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THE BOOK OF REVELATION _ The Second Coming of Jesus Christ · truthunedited

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  Speaker 1: Over two thousand years ago, on the arid rocks of
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  Speaker 1: the island of Patmos, the apostle John received a revelation
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  Speaker 1: that would forever change our understanding of humanity's destiny. What
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  Speaker 1: he witnessed goes far beyond human imagination, visions of heavenly thrones,
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  Speaker 1: supernatural beings, cosmic battles, and events yet to unfold. Revelation
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  Speaker 1: is not just a book, It is the veil being
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  Speaker 1: lifted on the mysteries of time and eternity. Here we
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  Speaker 1: discover that history has an ending already written by God,
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  Speaker 1: where every prophecy will come to pass exactly as revealed.
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  Speaker 1: This book is a cornerstone of the Bible because it
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  Speaker 1: unveils what scripture has always pointed toward the glorious return
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  Speaker 1: of Jesus Christ as the King of Kings. Without Revelation,
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  Speaker 1: we would remain in the dark about our eternal fate.
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  Speaker 1: Get ready to uncover divine secrets sealed for centuries, and
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  Speaker 1: to recognize signs that may be unfolding in our own times.
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  Speaker 1: On a rocky island surrounded by the deep blue waters
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  Speaker 1: of the Aegean Sea, an old man sat alone. His
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  Speaker 1: name was John, and he was there not by choice,
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  Speaker 1: but because he had been sent away for speaking about Jesus.
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  Speaker 1: This island was called Patmoss, and it would become the
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  Speaker 1: place where Heaven opened its secrets to earth. As chapter one,
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  Speaker 1: verse one begins, we learn that what John was about
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  Speaker 1: to experience was the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God
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  Speaker 1: gave unto him to show unto his servants, things which
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  Speaker 1: must shortly come to pass, And he sent and signified
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  Speaker 1: it by his Angel unto his servant John. This wasn't
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  Speaker 1: just any ordinary vision. This was God's own plan being
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  Speaker 1: revealed through his son. John knew this message was special.
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  Speaker 1: In verse three, he wrote about a promise that would
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  Speaker 1: encourage any one who heard these words. Blessed is he
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  Speaker 1: that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophet,
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  Speaker 1: and keep those things which are written therein, for the
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  Speaker 1: time is at hand. God was offering a blessing to
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  Speaker 1: every one who would read, listen, and follow what was
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  Speaker 1: about to be revealed. The apostle then wrote his greeting
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  Speaker 1: to seven churches in Asia, and in verses four through
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  Speaker 1: six he shared the source of all grace and peace
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  Speaker 1: from Him which is, and which was, and which is
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  Speaker 1: to come and from the seven spirits which are before
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  Speaker 1: his throne, and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful
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  Speaker 1: Witness and the first begotten of the dead, and the
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  Speaker 1: Prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that
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  Speaker 1: loved us and washed us from our sins in his
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  Speaker 1: own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto
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  Speaker 1: God and his Father. To him be glory and dominion
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  Speaker 1: for ever and ever. Amen. Then came words that made
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  Speaker 1: John's heart race with anticipation. In verse seven, he wrote, Behold,
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  Speaker 1: he cometh with clouds, and every eye shall see him,
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  Speaker 1: and they also which pierced him, and all kindreds of
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  Speaker 1: the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen,
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  Speaker 1: Jesus was coming back, and everyone would see him. Finally,
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  Speaker 1: in verse eight came the most powerful declaration of all,
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  Speaker 1: the voice of the Almighty himself, spoke, I am Alpha
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  Speaker 1: and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord,
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  Speaker 1: which is, and which was, and which is to come
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  Speaker 1: the Almighty. Here was Jesus declaring that he was the
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  Speaker 1: first letter and the last letter of the Greek alphabet,
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  Speaker 1: the beginning and end of everything that ever was or
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  Speaker 1: ever would be. John was about to experience something that
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  Speaker 1: would change him forever. As he tells us in verse nine,
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  Speaker 1: I John, who also am your brother and companion in
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  Speaker 1: tribulation and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ,
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  Speaker 1: was in the eyele that is called Patmos, for the
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  Speaker 1: word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
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  Speaker 1: It was the Lord's Day, and John was in the
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  Speaker 1: spirit when something incredible happened. As verse ten records, I
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  Speaker 1: was in the spirit on the Lord's Day and heard
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  Speaker 1: behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet. The
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  Speaker 1: voice was so loud and clear it sounded like a
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  Speaker 1: trumpet blast echoing across the island. The voice gave John
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  Speaker 1: a direct command in verse eleven, saying, I am Alpha
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  Speaker 1: and Omega, the first and the last. And what thou
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  Speaker 1: seest write in a book and send it unto the
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  Speaker 1: seven churches which are in Asia, unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna,
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  Speaker 1: and unto Pergamos, and unto Thiata, and unto Sardis, and
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  Speaker 1: unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. When John turned around to
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  Speaker 1: see who was speaking, what he saw took his breath away.
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  Speaker 1: In verses twelve and thirteen, he describes, and I turned
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  Speaker 1: to see the voice that spake with me, And being turned,
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  Speaker 1: I saw seven golden candlesticks, and in the midst of
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  Speaker 1: the seven candlesticks, one like unto the sun of man,
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  Speaker 1: clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt
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  Speaker 1: about the paps with a golden girdle. But this wasn't
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  Speaker 1: the Jesus that John remembered from their days walking together
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  Speaker 1: in Galilee. This was Jesus in his heavenly glory. John
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  Speaker 1: continues in verses fourteen through sixteen. His head and his
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  Speaker 1: hairs were white like wool, as white as snow, and
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  Speaker 1: his eyes were as a flame of fire, and his
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  Speaker 1: feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in
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  Speaker 1: a furnace, and his voice as the sound of many waters.
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  Speaker 1: And he had in his right hand seven stars, and
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  Speaker 1: out of his mouth went a sharp, two edged sword,
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  Speaker 1: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
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  Speaker 1: The sight was so overwhelming that John fell down like
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  Speaker 1: a dead man, But Jesus reached out and touched him,
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  Speaker 1: saying in verses seventeen and eighteen, fear not I am
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  Speaker 1: the first and the last. I am he that liveth
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  Speaker 1: and was dead. And behold, I am alive for evermore. Amen,
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  Speaker 1: and have the keys of hell and of death. Then
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  Speaker 1: Jesus explained what John was seeing. In verses nineteen and twenty,
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  Speaker 1: he said, write the things which thou hast seen, and
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  Speaker 1: the things which are, and the things which shall be
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  Speaker 1: hereafter the mystery of the seven stars which thou sawst
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  Speaker 1: in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The
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  Speaker 1: seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and
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  Speaker 1: the seven candlesticks which thou soarest are the seven churches.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus began to speak about the churches, and his words
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  Speaker 1: carried both love and concern. The first church he addressed
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  Speaker 1: was Ephesus. In Chapter two, verse one, he said, unto
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  Speaker 1: the of the Church of Ephesus right these things saith
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  Speaker 1: he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand,
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  Speaker 1: who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus had good things to say about Ephesus. In verses
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  Speaker 1: two and three, he praised them, I know thy works
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  Speaker 1: and thy labor and thy patience, And how thou canst
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  Speaker 1: not bear them which are evil? And thou hast tried
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  Speaker 1: them which say they are apostles and are not, And
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  Speaker 1: hast found them liars, and hast borne, and hast patience,
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  Speaker 1: And for my name's sake, hast labored, and hast not fainted.
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  Speaker 1: But then came words that must have pierced their hearts.
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  Speaker 1: In verse four, Jesus said, nevertheless, I have somewhat against THEE,
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  Speaker 1: because thou hast left thy first love. They were doing
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  Speaker 1: all the right things, but their hearts had grown cold.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus offered them hope in verses five through seven. Remember therefore,
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  Speaker 1: from whence thou art fallen and repent and do the
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  Speaker 1: first works, or else I will come unto THEE quickly
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  Speaker 1: and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except
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  Speaker 1: thou repent. But this thou hast, that thou hatest the
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  Speaker 1: deeds of the nicolitings, which I also hate. He that Hathanea.
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  Speaker 1: Let him hear what the spirit saith unto the churches.
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  Speaker 1: To him that overcometh, will I give to eat of
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  Speaker 1: the tree of life, which is in the midst of
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  Speaker 1: the paradise of God. Next came Smyrna, a church facing
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  Speaker 1: terrible suffering. In verses eight and nine, Jesus spoke with
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  Speaker 1: tenderness and unto the Angel of the Church in Smyrna. Right,
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  Speaker 1: these things saith the first and the last, which was
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  Speaker 1: dead and is alive. I know thy works and tribulation
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  Speaker 1: and poverty, but thou art rich. And I know the
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  Speaker 1: blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not,
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  Speaker 1: but are the Synagogue of Satan. To this suffering church,
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  Speaker 1: Jesus gave both warning and wonderful promise in verses ten
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  Speaker 1: and eleven. Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer. Behold,
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  Speaker 1: the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that
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  Speaker 1: ye may be tried, and ye shall have tribulation ten days.
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  Speaker 1: Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee
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  Speaker 1: a crown of life. He that hath an ear, let
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  Speaker 1: him hear what the spirit saith unto the churches. He
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  Speaker 1: that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.
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  Speaker 1: The third church was Pergamos, and Jesus had some serious concerns.
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  Speaker 1: In Verses twelve through fourteen, he addressed them and to
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  Speaker 1: the Angel of the Church in Pergamos. Right, these things saith,
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  Speaker 1: he which hath the sharp sword with two edges. I
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  Speaker 1: know thy works and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's
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  Speaker 1: seat is, and thou holdest fast my name, and hast
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  Speaker 1: not denied my faith even in those days wherein Antipus
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  Speaker 1: was my faithful martyr, who was slain among ung you,
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  Speaker 1: where Satan dwelleth. But I have a few things against THEE,
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  Speaker 1: because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balem,
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  Speaker 1: who taught Balak to cast a stumbling block before the
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  Speaker 1: children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and
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  Speaker 1: to commit fornication. Jesus called them to repentance in Verses
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  Speaker 1: fifteen through seventeen. So hast thou also them that hold
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  Speaker 1: the doctrine of the Nicolitanes, which thing I hate? Repent
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  Speaker 1: or else I will come unto THEE quickly and will
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  Speaker 1: fight against them with the sword of my mouth. He
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  Speaker 1: that hath an ear, let him hear what the spirit
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  Speaker 1: saith unto the churches. To him that overcometh, will I
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  Speaker 1: give to eat of the hidden manner, and will give
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  Speaker 1: him a white stone, and in the stone a new
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  Speaker 1: name written, which no man knoweth, saving he that receiveth it.
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  Speaker 1: The fourth Church Thyata received the longest message Jesus began
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  Speaker 1: in verses eighteen and nineteen, and I, unto the Angel
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  Speaker 1: of the Church in thyatyra rite these things saith the
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  Speaker 1: Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a
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  Speaker 1: flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass.
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  Speaker 1: I know thy works and charity, and service, and faith,
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  Speaker 1: and thy patience, and thy works, and the last to
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  Speaker 1: be more than the first. But again there was a
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  Speaker 1: serious problem. In Verses twenty through twenty three, Jesus revealed
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  Speaker 1: his concern. Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee,
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  Speaker 1: because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess,
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  Speaker 1: to teach and to seduce my servants, to commit fornication
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  Speaker 1: and to eat things sacrificed unto idols. And I gave
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  Speaker 1: her space to repent of her fornication, and she repenteth not. Behold,
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  Speaker 1: I will cast her into a bed, and them that
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  Speaker 1: commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent
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  Speaker 1: of their deeds. And I will kill her children with death.
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  Speaker 1: And all the churches shall know that I am he
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  Speaker 1: which searcheth the reins and hearts, and I will give
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  Speaker 1: unto every one of you according to your works. Yet
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  Speaker 1: even here Jesus offered hope to the faithful in verses
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  Speaker 1: twenty four through twenty nine. But unto you, I say,
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  Speaker 1: and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have
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  Speaker 1: not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths
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  Speaker 1: of Satan, as they speak, I will put upon you
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  Speaker 1: none other burden but that which ye have already hold
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  Speaker 1: fast till I come. And he that overcometh and keepeth
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  Speaker 1: my works unto the end. To him will I give
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  Speaker 1: power over the nations, and he shall rule them with
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  Speaker 1: a rod of iron, as the vessels of a potter.
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  Speaker 1: Shall they be broken to shivers, even as I received
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  Speaker 1: of my father. And I will give him the morning Star.
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  Speaker 1: He that Hathanea. Let him hear what the spirit saith
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  Speaker 1: unto the churches. The fifth church Jesus addressed was Sardis,
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  Speaker 1: and his words carried a wake up call that echoed
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  Speaker 1: through eternity. In chapter three, verse one, he began, and
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  Speaker 1: unto the Angel of the Church in Sardis right these
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  Speaker 1: things saith he that hath the seven spirits of God
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  Speaker 1: and the seven stars. I know thy works, that thou
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  Speaker 1: hast a name that thou livest and art dead. This
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  Speaker 1: church looked alive from the outside, but Jesus saw the truth.
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  Speaker 1: In verses two and three, he urged them be watchful
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  Speaker 1: and strengthen the things which remain that are ready to die.
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  Speaker 1: For I have not found thy works perfect before God.
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  Speaker 1: Remember therefore, how thou hast received and heard and hold
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  Speaker 1: fast and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I
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  Speaker 1: will come on thee as a thief. And thou shalt
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  Speaker 1: not know what hour I will come upon thee. But
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  Speaker 1: even in Sardis there were faithful believers. Jesus acknowledged them
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  Speaker 1: in verses four through six. Thou hast a few names,
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  Speaker 1: even in Sardis, which have not defiled their garments, And
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  Speaker 1: they shall walk with me in white, for they are worthy.
