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 Amazing, beautiful chapter of the Bible,

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 which does lots of things for us,

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 but it certainly is gonna do this for us, I think.

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 It's gonna complete God's story of salvation.

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 So there's a story that runs all the way through the Bible,

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 from creation and Genesis to new creation and revelation.

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 And here we are going to find the great happily ever after

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 that your heart and mind deep down longs for,

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 of a universe reborn and made perfect,

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 of paradise regained and restored,

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 of a glorious reunion that lasts for all eternity.

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 Here too, we're gonna find a chapter

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 that captures some of our deepest human longings.

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 We're all different and we're all from different places,

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 but there are certain things that we have in common.

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 The desire for a love that is permanent.

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 The desire for a glorious home and a homecoming.

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 And for a life that is truly satisfying.

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 And we're gonna see in all of this

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 that Christ Jesus is the key.

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 So the book of Revelation has kept on reminding us

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 that Jesus is the one who died and then rose again,

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 who returned to heaven and who will return one day.

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 And now he's pictured in wonderful ways.

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 He is the bridegroom who loves his bride.

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 He is the one who prepares an eternal home

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 for all of God's children.

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 And he is the one who supplies the life that satisfies.

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 And so taken together,

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 this chapter as we come towards the end of Revelation

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 reminds us that our future as followers of Jesus

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 is glorious.

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 And it's glorious because he, Jesus, is glorious.

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 I hope as well that as we get into some of the details

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 of this chapter,

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 it's gonna stir up certain emotions.

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 Perhaps it's gonna stir up for us a sense of hope

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 as we're being presented with a world of perfection,

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 a world of perfect love.

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 Here is the world we all want.

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 Here is the goal.

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 But it might also,

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 and this isn't necessarily a bad thing,

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 it might stir up a sense of homesickness in us,

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 especially as the people of God.

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 As we recognize that there is this world

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 that we all want the way that we want it to be,

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 but often don't we find it so different.

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 And we struggle in the tension

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 that life is not supposed to be like this,

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 we often think.

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 Difficulties in our relationships,

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 difficulties and frustrations with work,

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 in our health, even in our churches.

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 But Jesus offers promise,

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 he says, that when he comes back,

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 that's when everything is made new.

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 Here is when we will enter into the life

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 that we were made for.

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 Here is where we will live forever

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 in this world that we all want,

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 when everything sad will forever come untrue.

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 And remember that this book

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 and these pictures are given in the first instance

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 to help Christians who are struggling

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 and who are suffering.

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 And it's a way for God to say to us,

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 remember, it is all worth it.

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 But maybe as we read this,

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 maybe especially if you're not a Christian,

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 you're new to church,

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 you're thinking, is this too good to be true?

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 Is this something that we can trust?

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 Does it all sound a bit pie in the sky?

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 And so it's really important

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 before we get into the details

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 to just consider who is speaking.

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 In a way, this is very similar

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 to what we said to the children.

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 Verses five and six,

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 we have God seated on the throne saying,

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 I am making everything new.

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 He presents himself as the eternal,

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 the almighty king.

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 And it's this one who says,

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 it is done.

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 And it's this God who speaks truth from heaven,

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 who invites us to come with our thirst

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 and to be satisfied.

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 He is the one who makes everything new

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 and he invites us to listen in,

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 to receive what he has for us.

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 So our plan this morning,

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 we could spend forever on this.

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 So this is a wonderful chapter.

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 We're going to take three big themes.

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 We're going to take the theme of the wedding

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 and the home and the garden.

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 I think God's glory and the gospel is so good

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 that he gives us different pictures

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 and maybe our hearts will go to one

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 or other of these this morning.

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 And we're going to think about

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 how do they kind of speak to our longings

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 and how does Jesus, the Savior,

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 fulfill the story?

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 How does Jesus bring us into this world

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 that we all want?

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 So that ultimately, all of us,

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 whoever we are,

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 we would take the invitation

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 to trust in Jesus,

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 that we would be enjoying life with him today,

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 looking ahead gladly for the promise

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 of eternal life with him.

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 Okay, so we're going to do this very briefly.

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 The first story that we see in our chapter

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 is the story of a wedding

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 in the first four verses of Revelation 21.

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 And that takes us back to creation,

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 Genesis 1 and 2.

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 There was also a wedding.

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 There was Adam and Eve.

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 Remember that God gave a wife to the man.

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 And he gave to them a marriage with a mission.

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 He said, here is your calling.

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 Fill the earth, rule over the earth,

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 spread the glory of God

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 and enjoy life with me while you're doing it.

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 But into that perfect picture came the devil,

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 came the serpent.

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 Genesis chapter 3,

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 into the marriage came sin.

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 As the man and the woman disobey God,

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 ultimately they want to replace God,

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 to reject his rule.

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 And the moment that that happens

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 and sin comes,

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 relationships break down.

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 They're now hiding from God.

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 They feel a sense of shame together.

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 There's blaming.

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 There's pain.

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 There's the loss of the presence of God.

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 But God comes and he calls to them.

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 And even in that,

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 it's a reminder that God desires

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 to invite people again.

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 He would have a people whom he loves.

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 And that's the story of the Old Testament.

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 See, if we go all the way

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 towards the end of the Old Testament,

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 we go to a prophet like Hosea.

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 Hosea is a really dramatic book.

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 God says to Hosea,

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 Hosea, I want your marriage

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 to be like a picture

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 of my relationship with Israel.

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 Hosea was a good husband

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 married to an unfaithful wife.

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 And God said,

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 that's like my people.

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 They commit spiritual adultery,

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 turning to follow other gods,

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 turning to make alliances

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 with other kings.

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 God was showing love and faithfulness,

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 but again,

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 the people of God

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 turning their back.

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 It's a picture of the heart of sin.

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 God offers us himself.

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 God offers us love,

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 but we turn our back

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 because we want to be in charge.

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 We think other things will satisfy.

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 But God's purpose

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 to have a people whom he will love

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 and be with together forever

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 does not fail in the end.

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 Look at chapter 21 of Revelation.

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 We're reminded that this is new creation.

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 I saw a new heaven and a new earth.

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 The first things have passed away.

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 The world has been remade.

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 The curse of sin is gone.

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 There's no more sea.

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 The sea is always a symbol

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 of chaos and evil.

