Greg Laurie - Beauty and the Beast

April 29, 2025 | S25:E102

Join Pastor Greg Laurie for a time of encouragement, worship, and Bible study.

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  • Greg laurie: hi, i'm greg laurie,
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  • And i'm so glad you've joined us because
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  • God's word is full of promises.
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  • It's alive, it's powerful, and it can change your life.
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  • So let's get started.
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  • ♪ this is the day, ♪
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  • ♪ the day when life begins ♪
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  • ♪ this is the day, ♪
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  • ♪ the day when life begins ♪♪
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  • Greg: "beauty and the beast," no, this is not a message
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  • About how i met cathe, my wife.
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  • She's the beauty; i'm the beast, obviously.
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  • Nor is it a message about the disney film by the same name.
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  • "beauty and the beast," this is a message about good
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  • Versus evil, god versus satan,
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  • Antichrist versus jesus christ.
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  • First, let me start with the beast.
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  • The bible says there is coming a world leader.
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  • He'll be charismatic, no doubt he'll be good-looking,
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  • He'll bring global solutions, he'll bring a pseudo peace
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  • For 3 1/2 years to this war-torn planet;
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  • And the fact of the matter is the bible calls him the beast.
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  • He's also referred to as antichrist.
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  • The prefix anti, as i've told you before,
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  • Doesn't just mean against.
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  • It also means instead of.
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  • And for those that don't know better, many will hail
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  • This charismatic world leader as the very messiah.
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  • I shared recently that i was in israel some years ago
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  • And i was talking with a jewish man
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  • And i told him i believe jesus was the messiah, and he said,
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  • "well, we don't believe that as jews."
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  • And i said, "well, who do you think the messiah will be?"
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  • And he said this to me: "we believe when our messiah comes,
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  • That he'll bring peace and rebuild our temple."
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  • I said, "friend, you just described the antichrist."
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  • And that's exactly who antichrist is.
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  • He comes in the place of christ, and this phrase the beast is not
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  • A description of his appearance but actually of his character.
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  • He'll be a wicked man.
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  • If satan ever had a son, this is him, the beast.
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  • Well, what about the beauty?
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  • Well, that's the church.
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  • And when i say church i don't mean a brick-and-mortar
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  • Building, i mean god's people gathering together.
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  • When you become a follower of jesus, you become a part
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  • Of the church and you now are the bride of christ.
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  • Now, some guys are just listening and you're saying,
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  • "i don't want to be a bride."
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  • Deal with it. you're a bride.
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  • You're the bride of christ. we're the bride of christ.
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  • We're the beauty in the story.
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  • But this battle between the beauty and the beast,
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  • If you will, goes all the way back to the book of genesis
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  • When adam and eve were tempted by the devil and the judgment
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  • Of god came as a result of them eating of the forbidden fruit,
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  • And god said to satan, "i will put enmity between you
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  • And the woman, between your seed and her seed.
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  • And he will crush your head, and you will bruise his heel."
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  • In other words, god is saying a battle has now begun
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  • And he puts satan on warning the messiah is coming.
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  • And so satan wanted to stop messiah from arriving,
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  • And this conflict, this battle of the ages between the beauty
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  • And the beast, between antichrist and jesus christ,
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  • Between god and satan began.
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  • But here's what we know; the beast is going to lose,
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  • And the beauty is going to prevail.
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  • So let's pick up where we last left off with the beast
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  • In our story.
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  • The bible tells us that a powerful,
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  • Religious deception will sweep the earth in the last days,
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  • And it's described as babylon.
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  • Babylon is pictured as a prostitute riding a beast,
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  • And she's dressed in red.
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  • So we'll call her the scarlet harlot.
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  • And it's also revealed as a mystery.
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  • We all love a good mystery, right?
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  • This is mystery babylon.
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  • Let's read revelation 17, verse 3.
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  • "so he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness.
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  • And i saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast which is full
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  • Of names of blasphemy, having seven heads
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  • And ten horns.
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  • The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet,
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  • And adorned with gold and precious stones
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  • And pearls, having in her hand a golden cup
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  • Full of abominations and the filthiness
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  • Of fornication.
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  • And on her forehead a name was written:
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  • Mystery, babylon the great, the mother of harlots
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  • And of the abominations of the earth.
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  • And i saw the woman," verse 6 of chapter 17,
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  • "drunk with the blood of saints and with the blood
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  • Of the martyrs of jesus.
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  • When i saw her, i marveled with great amazement.