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  Speaker 1: He that overcometh the same shall be clothed in white raiment.
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  Speaker 1: And I will not blot out his name out of
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  Speaker 1: the book of Life. But I will confess his name
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  Speaker 1: before my Father and before his angels. He that hath
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  Speaker 1: an ear, let him hear what the spirit saith unto
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  Speaker 1: the churches Philadelphia was different. This church received almost entirely
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  Speaker 1: words of love and encouragement in verses seven and eight,
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  Speaker 1: Jesus spoke with warmth and to the Angel of the
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  Speaker 1: Church in Philadelphia. Right these things saith, he that is holy,
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  Speaker 1: he that is true, He that hath the key of David,
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  Speaker 1: He that openeth, and no man shutteth, and shutteth, and
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  Speaker 1: no man openeth. I know thy works. Behold, I have
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  Speaker 1: set before THEE an open door, and no man can
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  Speaker 1: shut it. For thou hast a little strength, and hast
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  Speaker 1: kept my word, and hast not denied my name. Jesus
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  Speaker 1: promised to deal with their enemies in verse nine. Behold,
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  Speaker 1: I will make them of the Synagogue of Satan, which
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  Speaker 1: say they are Jews and are not. But do lie. Behold,
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  Speaker 1: I will make them to come and worship before thy feet,
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  Speaker 1: and to know that I have loved THEE. The most
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  Speaker 1: beautiful promise came in verses ten through thirteen. Because thou
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  Speaker 1: hast kept the word of my patience. I also will
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  Speaker 1: keep THEE from the hour of temptation, which shall come
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  Speaker 1: upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon
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  Speaker 1: the earth. Behold, I come quickly hold that fast which
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  Speaker 1: thou hast, that no man take thy crown him that overcometh,
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  Speaker 1: Will I make a pillar in the temple of my God,
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  Speaker 1: and he shall go no more out. And I will
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  Speaker 1: write upon him the name of my God and the
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  Speaker 1: name of the city of my God, which is New Jerusalem,
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  Speaker 1: which cometh down out of Heaven from my God. And
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  Speaker 1: I will write upon him my New nis He that
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  Speaker 1: hath an ear. Let him hear what the spirit saith.
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  Speaker 1: Unto the churches. The final Church Laodicea received perhaps the
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  Speaker 1: most heart breaking message in verses fourteen through sixteen. Jesus
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  Speaker 1: spoke with deep sadness and unto the Angel of the
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  Speaker 1: Church of the Laodsean's right, these things saith the Amen,
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  Speaker 1: the faithful and true witness the beginning of the creation
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  Speaker 1: of God. I know thy works, that thou art neither
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  Speaker 1: cold nor hot. I would thou wert cold or hot.
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  Speaker 1: So then, because thou art lukewarm and neither cold nor hot,
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  Speaker 1: I will spew thee out of my mouth. They thought
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  Speaker 1: they had everything, but Jesus revealed their true condition in
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  Speaker 1: verses seventeen and eighteen. Because thou sayest I am rich
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  Speaker 1: and increased with goods, and have need of nothing, and
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  Speaker 1: knowest not that thou art wretched and miserable, and poor,
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  Speaker 1: and blind and naked. I counsel thee to buy of
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  Speaker 1: me gold, tried in the fire, that thou mayest be
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  Speaker 1: rich and white, raiment that thou mayest be clothed, and
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  Speaker 1: that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear, And
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  Speaker 1: anoint thine eyes with izalve, that thou mayest see even
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  Speaker 1: to this lukewarm church. Jesus showed his love in verses
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  Speaker 1: nineteen through twenty two. As many as I love, I
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  Speaker 1: rebuke and chasten, be zealous therefore and repent. Behold, I
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  Speaker 1: stand at the door and knock. If any man hear
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  Speaker 1: my voice and open the door, I will come in
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  Speaker 1: to him, and will sup with him, and he with
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  Speaker 1: me to him that overcometh, will I grant to sit
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  Speaker 1: with me in my throne, even as I also overcame
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  Speaker 1: and am set down with my father in his throne.
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  Speaker 1: He that hath an ear, Let him hear what the
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  Speaker 1: spirit saith unto the churches. After finishing his messages to
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  Speaker 1: the seven churches, something amazing happened to John. As chapter
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  Speaker 1: four opens it verse one, we read, after this, I looked,
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  Speaker 1: and behold, a door was opened in heaven, and the
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  Speaker 1: first voice which I heard, was as it were, of
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  Speaker 1: a trumpet talking with me, which said, come up hither,
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  Speaker 1: and I will show thee things which must be Hereafter
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  Speaker 1: immediately John found himself in a supernatural experience. Verse two
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  Speaker 1: tells us and immediately I was in the spirit, And behold,
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  Speaker 1: a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on
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  Speaker 1: the throne. John was no longer on the rocky island
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  Speaker 1: of Patmos. He was standing in the very throne room
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  Speaker 1: of God. The sight that met his eyes was beyond
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  Speaker 1: anything earthly minds could imagine. In verse three, John struggled
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  Speaker 1: to describe what he saw, and he that zat was
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  Speaker 1: to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone,
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  Speaker 1: and there was a rainbow round about the throne. In
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  Speaker 1: sight like unto an emerald. The one sitting on the
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  Speaker 1: throne had the appearance of precious stones, jasper which was
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  Speaker 1: crystal clear, and sardine stone, which was deep red. Around
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  Speaker 1: the throne was a rainbow that looked like a brilliant
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  Speaker 1: green emerald. As John's eyes adjusted to the heavenly glory,
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  Speaker 1: he began to notice more details of this incredible throne room.
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  Speaker 1: Verse four reveals, and round about the throne were four
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  Speaker 1: and twenty seats, And upon the seats I saw four
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  Speaker 1: and twenty elders sitting clothed in white raiment, and they
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  Speaker 1: had on their heads crowns of gold. These twenty four
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  Speaker 1: elders sat on their own thrones, dressed in pure white garments,
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  Speaker 1: each wearing a golden crown. They surrounded the main throne
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  Speaker 1: in perfect order, representing the people of God from all ages.
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  Speaker 1: The throne itself was alive with power and majesty. Verse
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  Speaker 1: five describes, and out of the throne preceded lightnings and
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  Speaker 1: thunderings and voices. And there were seven lamps of fire
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  Speaker 1: before the throne, which are the seven spirits of God.
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  Speaker 1: This wasn't a quiet, peaceful scene. Lightning flashed, thunder rolled,
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  Speaker 1: and voices echoed through heaven. Before the throne, seven lamps
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  Speaker 1: blazed with fire, representing the seven spirits of God in
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  Speaker 1: all their fullness. The area around the throne was unlike
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  Speaker 1: anything on earth. Verse six tells us. And before the
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  Speaker 1: throne there was a sea of glass, like unto crystal.
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  Speaker 1: And in the midst of the throne, and round about
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  Speaker 1: the throne were four beasts full of eyes. Before and
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  Speaker 1: behind spread out before the throne was what looked like
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  Speaker 1: a sea, but it was made of glass so clear
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  Speaker 1: it was like crystal. And in the midst of this
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  Speaker 1: scene were four living beings covered with eyes. These creatures
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  Speaker 1: were unlike anything John had ever seen. Verses seven and
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  Speaker 1: eight give us the details. And the first beast was
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  Speaker 1: like a lion, and the second beast like a calf,
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  Speaker 1: And the third beast had a face as a man,
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  Speaker 1: and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle. And
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  Speaker 1: the four beasts had each of them six wings about him,
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  Speaker 1: and they were full of eyes within. And they rest
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  Speaker 1: not day and night, saying Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God Almighty,
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  Speaker 1: which was and is and is to come. These four
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  Speaker 1: living beings never stopped their worship day and night. Their
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  Speaker 1: voices rang out through heaven with the same eternal song, Holy, Holy,
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  Speaker 1: Holy Lord God Almighty, which was and is and is
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  Speaker 1: to come. Each one was different, one like a lion
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  Speaker 1: showing God's strength, one like a calf showing his service,
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  Speaker 1: one with a human face showing his wisdom, and one
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  Speaker 1: like an eagle showing his swiftness. Yet all were united
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  Speaker 1: in worship. Every time, these living beings gave glory and
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  Speaker 1: honor and thanks to God, something beautiful happened. Verse nine
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  Speaker 1: tells us they gave these things to Him that sat
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  Speaker 1: on the throne, who liveth forever and ever. There worship
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  Speaker 1: was directed to the eternal God, who never dies. And
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  Speaker 1: whenever the four living beings worshiped, the twenty four elders
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  Speaker 1: joined them. Verses ten and eleven paint this amazing picture.
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  Speaker 1: The four and twenty elders fall down before Him that
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  Speaker 1: sat on the throne, and worship Him that liveth forever
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  Speaker 1: and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
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  Speaker 1: thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor
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  Speaker 1: and power. For thou hast created all things, and for
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  Speaker 1: thy pleasure they are and were created. The elders didn't
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  Speaker 1: just bow down, They threw their golden crowns at the
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  Speaker 1: feet of God. Every crown, every honor, every achievement they
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  Speaker 1: had was nothing compared to the glory of the One
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  Speaker 1: on the throne. The song of the twenty four Elders
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  Speaker 1: echoed through eaven with words that declared the foundation of
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  Speaker 1: all worship. Their voices united in verse eleven, Thou art worthy,
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  Speaker 1: O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power. For
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  Speaker 1: thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they
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  Speaker 1: are and were created. Here was the reason for all existence.
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  Speaker 1: Everything that ever was, everything that is, and everything that
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  Speaker 1: ever will be exists because God wanted it to exist.
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  Speaker 1: The stars in the sky, the oceans on earth, every
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  Speaker 1: living creature, every human being, all of it came into
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  Speaker 1: being because it pleased God to create it. This wasn't
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  Speaker 1: worship because God needed it or demanded it. This was
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  Speaker 1: worship that flowed naturally from understanding who God really is.
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  Speaker 1: He is the creator, the source of everything, the one
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  Speaker 1: for whose pleasure all things exist. The elders understood that
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  Speaker 1: their very existstance was a gift from the one on
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  Speaker 1: the throne. As their crowns lay scattered before the throne
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  Speaker 1: and their voices joined with the four living beings in
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  Speaker 1: eternal praise, John witnessed the perfect worship that surrounds God's
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  Speaker 1: throne forever. Every moment in heaven is filled with this
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  Speaker 1: recognition of God's worthiness to receive all glory, honor, and power.
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  Speaker 1: While John stood amazed in the throne room of Heaven,
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  Speaker 1: his attention was drawn to something in the right hand
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  Speaker 1: of the one sitting on the throne. As Chapter five.
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  Speaker 1: Verse one tells us, and I saw in the right
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  Speaker 1: hand of him that sat on the throne a book
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  Speaker 1: written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.
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  Speaker 1: This wasn't an ordinary book. It was written on both sides,
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  Speaker 1: completely filled with words, and sealed tight with seven seals.
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  Speaker 1: In those days, important documents were sealed to keep them
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  Speaker 1: safe and secret. Only someone with authority could break those
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  Speaker 1: seals and open what was inside. Suddenly a powerful angel appeared.
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  Speaker 1: Verse two describes what happened. And I saw a strong angel,
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  Speaker 1: proclaiming with a loud voice, who is worthy to open
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  Speaker 1: the book and to loose the seals? Thereof, the angel's
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  Speaker 1: voice echoed through heaven like thunder, asking the most important
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  Speaker 1: question any one could ask, Who had the right to
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  Speaker 1: open this mysterious book. John looked around the vast throne room,
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  Speaker 1: searching every face, every being. But verse three reveals the
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  Speaker 1: heart breaking truth. And no man in heaven, nor in earth,
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  Speaker 1: neither under the earth was able to open the book,
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  Speaker 1: neither to look thereon. Nobody could do it, not the
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  Speaker 1: twenty four elders with their golden crowns, not the four
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  Speaker 1: living beings who never stopped worshiping. Not any angel, no
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  Speaker 1: matter how powerful, No human being anywhere could open this book.
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  Speaker 1: The silence stretched on, and John's heart began to break.
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  Speaker 1: Verse four shows us his deep sadness. And I wept
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  Speaker 1: much because no man was found worthy to open and
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  Speaker 1: to read the book, neither to look thereon. John cried
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  Speaker 1: because he understood something terrible. If no one could open
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  Speaker 1: this book, then God's plan for the future might never
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  Speaker 1: be revealed. The secrets of what was coming, the hope
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  Speaker 1: for justice, the promise of rescue for God's people, It
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  Speaker 1: all seemed lost. Just when everything seemed hopeless, one of
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  Speaker 1: the elders came to John with amazing news. In verse five,
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  Speaker 1: the elder said, weep not behold the lion of the
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  Speaker 1: tribe of Judah, the root of David hath prevailed to
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  Speaker 1: open the book and to loose the seven seals thereof
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  Speaker 1: there was some one worthy after all, the lion of Judah,
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  Speaker 1: the promised descendant of King David, had won the right
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  Speaker 1: to open the book. But when John turned to look
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  Speaker 1: for this my lion, what he saw surprised him completely.
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  Speaker 1: Verse six tells us, and I beheld and lo in
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  Speaker 1: the midst of the throne and of the four beasts,
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  Speaker 1: And in the midst of the elders stood a lamb
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  Speaker 1: as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes,
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  Speaker 1: which are the seven spirits of God sent forth into
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  Speaker 1: all the earth. Instead of a fierce lion, John saw
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  Speaker 1: a lamb. But this wasn't just any lamb. This was
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  Speaker 1: a lamb that looked like it had been killed. The
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  Speaker 1: marks of death were still on him, yet he was
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  Speaker 1: standing alive. The lamb had seven horns showing perfect power,
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  Speaker 1: and seven eyes showing perfect knowledge. These eyes were the
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  Speaker 1: seven spirits of God that see everything everywhere on earth.
