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 This morning, as we just read, we're going to be in Revelation 15.

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 So would you turn there in your Bibles?

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 Revelation 15, 1 through 8, it's a short chapter, only eight verses, but it's an important one,

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 a pivotal one in this part of the book.

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 Today is April 7th, and if I have this right, we're only a couple of weeks away from the KUSD spring break.

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 And then, only, I think, six weeks after that, it will be time for summer vacation.

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 Even if it's been a long time since you've been a student in school, I'm sure you remember the glory, the joy of those breaks,

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 and what it's like on that last day of school when you know that you have all this freedom stretched out in front of you.

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 That joy of spring break or summer vacation when you sleep in and eat snacks or whatever you do, I don't know.

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 I'm a teacher, so I live by this academic calendar, and I know this rhythm of the hardship of the semester

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 and the joy of these breaks that come up.

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 I teach at Trinity, and one of my friends and colleagues there who teaches theology, his name is David Louis.

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 Louis, and he has a theory that I call the Louis Doctrine.

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 The Louis Doctrine says that the joy we experience when we are released for spring break or summer vacation,

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 the joy that we experience is directly proportionate to the pain that we experience during the semester.

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 So in other words, the worse my semester, the longer the projects take, the sleepless nights, the hardship of the work,

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 the worse it is, the sweeter that break will be when I'm finally released from it.

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 We're staying up late, we're tired, and our eyes are bloodshot, and we're thinking to ourselves,

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 how long, how long are we going to have to keep this up before we have that sweet break that lies ahead?

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 We just can't wait to celebrate that.

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 Well, school is hard, but it is nothing compared to the difficulty that we experience in life.

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 From the moment we're born, we are wicked toward other people, and we are victims of their wickedness.

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 And often the greatest hurts that we experience in life are the ways that we mistreat each other.

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 Children are neglected and abused and mistreated by the same adults that are supposed to care for them and protect them.

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 Teenagers go to school and are bullied and tormented by the cool kids.

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 And then when we grow into adulthood, that's when the trouble really begins.

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 We disrespect and hate each other.

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 We treat each other with racism.

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 We mock each other.

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 Those of us who have influence and connections and money

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 take advantage of people who are in vulnerable situations and make it worse.

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 Poor women are trafficked and abused.

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 People steal what they don't have and murder people that get in their way.

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 They lie and they cheat each other, and our government officials are corrupt and make backroom deals.

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 People kill their unborn babies to try and cover up bad decisions.

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 Nations go to war against each other to try and claim influence or land,

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 and they leave battlefields strewn with dead bodies and leave orphans and widows behind at home.

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 Governments oppress their people and enslave and imprison them.

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 And all of this suffering, it only takes a couple of days of reading the news to just get depressed,

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 because all of this suffering that takes place in the world comes from the sin that we carry in our hearts like a disease.

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 It just keeps manifesting itself in this wickedness that we do against each other.

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 And even though all of us have unfortunately some kind of experience with these things,

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 the hardships of daily life, those are common to all of humanity,

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 there is a particular animosity that the people of the world have historically brought forth against the church.

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 Followers of Jesus Christ have always been the target of outrage and rejection

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 from the time that they were thrown to the lions in the Roman period,

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 thrown in prison, churches burned.

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 Even in our contemporary world, I mean, even in our country,

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 lawyers are now taking Christians to church for what they believe,

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 and I'm sorry, taking them to court for what they believe,

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 and trying to put them out of business.

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 In North Africa, militia groups burn villages and kidnap women and take them off who knows where.

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 In North Korea, the government throws Christians into these terrible concentration camps

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 where they just languish for years.

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 And not long ago in the Middle East, radicals took Christians down to the beach

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 and in front of video cameras, they cut off their heads.

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 So we live in a world that is in rebellion against God,

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 and often it just seems like the wicked are just getting away with it, doesn't it?

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 Sometimes it just seems like there is just no recourse

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 for the evil that people mete out against each other.

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 The psalmist knew about this.

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 Billy already read part of Psalm 73.

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 Let's look at a few verses at the beginning.

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 You can just listen.

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 Psalm 73.

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 Listen to what the psalmist says here.

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 He says,

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 In other words,

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 What is the point of trying to faithfully follow God

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 when these arrogant, wicked people just prosper and flourish in their lives

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 and they seem to just get away with it year after year?

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 What is the point of that?

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 For all the day long, I have been stricken and rebuked every morning.

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 And when I thought how to understand this,

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 it seemed to me a wearisome task.

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 It is hard to live among the wicked.

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 How are we supposed to think about that?

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 How are we supposed to live our lives in this world

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 when people are so evil against each other?

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 We may wonder,

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 When is God finally going to do something about this?

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 In Revelation 6, 9 and 10, it says,

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 I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain

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 for the word of God and for the witness they had borne.

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 They have already been killed because they were following Jesus.

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 And they cried out with a loud voice,

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 O sovereign Lord, holy and true,

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 how long before you will judge and avenge our blood

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 on those who dwell on the earth?

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 Well, our passage this morning in Revelation 15 is an answer to that.

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 It's a celebration of God's victory over the wicked.

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 Revelation 15, 1 through 8 introduces chapter 16,

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 which we'll actually focus on next week,

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 in which God pours out his ultimate anger and judgment on the earth.

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 In our passage, Revelation 15,

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 is a prospective celebration of that judgment.

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 It's a victory song

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 that God will judge and destroy evil once and for all.

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 If a difficult semester brings all kinds of joy and happiness

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 when the summer finally arrives,

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 then can you imagine the celebration

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 when God finally puts down all evil?

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 Can you imagine the joy and the praise

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 when God brings justice and destroys all wickedness

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 and sets the world right?

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 That's the topic of our passage this morning.

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 Now, if you look at Revelation 15,

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 you'll see that it is structured

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 with three occurrences of the phrase,

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 I looked or I saw.

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 Look at 15, 1.

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 He says, and I saw.

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 And then if you look at 15, 2,

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 he says, and I saw.

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 And then in 15, 5, he says,

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 after this, I looked.

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 See that?

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 So these phrases divide the passage into three parts.

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 The beginning in verse 1

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 and the end in verses 5 through 8

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 are an introduction to the bowl judgments

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 which are coming in chapter 16.

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 So the beginning and the end of our passage

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 is looking forward

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 and the middle of our passage

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 in verses 2 through 4

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 are the celebration of what is coming.

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 The celebration of the judgment.

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 So this is how we're going to proceed.

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 We're going to go a little bit out of order here.

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 First, we're going to look at

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 what God's people are celebrating

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 in verse 1 and 5 through 8.

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 And then we're going to look at

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 why God's people are celebrating

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 in the middle in verses 2 through 4.

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 First, let's look at

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 what God's people are celebrating.

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 In verse 1, John sees a sign in heaven.

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 There are seven angels with seven plagues.

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 Previously, we read about seven angels

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 with the seven churches in chapter 1

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 and the seven angels with seven trumpets

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 in chapter 8.

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 But these are different

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 because these are the last, it says.

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 John has seen the seal judgments

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 in chapters 6 through 8

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 and he's seen the trumpet judges

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 in chapters 8 through 11

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 and now this is the end.

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 With these seven, it says,

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 the wrath of God is finished.

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 It is completed.

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 These aren't just the last judgments

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 in the sequence

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 and they're not just the last judgments

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 in the book.

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 These are the last judgments ever.

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 This is the end.

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 The word finished here means completed.

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 It means God is going to have finished the job.

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 It means his wrath,

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 his righteous anger

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 will be completely expressed.

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 Now, if we skip to verse 5,

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 John says that he looked

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 and heaven was opened.

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 This is what happens

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 in the book of Revelation

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 before each new phase.

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 Before the seal judgments,

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 heaven was opened.

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 Before the trumpet judgments,

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 it opened.

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 Before the woman and the dragon.

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 And now heaven is opened again

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 and John can see in this vision

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 into heaven

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 and he sees a vision

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 of the tent of witness there,

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 the tabernacle.

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 In the Old Testament,

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 when God saved his people

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 from slavery in Egypt,

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 he established this tent,

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 this tent of witness

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 or tent of meeting,

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 a tabernacle

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 that represented his dwelling

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 on the earth

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 with his people.

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 He made a covenant with them

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 and he said,

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 if you obey me,

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 then I will bless you

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 and I will live with you

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 and we will be in relationship together.

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 But if you disobey me

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 and you break this covenant,

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 there are going to be

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 terrible consequences.

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 So this tent of witness

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 is a symbol

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 that the nations

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 have broken the covenant of God

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 and now those consequences

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 have arrived.

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 And the point of this,

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 the point of John looking into heaven

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 and seeing the tent

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 is that these judgments

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 that are being introduced

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 are from God.

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 It's not just that the earth

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 is getting old and tired.

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 It's not just that

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 they're having a bad year

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 or that the sun

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 is just about to burn out

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 or something like that.

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 The terrible things

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 that John is about to describe

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 are coming from heaven.

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 And actually,

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 John is more specific than that

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 because if you look at verse 6,

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 he says that the terrible plagues

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 aren't just coming from heaven,

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 they're coming from Jesus.

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 How do we know that?

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 It's because the seven angels

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 are clothed in pure bright linen

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 with golden sashes

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 around their chests.

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 In chapter 1, verse 13,

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 that is exactly what Jesus is wearing.

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 So in other words,

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 these angels represent Christ.

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 They're in the same uniform as Christ

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 and they are carrying out his work.

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 And then in verse 7,

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 it says,

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 four living creatures

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 give seven golden bowls

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 to the seven angels.

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 Now that idea of four living creatures

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 reminds us of some things

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 in the earlier part of the book,

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 in chapter 4,

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 when four living creatures

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 are standing around the throne of God

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 and they're saying,

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 holy, holy, holy

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 is the Lord God Almighty

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 who was and is and is to come.

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 And in the book of Ezekiel,

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 in the Old Testament,

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 the four living creatures

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 move with God's throne.

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 They move with God's glory

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 and they represent him.

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 In Isaiah chapter 6,

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 there are these heavenly creatures

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 standing around God's throne

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 and they're saying,

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 holy, holy, holy.

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 So what we have here

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 is a tying together of these images,

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 of these four living creatures

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 who are in the inner sanctuary

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 by God's throne.

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 They stand around the throne

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 praising him

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 and calling him holy,

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 holy, holy.

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 And the point is

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 that these plagues

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 are coming from God.

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 So John sees the tabernacle

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 and he sees the angels

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 dressed in the same apparel

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 as Jesus Christ

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 and he sees the four living creatures

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 which are in the inner sanctuary

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 of God's throne room.

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 And then, in verse 8,

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 he concludes,

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 And the sanctuary

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 was filled with smoke

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 from the glory of God

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 and from his power

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 and no one could enter

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 the sanctuary

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 until the seven plagues

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 of the seven angels

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 were finished.

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 Again, this is imagery

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 that's coming from

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 the Old Testament.

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 In the Old Testament,

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 when the people

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 finally finished

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 building the tabernacle,

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 setting up that tent,

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 then God's glory

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 moved into it

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 and it was filled with smoke.

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 And then later,

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 when Solomon finally finished

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 building the temple,

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 God's glory moved into it

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 and it filled with smoke.

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 In Isaiah chapter 6,

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 when the train of God's robe

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 came down,

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 it filled the temple.

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 And in Ezekiel,

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 when Ezekiel was describing

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 God's glory in the temple,

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 he says there was a cloud

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 that filled the temple.

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 So in other words,

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 God is there.

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 He's there.

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 And until his seven plagues

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 are finished,

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 no one can even go in.

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 The plagues are coming

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 from God.

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 He's not sitting by thinking,

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 oh boy, I hope I could do

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 something about that.

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 I wish I could stop that

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 in some way.

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 They're coming from him.

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 They're not coming

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 from the creatures.

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 They're not coming

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 from the seven angels.

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 They're just his messengers.

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 The plagues are coming from God

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 and no one can stop him.

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 No one can hold back his hand.

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 This is God's wrath.

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 It's his incredible power

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 and even his own angelic servants

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 who stand around his throne

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 in normal times

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 can't be in his presence

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 because his wrath is too great.

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 And all of this

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 is just the introduction.

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 Because as we get into chapter 16

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 in the next chapter,

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 then the seven angels

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 begin to pour out

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 their golden bowls

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 of God's wrath.

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 When the first angel

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 pours out bowl number one,

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 then painful sores break out

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 and boils break out

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 on those people

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 who worship the beast.

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 Then the second angel comes

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 and pours out bowl number two

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 and all the sea turns to blood

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 and it kills all the creatures

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 in the sea.

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 God is destroying

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 his own creation.

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 Then the third angel

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 pours out bowl number three

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 and all the rivers

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 and the springs,

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 all the places

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 where you might hope

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 to find drinking water

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 turn to blood.

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 And the angel of God

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 who is in charge

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 stands there and says,

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 these people

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 on the earth

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 have shed the blood

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 of the saints

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 and prophets.

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 Now you, God,

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 have given them blood

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 to drink.

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 Yikes.

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 And then the fourth angel

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 pours out bowl number four

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 and the sun

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 heats up

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 and burns people

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 with fire

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 and scorches them

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 with its heat.

