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 Today.

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 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth.

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 For the first heaven and the first earth had passed away,

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 and there was no longer any sea.

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 I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem,

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 coming down out of heaven from God,

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 prepared as a bride,

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 beautifully dressed for her husband.

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 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying,

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 Look, God's dwelling place is now among the people,

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 and he will dwell with them.

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 They will be his people,

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 and God himself will be with them and be their God.

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 He will wipe every tear from their eyes.

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 There will be no more death,

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 or mourning,

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 or crying,

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 or pain.

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 For the old order of things has passed away.

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 He who was seated on the throne said,

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 I am making everything new.

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 Then he said,

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 Write this down,

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 for these words are trustworthy and true.

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 He said to me,

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 It is done.

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 I am the Alpha and the Omega,

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 the beginning and the end.

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 To the thirsty I will give water without cost,

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 from the spring of the water of life.

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 Those who are victorious will inherit all this,

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 and I will be their God,

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 and they will be my children.

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 But the cowardly,

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 the unbelieving,

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 the vile,

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 the murderers,

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 the sexually immoral,

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 those who practice magic arts,

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 the idolaters,

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 and all liars,

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 they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur.

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 However,

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 this is the second death.

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 One of the seven angels,

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 who had the seven bowls,

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 full of the seven last plagues,

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 came and said to me,

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 Come,

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 I will show you the bride,

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 the wife of the Lamb.

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 And he carried me away in the spirit,

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 to a mountain,

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 great and high,

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 and showed me the holy city,

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 Jerusalem,

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 coming down out of heaven from God.

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 It shone with the glory of God,

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 and its brilliance was like that of a precious jewel,

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 like a jasper,

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 clear as crystal.

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 It had a great high wall with twelve gates,

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 and with twelve angels at the gates.

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 On the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel.

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 There were three gates on the east,

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 three on the north,

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 three on the south,

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 and three on the west.

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 The wall of the city,

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 had twelve foundations,

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 and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

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 The angel who talked with me,

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 had a measuring rod of gold,

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 to measure the city,

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 its gates,

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 and its walls.

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 The city was laid out like a square,

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 as long as it was wide.

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 He measured the city with the rod,

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 and found it to be 12,000 stadia,

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 about 2,200 kilometers,

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 as wide and as high as it is long.

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 The angel measured the wall,

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 with using human measurement,

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 and it was 144 cubits thick,

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 about 65 meters.

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 The wall was made of jasper,

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 and the city of pure gold is pure as glass.

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 The foundations of the city walls were decorated

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 with every kind of precious stone.

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 The first foundation was jasper,

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 the second sapphire,

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 the third ajit,

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 the fourth emerald,

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 the fifth anx,

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 the sixth ruby,

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 the seventh chrysolite,

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 the eighth beryl,

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 the ninth topaz,

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 the tenth turquoise,

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 the eleventh jacinth,

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 and the twelfth amethyst.

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 The twelve gates were twelve pearls,

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 each gate made of a single pearl.

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 This great seat of the city was of gold,

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 as pure as transparent glass.

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 I did not see a temple in the city,

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 because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.

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 The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it,

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 for the glory of God gives it light,

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 and the Lamb is its lamp.

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 The nations will walk by its light,

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 and the kings of the earth will bring their splendour into it.

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 On no day will its gates ever be shut,

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 for there will be no night there.

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 The glory and honour of the nations will be bought into it.

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 Nothing impure will ever enter it,

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 nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful,

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 but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life.

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 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life,

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 as clear as crystal,

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 flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb,

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 down the middle of the great street of the city.

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 On each side of the river stood the tree of life,

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 bearing twelve crops of fruit,

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 yielding its fruit every month.

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 And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.

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 No longer will there be any curse.

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 The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city,

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 and his servants will serve him.

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 They will see his face,

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 and his name will be on their foreheads.

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 There will be no more night.

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 They will not need the light of a lamp

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 or the light of the sun,

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 for the Lord God will give them light,

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 and they will reign

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 forever and ever.

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 Well, let's pray.

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 Our Father God, we thank you

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 for this vision given to John

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 hundreds of years ago,

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 written down for us today,

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 so that we can read it

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 and hear it

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 and be blessed.

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 Father,

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 would you please, by your Spirit,

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 shine the light of your Spirit

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 upon your Word

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 and upon our hearts,

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 so that what we see

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 in these words

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 will fill us with joy

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 and praise

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 and lead us

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 to be a people of worship.

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 Please help us.

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 Amen.

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 It's like being hit

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 by one wave

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 after another.

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 We just about manage

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 to resurface

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 and draw breath

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 when another wave

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 comes crushing down upon us,

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 tossed and churned

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 by the relentless pressures

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 and hardships of life,

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 sinking deeper and deeper

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 in despair.

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 It's easy to lose hope,

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 isn't it?

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 And to doubt God's goodness.

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 In those times,

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 we wonder

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 where God is

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 and does God even care?

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 Life's struggles

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 can really overwhelm us.

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 But whatever our personal suffering

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 is today,

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 and every one of us here

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 has a story to tell.

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 Whatever it is,

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 listen to God's voice.

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 Verse 5.

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 He who is seated on the throne,

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 God who has supreme authority

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 and absolute power

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 over all things,

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 who knows all things

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 and sees all things,

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 who sees us

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 where we are today.

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 Listen to what he said.

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 I am making

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 everything

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 new.

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 Then he said,

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 write this down,

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 for these words

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 are trustworthy

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 and true.

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 These words,

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 the words,

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 I am making

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 everything new

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 is what we all

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 need to hear.

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 Write these words

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 on your heart.

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 This is the word

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 that is going to

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 sustain us

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 in times of struggle.

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 It's the word

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 that's going to keep us

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 in times of opposition.

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 It's the word

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 that's going to

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 strengthen us

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 when we want

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 to give up.

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 So in your struggle

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 and suffering

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 today,

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 hear God

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 speak to you.

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 I

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 am making

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 everything

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 new.

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 Well, you say,

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 when will everything

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 be made new?

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 Well, as we've already

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 heard this morning

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 as John has led us,

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 it is

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 to come.

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 We've been given

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 a wonderful vision

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 here in chapter 21

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 of what to expect

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 when the risen

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 Lord Jesus returns.

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 Look at verse 1.

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 Then I saw

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 a new heaven

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 and a new earth.

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 Well,

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 why is there

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 a new one?

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 Because

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 the first heaven

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 and the first earth

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 had passed away.

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 This is God's

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 promise to restore

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 and renew

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 all things.

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 It's the

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 longed for

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 new creation.

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 It's a world

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 where,

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 look at the rest

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 of verse 1,

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 where there was

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 no longer

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 any sea.

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 All through

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 revelation,

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 the sea

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 has represented

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 the dark

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 forces of evil.

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 So in making

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 everything new,

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 it will mean

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 the end of all

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 the devastation

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 and all the

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 destruction

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 we see around us.

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 no more waves

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 crashing down

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 upon us.

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 In fact,

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 it's a world

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 where,

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 look at the end

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 of verse 4,

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 the old order

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 of things

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 has passed away.

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 the things

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 that trouble

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 us today

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 will all

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 be washed

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 away.

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 No more

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 sin,

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 no more

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 suffering,

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 and no more

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 Satan.

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 Instead of death,

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 there is life.

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 Instead of sorrow,

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 there is joy.

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 The world

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 and our bodies

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 will never

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 perish

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 and never

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 spoil

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 and never

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 fade.

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 here in this

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 new creation,

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 nothing bad

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 happens,

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 nothing will

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 ever break.

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 So hear God's

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 word to you

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 today.

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 I am making

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 everything

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 new,

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 not revamped

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 or refurbished

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 or upcycled

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 or recycled.

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 No,

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 this world

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 will be

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 renewed

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 and restored.

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 and the

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 day is

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 coming

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 when we

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 will shout

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 out in

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 excitement,

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 the old

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 has gone

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 and the

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 new

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 has come.

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 Well,

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 to help us

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 see and

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 understand

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 what we

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 can expect

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 to come,

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 we are

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 given three

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 word pictures

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 filled with

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 images and

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 symbols.

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 We're told

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 that the

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 new creation

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 will be like

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 a marriage

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 filled with

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 joy.

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 It'll be like

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 a city

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 shining with

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 glory.

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 It'll be like

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 a garden

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 flowing

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 with beauty.

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 So one by

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 one we're

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 going to

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 look at

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 these three

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 big pictures,

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 a marriage,

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 a city

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 and a

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 garden.

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 And as

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 we do,

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 they are

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 going to

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 sustain

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 you and

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 keep you

00:13:19.679 --> 00:13:20.859
 and strengthen

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 you as

00:13:22.799 --> 00:13:23.459
 we walk

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 through this

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 broken world.

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 so first

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 big picture,

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 a marriage

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 filled with

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 joy.

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 A marriage

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 filled with

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 joy.

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 We've been

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 created for

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 relationship,

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 not just our

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 relationships with

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 each other,

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 but ultimately

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 with God.

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 The primary

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 reason we

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 were made,

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 why we

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 exist,

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 was to know

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 God and to

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 enjoy him

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 forever.

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 So it's

00:13:56.100 --> 00:13:56.980
 no surprise

00:13:56.980 --> 00:13:58.100
 that the

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 new creation

00:13:58.920 --> 00:13:59.680
 is pictured

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 as a

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 marriage.

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 Look at

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 verse 2.

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 I saw

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 the holy

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 city or

00:14:06.620 --> 00:14:07.480
 the new

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 Jerusalem.

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 Now,

00:14:08.500 --> 00:14:09.320
 holy city

00:14:09.320 --> 00:14:10.020
 here in

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 its context

00:14:10.780 --> 00:14:11.360
 is used

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 to describe

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 God's

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 people.

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 So when

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 we see

00:14:15.840 --> 00:14:16.320
 the city

00:14:16.320 --> 00:14:16.740
 here,

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 it's

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 God's

00:14:17.960 --> 00:14:18.360
 people,

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 the new

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 Jerusalem.

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 They're

00:14:20.140 --> 00:14:21.140
 coming down

00:14:21.140 --> 00:14:21.740
 out of

00:14:21.740 --> 00:14:22.880
 heaven from

00:14:22.880 --> 00:14:23.400
 God,

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 prepared as

00:14:24.759 --> 00:14:25.220
 a bride.

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 So the

00:14:25.819 --> 00:14:26.980
 people are

00:14:26.980 --> 00:14:27.439
 now the

00:14:27.439 --> 00:14:27.980
 bride,

00:14:28.299 --> 00:14:28.620
 being

00:14:28.620 --> 00:14:29.360
 beautifully

00:14:29.360 --> 00:14:31.600
 dressed for

00:14:31.600 --> 00:14:32.220
 her husband.

00:14:35.360 --> 00:14:35.919
 Brides

00:14:35.919 --> 00:14:36.899
 take forever

00:14:36.899 --> 00:14:38.220
 to get ready

00:14:38.220 --> 00:14:38.600
 for their

00:14:38.600 --> 00:14:38.919
 wedding,

00:14:39.019 --> 00:14:39.419
 don't they?

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 The lads,

00:14:41.379 --> 00:14:42.220
 the suit is

00:14:42.220 --> 00:14:43.100
 on in five

00:14:43.100 --> 00:14:43.639
 minutes.

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 But the

00:14:44.819 --> 00:14:45.319
 bride,

00:14:46.059 --> 00:14:46.319
 well,

00:14:46.379 --> 00:14:46.980
 six hours

00:14:46.980 --> 00:14:47.639
 later and

00:14:47.639 --> 00:14:48.000
 the hair

00:14:48.000 --> 00:14:48.740
 still isn't

00:14:48.740 --> 00:14:49.079
 right.

00:14:49.080 --> 00:14:50.540
 You see,

00:14:50.639 --> 00:14:50.960
 she's

00:14:50.960 --> 00:14:51.400
 getting

00:14:51.400 --> 00:14:52.680
 prepared,

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 beautifully

00:14:54.660 --> 00:14:56.220
 dressed for

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 her husband

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 because this

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 is the day

00:14:58.639 --> 00:14:59.080
 when they

00:14:59.080 --> 00:14:59.560
 will say

00:14:59.560 --> 00:15:00.300
 their vows

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 and be

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 committed

00:15:01.540 --> 00:15:02.320
 forever.