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  Speaker 1: This was Jesus, the lion who conquered by becoming the
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  Speaker 1: lamb who died. He had won the battle, not by
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  Speaker 1: fighting with claws and teeth, but by giving his life
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  Speaker 1: on the cross. Then the moment everyone had been waiting
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  Speaker 1: for a rive. Verse seven describes it. And he came
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  Speaker 1: and took the book out of the right hand of
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  Speaker 1: him that sat upon the throne. The lamb walked up
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  Speaker 1: to the throne and took the book. Finally, someone worthy
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  Speaker 1: had been found. As soon as the lamb took the book,
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  Speaker 1: worship exploded throughout heaven Verse eight tells us, and when
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  Speaker 1: he had taken the book, the four beasts and four
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  Speaker 1: and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every
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  Speaker 1: one of them harps and golden vials full of odors,
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  Speaker 1: which are the prayers of the saints. Each elder held
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  Speaker 1: a harp for making beautiful music, and a golden bowl
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  Speaker 1: filled with sweet smelling incense. But John learned something wonderful.
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  Speaker 1: That incense wasn't just perfume. It was the prayers of
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  Speaker 1: God's people on Earth, rising up to Heaven like a
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  Speaker 1: sweet smell to God. The elders began to sing a
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  Speaker 1: bran new song. Verses nine and ten record their words,
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  Speaker 1: and they sung a new song, saying, thou art worthy
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  Speaker 1: to take the book and to open the seals thereof,
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  Speaker 1: For thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God
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  Speaker 1: by thy blood out of every kindred and tongue, and
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  Speaker 1: people and nation, and hast made us unto our God,
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  Speaker 1: kings and priests, and we shall reign on the earth.
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  Speaker 1: Their song explained exactly why the lamb was worthy. He
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  Speaker 1: had been killed, but his death had brought people for
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  Speaker 1: God from every family, language, people group, and nation on earth.
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  Speaker 1: He had made them into kings and priests who would
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  Speaker 1: one day rule on earth. What happened next was the
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  Speaker 1: most amazing worship service John had ever witnessed. As Verse
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  Speaker 1: eleven describes, and I beheld, and I heard the voice
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  Speaker 1: of many angels round about the throne, and the beasts
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  Speaker 1: and the elders, And the number of them was ten
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  Speaker 1: thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands. John tried
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  Speaker 1: to count the angels, but there were too many. Ten
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  Speaker 1: thousand times ten thousand, that's one hundred million plus thousands
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  Speaker 1: and thousands more. The throne room was packed with more
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  Speaker 1: angels than anyone could count, All joining in thee worship.
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  Speaker 1: Their voices created a sound like nothing on earth. Verse
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  Speaker 1: twelve tells us what they sang, saying with a loud voice.
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  Speaker 1: Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power
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  Speaker 1: and riches and wisdom, and strength, and honor and glory
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  Speaker 1: and blessing. Seven perfect things belonged to the lamb. Power
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  Speaker 1: to do anything, riches beyond measure, wisdom to know everything,
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  Speaker 1: strength that never fails, honor from all creation, glory that
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  Speaker 1: shines forever, and blessing without end. But the worship didn't
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  Speaker 1: stop there. It spread throughout all creation. Verse thirteen shows
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  Speaker 1: us how far it went. And every creature which is
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  Speaker 1: in heaven and on the earth, and under the earth,
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  Speaker 1: and such as are in the sea, and all that
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  Speaker 1: are in them, heard I saying, Blessing and honor and
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  Speaker 1: glory and power be unto him that sitteth upon the throne,
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  Speaker 1: and unto the Lamb, forever and ever. Every living thing,
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  Speaker 1: everywhere in heaven, above, on earth, under the earth, and
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  Speaker 1: in the sea, joined their voices together. Fish in the ocean,
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  Speaker 1: birds in the sky, animals in the forest, people in
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  Speaker 1: every land. All of creation was praising both the bather
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  Speaker 1: on the throne and the Lamb who had died and
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  Speaker 1: risen again. The four living beings sealed this incredible moment
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  Speaker 1: of worship. Verse fourteen simply states, and the four beasts
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  Speaker 1: said Amen, And the four and twenty elders fell down
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  Speaker 1: and worshiped Him that liveth forever and ever. The Living
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  Speaker 1: Being said amen, which means yes, this is true. And
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  Speaker 1: the elders fell down in worship before the one who
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  Speaker 1: lives forever. Now that the Lamb held the book, it
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  Speaker 1: was time to open it. John watched as the first
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  Speaker 1: seal was about to be broken. Chapter six, Verse one
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  Speaker 1: tells Us, and I saw when the Lamb opened one
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  Speaker 1: of the seals, and I heard, as it were, the
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  Speaker 1: noise of thunder. One of the four beasts, saying, come
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  Speaker 1: and see. One of the living beings spoke with a
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  Speaker 1: voice like thunder, inviting John to watch what would happen
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  Speaker 1: when the first seal was opened. What John saw would
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  Speaker 1: become one of the most famous visions in all the Bible.
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  Speaker 1: Verse two describes it, And I saw and behold a
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  Speaker 1: white horse, And he that sat on him had a bow,
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  Speaker 1: and a crown was given unto him, and he went
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  Speaker 1: forth conquering and to conquer. The first horseman rode a
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  Speaker 1: white horse, carrying a bow and wearing a crown. He
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  Speaker 1: went out to conquer, and he kept on conquering. This
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  Speaker 1: rider represented the beginning of troubles that would come on
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  Speaker 1: the earth. When the Lamb opened the second seal, another
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  Speaker 1: scene unfolded. Verses three and four tell Us, And when
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  Speaker 1: he had opened the second seal, I heard the second
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  Speaker 1: beast say, come and see. And there went out another
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  Speaker 1: horse that was red, and power was given to him
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  Speaker 1: that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and
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  Speaker 1: that they should kill one another. And there was given
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  Speaker 1: unto him a great sword. The second horseman rode a
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  Speaker 1: red horse, the color of blood. He carried a great
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  Speaker 1: sword and had the terrible power to take peace away
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  Speaker 1: from the earth. Because of this rider, people would kill
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  Speaker 1: each other in wars and fighting. The third seal brought
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  Speaker 1: another horseman. Verses five and six show us. And when
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  Speaker 1: he had opened the third seal, I heard the third
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  Speaker 1: beast say, come and see. And I beheld and lower
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  Speaker 1: black horse. And he that sat on him had a
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  Speaker 1: pair of balances in his hand. And I heard a
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  Speaker 1: voice in the midst of the four beasts say, a
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  Speaker 1: measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of
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  Speaker 1: barley for a penny, And see thou hurt not the
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  Speaker 1: oil and the wine. This rider sat on a black horse
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  Speaker 1: and held scales for weighing food. A voice announced that
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  Speaker 1: food would become so expensive that a day's wages would
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  Speaker 1: only buy enough wheat for one person or enough barley
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  Speaker 1: for a small family, but expensive items like oil and
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  Speaker 1: wine would be protected. This horseman brought famine and hunger.
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  Speaker 1: When the fourth seal was opened, the most frightening rider
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  Speaker 1: appeared Verses seven and eight describe him. And when he
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  Speaker 1: had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of
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  Speaker 1: the fourth beast say, come and see. And I looked
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  Speaker 1: and behold a pale horse. And his name that sat
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  Speaker 1: on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And
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  Speaker 1: power was given unto them over the fourth part of
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  Speaker 1: the earth to kill with sword and with hunger, and
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  Speaker 1: with death, and with the beasts of the earth. The
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  Speaker 1: fourth horse was pale, like the color of a dead body.
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  Speaker 1: Its rider was called Death, and Hell followed right behind him.
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  Speaker 1: They were given power over one fourth of the earth
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  Speaker 1: to kill people with war, hunger, disease, and wild animals.
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  Speaker 1: When the lamb opened the fifth seal, John saw something
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  Speaker 1: completely different. Instead of horsemen on earth, he saw into
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  Speaker 1: heaven itself. Verse nine tells us, And when he had
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  Speaker 1: opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the
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  Speaker 1: souls of them that were slain for the word of
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  Speaker 1: God and for the testimony which they held under the
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  Speaker 1: altar in heaven were the souls of people who had
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  Speaker 1: been killed because they believed in God's word and told
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  Speaker 1: others about Jesus. These were martyrs, people who had died
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  Speaker 1: for their faith. These souls weren't quiet. Verse ten shows
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  Speaker 1: us they were crying out, And they cried with a
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  Speaker 1: loud voice, saying, how long, O Lord, Holy and true,
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  Speaker 1: dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them
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  Speaker 1: that dwell on the earth. They wanted to know when
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  Speaker 1: God would finally judge the people who had killed them,
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  Speaker 1: When would j justice come. God's answer came in verse eleven,
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  Speaker 1: and white robes were given unto every one of them,
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  Speaker 1: and it was said unto them that they should rest
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  Speaker 1: yet for a little season, until their fellow servants also
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  Speaker 1: and their brethren that should be killed as they were,
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  Speaker 1: should be fulfilled. Each martyr received a white robe, showing
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  Speaker 1: they were pure and righteous. But they were told to
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  Speaker 1: wait a little longer until the full number of people
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  Speaker 1: who would die for their faith was complete. Then came
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  Speaker 1: the Sixth Seal, and with it terror on earth. Verse
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  Speaker 1: twelve describes what happened, and I beheld when he had
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  Speaker 1: opened the sixth Seal, And lo, there was a great earthquake,
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  Speaker 1: and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and
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  Speaker 1: the moon became as blood. A massive earthquake shook the
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  Speaker 1: whole earth. The sun turned black like dark cloth, and
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  Speaker 1: the moon looked like blood. But that was just the beginning.
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  Speaker 1: Verse thirteen continues, And the stars of heaven fell unto
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  Speaker 1: the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely
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  Speaker 1: figs when she is shaken of a mighty wind. Stars
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  Speaker 1: fell from the sky like figs falling from a tree
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  Speaker 1: in a strong wind. Even the sky itself was affected.
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  Speaker 1: Verse fourteen tells us, and the heaven departed as a
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  Speaker 1: scroll when it is rolled together, And every mountain and
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  Speaker 1: island were moved out of their places. The sky rolled
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  Speaker 1: up like a scroll being rolled up, and mountains and
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  Speaker 1: islands moved from where they had always been. All these
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  Speaker 1: cosmic disasters terrified every one on Earth. Verses fifteen and
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  Speaker 1: sixteen show us their reaction. And the kings of the Earth,
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  Speaker 1: and the great men and the rich men, and the
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  Speaker 1: chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman and
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  Speaker 1: every freeman hid themselves in the dens and in the
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  Speaker 1: rocks of the mountains, and said to the mountains and rocks,
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  Speaker 1: fall on us, and hide us from the face of
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  Speaker 1: Him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath
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  Speaker 1: of the lamb. Everyone was scared. Kings and important people,
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  Speaker 1: rich people and poor people, slaves and free people. They
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  Speaker 1: all ran to hide in caves and behind rocks in
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  Speaker 1: the mountains. They begged the mountains and rocks to fall
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  Speaker 1: on them and hide them from God's anger and the
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  Speaker 1: Lamb's wrath. Verse seventeen explains why they were so frightened,
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  Speaker 1: For the great day of his wrath is come, and
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  Speaker 1: who shall be able to stand? They knew that God's
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  Speaker 1: day of judgment had arrived, and they realized that nobody
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  Speaker 1: could stand against him. Before the Seventh Seal could be opened,
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  Speaker 1: something important had to happen. First, Chapter seven, Verse one
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  Speaker 1: shows us, and after these things, I saw four angels
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  Speaker 1: standing on the four corners of the Earth, holding the
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  Speaker 1: four winds of the Earth, that the wind should not
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  Speaker 1: blow on the earth, nor or on the sea, nor
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  Speaker 1: on any tree. Four powerful angels stood at the four
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  Speaker 1: corners of the earth, north, south, east, and west. They
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  Speaker 1: were holding back the winds, keeping them from blowing anywhere
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  Speaker 1: on Earth or sea. Everything was perfectly still waiting. Then
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  Speaker 1: another angel appeared with a special mission. Verse two tells us,
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  Speaker 1: and I saw another angel ascending from the east, having
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  Speaker 1: the seal of the Living God, and he cried with
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  Speaker 1: a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it
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  Speaker 1: was given to hurt the earth and the sea. This
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  Speaker 1: angel came from the east where the sun rises, and
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  Speaker 1: he carried the seal of the Living God. He shouted
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  Speaker 1: loudly to the four angels who had the power to
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  Speaker 1: hurt the earth and sea. His message was urgent. Verses
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  Speaker 1: three and four record what he said, saying, hurt not
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  Speaker 1: the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we
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  Speaker 1: have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
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  Speaker 1: And I heard the number of the which were sealed,
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  Speaker 1: And there were sealed ane hundred and forty and four
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  Speaker 1: thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
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  Speaker 1: The angel commanded them to wait before letting the winds loose.
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  Speaker 1: First God's servants had to be sealed on their foreheads
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  Speaker 1: for protection. John learned that exactly one hundredred and forty
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  Speaker 1: four thousand people from the tribes of Israel would receive
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  Speaker 1: this special seal. The Bible gives us the exact count
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  Speaker 1: from each tribe. Verses five through eight list them of
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  Speaker 1: the tribe of Judah was sealed twelve thousand of the
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  Speaker 1: tribe of Reuben was sealed. Twelve thousand of the tribe
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  Speaker 1: of God was sealed. Twelve thousand of the tribe of
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  Speaker 1: Aeser was sealed, twelve thousand of the tribe of nephthalim
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  Speaker 1: We was sealed. Twelve thousand of the tribe of Manasses
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  Speaker 1: was sealed. Twelve thousand of the tribe of Simeon was sealed.
