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Speaker 2: For more resources to help you in your walk with Christ,

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Speaker 2: please visit us at Bible Studyheadquarters dot com. Today we

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Speaker 2: are continuing our look at the Book of Revelation, and

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Speaker 2: today we're in chapter fourteen. So if you take your

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Speaker 2: Bibles and turn there with me, we're going to be

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Speaker 2: talking about the victory of the Lamb and the coming harvest.

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Speaker 2: And in Revelation fourteen, we're gonna look at all twenty

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Speaker 2: verses of this chapter. So I'm just going to start

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Speaker 2: off by reading it all for us, and then we're

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Speaker 2: going to look at it a piece at a time.

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Speaker 2: So again, Revelation fourteen, starting with verse one, this is

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Speaker 2: what this passage happens to say the apostle John said this.

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Speaker 2: Then I looked and behold, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb,

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Speaker 2: and with him one hundred and forty four thousand who

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Speaker 2: had his name and his father's name written on their foreheads.

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Speaker 2: And I heard a voice from heaven, like the roar

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Speaker 2: heard was like the sound of harpists playing on their harps,

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Speaker 2: and they were singing a new song before the Throne

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Speaker 2: and before the four living creatures. And before the elders,

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Speaker 2: no one could learn that song except the one hundred

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Speaker 2: and forty four thousand who had been redeemed from the earth.

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Speaker 2: It is these who have not defiled themselves with women,

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Speaker 2: for they are virgins. It is these who follow the

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Speaker 2: Lamb wherever he goes. These have been redeemed from mankind

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Speaker 2: as first fruits for God and the Lamb. And in

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Speaker 2: their mouth no lie was found, for they are blameless.

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Speaker 2: Then I saw another angel flying directly overhead with an

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Speaker 2: eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth,

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Speaker 2: to every nation and tribe, and language and people. And

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Speaker 2: he said, with a loud voice, fear God and give

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Speaker 2: him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come.

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Speaker 2: And worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea

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Speaker 2: and the springs of water. Another angel a second followed,

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Speaker 2: saying fallen. Fallen is Babylon, the Great, she who made

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Speaker 2: all drink the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality.

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Speaker 2: And another angel a third followed them, saying with a

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Speaker 2: and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand,

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Speaker 2: he also will drink the wine of God's wrath poured

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Speaker 2: full strength into the cup of his anger, and he

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Speaker 2: will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence

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Speaker 2: of the Holy Angels and in the presence of the Lamb,

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Speaker 2: and the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever,

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Speaker 2: and they have no rest day or night, These worshippers

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Speaker 2: of the Beast and its image, and whoever receives the

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Speaker 2: mark of its name. Here is a call for the

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Speaker 2: endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of

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Speaker 2: God and their faith in Jesus. I heard a voice

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Speaker 2: from heaven saying, write this, Blessed are the dead who

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Speaker 2: die in the Lord from now on. Blessed, Indeed, says

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Speaker 2: the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors for

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Speaker 2: their deeds follow them. Then I looked and behold a

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Speaker 2: white cloud, and seated on the cloud one like a

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Speaker 2: son of Man, with a golden crown on his head

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Speaker 2: and a sharp sickle in his hand. And another angel

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Speaker 2: came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice

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Speaker 2: to him who sat on the cloud, put in your

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Speaker 2: for the harvest of the earth is fully ripe. So

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Speaker 2: he who sat on the cloud swung his sickle across

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Speaker 2: the earth, and the earth was reaped. Then another angel

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Speaker 2: And he called with a loud voice to the one

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Speaker 2: who had the sharp sickle, put in your sickle and

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Speaker 2: gathered the clusters from the vine of the earth, for

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Speaker 2: the wrath of God. And the wine press was trodden

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Speaker 1: Right, Lord, thank you for your word.

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Speaker 2: And thank you for interesting portions of scripture like this

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Speaker 2: that reveal things to us that naturally speaking, we wouldn't know.

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Speaker 2: There's all sorts of things here that you reveal that

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Speaker 2: even as I look at it, Lord, there are things

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Speaker 2: I try and envision it and yet some of these

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Speaker 2: things I think are probably beyond our ability to fully envision.

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Speaker 2: We'll see them when they come to pass. But you

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Speaker 2: reveal these things to us ahead of time, and Father,

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Speaker 2: we know that it's an act of mercy that you

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Speaker 2: reveal these things to humanity before they take place. You're

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Speaker 2: essentially using your word to call us unto you before

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Speaker 2: pray that as we listen to your word today, as

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Speaker 2: we study it together, and as others have the opportunity

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Speaker 2: to do so as well, we pray that you would

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Speaker 2: work on our minds and work in our hearts, that

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Speaker 2: you'd help us to know you and walk with you.

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Speaker 1: That we would take these.

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Speaker 2: Things seriously, including the sections where you give us very

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Speaker 2: distinct warnings, and that you'd help us to be men

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Speaker 2: and women who genuinely and sincerely take our walk with

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Speaker 2: you and make it a priority that our walk with

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Speaker 2: you is the main thing that we think about. That

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Speaker 2: we live all things out in light of the relationship

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Speaker 2: that we have with you through your son Jesus Christ.

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Speaker 2: We thank you, Lord for your word. We pray that

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Speaker 2: you teach it to us now, and we pray this

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Speaker 2: all in Jesus' name.

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Speaker 1: Amen. So the other day I was.

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Speaker 2: Teaching a public speaking class, and one of the things

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Speaker 2: that I have learned in the years that I've been

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Speaker 2: teaching that class and just interacting with other people when

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Speaker 2: they're invited to speak, is that for most people, that's

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Speaker 2: probably their greatest fear on this earth. Most people would

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Speaker 2: absolutely dread having to stand in front of a group

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Speaker 2: and speak. And this particular class is just a delightful,

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Speaker 2: by the end of the semester, our goal is to

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Speaker 2: help you to become public speakers, who can speak publicly,

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Speaker 2: people who are comfortable up in front of a crowd

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Speaker 2: sharing something of value with that crowd. And we look

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Speaker 2: at various examples of what makes a good speech.

