And welcome to the continuation
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of The
Revelation of Jesus Christ.
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Very happy to have
each of you here tonight
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and to welcome all of you that
are joining us by television
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or through the
radio or on the Internet.
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Glad that you're
here and tuned in,
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and we hope that as we go
through God's Word tonight
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that you will follow along.
Be sure and get your Bible
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and some paper and
notes that as we study
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tonight the 19th
chapter of Revelation -
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The Marriage
Supper of The Lamb -
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we're going to see what
God has to say about how
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at the end this
whole thing is wrapped up.
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All comes together.
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So we hope
you'll follow carefully
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as we consider
this subject tonight.
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Also we would encourage
you to be sure and look at the
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scripture - particularly
the book of Revelation -
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because if there's any one book
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that is vital to people today
it's the book of Revelation
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because it tells us where we are
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and what's happening...
what's taking place in the world
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in preparation for the
coming of Jesus Christ.
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So we hope you'll be sure and
get into the book of Revelation
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and study it as
we take a look at it.
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But tonight we're looking at
The Marriage Supper of the Lamb.
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And then after that
our presentation - our next
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presentation - is
on the Millennium.
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That's where we'll be going...
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which is the 20th
chapter of Revelation.
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After the
marriage supper of the Lamb
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then you have the thousand
years or the millennium.
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And that's what we're
going to be looking at.
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And we're going to
answer such questions as:
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During this thousand
years that it talks about
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where is the devil
going to be during that time?
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Where are the wicked?
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Where are the righteous?
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What starts that thousand years?
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What brings it to a close?
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We'll take a look at all
those very important subjects.
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So we hope you'll
be sure and be with us
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as we get into the
subject of the millennium.
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I think you'll find it to
be very, very helpful to you.
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We're glad tonight to welcome
back the His Voice quartet.
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And they're going to sing
for you tonight a song entitled
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Let the Heaven
Light Shine On Me.
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And I'm sure you're
going to enjoy that.
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As I heard them practicing
it it sounded wonderful to me.
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But before they do,
Chuck Allgaier is going to come
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and he's going to read with you
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the 19th chapter of
the book of Revelation.
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Good evening again.
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If you have your
Bibles with you tonight,
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please turn them to
the book of Revelation:
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Revelation chapter 19
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and we're going to
read that together.
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So if you have your Bibles...
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Revelation 19...
let's read together:
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May God add His
blessing to His Word.
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Let the heaven
light shine on me;
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Let the heaven
light shine on me;
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For low is the way to
the upper bright world;
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Let the heaven
light shine on me.
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Oh, brother you must bow so low;
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Oh, brother you must bow so low;
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For low is the way to
the upper bright world;
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Let the heaven
light shine on me.
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Let the heaven
light shine on me;
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Let the heaven
light shine on me;
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For low is the way to
the upper bright world;
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Let the heaven
light shine on me.
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Oh, deacon you must bow so low;
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Deacon you must bow so low.
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For low is the way to
the upper bright world;
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Let the heaven
light shine on me.
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Let the heaven
light shine on me;
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Let the heaven
light shine on me;
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For low is the way to
the upper bright world;
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Let the heaven
light shine on me.
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Oh, preacher
you must bow so low;
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Preacher you must bow so low;
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For low is the way to
the upper bright world;
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Let the heaven
light shine on me.
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Let the heaven
light shine on me;
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Let the heaven
light shine on me;
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For low is the way to
the upper bright world;
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Let the heaven
light shine on me.
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Let the heaven
light shine on me;
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Let the heaven
light shine on me;
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For low is the way to
the upper bright world;
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Let the heaven
light shine on me.
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Let the heaven light
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shine
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on
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me.
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Gracious Lord,
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we look forward to the
day that You will come back.
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That indeed heaven's
light will shine upon us
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and that we all might be
gathered around that great table
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and to enjoy the feast...
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the great marriage supper that
You prepared for each one of us.
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Bless us this
evening as we open Your Word.
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May the Holy
Spirit fill our hearts.
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May it give us
wisdom, understanding...
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that we each may
prepare our lives and our hearts
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to be with You.
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For this we ask in
Christ's name, Amen.
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Well, the great
controversy is ended.
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The victory is won.
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Time of the marriage
supper of the Lamb has come.
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Conflict is over.
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And it says here in
Revelation 19... It says:
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Now watch
carefully as John picks up...
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reaches back and picks up
some of the very first things
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in the book of Revelation,
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particularly in the 4th chapter,
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and now projects it
clear to the 19th chapter
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because this is what he says:
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So he said this
woman - Babylon - who has
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done this... all this
to the servants of God
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down through the ages
- now He has avenged...
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avenged on her the
blood of all the saints.
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Come to an end.
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So what John is trying to
get across to us here, folks,
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is that the things that he
said and told in the 4th chapter
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those visions
have been given to John
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all down through
the book of Revelation
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that we've studied here
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and they have now
come to a completion...
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to an end. And the 24 elders
and the four living creatures
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and the angels are all
there saying this has happened
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as God said it would.