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 But the people

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 don't repent.

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 They curse God.

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 Then the fifth angel

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 pours out bowl number five

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 and the earth

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 is covered

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 in total darkness

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 and the people

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 have these

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 unbelievable burns

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 from the sun

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 and boils

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 and they're thirsty

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 and the sea

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 stinks like blood

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 and now they're

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 in total darkness

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 and it says,

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 they gnaw

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 at their tongues

00:17:34.579 --> 00:17:35.659
 in anguish

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 and they curse God

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 for their pain.

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 Then the sixth angel

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 pours out bowl number six

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 and the Euphrates River

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 dries up

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 so that all the nations

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 of the whole earth

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 can gather together

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 to attack God's people.

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 But what they don't know

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 is that they've just

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 made themselves

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 a really good target

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 and God wipes them out.

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 They have only gathered

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 for their own destruction.

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 And finally,

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 the seventh angel

00:18:04.259 --> 00:18:05.720
 pours out bowl number seven

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 and there's a great earthquake.

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 It says,

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 greater than any earthquake

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 in history

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 and the cities

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 of the world

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 are split apart

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 and gigantic hailstones

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 fall from heaven

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 and the people

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 underneath

00:18:17.559 --> 00:18:19.059
 are cursing God

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 because the plague

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 is so severe.

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 So God is pouring out

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 his wrath on the earth

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 and he inflicts people

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 with painful boils

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 and takes away

00:18:29.139 --> 00:18:30.019
 their drinking water

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 and burns them

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 and keeps them

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 in total darkness

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 and then gathers them

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 together

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 and rips apart

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 the earth

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 and hurls giant

00:18:38.019 --> 00:18:39.299
 hailstones down on them.

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 This is the God

00:18:41.539 --> 00:18:42.579
 who created the world.

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 He has created people

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 in his own image

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 and now he is

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 destroying them.

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 It sounds terrible.

00:18:51.980 --> 00:18:53.000
 It really does

00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:54.319
 but the wrath of God

00:18:54.319 --> 00:18:55.419
 is not the problem.

00:18:56.819 --> 00:18:57.779
 The wrath of God

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 is the cure.

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 Imagine that someone

00:19:02.079 --> 00:19:02.480
 who,

00:19:02.740 --> 00:19:04.139
 someone visits you

00:19:04.139 --> 00:19:05.119
 who grew up

00:19:05.119 --> 00:19:06.159
 on a deserted island

00:19:06.159 --> 00:19:06.539
 somewhere

00:19:06.539 --> 00:19:07.339
 completely cut off

00:19:07.339 --> 00:19:08.119
 from civilization

00:19:08.119 --> 00:19:10.359
 and for some reason

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 I don't know,

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 I don't know why

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 we take them

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 on a tour

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 of a cancer unit

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 in a hospital.

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 We show them

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 rooms with needles

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 and claustrophobic

00:19:20.640 --> 00:19:21.680
 MRI machines

00:19:21.680 --> 00:19:22.340
 that no one wants

00:19:22.340 --> 00:19:22.860
 to get into

00:19:22.860 --> 00:19:23.720
 and we show them

00:19:23.720 --> 00:19:24.860
 the surgery area

00:19:24.860 --> 00:19:26.120
 where people are cut open

00:19:26.120 --> 00:19:28.140
 and we show them

00:19:28.140 --> 00:19:29.120
 chemotherapy

00:19:29.120 --> 00:19:30.120
 that makes people

00:19:30.120 --> 00:19:31.000
 nauseous

00:19:31.000 --> 00:19:31.640
 and weak

00:19:31.640 --> 00:19:32.480
 and miserable

00:19:32.480 --> 00:19:34.460
 and they just

00:19:34.460 --> 00:19:34.960
 shake their head

00:19:34.960 --> 00:19:35.380
 and they say

00:19:35.380 --> 00:19:36.280
 this is terrible.

00:19:38.000 --> 00:19:38.960
 This is terrible.

00:19:39.160 --> 00:19:40.040
 Why would you do

00:19:40.040 --> 00:19:41.160
 these things to someone?

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 And we would say

00:19:43.740 --> 00:19:44.920
 I know it's harsh

00:19:44.920 --> 00:19:48.680
 and we're not

00:19:48.680 --> 00:19:49.420
 always successful

00:19:49.420 --> 00:19:53.080
 but the thing

00:19:53.080 --> 00:19:53.840
 that we're attacking

00:19:53.840 --> 00:19:54.640
 is worse

00:19:54.640 --> 00:19:56.960
 because we're

00:19:56.960 --> 00:19:57.840
 killing cancer

00:19:57.840 --> 00:20:00.280
 and cancer

00:20:00.280 --> 00:20:01.140
 is a terrible

00:20:01.140 --> 00:20:01.960
 disease.

00:20:03.860 --> 00:20:04.740
 See in some ways

00:20:04.740 --> 00:20:06.060
 our extreme attempts

00:20:06.060 --> 00:20:06.660
 at a cure

00:20:06.660 --> 00:20:07.340
 for cancer

00:20:07.340 --> 00:20:08.600
 only make sense

00:20:08.600 --> 00:20:09.160
 if you know

00:20:09.160 --> 00:20:09.820
 how terrible

00:20:09.819 --> 00:20:10.879
 the disease is.

00:20:12.579 --> 00:20:13.339
 Even though

00:20:13.339 --> 00:20:14.559
 the cure seems harsh

00:20:14.559 --> 00:20:15.240
 the disease

00:20:15.240 --> 00:20:16.240
 is worse

00:20:16.240 --> 00:20:18.059
 and we are trying

00:20:18.059 --> 00:20:18.659
 to kill

00:20:18.659 --> 00:20:19.460
 the cancer.

00:20:21.259 --> 00:20:22.119
 God's judgment

00:20:22.119 --> 00:20:23.000
 looks harsh

00:20:23.000 --> 00:20:23.779
 at first glance

00:20:23.779 --> 00:20:25.500
 if you think

00:20:25.500 --> 00:20:26.539
 that sin

00:20:26.539 --> 00:20:27.740
 is not a very big deal.

00:20:29.179 --> 00:20:30.279
 If you think

00:20:30.279 --> 00:20:30.839
 that sin

00:20:30.839 --> 00:20:31.679
 is just a little

00:20:31.679 --> 00:20:32.740
 lie

00:20:32.740 --> 00:20:33.700
 or a little

00:20:33.700 --> 00:20:34.899
 unkind thought

00:20:34.900 --> 00:20:38.120
 then we might

00:20:38.120 --> 00:20:38.880
 look at the cure

00:20:38.880 --> 00:20:39.400
 and say

00:20:39.400 --> 00:20:40.220
 how can God

00:20:40.220 --> 00:20:41.240
 be so ferocious?

00:20:42.340 --> 00:20:42.820
 I don't know

00:20:42.820 --> 00:20:44.360
 if I want to serve

00:20:44.360 --> 00:20:44.840
 a God

00:20:44.840 --> 00:20:45.680
 of wrath

00:20:45.680 --> 00:20:46.160
 like that

00:20:46.160 --> 00:20:47.000
 but we may not

00:20:47.000 --> 00:20:48.019
 understand the full

00:20:48.019 --> 00:20:49.100
 weight of the problem

00:20:49.100 --> 00:20:50.040
 because sin

00:20:50.040 --> 00:20:50.900
 is a cancer

00:20:50.900 --> 00:20:52.519
 that infects

00:20:52.519 --> 00:20:53.160
 the heart

00:20:53.160 --> 00:20:54.420
 and God

00:20:54.420 --> 00:20:55.820
 offers to kill it.

00:20:56.880 --> 00:20:57.700
 God offers

00:20:57.700 --> 00:20:58.320
 to kill it

00:20:58.320 --> 00:20:58.940
 in our hearts

00:20:58.940 --> 00:20:59.660
 by the power

00:20:59.660 --> 00:21:00.940
 of Jesus Christ's

00:21:00.940 --> 00:21:01.800
 death and resurrection.

00:21:01.799 --> 00:21:03.279
 He wants to kill it

00:21:03.279 --> 00:21:05.579
 but if we say no

00:21:05.579 --> 00:21:07.379
 then it starts

00:21:07.379 --> 00:21:08.059
 to grow

00:21:08.059 --> 00:21:10.519
 and it metastasizes

00:21:10.519 --> 00:21:11.379
 until there is

00:21:11.379 --> 00:21:12.500
 nothing left to do

00:21:12.500 --> 00:21:14.119
 but kill the entire person.

00:21:16.899 --> 00:21:17.819
 Sin is rebellion

00:21:17.819 --> 00:21:18.740
 against God

00:21:18.740 --> 00:21:19.359
 the creator

00:21:19.359 --> 00:21:20.240
 of heaven and earth

00:21:20.240 --> 00:21:20.859
 and these are

00:21:20.859 --> 00:21:22.119
 unrepentant people

00:21:22.119 --> 00:21:23.940
 who persist

00:21:23.940 --> 00:21:24.460
 in evil

00:21:24.460 --> 00:21:25.159
 and violence

00:21:25.159 --> 00:21:25.960
 and systematic

00:21:25.960 --> 00:21:26.720
 injustice

00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:27.680
 and persecution

00:21:27.680 --> 00:21:28.759
 of God's people

00:21:28.759 --> 00:21:30.240
 and God is not

00:21:30.240 --> 00:21:31.079
 going to allow

00:21:31.079 --> 00:21:31.879
 that to continue.

00:21:33.519 --> 00:21:34.319
 He is going

00:21:34.319 --> 00:21:34.939
 to put a stop

00:21:34.939 --> 00:21:35.259
 to it

00:21:35.259 --> 00:21:35.839
 and notice

00:21:35.839 --> 00:21:36.679
 that even now

00:21:36.679 --> 00:21:37.619
 even now

00:21:37.619 --> 00:21:38.159
 in the midst

00:21:38.159 --> 00:21:38.799
 of judgment

00:21:38.799 --> 00:21:39.519
 look at how

00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:40.000
 these people

00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:40.699
 are responding

00:21:40.699 --> 00:21:41.139
 they're not

00:21:41.139 --> 00:21:42.000
 responding by

00:21:42.000 --> 00:21:42.919
 begging God

00:21:42.919 --> 00:21:43.439
 for mercy

00:21:43.439 --> 00:21:44.460
 they are responding

00:21:44.460 --> 00:21:45.399
 with curses

00:21:45.399 --> 00:21:47.299
 they are cursing

00:21:47.299 --> 00:21:47.679
 God

00:21:47.679 --> 00:21:48.299
 and rebelling

00:21:48.299 --> 00:21:48.879
 against him

00:21:48.879 --> 00:21:49.659
 to the very end.

00:21:51.919 --> 00:21:52.480
 They would not

00:21:52.480 --> 00:21:53.299
 let him kill

00:21:53.299 --> 00:21:53.819
 the sin

00:21:53.819 --> 00:21:54.779
 in their hearts

00:21:54.779 --> 00:21:55.939
 and so he has

00:21:55.939 --> 00:21:56.480
 no choice

00:21:56.480 --> 00:21:57.279
 but to kill them.

00:21:57.279 --> 00:22:01.779
 this is what

00:22:01.779 --> 00:22:02.639
 God's people

00:22:02.639 --> 00:22:03.359
 are celebrating

00:22:03.359 --> 00:22:04.559
 in verses 1

00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:05.579
 and 5 through 8.

00:22:05.660 --> 00:22:06.599
 Now let's go back

00:22:06.599 --> 00:22:07.539
 and look at the middle

00:22:07.539 --> 00:22:08.940
 section of our passage

00:22:08.940 --> 00:22:10.139
 in verses 2 through 4

00:22:10.139 --> 00:22:11.279
 and think about

00:22:11.279 --> 00:22:12.519
 why they're celebrating.

00:22:14.139 --> 00:22:15.200
 In verse 2

00:22:15.200 --> 00:22:16.039
 John looks

00:22:16.039 --> 00:22:16.720
 into heaven

00:22:16.720 --> 00:22:18.500
 and it says

00:22:18.500 --> 00:22:33.700
 These are God's people

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 who have given

00:22:35.400 --> 00:22:36.279
 their lives

00:22:36.279 --> 00:22:37.299
 in faithfulness

00:22:37.299 --> 00:22:37.599
 to him.

00:22:37.660 --> 00:22:38.279
 The reason they're

00:22:38.279 --> 00:22:38.819
 in heaven

00:22:38.819 --> 00:22:40.059
 is because they have

00:22:40.059 --> 00:22:40.920
 already been killed

00:22:40.920 --> 00:22:41.680
 for their faith.

00:22:43.180 --> 00:22:43.940
 We have seen

00:22:43.940 --> 00:22:44.579
 this group before

00:22:44.579 --> 00:22:45.119
 in Revelation

00:22:45.119 --> 00:22:46.240
 in Revelation 11

00:22:46.240 --> 00:22:46.940
 it says

00:22:46.940 --> 00:22:48.320
 when they finish

00:22:48.320 --> 00:22:49.200
 their testimony

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 the beast

00:22:50.900 --> 00:22:51.559
 that rises

00:22:51.559 --> 00:22:52.720
 from the bottomless pit

00:22:52.720 --> 00:22:53.340
 will make war

00:22:53.340 --> 00:22:53.779
 on them

00:22:53.779 --> 00:22:54.740
 and conquer them

00:22:54.740 --> 00:22:55.660
 and kill them.

