WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.860 It's great to worship with you all. 00:00:02.180 --> 00:00:07.900 Please turn your Bibles to Revelation chapter 21, verses 9 to 27. 00:00:08.300 --> 00:00:11.859 If you don't have a Bible, if you raise your hand, we'd love to bring over a copy to you 00:00:11.859 --> 00:00:13.080 that you can have and use. 00:00:14.220 --> 00:00:18.300 We're getting close to the end of our sermon series in the book of Revelation. 00:00:18.480 --> 00:00:21.359 We're in chapter 21 today, verses 9 to 27. 00:00:22.519 --> 00:00:24.740 For those of you who don't know me, my name is Sean. 00:00:24.839 --> 00:00:29.760 I'm one of the pastors of Trinity Cambridge Church, and it is my great joy and honor to 00:00:29.760 --> 00:00:31.300 preach God's word to you this morning. 00:00:32.399 --> 00:00:34.780 Let me pray for the reading and preaching of God's word. 00:00:42.960 --> 00:00:51.480 Heavenly Father, we humble our hearts before you and incline our ears to you now. 00:00:51.479 --> 00:01:10.039 Speak to us from your inerrant, infallible word, and impress deeply upon our hearts your love 00:01:10.039 --> 00:01:11.900 for your church. 00:01:11.900 --> 00:01:21.540 And captivate us with the beauty and the glory that will be New Jerusalem, that will be ours 00:01:21.540 --> 00:01:30.660 in eternity, so that it shapes our perspectives and our priorities here and now. 00:01:32.420 --> 00:01:34.219 Meet with us now in your word. 00:01:34.420 --> 00:01:35.939 In Jesus' name we pray. 00:01:36.400 --> 00:01:36.680 Amen. 00:01:36.680 --> 00:01:44.700 Please stand and join me as I read out loud Revelation 21, 9 to 27. 00:01:44.700 --> 00:02:00.820 Then came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues 00:02:00.820 --> 00:02:06.879 and spoke to me saying, come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the lamb. 00:02:06.879 --> 00:02:14.319 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great high mountain and showed me the holy city Jerusalem 00:02:14.319 --> 00:02:21.799 coming down out of heaven from God, having the glory of God, its radiance like a most rare 00:02:21.799 --> 00:02:24.400 jewel, like a jasper clear as crystal. 00:02:25.019 --> 00:02:31.639 It had a great high wall with 12 gates and at the gates 12 angels. 00:02:31.639 --> 00:02:36.299 And on the gates, the names of the 12 tribes of the sons of Israel were inscribed. 00:02:36.919 --> 00:02:41.399 On the east, three gates, on the north, three gates, on the south, three gates, and on the 00:02:41.399 --> 00:02:42.599 west, three gates. 00:02:43.379 --> 00:02:46.559 And the wall of the city had 12 foundations. 00:02:47.099 --> 00:02:51.039 And on them were the 12 names of the 12 apostles of the lamb. 00:02:52.259 --> 00:02:57.060 And the one who spoke with me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city and its gates 00:02:57.060 --> 00:02:57.599 and walls. 00:02:57.599 --> 00:03:02.039 The city lies four square, its length the same as its width. 00:03:02.319 --> 00:03:06.159 And he measured the city with his rod, 12,000 stadia. 00:03:06.819 --> 00:03:09.219 Its length and width and height are equal. 00:03:10.159 --> 00:03:16.879 He also measured its wall, 144 cubits by human measurement, which is also an angel's measurement. 00:03:17.939 --> 00:03:23.139 The wall was built of jasper while the city was pure gold like clear glass. 00:03:23.139 --> 00:03:28.819 The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every kind of jewel. 00:03:29.639 --> 00:03:31.099 The first was jasper. 00:03:31.479 --> 00:03:32.899 The second, sapphire. 00:03:33.319 --> 00:03:34.559 The third, agate. 00:03:34.879 --> 00:03:36.239 The fourth, emerald. 00:03:36.699 --> 00:03:38.079 The fifth, onyx. 00:03:38.459 --> 00:03:39.879 The sixth, carnelian. 00:03:40.319 --> 00:03:41.899 The seventh, crystallite. 00:03:42.259 --> 00:03:43.699 The eighth, beryl. 00:03:44.199 --> 00:03:45.719 The ninth, topaz. 00:03:46.119 --> 00:03:48.079 The tenth, chrysoprase. 00:03:48.379 --> 00:03:50.019 The eleventh, jacinth. 00:03:50.339 --> 00:03:52.000 The twelfth, amethyst. 00:03:52.000 --> 00:03:55.300 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls. 00:03:56.139 --> 00:04:00.000 Each of them, each of the gates made of a single pearl. 00:04:00.719 --> 00:04:06.000 And the street of the city was pure gold like transparent glass. 00:04:06.860 --> 00:04:09.280 This is God's holy and authoritative word. 00:04:09.420 --> 00:04:09.879 You may be seated. 00:04:09.879 --> 00:04:19.879 Jesus said in Matthew 6, 19 to 21, 00:04:19.879 --> 00:04:26.639 Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. 00:04:27.019 --> 00:04:33.000 But throw up your treasures in heaven where the moth and rust do not destroy and where thieves do not break in and steal. 00:04:33.480 --> 00:04:38.219 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. 00:04:38.220 --> 00:04:42.600 Jesus teaches us there a very important principle. 00:04:42.780 --> 00:04:47.620 He's commanding us, choose your treasure carefully. 00:04:47.620 --> 00:04:55.980 Because your heart, the direction of your life, always follow your treasure. 00:04:55.980 --> 00:05:03.540 If you treasure climbing the career ladder and being successful and making loads of money, 00:05:03.900 --> 00:05:08.640 then that's where your heart, the center of your being, will be preoccupied with. 00:05:08.639 --> 00:05:13.620 If you treasure your children above all things, 00:05:14.479 --> 00:05:18.800 then all your exerting and spending and warring will orbit around them. 00:05:21.039 --> 00:05:24.000 If you treasure the approval and affection of men, 00:05:25.000 --> 00:05:30.879 then the bulk of your time and energy and money will be spent around trying to impress other humans. 00:05:32.680 --> 00:05:36.159 So choose your treasure carefully. 00:05:36.160 --> 00:05:43.960 Make sure that your treasure is in heaven where it will be safe and secure forever rather than here on earth. 00:05:44.720 --> 00:05:49.240 And that's what really Revelation 21 and the entire book of Revelation has been about. 00:05:50.120 --> 00:05:54.560 It's been portraying to us eternal realities through visual symbols 00:05:54.560 --> 00:05:57.740 such as to capture our spiritual imagination. 00:05:58.500 --> 00:06:01.960 To tell us, here's something really worth living for. 00:06:02.860 --> 00:06:05.160 Here's something really worth treasuring. 00:06:06.160 --> 00:06:09.920 Here's something that will never depreciate in value. 00:06:10.700 --> 00:06:12.860 A currency that will never expire. 00:06:13.360 --> 00:06:16.040 An inheritance that never wears out. 00:06:17.720 --> 00:06:19.240 The resurrection life. 00:06:20.240 --> 00:06:21.240 The kingdom of God. 00:06:22.940 --> 00:06:24.540 A new heaven and a new earth. 00:06:24.980 --> 00:06:25.879 The new Jerusalem. 00:06:26.400 --> 00:06:31.320 Eternal, unbroken fellowship with the Lord God, the Almighty, and the Lamb. 00:06:31.319 --> 00:06:40.300 What we treasure in our hearts, what we love is like a rudder that determines the direction and guides the ship. 00:06:41.099 --> 00:06:44.019 Treasure this and your heart will follow. 00:06:45.180 --> 00:06:48.100 Treasure this and you will have heavenly perspectives. 00:06:48.860 --> 00:06:53.319 Treasure this and then you will have heavenly purposes and heavenly priorities. 00:06:53.319 --> 00:07:02.420 And if we don't this morning feel a homesickness for a new heaven and a new earth, 00:07:03.420 --> 00:07:10.279 then that may be a warning for us that we are probably not treasuring the things of heaven. 00:07:10.279 --> 00:07:16.919 That's the main point of my sermon this morning. 00:07:17.039 --> 00:07:22.419 Looking forward to the new Jerusalem in which we will have unhindered fellowship with God. 00:07:23.019 --> 00:07:26.579 We should live holy lives and hold on to the testimony of Jesus. 00:07:26.799 --> 00:07:29.519 And I'm going to talk about the new Jerusalem in three different facets. 00:07:30.319 --> 00:07:32.419 First, it's unassailable in its security. 00:07:32.420 --> 00:07:35.160 Second, it is unflawed in its symmetry. 00:07:35.699 --> 00:07:38.660 And third, it's unparalleled in its splendor. 00:07:39.939 --> 00:07:45.800 First, we can look forward to the new Jerusalem because it will be unassailable in its security. 