Hello, friends,
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welcome to another
Wednesday night Bible study
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here at the 3ABN Worship Center.
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Our audience
wants to welcome you
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with a hearty amen.
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Can we say amen? Amen.
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They are thankful that
you've tuned in tonight.
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Hopefully, you have your Bibles,
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and you are prayed
up, if you haven't,
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we're going to pray
together in just a moment.
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But we hopefully
are going to wind up
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our topic tonight on The
Truth about the Judgment.
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If you've missed any of
the prior lesson studies
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or broadcasts, in just a moment,
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after our prayer,
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I'll tell you how to
get a copy of those lessons
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and what website to go to
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to download those lessons.
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But get your
Bibles, get your pens,
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invite your
family and your friends,
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and we'll spend
this thoughtful hour
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studying God's Word together.
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Now before any
further information,
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let's ask the Lord to bless us.
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Wonderful Father in heaven,
we thank You for Your Word.
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Every time we
open the Word of God,
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the light comes on.
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It is a lamp unto our feet
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and truly a light unto our path.
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And what more do we
need in this dark generation
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than the light of God's truth?
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And so, Lord,
convene with us tonight
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and may Your Holy Spirit
soften and teach our hearts,
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we pray in Jesus' name,
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amen.
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Here's the website to go
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to that you can
download the lesson.
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The website is asf.3abn.org,
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that's asf.3abn.org.
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Now tonight, we hope to
finish lesson number 27...
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Sorry, number 28,
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and then we're
going to transition
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to lesson number 29.
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Go to that website and
download lesson number 29,
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The Truth about
Spiritual Babylon.
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The Truth about
Spiritual Babylon,
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lesson number 29.
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That's a powerful topic.
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And we hope to be able to
break open that egg tonight
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and begin to
scramble it or, shall I say,
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unscramble it
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because it already is scrambled
in the minds of so many.
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It's a topic that
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so many people don't understand.
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And Revelation is a book that
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many people say
is a great mystery.
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But we know it's not a mystery.
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Revelation means
revealed, not hidden.
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So tonight, let's begin with
our theme song "Victory in..."
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Jesus. Let's sing
the song together.
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I heard an old, old story
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How the Savior came from glory
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How He gave His life on Calvary
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To save a wretch like me
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I heard about His groaning
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Of His precious blood's atoning
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Then I repented of my sin
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And won the victory
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O victory in Jesus
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My Savior forever
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He sought me and bought me
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With His redeeming blood
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He loved me ere I knew Him
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And all my love is due Him
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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I heard about a mansion
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He has built for me in glory
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And I heard about
the streets of gold
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Beyond the crystal sea
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About the angels singing
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And the old redemption story
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And some sweet
day I'll sing up there
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The song of victory
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Key change.
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O victory in Jesus
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My Savior forever
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He sought me and bought me
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With His redeeming blood
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He loved me ere I knew Him
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And all my love is due Him
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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Amen.
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Tonight, the topic is
The Truth about the Judgment.
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Say that with me. What is it?
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The Truth about the Judgment.
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We have been on this
lesson for some time now.
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And I hope we wind
this lesson up tonight.
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But what we've learned so far,
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now I want to kind
of go over a few things
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just for the
audience that's tuning in,
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maybe some for the first time,
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is we learned about
at least four functions
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of Jesus in the judgment.
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I want to kind
of pick your brain
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since you're my local audience.
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What was one of the
things we learned about Jesus?
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He is sitting behind
that great big bench.
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What is that
when you go to court?
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Say it again. Judge.
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He's the judge,
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but He also walks
into the court with you,
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and what is that?
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The lawyer or your advocate.
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He's the Judge.
How does He do that?
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And He is our advocate.
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The Father judges no one,
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but He's appointed
all judgment to the Son.
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He's not only the judge
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but He's also our advocate.
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There are two other
things we learned about Jesus.
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He's not only our
judge and our advocate,
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but in the sanctuary services,
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Jesus is our great, what,
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High Priest.
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And there's one more thing,
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in the sanctuary
services, He is...
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We overcome by
the blood of the Lamb.
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He's the Lamb that was slain,
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He's the great High Priest,
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He's the Judge,
and He is the Lawyer.
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And if you are His child...
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Let's go to Daniel very quickly.
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I want you to see this.
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Daniel chapter 7,
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okay?
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Daniel chapter 7.
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We enjoyed this.
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All right.
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Daniel 7:22.
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Daniel 7:22.
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Okay.
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All right.
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Notice what the
Bible says in Daniel 7:22.
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Well, Daniel 7:21,
let's start there first.
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It says, "I was watching."
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This is speaking about
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that fourth beast of
Revelation of Daniel,
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we're going to find out more
about that in the next study,
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said, "I was watching
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the same horn was
warring against the saints,
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making war against the saints,
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and prevailing against them."
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Verse 22,
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"Until the Ancient of Days came
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and judgment was made
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in favor of the
saints of the Most High."
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Amen to that? Amen.
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So when judgment is made
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in favor of the
saints of the Most High,
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that means,
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you have Jesus as your Judge,
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Jesus as your Lawyer,
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Jesus as your High Priest,
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and the blood of Jesus as...
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And the Lamb,
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His blood is the
reason why we overcome.
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Amen to that?
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The High Priest, the Lamb,
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the Judge, the Lawyer.
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And there's a
beautiful picture in Revelation
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that just lets us know
that there is no need to fear,
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perfect love casts out fear.
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The Lord wants us
to have confidence
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as we approach the judgment
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because we are sons
and daughters of the Judge,
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the Lawyer, the
great High Priest,
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and the Lamb.
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That's beautiful.
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Now since we were on that topic,
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we're going to go to the lesson
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or question tonight, number 27.
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Let's start with that
one. Question number 27.
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And we have just
three more after that,
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I want to begin with this one.
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And here it is.
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We talked about the benefits,
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we talked about the benefits.
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All right, here's the question.
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What tremendous benefit
is provided through Christ,
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our High Priest?
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What tremendous benefit
is provided through Christ,
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our High Priest?
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And that's Hebrews 9:11-14.
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Hebrews 9:11
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all the way to verse 14.
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Quite a lengthy one,
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but it shows us
the tremendous benefit
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that Jesus provides for those
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who are in His
righteousness, all right?
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Let's walk
through this together.
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Here it is.
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"But Christ
came as High Priest,"
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of what things?
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"Of good things to
come, with a greater..."
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I want you to
notice the language,
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it increases above
what earth can provide.
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"But Christ came as High Priest
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of the good things to come,
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with a greater and
more perfect tabernacle
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not made with hands,
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that is, not of this creation."
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Going on,
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"Not with the blood
of goats and calves,
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but with His," what?
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"Own blood He
entered the Most Holy Place
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once for all,
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having obtained," what else?
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"Eternal redemption.
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For if the blood
of bulls and goats
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and the ashes of a heifer,
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sprinkling the unclean,
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sanctifies for the
purifying of the flesh,"
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this is so beautiful,
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"how much more
shall the blood of Christ,
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who through the eternal Spirit
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offered Himself
without spot to God,
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cleanse your conscience
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from dead works to
serve the living God?"
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A very, very lengthy text,
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but I want to
ask you the question.
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What tremendous benefit
is provided through Christ,
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our High Priest?
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Okay, we put that...
What does it say, together?
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Eternal redemption.
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Eternal redemption,
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a redemption that
cannot be revoked.
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When something is
eternal, can you take it back?
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No. No.
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The wages of sin is death,
but the gift of God is eternal,
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what, life.
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We have eternal life
because of eternal redemption.
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Because we have been
redeemed for eternity,
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now we can have eternal life.
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And I talked about redemption.
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Redemption means
that we are all...
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This is very important.
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To redeem something, you
have to pay a price for it.
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We are all bought with a price.
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And what is the price?
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The shed blood of Jesus Christ.
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So because He
shed His blood for us,
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paid the penalty for our sins,
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He now redeems us.
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And then now we
can have eternal life,
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that eternal redemption.
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So you want to write that down.
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What tremendous benefit
is provided through Christ,
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our High Priest?
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Write those two words down.
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Eternal, what?
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Eternal redemption.
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I tell you when
something is redeemed...
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And one of the ways
to look at redemption,
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and I like to use
another illustration
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because I talked
about by many army bases,
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many years ago, we
were down in North Carolina.
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And if you've been
watching this program
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any number of times,
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you probably heard me
use this illustration before,
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but many people
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that enter the army or
the navy, or whatever it is,
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by these bases, by
these military bases,
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there's this little pawn shop,
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they pawn things.
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They're going overseas,
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they have televisions
and they have stereos
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and they have guitars
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and things that they don't need,
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but they want money for it.
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So they take it to a
pawn shop, and they said,
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"How much could you
give me for my guitar
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or for my walkie-talkie
or for my television?"
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"Well, here's what you get."
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"Now if you're going to
get your television back,
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this is how much you
have to pay plus interest."
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And they get a little ticket.
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It's called a redemption ticket.
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If they lose that ticket
and someone else finds it,
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they can walk in and say,
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"I'm here to pick
up my television."
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And all that you got to
do is produce the ticket.
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Well, I'll tell you the
ticket of our redemption
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is the blood of Jesus.
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Amen to that?
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He walks into that place
where Satan has sold us off
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as valueless.
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Jesus walks in and
pays the highest price
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to redeem us.
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And as Peter says,
"We were not redeemed
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with corruptible
things like gold and silver."
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In our world, we don't
think of gold and silver
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as corruptible.
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We don't think of gold
and silver as not valuable.
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But gold and
silver is not valuable
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when it comes to
comparison to Jesus' blood.
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Amen to that?
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So we were redeemed
with a greater price
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because the blood of
Jesus does not corrupt,
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does not lose value,
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and it's not
based on the market.
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It's not based on
the stock market of man.
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It's based on His
eternal redemption.
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All right,
let's go to number 28,
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question number 28.
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How does the Bible
describe God's ultimate purpose
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for the judgment?
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How does God describe...
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How does the Bible
describe God's ultimate purpose
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for the judgment?
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There's a tremendous
purpose in the judgment.
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How does the Bible describe
what that purpose really is?
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Go to Ephesians 5:27.
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Ephesians 5:27.
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Okay, I'm turning there.
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Are you all there?
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Ephesians 5:27.
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All right.