00:15:04.200 --> 00:15:04.460
 Well,

00:15:04.540 --> 00:15:05.040
 God's

00:15:05.040 --> 00:15:05.480
 people,

00:15:05.680 --> 00:15:06.040
 you and

00:15:06.040 --> 00:15:06.259
 I,

00:15:06.340 --> 00:15:06.960
 the church,

00:15:07.240 --> 00:15:07.860
 are being

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 made

00:15:08.460 --> 00:15:09.520
 beautiful

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 by God.

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 In fact,

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 he has

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 already

00:15:13.920 --> 00:15:14.879
 clothed

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 us with

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 the beauty

00:15:16.220 --> 00:15:16.820
 of Christ.

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 He has

00:15:17.440 --> 00:15:18.060
 taken the

00:15:18.060 --> 00:15:19.180
 dirty stain

00:15:19.180 --> 00:15:19.820
 of sin

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 and has

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 placed it

00:15:21.420 --> 00:15:22.120
 with his

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 purity

00:15:22.960 --> 00:15:23.680
 and he

00:15:23.680 --> 00:15:24.260
 calls us

00:15:24.260 --> 00:15:24.700
 to live

00:15:24.700 --> 00:15:26.080
 holy lives.

00:15:27.940 --> 00:15:28.440
 You see,

00:15:28.740 --> 00:15:29.620
 our life

00:15:29.620 --> 00:15:30.520
 on earth

00:15:30.520 --> 00:15:31.540
 right now

00:15:31.540 --> 00:15:33.340
 is all

00:15:33.340 --> 00:15:34.500
 preparation

00:15:34.500 --> 00:15:36.440
 for our

00:15:36.440 --> 00:15:37.060
 ultimate

00:15:37.060 --> 00:15:38.300
 wedding day.

00:15:39.400 --> 00:15:40.160
 God is

00:15:40.160 --> 00:15:41.320
 using the

00:15:41.320 --> 00:15:41.820
 struggles

00:15:41.820 --> 00:15:42.360
 and the

00:15:42.360 --> 00:15:42.880
 trials

00:15:42.880 --> 00:15:43.720
 that we

00:15:43.720 --> 00:15:44.500
 go through

00:15:44.500 --> 00:15:46.379
 to make

00:15:46.379 --> 00:15:47.080
 us more

00:15:47.080 --> 00:15:48.019
 beautiful.

00:15:49.779 --> 00:15:50.500
 Sometimes

00:15:50.500 --> 00:15:51.460
 they hurt.

00:15:52.460 --> 00:15:52.779
 Sometimes

00:15:52.779 --> 00:15:53.320
 they're

00:15:53.320 --> 00:15:53.820
 painful.

00:15:54.820 --> 00:15:55.340
 But in

00:15:55.340 --> 00:15:55.879
 the hands

00:15:55.879 --> 00:15:56.379
 of God,

00:15:56.480 --> 00:15:57.059
 the suffering

00:15:57.059 --> 00:15:57.740
 we face,

00:15:58.120 --> 00:15:58.799
 the opposition

00:15:58.799 --> 00:15:59.340
 that we

00:15:59.340 --> 00:15:59.820
 endure,

00:16:00.220 --> 00:16:00.980
 are all

00:16:00.980 --> 00:16:01.720
 God's

00:16:01.720 --> 00:16:02.860
 means of

00:16:02.860 --> 00:16:03.559
 making us

00:16:03.559 --> 00:16:03.960
 holy,

00:16:04.480 --> 00:16:05.120
 making us

00:16:05.120 --> 00:16:05.539
 ready,

00:16:06.000 --> 00:16:06.559
 making us

00:16:06.559 --> 00:16:07.399
 more beautiful

00:16:07.399 --> 00:16:08.379
 for the

00:16:08.379 --> 00:16:08.960
 wedding that

00:16:08.960 --> 00:16:09.340
 is to

00:16:09.340 --> 00:16:09.659
 come.

00:16:11.000 --> 00:16:11.940
 Each day

00:16:11.940 --> 00:16:12.779
 we live

00:16:12.779 --> 00:16:13.720
 is

00:16:13.720 --> 00:16:14.579
 preparation

00:16:14.579 --> 00:16:16.139
 for that

00:16:16.139 --> 00:16:16.699
 great

00:16:16.699 --> 00:16:17.259
 day.

00:16:18.759 --> 00:16:19.120
 And so

00:16:19.120 --> 00:16:19.559
 when the

00:16:19.559 --> 00:16:19.819
 new

00:16:19.819 --> 00:16:20.379
 creation

00:16:20.379 --> 00:16:21.139
 begins,

00:16:21.699 --> 00:16:22.439
 a wedding

00:16:22.439 --> 00:16:23.799
 will take

00:16:23.799 --> 00:16:24.339
 place.

00:16:26.259 --> 00:16:26.899
 In a

00:16:26.899 --> 00:16:27.199
 Christian

00:16:27.199 --> 00:16:27.620
 marriage,

00:16:27.740 --> 00:16:28.139
 one of the

00:16:28.139 --> 00:16:28.860
 signs of

00:16:28.860 --> 00:16:29.339
 commitment

00:16:29.339 --> 00:16:30.579
 when you

00:16:30.579 --> 00:16:31.199
 get married

00:16:31.199 --> 00:16:32.579
 is that

00:16:32.579 --> 00:16:33.220
 you move

00:16:33.220 --> 00:16:33.819
 in together.

00:16:34.019 --> 00:16:34.839
 You live

00:16:34.839 --> 00:16:35.139
 in the

00:16:35.139 --> 00:16:35.819
 same house.

00:16:35.959 --> 00:16:36.299
 You're

00:16:36.299 --> 00:16:36.699
 one.

00:16:37.480 --> 00:16:37.740
 Well,

00:16:37.779 --> 00:16:38.039
 in the

00:16:38.039 --> 00:16:38.259
 new

00:16:38.259 --> 00:16:38.879
 creation,

00:16:39.519 --> 00:16:40.059
 God

00:16:40.059 --> 00:16:40.860
 comes to

00:16:40.860 --> 00:16:41.639
 move in

00:16:41.639 --> 00:16:42.159
 with us

00:16:42.159 --> 00:16:43.139
 and we

00:16:43.139 --> 00:16:43.779
 get to

00:16:43.779 --> 00:16:44.299
 move in

00:16:44.299 --> 00:16:44.899
 with him.

00:16:45.220 --> 00:16:45.659
 Look at

00:16:45.659 --> 00:16:46.340
 verse 3.

00:16:47.319 --> 00:16:47.759
 And I

00:16:47.759 --> 00:16:48.199
 heard a

00:16:48.199 --> 00:16:48.860
 loud voice

00:16:48.860 --> 00:16:49.240
 from the

00:16:49.240 --> 00:16:49.480
 throne

00:16:49.480 --> 00:16:49.840
 saying,

00:16:50.019 --> 00:16:50.340
 look,

00:16:51.659 --> 00:16:52.399
 look what's

00:16:52.399 --> 00:16:52.840
 happening.

00:16:53.539 --> 00:16:54.139
 God's

00:16:54.139 --> 00:16:54.860
 dwelling

00:16:54.860 --> 00:16:56.039
 place is

00:16:56.039 --> 00:16:56.779
 now among

00:16:56.779 --> 00:16:57.519
 the people

00:16:57.519 --> 00:16:58.759
 and he

00:16:58.759 --> 00:16:59.419
 will dwell

00:16:59.419 --> 00:17:00.100
 with them.

00:17:00.960 --> 00:17:01.419
 They will

00:17:01.419 --> 00:17:01.860
 be his

00:17:01.860 --> 00:17:02.439
 people and

00:17:02.439 --> 00:17:03.159
 God himself

00:17:03.159 --> 00:17:03.519
 will be

00:17:03.519 --> 00:17:04.139
 with them

00:17:04.139 --> 00:17:05.119
 and be

00:17:05.119 --> 00:17:05.799
 their

00:17:05.799 --> 00:17:06.339
 God.

00:17:06.619 --> 00:17:07.180
 This is

00:17:07.180 --> 00:17:07.839
 the longing

00:17:07.839 --> 00:17:08.720
 and desire

00:17:08.720 --> 00:17:09.359
 of God

00:17:09.359 --> 00:17:09.940
 to be

00:17:09.940 --> 00:17:11.140
 with us.

00:17:11.920 --> 00:17:12.320
 Yes,

00:17:12.519 --> 00:17:13.220
 God is

00:17:13.220 --> 00:17:13.799
 with us

00:17:13.799 --> 00:17:14.500
 now by

00:17:14.500 --> 00:17:14.759
 his

00:17:14.759 --> 00:17:15.200
 spirit,

00:17:15.680 --> 00:17:16.180
 but we

00:17:16.180 --> 00:17:16.660
 can't

00:17:16.660 --> 00:17:17.400
 see him.

00:17:18.420 --> 00:17:18.900
 But the

00:17:18.900 --> 00:17:19.360
 day is

00:17:19.360 --> 00:17:20.440
 coming when

00:17:20.440 --> 00:17:21.000
 he will

00:17:21.000 --> 00:17:21.460
 be with

00:17:21.460 --> 00:17:21.600
 us.

00:17:21.700 --> 00:17:21.980
 We will

00:17:21.980 --> 00:17:22.640
 walk with

00:17:22.640 --> 00:17:22.759
 him,

00:17:22.840 --> 00:17:23.160
 we will

00:17:23.160 --> 00:17:23.759
 eat with

00:17:23.759 --> 00:17:24.000
 him,

00:17:24.700 --> 00:17:25.380
 and we

00:17:25.380 --> 00:17:25.900
 will be

00:17:25.900 --> 00:17:26.279
 there

00:17:26.279 --> 00:17:26.960
 forever.

00:17:27.960 --> 00:17:28.460
 It's a

00:17:28.460 --> 00:17:29.059
 marriage

00:17:29.059 --> 00:17:30.480
 that will

00:17:30.480 --> 00:17:31.360
 never ever

00:17:31.360 --> 00:17:32.200
 break.

00:17:33.559 --> 00:17:34.400
 Verse 7,

00:17:35.500 --> 00:17:36.299
 those who

00:17:36.299 --> 00:17:37.400
 are victorious,

00:17:37.559 --> 00:17:37.920
 that is,

00:17:38.019 --> 00:17:38.640
 those who

00:17:38.640 --> 00:17:39.759
 are trusting

00:17:39.759 --> 00:17:40.420
 in Christ

00:17:40.420 --> 00:17:41.420
 will inherit

00:17:41.420 --> 00:17:42.500
 all this,

00:17:43.240 --> 00:17:43.759
 and I

00:17:43.759 --> 00:17:44.200
 will be

00:17:44.200 --> 00:17:44.480
 their

00:17:44.480 --> 00:17:45.040
 gods,

00:17:46.400 --> 00:17:46.920
 and they

00:17:46.920 --> 00:17:47.500
 will be

00:17:47.500 --> 00:17:48.360
 my

00:17:48.360 --> 00:17:48.940
 children.

00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:51.100
 This is

00:17:51.100 --> 00:17:51.759
 the promised

00:17:51.759 --> 00:17:52.220
 commitment

00:17:52.220 --> 00:17:52.759
 of God.

00:17:53.040 --> 00:17:53.500
 This is

00:17:53.500 --> 00:17:54.200
 what awaits

00:17:54.200 --> 00:17:54.740
 God's

00:17:54.740 --> 00:17:55.080
 people.

00:17:55.540 --> 00:17:55.800
 We are

00:17:55.800 --> 00:17:56.980
 being made

00:17:56.980 --> 00:17:57.940
 beautiful.

