WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.700 Just recently, a friend of mine was getting into his car a few blocks from here. 00:00:04.060 --> 00:00:05.400 This is just a little while ago. 00:00:06.580 --> 00:00:11.560 And a woman either got in the car with him or came up right to his window, 00:00:12.060 --> 00:00:13.800 and she propositioned him. 00:00:14.900 --> 00:00:18.600 She said, essentially, I'll perform this act 00:00:18.600 --> 00:00:22.400 if you'll just give me a ride over this place in the city. 00:00:22.400 --> 00:00:26.320 And so she was prostituting herself for a car ride. 00:00:26.320 --> 00:00:30.000 Now, maybe you're in the room and you're saying, 00:00:30.519 --> 00:00:32.340 man, I hope that never happens to me. 00:00:33.380 --> 00:00:36.060 Or you're sitting here thinking, I wonder what my husband would do 00:00:36.060 --> 00:00:37.560 if he was propositioned like that. 00:00:38.859 --> 00:00:42.120 Maybe you're the husband thinking, what would I do if I was propositioned like that? 00:00:45.120 --> 00:00:49.299 Well, this morning what you need to understand is that it's not if you get propositioned, 00:00:49.299 --> 00:00:52.299 it's you are getting propositioned. 00:00:56.320 --> 00:01:00.159 This morning, God's word shows us that there is another prostitute, 00:01:00.320 --> 00:01:02.980 the great prostitute, the world, 00:01:04.060 --> 00:01:09.019 who is regularly propositioning us with various kinds of seductions. 00:01:09.200 --> 00:01:13.000 And they run along the lines of pleasure and prosperity, 00:01:13.659 --> 00:01:17.240 and they're designed to win our hearts away from our first love. 00:01:17.239 --> 00:01:25.019 There are all sorts of seductions with which the great prostitute seeks to seduce us. 00:01:25.140 --> 00:01:30.019 There are the sexual seductions, and then there's the entertainment seductions. 00:01:30.299 --> 00:01:35.060 There's the financial seductions, knowledge seductions, success seductions. 00:01:35.679 --> 00:01:38.719 There is power seductions and comfort seductions. 00:01:39.199 --> 00:01:40.819 It's all about seduction. 00:01:43.039 --> 00:01:45.739 Capturing the desires of your heart and leading you astray. 00:01:45.739 --> 00:01:52.699 The world is seeking to seduce your heart away from your great first love, 00:01:53.799 --> 00:01:55.060 the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:01:56.479 --> 00:01:57.640 And you must resist her. 00:01:59.419 --> 00:02:01.840 Don't marvel at her. 00:02:02.899 --> 00:02:06.699 Rather, there's something more glorious to marvel at. 00:02:06.700 --> 00:02:11.080 Let me get your bearings in place if you're new here. 00:02:12.659 --> 00:02:13.920 We're in the book of Revelation. 00:02:13.920 --> 00:02:17.140 We've been preaching through the book of Revelation for some time now. 00:02:17.340 --> 00:02:19.699 And just two weeks ago, we were in Revelation chapter 16. 00:02:20.140 --> 00:02:24.379 And chapter 16 shows us the seven bold judgments of God. 00:02:24.460 --> 00:02:28.860 They're the full and final judgments of God on earth. 00:02:28.860 --> 00:02:38.680 And it's the seventh bold judgment, verse 19, that we read that the great city Babylon was utterly destroyed. 00:02:38.680 --> 00:02:41.840 So here's what's going on. 00:02:43.460 --> 00:02:50.700 What's referenced, and we're given a sneak peek of in verse 19, chapter 17 and 18 of Revelation, 00:02:50.860 --> 00:02:53.879 it opens up for us to see with greater clarity. 00:02:54.719 --> 00:02:56.760 To see the fall of Babylon. 00:02:58.000 --> 00:03:00.580 So chapter 17, what we're going to look at this morning is, 00:03:00.840 --> 00:03:03.180 there's this angelic show and tell going on. 00:03:03.180 --> 00:03:09.840 An angel shows John this prostitute and then explains to him the details surrounding her. 00:03:10.900 --> 00:03:18.680 And then in chapter 18, what we see is a description of her total destruction with various responses from various people. 00:03:20.100 --> 00:03:22.379 Like I said this morning, we're in chapter 17. 00:03:23.939 --> 00:03:30.420 And you can break it up simply as verses 1 through 6, the angel shows John this prostitute. 00:03:30.419 --> 00:03:37.739 And then verses 7 through 18, he explains to John who this prostitute is. 00:03:38.159 --> 00:03:41.679 And so, getting, kind of taking my cues from this show and tell, 00:03:41.799 --> 00:03:43.399 here's how we're going to proceed this morning. 00:03:44.579 --> 00:03:47.060 I want to ask five questions of this woman. 00:03:48.159 --> 00:03:52.500 And as we answer those five questions of this woman in chapter 17, 00:03:53.239 --> 00:03:55.339 I want to show and tell the answer. 00:03:55.779 --> 00:03:56.899 Just from the scriptures. 00:03:57.419 --> 00:03:58.560 From Revelation 17. 00:03:58.560 --> 00:04:01.599 So let's just dive right in with the first question. 00:04:02.620 --> 00:04:03.939 Who is this prostitute? 00:04:04.159 --> 00:04:05.460 Here's why you need to know this. 00:04:06.520 --> 00:04:08.039 You're not to marvel at her. 00:04:09.180 --> 00:04:10.659 You're to marvel at something else. 00:04:11.699 --> 00:04:15.420 So who is this woman that we see in chapter 17? 00:04:15.560 --> 00:04:16.699 Well, verse 1, we read, 00:04:19.399 --> 00:04:22.500 One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, 00:04:22.540 --> 00:04:24.720 this is one of the angels who just poured out one of bowl judgments. 00:04:24.720 --> 00:04:26.780 He says to John, 00:04:26.980 --> 00:04:31.680 Come and I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who's seated on many waters. 00:04:32.320 --> 00:04:33.480 The great prostitute. 00:04:33.620 --> 00:04:35.640 The ultimate prostitute. 00:04:36.600 --> 00:04:39.520 Prostitution is an abomination in God's sight. 00:04:39.620 --> 00:04:40.340 And here's why. 00:04:42.300 --> 00:04:48.120 Prostitution is this distorted twisting of God's good gift of marriage 00:04:48.120 --> 00:04:51.579 between one man and one woman for life. 00:04:52.160 --> 00:05:00.579 It's this twisted distortion that runs roughshod over the exclusive relationship 00:05:00.579 --> 00:05:05.360 between one man and one woman for sexuality to be expressed. 00:05:05.360 --> 00:05:12.699 So prostitution is this awful distortion of this good thing called marriage. 00:05:14.040 --> 00:05:18.920 And in the Bible, this infidelity gets used as a metaphor. 00:05:20.840 --> 00:05:25.800 We see it in like Ezekiel 16, in the book of Hosea. 00:05:27.340 --> 00:05:32.639 Prostitution is a metaphor for God's people being unfaithful to God. 00:05:32.639 --> 00:05:37.459 And it's always connected to idolatry. 00:05:38.259 --> 00:05:42.879 People rejecting the one true great covenant making God 00:05:42.879 --> 00:05:47.680 and going after other false gods who cannot deliver. 00:05:49.379 --> 00:05:57.360 And so prostitution throughout your Bible is used to talk about spiritual adultery or idolatry. 00:05:57.360 --> 00:06:01.300 Who is this woman? 00:06:01.439 --> 00:06:03.020 She's the great prostitute. 00:06:04.420 --> 00:06:16.180 She is a spiritual whore leading the nations away from the exclusive worship of the one true God. 00:06:16.540 --> 00:06:17.340 That's who this is. 00:06:18.720 --> 00:06:23.199 And if you notice, and I think it's verse 5, she's going by another name. 00:06:23.199 --> 00:06:27.539 On her forehead is written, Babylon the Great. 00:06:30.560 --> 00:06:38.360 This woman that we're seeing here is the great city that is dominating over the kings of the earth. 00:06:38.439 --> 00:06:40.579 Just let your eyes fall in verse 18. 00:06:41.060 --> 00:06:48.159 And the woman, the angel tells us, that you saw is the great city that is dominating over the earth. 00:06:48.160 --> 00:06:52.260 Now flip, just look back to verse 19 in chapter 16. 