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 So when sin and evil are done away with,

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 there's going to be another wedding.

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 God again is going to give a wife.

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 Look at verse 2.

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 The holy city comes down

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 out of heaven from God,

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 prepared as a bride,

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 beautifully dressed for her husband.

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 And God pronounces his blessing

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 over this marriage.

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 God's dwelling place is now among the people.

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 They will be his people.

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 God himself will be with them

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 and be their God.

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 This is the goal of salvation,

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 that God would live with his people

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 in a perfect world forever.

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 And there's this wonderful picture

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 of intimacy in this marriage

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 that we have a Savior who is so good

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 that he comes so near

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 that he wipes every tear,

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 that he removes everything that spoils.

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 No more sorrow,

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 no more grief,

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 no more death.

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 The powerful King ensures

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 that he will be with

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 his bride made beautiful forever.

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 Now what's the significance of this

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 for you and me today?

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 It's significant because

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 we are made for relationship.

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 All kinds of relationships.

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 And they are a source of profound joy

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 and happiness to us often.

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 Think about the picture of the passage.

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 Some of us here will have had

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 the joyful anticipation

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 of being a bride waiting

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 for the wedding day.

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 And that sense of here is a love,

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 here is a sense of permanence,

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 here is a place of security.

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 But we also know in our relationships,

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 disappointments,

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 and griefs,

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 and losses,

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 and longing.

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 We know that death casts its shadow,

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 that death always comes.

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 But we are made for relationship,

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 and most of all,

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 we're made for relationship with God.

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 And the Bible says to us,

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 the love that you and I long for,

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 that we can spend maybe all our life

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 looking for,

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 it's found in God and in His Son,

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 the Lord Jesus.

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 Here is a love that is eternal

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 and unbreakable.

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 Here is the one whose love never fails,

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 who will never disappoint.

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 Here is the promise of perfect

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 and forever love in Jesus.

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 And that tells us that the Savior,

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 Jesus,

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 is so important to this story.

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 And actually by God's design,

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 Ephesians 5 tells us,

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 every time we go to a wedding,

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 every marriage that we see,

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 speaks to us something of the gospel,

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 speaks to us something of the relationship

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 between Jesus and His church.

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 A bridegroom is supposed to love,

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 and to sacrifice,

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 and to serve as a picture

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 of what Jesus does

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 for His bride,

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 His people.

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 There is union,

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 and there is love,

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 and there is joy,

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 and there is safety.

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 Now how does Jesus show

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 His undying love and commitment

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 to His bride,

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 His people,

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 the church?

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 What we do in a wedding ceremony

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 is we give wedding ring,

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 but Jesus gives something much more.

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 He gives His own body.

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 That it's the broken body

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 and the shed blood

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 of the Lord Jesus on the cross

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 that is a sign

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 of the covenant commitment of God

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 to save and to love

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 a people for Himself.

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 And the Lord Jesus

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 is such a wonderful bridegroom

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 that He removes all the ugliness,

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 all our sin,

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 all our shame,

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 and He clothes us

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 with His perfect righteousness

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 so that the church

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 and all of our sin,

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 in the end,

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 we will be this radiant bride

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 for Jesus.

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 And so the Savior invites us

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 to look to Him,

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 to trust Him,

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 and to find that one love

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 that never fails,

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 that never disappoints.

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 That's one way of thinking

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 about the story of the Bible.

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 Here's the second way.

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 It's the story of a home

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 and a homecoming.

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 This is a kind of a theme

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 that runs through

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 the rest of chapter 21.

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 But again,

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 just to take us back

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 to the beginning

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 of God's story,

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 in the beginning,

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 God made the world

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 and He made,

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 He planted a garden

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 called Eden.

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 And this was a special place.

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 This was like a garden sanctuary

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 because God came

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 and God met

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 with Adam and Eve there.

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 And God planted Adam and Eve

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 in that garden

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 and it was a place of beauty

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 and they had everything

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 they needed

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 and His glory

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 was on full display.

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 Imagine there,

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 I don't know what your first home

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 was like,

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 but that was Adam and Eve's

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 first home.

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 And it was wonderful

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 and it was wonderful

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 because God was present.

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 He would come,

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 as it were,

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 to walk with them

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 and to talk with them.

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 And so they were

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 to live their lives

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 working and worshipping

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 and resting

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 and serving,

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 loving and enjoying

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 relationships with one another

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 but with God

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 in this true

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 and beautiful home.

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 But if we know the story again,

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 we know that they failed

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 to look after that home.

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 They failed to guard

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 and keep it.

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 And so again,

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 the serpent,

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 the snake,

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 the devil came,

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 temptation came,

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 sin came,

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 and the consequence

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 was they were sent

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 out of that home

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 into exile.

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 But again,

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 God's goal

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 that He would be God

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 with His people,

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 that would continue.

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 And key to this whole promise

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 of God living with His people

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 were a couple of different structures.

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 One was a tent

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 called the tabernacle

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 and one was a mighty building

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 called the temple.

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 But they were both

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 in different ways

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 sanctuaries,

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 places where the God of glory

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 lived among His people.

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 So if you wanted

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 to meet with God,

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 to be with God,

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 you had to go to this tent

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 or you had to go

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 to this temple.

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 And in both the tabernacle

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 and the temple,

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 there was one particular room

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 that was especially significant.

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 It was called

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 the Holy of Holies.

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 We're told the dimensions

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 of this room.

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 In the tabernacle,

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 it was 10 cubits

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 by 10 cubits

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 by 10 cubits.

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 It was a cube.

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 By the time

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 they were building the temple,

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 it became 20 by 20 by 20.

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 Okay, so there's this cube,

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 this box.

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 And once a year,

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 one man,

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 the high priest,

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 could go in

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 and meet with God

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 and offer sacrifice.

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 And it was the job

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 of the people

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 to look after

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 and to be holy

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 around this home.

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 But again,

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 they would fail

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 to guard and to keep.

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 Instead,

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 they would set up idols.

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 They'd be half-hearted

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 in their worship.

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 They'd be divided

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 in their loyalty.

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 And in the end,

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 again,

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 God's people

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 would lose their home.

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 And in the end,

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 the prophets tell us

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 that God's glory

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 would depart.