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  Speaker 1: Twelve thousand of the tribe of Levi were sealed. Twelve
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  Speaker 1: thousand of the tribe of Isakar was sealed. Twelve thousand
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  Speaker 1: of the tribe of zabulon We was sealed. Twelve thousand
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  Speaker 1: of the tribe of Joseph was sealed. Twelve thousand of
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  Speaker 1: the tribe of Benjamin were sealed. Twelve thousand from each tribe,
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  Speaker 1: exactly twelve thousand people received God's protective seal. This seal
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  Speaker 1: would keep them safe during the terrible times that were coming.
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  Speaker 1: After seeing the one hundred forty four thousand from Israel
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  Speaker 1: being sealed, John's attention was drawn to an amazing sight.
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  Speaker 1: Verse nine describes what he saw after this. I beheld
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  Speaker 1: and lo a great multitude which no man could number,
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  Speaker 1: of all nations and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood
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  Speaker 1: before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white
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  Speaker 1: robes and palms in their hands. This was a completely
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  Speaker 1: different group from the one hundred forty four thousand. This
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  Speaker 1: crowd was so huge that nobody could count them, and
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  Speaker 1: they came from every nation, family, people, group, language on earth.
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  Speaker 1: They all wore white robes and held palm branches in
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  Speaker 1: their hands. Their voices joined together in a shout of praise.
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  Speaker 1: Verse ten tells us what they said and cried with
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  Speaker 1: a loud voice, saying, salvation to our God, which sitteth
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  Speaker 1: upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. They gave all
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  Speaker 1: credit for their salvation to God the Father on the
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  Speaker 1: throne and to the Lamb. This great celebration caused all
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  Speaker 1: of Heaven to join in worship. Verses eleven and twelve
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  Speaker 1: show us and all the angels stood round about the
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  Speaker 1: Throne and about the elders and the four Beasts, and
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  Speaker 1: fell before the throne on their faces and worshiped God,
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  Speaker 1: saying Amen, blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and
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  Speaker 1: honor and power and might be unto our God forever
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  Speaker 1: and ever. Amen. Every angel in heaven, along with the
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  Speaker 1: elders and living beings fell down and worshiped God. They
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  Speaker 1: they listed seven perfect attributes that belonged to God forever, blessing, glory, wisdom, thanksgiving, honor, power,
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  Speaker 1: and might. John was curious about this huge crowd, so
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  Speaker 1: one of the elders asked him a question. Verse thirteen
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  Speaker 1: records and one of the elders answered, saying, unto me,
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  Speaker 1: what are these which are arrayed in white robes? And
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  Speaker 1: whence came they? The elder wanted to know if John
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  Speaker 1: understood who these people were and where they came from.
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  Speaker 1: John honestly admitted he didn't know. Verse fourteen shows his
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  Speaker 1: humble response. And I said, unto him, sir, thou knowest?
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  Speaker 1: And he said to me, these are they which came
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  Speaker 1: out of great tribulation and have washed their robes and
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  Speaker 1: made them white in the blood of the Lamb. The
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  Speaker 1: elder explained that these people had come out of great tribulation,
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  Speaker 1: a time of terrible suffering, but their robe ubes were
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  Speaker 1: white because they had been washed in the blood of
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  Speaker 1: the Lamb. Their sins had been forgiven through Jesus death
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  Speaker 1: on the cross. Because of their faith, they received wonderful
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  Speaker 1: promises Verses fifteen through seventeen tell Us, Therefore are they
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  Speaker 1: before the throne of God, and serve him day and
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  Speaker 1: night in his temple. And He that sitteth on the
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  Speaker 1: throne shall dwell among them. They shall hunger no more,
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  Speaker 1: neither thirst any more. Neither shall the sun light on them,
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  Speaker 1: nor any heat. For the Lamb, which is in the
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  Speaker 1: midst of the throne, shall feed them and shall lead
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  Speaker 1: them unto living fountains of waters. And God shall wipe
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  Speaker 1: away all tears from their eyes. These people would serve
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  Speaker 1: God day and night in his temple. God would live
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  Speaker 1: among them. They would never be hungry or thirsty again.
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  Speaker 1: The sun wouldn't burn them. The Lamb would be their shepherd,
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  Speaker 1: leading them to springs of living water. Best of all,
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  Speaker 1: God himself would wipe away every tear from their eyes. Finally,
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  Speaker 1: the moment came for the last seal to be opened.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter eight, verse one describes this incredible moment. And when
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  Speaker 1: he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in
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  Speaker 1: heaven about the space of half an hour. For the
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  Speaker 1: first time since John had arrived in heaven, everything became
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  Speaker 1: completely quiet. The angels stopped singing, the elders stopped worshiping.
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  Speaker 1: The four living beings stopped saying Holy, Holy, Holy. All
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  Speaker 1: of heaven held its breath for about thirty minutes. The
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  Speaker 1: silence was so complete it was almost frightening. But this
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  Speaker 1: silence was preparing for something even more dramatic. Verse two
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  Speaker 1: tells Us, and I saw the seven angels which stood
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  Speaker 1: before God, and to them were given seven trumpets. Seven
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  Speaker 1: special angels who stood in God's presence received seven trumpets.
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  Speaker 1: These weren't ordinary trumpets for making music. These were instruments
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  Speaker 1: of judgment. At the same time, another angel appeared with
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  Speaker 1: a different roll. Verse three describes and another angel came
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  Speaker 1: and stood at the altar, having a golden censer, and
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  Speaker 1: there was given unto him much incense, that he should
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  Speaker 1: offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the
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  Speaker 1: golden altar, which was before the throne. This angel held
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  Speaker 1: a golden container for burning incense. He was given lots
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  Speaker 1: of incense to mix with the prayers of all God's
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  Speaker 1: people and offer them on the golden altar before God's throne.
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  Speaker 1: Something beautiful happened next. Verse four shows Us and the
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  Speaker 1: smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of
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  Speaker 1: the saints ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
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  Speaker 1: The smoke from the incense, mixed with the prayers of
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  Speaker 1: God's people on Earth, rose up to God like a
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  Speaker 1: sweet smell. But then the angel did something that changed everything.
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  Speaker 1: Verse five tells us, and the Angel took the censer
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  Speaker 1: and filled it with fire of the altar and cast
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  Speaker 1: it into the earth. And there were voices and thunderings
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  Speaker 1: and lightnings and an earthquake. The angel filled his golden
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  Speaker 1: container with fire from the altar and threw it down
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  Speaker 1: to Earth. Immediately, voices echoed, thunder rolled, lightning flashed, and
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  Speaker 1: the earth shook. The prayers of God's people had reached
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  Speaker 1: his throne, and now his answer was coming to earth.
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  Speaker 1: The seven angels with trumpets got ready. Verse six simply
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  Speaker 1: states and the seven angels which had the seven trumpets,
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  Speaker 1: prepared themselves to sound. They lifted their trumpets to their lips,
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  Speaker 1: ready to blow. The silence was over and the next
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  Speaker 1: phase of God's plan was about to begin. The first
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  Speaker 1: angel stepped forward and lifted his trumpet. When he blew it,
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  Speaker 1: something terrible happened. Chapter eight, verse seven tells us the
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  Speaker 1: first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled
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  Speaker 1: with blood, and they were cast upon the earth. And
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  Speaker 1: the third part of trees was burnt up, and all
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  Speaker 1: green grass was burnt up. Hail and fire mixed with
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  Speaker 1: blood fell from the sky. One third of all trees
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  Speaker 1: burned up. Every blade of green grass was destroyed. The
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  Speaker 1: earth looked like a war zone. The second angel sounded
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  Speaker 1: his trumpet. Verse eight describes it. And the second angel sounded,
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  Speaker 1: and as it were, a great mountain burning with fire,
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  Speaker 1: was cast into the sea, and the third part of
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  Speaker 1: the sea became blood. A huge burning mountain was thrown
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  Speaker 1: into the ocean. One third of the sea turned to blood.
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  Speaker 1: Verse nine continues, and the third part of the creatures,
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  Speaker 1: which were in the sea and had life, died, and
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  Speaker 1: the third part of the ships were destroyed. One third
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  Speaker 1: of sea creatures died, and one third of ships were wrecked.
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  Speaker 1: The third angel prepared his trumpet. Verses ten and eleven explain,
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  Speaker 1: and the third angel sounded, and there fell a great
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  Speaker 1: star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and
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  Speaker 1: it fell upon the third part of the rivers and
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  Speaker 1: upon the fountains of waters. And the name of the
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  Speaker 1: star is called wormwood. And the third part of the
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  Speaker 1: waters became wormwood, and many men died of the waters
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  Speaker 1: because they were made bitter. A massive star called wormwood
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  Speaker 1: fell from heaven. It made one third of fresh water bitter,
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  Speaker 1: and many people died from drinking it. The fourth Angel
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  Speaker 1: blew his trumpet. Verse twelve shows what happened, and the
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  Speaker 1: fourth Angel sounded, and the third part of the sun
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  Speaker 1: was smitten, and the third part of the moon and
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  Speaker 1: the third part of the stars, so as the third
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  Speaker 1: part of them was darkened, and the day shone not
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  Speaker 1: for a third part of it. And the night likewise,
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  Speaker 1: one third of the sun, moon, and stars stopped giving light.
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  Speaker 1: The world became much darker. John heard something that made
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  Speaker 1: his blood run cold. Verse thirteen records, and I beheld
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  Speaker 1: and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying,
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  Speaker 1: with a loud voice, woe, woe, woe to the inhabitors
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  Speaker 1: of the earth. By reason of the other voices of
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  Speaker 1: the trumpets of the three angels, which are yet to sound.
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  Speaker 1: An angel flew across the sky shouting three warnings. The
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  Speaker 1: last three trumpets would be even worse. The fifth Angel
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  Speaker 1: raised his trumpet. Chapter nine, Verse one tells us and
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  Speaker 1: the fifth Angel sounded, and I saw a star fall
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  Speaker 1: from heaven unto the earth, and to him was given
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  Speaker 1: the key of the bottomless pit. This wasn't just a star,
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  Speaker 1: this was someone who had fallen from heaven. He received
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  Speaker 1: a key to the bottomless pit. Verse two describes what
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  Speaker 1: happened next. And he opened the bottomless pit, and there
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  Speaker 1: arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke
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  Speaker 1: of a great furnace. And the sun and the air
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  Speaker 1: were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
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  Speaker 1: When the pit opened, thick black smoke poured out, like
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  Speaker 1: from a giant furnace. The smoke darkened the sun and
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  Speaker 1: filled the air. Something terrifying came with the smoke. Verse
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  Speaker 1: three reveals, and there came out of the smoke locusts
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  Speaker 1: upon the earth, and unto them was given power, as
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  Speaker 1: the scorpions of the earth have power. These weren't ordinary locusts.
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  Speaker 1: They had the power to sting like scorpions. They had
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  Speaker 1: strict orders. Verse four gives their instructions. And it was
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  Speaker 1: commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of
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  Speaker 1: the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree, but
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  Speaker 1: only those men which have not the seal of God
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  Speaker 1: in their foreheads. They could only attack people without God's seal.
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  Speaker 1: They couldn't kill, only torture. Verse five explains, and to
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  Speaker 1: them it was given that they should not kill them,
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  Speaker 1: but that they should be tormented five months, And their
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  Speaker 1: torment was as the torment of a scorpion when he
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  Speaker 1: striketh a man. They could torture people for five months
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  Speaker 1: with scorpion like pain. The pain was so terrible that
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  Speaker 1: people wanted to die but couldn't. Verse six tells us,
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  Speaker 1: and in those days shall men seek death and shall
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  Speaker 1: not find it, and shall desire to die, and death
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  Speaker 1: shall flee from them. John saw these creatures up close.
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  Speaker 1: Verses seven through ten described them. And the shapes of
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  Speaker 1: the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle. And
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  Speaker 1: on their heads were as it were, crowns like gold,
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  Speaker 1: and their faces were as the faces of men, and
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  Speaker 1: they had hair as the hair of women, and their
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  Speaker 1: teeth were as the teeth of lions. And they had breastplates,
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  Speaker 1: as it were breastplates of iron. And the sound of
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  Speaker 1: their wings was as the sound of chariots of many
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  Speaker 1: horses running to battle. And they had tales like unto scorpions,
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  Speaker 1: and there were stings in their tails, and their power
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  Speaker 1: was to hurt men five months. These creatures looked like
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  Speaker 1: war horses with golden crowns and human faces. They had
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  Speaker 1: long hair, lions, teeth, iron armor, and wings that sounded
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  Speaker 1: like chariots. Their scorpion tales had deadly stings. Verses eleven
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  Speaker 1: and twelve tell us about their king. And they had
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  Speaker 1: a king over them, which is the Angel of the
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  Speaker 1: bottomless Pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is a Baden,
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  Speaker 1: but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon. One
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  Speaker 1: woe is past, and behold there come two woes more hereafter.
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  Speaker 1: Their king was called a Baden in Hebrew and Apollyon
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  Speaker 1: in Greek, both meaning destroyer. The first woe was finished,
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  Speaker 1: but two more were coming. The sixth Angel blew his trumpet.
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  Speaker 1: Verse thirteen describes what John heard, and the sixth Angel sounded,
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  Speaker 1: and I heard a voice from the four horns of
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  Speaker 1: the golden all, which is before God. A voice came
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  Speaker 1: from the golden altar before God's throne. The voice gave
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  Speaker 1: a specific command. Verse fourteen records saying to the sixth Angel,
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  Speaker 1: which had the trumpet loose the four angels which are
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  Speaker 1: bound in the great river Euphrates. Four angels had been
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  Speaker 1: bound at the Euphrates river, and now they were released.