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Speaker 2: Told them ahead of time that one of the things

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Speaker 2: that we'd be looking at this week are political speeches

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Speaker 2: from history. That we would look at political speeches from

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Speaker 2: good political speech. So we talk about several key aspects,

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Speaker 2: is that, in addition to some of the skills of

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Speaker 2: the speakers, one of the things that tends to make

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Speaker 2: at that portion of the class. The other day, I

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Speaker 1: Familiar with Theodore Roosevelt. He picture Teddy Roosevelt. This is

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Speaker 1: this is him, This is this is Theodore.

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Speaker 2: I think he preferred everybody calls him Teddy Roosevelt. I've

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Speaker 2: read that he didn't really like that. So sometimes I

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Speaker 2: he'd approve. But he preferred Theodore, so I guess for

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Speaker 2: the sake of conversation, we'll call him Theodore. But it

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Speaker 2: was a recreated speech of his because the original wasn't recorded.

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Speaker 2: I played it for the class, and we talked about it,

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Speaker 2: I admitted that part of my motivation for selecting that

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Speaker 2: clip was that I've always personally found Theodore Roosevelt a

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Speaker 2: very interesting topic to study.

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Speaker 2: Know a lot about him, know a little bit about him.

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Speaker 2: He's one of the presidents on Mount Rushmore and and

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Speaker 2: certainly somebody that made his mark on history. But he

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Speaker 1: And you look at his life, even from a.

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Speaker 2: big risks, and he was willing to risk failure, and

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Speaker 2: he was willing to risk criticism if his ideas didn't

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Speaker 2: Willing to do that, but he was willing to risk failure.

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Speaker 2: I think Theodore Roosevelt would be okay with that, right,

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Speaker 2: And so maybe in heaven I get to give him

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Speaker 2: a high five. But I'll tell you what, more so

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Speaker 2: look at Revelation fourteen, Revelation fourteen gives us the ultimate

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Speaker 2: example to follow, the ultimate one to take inspiration from,

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Speaker 2: Jesus Christ, the Lord over all creation. And he's referred

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Speaker 2: that we just read that, but we'll read it again.

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Speaker 2: And basically, what you see here in this passage is

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Speaker 2: when the rest of the world seems ready to settle

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Speaker 2: for false sources of salvation, when the rest of the

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Speaker 2: world seems ready to settle for false sources of hope,

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Speaker 2: we're shown here that Jesus is worthy of our devotion

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Speaker 2: because he alone offers the life and the redemption that

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Speaker 2: could also say, as we read chapter fourteen, which we

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Speaker 2: breath of fresh air.

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Speaker 1: Not that long ago.

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Speaker 2: We looked at chapter thirteen, and chapter thirteen is quite intense.

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Speaker 2: In chapter thirteen, we saw the beast rising, we see

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Speaker 2: then immediately after I read that, I pray through that scripture,

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Speaker 2: and then I pray for my family and people that

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Speaker 2: are close enough to my family that we basically treat

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Speaker 2: them like family, even though they're not blood family. And

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Speaker 2: I go through by name and I'm praying, and some

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Speaker 2: of them know the Lord, and so I pray that

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Speaker 2: the Lord would strengthen them in a variety of ways,

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Speaker 2: or if there's needs that I'm aware of in their life,

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Speaker 2: I'll pray about those needs. Then I also have people

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Speaker 2: that I love deeply. Some are family members, some are

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Speaker 2: close friends that have no relationship with the Lord whatsoever,

447
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Speaker 2: And I'm like, you know what, if they're still around,

448
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Speaker 2: there's still time.

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Speaker 1: There's still time.

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Speaker 2: And so I pray, because here, you know, what's the

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Speaker 2: Lord doing. He's always calling, he's always inviting, he's always

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Speaker 2: making this way for repentance. I pray that the Lord

453
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Speaker 2: opens their eyes and softens their hearts so that they

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Speaker 2: hear the message of the Gospel. I know they've heard

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Speaker 2: me share it, but sometimes they need to hear somebody

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Speaker 2: else share it too. Maybe you'll be someone that they

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Speaker 2: encounter that'll encourage them with the hope of the Gospel.

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Speaker 2: Maybe the Lord will put somebody else in their path.

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Speaker 2: I don't know, but I do know that there's a

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Speaker 2: spiritual need there. And I pray that the Lord opens

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Speaker 2: their eyes and softens their heart. And I have to

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Speaker 2: tell you, I've seen him do that for people, even

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Speaker 2: in recent days, people that seem so far distant from

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Speaker 2: the Lord. And I've watched the Lord take distant hearts

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Speaker 2: and turn them soft, open eyes that were closed and blinded,

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Speaker 2: and enable them to see the hope of the Gospel.

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Speaker 2: And it's a beautiful, life giving, peace encompassing type of thing.

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Speaker 2: And here you have even in the Book of Revelation,

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Speaker 2: as all these different judgments and things like that are

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Speaker 2: being pronounced upon this earth, and this earth certainly deserves

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Speaker 2: it for our rebellion and rejection toward God.

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Speaker 1: And yet what does God do.

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Speaker 2: He keeps calling, he keeps inviting, He keeps giving people

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Speaker 2: opportunities to repent, over and over and over again. In

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Speaker 2: the end, nobody's going to be able to say, Lord,

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Speaker 2: you didn't give me a shot, You didn't give me

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Speaker 2: an opportunity. He's like, no, from the very first day

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Speaker 2: to the very last day, I gave you every opportunity.

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Speaker 1: And you know what the cool thing I mean?

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Speaker 2: See the Gospel going out in this portion of Scripture

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Speaker 2: describing that tribulation period. That same gospel is going out today.