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And you find that same
thing there in the beginning
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of the book of Revelation
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where it speaks of a
voice as a great thunder
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and as many waters
proclaiming God's greatness.
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And so this is the time in which
the marriage supper of the Lamb
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has come. Babylon is no more.
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All the false
systems, all the religions,
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all those that were
in opposition to God
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and have led people away
from what God's Word teaches
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they have come to an end.
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They are no
more... Babylon is done.
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And you and I must understand
that this a great controversy.
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That this is a struggle
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between truth and falsehood.
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This is a struggle between
what is right and what is wrong.
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And look at it any
way you want to, folks,
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there is no half way.
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There is no such
thing in Christianity
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as there is in many
of the other religions.
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There is no such
thing in Christianity
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like the ying and the yang.
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Which you understand
what I'm saying about
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when it talks about the ying
and the yang in false religions.
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That's saying that
there is a balance between
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what is right and what is wrong.
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There is no balance in
Christianity between what's
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right and wrong.
Just doesn't exist.
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It is what is right -
what is righteousness -
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what is just, what is
good. That has come to the place
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that it has triumphed
and God now is in charge.
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The seven last
plagues have been poured out.
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God has avenged
the blood of His saints
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and His martyrs
down through time.
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He has avenged them. He
has poured out upon Babylon
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a double portion in
the seven last plagues.
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The system of falsehood,
the system of corruption,
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the system that led
people away from God...
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that whole system
has come to an end.
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It is no more.
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And now - since
that has come to an end -
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it's time for the
marriage supper of the Lamb.
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God's going to
gather all of His people
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for this great marriage supper.
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When He has the marriage
supper of the Lamb, folks,
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you'll find that as John records
it as the Lord gave it to him
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it was patterned
after a Jewish wedding.
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That's how the
marriage supper of the Lamb is
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is after a Jewish wedding.
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And the elements of
conducting a Jewish wedding
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is what you have in the
marriage supper of the Lamb.
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So these were the
things in a Jewish wedding
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that took place:
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He goes to there;
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pays the dowry.
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There was no such
thing as a wedding -
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as a marriage - if
he didn't pay the dowry.
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He had to pay a dowry.
Maybe it was different -
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depending on
what the father asked
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what the dowry was -
but he had to pay the dowry
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whatever it was. And by the way,
the dowry belonged to the wife.
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She's the one
that got the dowry.
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That was her
guarantee, if you please,
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that if the home
broke up she took the dowry.
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That was her's... and
so it belonged to her.
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And there was no
such thing as a wedding
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without him paying the dowry.
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OK. Secondly, he then
returned to his father's house
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to prepare a place for her.
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After he'd gone to the
father, talked to them,
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had paid the dowry for his wife,
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then he goes back and
prepares a place for her.
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Because up to that point there
was no guarantee of the wedding.
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But once he had paid the dowry
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then it was solid, it was sure,
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and he went back
and prepared a place
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where they were going
to live. And many times
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there he built at
home at... by his father's
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home... that's where he built
a home for he and his wife.
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And that was the
place that he built.
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After he had built a place,
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prepared a place for her,
the bride during this time:
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So it's during this time
while he's off building a home
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for them, she is to get
herself ready for the wedding.
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This is when she does all
the preparation for the wedding.
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That's what took place...
they got ready for the wedding.
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And as you read
through the scripture
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you find many many cases of that
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where it talks about a
wedding and it talks about how
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the bride got herself
ready for the wedding.
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That was typical
of a Jewish wedding.
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So when the house is
built, everything's ready,
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the bride has got
herself all ready,
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then he comes back
to get the bride...
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claim his bride.
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And then from there he
takes her to his father's house
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for the wedding.
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That is how a
Jewish wedding took place.
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And this whole story and
the marriage supper of the Lamb
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is built on that. And
if you understand that
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all of a sudden you can
see exactly what Christ did
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because it all falls within what
took place here at the wedding.
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For instance, it tells us:
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In other words, a man
leaves the home of his parents
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and goes to find a bride.
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Find a wife. Shall leave them.
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Finds a wife. Says he
shall be joined to her.
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And God simply
takes that whole situation
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and compares it to what
He does with the church.
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So he takes that whole scenario
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of courtship, wedding, and all
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and compares it between Christ
and His love for the church.
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That's what he
has here. All right.
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So he said: "All of it's taken
place. You need to rejoice.
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Be merry, for the time has come.
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The wife has
made herself ready. "
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OK.
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She is arrayed in fine linen.
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Clean, bright...
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for this is the
righteous acts of the saints.
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Hmmm. How does that happen?
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How does that take place?
Righteous acts of the saints.
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Said: "Blessed are
those who are called
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to the marriage
supper of the Lamb.
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These are true sayings of God. "
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Well, let's look at it.
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Christ decided to
leave the Father's house.
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Made that decision
to come to this earth.
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Came here.
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He came from His Father's house.
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Coming here for what purpose?
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What's He coming here for?
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To pay the dowry...
coming to pay the dowry.
