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Louie Giglio - Our God Reigns

January 19, 2025 | S25:E3

Louie Giglio - Our God Reigns
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 - Our God Reigns | January 19, 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 times come and events
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  • Of a cataclysmic ending
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  • Obstruct 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 the coming days that jesus
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  • Is any less brilliant than
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  • He is right now.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • >> revelation 19
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  • >> revelation 19 we're coming down to the wire.
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  • We're coming down to the wire. revelation 19:20,
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  • Revelation 19:20, it's all finished and done
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  • It's all finished and done and then we see the new heaven
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  • And then we see the new heaven and the new earth coming.
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  • And the new earth coming. but, today we're in
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  • But, today we're in revelation 19
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  • Revelation 19 and some amazing pictures
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  • And some amazing pictures jesus is showing us about
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  • Jesus is showing us about what is and what is to come.
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  • What is and what is to come. says in verse 1,
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  • "after this i heard
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  • What sounded like,"
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  • That's our key word
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  • We've seen over and over,
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  • "the roar of a great multitude
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  • In heaven shouting,
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  • 'hallelujah!'"
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  • Can we all
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  • Do that together?
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  • Hallelujah.
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  • Now, let's get a little bit more
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  • Now, let's get a little bit more life and spirit in it
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  • Life and spirit in it than that.
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  • Than that. hallelujah.
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  • Hallelujah. now, interestingly,
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  • Now, interestingly, just to note
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  • Just to note as we're getting in,
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  • As we're getting in, this is the only place
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  • This is the only place in the new testament where
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  • In the new testament where the word hallelujah is found,
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  • The word hallelujah is found, is in revelation 19.
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  • Is in revelation 19. and, it's found several times
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  • And, it's found several times coming down through this text.
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  • Coming down through this text. so, when we get
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  • So, when we get to the hallelujah,
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  • To the hallelujah, we'll say it together
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  • We'll say it together because it's not
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  • Because it's not a common expression
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  • A common expression in the new testament not
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  • In the new testament not in the book of revelation,
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  • In the book of revelation, only here in revelation 19.
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  • Only here in revelation 19. yes, in the old testament,
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  • Yes, in the old testament, but it's only place to be
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  • But it's only place to be found in the new testament.
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  • "salvation and glory and power
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  • Belong to our god, for true --"
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  • These are important hinges
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  • For today.
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  • "and just are his judgments."
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  • And there're about to be
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  • Some judgements.
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  • "but know that his judgments
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  • Are true and just.
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  • He has condemned
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  • The great prostitute," babylon.
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  • Remember in the chapter before
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  • We've seen the great city
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  • We've seen the great city in all of its enticing allure,
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  • In all of its enticing allure, it's pulling people away
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  • It's pulling people away from the true path of god.
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  • From the true path of god. but babylon now has fallen,
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  • But babylon now has fallen, babylon has collapsed
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  • Babylon has collapsed from the inside and now
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  • From the inside and now there's a celebration
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  • There's a celebration happening in the heavenlies.
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  • "she corrupted the earth
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  • By her adulteries.
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  • But he," this god
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  • Who is true and just,
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  • "has avenged on her
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  • The blood of his servants."
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  • In other words,
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  • Babylon wasn't just
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  • An alluring city,
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  • Babylon was set up against
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  • The prophets of god
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  • And the saints of god.
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  • "and again they shouted,"
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  • What did they shout?
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  • "hallelujah!"
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  • Why?
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  • Because, "the smoke from her
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  • Goes up for ever and ever."
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  • In other words, the city
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  • In other words, the city is forever finished.
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  • Is forever finished. "the twenty-four elders
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  • "the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures,"
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  • These that we saw in
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  • The early part of revelation,
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  • "they fell down
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  • And worshiped god,
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  • Who was seated on the throne.
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  • And they cried, 'amen,
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  • Hallelujah!'
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  • Then a voice came
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  • From the throne, saying,
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  • 'praise our god,
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  • All you his servants,
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  • You who fear him,
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  • Both great and small!''
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  • In other words,
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  • It doesn't matter
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  • In this moment whether
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  • You're at the top of the ladder
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  • You're at the top of the ladder or the bottom of the ladder,
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  • Or the bottom of the ladder, if you're the richest
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  • If you're the richest or the poorest,
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  • Or the poorest, if you're the highest
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  • If you're the highest or the lowest,
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  • Or the lowest, it doesn't matter.
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  • It doesn't matter. in this moment everyone
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  • In this moment everyone is equal now before god.
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  • Is equal now before god. praise god, all servants,
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  • Those who fear him
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  • Great and small.
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  • "then i heard what sounded
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  • Like a great multitude,
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  • Like the roar of rushing waters
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  • And like loud peals of thunder,
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  • Shouting, 'hallelujah!'"
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  • I don't think we can quite
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  • Get up to the rushing waters
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  • And the loud peals of thunder.
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  • Hallelujah!
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  • This word means
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  • Praise yahweh,
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  • Praise yahweh.
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  • Praise yahweh. yahweh, a word that
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  • Yahweh, a word that the jewish person wouldn't
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  • The jewish person wouldn't even speak or write.
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  • Even speak or write. they would replace that
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  • They would replace that with lord, adonai,
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  • With lord, adonai, because yahweh was considered
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  • Because yahweh was considered so holy, so set a part.
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  • So holy, so set a part. and now, what we're saying is,
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  • And now, what we're saying is, "praise, yahweh."
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  • "praise, yahweh." jah, hallelu-jah, yahweh,
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  • Jah, hallelu-jah, yahweh, praise, yahweh!
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  • Praise, yahweh! and notice with all
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  • And notice with all the hallelujahs
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  • There's an exclamation point.
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  • This isn't some boring
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  • Church gathering,
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  • This is praise
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  • At the highest level.
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  • Hallelujah!
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  • Hallelujah! praise yahweh!
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  • Praise yahweh! just noting that so that
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  • Just noting that so that we'll understand that
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  • We'll understand that it gets rowdy in heaven,
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  • "for our lord god
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  • Almighty reigns.
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  • Let us rejoice then and be glad
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  • And give him glory!"
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  • And now a shift.
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  • So, we've seen
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  • The fall of babylon
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  • And we've seen applause
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  • For the fall of babylon.
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  • Praise god for
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  • The fall of babylon.
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  • Praise god that
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  • The lost city is finished
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  • And the last city
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  • Is right on the horizon.
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  • But now a shift happens
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  • And we see a new subject
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  • Entering into the praise
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  • And the hallelujah.