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  Speaker 1: These weren't good angels. Verse fifteen tells us why they
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  Speaker 1: were freed. And the four angels were loosed, which were
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  Speaker 1: prepared for an hour and a day, and a month
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  Speaker 1: and a year four to slay the third part of men.
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  Speaker 1: They had been prepared for this exact moment to kill
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  Speaker 1: one third of all people on earth. Their army was massive.
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  Speaker 1: Verse sixteen gives the number and the number of the
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  Speaker 1: army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand. And
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  Speaker 1: I heard the number of them, two hundred million horsemen.
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  Speaker 1: John heard this no number announced. These weren't ordinary horses
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  Speaker 1: and riders. Verses seventeen and eighteen described them. And thus
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  Speaker 1: I saw the horses in the vision, and them that
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  Speaker 1: sat on them having breastplates of fire and of jacinthe
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  Speaker 1: and brimstone. And the heads of the horses were as
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  Speaker 1: the heads of lions, and out of their mouths issued
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  Speaker 1: fire and smoke and brimstone. By these three was the
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  Speaker 1: third part of men killed by the fire and by
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  Speaker 1: the smoke, and by the brimstone which issued out of
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  Speaker 1: their mouths. The riders wore breastplates of fire, blue stone,
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  Speaker 1: and sulfur. The horses had lion heads and breathed fire, smoke,
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  Speaker 1: and sulfur. These three things killed one third of mankind.
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  Speaker 1: Verse nineteen explains more about their power, For their power
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  Speaker 1: is in their mouth and in their tails. For their
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  Speaker 1: tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with
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  Speaker 1: them they do hurt. Their tails were like snakes with heads.
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  Speaker 1: Even after this massive destruction, the survivors refuse to repent.
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  Speaker 1: Verses twenty and twenty one reveal their stubbornness. And the
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  Speaker 1: rest of the men, which were not killed by these plagues,
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  Speaker 1: yet repented not of the works of their hands, that
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  Speaker 1: they should not worship devils and idols of gold and silver,
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  Speaker 1: and brass and stone, and of wood, which neither can see,
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  Speaker 1: nor hear, nor walk. Neither repented they of their murders,
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  Speaker 1: nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of
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  Speaker 1: their thefts. They kept worshiping demons and idols, committing murder,
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  Speaker 1: practicing witchcraft, and stealing. Between the sixth and seventh trumpets,
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  Speaker 1: John saw an incredible sight, Chapter ten. Verse one describes it,
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  Speaker 1: And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven,
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  Speaker 1: clothed with a cloud, and a rainbow was upon his head,
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  Speaker 1: and his face was as it were the sun, and
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  Speaker 1: his feet as pillars of fire. This angel was huge
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  Speaker 1: and powerful, wrapped in cloud, with a rainbow, crown, sun,
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  Speaker 1: bright face, and feet like fire pillars. Verse two tells
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  Speaker 1: us what he held. And he had in his hand
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  Speaker 1: a little book open, and he set his right foot
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  Speaker 1: upon the sea and his left foot on the earth.
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  Speaker 1: He carried an open little book, and was so big
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  Speaker 1: he put one foot on sea and one on land.
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  Speaker 1: His voice was incredible. Verse three describes it, and cried
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  Speaker 1: with a loud voice as when a lion roareth. And
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  Speaker 1: when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices. His
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  Speaker 1: voice roared like a lion, and seven thunders answered. John
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  Speaker 1: wanted to write what the thunders said, but verse four
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  Speaker 1: stopped him. And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices,
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  Speaker 1: I was about to write, and I heard a voice
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  Speaker 1: from heaven saying, unto me, see bill up those things
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  Speaker 1: which the seventh thunders uttered, and write them. Not. Heaven
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  Speaker 1: told him to keep the thunder's words secret. The Angel
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  Speaker 1: made a solemn oath. Verses five and six record it.
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  Speaker 1: And the Angel which I saw stand upon the sea
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  Speaker 1: and upon the earth, lifted up his hand to Heaven
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  Speaker 1: and swear by him that liveth forever and ever, who
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  Speaker 1: created Heaven and the things that therein are, and the
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  Speaker 1: Earth and the things that therein are, and the sea,
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  Speaker 1: and the things which are therein, that there should be
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  Speaker 1: time no longer. He swore by the eternal Creator that
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  Speaker 1: time would be no more. Verse seven explains what this meant.
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  Speaker 1: But in the days of the voice of the Seventh Angel,
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  Speaker 1: when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God
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  Speaker 1: should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants
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  Speaker 1: the prophets, when the seventh trumpets sounded, God's mystery would
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  Speaker 1: be complete. Heaven spoke to John again Verse eight commanded,
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  Speaker 1: and the voice which which I heard from Heaven spake
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  Speaker 1: unto me again and said, go and take the little
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  Speaker 1: book which is open in the hand of the Angel
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  Speaker 1: which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth. John
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  Speaker 1: was told to take the book from the Angel. John obeyed.
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  Speaker 1: Verse nine shows what happened. And I went unto the
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  Speaker 1: angel and said unto him, give me the little book,
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  Speaker 1: and he said, unto me, take it and eat it up,
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  Speaker 1: and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall
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  Speaker 1: be in thy mouth sweet as honey. The angel told
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  Speaker 1: him to eat the book, warning it would taste sweet
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  Speaker 1: but make his stomach bitter. John ate it exactly as instructed.
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  Speaker 1: Verse ten describes his experience. And I took the little
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  Speaker 1: book out of the angel's hand and ate it up,
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  Speaker 1: And it was in my mouth sweet as honey. And
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  Speaker 1: as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.
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  Speaker 1: It tasted sweet like honey, but made his stomach bitter.
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  Speaker 1: The angel gave John another assignment. Verse eleven tells us
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  Speaker 1: and he said, unto me, thou must prophesy again before
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  Speaker 1: many peoples and nations and tongues and kings. John would
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  Speaker 1: prophesy again to many different groups. John received a measuring tool.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter eleven, Verse one explains, and there was given me
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  Speaker 1: a reed like unto a rod. And the angel stood
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  Speaker 1: and said, rise and measure the temple of God and
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  Speaker 1: the altar and them that worship therein. An angel told
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  Speaker 1: him to measure God's temple, the altar, and the worshipers,
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  Speaker 1: but he had limits. Verse two states, But the court
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  Speaker 1: which is without the temple, leave out and measure it not,
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  Speaker 1: for it is given unto the gentiles, and the holy
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  Speaker 1: city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
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  Speaker 1: He shouldn't measure the outer court, because non Jews would
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  Speaker 1: trample the Holy City for forty two months. God revealed
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  Speaker 1: something about two special witnesses. Verse three introduces them, and
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  Speaker 1: I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they
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  Speaker 1: shall prophesy a thousand, two hundred and three score days
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  Speaker 1: clothed in sackcloth. Two witnesses would prophesy for one thousand,
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  Speaker 1: two hundred sixty days wearing rough sackcloth. Verse four describes
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  Speaker 1: them symbolically. These are the two olive trees and the
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  Speaker 1: two candlesticks standing before the God of the Earth. They
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  Speaker 1: were like olive trees and lamp stands before God. Anyone
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  Speaker 1: trying to hurt them would face consequences. Verse five worns
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  Speaker 1: and if any man will hurt them, fire precedeth out
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  Speaker 1: of their mouth and devoureth their enemies. And if any
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  Speaker 1: man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.
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  Speaker 1: Fire would come from their mouths to destroy enemies. They
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  Speaker 1: had incredible power Verse six lists their abilities. These have
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  Speaker 1: power to shut heaven that it rain not in the
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  Speaker 1: days of their prophecy, and have power over water, to
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  Speaker 1: turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with
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  Speaker 1: all plagues. As often as they will. They could stop rain,
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  Speaker 1: turn water to blood, and bring any plague. Their ministry
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  Speaker 1: would end tragically. Verse seven tells us, and when they
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  Speaker 1: shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out
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  Speaker 1: of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and
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  Speaker 1: shall overcome them and kill them. A beast from the
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  Speaker 1: bottomless pit would kill them. The world would celebrate their
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  Speaker 1: deaths Verses eight through ten describe this. And their dead
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  Speaker 1: bodies shall lie in the street of the great city,
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  Speaker 1: which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our
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  Speaker 1: Lord was crucified. And they of the people and kindreds
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  Speaker 1: and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three
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  Speaker 1: days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead
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  Speaker 1: bodies to be put in graves. And they that dwell
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  Speaker 1: upon the earth shall rejoice over them and make merry,
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  Speaker 1: and shall send gifts one to another. Because these two
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  Speaker 1: prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth, their bodies
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  Speaker 1: would lie in the street for three and a half days,
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  Speaker 1: while the world celebrated and exchanged gifts, happy that these
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  Speaker 1: tormenting prophets were dead. But then something amazing happened. Verses
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  Speaker 1: eleven and twelve reveal and after three days and a half,
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  Speaker 1: the spirit of life from God entered into them, and
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  Speaker 1: they stood upon their feet, and great fear fell upon
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  Speaker 1: them which saw them. And they heard a great voice
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  Speaker 1: from heaven saying, unto them, come up hither. And they
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  Speaker 1: ascended up to Heaven in a cloud, and their enemies
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  Speaker 1: beheld them. God's spirit brought them back to life, and
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  Speaker 1: they rose to heaven, while their enemies watched in terror.
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  Speaker 1: A great earthquake followed. Verse thirteen tells the results. And
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  Speaker 1: the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the
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  Speaker 1: tenth part of the city fell, And in the earthquake
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  Speaker 1: were slain of men seven thousand and the remnant were
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  Speaker 1: affrighted and gave glory to the God of Heaven. Seven
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  Speaker 1: thousand died, and survivors gave glory to God. Verse fourteen
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  Speaker 1: concludes the second woe is past, and behold the third
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  Speaker 1: woe cometh quickly. The second woe was finished but the
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  Speaker 1: third was coming soon. The seventh angel blew the final trumpet.
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  Speaker 1: Verse fifteen tells what happened, and the seventh angel sounded,
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  Speaker 1: and there were great voices in heaven saying, the kingdoms
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  Speaker 1: of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord
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  Speaker 1: and of his Christ, and he shall reign for ever
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  Speaker 1: and ever. Great voices announced that all world kingdoms now
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  Speaker 1: belonged to God and Christ. The elders responded immediately. Verses
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  Speaker 1: sixteen and seventeen show their reaction, and the four and
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  Speaker 1: twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell
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  Speaker 1: upon their faces and worshiped God, saying, we give thee thanks, O, Lord, God,
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  Speaker 1: God Almighty, which art and waste, and art to come,
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  Speaker 1: because Thou hast taken to thee thy great power and
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  Speaker 1: hast reigned. They fell and worshiped, thanking God for taking
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  Speaker 1: his power and reigning. Not every one was happy. Verse
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  Speaker 1: eighteen reveals mixed reactions, and the nations were angry, and
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  Speaker 1: thy wrath is come and the time of the dead,
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  Speaker 1: that they should be judged, and that thou shouldst give
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  Speaker 1: reward unto thy servants, the prophets, and to the saints
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  Speaker 1: and them that fear thy name, small and great, and
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  Speaker 1: shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth. Nations were angry,
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  Speaker 1: But God's wrath had come. It was time to judge
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  Speaker 1: the dead and reward the faithful. Heaven's temple opened. Verse
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  Speaker 1: nineteen describes it. And the temple of God was opened
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  Speaker 1: in heaven. And there was seen in his temple the
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  Speaker 1: ark of his Testament. And there were lightnings and voices,
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  Speaker 1: and thunderings, and an earthquake and great hail. The Ark
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  Speaker 1: of Covenant was visible, accompanied by lightning, voices, thunder, earthquake,
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  Speaker 1: and hail. John saw a great sign in heaven Chapter twelve,
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  Speaker 1: Verse one describes it, And there appeared a great wonder
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  Speaker 1: in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun and the
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  Speaker 1: moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown
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  Speaker 1: of twelve stars. A woman appeared, dressed with the sun,
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  Speaker 1: standing on the moon, wearing a crown of twelve stars.
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  Speaker 1: She was pregnant and in labor. Verse two tells us,
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  Speaker 1: and she, being with child, cried, travailing in birth and
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  Speaker 1: pain to be delivered. Another terrifying sign appeared. Verse three
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  Speaker 1: describes it. And there appeared another wonder in heaven, And
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  Speaker 1: behold a great red dragon having seven heads and ten horns,
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  Speaker 1: and seven crowns upon his heads. A huge red dragon
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  Speaker 1: with seven heads, ten horns, and seven crowns appeared. The
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  Speaker 1: dragon was incredibly powerful. Verse four shows his strength and
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  Speaker 1: his tale drew the third part of the stars of
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  Speaker 1: heaven and did cast them to the earth. And the
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  Speaker 1: dragon stood before the woman, which was ready to be delivered,
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  Speaker 1: for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
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  Speaker 1: He swept one third of stars to earth and waited
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  Speaker 1: to devour the woman's baby. The woman gave birth Verse
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  Speaker 1: five tells us and she brought forth a man child
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  Speaker 1: who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron.
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  Speaker 1: And her child was caught up unto God and to
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  Speaker 1: his throne. She had a son who would rule all nations,
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  Speaker 1: but he was immediately taken to God's throne. The woman
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  Speaker 1: fled to safety. Verse six explains, and the woman fled
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  Speaker 1: into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God,
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  Speaker 1: that they should feed her there a thousand, two hundred
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  Speaker 1: and threescore days. She escaped to a wilderness place God
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  Speaker 1: had prepared where she would be fed for one thousand,
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  Speaker 1: two hundred and sixty days war broke out in heaven.