00:17:59.300 --> 00:17:59.740
 God is

00:17:59.740 --> 00:18:00.660
 preparing us

00:18:00.660 --> 00:18:01.360
 through all

00:18:01.360 --> 00:18:02.020
 the waves

00:18:02.020 --> 00:18:02.740
 and troubles

00:18:02.740 --> 00:18:03.580
 of life

00:18:03.579 --> 00:18:06.159
 so that

00:18:06.159 --> 00:18:06.579
 we can

00:18:06.579 --> 00:18:07.199
 move in

00:18:07.199 --> 00:18:09.019
 with God.

00:18:10.159 --> 00:18:10.839
 Now,

00:18:10.879 --> 00:18:11.699
 this marriage

00:18:11.699 --> 00:18:13.439
 is going

00:18:13.439 --> 00:18:13.859
 to be

00:18:13.859 --> 00:18:14.299
 filled

00:18:14.299 --> 00:18:15.519
 with

00:18:15.519 --> 00:18:16.279
 eternal

00:18:16.279 --> 00:18:17.379
 joy.

00:18:18.319 --> 00:18:18.819
 Look what

00:18:18.819 --> 00:18:19.419
 marks

00:18:19.419 --> 00:18:20.379
 this

00:18:20.379 --> 00:18:20.960
 marriage.

00:18:22.240 --> 00:18:22.460
 There

00:18:22.460 --> 00:18:22.799
 will be

00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:23.639
 no more

00:18:23.639 --> 00:18:24.859
 tears.

00:18:26.159 --> 00:18:26.639
 Look at

00:18:26.639 --> 00:18:27.240
 verse 4.

00:18:28.259 --> 00:18:28.799
 He will

00:18:28.799 --> 00:18:29.619
 wipe away

00:18:29.619 --> 00:18:30.919
 every tear

00:18:30.919 --> 00:18:31.480
 from their

00:18:31.480 --> 00:18:32.019
 eyes.

00:18:32.019 --> 00:18:33.519
 life

00:18:33.519 --> 00:18:34.259
 hurts.

00:18:35.379 --> 00:18:35.859
 And living

00:18:35.859 --> 00:18:36.259
 in this

00:18:36.259 --> 00:18:36.619
 broken

00:18:36.619 --> 00:18:37.259
 world will

00:18:37.259 --> 00:18:37.720
 mean we

00:18:37.720 --> 00:18:38.119
 shed

00:18:38.119 --> 00:18:38.839
 many

00:18:38.839 --> 00:18:39.480
 tears,

00:18:40.720 --> 00:18:41.819
 disappointments,

00:18:42.740 --> 00:18:43.059
 broken

00:18:43.059 --> 00:18:43.660
 dreams,

00:18:43.879 --> 00:18:44.220
 shattered

00:18:44.220 --> 00:18:44.720
 lives,

00:18:44.839 --> 00:18:45.339
 and they

00:18:45.339 --> 00:18:46.200
 all take

00:18:46.200 --> 00:18:46.940
 their toll

00:18:46.940 --> 00:18:47.660
 and we

00:18:47.660 --> 00:18:48.400
 cry,

00:18:49.779 --> 00:18:50.400
 longing for

00:18:50.400 --> 00:18:51.039
 that pain

00:18:51.039 --> 00:18:51.799
 to pass,

00:18:51.799 --> 00:18:52.480
 for the

00:18:52.480 --> 00:18:53.079
 hurt to

00:18:53.079 --> 00:18:53.740
 be over.

00:18:56.519 --> 00:18:57.019
 Well,

00:18:57.059 --> 00:18:57.420
 like a

00:18:57.420 --> 00:18:57.680
 loving

00:18:57.680 --> 00:18:58.220
 husband

00:18:58.220 --> 00:18:58.940
 comforting

00:18:58.940 --> 00:18:59.839
 his bride,

00:18:59.839 --> 00:19:01.619
 God

00:19:01.619 --> 00:19:02.199
 himself

00:19:02.199 --> 00:19:02.639
 will

00:19:02.639 --> 00:19:03.819
 wipe

00:19:03.819 --> 00:19:04.159
 away

00:19:04.159 --> 00:19:04.599
 every

00:19:04.599 --> 00:19:05.059
 tear.

00:19:06.259 --> 00:19:06.459
 He

00:19:06.459 --> 00:19:06.659
 will

00:19:06.659 --> 00:19:07.119
 remove

00:19:07.119 --> 00:19:07.519
 all

00:19:07.519 --> 00:19:07.779
 that

00:19:07.779 --> 00:19:08.319
 hurts

00:19:08.319 --> 00:19:09.859
 and all

00:19:09.859 --> 00:19:10.119
 that

00:19:10.119 --> 00:19:10.740
 pains

00:19:10.740 --> 00:19:12.359
 and all

00:19:12.359 --> 00:19:12.619
 that

00:19:12.619 --> 00:19:13.579
 frustrates

00:19:13.579 --> 00:19:15.379
 so that

00:19:15.379 --> 00:19:16.199
 our tears

00:19:16.199 --> 00:19:17.139
 are no

00:19:17.139 --> 00:19:17.539
 more.

00:19:19.179 --> 00:19:20.119
 But more

00:19:20.119 --> 00:19:20.759
 than that,

00:19:21.459 --> 00:19:22.179
 not only

00:19:22.179 --> 00:19:22.699
 no more

00:19:22.699 --> 00:19:23.379
 tears,

00:19:24.259 --> 00:19:25.759
 but no

00:19:25.759 --> 00:19:26.119
 more

00:19:26.119 --> 00:19:27.179
 death.

00:19:27.180 --> 00:19:27.279
 death.

00:19:28.240 --> 00:19:28.580
 Look at

00:19:28.580 --> 00:19:28.940
 the rest

00:19:28.940 --> 00:19:29.320
 of verse

00:19:29.320 --> 00:19:29.640
 four.

00:19:30.779 --> 00:19:31.100
 There

00:19:31.100 --> 00:19:31.779
 will be

00:19:31.779 --> 00:19:32.980
 no more

00:19:32.980 --> 00:19:33.700
 death

00:19:33.700 --> 00:19:35.500
 or mourning

00:19:35.500 --> 00:19:37.360
 or crying

00:19:37.360 --> 00:19:38.880
 or pain.

00:19:40.320 --> 00:19:41.140
 Death

00:19:41.140 --> 00:19:41.880
 is what

00:19:41.880 --> 00:19:42.720
 always

00:19:42.720 --> 00:19:43.200
 hurts

00:19:43.200 --> 00:19:43.980
 the most.

00:19:45.299 --> 00:19:45.580
 Death

00:19:45.580 --> 00:19:46.100
 takes

00:19:46.100 --> 00:19:46.580
 from us

00:19:46.580 --> 00:19:47.220
 those we

00:19:47.220 --> 00:19:48.480
 most love.

00:19:48.620 --> 00:19:49.560
 It steals

00:19:49.560 --> 00:19:50.600
 our joy

00:19:50.600 --> 00:19:51.340
 and laughter.

00:19:51.640 --> 00:19:52.640
 It breaks

00:19:52.640 --> 00:19:53.200
 us and

00:19:53.200 --> 00:19:53.860
 destroys

00:19:53.860 --> 00:19:54.440
 us.

00:19:55.440 --> 00:19:56.019
 But in

00:19:56.019 --> 00:19:56.440
 the new

00:19:56.440 --> 00:19:57.100
 creation,

00:19:57.180 --> 00:19:58.420
 there will

00:19:58.420 --> 00:19:59.420
 be no

00:19:59.420 --> 00:19:59.759
 more

00:19:59.759 --> 00:20:00.180
 death,

00:20:01.440 --> 00:20:02.320
 no more

00:20:02.320 --> 00:20:03.420
 sad news

00:20:03.420 --> 00:20:04.100
 to tell,

00:20:04.900 --> 00:20:05.600
 no more

00:20:05.600 --> 00:20:06.259
 hospitals

00:20:06.259 --> 00:20:07.000
 to visit,

00:20:07.420 --> 00:20:08.420
 no funerals

00:20:08.420 --> 00:20:09.100
 to attend,

00:20:09.539 --> 00:20:10.080
 no more

00:20:10.080 --> 00:20:10.740
 mourning

00:20:10.740 --> 00:20:12.080
 or crying

00:20:12.080 --> 00:20:13.340
 or pain.

00:20:16.120 --> 00:20:17.160
 He who

00:20:17.160 --> 00:20:17.720
 was seated

00:20:17.720 --> 00:20:18.200
 on the

00:20:18.200 --> 00:20:18.500
 throne

00:20:18.500 --> 00:20:19.100
 said,

00:20:19.720 --> 00:20:20.799
 I am

00:20:20.799 --> 00:20:21.299
 making

00:20:21.299 --> 00:20:22.380
 everything

00:20:22.380 --> 00:20:23.299
 new.

00:20:23.779 --> 00:20:24.460
 One day

00:20:24.460 --> 00:20:25.320
 these words

00:20:25.320 --> 00:20:26.100
 will become

00:20:26.100 --> 00:20:26.900
 a reality

00:20:26.900 --> 00:20:27.900
 the new

00:20:27.900 --> 00:20:28.580
 creation

00:20:28.580 --> 00:20:28.980
 will be

00:20:28.980 --> 00:20:29.519
 like a

00:20:29.519 --> 00:20:30.019
 marriage

00:20:30.019 --> 00:20:30.920
 filled

00:20:30.920 --> 00:20:31.780
 with joy.

00:20:33.140 --> 00:20:34.200
 So write

00:20:34.200 --> 00:20:35.140
 these words

00:20:35.140 --> 00:20:35.960
 on your

00:20:35.960 --> 00:20:36.400
 heart.

00:20:36.840 --> 00:20:37.340
 Listen to

00:20:37.340 --> 00:20:38.160
 these words

00:20:38.160 --> 00:20:39.840
 because they

00:20:39.840 --> 00:20:40.620
 will sustain

00:20:40.620 --> 00:20:41.019
 you.

00:20:43.080 --> 00:20:43.720
 So,

00:20:44.259 --> 00:20:46.080
 picture number

00:20:46.080 --> 00:20:46.400
 one,

00:20:46.480 --> 00:20:47.060
 a marriage

00:20:47.060 --> 00:20:47.759
 filled with

00:20:47.759 --> 00:20:48.120
 joy.

00:20:49.400 --> 00:20:49.820
 But he

00:20:49.820 --> 00:20:50.240
 takes us

00:20:50.240 --> 00:20:50.840
 very quickly

00:20:50.840 --> 00:20:51.519
 to another

00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:52.000
 picture,

00:20:52.780 --> 00:20:53.360
 a city

00:20:53.359 --> 00:20:54.019
 shining

00:20:54.019 --> 00:20:54.039
 shining

00:20:54.039 --> 00:20:55.819
 with glory.

00:20:56.899 --> 00:20:57.359
 Look at

00:20:57.359 --> 00:20:59.199
 verse 9,

00:20:59.419 --> 00:20:59.819
 the middle

00:20:59.819 --> 00:21:00.439
 of verse 9.

00:21:00.519 --> 00:21:00.859
 He says,

00:21:00.959 --> 00:21:01.319
 come,

00:21:02.039 --> 00:21:02.479
 I will

00:21:02.479 --> 00:21:02.919
 show you

00:21:02.919 --> 00:21:03.539
 the bride

00:21:03.539 --> 00:21:03.919
 and the

00:21:03.919 --> 00:21:04.339
 wife of

00:21:04.339 --> 00:21:04.659
 the Lamb.

00:21:04.740 --> 00:21:05.039
 So he's

00:21:05.039 --> 00:21:05.179
 saying,

00:21:05.240 --> 00:21:05.419
 look,

00:21:05.679 --> 00:21:06.099
 come and

00:21:06.099 --> 00:21:06.379
 look at

00:21:06.379 --> 00:21:06.659
 this

00:21:06.659 --> 00:21:07.639
 marriage,

00:21:07.779 --> 00:21:08.339
 this wedding

00:21:08.339 --> 00:21:08.859
 we've been

00:21:08.859 --> 00:21:09.799
 talking about.