00:07:46.540 --> 00:07:47.560 It says in verse 9, 00:07:48.060 --> 00:07:52.420 Then came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues 00:07:52.420 --> 00:07:53.920 and spoke to me, saying, 00:07:54.400 --> 00:07:57.500 Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb. 00:07:59.080 --> 00:08:01.540 This might sound familiar to you, and that's no coincidence, 00:08:01.540 --> 00:08:04.260 because one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls 00:08:04.260 --> 00:08:11.560 came and made a very similar announcement about Babylon the great prostitute earlier in chapter 17, verse 1. 00:08:12.280 --> 00:08:12.960 He said there, 00:08:13.300 --> 00:08:16.800 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, 00:08:17.180 --> 00:08:23.560 Come, I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who is seated on many waters. 00:08:23.939 --> 00:08:28.800 So these are parallel introductions of two opposite realities. 00:08:28.800 --> 00:08:35.539 And it intentionally draws a contrast between the great prostitute and the bride, the wife of the Lamb. 00:08:36.580 --> 00:08:41.379 Remember, they're both depicted as women, and they're both depicted as cities. 00:08:41.759 --> 00:08:44.120 And that's how we know these are metaphors and symbols, 00:08:44.259 --> 00:08:47.060 because you cannot be a woman and a city at the same time. 00:08:47.059 --> 00:08:54.039 The great prostitute is Babylon, the city of man. 00:08:54.719 --> 00:09:00.379 And the wife of the Lamb is the holy city, Jerusalem, that comes down out of heaven from God. 00:09:01.259 --> 00:09:04.359 Babylon has written on her forehead the name, 00:09:04.699 --> 00:09:09.739 Babylon the Great, Mother of Prostitutes and of Earth's Abominations, it said in 17.5. 00:09:09.740 --> 00:09:15.560 But the New Jerusalem has the name of God and of the Lamb on her forehead. 00:09:16.080 --> 00:09:17.600 In Revelation 21, verse 4. 00:09:18.899 --> 00:09:21.820 Babylon the harlot is seated on many waters. 00:09:23.919 --> 00:09:27.460 That's a symbol of how she committed adultery with the kings of the earth. 00:09:27.580 --> 00:09:31.580 Her idolatrous maritime commerce represented by these many waters. 00:09:31.580 --> 00:09:35.680 But in stark contrast, the New Jerusalem has only one source of water, 00:09:35.759 --> 00:09:40.500 the spring of living water, the river of life that flows from the throne of God and the Lamb 00:09:40.500 --> 00:09:45.980 in the new city, the holy city, because she is the faithful one, the faithful bride. 00:09:49.100 --> 00:09:55.000 In the end, Revelation 17.16 told us that the prostitute will be made desolate and naked, 00:09:57.000 --> 00:10:00.300 but the bride of the Lamb will be clothed in white. 00:10:01.580 --> 00:10:14.780 The prostitute is used by men selfishly. 00:10:15.580 --> 00:10:20.259 The wife is loved by men selflessly. 00:10:22.100 --> 00:10:23.720 He says in Ephesians 5.25, 00:10:23.720 --> 00:10:29.580 Husbands, love your wives as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her. 00:10:29.580 --> 00:10:32.080 That's what wives deserve. 00:10:34.360 --> 00:10:39.200 Do you want to be a prostitute that is used and abused and discarded? 00:10:41.080 --> 00:10:47.920 Or do you want to be the bride, the wife of the Lamb, the King of kings and Lord of lords, 00:10:48.139 --> 00:10:49.700 and be cherished by him forever? 00:10:49.700 --> 00:11:02.720 If you want that, then hold on to the testimony of Jesus and endure to the end and forsake the idolatrous desires of this world. 00:11:02.720 --> 00:11:09.940 Early in Revelation 12, the woman who represented the people of God took shelter in the wilderness, 00:11:10.540 --> 00:11:16.399 where she was spiritually protected by God, but physically vulnerable and persecuted by the dragon. 00:11:16.399 --> 00:11:22.679 But in a new heaven and a new earth, as we see here, we will no longer be in the wilderness. 00:11:23.679 --> 00:11:24.699 It says in verse 10, 00:11:25.399 --> 00:11:29.019 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great high mountain, 00:11:29.519 --> 00:11:34.120 and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God. 00:11:35.220 --> 00:11:38.000 We'll be on the mountaintop in eternity. 00:11:39.340 --> 00:11:42.960 Throughout scripture, wilderness is the place of journeying. 00:11:42.960 --> 00:11:44.460 It's the place of testing. 00:11:45.340 --> 00:11:49.139 Think of Israel's journey through the wilderness when they are tested for 40 years, 00:11:49.240 --> 00:11:56.840 and finally they arrive in the holy land, in Canaan, Mount Zion, where they worship God in the temple. 00:11:57.519 --> 00:12:04.200 Or compare that to Jesus' journey into the wilderness where he is tested and tempted by Satan for 40 days. 00:12:05.060 --> 00:12:09.080 And then after that, he begins his ministry and climbs up to give his sermon on the mount. 00:12:09.080 --> 00:12:14.879 In scripture, wilderness is the place of not yet. 00:12:15.840 --> 00:12:18.940 The mountaintop is the place of finally here. 00:12:19.620 --> 00:12:24.320 The mountain is the place of arrival, the place of promise, place of revelation, 00:12:24.560 --> 00:12:27.960 the place of God's presence and communion with him. 00:12:28.600 --> 00:12:33.800 And that's why Ezekiel 40 verses 1 to 2 prophesied that the end time city and temple 00:12:33.799 --> 00:12:36.379 will be set on a very high mountain. 00:12:36.979 --> 00:12:40.339 And so the new Jerusalem is on a great high mountain. 00:12:41.819 --> 00:12:46.059 And it says in verse 11 that this holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God 00:12:46.059 --> 00:12:53.519 has the glory of God, its radiance like a most rare jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. 00:12:53.519 --> 00:13:00.699 John reported something very similar in his earlier vision of the throne room of God in heaven in Revelation 4. 00:13:01.279 --> 00:13:04.460 He who sat there had the appearance of jasper and carnelian, 00:13:04.539 --> 00:13:07.600 and around the throne was a rainbow that had the appearance of an emerald. 00:13:08.000 --> 00:13:12.240 And before the throne, there was, as it were, a sea of glass like crystal. 00:13:13.460 --> 00:13:16.240 The glory of God is resplendent. 00:13:16.659 --> 00:13:17.480 It's brilliant. 00:13:17.480 --> 00:13:23.920 And on that day, the glory of God will be our glory also. 00:13:25.779 --> 00:13:27.360 Know what it says in verse 11. 00:13:27.820 --> 00:13:33.220 The new Jerusalem will come down out of heaven from God, having the glory of God. 00:13:34.279 --> 00:13:38.519 The fact that this new Jerusalem comes down out of heaven from God, 00:13:39.060 --> 00:13:43.519 the fact that this new Jerusalem is not built up from the bottom up here on earth, 00:13:43.519 --> 00:13:47.720 but whether it comes down from God, shows us that our fellowship with God, 00:13:48.000 --> 00:13:51.240 our eternal destiny, is not a human achievement. 00:13:52.240 --> 00:13:53.939 It is a gift from God. 00:13:56.519 --> 00:14:01.279 And the fact that the glory of the new Jerusalem will not be our own glory, 00:14:01.419 --> 00:14:03.100 but the glory of God, it says, 00:14:03.600 --> 00:14:07.460 tells us that God's people are those who have humbled themselves before God, 00:14:07.779 --> 00:14:11.399 those who do not seek or boast in their own glory, 00:14:11.399 --> 00:14:13.959 but rather seek the glory of God alone. 00:14:16.860 --> 00:14:19.039 Unlike the city of Babel, remember that? 00:14:20.159 --> 00:14:23.799 Genesis 11, which was a monument to human hubris, 00:14:24.360 --> 00:14:27.799 built by sinful men who said to themselves, 00:14:27.980 --> 00:14:32.679 come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, 00:14:33.240 --> 00:14:36.480 and let us make a name for ourselves. 00:14:36.919 --> 00:14:37.860 That was their motivation. 00:14:37.860 --> 00:14:41.639 The holy city of Jerusalem, in contrast, 00:14:41.759 --> 00:14:44.300 comes down out of heaven from God as a gift. 00:14:45.360 --> 00:14:49.800 And it will have the names of the 12 tribes of the sons of Israel inscribed on the gates, 00:14:50.120 --> 00:14:53.539 and the names of the 12 apostles of the Lamb written on the foundation. 00:14:55.820 --> 00:14:58.379 People who have pledged their allegiance to Jesus, 00:14:58.580 --> 00:15:03.860 they're the ones who ultimately get their names inscribed forever. 00:15:03.860 --> 00:15:10.720 It's those who deny themselves and take up the cross and follow Jesus. 