Louie Giglio - All Things New

February 2, 2025 | S25:E5

Messages of hope and redemption from Passion City Church in Atlanta, Georgia, with Louie Giglio.

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Passion with Louie Giglio | Louie Giglio - All Things New | February 2, 2025

Right now that
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Right now that just because the darkness
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Just because the darkness of these end times come,
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Of these end times come, and events of a cataclysmic
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Ending have struck in some ways
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Our view of the risen jesus?
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Don't you think in the darkness
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Of coming days that jesus
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Is any less brilliant
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Than he is right now?
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>> i wanna, just, walk us
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>> i wanna, just, walk us through with some
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Through with some big ideas today,
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Big ideas today, and i want us to leave
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And i want us to leave this place today convinced
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This place today convinced about our future.
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About our future. but, i also want us to be
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But, i also want us to be impacted right where
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Impacted right where we are in the present.
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We are in the present. i want heaven to become
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I want heaven to become real to us today,
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Real to us today, and i want it to really
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And i want it to really impact the way that we live
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Impact the way that we live our lives in this
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Our lives in this present moment.
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In verse 5,
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In verse 5, "he who was seated
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"he who was seated on the throne said,
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On the throne said, 'i am making everything new.'"
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'i am making everything new.'" some translations
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Some translations would say that,
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Would say that, "i am making all things new."
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"i am making all things new." think about that.
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Think about that. now, there's always
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Now, there's always gonna be two sides
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Of a lot of the issues that
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Of a lot of the issues that we have found in revelation,
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We have found in revelation, and coming down
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And coming down to chapter 21, of course,
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To chapter 21, of course, there are two sides
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There are two sides about this and i just
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About this and i just want you to think
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Want you to think about them with me today.
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About them with me today. one side says that god is gonna
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One side says that god is gonna completely destroy this world,
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Completely destroy this world, this earth, and create
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This earth, and create a brand new earth.
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A brand new earth. start all over again
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Start all over again with a brand new earth.
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With a brand new earth. there is another way of thinking
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There is another way of thinking in the theological community
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In the theological community that says god is going
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That says god is going to purify this earth,
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To purify this earth, put it through
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Put it through a challenging refining place
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A challenging refining place and then restore it
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And then restore it in the greatest restoration
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In the greatest restoration that's ever been seen on earth,
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That's ever been seen on earth, into a perfect state,
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Into a perfect state, the state that god
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The state that god intended for it to be in.
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Intended for it to be in. but, darrell johnson has
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But, darrell johnson has had a way through this
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Had a way through this entire collection of just
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Entire collection of just saying little things that
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Saying little things that make a lot of sense to me,
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Make a lot of sense to me, and this one made
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And this one made a lot of sense to me.
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A lot of sense to me. "he who was seated
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On the throne said,
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On the throne said, 'i am making everything new.'"
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'i am making everything new.'" let's go back to
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Let's go back to the literal way of saying it,
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The literal way of saying it, "i am making all things new."
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"i am making all things new." interesting the one seated on
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Interesting the one seated on the throne didn't say,
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"i am making all new things."
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"i am making all new things." he said,
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He said, "i'm making all things new.
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"i'm making all things new. i'm gonna take this earth,
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I'm gonna take this earth, corrupted and broken,
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Corrupted and broken, and groaning, and i am
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And groaning, and i am going to refine it,
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Going to refine it, and i am going to restore it,
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And i am going to restore it, and it is going to be just
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And it is going to be just as it was intended to be."
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As it was intended to be." it's way more than renovation,
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It's way more than renovation, it is a miraculous resurrection
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It is a miraculous resurrection of the earth in the same way
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Of the earth in the same way that we are
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That we are restored and resurrected,
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Restored and resurrected, the earth now becomes new.
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The earth now becomes new. if you were reading carefully
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If you were reading carefully you might have noticed of this
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You might have noticed of this new heaven and this new earth
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New heaven and this new earth that the one thing
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That the one thing that's pointed out
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That's pointed out at the very beginning,
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At the very beginning, i just wanna make sure
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I just wanna make sure we sort a lay all these
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We sort a lay all these things out, is that,
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"there was no longer," what?
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"there was no longer," what? "sea."