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So He was there in the
beginning with His Father.
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And He said: "Now I
have come to the earth,
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I have done what
You've asked Me to do.
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Glorify Me with the
glory I had with You
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back even before
this world ever existed. "
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So He's coming to
this earth to get His bride
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to pay the dowry for her.
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Do you understand that?
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He paid the dowry.
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That means He paid it for you.
00:24:57.36\00:25:01.24
Paid the dowry. Listen to this:
00:25:01.74\00:25:04.34
That was the dowry.
00:25:15.45\00:25:17.38
The dowry required
for Him to give His life
00:25:17.68\00:25:22.86
for her. Highest
price that could be asked:
00:25:23.56\00:25:29.55
that He would have to
lay down His life for her.
00:25:29.75\00:25:34.06
And remember...
who gets the dowry?
00:25:34.26\00:25:36.87
The bride.
00:25:37.17\00:25:39.70
Yeah. Paid it. Paid it for her.
00:25:40.00\00:25:44.35
It's good for eternity.
00:25:44.65\00:25:48.29
Throughout
eternity that dowry is good.
00:25:48.59\00:25:51.64
It's a guarantee that you and
I can be in the kingdom of God.
00:25:52.04\00:25:57.95
That He paid it for us.
00:25:58.25\00:26:01.68
And so He paid the dowry,
and after He paid the dowry
00:26:01.98\00:26:05.74
then what did He do?
00:26:05.94\00:26:08.31
Well He went back to His Father.
00:26:10.06\00:26:12.53
Paid the dowry;
that was the guarantee.
00:26:16.05\00:26:20.62
There was no question,
folks... please understand
00:26:20.92\00:26:24.85
that when He died on
Calvary that settled it.
00:26:25.15\00:26:29.19
There was no
question after that.
00:26:30.70\00:26:34.00
He could go back to heaven
and now He could prepare a place
00:26:34.20\00:26:39.05
for His bride. And so He left.
00:26:39.25\00:26:42.89
And the text
that all of you know:
00:26:42.99\00:26:45.15
So He said: "I'm
going to go away.
00:27:11.34\00:27:13.34
I'm going to go
prepare a place for you. "
00:27:13.54\00:27:16.50
And so He went
back to His Father
00:27:16.70\00:27:19.44
to prepare a
place for His bride.
00:27:19.64\00:27:24.33
That's what He's been doing...
00:27:24.64\00:27:27.05
preparing a place
for you and for me.
00:27:28.93\00:27:33.17
Probably His
preparing a place for us
00:27:34.01\00:27:39.90
could be done a lot, lot faster
00:27:42.60\00:27:48.54
than the time that it took for
the bride to prepare herself.
00:27:50.54\00:27:56.23
I'm afraid that
the length of time
00:27:58.71\00:28:01.56
that we've been on this earth
00:28:01.86\00:28:05.63
from the time that He
left to go back to His Father
00:28:05.93\00:28:09.80
to this day is not
because He has been slow
00:28:11.39\00:28:16.65
in preparing a place.
00:28:16.85\00:28:18.46
I'm afraid it has more to do
00:28:19.94\00:28:21.95
with the bride
getting herself ready.
00:28:22.15\00:28:25.03
How...
00:28:31.23\00:28:33.39
how does she make herself ready
00:28:33.69\00:28:38.50
for Him to come back?
00:28:39.72\00:28:42.39
Well, let's see what it says:
00:28:42.60\00:28:44.07
In other words, it says
that this washing process -
00:28:55.15\00:28:58.89
the cleansing that takes place -
00:28:59.09\00:29:03.43
all takes place by the?
00:29:03.63\00:29:07.15
What? It all
takes place by the Word.
00:29:08.99\00:29:13.42
In other words, this is how the
cleansing process takes place
00:29:14.54\00:29:19.96
is by the Word.
00:29:20.26\00:29:22.42
Are some of you staying dirty?
00:29:29.57\00:29:31.95
Hmmm?
00:29:34.29\00:29:35.97
Are you not being washed
00:29:36.37\00:29:39.59
because you're not
spending any time in the Word?
00:29:39.79\00:29:42.43
'Cause that's what's cleansing.
00:29:44.10\00:29:46.63
What does that do...
what does the Word do
00:29:46.93\00:29:49.53
for you and for me?
00:29:49.73\00:29:51.37
That all takes
place by the Word.
00:30:03.16\00:30:05.42
So dear friend, get
out your Bible and read!
00:30:06.52\00:30:10.24
Spend time in the Word of God.
00:30:10.74\00:30:12.92
There is nothing,
nothing... nothing that you do
00:30:12.95\00:30:16.85
that's more important
than the time you spend
00:30:17.25\00:30:21.49
in the Word of God...
00:30:21.69\00:30:23.39
especially in this day and age.
00:30:23.59\00:30:25.98
That you and I must
spend time in the scripture
00:30:26.28\00:30:31.26
if we are going to
receive the cleansing
00:30:31.46\00:30:35.08
that He desires to give us.