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  • "give him glory for the wedding
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  • Of the lamb has come."
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  • The wedding of the lamb
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  • Has come.
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  • Heaven is leaning towards
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  • A culminating event
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  • And the culminating event
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  • And the culminating event is not necessarily
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  • Is not necessarily the second coming of jesus
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  • The second coming of jesus although the second coming
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  • Although the second coming of jesus is in the revelation.
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  • Of jesus is in the revelation. revelation and heaven
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  • Revelation and heaven are culminating with
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  • Are culminating with a wedding feast,
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  • A wedding feast, a wedding celebration,
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  • A wedding celebration, and the wedding is
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  • And the wedding is the wedding of the lamb,
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  • Of jesus christ himself.
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  • He and his bride, the church,
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  • Are gonna come together
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  • In a celebration with
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  • Eternal ramifications.
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  • And, the good news is his bride,
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  • Who is that?
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  • That's you and me,
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  • That's the church,
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  • That's everybody redeemed
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  • By him, saved and brought
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  • To life by him.
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  • "the bride has
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  • Made herself ready.
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  • Fine linen, bright and clean
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  • Was given her to wear.
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  • The fine linen stands for
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  • The righteous acts
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  • Of god's holy people.
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  • Then the angel said to me,
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  • 'write this,
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  • Blessed are those who are
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  • Invited to the wedding supper
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  • Of the lamb!'"
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  • Hallelujah, praise yahweh.
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  • And blessed is everybody
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  • Who got an invitation
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  • Who got an invitation to the wedding supper
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  • To the wedding supper of the lamb of god.
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  • Of the lamb of god. did you get your invitation
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  • Did you get your invitation to the wedding supper
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  • To the wedding supper of the lamb of god?
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  • Of the lamb of god? because, it's not just about
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  • Because, it's not just about if you die tonight,
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  • If you die tonight, do you know if you
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  • Do you know if you would go to heaven?
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  • Would go to heaven? the question is,
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  • The question is, if you're life ends,
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  • If you're life ends, do you have an invitation
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  • Do you have an invitation to the wedding supper
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  • To the wedding supper of the lamb of god?
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  • Of the lamb of god? ou, man, things are
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  • Ou, man, things are shuffling quickly now for us,
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  • Shuffling quickly now for us, aren't they?
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  • Aren't they? it's not just about
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  • It's not just about getting out of one destiny
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  • Getting out of one destiny and into another destiny,
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  • And into another destiny, it's about a feast
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  • It's about a feast that's gonna happen,
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  • That's gonna happen, a celebration, if you will,
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  • A celebration, if you will, a wedding that's taking place,
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  • A wedding that's taking place, and an invitation that you
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  • And an invitation that you either have or you do not have.
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  • "and he added," this angel,
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  • "these are the true words
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  • Of god.'
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  • At this i fell
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  • At his feet,"
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  • Whose feet?
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  • The angle's feet,
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  • "to worship him.
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  • But he said to me,
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  • 'don't do that!
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  • I am a fellow servant with you
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  • And with your brothers
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  • And sisters who hold
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  • To the testimony of jesus.
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  • Worship god!
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  • For it is
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  • The spirit of prophecy who
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  • Bears testimony to jesus.'"
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  • What is this saying?
  • 00:08:58.386 --> 00:08:59.621
  • It's saying that this is
  • 00:08:59.688 --> 00:09:00.855
  • So spectacular that john
  • 00:09:00.922 --> 00:09:03.625
  • Gets caught up in the moment
  • 00:09:03.692 --> 00:09:05.527
  • And falls at the angel's feet
  • 00:09:05.594 --> 00:09:07.696
  • Because there's just so much
  • 00:09:07.796 --> 00:09:09.764
  • Because there's just so much splendor all around him.
  • 00:09:09.831 --> 00:09:12.634
  • Splendor all around him. this happens again a little bit
  • 00:09:12.701 --> 00:09:14.169
  • This happens again a little bit later in revelation.
  • 00:09:14.235 --> 00:09:16.304
  • Later in revelation. the angel's like, "no, no, no,
  • 00:09:16.371 --> 00:09:17.539
  • The angel's like, "no, no, no, i'm just a messenger here,
  • 00:09:17.606 --> 00:09:19.674
  • I'm just a messenger here, worship god."
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  • Worship god." and then, we see
  • 00:09:22.210 --> 00:09:22.644
  • And then, we see the page turn again,
  • 00:09:22.711 --> 00:09:25.480
  • "i saw heaven standing open
  • 00:09:25.580 --> 00:09:30.719
  • And there before me
  • 00:09:30.785 --> 00:09:32.687
  • Was a white horse,
  • 00:09:32.754 --> 00:09:33.955
  • Whose rider is called
  • 00:09:34.022 --> 00:09:35.790
  • Faithful and true.
  • 00:09:35.857 --> 00:09:40.829
  • With justice he,"
  • 00:09:40.895 --> 00:09:43.231
  • This rider, jesus,
  • 00:09:43.298 --> 00:09:44.866
  • "judges and wages war.
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  • His eyes are like blazing fire,
  • 00:09:48.803 --> 00:09:52.540
  • And on his head are many crowns.
  • 00:09:52.607 --> 00:09:56.378
  • He has a name written on him
  • 00:09:56.444 --> 00:09:59.514
  • That no one knows,
  • 00:09:59.581 --> 00:10:02.183
  • But he himself.
  • 00:10:02.250 --> 00:10:05.720
  • He's dressed in a robe
  • 00:10:05.787 --> 00:10:06.921
  • Dipped in blood,
  • 00:10:06.988 --> 00:10:07.922
  • And his name
  • 00:10:07.989 --> 00:10:09.591
  • Is the word of god.
  • 00:10:09.658 --> 00:10:12.027
  • The armies of heaven
  • 00:10:12.093 --> 00:10:13.061
  • Were following him,
  • 00:10:13.128 --> 00:10:14.763
  • Riding on white horses
  • 00:10:14.829 --> 00:10:16.097
  • And dressed in fine linen,
  • 00:10:16.164 --> 00:10:19.000
  • White and clean.
  • 00:10:19.067 --> 00:10:21.803
  • Coming out of his mouth
  • 00:10:21.870 --> 00:10:22.771
  • Is a sharp sword with which
  • 00:10:22.837 --> 00:10:25.573
  • To strike down the nations.
  • 00:10:25.640 --> 00:10:28.009
  • "he will rule them
  • 00:10:28.076 --> 00:10:28.977
  • With an iron scepter."
