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Passion with Louie Giglio | Louie Giglio - The Last And Lost City | January 12, 2025
- Right now that just because
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- Right now that just because the darkness of these
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- The darkness of these end time come,
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- 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 his is right now?
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- ♪ ♪
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- >> if you have scripture today,
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- >> if you have scripture today, we are in revelations 17 and 18
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- We are in revelations 17 and 18 and it's a lot.
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- And it's a lot. this whole journey
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- This whole journey has been a lot,
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- Has been a lot, but today is a lot.
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- Revelations 17,
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- "the woman on a beast.
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- One of the seven angels
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- Who had the seven bowls."
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- Those are the ones
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- We looked at last week.
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- The bowls of god's wrath.
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- "came and said to me,
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- 'come, i will show you
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- The punishment
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- Of the great prostitute,
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- Who sits on many waters.
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- With her the kings of the earth
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- Committed adultery,
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- And the inhabitants
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- Of the earth,'"
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- That's all of the inhabitants
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- Of the earth,
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- "were intoxicated with
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- The wine of her adulteries."
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- So, we have this woman
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- On a beast.
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- "and then the angel
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- Carried me away in
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- The spirit into a desert.
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- And there i saw a woman sitting
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- On a scarlet beast that was
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- Covered with blasphemous names
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- And had seven heads
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- And ten horns."
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- The seven and the ten
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- We've seen many times,
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- The number of completeness.
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- And completeness of heads
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- Meaning authority,
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- And completeness of horns
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- Meaning power.
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- So, this woman is sitting
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- On a beast that has
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- Power and authority.
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- "the woman was dressed
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- In purple and scarlet,
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- And it was glittering with gold,
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- Precious stones and pearls.
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- She held a golden cup
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- In her hand, filled with
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- Abominable things
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- And the filth of her adulteries.
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- And this title was written
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- On her forehead.
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- 'babylon the great.
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- The mother of prostitutes
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- And of the abominations
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- Of the earth.'"
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- And it was a mystery,
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- This title."
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- I saw that the woman
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- Was drunk with
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- The blood of the saints
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- And the blood of those who bore
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- The testimony of jesus.
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- When i saw her,
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- I was greatly astonished.
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- And then the angel said to me,
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- 'why are you astonished?
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- I will explain to you
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- The mystery of the woman
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- And of the beast she rides on,
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- Which has the seven heads
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- And the ten horns.
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- The beast, which you saw,
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- Once was, now is not,
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- And will come up
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- Out of the abyss
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- And go to his destruction.
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- The inhabitants of the earth
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- Whose names have not been
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- Written in the book of life
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- From the creation
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- Of the world will be astonished
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- When they see the beast,
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- Because he once was,
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- Now is not, and yet will come.
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- This calls for
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- A mind with wisdom.'"
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- This would probably be
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- An underpinning truth
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- For all of revelation.
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- It's bringing us
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- To a point of going,
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- "i wanna live a life
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- Of discernment and wisdom."
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- The seven heads are seven hills.
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- Now, just gonna maybe
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- Jump in here.
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- I was gonna say this
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- A little bit later,
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- But we're talking about power,
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- A power structure.
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- Seven heads and ten hours.
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- We're talking about
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- Governmental power,
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- Political power.
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- And we've seen this
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- In revelation.
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- The enemy is using
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- The enemy is using political power to suppress
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- Political power to suppress the kingdom of god,
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- The kingdom of god, the people of god, the saints,
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- The people of god, the saints, the followers of jesus.
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- The followers of jesus. and so, john seeing this is
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- And so, john seeing this is probably thinking in his mind
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- And those who are reading
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- And those who are reading the revelation after
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- The revelation after it's given to john,
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- It's given to john, are probably immediately
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- Are probably immediately seeing this phrase.
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- Seeing this phrase. you and i are thinking,
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- You and i are thinking, "seven hills."
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- "seven hills." they're going,
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- They're going, "oh, you're talking about
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- "oh, you're talking about rome right now."
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- Rome right now." you're talking about
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- You're talking about the empires of rome that have
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- The empires of rome that have absolutely tried to eradicate
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- The gospel of jesus christ.
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- The gospel of jesus christ. because of them,
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- Because of them, john is on patmos
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- John is on patmos in a rock quarry because
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- In a rock quarry because of his faith in the midst
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- Of his faith in the midst of this revelation.
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- Of this revelation. and rome, as you know,
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- And rome, as you know, was built on seven hills.
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- Was built on seven hills. in fact, that was celebrated by
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- In fact, that was celebrated by a festival every year in rome,
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- A festival every year in rome, the festival of seven hills.
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- The festival of seven hills. and so, they're thinking,
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- And so, they're thinking, "oh, this beast has seven heads,
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- "oh, this beast has seven heads, and the seven heads are
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- And the seven heads are seven hills."
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- Seven hills." okay.
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- Okay. the power structure that
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- The power structure that you're talking about is rome.
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- You're talking about is rome. and maybe it was rome,
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- And maybe it was rome, or maybe it was other
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- Or maybe it was other power structures that have
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- Power structures that have come before and after rome.
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- Come before and after rome. that's on which the woman sits.
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- There are also seven kings.
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- And this is where you can
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- Drill down as deep as you want.
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- "five have fallen, one is,
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- And the other has not yet come,
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- But when he does come,
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- He must reign for
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- A little while."
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- So, a lot of people
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- In this text are gonna go,
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- "who are the seven kings,
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- And have five of them
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- Already come,
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- And who's the one that's now,
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- And was the one that's
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- Gotta come?"
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- And when we see all these pieces
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- We'll know the end is near.
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- Well, i think we know the end
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- Is near without necessarily
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- Knowing who the five are
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- And the one is and the one
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- That's yet to come.
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- "the beast who once was
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- And now is not,
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- Is an eight king.
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- And he belongs to the seven
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- And is going
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- To his destruction."
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- That's the part you
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- Really wanna focus on.
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- No matter what camps you end up
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- In with all the timing
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- Of the end times,
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- You just wanna know today
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- That the one who's behind
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- All the darkness is going
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- To his destruction.
