Louie Giglio - The Last And Lost City

January 12, 2025 | S25:E2

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 - 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,
  • 00:08:19.881 --> 00:08:20.482
  • This darkness has got a
  • 00:08:20.549 --> 00:08:22.817
  • Global enterprise going on.
  • 00:08:22.884 --> 00:08:25.720
  • "the beast and the ten horns
  • 00:08:25.787 --> 00:08:27.088
  • You saw will hate
  • 00:08:27.155 --> 00:08:28.623
  • The prostitute."
  • 00:08:28.690 --> 00:08:29.291
  • So, this is interesting.
  • 00:08:29.357 --> 00:08:30.592
  • We're not gonna spend
  • 00:08:30.659 --> 00:08:31.259
  • A lot of time on this.
  • 00:08:31.326 --> 00:08:32.627
  • But at the end of the day,
  • 00:08:32.694 --> 00:08:33.595
  • The darkness is gonna
  • 00:08:33.662 --> 00:08:34.663
  • Turn on the darkness.
  • 00:08:34.729 --> 00:08:37.332
  • It's gonna implode on itself.
  • 00:08:37.399 --> 00:08:39.568
  • And even this great prostitute,
  • 00:08:39.634 --> 00:08:42.070
  • Who we'll see described in war
  • 00:08:42.137 --> 00:08:44.172
  • As we turn the page into
  • 00:08:44.239 --> 00:08:45.307
  • The next chapter,
  • 00:08:45.373 --> 00:08:47.542
  • This great power structure
  • 00:08:47.609 --> 00:08:49.644
  • Around is gonna actually
  • 00:08:49.711 --> 00:08:51.012
  • Turn on itself
  • 00:08:51.079 --> 00:08:53.248
  • At the end of the day.
  • 00:08:53.315 --> 00:08:55.083
  • "the beast and the ten horns
  • 00:08:55.150 --> 00:08:56.117
  • You saw will hate
  • 00:08:56.184 --> 00:08:56.985
  • The prostitute.
  • 00:08:57.052 --> 00:08:57.686
  • They will bring her to ruin
  • 00:08:57.752 --> 00:08:59.154
  • And leave her naked;
  • 00:08:59.220 --> 00:09:00.288
  • They will eat her flesh
  • 00:09:00.355 --> 00:09:01.656
  • And burn her with fire.
  • 00:09:01.723 --> 00:09:04.326
  • For god has put it
  • 00:09:04.392 --> 00:09:05.560
  • Into their hearts
  • 00:09:05.627 --> 00:09:06.561
  • To accomplish his purpose,"
  • 00:09:06.628 --> 00:09:09.731
  • He's reigning, people,
  • 00:09:09.798 --> 00:09:11.566
  • "by agreeing to give the beast
  • 00:09:11.633 --> 00:09:13.268
  • Their power to rule until
  • 00:09:13.335 --> 00:09:15.537
  • God's words are fulfilled."
  • 00:09:15.604 --> 00:09:18.740
  • In other words,
  • 00:09:18.807 --> 00:09:19.941
  • God still is on his throne.
  • 00:09:20.008 --> 00:09:23.979
  • "the woman you saw
  • 00:09:24.045 --> 00:09:25.046
  • Is the great city,"
  • 00:09:25.113 --> 00:09:26.781
  • We finally got there,
  • 00:09:26.848 --> 00:09:29.250
  • "that rules over
  • 00:09:29.317 --> 00:09:30.385
  • The kings of the earth."
  • 00:09:30.452 --> 00:09:32.721
  • Let's see what this
  • 00:09:32.787 --> 00:09:33.355
  • Great city is all about.
  • 00:09:33.421 --> 00:09:35.890
  • "after this, i saw another angel
  • 00:09:35.957 --> 00:09:37.759
  • Coming down from heaven
  • 00:09:37.826 --> 00:09:38.893
  • And he had great authority,
  • 00:09:38.960 --> 00:09:41.696
  • And the earth was
  • 00:09:41.763 --> 00:09:42.397
  • Illuminated by his splendor.
  • 00:09:42.464 --> 00:09:45.100
  • With a mighty voice he shouted,
  • 00:09:45.166 --> 00:09:47.402
  • ''fallen!