  • 00:10:29.044 --> 00:10:31.179
  • This is quoting the psalms.
  • 00:10:31.246 --> 00:10:34.683
  • He treads the winepress
  • 00:10:34.749 --> 00:10:36.551
  • Of the fury of the wrath
  • 00:10:36.618 --> 00:10:37.652
  • Of god almighty.
  • 00:10:37.719 --> 00:10:39.487
  • On his robe and on his thigh
  • 00:10:39.554 --> 00:10:42.390
  • He has this name written,
  • 00:10:42.457 --> 00:10:44.726
  • King of kings and lord of lords.
  • 00:10:44.793 --> 00:10:50.498
  • And i saw an angel
  • 00:10:50.565 --> 00:10:51.332
  • Standing in the sun,
  • 00:10:51.399 --> 00:10:52.500
  • Who cried in a loud voice
  • 00:10:52.567 --> 00:10:54.436
  • To all the birds
  • 00:10:54.502 --> 00:10:55.970
  • Flying in midair,
  • 00:10:56.037 --> 00:10:58.006
  • 'come, gather together for
  • 00:10:58.073 --> 00:11:00.508
  • The great supper of god,''
  • 00:11:00.575 --> 00:11:02.410
  • So we have the marriage supper
  • 00:11:02.477 --> 00:11:04.079
  • Of the lamb but this is
  • 00:11:04.145 --> 00:11:05.313
  • A different kind
  • 00:11:05.380 --> 00:11:06.381
  • Of supper coming now,
  • 00:11:06.448 --> 00:11:08.383
  • "so that you,"
  • 00:11:08.450 --> 00:11:09.017
  • These birds of the air,
  • 00:11:09.084 --> 00:11:10.151
  • "may eat the flesh of kings,
  • 00:11:10.218 --> 00:11:12.721
  • Generals, and the mighty,
  • 00:11:12.787 --> 00:11:15.356
  • Of horses and their riders,
  • 00:11:15.423 --> 00:11:17.659
  • And the flesh of all people,
  • 00:11:17.726 --> 00:11:18.893
  • Free and slave,
  • 00:11:18.960 --> 00:11:20.028
  • Great and small.'
  • 00:11:20.095 --> 00:11:23.098
  • Then i saw the beast
  • 00:11:23.164 --> 00:11:24.532
  • And the kings of the earth
  • 00:11:24.599 --> 00:11:26.301
  • And their armies gathered
  • 00:11:26.367 --> 00:11:27.769
  • Together to wage war against
  • 00:11:27.836 --> 00:11:32.340
  • The rider on the horse
  • 00:11:32.407 --> 00:11:33.842
  • And his army.
  • 00:11:33.908 --> 00:11:35.477
  • But the beast was captured,"
  • 00:11:35.543 --> 00:11:36.811
  • Remember we've seen
  • 00:11:36.878 --> 00:11:38.279
  • A few chapters back the dragon,
  • 00:11:38.379 --> 00:11:40.682
  • A few chapters back the dragon, satan and he's manipulating
  • 00:11:40.749 --> 00:11:41.816
  • Satan and he's manipulating the beast of the sea,
  • 00:11:41.883 --> 00:11:43.918
  • The beast of the sea, which is the political power
  • 00:11:43.985 --> 00:11:46.521
  • Which is the political power that is in authority.
  • 00:11:46.588 --> 00:11:47.889
  • That is in authority. and now,. we see this
  • 00:11:47.956 --> 00:11:49.457
  • And now,. we see this beast of the earth,
  • 00:11:49.524 --> 00:11:51.760
  • The false prophet who is
  • 00:11:51.860 --> 00:11:53.361
  • The false prophet who is animated now and given power by
  • 00:11:53.428 --> 00:11:55.930
  • Animated now and given power by the systems and the structures
  • 00:11:55.997 --> 00:11:57.699
  • The systems and the structures but he also has some
  • 00:11:57.766 --> 00:11:59.400
  • But he also has some magical powers so he
  • 00:11:59.467 --> 00:12:01.870
  • Magical powers so he looks like something
  • 00:12:01.936 --> 00:12:03.772
  • Looks like something supernatural but he's not.
  • 00:12:03.838 --> 00:12:06.808
  • And now, "the beast,"
  • 00:12:06.908 --> 00:12:09.144
  • And now, "the beast," the system,
  • 00:12:09.210 --> 00:12:10.678
  • The system, "is captured
  • 00:12:10.745 --> 00:12:12.347
  • And the false prophet
  • 00:12:12.447 --> 00:12:14.082
  • Who had performed
  • 00:12:14.149 --> 00:12:14.749
  • The signs on its behalf.
  • 00:12:14.816 --> 00:12:17.285
  • And with these signs he had
  • 00:12:17.352 --> 00:12:18.620
  • Deluded those who had received
  • 00:12:18.686 --> 00:12:20.421
  • The mark of the beast,'"
  • 00:12:20.488 --> 00:12:22.190
  • The 666,
  • 00:12:22.257 --> 00:12:27.295
  • "and worshiped its image.
  • 00:12:27.362 --> 00:12:28.930
  • The two of them,"
  • 00:12:28.997 --> 00:12:29.697
  • The beast
  • 00:12:29.764 --> 00:12:30.665
  • And the false prophet,
  • 00:12:30.732 --> 00:12:31.533
  • "were thrown alive
  • 00:12:31.599 --> 00:12:34.636
  • Into the fiery lake
  • 00:12:34.702 --> 00:12:36.137
  • Of burning sulfur.
  • 00:12:36.204 --> 00:12:40.341
  • The rest were killed
  • 00:12:40.408 --> 00:12:42.644
  • With the sword coming
  • 00:12:42.710 --> 00:12:44.379
  • Out of the mouth
  • 00:12:44.445 --> 00:12:45.213
  • Of the rider on the horse,
  • 00:12:45.280 --> 00:12:49.284
  • And all the birds gorged
  • 00:12:49.350 --> 00:12:51.886
  • Themselves on their flesh."
  • 00:12:51.986 --> 00:12:59.127
  • Themselves on their flesh." thanks be to god
  • 00:12:59.194 --> 00:13:00.295
  • Thanks be to god for the power of his word.