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And I want to
start with verse 25
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because it's such
a wonderful picture.
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It's such a beautiful
picture that's presented here
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in the Bible in
Ephesians chapter 5.
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All right, we're talking
about the ultimate purpose
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for the judgment.
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All right, starts at verse 25.
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And don't bring
the screen up yet.
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When we get to verse
27, then bring the text up.
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I appreciate that.
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"Husbands, love your wives,
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just as Christ
also loved the church
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and gave Himself for her."
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That's that eternal
redemption, that's transaction.
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"That He might
sanctify and cleanse it
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with the washing
of water by the Word."
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Now bring the text up.
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And here's the answer.
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"That He might
present her to Himself a,"
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what kind of church?
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Glorious church,
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"a glorious church,
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not having spot or
wrinkle or any such thing,
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but that she should be," what?
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"Holy and without," what?
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"Without blemish."
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So when you put
the answer in there,
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how does the Bible
describe God's ultimate purpose
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for the judgment?
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And what is that?
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I'm going to look for phrase,
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the glorification of the church.
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Now glorify,
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He wants to glorify,
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He wants to glorify His church.
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Now let me put
that in the context.
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When we accept Jesus...
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Write that down. I
want you to write that down.
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And you could also
present a glorious church,
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but I want the glorification...
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glorification is so
much more significant
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when I follow that
with an explanation.
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Here is the explanation.
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When we accept
Jesus, we are justified.
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What word did I just say?
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Justified.
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On a day by day
basis, we are sanctified.
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But then when Jesus cleanses us
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and blots out our
sins in the judgment,
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we are then what?
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Glorified.
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So He wants to
present a glorified church
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that doesn't have a spot,
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that doesn't have a wrinkle,
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doesn't even have a blemish.
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In order to do
that, what has to happen?
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That church has to be...
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Let me pick your brains.
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What no longer exists
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among God's people
for them to be no spots,
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no wrinkles, no blemishes?
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What's been done
away with eternally?
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Say it again. Sin.
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Sin. Sin has been
eternally eradicated.
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There is no more sin.
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If there's no more sin,
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there's no more spot.
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And for those of us
who are getting older,
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there are no more
wrinkles, help me out somebody.
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No more wrinkles.
We are going to look...
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We will not get to a
place where we look wrinkly.
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I plan to live in
eternally. Anybody else?
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Right?
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See, so there will
be no age wrinkles.
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I was looking at a video...
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Actually, it was not a video,
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it was a
television news broadcast,
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and they were
talking about schools,
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maybe I think local schools
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and they were
interviewing the students.
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And I commented to my wife
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as we were sitting at the table.
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And they were going
from one student to the next.
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I said, "Look at those
faces, perfectly smooth faces,
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not a single
wrinkle to be found."
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But, you know, what's
going to happen in that world?
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We are going to be
like children again,
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smooth faces.
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Amen.
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And that's why I like my camera.
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I have a Samsung Note.
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This is not a
Samsung commercial.
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Whenever I take
pictures with my camera,
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it just smoothes out my face.
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And some people on
the Internet have said,
00:17:50.77\00:17:54.27
"He's Photoshopping his face."
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I am not doing that.
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But we won't have to
use Photoshop in eternity.
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Praise the Lord for that.
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A church without spot,
no wrinkles, no blemishes,
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all these age spots
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we start
getting and all these...
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You ever noticed
as you get older,
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stuff shows up and
just doesn't leave.
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But in the judgment,
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when the sin is
forever eradicated,
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our bodies, and
this is important,
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our bodies will no
longer be corruptible.
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That's what that means.
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And that's why
the beauty of it is,
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even speaking of Jesus,
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the Bible says,
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that His Father
did not allow Him
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to see any corruption.
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See, He brought
Him out of the grave
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before He saw corruption.
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And that was known as
three days after that,
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start going
down hill from there.
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So He wants to
present a glorious church,
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a glorified church.
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Write that down in number 28.
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How does the Bible
describe God's ultimate purpose
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for the judgment?
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He wants to
present a glorious church.
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Matter of fact, go with me
to 1 Corinthians chapter 15.
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Lord just brought
this text to my mind.
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This is a beautiful picture.
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All right.
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1 Corinthians chapter 15.
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We're going to look at verse 22.
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And down to verse 26,
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verse 22 down to verse 26.
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1 Corinthians chapter 15.
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1 Corinthians chapter 15
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is the text where Paul addresses
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the issue of the mortal,
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the immortal, the corruptible,
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the
incorruptible, the celestial,
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the
terrestrial, the terrestrial,
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the celestial, the
spirit, spiritual man,
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and the carnal man.
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He talks about all of that
in this particular chapter.
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He begins in verse
22 with this comparison,
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"For as in Adam,"
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what are the next two words?
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"All die."
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Say that together, "All die,
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even so in Christ,
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all shall be made," what?
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"Alive.
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But each one in his own order,
00:20:03.60\00:20:06.77
Christ the first fruits,
00:20:06.80\00:20:10.41
afterward those who
are Christ's," when?
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"At His coming."
00:20:14.31\00:20:15.64
Now look at this,
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this is the part
00:20:17.71\00:20:19.05
of the presenting of the church,
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the presenting of
the glorious church.
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Here it is in
the very next verse.
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"Then comes the end," verse 24,
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"when He delivers the
kingdom to God the Father,
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when He puts an end to all rule
00:20:32.36\00:20:34.63
and all authority and power.
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For He must reign
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till He puts all
enemies under His feet."
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And verse 26, "The last enemy
that will be destroyed is,"
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what?
00:20:46.94\00:20:48.28
"Is death."
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So notice verse 24 here,
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"Then comes the end,
00:20:52.35\00:20:53.68
when He delivers
the kingdom to God."
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The delivering of the kingdom
to God is Ephesians 5:27.
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He presents her to Him
00:21:00.36\00:21:02.72
as a glorious church
00:21:02.76\00:21:04.36
because the
delivering of the kingdom
00:21:04.39\00:21:06.76
includes the
saints being delivered.
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The saints are being delivered
gloriously to the Father.
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Now we know the New
Jerusalem is a particular city.
00:21:12.83\00:21:15.84
But what good
would there be a city
00:21:15.87\00:21:17.34
without the saints.
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See, open wide the
gates that the nation
00:21:18.74\00:21:21.44
that keepeth the
truth may enter in.
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That's the beauty of it there.
00:21:24.31\00:21:25.81
So when you talk about
the presenting of the church
00:21:25.85\00:21:28.02
in a glorious sense,
00:21:28.05\00:21:30.09
that's what
Paul talks about here
00:21:30.12\00:21:31.45
in 1 Corinthians chapter 15.
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One day, we are going to
be delivered to the Father.
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And when Jesus
delivers the package,
00:21:36.29\00:21:40.20
it's not going to
have any spots on it,
00:21:40.23\00:21:42.90
not going to have
any wrinkles on it,
00:21:42.93\00:21:44.93
and there'll be no, what?
00:21:44.97\00:21:47.00
It was the last
word on the screen,
00:21:47.04\00:21:48.37
there'll be no what?
00:21:48.40\00:21:50.14
No blemishes at all.
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No blemishes whatsoever.
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Praise the Lord
for that. One day...
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And I want you to
rejoice in that because one day,
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we're going to be as
Jesus always saw us to be.
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And that's the process
of what He's working on.
00:22:04.55\00:22:07.12
Now He wants to get
every one of us to the place
00:22:07.16\00:22:09.56
where we can be without
spot or wrinkle or blemish
00:22:09.59\00:22:12.09
or any such thing.
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Let's go to
question number 29 now,
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right?
00:22:16.00\00:22:17.33
Question number 29.
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All right.
00:22:20.84\00:22:23.00
What level of effectiveness
00:22:23.04\00:22:24.87
does the High Priest
Ministry of Jesus supply?
00:22:24.91\00:22:28.44
What level of effectiveness
00:22:28.48\00:22:30.95
does the High Priest
Ministry of Jesus supply?
00:22:30.98\00:22:36.02
What effectiveness?
00:22:36.05\00:22:37.85
What level of effectiveness?
00:22:37.89\00:22:39.22
Now we know
00:22:39.25\00:22:40.66
we'll say there's
nothing that Father can't do,
00:22:40.69\00:22:43.12
but it's good
to see the answers.
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This is a text that
goes back a ways in my life.
00:22:45.83\00:22:49.70
And it's very well quoted
00:22:49.73\00:22:53.87
when we talk about the
level of effectiveness.
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Let me put some background
before you bring the text up.
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Recently, we had a visit
with a good friend of ours,
00:23:00.44\00:23:03.24
young man that we played sports
00:23:03.28\00:23:04.61
with basketball
on Tuesday night.
00:23:04.65\00:23:06.92
And he sustained a
very terrible injury,
00:23:06.95\00:23:09.15
very horrific car accident.
00:23:09.18\00:23:11.25
They were hit by a
truck, a big truck,
00:23:11.29\00:23:12.85
12,000 pounds or more.
00:23:12.89\00:23:14.59
And the car was hit.
00:23:14.62\00:23:15.96
It was just
completely obliterated.
00:23:15.99\00:23:18.36
It was so indescribable,
so hard to recognize,
00:23:18.39\00:23:21.26
the only way I can
tell what had happened was,
00:23:21.30\00:23:23.30
I could see where
the wheel well is,
00:23:23.33\00:23:24.70
and I could see
the tire just mangled,
00:23:24.73\00:23:26.63
and the rim bent.
00:23:26.67\00:23:28.07
And I could start
making out the rest of the car.
00:23:28.10\00:23:31.37
Well, we visited with him.
00:23:31.41\00:23:33.04
Matter of fact,
today, and we said,
00:23:33.07\00:23:34.44
as we were sitting there
talking with him, he said,
00:23:34.48\00:23:37.31
"I have choices of all
these different gymnasiums
00:23:37.35\00:23:39.85
that I can go to,
00:23:39.88\00:23:41.22
some of them much
closer to my house
00:23:41.25\00:23:42.58
than the one that is
out here in Thompsonville."
00:23:42.62\00:23:44.29
He said, "I can go to
SIU recreational center,
00:23:44.32\00:23:47.72
nice wooden floors,
00:23:47.76\00:23:49.09
there's another
one closer to me,
00:23:49.12\00:23:50.46
there's another one,
I pass so many of them
00:23:50.49\00:23:51.83
to come all the
way to Thompsonville."