00:22:56.120 --> 00:22:56.860
 So from an earthly

00:22:56.860 --> 00:22:57.400
 perspective

00:22:57.400 --> 00:22:58.039
 it looks like

00:22:58.039 --> 00:22:58.420
 the beast

00:22:58.420 --> 00:22:59.279
 has already won

00:22:59.279 --> 00:23:00.140
 that it has conquered

00:23:00.140 --> 00:23:00.460
 them.

00:23:01.500 --> 00:23:02.320
 But then we learn

00:23:02.320 --> 00:23:03.400
 in chapter 12

00:23:03.400 --> 00:23:04.140
 in the next chapter

00:23:04.140 --> 00:23:04.900
 that they have

00:23:04.900 --> 00:23:05.840
 conquered the beast

00:23:05.840 --> 00:23:07.180
 that all is not

00:23:07.180 --> 00:23:07.840
 as it seems

00:23:07.840 --> 00:23:08.759
 they have conquered

00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:09.820
 by the blood

00:23:09.820 --> 00:23:10.460
 of the lamb

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 and the word

00:23:11.100 --> 00:23:11.920
 of their testimony.

00:23:13.580 --> 00:23:15.019
 They persevered

00:23:15.019 --> 00:23:15.799
 in their faith.

00:23:16.940 --> 00:23:17.640
 even though

00:23:17.640 --> 00:23:18.420
 they were persecuted

00:23:18.420 --> 00:23:19.019
 and killed

00:23:19.019 --> 00:23:20.100
 and when they died

00:23:20.100 --> 00:23:21.360
 they were victorious

00:23:21.360 --> 00:23:22.240
 because the blood

00:23:22.240 --> 00:23:22.620
 of Jesus

00:23:22.620 --> 00:23:23.380
 saved them.

00:23:25.299 --> 00:23:26.640
 Notice in this passage

00:23:26.640 --> 00:23:27.860
 here in verse 2

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 notice that it tells us

00:23:28.960 --> 00:23:29.740
 two times

00:23:29.740 --> 00:23:30.980
 that they are standing

00:23:30.980 --> 00:23:32.340
 on the sea of glass.

00:23:33.160 --> 00:23:33.960
 That tells us

00:23:33.960 --> 00:23:34.799
 two important things.

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 First of all

00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:37.720
 we saw back

00:23:37.720 --> 00:23:38.840
 in Revelation 4

00:23:38.840 --> 00:23:40.220
 that the sea of glass

00:23:40.220 --> 00:23:41.779
 is before God's throne.

00:23:42.279 --> 00:23:43.080
 So it tells us

00:23:43.080 --> 00:23:44.960
 that these saints

00:23:44.960 --> 00:23:46.200
 these martyrs

00:23:46.200 --> 00:23:46.880
 who have died

00:23:46.880 --> 00:23:47.759
 for their faith

00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:48.880
 are in the presence

00:23:48.880 --> 00:23:49.460
 of God.

00:23:50.519 --> 00:23:51.360
 The second thing

00:23:51.360 --> 00:23:52.079
 it tells us

00:23:52.079 --> 00:23:54.000
 is that everything

00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:55.539
 is peaceful there.

00:23:56.680 --> 00:23:57.900
 In the Old Testament

00:23:57.900 --> 00:23:58.960
 the sea

00:23:58.960 --> 00:24:01.059
 is considered

00:24:01.059 --> 00:24:01.940
 to be frightening

00:24:01.940 --> 00:24:02.860
 and unpredictable

00:24:02.860 --> 00:24:03.700
 and dangerous.

00:24:03.980 --> 00:24:05.120
 Think about the little boats

00:24:05.120 --> 00:24:05.700
 that the people

00:24:05.700 --> 00:24:06.380
 rode around on.

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 I mean it's a dangerous thing.

00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:08.759
 It's unpredictable.

00:24:09.579 --> 00:24:10.259
 But this sea

00:24:10.259 --> 00:24:11.100
 is not like that.

00:24:11.180 --> 00:24:11.660
 This sea

00:24:11.660 --> 00:24:13.120
 is a sea of glass.

00:24:13.119 --> 00:24:15.559
 It is completely still.

00:24:16.199 --> 00:24:17.439
 There is no turbulence

00:24:17.439 --> 00:24:18.659
 or trouble at all.

00:24:19.859 --> 00:24:20.579
 Here we are

00:24:20.579 --> 00:24:21.719
 at the end of all things.

00:24:21.879 --> 00:24:22.319
 He's already

00:24:22.319 --> 00:24:24.119
 brought the seals.

00:24:24.259 --> 00:24:24.839
 He's already brought

00:24:24.839 --> 00:24:25.459
 the trumpets.

00:24:25.519 --> 00:24:26.379
 He's about to pour out

00:24:26.379 --> 00:24:26.899
 the bowls.

00:24:27.299 --> 00:24:28.419
 It's a time of judgment

00:24:28.419 --> 00:24:29.519
 and God's wrath

00:24:29.519 --> 00:24:30.539
 and smoke

00:24:30.539 --> 00:24:31.539
 is filling the temple

00:24:31.539 --> 00:24:32.539
 on the one hand

00:24:32.539 --> 00:24:33.719
 but on the other hand

00:24:33.719 --> 00:24:35.859
 everything

00:24:35.859 --> 00:24:37.799
 is completely peaceful.

00:24:38.239 --> 00:24:39.239
 There is no stress.

00:24:40.119 --> 00:24:41.139
 There is no anxiety

00:24:41.139 --> 00:24:41.659
 at all.

00:24:41.660 --> 00:24:45.160
 God has everything

00:24:45.160 --> 00:24:45.820
 under control.

00:24:45.980 --> 00:24:47.580
 There is total safety

00:24:47.580 --> 00:24:49.580
 and total peace.

00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:52.460
 God never sits

00:24:52.460 --> 00:24:53.019
 in heaven

00:24:53.019 --> 00:24:53.620
 no matter what

00:24:53.620 --> 00:24:54.300
 the circumstances

00:24:54.300 --> 00:24:55.420
 he never sits in heaven

00:24:55.420 --> 00:24:57.140
 chewing on his fingernails

00:24:57.140 --> 00:24:57.560
 or wondering

00:24:57.560 --> 00:24:58.900
 what he's going to do next.

00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:02.000
 Actually that's worth

00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:02.540
 remembering.

00:25:03.580 --> 00:25:04.480
 Think about that

00:25:04.480 --> 00:25:05.279
 in your own life.

00:25:05.380 --> 00:25:05.880
 When you

00:25:05.880 --> 00:25:07.940
 are going through

00:25:07.940 --> 00:25:09.080
 incredible hardship

00:25:09.079 --> 00:25:11.240
 no matter how stressed

00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:11.819
 you are

00:25:11.819 --> 00:25:14.099
 in heaven

00:25:14.099 --> 00:25:16.220
 there is total peace

00:25:16.220 --> 00:25:16.699
 with God.

00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:19.319
 He has complete

00:25:19.319 --> 00:25:20.779
 control of the situation.

00:25:22.579 --> 00:25:24.099
 These martyred saints

00:25:24.099 --> 00:25:25.179
 are holding harps

00:25:25.179 --> 00:25:27.099
 to sing the song

00:25:27.099 --> 00:25:28.539
 in verse 3.

00:25:28.539 --> 00:25:30.339
 It's called

00:25:30.339 --> 00:25:31.259
 the song of Moses

00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:32.279
 to connect it back

00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:33.519
 again to the Old Testament

00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:34.819
 when the Israelites

00:25:34.819 --> 00:25:35.980
 sang a song

00:25:35.980 --> 00:25:36.700
 of victory

00:25:36.700 --> 00:25:38.099
 after God

00:25:38.099 --> 00:25:39.000
 saved them

00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:40.759
 from the Egyptian army.

00:25:41.740 --> 00:25:42.119
 Remember

00:25:42.119 --> 00:25:42.879
 after they came

00:25:42.879 --> 00:25:43.460
 out of Egypt

00:25:43.460 --> 00:25:44.779
 Pharaoh and his army

00:25:44.779 --> 00:25:45.700
 were chasing them

00:25:45.700 --> 00:25:46.339
 through the desert

00:25:46.339 --> 00:25:47.220
 and they were cut off

00:25:47.220 --> 00:25:47.799
 because there was

00:25:47.799 --> 00:25:48.799
 a large body of water

00:25:48.799 --> 00:25:49.519
 in front of them.

00:25:51.579 --> 00:25:52.700
 At the last minute

00:25:52.700 --> 00:25:53.440
 God opened

00:25:53.440 --> 00:25:54.180
 the Red Sea

00:25:54.180 --> 00:25:54.899
 and the Israelites

00:25:54.899 --> 00:25:55.779
 hurried across

00:25:55.779 --> 00:25:56.539
 on dry ground

00:25:56.539 --> 00:25:57.519
 and then God waited

00:25:57.519 --> 00:25:59.579
 until the Pharaoh

00:25:59.579 --> 00:26:00.559
 and the Egyptian army

00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:01.379
 were in the middle

00:26:01.379 --> 00:26:02.019
 of the water

00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:03.039
 and then he let

00:26:03.039 --> 00:26:03.960
 the water close

00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:04.680
 and he drowned

00:26:04.680 --> 00:26:05.220
 them all.

00:26:05.420 --> 00:26:05.879
 He killed them.

00:26:08.559 --> 00:26:09.519
 And by killing

00:26:09.519 --> 00:26:10.579
 the Egyptian army

00:26:10.579 --> 00:26:11.940
 God saved his people.

00:26:14.099 --> 00:26:14.720
 And so the people

00:26:14.720 --> 00:26:15.420
 respond.

00:26:15.599 --> 00:26:16.359
 Moses and the people

00:26:16.359 --> 00:26:17.059
 sing a song

00:26:17.059 --> 00:26:17.539
 to the Lord.

00:26:17.680 --> 00:26:17.960
 They say

00:26:17.960 --> 00:26:18.839
 I will sing

00:26:18.839 --> 00:26:19.539
 to the Lord

00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:20.180
 for he

00:26:20.180 --> 00:26:21.779
 has triumphed

00:26:21.779 --> 00:26:22.639
 gloriously

00:26:22.639 --> 00:26:23.399
 the horse

00:26:23.399 --> 00:26:23.980
 and rider

00:26:23.980 --> 00:26:24.899
 he has thrown

00:26:24.899 --> 00:26:25.779
 into the sea.

00:26:26.539 --> 00:26:28.099
 And now we have

00:26:28.099 --> 00:26:28.779
 another song.

00:26:29.259 --> 00:26:30.700
 It's a song of Moses

00:26:30.700 --> 00:26:32.039
 because it's a victory song

00:26:32.039 --> 00:26:33.079
 but it's also a song

00:26:33.079 --> 00:26:33.980
 of the Lamb

00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:36.180
 because it's a song

00:26:36.180 --> 00:26:37.079
 of God's great

00:26:37.079 --> 00:26:37.700
 deliverance

00:26:37.700 --> 00:26:38.299
 in Christ.

00:26:39.839 --> 00:26:41.379
 In this victory song

00:26:41.379 --> 00:26:41.920
 the saints

00:26:41.920 --> 00:26:42.659
 are celebrating

00:26:42.659 --> 00:26:43.819
 three things

00:26:43.819 --> 00:26:45.539
 about God's

00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:46.240
 coming judgment

00:26:46.240 --> 00:26:47.180
 and they're also

00:26:47.180 --> 00:26:48.299
 giving three reasons

00:26:48.299 --> 00:26:48.639
 why.

00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:49.159
 So let's look

00:26:49.159 --> 00:26:49.759
 at those briefly.

00:26:50.680 --> 00:26:51.279
 First

00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:52.859
 in this song

00:26:52.859 --> 00:26:53.559
 they say

00:26:53.559 --> 00:26:55.139
 great and amazing

00:26:55.140 --> 00:26:56.420
 are your deeds

00:26:56.420 --> 00:26:57.280
 O Lord

00:26:57.280 --> 00:26:58.240
 God the Almighty.

00:26:58.780 --> 00:26:59.580
 God's acts

00:26:59.580 --> 00:27:00.220
 of judgment

00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:01.240
 are powerful

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:03.560
 and incredible.

00:27:04.960 --> 00:27:05.700
 He is God

00:27:05.700 --> 00:27:06.759
 the Almighty.

00:27:06.960 --> 00:27:08.360
 He is a powerful God.

00:27:10.420 --> 00:27:10.940
 You know

00:27:10.940 --> 00:27:11.580
 in history

00:27:11.580 --> 00:27:12.420
 many times

00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:13.280
 God has not

00:27:13.280 --> 00:27:13.880
 intervened.