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"sea." and so, sea goes away
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And so, sea goes away in the new heavens
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In the new heavens and the new earth.
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And the new earth. and, for somebody just
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Reading right into this
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Reading right into this text you're like,
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Text you're like, "wait a minute,
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"wait a minute, i happen to love sea.
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I happen to love sea. it's my favorite thing
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It's my favorite thing about earth.
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About earth. it's what i look forward to
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It's what i look forward to all throughout the year.
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All throughout the year. i like to sail on the sea
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I like to sail on the sea or i like to deep sea fish
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Or i like to deep sea fish in the sea,
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In the sea, or i like to sit on the beach
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Or i like to sit on the beach and just look at the sea.
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And just look at the sea. and now i'm learn right away
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And now i'm learn right away there's a new heaven
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There's a new heaven and a new earth
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And a new earth and that's where i'm going
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And that's where i'm going but there's no sea there."
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But there's no sea there." well, once again,
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Well, once again, some people would say
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That this is symbolic.
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That this is symbolic. and, remember through all these
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And, remember through all these chapters the beats of what?
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Chapters the beats of what? the beast of the sea,
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That out of the sea comes
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That out of the sea comes the tumult, the chaos.
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The tumult, the chaos. out of the sea comes all
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Out of the sea comes all the corruption and all of --
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The corruption and all of -- out the sea comes
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Out the sea comes all of the things that are
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All of the things that are anti-the people of god
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Anti-the people of god and the person of christ.
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And the person of christ. and so, they're thinking here,
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And so, they're thinking here, this is a future without
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This is a future without the chaos and the cyclone,
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The chaos and the cyclone, and the hurricane,
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And the hurricane, and the tsunami,
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And the tsunami, and the tumult, and the evil.
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And the tumult, and the evil. and then, other people
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And then, other people just read it, literally
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Just read it, literally and say for whatever reason
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And say for whatever reason when this new earth
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When this new earth is perfected and resurrected,
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Is perfected and resurrected, there isn't a need
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There isn't a need for an ocean anymore.
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For an ocean anymore. and, i don't know which way
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And, i don't know which way you wanna read that,
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You wanna read that, but i think --
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But i think -- here's the key thing,
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Here's the key thing, if you love the ocean
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If you love the ocean you're not gonna miss out
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You're not gonna miss out on anything in the new heaven
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On anything in the new heaven and the new earth,
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And the new earth, because everything
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Because everything in the new earth
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In the new earth and the new heaven
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And the new heaven is gonna be better than
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Is gonna be better than what we're experiencing
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What we're experiencing on this earth right now.
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On this earth right now. and that's gonna be
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And that's gonna be a key thought
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A key thought for all of us today.
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For all of us today. and, here's the big idea,
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And, here's the big idea, there is a new heaven,
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We all understand that
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We all understand that because we've been convinced
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Because we've been convinced that when we come
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That when we come to the end of this life
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To the end of this life we're going to where?
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We're going to where? we're gonna go to heaven.
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Where are we gonna
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Where are we gonna live forever?
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Live forever? in heaven.
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In heaven. where are we gonna spend
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Where are we gonna spend our eternity with god?
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Our eternity with god? in heaven.
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In heaven. but i ask today,
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But i ask today, if that is our future,
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What is the purpose
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What is the purpose of the new earth?
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Of the new earth? and as these are joined together
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And as these are joined together and we see them
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And we see them through the text,
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Through the text, and we're gonna see this
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And we're gonna see this as we walk through
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As we walk through in the next few minutes,
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That there is
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That there is a co-mingling of god
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A co-mingling of god and being with his people
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And being with his people in the heaven and earth,
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In the heaven and earth, this new heaven and earth.
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This new heaven and earth. but, i wanna offer you today
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But, i wanna offer you today a thought that maybe
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A thought that maybe you've never
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You've never thought of before,
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Thought of before, that you're gonna spend
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That you're gonna spend your eternity, your future
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Your eternity, your future in a perfect earth.
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In a perfect earth. this is what
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This is what the new earth is about,
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The new earth is about, it is a place for you and i
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It is a place for you and i to return to the state that god
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To return to the state that god intended in the beginning.