00:23:51.86\00:23:53.66
He lives 41
miles away from here,
00:23:53.70\00:23:55.80
but every Tuesday night,
00:23:55.83\00:23:57.17
he finds himself here.
00:23:57.20\00:23:58.53
And he said, "You know why?"
00:23:58.57\00:23:59.90
He said, "Because when I
walk into that gymnasium,
00:23:59.93\00:24:01.27
there's a different spirit.
00:24:01.30\00:24:04.17
It's like a family."
00:24:04.21\00:24:06.27
He said, "But up
until this accident,
00:24:06.31\00:24:09.14
I knew you guys were family,
00:24:09.18\00:24:11.48
but I didn't know
00:24:11.51\00:24:12.98
that you thought
of me as family."
00:24:13.01\00:24:16.79
Ain't that wonderful?
00:24:16.82\00:24:18.15
He said, "I didn't know
you thought of me as family."
00:24:18.19\00:24:20.59
Then he began to choke up.
00:24:20.62\00:24:22.22
He said, "I never thought."
00:24:22.26\00:24:27.30
He said, "It's been a long time.
00:24:27.33\00:24:28.80
Most of my..." Well,
let me use the phrase.
00:24:28.83\00:24:30.30
He said, "Most of my
life, I didn't think of myself
00:24:30.33\00:24:34.44
as people really
willing to notice me
00:24:34.47\00:24:39.21
or to think of me as special
00:24:39.24\00:24:41.24
or to think of me as important.
00:24:41.28\00:24:42.78
But now I know that
00:24:42.81\00:24:44.85
I'm more than just
another player in the gym.
00:24:44.88\00:24:47.28
This accident has given me
00:24:47.32\00:24:49.88
a sense of
family now and I know."
00:24:49.92\00:24:52.25
And he choked up
00:24:52.29\00:24:53.62
and tears began to
well up in his eyes.
00:24:53.66\00:24:56.32
And you know what's
so wonderful about that?
00:24:56.36\00:24:57.69
I said to him,
00:24:57.73\00:24:59.06
"There's no
difference between you and me.
00:24:59.09\00:25:00.96
In the sight of God,
00:25:01.00\00:25:02.33
we all stand on
the same level ground.
00:25:02.36\00:25:05.13
He loves you as
much as He loves me.
00:25:05.17\00:25:07.30
He died for you
like He died for me.
00:25:07.34\00:25:09.47
He sees value in you
like He sees value in me."
00:25:09.50\00:25:12.57
And I said sometimes
00:25:12.61\00:25:14.64
we have to get those
traumatic experiences in life
00:25:14.68\00:25:17.81
for our sense of
worth to be replaced,
00:25:17.85\00:25:21.22
for our sense of
worth to be restored.
00:25:21.25\00:25:23.45
And he said, "From now
on, I know I have a family."
00:25:23.49\00:25:26.86
And what a wonderful thing,
00:25:26.89\00:25:28.22
we went to visit
both of them today.
00:25:28.26\00:25:30.03
Almost all day
long, we were there,
00:25:30.06\00:25:32.09
and both brothers...
00:25:32.13\00:25:34.10
And just to bring a
sense of reality in his life,
00:25:34.13\00:25:38.00
and I can never forget
00:25:38.03\00:25:39.37
what he said by
the hospital bed,
00:25:39.40\00:25:40.77
I'm laying the foundation
for this particular text
00:25:40.80\00:25:43.17
because I'm going to say this
00:25:43.20\00:25:44.54
as we stood by his hospital bed,
00:25:44.57\00:25:45.91
he said, "You know, in the past,
00:25:45.94\00:25:47.38
my goal was to win
when I was on the court,"
00:25:47.41\00:25:49.44
he said, "but now my
goal is to make it to heaven."
00:25:49.48\00:25:51.68
Amen. Ain't that wonderful?
00:25:51.71\00:25:53.42
He said, "My number one priority
00:25:53.45\00:25:54.98
is to make it to heaven."
00:25:55.02\00:25:56.69
And so I praise
the Lord for that.
00:25:56.72\00:25:58.69
And we're going to keep
Jerry and his brother Big D
00:25:58.72\00:26:00.92
in our prayers because truly,
00:26:00.96\00:26:03.49
the kingdom is for
anyone who comes to the Lord.
00:26:03.53\00:26:05.96
Never think of
yourself as so far away
00:26:05.99\00:26:08.00
that God can't save you.
00:26:08.03\00:26:09.36
That's why this
text is so powerful.
00:26:09.40\00:26:11.53
Leading what
level of effectiveness
00:26:11.57\00:26:13.27
does the High Priest
Ministry of Jesus supply?
00:26:13.30\00:26:15.47
Look at Hebrews 7:25.
00:26:15.50\00:26:17.51
This is beautiful.
00:26:17.54\00:26:18.87
Here it is.
00:26:18.91\00:26:20.28
"Therefore," the Bible
says, "He is able to save,"
00:26:20.31\00:26:23.81
and I want you to say
this word with some strength,
00:26:23.85\00:26:25.71
"save to the," what?
00:26:25.75\00:26:27.92
"Uttermost those who
come to God through Him,
00:26:27.95\00:26:33.02
since He always lives to
make intercession for them."
00:26:33.05\00:26:38.06
Tonight, we have a
High Priest that is alive.
00:26:38.09\00:26:40.40
What do you say to that?
00:26:40.43\00:26:41.96
He's ministering in
the heavenly sanctuary.
00:26:42.00\00:26:44.13
And I want you to
pause in your mind
00:26:44.17\00:26:45.77
and just allow your
mind to go beyond this earth.
00:26:45.80\00:26:49.44
I'm sure you've seen
pictures of from spaceships
00:26:49.47\00:26:52.41
what the world looks like
from way out there just big,
00:26:52.44\00:26:56.01
this big round
sphere just floating,
00:26:56.04\00:26:58.61
held together by
nothing but God's mathematics
00:26:58.65\00:27:01.92
and God's ability to
hold that world out there.
00:27:01.95\00:27:04.55
We see nothing, but
God has put it there,
00:27:04.59\00:27:07.22
and it hasn't moved in eons.
00:27:07.26\00:27:09.62
And it's not going
to move 'cause God,
00:27:09.66\00:27:11.26
when He
establishes the foundations,
00:27:11.29\00:27:13.16
Job said, "It
will not be moved."
00:27:13.19\00:27:15.03
But go beyond that and
allow your mind to travel
00:27:15.06\00:27:17.33
way beyond the constellations
00:27:17.37\00:27:19.47
that we have been
able to grasp with our eyes
00:27:19.50\00:27:22.77
and faintly
understand with our mind.
00:27:22.80\00:27:25.07
And then as you
take this journey
00:27:25.11\00:27:27.48
that one songwriter says
00:27:27.51\00:27:28.94
it's 10 zillion
light years away.
00:27:28.98\00:27:31.08
When you finally arrive,
00:27:31.11\00:27:33.48
you come into a court scene...
00:27:33.52\00:27:36.42
Matter of fact, go with
me to Revelation chapter 5.
00:27:36.45\00:27:38.55
You come into a court scene
00:27:38.59\00:27:39.92
and you see a work
00:27:39.95\00:27:41.29
that allows your
tears to be dried up.
00:27:41.32\00:27:43.66
Revelation, let's go to
Revelation very quickly.
00:27:43.69\00:27:45.86
I want you to see this.
00:27:45.89\00:27:48.26
Revelation chapter 5.
00:27:48.30\00:27:50.87
Okay.
00:27:50.90\00:27:52.23
Wow, what a beautiful picture.
00:27:55.24\00:27:56.84
And so we are now arriving,
00:27:56.87\00:28:00.18
we are now catching up
with John the Revelator,
00:28:00.21\00:28:03.65
as he invites us into the scene
00:28:03.68\00:28:05.88
that I hopefully
in my own dramatic way
00:28:05.91\00:28:08.55
with my limited adjectives
have established for you.
00:28:08.58\00:28:11.62
Here it is.
00:28:11.65\00:28:13.05
Revelation chapter 5.
00:28:13.09\00:28:14.72
"And I saw in
the right hand of Him
00:28:14.76\00:28:19.09
who sat on the
throne, a scroll written,"
00:28:19.13\00:28:24.20
verse 1,
"inside and on the back,
00:28:24.23\00:28:27.00
sealed with seven seals."
00:28:27.04\00:28:28.37
And by the way, I'm reading
00:28:28.40\00:28:29.74
from the New
King James Versions.
00:28:29.77\00:28:31.57
"Then I saw a
strong angel proclaiming
00:28:31.61\00:28:35.21
with a loud voice."
00:28:35.24\00:28:37.35
What kind of angel was it?
00:28:37.38\00:28:38.98
Strong angel,
proclaiming with a loud voice,
00:28:39.01\00:28:42.65
"Who is worthy
to open the scroll
00:28:42.68\00:28:45.25
and loose its seals?"
00:28:45.29\00:28:47.46
Now strong angel, and you think,
00:28:47.49\00:28:49.26
"They mentioned strong,
00:28:49.29\00:28:50.63
surely that angel
should be able to do it."
00:28:50.66\00:28:52.69
But the angel just
had a strong voice.
00:28:52.73\00:28:54.60
The angel knew
he couldn't do it.
00:28:54.63\00:28:55.96
So he's using his strong voice.
00:28:56.00\00:28:58.87
It's like a fire has
started and somebody's saying,
00:28:58.90\00:29:02.60
"Who has the keys
to the fire hydrant?
00:29:02.64\00:29:06.04
Who knows the phone number
00:29:06.07\00:29:07.41
of the neighbors
to wake them up?"
00:29:07.44\00:29:09.18
A strong voice.
00:29:09.21\00:29:10.85
The angel is calling
00:29:10.88\00:29:12.21
throughout the courts of heaven,
00:29:12.25\00:29:13.58
"Who is worthy
to open the scroll
00:29:13.62\00:29:17.15
and to loose its seals?"
00:29:17.19\00:29:18.79
And look at the answer, verse 3,
00:29:18.82\00:29:20.86
"And no one in
heaven or on the earth
00:29:20.89\00:29:23.53
or under the earth was
able to open the scroll
00:29:23.56\00:29:26.93
or to look at it."