  • 00:13:00.361 --> 00:13:03.531
  • For the power of his word. revelation says, "blessed are
  • 00:13:03.598 --> 00:13:05.500
  • Revelation says, "blessed are those who read this word aloud
  • 00:13:05.567 --> 00:13:07.001
  • Those who read this word aloud and those who hear it,"
  • 00:13:07.068 --> 00:13:09.237
  • And those who hear it," because god is wanting
  • 00:13:09.304 --> 00:13:10.672
  • Because god is wanting to open up our understanding
  • 00:13:10.738 --> 00:13:12.707
  • To open up our understanding today to how things
  • 00:13:12.774 --> 00:13:14.275
  • Today to how things are right now and to how
  • 00:13:14.342 --> 00:13:16.544
  • Are right now and to how things will be
  • 00:13:16.611 --> 00:13:17.645
  • Things will be for ever and ever.
  • 00:13:17.712 --> 00:13:19.013
  • For ever and ever. he's trying to underscore,
  • 00:13:19.080 --> 00:13:20.615
  • He's trying to underscore, again, things aren't the way
  • 00:13:20.682 --> 00:13:21.816
  • Again, things aren't the way they seem to our human eyes
  • 00:13:21.883 --> 00:13:24.519
  • They seem to our human eyes and understanding.
  • 00:13:24.586 --> 00:13:25.854
  • And understanding. there's something else
  • 00:13:25.920 --> 00:13:26.621
  • There's something else going on in the world
  • 00:13:26.688 --> 00:13:28.489
  • Going on in the world and in the spirit that
  • 00:13:28.556 --> 00:13:29.657
  • And in the spirit that is greater and what's going on
  • 00:13:29.724 --> 00:13:31.793
  • Is greater and what's going on in the world and in
  • 00:13:31.860 --> 00:13:33.194
  • In the world and in the spirit that is greater
  • 00:13:33.261 --> 00:13:34.629
  • The spirit that is greater is that jesus is king of kings
  • 00:13:34.696 --> 00:13:38.633
  • Is that jesus is king of kings and lord of lords.
  • 00:13:38.700 --> 00:13:40.468
  • And lord of lords. and there is time now
  • 00:13:40.535 --> 00:13:42.036
  • And there is time now where there will be kings,
  • 00:13:42.103 --> 00:13:44.973
  • Where there will be kings, but only one king of kings.
  • 00:13:45.039 --> 00:13:47.909
  • But only one king of kings. and there will be lords,
  • 00:13:47.976 --> 00:13:49.010
  • And there will be lords, but there is only one
  • 00:13:49.077 --> 00:13:51.179
  • But there is only one lord of lords.
  • 00:13:51.246 --> 00:13:54.215
  • Lord of lords. it's important to note
  • 00:13:54.282 --> 00:13:55.750
  • It's important to note in this text that when
  • 00:13:55.817 --> 00:13:58.152
  • In this text that when we see heaven standing open
  • 00:13:58.219 --> 00:14:00.455
  • In verse 11,
  • 00:14:00.555 --> 00:14:02.290
  • "i saw heaven standing open,"
  • 00:14:02.357 --> 00:14:05.927
  • What we see, what john saw,
  • 00:14:05.994 --> 00:14:09.564
  • Is not something but someone.
  • 00:14:09.631 --> 00:14:14.035
  • "when i saw heaven standing open
  • 00:14:14.102 --> 00:14:16.170
  • There was before me
  • 00:14:16.237 --> 00:14:18.106
  • A white horse whose rider
  • 00:14:18.172 --> 00:14:19.941
  • Is called faithful and true."
  • 00:14:20.008 --> 00:14:21.709
  • So, when we're digging
  • 00:14:21.776 --> 00:14:23.077
  • Into revelation
  • 00:14:23.144 --> 00:14:24.112
  • We're not looking
  • 00:14:24.212 --> 00:14:24.746
  • We're not looking for something,
  • 00:14:24.812 --> 00:14:25.480
  • For something, we're not looking
  • 00:14:25.546 --> 00:14:26.214
  • We're not looking for a diagram
  • 00:14:26.281 --> 00:14:27.682
  • For a diagram or a play book, if you will,
  • 00:14:27.749 --> 00:14:30.351
  • Or a play book, if you will, a timetable if you will.
  • 00:14:30.418 --> 00:14:32.320
  • A timetable if you will. when we open to revelation,
  • 00:14:32.387 --> 00:14:33.888
  • When we open to revelation, it is in fact the revelation
  • 00:14:33.955 --> 00:14:35.657
  • It is in fact the revelation of jesus christ
  • 00:14:35.723 --> 00:14:38.426
  • Of jesus christ and he is the one that we see
  • 00:14:38.493 --> 00:14:40.962
  • And he is the one that we see in the midst of it all.
  • 00:14:41.029 --> 00:14:43.031
  • In the midst of it all. and just note again who he is.
  • 00:14:43.097 --> 00:14:45.900
  • And just note again who he is. yes, he is the one who's
  • 00:14:45.967 --> 00:14:49.404
  • Yes, he is the one who's calling us to the wedding feast,
  • 00:14:49.470 --> 00:14:51.806
  • Calling us to the wedding feast, yes, he is the lamb of god
  • 00:14:51.873 --> 00:14:53.007
  • Yes, he is the lamb of god slain before the foundation
  • 00:14:53.074 --> 00:14:54.609
  • Slain before the foundation of the world.
  • 00:14:54.676 --> 00:14:55.310
  • Of the world. yes, he is our savior,
  • 00:14:55.376 --> 00:14:56.778
  • Yes, he is our savior, but he is fierce in every way.
  • 00:14:56.844 --> 00:15:01.015
  • But he is fierce in every way. his name is faithful and true,
  • 00:15:01.082 --> 00:15:03.718
  • And with justice he wages war.
  • 00:15:03.818 --> 00:15:06.321
  • In other words, if you want
  • 00:15:06.387 --> 00:15:07.689
  • War with god you're gonna
  • 00:15:07.755 --> 00:15:09.557
  • Get war with god.
  • 00:15:09.624 --> 00:15:11.359
  • And, this chapter ends
  • 00:15:11.426 --> 00:15:12.660
  • And it ends with
  • 00:15:12.760 --> 00:15:13.594
  • And it ends with a horrific picture.
  • 00:15:13.661 --> 00:15:15.930
  • A horrific picture. and someone today is gonna say,
  • 00:15:15.997 --> 00:15:17.532
  • And someone today is gonna say, "come on, i thought our god
  • 00:15:17.598 --> 00:15:19.200
  • "come on, i thought our god was a god of love.
  • 00:15:19.267 --> 00:15:20.368
  • Was a god of love. i thought he was a god of mercy.