  • 00:09:47.469 --> 00:09:48.937
  • 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
  • 00:09:55.043 --> 00:09:57.278
  • And a haunt for
  • 00:09:57.345 --> 00:09:58.179
  • Every evil spirit,
  • 00:09:58.246 --> 00:09:59.614
  • A haunt for every unclean
  • 00:09:59.681 --> 00:10:01.549
  • And detestable bird.
  • 00:10:01.616 --> 00:10:03.385
  • For all the nations
  • 00:10:03.451 --> 00:10:04.552
  • Have drunk the maddening wine
  • 00:10:04.619 --> 00:10:06.755
  • 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,
  • 00:10:10.859 --> 00:10:12.394
  • And the merchants of the earth
  • 00:10:12.460 --> 00:10:14.095
  • Grew rich from
  • 00:10:14.162 --> 00:10:15.630
  • 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
  • 00:10:21.603 --> 00:10:22.771
  • 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.
  • 00:10:28.176 --> 00:10:30.478
  • It's not a
  • 00:10:30.578 --> 00:10:31.980
  • It's not a physical city necessarily.
  • 00:10:32.047 --> 00:10:33.982
  • Physical city necessarily. it's the picture of the city
  • 00:10:34.049 --> 00:10:37.318
  • It's the picture of the city that is opposed to the holy city
  • 00:10:37.385 --> 00:10:40.288
  • 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,
  • 00:10:43.992 --> 00:10:46.161
  • That there is an early mindset, an earthly dwelling place,
  • 00:10:46.227 --> 00:10:47.962
  • An earthly dwelling place, that has allure an attraction
  • 00:10:48.029 --> 00:10:50.865
  • That has allure an attraction just like in the garden,
  • 00:10:50.932 --> 00:10:53.234
  • Just like in the garden, and it's pulled in
  • 00:10:53.301 --> 00:10:55.370
  • And it's pulled in the kings of the earth
  • 00:10:55.437 --> 00:10:56.838
  • 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.
  • 00:10:58.640 --> 00:11:00.709
  • 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
  • 00:11:05.613 --> 00:11:06.314
  • From heaven say,
  • 00:11:06.381 --> 00:11:07.315
  • ''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.
  • 00:11:11.920 --> 00:11:13.521
  • "so that you will not
  • 00:11:13.588 --> 00:11:14.189
  • 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
  • 00:11:18.326 --> 00:11:19.861
  • 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,
  • 00:11:21.896 --> 00:11:23.798
  • And god has remembered
  • 00:11:23.865 --> 00:11:24.999
  • Her crimes.
  • 00:11:25.066 --> 00:11:26.534
  • Give back to her
  • 00:11:26.601 --> 00:11:28.036
  • As she has given;
  • 00:11:28.103 --> 00:11:29.003
  • Pay her back double
  • 00:11:29.070 --> 00:11:30.939
  • For what she has done.
  • 00:11:31.005 --> 00:11:32.941
  • Mix her a double portion
  • 00:11:33.007 --> 00:11:35.310
  • 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
  • 00:11:51.659 --> 00:11:53.261
  • 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
  • 00:12:20.054 --> 00:12:20.989
  • 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.'
  • 00:12:34.569 --> 00:12:37.338
  • Therefore, in one day
  • 00:12:37.405 --> 00:12:40.809
  • Her plagues will overtake her,
  • 00:12:40.875 --> 00:12:42.977
  • Death, mourning, and famine.
  • 00:12:43.044 --> 00:12:45.246
  • She will be consumed by fire
  • 00:12:45.313 --> 00:12:46.848
  • 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
  • 00:13:18.179 --> 00:13:19.080
  • 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,
  • 00:13:26.020 --> 00:13:27.322
  • Precious stones and pearls,
  • 00:13:27.388 --> 00:13:29.123
  • Fine linen, purple,
  • 00:13:29.190 --> 00:13:30.792
  • Silk and scarlet cloth,
  • 00:13:30.859 --> 00:13:32.260
  • Every sort of citron wood,
  • 00:13:32.327 --> 00:13:34.028
  • And articles of every kind
  • 00:13:34.095 --> 00:13:35.530
  • Made of ivory,
  • 00:13:35.597 --> 00:13:36.564
  • And costly wood, and bronze,
  • 00:13:36.631 --> 00:13:38.733
  • 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,
  • 00:13:44.405 --> 00:13:45.373
  • 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.