00:29:26.96\00:29:28.30
No one was found.
00:29:28.33\00:29:29.70
And John said in
verse 4, "So I wept much,
00:29:29.73\00:29:32.93
because no one was
found worthy to open
00:29:32.97\00:29:36.10
and read the
scroll or to look at it."
00:29:36.14\00:29:39.71
No one was found worthy.
00:29:39.74\00:29:41.08
Now I want to
set this up for you
00:29:41.11\00:29:43.68
because the question
is if no one in heaven
00:29:43.71\00:29:47.52
or on the earth
or under the earth
00:29:47.55\00:29:49.98
that's in the grave, if
there's no one in the grave,
00:29:50.02\00:29:52.75
no one on the earth,
00:29:52.79\00:29:54.12
or no one in
heaven found worthy,
00:29:54.16\00:29:55.86
the question is where is Jesus?
00:29:55.89\00:30:00.43
He's not in the
grave, He's not on the earth,
00:30:00.46\00:30:03.26
and He's not in heaven.
00:30:03.30\00:30:04.63
Let me answer the question.
00:30:04.67\00:30:06.00
He's in transit.
00:30:06.03\00:30:07.90
He's on His way back.
00:30:07.94\00:30:10.91
And David the Psalmist,
captures that when he says,
00:30:10.94\00:30:13.74
"Lift up your heads, O ye gates,
00:30:13.78\00:30:15.74
and be ye lift it
up, ye everlasting doors,
00:30:15.78\00:30:18.11
and the King of
glory shall come in."
00:30:18.15\00:30:20.05
And the angel responds,
"Who is this King of glory?"
00:30:20.08\00:30:23.08
And the Lord responds,
"The Lord strong and mighty,
00:30:23.12\00:30:25.25
the Lord mighty in battle.
00:30:25.29\00:30:26.65
Lift up your heads, O ye gates,
00:30:26.69\00:30:28.76
and be ye lift it
up, ye everlasting..."
00:30:28.79\00:30:30.13
And the angel asking,
"But who is the King of glory?"
00:30:30.16\00:30:32.46
And Lord responds again,
"The Lord strong and mighty,
00:30:32.49\00:30:34.36
the Lord mighty in battle."
00:30:34.40\00:30:35.73
So the Lord is on His way
00:30:35.76\00:30:37.10
because the very next
verse tells me He arrived.
00:30:37.13\00:30:39.70
Look at the very next verse.
00:30:39.73\00:30:41.87
"But one of the
elders said to me,
00:30:41.90\00:30:44.41
'Do not weep.
00:30:44.44\00:30:46.51
Behold, the Lion
of the tribe of Judah,
00:30:46.54\00:30:52.41
the Root of David,
00:30:52.45\00:30:53.78
has prevailed to open the scroll
00:30:53.82\00:30:55.95
and to loose its seven seals.'"
00:30:55.98\00:30:58.52
And then all of a sudden,
what John didn't see before,
00:30:58.55\00:31:00.86
he sees now.
00:31:00.89\00:31:02.42
"And I looked, and behold,
00:31:02.46\00:31:04.86
in the midst of the throne
00:31:04.89\00:31:07.00
and of the four
living creatures,
00:31:07.03\00:31:08.70
and in the midst of the elders,
00:31:08.73\00:31:10.30
stood a Lamb as
though it had been slain,
00:31:10.33\00:31:13.57
having seven horns, seven eyes,
00:31:13.60\00:31:16.24
which are the
seven Spirits of God
00:31:16.27\00:31:18.67
sent out into all the earth.
00:31:18.71\00:31:21.34
Then He came and took the scroll
00:31:21.38\00:31:22.94
out of the right hand of
Him who sat on the throne.
00:31:22.98\00:31:25.65
And when He had
taken the scroll,
00:31:25.68\00:31:27.32
the 4 living creatures
and the 24 elders fell down
00:31:27.35\00:31:30.29
before the Lamb,
00:31:30.32\00:31:31.65
each having a harp
00:31:31.69\00:31:33.02
and golden
bowls full of incense,
00:31:33.05\00:31:34.62
which are the
prayers of the saints.
00:31:34.66\00:31:36.32
And they started singing."
00:31:36.36\00:31:37.83
And they started singing,
00:31:37.86\00:31:39.33
"You are worthy
to take the scroll,
00:31:39.36\00:31:41.26
to open its seals,
for You were slain."
00:31:41.30\00:31:44.27
That's a beautiful picture.
00:31:44.30\00:31:45.63
So what's happening
here is the very Lamb,
00:31:45.67\00:31:49.00
Jesus Himself, the
High Priest, the Judge,
00:31:49.04\00:31:52.67
the Lawyer arrives
00:31:52.71\00:31:54.64
in the midst of
a depressing scene
00:31:54.68\00:31:56.51
because John says,
00:31:56.54\00:31:57.88
"There's nobody
worthy to open the scrolls."
00:31:57.91\00:31:59.98
And He comes, and
He's worthy tonight.
00:32:00.02\00:32:02.12
Praise the Lord for that.
00:32:02.15\00:32:03.95
And He did what?
00:32:03.99\00:32:05.32
It says in verse,
00:32:05.35\00:32:06.69
"You are worthy
to take the scroll
00:32:06.72\00:32:08.06
and to open its
seals, for You were slain,
00:32:08.09\00:32:10.93
and You have," done what?
00:32:10.96\00:32:13.50
"Redeemed us to God by
your blood out of," what?
00:32:13.53\00:32:17.07
"Every tribe and
tongue and people and nation
00:32:17.10\00:32:20.70
and have made us kings
and priests to our God.
00:32:20.74\00:32:23.37
And we shall
reign on the earth."
00:32:23.41\00:32:24.97
Praise the Lord for that.
00:32:25.01\00:32:26.98
So only by His
blood can we be redeemed.
00:32:27.01\00:32:31.08
That's why this
text is so powerful.
00:32:31.11\00:32:33.78
He saves to the uttermost.
00:32:33.82\00:32:36.18
From the gutter
most, we say, to the what?
00:32:36.22\00:32:38.95
Uttermost.
00:32:38.99\00:32:40.32
Don't forget that.
00:32:40.36\00:32:41.69
That's a ring,
but it's so wonderful.
00:32:41.72\00:32:43.36
Okay, question number 30,
00:32:43.39\00:32:45.36
the last question in
this particular lesson.
00:32:45.39\00:32:50.17
All right,
00:32:50.20\00:32:51.80
here it is.
00:32:51.83\00:32:53.40
In light of the judgment
00:32:53.44\00:32:55.10
what assurance does
Jesus provide His children?
00:32:55.14\00:33:00.14
What assurance does
Jesus provide His children?
00:33:00.18\00:33:03.21
Go to John 5:24.
00:33:03.24\00:33:07.12
John 5:24.
00:33:07.15\00:33:12.25
This text is widely important
00:33:12.29\00:33:13.66
because when you know
that judgment is coming,
00:33:13.69\00:33:16.73
if you don't have
assurance, it's frightening.
00:33:16.76\00:33:19.63
Really, it is.
00:33:19.66\00:33:21.00
If you know that you're living
in the time of the judgment,
00:33:21.03\00:33:23.26
which we in fact are.
00:33:23.30\00:33:25.40
In light of the judgment,
if you don't have assurance,
00:33:25.43\00:33:28.04
it's a scary thing
00:33:28.07\00:33:29.47
because every day
00:33:29.50\00:33:30.84
people are
passing often to eternity.
00:33:30.87\00:33:33.27
People go to
work in the morning,
00:33:33.31\00:33:34.84
sometimes they
don't make it home.
00:33:34.88\00:33:36.71
People wake up,
00:33:36.75\00:33:38.55
some people don't wake up.
00:33:38.58\00:33:39.91
I mean, I'll tell you today.
00:33:39.95\00:33:41.65
There are funeral
parlors all over the world
00:33:41.68\00:33:43.32
that are busy,
00:33:43.35\00:33:44.72
there are
hospitals that are busy,
00:33:44.75\00:33:46.39
there are emergency rooms,
there are critical care units,
00:33:46.42\00:33:48.49
people are being born,
00:33:48.52\00:33:49.86
people are dying,
as the clock ticks,
00:33:49.89\00:33:51.29
people are
passing off into eternity.
00:33:51.33\00:33:53.56
You got to have assurance.
00:33:53.60\00:33:54.93
That's why it
does not make sense
00:33:54.96\00:33:56.30
to live without Jesus?
00:33:56.33\00:33:57.67
What do you say?
00:33:57.70\00:33:59.03
Doesn't make sense
to live without Christ.
00:33:59.07\00:34:00.40
Doesn't make sense to know
that these things are coming
00:34:00.44\00:34:02.97
and you have not
made preparation.
00:34:03.00\00:34:05.04
So what assurance do we have?
00:34:05.07\00:34:06.88
Here it is in John 5:24.
00:34:06.91\00:34:09.61
Here's what the Bible says,
00:34:09.64\00:34:12.58
"Most assuredly, I say to you,
00:34:12.61\00:34:17.52
he who hears My
word and believes in Him
00:34:17.55\00:34:21.22
who sent Me has," what?
00:34:21.26\00:34:23.39
Say it together.
00:34:23.43\00:34:24.76
"Everlasting life."
00:34:24.79\00:34:26.33
And here's the beauty of it.
00:34:26.36\00:34:27.90
"And shall not
come into judgment,
00:34:27.93\00:34:31.53
but has passed from," what?
00:34:31.57\00:34:33.57
"Death," to what?
00:34:33.60\00:34:35.10
"Life."
00:34:35.14\00:34:36.47
Now this is a very powerful text
00:34:36.50\00:34:38.27
because it says we'll
not come into judgment,
00:34:38.31\00:34:40.58
but now it almost
sounds contradictory
00:34:40.61\00:34:44.71
because I said in
light of the judgment,
00:34:44.75\00:34:46.45
but it says, "We'll
not come into judgment."
00:34:46.48\00:34:48.25
Well, the word here is,
00:34:48.28\00:34:49.62
we'll not come
into condemnation.
00:34:49.65\00:34:51.15
That's the key.
00:34:51.19\00:34:52.52
We'll not come
into condemnation.