00:06:52.360 --> 00:06:56.560 The great city was split into three parts and the cities of the nations fell. 00:06:56.960 --> 00:07:01.740 And God remembered Babylon the Great to make her drain the cup of the wine of the fury of his wrath. 00:07:04.820 --> 00:07:08.620 What you need to know about Babylon is if you're familiar with the book of Daniel, 00:07:08.740 --> 00:07:10.400 Nebuchadnezzar was in Babylon. 00:07:10.399 --> 00:07:15.620 Babylon is a city that's opposed to God and oppresses God's people. 00:07:16.819 --> 00:07:19.739 But Babylon gets its namesake from another city. 00:07:20.839 --> 00:07:21.399 Babel. 00:07:22.259 --> 00:07:23.299 Genesis chapter 11. 00:07:23.379 --> 00:07:24.679 Remember the story of Babel? 00:07:26.099 --> 00:07:29.879 Humankind organized in rebellion against God, 00:07:30.060 --> 00:07:33.739 builds a tower in their pride to make them equal with God. 00:07:34.079 --> 00:07:34.639 Remember that? 00:07:34.639 --> 00:07:42.479 So for this lady to be labeled a prostitute in Babylon is no compliment. 00:07:44.560 --> 00:07:51.879 We're told in 1718 that this woman, this prostitute, is this great city, Babylon. 00:07:52.399 --> 00:07:57.819 A people organized in spiritual rebellion against God. 00:07:58.060 --> 00:08:00.279 And it transcends history. 00:08:01.120 --> 00:08:03.419 This prostitute has showed up as Babel. 00:08:03.420 --> 00:08:14.280 Babylon, Nineveh, Tyre, Sidon, Sodom, Gomorrah, Jerusalem, Rome, Washington, D.C., New York, L.A., Hollywood, Sunset Strip, Huey Lewis and the News. 00:08:16.379 --> 00:08:21.720 It's all a way of describing humanity in organized rebellion against God. 00:08:23.720 --> 00:08:25.920 Same horror. 00:08:26.800 --> 00:08:28.100 Different cities. 00:08:28.100 --> 00:08:34.860 And the one great city represents, this Babylon represents opposition to God. 00:08:36.019 --> 00:08:40.040 And so the prostitute Babylon has her own community. 00:08:40.600 --> 00:08:44.360 She has her own desires, values, goals, and methods. 00:08:44.800 --> 00:08:53.779 And the hallmark of Babylon the prostitute is the relentless pursuit of pleasure and prosperity. 00:08:53.779 --> 00:08:55.860 Apart from God. 00:08:56.899 --> 00:08:58.379 She is a seductress. 00:08:59.259 --> 00:09:04.439 So, so far what we've learned is that this great, this woman is the great prostitute Babylon. 00:09:04.440 --> 00:09:15.540 And for those of us who may be familiar with other passages in our Bibles, it's another way of describing the world. 00:09:17.120 --> 00:09:19.200 Not the created world. 00:09:19.300 --> 00:09:19.980 Not the planet. 00:09:19.980 --> 00:09:26.700 But what John talks about in John 17 and 1 John 2 and 1 John 5. 00:09:26.700 --> 00:09:28.440 As the world. 00:09:28.440 --> 00:09:32.340 As humanity in organized rebellion against God. 00:09:32.420 --> 00:09:36.140 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son. 00:09:37.000 --> 00:09:39.560 That whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 00:09:39.800 --> 00:09:40.280 That world. 00:09:40.920 --> 00:09:41.600 Not the planet. 00:09:43.060 --> 00:09:44.200 Humanity and their sin. 00:09:44.280 --> 00:09:46.100 With all the institutions and systems. 00:09:46.100 --> 00:09:53.399 This woman is a prostitute Babylon. 00:09:54.100 --> 00:09:56.759 The world organized against God. 00:09:56.879 --> 00:09:58.899 And there's just one more thing I want you to notice. 00:09:59.019 --> 00:09:59.940 And it's verse 6. 00:10:00.519 --> 00:10:01.279 She's drunk. 00:10:02.360 --> 00:10:04.399 A drunken prostitute. 00:10:05.840 --> 00:10:11.080 And she's drunk on the blood of the saints and on the martyrs of Jesus. 00:10:11.080 --> 00:10:12.860 Which means she is no ally. 00:10:12.860 --> 00:10:19.700 She is an enemy of the lamb and of his bride. 00:10:21.779 --> 00:10:23.000 Who is this woman? 00:10:24.899 --> 00:10:26.759 The great prostitute Babylon. 00:10:27.080 --> 00:10:27.560 The world. 00:10:28.820 --> 00:10:30.180 Don't marvel at her. 00:10:32.560 --> 00:10:34.360 Next question I want to ask is. 00:10:35.019 --> 00:10:35.399 Well who are. 00:10:35.700 --> 00:10:36.620 If she's a prostitute. 00:10:36.720 --> 00:10:37.460 Who are her Johns? 00:10:38.399 --> 00:10:40.440 Who are her clientele? 00:10:40.440 --> 00:10:40.560 Well. 00:10:41.080 --> 00:10:41.840 And we're told. 00:10:41.960 --> 00:10:43.880 We're shown in verse 2. 00:10:45.020 --> 00:10:47.920 With whom the kings of the earth commit sexual immorality. 00:10:48.560 --> 00:10:52.560 And with the wine of whose sexual immorality the dwellers on the earth have become drunk. 00:10:52.760 --> 00:10:53.680 We're shown. 00:10:54.260 --> 00:10:55.040 The kings of the earth. 00:10:55.140 --> 00:10:57.160 Those in positions of power who don't fear God. 00:10:58.440 --> 00:10:59.560 They go after her. 00:11:00.020 --> 00:11:01.060 They commit adultery with her. 00:11:01.360 --> 00:11:02.240 Idolatry with her. 00:11:03.000 --> 00:11:04.520 And not just those in power. 00:11:04.720 --> 00:11:05.880 It's everybody else. 00:11:05.879 --> 00:11:07.399 The dwellers of the earth. 00:11:07.480 --> 00:11:08.620 I've been telling you all along. 00:11:09.080 --> 00:11:11.179 That the dwellers of the earth is a phrase. 00:11:11.299 --> 00:11:12.379 A technical phrase. 00:11:12.720 --> 00:11:14.580 For all who have rejected the lamb. 00:11:19.000 --> 00:11:23.279 They're drunk on the wine of her sexual immorality. 00:11:23.519 --> 00:11:24.539 They're out of their minds. 00:11:24.899 --> 00:11:27.460 Maybe you heard of beer goggling before. 00:11:28.039 --> 00:11:29.840 They're babble goggling. 00:11:30.039 --> 00:11:31.759 They don't see things clearly. 00:11:31.759 --> 00:11:39.399 They've been unduly influenced by her immorality. 00:11:39.539 --> 00:11:40.360 Her idolatry. 00:11:42.360 --> 00:11:44.700 We're told in verse 8. 00:11:45.620 --> 00:11:47.620 That these dwellers of the earth. 00:11:47.860 --> 00:11:51.220 That their names are not written in the book of life. 00:11:52.100 --> 00:11:54.480 For the foundation of the world. 00:11:54.919 --> 00:12:01.100 These dwellers of the earth have not experienced the life changing saving grace. 00:12:01.100 --> 00:12:02.040 Of the lamb. 00:12:02.720 --> 00:12:04.060 They're opposed to him. 00:12:04.379 --> 00:12:07.220 And so what her clientele is. 00:12:07.220 --> 00:12:10.200 Are all those who have not been appointed for eternal life. 00:12:11.540 --> 00:12:12.639 Citizens of Babylon. 00:12:13.560 --> 00:12:15.139 Clients of the prostitute. 00:12:15.840 --> 00:12:16.980 And in verse 1. 00:12:17.159 --> 00:12:17.899 We read this. 00:12:18.920 --> 00:12:21.720 Come I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute. 00:12:21.860 --> 00:12:23.139 Who seated on many waters. 00:12:23.259 --> 00:12:24.159 Do you see that? 00:12:24.920 --> 00:12:26.000 Seated on many waters. 00:12:26.279 --> 00:12:27.379 Look down at verse 15. 00:12:28.340 --> 00:12:29.759 We're told what that is. 00:12:29.759 --> 00:12:31.319 And the angel said to me. 00:12:31.500 --> 00:12:32.720 The waters that you saw. 00:12:32.899 --> 00:12:34.000 Where the prostitute. 00:12:34.200 --> 00:12:35.740 Where the prostitute is seated. 00:12:35.939 --> 00:12:39.299 Are peoples and multitudes and nations and languages. 00:12:40.559 --> 00:12:42.759 This prostitute Babylon. 00:12:43.460 --> 00:12:44.620 Representing the world. 00:12:45.019 --> 00:12:47.860 Is sitting over all the peoples of the world. 00:12:47.960 --> 00:12:49.419 Who are not followers of Jesus. 00:12:49.639 --> 00:12:50.840 To do her bidding. 00:12:51.080 --> 00:12:53.299 To seduce them away from the lamb. 00:12:53.299 --> 00:12:55.399 To capture their hearts. 00:12:55.620 --> 00:12:57.659 By sheer force. 00:12:57.659 --> 00:13:00.099 And allure of desires. 00:13:04.500 --> 00:13:06.759 If you flip back in the book of Revelation. 00:13:07.039 --> 00:13:08.479 To chapter 2. 