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 And so the story

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 of the Bible,

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 by the time we get

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 to the end

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 of the Old Testament

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 before Jesus comes,

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 the people of God

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 are left with a longing.

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 Will God return?

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 Will God's glory

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 return to His temple?

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 Will take that with us

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 into Revelation 21.

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 As we recognize it

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 in the new creation,

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 hope becomes promise.

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 And here we find

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 the people of God

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 invited to an eternal home

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 and an eternal homecoming.

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 Look at verse 10.

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 Here is the home

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 for the people of God.

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 What do we know about it?

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 It's the holy city

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 comes down out of heaven

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 from God.

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 It shines with the glory

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 of God.

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 God's glory

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 has got these 12 gates

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 reminding us

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 that the way of access

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 is open because of Jesus,

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 because of the gospel.

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 There's security.

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 There's high walls.

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 But there's also

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 no fear of intruders,

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 we're told later.

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 There's nothing

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 that's going to come

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 and spoil.

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 Nothing that's going

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 to ruin this life

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 that God has made

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 with His people.

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 And so there is

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 this great homecoming

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 here within our text.

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 In verse 12,

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 who lives here,

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 whose names are written

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 on the gates,

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 that say this is their home.

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 Twelve tribes of Israel.

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 Verse 12,

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 that tells us

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 all the Old Testament

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 believers about their faith

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 in God,

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 that He would send

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 as Messiah Jesus.

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 They're going to be there.

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 Verse 14,

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 the wall of the city

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 had twelve foundations,

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 and on them

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 were the names

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 of the twelve apostles

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 of the Lamb.

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 And so here's

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 what this is saying.

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 Everyone who believes

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 in the message

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 about Jesus,

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 they're also going

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 to find their home

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 in here.

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 So what started

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 as a garden

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 where Adam and Eve

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 live with God

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 now becomes

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 this huge city

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 where everybody

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 who believes in Jesus

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 across all time

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 and countries

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 and cultures

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 gathers together,

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 people from every nation

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 and background

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 united together

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 in the presence

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 of God

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 in perfect love

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 and joy.

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 We have found

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 our true forever home

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 in these pages,

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 and God

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 is wonderfully present.

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 So we talked

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 a little bit

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 about the dimensions

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 of the Holy of Holies.

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 Now pay attention

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 to verse 16,

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 and it explains

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 why we get

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 the numbers here.

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 The city

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 was laid out

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 like a square,

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 as long

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 as it was wide.

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 He measured

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 the city

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 with the rod

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 and found it

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 to be twelve thousand

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 stadia in length

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 and as wide

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 and as high

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 as it is

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 long.

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 Here's the symbolism.

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 The new creation,

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 like a massive cube.

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 And the point of that

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 is to say to us

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 that the God of glory

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 will fill

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 the whole earth

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 and God's people

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 will live forever

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 in the true

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 Holy of Holies.

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 We will never be

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 a moment

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 outside of the

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 perfect presence

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 of God.

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 We will enjoy

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 life with

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 our God forever.

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 We too

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 will work

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 and worship

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 and rest

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 and serve

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 and love

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 and enjoy

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 and God

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 will be there

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 always.

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 This isn't just

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 for one person

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 once per year.

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 This is for

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 everybody

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 who puts

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 their trust

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 in Jesus

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 for all

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 of eternity.

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 Now what's

00:17:16.220 --> 00:17:16.720
 the significance

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 of this theme?

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 home,

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 even just to say

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 the word

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 home,

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 can have really

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 powerful associations

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 for us,

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 can't it?

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 For some

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 it connects us

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 with places.

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 Often it connects us

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 with the people

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 that we love.

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 At its best,

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 home is associated

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 with warm welcome,

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 a place of true

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 belonging,

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 a place where we feel

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 secure and we feel

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 joy.

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 It's the world

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 we want.

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 But in part,

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 home and homecoming

00:17:47.720 --> 00:17:48.940
 is such a powerful image

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 because we know

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 this to be true

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 that we live

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 among the ruin.

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 Most days of the week

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 our church is open

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 so that asylum seekers

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 can come

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 and they can learn English.

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 What does home

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 mean to them

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 if you have to flee

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 from persecution

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 and war?

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 But to take it

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 closer to home

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 for ourselves,

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 many of us here

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 today,

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 I imagine,

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 have lived at

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 different points

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 with a sense

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 of homesickness.

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 This isn't your

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 home country.

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 Even if it is

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 your home country,

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 sometimes you

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 perhaps wish you

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 were where your

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 parents were

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 or where your

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 friends were.

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 In a city like

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 Edinburgh,

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 it's really easy

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 to be surrounded

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 by people but yet

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 to feel like a

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 stranger.

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 There is a real

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 problem of loneliness

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 in our own city.

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 The idea of home

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 can bring mixed

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 emotions for us.

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 It can be a castle

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 for us.

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 At times it can be

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 a prison for us.

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 Where do we find

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 our true home?

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 Where do we find

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 that warm,

00:18:55.500 --> 00:18:56.360
 loving welcome?

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 Where do we find

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 those arms that are

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 open to welcome us

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 into true belonging,

00:19:02.720 --> 00:19:03.560
 to bring us into

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 a place where love

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 and joy will be

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 unbroken?

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 And the answer

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 again is from

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 Jesus.

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 To think about

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 the story of

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 Jesus, he is the

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 eternal son of God

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 but he entered

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 into history,

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 leaving his true

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 home of heaven

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 to come down,

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 to be born on

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 this earth,

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 to be God

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 with us,

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 to be the true

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 temple actually.

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 So he would say

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 that so that now

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 if we want to

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 meet with God,

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 we go to Jesus.

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 If we want to

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 encounter the glory

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 of God,

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 we need to go

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 to Jesus.

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 And Jesus gave

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 that wonderful

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 promise in

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 John 14.

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 Just before he

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 was about to die,

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 he says,

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 I'm going to

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 prepare a place

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 for you.

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 My father's house

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 has many rooms

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 and I'm going to

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 go and I'm going

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 to make a room

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 ready and one

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 day I'll come

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 back and I'll

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 take you to be

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 with me,

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 that you may be

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 where I am.