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  Speaker 1: Verse seven tells us, And there was war in heaven.
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  Speaker 1: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the
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  Speaker 1: dragon fought and his angels. Michael and his angels fought
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  Speaker 1: the dragon and his angels. The dragon lost. Verses eight
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  Speaker 1: and nine revealed the outcome and prevailed. Not neither was
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  Speaker 1: their place found any more in heaven. And the great
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  Speaker 1: dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the devil
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  Speaker 1: and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world. He was cast
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  Speaker 1: out into the earth, and his angels were cast out
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  Speaker 1: with him. The dragon Satan was thrown to earth with
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  Speaker 1: his angels. Heaven celebrated. Verses ten through twelve record the song.
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  Speaker 1: And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, now
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  Speaker 1: is come salvation and strength and the Kingdom of our
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  Speaker 1: God and the power of His Christ. For the accuser
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  Speaker 1: of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before
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  Speaker 1: our God day and night. And they overcame him by
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  Speaker 1: the blood of the Lamb and by the word of
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  Speaker 1: their testimony. And they loved not their lives unto the death. Therefore,
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  Speaker 1: rejoice ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe
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  Speaker 1: to the inhabitors of the earth and of the sea,
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  Speaker 1: for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath,
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  Speaker 1: because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
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  Speaker 1: Heaven rejoiced because the accuser was defeated through the Lamb's
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  Speaker 1: blood and faithful testimony. But Earth was warned because Satan
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  Speaker 1: had come down with great anger, knowing his time was short.
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  Speaker 1: The dragon persecuted the woman Verses thirteen through sixteen tell Us.
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  Speaker 1: And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto
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  Speaker 1: the Earth, he persecuted the woman, which brought forth the
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  Speaker 1: man child. And to the woman were given two wings
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  Speaker 1: of a great eagle, that she might fly into the
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  Speaker 1: wilderness into her place where she is nourished for a
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  Speaker 1: time and times and half a time from the face
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  Speaker 1: of the serpent. And the serpent cast out of his
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  Speaker 1: mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he
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  Speaker 1: might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
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  Speaker 1: And the Earth helped the woman, and the earth opened
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  Speaker 1: her mouth and swallowed up the flood which the dragon
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  Speaker 1: cast out of his mouth. The woman received eagle wings
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  Speaker 1: to fly to safety for three and a half years.
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  Speaker 1: When the dragon tried to drown her with a flood,
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  Speaker 1: the earth swallowed it up. When that failed, the dragon
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  Speaker 1: turned elsewhere. Verse seventeen reveals his next target. And the
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  Speaker 1: dragon was wroth with the woman and went to make
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  Speaker 1: war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the
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  Speaker 1: commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
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  Speaker 1: He went to war against her other children, those who
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  Speaker 1: kept God's commandments and had Jesus testimony. As the dragon
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  Speaker 1: stood on the sea shore, something emerged from the water.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter thirteen, Verse one describes it. And I stood upon
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  Speaker 1: the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise
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  Speaker 1: up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns,
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  Speaker 1: and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads
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  Speaker 1: the name of blasphemy. A beast with seven heads, ten horns,
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  Speaker 1: ten crowns, and blasphemous names rose from the sea. Verse
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  Speaker 1: two describes the beast. And the beast which I saw,
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  Speaker 1: was like unto a leopard, And his feet were as
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  Speaker 1: the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the
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  Speaker 1: mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave him his
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  Speaker 1: power and his seat and great authority. It looked like
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  Speaker 1: a leopard with bare feet and lion mouth. The dragon
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  Speaker 1: gave it power throne and authority. Something amazing happened to
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  Speaker 1: one head. Verse three explains, and I saw one of
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  Speaker 1: his heads as it were wounded to death, and his
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  Speaker 1: deadly wound was healed, and all the world wondered. After
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  Speaker 1: the beast unhead appeared mortally wounded, but was healed. The
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  Speaker 1: whole world followed the beast in amazement. This led to
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  Speaker 1: world wide worship. Verse four shows and they worshiped the dragon,
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  Speaker 1: which gave power unto the beast, And they worshiped the beast, saying,
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  Speaker 1: who is like unto the beast, who is able to
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  Speaker 1: make war with him? People worshiped both the dragon and beast,
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  Speaker 1: saying no one could fight against it. The beast received
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  Speaker 1: a blasphemous mouth. Verse five tells us, and there was
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  Speaker 1: given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies,
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  Speaker 1: and power was given unto him to continue forty and
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  Speaker 1: two months. It could speak proud blasphemies, and was given
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  Speaker 1: power for forty two months. It used this mouth against God.
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  Speaker 1: Verse six explains, and he opened his mouth in blasphemy
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  Speaker 1: against God, to blasphem his name and his tabernacle, and
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  Speaker 1: them that dwell in heaven. It spoke against God's name,
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  Speaker 1: dwelling place, and Heaven's inhabitants. The beast was given power
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  Speaker 1: over God's people. Verse seven reveals, and it was given
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  Speaker 1: unto him to make war with the saints and to
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  Speaker 1: overcome them. And power was given him over all kindreds
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  Speaker 1: and tongues and nations. It could make war against saints
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  Speaker 1: and defeat them, receiving power over all peoples. Almost everyone
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  Speaker 1: worshiped it. Verse tells us, and all that dwell upon
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  Speaker 1: the earth shall worship him whose names are not written
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  Speaker 1: in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from
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  Speaker 1: the foundation of the world. Everyone except those in the
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  Speaker 1: Lamb's Book of Life would worship the beast. John gave
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  Speaker 1: a warning verses nine and ten state, if any man
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  Speaker 1: have an ear, let him hear. He that leadeth into
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  Speaker 1: captivity shall go into captivity. He that killeth with the
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  Speaker 1: sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the
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  Speaker 1: patience and the faith of the saints. Those who took
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  Speaker 1: captives would become captives. This would test saint's patience and faith.
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  Speaker 1: Another beast appeared. Verse eleven describes it, and I beheld
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  Speaker 1: another beast coming up out of the earth. And he
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  Speaker 1: had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as
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  Speaker 1: a dragon. This second beast looked like a lamb, but
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  Speaker 1: spoke like a dragon. It served the first beast. Verse
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  Speaker 1: twelve explains, and he exerciseth all the power of the
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  Speaker 1: first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them
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  Speaker 1: which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly
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  Speaker 1: wound was healed. It used the first beast's power to
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  Speaker 1: make everyone worship it. The second beast performed miracles. Verse
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  Speaker 1: thirteen tells us, and he doeth great wonders, so that
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  Speaker 1: he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth
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  Speaker 1: in the sight of men. It could make fire come
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  Speaker 1: from heaven. These miracles deceived people. Verse fourteen shows how,
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  Speaker 1: and deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the
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  Speaker 1: means of those miracles, which he had power to do
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  Speaker 1: in the sight of the beast, saying to them that
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  Speaker 1: dwell on the earth, that they should make an image
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  Speaker 1: to the beast which had the wound by a sword
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  Speaker 1: and did live. It used miracles to trick people into
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  Speaker 1: making an image of the first beast. The image came alive.
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  Speaker 1: Verse fifteen explains, and he had power to give life
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  Speaker 1: unto the image of the beast, that the image of
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  Speaker 1: the beast should both speak and cause that as many
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  Speaker 1: as would not worship the image of the beast should
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  Speaker 1: be killed. The image could speak and order death for
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  Speaker 1: those who wouldn't worship it. Then came the famous mark.
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  Speaker 1: Verses sixteen through eighteen reveal, and he causeth all both
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  Speaker 1: small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to
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  Speaker 1: receive a mark in their right hand or in their foreheads,
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  Speaker 1: and that no man might buy or sell save he
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  Speaker 1: that had the mark or the name of the beast,
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  Speaker 1: or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let
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  Speaker 1: him that hath understanding count the number of the beast,
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  Speaker 1: for it is the number of a man, and his
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  Speaker 1: number is six hundred three score and six. Everyone would
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  Speaker 1: be forced to receive a mark on their right hand
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  Speaker 1: or forehead. No one could buy or sell without this mark,
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  Speaker 1: the beast's name or its number. John revealed this number
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  Speaker 1: was six ex kick six, the number of a man.
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  Speaker 1: After seeing the terrible beasts, John looked and saw something beautiful.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter fourteen, verse one shows us and I looked and
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  Speaker 1: lo a lamb stood on the Mount Zion, and with
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  Speaker 1: him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his father's
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  Speaker 1: name written in their foreheads. There on Mount Zion stood
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  Speaker 1: the Lamb with the one hundred and forty four thousand,
• 1:16:49
  Speaker 1: who had the father's name on their foreheads. These people
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  Speaker 1: were singing a special song. Verses two and three tell us,
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  Speaker 1: and I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice
• 1:16:59
  Speaker 1: of many wars, and as the voice of a great thunder.
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  Speaker 1: And I heard the voice of harpers, harping with their harps.
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  Speaker 1: And they sung, as it were, a new song before
• 1:17:08
  Speaker 1: the Throne and before the four beasts and the elders.
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  Speaker 1: And no man could learn that song, but the hundred
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  Speaker 1: and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
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  Speaker 1: Only one hundred and forty four thousand could learn this
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  Speaker 1: new song, because they had been rescued from earth. These
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  Speaker 1: people were pure and followed the Lamb everywhere. Verse four
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  Speaker 1: describes them. These are they which were not defiled with women,
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  Speaker 1: for they are virgins. These are they which follow the
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  Speaker 1: Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men,
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  Speaker 1: being the first fruits unto God and to the Lamb.
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  Speaker 1: They were spiritually pure and were the first ones given
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  Speaker 1: to God and the Lamb. No lies were found in them.
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  Speaker 1: Verse five tells US. And in their mouth was found
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  Speaker 1: no guile, for they are without fault before the throne
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  Speaker 1: of God. They were completely blameless before God's throne. Then
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  Speaker 1: John saw an angel with an urgent message for the world.
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  Speaker 1: Verse six describes this, And I saw another angel fly
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  Speaker 1: in the midst of heaven, having the Everlasting Gospel to
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  Speaker 1: preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to
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  Speaker 1: every nation and kindred and tongue and people. An angel
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  Speaker 1: flew through heaven carrying the Eternal Gospel. The angel's message
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  Speaker 1: was both invitation and warning. Verse seven records what he said, saying,
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  Speaker 1: with a loud voice, fear God and give glory to Him,
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  Speaker 1: for the hour of his judgment is come, and worship
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  Speaker 1: Him that made heaven and earth, and the sea and
• 1:18:43
  Speaker 1: the fountains of waters. He told everyone to fear God
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  Speaker 1: because judgment time had arrived. A second angel followed with
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  Speaker 1: news about Babylon. Verse eight tells US. And there followed
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  Speaker 1: another angel saying, Babylon is fallen. Is fallen that great
• 1:19:00
  Speaker 1: city because she made all nations drink of the wine
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  Speaker 1: of the wrath of her fornication. This angel announced that
• 1:19:06
  Speaker 1: Babylon had fallen. A third angel came with the most
• 1:19:10
  Speaker 1: serious warning. Verses nine and ten record his message, and
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  Speaker 1: the third angel followed them, saying, with a loud voice,
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  Speaker 1: if any man worship the Beast and his image and
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  Speaker 1: receive his mark in his forehead or in his hand,
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  Speaker 1: the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath
• 1:19:28
  Speaker 1: of God, which is poured out without mixture, into the
• 1:19:31
  Speaker 1: cup of his indignation, and he shall be tormented with
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  Speaker 1: fire and brimstone in the presence of the Holy Angels,
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  Speaker 1: and in the presence of the Lamb. Anyone who worshiped
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  Speaker 1: the Beast would drink God's wrath and be tortured with
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  Speaker 1: fire and sulfur. This torment would never end. Verse eleven explains,
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  Speaker 1: and the smoke of their torment ascendeth up forever and ever,
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  Speaker 1: and they have no rest day nor night. Who worship
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  Speaker 1: the Beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark
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  Speaker 1: of his name. John heard a voice from heaven with
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  Speaker 1: a blessing. Verse thirteen tells us, and I heard a
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  Speaker 1: voice from heaven saying, unto me right, blessed are the
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  Speaker 1: dead which die in the Lord. From henceforth yea saith
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  Speaker 1: the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors and
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  Speaker 1: their works do follow them. Those who died believing in
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  Speaker 1: the Lord would be blest. Then John saw some one
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  Speaker 1: on a white cloud. Verses fourteen through sixteen describe what happened.
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  Speaker 1: And I looked and behold a white cloud. And upon
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  Speaker 1: the cloud one sat like unto the Son of Man,
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  Speaker 1: having on his head a golden crown and in his
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  Speaker 1: hand a sharp sickle. And another angel came out of
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  Speaker 1: the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that
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  Speaker 1: sat on the cloud, thrust in thy sickle and reap,
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  Speaker 1: for the time is come for thee to reap, for
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  Speaker 1: the harvest of the earth is ripe. And he that
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  Speaker 1: sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth,
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  Speaker 1: and the earth was reaped. Someone like the Son of
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  Speaker 1: Man harvested the earth with his sickle. Another angel came
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  Speaker 1: with another sickle. Verses seventeen and eighteen tell us about
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  Speaker 1: the final harvest. And another angel came out of the
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  Speaker 1: temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.
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  Speaker 1: And another angel came out from the altar, which had
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  Speaker 1: power over fire, and cried with a loud cry to
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  Speaker 1: him that had the sharp sickle, saying, thrust in thy
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  Speaker 1: sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of
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  Speaker 1: the earth, for her grapes are fully ripe. The final
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  Speaker 1: harvest was terrible. Verses nineteen and twenty describe it. And
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  Speaker 1: the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth and
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  Speaker 1: gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into
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  Speaker 1: the great wine press of the wrath of God. And
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  Speaker 1: the wine press was trodden without the city, and blood
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  Speaker 1: came out of the wine press, even unto the horse bridles.