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  • And the angel said to me, 'why did you marvel?
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  • I'll tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast
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  • That carries her, which has seven heads and ten horns.'"
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  • We'll stop there.
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  • So you read a text like this and your reaction is probably,
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  • "what?
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  • What does this all mean?"
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  • But it's not as complex as you may think.
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  • Remember, the purpose of revelation is
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  • To unveil truth to us.
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  • Revelation means unveil.
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  • So it is not god's desire to conceal but to reveal.
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  • This is a mystery to someone who doesn't understand the bible,
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  • But to us as believers we understand it.
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  • Babylon is a picture of men's kingdom without god,
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  • Men's kingdom without god.
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  • Babylon is sort of a code word.
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  • It represents something else.
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  • For instance, when we say, "well, over at madison avenue
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  • They do thus and so."
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  • We don't mean the literal madison avenue,
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  • But we're referring to people who are involved
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  • In advertisement and promotion
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  • And things of that nature.
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  • Or when we say hollywood-- "you know, over in hollywood,"
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  • We don't mean the literal city of hollywood,
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  • We mean the entertainment industry.
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  • When we say, "well, over at wall street,"
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  • We don't mean the actual wall street.
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  • We're talking about commerce and finance.
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  • So when we use the word babylon in the bible,
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  • It's a picture of pure evil.
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  • When peter wrote to the believers living in rome,
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  • He said, "to the church in babylon."
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  • Now, in fact, they weren't in babylon,
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  • Which was a city, they were in rome.
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  • But because of the wickedness of the city, he said,
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  • "to the believers in babylon."
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  • So babylon is a point of reference for evil.
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  • Contextually looking at the book of revelation,
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  • Babylon refers to an entire worldwide
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  • Political, economic, and religious kingdom
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  • Under the control of antichrist.
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  • But babylon can be personal as well.
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  • It's basically a life that is consumed with pride, sensuality,
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  • Idolatry; effectively anything that takes the place of god.
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  • That's religion in a nutshell.
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  • Religion is man's attempt to reach god.
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  • Christianity, in contrast, is god's attempt to reach man.
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  • Religion could be summed up in one word: do.
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  • "do this and you'll reach nirvana.
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  • Do that and you may get to heaven one day.
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  • Do this other thing and you might find inner peace."
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  • A lot of dos.
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  • Do this. do that.
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  • Do. do. do. do.
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  • Religion can be a lot of doo-doo.
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  • But christianity could be summed up in one word.
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  • Not do, but done.
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  • It's done.
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  • When jesus died on the cross, he said, "it is finished,"
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  • Which means it is accomplished, it is completed.
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  • I don't have to do a bunch of stuff to reach god.
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  • God has done the heavy lifting to reach me in sending jesus
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  • To die on the cross for my sins and rise again from the dead,
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  • And we can have him live in our hearts.
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  • And at the end of this message, i'll give you an opportunity
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  • To put your faith in jesus christ.
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  • But man is a religious creature.
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  • He always has been.
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  • But he sort of likes to make it up as he goes,
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  • Sort of a do-it-yourself faith.
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  • You know, we like the idea of forgiveness.
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  • We just don't want to repent.
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  • We like the hope of heaven, but we don't like
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  • The reality of hell.
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  • We sort of like to pick and choose what appeals to us.
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  • That's babylon; babylonian thinking, if you will.
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  • Babylon was also the beginning of humanism.
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  • People came together.
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  • God said, "i want you to spread out across the earth."
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  • And the people said, "no, let's come together instead.
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  • Let's come together in defiance of god.
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  • Let's come together and build this tower and look
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  • To the stars, not to the lord for direction in our lives."
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  • And so they build this tower and they're all excited about it.
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  • They're thinking it's really going to be impressive to god.
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  • It's almost like they're saying,
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  • "hey, god, there's a new kid in town.
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  • We're here. check out our awesome tower."
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  • And the bible tells us that the lord came down to see it,
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  • And it's kind of almost humorous because it's so tiny the lord
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  • Says, "actually, i don't have a telescope in heaven
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  • Strong enough to even see your mighty tower.
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  • So i'm going to come down, way down, down and get
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  • On my hands and knees and see if i can find
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  • Your awesome little tower."
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  • And that's us with all of our accomplishments,
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  • Thinking we don't need god.
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  • Of course, god sent confusion to them.
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  • No one could understand each other,
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  • And they were babbling.
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  • And so that's the root word of babylon.
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  • Now, of course there was a mighty kingdom of babylon
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  • As well ruled by nebuchadnezzar.