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 Jesus prepares

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 an eternal home

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 for his people

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 by going to

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 the cross to

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 die in our

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 place for our

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 sin before

00:20:07.019 --> 00:20:08.019
 rising again

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 and going back

00:20:09.140 --> 00:20:09.720
 to rule in

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 heaven for us.

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 Jesus went

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 into exile

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 for us,

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 went into

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 the far

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 country,

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 on the cross

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 felt forsaken

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 by his father.

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 So if we turn

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 from sin to

00:20:25.259 --> 00:20:26.400
 trust in Jesus,

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 we can be

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 brought home

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 to God

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 so that we

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 will live

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 for all

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 eternity

00:20:35.960 --> 00:20:37.440
 in the true

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 holy of holies

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 and that

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 involves

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 a tearing.

00:20:43.140 --> 00:20:43.860
 Mark's gospel

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 does something

00:20:45.240 --> 00:20:46.019
 really helpful

00:20:46.019 --> 00:20:46.480
 for us.

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 It tells us

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 that when Jesus

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 was dying on

00:20:48.960 --> 00:20:49.500
 the cross

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 and his body

00:20:50.740 --> 00:20:51.640
 was torn

00:20:51.640 --> 00:20:52.720
 as a loving

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 sacrifice,

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 over there

00:20:54.840 --> 00:20:55.720
 in the temple

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 the curtain

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 was torn

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 and the curtain

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 was torn

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 so that

00:21:02.440 --> 00:21:03.620
 the glory

00:21:03.620 --> 00:21:04.200
 of God

00:21:04.200 --> 00:21:04.900
 would break

00:21:04.900 --> 00:21:05.819
 out and begin

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 to fill

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 the earth

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 so that now

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 God comes

00:21:09.700 --> 00:21:10.620
 to dwell

00:21:10.620 --> 00:21:11.400
 in the hearts

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 of men

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 and women

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 and boys

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 and girls

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 all around

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 the world

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 and the church

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 continues

00:21:16.460 --> 00:21:17.220
 to grow.

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 The good news

00:21:17.920 --> 00:21:18.400
 of Jesus

00:21:18.400 --> 00:21:19.160
 spreads to

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 the ends

00:21:19.860 --> 00:21:20.539
 of the earth

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 and that

00:21:20.920 --> 00:21:22.019
 process of

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 filling the earth

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 with glory

00:21:23.480 --> 00:21:24.279
 that will be

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 completed

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 at the new

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 creation.

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 That's the home

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 that we were

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 made for

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 and Jesus

00:21:30.319 --> 00:21:31.339
 invites us

00:21:31.339 --> 00:21:32.860
 to come home

00:21:32.860 --> 00:21:33.440
 to God

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 to enjoy

00:21:35.000 --> 00:21:35.640
 that glory

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 and that love

00:21:36.360 --> 00:21:37.839
 to have that

00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:38.339
 home and that

00:21:38.339 --> 00:21:38.940
 homecoming

00:21:38.940 --> 00:21:39.680
 that will never

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 end

00:21:40.480 --> 00:21:41.500
 and as Christian

00:21:41.500 --> 00:21:42.539
 pilgrims

00:21:42.539 --> 00:21:43.620
 we're invited

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 every day

00:21:44.160 --> 00:21:44.759
 to remember

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 that's our

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 true home

00:21:45.819 --> 00:21:46.860
 so that we

00:21:46.860 --> 00:21:47.259
 would keep

00:21:47.259 --> 00:21:47.819
 the faith

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 that we would

00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:49.500
 go through

00:21:49.500 --> 00:21:50.059
 the struggles

00:21:50.059 --> 00:21:50.539
 knowing

00:21:50.539 --> 00:21:51.579
 that we

00:21:51.579 --> 00:21:52.079
 will make

00:21:52.079 --> 00:21:52.619
 it home

00:21:52.619 --> 00:21:53.379
 because

00:21:53.379 --> 00:21:54.419
 we are

00:21:54.419 --> 00:21:54.839
 connected

00:21:54.839 --> 00:21:55.500
 to Jesus.