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Speaker 2: It's going out right now. It's going out from pulpits

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Speaker 2: around this world today. It's going out in a variety

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Speaker 2: of ways, person to person, conversation to conversation. We're basically told,

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Speaker 2: fear God, meaning honor, revere, respect him, give him glory,

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Speaker 2: worship him, find salvation in the Savior Jesus Christ, the

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Speaker 2: one who atoned for our sin, rose from the grave

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Speaker 2: and shares life with all who trust in him. That's

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Speaker 2: not just a future message, it's a present invitation as well.

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Speaker 2: But John is referencing it here in relation to the

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Speaker 2: latter days. But then you look at the scripture and

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Speaker 2: it tells us that another angel follows, and that additional

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Speaker 2: angel in verse eight says this, says another angel. A

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Speaker 2: second followed saying fallen. Fallen is Babylon, the Great, she

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Speaker 2: who made all nations drink the wine of the passion

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Speaker 2: of her sexual immorality. Now, when you look at Babylon

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Speaker 2: in a context like this, when you look at it

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Speaker 2: elsewhere in scripture, often it represents the world system in

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Speaker 2: rebellion against God. It's a term that can be used

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Speaker 2: in a like a representative way. And even again, you go,

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Speaker 2: there's so many things in the Book of Revelation that

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Speaker 2: actually find their source initially in the Book of Genesis.

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Speaker 2: Revelation is tying together all these loose ends that we

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Speaker 2: see in the foundation portions of scripture. But this same

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Speaker 2: concept is actually rooted in Genesis chapter eleven. If you remember,

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Speaker 2: in Genesis chapter eleven, you have humanity seeking the Tower

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Speaker 2: of Babel, where humanity sought to build a tower to heaven,

508
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Speaker 2: making a name for themselves apart from God.

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Speaker 1: The spirit of pride, a spirit.

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Speaker 2: Of independence that's continued throughout history, where people say, I'm

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Speaker 2: gonna worship me, I'm gonna worship my name instead of

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Speaker 2: worshiping the name of my creator. You see an example

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Speaker 2: of that in Genesis eleven. You see that and the

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Speaker 2: Tower of Babel. Well, in Revelation, Babylon becomes a symbol

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Speaker 2: of a global system of economic and political and religious

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Speaker 2: opposition to God. It's like the epitome of a heart

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Speaker 2: heartened toward God. It looks powerful for a period of time,

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Speaker 2: it looks unstoppable for a period of time. But here

519
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Speaker 2: its fall is declared. Its fall is mentioned as certain.

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Speaker 2: Isaiah Chapter twenty one, verse nine uses similar language. There,

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Speaker 2: Isaiah says fallen, fallen is Babylon. God had judged it before,

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Speaker 2: He's going to do it again. And by the way,

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Speaker 2: when I look at something like this, I would say,

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Speaker 2: even for our present day, I think this is a

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Speaker 2: reminder not to put our hope in the systems of

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Speaker 2: this world. Don't make that mistake. So many people make

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Speaker 2: that mistake. Sometimes Christians make that mistake. Don't put your

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Speaker 2: hope in the systems of this world. The systems of

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Speaker 2: this world rise and the systems of this world fall.

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Speaker 2: They promise security, but they can't offer lasting peace. And

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Speaker 2: I want to mention that in particular because I think

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Speaker 2: that's something we need to remember. When we watch leaders

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Speaker 2: rise and we watch leaders fall, and when you.

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Speaker 1: Observe everything taking place on.

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Speaker 2: A global scale throughout the course of our generation, this

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Speaker 2: world can't offer you peace. And if your confidence is

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Speaker 2: tied to earthly structures, if your confidence is tied to

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Speaker 2: earthly leaders, your confidence is going to be regularly shaken.

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Speaker 2: But if your hope is in Jesus Christ, your hope

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Speaker 2: is secure. His kingdom isn't temporary. His kingdom is eternal.

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Speaker 2: His power is all encompassing. And I think that's a

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Speaker 2: useful thing for us to think about. No matter what

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Speaker 2: season of life we live in, you can live your

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Speaker 2: entire life continually in a state of panic because what

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Speaker 2: you see going on, either in our own nation or

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Speaker 2: around the world. Or you could regularly come back to

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Speaker 2: the Book of Revelation and say this to yourself. This

548
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Speaker 2: is all going to work out, isn't it. Yeah, jez,

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Speaker 2: this is going to be victorious.

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Speaker 1: Isn't he.

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Speaker 2: Yes, Jesus is going to rain you, absolutely will if

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Speaker 2: he is able to tell me how this all ends.

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Speaker 2: He must know everything that leads up to that end.

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Speaker 1: That is correct.

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Speaker 2: He's in charge of it all, isn't he. Absolutely? So

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Speaker 2: stop worrying, Stop worrying. None of us is going to

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Speaker 2: be here one day longer than God intended. None of

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Speaker 2: us is going to leave here one day earlier than

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Speaker 2: God intended. Sometimes in life you're going to go through

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Speaker 2: hard things. Other times in life.

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Speaker 1: You're going to go through easy stretches. Don't worry about it.

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Speaker 2: Just take it one day at a time as it comes.

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Speaker 2: That's the advice that Jesus gave us. You don't have

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Speaker 2: to worry about tomorrow. Tomorrow's got enough worries of its own.

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Speaker 2: Walk with the Lord today and have confidence in the

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Speaker 2: fact that he's got history securely in his hand, and

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Speaker 2: he already knows how it's all going to work out.

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Speaker 2: And so here we're being reminded. You see leaders rise,

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Speaker 2: you see leaders fall, you see systems rise and fall,

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Speaker 2: everything taking place on a global scale in the midst

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Speaker 2: of the generation that we live.

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Speaker 1: And don't worry. God's in charge ultimately God's in charge.

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Speaker 2: One other thing we should notice from this passage, though,

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Speaker 2: because the tone starts to shift again after these references.