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  • Remember, it was a massive, mighty world power,
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  • Which was ultimately defeated by the medo-persian empire,
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  • And that was when the grandson of nebuchadnezzar was ruling.
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  • His name was belshazzar.
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  • So it was the end of babylon's babbling.
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  • Let's come back to this woman riding the beast,
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  • This scarlet harlot, if you will.
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  • Verse 3, "i saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast."
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  • Scarlet is just another word for red.
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  • This is sort of like the rodeo from hell.
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  • Red symbolizes evil in this context.
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  • It's not evil if you're wearing red,
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  • But in this context it symbolizes evil
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  • Because remember satan is presented to us
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  • As a red dragon in revelation chapter 13.
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  • So all of this madness that we're looking at,
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  • This religious system of babylon is energized by the devil
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  • And it's all coming together.
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  • Here's another point.
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  • Babylon looks good on the outside,
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  • But it's dead on the inside.
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  • Babylon looks good on the outside,
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  • But it's dead on the inside.
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  • Look at revelation 17:4.
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  • "she has in her hand a golden cup
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  • Full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication."
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  • So golden cup would refer to luxury, right?
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  • Abominations referred to things that are offensive to god.
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  • Purple was a color usually worn by royalty back in that day,
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  • As was scarlet.
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  • And covered in jewels, that speaks for itself.
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  • If you see someone covered in jewels head to toe,
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  • Obviously that's an affluent person.
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  • And this is how sin is.
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  • It looks good on the outside, but then you take a bite of it
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  • And it is like poison in your system.
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  • Greg: hey, everybody.
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  • Pastor greg laurie here with some thoughts
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  • About the book of revelation.
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  • The book of revelation is the only book in the bible
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  • With a blessing attached to it.
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  • In other words, there's a special blessing
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  • Attached to the person who reads it.
  • 00:12:18.114 --> 00:12:20.182
  • It says in revelation chapter 1, "blessed or happy is a person
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  • Who reads and hears and keeps the words of this book."
  • 00:12:24.353 --> 00:12:28.324
  • So number one, you have to read it.
  • 00:12:28.324 --> 00:12:29.925
  • There's something great about reading scripture out loud,
  • 00:12:29.925 --> 00:12:32.828
  • And reading the book of revelation out loud
  • 00:12:32.828 --> 00:12:35.030
  • Is a great thing.
  • 00:12:35.030 --> 00:12:36.365
  • So you have to read it. start there.
  • 00:12:36.365 --> 00:12:37.967
  • But it's not enough to just read it, you have to hear it.
  • 00:12:37.967 --> 00:12:41.670
  • What does that mean? it means understand it.
  • 00:12:41.670 --> 00:12:44.073
  • Now, we all know what it's like to tune things out.
  • 00:12:44.073 --> 00:12:46.575
  • You know, maybe your wife is talking to you
  • 00:12:46.575 --> 00:12:47.943
  • And you don't like what she's saying
  • 00:12:47.943 --> 00:12:50.012
  • 'cause it involves chores, you tune her out.
  • 00:12:50.012 --> 00:12:52.314
  • Or your parents are telling you something, you tune them out.
  • 00:12:52.314 --> 00:12:55.217
  • We can do the same with the bible.
  • 00:12:55.217 --> 00:12:56.886
  • I can read it without any comprehension.
  • 00:12:56.886 --> 00:12:59.288
  • I have to read it and hear it.
  • 00:12:59.288 --> 00:13:01.857
  • Jesus would often say, "he that has ears to hear,
  • 00:13:01.857 --> 00:13:04.660
  • Let him hear what the spirit is saying."
  • 00:13:04.660 --> 00:13:07.763
  • Modern translation would be, "listen up.
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  • Pay attention.
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  • Give your attention with intention."
  • 00:13:11.267 --> 00:13:13.803
  • So read it, hear it, and then finally keep it.
  • 00:13:13.803 --> 00:13:16.772
  • I have to do what the book says.
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  • You know, it's interesting to note that whenever
  • 00:13:18.974 --> 00:13:20.910
  • The bible speaks of the return of the lord there's usually
  • 00:13:20.910 --> 00:13:23.479
  • An exhortation to us to live a godly life.
  • 00:13:23.479 --> 00:13:28.417
  • Over in 1 john, john says he's that--has this hope that is
  • 00:13:28.417 --> 00:13:32.988
  • The hope of the lord's return purifies himself
  • 00:13:32.988 --> 00:13:35.958
  • Even as he is pure.