00:21:57.179 --> 00:21:57.720
 So we

00:21:57.720 --> 00:21:58.000
 thought about

00:21:58.000 --> 00:21:58.399
 the wedding

00:21:58.399 --> 00:21:58.819
 we thought

00:21:58.819 --> 00:21:59.139
 about the

00:21:59.139 --> 00:21:59.339
 home

00:21:59.339 --> 00:21:59.639
 now we

00:21:59.639 --> 00:21:59.879
 need to

00:21:59.879 --> 00:22:00.039
 think

00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:00.539
 very briefly

00:22:00.539 --> 00:22:00.980
 about the

00:22:00.980 --> 00:22:01.440
 garden

00:22:01.440 --> 00:22:02.399
 and we

00:22:02.399 --> 00:22:02.619
 sort of

00:22:02.619 --> 00:22:02.879
 talked

00:22:02.879 --> 00:22:03.220
 about the

00:22:03.220 --> 00:22:03.559
 garden

00:22:03.559 --> 00:22:04.460
 but the

00:22:04.460 --> 00:22:04.759
 imagery

00:22:04.759 --> 00:22:05.359
 really picks

00:22:05.359 --> 00:22:05.859
 up in

00:22:05.859 --> 00:22:06.240
 Revelation

00:22:06.240 --> 00:22:06.879
 21

00:22:06.879 --> 00:22:07.480
 22

00:22:07.480 --> 00:22:07.879
 rather

00:22:07.879 --> 00:22:08.940
 but again

00:22:08.940 --> 00:22:09.419
 to go back

00:22:09.419 --> 00:22:09.980
 to creation

00:22:09.980 --> 00:22:10.659
 Genesis 1

00:22:10.659 --> 00:22:10.919
 and 2

00:22:10.919 --> 00:22:11.319
 we have this

00:22:11.319 --> 00:22:11.720
 paradise

00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:12.279
 garden

00:22:12.279 --> 00:22:12.879
 made by

00:22:12.879 --> 00:22:13.299
 God

00:22:13.299 --> 00:22:14.339
 and within

00:22:14.339 --> 00:22:14.960
 the garden

00:22:14.960 --> 00:22:16.119
 there are

00:22:16.119 --> 00:22:16.779
 those rivers

00:22:16.779 --> 00:22:17.579
 that flow

00:22:17.579 --> 00:22:19.099
 to give life

00:22:19.099 --> 00:22:19.639
 to irrigate

00:22:19.639 --> 00:22:20.139
 the land

00:22:20.139 --> 00:22:21.039
 and in

00:22:21.039 --> 00:22:21.639
 the centre

00:22:21.639 --> 00:22:22.719
 of the

00:22:22.719 --> 00:22:23.179
 garden

00:22:23.179 --> 00:22:23.980
 there was

00:22:23.980 --> 00:22:24.519
 this tree

00:22:24.519 --> 00:22:25.059
 known as

00:22:25.059 --> 00:22:25.459
 the tree

00:22:25.459 --> 00:22:26.059
 of life

00:22:26.059 --> 00:22:27.779
 reminding us

00:22:27.779 --> 00:22:28.099
 that God

00:22:28.099 --> 00:22:28.740
 is a generous

00:22:28.740 --> 00:22:29.039
 giver

00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:29.519
 what he wants

00:22:29.519 --> 00:22:29.859
 to give

00:22:29.859 --> 00:22:30.299
 is life

00:22:30.299 --> 00:22:31.339
 but there

00:22:31.339 --> 00:22:31.839
 was another

00:22:31.839 --> 00:22:32.359
 tree in

00:22:32.359 --> 00:22:32.779
 the centre

00:22:32.779 --> 00:22:33.059
 of the

00:22:33.059 --> 00:22:33.339
 garden

00:22:33.339 --> 00:22:33.639
 and it

00:22:33.639 --> 00:22:33.939
 was called

00:22:33.939 --> 00:22:34.240
 the tree

00:22:34.240 --> 00:22:34.480
 of the

00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:34.740
 knowledge

00:22:34.740 --> 00:22:35.059
 of good

00:22:35.059 --> 00:22:35.500
 and evil

00:22:35.500 --> 00:22:36.539
 Adam

00:22:36.539 --> 00:22:36.799
 and Eve

00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:37.099
 were told

00:22:37.099 --> 00:22:37.599
 you have

00:22:37.599 --> 00:22:38.039
 this whole

00:22:38.039 --> 00:22:38.519
 garden

00:22:38.519 --> 00:22:39.219
 and I'm

00:22:39.219 --> 00:22:39.819
 saying yes

00:22:39.819 --> 00:22:40.079
 to you

00:22:40.079 --> 00:22:40.379
 enjoying

00:22:40.379 --> 00:22:40.740
 this whole

00:22:40.740 --> 00:22:40.919
 garden

00:22:40.919 --> 00:22:41.079
 there's

00:22:41.079 --> 00:22:41.480
 one tree

00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:41.740
 that I

00:22:41.740 --> 00:22:41.959
 want you

00:22:41.959 --> 00:22:42.219
 to say

00:22:42.219 --> 00:22:42.699
 no to

00:22:42.699 --> 00:22:43.219
 it's the

00:22:43.219 --> 00:22:43.379
 tree

00:22:43.379 --> 00:22:43.599
 of the

00:22:43.599 --> 00:22:43.859
 knowledge

00:22:43.859 --> 00:22:44.179
 of good

00:22:44.179 --> 00:22:44.579
 and evil

00:22:44.579 --> 00:22:44.939
 it was

00:22:44.940 --> 00:22:45.340
 forbidden

00:22:45.340 --> 00:22:46.140
 that was

00:22:46.140 --> 00:22:46.680
 their test

00:22:46.680 --> 00:22:47.140
 of obedience

00:22:47.140 --> 00:22:47.500
 but they

00:22:47.500 --> 00:22:48.700
 failed that

00:22:48.700 --> 00:22:48.960
 test

00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:49.180
 and when

00:22:49.180 --> 00:22:49.640
 they failed

00:22:49.640 --> 00:22:50.360
 the test

00:22:50.360 --> 00:22:52.080
 again they

00:22:52.080 --> 00:22:52.700
 were expelled

00:22:52.700 --> 00:22:53.160
 from the

00:22:53.160 --> 00:22:53.519
 garden

00:22:53.519 --> 00:22:54.840
 and they

00:22:54.840 --> 00:22:55.640
 lost access

00:22:55.640 --> 00:22:56.240
 to that

00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:56.720
 tree

00:22:56.720 --> 00:22:58.460
 and the

00:22:58.460 --> 00:22:58.980
 entrance to

00:22:58.980 --> 00:22:59.380
 the garden

00:22:59.380 --> 00:22:59.799
 was now

00:22:59.799 --> 00:23:00.440
 guarded by

00:23:00.440 --> 00:23:00.840
 an angel

00:23:00.840 --> 00:23:01.140
 with a

00:23:01.140 --> 00:23:01.799
 fiery sword

00:23:01.799 --> 00:23:03.420
 but there's

00:23:03.420 --> 00:23:03.779
 still that

00:23:03.779 --> 00:23:04.180
 longing

00:23:04.180 --> 00:23:05.480
 for life

00:23:05.480 --> 00:23:05.920
 and for

00:23:05.920 --> 00:23:06.559
 satisfaction

00:23:06.559 --> 00:23:07.220
 the prophets

00:23:07.220 --> 00:23:07.700
 again would

00:23:07.700 --> 00:23:08.100
 pick up

00:23:08.100 --> 00:23:08.759
 these themes

00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:09.940
 Jeremiah

00:23:09.940 --> 00:23:10.799
 is one

00:23:10.799 --> 00:23:11.720
 very early

00:23:11.720 --> 00:23:12.240
 on in his

00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:12.740
 prophecy

00:23:12.740 --> 00:23:13.160
 he said

00:23:13.160 --> 00:23:13.519
 this to

00:23:13.519 --> 00:23:13.759
 them in

00:23:13.759 --> 00:23:14.240
 chapter 2

00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:14.900
 my people

00:23:14.900 --> 00:23:15.519
 this is God

00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:15.819
 speaking

00:23:15.819 --> 00:23:16.359
 have committed

00:23:16.359 --> 00:23:17.180
 two sins

00:23:17.180 --> 00:23:18.299
 they have

00:23:18.299 --> 00:23:18.740
 forsaken

00:23:18.740 --> 00:23:19.160
 me

00:23:19.160 --> 00:23:20.079
 and listen

00:23:20.079 --> 00:23:20.420
 to how he

00:23:20.420 --> 00:23:21.319
 pictures himself

00:23:21.319 --> 00:23:22.039
 the spring

00:23:22.039 --> 00:23:22.519
 of living

00:23:22.519 --> 00:23:23.039
 water

00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:24.839
 and have

00:23:24.839 --> 00:23:25.220
 dug their

00:23:25.220 --> 00:23:26.200
 own cisterns

00:23:26.200 --> 00:23:27.019
 broken

00:23:27.019 --> 00:23:27.759
 cisterns

00:23:27.759 --> 00:23:28.200
 what's his

00:23:28.200 --> 00:23:28.519
 point

00:23:28.519 --> 00:23:29.299
 God is saying

00:23:29.299 --> 00:23:30.380
 I'm offering

00:23:30.380 --> 00:23:30.859