00:34:52.55\00:34:53.89
When you know that
you have everlasting life,
00:34:53.92\00:34:56.86
when you have that assurance
that you have everlasting life,
00:34:56.89\00:35:00.60
he who has the Son has, what?
00:35:00.63\00:35:02.66
Life.
00:35:02.70\00:35:04.03
When you have that assurance,
00:35:04.07\00:35:05.60
you know that I can
step up to the judgment bar
00:35:05.63\00:35:08.27
closed in the
righteousness of Jesus,
00:35:08.30\00:35:10.67
and I don't have
to fear the judgment.
00:35:10.71\00:35:13.07
I don't have to be
filled with in trepidation and,
00:35:13.11\00:35:16.24
"What's going to happen?
00:35:16.28\00:35:17.88
What's going to happen?"
00:35:17.91\00:35:19.55
Why?
00:35:19.58\00:35:21.25
Because we have
the blood of Christ.
00:35:21.28\00:35:24.12
We have His righteousness,
00:35:24.15\00:35:26.39
He has made provision for
our sins to be blotted out.
00:35:26.42\00:35:29.96
Now what's the
difference between
00:35:29.99\00:35:31.36
blotted out and cleansed?
00:35:31.39\00:35:33.09
Do you remember the difference?
00:35:33.13\00:35:35.00
Cleansed mean it's still there,
but blotted out means what?
00:35:35.03\00:35:39.40
You can't find it anymore.
00:35:39.43\00:35:41.00
It's gone.
00:35:41.04\00:35:42.40
So do you have the assurance?
00:35:42.44\00:35:44.77
Here is the key.
00:35:44.81\00:35:46.34
If you hear His
word and believe in Him
00:35:46.37\00:35:48.84
who has sent Jesus,
you have everlasting life,
00:35:48.88\00:35:52.41
and you shall not
come into condemnation.
00:35:52.45\00:35:54.98
That's what that
word judgment means there.
00:35:55.02\00:35:56.82
You don't have to
worry about being condemned.
00:35:56.85\00:35:58.19
Why?
00:35:58.22\00:35:59.55
Let's look at one more text
to wind this out, John 3:17.
00:35:59.59\00:36:04.89
You all know that
one by heart, I'm sure.
00:36:04.93\00:36:07.73
You know John 3:16.
00:36:07.76\00:36:11.30
John 3:17.
00:36:11.33\00:36:15.90
Here it is.
00:36:15.94\00:36:18.91
The most famous
texts in the Bible
00:36:22.11\00:36:23.65
were spoken to Nicodemus,
00:36:23.68\00:36:25.71
a Pharisee that
came to Jesus by night.
00:36:25.75\00:36:28.98
John 3:17,
00:36:29.02\00:36:30.42
"For God did not send His
Son into the world to," do what?
00:36:30.45\00:36:34.29
"Condemn the world,
00:36:34.32\00:36:36.26
but that the world
through Him might be,"
00:36:36.29\00:36:39.29
together, "saved."
00:36:39.33\00:36:41.33
Look at verse 18,
00:36:41.36\00:36:43.23
"He who believes in
Him is not condemned."
00:36:43.26\00:36:46.23
That's the context of the verse.
00:36:46.27\00:36:47.97
"But he who does
not believe is," what?
00:36:48.00\00:36:50.44
"Condemned already
because he has not believed
00:36:50.47\00:36:53.54
in the name of the
only begotten of God."
00:36:53.58\00:36:58.15
And why is he condemned?
00:36:58.18\00:36:59.51
Here it is in verse 19,
"And this is the condemnation,
00:36:59.55\00:37:03.28
that the light has
come into the world,
00:37:03.32\00:37:05.72
and men love darkness
00:37:05.75\00:37:07.22
rather than
light because," what?
00:37:07.26\00:37:10.86
"Their deeds were evil."
00:37:10.89\00:37:12.23
So here it is.
00:37:12.26\00:37:13.60
You want to connect
that in your lesson,
00:37:13.63\00:37:14.96
write that down
next to John 5:24.
00:37:15.00\00:37:17.30
Write John 3:17 down to 19.
00:37:17.33\00:37:21.77
And the beauty of this is,
00:37:21.80\00:37:25.57
when you are born in darkness,
00:37:25.61\00:37:27.78
you're born in condemnation,
you live in condemnation,
00:37:27.81\00:37:31.21
you don't step into a
relationship with Jesus,
00:37:31.25\00:37:33.75
you are condemned already.
00:37:33.78\00:37:36.02
What has Jesus come to do then?
00:37:36.05\00:37:37.49
Let's look at this real quickly.
00:37:37.52\00:37:38.85
What has Jesus come to do?
00:37:38.89\00:37:40.42
He has come to take us
out of the condemned category
00:37:40.46\00:37:43.89
and put us into the
category of redeemed.
00:37:43.93\00:37:47.26
There's only condemned,
and then there's redeemed.
00:37:47.30\00:37:50.80
I want you to get this.
00:37:50.83\00:37:52.17
When we are born,
we are born alienated.
00:37:52.20\00:37:55.44
We are born
condemned already, right?
00:37:55.47\00:37:59.21
But now Jesus comes,
00:37:59.24\00:38:00.64
He says, "Do you believe in Me?"
00:38:00.68\00:38:02.74
Then you're taken
out of the condemned
00:38:02.78\00:38:04.61
already category
into the what category,
00:38:04.65\00:38:06.82
say it, redeemed.
00:38:06.85\00:38:08.18
Say that word. Redeemed.
00:38:08.22\00:38:09.92
You're taken out
of that lost category
00:38:09.95\00:38:11.99
and put in the
category of salvation.
00:38:12.02\00:38:14.22
It's a beautiful
thing because let me go
00:38:14.26\00:38:16.96
all the way back to
the original question.
00:38:16.99\00:38:19.39
Go with me to
Revelation chapter 14,
00:38:19.43\00:38:21.93
the very first
verse that we looked at
00:38:21.96\00:38:24.50
when we began this
study will be the transition
00:38:24.53\00:38:28.30
into our next lesson.
00:38:28.34\00:38:30.84
And let me go
ahead and seal this off.
00:38:30.87\00:38:32.64
That's the last
question for the topic
00:38:32.67\00:38:34.74
of the truth about the judgment.
00:38:34.78\00:38:36.85
At a later date,
we're going to deal
00:38:36.88\00:38:38.21
with whole context of Daniel,
00:38:38.25\00:38:39.85
Daniel 9, Daniel 7,
00:38:39.88\00:38:41.68
all the framework of
the timing of the judgment
00:38:41.72\00:38:44.15
and the sanctuary
articles of furniture,
00:38:44.19\00:38:46.05
that's a lengthy
study in and of itself.
00:38:46.09\00:38:48.92
But I want to begin
with Revelation chapter 14.
00:38:48.96\00:38:51.36
And here is the
reason why the next lesson
00:38:51.39\00:38:54.23
becomes quite important
00:38:54.26\00:38:56.40
because the very next lesson...
00:38:56.43\00:38:58.73
We could bring that slide up.
00:38:58.77\00:39:00.10
The very next lesson is
00:39:00.14\00:39:01.57
The Truth about
Spiritual Babylon,
00:39:01.60\00:39:05.34
The Truth about
Spiritual Babylon.
00:39:05.37\00:39:07.91
And it's on the
heels of the judgment.
00:39:07.94\00:39:10.75
Look at Revelation 14,
00:39:10.78\00:39:12.51
and we're going to look together
00:39:12.55\00:39:13.92
at verse 6 and 7,
00:39:13.95\00:39:15.88
and then we're going to dive
00:39:15.92\00:39:17.25
into question number
1 of lesson number 29.
00:39:17.29\00:39:20.62
All right, look
at the first message.
00:39:20.66\00:39:23.59
Verse 6 of Revelation 14,
00:39:23.63\00:39:25.93
"Then I saw another angel
flying in the midst of heaven,
00:39:25.96\00:39:29.86
having the," what?
00:39:29.90\00:39:31.53
"Everlasting gospel to preach
to those who dwell on the earth
00:39:31.57\00:39:35.44
to every nation,
tribe, tongue, and people.
00:39:35.47\00:39:38.07
Saying with a loud voice,
00:39:38.11\00:39:39.97
'Fear God, and give glory to Him
00:39:40.01\00:39:41.98
for the hour of
His judgment has come,
00:39:42.01\00:39:46.35
and worship Him who
made heaven and earth,
00:39:46.38\00:39:49.75
the sea and springs of water.'"
00:39:49.78\00:39:51.95
So in the light of the judgment,
00:39:51.99\00:39:53.86
the Lord is
calling us back to what?
00:39:53.89\00:39:55.29
What singular word?
00:39:55.32\00:39:56.66
He's calling us
back to what word?
00:39:56.69\00:39:59.29
Say it again.
00:39:59.33\00:40:00.66
He's calling us back to worship.
00:40:00.70\00:40:03.40
Why?
00:40:03.43\00:40:04.77
Now this is huge,
this is the transition
00:40:04.80\00:40:06.67
you're going to catch
it, I'm going to throw it.
00:40:06.70\00:40:08.04
Here it is.
00:40:08.07\00:40:09.40
He's calling us
back to true worship
00:40:09.44\00:40:13.64
because false
worship has been established,
00:40:13.68\00:40:17.78
which is a test.
00:40:17.81\00:40:20.15
In these last days,
00:40:20.18\00:40:21.52
He's calling us
back to true worship
00:40:21.55\00:40:24.85
because worship is going
to be the deciding issue.
00:40:24.89\00:40:28.22
Go to John
chapter 4 very quickly.
00:40:28.26\00:40:29.99
Don't lose Revelation.
00:40:30.03\00:40:31.66
I want to show you this.
00:40:31.69\00:40:33.03
John chapter 4, we
were there a moment ago.
00:40:33.06\00:40:36.73
And I know we
ought to find it now.
00:40:36.77\00:40:38.80
John chapter 4.
00:40:38.83\00:40:41.37
Worship, my
brothers and sisters,
00:40:41.40\00:40:43.24
is always the issue.
00:40:43.27\00:40:46.57
Lot of people don't think
it as a matter how you worship.
00:40:46.61\00:40:48.84
No, nothing could be
further from the truth.
00:40:48.88\00:40:51.31
Nothing could be
further from the truth.