00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:11.619
 Verse 10,

00:21:12.459 --> 00:21:13.000
 and then he

00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:13.679
 carried me

00:21:13.679 --> 00:21:14.279
 away in the

00:21:14.279 --> 00:21:14.979
 spirit to a

00:21:14.979 --> 00:21:15.299
 mountain

00:21:15.299 --> 00:21:15.939
 great and

00:21:15.939 --> 00:21:16.419
 high and

00:21:16.419 --> 00:21:17.439
 showed me

00:21:17.439 --> 00:21:18.219
 the holy

00:21:18.219 --> 00:21:18.679
 city,

00:21:18.879 --> 00:21:19.259
 Jerusalem,

00:21:19.439 --> 00:21:20.099
 coming down

00:21:20.099 --> 00:21:20.799
 out of

00:21:20.799 --> 00:21:21.259
 heaven from

00:21:21.259 --> 00:21:21.519
 God.

00:21:21.619 --> 00:21:21.919
 So he

00:21:21.919 --> 00:21:23.199
 changes from

00:21:23.199 --> 00:21:23.819
 one image,

00:21:23.919 --> 00:21:24.339
 the image

00:21:24.339 --> 00:21:25.099
 of a

00:21:25.099 --> 00:21:25.439
 marriage,

00:21:25.679 --> 00:21:26.359
 and now

00:21:26.359 --> 00:21:26.919
 we jump

00:21:26.919 --> 00:21:28.439
 to a

00:21:28.439 --> 00:21:28.879
 city,

00:21:30.119 --> 00:21:32.139
 the place

00:21:32.139 --> 00:21:32.740
 where God

00:21:32.740 --> 00:21:33.579
 dwells with

00:21:33.579 --> 00:21:34.259
 his people.

00:21:35.559 --> 00:21:36.019
 And look

00:21:36.019 --> 00:21:36.480
 how this

00:21:36.480 --> 00:21:37.179
 city is

00:21:37.179 --> 00:21:37.839
 described

00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:39.139
 in verse

00:21:39.139 --> 00:21:39.559
 11.

00:21:43.079 --> 00:21:43.679
 It

00:21:43.679 --> 00:21:44.339
 shone

00:21:44.339 --> 00:21:45.359
 with the

00:21:45.359 --> 00:21:46.119
 glory of

00:21:46.119 --> 00:21:46.539
 God,

00:21:47.359 --> 00:21:47.959
 and its

00:21:47.959 --> 00:21:48.639
 brilliance

00:21:48.639 --> 00:21:49.119
 was like

00:21:49.119 --> 00:21:49.679
 that of a

00:21:49.680 --> 00:21:50.539
 very precious

00:21:50.539 --> 00:21:51.060
 jewel,

00:21:52.080 --> 00:21:52.440
 like

00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:53.200
 jasper,

00:21:53.400 --> 00:21:54.000
 clear as

00:21:54.000 --> 00:21:54.460
 crystal.

00:21:56.960 --> 00:21:57.840
 You go

00:21:57.840 --> 00:21:58.480
 into Cork

00:21:58.480 --> 00:21:59.160
 City this

00:21:59.160 --> 00:21:59.539
 evening,

00:22:00.080 --> 00:22:01.259
 and you'll

00:22:01.259 --> 00:22:01.860
 see the

00:22:01.860 --> 00:22:03.120
 light shining

00:22:03.120 --> 00:22:03.860
 brightly.

00:22:04.920 --> 00:22:05.360
 It's very

00:22:05.360 --> 00:22:05.700
 nice,

00:22:05.799 --> 00:22:06.080
 actually.

00:22:06.180 --> 00:22:06.460
 Go and

00:22:06.460 --> 00:22:06.720
 have a

00:22:06.720 --> 00:22:06.960
 look.

00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:08.500
 Their neon

00:22:08.500 --> 00:22:09.380
 lights are

00:22:09.380 --> 00:22:10.400
 inviting and

00:22:10.400 --> 00:22:11.080
 enticing.

00:22:11.840 --> 00:22:12.400
 They offer

00:22:12.400 --> 00:22:12.860
 the good

00:22:12.860 --> 00:22:13.220
 life,

00:22:13.320 --> 00:22:13.700
 the free

00:22:13.700 --> 00:22:14.019
 life,

00:22:14.019 --> 00:22:14.940
 the be

00:22:14.940 --> 00:22:15.640
 whoever you

00:22:15.640 --> 00:22:16.100
 want

00:22:16.100 --> 00:22:16.660
 life.

00:22:18.480 --> 00:22:19.200
 But walk

00:22:19.200 --> 00:22:19.819
 the streets

00:22:19.819 --> 00:22:20.259
 as I

00:22:20.259 --> 00:22:21.080
 did last

00:22:21.080 --> 00:22:21.480
 Friday

00:22:21.480 --> 00:22:22.019
 evening,

00:22:22.420 --> 00:22:22.819
 and in

00:22:22.819 --> 00:22:23.360
 within the

00:22:23.360 --> 00:22:23.840
 space of

00:22:23.840 --> 00:22:24.180
 a few

00:22:24.180 --> 00:22:24.580
 yards,

00:22:24.700 --> 00:22:24.900
 you'll

00:22:24.900 --> 00:22:25.620
 experience

00:22:25.620 --> 00:22:26.299
 homelessness,

00:22:27.559 --> 00:22:28.200
 addictions,

00:22:29.600 --> 00:22:30.200
 violence,

00:22:31.279 --> 00:22:31.840
 crime.

00:22:33.019 --> 00:22:33.740
 They advertise

00:22:33.740 --> 00:22:34.680
 success,

00:22:34.860 --> 00:22:35.100
 wealth,

00:22:35.180 --> 00:22:35.600
 and fame,

00:22:35.900 --> 00:22:36.319
 but in

00:22:36.319 --> 00:22:36.860
 reality,

00:22:37.039 --> 00:22:37.580
 they're filled

00:22:37.580 --> 00:22:38.259
 with fear

00:22:38.259 --> 00:22:38.860
 and hate.

00:22:39.880 --> 00:22:40.559
 Cities are

00:22:40.559 --> 00:22:42.100
 divided socially

00:22:42.100 --> 00:22:43.380
 and racially.

00:22:43.580 --> 00:22:44.180
 They're places

00:22:44.180 --> 00:22:45.600
 where terrorism

00:22:45.600 --> 00:22:46.640
 happens and

00:22:46.640 --> 00:22:47.940
 riots take

00:22:47.940 --> 00:22:48.520
 place.

00:22:49.780 --> 00:22:50.259
 But the

00:22:50.259 --> 00:22:50.920
 city of

00:22:50.920 --> 00:22:51.360
 God,

00:22:51.800 --> 00:22:52.400
 verse 11,

00:22:52.540 --> 00:22:53.740
 is shining

00:22:53.740 --> 00:22:54.680
 with the

00:22:54.680 --> 00:22:55.360
 glory of

00:22:55.360 --> 00:22:55.780
 God.

00:22:56.140 --> 00:22:56.780
 God is

00:22:56.780 --> 00:22:58.240
 present in

00:22:58.240 --> 00:22:58.700
 the city.

00:22:58.880 --> 00:22:59.340
 This is

00:22:59.340 --> 00:23:00.680
 God's city

00:23:00.680 --> 00:23:01.400
 and he is

00:23:01.400 --> 00:23:02.400
 reflecting his

00:23:02.400 --> 00:23:03.520
 glory, his

00:23:03.520 --> 00:23:04.840
 character in

00:23:04.840 --> 00:23:05.700
 all its

00:23:05.700 --> 00:23:07.060
 brilliant beauty.

00:23:08.340 --> 00:23:09.300
 Like a

00:23:09.300 --> 00:23:10.220
 precious jewel

00:23:10.220 --> 00:23:11.280
 reflecting light,

00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:12.620
 so God is

00:23:12.620 --> 00:23:13.620
 filling his

00:23:13.620 --> 00:23:14.840
 city with

00:23:14.840 --> 00:23:15.640
 the light of

00:23:15.640 --> 00:23:16.400
 his grace

00:23:16.400 --> 00:23:17.500
 and goodness

00:23:17.500 --> 00:23:18.600
 and justice

00:23:18.600 --> 00:23:19.900
 and mercy.

00:23:21.259 --> 00:23:22.180
 God's very

00:23:22.180 --> 00:23:23.480
 present means

00:23:23.480 --> 00:23:24.680
 his glory

00:23:24.680 --> 00:23:25.960
 is ruling

00:23:25.960 --> 00:23:27.360
 and shining

00:23:27.360 --> 00:23:28.540
 and being

00:23:28.540 --> 00:23:29.560
 enjoyed by

00:23:29.560 --> 00:23:30.100
 the people

00:23:30.100 --> 00:23:30.720
 of God.

00:23:32.259 --> 00:23:33.100
 But not

00:23:33.100 --> 00:23:33.860
 only that,

00:23:34.800 --> 00:23:35.520
 this is a

00:23:35.520 --> 00:23:36.140
 city where

00:23:36.140 --> 00:23:38.040
 God receives

00:23:38.040 --> 00:23:39.180
 all the

00:23:39.180 --> 00:23:39.600
 glory.

00:23:41.259 --> 00:23:42.259
 Look over

00:23:42.259 --> 00:23:42.759
 at verse

00:23:42.759 --> 00:23:43.600
 23.

00:23:43.599 --> 00:23:50.179
 verse 23.

00:23:52.179 --> 00:23:52.939
 The city

00:23:52.939 --> 00:23:53.539
 does not

00:23:53.539 --> 00:23:54.199
 need the

00:23:54.199 --> 00:23:55.619
 sun or

00:23:55.619 --> 00:23:56.099
 the moon

00:23:56.099 --> 00:23:56.679
 to shine

00:23:56.679 --> 00:23:57.059
 on it,

00:23:57.139 --> 00:23:57.459
 for the

00:23:57.459 --> 00:23:58.299
 glory of

00:23:58.299 --> 00:23:59.119
 God gives

00:23:59.119 --> 00:23:59.899
 its light

00:23:59.899 --> 00:24:01.119
 and the

00:24:01.119 --> 00:24:02.240
 lamb is

00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:02.980
 its lamp.

00:24:03.859 --> 00:24:04.779
 Just as

00:24:04.779 --> 00:24:05.419
 the sun

00:24:05.419 --> 00:24:06.399
 and moon

00:24:06.399 --> 00:24:07.359
 bring light

00:24:07.359 --> 00:24:08.179
 in the

00:24:08.179 --> 00:24:08.639
 darkness,

00:24:09.179 --> 00:24:10.259
 so God's

00:24:10.259 --> 00:24:10.839
 presence,

00:24:10.839 --> 00:24:11.980
 his glory

00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:13.059
 shatters

00:24:13.059 --> 00:24:14.720
 and dispels

00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:15.439
 the darkness.

00:24:16.579 --> 00:24:17.419
 His greatness

00:24:17.419 --> 00:24:18.539
 shines so

00:24:18.539 --> 00:24:19.779
 brightly that

00:24:19.779 --> 00:24:20.579
 the nations

00:24:20.579 --> 00:24:21.679
 are attracted

00:24:21.679 --> 00:24:23.099
 and enticed

00:24:23.099 --> 00:24:24.299
 by his

00:24:24.299 --> 00:24:24.779
 glory.

00:24:24.779 --> 00:24:25.959
 Verse 24.

00:24:26.559 --> 00:24:27.279
 The nations

00:24:27.279 --> 00:24:28.139
 will walk

00:24:28.139 --> 00:24:29.220
 by its light

00:24:29.220 --> 00:24:30.220
 and the kings

00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:30.779
 of the earth

00:24:30.779 --> 00:24:31.439
 will bring

00:24:31.439 --> 00:24:32.399
 their splendour

00:24:32.399 --> 00:24:32.939
 into it.