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- The ten horn you saw
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- Are ten kings who have not yet
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- Received the kingdom,
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- But who for one hour
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- Will receive authority as kings
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- Along with the beast."
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- They'll have rule.
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- They'll have reign,
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- But just for a moment.
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- They have one purpose
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- And will give their power
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- And authority to the beast.
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- They'll make war against
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- The lamb, but the lamb," hello,
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- "will overcome them."
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- Why?
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- Because he is lord of lords
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- And king of kings.
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- [applause]
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- Now --
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- And thank you so much.
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- I don't know.
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- Somebody over here on the right,
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- At trilith, maybe someone
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- At cumberland, or 515.
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- Okay.
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- If the word of god
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- Moves you at any point,
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- Let it be known.
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- That's all i'm saying.
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- We're talking about
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- The end of it all, people.
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- They --
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- These ten kings with
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- All their earthly power
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- And authority will make war
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- And authority will make war in wage against the lamb.
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- In wage against the lamb. so, their end game
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- So, their end game isn't to run earth.
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- Isn't to run earth. their end game is to run
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- Their end game is to run the lamb out of the earth,
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- The lamb out of the earth, and we'll see that
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- And we'll see that in increasing measure
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- In increasing measure in the very days ahead.
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- In the very days ahead. the powers are not about
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- The powers are not about ruling the earth,
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- Ruling the earth, they're about running
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- They're about running the lamb of god
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- The lamb of god out of the earth.
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- Out of the earth. "but the lamb,"
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- "but the lamb," i'm gonna read it again,
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- I'm gonna read it again, "will overcome them."
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- [applause]
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- Not because he's big,
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- And bad, and bold,
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- Because he's lord of lords
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- And king, capital k,
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- Of kings.
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- "and with him
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- Will be his called,"
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- Are you one of them?
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- "'chosen
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- And faithful followers.'
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- Then the angel said to me,
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- 'the waters you saw,
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- Where the prostitute sits,
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- Are peoples, multitudes,
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- Nations and languages.'"
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- In other words,
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- This darkness has got a
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- Global enterprise going on.
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- "the beast and the ten horns
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- You saw will hate
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- The prostitute."
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- So, this is interesting.
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- We're not gonna spend
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- A lot of time on this.
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- But at the end of the day,
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- The darkness is gonna
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- Turn on the darkness.
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- It's gonna implode on itself.
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- And even this great prostitute,
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- Who we'll see described in war
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- As we turn the page into
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- The next chapter,
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- This great power structure
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- Around is gonna actually
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- Turn on itself
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- At the end of the day.
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- "the beast and the ten horns
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- You saw will hate
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- The prostitute.
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- They will bring her to ruin
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- And leave her naked;
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- They will eat her flesh
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- And burn her with fire.
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- For god has put it
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- Into their hearts
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- To accomplish his purpose,"
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- He's reigning, people,
- 00:09:09.798 --> 00:09:11.566
- "by agreeing to give the beast
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- Their power to rule until
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- God's words are fulfilled."
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- In other words,
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- God still is on his throne.
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- "the woman you saw
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- Is the great city,"
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- We finally got there,
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- "that rules over
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- The kings of the earth."
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- Let's see what this
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- Great city is all about.
- 00:09:33.421 --> 00:09:35.890
- "after this, i saw another angel
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- Coming down from heaven
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- And he had great authority,
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- And the earth was
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- Illuminated by his splendor.
- 00:09:42.464 --> 00:09:45.100
- With a mighty voice he shouted,
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- ''fallen!
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- Fallen is babylon the great!
- 00:09:49.004 --> 00:09:52.607
- She,'" babylon the great,
- 00:09:52.674 --> 00:09:54.976
- "has become a home for demons
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- And a haunt for
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- Every evil spirit,
- 00:09:58.246 --> 00:09:59.614
- A haunt for every unclean
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- And detestable bird.
- 00:10:01.616 --> 00:10:03.385
- For all the nations
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- Have drunk the maddening wine
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- Of her adulteries.
- 00:10:06.821 --> 00:10:08.957
- The kings of the earth
- 00:10:09.024 --> 00:10:10.792
- Committed adultery with her,
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- And the merchants of the earth
- 00:10:12.460 --> 00:10:14.095
- Grew rich from
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- Her excessive luxuries.'"
- 00:10:15.697 --> 00:10:17.599
- He's describing now this angel,
- 00:10:17.666 --> 00:10:19.534
- The great city, babylon.
- 00:10:19.601 --> 00:10:21.536
- And babylon could
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- Have been rome,
- 00:10:22.837 --> 00:10:23.571
- Definitely was rome.
- 00:10:23.638 --> 00:10:25.640
- But it also could be new york,
- 00:10:25.707 --> 00:10:28.109
- Or singapore, or shanghai.
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- It's not a
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- It's not a physical city necessarily.
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- Physical city necessarily. it's the picture of the city
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- It's the picture of the city that is opposed to the holy city
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- That is opposed to the holy city coming down from heaven,
- 00:10:40.355 --> 00:10:41.956
- Coming down from heaven, the holy city of god.
- 00:10:42.023 --> 00:10:43.925
- The holy city of god. that there is an early mindset,
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- That there is an early mindset, an earthly dwelling place,
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- An earthly dwelling place, that has allure an attraction
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- That has allure an attraction just like in the garden,
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- Just like in the garden, and it's pulled in
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- And it's pulled in the kings of the earth
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- The kings of the earth and the merchants of the earth
- 00:10:56.905 --> 00:10:58.573
- And the merchants of the earth have grown rich from her.
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- This is the city's
- 00:11:00.809 --> 00:11:01.743
- Excessive luxuries.
- 00:11:01.810 --> 00:11:05.547
- "then i heard another voice
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- From heaven say,
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- ''come out of her, my people.'"
- 00:11:07.382 --> 00:11:10.618
- That's where we will
- 00:11:10.685 --> 00:11:11.853
- End today.
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- "so that you will not
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- Share in her sins."
- 00:11:14.255 --> 00:11:15.356
- Whose sins?