00:30:35.28\00:30:38.14
Have to spend time
in the Word of God.
00:30:38.44\00:30:42.05
Please notice I
highlighted that word granted.
00:30:58.12\00:31:03.59
You see, in the
original that meant given.
00:31:03.89\00:31:07.69
That's what it
means: "to her was GIVEN" -
00:31:09.42\00:31:12.55
if you please - "to be
arrayed in fine linen. "
00:31:12.85\00:31:16.47
It's not something that she
00:31:16.77\00:31:19.94
is capable of
doing of her own works.
00:31:20.87\00:31:24.35
It's something
that was given to her
00:31:24.65\00:31:27.04
totally and
completely... and it comes free.
00:31:27.24\00:31:32.09
You can't work for
it. You can't buy it.
00:31:33.77\00:31:37.19
The righteousness that
you and I need and must have
00:31:37.69\00:31:43.53
is totally without one thread
00:31:43.73\00:31:48.73
of human devising.
00:31:48.93\00:31:50.99
It is completely the
righteousness of Jesus Christ.
00:31:51.29\00:31:56.96
Comes no other way.
00:31:57.26\00:31:59.71
But I can't have
that if I am not willing
00:32:00.01\00:32:05.45
to spend time with Him.
00:32:07.52\00:32:09.67
I have to spend time in the
Word for that to take place.
00:32:09.97\00:32:13.85
Puts upon us this
robe of righteousness
00:32:30.41\00:32:34.37
that He alone can give to us.
00:32:34.47\00:32:38.12
See, this is how
that takes place.
00:32:54.03\00:32:56.94
Take your Bible.
00:32:58.93\00:33:01.87
Turn over with
me... over to Matthew.
00:33:02.07\00:33:05.40
Gospel of Matthew.
00:33:05.70\00:33:10.01
Twenty-second chapter.
00:33:10.31\00:33:14.13
Matthew 22nd chapter.
Let's look at verse 10.
00:33:14.53\00:33:20.47
Because Jesus...
Jesus told the story
00:33:20.77\00:33:25.77
of a great supper,
00:33:25.97\00:33:28.79
referring to this
wedding supper of the Lamb.
00:33:28.99\00:33:31.98
And He had this to say.
Let's start with verse 10:
00:33:32.28\00:33:35.35
"So those servants
went out into the highways
00:33:35.65\00:33:40.14
and gathered
together all whom they found
00:33:40.17\00:33:43.26
both bad and good.
00:33:43.46\00:33:46.25
And the wedding hall
was filled with guests. "
00:33:46.45\00:33:49.85
Servants went out and
they gathered the people.
00:33:50.15\00:33:55.20
What kind of people?
00:33:55.50\00:33:57.50
Bad and good.
00:34:00.01\00:34:01.90
It doesn't say just good, folks.
00:34:02.10\00:34:06.30
Says the wedding hall
was filled with bad and good.
00:34:06.60\00:34:11.37
There in the wedding
hall were all kinds of morally
00:34:11.67\00:34:16.81
good people.
00:34:17.01\00:34:19.59
People who had been
raised morally good.
00:34:19.89\00:34:24.84
Hall is full of them.
00:34:26.46\00:34:28.53
But the hall is
also full of bad people.
00:34:30.20\00:34:35.16
Which is trying to show you that
00:34:39.08\00:34:44.54
there isn't really
anything within ourselves
00:34:44.84\00:34:50.25
that makes us
acceptable unto Him.
00:34:50.85\00:34:56.36
None of us.
00:34:57.65\00:35:00.46
Let's go on. Let's
see... there's something
00:35:01.66\00:35:05.07
that is a common
denominator among them.
00:35:05.27\00:35:08.39
Look at verse 11:
00:35:08.69\00:35:10.06
"And when the king
came in to see the guests
00:35:11.02\00:35:13.86
he saw a man there who did not
have on the wedding garment. "
00:35:15.30\00:35:19.21
The common
denominator among them all:
00:35:20.49\00:35:23.51
they had a wedding garment.
00:35:23.81\00:35:26.62
There were some of them
that were good moral people.
00:35:27.91\00:35:33.26
There were some of
them that were bad.
00:35:33.56\00:35:37.31
But they had... all of
them... had the wedding garment
00:35:37.61\00:35:42.73
that had been given
to them by the king.
00:35:44.12\00:35:48.35
That was the thing
that made the difference.
00:35:50.15\00:35:52.79
That's what gave
them right to be there
00:35:52.99\00:35:55.44
was the wedding garment.
00:35:55.65\00:35:57.16
"So he said to him: 'friend,
how did you come in here
00:36:00.70\00:36:03.98
without the wedding garment? '
00:36:04.19\00:36:05.59
And he was speechless.
00:36:05.80\00:36:08.76
Then the king
said to the servants:
00:36:09.16\00:36:11.59
'bind him hand and
foot and take him away
00:36:11.62\00:36:13.55
and cast him
into outer darkness. '
00:36:13.75\00:36:15.21
There shall be
weeping and gnashing of teeth
00:36:15.41\00:36:17.84
for many are called
but few are chosen. "
00:36:18.04\00:36:21.12
Said: "Friend, what
are you doing in here
00:36:22.44\00:36:25.85
without the wedding garment? "
00:36:26.05\00:36:27.68
What... what
was he going to say?