  • 00:15:20.435 --> 00:15:22.170
  • I thought he was a god of mercy. i thought he was kind,
  • 00:15:22.236 --> 00:15:23.671
  • I thought he was kind, i thought he was
  • 00:15:23.738 --> 00:15:24.672
  • I thought he was a heavenly father
  • 00:15:24.739 --> 00:15:25.573
  • A heavenly father but at the end of it all
  • 00:15:25.640 --> 00:15:26.641
  • But at the end of it all he's calling the birds
  • 00:15:26.708 --> 00:15:27.709
  • He's calling the birds of the air and saying,
  • 00:15:27.775 --> 00:15:28.543
  • Of the air and saying, 'hey, if you wanna eat
  • 00:15:28.609 --> 00:15:29.844
  • 'hey, if you wanna eat come eat here.
  • 00:15:29.911 --> 00:15:30.912
  • Come eat here. there's gonna be
  • 00:15:30.979 --> 00:15:31.679
  • There's gonna be a wipe out here.'"
  • 00:15:31.746 --> 00:15:34.382
  • A wipe out here.'" why?
  • 00:15:34.449 --> 00:15:35.750
  • Why? because those people want war.
  • 00:15:35.817 --> 00:15:40.888
  • Because those people want war. and if you want war with god,
  • 00:15:40.955 --> 00:15:43.157
  • And if you want war with god, you're gonna get war with god.
  • 00:15:43.224 --> 00:15:46.527
  • You're gonna get war with god. but he is gonna end up
  • 00:15:46.594 --> 00:15:49.397
  • But he is gonna end up king of kings
  • 00:15:49.464 --> 00:15:50.832
  • King of kings and lord of lords.
  • 00:15:50.898 --> 00:15:51.899
  • "his eyes are like
  • 00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:53.768
  • Blazing fire,"
  • 00:15:53.835 --> 00:15:54.669
  • What does that mean?
  • 00:15:54.736 --> 00:15:55.336
  • It means that he's consuming.
  • 00:15:55.403 --> 00:15:57.505
  • He's consuming,
  • 00:15:57.572 --> 00:15:58.406
  • The dross is burning away.
  • 00:15:58.473 --> 00:16:01.075
  • "on his head are many crowns
  • 00:16:01.142 --> 00:16:02.944
  • And he has a name
  • 00:16:03.011 --> 00:16:04.379
  • Written on him that
  • 00:16:04.445 --> 00:16:05.413
  • No one knows but he himself."
  • 00:16:05.480 --> 00:16:07.115
  • In other words,
  • 00:16:07.181 --> 00:16:08.449
  • We don't know everything
  • 00:16:08.549 --> 00:16:09.584
  • We don't know everything there is to know about jesus.
  • 00:16:09.650 --> 00:16:10.818
  • There is to know about jesus. we know enough about jesus
  • 00:16:10.885 --> 00:16:12.820
  • We know enough about jesus to trust him fully with
  • 00:16:12.887 --> 00:16:14.255
  • To trust him fully with our lives and follow him
  • 00:16:14.322 --> 00:16:16.624
  • Our lives and follow him all of our days,
  • 00:16:16.691 --> 00:16:17.558
  • All of our days, but we don't know
  • 00:16:17.625 --> 00:16:18.126
  • But we don't know everything about him.
  • 00:16:18.192 --> 00:16:19.427
  • Everything about him. he's got a name that he is
  • 00:16:19.494 --> 00:16:21.896
  • He's got a name that he is reserving to this moment that
  • 00:16:21.963 --> 00:16:25.299
  • Reserving to this moment that nobody knows except himself.
  • 00:16:25.366 --> 00:16:33.941
  • "he's dressed in a robe
  • 00:16:36.911 --> 00:16:39.947
  • Dipped in blood,"
  • 00:16:40.014 --> 00:16:43.084
  • Notice that at this big battle
  • 00:16:43.151 --> 00:16:46.120
  • Where the kings of the earth,
  • 00:16:46.220 --> 00:16:47.989
  • Where the kings of the earth, the beast, and all
  • 00:16:48.056 --> 00:16:49.023
  • The beast, and all the kings of the earth
  • 00:16:49.090 --> 00:16:49.791
  • The kings of the earth are aiming to take out jesus.
  • 00:16:49.857 --> 00:16:53.027
  • Are aiming to take out jesus. they're coming for war
  • 00:16:53.094 --> 00:16:54.028
  • They're coming for war with jesus.
  • 00:16:54.095 --> 00:16:55.129
  • With jesus. they're coming to anti-christ
  • 00:16:55.196 --> 00:16:59.000
  • They're coming to anti-christ and they come to this
  • 00:16:59.067 --> 00:17:00.168
  • And they come to this battlefield and the blood
  • 00:17:00.234 --> 00:17:05.173
  • Battlefield and the blood has already been shed,
  • 00:17:05.239 --> 00:17:08.509
  • Has already been shed, the battle has already been won.
  • 00:17:08.576 --> 00:17:11.379
  • The battle has already been won. he's dressed in a robe dipped
  • 00:17:11.446 --> 00:17:14.082
  • He's dressed in a robe dipped in blood because the battle was
  • 00:17:14.148 --> 00:17:16.551
  • In blood because the battle was won at calvary not on this day.
  • 00:17:16.617 --> 00:17:19.587
  • Won at calvary not on this day. the battle was already won
  • 00:17:19.654 --> 00:17:21.689
  • The battle was already won when jesus gave his life
  • 00:17:21.756 --> 00:17:23.491
  • When jesus gave his life for the sins of the world,
  • 00:17:23.558 --> 00:17:25.093
  • For the sins of the world, descended into
  • 00:17:25.159 --> 00:17:26.294
  • Descended into the depths of the earth,
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  • The depths of the earth, and beat hell, sin,
  • 00:17:28.129 --> 00:17:31.499
  • And beat hell, sin, death, and the grave.
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  • Death, and the grave. and, he's showing up
  • 00:17:33.701 --> 00:17:34.969
  • And, he's showing up to the show down already
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  • To the show down already dipped in blood,
  • 00:17:38.539 --> 00:17:40.908
  • Dipped in blood, saying the battle isn't
  • 00:17:40.975 --> 00:17:42.410
  • Saying the battle isn't going to be won here today,
  • 00:17:42.477 --> 00:17:44.445
  • Going to be won here today, the battle was already
  • 00:17:44.512 --> 00:17:45.847
  • The battle was already won on that day.
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  • Won on that day. well, how do we know this?
  • 00:17:48.749 --> 00:17:49.851
  • Well, how do we know this? 'cause the armies of heaven
  • 00:17:49.917 --> 00:17:50.918
  • 'cause the armies of heaven were following him
  • 00:17:50.985 --> 00:17:51.752
  • And they were riding
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  • White horses and they were
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  • Dressed in white linen,
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  • White and clean.
