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Revelation chapter 7 · Scripture Unscripted

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  Revelation Chapter 7. Let us pray, Father, who's in
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  heaven, Holy is your name, your Kingdom come, and your will be
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  done on this earth, just as it is there in heaven.
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  Give us this day Our Daily Bread and forgive us for our many sins
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  as we forgive those who sin against you.
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  God, I pray that we will be protected from the evil one.
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  God, I pray that you'll continue to shower us with your presence.
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  God, I pray in the mighty name of Jesus for your glory to be
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  revealed. Lord, your power to be put on
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  display. Father, I pray that your enemies
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  will be put as a footstool. God, I pray in the mighty name
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  of Jesus for worldwide revival to break out.
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  God, I pray that you'll silence all of the accusations of the
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  enemy. God, I pray that you'll bind the
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  enemy. Lord, cast him into the judgment
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  that you have a waiting for him. Father, I pray that you will
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  help us to be more than conquerors.
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  Help us to see our worth. Help us, God, to not live
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  discouraged lives. Help us not to be those that
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  give up, Lord, but help us charge the hill.
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  Help us to be yours, Lord, to be your spotless bride.
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  Help us to know our bridal identity.
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  Help us to know our worth, Father, in Christ Jesus, Lord,
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  seat us there with you. In Christ.
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  We love you, Father, we love everything about you.
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  We thank you for the word. We thank you, God, for the
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  sacrifice on the cross. We thank you for eternal
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  salvation, Lord. And it's in Jesus Christ, holy
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  and precious name that I pray, Amen.
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  Let's start in verse one and after these things I saw 4
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  angels standing on the four corners of the earth holding the
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  four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the
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  earth, nor on the sea nor on any tree.
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  So we saw the cosmic upheaval in the last chapter.
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  We saw people running and trying to hide.
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  We saw the four horses coming out the Antichrist.
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  We saw war and famine and death and hell following behind.
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  We I saw it all friends in here. You can see as the seals were
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  opened and now we're dealing with all of these judgments that
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  are coming upon the earth. You can see here that God is
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  restraining and he's holding back these 4 horsemen and he's
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  saying do not touch anything yet.
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  And I saw another Angel that's ascending from the east, having
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  the seal of the living God, and he cried with a loud voice to
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  the four angels to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the
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  sea. So these messengers that are
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  going out, we can see that this 5th Angel perhaps Christ coming
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  in from the east and we know he's going to enter in to Zion
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  from the Eastgate. And you can see here that he's
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  got the seal of the living God. And you can see that he's crying
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  out with a loud voice and he's saying, wait three hurt not the
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  earth, neither the sea nor the trees, till we have sealed the
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  servants of our God on their foreheads.
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  So much like the mark of the beast here we're going to see
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  the 144,000 Israelites, these Jewish missionaries being sealed
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  so that they will not suffer harm.
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  What an amazing thought. Four.
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  And I heard the number of them which were sealed.
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  And there were sealed 144,000 of all the tribes of the children
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  of Israel five And of the tribe of Judah were sealed 12,000.
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  And of the tribe of Reuben were sealed 12,000.
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  And of the tribe of Gad were sealed 12,000.
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  And of the tribe of Asher were sealed 12,000.
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  And of the tribe of Nephilim were sealed 12,000.
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  And of the tribe of Manesseh were sealed 12,000.
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  And of the tribe of Simeon were sealed 12,000.
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  And of the tribe of Levi were sealed 12,000.
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  And of the tribe of Issachar was sealed 12,000, and of the tribe
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  of Zebulon were sealed 12,000. And of the tribe of Joseph were
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  sealed 12,000. And of the tribe of Benjamin
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  were sealed 12,000. So we can see here that this
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  lineage is all of the tribes that receive this mark, these
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  12,000 missionaries that are sealed for protection during the
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  seven-year tribulation. And this is when Israel will
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  finally figure out that Jesus Christ is the Messiah and they
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  need not wait upon another friends.
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  And it is a beautiful thing for them to be Messianic Jews, Jews
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  by ethnicity, but Messianic in their choice of Jesus Christ.
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  And they must come to God in the same way that you and I have
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  through his Son Jesus Christ. 9 After this I beheld, and lo, a
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  great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations and
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  kindreds and people and tongues stood before the throne and
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  before the Lamb, clothed with white robes and palms in their
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  hands. So we can see a Gentile
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  multitude coming out of the Great Tribulation.
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  It is still possible for people to give their life to the Lord
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  Jesus Christ during the seven-year tribulation.
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  It will be much harder for them though, and for the many people,
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  even scholars and theologians who debate on this post Trib
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  theology and they argue from many passages in the Bible that
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  point to us having to suffer. This is the group that suffers
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  all of the terrible things that are marked out that Jesus told
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  us in the book of Luke and he was describing from Matthew 24
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  and in the book of Luke, he was describing two different events.