- 00:11:15.423 --> 00:11:16.157
- The sins of the great city.
- 00:11:16.224 --> 00:11:18.259
- "so that you will not receive
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- Any of her plagues.
- 00:11:19.928 --> 00:11:20.995
- For her sins are
- 00:11:21.062 --> 00:11:21.830
- Piled up to heaven,
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- And god has remembered
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- Her crimes.
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- Give back to her
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- As she has given;
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- Pay her back double
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- For what she has done.
- 00:11:31.005 --> 00:11:32.941
- Mix her a double portion
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- From her own cup."
- 00:11:35.376 --> 00:11:37.245
- Again, small footnote,
- 00:11:37.312 --> 00:11:38.847
- But important.
- 00:11:38.913 --> 00:11:40.048
- All of this that's coming down
- 00:11:40.115 --> 00:11:42.250
- At the end of the age
- 00:11:42.317 --> 00:11:43.418
- Is not god
- 00:11:43.485 --> 00:11:44.886
- Just because he wants to,
- 00:11:44.953 --> 00:11:48.890
- Pouring retribution on evil.
- 00:11:48.957 --> 00:11:51.593
- People are getting
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- Their own cup.
- 00:11:53.328 --> 00:11:55.797
- People are getting what they
- 00:11:55.864 --> 00:11:57.132
- Wanted at the end of the day
- 00:11:57.198 --> 00:11:59.701
- Just without any grace of god
- 00:11:59.768 --> 00:12:02.303
- And any mercy of god
- 00:12:02.370 --> 00:12:04.305
- In the story.
- 00:12:04.372 --> 00:12:05.940
- "give her
- 00:12:06.007 --> 00:12:07.408
- The great city, babylon,
- 00:12:07.475 --> 00:12:09.811
- The great prostitute
- 00:12:09.878 --> 00:12:11.613
- As much torture and grief
- 00:12:11.679 --> 00:12:14.282
- As the glory and luxury
- 00:12:14.349 --> 00:12:17.051
- She gave herself."
- 00:12:17.118 --> 00:12:19.387
- This is something
- 00:12:19.454 --> 00:12:19.988
- We're gonna come back to
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- In a moment.
- 00:12:21.055 --> 00:12:22.123
- She was getting herself up
- 00:12:22.190 --> 00:12:24.058
- As the one who should get
- 00:12:24.125 --> 00:12:26.127
- All the glory in the midst
- 00:12:26.194 --> 00:12:28.630
- Of the great city.
- 00:12:28.696 --> 00:12:30.331
- "in her heart she boasts,
- 00:12:30.398 --> 00:12:31.299
- 'i sit as queen.
- 00:12:31.366 --> 00:12:32.267
- I am not a --
- 00:12:32.333 --> 00:12:33.735
- I am not a widow,
- 00:12:33.802 --> 00:12:34.502
- And i will never mourn.'
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- Therefore, in one day
- 00:12:37.405 --> 00:12:40.809
- Her plagues will overtake her,
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- Death, mourning, and famine.
- 00:12:43.044 --> 00:12:45.246
- She will be consumed by fire
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- For mighty is the lord god
- 00:12:46.915 --> 00:12:48.783
- Who judges her.
- 00:12:48.850 --> 00:12:51.252
- When the kings of the earth
- 00:12:51.319 --> 00:12:52.187
- Who committed adultery with her
- 00:12:52.253 --> 00:12:54.856
- And shared her luxury
- 00:12:54.923 --> 00:12:55.723
- See the smoke of her burning,
- 00:12:55.790 --> 00:12:57.625
- They will weep and mourn
- 00:12:57.692 --> 00:12:59.093
- Over her.
- 00:12:59.160 --> 00:13:01.196
- Terrified at her torment,
- 00:13:01.262 --> 00:13:02.530
- They will stand
- 00:13:02.597 --> 00:13:03.531
- Far off and cry,
- 00:13:03.598 --> 00:13:04.465
- 'woe!
- 00:13:04.532 --> 00:13:05.900
- Woe oh great city.
- 00:13:05.967 --> 00:13:08.870
- Oh babylon, city of power!
- 00:13:08.937 --> 00:13:12.106
- In one hour your doom has come!'
- 00:13:12.173 --> 00:13:18.112
- The merchants of the earth
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- Will weep and mourn over her
- 00:13:19.147 --> 00:13:20.582
- Because no one buys
- 00:13:20.648 --> 00:13:21.749
- Their cargoes anymore."
- 00:13:21.816 --> 00:13:23.685
- But what did she sell?
- 00:13:23.751 --> 00:13:25.186
- She was selling,
- 00:13:25.253 --> 00:13:25.954
- "gold, and silver,
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- Precious stones and pearls,
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- Fine linen, purple,
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- Silk and scarlet cloth,
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- Every sort of citron wood,
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- And articles of every kind
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- Made of ivory,
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- And costly wood, and bronze,
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- Iron and marble;
- 00:13:38.800 --> 00:13:39.734
- Cargoes of cinnamon and spice,
- 00:13:39.801 --> 00:13:41.569
- Of incense, myrrh
- 00:13:41.636 --> 00:13:44.339
- And frankincense,
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- Of wine and olive oil,
- 00:13:45.440 --> 00:13:47.075
- Of fine flour and wheat;
- 00:13:47.141 --> 00:13:48.343
- Cattle and sheep;
- 00:13:48.409 --> 00:13:49.310
- Horses and carriages;
- 00:13:49.377 --> 00:13:50.612
- And the bodies and souls of men.
- 00:13:50.678 --> 00:13:56.451
- They will say, 'the fruit you
- 00:13:56.517 --> 00:13:57.485
- Longed for is gone from you.
- 00:13:57.552 --> 00:14:00.021
- All your riches
- 00:14:00.088 --> 00:14:01.022
- And splendor have vanished,
- 00:14:01.089 --> 00:14:03.725
- Never to be recovered.'
- 00:14:03.791 --> 00:14:05.960
- The merchants who sold
- 00:14:06.027 --> 00:14:07.161
- These things and gained
- 00:14:07.228 --> 00:14:08.730
- Their wealth from her
- 00:14:08.796 --> 00:14:10.098
- Will stand far off,
- 00:14:10.164 --> 00:14:11.499
- Terrified at her torment.
