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10/14/26 Pastor Doug Daniels · LOH Church Archive

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LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH, I NEED YOU TO LIFT UP YOUR VOICES RIGHT NOW
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AND GIVE YOUR BEST PRAISE TO THE KING OF KINGS. HE'S THE ONE WHO
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DESERVES ALL HONOR, ALL GLORY, AND ALL OF OUR PRAISE. AMEN. I
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JUST MAGNIFY HIS NAME RIGHT NOW.
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WE SAY JESUS OVER EVERY SITUATION AND
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CIRCUMSTANCE. EVERY CONDITION, EVERY FEELING OF HOPELESSNESS
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AND DESPAIR, WE SPEAK THE NAME OF JESUS THAT BREAKS THROUGH
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WITH HIS ETERNAL LIFE. THE SAME POWER THAT RAISED HIM FROM THE
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DEAD, I SPEAK IT OVER YOUR LIFE AND ALL THAT CONCERNS YOU TO
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ENTER INTO THE FULLNESS OF WHAT HIS WORD HAS ALREADY SAID.
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JESUS, ALL GLORY TO YOU! ALL HONOR AND POWER WE GIVE TO YOU
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TONIGHT AS WE ARE UNIFIED AS ONE UNDER THIS ROOF, UNIFIED IN THE
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SPIRIT OF GOD HIMSELF, CALLING FOR THE GLORY AND THE
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MANIFESTATION OF YOUR PRESENCE TO INVADE THIS NATION, TO INVADE
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THIS CITY, TO INVADE THIS STATE, TO INVADE THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS.
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WE CALL UPON YOUR NAME. AND WE SAY, LET YOUR WILL BE DONE AS
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YOUR KINGDOM COMES, IN JESUS' MIGHTY NAME. HALLELUJAH,
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HALLELUJAH! LET'S GIVE HIM PRAISE! LORD, WE LOVE YOU. WE
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HONOR YOU. NOT FOR WHAT YOU DO, BUT FOR WHO YOU ARE. YOU'RE A
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GOD THAT IS FAITHFUL. YOUR WORDS NEVER FAIL. BUT MORE IMPORTANT
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THAN ANYTHING ELSE, YOU DESIRE TO BE WITH US. AND SO WE GIVE
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OUR LOVE BACK TO YOU AND WE SAY WE DESIRE TO BE WITH YOU. AMEN
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AND AMEN. HOW MANY ARE READY FOR PASTOR DOUG'S WORD AS HE
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FINISHES UP REVELATION TONIGHT? BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BELABOR.
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FIND SOMEONE CLOSE TO YOU AND SAY, HEY, DID YOU KNOW THAT THE
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SPIRIT OF GOD IS INSIDE OF YOU? ALL RIGHT.
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WELL, GLORY TO GOD,
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EVERYONE. IT IS OFFERING TIME HERE ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT. I'M
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GOING TO BE SUPER SHORT. I'M IN MINUTEMAN MODE THIS EVENING.
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BECAUSE PASTOR DOUG IS LOOKING TO GET THROUGH THE BOOK OF
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REVELATION, A JOURNEY HE STARTED SOME TIME AGO, AND I'M GOING TO
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YIELD MOST OF MY TIME BACK TO HIM. SO LET'S JUST GET RIGHT
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INTO IT. LET ME PUT UP A SCRIPTURE FOR YOU HERE TONIGHT.
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THIS IS 1 TIMOTHY 6:17. I'M GOING TO READ IT FIRST OUT OF
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THE NEW LIFE VERSION. IT SAYS, “TELL THOSE WHO ARE RICH IN THIS
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WORLD NOT TO BE PROUD, AND NOT TO TRUST IN THEIR MONEY. MONEY
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CANNOT BE TRUSTED. THEY SHOULD PUT THEIR TRUST IN GOD. HE GIVES
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US ALL WE NEED FOR OUR HAPPINESS.” AND THEN LET'S LOOK
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AT THIS AGAIN IN THE MESSAGE BIBLE. I REALLY LIKE THIS. IT
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SAYS, “TELL THOSE RICH IN THIS WORLD'S WEALTH TO QUIT BEING SO
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FULL OF THEMSELVES AND SO OBSESSED WITH MONEY, WHICH IS
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HERE TODAY AND GONE TOMORROW. TELL THEM TO GO AFTER GOD WHO
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PILES ON ALL THE RICHES WE COULD EVER MANAGE.” I DON'T HAVE MANY
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WORDS. SELF-EXPLANATORY. I GOT 6 WORDS: TRUST IN GOD, NOT IN
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MONEY. JUST BE GENEROUS IN YOUR GIVING, FOLKS. THE LORD IS GOING
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TO PROVIDE ALL THAT YOU NEED. HE'LL SUPPLY EVERYTHING WE NEED
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THROUGH HIS RICHES AND GLORY. HALLELUJAH. LET'S ALL TRUST GOD
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WITH OUR MONEY. THEY CAN PUT UP THE WAYS TO GIVE HERE TONIGHT.
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LIKE I SAID, I'M IN SUPER SHORT MODE. GIVE GENEROUSLY, STORE UP
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TREASURE WHERE NO MOTH, NO RUST CAN GET TO IT, AND RECEIVE FROM
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THE LORD ALL YOU NEED FOR HAPPINESS AND EVEN MORE THAN WE
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CAN MANAGE. I LIKE THAT. THAT'S CALLED OVERFLOW. OVERFLOW. THERE
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ARE MULTIPLE WAYS TO GIVE. IF YOU NEED AN ENVELOPE AND YOU'RE
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IN HERE, THE USHERS ARE UP AND DOWN THE AISLES. JUST RAISE YOUR
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HAND IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN ENVELOPE ALREADY, THEY'LL GIVE
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YOU ONE. OBVIOUSLY, YOU CAN SEND IT TO US THROUGH THE USPS IF
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THAT'S STILL A TRUSTED METHOD IN YOUR BOOK. WE STILL RECEIVE MAIL
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OCCASIONALLY, AND WE'RE BLESSED WHEN WE SEE IT. IT'S P.O. BOX
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391157, OMAHA, NEBRASKA 68139-1157. TEXT TO GIVE,
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GREAT METHOD ACCORDING TO ME. TEXT “LORDOFHOSTS” TO
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833-309-5698. OR YOU CAN USE OUR MOBILE APP, SCAN OUR QR CODE, OR
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VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT LOHCHURCH.ORG/GIVE. I SEE NO
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HANDS IN THE AIR. SO I'M ASSUMING WE'RE READY. EVERYBODY
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READY HERE AND ONLINE? IF SO, LET'S HOLD UP OUR OFFERINGS,
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ENVELOPES, DEVICES, WHATEVER YOU HAVE, AND WE'LL PRAY A QUICK
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BLESSING OVER THIS AND GET PASTOR DOUG RIGHT UP HERE.