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Speaker 2: You have a third angel who delivers a warning, and

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Speaker 2: he reveals that those who worship the beast and those

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Speaker 2: who receive the mark will drink the wine of God's

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Speaker 2: wrath poured full strength.

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Speaker 1: Now why is he saying this.

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Speaker 2: He's saying this ahead of time, encouraging people. Don't take

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Speaker 2: the bait. When the moment comes, don't take the bait.

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Speaker 2: This is one of the most serious warnings, by the way,

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Speaker 2: in all of scripture. So I don't want us to

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Speaker 2: miss it. And I don't think it's symbolic, and I

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Speaker 2: don't think the Lord's trying to soften it. I think

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Speaker 2: he's trying to tell us directly what's up. I think

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Speaker 2: it's intense because the reality is intense. God is holy,

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Speaker 2: and rebellion against him has its consequences.

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Speaker 1: Sin has its consequences.

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Speaker 2: Isaiah fifty one, verse seventeen speaks of the cup of

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Speaker 2: God's wrath. Jeremiah chapter twenty five describes nations drinking from

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Speaker 2: that cup. And then here the Book of Revelation chapter fourteen,

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Speaker 2: you have that warning becoming very personal, very final. And

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Speaker 2: yet even this warning is an act of mercy because

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Speaker 2: it's a clear declaration of what's at stake. God's taking

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Speaker 2: this truth and he's saying, I'm not going to hide

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Speaker 2: it from you. He makes it known, so he gives

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Speaker 2: people the opportunity to respond. Look what it says in

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Speaker 2: verse twelve. And by the way, for believers, this section

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Speaker 2: also calls for endurance. But the Lord says this, here

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Speaker 2: is a call for the endurance of the saints, those

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Speaker 2: who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus.

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Speaker 2: The Lord speaks that through the apostle John to us

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Speaker 2: so that we would see it.

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Speaker 1: It's a call for endurance. Again, let me read it again.

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Speaker 2: Here's a call for the endurance of the saints, those

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Speaker 2: who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus.

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Speaker 2: I love that, and I also love the fact that

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Speaker 2: immediately afterward there's a beautiful promise.

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Speaker 1: Look at the promise that we're given.

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Speaker 2: In verse thirteen, it says, and I heard a voice

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Speaker 2: from heaven saying, write this, blessed are the dead who

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Speaker 2: I and the Lord from now on blessed Indeed, says

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Speaker 2: this spirit that they may rest from their labors, for

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Speaker 2: their deeds follow them. Their works follow them, Their deeds

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Speaker 2: follow them. Their labor isn't wasted, their faithfulness is remembered.

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Speaker 1: Do you ever wonder? Do you ever wonder what God sees?

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Speaker 2: By the way, it's everything in case you're wondering, what

619
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Speaker 2: does God see everything?

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Speaker 1: Well? What does that mean? Well?

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Speaker 2: Do you ever wonder if your obedience matters to God

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Speaker 2: on an individual level? Or do you just get lumped

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Speaker 2: in with the church in general? Do you think He

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Speaker 2: sees you? Do you think your obedience to him actually matters?

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Speaker 2: When you look at this portion of scripture, particularly verse thirteen,

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Speaker 2: it reminds us that it absolutely does matter to God.

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Speaker 2: Meaning every act of faithfulness, every quiet step of obedience

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Speaker 2: in your day to day life, every moment of trust,

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Speaker 2: it all matters to God.

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Speaker 1: All of it matters to him.

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Speaker 2: Now, our labors don't earn us God's favor. Our labors

632
00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:04,680
Speaker 2: don't earn us God's love. That's something he gives freely.

633
00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:10,840
Speaker 2: But he does honor and he does acknowledge that which

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Speaker 2: you do in His name. As you choose to be

635
00:32:13,560 --> 00:32:15,320
Speaker 2: faithful to him, you have the option to be faithful

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00:32:15,320 --> 00:32:17,600
Speaker 2: to him or not to be faithful. That's something that

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Speaker 2: you have the option, but he honors and he acknowledges

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00:32:22,600 --> 00:32:26,080
Speaker 2: your faithfulness. That means that every secret act of kindness,

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00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:30,959
Speaker 2: or every anonymous moment of generosity, it's all something that

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00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:32,920
Speaker 2: the Lord holds close to his heart and something that

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Speaker 2: he plans to acknowledge in heaven. No one else saw

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Speaker 2: it except you and the Lord. And here it says

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Speaker 2: it follows you into heaven. The Lord sees it, and

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Speaker 2: he acknowledges it, and he honors it. And I look

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Speaker 2: at that, and this is what I think is going

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Speaker 2: on in his heart. And I'm not trying to put

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Speaker 2: words in God's mouth because there's probably more to it

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Speaker 2: than this, but this is how this strikes me. I think,

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Speaker 2: you know what, The Lord sees that and he honors it,

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Speaker 2: and he's pointing out that every react of faithfulness is

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Speaker 2: something that he acknowledges because it's a blessed indeed that

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Speaker 2: they may rest from their labors for their deeds follow them.

653
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Speaker 2: And it's like, why does the Lord delight in this

654
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Speaker 2: so much? I think he delights in it because it's

655
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Speaker 2: an example of his own children emulating his character. He

656
00:33:18,640 --> 00:33:23,760
Speaker 2: sees you copying him. He sees you doing the very

657
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Speaker 2: things that he taught you to do. He sees you

658
00:33:26,600 --> 00:33:29,840
Speaker 2: loving him enough to say, you're the example I ultimately

659
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Speaker 2: want to follow. Got plenty of earthly examples people have

660
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Speaker 2: taken inspiration from, and yet you're the one I'm.

661
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Speaker 1: Ultimately going to follow. And he delights in it.