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  • The great city, has traits also. we see them in the text.
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  • We see them in the text. here are the spiritual traits.
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  • Here are the spiritual traits. it is self-centered,
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  • That's the spiritual great city.
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  • We saw that in chapter 18:7.
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  • Notice what she said,
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  • "give her as much torture
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  • And grief as the glory
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  • And luxury she gave herself."
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  • So, you'll know you're seeing
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  • The great city when
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  • It's self-centered.
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  • Now, babylon, this great city,
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  • Is named babylon.
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  • It comes from that
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  • Same word babel,
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  • Which was the tower of babel
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  • In the very beginning
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  • Of our story.
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  • Coming out of the garden,
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  • People wanted to build
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  • A tower and they said,
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  • "let's build a tower
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  • And a great name for ourselves."
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  • And that's the heartbeat
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  • Of the great city, babylon.
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  • It's us.
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  • It's materialistic.
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  • We see all of this.
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  • "the merchants will weep
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  • Because of the cargoes,
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  • The gold, the silver,
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  • The silk, the linen, the wood,
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  • The ivory, the bronze,
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  • The marble, the cinnamon,
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  • The spice."
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  • It's a very materialistic world.
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  • So, if you're self-centered
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  • And really focused
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  • On materialism,
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  • You know you're being
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  • Influenced by the great city.
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  • And the trouble with that is
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  • The great city, babylon,
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  • Has fallen.
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  • It already has fallen.
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  • It is falling,
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  • And it ultimately will fall.
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  • There's injustice
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  • In the great city.
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  • This translation
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  • Interestingly says at the end,
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  • "and the bodies
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  • And souls of men."
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  • But other translations will
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  • Say at the end of the day,
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  • "men are bought and sold."
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  • And so, there's a value
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  • Of things and progress over
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  • Human beings and freedom in
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  • The great city and we see that
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  • In our great cities as well.
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  • There's deception
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  • In the great city.
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  • I loved how back
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  • In revelations 17 it says,
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  • "i saw a woman sitting
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  • On a scarlet beast
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  • That was covered with
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  • Blasphemous names."
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  • And that sounds terrible.
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  • But, oh, look at her.
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  • She was dressed in purple,
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  • And scarlet, and was
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  • Glittering with gold,
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  • And precious stones, and pearls.
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  • She had a golden cup
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  • In her hand.
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  • Oh, it was filled
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  • With abominable things.
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  • But, oh, look, glittering
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  • And beautiful, and wonderful,
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  • And beautiful, and wonderful, and gold, and sensational.
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  • And gold, and sensational. because the great city
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  • Because the great city is about deception,
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  • Is about deception, but its also about darkness.
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  • But its also about darkness. we see that here.
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  • "in her,
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  • The inhabitants of the earth
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  • Were intoxicated with the wine
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  • Of her adulteries."
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  • It is all kind of immorality,
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  • And sensuality, and darkness
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  • Underneath the great city.
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  • And the great city as we saw
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  • At the end of chapter 18
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  • Is anti-lamb.
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  • In her was found
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  • The blood of prophets,
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  • And the saints,
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  • And all who have been killed
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  • On the earth."
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  • Self-centered,
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  • Materialistic, injustice,
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  • Deception, darkness, anti-lamb,
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  • At the end of the day.
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  • And here's the thing,
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  • Even though we see now
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  • The reality of the great city,
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  • The reality of the great city, the great city is very alluring.
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  • The great city is very alluring. it can literally pull you away.
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  • It can literally pull you away. literally, the great city
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  • Literally, the great city can take you out.
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  • Can take you out. but spiritually,
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  • But spiritually, the great city
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  • The great city can take us all out.
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  • Can take us all out. this is the way james wrote it.
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  • This is the way james wrote it. "what causes fights
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  • And quarrels among you?
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  • Don't they come from your
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  • Desires that battle within you?"
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  • Anybody have any desires
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  • That are battling
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  • Within you today?
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  • No.
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  • No, we're good.
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  • All good at trilith.
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  • [laughter]
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  • "you want something,
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  • But you don't get it.