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FATHER, IN THE NAME OF JESUS, WE BLESS EVERY GIFT AND EVERY GIVER
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IN THIS ROOM AND ONLINE, AND WE DECLARE THAT EVERY SEED SOWN
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HERE TONIGHT WILL PRODUCE AN ABUNDANT HARVEST IN ITS RETURN,
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AND ONE THAT IS OVERFLOWING, ONE THAT WE CANNOT
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EVEN MANAGE. AND AS WE TRUST YOU WITH OUR FINANCES, LORD, YOU
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WILL ALWAYS ENSURE THAT WE HAVE EVERYTHING WE NEED FOR OUR
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ENJOYMENT, HAPPINESS, AND EVERY PROVISION. AND ALL WHO WOULD
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AGREE SAID AMEN. SHOUT HALLELUJAH AS PASTOR DOUG COMES.
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THANK YOU, PASTOR MARC. WE APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. DON'T
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WE HAVE A GOOD TEAM HERE? I'M SO THANKFUL FOR EVERYONE, AND ALL
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OF YOU ESPECIALLY THAT COME OUT ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT. YOU COULD
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STAY HOME AND EAT POPCORN AND WATCH ONLINE, BUT YOU CHOSE TO
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COME OUT, SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. MY WIFE ASKED ME TO
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REMEMBER, AND I'LL JUST DO IT RIGHT NOW WHILE IT'S ON MY MIND.
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THIS COMING SATURDAY, WE HAVE HOPE AND HEALING SEMINAR. WHAT
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DO YOU CALL IT? HOPE AND HEALING. ONE-DAY EVENT. THAT'S
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WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR. THE ONE-DAY EVENT, IT RUNS FROM 10
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TILL 2 PM, AND LUNCH IS PROVIDED. YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO
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PAY FOR LUNCH IF YOU COME TO THAT, AND YOU GET SOME GREAT
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INSIGHTS ON HOW TO DEAL WITH THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE. SO IF
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THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MIGHT FIT IN YOUR CATEGORY NOW, OR YOU
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KNOW SOMEONE THAT COULD USE THAT INFORMATION, THE HELP, THE
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ENCOURAGEMENT, EVEN JUST GETTING AROUND OTHER BELIEVERS THAT ARE
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GOING THROUGH THE SAME THING SOMETIMES REALLY MAKES A
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DIFFERENCE AND HELPS AND DEVELOPS FRIENDSHIPS. SO FEEL
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FREE TO SIGN UP FOR THAT TONIGHT SO THEY KNOW HOW MANY WILL BE
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THERE, AND YOU CAN DO THAT. AND LET'S JUST OPEN WITH A WORD OF
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PRAYER. FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO
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BE HERE TONIGHT IN YOUR HOUSE TO LOOK AT YOUR WORD. I THANK YOU,
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LORD, THAT YOU'VE TOLD US THE BOOK OF REVELATION IS A SPECIAL
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BOOK, LORD, BECAUSE THERE'S A SPECIAL BLESSING FOR THOSE THAT
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HEAR, THOSE THAT OBEY AND KEEP THAT WORD. AND BECAUSE OF THAT,
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LORD, TONIGHT WE JUST ASK FOR YOUR BLESSING UPON US AS WE
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SHARE OUT OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION. AND I THANK YOU,
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LORD, THAT WE WILL BE BLESSED IN WHATEVER WAY, LORD, THAT MEANS.
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I DON'T KNOW IF I EVEN UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT WE KNOW YOU
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UNDERSTAND IT, LORD, AND WE TAKE YOUR WORD AT ITS TRUTH, AT THE
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SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT, THAT WE ARE BLESSED WHEN WE STUDY THE
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BOOK OF REVELATION. SO WE ASK FOR THAT TONIGHT. OPEN OUR
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UNDERSTANDING, LORD. MAY WE UNDERSTAND AND SEE THINGS THAT
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WE HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE, BUT MOST OF ALL, TO HONOR YOU AND BLESS
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YOU AND TO LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT YOU HAVE PUT IN PLACE FOR OUR
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ETERNITY, AND TO HELP US, LORD, TO MOTIVATE OTHERS TO FOLLOW YOU
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AND TO COME TO KNOW YOU IF THEY DON'T ALREADY SO THAT THEY DO
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NOT MISS OUT ON YOUR GREAT PLAN FOR THEIR LIVES. AND WE THANK
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YOU FOR IT IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS. AMEN. AMEN. I'VE GOT THIS
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IN MY HEART, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT APPLIES TO SOMEONE HERE OR
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SOMEONE ONLINE, BUT I'M GOING TO DO IT REAL QUICK BECAUSE IT'S
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HEAVY ON ME. IS THERE SOMEONE HERE AND YOU'RE ACTIVELY LOOKING
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FOR A JOB? JOB. YOU'RE EITHER OUT OF WORK OR YOU'RE
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UNSATISFIED AND YOU'VE GOT A POSITION. OH, RUN UP HERE RIGHT
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NOW. THAT'S YOU AND THERE MAY BE SOMEONE ONLINE THEN TOO. I JUST
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BELIEVE THE LORD PUT THAT ON MY HEART AND I COULDN'T SHAKE IT.