00:15:11.080 --> 00:15:14.860 Those who lose their lives for the sake of Jesus, 00:15:14.980 --> 00:15:16.440 who ultimately find it. 00:15:18.820 --> 00:15:19.800 Brothers and sisters, 00:15:21.279 --> 00:15:27.360 where do you want your name to be remembered and inscribed at the end of the ages? 00:15:27.360 --> 00:15:30.980 For whose glory are you living? 00:15:32.320 --> 00:15:36.279 Do you want to see your name published in the Fortune magazine's 40 Under 40? 00:15:39.000 --> 00:15:43.580 Do you want to see your name engraved in Kendall Square's Entrepreneur Walk of Fame 00:15:43.580 --> 00:15:47.240 alongside Bill Gates and Bill Hewlett and Bob Swanson, David Packard, 00:15:47.600 --> 00:15:50.840 Mitch Caper and Steve Jobs and Thomas Edison? 00:15:50.840 --> 00:15:57.600 Listen, I assure you that all of those names will be forgotten one day. 00:15:58.220 --> 00:16:03.019 And only the names that are written in the Lamb's book of life, 00:16:03.560 --> 00:16:07.759 only those who belong to the church of Christ, 00:16:08.160 --> 00:16:09.399 the people of God, 00:16:09.940 --> 00:16:13.560 they will have their names inscribed forever on the 12 gates, 00:16:14.019 --> 00:16:16.320 the 12 foundations of the New Jerusalem. 00:16:16.759 --> 00:16:18.280 Only they will be remembered forever. 00:16:18.279 --> 00:16:21.919 So where is your treasure? 00:16:23.179 --> 00:16:24.620 Choose your treasure carefully. 00:16:26.259 --> 00:16:29.220 Make sure that your treasure is in the new heaven and the new earth 00:16:29.220 --> 00:16:32.299 and not on this earth which is passing away. 00:16:35.120 --> 00:16:37.839 And don't miss the radical unity of the people of God. 00:16:37.919 --> 00:16:39.639 It says both Jews and Gentiles, 00:16:40.199 --> 00:16:42.459 the names of the 12 tribes of the sons of Israel, 00:16:42.620 --> 00:16:45.019 the old covenant people of God are inscribed on the gates, 00:16:45.019 --> 00:16:47.519 and the names of the 12 apostles of the Lamb, 00:16:47.519 --> 00:16:49.980 are written on the 12 foundations 00:16:49.980 --> 00:16:52.079 because it says in Ephesians 2, 19 to 20, 00:16:52.460 --> 00:16:56.179 that both Jews and Gentiles are fellow citizens 00:16:56.179 --> 00:16:58.419 and members of the household of God 00:16:58.419 --> 00:17:01.259 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, 00:17:01.559 --> 00:17:03.559 Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone. 00:17:04.680 --> 00:17:07.819 There are not two segregated cities in the new Jerusalem. 00:17:09.079 --> 00:17:11.440 There's only one new Jerusalem 00:17:11.440 --> 00:17:14.619 because there is neither Jew nor Greek 00:17:14.619 --> 00:17:16.939 for we are all one in Christ Jesus 00:17:16.939 --> 00:17:20.139 because we have one body, one spirit, 00:17:20.239 --> 00:17:22.939 just as we are called to the one hope that belongs to our call. 00:17:23.439 --> 00:17:26.739 One Lord, one faith, one baptism, 00:17:26.879 --> 00:17:27.939 which we'll celebrate shortly. 00:17:28.939 --> 00:17:30.539 One God and Father of all 00:17:30.539 --> 00:17:33.699 who is over all and through all and in all. 00:17:33.700 --> 00:17:38.740 Right now, the people of God are plagued 00:17:38.740 --> 00:17:41.660 by many kinds of divisions along ethnic lines, 00:17:42.080 --> 00:17:43.940 radical, you know, racial lines, 00:17:44.700 --> 00:17:47.220 political lines, doctrinal lines, 00:17:47.640 --> 00:17:48.720 geographical lines. 00:17:49.500 --> 00:17:52.420 And we long for the full expression 00:17:52.420 --> 00:17:55.100 of our spiritual unity, which is not yet. 00:17:55.099 --> 00:18:00.159 But in the new Jerusalem, we will be perfectly one. 00:18:02.559 --> 00:18:04.779 Verse 12 continues the description of the city. 00:18:05.079 --> 00:18:08.039 It had a great high wall with 12 gates 00:18:08.039 --> 00:18:09.699 and at the gates, 12 angels. 00:18:10.719 --> 00:18:12.240 Earlier in verse 10, we were told 00:18:12.240 --> 00:18:14.879 that the new Jerusalem sits atop a great high mountain. 00:18:15.379 --> 00:18:17.679 And now we are told that on top of that great high mountain, 00:18:17.759 --> 00:18:19.659 there's also a great high wall. 00:18:21.959 --> 00:18:24.299 As if the mountain itself were in sufficient defense. 00:18:25.099 --> 00:18:27.099 And this wall must be exceedingly high 00:18:27.099 --> 00:18:28.959 since it's protecting a city 00:18:28.959 --> 00:18:31.439 that it says is 12,000 stadia in height, 00:18:31.799 --> 00:18:32.799 according to verse 16. 00:18:34.079 --> 00:18:37.199 One stadion is about 607 feet. 00:18:38.519 --> 00:18:41.480 So that's about 1,400 miles 00:18:41.480 --> 00:18:44.899 or 2,200 kilometers in height, this city. 00:18:46.579 --> 00:18:49.959 The Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 00:18:50.019 --> 00:18:51.240 is the world's tallest building 00:18:51.240 --> 00:18:54.980 and it stands 2,717 feet. 00:18:55.099 --> 00:19:02.039 The new Jerusalem is 7,392,000 feet tall. 00:19:04.659 --> 00:19:06.519 As I said earlier, this is a metaphor. 00:19:06.779 --> 00:19:08.159 It's figurative and symbolic. 00:19:08.339 --> 00:19:11.000 It's conveying, but it is conveying a spiritual reality. 00:19:11.779 --> 00:19:13.740 It's supposed to boggle our minds. 00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:16.339 If a city is that tall, 00:19:16.399 --> 00:19:18.279 then how tall is the great high wall 00:19:18.279 --> 00:19:20.539 that's already sitting on a great high mountain 00:19:20.539 --> 00:19:21.339 to protect it? 00:19:21.339 --> 00:19:24.779 And that's why I think the measurement of the wall 00:19:24.779 --> 00:19:27.299 that's given in verse 17, 144 cubits, 00:19:27.379 --> 00:19:30.039 is not referring to its height or the length of the wall, 00:19:30.220 --> 00:19:32.519 but to the wall's width, to its thickness, 00:19:33.059 --> 00:19:35.559 which is how the NIV translates it. 00:19:36.439 --> 00:19:39.000 The Great Wall of China at its widest point, 00:19:39.119 --> 00:19:41.240 most of it is much narrower than this, 00:19:41.500 --> 00:19:44.299 at its widest point is 32 feet thick, 00:19:44.299 --> 00:19:49.119 but 144 cubit wall is 216 feet thick. 00:19:50.599 --> 00:19:53.159 That's about the width of a professional soccer field. 00:19:53.779 --> 00:19:55.099 So it's going to take us a while 00:19:55.099 --> 00:19:56.619 to just walk through the gates. 00:19:59.740 --> 00:20:01.139 And the point is this, 00:20:01.720 --> 00:20:06.339 this is a completely impenetrable fortress. 00:20:06.339 --> 00:20:11.919 Not only that, over each of the 12 gates, 00:20:12.019 --> 00:20:12.939 there are 12 angels. 00:20:13.579 --> 00:20:15.519 The Lord says in Isaiah 62, verse 6, 00:20:15.619 --> 00:20:17.259 on your walls, O Jerusalem, 00:20:17.899 --> 00:20:19.339 I have set watchmen. 00:20:20.119 --> 00:20:23.339 These are guardian angels, heavenly sentinels. 00:20:23.859 --> 00:20:24.799 If you have been with us 00:20:24.799 --> 00:20:26.199 throughout our sermon series in Revelation, 00:20:26.399 --> 00:20:29.959 you know how powerful even just one of these angels are. 00:20:31.099 --> 00:20:35.159 Can wipe out vast swaths of creation. 00:20:35.160 --> 00:20:40.360 One fell swoop with divine authorization. 00:20:42.460 --> 00:20:46.220 And there's 12 at each, 00:20:46.360 --> 00:20:49.100 one in each gate guarding over the new Jerusalem. 00:20:50.480 --> 00:20:52.340 Not that that's actually necessary. 00:20:54.100 --> 00:20:56.800 There's actually no need for a wall at all 00:20:56.800 --> 00:20:59.360 because all the enemies of God and his people 00:20:59.360 --> 00:21:01.160 have been vanquished already. 00:21:02.060 --> 00:21:03.680 And that's why later in verse 25, 00:21:03.680 --> 00:21:06.580 that it says that its gates will never be shut 00:21:06.580 --> 00:21:08.240 because there is no more danger. 00:21:09.039 --> 00:21:11.019 But nonetheless, God shows John a vision 00:21:11.019 --> 00:21:13.140 of the new Jerusalem with a great high wall 00:21:13.140 --> 00:21:15.799 to impress indelibly upon our minds 00:21:15.799 --> 00:21:18.980 this picture of an unassailable, 00:21:19.360 --> 00:21:21.299 impregnable fortress and city 00:21:21.299 --> 00:21:23.600 in order to convey to us the idea 00:21:23.600 --> 00:21:26.640 of the eternal security of the saints. 00:21:26.640 --> 00:21:31.100 Imagine what a source of comfort 00:21:31.100 --> 00:21:33.020 these walls would have been 00:21:33.020 --> 00:21:34.840 for city dwellers in the ancient world. 