00:27:16.400 --> 00:27:17.259
 Maybe there have

00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:17.660
 been times

00:27:17.660 --> 00:27:18.400
 when we've wondered

00:27:18.400 --> 00:27:18.820
 why

00:27:18.820 --> 00:27:20.920
 why doesn't God

00:27:20.920 --> 00:27:21.880
 do something

00:27:21.880 --> 00:27:24.380
 about that evil.

00:27:26.220 --> 00:27:26.980
 Why doesn't

00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:27.540
 He stop

00:27:27.540 --> 00:27:28.080
 those people

00:27:28.080 --> 00:27:29.080
 from doing that?

00:27:30.900 --> 00:27:31.240
 Why

00:27:31.240 --> 00:27:32.260
 if He is

00:27:32.260 --> 00:27:33.500
 if He's in heaven

00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:33.880
 watching

00:27:33.880 --> 00:27:34.500
 why does He

00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:35.640
 let that go on

00:27:35.640 --> 00:27:36.360
 for so long?

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:39.400
 Maybe we wonder

00:27:39.400 --> 00:27:40.940
 is it because

00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:42.080
 God really

00:27:42.080 --> 00:27:42.960
 can't do anything?

00:27:44.680 --> 00:27:45.220
 No.

00:27:45.520 --> 00:27:46.120
 That's not true.

00:27:46.340 --> 00:27:46.660
 He has

00:27:46.660 --> 00:27:47.860
 incredible power.

00:27:48.680 --> 00:27:49.120
 He has been

00:27:49.120 --> 00:27:49.520
 waiting

00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:51.180
 and now

00:27:51.180 --> 00:27:51.799
 He will bring

00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:52.460
 His powerful

00:27:52.460 --> 00:27:53.480
 anger on the earth

00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:54.019
 like no one

00:27:54.019 --> 00:27:54.759
 has ever seen.

00:27:55.019 --> 00:27:55.519
 No one

00:27:55.519 --> 00:27:56.299
 will question

00:27:56.299 --> 00:27:56.940
 His ability.

00:27:57.900 --> 00:27:58.839
 He is the King

00:27:58.839 --> 00:28:00.440
 the Almighty

00:28:00.440 --> 00:28:01.720
 the Lord

00:28:01.720 --> 00:28:02.339
 of armies.

00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:04.920
 Second

00:28:04.920 --> 00:28:05.480
 not only

00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:06.019
 is God

00:28:06.019 --> 00:28:06.680
 powerful

00:28:06.680 --> 00:28:07.339
 but at the end

00:28:07.339 --> 00:28:07.900
 of verse 3

00:28:07.900 --> 00:28:08.480
 they say

00:28:08.480 --> 00:28:09.680
 He is just

00:28:09.680 --> 00:28:10.579
 and true.

00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:12.440
 Just

00:28:12.440 --> 00:28:13.059
 and true

00:28:13.059 --> 00:28:14.000
 are your ways

00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:14.720
 O King

00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:15.460
 of the nations.

00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:16.859
 In other words

00:28:16.859 --> 00:28:17.740
 God is not

00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:18.799
 only powerful

00:28:18.799 --> 00:28:19.740
 He is also

00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:20.259
 good.

00:28:22.179 --> 00:28:22.859
 His great

00:28:22.859 --> 00:28:23.500
 and amazing

00:28:23.500 --> 00:28:24.219
 deeds

00:28:24.219 --> 00:28:25.459
 at the beginning

00:28:25.459 --> 00:28:26.099
 of verse 3

00:28:26.099 --> 00:28:27.079
 are not just

00:28:27.079 --> 00:28:27.879
 demonstrations

00:28:27.879 --> 00:28:28.599
 of power

00:28:28.599 --> 00:28:29.579
 to impress us

00:28:29.579 --> 00:28:30.179
 they are

00:28:30.179 --> 00:28:30.699
 expressions

00:28:30.699 --> 00:28:31.679
 of His character.

00:28:33.699 --> 00:28:34.679
 God doesn't

00:28:34.679 --> 00:28:35.500
 desire that

00:28:35.500 --> 00:28:35.919
 anyone

00:28:35.919 --> 00:28:36.759
 should perish.

00:28:38.339 --> 00:28:39.819
 He resists

00:28:39.819 --> 00:28:40.339
 judgment.

00:28:41.539 --> 00:28:42.240
 He waits.

00:28:42.899 --> 00:28:43.779
 He waits

00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:44.259
 for people

00:28:44.259 --> 00:28:44.899
 to respond

00:28:44.899 --> 00:28:45.339
 to Him

00:28:45.339 --> 00:28:45.859
 in faith

00:28:45.859 --> 00:28:46.399
 and repentance

00:28:46.399 --> 00:28:46.819
 sometimes

00:28:46.819 --> 00:28:47.399
 until the

00:28:47.399 --> 00:28:48.240
 very end

00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:49.579
 but when

00:28:49.579 --> 00:28:50.159
 He does

00:28:50.159 --> 00:28:50.639
 judge

00:28:50.639 --> 00:28:51.919
 it is

00:28:51.919 --> 00:28:52.419
 just

00:28:52.419 --> 00:28:53.619
 and right.

00:28:58.019 --> 00:28:58.619
 When

00:28:58.619 --> 00:28:59.259
 He pours

00:28:59.259 --> 00:28:59.659
 out His

00:28:59.659 --> 00:29:00.079
 wrath

00:29:00.079 --> 00:29:00.679
 on the earth

00:29:00.679 --> 00:29:01.559
 and burns

00:29:01.559 --> 00:29:02.299
 His enemies

00:29:02.299 --> 00:29:02.879
 and takes

00:29:02.879 --> 00:29:03.259
 away their

00:29:03.259 --> 00:29:03.899
 drinking water

00:29:03.899 --> 00:29:04.799
 and brings

00:29:04.799 --> 00:29:05.559
 total darkness

00:29:05.559 --> 00:29:06.139
 and hurls

00:29:06.139 --> 00:29:06.679
 hailstones

00:29:06.679 --> 00:29:07.119
 on them

00:29:07.119 --> 00:29:08.779
 He is being

00:29:08.779 --> 00:29:09.299
 just

00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:10.980
 and it's

00:29:10.980 --> 00:29:11.359
 because

00:29:11.359 --> 00:29:11.759
 He is

00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:12.179
 righteous.

00:29:15.339 --> 00:29:15.579
 Maybe

00:29:15.579 --> 00:29:16.359
 you've

00:29:16.359 --> 00:29:16.659
 wondered

00:29:16.659 --> 00:29:18.699
 why

00:29:18.699 --> 00:29:19.019
 doesn't

00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:19.220
 God

00:29:19.220 --> 00:29:19.519
 do

00:29:19.519 --> 00:29:20.039
 something

00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:21.220
 about

00:29:21.220 --> 00:29:21.459
 that

00:29:21.459 --> 00:29:21.939
 injustice

00:29:21.939 --> 00:29:23.359
 that I'm

00:29:23.359 --> 00:29:23.759
 reading about

00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:24.220
 on the news?

00:29:26.259 --> 00:29:26.819
 When

00:29:26.819 --> 00:29:27.399
 that person

00:29:27.399 --> 00:29:28.019
 was hurting

00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:28.399
 me

00:29:28.399 --> 00:29:30.779
 why

00:29:30.779 --> 00:29:31.279
 didn't

00:29:31.279 --> 00:29:31.659
 God

00:29:31.659 --> 00:29:32.299
 intervene

00:29:32.299 --> 00:29:33.519
 and stop

00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:33.799
 them?

00:29:36.139 --> 00:29:36.699
 Why

00:29:36.699 --> 00:29:37.119
 is He

00:29:37.119 --> 00:29:37.359
 letting

00:29:37.359 --> 00:29:37.819
 this go

00:29:37.819 --> 00:29:38.179
 on for

00:29:38.179 --> 00:29:38.720
 so long?

00:29:41.319 --> 00:29:41.879
 Maybe

00:29:41.879 --> 00:29:42.419
 we wonder

00:29:42.419 --> 00:29:43.259
 He might

00:29:43.259 --> 00:29:43.879
 be powerful

00:29:43.879 --> 00:29:44.339
 but maybe

00:29:44.339 --> 00:29:44.799
 He isn't

00:29:44.799 --> 00:29:45.119
 good.

00:29:46.659 --> 00:29:47.099
 Maybe

00:29:47.099 --> 00:29:47.839
 He sees

00:29:47.839 --> 00:29:48.299
 evil

00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:48.699
 and He

00:29:48.699 --> 00:29:48.879
 just

00:29:48.879 --> 00:29:49.119
 doesn't

00:29:49.119 --> 00:29:49.319
 think

00:29:49.319 --> 00:29:49.439
 it's

00:29:49.439 --> 00:29:49.679
 a very

00:29:49.679 --> 00:29:49.899
 big

00:29:49.899 --> 00:29:50.220
 deal.

00:29:51.819 --> 00:29:52.279
 That's

00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:52.439
 not

00:29:52.439 --> 00:29:52.659
 true.

00:29:53.659 --> 00:29:53.839
 He

00:29:53.839 --> 00:29:54.379
 sees

00:29:54.379 --> 00:29:54.740
 and He

00:29:54.740 --> 00:29:55.099
 cares

00:29:55.099 --> 00:29:55.439
 and He

00:29:55.439 --> 00:29:55.779
 has been

00:29:55.779 --> 00:29:56.199
 waiting

00:29:56.199 --> 00:29:57.500
 but now

00:29:57.500 --> 00:29:57.899
 He will

00:29:57.899 --> 00:29:58.339
 act.

00:29:59.220 --> 00:29:59.539
 He will

00:29:59.539 --> 00:29:59.959
 do what

00:29:59.959 --> 00:30:00.480
 is right

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:01.099
 and true

00:30:01.099 --> 00:30:02.079
 by pouring

00:30:02.079 --> 00:30:02.699
 out His

00:30:02.699 --> 00:30:03.139
 judgment

00:30:03.139 --> 00:30:03.559
 on the

00:30:03.559 --> 00:30:03.779
 earth

00:30:03.779 --> 00:30:04.319
 and setting

00:30:04.319 --> 00:30:04.839
 everything

00:30:04.839 --> 00:30:05.359
 right.

00:30:07.859 --> 00:30:08.559
 The third

00:30:08.559 --> 00:30:09.119
 response to

00:30:09.119 --> 00:30:09.599
 God's judgment

00:30:09.599 --> 00:30:10.179
 comes at the

00:30:10.179 --> 00:30:10.659
 beginning of

00:30:10.659 --> 00:30:11.240
 verse 4.

00:30:12.819 --> 00:30:13.240
 The saints

00:30:13.240 --> 00:30:13.539
 say,

00:30:13.539 --> 00:30:14.079
 who will

00:30:14.079 --> 00:30:14.859
 not fear

00:30:14.859 --> 00:30:15.480
 O Lord

00:30:15.480 --> 00:30:16.339
 and glorify

00:30:16.339 --> 00:30:16.819
 your name?

00:30:16.839 --> 00:30:17.740
 This is a rhetorical

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:18.879
 question with

00:30:18.879 --> 00:30:19.639
 an obvious

00:30:19.639 --> 00:30:20.240
 emphatic

00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:20.759
 answer.

00:30:21.639 --> 00:30:22.079
 Everyone

00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:23.359
 will fear

00:30:23.359 --> 00:30:24.019
 and glorify

00:30:24.019 --> 00:30:24.539
 God when

00:30:24.539 --> 00:30:24.920
 they see

00:30:24.920 --> 00:30:25.480
 His angels

00:30:25.480 --> 00:30:26.039
 pour out

00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:26.440
 the bowls

00:30:26.440 --> 00:30:26.920
 of wrath.

00:30:28.259 --> 00:30:28.779
 People

00:30:28.779 --> 00:30:29.220
 have not

00:30:29.220 --> 00:30:29.819
 always taken

00:30:29.819 --> 00:30:30.460
 Jesus very

00:30:30.460 --> 00:30:30.960
 seriously.

00:30:32.339 --> 00:30:32.779
 The Roman

00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:33.500
 soldiers

00:30:33.500 --> 00:30:34.559
 spat on

00:30:34.559 --> 00:30:34.779
 Him.

00:30:36.159 --> 00:30:37.059
 The Jewish

00:30:37.059 --> 00:30:38.119
 leaders

00:30:38.119 --> 00:30:38.960
 mocked

00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:39.139
 Him.

00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:40.940
 People

00:30:40.940 --> 00:30:41.480
 use His

00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:42.139
 name as a

00:30:42.139 --> 00:30:42.720
 swear word.

00:30:42.720 --> 00:30:43.839
 He sometimes

00:30:43.839 --> 00:30:44.299
 flips through

00:30:44.299 --> 00:30:44.720
 the channel

00:30:44.720 --> 00:30:45.160
 and you

00:30:45.160 --> 00:30:45.700
 see Jesus

00:30:45.700 --> 00:30:46.500
 there as a

00:30:46.500 --> 00:30:46.980
 ridiculous

00:30:46.980 --> 00:30:47.860
 cartoon on

00:30:47.860 --> 00:30:48.559
 some television

00:30:48.559 --> 00:30:48.920
 show.