  • 00:13:35.958 --> 00:13:37.860
  • So you want to be blessed, you want to be happy?
  • 00:13:37.860 --> 00:13:40.462
  • Read the book of revelation, hear what it is saying,
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  • And keep those words that are found in it.
  • 00:13:43.699 --> 00:13:46.802
  • Greg: babylon will not only be a mentality;
  • 00:13:49.371 --> 00:13:52.141
  • It will not only be a religious system,
  • 00:13:52.141 --> 00:13:54.076
  • It will be an actual entity.
  • 00:13:54.076 --> 00:13:56.512
  • In effect, it will be a super city that is going to be judged.
  • 00:13:56.512 --> 00:14:01.817
  • Go over to revelation 18, verse 1.
  • 00:14:01.817 --> 00:14:04.186
  • "after these things i saw another angel coming down from
  • 00:14:04.186 --> 00:14:07.256
  • Heaven, having great authority, and the earth
  • 00:14:07.256 --> 00:14:10.025
  • Was illuminated with his glory.
  • 00:14:10.025 --> 00:14:12.127
  • And he cried mightily with a loud voice, saying,
  • 00:14:12.127 --> 00:14:14.563
  • 'babylon the great is fallen.
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  • It's fallen.
  • 00:14:16.765 --> 00:14:18.167
  • It's become a dwelling place of demons,
  • 00:14:18.167 --> 00:14:20.135
  • A prison for every foul spirit, a cage for every unclean
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  • And hated bird.'"
  • 00:14:25.174 --> 00:14:27.776
  • In general i like birds, but there's some birds i hate
  • 00:14:27.776 --> 00:14:32.314
  • And i'm going to call them out right now.
  • 00:14:32.314 --> 00:14:34.783
  • Number one, seagulls.
  • 00:14:34.783 --> 00:14:36.619
  • I hate all of you.
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  • If you're watching, i'm sorry.
  • 00:14:38.053 --> 00:14:40.155
  • I'm not told in the bible i have to love you.
  • 00:14:40.155 --> 00:14:41.991
  • I hate you, and i'll tell you why i hate you, seagulls.
  • 00:14:41.991 --> 00:14:45.427
  • It's because you steal things all the time.
  • 00:14:45.427 --> 00:14:48.230
  • You know, if you have your food on the beach and you go
  • 00:14:48.230 --> 00:14:50.833
  • In to the water; you come back, the seagulls flying off
  • 00:14:50.833 --> 00:14:53.202
  • With your sandwich.
  • 00:14:53.202 --> 00:14:54.937
  • And then of course they're doing their thing on your car and--
  • 00:14:54.937 --> 00:14:59.441
  • In fact, i have a story for that.
  • 00:14:59.441 --> 00:15:02.044
  • Years ago--many years ago, we took our son christopher,
  • 00:15:02.044 --> 00:15:05.881
  • Who was just a little guy then, to seaworld.
  • 00:15:05.881 --> 00:15:09.118
  • And so when you go into the park,
  • 00:15:09.118 --> 00:15:12.054
  • There's an opportunity to feed the dolphins.
  • 00:15:12.054 --> 00:15:14.523
  • You can buy fish.
  • 00:15:14.523 --> 00:15:15.991
  • I think, "wait, didn't i just pay admission?
  • 00:15:15.991 --> 00:15:17.593
  • Now i have to pay for fish to feed your creatures?"
  • 00:15:17.593 --> 00:15:20.329
  • Yes, that's the way it's worked.
  • 00:15:20.329 --> 00:15:21.664
  • So we buy these fish and i give them to christopher,
  • 00:15:21.664 --> 00:15:24.667
  • And there's this place with the dolphins.
  • 00:15:24.667 --> 00:15:26.402
  • And he's feeding the dolphins and out of nowhere seagull
  • 00:15:26.402 --> 00:15:30.172
  • Comes, grabs the fish right out of his hand.
  • 00:15:30.172 --> 00:15:32.574
  • Christopher is like, "dad, i hate seagulls."
  • 00:15:32.574 --> 00:15:35.344
  • I know. they're the worst, aren't they?
  • 00:15:35.344 --> 00:15:37.279
  • And then we go to lunch in this restaurant,
  • 00:15:37.279 --> 00:15:40.582
  • And he ordered a big thing of chicken.
  • 00:15:40.582 --> 00:15:43.852
  • So he's eating his chicken and out of nowhere a seagull comes
  • 00:15:43.852 --> 00:15:47.623
  • And flies off with his chicken.