00:13:08.599 --> 00:13:09.339 Verse 20. 00:13:09.340 --> 00:13:11.540 The risen. 00:13:12.080 --> 00:13:13.340 Radiant and reigning Christ. 00:13:13.600 --> 00:13:16.060 Is sent letters to these seven churches. 00:13:16.720 --> 00:13:18.920 And he sends one to the church in Theotira. 00:13:19.200 --> 00:13:20.060 And in verse 20. 00:13:20.180 --> 00:13:20.840 We read this. 00:13:21.399 --> 00:13:23.639 But I have this against you church. 00:13:24.360 --> 00:13:26.899 That you tolerate that woman Jezebel. 00:13:26.980 --> 00:13:28.780 Who calls herself a prophetess. 00:13:29.240 --> 00:13:32.040 And is teaching and seducing my servants. 00:13:32.040 --> 00:13:34.800 To practice sexual immorality. 00:13:34.799 --> 00:13:38.240 And eat food sacrificed to idols. 00:13:38.339 --> 00:13:40.059 Remember this is all one book. 00:13:40.279 --> 00:13:40.659 Written to. 00:13:40.779 --> 00:13:42.339 Originally written to these seven churches. 00:13:43.279 --> 00:13:45.279 They had already been experienced. 00:13:45.399 --> 00:13:47.099 The seduction of this prostitute. 00:13:47.399 --> 00:13:49.559 Through this teacher named Jezebel. 00:13:49.699 --> 00:13:50.639 In their church. 00:13:52.839 --> 00:13:54.500 They were being drawn away. 00:13:54.659 --> 00:13:58.039 They were being tempted. 00:13:58.599 --> 00:13:59.899 To marvel. 00:14:00.500 --> 00:14:02.299 At the prostitute. 00:14:02.539 --> 00:14:04.699 Like all those who have never experienced. 00:14:04.799 --> 00:14:06.479 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:14:13.620 --> 00:14:14.620 In Theotira. 00:14:14.799 --> 00:14:16.179 It seems as though these Christians. 00:14:16.359 --> 00:14:17.559 Were thinking that they could. 00:14:17.899 --> 00:14:20.059 Get in the sack with a prostitute. 00:14:20.279 --> 00:14:23.359 As well as live for the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:14:26.979 --> 00:14:28.120 In our day. 00:14:28.479 --> 00:14:29.199 There is this. 00:14:29.899 --> 00:14:31.179 Distortion of the gospel. 00:14:31.399 --> 00:14:33.179 Being proclaimed in many pulpits. 00:14:33.179 --> 00:14:34.859 It's called the prosperity gospel. 00:14:36.859 --> 00:14:37.919 It's trash. 00:14:39.919 --> 00:14:40.799 It doesn't. 00:14:41.159 --> 00:14:42.739 Doesn't bring you to the Lord Jesus. 00:14:43.000 --> 00:14:43.839 Revealed in the scriptures. 00:14:46.479 --> 00:14:47.599 I think it's. 00:14:49.979 --> 00:14:50.459 Demonic. 00:14:53.659 --> 00:14:54.139 Don't. 00:14:54.399 --> 00:14:55.659 Don't marvel at her. 00:14:56.659 --> 00:14:57.859 Don't marvel at the world. 00:14:57.860 --> 00:15:00.000 Don't be. 00:15:00.680 --> 00:15:02.180 Confused with her clientele. 00:15:03.519 --> 00:15:04.800 Let's ask another question. 00:15:06.419 --> 00:15:08.300 How does this great prostitute. 00:15:08.740 --> 00:15:09.840 Work her trade. 00:15:10.680 --> 00:15:11.860 What are her ways? 00:15:13.860 --> 00:15:15.060 Well the great prostitute. 00:15:15.180 --> 00:15:15.980 Like I told you earlier. 00:15:16.180 --> 00:15:17.879 Is just another enemy of the lamb. 00:15:18.039 --> 00:15:18.259 I mean. 00:15:18.259 --> 00:15:18.980 There's the devil. 00:15:19.139 --> 00:15:19.860 1217. 00:15:20.120 --> 00:15:20.340 Who's. 00:15:20.720 --> 00:15:21.759 Warring against us. 00:15:21.840 --> 00:15:22.200 And then. 00:15:22.519 --> 00:15:23.519 There is the beast. 00:15:23.819 --> 00:15:24.500 One of the. 00:15:25.000 --> 00:15:25.439 Devil. 00:15:25.519 --> 00:15:26.080 The dragons. 00:15:26.819 --> 00:15:27.259 Emissaries. 00:15:27.480 --> 00:15:27.659 Who. 00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:29.379 Uses political power. 00:15:29.559 --> 00:15:30.120 To oppress. 00:15:30.279 --> 00:15:30.919 God's people. 00:15:31.039 --> 00:15:31.559 By threat. 00:15:31.779 --> 00:15:33.279 And then there's the false prophet. 00:15:33.779 --> 00:15:34.480 Who uses. 00:15:34.860 --> 00:15:35.539 Propaganda. 00:15:35.740 --> 00:15:35.899 To. 00:15:35.899 --> 00:15:37.179 Misinform. 00:15:37.500 --> 00:15:38.579 And misdirect people. 00:15:38.699 --> 00:15:39.439 He's the spin. 00:15:39.659 --> 00:15:40.139 Meister. 00:15:40.500 --> 00:15:41.000 And then. 00:15:41.319 --> 00:15:42.740 There is the great prostitute. 00:15:43.240 --> 00:15:44.759 And she doesn't work in power. 00:15:45.100 --> 00:15:46.419 She doesn't work in information. 00:15:46.860 --> 00:15:47.779 She operates. 00:15:48.120 --> 00:15:49.679 In the realm of pleasures. 00:15:51.340 --> 00:15:52.620 She's a seductress. 00:15:54.639 --> 00:15:55.959 The modus operandi. 00:15:55.959 --> 00:15:58.139 Of the prostitute. 00:15:58.139 --> 00:15:59.139 Is to seduce. 00:16:00.139 --> 00:16:00.620 People. 00:16:01.120 --> 00:16:03.179 With the false promises. 00:16:03.179 --> 00:16:05.000 Of illicit pleasure. 00:16:05.000 --> 00:16:06.200 In prosperity. 00:16:08.840 --> 00:16:10.139 We're shown. 00:16:10.480 --> 00:16:11.379 Something about her. 00:16:11.480 --> 00:16:12.240 In verse 4. 00:16:13.480 --> 00:16:14.679 What she's wearing. 00:16:16.820 --> 00:16:18.320 She is wearing. 00:16:19.539 --> 00:16:20.299 Clothing. 00:16:20.659 --> 00:16:21.600 Of purple. 00:16:21.840 --> 00:16:22.539 If you flip over. 00:16:22.659 --> 00:16:23.639 To chapter 18. 00:16:23.740 --> 00:16:24.360 Verse 7. 00:16:25.799 --> 00:16:26.940 You read. 00:16:27.379 --> 00:16:27.919 From the lips. 00:16:27.919 --> 00:16:28.980 Of the prostitute. 00:16:29.440 --> 00:16:30.620 I sit as a queen. 00:16:32.179 --> 00:16:32.659 Purple. 00:16:32.659 --> 00:16:33.899 Is the color of royalty. 00:16:35.000 --> 00:16:35.820 She thinks. 00:16:35.820 --> 00:16:36.919 She's queenly. 00:16:37.799 --> 00:16:38.220 And then. 00:16:38.259 --> 00:16:38.980 She's also. 00:16:39.320 --> 00:16:39.700 Wearing. 00:16:40.379 --> 00:16:40.899 Scarlet. 00:16:41.639 --> 00:16:42.840 In verse 4. 00:16:43.279 --> 00:16:43.919 If your eyes. 00:16:44.019 --> 00:16:44.440 Can fall. 00:16:44.600 --> 00:16:45.500 On verse 3. 00:16:46.039 --> 00:16:47.179 We'll see this. 00:16:47.220 --> 00:16:47.919 In just a second. 00:16:48.799 --> 00:16:49.820 That this. 00:16:50.740 --> 00:16:51.220 Woman. 00:16:51.759 --> 00:16:52.179 Shown. 00:16:53.120 --> 00:16:54.039 By the angel. 00:16:54.480 --> 00:16:54.960 Is sitting. 00:16:54.960 --> 00:16:55.899 On a scarlet. 00:16:56.139 --> 00:16:56.580 Beast. 00:16:56.820 --> 00:16:57.740 That was full. 00:16:57.820 --> 00:16:58.799 Of blasphemous. 00:16:58.919 --> 00:16:59.299 Names. 00:16:59.779 --> 00:17:00.639 She is wearing. 00:17:00.779 --> 00:17:01.179 Scarlet. 00:17:01.279 --> 00:17:01.659 The beast. 00:17:01.740 --> 00:17:02.500 That she's riding. 00:17:02.500 --> 00:17:03.259 Is scarlet. 00:17:03.259 --> 00:17:03.340 Scarlet. 00:17:03.340 --> 00:17:03.779 Scarlet. 00:17:03.779 --> 00:17:04.259 Which seems. 00:17:04.259 --> 00:17:05.039 To indicate. 00:17:05.039 --> 00:17:06.160 That they are. 00:17:06.160 --> 00:17:07.759 Color coordinated. 00:17:09.079 --> 00:17:10.660 Because they're a team. 00:17:12.059 --> 00:17:13.400 Working together. 00:17:15.259 --> 00:17:16.619 In opposition. 00:17:16.779 --> 00:17:17.319 To the land. 00:17:18.640 --> 00:17:19.799 They're in cahoots. 00:17:21.799 --> 00:17:22.920 We also notice. 00:17:22.920 --> 00:17:23.599 In verse 4. 00:17:23.720 --> 00:17:23.900 That. 00:17:24.460 --> 00:17:25.539 She has gold. 00:17:25.700 --> 00:17:26.359 And jewels. 00:17:26.599 --> 00:17:27.319 And pearls. 00:17:27.319 --> 00:17:29.039 They're. 00:17:29.039 --> 00:17:29.139 They're. 00:17:29.139 --> 00:17:29.679 They're. 00:17:29.759 --> 00:17:30.319 Snapshots. 00:17:30.319 --> 00:17:30.579 Of. 00:17:31.240 --> 00:17:31.879 Prestige. 00:17:31.960 --> 00:17:32.740 And luxury. 00:17:33.419 --> 00:17:33.980 Prosperity. 00:17:34.119 --> 00:17:34.480 Wealth. 00:17:34.619 --> 00:17:35.339 Abundance. 00:17:35.639 --> 00:17:36.460 That's her trade. 