00:30:50.600 --> 00:30:51.220
 But when

00:30:51.220 --> 00:30:51.920
 He pours out

00:30:51.920 --> 00:30:52.559
 His wrath

00:30:52.559 --> 00:30:52.980
 on the

00:30:52.980 --> 00:30:53.440
 earth,

00:30:54.100 --> 00:30:54.600
 everyone,

00:30:55.500 --> 00:30:56.100
 everyone

00:30:56.100 --> 00:30:57.559
 will know

00:30:57.559 --> 00:30:58.120
 who He

00:30:58.120 --> 00:30:58.400
 is.

00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:00.519
 Everyone

00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:01.079
 will give

00:31:01.079 --> 00:31:01.400
 Him the

00:31:01.400 --> 00:31:01.839
 honor that

00:31:01.839 --> 00:31:02.360
 He is due

00:31:02.360 --> 00:31:02.819
 because He

00:31:02.819 --> 00:31:03.240
 will show

00:31:03.240 --> 00:31:04.339
 Himself to

00:31:04.339 --> 00:31:04.680
 be the

00:31:04.680 --> 00:31:05.360
 mighty God

00:31:05.360 --> 00:31:06.860
 with unlimited

00:31:06.860 --> 00:31:08.960
 power and

00:31:08.960 --> 00:31:09.460
 unlimited

00:31:09.460 --> 00:31:10.120
 good.

00:31:10.119 --> 00:31:11.119
 God

00:31:11.119 --> 00:31:12.119
 will

00:31:12.119 --> 00:31:16.659
 give us

00:31:16.659 --> 00:31:18.759
 a victory

00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:19.259
 song,

00:31:19.359 --> 00:31:20.119
 a celebration,

00:31:20.399 --> 00:31:20.619
 and they

00:31:20.619 --> 00:31:21.019
 say,

00:31:21.379 --> 00:31:21.719
 God is

00:31:21.719 --> 00:31:22.379
 powerful,

00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:23.979
 God is

00:31:23.979 --> 00:31:24.839
 good and

00:31:24.839 --> 00:31:25.479
 just and

00:31:25.479 --> 00:31:25.839
 true,

00:31:26.119 --> 00:31:26.859
 and everyone

00:31:26.859 --> 00:31:27.500
 will give

00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:27.919
 Him the

00:31:27.919 --> 00:31:29.039
 glory that

00:31:29.039 --> 00:31:29.619
 He deserves.

00:31:31.500 --> 00:31:32.119
 And then

00:31:32.119 --> 00:31:32.579
 they give us

00:31:32.579 --> 00:31:33.500
 three further

00:31:33.500 --> 00:31:33.959
 reasons,

00:31:34.119 --> 00:31:34.539
 three more

00:31:34.539 --> 00:31:35.219
 reasons to

00:31:35.219 --> 00:31:35.639
 celebrate.

00:31:35.640 --> 00:31:36.580
 If you

00:31:36.580 --> 00:31:36.960
 look at the

00:31:36.960 --> 00:31:37.180
 end of

00:31:37.180 --> 00:31:37.820
 verse 4,

00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:38.780
 there are

00:31:38.780 --> 00:31:39.940
 three occurrences

00:31:39.940 --> 00:31:40.600
 of the word

00:31:40.600 --> 00:31:41.380
 for here,

00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:41.780
 kind of the

00:31:41.780 --> 00:31:42.380
 word because,

00:31:42.720 --> 00:31:43.640
 and I think

00:31:43.640 --> 00:31:44.060
 probably only

00:31:44.060 --> 00:31:44.660
 two of them

00:31:44.660 --> 00:31:45.300
 are translated

00:31:45.300 --> 00:31:46.400
 in most of

00:31:46.400 --> 00:31:46.740
 the English

00:31:46.740 --> 00:31:47.280
 versions.

00:31:48.580 --> 00:31:48.880
 It says,

00:31:49.100 --> 00:31:49.640
 for you alone

00:31:49.640 --> 00:31:50.200
 are holy,

00:31:51.180 --> 00:31:52.400
 for all the

00:31:52.400 --> 00:31:53.060
 nations will

00:31:53.060 --> 00:31:53.800
 worship you,

00:31:53.980 --> 00:31:54.940
 and for your

00:31:54.940 --> 00:31:55.680
 righteous acts

00:31:55.680 --> 00:31:56.060
 have been

00:31:56.060 --> 00:31:56.480
 revealed.

00:31:56.640 --> 00:31:57.540
 Three reasons.

00:31:58.680 --> 00:31:59.840
 For you alone

00:31:59.840 --> 00:32:00.460
 are holy.

00:32:01.020 --> 00:32:01.780
 God is set

00:32:01.780 --> 00:32:02.680
 apart from

00:32:02.680 --> 00:32:03.240
 the world and

00:32:03.240 --> 00:32:03.980
 He stands

00:32:03.980 --> 00:32:04.600
 above it,

00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:05.560
 outside of it,

00:32:05.640 --> 00:32:06.420
 He cannot

00:32:06.420 --> 00:32:07.020
 look on

00:32:07.020 --> 00:32:07.380
 evil.

00:32:08.840 --> 00:32:09.380
 And so now

00:32:09.380 --> 00:32:09.740
 He is

00:32:09.740 --> 00:32:10.460
 destroying it.

00:32:12.200 --> 00:32:13.040
 For all

00:32:13.040 --> 00:32:13.780
 nations will

00:32:13.780 --> 00:32:14.340
 come and

00:32:14.340 --> 00:32:15.000
 worship you.

00:32:15.080 --> 00:32:15.540
 Remember in

00:32:15.540 --> 00:32:16.200
 verse 3,

00:32:16.380 --> 00:32:16.980
 they said,

00:32:17.120 --> 00:32:17.780
 He is the

00:32:17.780 --> 00:32:18.320
 King of

00:32:18.320 --> 00:32:18.800
 the nations.

00:32:19.880 --> 00:32:20.320
 This picks

00:32:20.320 --> 00:32:20.720
 up on an

00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:21.400
 important theme

00:32:21.400 --> 00:32:21.759
 in the Old

00:32:21.759 --> 00:32:22.080
 Testament

00:32:22.080 --> 00:32:22.600
 prophets,

00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:23.740
 that those

00:32:23.740 --> 00:32:24.259
 among the

00:32:24.259 --> 00:32:25.000
 nations who

00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:25.560
 submit to

00:32:25.560 --> 00:32:26.080
 God will

00:32:26.080 --> 00:32:26.960
 stream to

00:32:26.960 --> 00:32:27.660
 Jerusalem at

00:32:27.660 --> 00:32:28.140
 the end,

00:32:28.700 --> 00:32:29.160
 come to

00:32:29.160 --> 00:32:29.440
 the New

00:32:29.440 --> 00:32:30.220
 Jerusalem to

00:32:30.220 --> 00:32:30.759
 worship Him.

00:32:31.820 --> 00:32:32.420
 It says,

00:32:33.060 --> 00:32:33.720
 all nations,

00:32:34.640 --> 00:32:35.380
 because everyone

00:32:35.380 --> 00:32:36.000
 is invited,

00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:37.740
 all people

00:32:37.740 --> 00:32:38.440
 from every

00:32:38.440 --> 00:32:38.780
 land,

00:32:38.900 --> 00:32:39.400
 from every

00:32:39.400 --> 00:32:40.040
 language,

00:32:41.380 --> 00:32:41.760
 God has

00:32:41.760 --> 00:32:42.920
 always intended

00:32:42.920 --> 00:32:43.420
 for His

00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:44.240
 salvation to

00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:44.720
 go to the

00:32:44.720 --> 00:32:45.220
 ends of the

00:32:45.220 --> 00:32:45.500
 earth.

00:32:46.940 --> 00:32:47.600
 When you

00:32:47.600 --> 00:32:48.080
 know,

00:32:48.280 --> 00:32:48.540
 when you

00:32:48.540 --> 00:32:49.240
 see this,

00:32:49.320 --> 00:32:49.540
 when you

00:32:49.540 --> 00:32:50.160
 know that

00:32:50.160 --> 00:32:50.840
 God is

00:32:50.840 --> 00:32:51.840
 powerful and

00:32:51.840 --> 00:32:52.380
 good,

00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:53.860
 and He is

00:32:53.860 --> 00:32:54.640
 bringing justice

00:32:54.640 --> 00:32:55.360
 on the earth,

00:32:55.460 --> 00:32:56.460
 then you have

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:57.120
 the opportunity

00:32:57.120 --> 00:32:58.260
 to submit to

00:32:58.260 --> 00:32:58.880
 Him and to

00:32:58.880 --> 00:32:59.420
 come and

00:32:59.420 --> 00:33:00.080
 join Him,

00:33:00.800 --> 00:33:01.260
 and that is

00:33:01.260 --> 00:33:02.020
 what He wants.

00:33:02.019 --> 00:33:04.200
 And then

00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:04.539
 finally,

00:33:04.680 --> 00:33:05.059
 they say,

00:33:05.220 --> 00:33:05.740
 for your

00:33:05.740 --> 00:33:06.740
 righteous acts

00:33:06.740 --> 00:33:07.160
 have been

00:33:07.160 --> 00:33:07.579
 revealed.

00:33:10.400 --> 00:33:11.079
 Some people

00:33:11.079 --> 00:33:11.619
 might say,

00:33:11.980 --> 00:33:12.799
 I don't know

00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:13.319
 if I want to

00:33:13.319 --> 00:33:14.099
 worship a God

00:33:14.099 --> 00:33:14.720
 who judges

00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:15.400
 like this,

00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:17.180
 but these

00:33:17.180 --> 00:33:17.879
 martyred saints

00:33:17.879 --> 00:33:18.480
 in heaven are

00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:18.779
 saying,

00:33:18.960 --> 00:33:19.500
 we worship

00:33:19.500 --> 00:33:20.680
 God because

00:33:20.680 --> 00:33:21.440
 He judges

00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:22.079
 like this.

00:33:23.220 --> 00:33:23.900
 He is

00:33:23.900 --> 00:33:24.299
 righteous,

00:33:24.799 --> 00:33:25.519
 and He does

00:33:25.519 --> 00:33:26.119
 what is good.

00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:26.960
 It is a good

00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:27.839
 thing for God

00:33:27.839 --> 00:33:28.579
 to judge evil.

00:33:28.779 --> 00:33:29.420
 It is right.

00:33:29.420 --> 00:33:31.120
 It is because

00:33:31.120 --> 00:33:31.620
 He is good

00:33:31.620 --> 00:33:32.039
 and loving

00:33:32.039 --> 00:33:32.900
 that He will

00:33:32.900 --> 00:33:33.940
 not let evil

00:33:33.940 --> 00:33:35.140
 prevail forever.

00:33:37.259 --> 00:33:38.120
 So I think

00:33:38.120 --> 00:33:38.560
 one way to

00:33:38.560 --> 00:33:39.200
 sum up this

00:33:39.200 --> 00:33:40.759
 passage is

00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:41.660
 to say that

00:33:41.660 --> 00:33:42.620
 God's ultimate

00:33:42.620 --> 00:33:43.560
 judgment is

00:33:43.560 --> 00:33:44.440
 something to

00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:44.920
 celebrate.

00:33:46.180 --> 00:33:47.220
 God's ultimate

00:33:47.220 --> 00:33:47.900
 judgment is

00:33:47.900 --> 00:33:48.400
 something to

00:33:48.400 --> 00:33:48.720
 celebrate.

00:33:48.820 --> 00:33:49.480
 Let's talk

00:33:49.480 --> 00:33:50.480
 briefly about

00:33:50.480 --> 00:33:52.320
 three points

00:33:52.320 --> 00:33:53.080
 of application

00:33:53.080 --> 00:33:54.140
 for this.

00:33:55.360 --> 00:33:55.840
 Number one,

00:33:55.980 --> 00:33:56.840
 celebrating God's

00:33:56.840 --> 00:33:57.940
 judgment increases

00:33:57.940 --> 00:33:59.240
 our loyalty to

00:33:59.240 --> 00:33:59.480
 Him.

00:34:00.579 --> 00:34:01.339
 It increases

00:34:01.339 --> 00:34:02.039
 our loyalty

00:34:02.039 --> 00:34:02.519
 to Him.

00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:05.120
 Is it wrong

00:34:05.120 --> 00:34:06.880
 to celebrate

00:34:06.880 --> 00:34:08.739
 the suffering

00:34:08.739 --> 00:34:09.579
 and destruction

00:34:09.579 --> 00:34:10.400
 of the world?

00:34:13.280 --> 00:34:14.059
 Aren't we

00:34:14.059 --> 00:34:14.699
 supposed to

00:34:14.699 --> 00:34:16.139
 love the

00:34:16.139 --> 00:34:16.800
 people of the

00:34:16.800 --> 00:34:17.340
 world just

00:34:17.340 --> 00:34:17.840
 like God

00:34:17.840 --> 00:34:18.199
 does?

00:34:18.820 --> 00:34:19.179
 Yes.

00:34:19.900 --> 00:34:20.159
 Yes.

00:34:20.340 --> 00:34:21.119
 But there's a

00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:21.460
 tension.