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SO CONGREGATION, WHAT I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU DO IS JUST STRETCH
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YOUR HANDS TOWARDS HER AND WE'RE GOING TO BELIEVE FOR A
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SUPERNATURAL BLESSING. ARE YOU OUT OF WORK LOOKING FOR WORK OR
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ARE YOU LOOKING FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT? OKAY, AND YOU'RE
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FEELING LIKE IT'S AN URGENT THING IS WHAT I'M GETTING, THAT
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IT'S GOT TO HAPPEN. SO LORD, WE ASK YOU TO JUST BREAK THROUGH ON
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HER BEHALF IN A SUPERNATURAL WAY, LORD, THAT YOUR FAVOR COMES
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UPON HER. LORD, THAT HER RESUME RISES TO THE TOP WHEREVER IT MAY
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LAND. AND I THANK YOU, LORD, THAT SHE IS ABOVE AND NOT
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BENEATH. AND LORD, YOU HAVE A DIVINE PLAN FOR HER TO MOVE HER
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INTO THE POSITION THAT YOU HAVE FOR HER. LORD, NOT ONLY THAT
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IT'LL BE MORE PROSPEROUS FINANCIALLY FOR HER, A BETTER
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POSITION, BUT LORD, THAT IT'LL BE THE RIGHT POSITION BEFORE HER
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FUTURE. I THANK YOU, LORD, THAT YOU HAVE YOUR HAND ON HER FOR
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GOOD, AND YOU WILL DIRECT HER PATHS, AND YOU'LL GIVE HER
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WISDOM AS SHE GOES ABOUT FINDING THE RIGHT THING. AND WE CLAIM
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THAT FOR ANYONE WATCHING ONLINE TONIGHT THAT MIGHT BE IN THE
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SAME SITUATION. ALL AND I THANK YOU, LORD, FOR YOUR SUPERNATURAL
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FAVOR ON THIS. AND HERE'S WHAT I'M GONNA SAY TO YOU, TERESA.
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SUPERNATURAL HAS TWO PARTS TO IT. IT'S SUPER, MEANS THAT GOD
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CAN JUST MOVE AHEAD AND DO SOMETHING ON YOUR BEHALF BECAUSE
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YOU'RE HIS CHILD AND HE HAS A PLAN FOR YOU. BUT ALSO, DON'T
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FORGET TO DO WHAT YOU NEED TO IN THE NATURAL. MAKE SURE THAT
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YOU'RE MAKING YOUR CONTACTS AND REACHING OUT. AND THEN IT FLOWS
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TOGETHER AND GOD'LL PROVIDE. AMEN, AMEN, AMEN. PRAISE GOD.
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YOU CAN BE SEATED IF YOU WOULD. IF YOU'RE NOT, WELL, LET'S DO
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THIS. EVERY TIME WE HAVE LOOKED AT THE BOOK OF REVELATION, I
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KIND OF WANT TO ALWAYS GIVE A REVIEW BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE HAVE
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PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND I DON'T WANT TO
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WIND UP AT THE LAST 2 BOOKS OF REVELATION AND NOT AT LEAST GIVE
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YOU A LITTLE INSIGHT AS TO WHERE WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE ENTIRE
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BOOK. SO IF YOU'LL PUT UP THAT SCREEN AGAIN IN THE CENTER FOR
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ME WITH THE TIMELINE, WE'LL JUST TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A MINUTE.
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MINUTE, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE RIGHT ON TO REVELATION 21, IF WE
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CAN HAVE THE TIMELINE. DO WE HAVE ANYONE IN GRAPHICS TONIGHT?
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I KNOW YOU'VE GOT IT BECAUSE I GAVE IT TO YOU. WHAT'S THAT?
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TARRYING? IT'S TARRYING. IT'S PRAYING. IT'S WAITING. WELL,
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MAYBE WE'LL SKIP THAT TONIGHT. AND JUST TALK ABOUT REVELATION
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WHILE THEY'RE FINDING IT. MAYBE WE HAVE A— DO WE HAVE A
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TECHNICAL GLITCH? SOMETHING NOT WORKING MAYBE? OKAY, WE'LL JUST
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TALK ABOUT IT FOR A MINUTE. WE STARTED OUT WITH REVELATION 1
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THROUGH 3, WHICH IS REALLY THE CHURCH AGE. THAT'S WHERE THE 7
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LETTERS TO THE 7 CHURCHES WERE WRITTEN AND APPLIES TO US
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BASICALLY, THOSE 7 LETTERS. AND THEN IN REVELATION CHAPTERS 4
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AND 5, WE LOOKED AT THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH. LORD OF HOSTS
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CHURCH. THAT'S WHERE THE BELIEVERS IN CHRIST WILL BE
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TAKEN UP. THE BIBLE SAYS IN 1 THESSALONIANS 4, "THE DEAD IN
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CHRIST WILL RISE FIRST." THAT MEANS THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE
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BURIED TODAY IN THE GRAVE, OR WILL BE WHEN JESUS COMES, THEY
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RISE UP OUT OF THEIR GRAVE, AND THEN THOSE OF US THAT ARE ALIVE
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WILL BE TAKEN UP AT THAT POINT IN TIME. JESUS ACTUALLY DOESN'T
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COME TO EARTH THEN, HE COMES IN THE CLOUDS AND RECEIVES US. AND
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AT THAT POINT, THE BELIEVERS THAT HAVE DIED THAT ARE IN
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HEAVEN NOW, THEIR SPIRITS ARE IN HEAVEN, THEIR SPIRITS WILL BE
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REUNITED WITH THEIR EARTHLY BODIES. THEIR BODIES ARE
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BASICALLY RECREATED. THEIR ASHES COME BACK TO LIFE. SO THAT'S
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WHAT HAPPENS DURING THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH. AND THEN AT THAT
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POINT, THE CHURCH ACTUALLY MOVES INTO THE MARRIAGE SUPPER OF THE
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LAMB AND THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST. SO THAT'S HAPPENING IN
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WHILE ON EARTH WE SEE IN CHAPTER 6 THE TRIBULATION PERIOD STARTS.
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AND WE LOOKED AT THAT INTO SOME DETAIL. THE FIRST HALF BEGINS
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WITH THE ANTICHRIST, AND HE MAKES A FALSE PEACE TREATY WITH
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ISRAEL. AND THOSE FIRST 3.5 YEARS ARE PRETTY MILD. THERE'S A
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FEW JUDGMENTS THAT HIT THE EARTH DURING THAT TIME, BUT THEN THE
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SECOND HALF IS CALLED THE GREAT TRIBULATION. THAT'S THE FINAL
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3.5 YEARS OF THE GREAT TRIBULATION PERIOD. IT'S
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THE MOST SEVERE ONE WHERE THE JUDGMENTS, THE SEALS, THE
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TRUMPETS, AND THE BOWLS ALL CONTINUE TO TAKE PLACE ON THE
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EARTH. BUT WE ALSO BROUGHT UP THE FACT THAT THERE WAS MUCH
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OPPORTUNITY DURING THE TRIBULATION FOR SALVATION. GOD'S
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GRACE AND MERCY IS ABUNDANT DURING THE TRIBULATION PERIOD.