00:21:35.700 --> 00:21:38.460 These walls keep wild beasts out of the city. 00:21:38.560 --> 00:21:41.520 These walls keep warring intruders out of the city. 00:21:41.660 --> 00:21:43.440 It's why they can sleep at night. 00:21:43.440 --> 00:21:52.580 And God is sending to us an unmistakable message 00:21:52.580 --> 00:21:56.120 to Christians who are persecuted and sorely oppressed. 00:21:57.880 --> 00:22:01.360 As we saw in Jesus' seven letters to the seven churches 00:22:01.360 --> 00:22:02.860 in chapters two and three, 00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:04.720 the church of Christ in the present world 00:22:04.720 --> 00:22:06.120 often has little power. 00:22:07.200 --> 00:22:08.620 They must face toil. 00:22:08.900 --> 00:22:12.200 They bear up on their suffering for Christ's name's sake. 00:22:12.200 --> 00:22:15.180 They experience tribulation and poverty. 00:22:15.539 --> 00:22:17.920 They are slandered by Satan and his minions. 00:22:18.460 --> 00:22:19.660 They are thrown into prison 00:22:19.660 --> 00:22:22.120 and sometimes they even face death. 00:22:23.580 --> 00:22:25.460 But with this glorious vision 00:22:25.460 --> 00:22:27.400 of the new Jerusalem's great high wall, 00:22:27.600 --> 00:22:28.759 Jesus is assuring us, 00:22:29.340 --> 00:22:29.940 hold on. 00:22:31.279 --> 00:22:32.840 Press on in this life, 00:22:32.960 --> 00:22:34.220 even though you are reviled, 00:22:34.759 --> 00:22:36.960 slandered, imprisoned, beaten, and killed 00:22:36.960 --> 00:22:38.059 for my name's sake. 00:22:38.360 --> 00:22:40.000 Because in the new Jerusalem, 00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:41.660 you will be untouchable. 00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:43.480 You will be invulnerable 00:22:43.480 --> 00:22:45.180 and you will be unassailable. 00:22:46.420 --> 00:22:48.380 There on the great high mountain, 00:22:49.220 --> 00:22:50.759 behind the great high wall, 00:22:51.259 --> 00:22:53.620 you will finally be safe. 00:22:53.619 --> 00:22:59.339 It's only in the new heaven and a new earth 00:22:59.339 --> 00:23:01.279 that we will be safe and secure forever. 00:23:03.379 --> 00:23:05.859 Our culture today idolizes safety. 00:23:08.739 --> 00:23:12.799 So-called safe spaces are sacrosanct. 00:23:13.339 --> 00:23:14.679 They are the holy ground 00:23:14.679 --> 00:23:17.179 built on the temple of self 00:23:17.179 --> 00:23:19.979 upon which everybody else that approaches 00:23:19.980 --> 00:23:21.480 and the churches must remove their sandals. 00:23:28.940 --> 00:23:31.299 But when did Jesus ever promise us 00:23:31.299 --> 00:23:34.279 safety from discomfort and danger in this life? 00:23:37.980 --> 00:23:39.960 Jesus said in Luke 21, 12, 00:23:40.579 --> 00:23:41.839 they will lay their hands on you 00:23:41.839 --> 00:23:42.599 and persecute you, 00:23:42.680 --> 00:23:44.839 delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons. 00:23:44.839 --> 00:23:47.059 Does that sound safe? 00:23:50.059 --> 00:23:51.199 Matthew 24, 9, 00:23:51.279 --> 00:23:52.819 they will deliver you up to tribulation 00:23:52.819 --> 00:23:53.819 and put you to death 00:23:53.819 --> 00:23:56.139 and you will be hated by all nations 00:23:56.139 --> 00:23:57.059 for my name's sake. 00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:00.799 Brothers and sisters, 00:24:01.039 --> 00:24:03.980 don't seek your ultimate safety here on earth. 00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:06.259 Where is your treasure? 00:24:07.619 --> 00:24:09.159 Is it in the new heaven and the new earth 00:24:09.160 --> 00:24:09.800 or is it here? 00:24:13.420 --> 00:24:15.360 Your body can be harmed here on earth. 00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:17.960 Your feelings can be hurt here on earth. 00:24:18.279 --> 00:24:21.040 Your life can be taken here on earth. 00:24:21.960 --> 00:24:23.779 But in the new heaven and the new earth, 00:24:23.880 --> 00:24:26.420 we will be safe and secure forever. 00:24:26.420 --> 00:24:36.420 The new Jerusalem will also be unflawed 00:24:37.200 --> 00:24:37.900 in its symmetry. 00:24:38.019 --> 00:24:39.920 It's, sorry, in symmetry. 00:24:41.900 --> 00:24:43.320 Here in verse 15, 00:24:43.519 --> 00:24:45.759 an angel of God uses a measuring rod of gold 00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:47.640 to measure the city and its gates and walls. 00:24:48.740 --> 00:24:51.019 This is an allusion to Ezekiel 40 to 48 00:24:51.019 --> 00:24:54.200 where the prophet Ezekiel sees an end time vision 00:24:54.200 --> 00:24:55.700 of a glorious new temple 00:24:55.700 --> 00:24:58.559 where the glory of God will dwell. 00:24:59.819 --> 00:25:01.539 And an angelic being at that point 00:25:01.539 --> 00:25:03.259 in Ezekiel 40, verse 3, 00:25:03.340 --> 00:25:04.380 takes a measuring rod 00:25:04.380 --> 00:25:06.120 and starts to painstakingly measure 00:25:06.120 --> 00:25:08.480 every dimension of the new temple. 00:25:09.840 --> 00:25:13.160 And the measurements here we see in Revelation 21 00:25:13.160 --> 00:25:14.420 are symbolically laden. 00:25:14.900 --> 00:25:15.539 It's meaningful. 00:25:16.440 --> 00:25:18.880 Verse 16 says that the city lies four square, 00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:21.319 its length the same as its width. 00:25:22.279 --> 00:25:24.160 And he measured the city with his rod, 00:25:24.160 --> 00:25:25.960 12,000 stadia, 00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:28.960 its length and width and height are equal. 00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:32.680 The meaning of the word four square 00:25:32.680 --> 00:25:34.340 is explained in the following clause. 00:25:34.440 --> 00:25:35.220 Its length and, 00:25:35.460 --> 00:25:36.779 or it's the same as the width, 00:25:36.880 --> 00:25:38.759 meaning it's got four equal sides. 00:25:38.840 --> 00:25:39.279 It's a square. 00:25:40.700 --> 00:25:42.120 And then not only the length and the width, 00:25:42.180 --> 00:25:44.000 but it also says that height of the new Jerusalem 00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:46.880 are equal, meaning the city is a perfect cube. 00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:49.240 And that's significant 00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:53.140 because there is no structure in the entire Old Testament 00:25:53.140 --> 00:25:55.559 that is shaped as a cube 00:25:55.559 --> 00:25:56.960 except for one. 00:25:57.759 --> 00:25:59.319 That's the holy of holies, 00:25:59.380 --> 00:26:01.339 the most holy place in the tabernacle 00:26:01.339 --> 00:26:03.920 and the most holy place in the new temple 00:26:03.920 --> 00:26:06.140 and the most holy place prophesied of 00:26:06.140 --> 00:26:08.779 in Ezekiel's vision in Ezekiel 41 verse 4. 00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:13.060 This allusion to the most holy place 00:26:13.060 --> 00:26:15.259 indicates that as the new Jerusalem, 00:26:15.840 --> 00:26:19.140 we will enjoy perfect fellowship with God forever. 00:26:20.200 --> 00:26:21.640 Remember in the old Jerusalem, 00:26:22.039 --> 00:26:26.080 only the high priests could enter the most holy place 00:26:26.080 --> 00:26:27.560 and that only once a year 00:26:27.560 --> 00:26:30.160 and only after making sacrifice for sin. 00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:32.240 But in the new Jerusalem, 00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:35.519 we will all be in the most holy place. 00:26:35.680 --> 00:26:37.660 In fact, we will ourselves be 00:26:37.660 --> 00:26:40.880 the holy of holies upon which God dwells. 00:26:42.720 --> 00:26:45.019 And this is why in the glorious passage 00:26:45.019 --> 00:26:46.420 that Andrew will preach next week, 00:26:46.660 --> 00:26:48.540 he says that there is no temple in the city 00:26:48.540 --> 00:26:50.740 for its temple is the Lord God, 00:26:50.820 --> 00:26:51.860 the Almighty and the Lamb. 00:26:52.080 --> 00:26:54.200 And we will see God's face. 00:26:55.120 --> 00:26:58.100 We will no longer have a mediated view of God. 00:26:58.099 --> 00:27:02.839 We will have a direct, unmediated vision of God 00:27:02.839 --> 00:27:04.500 face to face. 00:27:05.699 --> 00:27:07.619 But how can that possibly be? 00:27:08.599 --> 00:27:11.279 How can sinners like us face the Almighty God 00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:12.799 and still live? 00:27:15.039 --> 00:27:18.179 How can we possibly be the holy of holies? 