00:36:28.18\00:36:31.18
He couldn't say
to the king: "Well...
00:36:31.68\00:36:35.31
I couldn't afford it. "
00:36:35.51\00:36:36.88
It was free.
00:36:37.03\00:36:39.68
Didn't cost anything.
00:36:39.98\00:36:41.35
He didn't dare say to
the king "I didn't like it. "
00:36:41.44\00:36:44.30
You don't tell kings that.
00:36:44.50\00:36:46.00
So what was he going to say?
00:36:46.30\00:36:49.87
Couldn't say anything...
he was "speechless. "
00:36:50.07\00:36:51.71
So with you and I.
00:36:52.01\00:36:55.29
Righteousness of Christ
00:36:55.79\00:36:58.79
is offered to you
totally and completely free.
00:36:58.99\00:37:03.31
All you and I have to do
is accept it and put it on.
00:37:05.03\00:37:10.95
Covers... covers all our sins.
00:37:12.78\00:37:18.41
To the morally
good it covers them,
00:37:18.72\00:37:24.47
and to the bad it covers them.
00:37:24.68\00:37:27.52
This is given to all.
00:37:27.82\00:37:31.38
This is the garment of
Christ's righteousness.
00:37:31.69\00:37:36.11
You see... the
bride is the church.
00:37:48.15\00:37:52.90
You and I are the guests,
00:37:54.27\00:37:58.11
and we're
invited to the wedding.
00:37:58.42\00:38:02.49
It's required
00:38:02.89\00:38:06.46
that we have the wedding garment
00:38:07.26\00:38:09.82
which is the
righteousness of Christ.
00:38:10.12\00:38:12.28
Now I'm going to
ask you something.
00:38:12.58\00:38:14.87
Are you becoming kinder?
00:38:17.31\00:38:23.28
Are you becoming more loving?
00:38:23.98\00:38:27.12
Are you becoming more gentle?
00:38:28.28\00:38:31.18
Are you becoming more forgiving?
00:38:32.33\00:38:36.21
For that is what is to happen.
00:38:37.82\00:38:40.65
That is the
righteousness of Christ.
00:38:40.86\00:38:45.53
This is what must happen to us
00:38:47.67\00:38:51.48
if we're going to do
what He wants us to do.
00:38:51.78\00:38:54.96
Now the bridegroom -
when the bride's ready -
00:38:56.53\00:39:01.27
the bridegroom is going to
return to receive His bride.
00:39:01.47\00:39:04.47
He'll come back and get her.
00:39:04.77\00:39:06.84
Watch again as John
reaches back to the very first
00:39:16.36\00:39:21.11
chapter of the
book of Revelation
00:39:21.31\00:39:22.87
and pulls out many of the
attributes of Jesus Christ.
00:39:23.27\00:39:29.25
Because you have a
word description of Christ
00:39:29.36\00:39:31.66
in the first
chapter of Revelation.
00:39:31.86\00:39:33.79
Here he comes back with
some of the same descriptions
00:39:33.99\00:39:38.24
of Christ: righteousness.
"He judges and makes war... "
00:39:38.44\00:39:42.63
The name is called what?
00:39:58.17\00:39:59.76
There must be some relationship
00:40:00.06\00:40:03.61
between this book and
the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:40:03.81\00:40:09.13
If you want to get to know Him,
00:40:11.39\00:40:14.75
you find Him right here.
00:40:16.20\00:40:18.52
That's where you find Him.
00:40:19.79\00:40:21.51
Why? Why would He
have His name written
00:40:56.15\00:41:01.30
on His robe and on His thigh?
00:41:01.50\00:41:05.49
Why would He do that?
00:41:06.29\00:41:09.16
Because His robe
00:41:10.87\00:41:15.34
is a robe of righteousness
00:41:15.54\00:41:20.16
and He is righteous.
00:41:20.46\00:41:22.45
But you find it's
written on His thigh
00:41:22.75\00:41:25.81
because that's a
sign of His covenant
00:41:26.01\00:41:29.25
that He makes
with you and with me.
00:41:29.55\00:41:33.31
The covenant that
He makes and says:
00:41:34.80\00:41:36.92
"I will be your God
00:41:37.12\00:41:39.39
and you shall be My people. "
00:41:39.59\00:41:43.99
And He said: "I'll
remember your sins no more,
00:41:44.30\00:41:47.65
and I'll cover you
with My righteousness
00:41:47.95\00:41:51.31
and I will be your God. "
00:41:51.61\00:41:53.11
And so here He is
coming back and He's saying:
00:41:53.31\00:41:55.57
"I am the King of
Kings, the Lord of Lords.
00:41:55.77\00:41:58.39
I am your God;
you are My people. "
00:41:58.59\00:42:03.69
Gathers His bride.