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IN FACT, IT WILL BE ONE OF THE TIMES WHEN THERE IS A GREAT,
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GREAT HARVEST OF SOULS. THERE ARE 144,000 JEWISH EVANGELISTS
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WE TALKED ABOUT THE 144,000 BILLY GRAHAMS THAT'LL BE
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CIRCULATING AROUND THE EARTH AT THAT POINT IN TIME WINNING
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SOULS. THERE'S TWO WITNESSES THAT ARE ALIVE FOR 1,260 DAYS,
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THAT 3.5-YEAR PERIOD, AND THEY DO SUPERNATURAL MIRACLES AND
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PROPHESY FROM ISRAEL. AND AT THE END OF THEIR TIME, THEY ARE
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KILLED, BUT THEY'LL BE BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE AND RESURRECTED.
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SO WE ARE NOW AT THE END OF THE
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TRIBULATION RIGHT HERE WHEN WE SEE THAT THOSE TWO WITNESSES
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HAVE BEEN ALIVE AND PROPHESYING DURING THAT POINT IN TIME. AND
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THEN THE WORLD WILL SEE THEM COME TO LIFE AND RESURRECTED.
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AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE ARE LIVING IN A DAY WHEN
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THE WORLD CAN SEE. THAT HASN'T BEEN TRUE IN THE PAST
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GENERATIONS. SO, YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE SET UP NOW
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SO THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN AT SOME POINT IN TIME IN THE
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FUTURE. AND THEN WE MOVE TO THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS. SOME
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PEOPLE CONFUSE THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH WITH THE SECOND
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COMING. THERE'S TWO SEPARATE EVENTS. THE SECOND COMING IS
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ACTUALLY WHEN WE ARE— OUR MARRIAGE SUPPER OF THE LAMB AND
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OUR JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST IS OVER DURING THAT 7-YEAR PERIOD,
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AND THEN WE COME BACK WITH THE LORD AT JESUS' SECOND COMING.
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WE'RE RIDING WHITE HORSES, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT, FOLLOWING
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JESUS. AND THE ARMIES OF THE EARTH WILL BE GATHERED AT
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THIS POINT TO BATTLE, AND JESUS BASICALLY WIPES THEM OUT RIGHT
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THERE ON THE SPOT WITH THE WORD OF HIS TESTIMONY AND THE FIRE
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THAT COMES FROM HIS MOUTH. SO THAT'S REVELATION 19. AND THEN
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WE MOVE INTO THE 1,000-YEAR MILLENNIAL REIGN, AND THAT'S A
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WONDERFUL TIME ON THE EARTH WHEN NATURAL PEOPLE WILL BE ALIVE AND
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ACTUALLY BE REPLENISHING THE EARTH AND BORN DURING THAT TIME,
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AND WE'LL BE RULING AND REIGNING WITH CHRIST DURING THAT
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1,000-YEAR PERIOD. AFTER THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOM, THE BIBLE
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DESCRIBES THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT. THAT'S THE FINAL
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JUDGMENT AT THE END, AND THAT'S WHEN THE LAKE OF FIRE COMES INTO
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EFFECT. AND REALLY, WE TALK ABOUT H***, AND H*** IS REALLY A
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TEMPORARY WORD BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL ACTUALLY END UP IN THE LAKE
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OF FIRE. THAT'S THE CORRECT TERM. WHAT IS
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ETERNAL H*** IS THE LAKE OF FIRE, AND NONE OF US WANT TO GO
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THERE, AMEN? SO THAT'S THE FINAL JUDGMENT FOR THOSE THAT HAVE
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DIED WITHOUT CHRIST, A SOBERING CONCLUSION FOR THOSE THAT DON'T
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REPENT AND COME TO CHRIST. AND THEN WE MOVE INTO REVELATION 20
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AND 22, THE NEW HEAVEN AND THE NEW EARTH, AND THAT'S WHERE
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WE'RE AT TONIGHT. AND LAST TIME THAT WE TALKED ABOUT 6 WEEKS
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AGO, WE WENT THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF REVELATION. AND SO
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TONIGHT I WANT TO FINISH REVELATION 21 AND THEN TRY AND
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GET THROUGH REVELATION 22. I'M GOING TO TRY AND GET YOU OUT OF
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HERE BEFORE MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR BEST.
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SO NO, I'M JUST JOKING, BUT IF WE HAVE TO— YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE
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JUST GOING TO ENJOY REVELATION. SO IF WE DON'T GET THROUGH IT
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ALL, WE'LL DO IT THE NEXT TIME. BUT THAT'S MY PLAN TONIGHT. AND
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SO THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF SCRIPTURE I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU
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THROUGH. THROUGH, BUT WE'LL JUST REMEMBER IF I TALK TOO FAST, YOU
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CAN ALWAYS GO BACK AND WATCH THE ARCHIVE, SO CATCH IT THE SECOND
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TIME. OKAY, LET'S LOOK AT REVELATION 21:15-27, AND IT
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SAYS, "AND HE WHO TALKED WITH ME HAD A GOLD REED TO MEASURE THE
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CITY, ITS GATES, AND ITS WALL. THE CITY IS LAID OUT AS A
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SQUARE, ITS LENGTH AS GREAT AS ITS BREADTH." 'AND HE MEASURED
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THE CITY WITH THE REED, 12,000 FURLONGS; ITS LENGTH, BREADTH,
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AND HEIGHT ARE EQUAL.' THAT MEANS IT'S A CUBE, BY THE WAY.
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WE'LL GO BACK AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN DETAIL. 'BUT THEN
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HE MEASURED ITS WALL, 144 CUBITS ACCORDING TO THE MEASURE OF A
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MAN, THAT IS, OF AN ANGEL. THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE WALL WAS OF
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JASPER, AND THE CITY WAS PURE GOLD, LIKE CLEAR GLASS, GLASS.