00:27:18.879 --> 00:27:20.379 It's not because we're so special. 00:27:22.500 --> 00:27:24.039 Hebrews 9 reminds us that 00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:25.339 in the old Jerusalem temple, 00:27:25.339 --> 00:27:27.859 only the high priest went into the most holy place 00:27:27.859 --> 00:27:29.479 and he but once a year 00:27:29.479 --> 00:27:31.059 and not without taking blood. 00:27:31.500 --> 00:27:33.899 But Christ entered once for all 00:27:33.899 --> 00:27:35.159 into the holy places, 00:27:35.319 --> 00:27:37.899 not by means of the blood of goats and calves, 00:27:37.979 --> 00:27:40.159 but by means of his own blood, 00:27:41.099 --> 00:27:43.439 thus securing an eternal redemption. 00:27:44.939 --> 00:27:45.979 On the cross, 00:27:46.119 --> 00:27:47.979 Jesus made the atoning sacrifice 00:27:47.979 --> 00:27:49.879 for our sins once and for all 00:27:49.879 --> 00:27:51.719 by offering up himself 00:27:51.719 --> 00:27:54.039 as the sacrificial lamb. 00:27:54.039 --> 00:27:57.019 And then he was raised from the dead 00:27:57.019 --> 00:27:57.799 on the third day 00:27:57.799 --> 00:27:59.200 and because of that, 00:27:59.480 --> 00:28:01.420 that eternal redemption of Christ 00:28:01.420 --> 00:28:03.539 secured for us 2,000 years ago 00:28:03.539 --> 00:28:05.500 is what guarantees to us 00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:07.139 this eternal future 00:28:07.139 --> 00:28:08.599 as the new Jerusalem 00:28:08.599 --> 00:28:10.440 and being the holy of holies 00:28:10.440 --> 00:28:13.119 indwelled by the Almighty God. 00:28:14.399 --> 00:28:15.859 This is why the new Jerusalem 00:28:15.859 --> 00:28:16.819 is a perfect cube. 00:28:16.819 --> 00:28:19.740 But the dimensions of the city, 00:28:20.480 --> 00:28:23.639 it's only 20 cubits in the temple, 00:28:23.799 --> 00:28:26.000 but it's enlarged to the nth degree 00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:29.759 with this glorious eternal city 00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:30.379 of New Jerusalem. 00:28:31.139 --> 00:28:32.059 The city measures, 00:28:32.139 --> 00:28:32.500 I mentioned, 00:28:32.599 --> 00:28:34.159 12,000 stadia in length, 00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:34.759 width, and height, 00:28:34.839 --> 00:28:35.700 which I mentioned to you 00:28:35.700 --> 00:28:37.419 is 1,400 cubic miles. 00:28:38.379 --> 00:28:40.159 If you plop down a metropolis 00:28:40.159 --> 00:28:41.159 of that size 00:28:41.159 --> 00:28:42.439 in the middle of the United States, 00:28:42.819 --> 00:28:44.339 it would stretch north to south 00:28:44.339 --> 00:28:45.539 from Canada to Mexico 00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:47.619 and then from east to west 00:28:47.619 --> 00:28:48.779 from the Appalachian Mountains 00:28:48.779 --> 00:28:50.019 to the border of California. 00:28:51.579 --> 00:28:53.679 That's nearly 2 million square miles, 00:28:53.859 --> 00:28:55.399 which is over 4,000 times 00:28:55.399 --> 00:28:56.419 the size of New York City. 00:28:59.240 --> 00:29:00.799 And that's only the ground floor 00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:01.519 because remember, 00:29:01.599 --> 00:29:03.919 the height is just as tall 00:29:03.919 --> 00:29:04.559 as the width. 00:29:05.439 --> 00:29:06.959 So if you use standard measurements 00:29:06.959 --> 00:29:08.959 and say that every story 00:29:08.959 --> 00:29:10.639 is 14 feet tall 00:29:10.639 --> 00:29:11.539 or something like that, 00:29:11.539 --> 00:29:13.159 this will be a building 00:29:13.159 --> 00:29:15.460 about 528,000 stories tall. 00:29:18.659 --> 00:29:19.980 Jesus wasn't joking 00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:21.960 when he said in John 14, 00:29:22.139 --> 00:29:23.059 in my father's house 00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:23.879 are many rooms. 00:29:25.420 --> 00:29:26.599 If it were not so, 00:29:26.659 --> 00:29:27.460 would I have told you 00:29:27.460 --> 00:29:28.460 that I go to prepare 00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:29.539 a place for you? 00:29:30.779 --> 00:29:32.200 And if I go and prepare 00:29:32.200 --> 00:29:32.940 a place for you, 00:29:32.980 --> 00:29:33.819 I will come again 00:29:33.819 --> 00:29:35.279 and will take you to myself. 00:29:35.779 --> 00:29:36.899 That where I am, 00:29:36.899 --> 00:29:38.899 you may be also. 00:29:38.900 --> 00:29:41.480 The sheer scale, 00:29:41.640 --> 00:29:44.140 the size of this new Jerusalem 00:29:44.140 --> 00:29:46.200 conveys a sense of grandeur 00:29:46.200 --> 00:29:47.940 and welcome 00:29:47.940 --> 00:29:49.580 and hospitality 00:29:49.580 --> 00:29:51.580 because the people of God 00:29:51.580 --> 00:29:52.440 in that end, 00:29:52.780 --> 00:29:53.480 in the eternity 00:29:53.480 --> 00:29:55.300 will be from every nation 00:29:55.300 --> 00:29:55.940 and people 00:29:55.940 --> 00:29:57.240 and tribe and tongue 00:29:57.240 --> 00:29:59.259 will be a numberless multitude 00:29:59.259 --> 00:30:00.580 and God's assuring us, 00:30:00.780 --> 00:30:01.720 yes, for you, 00:30:02.519 --> 00:30:03.259 there is room. 00:30:06.060 --> 00:30:07.519 I will dwell with you forever. 00:30:08.900 --> 00:30:11.220 But this number 00:30:11.220 --> 00:30:12.519 is not meant to be understood 00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:13.440 literally, 00:30:14.180 --> 00:30:15.880 but figuratively, 00:30:16.340 --> 00:30:18.220 like the other numbers 00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:18.920 we have seen so far 00:30:18.920 --> 00:30:19.759 in the book of Revelation. 00:30:20.700 --> 00:30:21.980 The great high wall 00:30:21.980 --> 00:30:23.200 of New Jerusalem 00:30:23.200 --> 00:30:24.220 is 12 gates 00:30:24.220 --> 00:30:26.360 guarded by 12 angels, 00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:28.080 has names of 12 tribes 00:30:28.080 --> 00:30:29.060 of sons of Israel 00:30:29.060 --> 00:30:30.080 as inscribed on it. 00:30:30.100 --> 00:30:31.620 It has 12 foundations 00:30:31.620 --> 00:30:33.180 which has the 12 names 00:30:33.180 --> 00:30:34.500 of the 12 apostles of the Lamb. 00:30:34.580 --> 00:30:35.800 12, 12, 12, 12. 00:30:36.220 --> 00:30:36.540 Why? 00:30:36.539 --> 00:30:37.720 Because 12 is a number 00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:38.339 that represents 00:30:38.339 --> 00:30:39.220 the people of God. 00:30:39.980 --> 00:30:41.099 The 12 tribes of Israel 00:30:41.099 --> 00:30:42.519 and the 12 apostles of the Lamb. 00:30:44.180 --> 00:30:45.460 That's why the dimensions 00:30:45.460 --> 00:30:45.960 of the city 00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:47.420 is 12,000 stadia, 00:30:47.500 --> 00:30:48.980 12 times 1,000 00:30:48.980 --> 00:30:49.659 which represents 00:30:49.659 --> 00:30:50.240 the multitude. 00:30:52.039 --> 00:30:52.980 This is also why 00:30:52.980 --> 00:30:54.059 the thickness of the wall 00:30:54.059 --> 00:30:54.819 in verse 17 00:30:54.819 --> 00:30:56.299 is 144 cubits 00:30:56.299 --> 00:30:56.859 because that's 00:30:56.859 --> 00:30:58.000 the square of 12, 00:30:58.079 --> 00:30:58.980 12 times 12. 00:30:58.980 --> 00:31:02.180 All of these measurements 00:31:02.180 --> 00:31:03.460 confirms the symbolism 00:31:03.460 --> 00:31:04.660 that the New Jerusalem 00:31:04.660 --> 00:31:06.559 is the people of God. 00:31:06.740 --> 00:31:06.819 So, 00:31:08.420 --> 00:31:09.460 don't imagine yourself 00:31:09.460 --> 00:31:11.039 not quite accurate 00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:11.400 to say 00:31:11.400 --> 00:31:12.120 we're going to be walking 00:31:12.120 --> 00:31:12.900 on streets of gold 00:31:12.900 --> 00:31:14.019 because you are 00:31:14.019 --> 00:31:14.700 the streets of gold, 00:31:14.839 --> 00:31:15.140 right? 00:31:15.860 --> 00:31:16.740 But that's okay. 00:31:17.299 --> 00:31:18.700 We mix metaphors 00:31:18.700 --> 00:31:19.500 when we talk about this. 00:31:20.339 --> 00:31:21.319 And the bride of the Lamb 00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:22.440 is going to be 00:31:22.440 --> 00:31:23.940 ravishing in her beauty. 00:31:23.940 --> 00:31:26.759 I cannot wait to see 00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:28.200 the church 00:31:28.200 --> 00:31:28.940 in all her splendor. 