00:24:33.359 --> 00:24:33.859
 Nations,

00:24:34.799 --> 00:24:35.439
 the people

00:24:35.439 --> 00:24:35.899
 who have

00:24:35.899 --> 00:24:37.039
 trusted in

00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:37.639
 Christ and

00:24:37.639 --> 00:24:38.480
 followed with

00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:39.099
 Christ and

00:24:39.099 --> 00:24:40.159
 persevered with

00:24:40.160 --> 00:24:41.440
 him, will

00:24:41.440 --> 00:24:42.640
 walk into

00:24:42.640 --> 00:24:43.500
 that city.

00:24:44.400 --> 00:24:45.300
 Rather than

00:24:45.300 --> 00:24:46.040
 seeking the

00:24:46.040 --> 00:24:46.620
 fame and

00:24:46.620 --> 00:24:47.120
 honour for

00:24:47.120 --> 00:24:47.660
 themselves,

00:24:48.100 --> 00:24:48.960
 they come in

00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:49.960
 their droves to

00:24:49.960 --> 00:24:51.019
 give thanks and

00:24:51.019 --> 00:24:52.080
 praise to God

00:24:52.080 --> 00:24:52.980
 for their

00:24:52.980 --> 00:24:53.660
 salvation.

00:24:53.860 --> 00:24:54.860
 Verse 26.

00:24:56.279 --> 00:24:57.120
 The glory

00:24:57.120 --> 00:24:58.380
 and honour

00:24:58.380 --> 00:24:59.259
 of the

00:24:59.259 --> 00:24:59.800
 nations

00:24:59.800 --> 00:25:01.019
 will be

00:25:01.019 --> 00:25:01.840
 brought into

00:25:01.840 --> 00:25:02.220
 it.

00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:04.259
 There's no

00:25:04.259 --> 00:25:05.360
 war or

00:25:05.360 --> 00:25:06.340
 fight against

00:25:06.340 --> 00:25:07.060
 God here.

00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:08.500
 The people

00:25:08.500 --> 00:25:09.360
 aren't rebelling

00:25:09.359 --> 00:25:10.219
 or rejecting

00:25:10.219 --> 00:25:10.899
 God's

00:25:10.899 --> 00:25:11.539
 good rule.

00:25:12.539 --> 00:25:12.879
 Instead,

00:25:13.119 --> 00:25:13.639
 they're coming

00:25:13.639 --> 00:25:15.000
 together to

00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:15.939
 worship God

00:25:15.939 --> 00:25:16.639
 who saved

00:25:16.639 --> 00:25:17.019
 them and

00:25:17.019 --> 00:25:17.619
 kept them.

00:25:18.579 --> 00:25:19.240
 And this is

00:25:19.240 --> 00:25:20.039
 the city that

00:25:20.039 --> 00:25:20.799
 we will one

00:25:20.799 --> 00:25:21.939
 day walk

00:25:21.939 --> 00:25:23.299
 into ourselves.

00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:25.379
 Even right

00:25:25.379 --> 00:25:26.119
 now as we

00:25:26.119 --> 00:25:26.659
 have gathered

00:25:26.659 --> 00:25:27.719
 today, we

00:25:27.719 --> 00:25:28.319
 have walked

00:25:28.319 --> 00:25:28.899
 through that

00:25:28.899 --> 00:25:29.819
 door, we

00:25:29.819 --> 00:25:30.479
 have gathered

00:25:30.479 --> 00:25:31.699
 together to

00:25:31.699 --> 00:25:32.679
 worship God

00:25:32.679 --> 00:25:33.699
 just a

00:25:33.699 --> 00:25:35.819
 taste, a

00:25:35.819 --> 00:25:37.059
 tiny taste

00:25:37.059 --> 00:25:39.200
 of gathering

00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:40.819
 together from

00:25:40.819 --> 00:25:41.579
 all the

00:25:41.579 --> 00:25:43.740
 nations to

00:25:43.740 --> 00:25:44.480
 say thank

00:25:44.480 --> 00:25:45.139
 you God

00:25:45.139 --> 00:25:46.639
 for my

00:25:46.639 --> 00:25:48.559
 salvation and

00:25:48.559 --> 00:25:49.279
 thank you

00:25:49.279 --> 00:25:50.460
 for keeping

00:25:50.460 --> 00:25:50.839
 me.

00:25:52.579 --> 00:25:53.399
 It's a

00:25:53.399 --> 00:25:55.559
 city with

00:25:55.559 --> 00:25:56.720
 no more

00:25:56.720 --> 00:25:57.939
 fears.

00:25:59.779 --> 00:26:00.619
 Look at the

00:26:00.619 --> 00:26:02.299
 building plan

00:26:02.299 --> 00:26:02.879
 that we've

00:26:02.879 --> 00:26:03.399
 been given.

00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:05.319
 Sorry, this

00:26:05.319 --> 00:26:05.899
 flicker is

00:26:05.899 --> 00:26:06.139
 not.

00:26:07.639 --> 00:26:10.519
 No more

00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:11.000
 fears.

00:26:11.159 --> 00:26:11.419
 Look at

00:26:11.419 --> 00:26:12.079
 verse, go

00:26:12.079 --> 00:26:12.539
 back to

00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:13.399
 verse 12.

00:26:14.639 --> 00:26:15.079
 We've been

00:26:15.079 --> 00:26:15.559
 given all

00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:16.500
 this description

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:17.240
 of what the

00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:18.500
 city looks

00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:18.960
 like.

00:26:19.839 --> 00:26:20.559
 Beginning of

00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:21.299
 verse 12, it

00:26:21.299 --> 00:26:22.259
 had a great

00:26:22.259 --> 00:26:24.240
 high wall.

00:26:25.079 --> 00:26:25.740
 In fact, we're

00:26:25.740 --> 00:26:26.240
 given the

00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:27.299
 measurements of

00:26:27.299 --> 00:26:27.919
 these walls.

00:26:28.099 --> 00:26:28.720
 Jump down to

00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:29.559
 verse 16.

00:26:29.559 --> 00:26:31.559
 the city was

00:26:31.559 --> 00:26:32.480
 laid out like a

00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:33.119
 square as

00:26:33.119 --> 00:26:33.759
 long as it

00:26:33.759 --> 00:26:34.539
 is wide.

00:26:34.980 --> 00:26:35.659
 He measured

00:26:35.659 --> 00:26:36.440
 the city with

00:26:36.440 --> 00:26:37.019
 the rod and

00:26:37.019 --> 00:26:37.639
 found it to

00:26:37.639 --> 00:26:38.539
 be, well it

00:26:38.539 --> 00:26:39.179
 works out about

00:26:39.179 --> 00:26:40.419
 2,200

00:26:40.419 --> 00:26:42.359
 kilometres in

00:26:42.359 --> 00:26:44.419
 length and

00:26:44.419 --> 00:26:46.139
 as wide and

00:26:46.139 --> 00:26:47.099
 as high,

00:26:48.299 --> 00:26:50.240
 walls 2,000

00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:51.659
 kilometres high,

00:26:52.659 --> 00:26:53.819
 symbolism here.

00:26:55.679 --> 00:26:56.359
 Amazing.

00:26:57.619 --> 00:26:58.399
 What's it

00:26:58.399 --> 00:26:59.279
 telling us?

00:26:59.559 --> 00:27:00.839
 Well it's

00:27:00.839 --> 00:27:01.720
 only telling us

00:27:01.720 --> 00:27:02.579
 that this city

00:27:02.579 --> 00:27:03.480
 is secure.

00:27:04.700 --> 00:27:05.819
 No harm can

00:27:05.819 --> 00:27:06.460
 come to the

00:27:06.460 --> 00:27:07.039
 people in

00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:07.579
 this city.

00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:08.799
 No danger

00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:09.559
 threatens them.

00:27:09.839 --> 00:27:10.579
 Who's going to

00:27:10.579 --> 00:27:11.440
 scale these

00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:11.819
 walls?

00:27:12.259 --> 00:27:12.779
 No more

00:27:12.779 --> 00:27:13.440
 fears.

00:27:15.919 --> 00:27:16.759
 The cities of

00:27:16.759 --> 00:27:17.519
 this world are

00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:18.059
 vulnerable,

00:27:19.299 --> 00:27:20.240
 destroyed by

00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:20.839
 the madness

00:27:20.839 --> 00:27:21.579
 of men.

00:27:22.139 --> 00:27:23.079
 Missiles and

00:27:23.079 --> 00:27:23.700
 bombs have

00:27:23.700 --> 00:27:24.339
 reduced the

00:27:24.339 --> 00:27:24.899
 cities of

00:27:24.899 --> 00:27:25.399
 this world

00:27:25.399 --> 00:27:26.119
 to rubble.

00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:27.559
 Cities

00:27:27.559 --> 00:27:28.539
 aren't safe.

00:27:28.539 --> 00:27:29.799
 But in the

00:27:29.799 --> 00:27:30.599
 new creation

00:27:30.599 --> 00:27:31.240
 we will be

00:27:31.240 --> 00:27:32.240
 secure forever.

00:27:32.680 --> 00:27:33.339
 No gangs,

00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:34.240
 no crime,

00:27:34.359 --> 00:27:34.980
 no armies

00:27:34.980 --> 00:27:35.500
 are needed.

00:27:35.899 --> 00:27:36.619
 No police

00:27:36.619 --> 00:27:37.039
 will be

00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:37.599
 required.

00:27:38.920 --> 00:27:39.819
 No more

00:27:39.819 --> 00:27:41.039
 fears.

00:27:43.240 --> 00:27:44.659
 And no

00:27:44.659 --> 00:27:45.599
 more divisions.

00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:47.960
 The city

00:27:47.960 --> 00:27:48.559
 isn't just

00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:49.599
 about walls.

00:27:50.220 --> 00:27:51.079
 It's also

00:27:51.079 --> 00:27:52.319
 full of gates.

00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:52.960
 Did you see

00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:53.180
 that?

00:27:53.180 --> 00:27:53.680
 Let's look

00:27:53.680 --> 00:27:54.060
 back at

00:27:54.060 --> 00:27:54.660
 verse 12

00:27:54.660 --> 00:27:55.039
 again.

00:27:56.600 --> 00:27:57.380
 It had a

00:27:57.380 --> 00:27:58.500
 great high

00:27:58.500 --> 00:27:59.240
 wall with

00:27:59.240 --> 00:28:00.620
 twelve gates.

00:28:02.220 --> 00:28:03.140
 Why so

00:28:03.140 --> 00:28:03.880
 many gates?

00:28:04.019 --> 00:28:04.799
 Verse 13.

00:28:05.140 --> 00:28:05.560
 There were

00:28:05.560 --> 00:28:06.480
 three gates

00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:07.259
 on the east,

00:28:07.600 --> 00:28:08.360
 three on the

00:28:08.360 --> 00:28:08.720
 north,

00:28:09.140 --> 00:28:09.759
 three on the

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.140
 south,

00:28:10.640 --> 00:28:11.240
 three on the

00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:11.620
 west.

00:28:14.120 --> 00:28:14.640
 Well,

00:28:14.740 --> 00:28:15.420
 why so many?

00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:16.440
 Because God's

00:28:16.440 --> 00:28:17.140
 people from

00:28:17.140 --> 00:28:17.940
 all over the

00:28:17.940 --> 00:28:18.680
 world are going

00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:19.279
 to be there.

00:28:20.060 --> 00:28:20.680
 People are

00:28:20.680 --> 00:28:21.180
 going to come

00:28:21.180 --> 00:28:21.620
 from the

00:28:21.620 --> 00:28:21.980
 north,

00:28:22.320 --> 00:28:22.820
 the south,

00:28:22.960 --> 00:28:23.380
 the east

00:28:23.380 --> 00:28:23.980
 and the west.

00:28:24.460 --> 00:28:25.100
 People from

00:28:25.100 --> 00:28:26.660
 every tribe,

00:28:27.160 --> 00:28:27.680
 nation,

00:28:28.180 --> 00:28:29.299
 people and

00:28:29.299 --> 00:28:29.860
 language.

00:28:32.580 --> 00:28:33.299
 And they'll

00:28:33.299 --> 00:28:33.820
 all be

00:28:33.820 --> 00:28:34.480
 gathered as

00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:35.240
 one new

00:28:35.240 --> 00:28:35.759
 people.