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THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE WALL OF THE CITY WERE ADORNED WITH ALL
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KINDS OF PRECIOUS STONES. THE FIRST FOUNDATION WAS JASPER, THE
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SECOND SAPPHIRE, THE THIRD CHALCEDONY, THE FOURTH EMERALD,
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THE FIFTH SARDONYX, THE SIXTH SARDIUS, THE SEVENTH CHRYSOLITE,
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THE EIGHTH BERYL, THE NINTH TOPAZ, THE TENTH CHRYSOPRASE,
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AND THE ELEVENTH JACINTH, AND THE TWELFTH WAS AMETHYST. THE 12
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GATES WERE 12 PEARLS. EACH INDIVIDUAL GATE WAS OF ONE OF
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PEARL, AND THE STREET OF THE CITY WAS PURE GOLD, LIKE
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TRANSPARENT GLASS. BUT I SAW NO TEMPLE IN IT, FOR THE LORD GOD
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ALMIGHTY AND THE LAMB ARE ITS TEMPLE. THE CITY HAD NO NEED OF
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THE SUN OR THE MOON TO SHINE IN IT, FOR THE GLORY OF GOD
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ILLUMINATED IT, AND THE LAMB IS ITS LIGHT. AND THE NATIONS OF
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THOSE WHO ARE SAVED SHALL WALK IN ITS LIGHT, AND THE KINGS OF
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THE EARTH THAT BRING THEIR GLORY AND HONOR INTO IT. ITS GATES
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SHALL NOT BE SHUT AT ALL BY DAY, THERE SHALL BE NO NIGHT THERE.
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AND THEY SHALL BRING THE GLORY AND THE HONOR OF THE NATIONS
33:37
INTO IT. BUT THERE SHALL BE NO MEANS ENTER ANYTHING THAT
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DEFILES OR CAUSES ABOMINATION OF A LIE, BUT ONLY THOSE WHO ARE
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WRITTEN IN THE LAMB'S BOOK OF LIFE. OKAY, SO THAT IS THE FINAL
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FEW VERSES OF CHAPTER 21, AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THOSE IN
33:54
A LITTLE MORE DETAIL HERE. SO THE NEW JERUSALEM COMING IN OUR
33:56
FUTURE IS GOING TO BE SO AWESOME. THIS IS A CITY IT'S A
33:59
CITY, BUT IT'S BEYOND MAN'S ABILITY TO DESCRIBE IT. THE
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APOSTLE JOHN GIVES US SOME VERY INTERESTING DETAILS OF THIS
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AMAZING CITY IN OUR FUTURE. THE EXACT DIMENSIONS OF THE NEW
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JERUSALEM ARE MEASURED BY AN ANGEL. LET'S LOOK AGAIN AT
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VERSES 15 THROUGH 17 SO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. IT SAYS,
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"HE WHO TALKED WITH ME HAD A GOLD REED TO MEASURE THE CITY,
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ITS GATES, AND ITS WALL. THE CITY IS LAID OUT AS A SQUARE,
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ITS LENGTH AS GREAT AS ITS BREADTH. AND HE MEASURED THE
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CITY WITH A REED, 12,000 FURLONGS. ITS LENGTH, BREADTH,
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AND HEIGHT ARE EQUAL. THEN HE MEASURED ITS WALL, 144 CUBITS.
34:36
SO THE DIMENSIONS OF THE NEW HEAVEN ARE REPORTED TO BE 12,000
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FURLONGS, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 1,400 MILES IN LENGTH, WIDTH,
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AND HEIGHT. THINK OF THAT, 1,400 MILES LENGTH, WIDTH, AND HEIGHT.
34:54
THIS IS A NEW CITY ON THE EARTH COMING DOWN FROM HEAVEN. THERE'S
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A PICTURE THAT SHOULD BE COMING UP SHORTLY. YOU'LL SEE THAT CUBE
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COMING DOWN. IT'S THE CUBE COMING DOWN FROM HEAVEN. WE'RE
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JUMPING AHEAD. IT'S THE ONE BEFORE THAT. THERE YOU GO. OKAY,
35:12
GREAT. A METROPOLIS OF THIS SIZE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE UNITED
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STATES WOULD STRETCH FROM CANADA TO MEXICO, AND FROM THE
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MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE CALIFORNIA BORDER. THE NEW
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JERUSALEM IS ALL THE SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT ANYONE COULD ASK
35:29
FOR. AND EVEN MORE ASTOUNDING IS THE FACT THAT IT'S 1,400 MILES
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HIGH. NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A MINUTE. THE INTERNATIONAL
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SPACE STATION, WHICH YOU SHOULD HAVE A PICTURE OF ALSO, ORBITS
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THE EARTH AT APPROXIMATELY 250 MILES ABOVE THE EARTH. THAT
35:49
SPACE STATION IS ABOUT 250 MILES, AND WE THINK THAT'S HIGH.
35:55
THIS CITY IS 1,400 MILES ABOVE THE EARTH. ENGINEERS CALCULATE
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THAT A CITY OF THAT SIZE AND HEIGHT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE ON
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THE CURRENT SIZE OF OUR EARTH. THE FOUNDATION OF THE EARTH
36:10
WOULD NOT STRUCTURALLY HANDLE A 1,400-MILE TALL SKYSCRAPER, FOR
36:17
LACK OF BETTER TERMS. IT WOULD BE TOO TALL TO BE STRUCTURALLY
36:20
SOUND. THE BIBLE SAYS WE'RE GETTING A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW
36:23
EARTH. NOW, THIS IS ALL SPECULATION, FOLKS. WE DON'T
36:26
KNOW 100% HOW GOD'S GOING TO DO THIS, BUT IT'S JUST INTERESTING
36:31
TO THINK ABOUT THE ENGINEERING THAT IT WOULD TAKE TO PUT A
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1,400-MILE-TALL SKYSCRAPER THAT'S 1,400 MILES WIDE AND
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1,400 MILES IN LENGTH ON THE EARTH. THE RADIUS OF A NEW
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PLANET WOULD HAVE TO BE 22 TIMES LARGER THAN THE CURRENT EARTH,
36:52
WHICH MEANS IT WOULD HAVE 89,000 MILES OF RADIUS. THE CURRENT
36:57
EARTH IS ABOUT 4,000 MILES IN RADIUS. SO THAT'S JUST
37:02
INTERESTING THAT AS ENGINEERS THEY'RE SAYING THAT'S WHAT IT
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WOULD IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO STABILIZE SOMETHING OF THAT
37:09
SIZE. I'M NOT SURE HOW GOD'S GOING TO DO IT, BUT WE KNOW
37:13
CHRIST PREPARING THE NEW HEAVENS AND THE NEW EARTH FOR EVERYONE
37:16
THAT'S ACCEPTED HIM AS LORD SINCE THE BEGINNING OF CREATION.