00:17:38.039 --> 00:17:39.639 That's what she operates in. 00:17:40.879 --> 00:17:42.240 Desires of the flesh. 00:17:42.419 --> 00:17:43.539 Desires of the eye. 00:17:43.659 --> 00:17:44.759 The pride of life. 00:17:44.919 --> 00:17:45.799 First John 2. 00:17:47.159 --> 00:17:48.740 She gets people drunk. 00:17:50.279 --> 00:17:52.879 And at the most basic level of drunkenness. 00:17:53.000 --> 00:17:55.279 Is not being in your right mind. 00:17:55.279 --> 00:17:59.480 She pours out her golden cup. 00:17:59.639 --> 00:18:00.539 Verse 4. 00:18:00.960 --> 00:18:02.460 It's full of abominations. 00:18:02.599 --> 00:18:03.039 And impurities. 00:18:03.160 --> 00:18:04.399 Of her sexual immorality. 00:18:04.700 --> 00:18:06.160 She just keeps pouring it out. 00:18:06.500 --> 00:18:07.299 Pouring it out. 00:18:07.920 --> 00:18:09.000 Cup after cup. 00:18:09.440 --> 00:18:10.279 Drink it down. 00:18:12.859 --> 00:18:15.279 Abominations are just reprehensible actions. 00:18:16.519 --> 00:18:17.599 Against God. 00:18:18.339 --> 00:18:20.660 Impurities are things that are unclean. 00:18:20.799 --> 00:18:22.619 God is pure and clean. 00:18:22.740 --> 00:18:23.440 He is holy. 00:18:23.440 --> 00:18:27.680 The world. 00:18:27.840 --> 00:18:28.620 The prostitute. 00:18:28.980 --> 00:18:30.180 Gets people drunk. 00:18:30.340 --> 00:18:31.820 On ungodly living. 00:18:32.100 --> 00:18:33.360 The relentless pursuit. 00:18:33.519 --> 00:18:34.140 Of pleasure. 00:18:34.380 --> 00:18:35.180 And prosperity. 00:18:35.500 --> 00:18:37.120 In order to lead them away from the land. 00:18:38.700 --> 00:18:40.140 And if you don't think that. 00:18:40.259 --> 00:18:40.840 That is current. 00:18:41.059 --> 00:18:41.200 Look. 00:18:41.740 --> 00:18:42.100 In. 00:18:42.240 --> 00:18:42.400 In. 00:18:42.580 --> 00:18:43.680 The day that John wrote. 00:18:43.759 --> 00:18:44.259 If you look at. 00:18:44.559 --> 00:18:45.059 Revelation. 00:18:45.360 --> 00:18:46.120 Chapter 3. 00:18:46.220 --> 00:18:46.900 Verse 17. 00:18:47.059 --> 00:18:48.500 The church of Laodicea. 00:18:48.500 --> 00:18:52.660 Jesus rebukes them. 00:18:53.960 --> 00:18:54.440 He says. 00:18:54.519 --> 00:18:55.799 I'm going to spit you out of my mouth. 00:18:55.839 --> 00:18:56.579 In verse 16. 00:18:56.799 --> 00:18:57.519 For you say. 00:18:57.599 --> 00:18:58.119 I am rich. 00:18:58.180 --> 00:18:59.059 I have prospered. 00:18:59.220 --> 00:19:00.079 And I need nothing. 00:19:00.160 --> 00:19:01.720 Not realizing that you are wretched. 00:19:02.259 --> 00:19:02.660 Pitiable. 00:19:03.099 --> 00:19:03.339 Poor. 00:19:03.420 --> 00:19:03.660 Blind. 00:19:03.700 --> 00:19:04.039 And naked. 00:19:04.180 --> 00:19:05.660 They were not in their right minds. 00:19:05.660 --> 00:19:07.779 Because they are drinking. 00:19:08.400 --> 00:19:09.220 From the cup. 00:19:10.040 --> 00:19:11.300 Of the prostitute. 00:19:16.160 --> 00:19:18.300 They were trying to buy. 00:19:18.560 --> 00:19:19.920 Fool's gold of the world. 00:19:20.160 --> 00:19:22.160 Instead of the refined gold. 00:19:22.320 --> 00:19:23.180 Offered by Jesus. 00:19:25.820 --> 00:19:27.920 So what I am helping you to see here. 00:19:28.000 --> 00:19:29.180 Is the great prostitute. 00:19:29.380 --> 00:19:31.200 Works in the realm of seduction. 00:19:31.560 --> 00:19:32.160 And pleasures. 00:19:32.880 --> 00:19:33.680 In verse 5. 00:19:33.680 --> 00:19:36.000 She is also a mother. 00:19:37.640 --> 00:19:39.640 A mother of other prostitutes. 00:19:39.720 --> 00:19:40.480 And abominations. 00:19:41.700 --> 00:19:43.940 She is reproducing her trade. 00:19:44.880 --> 00:19:45.960 More and more. 00:19:46.400 --> 00:19:46.779 People. 00:19:49.019 --> 00:19:49.580 Cities. 00:19:50.200 --> 00:19:50.799 Others. 00:19:52.160 --> 00:19:53.840 Not living for the land. 00:19:56.140 --> 00:19:57.380 Her tact. 00:19:57.500 --> 00:19:58.680 Is a pretty simple one. 00:19:59.940 --> 00:20:01.259 She likes to. 00:20:01.860 --> 00:20:03.019 Help people. 00:20:03.019 --> 00:20:04.259 Forget the giver. 00:20:04.259 --> 00:20:05.180 Of the gifts. 00:20:06.579 --> 00:20:07.819 Focus on the gifts. 00:20:08.980 --> 00:20:10.119 So the gift of sex. 00:20:10.879 --> 00:20:11.539 It's a good thing. 00:20:12.579 --> 00:20:14.220 And it can become a God thing. 00:20:14.660 --> 00:20:15.359 If it's disconnected. 00:20:15.359 --> 00:20:16.259 From the giver. 00:20:16.579 --> 00:20:17.460 Of that good gift. 00:20:17.940 --> 00:20:18.379 Money. 00:20:19.420 --> 00:20:20.319 It's a good gift. 00:20:20.319 --> 00:20:21.099 From God. 00:20:21.420 --> 00:20:21.740 But when. 00:20:22.180 --> 00:20:22.759 You forget. 00:20:22.900 --> 00:20:23.259 The giver. 00:20:23.400 --> 00:20:23.980 Of that gift. 00:20:24.099 --> 00:20:24.700 It can become. 00:20:24.900 --> 00:20:25.639 Its own God. 00:20:25.799 --> 00:20:26.379 Success. 00:20:26.799 --> 00:20:27.139 Comfort. 00:20:27.140 --> 00:20:27.780 All these. 00:20:27.780 --> 00:20:28.900 Good things. 00:20:29.259 --> 00:20:29.720 Can become. 00:20:30.000 --> 00:20:30.560 God things. 00:20:30.700 --> 00:20:31.780 If they're disconnected. 00:20:32.200 --> 00:20:33.460 From the living God. 00:20:38.140 --> 00:20:39.259 What pleasures. 00:20:39.900 --> 00:20:40.840 Are you pursuing? 00:20:41.840 --> 00:20:43.160 What illicit. 00:20:43.820 --> 00:20:44.500 Pleasures. 00:20:44.880 --> 00:20:45.620 Are you pursuing? 00:20:47.680 --> 00:20:49.520 And at what cost? 00:20:49.519 --> 00:20:49.579 Christ. 00:20:53.259 --> 00:20:54.240 If you're willing. 00:20:54.240 --> 00:20:54.960 To compromise. 00:20:54.960 --> 00:20:56.960 The clear commands. 00:20:56.960 --> 00:20:57.980 Of Christ. 00:20:58.980 --> 00:20:59.879 In order. 00:21:00.039 --> 00:21:00.879 To satisfy. 00:21:01.879 --> 00:21:02.859 A desire. 00:21:02.859 --> 00:21:04.979 You've been. 00:21:05.459 --> 00:21:06.000 Seduced. 00:21:06.179 --> 00:21:06.839 By the world. 00:21:11.019 --> 00:21:11.779 We're not. 00:21:11.919 --> 00:21:12.959 We're not. 00:21:13.139 --> 00:21:13.619 To be seduced. 00:21:13.740 --> 00:21:14.079 By her. 00:21:14.740 --> 00:21:15.119 We're not. 00:21:15.179 --> 00:21:15.740 To marvel. 00:21:15.919 --> 00:21:16.399 At her. 00:21:17.019 --> 00:21:17.899 We're to be. 00:21:18.399 --> 00:21:18.939 Wise. 00:21:19.240 --> 00:21:20.359 To her ways. 00:21:23.839 --> 00:21:24.839 Fourth question. 00:21:26.019 --> 00:21:27.039 If she's a prostitute. 00:21:27.639 --> 00:21:29.139 Who is her pimp? 00:21:29.140 --> 00:21:33.200 A pimp. 00:21:33.200 --> 00:21:33.900 A pimp is the guy. 00:21:33.900 --> 00:21:34.320 Who. 00:21:34.940 --> 00:21:35.620 Makes a living. 00:21:35.620 --> 00:21:36.259 Off a group. 00:21:36.259 --> 00:21:37.300 Of prostitutes. 00:21:37.460 --> 00:21:38.320 The prostitutes. 00:21:38.440 --> 00:21:39.040 Pay him a cut. 00:21:39.060 --> 00:21:39.780 Of their action. 00:21:40.300 --> 00:21:41.060 For quote unquote. 00:21:41.500 --> 00:21:41.940 Protection. 00:21:42.160 --> 00:21:43.140 But what they really get. 00:21:43.520 --> 00:21:43.800 Is. 00:21:44.259 --> 00:21:45.020 Further abuse. 00:21:45.180 --> 00:21:45.920 And exploitation. 00:21:46.580 --> 00:21:47.820 So who is the prostitute's. 00:21:48.980 --> 00:21:49.360 Pimp? 00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:52.540 Well look who's carrying her. 00:21:53.880 --> 00:21:54.640 In verse three. 00:21:54.820 --> 00:21:55.520 We see. 00:21:55.759 --> 00:21:56.820 That she is riding. 00:21:57.940 --> 00:21:58.780 The beast. 00:21:59.140 --> 00:22:00.420 And then verse seven. 00:22:00.560 --> 00:22:01.140 We're told. 00:22:01.560 --> 00:22:02.340 That the beast. 00:22:03.040 --> 00:22:04.100 Carries her. 00:22:05.360 --> 00:22:06.280 They're in cahoots. 00:22:09.040 --> 00:22:10.280 Now this beast. 00:22:10.420 --> 00:22:11.660 Is the same beast. 00:22:12.100 --> 00:22:12.820 Of revelation. 