00:42:05.43\00:42:08.18
Now you have to understand
00:42:08.48\00:42:10.19
that He's the King of
Kings and the Lord of Lords.
00:42:10.49\00:42:14.73
And since He is that,
00:42:15.33\00:42:19.49
there is a certain amount
of... how should I put it?
00:42:19.89\00:42:25.38
cleaning up that He has to do.
00:42:25.68\00:42:29.18
So you have the
marriage supper of the Lamb
00:42:29.48\00:42:33.62
where you're invited.
00:42:33.92\00:42:38.22
You're a guest.
00:42:38.52\00:42:40.38
You can be there, and
being that you're a guest
00:42:40.68\00:42:44.15
He in His majesty and in
His kindness and His love
00:42:44.35\00:42:48.00
gives to you the
robe of His righteousness.
00:42:48.30\00:42:53.30
But if you don't want
00:42:55.70\00:42:58.41
to be involved in the
marriage supper of the Lamb,
00:42:59.76\00:43:02.31
if you don't want to go to it,
00:43:02.51\00:43:04.06
then there's another
supper that you WILL go to...
00:43:04.36\00:43:10.11
whether you want to
or whether you don't.
00:43:10.41\00:43:13.16
And both these suppers
are pictured in this chapter.
00:43:13.46\00:43:18.41
And it describes it.
It speaks of this angel
00:43:19.54\00:43:24.50
that stands in the sun.
00:43:24.70\00:43:28.32
Now this is not the
marriage supper of the Lamb.
00:43:42.41\00:43:45.60
This is the
supper of the great God.
00:43:47.48\00:43:51.34
OK? Inviting all the birds
00:43:51.64\00:43:54.99
to come to this supper. Watch:
00:43:55.19\00:43:57.83
Invitation... come.
00:44:19.40\00:44:24.03
You may eat the
flesh of all those
00:44:25.39\00:44:30.67
that spurned the invitation
00:44:30.87\00:44:35.02
to the marriage
supper of the Lamb.
00:44:35.32\00:44:38.17
You see, dear
friend... it's your choice.
00:44:38.47\00:44:41.54
It's up to you to choose.
00:44:43.42\00:44:45.35
It has to be your choice
00:44:46.97\00:44:49.45
whether you are
going to be a guest
00:44:49.75\00:44:53.93
at the marriage
supper of the Lamb
00:44:54.23\00:44:56.50
or whether you're going to be
at the supper of the great God,
00:44:56.80\00:45:00.77
of the great God Almighty,
00:45:00.97\00:45:03.67
where the birds will come
00:45:03.97\00:45:09.03
and they'll eat the
flesh of all people.
00:45:09.06\00:45:13.24
All in opposition to God
00:45:28.79\00:45:33.23
come
00:45:33.53\00:45:37.08
to war against the King of Kings
00:45:37.48\00:45:41.60
and the Lord of Lords.
00:45:41.80\00:45:44.12
Going to fight
Him... be against Him.
00:45:44.42\00:45:46.83
So here he speaks of the
beast, the false prophet.
00:46:01.73\00:46:05.26
They're there. They're part
of this great group of people
00:46:05.56\00:46:09.73
there, and the
beast was captured.
00:46:09.93\00:46:12.47
And the false prophet.
00:46:13.91\00:46:15.87
You see, what it's
talking here, folks,
00:46:27.78\00:46:29.67
is this great trinity
00:46:29.87\00:46:34.21
of evil, this trinity
that was absolutely opposed
00:46:34.51\00:46:40.38
to God and the
teaching of God's Word...
00:46:40.58\00:46:42.86
these are captured,
thrown into the lake of fire.
00:46:43.26\00:46:47.47
Someone else is too.
00:46:47.67\00:46:49.08
When it says "they were killed
00:47:01.99\00:47:04.89
with the sword that
proceeds from the mouth
00:47:05.09\00:47:09.00
of Him who sits on the horse, "
00:47:09.10\00:47:10.99
what proceeds from His mouth?
00:47:11.19\00:47:13.86
What's the sword?
00:47:16.17\00:47:18.05
The Word of God.
00:47:18.35\00:47:20.88
You see, they one
time said something about
00:47:21.18\00:47:25.86
Christ judging and He
said: "I don't judge you. "
00:47:26.06\00:47:28.18
He said: "The words judge you. "
00:47:28.38\00:47:32.78
You see, you have to come
to the place in your experience
00:47:33.09\00:47:38.55
where when you read what it says
00:47:38.79\00:47:41.28
you're willing to
accept what it says.
00:47:41.78\00:47:45.60
I run onto people
that read what it says
00:47:46.88\00:47:50.83
but not willing to accept it.
00:47:51.03\00:47:54.08
Or read what it says
00:47:55.96\00:47:58.05
and say it doesn't
make any difference.
00:47:58.25\00:48:01.05
I... I... In my
own personal experience
00:48:03.95\00:48:07.79
I had to come to the place
00:48:07.99\00:48:11.23
where I decided that
I had to give the Lord
00:48:11.43\00:48:16.42
the right to call the shots.