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THAT'S WHO'S GOING TO BE THERE. WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY THAT
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HEAVEN OR THE NEW EARTH OR THE NEW JERUSALEM WILL BE CROWDED.
37:29
THE GROUND LEVEL OF THE NEW JERUSALEM IS ALMOST 2 MILLION
37:32
SQUARE IT'S 25 TIMES BIGGER THAN THE STATE OF NEBRASKA. BUT
37:39
REMEMBER, THAT'S JUST THE GROUND LEVEL. LET'S THINK ABOUT THIS.
37:43
IF YOU'LL PUT UP THE NEXT SLIDE. GIVEN THE DIMENSIONS OF A
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1,400-MILE CUBE, IF THE CITY CONTAINED MANY DIFFERENT LEVELS,
37:54
WHICH WE DON'T KNOW IF IT DOES OR NOT, BUT LET'S JUST SAY IT
37:57
DID, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AGAIN THIS CUBE, A CUBE 1,400 MILES
38:01
LONG, 1,400 MILES WIDE, 1,400 MILES HIGH, AND IF IT CONTAINED
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FLOORS LIKE A SKYSCRAPER, AND LET'S JUST SAY THEY WERE 20 FEET
38:13
HIGH, A NORMAL OFFICE BUILDING TODAY HAS A 12 OR 15-FOOT STORY,
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BUT THIS CITY WITH 20-FOOT STORIES WOULD HAVE 350,000 OF
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THEM. OF THOSE. CAN YOU IMAGINE HAVING ELEVATORS THAT WOULD GO
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350,000 STORIES? I DON'T KNOW. IF PEOPLE WERE LIVING AT ALL THE
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DIFFERENT LEVELS, BILLIONS OF PEOPLE COULD OCCUPY THE NEW
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JERUSALEM WITH MANY SQUARE MILES PER PERSON. AND THAT'S JUST ONE
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CITY ON A VERY LARGE NEW EARTH. I'M JUST TRYING TO EXPAND YOUR
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MIND WITH THOUGHTS HERE. SOME OF THESE THINGS WE CAN'T KNOW
38:53
100%, BUT WE DO KNOW WHAT THE DIMENSIONS WERE THAT THE ANGEL
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GAVE US, SO WE KNOW THAT MUCH IS TRUE. HOW GOD'S GOING TO DO IT,
39:00
I'M NOT SURE. IT MADE ME THINK, BOB, OF THE OLD SONG AUDIO
39:05
ADRENALINE SANG IN 1993, AND IT CAME TO MY MIND. IT'S A BIG, BIG
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HOUSE WITH LOTS OF ROOM, A BIG, BIG TABLE WITH LOTS OF FOOD, A
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BIG, BIG YARD WHERE WE CAN PLAY FOOTBALL. “BIG HOUSE.” HOW
39:20
MANY OF YOU REMEMBER THAT SONG? A FEW OF YOU, OKAY. "A BIG, BIG
39:24
HOUSE, IT'S MY FATHER'S HOUSE. ALL I KNOW IS IT'S A BIG OLD
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HOUSE WITH ROOMS FOR EVERYONE. ALL I KNOW IT'S LOTS OF LAND
39:31
WHERE WE CAN PLAY AND RUN. COME AND GO WITH ME TO MY FATHER'S
39:35
HOUSE." INTERESTING SONG THAT THEY PUT OUT. AND I WASN'T EVEN
39:41
THINKING ABOUT THE NEW JERUSALEM BEING THAT SIZE. I WAS JUST
39:44
THINKING OF HEAVEN WHEN I HEARD THAT BACK IN THE '90S. BUT LET'S
39:49
MOVE FORWARD. VERSES 18 THROUGH 21, "THE CONSTRUCTION OF ITS
39:53
WALL WAS OF JASPER. THE CITY WAS PURE GOLD LIKE CLEAR GLASS. THE
39:57
FOUNDATIONS OF THE WALL OF THE CITY WERE ADORNED WITH ALL KINDS
39:59
OF PRECIOUS STONES." AND WE LISTED THOSE STONES, AND I'M
40:02
GONNA TALK ABOUT THOSE HERE IN THIS NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS
40:08
INTERESTING BECAUSE IF YOU GO BACK TO VERSE 17, IT
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SAYS THAT THE WALLS, THE THICKNESS OF THE WALLS OF THE
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CITY WILL BE 144 CUBITS, WHICH WOULD BE 216 FEET. SO CAN YOU
40:23
IMAGINE WALLS 216 FEET THICK? AMAZING. BUT THEN YOU ALSO THINK
40:29
ABOUT HAVING A STRUCTURE THAT TALL, YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE A
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PRETTY THICK WALL. SO INTERESTING. BUT HERE'S WHAT THE
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LAYERS, IF YOU WANNA PUT UP THE SLIDE THAT SHOWS THE LAYERS
40:40
HERE'S THE LAYERS: JASPER, SAPPHIRE, CHALCEDONY, EMERALD,
40:45
SARDUX, SARDIUS, CHRYSOLITE, BERYL, TOPAZ, CHRYSOSPORUS,
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JACINTH, AND AMETHYST, ALL LAYERED. AND I DON'T KNOW
40:54
EXACTLY HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE DONE OR WHAT THAT EXACTLY WILL
40:57
LOOK LIKE, BUT IT'S INTERESTING THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A
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BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL CITY. WE KNOW THAT. GOD DOESN'T DO
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ANYTHING SECOND-RATE. RATE. THE PRECISE IDENTIFICATION OF THESE
41:09
GEMSTONES IN TERMS THAT WE HAVE TODAY IS DIFFICULT, BUT THE
41:13
IMPRESSION IS UNENDING, STAGGERING BEAUTY. THE MASSIVE
41:21
THICKNESS OF THESE WALLS NOT ONLY IMPLIES STRENGTH, BUT IT
41:25
ALSO GIVES US AN IDEA OF THE TREMENDOUS SCALE OF THE
41:29
BUILDING. IF YOU HAVE WALLS THAT ARE 216 FEET THICK. IT HELPS US
41:33
BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW THE LAYERS OF PRECIOUS STONE IN THE WALLS
41:36
COULD POSSIBLY LOOK IN THAT TYPE OF A THICKNESS. REVELATION
41:42
21:21, THE 12 GATES WERE 12 PEARLS. EACH INDIVIDUAL GATE WAS
41:47
OF ONE PEARL, AND THE STREET OF THE CITY WAS PURE GOLD, LIKE
41:52
TRANSPARENT GLASS, LIKE CLEAR GLASS, LIKE TRANSPARENT GLASS.