662
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Speaker 2: And we're told here that those deeds they follow us

663
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Speaker 2: into heaven, and the Lord acknowledges those things. And then

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Speaker 2: you get to the final scene of this chapter, and

665
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Speaker 2: it presents two harvests. First, John sees one like a

666
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Speaker 2: son of Man, seated on a cloud with a golden

667
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Speaker 2: crown and a sharp sickle. You see that in verse fourteen.

668
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Speaker 2: By the way, that title son of Man takes us

669
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Speaker 2: right back to the Book of Daniel. If you've ever

670
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Speaker 2: read the Book of Daniel, when you get to Daniel

671
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Speaker 2: chapter seven, there's one like the Son of Man, we're told,

672
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Speaker 2: who comes with the clouds of heaven and has given

673
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Speaker 2: dominion and glory in a kingdom that will never pass away.

674
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Speaker 2: And then you go to the Gospels and you see

675
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Speaker 2: Jesus use that title the son of Man. He uses

676
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Speaker 2: that for himself on multiple occasions throughout the course of

677
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Speaker 2: the Gospels, and here the Son of Man is the

678
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Speaker 2: one that's overseeing this particular harvest. We're told that the

679
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Speaker 2: earth is reaped. This likely represents a like a gathering

680
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Speaker 2: of the righteous, a moment of redemption, a moment of rescue.

681
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Speaker 2: Reminds us of passages like Jewel chapter three, verse thirteen,

682
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Speaker 2: where we're told that the harvest is ripe, but then

683
00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:44,080
Speaker 2: we're told comes a second harvest, and the second harvest

684
00:34:44,120 --> 00:34:46,920
Speaker 2: seems maybe a little bit more severe, where an angel

685
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Speaker 2: gathers the grapes of the earth and throws them into

686
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Speaker 2: what's called the great wine press of God's wrath.

687
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Speaker 1: You look at verse nineteen.

688
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Speaker 2: It says, so the angel swung his sickle across the

689
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Speaker 2: earth and gathered the grape harvest of the earth and

690
00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:02,279
Speaker 2: threw it in in the great wine press of.

691
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Speaker 1: The wrath of God, the wrath of God.

692
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Speaker 2: You know, I look at that, and I think to myself, Lord,

693
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Speaker 2: thank you so much for sparing me from that wrath.

694
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Speaker 2: We use the term saved as believers, you know, we

695
00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:19,040
Speaker 2: describe ourselves as saved. Do you ever think about what

696
00:35:19,080 --> 00:35:20,160
Speaker 2: you've been saved from?

697
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Speaker 1: Ultimately?

698
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Speaker 2: Do you ever think about it like if you call

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Speaker 2: yourself a saved man or a saved woman, If you

700
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Speaker 2: say Jesus saved me, do you ever think about what

701
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Speaker 2: he saved you from. That's what he saved you from,

702
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Speaker 2: the wine press of the wrath of God. You and

703
00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:38,640
Speaker 2: I we deserve the wrath of God. Could you imagine

704
00:35:38,680 --> 00:35:42,360
Speaker 2: going into eternity being told that you're going to spend

705
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Speaker 2: your eternity experiencing the wrath of God. When I think

706
00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:48,600
Speaker 2: of eternity, I think about experiencing the goodness of God.

707
00:35:49,080 --> 00:35:51,680
Speaker 2: I think about experiencing the favor of God. I look

708
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Speaker 2: forward to the day when I'm in his presence. But

709
00:35:54,680 --> 00:35:56,680
Speaker 2: there are many people who reject the Lord and who

710
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Speaker 2: are going to go into their eternity under the wrath

711
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Speaker 2: of God. But then I think about an earlier season

712
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Speaker 2: of my life before I knew Jesus Christ.

713
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Speaker 1: And you know what Scripture describes.

714
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Speaker 2: Me as during that season, not as a child of God,

715
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Speaker 2: but as a child of wrath, or an object of wrath,

716
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Speaker 2: an object of God's wrath.

717
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Speaker 1: That's how I was living.

718
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Speaker 2: With my heart filled with pride, my mind obstinate to

719
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Speaker 2: the things of God. Then Scripture reveals that the Lord

720
00:36:21,160 --> 00:36:23,880
Speaker 2: wants to save us. It's like, save me from what,

721
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Speaker 2: save me from.

722
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Speaker 1: What I've earned.

723
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Speaker 2: That's what I've earned, That's what I deserved, the wrath

724
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Speaker 2: of God. There are many people that are going to

725
00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:35,759
Speaker 2: spend their eternity under the wrath of God. And yet

726
00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:38,359
Speaker 2: through Jesus Christ we experienced the gift of salvation. If

727
00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:41,239
Speaker 2: you trust in Jesus Christ, understand what He's done for

728
00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:42,560
Speaker 2: you at the cross.

729
00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:43,440
Speaker 1: What did Jesus do.

730
00:36:43,760 --> 00:36:48,400
Speaker 2: He took the wrath of God upon himself so that

731
00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:51,799
Speaker 2: you didn't have to have the wrath of God upon yourself.

732
00:36:53,640 --> 00:36:56,719
Speaker 2: That's what Christ has done for us, and I'm so

733
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Speaker 2: grateful for the fact that he's done that. Let me

734
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Speaker 2: give you a few thoughts as we wrap this up,

735
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Speaker 2: because I think it can be easy to read a

736
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Speaker 2: passage like this in Revelation fourteen, and admittedly, even though

737
00:37:07,239 --> 00:37:09,160
Speaker 2: it's only twenty verses, it's kind of a lot to

738
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Speaker 2: try and cover over the course of one worship service,

739
00:37:12,560 --> 00:37:15,120
Speaker 2: one message. But I wanted to take it all as

740
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Speaker 2: one idea today, and I think it can be easy

741
00:37:18,239 --> 00:37:20,279
Speaker 2: to read a passage like this and think that the

742
00:37:20,320 --> 00:37:22,600
Speaker 2: things that it's describing are far away, or think that

743
00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:25,479
Speaker 2: they're distant, but I actually think there's an application from

744
00:37:25,520 --> 00:37:28,719
Speaker 2: this passage, multiple applications that are very very present. And

745
00:37:28,760 --> 00:37:33,200
Speaker 2: I think the first application is this Jesus is victorious.