00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:13.800 Chapter 13. 00:22:13.920 --> 00:22:14.200 One. 00:22:14.360 --> 00:22:15.040 Seven heads. 00:22:15.320 --> 00:22:16.000 Ten horns. 00:22:16.620 --> 00:22:18.280 He's full of blasphemous names. 00:22:18.740 --> 00:22:19.420 That's what he does. 00:22:19.500 --> 00:22:20.560 In chapter 13. 00:22:20.640 --> 00:22:21.080 Verse six. 00:22:21.160 --> 00:22:22.500 He just blasphemes God. 00:22:22.600 --> 00:22:23.880 And the people of God. 00:22:24.200 --> 00:22:24.380 He. 00:22:24.380 --> 00:22:25.020 He just. 00:22:25.280 --> 00:22:26.360 Makes total. 00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:27.360 Nonsense. 00:22:27.860 --> 00:22:28.300 Comments. 00:22:28.299 --> 00:22:29.200 About who God. 00:22:29.279 --> 00:22:30.359 Is in his people. 00:22:34.359 --> 00:22:34.980 The beast. 00:22:35.059 --> 00:22:36.339 Is particularly known for. 00:22:36.940 --> 00:22:37.899 Its oppression. 00:22:38.200 --> 00:22:39.460 Of God's people. 00:22:39.720 --> 00:22:40.940 Through political violence. 00:22:41.059 --> 00:22:41.639 And threat. 00:22:42.079 --> 00:22:42.579 The beast. 00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:43.859 Is trans historical. 00:22:44.299 --> 00:22:45.059 He shows up. 00:22:45.119 --> 00:22:45.599 In a variety. 00:22:45.720 --> 00:22:46.799 Of different governments. 00:22:47.339 --> 00:22:47.460 He. 00:22:47.460 --> 00:22:48.700 He can work with communism. 00:22:48.879 --> 00:22:49.779 He can work with socialism. 00:22:50.279 --> 00:22:51.159 He can definitely work. 00:22:51.159 --> 00:22:51.720 With democracy. 00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:52.919 He doesn't mind. 00:22:53.119 --> 00:22:54.119 He's able to use it. 00:22:54.200 --> 00:22:55.099 For his purposes. 00:22:55.099 --> 00:22:56.000 He's adaptable. 00:22:57.559 --> 00:22:58.079 Typically. 00:22:58.439 --> 00:22:59.719 If there's a little motto. 00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:00.679 It would be. 00:23:00.859 --> 00:23:01.539 The beast saying. 00:23:01.899 --> 00:23:02.000 Hey. 00:23:02.139 --> 00:23:03.259 Don't worship Jesus. 00:23:03.459 --> 00:23:04.199 Or else. 00:23:06.319 --> 00:23:06.839 Isolation. 00:23:07.519 --> 00:23:08.079 Penalty. 00:23:11.079 --> 00:23:12.279 The beast. 00:23:12.599 --> 00:23:13.159 Is the prostitute's. 00:23:15.439 --> 00:23:15.839 Pimp. 00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:16.679 The beast. 00:23:16.899 --> 00:23:17.399 The beast. 00:23:17.399 --> 00:23:17.639 And. 00:23:18.259 --> 00:23:18.879 I'm not sure. 00:23:18.939 --> 00:23:19.599 If you noticed this. 00:23:19.679 --> 00:23:19.980 When Bev. 00:23:20.059 --> 00:23:20.500 Was reading. 00:23:21.319 --> 00:23:21.799 But. 00:23:21.799 --> 00:23:29.000 But there's this moment in verse 6 where John sees the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, the blood of the martyrs. 00:23:29.339 --> 00:23:35.460 And then in the latter half of verse 6, John is saying, when I saw her, I marveled greatly. 00:23:37.139 --> 00:23:42.139 John the apostle marveling at this whore. 00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:50.220 We're not told if it is an allure or an amazement of the power that she has over people. 00:23:50.220 --> 00:23:52.519 I'm guessing it's a little bit of both. 00:23:53.900 --> 00:23:57.360 But what it is, is he's awestruck. 00:23:59.380 --> 00:24:01.440 There's a mystique about her. 00:24:04.559 --> 00:24:08.539 And then in verse 7, the angel tells him, why do you marvel? 00:24:11.079 --> 00:24:19.100 I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast with seven heads and ten horns that carries her. 00:24:19.099 --> 00:24:31.199 You see, the angel is popping the mystery bubble by helping John and us to see who's carrying the prostitute. 00:24:32.459 --> 00:24:34.079 There's where the mystery is. 00:24:34.079 --> 00:24:44.599 In verse 6, when we read that she's drunk on the blood of the saints and of the martyrs of Jesus, it's a big hint. 00:24:45.980 --> 00:24:53.039 The great prostitute is being used by her beastly pimp to seduce the kings of the earth and the dwellers of the earth 00:24:53.039 --> 00:25:00.779 into a drunken stupor of pleasure and prosperity and power that oppresses God's people. 00:25:00.779 --> 00:25:02.059 That's the deal. 00:25:04.940 --> 00:25:09.740 The pimp and the prostitute, they got matching colors. 00:25:09.859 --> 00:25:10.819 They're color coordinated. 00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:14.660 They're a team working together. 00:25:16.039 --> 00:25:17.440 He's carrying her. 00:25:17.440 --> 00:25:26.880 When you saw in verse 3, the seven heads and ten horns of the beast, that probably got your attention. 00:25:29.080 --> 00:25:33.059 In verse 9, we have the explanation. 00:25:33.900 --> 00:25:36.680 We have the show, and in verse 9 is the tell. 00:25:36.940 --> 00:25:40.880 The seven heads are seven mountains, we're told, the angel says. 00:25:41.820 --> 00:25:43.620 Rome had seven mountains around it. 00:25:43.619 --> 00:25:45.779 And so it's a direct reference to Rome. 00:25:45.859 --> 00:25:48.259 It was the manifestation of the beast at that time. 00:25:49.419 --> 00:25:51.000 But it's not limited to Rome. 00:25:51.979 --> 00:25:59.099 And then as only apocalyptic language does, it's got a flexibility that those seven mountains are seven kings. 00:26:01.479 --> 00:26:05.199 Five fallen, one who is, seventh yet to come. 00:26:05.200 --> 00:26:13.980 The seven heads are different manifestations of the beast with a full and final appearance yet to come as Antichrist. 00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:20.580 In verses 12 through 14, we have an explanation of the ten horns. 00:26:21.779 --> 00:26:30.819 They are future kings who unite together under the beast, handing over to him their authority to make war on the lamb. 00:26:30.819 --> 00:26:33.960 It's a reference back to 1616 in Armageddon. 00:26:36.759 --> 00:26:45.539 The kings of the earth, drunk on the immorality of the prostitute, unite together to battle against the lamb. 00:26:45.919 --> 00:26:52.139 You cannot be in your right mind to line up against the risen Christ. 00:26:52.140 --> 00:26:57.360 This beast is a counterfeit. 00:26:57.560 --> 00:27:01.540 Verse 8, he's described as who was, is not, and is about. 00:27:01.900 --> 00:27:06.660 It's a mockery of the God who was and is and is to come. 00:27:08.820 --> 00:27:09.940 He's a counterfeit. 00:27:10.100 --> 00:27:10.780 See through it. 00:27:12.560 --> 00:27:13.780 She's riding a sham. 00:27:15.300 --> 00:27:16.180 He's a pimp. 00:27:17.820 --> 00:27:18.960 Bent on destruction. 00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:27.360 Speaking of which, in verse 14, we got a primer of what's going to happen in chapter 19, 11 verse 21. 00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:35.400 When the lamb returns on a white horse and he conquers all those who oppose him with a sword from his mouth. 00:27:37.600 --> 00:27:41.440 And there is a name written on the robe in verse, chapter 19. 00:27:42.380 --> 00:27:44.160 King of kings and Lord of lords. 00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:46.779 It's a beautiful tie-in for what we're reading here. 00:27:46.779 --> 00:27:49.160 And they will make war on the lamb. 00:27:49.799 --> 00:27:50.559 How futile. 00:27:51.740 --> 00:27:53.139 And the lamb will conquer them. 00:27:54.279 --> 00:27:57.720 Is that, is that tough to hold all that together? 00:27:58.599 --> 00:28:00.119 The lamb will conquer them. 00:28:01.500 --> 00:28:06.639 For he is Lord of lords and King of kings and those with him are called and chosen and faithful. 00:28:07.039 --> 00:28:07.660 That's us. 00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:14.799 The lamb will conquer. 