- 00:14:11.566 --> 00:14:15.069
- They will weep, and mourn,
- 00:14:15.136 --> 00:14:16.537
- And cry out, 'woe!'"
- 00:14:16.604 --> 00:14:19.440
- Can we just say that?
- 00:14:19.507 --> 00:14:21.609
- "'woe!
- 00:14:21.676 --> 00:14:23.144
- Woe o great city,
- 00:14:23.211 --> 00:14:26.414
- Dressed in fine linen,
- 00:14:26.481 --> 00:14:28.016
- Purple and scarlet,
- 00:14:28.082 --> 00:14:29.350
- And glittering with gold,
- 00:14:29.417 --> 00:14:30.652
- Precious stones and pearls!
- 00:14:30.718 --> 00:14:33.388
- In one hour such wealth,
- 00:14:33.454 --> 00:14:36.391
- Such great wealth,
- 00:14:36.457 --> 00:14:38.826
- Has been brought to ruin!'
- 00:14:38.893 --> 00:14:41.429
- Every sea captain, and all who
- 00:14:41.496 --> 00:14:43.498
- Travel by ship, the sailors,
- 00:14:43.564 --> 00:14:45.133
- And all who earn
- 00:14:45.199 --> 00:14:46.200
- Their living from the sea,
- 00:14:46.267 --> 00:14:48.002
- Will stand far off."
- 00:14:48.069 --> 00:14:49.037
- Notice how everybody
- 00:14:49.103 --> 00:14:50.738
- Who's benefited from
- 00:14:50.805 --> 00:14:51.706
- The great city is now
- 00:14:51.773 --> 00:14:53.474
- Distancing themselves
- 00:14:53.541 --> 00:14:54.475
- From the great city.
- 00:14:54.542 --> 00:14:57.145
- "they'll stand far off.
- 00:14:57.211 --> 00:14:59.180
- When they see the smoke of her
- 00:14:59.247 --> 00:15:00.648
- Burning and they will exclaim,
- 00:15:00.715 --> 00:15:01.683
- 'was there ever a city
- 00:15:01.749 --> 00:15:04.152
- Like this great city?'
- 00:15:04.218 --> 00:15:06.955
- They will throw dust
- 00:15:07.021 --> 00:15:07.655
- On their heads,
- 00:15:07.722 --> 00:15:08.423
- And with weeping
- 00:15:08.489 --> 00:15:09.490
- And mourning cry out, 'woe!
- 00:15:09.557 --> 00:15:10.925
- Woe o great city, where all who
- 00:15:10.992 --> 00:15:16.030
- Had ships on the sea became
- 00:15:16.097 --> 00:15:18.099
- Rich through her wealth,
- 00:15:18.166 --> 00:15:20.668
- In one hour she has been
- 00:15:20.735 --> 00:15:22.770
- Brought to ruin!
- 00:15:22.837 --> 00:15:24.772
- Rejoice over her o heaven.
- 00:15:24.839 --> 00:15:27.608
- Rejoice, saints,
- 00:15:27.675 --> 00:15:29.410
- And apostles, and prophets!
- 00:15:29.477 --> 00:15:31.713
- God has judged her for
- 00:15:31.779 --> 00:15:34.282
- The way she treated you.'
- 00:15:34.349 --> 00:15:37.251
- Then a mighty angel picked up
- 00:15:37.318 --> 00:15:38.653
- A boulder the size
- 00:15:38.720 --> 00:15:39.654
- Of a large millstone
- 00:15:39.721 --> 00:15:41.189
- And threw it into the sea,
- 00:15:41.255 --> 00:15:41.923
- And said,
- 00:15:41.990 --> 00:15:42.657
- 'with such violence
- 00:15:42.724 --> 00:15:43.491
- The great city of babylon
- 00:15:43.558 --> 00:15:45.093
- Will be thrown down,
- 00:15:45.159 --> 00:15:46.728
- Never to be found again.
- 00:15:46.794 --> 00:15:48.963
- The music of the harpists
- 00:15:49.030 --> 00:15:50.365
- And musicians, flute players
- 00:15:50.431 --> 00:15:53.034
- And trumpets will never be
- 00:15:53.101 --> 00:15:54.168
- Heard in you again.
- 00:15:54.235 --> 00:15:55.370
- No workman of any trade will
- 00:15:55.436 --> 00:15:57.405
- Ever be found in you again.
- 00:15:57.472 --> 00:15:59.841
- The sound of a millstone will
- 00:15:59.907 --> 00:16:01.342
- Never be heard in you again.
- 00:16:01.409 --> 00:16:03.978
- The light of a lamp will
- 00:16:04.045 --> 00:16:05.279
- Never shine in you again.
- 00:16:05.346 --> 00:16:06.714
- The voice of a bridegroom
- 00:16:06.781 --> 00:16:07.849
- And bride will never be
- 00:16:07.915 --> 00:16:09.350
- Heard in you again.
- 00:16:09.417 --> 00:16:11.085
- Your merchants were
- 00:16:11.152 --> 00:16:12.387
- The world's great men.
- 00:16:12.453 --> 00:16:14.455
- By your magic spell all
- 00:16:14.522 --> 00:16:16.391
- The nations were led astray.
- 00:16:16.457 --> 00:16:19.727
- In her was found the blood
- 00:16:19.794 --> 00:16:22.063
- Of prophets and of the saints,
- 00:16:22.130 --> 00:16:25.666
- And of all who have been
- 00:16:25.733 --> 00:16:26.901
- Killed on the earth.'"
- 00:16:27.001 --> 00:16:33.608
- Killed on the earth.'" so, the great city, babylon,
- 00:16:33.674 --> 00:16:38.679
- So, the great city, babylon, is the construct of sin
- 00:16:38.746 --> 00:16:42.250
- Is the construct of sin that fractures our
- 00:16:42.316 --> 00:16:44.852
- That fractures our relationship with god.