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Intended in the beginning. that we live in a place
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That we live in a place that is familiar to us, okay,
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That is familiar to us, okay, not a place as one theologian
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Not a place as one theologian i heard say recently,
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I heard say recently, a floaty state.
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A floaty state. but, we're gonna be in a place
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But, we're gonna be in a place that is familiar to you and i.
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That is familiar to you and i. us in glorified bodies,
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Us in glorified bodies, us in significantly
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Us in significantly upgraded bodies being made
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Upgraded bodies being made into the likeness of christ,
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Into the likeness of christ, who when he was raised from
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Who when he was raised from the dead walked through walls
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The dead walked through walls into the upper room,
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Into the upper room, was ascended up into heaven.
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Was ascended up into heaven. when he went to meet
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When he went to meet the disciples in galilee
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The disciples in galilee we don't know if it took him
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We don't know if it took him 20 seconds to get there
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20 seconds to get there or 20 minutes to get there.
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Or 20 minutes to get there. but probably not the all day
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But probably not the all day journey that it would take
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Journey that it would take his followers to get there.
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His followers to get there. and, we know that when he got
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And, we know that when he got there in his glorified body,
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There in his glorified body, raised from the dead,
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Raised from the dead, that he built a fire
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That he built a fire and had breakfast
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And had breakfast with his followers.
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With his followers. i don't imagine, in my thinking,
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I don't imagine, in my thinking, that eating a round
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That eating a round of breakfast with
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Of breakfast with his followers that he said,
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His followers that he said, "here, have some fish.
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"here, have some fish. i won't have any fish today
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I won't have any fish today because i'm in
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Because i'm in my glorified body."
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My glorified body." i would imagine that they all
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I would imagine that they all had breakfast together,
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Had breakfast together, they in their
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They in their non-glorified bodies,
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Non-glorified bodies, and he in his glorified body.
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And he in his glorified body. they recognized him,
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They recognized him, they knew him, they touched him,
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They knew him, they touched him, they put their fingers
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They put their fingers in the scars in his wrists
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In the scars in his wrists and his side,
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And his side, the scars that he still has
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The scars that he still has in his glorified body
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In his glorified body in heaven right now.
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In heaven right now. and so, when we look at
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And so, when we look at our future we're looking at
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Our future we're looking at a place where we see familiar,
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A place where we see familiar, we see what we understand,
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We see what we understand, but it's perfected in a way
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But it's perfected in a way that we can really, barely,
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That we can really, barely, even begin to imagine.
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Even begin to imagine. and god is in the midst of it,
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And god is in the midst of it, it's heaven and earth
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It's heaven and earth all beautiful
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All beautiful in the new city of god.
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In the new city of god. i love how he says this
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I love how he says this in verse 2,
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"i saw the holy city."
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"i saw the holy city." now, remember every other city
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Now, remember every other city we've seen has been unholy city,
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We've seen has been unholy city, babylon the great city,
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And cities all through
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And cities all through the story of scripture
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The story of scripture all representing
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All representing the anti-god move, but
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The anti-god move, but now god redeems the city
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Now god redeems the city and he says the holy city now,
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The new jerusalem.
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The new jerusalem. now, remember,
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Now, remember, this is all being written
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This is all being written in somewhere around
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In somewhere around 96 a.d. and in 70 a.d.
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96 a.d. and in 70 a.d. the jerusalem was
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Completely destroyed.
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Completely destroyed. titus and the roman armies
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Titus and the roman armies came and they sieged jerusalem,
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Came and they sieged jerusalem, completely destroyed it.
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Completely destroyed it. destroyed the second temple
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Destroyed the second temple and left it in absolute ruin.
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And left it in absolute ruin. so, for john this would be
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So, for john this would be the context that
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The context that he understands on earth.
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He understands on earth. jerusalem, the city of god,
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Jerusalem, the city of god, is wiped out,
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Is wiped out, but now he has a vision
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But now he has a vision and the vision is
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And the vision is there's a new city of god,
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There's a new city of god, a new holy city,
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A new holy city, it's a new jerusalem
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It's a new jerusalem and it's coming down
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Out of heaven from god.