00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:14.839 The lamb will conquer. 00:28:16.779 --> 00:28:21.619 They will line up against him and he will conquer them. 00:28:23.460 --> 00:28:29.720 The mystery of the world is that she does the bidding of the beast who is doing the bidding of the dragon. 00:28:29.720 --> 00:28:34.160 And we know that the lamb is going to conquer them all. 00:28:34.160 --> 00:28:42.100 I am reading often out of the ESV study Bible. 00:28:42.320 --> 00:28:45.000 It is the Bible that I do my devotions out of. 00:28:45.120 --> 00:28:48.180 And I often reference it in terms of the sermons I preach. 00:28:48.380 --> 00:28:56.840 And there's a note that is a very helpful note that describes the relationship between the beast and the prostitute. 00:28:56.839 --> 00:28:57.459 Pleasure-addicted society. 00:28:57.459 --> 00:29:08.959 Pleasure-addicted society conspires with the power-addicted state to silence the testimony of Jesus. 00:29:08.960 --> 00:29:18.559 Belcribulous― 00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:20.559 she's riding a pimp 00:29:20.559 --> 00:29:23.740 who's bent on destruction. 00:29:25.119 --> 00:29:27.299 Don't be drawn off by her mystique. 00:29:29.440 --> 00:29:31.659 Our Lord exposes it for us. 00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:35.700 The final question I want to ask is, 00:29:36.819 --> 00:29:39.359 what is this prostitute's fate? 00:29:42.740 --> 00:29:44.859 In verse 1, we're told, 00:29:44.859 --> 00:29:49.839 come, I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute 00:29:49.839 --> 00:29:51.279 who's seated on many waters. 00:29:54.059 --> 00:29:57.179 And then we are shown that, 00:29:58.859 --> 00:30:00.859 verse 16, 00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:03.299 in the ten horns that you saw, 00:30:05.219 --> 00:30:08.119 they and the beast will hate the prostitute. 00:30:09.319 --> 00:30:11.399 They will make her desolate and naked 00:30:11.399 --> 00:30:13.959 and devour her flesh and burn her up with fire. 00:30:13.960 --> 00:30:16.660 Do you see what's going on? 00:30:18.920 --> 00:30:22.980 The beast turns on his whore. 00:30:26.100 --> 00:30:28.720 And the ten kings, future kings, 00:30:29.120 --> 00:30:32.480 rally with him to utterly destroy her. 00:30:35.940 --> 00:30:37.259 What a judgment. 00:30:37.259 --> 00:30:37.400 What a judgment. 00:30:37.400 --> 00:30:44.460 It's a destruction of desolation. 00:30:46.700 --> 00:30:51.460 It's a destruction, a judgment of exposure, nakedness. 00:30:52.460 --> 00:30:55.560 They devour her, so violent, 00:30:56.300 --> 00:30:58.240 and then they burn her up. 00:30:58.900 --> 00:30:59.519 Desecrate her. 00:30:59.519 --> 00:31:04.639 And if that's not surprising, 00:31:06.059 --> 00:31:07.660 verse 18 is surprising. 00:31:08.440 --> 00:31:09.339 Excuse me, 17. 00:31:10.779 --> 00:31:13.379 For God has put it into their hearts, 00:31:13.859 --> 00:31:15.900 the beast and the ten kings. 00:31:17.599 --> 00:31:19.139 God has put it into their hearts 00:31:19.139 --> 00:31:20.599 to carry out his purpose 00:31:20.599 --> 00:31:22.500 by being of one mind 00:31:22.500 --> 00:31:24.920 and handing over the royal power to the beast 00:31:24.920 --> 00:31:26.639 until the words of God are fulfilled. 00:31:26.640 --> 00:31:33.040 God's sovereignty is so amazing 00:31:33.040 --> 00:31:37.920 that he is able to use his evil enemies 00:31:37.920 --> 00:31:43.060 to accomplish his good and just purposes. 00:31:44.100 --> 00:31:46.240 All throughout this passage, 00:31:47.040 --> 00:31:50.480 there are multiple references to God's sovereignty. 00:31:50.660 --> 00:31:52.060 I counted up, in addition to this one, 00:31:52.180 --> 00:31:53.180 just five. 00:31:53.180 --> 00:31:57.680 The fate of this woman is set 00:31:57.680 --> 00:31:59.480 because God is sovereign and just 00:31:59.480 --> 00:32:01.220 and he will repay his wickedness 00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:03.920 and do it in the most graphic of ways. 00:32:08.340 --> 00:32:10.279 Her fate is destruction. 00:32:11.600 --> 00:32:15.299 Revelation 17 is this angelic show and tell 00:32:15.299 --> 00:32:17.539 of the great prostitute. 00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:18.920 We see her nature. 00:32:19.140 --> 00:32:20.120 She's a prostitute. 00:32:20.279 --> 00:32:21.360 She's Babylon. 00:32:21.359 --> 00:32:25.299 She's humanity organized against God, the world. 00:32:25.819 --> 00:32:27.219 We see her people, 00:32:27.419 --> 00:32:28.879 those not written in the book of life. 00:32:28.979 --> 00:32:30.099 We see her ways. 00:32:30.539 --> 00:32:33.719 She is a seductress using pleasure 00:32:33.719 --> 00:32:37.500 and the pursuit of prosperity 00:32:37.500 --> 00:32:40.479 in order to distract people. 00:32:41.839 --> 00:32:42.979 Her pimp is the beast 00:32:42.979 --> 00:32:45.399 who's kind of violent and bent on destruction 00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:48.160 and her fate is one of desolation, 00:32:48.600 --> 00:32:50.740 humiliation, being devoured 00:32:50.740 --> 00:32:52.400 and being desecrated. 00:32:52.920 --> 00:32:55.440 Don't marvel at her. 00:32:58.860 --> 00:33:00.560 That's the point of this passage. 00:33:03.860 --> 00:33:05.600 Don't marvel at the beast, 00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:08.540 at the prophet, the prostitute. 00:33:09.160 --> 00:33:10.440 Don't marvel at any of them. 00:33:10.440 --> 00:33:12.000 Don't marvel at the beast. 00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:12.559 Don't marvel at it. 00:33:12.860 --> 00:33:16.900 The prostitute is passing away, 00:33:17.200 --> 00:33:18.420 1 John 2, 17. 00:33:21.420 --> 00:33:23.320 Now the question becomes, 00:33:24.160 --> 00:33:26.180 how? 00:33:29.320 --> 00:33:30.980 You're going to leave this building 00:33:30.980 --> 00:33:34.099 and you're going to be tempted 00:33:34.099 --> 00:33:35.519 by the world. 00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:38.839 You know you will. 00:33:40.599 --> 00:33:44.200 How are you not going to give in? 00:33:47.799 --> 00:33:50.819 Well, it's there in the text. 00:33:50.819 --> 00:33:56.740 The angel corrects John. 00:33:57.539 --> 00:33:58.500 Why do you marvel? 00:33:59.579 --> 00:34:00.759 Don't marvel at her. 00:34:01.919 --> 00:34:03.599 And that opens up the door 00:34:03.599 --> 00:34:04.799 for me to help you 00:34:04.799 --> 00:34:07.659 to marvel at something else. 00:34:09.099 --> 00:34:11.019 Do you know how you resist the world? 00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:15.199 With a greater marveling. 00:34:17.299 --> 00:34:18.279 Can I show you? 00:34:18.280 --> 00:34:21.300 So for the balance of this time, 00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:22.700 let me point to five things 00:34:22.700 --> 00:34:25.260 for you to marvel at. 00:34:28.260 --> 00:34:29.920 Don't marvel at the prostitute. 00:34:33.000 --> 00:34:33.360 Babylon. 00:34:35.240 --> 00:34:37.480 Marvel at a better city. 00:34:39.060 --> 00:34:40.080 The new Jerusalem. 00:34:41.760 --> 00:34:43.480 In 17.1, the angel, 00:34:43.620 --> 00:34:44.360 one of the seven 00:34:44.360 --> 00:34:45.540 who poured out the bowls, 00:34:45.700 --> 00:34:46.660 comes to John and says, 00:34:46.659 --> 00:34:47.599 come, I will show you 00:34:47.599 --> 00:34:48.719 the great prostitute. 00:34:49.440 --> 00:34:50.739 In 21.9, 00:34:51.420 --> 00:34:53.079 one of the seven angels 00:34:53.079 --> 00:34:54.839 with the bowls of wrath, 00:34:55.059 --> 00:34:56.339 they come to John again 00:34:56.339 --> 00:34:57.159 and they say, 00:34:57.239 --> 00:34:58.539 come, I will show you 00:34:58.539 --> 00:34:59.219 the bride, 00:34:59.460 --> 00:35:01.000 the wife of the Lamb. 00:35:03.519 --> 00:35:04.679 It's not Babylon. 