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  • You don't go out for
  • 00:17:56.257 --> 00:17:57.058
  • A battle dressed in
  • 00:17:57.125 --> 00:17:58.893
  • Fine linen, white and clean,
  • 00:17:58.960 --> 00:18:00.761
  • You go out to a statement,
  • 00:18:00.828 --> 00:18:02.797
  • To a situation that has
  • 00:18:02.897 --> 00:18:05.199
  • To a situation that has already been settled.
  • 00:18:05.266 --> 00:18:06.667
  • Already been settled. you're going out to ultimately
  • 00:18:06.734 --> 00:18:09.403
  • You're going out to ultimately view the victorious one,
  • 00:18:09.470 --> 00:18:11.806
  • View the victorious one, who's just gonna show up
  • 00:18:11.873 --> 00:18:13.274
  • Who's just gonna show up and by his very nature,
  • 00:18:13.341 --> 00:18:14.775
  • And by his very nature, his truth and word --
  • 00:18:14.842 --> 00:18:16.511
  • His truth and word -- that's what's coming
  • 00:18:16.577 --> 00:18:17.345
  • That's what's coming out of his mouth.
  • 00:18:17.411 --> 00:18:17.979
  • Out of his mouth. his sword is the word of god.
  • 00:18:18.045 --> 00:18:20.681
  • His sword is the word of god. and, by his own word,
  • 00:18:20.748 --> 00:18:22.250
  • And, by his own word, he's gonna finish the darkness.
  • 00:18:22.316 --> 00:18:24.619
  • He's gonna finish the darkness. and we're riding in,
  • 00:18:24.685 --> 00:18:26.254
  • And we're riding in, in fine linen, white and clean,
  • 00:18:26.320 --> 00:18:28.656
  • In fine linen, white and clean, not because we're gonna
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  • Not because we're gonna wield any weapons of war,
  • 00:18:29.857 --> 00:18:32.360
  • Wield any weapons of war, but because we are riding
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  • But because we are riding with the one who already
  • 00:18:34.395 --> 00:18:35.997
  • With the one who already has accomplished the victory.
  • 00:18:36.063 --> 00:18:39.500
  • Has accomplished the victory. "and coming out of his mouth
  • 00:18:39.567 --> 00:18:40.468
  • Is a sharp sword with which
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  • To strike down the nations.
  • 00:18:41.969 --> 00:18:43.437
  • And he treads the winepress
  • 00:18:43.504 --> 00:18:45.806
  • Of the fury of the wrath
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  • Of god almighty.
  • 00:18:47.108 --> 00:18:49.577
  • And on his robe and on his thigh
  • 00:18:49.644 --> 00:18:53.281
  • He has this name written,
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  • King of kings
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  • And lord of lords."
  • 00:18:58.119 --> 00:19:00.354
  • When i read this
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  • In my translation
  • 00:19:01.589 --> 00:19:03.224
  • Of the scripture,
  • 00:19:03.324 --> 00:19:04.892
  • Of the scripture, that was all caps.
  • 00:19:04.959 --> 00:19:06.794
  • That was all caps. and so, i went
  • 00:19:06.861 --> 00:19:07.528
  • And so, i went and looked at it
  • 00:19:07.595 --> 00:19:08.496
  • And looked at it in the greek and in the greek
  • 00:19:08.563 --> 00:19:09.730
  • In the greek and in the greek it is all caps.
  • 00:19:09.797 --> 00:19:10.831
  • It is all caps. it says, "written on them,"
  • 00:19:10.898 --> 00:19:13.201
  • It says, "written on them," and then a colon,
  • 00:19:13.267 --> 00:19:14.869
  • And then a colon, and then in the greek this,
  • 00:19:14.936 --> 00:19:17.071
  • And then in the greek this, "king of kings
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  • "king of kings and lord of lords."
  • 00:19:20.208 --> 00:19:23.377
  • And lord of lords." that's the name on his robe
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  • That's the name on his robe and on his thigh.
  • 00:19:26.948 --> 00:19:28.983
  • And on his thigh. and i thought about that.
  • 00:19:29.050 --> 00:19:30.151
  • And i thought about that. i remembered from days
  • 00:19:30.218 --> 00:19:32.053
  • I remembered from days gone by the thigh, the femur,
  • 00:19:32.119 --> 00:19:35.256
  • Gone by the thigh, the femur, is the longest and the strongest
  • 00:19:35.323 --> 00:19:38.593
  • Is the longest and the strongest bone in the human body.
  • 00:19:38.659 --> 00:19:40.194
  • Bone in the human body. it is the hardest bone
  • 00:19:40.261 --> 00:19:41.596
  • It is the hardest bone to break in your body,
  • 00:19:41.662 --> 00:19:43.130
  • To break in your body, is your thigh bone.
  • 00:19:43.197 --> 00:19:46.801
  • Is your thigh bone. and that's where
  • 00:19:46.867 --> 00:19:47.435
  • And that's where the name is written,
  • 00:19:47.501 --> 00:19:49.437
  • The name is written, on the longest
  • 00:19:49.503 --> 00:19:51.572
  • On the longest and the strongest bone
  • 00:19:51.639 --> 00:19:54.175
  • And the strongest bone in the body,
  • 00:19:54.242 --> 00:19:55.876
  • In the body, "king of kings
  • 00:19:55.943 --> 00:19:58.412
  • "king of kings and lord of lords."
  • 00:19:58.479 --> 00:20:03.184
  • And lord of lords." this is our god and this is who
  • 00:20:03.251 --> 00:20:06.687
  • This is our god and this is who we are worshipping today,
  • 00:20:06.754 --> 00:20:09.724
  • King of kings and lord of lords.
  • 00:20:09.824 --> 00:20:13.861
  • And, that king, and that lord
  • 00:20:13.928 --> 00:20:17.732
  • Is inviting you into
  • 00:20:17.798 --> 00:20:20.635
  • An intimate relationship
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  • An intimate relationship with him whereby he would
  • 00:20:23.704 --> 00:20:26.674
  • With him whereby he would see you as his bride.