- 00:16:44.919 --> 00:16:46.721
- Relationship with god. do you see that?
- 00:16:46.788 --> 00:16:49.991
- Do you see that? and so, the city has allure,
- 00:16:50.058 --> 00:16:53.728
- And so, the city has allure, and you can't see yo-yo ma with
- 00:16:53.795 --> 00:16:55.563
- The atlanta symphony orchestra.
- 00:16:55.663 --> 00:16:58.433
- The atlanta symphony orchestra. but there are also undercurrents
- 00:16:58.499 --> 00:17:01.302
- But there are also undercurrents of the great city that
- 00:17:01.369 --> 00:17:03.171
- Of the great city that we're reading about
- 00:17:03.237 --> 00:17:04.439
- We're reading about in revelation 17 and 18.
- 00:17:04.505 --> 00:17:08.242
- In revelation 17 and 18. the spiritual city,
- 00:17:08.309 --> 00:17:10.545
- The great city, has traits also.
- 00:17:10.645 --> 00:17:14.348
- The great city, has traits also. we see them in the text.
- 00:17:14.415 --> 00:17:19.520
- We see them in the text. here are the spiritual traits.
- 00:17:19.587 --> 00:17:21.789
- Here are the spiritual traits. it is self-centered,
- 00:17:21.856 --> 00:17:23.558
- That's the spiritual great city.
- 00:17:23.658 --> 00:17:25.626
- We saw that in chapter 18:7.
- 00:17:25.693 --> 00:17:29.063
- Notice what she said,
- 00:17:29.130 --> 00:17:31.332
- "give her as much torture
- 00:17:31.399 --> 00:17:32.567
- And grief as the glory
- 00:17:32.633 --> 00:17:36.771
- And luxury she gave herself."
- 00:17:36.838 --> 00:17:39.907
- So, you'll know you're seeing
- 00:17:39.974 --> 00:17:42.810
- The great city when
- 00:17:42.877 --> 00:17:44.378
- It's self-centered.
- 00:17:44.445 --> 00:17:46.714
- Now, babylon, this great city,
- 00:17:46.781 --> 00:17:48.483
- Is named babylon.
- 00:17:48.549 --> 00:17:50.885
- It comes from that
- 00:17:50.952 --> 00:17:51.552
- Same word babel,
- 00:17:51.619 --> 00:17:52.787
- Which was the tower of babel
- 00:17:52.854 --> 00:17:54.455
- In the very beginning
- 00:17:54.522 --> 00:17:55.790
- Of our story.
- 00:17:55.857 --> 00:17:56.757
- Coming out of the garden,
- 00:17:56.824 --> 00:17:58.025
- People wanted to build
- 00:17:58.092 --> 00:17:59.127
- A tower and they said,
- 00:17:59.193 --> 00:18:00.061
- "let's build a tower
- 00:18:00.128 --> 00:18:01.696
- And a great name for ourselves."
- 00:18:01.762 --> 00:18:07.068
- And that's the heartbeat
- 00:18:07.135 --> 00:18:08.603
- Of the great city, babylon.
- 00:18:08.669 --> 00:18:12.406
- It's us.
- 00:18:12.473 --> 00:18:13.374
- It's materialistic.
- 00:18:13.441 --> 00:18:14.408
- We see all of this.
- 00:18:14.475 --> 00:18:15.743
- "the merchants will weep
- 00:18:15.810 --> 00:18:17.345
- Because of the cargoes,
- 00:18:17.411 --> 00:18:18.779
- The gold, the silver,
- 00:18:18.846 --> 00:18:19.947
- The silk, the linen, the wood,
- 00:18:20.014 --> 00:18:21.415
- The ivory, the bronze,
- 00:18:21.482 --> 00:18:22.750
- The marble, the cinnamon,
- 00:18:22.817 --> 00:18:23.985
- The spice."
- 00:18:24.051 --> 00:18:24.552
- It's a very materialistic world.
- 00:18:24.619 --> 00:18:27.388
- So, if you're self-centered
- 00:18:27.455 --> 00:18:28.623
- And really focused
- 00:18:28.689 --> 00:18:30.324
- On materialism,
- 00:18:30.391 --> 00:18:31.859
- You know you're being
- 00:18:31.926 --> 00:18:32.827
- Influenced by the great city.
- 00:18:32.894 --> 00:18:35.096
- And the trouble with that is
- 00:18:35.163 --> 00:18:36.631
- The great city, babylon,
- 00:18:36.697 --> 00:18:38.065
- Has fallen.
- 00:18:38.132 --> 00:18:38.699
- It already has fallen.
- 00:18:38.766 --> 00:18:39.534
- It is falling,
- 00:18:39.600 --> 00:18:40.401
- And it ultimately will fall.
- 00:18:40.468 --> 00:18:43.437
- There's injustice
- 00:18:43.504 --> 00:18:44.472
- In the great city.
- 00:18:44.539 --> 00:18:46.207
- This translation
- 00:18:46.274 --> 00:18:47.808
- Interestingly says at the end,
- 00:18:47.875 --> 00:18:50.478
- "and the bodies
- 00:18:50.545 --> 00:18:51.045
- And souls of men."
- 00:18:51.112 --> 00:18:52.513
- But other translations will
- 00:18:52.580 --> 00:18:54.749
- Say at the end of the day,
- 00:18:54.815 --> 00:18:56.450
- "men are bought and sold."
- 00:18:56.517 --> 00:18:59.787
- And so, there's a value
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- Of things and progress over
- 00:19:01.055 --> 00:19:02.990
- Human beings and freedom in
- 00:19:03.057 --> 00:19:05.860
- The great city and we see that
- 00:19:05.927 --> 00:19:07.595
- In our great cities as well.
- 00:19:07.662 --> 00:19:11.566
- There's deception
- 00:19:11.632 --> 00:19:12.333
- In the great city.
- 00:19:12.400 --> 00:19:13.634
- I loved how back
- 00:19:13.701 --> 00:19:15.503
- In revelations 17 it says,
- 00:19:15.570 --> 00:19:17.838
- "i saw a woman sitting
- 00:19:17.905 --> 00:19:19.540
- On a scarlet beast
- 00:19:19.607 --> 00:19:20.575
- That was covered with
- 00:19:20.641 --> 00:19:21.742
- Blasphemous names."