 to give

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 myself

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 to my

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 people

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 and that's

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 everything

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 that's true

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 and lasting

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 satisfaction

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 but his

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 people in

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 the Old

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 Testament

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 were searching

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 for life

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 and satisfaction

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 meaning in

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 all the wrong

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 places

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 and they were

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 coming up

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 empty

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 another prophet

00:23:44.939 --> 00:23:45.500
 Ezekiel

00:23:45.500 --> 00:23:46.819
 in chapter 47

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 has this glorious

00:23:47.799 --> 00:23:48.359
 image

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 he sees a

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 renewed temple

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 and underneath

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 the temple

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 there's a stream

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 that starts to

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 flow

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 and as the stream

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 continues to flow

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 it gets wider

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 and it gets deeper

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 till it becomes

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 this roaring river

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 and whenever the river

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 goes

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 life

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 goes

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 and this is the

00:24:04.859 --> 00:24:05.219
 picture of

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 this is what God

00:24:05.919 --> 00:24:06.379
 does

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 this is what God

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 gives

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 he is the one

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 who gives life

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 true life

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 now pick up

00:24:12.720 --> 00:24:13.059
 your Bible

00:24:13.059 --> 00:24:13.440
 and look at

00:24:13.440 --> 00:24:14.460
 Revelation 22

00:24:14.460 --> 00:24:15.720
 verse 1

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 the angel

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 showed me

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 the river

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 of the water

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 of life

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 as clear

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 as crystal

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 flowing from

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 the throne

00:24:23.339 --> 00:24:24.019
 of God

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 and of the

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 Lamb

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 it is the

00:24:26.660 --> 00:24:27.240
 symbol

00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:28.000
 of life

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 giving

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 refreshing

00:24:29.019 --> 00:24:29.480
 water

00:24:29.480 --> 00:24:30.099
 that comes

00:24:30.099 --> 00:24:31.400
 from God

00:24:31.400 --> 00:24:32.099
 God

00:24:32.099 --> 00:24:32.900
 is a fountain

00:24:32.900 --> 00:24:33.259
 God

00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:33.640
 is never

00:24:33.640 --> 00:24:34.180
 thirsty

00:24:34.180 --> 00:24:35.039
 he has

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 perfect

00:24:35.400 --> 00:24:36.160
 satisfaction

00:24:36.160 --> 00:24:36.920
 in himself

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 but he

00:24:37.539 --> 00:24:38.279
 overflows

00:24:38.279 --> 00:24:38.839
 his goodness

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 his beauty

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 his truth

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 his love

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 to us

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 in our thirst

00:24:42.460 --> 00:24:44.940
 look at verse 2

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 and 3

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 down the middle

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 of the great street

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 okay

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 on each side

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 of the river

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 stood the tree

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 of life

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 bearing 12

00:24:50.960 --> 00:24:51.980
 crops of fruit

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 yielding its fruit

00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:54.059
 every month

00:24:54.059 --> 00:24:55.039
 and the leaves

00:24:55.039 --> 00:24:55.420
 of the tree

00:24:55.420 --> 00:24:55.980
 are for the healing

00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:56.620
 of the nations

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 no longer

00:24:57.259 --> 00:24:57.799
 will there be

00:24:57.799 --> 00:24:58.680
 any curse

00:24:58.680 --> 00:25:01.080
 here's a return

00:25:01.080 --> 00:25:02.240
 of the tree

00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:02.759
 of life

00:25:02.759 --> 00:25:04.340
 here is a symbol

00:25:04.340 --> 00:25:05.440
 of God's generosity

00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:06.299
 and God's provision