00:48:16.62\00:48:19.49
That I could not
go on through life
00:48:21.26\00:48:25.49
calling the shots.
00:48:25.69\00:48:28.04
That I had to let Him say:
"Yes, this is what you do. "
00:48:28.34\00:48:32.64
"Yes, this isn't what you do. "
00:48:32.67\00:48:34.69
And I had to accept
that and say: "Yes, Lord. "
00:48:34.99\00:48:37.70
If I'm not willing to do that,
00:48:39.45\00:48:42.98
then He can't do
His work in my life.
00:48:43.29\00:48:47.48
He can't do for me
what He needs to do.
00:48:47.88\00:48:51.61
The Holy Spirit... the
Holy Spirit, dear friend,
00:48:51.71\00:48:55.92
must come into our life
and do its work to change us
00:48:56.12\00:49:01.89
and to make us different.
00:49:02.19\00:49:04.65
To make us love one another.
00:49:04.95\00:49:07.76
To make us be kind
and tender and loving.
00:49:08.06\00:49:11.16
That is the work
of the Holy Spirit,
00:49:11.47\00:49:13.30
and I have to be
submissive to that work.
00:49:13.50\00:49:16.90
"These will make
war with the Lamb. "
00:49:17.20\00:49:21.85
This is referring to
the ten kings, the beast,
00:49:22.15\00:49:24.58
the false prophet.
00:49:24.78\00:49:26.52
You're called; you're chosen.
00:49:39.39\00:49:43.11
You're supposed to be at
the marriage supper of the Lamb.
00:49:43.41\00:49:48.92
"These have made
war with the Lamb. "
00:49:49.22\00:49:52.98
As we said, the
beast, the false prophet...
00:50:07.65\00:50:10.56
they've been captured. They have
been cast into the lake of fire.
00:50:10.77\00:50:15.58
Watch:
00:50:20.76\00:50:22.13
So here you have all three -
00:50:30.53\00:50:34.62
the beast, the
false prophet, the devil -
00:50:34.82\00:50:36.98
they all have been
cast into the lake of fire.
00:50:37.18\00:50:39.55
Which is basically
saying, dear friend,
00:50:39.85\00:50:42.35
that He has
brought this to an end.
00:50:42.55\00:50:45.76
There will be sin no more.
00:50:46.06\00:50:49.90
It's forever ended.
00:50:50.20\00:50:52.39
And He's going
to put an end to it.
00:50:52.69\00:50:56.36
The angel came,
invited them to come
00:51:08.73\00:51:12.04
and to eat the flesh
of kings and captains
00:51:12.24\00:51:14.40
and horses and so forth.
00:51:14.60\00:51:16.05
And it says "they were
filled with their flesh. "
00:51:16.35\00:51:19.64
Now watch as
Jeremiah gives you an insight
00:51:19.84\00:51:24.01
into what happens here:
00:51:24.21\00:51:25.58
You understand what he's saying
00:51:36.25\00:51:38.47
when he says here: "I
beheld; indeed there was no man.
00:51:41.16\00:51:44.98
The birds of the
heaven had fled? "
00:51:45.28\00:51:48.31
Well, folks, he's just
saying "supper's over. "
00:51:48.61\00:51:50.82
That's what he's saying.
00:51:50.92\00:51:53.44
The birds have come
and they've eaten them.
00:51:53.74\00:51:56.07
There's no man.
00:51:56.37\00:51:58.16
They've fled... it's over.
00:51:58.46\00:52:00.98
Brought it to an end.
00:52:01.28\00:52:05.28
Sin, sinners will be no more.
00:52:05.58\00:52:11.19
Righteousness... God's
kingdom will be for eternity.
00:52:11.59\00:52:17.54
To you and to me He
gives that wonderful promise:
00:52:17.84\00:52:23.47
So tonight the King of Kings
00:52:33.71\00:52:39.32
and the Lord of
Lords is inviting you
00:52:39.62\00:52:44.54
to come. To be part of the
marriage supper of the Lamb.
00:52:44.74\00:52:50.25
Dear friend, you may
have classified yourself
00:52:50.55\00:52:55.04
as some of those
guests that were bad
00:52:55.25\00:52:58.79
but please notice:
He had a wedding garment
00:53:00.26\00:53:03.80
for each one of them.
00:53:04.00\00:53:05.43
And that garment
covers that person.
00:53:06.68\00:53:11.28
Or you may be this
person who has been
00:53:11.48\00:53:15.01
raised in the church.
00:53:15.31\00:53:18.86
You may be one of
these individuals that I hear
00:53:20.60\00:53:23.62
say: "Oh, I know all that, "
00:53:23.82\00:53:25.46
but in the depth of your
soul you know that you are lost
00:53:27.98\00:53:33.25
just the same as
that person that's bad.
00:53:33.45\00:53:35.71
But the Lord simply
invites you to come.