00:40:51.35\00:40:55.38
Okay, I'll just
begin with a phrase
00:40:55.42\00:40:57.89
that was a challenge
to the woman at the well
00:40:57.92\00:41:00.42
or the Samaritan woman.
00:41:00.46\00:41:02.02
Notice verse 22
down to verse 24.
00:41:02.06\00:41:04.56
"Jesus said to
her." First of all...
00:41:04.59\00:41:05.93
Because she was
talking about worship.
00:41:05.96\00:41:07.36
Her focus was worship.
00:41:07.40\00:41:08.73
She was trying to get
Jesus of her lives issues,
00:41:08.76\00:41:11.03
and she talked
about the mountain
00:41:11.07\00:41:12.40
where they worshiped.
00:41:12.43\00:41:13.77
And look what Jesus said,
and this is true of today.
00:41:13.80\00:41:16.47
He said, Verse 22,
00:41:16.50\00:41:18.81
"You worship
what you do not know,
00:41:18.84\00:41:21.98
we know what we worship,
00:41:22.01\00:41:24.68
for salvation is of the Jews."
00:41:24.71\00:41:27.55
At that particular
time, she was saying,
00:41:27.58\00:41:29.68
"Well, the mountain."
00:41:29.72\00:41:31.25
He said,
00:41:31.29\00:41:32.92
"Woman, you don't know
what you're worshiping."
00:41:32.95\00:41:35.22
And really, my
brothers and sisters,
00:41:35.26\00:41:36.59
in these last days,
00:41:36.62\00:41:37.96
there are many
people that are worshiping
00:41:37.99\00:41:39.33
they don't know
what they're worshiping.
00:41:39.36\00:41:41.90
They don't know
what they're worshiping.
00:41:41.93\00:41:43.26
That's why the next two
verses are so vitally important.
00:41:43.30\00:41:44.93
Look at verses 23 and 24.
00:41:44.97\00:41:46.77
This is going to be
our transition text.
00:41:46.80\00:41:48.37
Verse 23 and 24,
00:41:48.40\00:41:49.97
He said, Jesus
says, "But the hour is,"
00:41:50.01\00:41:52.21
what's the next word?
00:41:52.24\00:41:53.58
"Coming, and now is..."
00:41:53.61\00:41:54.98
He said to the woman,
"The hour is also coming,
00:41:55.01\00:41:57.25
but it also is here."
00:41:57.28\00:41:58.61
He said, "It's present for you,
00:41:58.65\00:42:00.22
but it's also
coming for others."
00:42:00.25\00:42:01.58
"The hour is coming, and now is,
00:42:01.62\00:42:04.22
when the," what
kind of worshiper?
00:42:04.25\00:42:07.16
"True worshipers will
worship the Father in," what?
00:42:07.19\00:42:11.09
"Spirit and," in what?
00:42:11.13\00:42:12.46
"Truth,
00:42:12.49\00:42:13.83
for the Father is
seeking such to worship Him."
00:42:13.86\00:42:17.40
Verse 24, "God is Spirit,
00:42:17.43\00:42:19.70
and those who worship Him
00:42:19.73\00:42:21.27
should worship in
spirit and truth."
00:42:21.30\00:42:24.61
Come on, what's
the word that I missed?
00:42:24.64\00:42:26.84
Come on, say it again.
What's the word that I missed?
00:42:26.88\00:42:28.64
Must. Must.
00:42:28.68\00:42:30.01
The Bible didn't say
should or might, it says must.
00:42:30.05\00:42:33.42
And there are many
people today that worship.
00:42:33.45\00:42:36.25
And I've had the conversations,
00:42:36.28\00:42:37.72
I've had the
conversations with people that
00:42:37.75\00:42:39.95
were looking for truth,
00:42:39.99\00:42:41.32
I've had the
conversations with people
00:42:41.36\00:42:42.82
that inquired about the truth,
00:42:42.86\00:42:44.39
I've had
conversation with people that
00:42:44.43\00:42:46.46
were walking in the
truth but did not love it
00:42:46.49\00:42:49.80
because they had
something else they focus on
00:42:49.83\00:42:51.50
as the mode of worship.
00:42:51.53\00:42:53.37
Some people worship music,
some people worship programs,
00:42:53.40\00:42:57.21
some people worship the
beauty of the sanctuary,
00:42:57.24\00:42:59.97
people have all
these different reasons
00:43:00.01\00:43:01.34
to worship.
00:43:01.38\00:43:02.71
The Lord said,
00:43:02.74\00:43:04.08
"There's only two things
00:43:04.11\00:43:05.45
I want you to
worship Me in Spirit and,"
00:43:05.48\00:43:07.42
what else?
00:43:07.45\00:43:08.78
"Truth."
00:43:08.82\00:43:10.15
Music is good, but
don't ever give away,
00:43:10.19\00:43:12.52
don't ever say, "Oh,
00:43:12.55\00:43:16.19
if I could find some good music,
00:43:16.22\00:43:17.56
that's where I'm
going to go and worship."
00:43:17.59\00:43:20.40
They had a whole
lot of music in Babylon,
00:43:20.43\00:43:22.76
and Nebuchadnezzar said,
"When you hear the music,
00:43:22.80\00:43:24.83
all kinds of music,
fall down and do," what?
00:43:24.87\00:43:28.54
"Worship."
00:43:28.57\00:43:29.90
So worship is the big issue.
00:43:29.94\00:43:31.31
Babylon, it's amazing.
00:43:31.34\00:43:33.58
Thank you, Lord.
00:43:33.61\00:43:35.01
The Lord just
brought that to my mind.
00:43:35.04\00:43:37.41
In the Courts of Babylon...
00:43:37.45\00:43:38.78
Go with me to
Daniel. Go with me to Daniel.
00:43:38.81\00:43:40.98
This topic has to be
set up so beautifully.
00:43:41.02\00:43:43.22
Go with me to Daniel.
00:43:43.25\00:43:46.82
You know the story
of the Hebrew worthies,
00:43:46.86\00:43:49.79
how they made it
clear they ain't bowing down
00:43:49.82\00:43:52.03
to worship nothing, okay?
00:43:52.06\00:43:55.56
Okay.
00:43:55.60\00:43:59.60
Okay, here it
is, Daniel chapter 3.
00:43:59.63\00:44:02.27
Daniel chapter 3.
00:44:02.30\00:44:05.27
Daniel 3:4.
00:44:08.88\00:44:11.88
Wow.
00:44:15.55\00:44:17.92
Okay.
00:44:17.95\00:44:19.29
Daniel 3:4.
00:44:19.32\00:44:22.29
Let's go ahead and
look at verse 3 also.
00:44:28.36\00:44:32.53
So the satraps,
that's the leader is,
00:44:32.57\00:44:35.64
that's the word that was
used in the political circle
00:44:35.67\00:44:40.14
of Nebuchadnezzar.
00:44:40.18\00:44:41.51
"The administrators, the
governors, the counselors,
00:44:41.54\00:44:44.15
the treasurers, the
judges, the magistrates,
00:44:44.18\00:44:47.05
and all the
officials of the province
00:44:47.08\00:44:49.62
gathered together
00:44:49.65\00:44:50.99
for the dedication of the image
00:44:51.02\00:44:53.25
that King
Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
00:44:53.29\00:44:55.96
And they stood before the image
00:44:55.99\00:44:58.23
that Nebuchadnezzar had set up."
00:44:58.26\00:45:00.30
Now I want to get this.
00:45:00.33\00:45:01.66
This is huge in the
setup of the next lesson,
00:45:01.70\00:45:03.80
all the political leaders,
all the political leaders,
00:45:03.83\00:45:08.60
it mentions all
the political leaders.
00:45:08.64\00:45:10.91
You're going to find
when we go to this next topic,
00:45:10.94\00:45:15.14
you're going to see
how even still today
00:45:15.18\00:45:17.91
spiritual Babylon has pulled
in so many political leaders.
00:45:17.95\00:45:24.52
These are king's
leaders, governors.
00:45:24.55\00:45:26.99
And by the way,
when you look at that,
00:45:27.02\00:45:29.22
if you go further
down and read the story,
00:45:29.26\00:45:31.23
Nebuchadnezzar says
peoples from all over the earth
00:45:31.26\00:45:34.56
would gather there.
00:45:34.60\00:45:35.93
He goes on to the next
verse, verse 4 of Daniel 3.
00:45:35.96\00:45:39.90
"Then a herald cried aloud."
00:45:39.93\00:45:42.00
Notice how these
messages aloud, in Revelation,
00:45:42.04\00:45:44.41
the angels saying aloud,
in Babylon a loud message.
00:45:44.44\00:45:48.58
See the verbiage there.
00:45:48.61\00:45:50.21
He says, "Then a
herald cried aloud,
00:45:50.25\00:45:52.35
'To you it is commanded,
O peoples," what else?
00:45:52.38\00:45:56.15
"Nations," and what else?
00:45:56.18\00:45:57.52
"Languages."
00:45:57.55\00:45:58.89
To whom is the message going to?
00:45:58.92\00:46:00.26
Every nation,
kindred, tongue, and people.
00:46:00.29\00:46:02.19
See Babylon is
contending for the same crowd.
00:46:02.22\00:46:05.99
Babylon is
contending for the same crowd.
00:46:06.03\00:46:08.53
"O peoples,
nations, and tongues,
00:46:08.56\00:46:10.73
and languages, that
at the time you hear..."
00:46:10.77\00:46:14.47
Notice, look at that.
00:46:14.50\00:46:15.84
Verse 5,
00:46:15.87\00:46:17.21
"That at the time you
hear the sound of the horn,
00:46:17.24\00:46:19.41
the flute, the harp,
the lyre, the psaltery,
00:46:19.44\00:46:22.81
the symphony with
all kinds of music.
00:46:22.84\00:46:26.82
You shall fall down and
worship the golden image
00:46:26.85\00:46:29.65
that King
Nebuchadnezzar has set up."
00:46:29.68\00:46:33.25
What was the impetus
to get on the worship?
00:46:33.29\00:46:35.56
When you hear the music.
00:46:35.59\00:46:37.53
This is huge.
00:46:37.56\00:46:38.89
This is a powerful
foundation for the next topic.
00:46:38.93\00:46:41.46
It was for all the nations.