41:57
THEOLOGIANS TELL US THAT THE FREQUENT MENTION OF TRANSPARENCY
42:01
IN THE NEW JERUSALEM SPEAKS OF A CITY DESIGNED TO TRANSMIT THE
42:04
LIGHT OF THE GLORY OF GOD WITHOUT ANY HINDRANCES OR
42:08
BLOCKAGES TO THE LIGHT. AND AS WE LOOK AT THESE DETAILS AND TRY
42:13
AND FIGURE OUT, TAKE A LOOK AT ME WITH WHAT HEBREWS 11:10 SAYS.
42:20
HEBREWS 11:10, ABRAHAM WAS CONFIDENTLY LOOKING FORWARD TO A
42:26
CITY WITH ETERNAL FOUNDATIONS, A CITY DESIGNED AND BUILT BY GOD.
42:33
NOW WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THIS, HERE WE ARE IN THE CHAPTER OF
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FAITH, HEBREWS 11, AND IN THE MIDDLE OF TALKING ABOUT NOAH AND
42:42
SARAH AND ABRAHAM AND ISAAC AND JACOB AND MOSES, THERE'S THIS
42:48
INTERESTING STATEMENT IN VERSE 10 THAT REMINDS US THAT THE NEW
42:53
JERUSALEM IS A CITY WHOSE ARCHITECT AND MAKER OR
42:57
BUILDER IS GOD. AND RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT HALL OF FAITH
43:03
CHAPTER OF THE BIBLE, WE'RE READING ABOUT OVERCOMING FAITH,
43:07
AND THAT VERSE ENDS UP IN THERE. AND IT REALLY CONFIRMS TO ME
43:10
THAT THIS CITY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT IS
43:14
PROMISED TO THOSE THAT STAND IN FAITH. AMAZING. REVELATION
43:20
21:22-23, "BUT I SAW NO TEMPLE LAMP IN IT, FOR THE LORD GOD
43:26
ALMIGHTY AND THE LAMB ARE ITS TEMPLE. THE CITY HAD NO NEED OF
43:30
THE SUN OR THE MOON TO SHINE IN IT, FOR THE GLORY OF GOD
43:32
ILLUMINATED IT. THE LAMB IS ITS LIGHT. SO VERSE 22 SAYS, I SAW
43:37
NO TEMPLE IN THIS LOCATION. NOW IN THE ANCIENT WORLD, IT WAS
43:42
UNTHINKABLE TO HAVE A GREAT CITY WITHOUT MANY DIFFERENT TEMPLES.
43:47
THAT WAS JUST PART OF THE CITY. EVERY CITY YOU WENT TO, THERE
43:50
WERE IT'S LIKE SAYING TODAY, "I SAW A GREAT CITY, BUT THERE WERE
43:55
NO BANKS THERE," OR, "I SAW A GREAT CITY, BUT THERE WERE NO
43:58
SHOPPING CENTERS THERE." NEVERTHELESS, THIS CITY, THE NEW
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JERUSALEM, JOHN DID NOT SEE A TEMPLE IN IT, FOR THE LORD GOD
44:10
ALMIGHTY AND THE LAMB ARE ITS TEMPLE. THE TEMPLE'S NOT
44:14
REMOVED, BUT THE TEMPLE IS ACTUALLY EXPANDED TO COVER
44:18
EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING, EVERY PLACE IN THIS CITY IS HOLY AND
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THE DWELLING PLACE OF GOD. JOHN SAW THE CITY FILLED WITH THE
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RADIANT GLORY OF GOD. THE LIGHT THAT FILLS THIS CITY IS NOT FROM
44:32
THE SUN BUT FROM THE SON OF GOD. JESUS IS THE LIGHT. LISTEN TO
44:39
WHAT ISAIAH PROPHESIED IN ISAIAH 24:23. HE SAYS, "THEN THE MOON
44:45
WILL BE DISGRACED AND THE SUN ASHAMED, FOR THE LORD OF HOSTS
44:50
WILL REIGN ON MOUNT ZION AND IN JERUSALEM AND BEFORE HIS ELDERS
44:55
GLORIOUSLY." HAS ANYONE HERE EVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK
45:00
THROUGH A TELESCOPE AT THE MOON? PASTOR MARC AND KATE, OH, ALEC
45:06
HAS PROBABLY GOT HIS TELESCOPE OUT FOR YOU. OH, THERE'S A FEW
45:09
OF THEM. NICK'S DONE IT. A FEW OVER HERE TOO. OKAY, SEEN THAT.
45:13
IT'S GREAT TO LOOK AT THE MOON ON A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT WITH YOUR
45:17
NAKED EYE, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK THROUGH A TELESCOPE, IT'S
45:19
BREATHTAKING. I HAVE A PICTURE HERE OF WHAT SOMEONE PUT ONLINE
45:25
OF WHAT THE MOON COULD LOOK LIKE THROUGH A TELESCOPE. BUT HERE'S
45:29
WHAT THE WORD OF GOD SAYS. ISAIAH SAYS, "THE MOON WILL BE
45:34
DISGRACED AND THE SUN WILL BE ASHAMED." AS COMPARED TO THE
45:39
GLORY OF GOD IN THE NEW JERUSALEM. SO LOOKING AT THAT
45:42
MOON IS GONNA BE NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT IT'S LIKE IN
45:45
THE NEW JERUSALEM. GOD'S GLORY WILL FILL THE PLACE AND THE
45:49
SOURCE OF THE TRANSMISSION OF LIGHT AND ENERGY SO THAT THERE'S
45:53
NO NEED FOR ANYTHING ELSE. GOD WILL ALLOW HIS DIVINE LIGHT AND
45:57
ENERGY TO DIRECTLY FLOW THROUGH CHRIST. JESUS STATES IN JOHN
46:03
8:12 THAT HE IS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT
46:07
JESUS WAS SAYING THAT HIS LIGHT BRINGS SPIRITUAL TRUTH AND
46:11
ETERNAL LIFE, PULLING PEOPLE OUT OF DARKNESS. BUT NOW WE SEE IN
46:15
REVELATION 21 THIS PROPHECY IS LITERALLY FULFILLED WITH JESUS
46:20
FILLING THE NEW EARTH AND THE NEW HEAVEN WITH HIS LIGHT. OKAY,
46:24
LET'S MOVE ON TO THE FINAL VERSE OF CHAPTER 21, FINAL VERSES, I'M
46:28
SORRY, GOT TO GO THROUGH 24 THROUGH 27. REVELATION 21:24:
46:35
“AND THE NATIONS OF THOSE WHO ARE SAVED SHALL WALK IN ITS
46:39
AND THE KINGS OF THE EARTH BRING THEIR GLORY AND HONOR INTO IT.