00:34:21.579 --> 00:34:22.179
 If you're feeling

00:34:22.179 --> 00:34:22.880
 that tension,

00:34:23.320 --> 00:34:23.840
 it's because

00:34:23.840 --> 00:34:24.440
 that tension

00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:25.239
 exists in the

00:34:25.239 --> 00:34:25.500
 Bible.

00:34:26.840 --> 00:34:27.579
 On the one

00:34:27.579 --> 00:34:27.960
 hand,

00:34:28.340 --> 00:34:29.000
 we know that

00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:29.659
 God loves

00:34:29.659 --> 00:34:30.159
 the world

00:34:30.159 --> 00:34:30.699
 and sent

00:34:30.699 --> 00:34:31.360
 His Son

00:34:31.360 --> 00:34:32.099
 to save

00:34:32.099 --> 00:34:32.619
 it as a

00:34:32.619 --> 00:34:32.940
 ransom.

00:34:33.099 --> 00:34:33.500
 It says in

00:34:33.500 --> 00:34:34.340
 John 3.16,

00:34:34.460 --> 00:34:35.000
 for God

00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:36.139
 so loved

00:34:36.139 --> 00:34:37.019
 the world.

00:34:37.079 --> 00:34:37.360
 And He

00:34:37.360 --> 00:34:37.940
 wants His

00:34:37.940 --> 00:34:39.619
 people to

00:34:39.619 --> 00:34:40.300
 live in this

00:34:40.300 --> 00:34:41.019
 world as

00:34:41.019 --> 00:34:41.960
 good citizens.

00:34:42.139 --> 00:34:42.599
 He says in

00:34:42.599 --> 00:34:43.980
 Jeremiah 29.7,

00:34:44.500 --> 00:34:45.000
 seek the

00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:46.000
 welfare of the

00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:46.659
 city where I

00:34:46.659 --> 00:34:47.219
 have sent you

00:34:47.219 --> 00:34:47.860
 into exile.

00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:48.420
 You're living

00:34:48.420 --> 00:34:49.260
 there temporarily.

00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:50.320
 Seek its

00:34:50.320 --> 00:34:50.760
 welfare.

00:34:51.639 --> 00:34:52.219
 That applies

00:34:52.219 --> 00:34:52.699
 to us as

00:34:52.699 --> 00:34:52.940
 well.

00:34:54.460 --> 00:34:55.380
 Paul says in

00:34:55.380 --> 00:34:56.300
 1 Timothy 2,

00:34:56.300 --> 00:34:57.560
 pray for

00:34:57.560 --> 00:34:58.060
 your civil

00:34:58.060 --> 00:34:58.620
 authorities.

00:34:59.760 --> 00:35:00.519
 Live peaceful

00:35:00.519 --> 00:35:01.160
 and quiet

00:35:01.160 --> 00:35:01.780
 lives.

00:35:03.440 --> 00:35:04.200
 But on the

00:35:04.200 --> 00:35:04.700
 other hand,

00:35:04.760 --> 00:35:05.360
 the world is

00:35:05.360 --> 00:35:06.100
 opposed to

00:35:06.100 --> 00:35:06.740
 God and

00:35:06.740 --> 00:35:07.280
 to His

00:35:07.280 --> 00:35:07.680
 people.

00:35:08.500 --> 00:35:09.080
 In John

00:35:09.080 --> 00:35:10.060
 15.19,

00:35:11.519 --> 00:35:12.300
 Jesus says,

00:35:12.460 --> 00:35:13.060
 if you were

00:35:13.060 --> 00:35:13.500
 of the

00:35:13.500 --> 00:35:13.980
 world,

00:35:15.039 --> 00:35:15.920
 the world

00:35:15.920 --> 00:35:16.380
 would love

00:35:16.380 --> 00:35:16.740
 you as

00:35:16.740 --> 00:35:17.220
 its own.

00:35:18.960 --> 00:35:19.820
 But because

00:35:19.820 --> 00:35:20.640
 you are not

00:35:20.640 --> 00:35:21.340
 of the world,

00:35:22.180 --> 00:35:23.140
 but I chose

00:35:23.140 --> 00:35:23.920
 you out of

00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:24.340
 the world,

00:35:24.340 --> 00:35:25.660
 therefore the

00:35:25.660 --> 00:35:26.320
 world hates

00:35:26.320 --> 00:35:26.579
 you.

00:35:29.140 --> 00:35:29.740
 And in

00:35:29.740 --> 00:35:30.720
 1 John 2.15,

00:35:31.019 --> 00:35:31.420
 He says,

00:35:31.620 --> 00:35:32.300
 do not love

00:35:32.300 --> 00:35:33.200
 the world or

00:35:33.200 --> 00:35:34.079
 the things in

00:35:34.079 --> 00:35:34.640
 the world.

00:35:35.300 --> 00:35:35.800
 If anyone

00:35:35.800 --> 00:35:36.480
 loves the

00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:38.340
 world, the

00:35:38.340 --> 00:35:38.920
 love of the

00:35:38.920 --> 00:35:39.700
 Father is not

00:35:39.700 --> 00:35:40.120
 in him.

00:35:42.920 --> 00:35:44.000
 If we love

00:35:44.000 --> 00:35:44.579
 our sin,

00:35:45.579 --> 00:35:48.800
 if we love

00:35:48.800 --> 00:35:49.420
 our sinful

00:35:49.420 --> 00:35:49.960
 world,

00:35:49.960 --> 00:35:50.000
 God,

00:35:50.800 --> 00:35:53.340
 if we

00:35:53.340 --> 00:35:54.079
 assimilate

00:35:54.079 --> 00:35:55.619
 and we

00:35:55.619 --> 00:35:56.340
 consider this

00:35:56.340 --> 00:35:56.820
 to be our

00:35:56.820 --> 00:35:57.179
 home,

00:35:58.079 --> 00:35:59.300
 if we adopt

00:35:59.300 --> 00:35:59.860
 the mindset

00:35:59.860 --> 00:36:00.639
 that this is

00:36:00.639 --> 00:36:01.000
 the good

00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:01.460
 life and

00:36:01.460 --> 00:36:02.199
 we're unclear

00:36:02.199 --> 00:36:03.079
 about who

00:36:03.079 --> 00:36:03.579
 it is that

00:36:03.579 --> 00:36:03.960
 we really

00:36:03.960 --> 00:36:04.760
 belong to,

00:36:05.760 --> 00:36:06.699
 and we

00:36:06.699 --> 00:36:07.300
 lose our

00:36:07.300 --> 00:36:07.780
 sense of

00:36:07.780 --> 00:36:08.720
 true citizenship,

00:36:08.960 --> 00:36:09.220
 then we

00:36:09.220 --> 00:36:09.840
 will find it

00:36:09.840 --> 00:36:11.119
 difficult to

00:36:11.119 --> 00:36:12.059
 celebrate the

00:36:12.059 --> 00:36:12.720
 destruction of

00:36:12.720 --> 00:36:13.119
 the world.

00:36:15.260 --> 00:36:16.119
 But when we

00:36:16.119 --> 00:36:16.740
 are properly

00:36:16.740 --> 00:36:17.420
 aligned with

00:36:17.420 --> 00:36:17.860
 God,

00:36:17.860 --> 00:36:19.180
 and we

00:36:19.180 --> 00:36:19.920
 love the

00:36:19.920 --> 00:36:20.539
 same things

00:36:20.539 --> 00:36:20.920
 that he

00:36:20.920 --> 00:36:21.380
 loves,

00:36:21.420 --> 00:36:21.780
 and we

00:36:21.780 --> 00:36:22.460
 hate the

00:36:22.460 --> 00:36:23.039
 same things

00:36:23.039 --> 00:36:23.400
 that he

00:36:23.400 --> 00:36:23.820
 hates,

00:36:25.019 --> 00:36:25.500
 then we

00:36:25.500 --> 00:36:26.200
 will love

00:36:26.200 --> 00:36:26.780
 people.

00:36:28.160 --> 00:36:28.820
 We will

00:36:28.820 --> 00:36:30.019
 love the

00:36:30.019 --> 00:36:30.539
 worst of

00:36:30.539 --> 00:36:30.800
 sinners,

00:36:30.900 --> 00:36:31.400
 because we

00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:32.019
 also were

00:36:32.019 --> 00:36:32.400
 the worst

00:36:32.400 --> 00:36:32.820
 of sinners.

00:36:32.940 --> 00:36:33.180
 We will

00:36:33.180 --> 00:36:33.860
 love them,

00:36:34.840 --> 00:36:35.300
 but we

00:36:35.300 --> 00:36:35.860
 will also

00:36:35.860 --> 00:36:36.640
 love God's

00:36:36.640 --> 00:36:37.360
 glory and

00:36:37.360 --> 00:36:37.920
 his victory.

00:36:40.079 --> 00:36:41.260
 We love

00:36:41.260 --> 00:36:42.280
 it when

00:36:42.280 --> 00:36:43.360
 God destroys

00:36:43.360 --> 00:36:44.200
 evil and

00:36:44.200 --> 00:36:44.720
 stops

00:36:44.720 --> 00:36:45.480
 evildoers

00:36:45.480 --> 00:36:45.880
 from what

00:36:45.880 --> 00:36:46.260
 they do.

00:36:47.860 --> 00:36:48.420
 Listen to

00:36:48.420 --> 00:36:48.820
 this quote

00:36:48.820 --> 00:36:49.260
 from Martin

00:36:49.260 --> 00:36:49.579
 Luther,

00:36:49.820 --> 00:36:49.940
 the

00:36:49.940 --> 00:36:50.440
 reformer.

00:36:51.840 --> 00:36:52.519
 He says,

00:36:52.599 --> 00:36:52.960
 we should

00:36:52.960 --> 00:36:53.440
 pray,

00:36:53.920 --> 00:36:55.160
 we should

00:36:55.160 --> 00:36:55.700
 pray that

00:36:55.700 --> 00:36:56.300
 our enemies

00:36:56.300 --> 00:36:57.079
 be converted

00:36:57.079 --> 00:36:57.740
 and become

00:36:57.740 --> 00:36:58.340
 our friends.

00:36:58.960 --> 00:36:59.220
 We should

00:36:59.220 --> 00:36:59.660
 pray for

00:36:59.660 --> 00:36:59.940
 them,

00:37:01.300 --> 00:37:01.760
 and if

00:37:01.760 --> 00:37:02.260
 not,

00:37:03.640 --> 00:37:04.380
 that their

00:37:04.380 --> 00:37:05.200
 doing and

00:37:05.200 --> 00:37:06.000
 designing be

00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:06.740
 bound to

00:37:06.740 --> 00:37:08.340
 fail and

00:37:08.340 --> 00:37:08.800
 have no

00:37:08.800 --> 00:37:09.440
 success,

00:37:10.260 --> 00:37:10.920
 and that

00:37:10.920 --> 00:37:11.620
 their persons

00:37:11.620 --> 00:37:13.280
 perish rather

00:37:13.280 --> 00:37:13.620
 than the

00:37:13.620 --> 00:37:14.220
 gospel and

00:37:14.220 --> 00:37:14.519
 the kingdom

00:37:14.519 --> 00:37:15.059
 of Christ.

00:37:15.059 --> 00:37:19.059
 God's

00:37:19.059 --> 00:37:19.480
 judgment

00:37:19.480 --> 00:37:20.059
 creates a

00:37:20.059 --> 00:37:20.279
 little bit

00:37:20.279 --> 00:37:20.480
 of a

00:37:20.480 --> 00:37:21.279
 hard edge,

00:37:21.519 --> 00:37:21.719
 doesn't

00:37:21.719 --> 00:37:21.920
 it?

00:37:22.599 --> 00:37:22.840
 It's a

00:37:22.840 --> 00:37:23.039
 little bit

00:37:23.039 --> 00:37:23.219
 of a

00:37:23.219 --> 00:37:23.759
 hard edge

00:37:23.759 --> 00:37:24.079
 there that

00:37:24.079 --> 00:37:24.880
 forces us

00:37:24.880 --> 00:37:25.480
 to choose

00:37:25.480 --> 00:37:26.500
 our side.

00:37:28.199 --> 00:37:28.539
 And when

00:37:28.539 --> 00:37:29.299
 we celebrate,

00:37:29.519 --> 00:37:30.079
 that helps

00:37:30.079 --> 00:37:31.199
 us to

00:37:31.199 --> 00:37:31.759
 choose a

00:37:31.759 --> 00:37:32.239
 side and

00:37:32.239 --> 00:37:32.799
 to grow

00:37:32.799 --> 00:37:33.179
 in our

00:37:33.179 --> 00:37:33.940
 loyalty to

00:37:33.940 --> 00:37:34.219
 God.

00:37:35.699 --> 00:37:36.219
 Second,

00:37:36.480 --> 00:37:36.900
 celebrating

00:37:36.900 --> 00:37:37.340
 God's

00:37:37.340 --> 00:37:37.679
 judgment

00:37:37.679 --> 00:37:38.659
 in the

00:37:38.659 --> 00:37:39.199
 future

00:37:39.199 --> 00:37:40.219
 helps us

00:37:40.219 --> 00:37:41.099
 to persevere

00:37:41.099 --> 00:37:42.480
 now when

00:37:42.480 --> 00:37:42.960
 things get

00:37:42.960 --> 00:37:43.219
 hard.