746
00:37:34,520 --> 00:37:36,880
Speaker 2: We're being reminded of this even before we see the

747
00:37:36,920 --> 00:37:39,760
Speaker 2: full effects of this victory play out in history.

748
00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:41,400
Speaker 1: We're being told ahead of time.

749
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Speaker 2: And I think it's actually meant to encourage us right

750
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Speaker 2: here and now we see the victory of Jesus before

751
00:37:46,640 --> 00:37:51,600
Speaker 2: he actually accomplishes all the final details. He shows us

752
00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:55,480
Speaker 2: the end result of it. I think second, a passage

753
00:37:55,520 --> 00:37:57,360
Speaker 2: like this should be one of those chapters that we

754
00:37:57,400 --> 00:38:00,399
Speaker 2: look at and say, Lord, I want to be among

755
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Speaker 2: those that you consider faithful. There are plenty of things

756
00:38:03,600 --> 00:38:05,279
Speaker 2: in my life and plenty of things in your life

757
00:38:05,280 --> 00:38:06,840
Speaker 2: that are going to try and steer us in a

758
00:38:06,880 --> 00:38:09,919
Speaker 2: direction that is not faithful. But this is a portion

759
00:38:09,960 --> 00:38:12,360
Speaker 2: of scripture that reminds us, No, the Lord's inviting you

760
00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:16,080
Speaker 2: to be faithful, So be faithful. It's a call to

761
00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:18,520
Speaker 2: faithfulness that one group of one hundred and forty four

762
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Speaker 2: thousand people that's referenced in this chapter. They're described as

763
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Speaker 2: people who are devoted to the Lord, faithful to the Lord.

764
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Speaker 2: Even though the world was pressuring them to be very

765
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Speaker 2: much the opposite. I think a third thing this chapter

766
00:38:29,840 --> 00:38:34,359
Speaker 2: invites us to do is to genuinely respond to the Gospel. Now,

767
00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:36,239
Speaker 2: I don't know where your heart is. Some of you

768
00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:37,719
Speaker 2: have known for a long time, some of you I

769
00:38:37,719 --> 00:38:39,279
Speaker 2: don't know at all. But I will tell you this

770
00:38:40,160 --> 00:38:44,000
Speaker 2: that the Lord desires. He put it this way. Scripture says,

771
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Speaker 2: it's not God's desire.

772
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Speaker 1: That any man should perish.

773
00:38:47,239 --> 00:38:49,759
Speaker 2: It's not his desire that you spend your eternity apart

774
00:38:49,760 --> 00:38:51,799
Speaker 2: from him. He wouldn't have gone through all of this

775
00:38:52,640 --> 00:38:55,200
Speaker 2: and revealed all of this to us if his desire

776
00:38:55,320 --> 00:38:57,960
Speaker 2: was for you to spend eternity apart from him. And

777
00:38:58,040 --> 00:39:00,239
Speaker 2: so you and I were being given the opportunity need

778
00:39:00,280 --> 00:39:03,840
Speaker 2: to respond to the offer Jesus holds out. Scripture literally

779
00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:06,640
Speaker 2: teaches us that if you place your trust in Jesus

780
00:39:06,760 --> 00:39:09,680
Speaker 2: Christ as your Lord, as your saviors, you confess him

781
00:39:09,719 --> 00:39:12,080
Speaker 2: as Lord, recognizing that he is one with the Father,

782
00:39:12,640 --> 00:39:16,279
Speaker 2: your Savior, your God, your lord. Is you trust in

783
00:39:16,360 --> 00:39:20,680
Speaker 2: him that he will completely wipe away every sin from

784
00:39:20,760 --> 00:39:23,279
Speaker 2: your account, and he will grant you the grace of

785
00:39:23,320 --> 00:39:26,239
Speaker 2: eternal life in his presence. If you trust in him.

786
00:39:26,280 --> 00:39:27,440
Speaker 2: You don't have to earn it. You don't have to

787
00:39:27,480 --> 00:39:29,799
Speaker 2: deserve it. You couldn't earn it. You couldn't deserve it.

788
00:39:30,040 --> 00:39:34,840
Speaker 2: We are rebels at every level, in act, attitude, and nature.

789
00:39:35,719 --> 00:39:37,239
Speaker 2: And the Lord looks at us and he says, I'm

790
00:39:37,280 --> 00:39:39,560
Speaker 2: giving you the one shot. You have one shot. Scripture

791
00:39:39,560 --> 00:39:42,080
Speaker 2: tells us Jesus himself said that he is the Way,

792
00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:44,680
Speaker 2: the Truth, and the Life. And no one comes to

793
00:39:44,719 --> 00:39:46,920
Speaker 2: the Father except through him.

794
00:39:47,200 --> 00:39:47,960
Speaker 1: So if you want.

795
00:39:47,840 --> 00:39:52,360
Speaker 2: Reconciliation with your heavenly Father, that happens through Jesus Christ,

796
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Speaker 2: the Son of God.

797
00:39:53,160 --> 00:39:55,759
Speaker 1: And if you trust in him, you will be reconciled.

798
00:39:56,000 --> 00:39:58,640
Speaker 2: You will be forgiven, You will be ushered into the

799
00:39:58,719 --> 00:40:00,960
Speaker 2: presence of God for all it eternity. You will not

800
00:40:01,080 --> 00:40:05,000
Speaker 2: spend your eternity under the wrath of God. And I

801
00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:07,000
Speaker 2: think a fourth thing that this chapter reminds us of

802
00:40:07,160 --> 00:40:09,480
Speaker 2: is the fact that judgment is a real thing. A

803
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Speaker 2: lot of people don't like thinking about that stuff. They

804
00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:13,440
Speaker 2: think that, you know, I think there's probably plenty of

805
00:40:13,440 --> 00:40:17,200
Speaker 2: people on this earth because of just evolutionary biology and.