- 00:19:21.809 --> 00:19:22.410
- And that sounds terrible.
- 00:19:22.476 --> 00:19:23.811
- But, oh, look at her.
- 00:19:23.878 --> 00:19:24.712
- She was dressed in purple,
- 00:19:24.779 --> 00:19:27.014
- And scarlet, and was
- 00:19:27.081 --> 00:19:28.249
- Glittering with gold,
- 00:19:28.316 --> 00:19:29.483
- And precious stones, and pearls.
- 00:19:29.550 --> 00:19:31.552
- She had a golden cup
- 00:19:31.619 --> 00:19:33.521
- In her hand.
- 00:19:33.588 --> 00:19:34.555
- Oh, it was filled
- 00:19:34.622 --> 00:19:35.289
- With abominable things.
- 00:19:35.356 --> 00:19:37.825
- But, oh, look, glittering
- 00:19:37.892 --> 00:19:39.393
- And beautiful, and wonderful,
- 00:19:39.493 --> 00:19:41.462
- And beautiful, and wonderful, and gold, and sensational.
- 00:19:41.529 --> 00:19:44.932
- And gold, and sensational. because the great city
- 00:19:44.999 --> 00:19:48.002
- Because the great city is about deception,
- 00:19:48.069 --> 00:19:50.438
- Is about deception, but its also about darkness.
- 00:19:50.504 --> 00:19:53.541
- But its also about darkness. we see that here.
- 00:19:53.608 --> 00:19:56.944
- "in her,
- 00:19:57.044 --> 00:19:58.179
- The inhabitants of the earth
- 00:19:58.246 --> 00:19:59.647
- Were intoxicated with the wine
- 00:19:59.714 --> 00:20:01.616
- Of her adulteries."
- 00:20:01.682 --> 00:20:04.285
- It is all kind of immorality,
- 00:20:04.352 --> 00:20:06.454
- And sensuality, and darkness
- 00:20:06.520 --> 00:20:08.289
- Underneath the great city.
- 00:20:08.356 --> 00:20:11.058
- And the great city as we saw
- 00:20:11.125 --> 00:20:13.127
- At the end of chapter 18
- 00:20:13.194 --> 00:20:15.096
- Is anti-lamb.
- 00:20:15.162 --> 00:20:17.164
- In her was found
- 00:20:17.231 --> 00:20:17.999
- The blood of prophets,
- 00:20:18.065 --> 00:20:19.000
- And the saints,
- 00:20:19.066 --> 00:20:19.567
- And all who have been killed
- 00:20:19.634 --> 00:20:21.769
- On the earth."
- 00:20:21.836 --> 00:20:24.572
- Self-centered,
- 00:20:24.639 --> 00:20:25.640
- Materialistic, injustice,
- 00:20:25.706 --> 00:20:27.208
- Deception, darkness, anti-lamb,
- 00:20:27.275 --> 00:20:30.044
- At the end of the day.
- 00:20:30.111 --> 00:20:32.213
- And here's the thing,
- 00:20:32.280 --> 00:20:33.981
- Even though we see now
- 00:20:34.048 --> 00:20:35.449
- The reality of the great city,
- 00:20:35.549 --> 00:20:36.984
- The reality of the great city, the great city is very alluring.
- 00:20:37.051 --> 00:20:43.491
- The great city is very alluring. it can literally pull you away.
- 00:20:43.557 --> 00:20:46.794
- It can literally pull you away. literally, the great city
- 00:20:46.861 --> 00:20:49.096
- Literally, the great city can take you out.
- 00:20:49.163 --> 00:20:50.731
- Can take you out. but spiritually,
- 00:20:50.798 --> 00:20:52.400
- But spiritually, the great city
- 00:20:52.466 --> 00:20:55.136
- The great city can take us all out.
- 00:20:55.202 --> 00:20:58.339
- Can take us all out. this is the way james wrote it.
- 00:20:58.406 --> 00:20:59.440
- This is the way james wrote it. "what causes fights
- 00:20:59.507 --> 00:21:00.574
- And quarrels among you?
- 00:21:00.675 --> 00:21:02.443
- Don't they come from your
- 00:21:02.510 --> 00:21:03.311
- Desires that battle within you?"
- 00:21:03.377 --> 00:21:05.513
- Anybody have any desires
- 00:21:05.579 --> 00:21:07.982
- That are battling
- 00:21:08.049 --> 00:21:08.649
- Within you today?
- 00:21:08.716 --> 00:21:12.987
- No.
- 00:21:13.054 --> 00:21:13.721
- No, we're good.
- 00:21:13.788 --> 00:21:15.156
- All good at trilith.
- 00:21:15.222 --> 00:21:16.023
- [laughter]
- 00:21:16.457 --> 00:21:18.192
- "you want something,
- 00:21:18.959 --> 00:21:19.860
- But you don't get it.
- 00:21:19.927 --> 00:21:22.263
- You kill and covet,
- 00:21:22.330 --> 00:21:24.565
- But you cannot have
- 00:21:24.632 --> 00:21:25.666
- What you want.
- 00:21:25.733 --> 00:21:26.734
- You quarrel and fight.
- 00:21:26.801 --> 00:21:28.669
- You do not have,
- 00:21:28.736 --> 00:21:29.637
- Because you do not ask god.
- 00:21:29.704 --> 00:21:31.472
- And when you ask god, you do not
- 00:21:31.539 --> 00:21:33.007
- Receive because you ask
- 00:21:33.074 --> 00:21:34.008
- With wrong motives,
- 00:21:34.075 --> 00:21:35.343
- That you may spend what
- 00:21:35.409 --> 00:21:36.944
- You get on your pleasures."
- 00:21:37.011 --> 00:21:39.680
- Sounds like the great city.
- 00:21:39.747 --> 00:21:42.016
- And then, he comes with
- 00:21:42.083 --> 00:21:42.783
- This amazing indictment.