00:31:31.759 --> 00:31:33.059 Look at verse 18 to 21. 00:31:33.180 --> 00:31:34.180 The wall was built 00:31:34.180 --> 00:31:35.039 of jasper 00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:36.019 while the city 00:31:36.019 --> 00:31:36.980 was pure gold 00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:38.200 like clear glass. 00:31:40.299 --> 00:31:41.340 Even the wall 00:31:41.340 --> 00:31:41.820 of the city 00:31:41.820 --> 00:31:42.820 is made of jasper 00:31:42.820 --> 00:31:43.640 which is reminiscent 00:31:43.640 --> 00:31:44.500 of the glory of God 00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:45.700 from earlier in verse 11. 00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:47.160 The city itself 00:31:47.160 --> 00:31:48.460 is made of pure gold. 00:31:49.220 --> 00:31:50.100 Imagine a city 00:31:50.100 --> 00:31:51.019 of this scale 00:31:51.019 --> 00:31:52.840 made entirely of gold. 00:31:52.839 --> 00:31:52.879 gold. 00:31:53.399 --> 00:31:54.619 It's unfathomable 00:31:54.619 --> 00:31:55.559 and supposed to be. 00:31:56.459 --> 00:31:57.299 And God is so, 00:31:57.639 --> 00:31:59.000 the gold is so pure 00:31:59.000 --> 00:32:00.480 that it is described 00:32:00.480 --> 00:32:01.240 as being like 00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:02.459 clear glass. 00:32:03.240 --> 00:32:04.039 Who has ever heard 00:32:04.039 --> 00:32:04.919 of a gold 00:32:04.919 --> 00:32:06.199 that is clear 00:32:06.199 --> 00:32:06.799 like glass? 00:32:06.959 --> 00:32:08.539 Gold is an opaque metal. 00:32:09.559 --> 00:32:09.819 So, 00:32:09.899 --> 00:32:10.240 I'm not sure 00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:10.759 what that means 00:32:10.759 --> 00:32:11.419 but we need to remember 00:32:11.419 --> 00:32:12.359 that John's reporting 00:32:12.359 --> 00:32:13.399 a prophetic vision 00:32:13.399 --> 00:32:14.159 and the beauty 00:32:14.159 --> 00:32:14.919 of New Jerusalem 00:32:14.919 --> 00:32:17.000 is so transcendent. 00:32:17.319 --> 00:32:18.039 It stretches 00:32:18.039 --> 00:32:18.819 his imagination. 00:32:19.259 --> 00:32:20.099 It stretches 00:32:20.099 --> 00:32:21.000 his knowledge 00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:22.139 of the material universe. 00:32:22.140 --> 00:32:23.060 It stretches 00:32:23.060 --> 00:32:24.560 his vocabulary 00:32:24.560 --> 00:32:27.120 so that the only way 00:32:27.120 --> 00:32:27.700 he could quite 00:32:27.700 --> 00:32:28.620 describe something 00:32:28.620 --> 00:32:29.759 that is indescribable 00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:31.180 is to mash together 00:32:31.180 --> 00:32:32.460 two contradictory things 00:32:32.460 --> 00:32:34.060 and say this pure gold 00:32:34.060 --> 00:32:35.000 is clear 00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:36.180 like glass. 00:32:39.400 --> 00:32:41.140 We can't quite imagine 00:32:41.140 --> 00:32:41.740 how beautiful 00:32:41.740 --> 00:32:42.580 this city will be 00:32:42.580 --> 00:32:43.620 and that's precisely 00:32:43.620 --> 00:32:44.220 the point. 00:32:44.220 --> 00:32:48.240 not only is this city 00:32:48.240 --> 00:32:49.400 itself made of pure gold 00:32:49.400 --> 00:32:50.680 verse 21 says 00:32:50.680 --> 00:32:51.980 the street of the city 00:32:51.980 --> 00:32:53.140 was pure gold 00:32:53.140 --> 00:32:54.980 like transparent glass. 00:32:56.200 --> 00:32:57.240 There are temples 00:32:57.240 --> 00:32:57.980 throughout the world 00:32:57.980 --> 00:32:59.140 that have been made of gold 00:32:59.140 --> 00:33:01.019 not purely of gold 00:33:01.019 --> 00:33:02.160 but still made of gold 00:33:02.160 --> 00:33:03.120 to a certain extent 00:33:03.120 --> 00:33:05.000 but I assure you 00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:06.779 there are no streets 00:33:06.779 --> 00:33:08.240 in any part of the world 00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:09.059 that is made of gold. 00:33:10.059 --> 00:33:10.559 None. 00:33:10.559 --> 00:33:14.119 Because that's just 00:33:14.119 --> 00:33:15.740 a little wasteful. 00:33:16.720 --> 00:33:18.519 That's too extravagant. 00:33:19.539 --> 00:33:20.059 Streets 00:33:20.059 --> 00:33:22.159 we walk on that. 00:33:23.399 --> 00:33:24.139 You're going to make that 00:33:24.139 --> 00:33:24.599 of gold? 00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:25.619 Nobody does that 00:33:25.619 --> 00:33:26.679 but in New Jerusalem 00:33:26.679 --> 00:33:27.879 even the street 00:33:27.879 --> 00:33:28.579 of the city 00:33:28.579 --> 00:33:30.200 is of pure gold 00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:30.940 which highlights 00:33:30.940 --> 00:33:32.519 the no expense 00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:33.779 spared luxury 00:33:33.779 --> 00:33:35.000 and beauty 00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:35.700 and glory 00:33:35.700 --> 00:33:36.440 of the city. 00:33:36.440 --> 00:33:39.840 Similarly 00:33:39.840 --> 00:33:40.620 verse 21 00:33:40.620 --> 00:33:40.920 says 00:33:40.920 --> 00:33:41.799 the 12 gates 00:33:41.799 --> 00:33:42.980 were 12 pearls 00:33:42.980 --> 00:33:44.580 each of the gates 00:33:44.580 --> 00:33:46.240 made of a single pearl. 00:33:47.340 --> 00:33:48.240 Some of you guys 00:33:48.240 --> 00:33:49.400 have pearl jewelry 00:33:49.400 --> 00:33:50.200 someone wearing pearl 00:33:50.200 --> 00:33:50.720 right now? 00:33:51.559 --> 00:33:52.620 Pearls are 00:33:52.620 --> 00:33:53.840 exceedingly rare 00:33:53.840 --> 00:33:57.380 and costly 00:33:57.380 --> 00:33:58.320 because they're produced 00:33:58.320 --> 00:34:00.019 by these shelled mollusks 00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:01.700 takes years 00:34:01.700 --> 00:34:02.299 to produce. 00:34:02.299 --> 00:34:05.279 That's why 00:34:05.279 --> 00:34:06.200 even a small pearl 00:34:06.200 --> 00:34:06.519 earring 00:34:06.519 --> 00:34:07.240 is so expensive 00:34:07.240 --> 00:34:08.860 and the larger 00:34:08.860 --> 00:34:09.759 the pearl gets 00:34:09.759 --> 00:34:10.759 the harder it is 00:34:10.759 --> 00:34:11.139 to produce 00:34:11.139 --> 00:34:12.079 the rarer it is 00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:13.300 and the more 00:34:13.300 --> 00:34:14.500 exponentially expensive 00:34:14.500 --> 00:34:15.219 it is. 00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:17.519 The largest pearl 00:34:17.519 --> 00:34:18.019 in the world 00:34:18.019 --> 00:34:20.179 is appropriately 00:34:20.179 --> 00:34:20.539 named 00:34:20.539 --> 00:34:21.519 the Giga Pearl. 00:34:23.500 --> 00:34:24.219 It weighs 00:34:24.219 --> 00:34:25.219 61 pounds 00:34:25.219 --> 00:34:25.539 and is about 00:34:25.539 --> 00:34:25.960 the size 00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:26.739 of a cow's head. 00:34:28.579 --> 00:34:29.400 It's valued 00:34:29.400 --> 00:34:29.679 at about 00:34:29.679 --> 00:34:30.779 90 million dollars. 00:34:32.300 --> 00:34:35.080 That's nothing. 00:34:38.080 --> 00:34:39.200 Remember how big 00:34:39.200 --> 00:34:39.620 the wall 00:34:39.620 --> 00:34:40.340 of the New Jerusalem 00:34:40.340 --> 00:34:40.660 is 00:34:40.660 --> 00:34:41.560 and how big 00:34:41.560 --> 00:34:42.800 this gate is 00:34:42.800 --> 00:34:44.519 and it says 00:34:44.519 --> 00:34:45.360 that each gate 00:34:45.360 --> 00:34:45.940 is fashioned 00:34:45.940 --> 00:34:47.820 out of a single pearl. 00:34:48.380 --> 00:34:49.280 Not a whole bunch 00:34:49.280 --> 00:34:50.000 of little pearls 00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:50.680 glued together 00:34:50.680 --> 00:34:52.340 a single pearl 00:34:52.340 --> 00:34:54.000 like the statue 00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:54.800 of David 00:34:54.800 --> 00:34:56.300 Michelangelo's David 00:34:56.300 --> 00:34:57.019 is made of a single 00:34:57.019 --> 00:34:58.100 pearl block. 