  • 00:15:47.623 --> 00:15:49.825
  • Literally grabbed it off his plate.
  • 00:15:49.825 --> 00:15:51.927
  • I thought, "wait a second. isn't that cannibalism?
  • 00:15:51.927 --> 00:15:54.063
  • Is that even right in the bird kingdom?
  • 00:15:54.063 --> 00:15:55.898
  • I mean, i know seagulls are messed up,
  • 00:15:55.898 --> 00:15:57.733
  • But even they crossed the line there
  • 00:15:57.733 --> 00:15:59.635
  • Flying off with a chicken."
  • 00:15:59.635 --> 00:16:01.704
  • Christopher's shaking and says, "i hate the seagulls."
  • 00:16:01.704 --> 00:16:04.740
  • Then we're walking out of the park, i'm not making this up,
  • 00:16:04.740 --> 00:16:07.609
  • And all of a sudden a seagull got a direct hit on my son.
  • 00:16:07.609 --> 00:16:13.983
  • Boom, a big seagull poop.
  • 00:16:13.983 --> 00:16:15.951
  • Right?
  • 00:16:15.951 --> 00:16:17.486
  • And that pretty much finished it off.
  • 00:16:17.486 --> 00:16:18.921
  • So that's a hated bird, right?
  • 00:16:18.921 --> 00:16:20.823
  • But understand contextually in the bible,
  • 00:16:20.823 --> 00:16:23.092
  • Birds sometimes are symbols of evil.
  • 00:16:23.092 --> 00:16:26.929
  • Jesus told a parable about a bush that turned
  • 00:16:26.929 --> 00:16:30.432
  • Into a tree that was filled with birds.
  • 00:16:30.432 --> 00:16:33.369
  • This was not a positive thing.
  • 00:16:33.369 --> 00:16:35.204
  • Bushes don't turn into trees.
  • 00:16:35.204 --> 00:16:37.506
  • So this was something that was supposed to be smaller
  • 00:16:37.506 --> 00:16:40.175
  • That became bigger, and it was filled with birds.
  • 00:16:40.175 --> 00:16:43.679
  • But then in the parable of the sower, jesus talked about
  • 00:16:43.679 --> 00:16:46.715
  • The seed that was sown on the roadside, remember,
  • 00:16:46.715 --> 00:16:52.521
  • And the birds come quickly, probably seagulls, and eat it;
  • 00:16:52.521 --> 00:16:56.925
  • And he says these are they that hear the word of god
  • 00:16:56.925 --> 00:16:59.628
  • And satan comes immediately and snatches it away.
  • 00:16:59.628 --> 00:17:03.399
  • So in the parables, birds are symbols of evil.
  • 00:17:03.399 --> 00:17:08.037
  • So putting this all together, we have an evil situation
  • 00:17:08.037 --> 00:17:12.041
  • Of these unclean birds.
  • 00:17:12.041 --> 00:17:14.376
  • You know, in the church we have real believers
  • 00:17:14.376 --> 00:17:18.313
  • And we have pretend believers.
  • 00:17:18.313 --> 00:17:21.483
  • You can have a bible and not be a christian.
  • 00:17:21.483 --> 00:17:23.752
  • You can even go to church and not necessarily be a christian.
  • 00:17:23.752 --> 00:17:27.723
  • To be a christian, you must follow christ.
  • 00:17:27.723 --> 00:17:31.693
  • So babylon is going to go down one day, and it happens quickly.
  • 00:17:31.693 --> 00:17:36.398
  • Listen to this.
  • 00:17:36.398 --> 00:17:37.866
  • Satan sails a sinking ship.
  • 00:17:37.866 --> 00:17:41.003
  • Sin cannot win, and faith cannot fail.
  • 00:17:41.003 --> 00:17:45.240
  • It's interesting in revelation 18
  • 00:17:45.240 --> 00:17:47.676
  • It says babylon is destroyed in 1 hour.
  • 00:17:47.676 --> 00:17:52.047
  • So this super city, actual entity of babylon,
  • 00:17:52.047 --> 00:17:55.651
  • Will be built, i'm not sure where,
  • 00:17:55.651 --> 00:17:57.820
  • And it will be destroyed in 1 hour.
  • 00:17:57.820 --> 00:18:01.156
  • Amazing.
  • 00:18:01.156 --> 00:18:03.092
  • You know, in a way, everyone will have their babylon fall
  • 00:18:03.092 --> 00:18:06.361
  • At some time in their life.