- 00:21:42.850 --> 00:21:45.853
- "you adulterous people,"
- 00:21:45.920 --> 00:21:49.423
- You're like, "i don't know."
- 00:21:49.490 --> 00:21:52.693
- "don't you know that friendship
- 00:21:52.760 --> 00:21:55.930
- With the world," --
- 00:21:55.996 --> 00:21:57.365
- And this is a strong word.
- 00:21:57.431 --> 00:21:59.266
- It doesn't mean i live
- 00:21:59.333 --> 00:22:00.434
- In the city.
- 00:22:00.501 --> 00:22:00.935
- I work in the city.
- 00:22:01.001 --> 00:22:01.635
- We do business in the city.
- 00:22:01.702 --> 00:22:02.903
- I attend the sporting events
- 00:22:02.970 --> 00:22:04.405
- In the city.
- 00:22:04.472 --> 00:22:05.673
- This is a heart-to-heart kinship
- 00:22:05.740 --> 00:22:10.077
- With the great city.
- 00:22:10.144 --> 00:22:11.746
- "friendship with the world
- 00:22:11.812 --> 00:22:13.381
- Is hatred toward god.
- 00:22:13.447 --> 00:22:16.016
- Anyone who chooses to be
- 00:22:16.083 --> 00:22:17.785
- A friend of the world
- 00:22:17.852 --> 00:22:18.452
- Becomes an enemy of god."
- 00:22:18.519 --> 00:22:21.455
- And here is the verse, stunning,
- 00:22:21.522 --> 00:22:23.791
- "or do you think scripture
- 00:22:23.858 --> 00:22:25.559
- Says without reason
- 00:22:25.626 --> 00:22:27.595
- That the spirit he caused
- 00:22:27.661 --> 00:22:30.398
- To live in us envies intensely."
- 00:22:30.464 --> 00:22:34.602
- Now, there's i think,
- 00:22:34.668 --> 00:22:36.303
- A better translation of this
- 00:22:36.370 --> 00:22:38.639
- Particular verse 5, and it's,
- 00:22:38.706 --> 00:22:41.409
- "don't you think and understand
- 00:22:41.475 --> 00:22:43.177
- That the scripture
- 00:22:43.244 --> 00:22:43.811
- Teaches us that god jealously
- 00:22:43.878 --> 00:22:45.846
- Desires and the spirit that
- 00:22:45.913 --> 00:22:48.249
- He's made to dwell in us,
- 00:22:48.315 --> 00:22:51.318
- That he's put in us?"
- 00:22:51.385 --> 00:22:53.087
- In other words,
- 00:22:53.154 --> 00:22:53.687
- That the garden wasn't about
- 00:22:53.754 --> 00:22:56.490
- The managerial job.
- 00:22:56.590 --> 00:22:57.291
- The managerial job. it wasn't about
- 00:22:57.358 --> 00:22:58.025
- It wasn't about the relationships.
- 00:22:58.092 --> 00:22:58.826
- The relationships. it wasn't about the beauty.
- 00:22:58.893 --> 00:22:59.827
- It wasn't about the beauty. it was about walking with god.
- 00:22:59.894 --> 00:23:03.230
- It was about walking with god. and so, when you're not
- 00:23:03.297 --> 00:23:04.665
- Walking with god,
- 00:23:04.765 --> 00:23:06.233
- Walking with god, the relationship is fractured,
- 00:23:06.300 --> 00:23:07.601
- The relationship is fractured, and divorces happen.
- 00:23:07.668 --> 00:23:09.904
- And divorces happen. and moreover,
- 00:23:09.970 --> 00:23:11.672
- And moreover, there's another woman
- 00:23:11.739 --> 00:23:12.339
- There's another woman in the story or another man
- 00:23:12.406 --> 00:23:13.974
- In the story or another man in the story besides
- 00:23:14.041 --> 00:23:17.211
- In the story besides the one true god
- 00:23:17.278 --> 00:23:19.180
- Who created us for himself.
- 00:23:19.280 --> 00:23:22.783
- Who created us for himself. we're coming down to the end,
- 00:23:22.850 --> 00:23:24.051
- We're coming down to the end, but stay with me.
- 00:23:24.118 --> 00:23:26.086
- But stay with me. this is way it's written
- 00:23:26.153 --> 00:23:28.889
- This is way it's written in 1 john 2,
- 00:23:28.956 --> 00:23:31.559
- In 1 john 2, "do not love the world."
- 00:23:31.625 --> 00:23:33.894
- "do not love the world." don't fall in love
- 00:23:33.961 --> 00:23:37.965
- Don't fall in love with the world.
- 00:23:38.032 --> 00:23:38.999
- With the world. don't have everything
- 00:23:39.066 --> 00:23:41.202
- Don't have everything in your heart in the world,
- 00:23:41.268 --> 00:23:46.006
- In your heart in the world, or anything in the world.
- 00:23:46.073 --> 00:23:47.541
- Or anything in the world. "if anyone loves the world,
- 00:23:47.608 --> 00:23:49.210
- "if anyone loves the world, the love of the father
- 00:23:49.276 --> 00:23:50.244
- The love of the father is not in him.
- 00:23:50.311 --> 00:23:51.045
- Is not in him. for everything in the world."
- 00:23:51.111 --> 00:23:52.813
- For everything in the world." what is in the world?
- 00:23:52.880 --> 00:23:54.114
- What is in the world? "the cravings of sinful man,
- 00:23:54.181 --> 00:23:58.419
- "the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes,
- 00:23:58.486 --> 00:24:01.422
- The lust of his eyes, and the boasting of what
- 00:24:01.489 --> 00:24:02.957
- And the boasting of what he has and does."
- 00:24:03.023 --> 00:24:05.326
- He has and does." some translations say,
- 00:24:05.392 --> 00:24:08.229
- Some translations say, "the lust of the flesh,
- 00:24:08.295 --> 00:24:11.031
- "the lust of the flesh, the hunger of the flesh,
- 00:24:11.098 --> 00:24:13.167
- The hunger of the flesh, the lust of the eyes,
- 00:24:13.234 --> 00:24:15.336
- The lust of the eyes, and the pride of life."