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Out of heaven from god. it's not being built up
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It's not being built up by the efforts of men,
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By the efforts of men, it is coming down
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It is coming down being built by god himself
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Being built by god himself and i'm telling you today,
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This is your reality.
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This is your reality. whatever has been wiped out
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Whatever has been wiped out in your reality,
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In your reality, whatever has been laid
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Whatever has been laid in ruins in your reality
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In ruins in your reality there is a new city coming down,
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There is a new city coming down, there is a new creation
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There is a new creation coming down,
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Coming down, there is a new heaven
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There is a new heaven and a new earth coming down
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And a new earth coming down because god gives back
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Because god gives back what the locusts had eaten.
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What the locusts had eaten. and, even though the jerusalem
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And, even though the jerusalem on earth is wiped out,
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On earth is wiped out, a new jerusalem is coming down
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A new jerusalem is coming down out of heaven from god.
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Out of heaven from god. "and then, i heard a loud voice
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"and then, i heard a loud voice from the throne saying,
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'look, god's dwelling place
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'look, god's dwelling place is now among the people
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Is now among the people and he will dwell with them,
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And he will dwell with them, they will be his people,
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They will be his people, and god himself will be
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And god himself will be with them and be their god.
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With them and be their god. he will be their god
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He will be their god and they will be his people.'"
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And they will be his people.'" it's interesting when you
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It's interesting when you look at this in text,
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Look at this in text, it's saying that
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It's saying that they will be his peoples.
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They will be his peoples. in other words, it's not just
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This one group of people that
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This one group of people that historically he has shepherded
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Historically he has shepherded through the covenant,
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Through the covenant, but now it's peoples.
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But now it's peoples. it is that every tribe,
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It is that every tribe, it is every language,
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It is every language, it is every people,
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It is every people, it is every nation.
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It is every nation. it's every tongue
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It's every tongue gathered together.
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Gathered together. that's the beauty of the city
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That's the beauty of the city that god now is in the midst
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That god now is in the midst of his people and his people
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Of his people and his people are the peoples.
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Are the peoples. so, through the covenant
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So, through the covenant jesus came but through jesus,
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Jesus came but through jesus, now, the gospel has
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Now, the gospel has gone out and now
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Gone out and now it's all people,
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It's all people, it's every nation,
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It's every nation, it's every tribe,
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It's every tribe, it's every tongue,
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It's every tongue, it is all of humanity
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It is all of humanity coming into the city.
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Coming into the city. all, as we see at the end,
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All, as we see at the end, with his name on their forehead.
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With his name on their forehead. so, it's not like,
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So, it's not like, "look, we're the whoever's
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Or look we're
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Or look we're from this country,"
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From this country," it's like, no, we're all here
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It's like, no, we're all here named by the same name,
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Named by the same name, we all have a different
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We all have a different ethnicity, if you will,
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Ethnicity, if you will, but we're gathered now
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But we're gathered now by the one who
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By the one who calls us his children,
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And all of the people
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And all of the people are in the city
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And god is in their midst.
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And god is in their midst. now, some amazing things happen,
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Now, some amazing things happen, we're gonna see that in verse 4.
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We're gonna see that in verse 4. but, i don't want you
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But, i don't want you to miss that heaven
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To miss that heaven is about being with god.
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Is about being with god. heaven is not about
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The streets of gold,
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The streets of gold, or the 12 gates,
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Or the 12 gates, or the 12 foundations,
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Or the 12 foundations, or the crystal,
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Or the crystal, it's about being with god,
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It's about being with god, and about god being with us.
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And about god being with us. it says in the text,
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It says in the text, "there was no temple there."
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"there was no temple there." now, for the jewish mindset
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Now, for the jewish mindset they would be like,
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They would be like, "there's gotta be a temple
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"there's gotta be a temple 'cause if there's not a temple
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'cause if there's not a temple then where can we meet with god?
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Then where can we meet with god? if there's not a temple
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If there's not a temple then where do we go up
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Then where do we go up to bring our sacrifice,
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To bring our sacrifice, where do we go up
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Where do we go up to worship god?
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To worship god? if there's not a temple,
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If there's not a temple, how do we meet with god?"
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How do we meet with god?" and he's saying,
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And he's saying, "i am now the temple
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"i am now the temple and i am in your midst.