  • 00:18:06.361 --> 00:18:08.864
  • People build their hopes on a babylon of sorts.
  • 00:18:08.864 --> 00:18:12.367
  • Don't put your hope in babylon.
  • 00:18:12.367 --> 00:18:14.536
  • Don't put your hope in possessions.
  • 00:18:14.536 --> 00:18:16.438
  • Don't put your hope in experiences.
  • 00:18:16.438 --> 00:18:18.640
  • Don't put your hope even in relationships.
  • 00:18:18.640 --> 00:18:21.343
  • Put your hope in god because there's coming a day
  • 00:18:21.343 --> 00:18:24.580
  • When the lord's going to say the party is over,
  • 00:18:24.580 --> 00:18:28.050
  • Coming back to babylon the great kingdom being ruled
  • 00:18:28.050 --> 00:18:31.720
  • By the boy, king belshazzar.
  • 00:18:31.720 --> 00:18:34.723
  • Speaking of golden cups, he brought out all the cups
  • 00:18:34.723 --> 00:18:39.061
  • And other objects used by the jews in their worship of god
  • 00:18:39.061 --> 00:18:42.698
  • And filled them with wine and began to toast the false gods
  • 00:18:42.698 --> 00:18:46.702
  • Of babylon, going out of his way really to mock god,
  • 00:18:46.702 --> 00:18:50.672
  • And the bible said god judged him.
  • 00:18:50.672 --> 00:18:53.108
  • That was the end of babylon, and that was the end of belshazzar.
  • 00:18:53.108 --> 00:18:57.546
  • And things come to an end.
  • 00:18:57.546 --> 00:19:01.183
  • So we've talked a lot about the beast.
  • 00:19:01.183 --> 00:19:03.619
  • Let's come back to the beauty.
  • 00:19:03.619 --> 00:19:05.354
  • What is the beauty doing while the beast
  • 00:19:05.354 --> 00:19:07.623
  • And the scarlet harlot, where the rodeo from hell
  • 00:19:07.623 --> 00:19:11.093
  • Are wreaking havoc on planet earth?
  • 00:19:11.093 --> 00:19:14.296
  • Oh, we're in heaven singing the hallelujah chorus.
  • 00:19:14.296 --> 00:19:18.600
  • Revelation 19, "after these things i heard a loud voice
  • 00:19:18.600 --> 00:19:20.936
  • Of a great multitude in heaven, saying, 'alleluia!
  • 00:19:20.936 --> 00:19:24.573
  • Salvation, glory, and honor, and power belong
  • 00:19:24.573 --> 00:19:26.875
  • To the lord our god; for true and righteous
  • 00:19:26.875 --> 00:19:29.044
  • Are his judgments because he has judged
  • 00:19:29.044 --> 00:19:31.146
  • The great harlot who corrupted the earth with their fornication
  • 00:19:31.146 --> 00:19:34.416
  • Is--and has avenged on her the blood of his servants
  • 00:19:34.416 --> 00:19:38.687
  • Shed by her.'"
  • 00:19:38.687 --> 00:19:41.223
  • You remember the first "star wars" films?
  • 00:19:41.223 --> 00:19:44.426
  • There was a massive space station called
  • 00:19:44.426 --> 00:19:47.362
  • The death star that terrorized the galaxy.
  • 00:19:47.362 --> 00:19:50.966
  • So luke skywalker and his x-wing fighter came in,
  • 00:19:50.966 --> 00:19:55.304
  • And they blew up the space station and it was destroyed.
  • 00:19:55.304 --> 00:19:59.775
  • That's what's going to happen to babylon.
  • 00:19:59.775 --> 00:20:02.110
  • But while all of this is happening,
  • 00:20:02.110 --> 00:20:04.279
  • We're celebrating in heaven.
  • 00:20:04.279 --> 00:20:06.682
  • Why are we celebrating in heaven?
  • 00:20:06.682 --> 00:20:08.517
  • Number one, we're celebrating because the power of god
  • 00:20:08.517 --> 00:20:11.453
  • Has finally vanquished evil, revelation 19:1 and 2.
  • 00:20:11.453 --> 00:20:17.359
  • So when we talk about the end of the world, we're speaking
  • 00:20:17.359 --> 00:20:20.963
  • Of the end of this wicked system that's in rebellion against god.
  • 00:20:20.963 --> 00:20:27.102
  • Number two, we're rejoicing because the lord is reigning.