00:35:05.099 --> 00:35:06.139 It's the new Jerusalem 00:35:06.139 --> 00:35:07.319 coming down from heaven. 00:35:09.079 --> 00:35:09.559 Marvel 00:35:09.559 --> 00:35:11.099 at 00:35:11.099 --> 00:35:12.519 that. 00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:15.380 If the prostitute 00:35:15.380 --> 00:35:16.940 is rebellious humanity 00:35:16.940 --> 00:35:18.599 organized against God, 00:35:18.960 --> 00:35:19.800 the bride, 00:35:19.960 --> 00:35:20.679 the new Jerusalem, 00:35:20.940 --> 00:35:22.820 is the blood-bought 00:35:22.820 --> 00:35:24.039 community 00:35:24.039 --> 00:35:25.259 organized 00:35:25.259 --> 00:35:26.380 in joyful submission 00:35:26.380 --> 00:35:27.139 to God. 00:35:28.099 --> 00:35:29.280 You're a citizen 00:35:29.280 --> 00:35:30.199 of the new Jerusalem, 00:35:30.860 --> 00:35:32.179 not a citizen of Babylon. 00:35:34.259 --> 00:35:35.420 And so marvel 00:35:35.420 --> 00:35:37.440 that you have been given 00:35:37.440 --> 00:35:38.380 citizenship 00:35:38.380 --> 00:35:40.219 for the city 00:35:40.219 --> 00:35:41.500 that is to come. 00:35:41.500 --> 00:35:42.500 Babylon 00:35:42.500 --> 00:35:45.420 had its own 00:35:45.420 --> 00:35:45.840 gold, 00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:46.219 jewels, 00:35:46.340 --> 00:35:46.800 and pearls. 00:35:47.400 --> 00:35:48.199 New Jerusalem 00:35:48.199 --> 00:35:50.099 has its 00:35:50.099 --> 00:35:50.940 own 00:35:50.940 --> 00:35:51.840 gold, 00:35:52.539 --> 00:35:52.940 jewels, 00:35:53.440 --> 00:35:55.219 and pearls. 00:35:56.179 --> 00:35:57.440 When was the last time 00:35:57.440 --> 00:35:59.039 you read Revelation 21 00:35:59.039 --> 00:36:00.420 through 22.5? 00:36:00.940 --> 00:36:01.539 Be 00:36:01.539 --> 00:36:02.500 awed 00:36:02.500 --> 00:36:03.599 by that. 00:36:05.300 --> 00:36:06.039 Marvel 00:36:06.039 --> 00:36:08.400 at the better city 00:36:08.400 --> 00:36:08.920 to come. 00:36:08.920 --> 00:36:09.420 Babylon. 00:36:10.200 --> 00:36:10.940 Way better 00:36:10.940 --> 00:36:11.460 than Babylon. 00:36:13.360 --> 00:36:13.920 Second, 00:36:16.400 --> 00:36:16.920 marvel 00:36:16.920 --> 00:36:18.780 that you 00:36:18.780 --> 00:36:20.280 are in 00:36:20.280 --> 00:36:21.700 the book. 00:36:23.300 --> 00:36:24.099 We read 00:36:24.099 --> 00:36:24.860 earlier here 00:36:24.860 --> 00:36:25.780 that those whose names 00:36:25.780 --> 00:36:26.700 are not written 00:36:26.700 --> 00:36:27.880 in the book of life, 00:36:28.019 --> 00:36:28.780 they marvel 00:36:28.780 --> 00:36:30.000 at the prostitute, 00:36:30.300 --> 00:36:31.119 not us, 00:36:32.119 --> 00:36:32.960 because we 00:36:32.960 --> 00:36:33.880 are written 00:36:33.880 --> 00:36:35.039 in the book of life 00:36:35.039 --> 00:36:35.980 from before 00:36:35.980 --> 00:36:36.559 the foundation 00:36:36.559 --> 00:36:37.239 of the world. 00:36:39.059 --> 00:36:39.980 So we marvel 00:36:39.980 --> 00:36:40.820 at something else. 00:36:40.940 --> 00:36:41.699 Let me help you 00:36:41.699 --> 00:36:42.619 understand something here. 00:36:42.940 --> 00:36:43.619 You're not written 00:36:43.619 --> 00:36:44.460 in the book of life 00:36:44.460 --> 00:36:45.500 because of your 00:36:45.500 --> 00:36:46.199 great works 00:36:46.199 --> 00:36:46.840 that you did. 00:36:47.159 --> 00:36:47.840 You're not written 00:36:47.840 --> 00:36:48.699 in the book of life 00:36:48.699 --> 00:36:49.659 because God 00:36:49.659 --> 00:36:50.420 before the foundation 00:36:50.420 --> 00:36:50.900 of the world 00:36:50.900 --> 00:36:51.159 said, 00:36:51.239 --> 00:36:51.659 you know what, 00:36:51.840 --> 00:36:52.759 I need that guy 00:36:52.759 --> 00:36:53.519 on my team 00:36:53.519 --> 00:36:54.460 because he's so awesome. 00:36:54.619 --> 00:36:55.400 None of that. 00:36:58.199 --> 00:36:58.960 You're written 00:36:58.960 --> 00:37:00.179 in the book of life 00:37:00.179 --> 00:37:01.239 before the foundation 00:37:01.239 --> 00:37:01.880 of the world 00:37:01.880 --> 00:37:03.079 only because 00:37:03.079 --> 00:37:03.840 God is gracious. 00:37:05.000 --> 00:37:06.579 It's his grace. 00:37:07.800 --> 00:37:08.340 You can say 00:37:08.340 --> 00:37:08.880 that your name 00:37:08.880 --> 00:37:09.300 is written 00:37:09.300 --> 00:37:09.900 with the blood 00:37:09.900 --> 00:37:10.400 of Jesus 00:37:10.400 --> 00:37:11.380 before the foundation 00:37:11.380 --> 00:37:11.920 of the world 00:37:11.920 --> 00:37:12.860 in that book. 00:37:15.599 --> 00:37:16.740 When was the last time 00:37:16.740 --> 00:37:18.360 you read Ephesians 2, 00:37:18.500 --> 00:37:19.400 1 through 10? 00:37:21.019 --> 00:37:21.960 And you brought 00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:22.860 to mind 00:37:22.860 --> 00:37:25.680 God's amazing grace 00:37:25.680 --> 00:37:26.519 with which 00:37:26.519 --> 00:37:27.860 he delivered you 00:37:27.860 --> 00:37:29.980 from death 00:37:29.980 --> 00:37:31.679 to life. 00:37:33.780 --> 00:37:34.380 Marvel 00:37:34.380 --> 00:37:36.539 that you're not 00:37:36.539 --> 00:37:40.699 outside the book 00:37:40.699 --> 00:37:41.179 of life 00:37:41.179 --> 00:37:43.039 but your name 00:37:43.039 --> 00:37:44.440 is in the book 00:37:44.440 --> 00:37:44.880 of life 00:37:44.880 --> 00:37:45.840 if in fact 00:37:45.840 --> 00:37:47.539 you've put 00:37:47.539 --> 00:37:48.059 your trust 00:37:48.059 --> 00:37:48.980 solely in Jesus. 00:37:51.199 --> 00:37:51.880 Third, 00:37:53.320 --> 00:37:53.740 marvel 00:37:53.740 --> 00:37:56.579 at God's ways. 00:37:56.900 --> 00:37:57.260 Marvel 00:37:57.260 --> 00:37:59.719 at his words. 00:38:00.980 --> 00:38:01.619 We read 00:38:01.619 --> 00:38:02.300 in 00:38:02.300 --> 00:38:04.380 verse 17 00:38:04.380 --> 00:38:06.440 maybe you caught it 00:38:06.440 --> 00:38:07.340 for God has put it 00:38:07.340 --> 00:38:08.059 into their hearts 00:38:08.059 --> 00:38:08.820 to carry out 00:38:08.820 --> 00:38:09.380 his purpose 00:38:09.380 --> 00:38:10.480 by being of one mind 00:38:10.480 --> 00:38:11.179 and handing over 00:38:11.179 --> 00:38:11.920 the royal power 00:38:11.920 --> 00:38:12.500 to the beast 00:38:12.500 --> 00:38:14.139 until the words 00:38:14.139 --> 00:38:14.719 of God 00:38:14.719 --> 00:38:15.460 are fulfilled. 00:38:18.059 --> 00:38:19.119 God's words 00:38:19.119 --> 00:38:21.199 the words 00:38:21.199 --> 00:38:22.440 of the prostitute 00:38:22.440 --> 00:38:24.019 they're empty 00:38:24.019 --> 00:38:25.159 promises. 00:38:26.360 --> 00:38:26.860 The words 00:38:26.860 --> 00:38:28.119 of our God 00:38:28.119 --> 00:38:29.639 our blood 00:38:29.639 --> 00:38:30.539 bought 00:38:30.539 --> 00:38:31.579 promises. 00:38:34.079 --> 00:38:34.759 Marvel 00:38:34.759 --> 00:38:36.460 at the words 00:38:36.460 --> 00:38:37.579 of this book. 00:38:39.219 --> 00:38:40.159 Let me ask you 00:38:40.159 --> 00:38:40.659 this question. 00:38:42.259 --> 00:38:43.319 Do you feel 00:38:43.319 --> 00:38:44.480 spiritually flat? 00:38:46.119 --> 00:38:47.440 Do you know 00:38:47.440 --> 00:38:48.420 that you've compromised 00:38:48.420 --> 00:38:49.359 with the world? 