00:37:43.219 --> 00:37:44.219
 God's

00:37:44.219 --> 00:37:44.859
 love.

00:37:44.859 --> 00:37:45.039
 The book

00:37:45.039 --> 00:37:45.579
 of Revelation

00:37:45.579 --> 00:37:46.079
 is written

00:37:46.079 --> 00:37:46.459
 to a

00:37:46.459 --> 00:37:47.019
 church that's

00:37:47.019 --> 00:37:47.759
 under attack.

00:37:48.359 --> 00:37:49.000
 For a long

00:37:49.000 --> 00:37:49.759
 time, in

00:37:49.759 --> 00:37:50.519
 this country,

00:37:50.639 --> 00:37:51.139
 we have had

00:37:51.139 --> 00:37:51.719
 a lot of

00:37:51.719 --> 00:37:52.219
 peace and

00:37:52.219 --> 00:37:52.739
 a lot of

00:37:52.739 --> 00:37:53.019
 freedom,

00:37:54.039 --> 00:37:54.459
 and so we

00:37:54.459 --> 00:37:55.219
 have to use

00:37:55.219 --> 00:37:56.039
 our imaginations

00:37:56.039 --> 00:37:56.679
 a little bit,

00:37:56.739 --> 00:37:58.159
 although things

00:37:58.159 --> 00:37:58.679
 are heating up

00:37:58.679 --> 00:37:59.299
 a bit now.

00:38:00.459 --> 00:38:01.059
 But like the

00:38:01.059 --> 00:38:01.480
 saints in

00:38:01.480 --> 00:38:02.359
 Revelation 6,

00:38:02.459 --> 00:38:03.419
 we also ask,

00:38:03.619 --> 00:38:04.779
 how long

00:38:04.779 --> 00:38:05.779
 until you

00:38:05.779 --> 00:38:06.299
 judge?

00:38:07.139 --> 00:38:08.000
 How long

00:38:08.000 --> 00:38:08.859
 will God

00:38:08.859 --> 00:38:09.259
 let the

00:38:09.259 --> 00:38:09.719
 church be

00:38:09.719 --> 00:38:10.299
 persecuted?

00:38:10.539 --> 00:38:11.019
 And right now

00:38:11.019 --> 00:38:11.679
 he's waiting,

00:38:11.819 --> 00:38:12.279
 and we have

00:38:12.279 --> 00:38:13.059
 to wait too.

00:38:14.179 --> 00:38:14.719
 But someday

00:38:14.719 --> 00:38:15.399
 he will pour

00:38:15.399 --> 00:38:15.779
 out his

00:38:15.779 --> 00:38:16.279
 wrath on

00:38:16.279 --> 00:38:16.579
 the earth

00:38:16.579 --> 00:38:16.939
 and bring

00:38:16.939 --> 00:38:17.319
 terrible

00:38:17.319 --> 00:38:17.759
 judgment,

00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:18.239
 and when

00:38:18.239 --> 00:38:18.739
 God's

00:38:18.739 --> 00:38:19.519
 enemies are

00:38:19.519 --> 00:38:20.179
 destroyed,

00:38:20.779 --> 00:38:21.139
 God's

00:38:21.139 --> 00:38:22.099
 people will

00:38:22.099 --> 00:38:22.719
 finally be

00:38:22.719 --> 00:38:23.039
 safe.

00:38:24.879 --> 00:38:25.659
 The people

00:38:25.659 --> 00:38:26.059
 in our

00:38:26.059 --> 00:38:26.759
 passage who

00:38:26.759 --> 00:38:27.299
 are celebrating

00:38:27.299 --> 00:38:27.699
 God's

00:38:27.699 --> 00:38:28.500
 judgment have

00:38:28.500 --> 00:38:28.919
 already

00:38:28.919 --> 00:38:29.719
 persevered.

00:38:30.639 --> 00:38:31.000
 They have

00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:31.679
 already clung

00:38:31.679 --> 00:38:32.059
 to their

00:38:32.059 --> 00:38:32.619
 faith and

00:38:32.619 --> 00:38:33.519
 clung to

00:38:33.519 --> 00:38:34.179
 their relationship

00:38:34.179 --> 00:38:34.639
 with Jesus

00:38:34.639 --> 00:38:35.039
 Christ,

00:38:35.099 --> 00:38:35.579
 even though it

00:38:35.579 --> 00:38:35.980
 has cost

00:38:35.980 --> 00:38:36.319
 them their

00:38:36.319 --> 00:38:36.779
 lives.

00:38:36.879 --> 00:38:37.119
 They have

00:38:37.119 --> 00:38:37.699
 already died

00:38:37.699 --> 00:38:38.199
 for him,

00:38:38.399 --> 00:38:38.899
 but it was

00:38:38.899 --> 00:38:39.500
 worth it.

00:38:41.379 --> 00:38:41.599
 Their

00:38:41.599 --> 00:38:42.359
 suffering was

00:38:42.359 --> 00:38:42.819
 worth it

00:38:42.820 --> 00:38:43.400
 because now

00:38:43.400 --> 00:38:43.920
 they stand

00:38:43.920 --> 00:38:44.480
 in God's

00:38:44.480 --> 00:38:45.600
 presence and

00:38:45.600 --> 00:38:46.280
 cheer him

00:38:46.280 --> 00:38:46.880
 on as he

00:38:46.880 --> 00:38:47.380
 puts down

00:38:47.380 --> 00:38:47.920
 evil and

00:38:47.920 --> 00:38:48.580
 destroys his

00:38:48.580 --> 00:38:48.900
 enemies,

00:38:49.140 --> 00:38:49.940
 and we also

00:38:49.940 --> 00:38:51.100
 must persevere.

00:38:52.220 --> 00:38:53.480
 We must hold

00:38:53.480 --> 00:38:54.019
 on to our

00:38:54.019 --> 00:38:54.780
 faith no matter

00:38:54.780 --> 00:38:55.280
 what.

00:38:57.340 --> 00:38:58.400
 We also have

00:38:58.400 --> 00:38:58.840
 to be willing

00:38:58.840 --> 00:38:59.700
 to suffer and

00:38:59.700 --> 00:39:00.460
 die for Jesus.

00:39:00.740 --> 00:39:01.180
 And you know

00:39:01.180 --> 00:39:01.320
 what?

00:39:01.380 --> 00:39:02.140
 This celebration

00:39:02.140 --> 00:39:03.400
 in Revelation 15

00:39:03.400 --> 00:39:03.900
 helps.

00:39:04.360 --> 00:39:04.920
 It helps.

00:39:06.900 --> 00:39:07.780
 Because it's like

00:39:07.780 --> 00:39:08.420
 we know that

00:39:08.420 --> 00:39:09.080
 there's a party

00:39:09.080 --> 00:39:09.660
 that has already

00:39:09.660 --> 00:39:10.120
 started,

00:39:10.119 --> 00:39:10.599
 and we

00:39:10.599 --> 00:39:10.940
 will be

00:39:10.940 --> 00:39:11.539
 there soon.

00:39:12.500 --> 00:39:13.199
 We know

00:39:13.199 --> 00:39:13.639
 how this

00:39:13.639 --> 00:39:14.239
 story turns

00:39:14.239 --> 00:39:14.539
 out.

00:39:15.759 --> 00:39:17.119
 Any discomfort

00:39:17.119 --> 00:39:18.259
 or suffering

00:39:18.259 --> 00:39:18.819
 that we

00:39:18.819 --> 00:39:19.880
 experience for

00:39:19.880 --> 00:39:20.900
 Jesus now

00:39:20.900 --> 00:39:21.440
 is going to

00:39:21.440 --> 00:39:22.039
 be worth it

00:39:22.039 --> 00:39:22.440
 because we

00:39:22.440 --> 00:39:22.759
 know that

00:39:22.759 --> 00:39:23.460
 someday there

00:39:23.460 --> 00:39:23.799
 will be a

00:39:23.799 --> 00:39:24.799
 great celebration

00:39:24.799 --> 00:39:25.319
 as God

00:39:25.319 --> 00:39:26.000
 puts everything

00:39:26.000 --> 00:39:26.339
 right.

00:39:29.039 --> 00:39:29.900
 Number three,

00:39:30.079 --> 00:39:30.839
 it is not too

00:39:30.839 --> 00:39:31.599
 late to join

00:39:31.599 --> 00:39:32.239
 the celebration.

00:39:34.639 --> 00:39:35.380
 God's people

00:39:35.380 --> 00:39:36.019
 say in verse

00:39:36.019 --> 00:39:36.380
 four,

00:39:36.559 --> 00:39:37.699
 for all nations

00:39:37.699 --> 00:39:38.460
 will come and

00:39:38.460 --> 00:39:38.980
 worship you.

00:39:38.980 --> 00:39:39.559
 It's interesting

00:39:39.559 --> 00:39:40.420
 that even here

00:39:40.420 --> 00:39:40.800
 in the midst

00:39:40.800 --> 00:39:41.300
 of judgment,

00:39:41.760 --> 00:39:42.460
 even here

00:39:42.460 --> 00:39:43.500
 when the people

00:39:43.500 --> 00:39:44.099
 being judged

00:39:44.099 --> 00:39:44.740
 are cursing

00:39:44.740 --> 00:39:45.240
 God,

00:39:45.559 --> 00:39:46.480
 not everyone

00:39:46.480 --> 00:39:47.800
 is being judged

00:39:47.800 --> 00:39:48.760
 and not everyone

00:39:48.760 --> 00:39:49.760
 is cursing him.

00:39:50.659 --> 00:39:51.519
 Some from the

00:39:51.519 --> 00:39:52.380
 nations are coming

00:39:52.380 --> 00:39:53.000
 to Jerusalem

00:39:53.000 --> 00:39:53.880
 to worship him

00:39:53.880 --> 00:39:54.599
 as he deserves.

00:39:55.920 --> 00:39:56.360
 And so there

00:39:56.360 --> 00:39:57.159
 is an implicit

00:39:57.159 --> 00:39:58.159
 call here

00:39:58.159 --> 00:39:59.039
 in the passage

00:39:59.039 --> 00:40:00.460
 to respond

00:40:00.460 --> 00:40:01.599
 to this future

00:40:01.599 --> 00:40:02.199
 knowledge

00:40:02.199 --> 00:40:03.119
 with repentance

00:40:03.119 --> 00:40:03.880
 and faith.

00:40:05.099 --> 00:40:06.199
 God kills

00:40:06.199 --> 00:40:07.059
 evildoers,

00:40:07.659 --> 00:40:08.139
 and when he

00:40:08.139 --> 00:40:08.699
 does that,

00:40:08.759 --> 00:40:09.259
 it is right

00:40:09.259 --> 00:40:09.699
 and good,

00:40:09.779 --> 00:40:10.239
 but he doesn't

00:40:10.239 --> 00:40:10.839
 want to do

00:40:10.839 --> 00:40:11.099
 that.

00:40:12.619 --> 00:40:13.400
 He wants

00:40:13.400 --> 00:40:14.059
 to take you

00:40:14.059 --> 00:40:14.960
 into surgery.

00:40:16.279 --> 00:40:17.000
 He wants

00:40:17.000 --> 00:40:17.559
 to kill

00:40:17.559 --> 00:40:18.359
 the sin

00:40:18.359 --> 00:40:19.379
 that lies

00:40:19.379 --> 00:40:20.239
 in your heart.

00:40:20.460 --> 00:40:20.719
 He wants

00:40:20.719 --> 00:40:21.420
 to kill it

00:40:21.420 --> 00:40:22.299
 by the power

00:40:22.299 --> 00:40:22.920
 of Jesus.

00:40:24.059 --> 00:40:24.859
 He knows

00:40:24.859 --> 00:40:25.299
 that if he

00:40:25.299 --> 00:40:25.799
 doesn't,

00:40:25.879 --> 00:40:26.579
 it will grow

00:40:26.579 --> 00:40:27.719
 and metastasize

00:40:27.719 --> 00:40:28.179
 and you will

00:40:28.179 --> 00:40:28.859
 be lost.

00:40:30.000 --> 00:40:30.819
 It has

00:40:30.819 --> 00:40:31.440
 to be killed,

00:40:32.239 --> 00:40:33.119
 but the only

00:40:33.119 --> 00:40:33.639
 cure

00:40:33.639 --> 00:40:35.980
 is the power

00:40:35.980 --> 00:40:36.460
 of Jesus'

00:40:36.719 --> 00:40:37.099
 death and

00:40:37.099 --> 00:40:37.559
 resurrection.

00:40:40.359 --> 00:40:41.019
 You might

00:40:41.019 --> 00:40:41.299
 think to

00:40:41.299 --> 00:40:41.619
 yourself,

00:40:41.759 --> 00:40:42.319
 it sounds

00:40:42.319 --> 00:40:43.039
 like you're

00:40:43.039 --> 00:40:43.879
 urging me

00:40:43.879 --> 00:40:44.579
 to accept

00:40:44.579 --> 00:40:45.319
 Jesus so

00:40:45.319 --> 00:40:45.559
 that I

00:40:45.559 --> 00:40:46.099
 escape his

00:40:46.099 --> 00:40:46.539
 anger.