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And i am in your midst. we are all together now,
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We are all together now, you and me."
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You and me." and yes, it's a new upgraded,
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And yes, it's a new upgraded, fully restored,
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Fully restored, perfected earth and there are
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Perfected earth and there are things familiar and i believe
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Things familiar and i believe that there will be lots of
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That there will be lots of things for us to do in heaven,
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Things for us to do in heaven, but the prize of heaven is god.
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But the prize of heaven is god. and this has gotta be
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And this has gotta be a revelation for those of us
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In church today.
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In church today. "there will be no more death,
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"there will be no more death, no mourning, no crying,
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No mourning, no crying, no pain for the old order
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No pain for the old order of things has passed away."
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Of things has passed away." there will be no funerals
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There will be no funerals in the new heaven
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In the new heaven and the new earth.
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And the new earth. no hospitals, no icu wards,
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No cancer wards,
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No cancer wards, no surgical centers,
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No surgical centers, no prescription drugs.
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No prescription drugs. there will be no counselors,
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There will be no counselors, there will be no depression,
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There will be no depression, there will be no struggle,
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There will be no struggle, there will be no pain.
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There will be no pain. all swallowed up
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All swallowed up in the restoration
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In the restoration and resurrection of humanity
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And resurrection of humanity and of all creation,
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And of all creation, and it's beautiful,
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And it's beautiful, it's beautiful.
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It's beautiful. he wants us to know
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He wants us to know that everything
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That everything is gonna be made new,
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But he also wants to know
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But he also wants to know that these words are
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That these words are trustworthy and true.
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Trustworthy and true. "it's done," he said,
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"it's done," he said, "i'm the alpha and the omega,
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"i'm the alpha and the omega, i started it
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I started it and i am now starting it
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And i am now starting it all over again at the ending.
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All over again at the ending. i began it and now i am here
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I began it and now i am here at the end as powerful
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At the end as powerful as i was at the beginning.
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As i was at the beginning. and, i'm not saying
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And, i'm not saying let there be light this time,
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Let there be light this time, i'm saying i am
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I'm saying i am the light of eternity this time.
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The light of eternity this time. and if you're victorious
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And if you're victorious you're gonna inherit all this."
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You're gonna inherit all this." i don't know what
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I don't know what you've got coming from
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You've got coming from the relatives upstream
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The relatives upstream in your story,
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In your story, but i know what you've got
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Coming in the god the father,
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Coming in the god the father, the god the son, and the god
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The god the son, and the god who's the holy spirit
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Who's the holy spirit who brought you to life.
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Who brought you to life. you have an inheritance coming
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You have an inheritance coming and you're inheriting
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And you're inheriting all of the new heaven
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All of the new heaven and the new earth and the god
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And the new earth and the god who dwells in them.
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Who dwells in them. "i'll be their god
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And they will be my children."
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And they will be my children." again the connection,
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Again the connection, the relationship,
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The relationship, it's all there.
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It's all there. but, notice, he wanted
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But, notice, he wanted to make sure we knew
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To make sure we knew who were not gonna be there.
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Who were not gonna be there. "the cowardly
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"the cowardly and the unbelieving,
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And the unbelieving, the vile, the murders,
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The vile, the murders, the sexually immoral,
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The sexually immoral, those who practice
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Those who practice the magic arts,
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The magic arts, and the idolaters,
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And the idolaters, and all the liars."
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And all the liars." no, we already know
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No, we already know what happened to them,
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What happened to them, "they're consigned
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"they're consigned to the fiery lake
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To the fiery lake of burning fire,
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Of burning fire, the second death."
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The second death." praise god in christ
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Praise god in christ with a name written
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With a name written in the lamb's book of life
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In the lamb's book of life we escape the second death.
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We escape the second death. but then i want you to see
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But then i want you to see how beautiful it is.
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How beautiful it is. he goes down
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He goes down and i'll let you dig in
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And i'll let you dig in but this new city coming down,
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But this new city coming down, "this holy city coming down
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"this holy city coming down out of heaven from god
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Out of heaven from god shone with the glory of god."