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  Speaker 1: By the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs,
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  Speaker 1: blood flowed as high as horses bridles for two hundred miles.
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  Speaker 1: John saw another sign in heaven Chapter fifteen, Verse one
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  Speaker 1: describes it, and I saw another sign in heaven, great
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  Speaker 1: and marvelous, seven angels, having the seven last plagues, For
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  Speaker 1: in them is filled up the wrath of God. Seven
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  Speaker 1: angels held seven final plagues that would complete God's wrath.
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  Speaker 1: Before these judgments began, John saw those who had won
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  Speaker 1: victory over the beast. Verses two and three show us,
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  Speaker 1: and I saw, as it were a sea of glass
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  Speaker 1: mingled with fire, and them that had gotten the victory
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  Speaker 1: over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark,
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  Speaker 1: and over the number of his name, stand on the
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  Speaker 1: sea of glass, having the harps of God, and they
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  Speaker 1: sing the song of Moses, the Servant of God, and
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  Speaker 1: the song of the Lamb, saying, great and marvelous are
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  Speaker 1: thy works, Lord, God, Almighty, Just and true are thy ways,
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  Speaker 1: Thou King of Saints. They stood on a sea of
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  Speaker 1: glass mixed with fire, singing both Moses and the Lamb's songs.
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  Speaker 1: Their song continued with worship. Verse four records, who shall
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  Speaker 1: not fear THEE, O Lord, and glorify thy name, for
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  Speaker 1: Thou only art holy, for all nations shall come and
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  Speaker 1: worship before THEE, for Thy judgments are made manifest. After
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  Speaker 1: this worship, Heaven's temple opened Verses five through eight tell
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  Speaker 1: us what happened. And after that I looked and behold
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  Speaker 1: the temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony in Heaven
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  Speaker 1: was opened, and the seven angels came out of the temple,
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  Speaker 1: having the seven plagues clothed in pure and white linen,
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  Speaker 1: and having their breasts girded with golden girdles, and one
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  Speaker 1: of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven
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  Speaker 1: golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth
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  Speaker 1: forever and ever. And the temple was filled with smoke
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  Speaker 1: from the glory of God and from his power, and
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  Speaker 1: no man was able to enter into the temple till
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  Speaker 1: the seven plagues of the seven Angels were fulfilled. Seven
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  Speaker 1: angels received golden bowls full of God's wrath. A loud
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  Speaker 1: voice commanded the angels to begin Chapter sixteen. Verse one states,
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  Speaker 1: and I heard a great voice out of thee temple,
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  Speaker 1: saying to the seven angels, go your ways, and pour
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  Speaker 1: out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.
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  Speaker 1: The first angel poured his bowl on land. Verse two
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  Speaker 1: describes what happened. And the first went and poured out
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  Speaker 1: his vial upon the earth, And there fell a noisome
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  Speaker 1: and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark
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  Speaker 1: of the Beast, and upon them which worshiped his image.
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  Speaker 1: Painful sores broke out on everyone with the beast's mark.
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  Speaker 1: The second angel poured his bowl on the sea. Verse
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  Speaker 1: three tells us and the second Angel poured out his
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  Speaker 1: vile upon the sea, and it became as the blood
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  Speaker 1: of a dead man, and every living soul died in
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  Speaker 1: the sea. The sea became like dead blood. The third
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  Speaker 1: angel targeted fresh water. Verses four through seven record and
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  Speaker 1: the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers
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  Speaker 1: and fountains of waters, and they became blood. And I
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  Speaker 1: heard the Angel of the waters say, thou art righteous,
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  Speaker 1: o Lord, which art and waste and shalt be, because
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  Speaker 1: thou hast judged thus, for they have shed the blood
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  Speaker 1: of saints and prophets, And thou hast given them blood
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  Speaker 1: to drink, for they are worthy. And I heard another
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  Speaker 1: out of the altar say, even so, Lord God, Almighty,
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  Speaker 1: true and righteous are thy judgments. All rivers and springs
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  Speaker 1: became blood. The fourth angel poured his bowl on the sun.
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  Speaker 1: Verses eight and nine show the result. And the fourth
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  Speaker 1: angel poured out his vial upon the sun and was
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  Speaker 1: given unto him to scorch men with fire. And men
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  Speaker 1: were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God,
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  Speaker 1: which hath power over these plagues, and they repented not
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  Speaker 1: to give him glory. The sun burned people, but they
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  Speaker 1: cursed God instead of repenting. The fifth bowl was poured
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  Speaker 1: on the Beast's throne. Verses ten and eleven describe what happened.
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  Speaker 1: And the fifth angel poured out his vile upon the
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  Speaker 1: seat of the beast, and his kingdom was full of darkness,
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  Speaker 1: and they gnawed their tongues for pain and blasphemed the
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  Speaker 1: God of Heaven because of their pains and their sores,
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  Speaker 1: and repented not of their deeds. The beast's kingdom became dark,
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  Speaker 1: but people still wouldn't repent. The sixth angel targeted the
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  Speaker 1: Euphrates River. Verse twelve tells us. And the sixth Angel
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  Speaker 1: poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates, and
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  Speaker 1: the water thereof was dried up, that the way of
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  Speaker 1: the kings of the East my be prepared. The river
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  Speaker 1: dried up to make a road for eastern kings. Then
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  Speaker 1: John saw three evil spirits. Verses thirteen and fourteen describe them.
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  Speaker 1: And I saw three unclean spirits, like frogs, come out
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  Speaker 1: of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the
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  Speaker 1: mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of
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  Speaker 1: the false prophet. For they are the spirits of devils,
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  Speaker 1: working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the
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  Speaker 1: Earth and of the whole world, to gather them to
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  Speaker 1: the battle of that great day of God Almighty. Three
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  Speaker 1: froglike evil spirits gathered world kings for gods great battle.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus gave a warning. Verse fifteen states, behold, I come
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  Speaker 1: as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth and keepeth
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  Speaker 1: his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
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  Speaker 1: The evil spirits gathered the kings to armageddon. Verse sixteen
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  Speaker 1: tells us, and he gathered them together into a place
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  Speaker 1: called in the Hebrew tongue armageddon. The seventh Angel poured
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  Speaker 1: the final bull. Verses seventeen through twenty one described the result.
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  Speaker 1: And the seventh Angel poured out his vial into the air.
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  Speaker 1: And there came a great voice out of the Temple
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  Speaker 1: of Heaven, from the throne, saying it is done. And
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  Speaker 1: there were voices and thunders and lightnings. And there was
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  Speaker 1: a great earthquake, such as was not since men were
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  Speaker 1: upon the earth. So mighty an earthquake and so great.
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  Speaker 1: And the great city was divided into three parts, and
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  Speaker 1: the cities of the nations fell, and Great Babylon came
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  Speaker 1: in remembrance before God to give unto her the cup
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  Speaker 1: of the Wine of the fierceness of his wrath, and
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  Speaker 1: every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
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  Speaker 1: And there fell upon men a great hail out of
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  Speaker 1: heaven every stone about the weight of a talent. And
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  Speaker 1: men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail,
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  Speaker 1: For the plague thereof was exceeding great, the greatest earthquake
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  Speaker 1: ever shook the earth. Yet people still cursed God. One
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  Speaker 1: of the seven angels invited John to see something important.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter seventeen, Verse one tells us and there came one
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  Speaker 1: of the seven angels, which had the seven vials, and
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  Speaker 1: talked with me, saying, unto me, come hither, I will
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  Speaker 1: show unto thee the judgment of the great whar that
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  Speaker 1: sitteth upon many waters. The angel wanted to show John
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  Speaker 1: the great prostitute's judgment. This woman had corrupted Earth's rulers.
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  Speaker 1: Verse two explains with whom the kings of the earth
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  Speaker 1: have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have
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  Speaker 1: been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. The
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  Speaker 1: angel carried John to see this woman. Verse three describes
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  Speaker 1: what he saw, so he carried me away in the
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  Speaker 1: spirit it into the wilderness, and I saw a woman
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  Speaker 1: sit upon a scarlet colored beast full of names of blasphemy,
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  Speaker 1: having seven heads and ten horns. John saw a woman
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  Speaker 1: sitting on a red beast with seven heads and ten horns.
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  Speaker 1: The woman was dressed in luxury, but carried something disgusting.
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  Speaker 1: Verse four tells us and the woman was arrayed in
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  Speaker 1: purple and scarlet color, and decked with gold and precious
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  Speaker 1: stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand
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  Speaker 1: full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication. She wore
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  Speaker 1: expensive clothes with gold jewelry, but held a cup filled
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  Speaker 1: with disgusting things. Her forehead had a mysterious name. Verse
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  Speaker 1: five reveals it, and upon her forehead was a name
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  Speaker 1: written mystery, Babylon the Great, the mother of harlots and
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  Speaker 1: abominations of the earth. This woman was drunk with holy blood.
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  Speaker 1: Verse six shows John's reaction. And I saw the woman
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  Speaker 1: drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the
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  Speaker 1: blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her,
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  Speaker 1: I wondered with great admiration. She was drunk with saint's blood,
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  Speaker 1: and John was amazed. The angel began explaining the mystery
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  Speaker 1: Verses seven and eight tell Us. And the Angel said,
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  Speaker 1: unto me, wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee
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  Speaker 1: the mystery of the woman and of the beast that
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  Speaker 1: carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
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  Speaker 1: The beast that thou sawst was and is not, and
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  Speaker 1: shall ascend out of the bottomless pit and go into perdition.
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  Speaker 1: And they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose
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  Speaker 1: names were not written in the Book of Life, from
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  Speaker 1: the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast
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  Speaker 1: that was and is not and yet is. The beast
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  Speaker 1: had existed, didn't exist now, but would come from the
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  Speaker 1: bottomless pit. The Angel explained the seven heads Verses nine
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  Speaker 1: through an eleven tell Us, and here is the mind
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  Speaker 1: which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on
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  Speaker 1: which the woman sitteth, and there are seven kings. Five
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  Speaker 1: are fallen, and one is, and the other is not
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  Speaker 1: yet come. And when he cometh he must continue a
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  Speaker 1: short space. And the beast that was and is not
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  Speaker 1: even he is the eighth and is of the seven,
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  Speaker 1: and goeth into perdition. The seven heads were seven mountains
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  Speaker 1: and seven kings. The ten horns represented future kings Verses
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  Speaker 1: twelve through fourteen tell Us. And the ten horns which
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  Speaker 1: thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom
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  Speaker 1: as yet, but receive power as kings one hour with
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  Speaker 1: the beast. These have one mind, and shall give their
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  Speaker 1: power and strength unto the beast. Thee shall make war
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  Speaker 1: with the lamb, and the lamb shall overcome them. For
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  Speaker 1: He is Lord of lords and king of kings, and
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  Speaker 1: they that are with him are called and chosen and faithful.
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  Speaker 1: Ten kings would unite with the beast, but fight the
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  Speaker 1: lamb and lose. This angel explained more symbols and God's
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  Speaker 1: plan Verses fifteen through eighteen conclude, and he saith unto me.
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  Speaker 1: The waters which thou sorest, where the hoar sitteth, are
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  Speaker 1: peoples and multitudes, and nations and tongues. And these ten
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  Speaker 1: horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate
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  Speaker 1: the hawe, and shall make her desolate and naked, and
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  Speaker 1: shall eat her flesh and burn her with fire. For
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  Speaker 1: God hath put in their hearts to fulfill his will,
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  Speaker 1: and to agree and give their kingdom unto the beast,
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  Speaker 1: until the words of God shall be fulfilled. And the
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  Speaker 1: Woman which thou sowest is that great city which reigneth
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  Speaker 1: over the kings of the earth. The waters represented peoples
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  Speaker 1: and nations that ten horns would destroy the prostitute. This
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  Speaker 1: was all God's plan. The Woman was the great city
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  Speaker 1: ruling over Earth's kings. Chapter eighteen begins with another angel's announcement.
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  Speaker 1: Verses one through three tell us And after these things,
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  Speaker 1: I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power,
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  Speaker 1: and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he
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  Speaker 1: cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the Great
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  Speaker 1: is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils,
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  Speaker 1: and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage
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  Speaker 1: of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have
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  Speaker 1: drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication,
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  Speaker 1: and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her,
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  Speaker 1: and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through
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  Speaker 1: the abundance of her delicacies. A powerful angel announced Babylon's fall.
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  Speaker 1: Another voice called God's people to separate. Verses four through
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  Speaker 1: eight record this warning. And I heard another voice from Heaven, saying,
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  Speaker 1: come out of her, my people, that ye be not
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  Speaker 1: partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of
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  Speaker 1: her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven. And
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  Speaker 1: God hath remembered her iniquities. Reward her even as she
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  Speaker 1: rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her
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  Speaker 1: works in the cup which she hath filled, fill to
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  Speaker 1: her double. How much she hath glorified herself and lived deliciously,
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  Speaker 1: So much torment and sorrow give her, for she saith
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  Speaker 1: in her heart. I sit a queen and am no widow,
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  Speaker 1: and shall see no sorrow. Therefore shall her plagues come
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  Speaker 1: in one day, death and mourning and famine, and she
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  Speaker 1: shall be utterly burned with fire. For strong is the
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  Speaker 1: Lord God who judgeth her. God's people were warned to
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  Speaker 1: leave Babylon because she would receive double punishment. The kings, merchants,
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  Speaker 1: and sea traders all mourned her destruction from Afar. Verses
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  Speaker 1: nine through nineteen describe their lamins as they watched the
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  Speaker 1: smoke of her burning and cried about the great riches
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  Speaker 1: destroyed in one hour. But Heaven was told to rejoice
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  Speaker 1: Verse twenty states, Rejoice over her, thou heaven and your
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  Speaker 1: holy apostles and prophets, For God hath avenged you on her.