00:53:37.41\00:53:40.72
He has a robe of
righteousness to cover your life
00:53:41.02\00:53:46.01
that you and I may
have the marvelous privilege
00:53:46.31\00:53:51.25
of sitting down and eating
00:53:52.53\00:53:55.01
at the marriage
supper of the Lamb.
00:53:55.31\00:53:57.64
Let us pray.
00:53:57.94\00:53:59.53
Father in heaven,
00:53:59.83\00:54:01.20
for Your
invitation... we thank you.
00:54:01.45\00:54:04.35
May we each one
reach out and accept
00:54:05.76\00:54:10.40
this marvelous gift -
00:54:12.01\00:54:13.97
indescribable gift:
00:54:14.27\00:54:17.03
that You paid the dowry
00:54:17.53\00:54:21.38
that we each can be saved.
00:54:21.68\00:54:25.91
May each one here and
those that are listening,
00:54:26.02\00:54:28.81
those that are watching,
reach out tonight and accept You
00:54:29.01\00:54:32.96
into their lives we
pray. In Christ's name, Amen.
00:54:33.16\00:54:37.41
God bless you; good night.
00:54:37.71\00:54:39.72
In the heart of
southern Illinois
00:54:41.48\00:54:43.41
lies a small town
named after A. J. Mason
00:54:43.61\00:54:47.87
who came in 1923 with
plans for a dream city
00:54:48.07\00:54:51.95
and the largest coal
mine in the United States.
00:54:52.15\00:54:55.69
Surveyors laid out the
streets and the sidewalk
00:54:55.99\00:54:58.70
and workers built the tallest
smokestack in the country
00:54:58.90\00:55:02.49
complete with a Spanish turret
00:55:02.69\00:55:04.85
and decorative
cathedral doors at the top.
00:55:05.05\00:55:08.46
Railroad tracks were laid,
00:55:08.76\00:55:10.55
and as word of
this dream city spread
00:55:10.75\00:55:13.43
people flocked
in by the thousands.
00:55:13.63\00:55:16.43
But as the black coal
came out of those deep tunnels
00:55:16.73\00:55:19.80
miners came closer and
closer to the end of the dream.
00:55:20.00\00:55:24.94
And after just
three years of mining
00:55:25.24\00:55:27.55
an underground
river flooded the shaft.
00:55:27.75\00:55:30.97
Suddenly the
operations became very costly
00:55:31.27\00:55:34.78
and although Mr. Mason
poured millions into his mine
00:55:34.98\00:55:39.09
eventually it was
taken over by the bank.
00:55:39.29\00:55:42.42
People left the city in droves.
00:55:42.72\00:55:45.03
Some didn't even bother
to take their furniture.
00:55:45.33\00:55:47.67
Soon the tracks lay dormant.
00:55:47.97\00:55:50.33
Weeds grew up around
the beautiful train station,
00:55:50.53\00:55:53.04
and abandoned
homes gave way to trees.
00:55:53.24\00:55:56.87
Today locals say that Mason
is the only town in America
00:55:57.07\00:56:01.90
where you can hunt
quail from the sidewalk.
00:56:02.10\00:56:05.24
Although other coal
companies tried to revive it,
00:56:05.54\00:56:08.58
Mason's mine never
again turned a profit
00:56:08.78\00:56:12.91
and today only a few
hundred people are left.
00:56:13.11\00:56:16.57
Mr. Mason's
dream went up in smoke.
00:56:16.87\00:56:20.52
All that remains is
a beautiful smokestack,
00:56:20.82\00:56:24.04
an old train station,
00:56:24.34\00:56:26.69
and miles of deserted tracks.
00:56:26.89\00:56:29.54
The Bible says earthly
treasures are easily stolen
00:56:30.94\00:56:34.67
by thieves and
destroyed by moth and rust.
00:56:34.87\00:56:38.36
But our Heavenly Father
is building a dream city
00:56:38.56\00:56:41.35
with streets of gold and
mansions by a crystal sea.
00:56:41.55\00:56:45.50
He invites us to come
live with Him for eternity
00:56:45.80\00:56:48.79
and never grow old.
00:56:48.99\00:56:50.81
The Bible also says
that where our treasure is
00:56:50.91\00:56:53.86
there our heart will be also.
00:56:54.06\00:56:56.17
And in this day and age
when stocks lose their value
00:56:56.47\00:57:00.19
in minutes and
entire banking systems fail
00:57:00.39\00:57:03.89
God invites us to put
our treasures in things of
00:57:04.19\00:57:08.03
eternal value.
00:57:08.23\00:57:09.60
Friends, nothing is more
valuable than a human soul.
00:57:09.69\00:57:14.22
Won't you help us bring
the good news of salvation
00:57:14.52\00:57:17.30
to those who are lost?
00:57:17.46\00:57:19.71
Please, ask the Holy Spirit
what He would have you do.
00:57:19.91\00:57:24.65
Please consider what
you can do for those who
00:57:25.95\00:57:28.86
still don't know about Jesus.
00:57:29.06\00:57:30.89
As the Holy Spirit impresses,
00:57:31.02\00:57:32.62
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