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Shone with the glory of god." so god's radiance, his eminence,
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The heaviness of who he is,
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The heaviness of who he is, that we've talked about so much
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That we've talked about so much at passion city church,
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At passion city church, his glory is what shines
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His glory is what shines through this new heaven
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Through this new heaven and new earth and,
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And new earth and, "its brilliance was like that
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Of a very precious jewel,
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Of a very precious jewel, like a jasper,
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Like a jasper, clear as crystal."
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Clear as crystal." so this city of god coming down
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Out of heaven from god,
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Out of heaven from god, it's brilliant in every way.
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It's brilliant in every way. as he goes on and describes
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As he goes on and describes all these various
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All these various stones and jewels that are
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Stones and jewels that are there every one of them has
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There every one of them has as this essence, the ability
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As this essence, the ability to refract light and to make it
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To refract light and to make it far more beautiful than
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Far more beautiful than anything our eye can imagine.
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Anything our eye can imagine. so, we know about heaven,
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So, we know about heaven, that it's beautiful,
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That it's beautiful, we know that it's bright,
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We know that it's bright, we know that it's
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We know that it's full of color and vibrancy.
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Full of color and vibrancy. we know that it's unlike
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We know that it's unlike anything that we have ever seen
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Anything that we have ever seen before and we see that history
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Before and we see that history of the fulfillment of all god
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Of the fulfillment of all god has done in the city.
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Has done in the city. "on the gates," the 12 gates,
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"were written the names
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"were written the names of the 12 tribes of israel,"
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Of the 12 tribes of israel," not because
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Not because they were all great,
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They were all great, but because god who
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But because god who led them all was great.
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Led them all was great. we see on
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We see on the twelve foundations that,
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The twelve foundations that, "there were the names
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"there were the names of the 12 apostles,"
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Of the 12 apostles," not because they necessarily
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Not because they necessarily were all great,
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Were all great, but because the god
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But because the god who chose them filled them,
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Who chose them filled them, empowered them,
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Empowered them, and used them was great.
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And used them was great. and then, we see this angel
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And then, we see this angel with the measuring rod.
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With the measuring rod. i don't want you to miss this
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I don't want you to miss this because this just
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Because this just blew my heart up.
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Blew my heart up. "he measured the city with a rod
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"he measured the city with a rod because it was laid out,"
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Because it was laid out," as he says in verse 16,
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As he says in verse 16, "like a square."
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"like a square." now, this is just one
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Now, this is just one of those things you
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Of those things you have to read a few times
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Have to read a few times and then you go,
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And then you go, "wow, that's amazing."
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"wow, that's amazing." "it was as long
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"it was as long as it was wide,"
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As it was wide," that's a square,
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Everyone knows that.
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Everyone knows that. and so, he tells us how long
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And so, he tells us how long and how wide it was.
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"it was 12,000 stadia
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"it was 12,000 stadia in length,"
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In length," 12,000, i think,
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12,000, i think, i don't know,
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I don't know, my math is right,
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My math is right, is 12 times ten,
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Is 12 times ten, times ten, times ten.
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Times ten, times ten. it's completeness
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It's completeness times completeness,
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Times completeness, times completeness,
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Times completeness, times completeness.
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Times completeness. "and is wide --"
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"and is wide --" so, there's your square.
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So, there's your square. it was long and it was wide,
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It was long and it was wide, "and it was high as it is long."
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"and it was high as it is long." so, he said it's a square,
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And he tells us
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And he tells us how wide and how long,
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How wide and how long, but then he adds how high.
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But then he adds how high. and, once he adds how high
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And, once he adds how high it is we understand
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That yes, it's a square,
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That yes, it's a square, but now we know
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But now we know how high it is,
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How high it is, and so we know now
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And so we know now that it's a cube.
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The city of god
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The city of god coming down out of heaven,
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Coming down out of heaven, whose builder and architect
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Whose builder and architect is god, is a cube.
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Is god, is a cube. you're like,
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You're like, "well, what difference
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"well, what difference does that make?"
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Does that make?" because the last place
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Because the last place we saw a cube
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We saw a cube was the one described
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Was the one described in 1 kings and it, this cube,
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Was 20 cubits by 20 by 20
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Was 20 cubits by 20 by 20 and it was covered in gold
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And it was covered in gold and it was the holy of holies
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And it was the holy of holies in the temple of god.