00:38:50.980 --> 00:38:51.839 Could it be 00:38:51.839 --> 00:38:52.420 because 00:38:52.420 --> 00:38:54.159 you have 00:38:54.159 --> 00:38:55.480 put aside 00:38:55.480 --> 00:38:56.719 the life 00:38:56.719 --> 00:38:57.539 giving words 00:38:57.539 --> 00:38:58.119 of God? 00:38:59.800 --> 00:39:00.360 Those 00:39:00.360 --> 00:39:01.900 sanctifying 00:39:01.900 --> 00:39:03.139 truthful words 00:39:03.139 --> 00:39:03.619 of his 00:39:03.619 --> 00:39:05.699 that give you 00:39:05.699 --> 00:39:06.099 life? 00:39:08.219 --> 00:39:09.280 If you see 00:39:09.280 --> 00:39:09.780 the Bible 00:39:09.780 --> 00:39:10.539 as page 00:39:10.539 --> 00:39:11.519 after page 00:39:11.519 --> 00:39:12.840 of restrictions 00:39:12.840 --> 00:39:13.980 that keep you 00:39:13.980 --> 00:39:14.579 from living 00:39:14.579 --> 00:39:15.219 the life 00:39:15.219 --> 00:39:16.059 you really want 00:39:16.059 --> 00:39:16.900 to and if 00:39:16.900 --> 00:39:17.320 they weren't 00:39:17.320 --> 00:39:17.980 there you'd be 00:39:17.980 --> 00:39:18.800 all after 00:39:18.800 --> 00:39:19.519 that life. 00:39:20.519 --> 00:39:21.219 If that's how 00:39:21.219 --> 00:39:21.900 you're seeing 00:39:21.900 --> 00:39:22.480 the Bible 00:39:22.480 --> 00:39:24.840 you've got 00:39:24.840 --> 00:39:25.160 to ask 00:39:25.160 --> 00:39:25.740 the question 00:39:25.740 --> 00:39:26.820 maybe you need 00:39:26.820 --> 00:39:27.240 to get right 00:39:27.240 --> 00:39:27.840 with Jesus 00:39:27.840 --> 00:39:31.340 but if you're 00:39:31.340 --> 00:39:31.860 seeing 00:39:31.860 --> 00:39:33.160 God's words 00:39:33.160 --> 00:39:34.639 as page 00:39:34.639 --> 00:39:35.519 after page 00:39:35.519 --> 00:39:36.639 of life 00:39:36.639 --> 00:39:38.059 after life 00:39:38.059 --> 00:39:39.440 after life 00:39:39.440 --> 00:39:43.639 marvel 00:39:43.639 --> 00:39:45.920 that his 00:39:45.920 --> 00:39:46.559 promises 00:39:46.559 --> 00:39:47.740 always prove 00:39:47.740 --> 00:39:48.139 true. 00:39:48.139 --> 00:39:48.200 True 00:39:48.199 --> 00:39:52.839 in John 00:39:52.839 --> 00:39:53.359 17 00:39:53.359 --> 00:39:53.719 14 00:39:53.719 --> 00:39:54.279 through 18 00:39:54.279 --> 00:39:54.679 Jesus 00:39:54.679 --> 00:39:55.359 is praying 00:39:55.359 --> 00:39:56.539 for his 00:39:56.539 --> 00:39:57.039 disciples 00:39:57.039 --> 00:39:59.179 and he 00:39:59.179 --> 00:39:59.799 talks about 00:39:59.799 --> 00:40:00.599 how he 00:40:00.599 --> 00:40:01.000 has called 00:40:01.000 --> 00:40:01.279 them out 00:40:01.279 --> 00:40:01.500 of the 00:40:01.500 --> 00:40:01.859 world 00:40:01.859 --> 00:40:02.879 and how 00:40:02.879 --> 00:40:03.500 he's giving 00:40:03.500 --> 00:40:04.000 them his 00:40:04.000 --> 00:40:04.579 word to 00:40:04.579 --> 00:40:05.099 sanctify 00:40:05.099 --> 00:40:05.480 them in 00:40:05.480 --> 00:40:05.759 truth 00:40:05.759 --> 00:40:06.759 so that 00:40:06.759 --> 00:40:07.000 they can 00:40:07.000 --> 00:40:07.439 be in 00:40:07.439 --> 00:40:07.859 the world 00:40:07.859 --> 00:40:08.239 but not 00:40:08.239 --> 00:40:08.679 of the 00:40:08.679 --> 00:40:08.899 world 00:40:08.899 --> 00:40:09.839 to be 00:40:09.839 --> 00:40:10.359 new 00:40:10.359 --> 00:40:10.799 Jerusalem 00:40:10.799 --> 00:40:11.379 citizens 00:40:11.379 --> 00:40:12.159 while 00:40:12.159 --> 00:40:12.819 being 00:40:12.819 --> 00:40:13.359 among 00:40:13.359 --> 00:40:13.879 Babylon 00:40:13.879 --> 00:40:15.859 you need 00:40:15.859 --> 00:40:16.679 God's 00:40:16.679 --> 00:40:17.139 word 00:40:17.139 --> 00:40:19.559 marvel 00:40:19.559 --> 00:40:19.960 at his 00:40:19.960 --> 00:40:20.319 ways 00:40:20.319 --> 00:40:21.539 when was 00:40:21.539 --> 00:40:21.920 the last 00:40:21.920 --> 00:40:22.480 time you 00:40:22.480 --> 00:40:22.759 read 00:40:22.759 --> 00:40:23.119 Psalm 00:40:23.119 --> 00:40:23.900 119 00:40:23.900 --> 00:40:29.559 marvel 00:40:29.559 --> 00:40:29.960 at the 00:40:29.960 --> 00:40:30.259 lamb 00:40:30.259 --> 00:40:31.000 for 00:40:31.000 --> 00:40:32.940 if the 00:40:32.940 --> 00:40:33.379 beast 00:40:33.379 --> 00:40:34.259 is the 00:40:34.259 --> 00:40:34.559 great 00:40:34.559 --> 00:40:35.819 prostitute's 00:40:35.819 --> 00:40:36.199 pimp 00:40:36.199 --> 00:40:37.359 then the 00:40:37.359 --> 00:40:37.819 lamb 00:40:37.819 --> 00:40:38.779 is 00:40:38.779 --> 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00:42:55.199 --> 00:42:59.939 the bride 00:42:59.939 --> 00:43:00.519 of Christ 00:43:00.519 --> 00:43:01.159 reunited 00:43:01.159 --> 00:43:01.679 with his 00:43:01.679 --> 00:43:02.159 groom 00:43:02.159 --> 00:43:03.059 her groom 00:43:03.059 --> 00:43:05.099 in his 00:43:05.099 --> 00:43:05.739 presence 00:43:05.739 --> 00:43:06.919 with his 00:43:06.919 --> 00:43:07.379 people in 00:43:07.379 --> 00:43:08.059 his place 00:43:08.059 --> 00:43:08.599 singing his 00:43:08.599 --> 00:43:09.179 praises 00:43:09.179 --> 00:43:12.819 if you're 00:43:12.819 --> 00:43:13.359 in Christ 00:43:13.359 --> 00:43:14.500 your future 00:43:14.500 --> 00:43:15.919 isn't the 00:43:15.919 --> 00:43:16.879 future of 00:43:16.879 --> 00:43:17.739 the prostitute 00:43:17.739 --> 00:43:19.960 your future 00:43:19.960 --> 00:43:21.159 is the 00:43:21.159 --> 00:43:22.039 future of 00:43:22.039 --> 00:43:22.539 the bride 00:43:22.539 --> 00:43:23.480 of Christ 00:43:23.480 --> 00:43:26.039 because of 00:43:26.039 --> 00:43:26.340 Jesus 00:43:26.340 --> 00:43:26.940 you do not 00:43:26.940 --> 00:43:27.340 need to 00:43:27.340 --> 00:43:27.960 fear 00:43:27.960 --> 00:43:30.300 but marvel 00:43:30.300 --> 00:43:32.159 that God 00:43:32.159 --> 00:43:32.559 in his 00:43:32.559 --> 00:43:32.880 sovereign 00:43:32.880 --> 00:43:33.440 grace 00:43:33.440 --> 00:43:36.740 has provided 00:43:36.740 --> 00:43:37.380 for you 00:43:37.380 --> 00:43:38.179 a glorious 00:43:38.179 --> 00:43:38.880 future 00:43:38.880 --> 00:43:41.400 with him 00:43:41.400 --> 00:43:45.820 do you know 00:43:45.820 --> 00:43:46.380 what the last 00:43:46.380 --> 00:43:47.179 four words 00:43:47.179 --> 00:43:48.380 of revelation 00:43:48.380 --> 00:43:49.380 chapter 22 00:43:49.380 --> 00:43:50.019 verse 20 00:43:50.019 --> 00:43:50.240 are 00:43:50.239 --> 00:43:55.799 they're 00:43:55.799 --> 00:43:56.019 about 00:43:56.019 --> 00:43:56.239 your 00:43:56.239 --> 00:43:56.699 future 00:43:56.699 --> 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00:45:01.360 far better 00:45:01.360 --> 00:45:03.180 who is 00:45:03.180 --> 00:45:03.900 my first 00:45:03.900 --> 00:45:04.380 love 00:45:04.380 --> 00:45:05.960 and I 00:45:05.960 --> 00:45:06.900 will never 00:45:06.900 --> 00:45:08.059 forsake 00:45:08.059 --> 00:45:08.559 him 00:45:08.559 --> 00:45:10.940 Christ the 00:45:10.940 --> 00:45:11.059 King 00:45:11.059 --> 00:45:11.500 Church 00:45:11.500 --> 00:45:14.780 resist 00:45:14.780 --> 00:45:15.960 the world 00:45:15.960 --> 00:45:17.780 by marveling 00:45:17.780 --> 00:45:20.120 at the 00:45:20.120 --> 00:45:20.620 God 00:45:20.620 --> 00:45:22.300 who gave 00:45:22.300 --> 00:45:22.620 himself 00:45:22.620 --> 00:45:23.280 for you 00:45:23.280 --> 00:45:24.460 all that 00:45:24.460 --> 00:45:24.960 he's done 00:45:24.960 --> 00:45:26.220 all that 00:45:26.220 --> 00:45:26.760 he's doing 00:45:26.760 --> 00:45:28.360 and all 00:45:28.360 --> 00:45:28.620 that he 00:45:28.620 --> 00:45:29.080 will do 00:45:29.080 --> 00:45:31.220 God thank 00:45:31.220 --> 00:45:31.519 you so 00:45:31.519 --> 00:45:31.900 much 00:45:31.900 --> 00:45:33.720 for reminding 00:45:33.720 --> 00:45:34.180 us 00:45:34.180 --> 00:45:35.540 that not 00:45:35.540 --> 00:45:36.140 only are we 00:45:36.140 --> 00:45:37.060 being regularly 00:45:37.060 --> 00:45:38.519 tempted 00:45:38.519 --> 00:45:39.680 but you 00:45:39.680 --> 00:45:40.220 have made 00:45:40.220 --> 00:45:41.240 such wonderful 00:45:41.240 --> 00:45:42.360 gracious and 00:45:42.360 --> 00:45:42.740 glorious 00:45:42.739 --> 00:45:43.259 provisions 00:45:43.259 --> 00:45:43.959 for us 00:45:43.959 --> 00:45:45.179 God would 00:45:45.179 --> 00:45:45.719 you cause 00:45:45.719 --> 00:45:46.179 our hearts 00:45:46.179 --> 00:45:46.939 to marvel 00:45:46.939 --> 00:45:47.919 at you 00:45:47.919 --> 00:45:48.439 and all 00:45:48.439 --> 00:45:48.799 that you've 00:45:48.799 --> 00:45:49.179 done for 00:45:49.179 --> 00:45:49.479 us 00:45:49.479 --> 00:45:50.639 so that we 00:45:50.639 --> 00:45:51.019 can walk 00:45:51.019 --> 00:45:51.679 faithfully 00:45:51.679 --> 00:45:52.039 with you 00:45:52.039 --> 00:45:52.599 Lord Jesus 00:45:52.599 --> 00:45:54.779 our bridegroom 00:45:54.780 --> 00:45:55.960 amen