00:46:41.50\00:46:43.26
The governors are
there, the leaders,
00:46:43.30\00:46:45.77
the political leaders are there,
00:46:45.80\00:46:47.27
political
leaders, religious people,
00:46:47.30\00:46:49.60
and the issue is
worship, and music is the focus,
00:46:49.64\00:46:53.38
and the image is the idol.
00:46:53.41\00:46:55.78
I got an image,
when you hear the music,
00:46:55.81\00:46:58.91
politicians,
you guys over there,
00:46:58.95\00:47:01.15
you Babylonian
citizens, and nations,
00:47:01.18\00:47:02.88
and languages,
you all are there,
00:47:02.92\00:47:04.25
when you hear the music,
00:47:04.29\00:47:05.62
let's all get
together and worship.
00:47:05.65\00:47:08.59
And what are we
going to be worshiping?
00:47:08.62\00:47:10.13
We're going to be
worshiping the image
00:47:10.16\00:47:11.89
that I have set up,
00:47:11.93\00:47:13.40
that's huge
because this next lesson
00:47:13.43\00:47:16.00
if you don't
have spiritual glue,
00:47:16.03\00:47:20.17
pray for some
00:47:20.20\00:47:21.54
'cause this next
lesson is going to see
00:47:21.57\00:47:23.10
how well you can stick
to the leading of God's
00:47:23.14\00:47:25.37
Holy Spirit.
00:47:25.41\00:47:26.74
So you see today what happened.
00:47:26.78\00:47:28.54
So you see clearly.
00:47:28.58\00:47:29.91
Look at verse 6,
00:47:29.94\00:47:31.28
"And whoever does
not fall down and worship
00:47:31.31\00:47:33.75
shall be cast
immediately into the midst
00:47:33.78\00:47:36.75
of a burning fiery furnace."
00:47:36.79\00:47:38.65
The death decree.
00:47:38.69\00:47:40.69
"So at that time,
when all the people heard
00:47:40.72\00:47:42.39
the sound of the
horn and all the music,"
00:47:42.42\00:47:44.39
it says there, "All
the people, nations,
00:47:44.43\00:47:46.09
and languages fell down
and worshiped the gold image
00:47:46.13\00:47:49.10
which King
Nebuchadnezzar had set up."
00:47:49.13\00:47:51.50
But I want to tell you,
how many refused to bow down?
00:47:51.53\00:47:55.00
How many? Say it again.
00:47:55.04\00:47:56.37
Three.
00:47:56.40\00:47:57.74
How coincidental
or providential is it.
00:47:57.77\00:47:59.61
Three messages, first, second,
and third angels' message.
00:47:59.64\00:48:03.21
Three Hebrews
chose not to bow down,
00:48:03.24\00:48:05.51
three messages in Revelation,
00:48:05.55\00:48:07.18
Revelation warns
00:48:07.22\00:48:08.62
against the beast and his image,
00:48:08.65\00:48:10.69
all right?
00:48:10.72\00:48:12.05
We're going to get to that next.
00:48:12.09\00:48:13.52
But we're going
to begin with Babylon
00:48:13.56\00:48:14.89
because Babylon is the impetus
that gets us to the image,
00:48:14.92\00:48:17.53
the beast and his image.
00:48:17.56\00:48:18.89
First of all, in
the judgment hour,
00:48:18.93\00:48:20.33
the message goes
forward, and the message says,
00:48:20.36\00:48:23.13
"Let's get back to
the right kind of worship,
00:48:23.16\00:48:25.33
let's get back to the
worshiping the creator."
00:48:25.37\00:48:26.70
Why?
00:48:26.74\00:48:28.07
Because Babylon
has a substitute.
00:48:28.10\00:48:29.47
So now on that note,
00:48:29.50\00:48:30.84
let's go to question
number one on our new lesson,
00:48:30.87\00:48:33.27
The Truth about
Spiritual Babylon.
00:48:33.31\00:48:34.91
Are you ready for it?
00:48:34.94\00:48:36.48
The Truth about
Spiritual Babylon.
00:48:36.51\00:48:39.25
Here it is.
00:48:39.28\00:48:40.62
Question number one,
00:48:40.65\00:48:42.35
what does the Second Angel's
00:48:42.38\00:48:43.92
Message of
Revelation bring into focus?
00:48:43.95\00:48:46.32
I use that word
00:48:46.35\00:48:47.69
because this is A Sharper Focus.
00:48:47.72\00:48:49.42
What does the Second Angel's
00:48:49.46\00:48:51.53
Message of
Revelation bring into focus?
00:48:51.56\00:48:53.26
Go to Revelation 14:8.
00:48:53.29\00:48:55.53
Revelation 14:8.
00:48:55.56\00:48:57.53
All right.
00:48:57.57\00:48:58.90
Most of you already there.
00:48:58.93\00:49:00.27
We began the last
lesson, Revelation 14:7.
00:49:00.30\00:49:03.61
Now Revelation 14:8.
00:49:03.64\00:49:06.24
Let me slow down, I'm
an excited New Yorker.
00:49:06.27\00:49:08.28
Revelation 14:8, okay?
00:49:08.31\00:49:12.05
I got to get back
to my California roots
00:49:12.08\00:49:14.22
where they speak methodically
00:49:14.25\00:49:15.58
and slowly and
clearly, all right?
00:49:15.62\00:49:18.19
We're looking
at Revelation 14:8.
00:49:18.22\00:49:19.55
Here we go.
00:49:19.59\00:49:21.79
"And another angel
followed, saying..."
00:49:21.82\00:49:24.16
Let's say it together.
00:49:24.19\00:49:25.53
"Babylon is fallen, is
fallen, that great city,
00:49:25.56\00:49:30.30
because she made," how many?"
00:49:30.33\00:49:32.00
"All nations drink
of the wine of the wrath
00:49:32.03\00:49:37.37
of her fornication."
00:49:37.41\00:49:38.97
Now let's go
and write that down.
00:49:39.01\00:49:40.44
What does the
second angel's message
00:49:40.48\00:49:42.84
of Revelation bring into focus?
00:49:42.88\00:49:45.18
Babylon is fallen.
00:49:45.21\00:49:47.62
Write that down.
Babylon is fallen.
00:49:47.65\00:49:50.75
We'll see how the
original Babylon fell.
00:49:50.79\00:49:54.62
And it's amazing how
Daniel lays foundation,
00:49:54.66\00:49:59.33
Revelation picks it up and says,
00:49:59.36\00:50:00.96
"As the old Babylon
fell, they had an image,
00:50:01.00\00:50:04.13
they had a focal
point of worship,
00:50:04.17\00:50:05.90
they appeal to the governors,
the political leaders,
00:50:05.93\00:50:08.60
and they appeal to the
people that believes in worship.
00:50:08.64\00:50:12.01
It's when politics
and religion merges
00:50:12.04\00:50:14.64
on to the leadership of a
man who has his eyes on worship,
00:50:14.68\00:50:20.32
but he also has
politics at his base.
00:50:20.35\00:50:23.62
When religion and
politics merges together,
00:50:23.65\00:50:27.02
politicians and religious people
00:50:27.06\00:50:29.62
will be urged to worship
00:50:29.66\00:50:31.49
the image that
has been established.
00:50:31.53\00:50:34.16
And that's where
Revelation is leading us.
00:50:34.20\00:50:35.53
So write that down.
00:50:35.56\00:50:37.33
What does the second angel's
00:50:37.37\00:50:39.20
message of
Revelation bring into focus?
00:50:39.23\00:50:41.44
Babylon is fallen.
00:50:41.47\00:50:43.74
And it goes on.
00:50:43.77\00:50:46.07
I just want you to
see this very quickly.
00:50:46.11\00:50:47.54
Look at verse 9.
00:50:47.58\00:50:48.91
We're not going to
answer this tonight,
00:50:48.94\00:50:50.28
but this is going to go ahead
00:50:50.31\00:50:51.65
and you'll see the
whole progression because,
00:50:51.68\00:50:56.55
in Daniel,
that's the progression
00:50:56.58\00:50:58.79
a judgment comes.
00:50:58.82\00:51:00.16
What is the judgment?
00:51:00.19\00:51:01.52
Either you're going to worship
what Nebuchadnezzar's set up
00:51:01.56\00:51:03.96
or you're going to worship God.
00:51:03.99\00:51:05.59
That's the judgment
hour for the three Hebrews.
00:51:05.63\00:51:08.76
This is the judgment
hour, everything is on the line,
00:51:08.80\00:51:12.03
the judgment hour has come.
00:51:12.07\00:51:14.07
"What are you
going to do, Hebrews?
00:51:14.10\00:51:15.64
You're going to bow or
you're going to stand up?"
00:51:15.67\00:51:17.21
They chose to stand up.
00:51:17.24\00:51:19.27
What was the issue now?
00:51:19.31\00:51:20.64
"There's an image
you need to worship,"
00:51:20.68\00:51:23.08
and so the progression is huge,
the judgment hour has come,
00:51:23.11\00:51:26.61
the issue is worshiped
in the courts of Babylon,
00:51:26.65\00:51:29.22
and look at the very verse,
00:51:29.25\00:51:30.59
verse 9 that's going
to be the next study,
00:51:30.62\00:51:32.49
The Truth about the
Beast and his Image.
00:51:32.52\00:51:35.06
Look at verse 9.
00:51:35.09\00:51:36.42
"Then a third angel followed,
saying with a loud voice,
00:51:36.46\00:51:39.59
'If anyone worships the," what?
00:51:39.63\00:51:42.03
"Beast and his," what?
00:51:42.06\00:51:43.40
"Image, and receives
his mark on his forehead
00:51:43.43\00:51:46.47
or on his hand..."
00:51:46.50\00:51:47.84
I'm going to
just stop right there
00:51:47.87\00:51:49.20
because that's
where we're going to be
00:51:49.24\00:51:50.57
going next after the
truth about spiritual Babylon,
00:51:50.61\00:51:52.81
the truth about
the beast and his image
00:51:52.84\00:51:55.31
'cause that's the
progression in Daniel.
00:51:55.34\00:51:57.11
You see, for those of you
that don't study Revelation,
00:51:57.15\00:51:59.68
you want to invite a
whole lot more people
00:51:59.71\00:52:01.82
as we walk through
this lesson together
00:52:01.85\00:52:03.75
because it's going to really...
00:52:03.79\00:52:06.55
If you have one
socks, they will be removed.