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The holiest place was a cube.
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The holiest place was a cube. and now, in the holy city,
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And now, in the holy city, the holy city is a cube,
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The holy city is a cube, because the holy city
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Because the holy city is the holy of holies
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Is the holy of holies because god dwells there.
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Because god dwells there. the only difference is
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The only difference is man never dwelled with god
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Man never dwelled with god in the first cube,
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In the first cube, but man dwells with god
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But man dwells with god forever in the cube
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Forever in the cube that is the holy city of god.
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That is the holy city of god. i love how eugene peterson said,
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I love how eugene peterson said, "what an upgrade."
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We talking about upgrades
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We talking about upgrades he said the upgrade
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He said the upgrade went from the holy of holies,
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Went from the holy of holies, which was 27 square cubits
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Which was 27 square cubits to this new city of god,
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To this new city of god, which is
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Which is 3,255,000 square cubits.
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3,255,000 square cubits. it's god saying,
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"you're gonna be with me
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"you're gonna be with me and i'm gonna be with you."
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And i'm gonna be with you." it is the most intimate
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It is the most intimate of relationships
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Of relationships you and i restored into
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You and i restored into the holiness that is god,
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The holiness that is god, and the whole city of god
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And the whole city of god is god in his holiness
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Is god in his holiness dwelling among men.
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Dwelling among men. he names --
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He names -- amen.
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Amen. amen.
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Amen. he names all of these jewels
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He names all of these jewels and then he says,
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And then he says, just coming down to close,
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He says, "i didn't see
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He says, "i didn't see a temple because the lord
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A temple because the lord and the lamb are its temple.
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And the lamb are its temple. it doesn't need
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It doesn't need the sun or the moon
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The sun or the moon for the glory of god
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For the glory of god gives it light,'
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Gives it light,' let there be light,
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Let there be light, "and the lamb is its lamp."
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"and the lamb is its lamp." isn't it beautiful that
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In the restored earth
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In the restored earth and in the restored heaven,
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And in the restored heaven, in a city that is
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In a city that is the holy of holies,
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The holy of holies, where all things are made new,
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Where all things are made new, jesus christ, the son of god
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Jesus christ, the son of god is still the lamb of god,
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Is still the lamb of god, slain before the foundation
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Slain before the foundation of the world because
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Of the world because every one of us in the cube
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Every one of us in the cube of the holy of holies,
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Of the holy of holies, that is the new jerusalem
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That is the new jerusalem where we will spend forever
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Where we will spend forever on a perfect earth
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On a perfect earth is there because of
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Is there because of the sacrifice that jesus made
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The sacrifice that jesus made to allow us to enter
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To allow us to enter into the gates,
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Into the gates, that this text says
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That this text says never close because there is
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Never close because there is no threat to this city
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No threat to this city and there is no night.
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And there is no night. praise god.
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Praise god. but then,
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But then, look again, verse 27,
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"nothing impure
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"nothing impure will ever enter it,
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Will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does
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Nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful,"
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What is shameful or deceitful," let me move some of our upgrade,
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Let me move some of our upgrade, "but only those,"
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"but only those," going back to last week,
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Going back to last week, "whose names are written
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"whose names are written in the lamb's book of life."
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In the lamb's book of life." he just wants to say it
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He just wants to say it one more time, and we want
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One more time, and we want to ask it today one more time.
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Not, "do you think
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Not, "do you think you're going to heaven?"
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You're going to heaven?" not, "have you done your best
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Not, "have you done your best to go to heaven?"
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To go to heaven?" not, "do you think
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Not, "do you think you're a good enough person
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You're a good enough person to go to heaven?"
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To go to heaven?" but, "do you know
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But, "do you know that the only people in heaven
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Are those whose names
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Are those whose names are written in
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Are written in the lamb's book of life?"
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The lamb's book of life?" and by faith in christ today,
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And by faith in christ today, in choosing to follow him fully
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In choosing to follow him fully you can find your name written
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In the lamb's book of life.
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In the lamb's book of life. i, just, can barely wrap my head
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I, just, can barely wrap my head around that this is
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Around that this is where we're headed.