  • 00:20:26.741 --> 00:20:32.913
  • See you as his bride. when we see this phrase,
  • 00:20:32.980 --> 00:20:36.951
  • When we see this phrase, hallelujah, "blessed are those
  • 00:20:37.018 --> 00:20:39.487
  • Hallelujah, "blessed are those who have been invited
  • 00:20:39.553 --> 00:20:40.655
  • Who have been invited to the wedding supper
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  • To the wedding supper of the lamb,"
  • 00:20:41.856 --> 00:20:42.823
  • Of the lamb," an image would've been
  • 00:20:42.890 --> 00:20:44.058
  • An image would've been in john's mind right away,
  • 00:20:44.125 --> 00:20:46.394
  • In john's mind right away, and anyone in
  • 00:20:46.460 --> 00:20:47.962
  • And anyone in the new testament times,
  • 00:20:48.029 --> 00:20:48.729
  • The new testament times, an image would've been
  • 00:20:48.796 --> 00:20:50.564
  • An image would've been in their minds because
  • 00:20:50.631 --> 00:20:52.033
  • In their minds because in the new testament times
  • 00:20:52.099 --> 00:20:53.734
  • In the new testament times weddings happen differently
  • 00:20:53.801 --> 00:20:54.935
  • Weddings happen differently than they happen
  • 00:20:55.002 --> 00:20:55.970
  • Than they happen in our times.
  • 00:20:56.037 --> 00:20:58.172
  • In our times. a wedding would happen
  • 00:20:58.239 --> 00:20:58.839
  • A wedding would happen like this, a groom,
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  • Like this, a groom, if you will,
  • 00:21:03.244 --> 00:21:04.245
  • If you will, would go to the house
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  • Would go to the house of the bride to be
  • 00:21:06.080 --> 00:21:09.517
  • Of the bride to be and he would purchase her.
  • 00:21:09.583 --> 00:21:11.986
  • And he would purchase her. sounds a little contractual,
  • 00:21:12.053 --> 00:21:13.721
  • Sounds a little contractual, i know, still happens
  • 00:21:13.788 --> 00:21:14.755
  • I know, still happens a lot of places
  • 00:21:14.822 --> 00:21:15.389
  • A lot of places in the world right now,
  • 00:21:15.456 --> 00:21:16.457
  • In the world right now, but he would ante up and he
  • 00:21:16.524 --> 00:21:18.926
  • But he would ante up and he would purchase the bride.
  • 00:21:18.993 --> 00:21:21.762
  • Would purchase the bride. and once that happened,
  • 00:21:21.829 --> 00:21:23.631
  • And once that happened, a contract was established
  • 00:21:23.698 --> 00:21:25.866
  • A contract was established and a covenant was entered into.
  • 00:21:25.933 --> 00:21:28.336
  • And a covenant was entered into. that covenant was sealed with
  • 00:21:28.402 --> 00:21:30.771
  • That covenant was sealed with a cup of wine shared together.
  • 00:21:30.838 --> 00:21:34.275
  • A cup of wine shared together. and, as that cup of wine was
  • 00:21:34.342 --> 00:21:36.077
  • And, as that cup of wine was shared together it would be
  • 00:21:36.143 --> 00:21:37.144
  • Shared together it would be spoken in that moment,
  • 00:21:37.211 --> 00:21:40.081
  • Spoken in that moment, "this is a new covenant."
  • 00:21:40.147 --> 00:21:43.751
  • "this is a new covenant." and then, the gentleman
  • 00:21:43.818 --> 00:21:46.787
  • And then, the gentleman would leave.
  • 00:21:46.854 --> 00:21:47.722
  • Would leave. he would leave the bride
  • 00:21:47.788 --> 00:21:49.490
  • He would leave the bride and he would go back
  • 00:21:49.557 --> 00:21:50.524
  • And he would go back to his father's house,
  • 00:21:50.591 --> 00:21:55.629
  • To his father's house, and he would build a room
  • 00:21:55.696 --> 00:21:59.433
  • And he would build a room in his father's house
  • 00:21:59.500 --> 00:22:01.102
  • In his father's house for his bride that he is
  • 00:22:01.168 --> 00:22:03.337
  • For his bride that he is contractually married to
  • 00:22:03.404 --> 00:22:05.039
  • Contractually married to at this moment.
  • 00:22:05.106 --> 00:22:07.875
  • At this moment. normally, it would take
  • 00:22:07.942 --> 00:22:08.476
  • Normally, it would take about a year and when
  • 00:22:08.542 --> 00:22:10.311
  • About a year and when the room was finished,
  • 00:22:10.378 --> 00:22:11.078
  • The room was finished, the groom then would get
  • 00:22:11.145 --> 00:22:13.781
  • The groom then would get all his festive clothes on,
  • 00:22:13.848 --> 00:22:15.383
  • All his festive clothes on, he would announce,
  • 00:22:15.449 --> 00:22:16.217
  • He would announce, "i'm going to get my bride,"
  • 00:22:16.283 --> 00:22:17.985
  • "i'm going to get my bride," he would take his best man
  • 00:22:18.052 --> 00:22:19.320
  • He would take his best man or a couple of mates with him
  • 00:22:19.387 --> 00:22:20.788
  • Or a couple of mates with him and he would return
  • 00:22:20.855 --> 00:22:22.890
  • And he would return to the bride's house.
  • 00:22:22.957 --> 00:22:25.659
  • To the bride's house. and, tradition would say
  • 00:22:25.726 --> 00:22:27.361
  • And, tradition would say he would come at midnight.
  • 00:22:27.428 --> 00:22:29.296
  • He would come at midnight. now, they know,
  • 00:22:29.363 --> 00:22:30.164
  • Now, they know, generally speaking,
  • 00:22:30.231 --> 00:22:30.865
  • Generally speaking, he's on the way.
  • 00:22:30.931 --> 00:22:31.966
  • He's on the way. word go out,
  • 00:22:32.032 --> 00:22:33.367
  • Word go out, we know he's coming,
  • 00:22:33.434 --> 00:22:34.068
  • We know he's coming, he's getting closer.
  • 00:22:34.135 --> 00:22:35.469
  • He's getting closer. but about midnight
  • 00:22:35.536 --> 00:22:36.370
  • But about midnight he'd come and announce,
  • 00:22:36.437 --> 00:22:37.605
  • He'd come and announce, "i'm here for my bride!"
  • 00:22:37.671 --> 00:22:40.107
  • "i'm here for my bride!" the bride would come out,
  • 00:22:40.174 --> 00:22:41.742
  • The bride would come out, she would light her lamp,
  • 00:22:41.809 --> 00:22:42.810
  • She would light her lamp, she would be prepared
  • 00:22:42.877 --> 00:22:44.178
  • She would be prepared and ready because while
  • 00:22:44.245 --> 00:22:45.179
  • And ready because while he's been building the room,
  • 00:22:45.246 --> 00:22:46.647
  • He's been building the room, she's been getting ready.