00:28:36.620 --> 00:28:37.220
 The people

00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:37.860
 of God.

00:28:39.960 --> 00:28:40.720
 And there

00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:41.039
 will be

00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:42.640
 people from

00:28:42.640 --> 00:28:43.299
 Carigoline

00:28:43.299 --> 00:28:43.720
 Baptist

00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:44.420
 Church.

00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:46.279
 And people

00:28:46.279 --> 00:28:46.820
 who've been

00:28:46.820 --> 00:28:47.580
 reached through

00:28:47.580 --> 00:28:49.500
 polo and

00:28:49.500 --> 00:28:50.279
 through rock

00:28:50.279 --> 00:28:51.539
 and through

00:28:51.539 --> 00:28:51.920
 rooted.

00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:53.859
 And through

00:28:53.859 --> 00:28:54.539
 the friends

00:28:54.539 --> 00:28:55.279
 and contacts

00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:55.700
 that we've

00:28:55.700 --> 00:28:56.379
 had as we've

00:28:56.379 --> 00:28:56.920
 shared the

00:28:56.920 --> 00:28:57.859
 gospel and

00:28:57.859 --> 00:28:58.420
 as they have

00:28:58.420 --> 00:28:59.339
 trusted Christ,

00:28:59.799 --> 00:29:00.480
 they too

00:29:00.480 --> 00:29:02.279
 will come

00:29:02.279 --> 00:29:03.319
 streaming through

00:29:03.319 --> 00:29:03.980
 the gates.

00:29:06.519 --> 00:29:07.279
 And there'll

00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:07.879
 be no more

00:29:07.879 --> 00:29:08.379
 division

00:29:08.379 --> 00:29:10.859
 because they

00:29:10.859 --> 00:29:11.339
 are just

00:29:11.339 --> 00:29:12.359
 one people.

00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:14.639
 No racism,

00:29:15.740 --> 00:29:16.799
 no refugees,

00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:18.619
 all as

00:29:18.619 --> 00:29:19.000
 one,

00:29:19.839 --> 00:29:20.680
 all at

00:29:20.680 --> 00:29:21.200
 peace.

00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:24.399
 He who

00:29:24.399 --> 00:29:24.940
 was seated

00:29:24.940 --> 00:29:25.419
 on the

00:29:25.419 --> 00:29:26.359
 throne said,

00:29:27.159 --> 00:29:28.079
 I am

00:29:28.079 --> 00:29:28.639
 making

00:29:28.639 --> 00:29:29.680
 everything

00:29:29.680 --> 00:29:30.639
 new.

00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:32.259
 One day

00:29:32.259 --> 00:29:33.220
 these words

00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:34.200
 will become

00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:34.960
 a reality.

00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:35.940
 The new

00:29:35.940 --> 00:29:36.759
 creation will

00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:37.419
 be like a

00:29:37.419 --> 00:29:38.919
 city shining

00:29:38.919 --> 00:29:39.680
 with glory.

00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:42.899
 So listen

00:29:42.899 --> 00:29:43.379
 to these

00:29:43.379 --> 00:29:43.919
 words.

00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:45.960
 they will

00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:46.759
 keep you.

00:29:49.080 --> 00:29:49.560
 So,

00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:51.800
 a wedding

00:29:51.800 --> 00:29:52.600
 filled with

00:29:52.600 --> 00:29:53.019
 joy,

00:29:53.779 --> 00:29:54.300
 a city

00:29:54.300 --> 00:29:55.200
 shining with

00:29:55.200 --> 00:29:55.759
 glory,

00:29:57.060 --> 00:29:58.440
 and then

00:29:58.440 --> 00:29:59.200
 his picture

00:29:59.200 --> 00:29:59.620
 of a

00:29:59.620 --> 00:30:00.060
 garden

00:30:00.060 --> 00:30:00.720
 flowing

00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:01.700
 with

00:30:01.700 --> 00:30:02.240
 beauty.

00:30:05.960 --> 00:30:06.980
 He takes

00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:07.580
 us to a

00:30:07.580 --> 00:30:08.060
 beautiful

00:30:08.060 --> 00:30:08.620
 garden,

00:30:08.800 --> 00:30:09.680
 chapter 22,

00:30:09.820 --> 00:30:10.340
 a garden

00:30:10.340 --> 00:30:10.759
 that in

00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:11.320
 some ways

00:30:11.320 --> 00:30:12.240
 is reflected

00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:13.240
 of the

00:30:13.240 --> 00:30:13.859
 garden of

00:30:13.859 --> 00:30:14.259
 Eden,

00:30:14.900 --> 00:30:15.700
 but yet

00:30:15.700 --> 00:30:16.740
 so much

00:30:16.740 --> 00:30:17.579
 better.

00:30:18.660 --> 00:30:19.099
 It's a

00:30:19.099 --> 00:30:19.480
 garden

00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:21.299
 of life.

00:30:22.620 --> 00:30:23.559
 Verse 1,

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:25.099
 then the

00:30:25.099 --> 00:30:25.839
 angel showed

00:30:25.839 --> 00:30:26.220
 me the

00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:27.220
 river of

00:30:27.220 --> 00:30:27.900
 the water

00:30:27.900 --> 00:30:28.839
 of life,

00:30:29.880 --> 00:30:30.460
 as clear

00:30:30.460 --> 00:30:31.079
 as crystal,

00:30:31.259 --> 00:30:32.000
 flowing down

00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:32.400
 from the

00:30:32.400 --> 00:30:32.819
 throne of

00:30:32.819 --> 00:30:33.839
 God and

00:30:33.839 --> 00:30:34.240
 of the

00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:34.539
 Lamb.

00:30:35.059 --> 00:30:35.500
 You see,

00:30:36.200 --> 00:30:36.700
 picture it

00:30:36.700 --> 00:30:36.859
 here,

00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:37.460
 God is

00:30:37.460 --> 00:30:38.279
 the source

00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:39.160
 of this

00:30:39.160 --> 00:30:39.799
 life,

00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:40.500
 not just

00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:41.180
 physical

00:30:41.180 --> 00:30:41.599
 life,

00:30:41.599 --> 00:30:42.619
 but life

00:30:42.619 --> 00:30:43.279
 in all

00:30:43.279 --> 00:30:43.500
 its

00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:43.899
 fullness,

00:30:44.379 --> 00:30:44.859
 flowing

00:30:44.859 --> 00:30:45.759
 down from

00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:46.179
 God,

00:30:46.299 --> 00:30:46.819
 verse 2,

00:30:47.259 --> 00:30:47.859
 down the

00:30:47.859 --> 00:30:48.299
 middle of

00:30:48.299 --> 00:30:48.759
 the great

00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:49.439
 street of

00:30:49.439 --> 00:30:49.919
 the city,

00:30:50.439 --> 00:30:50.899
 and on

00:30:50.899 --> 00:30:51.539
 each side

00:30:51.539 --> 00:30:51.799
 of the

00:30:51.799 --> 00:30:52.399
 river stood

00:30:52.399 --> 00:30:52.959
 the tree

00:30:52.959 --> 00:30:53.519
 of life.

00:30:54.339 --> 00:30:54.980
 So this

00:30:54.980 --> 00:30:56.519
 cascade

00:30:56.519 --> 00:30:57.480
 of water

00:30:57.480 --> 00:30:58.799
 from God

00:30:58.799 --> 00:30:59.839
 representing

00:30:59.839 --> 00:31:00.379
 life,

00:31:00.740 --> 00:31:01.659
 flowing in

00:31:01.659 --> 00:31:02.099
 through the

00:31:02.099 --> 00:31:02.459
 city,

00:31:03.740 --> 00:31:04.599
 giving water

00:31:04.599 --> 00:31:05.099
 to the

00:31:05.099 --> 00:31:05.699
 tree of

00:31:05.699 --> 00:31:06.199
 life,

00:31:06.819 --> 00:31:07.139
 which

00:31:07.139 --> 00:31:07.899
 itself,

00:31:08.639 --> 00:31:09.079
 the end

00:31:09.079 --> 00:31:09.539
 of verse

00:31:09.539 --> 00:31:10.500
 2,

00:31:10.500 --> 00:31:12.759
 is bearing

00:31:12.759 --> 00:31:13.919
 twelve crops

00:31:13.919 --> 00:31:14.539
 of fruit,

00:31:14.699 --> 00:31:15.439
 yielding its

00:31:15.439 --> 00:31:16.939
 fruit every

00:31:16.939 --> 00:31:17.960
 month.

00:31:19.399 --> 00:31:19.939
 It's a

00:31:19.939 --> 00:31:20.379
 garden

00:31:20.379 --> 00:31:21.199
 filled,

00:31:22.439 --> 00:31:23.559
 overflowing

00:31:23.559 --> 00:31:24.419
 with life.

00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:27.339
 We're

00:31:27.339 --> 00:31:28.019
 constantly

00:31:28.019 --> 00:31:28.939
 searching for

00:31:28.939 --> 00:31:29.359
 life.

00:31:30.399 --> 00:31:31.079
 The problem

00:31:31.079 --> 00:31:31.619
 is we

00:31:31.619 --> 00:31:32.439
 invest in

00:31:32.439 --> 00:31:32.799
 the wrong

00:31:32.799 --> 00:31:33.460
 places.

00:31:33.460 --> 00:31:34.559
 if I

00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:35.079
 had more

00:31:35.079 --> 00:31:35.500
 money,

00:31:36.200 --> 00:31:36.640
 a better

00:31:36.640 --> 00:31:37.079
 job,

00:31:37.259 --> 00:31:38.240
 then I

00:31:38.240 --> 00:31:38.759
 would have

00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:39.220
 life.

00:31:40.100 --> 00:31:40.779
 If I

00:31:40.779 --> 00:31:41.340
 had better

00:31:41.340 --> 00:31:43.100
 health and

00:31:43.100 --> 00:31:43.620
 weren't so

00:31:43.620 --> 00:31:44.000
 sick,

00:31:44.440 --> 00:31:45.360
 then I

00:31:45.360 --> 00:31:45.799
 would have

00:31:45.799 --> 00:31:46.140
 life.

00:31:46.319 --> 00:31:46.720
 If I

00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:47.259
 had the

00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:48.100
 partner that

00:31:48.100 --> 00:31:48.480
 I so

00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:48.960
 desire,

00:31:49.420 --> 00:31:49.920
 then I

00:31:49.920 --> 00:31:50.360
 would have

00:31:50.360 --> 00:31:50.799
 life.

00:31:52.279 --> 00:31:53.059
 But no,

00:31:53.140 --> 00:31:53.519
 we must

00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:54.059
 look to

00:31:54.059 --> 00:31:54.960
 the source,

00:31:55.860 --> 00:31:56.319
 to the

00:31:56.319 --> 00:31:56.840
 one,

00:31:57.140 --> 00:31:57.840
 the person

00:31:57.840 --> 00:31:58.640
 who is

00:31:58.640 --> 00:31:59.319
 life in

00:31:59.319 --> 00:31:59.680
 and of

00:31:59.680 --> 00:32:00.160
 himself,

00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:00.920
 and in

00:32:00.920 --> 00:32:01.559
 God we

00:32:01.559 --> 00:32:02.319
 are completely

00:32:02.319 --> 00:32:02.960
 filled,

00:32:02.960 --> 00:32:03.840
 and fully

00:32:03.840 --> 00:32:04.539
 satisfied.

00:32:05.019 --> 00:32:05.500
 He is

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:05.900
 all we

00:32:05.900 --> 00:32:06.299
 need.

00:32:08.420 --> 00:32:08.840
 You see,

00:32:08.940 --> 00:32:09.400
 God is

00:32:09.400 --> 00:32:10.039
 the water

00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:11.799
 we thirst

00:32:11.799 --> 00:32:12.220
 for.

00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:13.600
 God is

00:32:13.600 --> 00:32:14.299
 the fruit

00:32:14.299 --> 00:32:15.100
 that we

00:32:15.100 --> 00:32:15.620
 long to

00:32:15.620 --> 00:32:16.019
 taste.