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Where we're headed. you know, back a few decades ago
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You know, back a few decades ago a band named audio a,
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A band named audio a, audio adrenaline,
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Audio adrenaline, they had a song that was
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They had a song that was pretty popular in youth culture,
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Pretty popular in youth culture, "in my father's house."
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"in my father's house." it's a big, big house.
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It's a big, big house. anybody old enough
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Anybody old enough to remember this sing?
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To remember this sing? with lots and lots of rooms.
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With lots and lots of rooms. with a big, big table with
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With a big, big table with lots and lots of food.
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Lots and lots of food. with a big, big yard.
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With a big, big yard. anybody remember where --
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Anybody remember where -- yeah.
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Yeah. where we can play football.
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Where we can play football. it's a big, big house.
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It's a big, big house. it's my father's house.
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It's my father's house. and that house,
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And that house, it's not gonna be built,
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It's not gonna be built, its being built right now.
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Its being built right now. "i am making all things new,"
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"i am making all things new," not, "i'm going
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Not, "i'm going to make things new,
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To make things new, i am making all things new."
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I am making all things new." so right now, right here
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So right now, right here in this corrupted world,
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In this corrupted world, where all things are not new,
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Where all things are not new, we're agents of a god
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We're agents of a god who is making all things new.
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Who is making all things new. so, we look around
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So, we look around in our world and we say,
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In our world and we say, "how can i make new
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"how can i make new what is around me?
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What is around me? how can i be
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How can i be a part of restoration?
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A part of restoration? not that i'm gonna be
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Not that i'm gonna be the one who restores earth,
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The one who restores earth, it's gonna be
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It's gonna be refined in some way,
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In a tragic way,
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In a tragic way, but then it's gonna be
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But then it's gonna be made new again.
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Made new again. but in the process of that
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But in the process of that i don't wanna lose hope
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I don't wanna lose hope and i don't wanna give up.
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And i don't wanna give up. i wanna be asking the question,
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I wanna be asking the question, "how can i renew
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"how can i renew my neighborhood?
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My neighborhood? how can i make all things new
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How can i make all things new in my community?
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In my community? how can i make all things new
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How can i make all things new where i work?
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Where i work? how can i make all things new
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In my family?"
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In my family?" because i am a part of a god
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Because i am a part of a god who is a kingdom builder
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Who is a kingdom builder and he's not gonna
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And he's not gonna build a kingdom,
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Build a kingdom, he's building a kingdom.
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He's building a kingdom. he's not gonna do this
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He's not gonna do this at the end of time,
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At the end of time, he's doing it right now
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He's doing it right now leading up to the beginning
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Leading up to the beginning of a brand new world.
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Of a brand new world. i am a part of a kingdom
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I am a part of a kingdom that is within,
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That is within, it is near, it is here,
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It is near, it is here, it is all around,
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It is all around, and it is within us in the fact
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And it is within us in the fact that christ is with us.
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That christ is with us. so, i'm living as
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So, i'm living as a kingdom agent.
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A kingdom agent. i'm living as
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I'm living as a citizen of heaven.
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A citizen of heaven. i'm already mentally taking
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I'm already mentally taking stock of what i am a part of
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Stock of what i am a part of and what i am inheriting in him.
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And what i am inheriting in him. but i know i'm on
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But i know i'm on earth right now,
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Earth right now, i don't know for how long,
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I don't know for how long, but for a season i'm here
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But for a season i'm here in a broken world.
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In a broken world. so, i have got my eye
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So, i have got my eye on a city coming down
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On a city coming down out of heaven from god
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Out of heaven from god and i have got my eye
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And i have got my eye on my city because
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On my city because i wanna pray,
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I wanna pray, "let your will be done,
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"let your will be done, and let your kingdom come
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And let your kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven."
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On earth as it is in heaven." praise god, we've got a future
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Praise god, we've got a future and it is better than we have
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And it is better than we have ever dreamed or imagined.
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Ever dreamed or imagined. let's live like we're gonna
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Let's live like we're gonna inherit the greatest city
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Inherit the greatest city in the history of the world
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In the history of the world and the ability to see
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And the ability to see the face of god.
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♪ ♪
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Louie Giglio - All Things New

February 2, 2025 | S25:E5

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