00:52:06.59\00:52:09.19
We used to say in New York,
00:52:09.22\00:52:10.56
it's going to
blow your socks off.
00:52:10.59\00:52:12.33
It's going to
really turn the light on
00:52:12.36\00:52:14.56
in your spiritual minds.
00:52:14.60\00:52:15.93
Praise the Lord. Can
you say amen to that?
00:52:15.96\00:52:18.00
Okay, the
question number two now.
00:52:18.03\00:52:19.67
Question number two
is the lengthy question.
00:52:19.70\00:52:21.64
This may be the
last one for the night.
00:52:21.67\00:52:23.74
We may not even get
through all of the verses
00:52:23.77\00:52:25.41
that are there because
we're covering six verses.
00:52:25.44\00:52:27.51
But here's question number two.
00:52:27.54\00:52:29.91
How does the Bible describe
00:52:29.94\00:52:31.55
the specifics
about Spiritual Babylon?
00:52:31.58\00:52:36.92
How does it describe
00:52:36.95\00:52:38.29
the specifics
about Spiritual Babylon?
00:52:38.32\00:52:41.09
Revelation chapter 17.
00:52:41.12\00:52:42.92
Revelation chapter 17
is a detailed description
00:52:42.96\00:52:46.36
of this institution of Babylon.
00:52:46.39\00:52:48.10
And what I want to say tonight
00:52:48.13\00:52:49.76
is Babylon is formed
00:52:49.80\00:52:53.57
when it pulls all other
movements together in it
00:52:53.60\00:52:59.47
because when Babylon
existed as a kingdom,
00:52:59.51\00:53:02.18
there were no
other great kingdoms.
00:53:02.21\00:53:04.25
They were all sucked in
to the reign of Babylon.
00:53:04.28\00:53:07.75
When King
Nebuchadnezzar reigned,
00:53:07.78\00:53:09.32
they were no
other nations reigning
00:53:09.35\00:53:11.29
that were more powerful than he.
00:53:11.32\00:53:12.89
No other nation
could withstand the powers
00:53:12.92\00:53:15.82
and the
authority and the strength
00:53:15.86\00:53:17.89
and the greatness of
the kingdom of Babylon.
00:53:17.93\00:53:20.00
So when Babylon is
finally pulled together,
00:53:20.03\00:53:22.13
we're going to
discover in this lesson,
00:53:22.16\00:53:23.83
that it is not a
singular power alone,
00:53:23.87\00:53:27.17
but it is made
up of a coalition,
00:53:27.20\00:53:29.10
it has a head and it has a body.
00:53:29.14\00:53:31.71
We'll find out about
that in particular detail.
00:53:31.74\00:53:33.68
But let's go and
start with verse 1 and 2.
00:53:33.71\00:53:35.68
We'll see how far we can get.
00:53:35.71\00:53:37.31
We may not finish
question number two,
00:53:37.35\00:53:38.91
but let's make an attempt.
00:53:38.95\00:53:40.42
Revelation 17:1-2.
00:53:40.45\00:53:42.65
And the question is
how does the Bible describe
00:53:42.68\00:53:45.39
the specifics
about Spiritual Babylon?
00:53:45.42\00:53:47.29
Here it is.
00:53:47.32\00:53:49.12
The Bible says, "Then
one of the seven angels
00:53:49.16\00:53:51.49
who had the seven bowls
came and talked with me,
00:53:51.53\00:53:55.06
saying to me," what?
00:53:55.10\00:53:56.90
"Come, I will show you
00:53:56.93\00:53:59.43
the judgment of the great harlot
00:53:59.47\00:54:02.34
who sits on," what?
00:54:02.37\00:54:04.14
"Many waters,"
and then, verse 2,
00:54:04.17\00:54:07.84
"with whom the
kings of the earth
00:54:07.88\00:54:10.21
committed fornication,
00:54:10.25\00:54:12.15
and the inhabitants of
the earth were made drunk
00:54:12.18\00:54:15.92
with the wine of
her fornication."
00:54:15.95\00:54:18.45
Okay, the first thing
that we want to get...
00:54:18.49\00:54:20.46
And there's a lot of
answers in this first verse.
00:54:20.49\00:54:22.62
I just want to try to pull out
00:54:22.66\00:54:24.03
some of the most
significant ones.
00:54:24.06\00:54:25.83
One of the first
things you find about Babylon,
00:54:25.86\00:54:29.50
it's called the great harlot.
00:54:29.53\00:54:32.37
It's called the what?
00:54:32.40\00:54:34.87
Say that word. The great harlot.
00:54:34.90\00:54:36.47
The King James Versions
00:54:36.50\00:54:37.84
even more
pointed the great whore,
00:54:37.87\00:54:39.47
but the great harlot.
00:54:39.51\00:54:40.88
And then, it says,
"It sits on many waters."
00:54:40.91\00:54:45.11
Okay, you want to
know what those waters are.
00:54:45.15\00:54:47.48
Go to Revelation
17:15 very quickly now.
00:54:47.52\00:54:50.49
You're in Revelation 17 already,
00:54:50.52\00:54:52.75
but look at verse 15, all right?
00:54:52.79\00:54:57.06
Just to show you
00:54:57.09\00:54:58.43
how easy it is to
understand Revelation.
00:54:58.46\00:55:02.03
Spiritual discernment there.
00:55:02.06\00:55:03.67
Verse 15, "And he said to
me, 'The waters which you saw,
00:55:03.70\00:55:09.07
where the harlot
sits are,'" what?
00:55:09.10\00:55:11.64
"Peoples, multitudes,
nations, and tongues."
00:55:11.67\00:55:15.58
See how the
description is clear.
00:55:15.61\00:55:17.41
So at the end of
verse 1, she sits on water.
00:55:17.45\00:55:20.45
What water she is sitting on?
00:55:20.48\00:55:23.99
That means she's
raining over people,
00:55:24.02\00:55:27.02
but not just people locally,
she's raining over what?
00:55:27.06\00:55:30.46
She's raining over what?
00:55:30.49\00:55:33.13
Peoples,
multitudes, nations, languages.
00:55:33.16\00:55:37.33
She's got a huge
territory of rain and authority.
00:55:37.37\00:55:42.34
But not only that, let's
add the second component,
00:55:42.37\00:55:46.37
verse 2,
00:55:46.41\00:55:47.74
"With whom the
kings of the earth
00:55:47.78\00:55:49.11
committed fornication."
00:55:49.14\00:55:50.48
So she not only has earthly rain
00:55:50.51\00:55:54.05
but she has political
support, the kings of the earth,
00:55:54.08\00:55:58.79
she has political support.
00:55:58.82\00:56:00.26
Write that down.
00:56:00.29\00:56:01.82
The leaders of the earth.
00:56:01.86\00:56:03.22
She has...
00:56:03.26\00:56:04.59
What kind of support did I say?
00:56:04.63\00:56:06.16
Political support
because the kings of the earth
00:56:06.19\00:56:08.10
are the guys who
called the shots,
00:56:08.13\00:56:10.30
all the leaders of the
world, there are presidents,
00:56:10.33\00:56:13.30
there are prime ministers,
they have different titles,
00:56:13.34\00:56:17.07
some are monarchs,
all over the earth,
00:56:17.11\00:56:19.77
the kings of the earth,
and what have they done?
00:56:19.81\00:56:24.05
They've committed fornication.
00:56:24.08\00:56:25.41
They joined her
in her rebellion.
00:56:25.45\00:56:27.58
We're going to get...
00:56:27.62\00:56:28.95
This is heavy language,
00:56:28.98\00:56:30.49
but it's so clearly descriptive.
00:56:30.52\00:56:32.85
And the third
thing that she does
00:56:32.89\00:56:35.02
is the inhabitants of the earth
were made drunk, all right?
00:56:35.06\00:56:39.49
So you want to write that down,
00:56:39.53\00:56:40.86
I didn't give you a ton of room,
00:56:40.90\00:56:42.23
but try to write
small, all right?
00:56:42.26\00:56:44.73
So the world is intoxicated.
00:56:44.77\00:56:48.17
The world is intoxicated by her.
00:56:48.20\00:56:52.31
That's huge.
00:56:52.34\00:56:53.81
You know what happens
when somebody is intoxicated?
00:56:53.84\00:56:57.58
You control them.
00:56:57.61\00:56:59.35
They have no
control of themselves.
00:56:59.38\00:57:01.35
They have given up all control
00:57:01.38\00:57:02.98
to the substance
that they have ingested.
00:57:03.02\00:57:06.45
Whatever they have taken
in is what controls them.
00:57:06.49\00:57:09.82
It has weakened
their resolve to resist.
00:57:09.86\00:57:12.23
That's why a lot of
people when they get drunk,
00:57:12.26\00:57:14.40
they say, "I didn't know
what I was doing, I was drunk."
00:57:14.43\00:57:17.73
And I don't think
00:57:17.77\00:57:19.10
we're going to get
past this second verse.
00:57:19.13\00:57:20.97
We're not going to
get past verse 1 and 2.
00:57:21.00\00:57:22.74
This is going to be
00:57:22.77\00:57:24.11
a concentrated
lesson, my friends.
00:57:24.14\00:57:25.87
But here, let me tell you this.
00:57:25.91\00:57:27.24
Invite more people to
join you on this next broadcast
00:57:27.28\00:57:29.71
because
Spiritual Babylon is alive
00:57:29.74\00:57:32.61
and well in the world today,
00:57:32.65\00:57:35.12
political leaders
are being drawn in by it,
00:57:35.15\00:57:39.15
religious people are
being drawn in by it,
00:57:39.19\00:57:41.09
and the inhabitants of the earth
00:57:41.12\00:57:42.46
that are not religious
are being intoxicated by it.
00:57:42.49\00:57:46.36
You'll find out what that is.
00:57:46.39\00:57:47.73
I know a lot of things
00:57:47.76\00:57:49.10
we see are very
strong and concentrated.
00:57:49.13\00:57:51.37
We encourage you
to continue studying
00:57:51.40\00:57:53.74
the Word of God
because I tell you
00:57:53.77\00:57:55.70
whatever it doesn't make
sense, in a matter of time,
00:57:55.74\00:57:58.14
it will come
into A Sharper Focus.
00:57:58.17\00:58:00.48
May the Lord bless
you, until we see you again.
00:58:00.51\00:58:03.28