00:34:59.320 --> 00:35:00.060 Not pearl 00:35:00.060 --> 00:35:00.660 sorry marble 00:35:00.660 --> 00:35:01.660 that cannot possibly 00:35:01.660 --> 00:35:01.980 be pearl 00:35:01.980 --> 00:35:02.260 sorry 00:35:02.260 --> 00:35:03.340 marble 00:35:03.340 --> 00:35:03.760 yeah 00:35:03.760 --> 00:35:10.580 and the pearls 00:35:10.580 --> 00:35:11.000 are not even 00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:11.640 the only jewels 00:35:11.640 --> 00:35:12.180 in this city. 00:35:12.540 --> 00:35:13.120 The foundations 00:35:13.120 --> 00:35:13.720 of the wall 00:35:13.720 --> 00:35:14.140 of the city 00:35:14.140 --> 00:35:14.580 are adorned 00:35:14.580 --> 00:35:15.680 with every kind 00:35:15.680 --> 00:35:16.160 of jewel 00:35:16.160 --> 00:35:16.620 it says 00:35:16.620 --> 00:35:17.280 in verse 19 00:35:17.280 --> 00:35:18.620 and these jewels 00:35:18.620 --> 00:35:19.540 are precious 00:35:19.540 --> 00:35:21.760 variegated colors 00:35:21.760 --> 00:35:22.580 gemstones 00:35:22.580 --> 00:35:23.600 that put the 00:35:23.600 --> 00:35:24.980 tawdry jewelry 00:35:24.980 --> 00:35:25.840 of Babylon 00:35:25.840 --> 00:35:26.660 the prostitute 00:35:26.660 --> 00:35:27.640 in Revelation 17 00:35:27.640 --> 00:35:28.080 4 00:35:28.080 --> 00:35:28.980 to shame. 00:35:28.980 --> 00:35:31.800 what's most 00:35:31.800 --> 00:35:32.280 significant 00:35:32.280 --> 00:35:32.980 about the precious 00:35:32.980 --> 00:35:33.760 stones listed 00:35:33.760 --> 00:35:34.320 here in verses 00:35:34.320 --> 00:35:35.099 19 to 20 00:35:35.099 --> 00:35:35.740 is that they 00:35:35.740 --> 00:35:36.679 match almost 00:35:36.679 --> 00:35:37.519 exactly 00:35:37.519 --> 00:35:38.860 and probably 00:35:38.860 --> 00:35:39.539 meant to 00:35:39.539 --> 00:35:40.119 reproduce 00:35:40.119 --> 00:35:41.480 the list 00:35:41.480 --> 00:35:41.900 of the 12 00:35:41.900 --> 00:35:42.599 precious stones 00:35:42.599 --> 00:35:43.300 that were set 00:35:43.300 --> 00:35:44.159 on the breastplate 00:35:44.159 --> 00:35:45.019 of the high priest 00:35:45.019 --> 00:35:45.480 who enters 00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:46.099 into the most 00:35:46.099 --> 00:35:47.199 holy place 00:35:47.199 --> 00:35:48.400 to intercede 00:35:48.400 --> 00:35:48.840 on behalf 00:35:48.840 --> 00:35:49.260 of the people 00:35:49.260 --> 00:35:49.579 of God 00:35:49.579 --> 00:35:49.920 in Exodus 00:35:49.920 --> 00:35:50.360 28 00:35:50.360 --> 00:35:51.340 17 to 20. 00:35:51.340 --> 00:35:54.260 those 12 00:35:54.260 --> 00:35:55.280 gems 00:35:55.280 --> 00:35:56.140 on the breastpiece 00:35:56.140 --> 00:35:56.660 of the high priest 00:35:56.660 --> 00:35:57.400 had the names 00:35:57.400 --> 00:35:57.880 of the 12 00:35:57.880 --> 00:35:58.400 sons of Israel 00:35:58.400 --> 00:35:59.440 inscribed on them 00:35:59.440 --> 00:36:00.260 and like us 00:36:00.260 --> 00:36:00.980 we have the names 00:36:00.980 --> 00:36:01.400 of the 12 00:36:01.400 --> 00:36:02.220 sons of Israel 00:36:02.220 --> 00:36:04.039 on the gates 00:36:04.039 --> 00:36:05.079 inscribed on the gates 00:36:05.079 --> 00:36:05.760 and the names 00:36:05.760 --> 00:36:06.220 of the apostles 00:36:06.220 --> 00:36:06.620 of the Lamb 00:36:06.620 --> 00:36:07.220 inscribed on the 00:36:07.220 --> 00:36:07.480 foundation 00:36:07.480 --> 00:36:08.280 of this new Jerusalem. 00:36:11.480 --> 00:36:11.900 Again 00:36:11.900 --> 00:36:12.640 driving home 00:36:12.640 --> 00:36:13.079 the point 00:36:13.079 --> 00:36:14.700 only the 00:36:14.700 --> 00:36:15.660 high priest 00:36:15.660 --> 00:36:16.340 wore those gems 00:36:16.340 --> 00:36:17.539 you'd think 00:36:17.539 --> 00:36:18.420 the common Israelites 00:36:18.420 --> 00:36:19.120 could dream 00:36:19.120 --> 00:36:19.740 of even one 00:36:19.740 --> 00:36:20.360 of those gems 00:36:20.360 --> 00:36:21.460 but now 00:36:21.460 --> 00:36:22.120 in the new Jerusalem 00:36:22.120 --> 00:36:23.160 all of us 00:36:23.160 --> 00:36:24.400 all of God's people 00:36:24.400 --> 00:36:25.800 we have those gems 00:36:25.800 --> 00:36:26.620 we're bedecked 00:36:26.620 --> 00:36:27.519 with those jewels 00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:28.920 for eternity 00:36:28.920 --> 00:36:31.559 and those precious stones 00:36:31.559 --> 00:36:32.700 function as a 00:36:32.700 --> 00:36:34.140 visible representation 00:36:34.140 --> 00:36:36.019 of what God 00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:36.960 says to his people 00:36:36.960 --> 00:36:37.800 in Exodus 19 00:36:37.800 --> 00:36:38.200 5 00:36:38.200 --> 00:36:39.720 you shall be 00:36:39.720 --> 00:36:41.099 my treasured 00:36:41.099 --> 00:36:41.539 possession 00:36:41.539 --> 00:36:42.740 among all peoples 00:36:42.740 --> 00:36:46.840 do you know 00:36:46.840 --> 00:36:47.920 saints of God 00:36:47.920 --> 00:36:50.340 every single one 00:36:50.340 --> 00:36:50.500 of you 00:36:50.500 --> 00:36:51.200 do you know 00:36:51.200 --> 00:36:52.240 people of God 00:36:52.240 --> 00:36:52.920 how precious 00:36:52.920 --> 00:36:53.820 you are to him 00:36:53.820 --> 00:36:56.039 the new Jerusalem 00:36:56.039 --> 00:36:57.160 is not going to be 00:36:57.160 --> 00:36:57.940 constructed 00:36:57.940 --> 00:36:58.780 with cheap 00:36:58.780 --> 00:36:59.480 plywood 00:36:59.480 --> 00:37:00.960 and cold steel 00:37:00.960 --> 00:37:02.079 and dull 00:37:02.079 --> 00:37:03.579 boring concrete 00:37:03.579 --> 00:37:04.780 it's going to be 00:37:04.780 --> 00:37:05.980 made up of gold 00:37:05.980 --> 00:37:06.880 and crystals 00:37:06.880 --> 00:37:08.380 and be decked 00:37:08.380 --> 00:37:09.079 with all kinds 00:37:09.079 --> 00:37:09.559 of jewels 00:37:09.559 --> 00:37:10.780 and that 00:37:10.780 --> 00:37:11.420 demonstrates 00:37:11.420 --> 00:37:12.760 your inestimable 00:37:12.760 --> 00:37:13.880 value to God 00:37:13.880 --> 00:37:17.660 you are no 00:37:17.660 --> 00:37:18.800 reclaimed good 00:37:18.800 --> 00:37:19.619 from dumpster 00:37:19.619 --> 00:37:19.960 diving 00:37:19.960 --> 00:37:21.280 at the end 00:37:21.280 --> 00:37:21.820 of the summer 00:37:21.820 --> 00:37:22.720 or beginning 00:37:22.720 --> 00:37:23.260 of the summer 00:37:23.260 --> 00:37:25.039 you're not 00:37:25.039 --> 00:37:26.000 used good 00:37:26.000 --> 00:37:27.340 purchased from 00:37:27.340 --> 00:37:28.400 Facebook marketplace 00:37:28.400 --> 00:37:32.440 you are 00:37:32.440 --> 00:37:33.099 God's 00:37:33.099 --> 00:37:34.079 treasured 00:37:34.079 --> 00:37:34.619 possession 00:37:34.619 --> 00:37:39.980 Taylor Swift 00:37:39.980 --> 00:37:42.400 Beyonce 00:37:42.400 --> 00:37:44.340 Lionel Messi 00:37:44.340 --> 00:37:46.420 Cristiano Ronaldo 00:37:46.420 --> 00:37:48.440 they're all 00:37:48.440 --> 00:37:49.159 lowly 00:37:49.159 --> 00:37:49.960 plebes 00:37:49.960 --> 00:37:51.960 compared to 00:37:51.960 --> 00:37:52.699 who you are 00:37:52.699 --> 00:37:53.440 in Christ Jesus 00:37:53.440 --> 00:37:54.300 do you believe that? 00:37:57.420 --> 00:37:58.440 now don't let it 00:37:58.440 --> 00:37:59.099 get to your head 00:37:59.099 --> 00:37:59.460 you're 00:37:59.460 --> 00:38:02.420 we should be 00:38:02.420 --> 00:38:02.760 humble 00:38:02.760 --> 00:38:03.719 because we are 00:38:03.719 --> 00:38:04.360 sinners saved 00:38:04.360 --> 00:38:04.860 by the mercy 00:38:04.860 --> 00:38:05.699 and grace of God 00:38:05.699 --> 00:38:07.259 but at the same 00:38:07.259 --> 00:38:07.899 time have 00:38:07.899 --> 00:38:08.599 an amazing 00:38:08.599 --> 00:38:09.259 confidence 00:38:09.259 --> 00:38:10.019 in Christ 00:38:10.019 --> 00:38:10.599 you should all 00:38:10.599 --> 00:38:11.259 walk out of here 00:38:11.259 --> 00:38:11.839 with your heads 00:38:11.839 --> 00:38:12.319 held high 00:38:12.319 --> 00:38:17.699 the political 00:38:17.699 --> 00:38:18.239 elites 00:38:18.239 --> 00:38:19.399 the intelligentsia 00:38:19.399 --> 00:38:20.159 the wealthy 00:38:20.159 --> 00:38:20.839 1% 00:38:20.839 --> 00:38:21.639 the Hollywood 00:38:21.639 --> 00:38:22.099 stars 00:38:22.099 --> 00:38:23.199 have nothing 00:38:23.199 --> 00:38:24.000 they have 00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:24.519 nothing 00:38:24.519 --> 00:38:24.799 on even 00:38:24.799 --> 00:38:25.639 the simplest 00:38:25.639 --> 00:38:26.259 and the 00:38:26.259 --> 00:38:27.439 most humble 00:38:27.439 --> 00:38:28.139 believer 00:38:28.139 --> 00:38:28.899 in Christ 00:38:28.899 --> 00:38:29.299 they have 00:38:29.299 --> 00:38:29.699 nothing 00:38:29.699 --> 00:38:30.079 on him 00:38:30.079 --> 00:38:30.480 or her 00:38:30.480 --> 00:38:34.679 they are 00:38:34.679 --> 00:38:35.099 the dwelling 00:38:35.099 --> 00:38:35.420 place 00:38:35.420 --> 00:38:35.819 of God 00:38:35.819 --> 00:38:36.839 the bride 00:38:36.839 --> 00:38:37.420 and wife 00:38:37.420 --> 00:38:37.699 of the 00:38:37.699 --> 