00:32:16.400 --> 00:32:16.819
 In the

00:32:16.819 --> 00:32:17.180
 garden,

00:32:17.360 --> 00:32:17.799
 all our

00:32:17.799 --> 00:32:18.640
 searching and

00:32:18.640 --> 00:32:19.299
 longings will

00:32:19.299 --> 00:32:19.799
 be over

00:32:19.799 --> 00:32:20.980
 because we

00:32:20.980 --> 00:32:21.720
 will have

00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:22.640
 access to

00:32:22.640 --> 00:32:23.660
 life in

00:32:23.660 --> 00:32:24.120
 all its

00:32:24.120 --> 00:32:24.700
 abundance.

00:32:27.860 --> 00:32:28.740
 But not

00:32:28.740 --> 00:32:29.180
 just a

00:32:29.180 --> 00:32:29.720
 garden of

00:32:29.720 --> 00:32:30.120
 life.

00:32:30.119 --> 00:32:32.739
 it will

00:32:32.739 --> 00:32:33.099
 be a

00:32:33.099 --> 00:32:33.739
 garden of

00:32:33.739 --> 00:32:34.219
 healing.

00:32:37.579 --> 00:32:38.099
 What's

00:32:38.099 --> 00:32:38.879
 so stunning

00:32:38.879 --> 00:32:39.559
 about this

00:32:39.559 --> 00:32:40.039
 garden?

00:32:40.899 --> 00:32:41.479
 Not just

00:32:41.479 --> 00:32:42.239
 the abundance

00:32:42.239 --> 00:32:43.199
 of life in

00:32:43.199 --> 00:32:43.699
 the fruit

00:32:43.699 --> 00:32:44.059
 tree,

00:32:44.579 --> 00:32:45.079
 but look at

00:32:45.079 --> 00:32:45.500
 the end of

00:32:45.500 --> 00:32:46.039
 verse 2.

00:32:47.079 --> 00:32:47.559
 And the

00:32:47.559 --> 00:32:48.239
 leaves of

00:32:48.239 --> 00:32:48.899
 the tree

00:32:48.899 --> 00:32:50.119
 are for

00:32:50.119 --> 00:32:50.719
 the healing

00:32:50.719 --> 00:32:51.139
 of the

00:32:51.139 --> 00:32:51.559
 nations.

00:32:53.699 --> 00:32:54.299
 Fruits

00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:54.539
 that

00:32:54.539 --> 00:32:55.239
 satisfies,

00:32:56.279 --> 00:32:56.819
 leaves

00:32:56.819 --> 00:32:57.519
 that heal,

00:32:57.519 --> 00:32:57.900
 death.

00:32:57.900 --> 00:32:59.180
 This is

00:32:59.180 --> 00:32:59.980
 what we

00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:00.599
 long for.

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:01.559
 You see,

00:33:01.639 --> 00:33:02.139
 the garden

00:33:02.139 --> 00:33:02.599
 of this

00:33:02.599 --> 00:33:03.400
 world is

00:33:03.400 --> 00:33:04.299
 full of

00:33:04.299 --> 00:33:05.099
 disease and

00:33:05.099 --> 00:33:05.879
 decay and

00:33:05.879 --> 00:33:06.339
 death.

00:33:07.160 --> 00:33:07.379
 As

00:33:07.379 --> 00:33:08.220
 gardeners who

00:33:08.220 --> 00:33:08.819
 are tasked

00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:09.379
 with looking

00:33:09.379 --> 00:33:09.920
 after the

00:33:09.920 --> 00:33:10.200
 world,

00:33:10.579 --> 00:33:11.279
 we fail.

00:33:12.440 --> 00:33:13.319
 Rather than

00:33:13.319 --> 00:33:13.759
 helping,

00:33:13.940 --> 00:33:15.079
 we so often

00:33:15.079 --> 00:33:15.539
 end up

00:33:15.539 --> 00:33:15.900
 hurting.

00:33:16.519 --> 00:33:16.900
 And we

00:33:16.900 --> 00:33:17.639
 carry with

00:33:17.639 --> 00:33:18.059
 us not

00:33:18.059 --> 00:33:18.819
 just physical

00:33:18.819 --> 00:33:19.240
 wounds,

00:33:19.400 --> 00:33:20.559
 but emotional

00:33:20.559 --> 00:33:21.220
 scars.

00:33:22.200 --> 00:33:22.799
 Things that

00:33:22.799 --> 00:33:23.319
 hold us

00:33:23.319 --> 00:33:23.839
 back and

00:33:23.839 --> 00:33:24.299
 keep us

00:33:24.299 --> 00:33:24.599
 down.

00:33:24.599 --> 00:33:25.480
 But here

00:33:25.480 --> 00:33:25.900
 in this

00:33:25.900 --> 00:33:26.319
 garden,

00:33:26.680 --> 00:33:27.160
 at last

00:33:27.160 --> 00:33:27.779
 the nations

00:33:27.779 --> 00:33:28.180
 will be

00:33:28.180 --> 00:33:28.660
 able to

00:33:28.660 --> 00:33:29.580
 come and

00:33:29.580 --> 00:33:29.920
 we will

00:33:29.920 --> 00:33:30.500
 be healed

00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:31.220
 of all

00:33:31.220 --> 00:33:31.560
 of our

00:33:31.560 --> 00:33:32.019
 hurts,

00:33:33.180 --> 00:33:33.800
 all our

00:33:33.800 --> 00:33:34.500
 sins and

00:33:34.500 --> 00:33:35.019
 all our

00:33:35.019 --> 00:33:35.720
 scars,

00:33:36.600 --> 00:33:37.560
 will be

00:33:37.560 --> 00:33:38.240
 remembered

00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:39.880
 no more.

00:33:41.220 --> 00:33:41.680
 This

00:33:41.680 --> 00:33:42.259
 is a

00:33:42.259 --> 00:33:42.640
 garden

00:33:42.640 --> 00:33:43.960
 of

00:33:43.960 --> 00:33:44.860
 everlasting

00:33:44.860 --> 00:33:45.779
 beauty.

00:33:47.759 --> 00:33:48.480
 Marked

00:33:48.480 --> 00:33:48.940
 by the

00:33:48.940 --> 00:33:49.620
 absence

00:33:49.620 --> 00:33:51.420
 of two

00:33:51.420 --> 00:33:51.900
 things.

00:33:52.019 --> 00:33:52.259
 Did you

00:33:52.259 --> 00:33:52.880
 see what's

00:33:52.880 --> 00:33:53.360
 missing

00:33:53.360 --> 00:33:54.380
 in the

00:33:54.380 --> 00:33:54.720
 garden?

00:33:54.720 --> 00:33:54.819
 them?

00:33:57.339 --> 00:33:57.920
 No

00:33:57.920 --> 00:33:58.380
 more

00:33:58.380 --> 00:33:59.759
 curse,

00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:00.819
 verse 3.

00:34:01.839 --> 00:34:02.120
 No

00:34:02.120 --> 00:34:02.660
 longer

00:34:02.660 --> 00:34:03.120
 will there

00:34:03.120 --> 00:34:03.559
 be any

00:34:03.559 --> 00:34:04.039
 curse.

00:34:05.680 --> 00:34:06.259
 The

00:34:06.259 --> 00:34:06.880
 world is

00:34:06.880 --> 00:34:07.600
 under the

00:34:07.600 --> 00:34:08.519
 curse of

00:34:08.519 --> 00:34:08.920
 God.

00:34:10.139 --> 00:34:10.699
 Why?

00:34:10.900 --> 00:34:11.099
 Well,

00:34:11.159 --> 00:34:11.740
 because of

00:34:11.740 --> 00:34:11.960
 our

00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:13.000
 disobedience,

00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:13.559
 because of

00:34:13.559 --> 00:34:14.179
 the choices

00:34:14.179 --> 00:34:14.639
 we've

00:34:14.639 --> 00:34:15.220
 made and

00:34:15.220 --> 00:34:16.059
 well now

00:34:16.059 --> 00:34:16.539
 we live

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:17.159
 with thorns

00:34:17.159 --> 00:34:17.860
 and thistles

00:34:17.860 --> 00:34:18.579
 all around

00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:19.039
 us.

00:34:20.300 --> 00:34:21.400
 Every step

00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:21.960
 we make

00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:22.380
 is a

00:34:22.380 --> 00:34:22.960
 sting or

00:34:22.960 --> 00:34:24.320
 a prick.

00:34:26.579 --> 00:34:27.059
 And one

00:34:27.059 --> 00:34:27.519
 day the

00:34:27.519 --> 00:34:28.019
 curse will

00:34:28.019 --> 00:34:28.559
 be lifted

00:34:28.559 --> 00:34:30.139
 and the

00:34:30.139 --> 00:34:30.960
 blessings will

00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:31.860
 flow like

00:34:31.860 --> 00:34:32.559
 a waterfall.

00:34:33.579 --> 00:34:34.320
 Disobedience

00:34:34.320 --> 00:34:34.980
 will end and

00:34:34.980 --> 00:34:35.699
 we will live

00:34:35.699 --> 00:34:36.659
 pure,

00:34:37.119 --> 00:34:38.240
 obedient lives

00:34:38.240 --> 00:34:38.820
 forever

00:34:38.820 --> 00:34:39.559
 more.

00:34:39.840 --> 00:34:40.360
 No more

00:34:40.360 --> 00:34:40.920
 failing,

00:34:41.579 --> 00:34:42.280
 no more

00:34:42.280 --> 00:34:43.059
 falling,

00:34:43.740 --> 00:34:44.420
 no more

00:34:44.420 --> 00:34:45.019
 sin.

00:34:46.539 --> 00:34:47.380
 The curse

00:34:47.380 --> 00:34:48.980
 gone and

00:34:48.980 --> 00:34:49.519
 blessing

00:34:49.519 --> 00:34:50.119
 forever.

00:34:50.119 --> 00:34:52.400
 But also,

00:34:52.960 --> 00:34:53.440
 look what

00:34:53.440 --> 00:34:53.900
 else is

00:34:53.900 --> 00:34:54.279
 missing,

00:34:54.420 --> 00:34:55.159
 verse 5.

00:35:03.299 --> 00:35:04.079
 There is

00:35:04.079 --> 00:35:04.480
 going to

00:35:04.480 --> 00:35:04.920
 be no

00:35:04.920 --> 00:35:05.339
 more

00:35:05.339 --> 00:35:06.019
 night.

00:35:07.339 --> 00:35:08.219
 No more

00:35:08.219 --> 00:35:08.679
 night.

00:35:09.259 --> 00:35:10.219
 Night means

00:35:10.219 --> 00:35:10.960
 darkness.

00:35:12.139 --> 00:35:12.380
 And

00:35:12.380 --> 00:35:13.119
 darkness as

00:35:13.119 --> 00:35:13.739
 we've seen

00:35:13.739 --> 00:35:14.679
 is the

00:35:14.679 --> 00:35:15.279
 realm where

00:35:15.279 --> 00:35:15.900
 sin and

00:35:15.900 --> 00:35:16.619
 evil rule,

00:35:16.759 --> 00:35:17.480
 but night

00:35:17.480 --> 00:35:17.900
 will be

00:35:17.900 --> 00:35:18.519
 no more.

00:35:18.519 --> 00:35:20.380
 the seductive

00:35:20.380 --> 00:35:20.940
 ways of

00:35:20.940 --> 00:35:21.579
 Satan will

00:35:21.579 --> 00:35:21.980
 be no

00:35:21.980 --> 00:35:22.280
 more.

00:35:22.619 --> 00:35:22.780
 There will

00:35:22.780 --> 00:35:23.139
 be no

00:35:23.139 --> 00:35:23.380
 more

00:35:23.380 --> 00:35:24.000
 deceiving,

00:35:24.159 --> 00:35:24.539
 no more

00:35:24.539 --> 00:35:25.059
 tempting,

00:35:25.559 --> 00:35:25.960
 no more

00:35:25.960 --> 00:35:26.440
 accusing,

00:35:26.659 --> 00:35:27.059
 no more

00:35:27.059 --> 00:35:27.800
 dragging us

00:35:27.800 --> 00:35:28.159
 down.