00:25:06.299 --> 00:25:07.559
 I will give you

00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:08.860
 perfect life

00:25:08.859 --> 00:25:10.139
 and I will give it

00:25:10.139 --> 00:25:10.979
 to you in relationship

00:25:10.979 --> 00:25:11.719
 with me

00:25:11.719 --> 00:25:12.619
 and there is a

00:25:12.619 --> 00:25:13.539
 constant supply

00:25:13.539 --> 00:25:14.799
 of this perfect life

00:25:14.799 --> 00:25:15.719
 that is healing

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 and not just for some

00:25:16.639 --> 00:25:17.759
 but for all peoples

00:25:17.759 --> 00:25:18.939
 from all nations

00:25:18.939 --> 00:25:19.879
 because the invitation

00:25:19.879 --> 00:25:20.759
 runs wide

00:25:20.759 --> 00:25:23.199
 and the high point

00:25:23.199 --> 00:25:25.359
 of life in this garden

00:25:25.359 --> 00:25:27.579
 is that once again

00:25:27.579 --> 00:25:28.339
 God is here

00:25:28.339 --> 00:25:30.199
 the throne of God

00:25:30.199 --> 00:25:31.079
 and of the Lamb

00:25:31.079 --> 00:25:32.339
 will be in the city

00:25:32.339 --> 00:25:33.500
 so it's a garden city

00:25:33.500 --> 00:25:35.019
 and his servants

00:25:35.019 --> 00:25:36.059
 will serve him

00:25:36.059 --> 00:25:37.720
 they will see

00:25:37.720 --> 00:25:38.679
 his face

00:25:38.679 --> 00:25:40.220
 and his name

00:25:40.220 --> 00:25:41.619
 will be on their foreheads

00:25:41.619 --> 00:25:44.539
 this is the happily ever after

00:25:44.539 --> 00:25:45.419
 this is God

00:25:45.419 --> 00:25:46.079
 and his people

00:25:46.079 --> 00:25:46.720
 in the garden

00:25:46.720 --> 00:25:47.500
 become a city

00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:48.659
 together forever

00:25:48.659 --> 00:25:50.799
 seeing the face

00:25:50.799 --> 00:25:51.619
 of Jesus

00:25:51.619 --> 00:25:53.639
 basking in the glory

00:25:53.639 --> 00:25:54.119
 of God

00:25:54.119 --> 00:25:55.200
 belonging to him

00:25:55.200 --> 00:25:55.679
 forever

00:25:55.679 --> 00:25:57.019
 there's no more darkness

00:25:57.019 --> 00:25:58.139
 there's no more night

00:25:58.139 --> 00:25:59.099
 there's no more danger

00:25:59.099 --> 00:26:00.539
 there's no need

00:26:00.539 --> 00:26:01.039
 for the sun

00:26:01.039 --> 00:26:01.899
 because we get to live

00:26:01.899 --> 00:26:02.639
 and join the light

00:26:02.639 --> 00:26:03.440
 of God's glory

00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:05.140
 and we serve him

00:26:05.140 --> 00:26:06.440
 and we reign

00:26:06.440 --> 00:26:07.700
 with him forever

00:26:07.700 --> 00:26:09.019
 this is the life

00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:10.559
 that we were

00:26:10.559 --> 00:26:12.000
 made for

00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:15.660
 and the significance

00:26:15.660 --> 00:26:16.460
 of this

00:26:16.460 --> 00:26:18.720
 I think comes

00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:19.539
 when we acknowledge

00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:21.340
 that all of us

00:26:21.340 --> 00:26:21.940
 in different ways

00:26:21.940 --> 00:26:22.920
 we have a thirst

00:26:22.920 --> 00:26:25.660
 a thirst

00:26:25.660 --> 00:26:26.860
 sometimes for meaning

00:26:26.860 --> 00:26:27.720
 and purpose

00:26:27.720 --> 00:26:29.480
 a thirst

00:26:29.480 --> 00:26:30.360
 for work

00:26:30.360 --> 00:26:31.120
 or for life

00:26:31.120 --> 00:26:32.340
 that satisfies

00:26:32.339 --> 00:26:34.240
 a longing

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:34.819
 to find

00:26:34.819 --> 00:26:35.659
 our ultimate

00:26:35.659 --> 00:26:36.339
 hopes

00:26:36.339 --> 00:26:37.399
 met

00:26:37.399 --> 00:26:38.639
 so our hearts

00:26:38.639 --> 00:26:39.679
 can be at peace

00:26:39.679 --> 00:26:41.919
 but often

00:26:41.919 --> 00:26:42.839
 don't we discover

00:26:42.839 --> 00:26:43.619
 that our hearts

00:26:43.619 --> 00:26:44.500
 come up empty

00:26:44.500 --> 00:26:47.179
 that we often

00:26:47.179 --> 00:26:48.379
 find that our hearts

00:26:48.379 --> 00:26:49.720
 remain restless

00:26:49.720 --> 00:26:52.459
 speaking to a friend

00:26:52.459 --> 00:26:53.220
 this week

00:26:53.220 --> 00:26:54.579
 who'd gone on

00:26:54.579 --> 00:26:55.679
 what sounded like

00:26:55.679 --> 00:26:56.039
 it should have been

00:26:56.039 --> 00:26:56.899
 the trip of a lifetime

00:26:56.899 --> 00:26:57.859
 to Japan

00:26:57.859 --> 00:26:59.500
 taking in

00:26:59.500 --> 00:26:59.980
 the wonders

00:26:59.980 --> 00:27:00.579
 of Disneyland

00:27:00.579 --> 00:27:01.199
 Tokyo

00:27:01.200 --> 00:27:02.120
 some people

00:27:02.120 --> 00:27:02.660
 that'd be the best

00:27:02.660 --> 00:27:03.100
 thing ever

00:27:03.100 --> 00:27:04.220
 and she came away

00:27:04.220 --> 00:27:05.080
 thinking is that it

00:27:05.080 --> 00:27:06.180
 long cues

00:27:06.180 --> 00:27:06.620
 and silly

00:27:06.620 --> 00:27:07.380
 Mickey Mouse ears

00:27:07.380 --> 00:27:09.000
 that's often

00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:09.900
 our experience

00:27:09.900 --> 00:27:10.920
 in this life

00:27:10.920 --> 00:27:12.019
 we imagine

00:27:12.019 --> 00:27:13.100
 this is the thing

00:27:13.100 --> 00:27:14.700
 this is the one

00:27:14.700 --> 00:27:15.840
 my heart's gonna

00:27:15.840 --> 00:27:16.740
 find my everything

00:27:16.740 --> 00:27:17.360
 here

00:27:17.360 --> 00:27:19.940
 and if that's not God

00:27:19.940 --> 00:27:20.600
 we're gonna come up

00:27:20.600 --> 00:27:20.980
 empty

00:27:20.980 --> 00:27:24.259
 God is a generous

00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:24.660
 giver

00:27:24.660 --> 00:27:25.400
 and the greatest

00:27:25.400 --> 00:27:26.240
 gift he gives

00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:27.500
 is himself

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:29.519
 that's what the book

00:27:29.519 --> 00:27:30.039
 of Revelation

00:27:30.039 --> 00:27:30.960
 tells us

00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:32.299
 and that takes us