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  Speaker 1: A mighty angel showed how completely Babylon would be destroyed.
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  Speaker 1: Verses twenty one through twenty four conclude, and a mighty
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  Speaker 1: angel took up a stone like a great millstone and
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  Speaker 1: cast it into the sea, saying, thus with violence shall
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  Speaker 1: that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be
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  Speaker 1: found no more at all. And the voice of harpers
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  Speaker 1: and musicians, and of pipers and trumpeters shall be heard
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  Speaker 1: no more at all in thee. And no craftsman, of
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  Speaker 1: whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee.
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  Speaker 1: And the sound of a millstone shall be heard no
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  Speaker 1: more at all in THEE, and the light of a
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  Speaker 1: candle shall shine no more at all in thee, and
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  Speaker 1: the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall
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  Speaker 1: be heard no more at all in thee. For thy
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  Speaker 1: merchants were the great men of the earth. For by
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  Speaker 1: thy sorceries were all nations deceived. And in her was
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  Speaker 1: found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of
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  Speaker 1: all that were slain upon the earth. Babylon would be
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  Speaker 1: violently destroyed and never found again. After Babylon's fall, Heaven
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  Speaker 1: irrupted in celebration Chapter nineteen, Verses one through four tell Us.
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  Speaker 1: And after these things, I heard a great voice of
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  Speaker 1: much people in heaven saying, alee Luyah, Salvation and glory
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  Speaker 1: and honor and power unto the Lord our God. For
• 1:37:45
  Speaker 1: true and righteous are his judgments. For he hath judged
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  Speaker 1: the great war which did corrupt the earth with her fornication,
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  Speaker 1: and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
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  Speaker 1: And again they said alee Lujah. And her smoke rose
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  Speaker 1: up for ever and ever. And the four and twenty
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  Speaker 1: elders and the four beasts fell down and worshiped God
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  Speaker 1: that sat on the throne, saying Amen, alle Luyah. A
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  Speaker 1: huge crowd shouted a l'lujah, and the elders worshiped God.
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  Speaker 1: A voice called for more praise Verses five and six
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  Speaker 1: tell Us. And a voice came out of the throne, saying,
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  Speaker 1: Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that
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  Speaker 1: fear Him, both small and great. And I heard, as
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  Speaker 1: it were the voice of many waters, and as the
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  Speaker 1: voice of mighty thunderings saying alle Luyah for the Lord
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  Speaker 1: God omnipotent reigneth. All were called to praise the reigning God.
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  Speaker 1: Then came the wedding announcement Verses seven and eight proclaim,
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  Speaker 1: let us be glad and rejoice and give honor to him.
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  Speaker 1: For the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his
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  Speaker 1: wife hath made herself ready, and to her was granted
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  Speaker 1: that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white,
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  Speaker 1: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. The
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  Speaker 1: Lamb's wedding had come, and his bride was dressed in
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  Speaker 1: white linen, representing saints righteous acts. The Angel told John
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  Speaker 1: to write a blessing. Verse nine states, and he saith
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  Speaker 1: unto me. Right blessed are they which are called unto
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  Speaker 1: the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me.
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  Speaker 1: These are the true sayings of God. Those invited to
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  Speaker 1: the wedding supper were blessed. John tried to worship the angel,
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  Speaker 1: but was stopped Verse ten records and I fell at
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  Speaker 1: his feet to worship him, And he said, unto me,
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  Speaker 1: see thou do it not? I am thy fellow servant
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  Speaker 1: and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus.
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  Speaker 1: Worship God, for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit
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  Speaker 1: of prophecy. Then Heaven opened. Verses eleven through sixteen describe
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  Speaker 1: the amazing sight. And I saw heaven opened, and behold
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  Speaker 1: a white horse. And he that sat upon him was
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  Speaker 1: called Faithful and True. And in righteousness he doth judge
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  Speaker 1: and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire,
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  Speaker 1: and on his head were many crowns. And he had
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  Speaker 1: a name written that no man knew but he himself.
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  Speaker 1: And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood.
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  Speaker 1: And his name is called the Word of God. And
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  Speaker 1: the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses,
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  Speaker 1: clothed in fine linen, white and clean. And out of
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  Speaker 1: his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he
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  Speaker 1: should smite the nations, and he shall rule them with
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  Speaker 1: a rod of iron. And he treadeth the wine press
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  Speaker 1: of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And he
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  Speaker 1: hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name
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  Speaker 1: written King of Kings and Lord of lords. A rider
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  Speaker 1: called Faithful and True appeared on a white horse, followed
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  Speaker 1: by Heaven's armies, his name was King of Kings and
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  Speaker 1: Lord of lords. An angel made a gruesome invitation to
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  Speaker 1: birds Verses seventeen and eighteen tell Us, and I saw
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  Speaker 1: an angel standing in the sun, and he cried with
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  Speaker 1: a loud voice, saying, to all the fowls that fly
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  Speaker 1: in the midst of heaven, come and gather yourselves together
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  Speaker 1: unto the supper of the Great God, that ye may
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  Speaker 1: eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains,
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  Speaker 1: and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses,
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  Speaker 1: and of them that sit on them, and the flesh
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  Speaker 1: of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
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  Speaker 1: The final battle began and ended quickly. Verses nineteen through
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  Speaker 1: twenty one describe it. And I saw the beast and
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  Speaker 1: the kings of the earth, and their armies gathered together
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  Speaker 1: to make war against him that sat on the horse,
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  Speaker 1: and against his army. And the beast was taken, and
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  Speaker 1: with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him,
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  Speaker 1: with which he deceived them that had received the mark
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  Speaker 1: of the Beast, and them that were ship shipped his image.
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  Speaker 1: These both were cast alive into a lake of fire,
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  Speaker 1: burning with brimstone, and the remnant were slain with the
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  Speaker 1: sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword
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  Speaker 1: proceeded out of his mouth, and all the fowls were
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  Speaker 1: filled with their flesh. The beast and false Prophet were
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  Speaker 1: captured and thrown alive into the lake of fire. The
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  Speaker 1: rest were destroyed. After the battle, John saw an angel
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  Speaker 1: with ultimate authority Chapter twenty, Verses one through three describe,
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  Speaker 1: and I saw an angel come down from heaven, having
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  Speaker 1: the key of the bottomless Pit and a great chain
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  Speaker 1: in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon,
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  Speaker 1: that old serpent, which is the devil and Satan, and
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  Speaker 1: bound him a thousand years, and cast him into the
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  Speaker 1: bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal
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  Speaker 1: upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more
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  Speaker 1: till the thousand years should be fulfilled, and after that
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  Speaker 1: he must be loosed a little season. Satan was chained
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  Speaker 1: for a thousand years. During this time, something wonderful happened.
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  Speaker 1: Verses four through six show us, and I saw thrones,
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  Speaker 1: and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them.
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  Speaker 1: And I saw the souls of them that were beheaded
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  Speaker 1: for the witness of Jesus and for the word of God,
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  Speaker 1: and which had not worshiped the beast, neither his image,
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  Speaker 1: neither had received His mark upon their foreheads or in
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  Speaker 1: their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ a
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  Speaker 1: thousand years. But the rest of the dead lived not
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  Speaker 1: again until the thousand years were finished. This is the
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  Speaker 1: first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he that hath part
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  Speaker 1: in the first Resurrection. On such the second death hath
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  Speaker 1: no power. But they shall be priests of God and
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  Speaker 1: of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
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  Speaker 1: It those killed for following Jesus came to life and
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  Speaker 1: reign with Christ for a thousand years in the first Resurrection.
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  Speaker 1: When the thousand years ended, Satan was released and immediately
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  Speaker 1: returned to deceiving Verses seven through nine tell Us. And
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  Speaker 1: when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed
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  Speaker 1: out of his prison and shall go out to deceive
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  Speaker 1: the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth,
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  Speaker 1: Gog and Magog to gather them together to battle, the
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  Speaker 1: number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
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  Speaker 1: And they went up on the breadth of the earth,
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  Speaker 1: and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the
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  Speaker 1: beloved city and fire came down from God out of
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  Speaker 1: heaven and devoured them. Satan gathered countless people for battle,
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  Speaker 1: but fire from heaven destroyed them. Satan met his final
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  Speaker 1: fate Verse ten states and the devil that deceived them
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  Speaker 1: was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where
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  Speaker 1: the beast and the false prophet are and shall be
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  Speaker 1: tor men did day and night forever and ever. Then
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  Speaker 1: came the Great White Throne. Judgment Verses eleven through fifteen describe,
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  Speaker 1: And I saw a great white throne, and him that
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  Speaker 1: sat on it, from whose face the earth and the
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  Speaker 1: heaven fled away, and there was found no place for them.
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  Speaker 1: And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God.
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  Speaker 1: And the books were opened, and another book was opened,
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  Speaker 1: which is the Book of Life. And the dead were
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  Speaker 1: judged out of those things which were written in the
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  Speaker 1: books according to their works. And the sea gave up
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  Speaker 1: the dead which were in it, and Death and Hell
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  Speaker 1: delivered up the dead which were in them. And they
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  Speaker 1: were judged every man according to their works. And Death
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  Speaker 1: and Hell were cast into the Lake of fire. This
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  Speaker 1: is the second Death. And whosoever was not found written
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  Speaker 1: in the Book of Life was cast into the Lake
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  Speaker 1: of fire. All the dead were judged, and anyone not
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  Speaker 1: in the Book of Life was thrown into the Lake
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  Speaker 1: of fire. Then John saw the New Creation Chapter twenty one,
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  Speaker 1: Verses one through four tell us, and I saw a
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  Speaker 1: new heaven and a new earth. For the first heaven
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  Speaker 1: and the first earth were passed away, and there was
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  Speaker 1: no more sea. And I John saw the Holy City,
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  Speaker 1: New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared
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  Speaker 1: as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard
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  Speaker 1: a great voice out of heaven, saying, behold, the Tabernacle
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  Speaker 1: of God is with men, and He will dwell with them,
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  Speaker 1: and they shall be his people. And God himself shall
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  Speaker 1: be with them and be their God. And God shall
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  Speaker 1: wipe away all tears from their eyes. And there shall
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  Speaker 1: be no more death, neither sorrow nor crying, neither shall
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  Speaker 1: there be any more pain. For the former things are
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  Speaker 1: passed away. A new heaven and earth appeared, with New
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  Speaker 1: Jerusalem coming down. God would live with his people, and
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  Speaker 1: there would be no more tears, death, sadness, or pain.
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  Speaker 1: God declared everything complete Verses five through eight continue. And
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  Speaker 1: he that sat upon the throne said, behold, I make
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  Speaker 1: all things new. And he said unto me right, for
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  Speaker 1: these words are true and faithful. And he said, unto me,
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  Speaker 1: it is done. I am Alpha and Omega. The beginning
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  Speaker 1: and the end. I will give unto him that is
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  Speaker 1: athirst of the fountain of the Water of Life. Freely,
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  Speaker 1: he that overcometh shall inherit all things, and I will
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  Speaker 1: be his God, and he shall be my son. But
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  Speaker 1: the fearful and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers and hormongers,
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  Speaker 1: and sorcerers and idolaters, and all liars shall have their
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  Speaker 1: part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone,
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  Speaker 1: which is the second death. God was making all things new.
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  Speaker 1: Overcomers would inherit everything, but the sinful would go to
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  Speaker 1: the lake of fire. An angel showed John the Holy
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  Speaker 1: city in detail. Verses nine through twenty seven described New
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  Speaker 1: Jerusalem with its jasper walls, pearl gates, golden streets, and
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  Speaker 1: precious stone foundations. There was no temple because God and
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  Speaker 1: the Lamb were its temple. The city needed no sun
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  Speaker 1: or moon because God's glory lit it. Only those written
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  Speaker 1: in the Lamb's Book of Life could enter. Chapter twenty
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  Speaker 1: two shows the River of Life and Tree of Life.
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  Speaker 1: Verses one through five tell us, and he showed me
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  Speaker 1: a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal,
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  Speaker 1: proceeding out of the Throne of God and of the Lamb,
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  Speaker 1: in the midst of the street of it. And on
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  Speaker 1: either side of the river was there the Tree of Life,
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  Speaker 1: which bear twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit
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  Speaker 1: every month. And the leaves of the tree were for
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  Speaker 1: the healing of the nations. And there shall be no
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  Speaker 1: more curse. But the throne of God and of the
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  Speaker 1: Lamb shall be in it, and his servants shall serve him,
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  Speaker 1: and they shall see his face, and his name shall
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  Speaker 1: be in their foreheads. And there shall be no knight there,
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  Speaker 1: and they need no candle, neither light of the sun,
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  Speaker 1: for the Lord God giveth them light, and they shall
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  Speaker 1: reign for ever and ever. A river of life flowed
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  Speaker 1: from God's throne, the tree of Life produced twelve kinds
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  Speaker 1: of fruit. There would be no curse, and they would
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  Speaker 1: see God's face and reign forever. The book ends with
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  Speaker 1: Jesus promises to return. Verses six through twenty one conclude,
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  Speaker 1: and he said, unto me, these sayings are faithful and true,
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  Speaker 1: and the Lord God of the Holy prophets sent his
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  Speaker 1: angel to show unto his servants the things which must
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  Speaker 1: shortly be done. Behold, I come quickly. Blessed is he
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  Speaker 1: that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.
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  Speaker 1: The a confirmed these words were true. Jesus promised three times.
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  Speaker 1: I come quickly, and warned against adding to or taking
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  Speaker 1: from the book. The Spirit and Bride invited all to
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  Speaker 1: come and take the water of life freely. John ended
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