00:35:28.579 --> 00:35:28.920
 Instead,

00:35:29.159 --> 00:35:29.480
 we will

00:35:29.480 --> 00:35:30.059
 live in

00:35:30.059 --> 00:35:30.599
 perfect

00:35:30.599 --> 00:35:31.139
 harmony

00:35:31.139 --> 00:35:31.759
 with God

00:35:31.759 --> 00:35:32.059
 as he

00:35:32.059 --> 00:35:32.659
 called us.

00:35:36.259 --> 00:35:37.179
 And he

00:35:37.179 --> 00:35:37.619
 who is

00:35:37.619 --> 00:35:38.239
 seated on

00:35:38.239 --> 00:35:38.699
 the throne

00:35:38.699 --> 00:35:39.259
 said,

00:35:39.780 --> 00:35:41.920
 I am

00:35:41.920 --> 00:35:42.280
 making

00:35:42.280 --> 00:35:42.780
 everything

00:35:42.780 --> 00:35:43.159
 new.

00:35:43.159 --> 00:35:45.420
 And one

00:35:45.420 --> 00:35:46.039
 day these

00:35:46.039 --> 00:35:47.839
 words will

00:35:47.839 --> 00:35:48.379
 become a

00:35:48.379 --> 00:35:48.859
 reality.

00:35:50.059 --> 00:35:50.679
 The new

00:35:50.679 --> 00:35:51.480
 creation will

00:35:51.480 --> 00:35:52.119
 be like a

00:35:52.119 --> 00:35:53.539
 garden flowing

00:35:53.539 --> 00:35:54.259
 with beauty.

00:35:54.799 --> 00:35:55.839
 Listen to

00:35:55.839 --> 00:35:56.699
 these words

00:35:56.699 --> 00:35:58.779
 and they

00:35:58.779 --> 00:35:59.480
 will strengthen

00:35:59.480 --> 00:35:59.839
 you.

00:36:03.199 --> 00:36:03.899
 Isn't

00:36:03.899 --> 00:36:04.460
 this the

00:36:04.460 --> 00:36:05.579
 Christmas gift

00:36:05.579 --> 00:36:07.879
 we all so

00:36:07.879 --> 00:36:08.519
 desperately

00:36:08.519 --> 00:36:09.099
 want?

00:36:09.099 --> 00:36:11.659
 isn't

00:36:11.659 --> 00:36:12.079
 this the

00:36:12.079 --> 00:36:12.519
 Christmas

00:36:12.519 --> 00:36:14.619
 gift we

00:36:14.619 --> 00:36:15.279
 would long

00:36:15.279 --> 00:36:15.799
 for our

00:36:15.799 --> 00:36:16.619
 friends and

00:36:16.619 --> 00:36:17.360
 family to

00:36:17.360 --> 00:36:17.819
 open,

00:36:18.739 --> 00:36:19.920
 to understand

00:36:19.920 --> 00:36:20.779
 and realise?

00:36:20.780 --> 00:36:21.060
 this.

00:36:23.400 --> 00:36:23.920
 Well,

00:36:23.980 --> 00:36:24.280
 the good

00:36:24.280 --> 00:36:24.960
 news is

00:36:24.960 --> 00:36:26.380
 this

00:36:26.380 --> 00:36:27.160
 marriage of

00:36:27.160 --> 00:36:27.519
 joy,

00:36:27.700 --> 00:36:28.300
 this city

00:36:28.300 --> 00:36:28.880
 of glory,

00:36:29.040 --> 00:36:29.700
 this garden

00:36:29.700 --> 00:36:30.300
 of beauty

00:36:30.300 --> 00:36:31.360
 is assured

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 and guaranteed

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 to all.

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 It is

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 open to

00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:36.200
 all

00:36:36.200 --> 00:36:39.000
 who will

00:36:39.000 --> 00:36:39.660
 trust and

00:36:39.660 --> 00:36:40.240
 walk with

00:36:40.240 --> 00:36:40.720
 Christ

00:36:40.720 --> 00:36:41.900
 today.

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 Look at

00:36:43.940 --> 00:36:45.060
 verse 27,

00:36:45.400 --> 00:36:45.760
 the end

00:36:45.760 --> 00:36:46.260
 of chapter

00:36:46.260 --> 00:36:47.060
 21.

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 nothing

00:36:55.799 --> 00:36:56.699
 impure

00:36:56.699 --> 00:36:58.659
 will ever

00:36:58.659 --> 00:36:59.400
 enter it.

00:37:01.039 --> 00:37:01.679
 Nothing

00:37:01.679 --> 00:37:02.440
 impure will

00:37:02.440 --> 00:37:03.299
 ever be part

00:37:03.299 --> 00:37:03.719
 of that

00:37:03.719 --> 00:37:05.539
 marriage or

00:37:05.539 --> 00:37:05.960
 will enter

00:37:05.960 --> 00:37:07.619
 the city or

00:37:07.619 --> 00:37:08.239
 will enjoy

00:37:08.239 --> 00:37:08.860
 the garden.

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 Nor will

00:37:10.860 --> 00:37:11.420
 anyone who

00:37:11.420 --> 00:37:12.079
 does what

00:37:12.079 --> 00:37:12.759
 is shameful

00:37:12.759 --> 00:37:14.340
 or deceitful,

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 but only

00:37:16.480 --> 00:37:17.159
 those whose

00:37:17.159 --> 00:37:17.760
 names are

00:37:17.760 --> 00:37:19.280
 written in

00:37:19.280 --> 00:37:19.880
 the Lamb's

00:37:19.880 --> 00:37:20.300
 book of

00:37:20.300 --> 00:37:20.659
 life.

00:37:22.219 --> 00:37:22.679
 You see,

00:37:22.760 --> 00:37:23.480
 the invitation

00:37:23.480 --> 00:37:25.260
 is for all

00:37:25.260 --> 00:37:25.599
 who will

00:37:25.599 --> 00:37:26.079
 come to

00:37:26.079 --> 00:37:26.460
 Christ,

00:37:26.619 --> 00:37:27.559
 who will

00:37:27.559 --> 00:37:28.019
 make us

00:37:28.019 --> 00:37:28.480
 pure,

00:37:29.679 --> 00:37:30.099
 who will

00:37:30.099 --> 00:37:30.500
 make us

00:37:30.500 --> 00:37:32.119
 ready and

00:37:32.119 --> 00:37:32.539
 make us

00:37:32.539 --> 00:37:32.980
 right.

00:37:35.139 --> 00:37:35.900
 This is

00:37:35.900 --> 00:37:36.480
 our hope,

00:37:37.039 --> 00:37:37.539
 this is

00:37:37.539 --> 00:37:38.159
 our joy.

00:37:39.280 --> 00:37:39.880
 Listen to

00:37:39.880 --> 00:37:40.619
 his words,

00:37:41.240 --> 00:37:42.380
 I am

00:37:42.380 --> 00:37:42.860
 making

00:37:42.860 --> 00:37:44.079
 everything

00:37:44.079 --> 00:37:45.199
 new.

00:37:46.480 --> 00:37:48.000
 let's

00:37:48.000 --> 00:37:48.320
 pray.

00:37:48.320 --> 00:37:48.400
 Amen.

00:37:48.400 --> 00:37:48.480
 Amen.

00:37:48.480 --> 00:37:49.400
 Amen.

00:38:04.280 --> 00:38:04.880
 Our

00:38:04.880 --> 00:38:05.480
 Father God,

00:38:05.579 --> 00:38:06.039
 how we

00:38:06.039 --> 00:38:08.079
 need for

00:38:08.079 --> 00:38:08.599
 our eyes

00:38:08.599 --> 00:38:09.039
 to be

00:38:09.039 --> 00:38:09.420
 lifted,

00:38:10.360 --> 00:38:12.000
 to see the

00:38:12.000 --> 00:38:12.719
 glory that

00:38:12.719 --> 00:38:13.119
 is to

00:38:13.119 --> 00:38:13.460
 come.

00:38:13.460 --> 00:38:13.500
 Amen.

00:38:13.500 --> 00:38:13.559
 Amen.

00:38:13.559 --> 00:38:13.579
 Amen.

00:38:13.579 --> 00:38:13.599
 Amen.

00:38:13.599 --> 00:38:13.619
 Amen.

00:38:13.619 --> 00:38:13.659
 Amen.

00:38:13.659 --> 00:38:13.699
 Amen.

00:38:13.699 --> 00:38:13.719
 Amen.

00:38:13.719 --> 00:38:13.760
 Amen.

00:38:13.760 --> 00:38:13.780
 Amen.

00:38:13.780 --> 00:38:13.800
 Amen.

00:38:13.800 --> 00:38:13.840
 Amen.

00:38:13.840 --> 00:38:14.699
 Amen.

00:38:14.699 --> 00:38:15.619
 Amen.

00:38:15.619 --> 00:38:15.679
 Amen.

00:38:15.679 --> 00:38:16.460
 Amen.

00:38:16.480 --> 00:38:17.280
 We pray

00:38:17.280 --> 00:38:17.780
 that we

00:38:17.780 --> 00:38:18.000
 will

00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:18.440
 take

00:38:18.440 --> 00:38:18.860
 these

00:38:18.860 --> 00:38:19.320
 words.

00:38:21.119 --> 00:38:21.760
 Amen.

00:38:21.760 --> 00:38:22.079
 We pray

00:38:22.079 --> 00:38:22.659
 and ask

00:38:22.659 --> 00:38:23.019
 that you

00:38:23.019 --> 00:38:23.199
 will

00:38:23.199 --> 00:38:23.820
 impress

00:38:23.820 --> 00:38:24.260
 these

00:38:24.260 --> 00:38:24.679
 words

00:38:24.679 --> 00:38:25.219
 deep

00:38:25.219 --> 00:38:25.400
 in

00:38:25.400 --> 00:38:25.559
 our

00:38:25.559 --> 00:38:25.960
 life

00:38:25.960 --> 00:38:28.780
 so

00:38:28.780 --> 00:38:29.219
 that you

00:38:29.219 --> 00:38:29.460
 will

00:38:29.460 --> 00:38:30.179
 sustain

00:38:30.179 --> 00:38:30.679
 us,

00:38:31.840 --> 00:38:32.760
 strengthen

00:38:32.760 --> 00:38:33.619
 us and

00:38:33.619 --> 00:38:33.960
 keep

00:38:33.960 --> 00:38:34.460
 us.

00:38:36.159 --> 00:38:36.940
 That we

00:38:36.940 --> 00:38:37.480
 can know

00:38:37.480 --> 00:38:38.000
 that through

00:38:38.000 --> 00:38:38.480
 every

00:38:38.480 --> 00:38:39.019
 struggle

00:38:39.019 --> 00:38:40.159
 it is

00:38:40.159 --> 00:38:40.699
 all but

00:38:40.699 --> 00:38:41.460
 preparation

00:38:41.460 --> 00:38:42.119
 for the

00:38:42.119 --> 00:38:42.500
 great

00:38:42.500 --> 00:38:42.980
 marriage

00:38:42.980 --> 00:38:43.539
 to come.

00:38:43.539 --> 00:38:50.039
 to know that we can share of a great city to come

00:38:50.039 --> 00:38:52.759
 where everything will be put right

00:38:52.759 --> 00:38:58.019
 and that together we can enjoy a garden filled with life

00:38:58.019 --> 00:39:03.619
 Father help us to share this story

00:39:03.619 --> 00:39:07.920
 to tell this story to others this Christmas

00:39:07.920 --> 00:39:13.559
 help us we pray in Jesus name

00:39:13.559 --> 00:39:15.079
 Amen

00:39:15.079 --> 00:39:20.340
 well we're going to sing

00:39:20.340 --> 00:39:22.440
 we're going to sing about heaven

00:39:22.440 --> 00:39:26.320
 and the glory that is to come

00:39:37.920 --> 00:39:43.980
 let's