  • 00:20:27.102 --> 00:20:31.740
  • God is establishing this kingdom, it's all coming now,
  • 00:20:31.740 --> 00:20:35.544
  • And we're celebrating the marriage supper of the lamb.
  • 00:20:35.544 --> 00:20:40.015
  • Look at revelation 19, verse 7.
  • 00:20:40.015 --> 00:20:42.618
  • "let's be glad and rejoice and give god glory, for the marriage
  • 00:20:42.618 --> 00:20:45.854
  • Of the lamb has come and his wife has made herself ready.
  • 00:20:45.854 --> 00:20:50.158
  • And to her was granted to be arrayed in fine linen,
  • 00:20:50.158 --> 00:20:52.928
  • Clean and bright; and the fine linen is the righteous acts
  • 00:20:52.928 --> 00:20:55.831
  • Of the saints.
  • 00:20:55.831 --> 00:20:57.165
  • And the angel said to me," write this,
  • 00:20:57.165 --> 00:20:58.634
  • "'blessed are those who are invited
  • 00:20:58.634 --> 00:21:00.402
  • To the marriage supper of the lamb.'
  • 00:21:00.402 --> 00:21:04.106
  • And he said to me, 'these are the two words of god.'"
  • 00:21:04.106 --> 00:21:08.210
  • Matthew 8:11 says, jesus speaking,
  • 00:21:08.210 --> 00:21:10.746
  • "many will come from the east and the west
  • 00:21:10.746 --> 00:21:12.848
  • And take their places at the feast with abraham, isaac,
  • 00:21:12.848 --> 00:21:16.051
  • And jacob in the kingdom of heaven."
  • 00:21:16.051 --> 00:21:18.854
  • Can you imagine having a meal with abraham, isaac, and jacob?
  • 00:21:18.854 --> 00:21:23.392
  • You'll meet the great people of the bible.
  • 00:21:23.392 --> 00:21:26.228
  • You can ask david what it's like--
  • 00:21:26.228 --> 00:21:28.196
  • Or what it was like to fight goliath.
  • 00:21:28.196 --> 00:21:30.799
  • You can ask noah what it was like to live in that ark,
  • 00:21:30.799 --> 00:21:33.602
  • Ask moses what it was like to part the red sea,
  • 00:21:33.602 --> 00:21:37.406
  • Ask mary what it was like to carry the son of god
  • 00:21:37.406 --> 00:21:40.842
  • In her womb, and best of all, ask jesus anything you like.
  • 00:21:40.842 --> 00:21:46.782
  • And you'll be reunited with loved ones
  • 00:21:46.782 --> 00:21:48.850
  • Who have preceded you to heaven.
  • 00:21:48.850 --> 00:21:51.520
  • This is the hope of the child of god.
  • 00:21:51.520 --> 00:21:54.790
  • This is not the hope of the child of babylon.
  • 00:21:54.790 --> 00:21:59.561
  • You have two cities you can choose from in life: the city
  • 00:21:59.561 --> 00:22:02.164
  • Of god or the city of man, babylon or the new jerusalem,
  • 00:22:02.164 --> 00:22:07.502
  • Antichrist or jesus christ.
  • 00:22:07.502 --> 00:22:11.239
  • This world we're living in is not our permanent home
  • 00:22:11.239 --> 00:22:14.609
  • As christians.
  • 00:22:14.609 --> 00:22:16.211
  • We're passing through.
  • 00:22:16.211 --> 00:22:18.080
  • To have this hope of heaven, you need your name
  • 00:22:18.080 --> 00:22:21.183
  • Written in a book.
  • 00:22:21.183 --> 00:22:23.485
  • I passed over this verse quickly,
  • 00:22:23.485 --> 00:22:25.187
  • But let me come back to it.
  • 00:22:25.187 --> 00:22:26.521
  • Revelation 17:8, "those that dwell on the earth will marvel
  • 00:22:26.521 --> 00:22:30.592
  • Whose names are not written in the book of life
  • 00:22:30.592 --> 00:22:34.696
  • From the foundation of the world."
  • 00:22:34.696 --> 00:22:37.899
  • When you're a christian, your name is written in a book.
  • 00:22:37.899 --> 00:22:42.204
  • It's the book of life.
  • 00:22:42.204 --> 00:22:44.339
  • When your name is written, i don't know.
  • 00:22:44.339 --> 00:22:46.808
  • Here it says from the foundation of the world.
  • 00:22:46.808 --> 00:22:49.044
  • Since god has foreknowledge, maybe he puts your name in
  • 00:22:49.044 --> 00:22:51.646
  • The book ahead of time because he knows you will believe.