  • 00:22:46.714 --> 00:22:48.716
  • She's been getting ready. and now, because she's expecting
  • 00:22:48.783 --> 00:22:50.951
  • And now, because she's expecting the return she's found ready
  • 00:22:51.018 --> 00:22:54.121
  • The return she's found ready in the moment.
  • 00:22:54.188 --> 00:22:54.789
  • In the moment. she comes out with her people,
  • 00:22:54.855 --> 00:22:57.425
  • She comes out with her people, there's a big celebration,
  • 00:22:57.491 --> 00:22:59.026
  • There's a big celebration, and now the two of them
  • 00:22:59.093 --> 00:23:01.362
  • And now the two of them go back to the father's house
  • 00:23:01.429 --> 00:23:04.832
  • Go back to the father's house and once they get there
  • 00:23:04.899 --> 00:23:07.234
  • And once they get there the wedding festival begins
  • 00:23:07.301 --> 00:23:11.105
  • The wedding festival begins in full, in earnest,
  • 00:23:11.172 --> 00:23:12.907
  • In full, in earnest, everything begins.
  • 00:23:12.973 --> 00:23:16.410
  • Everything begins. the wedding supper now is on.
  • 00:23:16.477 --> 00:23:23.784
  • The wedding supper now is on. amazing, right?
  • 00:23:23.851 --> 00:23:27.922
  • Amazing, right? so, we got a wedding
  • 00:23:27.988 --> 00:23:33.194
  • So, we got a wedding that's on the horizon
  • 00:23:33.260 --> 00:23:36.964
  • And we had a meal
  • 00:23:37.064 --> 00:23:43.103
  • That changed history.
  • 00:23:43.170 --> 00:23:46.006
  • At the last supper,
  • 00:23:46.073 --> 00:23:48.909
  • Jesus lifted
  • 00:23:48.976 --> 00:23:50.678
  • The cup of wine and said,
  • 00:23:50.744 --> 00:23:53.781
  • "this is a new covenant."
  • 00:23:53.848 --> 00:23:58.152
  • Purchased, priced, paid.
  • 00:23:58.252 --> 00:24:07.595
  • Purchased, priced, paid. and then, jesus left and went
  • 00:24:07.661 --> 00:24:10.898
  • And then, jesus left and went to his father's house.
  • 00:24:10.965 --> 00:24:13.734
  • He said, "don't let
  • 00:24:13.834 --> 00:24:16.637
  • Your hearts be troubled.
  • 00:24:16.704 --> 00:24:19.039
  • Trust in god, trust also in me.
  • 00:24:19.106 --> 00:24:21.008
  • In my father's house
  • 00:24:21.075 --> 00:24:22.443
  • Are many rooms,
  • 00:24:22.510 --> 00:24:24.612
  • If it were not so
  • 00:24:24.678 --> 00:24:25.346
  • I would've told you.
  • 00:24:25.412 --> 00:24:26.247
  • I am going there
  • 00:24:26.313 --> 00:24:27.615
  • To prepare a place for you.
  • 00:24:27.681 --> 00:24:29.850
  • And, if i go and prepare
  • 00:24:29.917 --> 00:24:31.886
  • A place for you,
  • 00:24:31.952 --> 00:24:33.120
  • I will come back and take you
  • 00:24:33.187 --> 00:24:35.623
  • To be with me that you
  • 00:24:35.689 --> 00:24:39.326
  • Also may be where i am."
  • 00:24:39.393 --> 00:24:47.134
  • And so, he's preparing,
  • 00:24:47.234 --> 00:24:48.469
  • And so, he's preparing, right now, a place for you
  • 00:24:48.536 --> 00:24:51.405
  • Right now, a place for you in his father's house, why?
  • 00:24:51.472 --> 00:24:53.974
  • In his father's house, why? because he wants you
  • 00:24:54.041 --> 00:24:56.477
  • Because he wants you to be with him.
  • 00:24:56.544 --> 00:25:00.814
  • To be with him. and the question
  • 00:25:00.881 --> 00:25:03.083
  • Darrell johnson says,
  • 00:25:03.183 --> 00:25:06.220
  • Is all about fidelity.
  • 00:25:06.287 --> 00:25:14.495
  • Everything now gets reframed
  • 00:25:14.595 --> 00:25:18.933
  • Everything now gets reframed because sin now
  • 00:25:18.999 --> 00:25:20.601
  • Because sin now isn't a bad choice,
  • 00:25:20.668 --> 00:25:23.037
  • Isn't a bad choice, sin now is adultery
  • 00:25:23.103 --> 00:25:27.341
  • Sin now is adultery between me and the one
  • 00:25:27.408 --> 00:25:31.178
  • Between me and the one who's coming for me.
  • 00:25:31.245 --> 00:25:35.316
  • And in this in-between time,
  • 00:25:35.416 --> 00:25:41.388
  • And in this in-between time, are we gonna be found
  • 00:25:41.455 --> 00:25:43.123
  • Are we gonna be found faithful to jesus?
  • 00:25:43.190 --> 00:25:50.698
  • Faithful to jesus? and, he's coming back, why?
  • 00:25:50.764 --> 00:25:54.401
  • And, he's coming back, why? to take you --
  • 00:25:54.468 --> 00:25:56.971
  • To take you -- please see this with me,
  • 00:25:57.037 --> 00:26:01.208
  • Please see this with me, "to be with me that you
  • 00:26:01.275 --> 00:26:08.549
  • "to be with me that you also may be where i am."
  • 00:26:08.616 --> 00:26:20.294
  • Also may be where i am." did you know that
  • 00:26:20.361 --> 00:26:22.596
  • Did you know that at the heart of it all,
  • 00:26:22.663 --> 00:26:26.800
  • At the heart of it all, god made you for
  • 00:26:26.867 --> 00:26:29.370
  • God made you for relationship with him?
  • 00:26:29.436 --> 00:26:35.843
  • Relationship with him? that's what's at
  • 00:26:35.909 --> 00:26:36.610
  • That's what's at the heart of it all.
  • 00:26:36.677 --> 00:26:43.150
  • The heart of it all. don't let the great lost city
  • 00:26:43.217 --> 00:26:46.854
  • Don't let the great lost city steal you away
  • 00:26:46.920 --> 00:26:52.993
  • Steal you away from the lamb of god.
  • 00:26:53.060 --> 00:26:56.263
  • ♪ ♪
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