00:29:57.400 --> 00:29:57.680
 lamb

00:29:57.680 --> 00:29:58.799
 despite

00:29:58.799 --> 00:29:59.460
 opposition

00:29:59.460 --> 00:29:59.839
 and

00:29:59.839 --> 00:30:00.319
 difficulty

00:30:00.319 --> 00:30:00.579
 it

00:30:00.579 --> 00:30:01.019
 encourages

00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:01.440
 us

00:30:01.440 --> 00:30:02.600
 to

00:30:02.600 --> 00:30:02.779
 go

00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:02.940
 to

00:30:02.940 --> 00:30:03.440
 places

00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:04.559
 that

00:30:04.559 --> 00:30:04.680
 are

00:30:04.680 --> 00:30:05.400
 geographically

00:30:05.400 --> 00:30:05.640
 hard

00:30:05.640 --> 00:30:05.779
 to

00:30:05.779 --> 00:30:05.920
 get

00:30:05.920 --> 00:30:06.080
 to

00:30:06.080 --> 00:30:06.240
 that

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:06.380
 are

00:30:06.380 --> 00:30:06.820
 spiritually

00:30:06.820 --> 00:30:07.380
 difficult

00:30:07.380 --> 00:30:09.720
 and that

00:30:09.720 --> 00:30:09.860
 are

00:30:09.860 --> 00:30:10.320
 politically

00:30:10.320 --> 00:30:10.840
 opposed

00:30:10.840 --> 00:30:11.080
 to the

00:30:11.080 --> 00:30:11.200
 spread

00:30:11.200 --> 00:30:11.380
 of the

00:30:11.380 --> 00:30:11.660
 gospel

00:30:11.660 --> 00:30:13.860
 seeing

00:30:13.860 --> 00:30:14.140
 this

00:30:14.140 --> 00:30:14.740
 triumphant

00:30:14.740 --> 00:30:15.160
 multitude

00:30:15.160 --> 00:30:15.640
 assures

00:30:15.640 --> 00:30:15.980
 us

00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:16.519
 that the

00:30:16.519 --> 00:30:16.860
 victory

00:30:16.860 --> 00:30:17.220
 of the

00:30:17.220 --> 00:30:17.440
 lamb

00:30:17.440 --> 00:30:17.820
 over

00:30:17.820 --> 00:30:18.019
 the

00:30:18.019 --> 00:30:18.360
 powers

00:30:18.360 --> 00:30:18.539
 of

00:30:18.539 --> 00:30:18.799
 evil

00:30:18.799 --> 00:30:19.039
 is

00:30:19.039 --> 00:30:19.320
 never

00:30:19.320 --> 00:30:19.580
 in

00:30:19.580 --> 00:30:19.820
 doubt

00:30:19.820 --> 00:30:20.100
 no

00:30:20.100 --> 00:30:20.299
 matter

00:30:20.299 --> 00:30:20.640
 what

00:30:20.640 --> 00:30:22.019
 no

00:30:22.019 --> 00:30:22.259
 matter

00:30:22.259 --> 00:30:22.440
 the

00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:22.720
 amount

00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:22.960
 of

00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:23.380
 suffering

00:30:23.380 --> 00:30:23.600
 and

00:30:23.600 --> 00:30:23.980
 persecution

00:30:23.980 --> 00:30:24.279
 we

00:30:24.279 --> 00:30:24.480
 face

00:30:24.480 --> 00:30:24.640
 no

00:30:24.640 --> 00:30:24.820
 matter

00:30:24.820 --> 00:30:25.220
 even

00:30:25.220 --> 00:30:25.539
 if

00:30:25.539 --> 00:30:25.820
 we

00:30:25.820 --> 00:30:26.960
 give

00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:27.160
 our

00:30:27.160 --> 00:30:27.640
 lives

00:30:27.640 --> 00:30:28.120
 for

00:30:28.120 --> 00:30:28.279
 the

00:30:28.279 --> 00:30:28.580
 gospel

00:30:28.579 --> 00:30:30.859
 and

00:30:30.859 --> 00:30:31.240
 seeing

00:30:31.240 --> 00:30:31.480
 this

00:30:31.480 --> 00:30:31.919
 secure

00:30:31.919 --> 00:30:32.339
 multitude

00:30:32.339 --> 00:30:32.919
 reminds

00:30:32.919 --> 00:30:33.199
 us

00:30:33.199 --> 00:30:33.399
 of

00:30:33.399 --> 00:30:33.659
 our

00:30:33.659 --> 00:30:34.159
 ultimate

00:30:34.159 --> 00:30:35.359
 consolation

00:30:35.359 --> 00:30:35.759
 that

00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:35.879
 in

00:30:35.879 --> 00:30:36.039
 the

00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:36.359
 day

00:30:36.359 --> 00:30:36.779
 of

00:30:36.779 --> 00:30:36.939
 the

00:30:36.939 --> 00:30:37.339
 lamb's

00:30:37.339 --> 00:30:37.679
 wrath

00:30:37.679 --> 00:30:38.240
 we

00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:38.899
 can

00:30:38.899 --> 00:30:39.480
 stand

00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:42.279
 because

00:30:42.279 --> 00:30:42.559
 the

00:30:42.559 --> 00:30:42.940
 lamb

00:30:42.940 --> 00:30:43.360
 who

00:30:43.360 --> 00:30:43.539
 was

00:30:43.539 --> 00:30:43.900
 slain

00:30:43.900 --> 00:30:44.140
 for

00:30:44.140 --> 00:30:44.539
 us

00:30:44.539 --> 00:30:45.720
 is

00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:45.940
 our

00:30:45.940 --> 00:30:46.259
 shepherd

00:30:46.259 --> 00:30:49.099
 and

00:30:49.099 --> 00:30:49.500
 so

00:30:49.500 --> 00:30:50.579
 as we

00:30:50.579 --> 00:30:50.980
 come to

00:30:50.980 --> 00:30:51.120
 the

00:30:51.120 --> 00:30:51.360
 end

00:30:51.360 --> 00:30:51.579
 of

00:30:51.579 --> 00:30:51.900
 revelation

00:30:51.900 --> 00:30:52.339
 7

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 we

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 join

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 our

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 voices

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 with

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 the

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 heavenly

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 chorus

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 and

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 with

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 the

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 saints

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 across

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 the

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 ages

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 singing

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 together

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 with

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 them

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 salvation

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 belongs

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 to

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 God

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 and

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 to

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 the

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 one

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 to

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 the

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 lamb

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 who

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 sits

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 on

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 the

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 throne

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 blessing

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 and

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 glory

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 and

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 wisdom

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 and

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 thanksgiving

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 and

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 honor

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 and

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 power

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 and

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 might

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 be

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 to

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 our

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 God

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 forever

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 and

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 ever

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 amen

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 pray

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 with

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 me

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 oh

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 Lord

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 God

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 of

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 heaven

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 thank

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 you

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 so

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 much

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 for

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 this

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 vision

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 that

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 you

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 gave

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 the

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 apostle

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 John

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 that

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 encouraged

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 the

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 first

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 century

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 church

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 would

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 you

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 encourage

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 us

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 today

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 would

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 you

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 assure

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 us

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 of

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 these

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 promises

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 would

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 you

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 help

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 us

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 to

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 persevere

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 in

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 the

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 power

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 of

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 your

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 spirit

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 and

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 knowing

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 that

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 the

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 ultimate

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 victory

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 belongs

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 to

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 you

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 in

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 the

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 name

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 of

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 the

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 Father

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 and

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 the

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 Son

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 and

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 the

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 Holy

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 Spirit

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 Amen