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  • You kill and covet,
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  • But you cannot have
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  • What you want.
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  • You quarrel and fight.
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  • You do not have,
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  • Because you do not ask god.
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  • And when you ask god, you do not
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  • Receive because you ask
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  • With wrong motives,
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  • That you may spend what
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  • You get on your pleasures."
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  • Sounds like the great city.
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  • And then, he comes with
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  • This amazing indictment.
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  • "you adulterous people,"
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  • You're like, "i don't know."
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  • "don't you know that friendship
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  • With the world," --
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  • And this is a strong word.
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  • It doesn't mean i live
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  • In the city.
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  • I work in the city.
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  • We do business in the city.
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  • I attend the sporting events
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  • In the city.
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  • This is a heart-to-heart kinship
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  • With the great city.
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  • "friendship with the world
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  • Is hatred toward god.
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  • Anyone who chooses to be
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  • A friend of the world
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  • 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
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  • Says without reason
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  • That the spirit he caused
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  • To live in us envies intensely."
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  • Now, there's i think,
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  • A better translation of this
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  • Particular verse 5, and it's,
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  • "don't you think and understand
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  • That the scripture
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  • Teaches us that god jealously
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  • Desires and the spirit that
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  • He's made to dwell in us,
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  • That he's put in us?"
  • 00:22:51.385 --> 00:22:53.087
  • In other words,
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  • That the garden wasn't about
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  • The managerial job.
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  • The managerial job. it wasn't about
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  • It wasn't about the relationships.
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  • The relationships. it wasn't about the beauty.
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  • It wasn't about the beauty. it was about walking with god.
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  • It was about walking with god. and so, when you're not
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  • Walking with god,
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  • Walking with god, the relationship is fractured,
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  • The relationship is fractured, and divorces happen.
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  • And divorces happen. and moreover,
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  • And moreover, there's another woman
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  • There's another woman in the story or another man
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  • In the story or another man in the story besides
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  • In the story besides the one true god
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  • Who created us for himself.
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  • Who created us for himself. we're coming down to the end,
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  • We're coming down to the end, but stay with me.
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  • But stay with me. this is way it's written
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  • This is way it's written in 1 john 2,
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  • In 1 john 2, "do not love the world."
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  • "do not love the world." don't fall in love
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  • Don't fall in love with the world.
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  • With the world. don't have everything
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  • Don't have everything in your heart in the world,
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  • In your heart in the world, or anything in the world.
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  • 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
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  • The love of the father is not in him.
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  • Is not in him. for everything in the world."
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  • For everything in the world." what is in the world?
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  • What is in the world? "the cravings of sinful man,
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  • "the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes,
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  • The lust of his eyes, and the boasting of what
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  • And the boasting of what he has and does."
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  • He has and does." some translations say,
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  • Some translations say, "the lust of the flesh,
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  • "the lust of the flesh, the hunger of the flesh,
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  • The hunger of the flesh, the lust of the eyes,
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  • 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,
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  • That's what's in the world, and i wanna --
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  • And i wanna -- that's what was in the garden.
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  • That's what was in the garden. eve saw that the apple
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  • Eve saw that the apple was good for food, hunger,
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  • Was good for food, hunger, and that it was
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  • And that it was delightful to the eyes,
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  • Delightful to the eyes, and that it could
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  • And that it could make her like god.
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  • Make her like god. the cravings of sinful man,
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  • The cravings of sinful man, the lust of the flesh,
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  • 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
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  • What we see, and how we want everything we see out there,
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  • Everything we see out there, and the pride of life
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  • 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,
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  • 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
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  • The will of god lives forever."
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  • Babylon is fallen,
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  • All of it is fallen.
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  • And if somehow,
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  • We've set our gaze there,
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  • We're falling with it.
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  • It will turn on itself
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  • And it will turn on you.
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  • And it will turn on you. and you will collapse from
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  • 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
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  • From heaven say,"
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  • Is anybody hearing this
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  • Today already?
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  • "come out of her, my people.
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  • 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,
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  • Materialistic, injustice,
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  • Deception, the darkness,
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  • 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
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  • We wanna live for the last city in the midst of the lost city.
  • 00:26:57.331 --> 00:26:58.999
  • ♪ ♪
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