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  And when he says that you'll be handed over and you will be
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  beheaded and all of the persecutions to come, we're
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  going to see the church will see a lot of that.
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  We'll see the birth pains leading up to this seven-year
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  tribulation. But here this multitude that it
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  is described in Revelation 7, these are the ones who had to
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  actually go through it. Perhaps they did not have their
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  lamps filled and their Wicks trim.
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  They were not ready when the bridegroom came and the door was
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  shut and the catching up had already happened and they were
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  left here. And it is a huge difference
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  between actually knowing Him and being known by Him.
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  And that is the call today. Sound the alarm today.
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  It is not enough to have an intellectual approach towards
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  Jesus Christ. We must know that we know that
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  we know that we know that we are His and we are in Him, friends.
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  And that is the only way that you will be able to escape what
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  is happening or what will happen upon this earth.
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  And you can see here this great multitude of Gentiles that are
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  going to receive these white robes and get to stand before
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  Jesus Christ. They have these palm tree, palm
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  branches in their hands just like they did whenever he was
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  coming into the city. And they're crying out Hosanna,
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  save now. And here you can see that Jesus
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  Christ is victorious, and if we will place our faith and our
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  full confidence in him, will never be put to shame even in
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  death. Stand and cried with a loud
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  voice saying salvation to our God, which sits upon the throne
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  and unto the Lamb. They're crying out Hosanna, save
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  now Hosanna in the highest, be praised in the highest 11 And
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  all the angels stood around about the throne and about the
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  elders, and the four beasts fell before the throne on their faces
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  and worshipped God. So you can't help when you're in
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  the presence of Jesus Christ, you, your natural reaction is to
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  fall down and to worship him. All of creation, just worship
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  him. He is worthy of all of our
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  adoration and attention and affection.
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  He is worthy to be praised. He is God Almighty 12 saying
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  Amen, blessing and glory and wisdom and Thanksgiving, honor
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  and power, and might be unto our God forever and ever.
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  Amen. There is only one true living
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  God, and He is the only one that deserves our worship. 13 And one
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  of the elders answered and said to me, What are these which are
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  arrayed in white robes? And where did they come from?
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  He already knew, but he wanted John.
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  He wanted to prick John's interest and get John to ask, so
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  that he could tell him. 14 And I said unto him, Sir, you know?
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  And he said to me, These are they which came out of great
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  tribulation and have washed their robes and made them white
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  in the blood of the Lamb. What can wash away your sins?
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  It's nothing but the blood of Jesus Christ.
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  Though your sins were like scarlet, He made them as white
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  as snow. Friends, you need to know that
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  can't just be dunked in the water.
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  We must, we must be washed in the blood, friends, to be passed
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  over in the day of destruction. 15 Therefore are they before the
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  throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple.
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  And he that sits on the throne shall dwell among them.
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  Emmanuel, God with us, God dwelling among us.
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  That is heaven, friends, and one day New Jerusalem will come down
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  out of heaven and it will sit on literal planet earth, and the
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  gates are never closed and God will be there with us and we
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  look forward to that day. 16 They shall hunger no more,
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  neither thirst anymore, neither shall the sunlight on them nor
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  any heat. So He's going to take care of
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  our every need. We need not worry about
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  anything. Whenever we are finally in His
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  presence, it is paradise we'll end on. 17 For the Lamb, which
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  is in the midst of the throne, shall feed them, and shall lead
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  them unto living fountains of waters, and God shall wipe away
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  all tears from their eyes. We're going to see that get
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  described in further detail as we get into the end of
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  Revelation. But you need to understand that
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  there is nothing but glory and peace in His presence.
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  There is nothing but great joy and you will not be worried, you
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  will not be fearful, you will not have any hurt or any pain
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  when you're in the presence of Jesus Christ and here.
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  We're only here for a short time.
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  We're only here and we're taking a test.
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  That's what all this is about. It's a test that He gives us
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  over our lifetime to see if we will place our faith in Him or
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  not, if we will become hostile and rail and rage at the loving
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  God because he did not act and behave in the way that we wanted
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  him to. Or are we going to trust Him?
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  Even in the cancer diagnosis, even in the court case, even in
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  the loss of limb, the loss of a loved one, are we still going to
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  trust him or are we going to renounce him and turn away from
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  him and become hostile towards him?
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  Friends. And that is what you need to ask
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  yourself and count the cost now so that when something happens,
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  you do not become offended and fall away.
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  We look forward to being there with Him and Him being with us
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  forever and ever and ever. I pray that you've been blessed
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  by this amazing chapter in God's Word.
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  I know I sure have. I'm praying for you.
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  I love you. We'll see you back here
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  tomorrow. God bless you.