00:27:32.299 --> 00:27:33.240
 again to Jesus

00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:34.099
 the saviour

00:27:34.099 --> 00:27:37.039
 who will speak

00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:38.000
 in the gospels

00:27:38.000 --> 00:27:39.259
 to a woman

00:27:39.259 --> 00:27:40.279
 in John chapter 4

00:27:40.279 --> 00:27:41.500
 beside a well

00:27:41.500 --> 00:27:43.880
 she is thirsty

00:27:43.880 --> 00:27:44.579
 she is longing

00:27:44.579 --> 00:27:45.380
 to find security

00:27:45.380 --> 00:27:46.400
 to find relationship

00:27:46.400 --> 00:27:47.160
 to find love

00:27:47.160 --> 00:27:48.039
 and Jesus says to her

00:27:48.039 --> 00:27:48.599
 I can give you

00:27:48.599 --> 00:27:49.359
 living water

00:27:49.359 --> 00:27:51.660
 that will spring up

00:27:51.660 --> 00:27:52.599
 to eternal life

00:27:52.599 --> 00:27:55.559
 Jesus makes

00:27:55.559 --> 00:27:56.419
 the bold

00:27:56.419 --> 00:27:57.719
 amazing statement

00:27:57.719 --> 00:27:58.679
 that he is God

00:27:58.679 --> 00:28:00.219
 and he gives the life

00:28:00.219 --> 00:28:00.959
 that satisfies

00:28:00.959 --> 00:28:02.199
 now how does he

00:28:02.199 --> 00:28:03.039
 do that

00:28:03.039 --> 00:28:05.240
 how does he give us

00:28:05.240 --> 00:28:05.819
 the access

00:28:05.819 --> 00:28:07.079
 to the tree of life

00:28:07.079 --> 00:28:09.919
 well the Bible

00:28:09.919 --> 00:28:11.179
 tells us of another tree

00:28:11.179 --> 00:28:15.379
 the cross of Calvary

00:28:15.379 --> 00:28:17.119
 and there as we

00:28:17.119 --> 00:28:18.019
 as we pan

00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:18.799
 to that mountain

00:28:18.799 --> 00:28:19.579
 to that tree

00:28:19.579 --> 00:28:20.599
 we see Jesus

00:28:20.599 --> 00:28:21.419
 as it were

00:28:21.419 --> 00:28:22.319
 going under

00:28:22.319 --> 00:28:23.779
 the fiery sword

00:28:23.779 --> 00:28:25.119
 of God's judgment

00:28:25.119 --> 00:28:26.659
 not for anything

00:28:26.659 --> 00:28:27.579
 that he had done wrong

00:28:27.579 --> 00:28:28.379
 but as he bears

00:28:28.379 --> 00:28:29.480
 the sin of his people

00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:31.759
 as he takes our day

00:28:31.759 --> 00:28:34.099
 as he is cut off

00:28:34.099 --> 00:28:36.079
 so that you and I

00:28:36.079 --> 00:28:36.839
 could be forgiven

00:28:36.839 --> 00:28:38.599
 and brought near

00:28:38.599 --> 00:28:40.139
 and enter life

00:28:40.139 --> 00:28:40.679
 with God

00:28:40.679 --> 00:28:42.500
 we hear Jesus

00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:43.639
 cry on the cross

00:28:43.639 --> 00:28:45.759
 I am thirsty

00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:49.559
 as he becomes

00:28:49.559 --> 00:28:50.240
 the sacrifice

00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:51.319
 so that you and I

00:28:51.319 --> 00:28:53.439
 can taste and see

00:28:53.439 --> 00:28:55.139
 that the Lord

00:28:55.139 --> 00:28:55.740
 is good

00:28:55.740 --> 00:28:57.039
 that we can enjoy

00:28:57.039 --> 00:28:57.899
 the goodness of God

00:28:57.899 --> 00:28:58.539
 in this life

00:28:58.539 --> 00:28:59.460
 with a certain hope

00:28:59.460 --> 00:29:00.299
 of eternal joy

00:29:00.299 --> 00:29:01.139
 in the life to come

00:29:01.139 --> 00:29:03.919
 so here is

00:29:03.919 --> 00:29:06.079
 the world we all want

00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:07.099
 truly the life

00:29:07.099 --> 00:29:08.259
 that we were made for

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:10.179
 to be brought into

00:29:10.179 --> 00:29:11.339
 this wonderful story

00:29:11.339 --> 00:29:12.259
 of God's commitment

00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:13.599
 to be with his people

00:29:13.599 --> 00:29:15.179
 to let his glory

00:29:15.179 --> 00:29:16.179
 overflow to us

00:29:16.179 --> 00:29:16.819
 to invite us

00:29:16.819 --> 00:29:17.700
 into perfect life

00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:18.099
 with him

00:29:18.099 --> 00:29:22.480
 and this story

00:29:22.480 --> 00:29:23.500
 creates a thirst

00:29:23.500 --> 00:29:24.200
 in us

00:29:24.200 --> 00:29:25.639
 and I hope it says

00:29:25.639 --> 00:29:26.359
 to all of us

00:29:26.359 --> 00:29:27.980
 I want to go deeper

00:29:27.980 --> 00:29:29.119
 not to be too easily

00:29:29.119 --> 00:29:29.740
 satisfied

00:29:29.740 --> 00:29:30.599
 I want to find

00:29:30.599 --> 00:29:31.319
 true love

00:29:31.319 --> 00:29:32.559
 in knowing God

00:29:32.559 --> 00:29:33.159
 I want to find

00:29:33.159 --> 00:29:33.899
 my true home

00:29:33.899 --> 00:29:34.379
 in him

00:29:34.379 --> 00:29:35.339
 and to find

00:29:35.339 --> 00:29:36.299
 that joyful life

00:29:36.299 --> 00:29:37.200
 that will never end

00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:39.279
 and wonderfully

00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:40.200
 we're also reminded

00:29:40.200 --> 00:29:41.119
 who's the great hero

00:29:41.119 --> 00:29:41.819
 of this story

00:29:41.819 --> 00:29:43.500
 it's the Lord Jesus

00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:45.519
 for us to have

00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:47.220
 our happily ever after

00:29:47.220 --> 00:29:48.680
 Jesus has come

00:29:48.680 --> 00:29:49.279
 to defeat

00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:50.319
 our great enemies

00:29:50.319 --> 00:29:51.559
 he has come

00:29:51.559 --> 00:29:52.220
 to rescue

00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:52.940
 and win a bride

00:29:52.940 --> 00:29:53.480
 for himself

00:29:53.480 --> 00:29:54.619
 he is the one

00:29:54.619 --> 00:29:55.319
 who will return

00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:55.819
 one day

00:29:55.819 --> 00:29:56.920
 to take his people

00:29:56.920 --> 00:29:58.440
 to his glorious home

00:29:58.440 --> 00:29:58.940
 forever

00:29:58.940 --> 00:30:01.480
 this is the world

00:30:01.480 --> 00:30:02.000
 we all want

00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:04.259
 come to him

00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:05.380
 trust him

00:30:05.380 --> 00:30:06.599
 and live