  • 00:22:51.646 --> 00:22:54.683
  • But regardless of when your name gets in there,
  • 00:22:54.683 --> 00:22:57.786
  • This is what i know.
  • 00:22:57.786 --> 00:22:59.654
  • As a christian, my name is in the book.
  • 00:22:59.654 --> 00:23:02.491
  • And i ask you in closing, is your name in the book of life?
  • 00:23:02.491 --> 00:23:06.595
  • You say, "well, why does that matter?"
  • 00:23:06.595 --> 00:23:08.397
  • Because as we'll see in our future message,
  • 00:23:08.397 --> 00:23:10.699
  • If your name is not found written in the book of life,
  • 00:23:10.699 --> 00:23:14.102
  • You're cast into the lake of fire as you stand
  • 00:23:14.102 --> 00:23:16.972
  • Before the great white throne judgment of god.
  • 00:23:16.972 --> 00:23:19.908
  • Listen, one day everyone will stand before god;
  • 00:23:19.908 --> 00:23:23.044
  • Small and great, rich and poor, famous and unknown.
  • 00:23:23.044 --> 00:23:28.683
  • Everyone will stand there.
  • 00:23:28.683 --> 00:23:30.085
  • Every man, every woman, every person will stand there,
  • 00:23:30.085 --> 00:23:33.722
  • And all that matters is having your name in this book.
  • 00:23:33.722 --> 00:23:39.060
  • Greg: maybe god has spoken to your heart and you have seen
  • 00:23:43.198 --> 00:23:47.035
  • Your need for jesus christ.
  • 00:23:47.035 --> 00:23:49.538
  • Jesus christ is the son of god who came from heaven
  • 00:23:49.538 --> 00:23:53.675
  • To this earth.
  • 00:23:53.675 --> 00:23:55.143
  • He was born in a manger.
  • 00:23:55.143 --> 00:23:56.711
  • He died on a cross.
  • 00:23:56.711 --> 00:23:58.814
  • He rose again from the dead. why?
  • 00:23:58.814 --> 00:24:01.550
  • Because he loves you and he wants a relationship with you.
  • 00:24:01.550 --> 00:24:04.519
  • Listen, i'm not talking about religion.
  • 00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:06.488
  • I don't want to be a religious person.
  • 00:24:06.488 --> 00:24:08.323
  • I don't think you want to be one either.
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  • I'm talking about relationship with god.
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  • Jesus, who died and rose again, stands at the door of your life
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  • And he knocks and he says if you'll hear his voice
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  • And open the door he will come in.
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  • Question, have you asked jesus christ to come
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  • And live inside of you?
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  • You might say, "well, i think so.
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  • I'm not sure."
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  • Hey, if someone moved into your house in the middle
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  • Of the night, do you think you would be aware of it?
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  • I'm sure you would.
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  • And in the same way, if christ has come to live inside of you,
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  • You will know.
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  • And if you don't know, maybe he has not come in yet.
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  • He's just a prayer away.
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  • All you need to do is say,
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  • "jesus, i want this relationship with you.
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  • I want you to forgive me of my sin.
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  • I want to go to heaven when i die."
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  • Would you like to do that?
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  • Would you like christ to come into your life?
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  • If so, why don't you just pray this simple prayer with me?
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  • You could pray it out loud or you can pray it
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  • In the quietness of your heart, but this is a prayer
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  • Where you're asking jesus christ to be your savior and lord.
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  • Pray this with me now.
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  • "lord jesus, i know that i'm a sinner,
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  • But i know that you're the savior who died on the cross
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  • For my sin and rose again from the dead.
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  • Now come into my life.
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  • I choose to follow you from this moment forward.
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  • Thank you for hearing this prayer
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  • And answering this prayer.
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  • In jesus's name, amen."
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  • Did you just pray that prayer with me?
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  • If so, i want you to know in the authority of scripture
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  • That christ himself has come to live inside of you.
  • 00:25:40.782 --> 00:25:44.119
  • And i would love to send to you at no charge
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  • Something called the "new believer's bible."
  • 00:25:47.155 --> 00:25:49.724
  • It's a very friendly translation of the new testament
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  • You'll find very understandable, and it's filled
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  • With hundreds of notes that i wrote
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  • That will encourage you in this commitment
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  • You've just made to follow jesus.
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  • Let me send that to you at no charge,
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  • And let me be the first to
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  • Say to you congratulations
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  • And welcome to the family of god.
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