00:38:38.099 land 00:38:38.099 --> 00:38:41.360 in addition 00:38:41.360 --> 00:38:41.779 to being 00:38:41.779 --> 00:38:42.519 contrasted 00:38:42.519 --> 00:38:42.960 with Babylon 00:38:42.960 --> 00:38:43.739 the prostitute 00:38:43.739 --> 00:38:45.239 this perfected 00:38:45.239 --> 00:38:45.900 bride of Christ 00:38:45.900 --> 00:38:46.699 is also being 00:38:46.699 --> 00:38:47.500 contrasted 00:38:47.500 --> 00:38:48.199 with the still 00:38:48.199 --> 00:38:48.920 imperfect 00:38:48.920 --> 00:38:50.079 bride of Christ 00:38:50.079 --> 00:38:50.619 at the beginning 00:38:50.619 --> 00:38:51.119 of the book 00:38:51.119 --> 00:38:51.460 that we saw 00:38:51.460 --> 00:38:52.039 in chapters 2 00:38:52.039 --> 00:38:52.400 and 3 00:38:52.400 --> 00:38:54.759 I have this 00:38:54.759 --> 00:38:55.139 to show 00:38:55.139 --> 00:38:55.659 Revelation 00:38:55.659 --> 00:38:56.739 began with 00:38:56.739 --> 00:38:57.599 a prologue 00:38:57.599 --> 00:38:58.159 and then a 00:38:58.159 --> 00:38:58.579 vision of 00:38:58.579 --> 00:38:59.199 the imperfect 00:38:59.199 --> 00:38:59.719 church 00:38:59.719 --> 00:39:00.500 and then a 00:39:00.500 --> 00:39:00.880 vision of 00:39:00.880 --> 00:39:01.599 God's throne 00:39:01.599 --> 00:39:02.420 and Christ's 00:39:02.420 --> 00:39:02.960 inauguration 00:39:02.960 --> 00:39:03.519 of God's 00:39:03.519 --> 00:39:03.880 judgment 00:39:03.880 --> 00:39:04.960 and then 00:39:04.960 --> 00:39:05.380 at the end 00:39:05.380 --> 00:39:05.820 of the book 00:39:05.820 --> 00:39:06.440 in matching 00:39:06.440 --> 00:39:07.440 reverse order 00:39:07.440 --> 00:39:08.140 Revelation 00:39:08.140 --> 00:39:08.940 ends with 00:39:08.940 --> 00:39:09.300 the vision 00:39:09.300 --> 00:39:09.880 of God's 00:39:09.880 --> 00:39:10.220 throne 00:39:10.220 --> 00:39:10.860 and Christ's 00:39:10.860 --> 00:39:11.360 consummation 00:39:11.360 --> 00:39:11.760 of his 00:39:11.760 --> 00:39:12.099 judgment 00:39:12.099 --> 00:39:12.800 and a 00:39:12.800 --> 00:39:13.079 vision 00:39:13.079 --> 00:39:13.480 of the 00:39:13.480 --> 00:39:14.300 perfected 00:39:14.300 --> 00:39:14.619 church 00:39:14.619 --> 00:39:14.980 followed 00:39:14.980 --> 00:39:15.480 by an 00:39:15.480 --> 00:39:15.940 epilogue 00:39:15.940 --> 00:39:17.059 and this 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00:39:31.360 --> 00:39:31.880 they had 00:39:31.880 --> 00:39:32.480 at first 00:39:32.480 --> 00:39:33.460 that some 00:39:33.460 --> 00:39:34.140 tolerate 00:39:34.140 --> 00:39:34.760 false 00:39:34.760 --> 00:39:35.340 teaching 00:39:35.340 --> 00:39:36.059 and false 00:39:36.059 --> 00:39:36.519 teachers 00:39:36.519 --> 00:39:37.059 that some 00:39:37.059 --> 00:39:38.039 have soiled 00:39:38.039 --> 00:39:38.780 their garments 00:39:38.780 --> 00:39:39.599 by practicing 00:39:39.599 --> 00:39:40.380 idolatry 00:39:40.380 --> 00:39:40.860 and sexual 00:39:40.860 --> 00:39:41.440 immorality 00:39:41.440 --> 00:39:42.220 that some 00:39:42.220 --> 00:39:42.619 churches 00:39:42.619 --> 00:39:42.920 have the 00:39:42.920 --> 00:39:43.500 reputation 00:39:43.500 --> 00:39:43.920 of being 00:39:43.920 --> 00:39:44.240 alive 00:39:44.240 --> 00:39:44.579 but are 00:39:44.579 --> 00:39:45.059 dead 00:39:45.059 --> 00:39:45.720 and they're 00:39:45.720 --> 00:39:46.260 spiritually 00:39:46.260 --> 00:39:46.960 asleep 00:39:46.960 --> 00:39:48.099 some churches 00:39:48.099 --> 00:39:48.900 are lukewarm 00:39:48.900 --> 00:39:49.280 and neither 00:39:49.280 --> 00:39:50.360 hot nor cold 00:39:50.360 --> 00:39:51.180 they're self 00:39:51.180 --> 00:39:51.680 deluded 00:39:51.680 --> 00:39:52.240 and wretched 00:39:52.240 --> 00:39:52.880 and pitiable 00:39:52.880 --> 00:39:53.400 and poor 00:39:53.400 --> 00:39:53.920 and blind 00:39:53.920 --> 00:39:54.480 and naked 00:39:54.480 --> 00:39:57.940 but incredibly 00:39:57.940 --> 00:39:58.860 despite all 00:39:58.860 --> 00:39:59.360 of that 00:39:59.360 --> 00:40:00.300 Jesus addresses 00:40:00.300 --> 00:40:01.000 every single 00:40:01.000 --> 00:40:01.460 one of those 00:40:01.460 --> 00:40:02.039 seven churches 00:40:02.039 --> 00:40:02.820 as his 00:40:02.820 --> 00:40:03.240 church 00:40:03.240 --> 00:40:05.280 that still 00:40:05.280 --> 00:40:05.860 has an 00:40:05.860 --> 00:40:06.340 angel 00:40:06.340 --> 00:40:06.920 representing 00:40:06.920 --> 00:40:07.300 them in 00:40:07.300 --> 00:40:07.519 heaven 00:40:07.519 --> 00:40:08.220 that still 00:40:08.220 --> 00:40:08.740 has the 00:40:08.740 --> 00:40:09.200 lamp 00:40:09.200 --> 00:40:09.900 burning 00:40:09.900 --> 00:40:10.740 before 00:40:10.740 --> 00:40:11.539 the throne 00:40:11.539 --> 00:40:12.200 of God 00:40:12.200 --> 00:40:15.240 Jesus 00:40:15.240 --> 00:40:15.680 does 00:40:15.680 --> 00:40:16.099 rebuke 00:40:16.099 --> 00:40:16.420 some of 00:40:16.420 --> 00:40:16.579 those 00:40:16.579 --> 00:40:16.860 churches 00:40:16.860 --> 00:40:17.420 in utter 00:40:17.420 --> 00:40:18.140 sincerity 00:40:18.140 --> 00:40:19.099 saying in 00:40:19.099 --> 00:40:19.599 Revelation 3 00:40:19.599 --> 00:40:19.880 19 00:40:19.880 --> 00:40:20.320 those whom 00:40:20.320 --> 00:40:21.079 I love 00:40:21.079 --> 00:40:21.800 I reprove 00:40:21.800 --> 00:40:22.360 and discipline 00:40:22.360 --> 00:40:22.760 so be 00:40:22.760 --> 00:40:23.120 zealous 00:40:23.120 --> 00:40:24.059 and repent 00:40:24.059 --> 00:40:25.320 but Jesus 00:40:25.320 --> 00:40:26.559 never speaks 00:40:26.559 --> 00:40:27.420 derisively 00:40:27.420 --> 00:40:28.539 or dismissively 00:40:28.539 --> 00:40:29.579 about his 00:40:29.579 --> 00:40:29.920 church 00:40:29.920 --> 00:40:32.719 why 00:40:32.719 --> 00:40:33.860 because he 00:40:33.860 --> 00:40:34.259 knows two 00:40:34.259 --> 00:40:34.779 things that 00:40:34.779 --> 00:40:35.159 we often 00:40:35.159 --> 00:40:35.519 forget 00:40:35.519 --> 00:40:36.259 he knows 00:40:36.259 --> 00:40:36.800 the church's 00:40:36.800 --> 00:40:37.639 true identity 00:40:37.639 --> 00:40:39.380 that the 00:40:39.380 --> 00:40:39.800 church is the 00:40:39.800 --> 00:40:40.159 bride 00:40:40.159 --> 00:40:41.059 the wife 00:40:41.059 --> 00:40:41.300 of the 00:40:41.300 --> 00:40:41.519 lamb 00:40:41.519 --> 00:40:42.500 and because 00:40:42.500 --> 00:40:43.079 two he 00:40:43.079 --> 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in 00:41:01.839 --> 00:41:02.420 a demeaning 00:41:02.420 --> 00:41:03.139 and dismissive 00:41:03.139 --> 00:41:03.639 manner about 00:41:03.639 --> 00:41:04.019 the church 00:41:04.019 --> 00:41:04.480 of Christ 00:41:04.480 --> 00:41:07.059 well it's 00:41:07.059 --> 00:41:07.799 because of 00:41:07.799 --> 00:41:08.339 hypocritical 00:41:08.339 --> 00:41:08.739 Christians 00:41:08.739 --> 00:41:09.079 there are 00:41:09.079 --> 00:41:09.559 countries 00:41:09.559 --> 00:41:09.880 in a 00:41:09.880 --> 00:41:10.119 downward 00:41:10.119 --> 00:41:10.619 spiral 00:41:10.619 --> 00:41:12.519 well it's 00:41:12.519 --> 00:41:13.279 the church's 00:41:13.279 --> 00:41:13.960 failure of 00:41:13.960 --> 00:41:14.239 witness 00:41:14.239 --> 00:41:14.599 is to 00:41:14.599 --> 00:41:14.900 blame 00:41:14.900 --> 00:41:15.199 for the 00:41:15.199 --> 00:41:15.579 cultural 00:41:15.579 --> 00:41:16.239 decadence 00:41:16.239 --> 00:41:16.579 and the 00:41:16.579 --> 00:41:16.839 spiritual 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00:42:35.340 --> 00:42:35.619 Jesus 00:42:35.619 --> 00:42:36.099 is a 00:42:36.099 --> 00:42:36.280 lot 00:42:36.280 --> 00:42:37.019 more 00:42:37.019 --> 00:42:37.460 awesome 00:42:37.460 --> 00:42:39.760 a lot 00:42:39.760 --> 00:42:39.960 more 00:42:39.960 --> 00:42:40.240 to be 00:42:40.240 --> 00:42:40.619 feared 00:42:40.619 --> 00:42:47.480 yes 00:42:47.480 --> 00:42:48.059 we must 00:42:48.059 --> 00:42:48.519 at times 00:42:48.519 --> 00:42:48.860 speak 00:42:48.860 --> 00:42:49.320 as a 00:42:49.320 --> 00:42:49.619 prophetic 00:42:49.619 --> 00:42:50.059 witness 00:42:50.059 --> 00:42:50.380 against 00:42:50.380 --> 00:42:50.559 the 00:42:50.559 --> 00:42:50.740 sins 00:42:50.740 --> 00:42:50.960 of the 00:42:50.960 --> 00:42:51.260 church 00:42:51.260 --> 00:42:52.440 but 00:42:52.440 --> 00:42:52.820 when we 00:42:52.820 --> 00:42:53.099 do 00:42:53.099 --> 00:42:53.340 we 00:42:53.340 --> 00:42:53.539 must 00:42:53.539 --> 00:42:53.699 do 00:42:53.699 --> 00:42:53.900 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