806
00:40:17,120 --> 00:40:18,160
Speaker 1: How that stuff gets taught.

807
00:40:18,200 --> 00:40:20,600
Speaker 2: They think that you're born, you live for a period

808
00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:22,080
Speaker 2: of time, your life has no meaning.

809
00:40:22,120 --> 00:40:23,720
Speaker 1: Then you die and cease to exist.

810
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Speaker 2: And I think Satan loves when people think that way

811
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Speaker 2: because it doesn't allow us to think for about eternal things.

812
00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:32,839
Speaker 2: And yeah, you look at scripture, and scripture tells us no,

813
00:40:34,560 --> 00:40:36,880
Speaker 2: this is like a testing ground right now. This is

814
00:40:36,920 --> 00:40:40,759
Speaker 2: such a brief period of your ultimate story. Judgment is

815
00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:43,960
Speaker 2: a very real thing. And some of us are going

816
00:40:44,040 --> 00:40:46,320
Speaker 2: to come before the Lord and be welcomed into his presence,

817
00:40:46,320 --> 00:40:48,120
Speaker 2: and some people in this world are going to be

818
00:40:48,239 --> 00:40:52,040
Speaker 2: very much distant from God for all eternity outside of

819
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Speaker 2: relationship under condemnation. And so this chapter doesn't mince words

820
00:40:55,880 --> 00:40:57,719
Speaker 2: about it. It just says that's the way it is.

821
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Speaker 2: Judgment is a real thing. But you don't have experience

822
00:41:00,880 --> 00:41:05,440
Speaker 2: that that doesn't have to be your experience. So it's

823
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Speaker 2: reminding us of all of these things. You know what else,

824
00:41:09,640 --> 00:41:12,200
Speaker 2: It reminds me even as we just finish up, let

825
00:41:12,200 --> 00:41:13,839
Speaker 2: me just bring this up for us so we can

826
00:41:13,920 --> 00:41:18,319
Speaker 2: think about this together. In Isaiah fifty three five, we're

827
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Speaker 2: told something about Jesus and it says this about Jesus.

828
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Speaker 2: It says he was pierced for our transgressions. He was

829
00:41:25,680 --> 00:41:30,799
Speaker 2: crushed for our iniquities. Upon him was the chastisement that

830
00:41:30,840 --> 00:41:35,920
Speaker 2: brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.

831
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Speaker 2: That's what the Book of Isaiah tells us about Jesus Christ.

832
00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:42,120
Speaker 2: That basically, you know, you look at a portion of

833
00:41:42,200 --> 00:41:44,279
Speaker 2: scripture like this and you realize, all right, there's some

834
00:41:44,400 --> 00:41:47,200
Speaker 2: unsavory things in store for those who reject the Lord.

835
00:41:47,640 --> 00:41:50,560
Speaker 2: But what did Jesus Christ come to do. He came

836
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Speaker 2: to be pierced, not for what he had done, because

837
00:41:53,760 --> 00:41:58,200
Speaker 2: he had done nothing wrong, lived the sinless life, and

838
00:41:58,239 --> 00:42:00,799
Speaker 2: so he was pierced for our trans digressions. By the way,

839
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Speaker 2: this prophecy was given of Jesus seven hundred years before

840
00:42:04,040 --> 00:42:07,480
Speaker 2: he fulfilled it. But looking into the future into what

841
00:42:07,560 --> 00:42:09,400
Speaker 2: he would do on our behalf, it says he was

842
00:42:09,440 --> 00:42:13,840
Speaker 2: pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquity.

843
00:42:13,960 --> 00:42:15,560
Speaker 2: So I did the thing that was wrong, and he

844
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Speaker 2: took the penalty for it.

845
00:42:17,680 --> 00:42:19,200
Speaker 1: He bore that upon himself.

846
00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:22,440
Speaker 2: He took chastheisement upon himself so that you and I

847
00:42:22,480 --> 00:42:26,840
Speaker 2: could experience peace. He was wounded so we could be healed.

848
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Speaker 2: That's what scriptures revealing to us. So when you take

849
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Speaker 2: a portion of scripture like Revelation fourteen, and you take

850
00:42:35,520 --> 00:42:39,040
Speaker 2: a look at the arc that's taking place all throughout

851
00:42:39,080 --> 00:42:43,240
Speaker 2: the course of human history, all throughout the teaching of scripture. Basically,

852
00:42:43,239 --> 00:42:47,080
Speaker 2: what we see is a God who invites us to

853
00:42:47,120 --> 00:42:50,279
Speaker 2: live in close proximity to him and a world that's

854
00:42:50,280 --> 00:42:50,680
Speaker 2: trying to.

855
00:42:50,640 --> 00:42:51,960
Speaker 1: Pull us in a different direction.

856
00:42:52,760 --> 00:42:56,160
Speaker 2: And the invitation we're being given here is you've spent

857
00:42:56,400 --> 00:42:59,160
Speaker 2: enough time going in your own direction. You've spent enough

858
00:42:59,160 --> 00:43:01,520
Speaker 2: time going in there that this world tries to push

859
00:43:01,560 --> 00:43:04,040
Speaker 2: you in. You don't need to keep going in that direction.

860
00:43:04,160 --> 00:43:07,719
Speaker 2: It serves you no benefit. The Lord saying, walk with me.

861
00:43:07,960 --> 00:43:11,279
Speaker 2: I notice your faithfulness. I will honor your faithfulness. But

862
00:43:11,360 --> 00:43:15,239
Speaker 2: he's inviting us to trust him and then walk with him,

863
00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:17,840
Speaker 2: not trying to spend our lives distant from him, but

864
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Speaker 2: walking with him because we recognize who indeed he is,

865
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Speaker 2: and we understand the depth and the nature of his love.