- 00:24:15.402 --> 00:24:17.771
- And the pride of life." that's what's in the world,
- 00:24:17.838 --> 00:24:20.307
- That's what's in the world, and i wanna --
- 00:24:20.374 --> 00:24:20.941
- And i wanna -- that's what was in the garden.
- 00:24:21.008 --> 00:24:23.077
- That's what was in the garden. eve saw that the apple
- 00:24:23.143 --> 00:24:25.613
- Eve saw that the apple was good for food, hunger,
- 00:24:25.679 --> 00:24:28.649
- Was good for food, hunger, and that it was
- 00:24:28.716 --> 00:24:29.583
- And that it was delightful to the eyes,
- 00:24:29.650 --> 00:24:32.086
- Delightful to the eyes, and that it could
- 00:24:32.152 --> 00:24:32.620
- And that it could make her like god.
- 00:24:32.686 --> 00:24:39.860
- Make her like god. the cravings of sinful man,
- 00:24:39.927 --> 00:24:41.395
- The cravings of sinful man, the lust of the flesh,
- 00:24:41.462 --> 00:24:42.563
- The lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes.
- 00:24:42.630 --> 00:24:43.964
- The lust of the eyes. what we see, and how we want
- 00:24:44.031 --> 00:24:46.300
- What we see, and how we want everything we see out there,
- 00:24:46.367 --> 00:24:49.436
- Everything we see out there, and the pride of life
- 00:24:49.503 --> 00:24:52.006
- And the pride of life comes not from the father,
- 00:24:52.072 --> 00:24:53.874
- Comes not from the father, but from the world,
- 00:24:53.941 --> 00:24:54.875
- But from the world, from the city.
- 00:24:54.942 --> 00:24:56.477
- From the city. "and the world
- 00:24:56.544 --> 00:24:57.144
- "and the world and its desires pass away,
- 00:24:57.211 --> 00:25:00.214
- And its desires pass away, but the man or woman who does
- 00:25:00.281 --> 00:25:01.482
- The will of god lives forever."
- 00:25:01.582 --> 00:25:08.756
- Babylon is fallen,
- 00:25:08.822 --> 00:25:20.034
- All of it is fallen.
- 00:25:20.100 --> 00:25:23.871
- And if somehow,
- 00:25:23.938 --> 00:25:28.075
- We've set our gaze there,
- 00:25:28.142 --> 00:25:31.712
- We're falling with it.
- 00:25:31.779 --> 00:25:35.482
- It will turn on itself
- 00:25:35.549 --> 00:25:37.017
- And it will turn on you.
- 00:25:37.117 --> 00:25:40.854
- And it will turn on you. and you will collapse from
- 00:25:40.921 --> 00:25:44.158
- And you will collapse from within because it is fallen.
- 00:25:44.224 --> 00:25:51.031
- Within because it is fallen. so, what's the move today?
- 00:25:51.098 --> 00:25:51.632
- So, what's the move today? we're closing.
- 00:25:51.699 --> 00:25:52.399
- We're closing. what's our move then, today?
- 00:25:52.466 --> 00:25:54.201
- What's our move then, today? our move today is simply
- 00:25:54.268 --> 00:25:58.606
- Our move today is simply what we read in scripture.
- 00:25:58.672 --> 00:26:00.808
- What we read in scripture. "and then, i heard a voice
- 00:26:00.874 --> 00:26:01.542
- From heaven say,"
- 00:26:01.642 --> 00:26:03.210
- Is anybody hearing this
- 00:26:03.277 --> 00:26:04.078
- Today already?
- 00:26:04.144 --> 00:26:05.245
- "come out of her, my people.
- 00:26:05.312 --> 00:26:08.215
- Come out of her."
- 00:26:08.282 --> 00:26:10.517
- Come out of babylon.
- 00:26:10.584 --> 00:26:12.586
- Come out of the great city.
- 00:26:12.653 --> 00:26:14.955
- Come out of the self-centered,
- 00:26:15.022 --> 00:26:17.925
- Materialistic, injustice,
- 00:26:17.992 --> 00:26:19.426
- Deception, the darkness,
- 00:26:19.493 --> 00:26:20.894
- The anti-lamb.
- 00:26:20.961 --> 00:26:21.829
- Come out of
- 00:26:21.895 --> 00:26:22.997
- The lust of the flesh
- 00:26:23.063 --> 00:26:24.231
- And the lust of the eyes,
- 00:26:24.298 --> 00:26:25.199
- And the pride of life.
- 00:26:25.265 --> 00:26:26.467
- Come out of that.
- 00:26:26.533 --> 00:26:30.104
- Come out, not escape.
- 00:26:30.170 --> 00:26:33.440
- We're not trying to escape
- 00:26:33.507 --> 00:26:34.174
- The great city.
- 00:26:34.241 --> 00:26:34.908
- We're not gonna move
- 00:26:34.975 --> 00:26:36.844
- Out of town and say,
- 00:26:36.910 --> 00:26:37.778
- "oh, man, we're coming out.
- 00:26:37.845 --> 00:26:38.979
- We're going to the monastery."
- 00:26:39.046 --> 00:26:40.280
- No.
- 00:26:40.347 --> 00:26:40.881
- We're coming out in our heart
- 00:26:40.948 --> 00:26:43.150
- And in our mind,
- 00:26:43.217 --> 00:26:44.218
- In our attitude,
- 00:26:44.284 --> 00:26:45.285
- In our approach to life.
- 00:26:45.352 --> 00:26:46.520
- We still wanna engage
- 00:26:46.620 --> 00:26:47.454
- We still wanna engage with the city.
- 00:26:47.521 --> 00:26:49.757
- With the city. we just wanna be in the city,
- 00:26:49.823 --> 00:26:51.792
- We just wanna be in the city, and not of the city.
- 00:26:51.859 --> 00:26:54.128
- And not of the city. we wanna live for the last city
- 00:26:54.194 --> 00:26:57.264
- We wanna live for the last city in the midst of the lost city.
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- ♪ ♪
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