00:40:48.279 --> 00:40:48.759
 Yeah,

00:40:49.179 --> 00:40:49.819
 that's right.

00:40:52.460 --> 00:40:53.139
 You might

00:40:53.139 --> 00:40:53.359
 say,

00:40:53.440 --> 00:40:54.079
 I don't know

00:40:54.079 --> 00:40:54.779
 if being

00:40:54.779 --> 00:40:55.759
 afraid of

00:40:55.759 --> 00:40:56.639
 God's judgment

00:40:56.639 --> 00:40:57.259
 is a good

00:40:57.259 --> 00:40:57.699
 reason to

00:40:57.699 --> 00:40:58.239
 follow Jesus.

00:40:58.319 --> 00:40:58.659
 That just

00:40:58.659 --> 00:40:59.500
 sounds inappropriate

00:40:59.500 --> 00:41:00.239
 for some

00:41:00.239 --> 00:41:00.519
 reason.

00:41:00.920 --> 00:41:01.119
 No,

00:41:01.219 --> 00:41:01.639
 it's not.

00:41:01.639 --> 00:41:01.960
 It's a

00:41:01.960 --> 00:41:02.279
 perfectly

00:41:02.279 --> 00:41:02.859
 good reason.

00:41:04.519 --> 00:41:05.099
 That's what

00:41:05.099 --> 00:41:05.659
 this passage

00:41:05.659 --> 00:41:06.359
 is saying.

00:41:06.639 --> 00:41:07.099
 God is

00:41:07.099 --> 00:41:07.400
 going to

00:41:07.400 --> 00:41:07.719
 pour out

00:41:07.719 --> 00:41:08.519
 his wrath

00:41:08.519 --> 00:41:09.099
 and he

00:41:09.099 --> 00:41:09.359
 is going

00:41:09.359 --> 00:41:09.839
 to inflict

00:41:09.839 --> 00:41:10.319
 terrible

00:41:10.319 --> 00:41:10.839
 suffering

00:41:10.839 --> 00:41:12.039
 and death

00:41:12.039 --> 00:41:12.500
 and he

00:41:12.500 --> 00:41:12.759
 will be

00:41:12.759 --> 00:41:13.339
 right to

00:41:13.339 --> 00:41:13.779
 do so

00:41:13.779 --> 00:41:14.079
 when he

00:41:14.079 --> 00:41:14.519
 does.

00:41:15.460 --> 00:41:15.920
 But he's

00:41:15.920 --> 00:41:16.639
 offering now

00:41:16.639 --> 00:41:17.019
 for you

00:41:17.019 --> 00:41:17.879
 to defect,

00:41:18.719 --> 00:41:19.920
 to join

00:41:19.920 --> 00:41:20.299
 him and

00:41:20.299 --> 00:41:20.839
 to submit

00:41:20.839 --> 00:41:21.400
 to him

00:41:21.400 --> 00:41:21.920
 and to

00:41:21.920 --> 00:41:22.440
 allow him

00:41:22.440 --> 00:41:22.980
 to perform

00:41:22.980 --> 00:41:23.659
 that surgery

00:41:23.659 --> 00:41:24.179
 and then

00:41:24.179 --> 00:41:24.719
 to live

00:41:24.719 --> 00:41:25.119
 with him

00:41:25.119 --> 00:41:25.500
 as his

00:41:25.500 --> 00:41:26.039
 child

00:41:26.039 --> 00:41:27.219
 in peace

00:41:27.219 --> 00:41:27.940
 and joy

00:41:27.940 --> 00:41:28.359
 forever

00:41:28.359 --> 00:41:28.739
 and ever.

00:41:28.859 --> 00:41:29.199
 It is a

00:41:29.199 --> 00:41:30.079
 gracious offer.

00:41:30.619 --> 00:41:31.059
 It is an

00:41:31.059 --> 00:41:31.559
 offer of

00:41:31.559 --> 00:41:32.039
 love.

00:41:33.599 --> 00:41:34.259
 But there

00:41:34.259 --> 00:41:34.799
 will come

00:41:34.799 --> 00:41:35.179
 a time

00:41:35.179 --> 00:41:35.440
 when it

00:41:35.440 --> 00:41:35.820
 is too

00:41:35.820 --> 00:41:36.259
 late for

00:41:36.259 --> 00:41:36.559
 that.

00:41:39.279 --> 00:41:39.900
 And so

00:41:39.900 --> 00:41:40.420
 this morning

00:41:40.420 --> 00:41:40.779
 if you

00:41:40.779 --> 00:41:41.659
 feel uneasy

00:41:41.659 --> 00:41:42.619
 about where

00:41:42.619 --> 00:41:43.119
 you stand

00:41:43.119 --> 00:41:43.579
 with God,

00:41:43.679 --> 00:41:44.519
 I urge you

00:41:44.519 --> 00:41:45.820
 come and

00:41:45.820 --> 00:41:46.599
 talk to me,

00:41:47.239 --> 00:41:47.980
 to Mike,

00:41:48.779 --> 00:41:49.559
 to one of

00:41:49.559 --> 00:41:49.920
 the other

00:41:49.920 --> 00:41:50.579
 pastors or

00:41:50.579 --> 00:41:50.880
 elders,

00:41:51.940 --> 00:41:52.320
 to the

00:41:52.320 --> 00:41:52.900
 person sitting

00:41:52.900 --> 00:41:53.360
 next to

00:41:53.360 --> 00:41:53.599
 you.

00:41:54.599 --> 00:41:55.239
 We would

00:41:55.239 --> 00:41:55.779
 love to

00:41:55.779 --> 00:41:56.139
 help you

00:41:56.139 --> 00:41:56.759
 know for

00:41:56.759 --> 00:41:58.279
 sure that

00:41:58.279 --> 00:41:58.559
 you can

00:41:58.559 --> 00:41:59.000
 have peace

00:41:59.000 --> 00:41:59.480
 with God.

00:42:02.039 --> 00:42:03.039
 So God's

00:42:03.039 --> 00:42:04.019
 judgment is

00:42:04.019 --> 00:42:04.739
 something to

00:42:04.739 --> 00:42:05.139
 celebrate.

00:42:05.320 --> 00:42:05.860
 It encourages

00:42:05.860 --> 00:42:07.519
 us to

00:42:07.519 --> 00:42:08.960
 reinforce our

00:42:08.960 --> 00:42:09.619
 loyalty with

00:42:09.619 --> 00:42:09.940
 God.

00:42:11.320 --> 00:42:12.340
 It helps us

00:42:12.340 --> 00:42:13.119
 to persevere

00:42:13.119 --> 00:42:13.639
 while we

00:42:13.639 --> 00:42:14.059
 wait,

00:42:14.900 --> 00:42:16.239
 and it urges

00:42:16.239 --> 00:42:17.059
 us to join

00:42:17.059 --> 00:42:17.760
 him while we

00:42:17.760 --> 00:42:18.380
 still can.

00:42:19.579 --> 00:42:20.340
 Let's pray.

00:42:20.340 --> 00:42:20.380
 Let's pray.

00:42:20.380 --> 00:42:27.180
 Father, as

00:42:27.180 --> 00:42:27.599
 we work

00:42:27.599 --> 00:42:28.000
 through this

00:42:28.000 --> 00:42:29.059
 passage, it

00:42:29.059 --> 00:42:30.420
 raises mixed

00:42:30.420 --> 00:42:31.280
 emotions in

00:42:31.280 --> 00:42:31.599
 us.

00:42:34.360 --> 00:42:35.180
 Because we

00:42:35.180 --> 00:42:35.920
 know that we

00:42:35.920 --> 00:42:36.240
 are the

00:42:36.240 --> 00:42:36.980
 rightful targets

00:42:36.980 --> 00:42:37.320
 of your

00:42:37.320 --> 00:42:40.019
 wrath, and

00:42:40.019 --> 00:42:40.820
 we grieve our

00:42:40.820 --> 00:42:42.920
 own sin that

00:42:42.920 --> 00:42:43.640
 causes us to

00:42:43.640 --> 00:42:44.079
 be enemies

00:42:44.079 --> 00:42:44.559
 with you.

00:42:44.640 --> 00:42:44.880
 So we

00:42:44.880 --> 00:42:45.579
 grieve that

00:42:45.579 --> 00:42:46.400
 sin that you

00:42:46.400 --> 00:42:46.680
 hate.

00:42:46.679 --> 00:42:49.139
 And we

00:42:49.139 --> 00:42:49.739
 also love

00:42:49.739 --> 00:42:50.359
 our family,

00:42:51.159 --> 00:42:51.559
 and our

00:42:51.559 --> 00:42:52.059
 friends, and

00:42:52.059 --> 00:42:52.519
 our neighbors.

00:42:54.779 --> 00:42:55.539
 On the one

00:42:55.539 --> 00:42:55.859
 hand, we

00:42:55.859 --> 00:42:56.599
 celebrate your

00:42:56.599 --> 00:42:57.159
 right judgment.

00:42:57.279 --> 00:42:57.639
 On the other

00:42:57.639 --> 00:42:58.239
 hand, we

00:42:58.239 --> 00:42:59.000
 love them.

00:43:02.299 --> 00:43:02.940
 And we

00:43:02.940 --> 00:43:03.539
 want you to

00:43:03.539 --> 00:43:04.159
 be victorious.

00:43:07.239 --> 00:43:08.000
 And so all

00:43:08.000 --> 00:43:08.579
 we can say

00:43:08.579 --> 00:43:10.359
 as we work

00:43:10.359 --> 00:43:10.759
 through these

00:43:10.759 --> 00:43:11.399
 conflicted

00:43:11.399 --> 00:43:12.299
 things is

00:43:12.299 --> 00:43:13.559
 that we

00:43:13.559 --> 00:43:14.000
 are dependent

00:43:14.000 --> 00:43:14.379
 on your

00:43:14.379 --> 00:43:14.679
 mercy.

00:43:16.679 --> 00:43:17.099
 We have

00:43:17.099 --> 00:43:17.519
 nothing to

00:43:17.519 --> 00:43:18.039
 boast about.

00:43:18.179 --> 00:43:18.359
 We have

00:43:18.359 --> 00:43:19.339
 nothing to

00:43:19.339 --> 00:43:19.940
 offer to

00:43:19.940 --> 00:43:20.159
 you.

00:43:20.359 --> 00:43:20.859
 There's no

00:43:20.859 --> 00:43:21.899
 reason for

00:43:21.899 --> 00:43:23.079
 us to be

00:43:23.079 --> 00:43:23.480
 a part of

00:43:23.480 --> 00:43:24.079
 your people

00:43:24.079 --> 00:43:25.419
 other than

00:43:25.419 --> 00:43:25.960
 your grace

00:43:25.960 --> 00:43:26.379
 that you've

00:43:26.379 --> 00:43:26.719
 shown to

00:43:26.719 --> 00:43:27.039
 us in

00:43:27.039 --> 00:43:27.319
 Jesus.

00:43:30.119 --> 00:43:30.799
 We love

00:43:30.799 --> 00:43:31.259
 you only

00:43:31.259 --> 00:43:31.719
 because you

00:43:31.719 --> 00:43:32.119
 loved us

00:43:32.119 --> 00:43:32.460
 first.

00:43:33.879 --> 00:43:34.579
 So Lord, we

00:43:34.579 --> 00:43:35.059
 thank you for

00:43:35.059 --> 00:43:35.599
 your grace.

00:43:36.879 --> 00:43:37.599
 We thank you

00:43:37.599 --> 00:43:37.899
 for the

00:43:37.899 --> 00:43:38.579
 encouragement of

00:43:38.579 --> 00:43:39.099
 this passage.

00:43:39.359 --> 00:43:39.739
 We thank you

00:43:39.739 --> 00:43:40.279
 that you are a

00:43:40.279 --> 00:43:40.839
 great and

00:43:40.839 --> 00:43:41.699
 powerful God,

00:43:42.699 --> 00:43:43.659
 that your

00:43:43.659 --> 00:43:44.159
 deeds are

00:43:44.159 --> 00:43:44.619
 amazing,

00:43:44.919 --> 00:43:45.199
 that your

00:43:45.199 --> 00:43:46.399
 ways are just

00:43:46.400 --> 00:43:47.000
 and true.

00:43:48.079 --> 00:43:48.820
 We worship

00:43:48.820 --> 00:43:49.300
 you this

00:43:49.300 --> 00:43:49.639
 morning,

00:43:50.639 --> 00:43:51.559
 for your

00:43:51.559 --> 00:43:52.260
 righteous acts

00:43:52.260 --> 00:43:52.599
 have been

00:43:52.599 --> 00:43:53.139
 revealed to

00:43:53.139 --> 00:43:53.400
 us.

00:43:54.760 --> 00:43:55.380
 We pray

00:43:55.380 --> 00:43:55.800
 these things

00:43:55.800 --> 00:43:56.059
 in your

00:43:56.059 --> 00:43:56.280
 name.

00:43:56.740 --> 00:43:56.940
 Amen.

00:43:56.940 --> 00:43:57.039
 Amen.