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00:43:24,960 --> 00:43:27,920
Speaker 2: And even though there's harsh language in Revelation fourteen, it's

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Speaker 2: one of those things.

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Speaker 1: It's like wounds from a brother.

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Speaker 2: It's the Lord saying, I'm going to tell you the

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Speaker 2: hard thing now, so you don't have to experience the

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Speaker 2: hard thing I think wisdom in life is sometimes if

872
00:43:37,719 --> 00:43:39,360
Speaker 2: you can hear it and not have to actually go

873
00:43:39,440 --> 00:43:41,840
Speaker 2: through the hard thing to actually learn the lesson.

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Speaker 1: If I could just.

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Speaker 2: Read it and hear it and say I don't want

876
00:43:44,760 --> 00:43:47,600
Speaker 2: that negative thing that you're talking about there, and Lord's like, good,

877
00:43:47,719 --> 00:43:49,880
Speaker 2: you don't have to have it. You could experience the

878
00:43:49,880 --> 00:43:54,360
Speaker 2: benefit of this. You can be healed, because why the

879
00:43:54,480 --> 00:43:58,720
Speaker 2: lamb who's doing the harvesting here, the lamb who harvest

880
00:43:58,840 --> 00:44:01,040
Speaker 2: is also the lamb who took your sin upon himself,

881
00:44:01,560 --> 00:44:04,440
Speaker 2: and he offers you complete forgiveness and a spot in

882
00:44:04,480 --> 00:44:08,440
Speaker 2: his kingdom forever. And that's a delightful thing. As we

883
00:44:08,440 --> 00:44:13,200
Speaker 2: look at a passage like this, let's pray, Lord, thank

884
00:44:13,239 --> 00:44:16,279
Speaker 2: you so much for the fact that we can look

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00:44:16,320 --> 00:44:18,600
Speaker 2: at a portion of scripture like this, so we could

886
00:44:18,640 --> 00:44:21,799
Speaker 2: look at your word, we can think about who you

887
00:44:21,880 --> 00:44:23,759
Speaker 2: are and what you've done, and also what you have

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00:44:23,840 --> 00:44:26,560
Speaker 2: in store for this creation. We know Lord that as

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00:44:26,560 --> 00:44:29,360
Speaker 2: we look around this world, we see example after example

890
00:44:29,400 --> 00:44:33,399
Speaker 2: of people living in direct rebellion against you, basically living

891
00:44:33,440 --> 00:44:37,880
Speaker 2: their lives, thumbing their nose in your direction, ignoring anything

892
00:44:37,880 --> 00:44:41,160
Speaker 2: that you've ever said, and just doing whatever they want

893
00:44:41,239 --> 00:44:43,480
Speaker 2: we've done it too. It's not just the world, it's us.

894
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Speaker 1: Lord.

895
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Speaker 2: We know that by nature we are rebellious in every

896
00:44:48,280 --> 00:44:52,920
Speaker 2: category that could be imagined. Lord, I've sinned against you

897
00:44:53,239 --> 00:44:55,680
Speaker 2: in my attitude. I've sinned against you in the words

898
00:44:55,680 --> 00:44:58,799
Speaker 2: that I've used. I've sinned against you in action. I'm

899
00:44:58,840 --> 00:45:01,200
Speaker 2: a sinner by nature, sure, and yet you look at

900
00:45:01,280 --> 00:45:02,880
Speaker 2: me and you say you want to give me a

901
00:45:02,920 --> 00:45:05,040
Speaker 2: new nature. So Lord, thank you for that new nature

902
00:45:05,040 --> 00:45:07,840
Speaker 2: that you've given me through your son Jesus Christ. But

903
00:45:07,880 --> 00:45:10,120
Speaker 2: I wouldn't have recognized my need for your son if

904
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Speaker 2: you didn't open my eyes. So thank you for opening

905
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Speaker 2: my eyes, and thank you for drawing me unto yourself

906
00:45:15,760 --> 00:45:19,160
Speaker 2: and Father. We pray right now for those that we know,

907
00:45:19,320 --> 00:45:21,160
Speaker 2: those that we love who as of yet have not

908
00:45:21,239 --> 00:45:22,880
Speaker 2: experienced the blessing of salvation.

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Speaker 1: Lord.

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00:45:24,320 --> 00:45:26,840
Speaker 2: We pray for our family members. We pray for our friends.

911
00:45:28,160 --> 00:45:30,279
Speaker 2: We pray that you draw them unto you. We pray

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00:45:30,320 --> 00:45:32,880
Speaker 2: that a portion of scripture like this that reveals future

913
00:45:32,920 --> 00:45:35,759
Speaker 2: things would be something that they one day could look

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Speaker 2: at and say, Lord, thank you for sparing me from

915
00:45:39,120 --> 00:45:42,600
Speaker 2: the dark side of that thank you for welcoming me

916
00:45:43,480 --> 00:45:46,280
Speaker 2: into your presence so that I could experience the joys

917
00:45:46,640 --> 00:45:49,960
Speaker 2: of eternity right there where you are.

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Speaker 1: Father.

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Speaker 2: I'm just so grateful for the fact that you offer

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00:45:53,239 --> 00:45:56,480
Speaker 2: that to us through your son Jesus Christ. And I'm

921
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Speaker 2: grateful Lord for these reminders from your word. We pray

922
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Speaker 2: for Father, that you'd help us to be faithful to you.

923
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Speaker 2: We look forward to the return of your son, and

924
00:46:04,800 --> 00:46:07,319
Speaker 2: we look forward to the consummation of the ages, as

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Speaker 2: all of this will one day come to pass. Thank

926
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Speaker 2: you for telling us all about it ahead of time.

927
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Speaker 2: We're super grateful, Lord. We thank you for your presence

928
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Speaker 2: with us. Now we pray this all in Jesus' name.

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Speaker 1: Amen.