46:43
ITS GATES SHALL NOT BE SHUT AT ALL BY DAY. THERE SHALL BE NO
46:47
NIGHT THERE. AND THEY SHALL BRING THE GLORY AND THE HONOR OF
46:51
THE NATIONS INTO IT. BUT THERE SHALL BY NO MEANS ENTER IT
46:55
ANYTHING THAT DEFILES OR CAUSES AN ABOMINATION OR A LIE,
46:59
BUT ONLY THOSE WHO ARE WRITTEN IN THE LAMB'S BOOK OF LIFE. SO”
47:03
VERSE 27 SAYS, "THERE SHALL BE NO MEANS IN OR ANYTHING THAT
47:08
DEFILES." NO EVIL WILL BE PRESENT IN THIS PLACE TO DEFILE
47:12
OR CAUSE ABOMINATION BECAUSE SATAN, THE ANTICHRIST, THE FALSE
47:16
PROPHET, ALL SINNERS, AND DEATH HAVE BEEN CAST INTO THE LAKE OF
47:20
FIRE. THESE VERSES ARE AN EXHORTATION TO US AND A WARNING
47:24
TO ADVISE THAT THE ONLY WAY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ETERNAL CITY
47:28
IS BY MAKING JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. AMEN. OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON
47:33
“WITH REVELATION 22, VERSES 1 THROUGH 6. AND HE SHOWED ME A
47:39
PURE RIVER OF WATER OF LIFE, CLEAR AS CRYSTAL, PROCEEDING
47:43
FROM THE THRONE OF GOD AND OF THE LAMB. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
47:47
STREET AND ON EITHER SIDE OF THE RIVER WAS THE TREE OF LIFE OF
47:49
LIFE, WHICH BORE 12 FRUITS, EACH TREE YIELDING ITS FRUIT EVERY
47:54
MONTH. THE LEAVES OF THE TREE WERE FOR THE HEALING OF THE
47:58
NATIONS. AND THERE SHALL BE NO MORE CURSE, BUT THE THRONE OF
48:02
GOD AND THE LAMB SHALL BE IN IT, AND HIS SERVANTS SHALL SERVE
48:07
HIM. THEY SHALL SEE HIS FACE, AND HIS NAME SHALL BE ON THEIR
48:10
FOREHEADS. THERE SHALL BE NO NIGHT THERE; THEY NEED NO LAMP
48:15
NOR LIGHT OF THE SUN, FOR THE LORD GOD GIVES THEM LIGHT, AND
48:19
THEY SHALL REIGN FOREVER AND EVER. THEN HE SAID TO ME, THESE
48:24
WORDS ARE FAITHFUL AND TRUE, AND THE LORD GOD OF THE HOLY
48:28
PROPHETS SENT HIS ANGEL TO SHOW HIS SERVANTS THE THINGS WHICH
48:32
MUST SHORTLY TAKE PLACE. A PURE RIVER OF WATER OF LIFE. NOW,”
48:38
THROUGHOUT THE OLD TESTAMENT, THE PROPHETS USED THE PICTURE OF
48:41
A RIVER AS AN EXPRESSION OF RICHNESS ABUNDANCE, PROVISION,
48:45
AND PEACE. IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT ISAIAH 48:18, YOU CAN JOT
48:50
THAT DOWN FOR LATER, MAYBE ZECHARIAH 14:8, AND ALSO EZEKIEL
48:55
47:1-9. THOSE SCRIPTURES TALK ABOUT THAT PICTURE OF A RIVER
49:03
BRINGING PROVISION AND PEACE. THE PSALMIST EXPRESSED IT IN
49:08
PSALM 46:8, PSALM 46:4-5, "THERE IS A RIVER WHOSE STREAMS SHALL
49:15
MAKE GLAD THE CITY OF GOD, THE HOLY PLACE OF THE TABERNACLE OF
49:19
THE MOST HIGH. GOD IS IN THE MIDST OF HER, AND SHE SHALL NOT
49:22
BE MOVED; GOD SHALL HELP HER JUST AT THE BREAK OF DAWN." JOHN
49:27
DESCRIBED THE WATER AS CLEAR AS CRYSTAL. GOD'S PROVISION IN THE
49:31
NEW JERUSALEM IS DESCRIBED AS PURE, ABSOLUTELY UNPOLLUTED
49:36
THE LIVING WATERS. AND MANY BELIEVE THAT THE TREE OF LIFE
49:40
THAT'S MENTIONED HERE IS THE SAME ONE THAT WAS IN THE GARDEN
49:43
OF EDEN. THE BIBLE DOESN'T SAY IT'S THE EXACT SAME TREE OF LIFE
49:49
FROM GENESIS, BUT IT REALLY WOULD BE AWESOME IF IT IS. GOD
49:53
WOULD BE GIVING THE TREE OF LIFE BACK TO THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN
49:57
FAITHFUL. AMAZING TO THINK ABOUT. SO HERE'S— LET'S LOOK AT
50:01
THAT VERSE AGAIN. READ IT AGAIN, VERSE 2, "IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
50:04
STREET, AND ON EITHER SIDE OF THE RIVER, WAS THE TREE OF LIFE,
50:09
WHICH BORE 12 FRUITS, EACH TREE YIELDING ITS FRUIT EVERY MONTH.
50:14
THE LEAVES OF THE TREE WERE FOR THE HEALING OF THE NATIONS."
50:17
WELL, THE BIBLE BEGINS WITH THE TREE OF LIFE IN GENESIS CHAPTER
50:20
3. MAN WAS NOT ALLOWED TO EAT FROM THE TREE OF THE
50:27
KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND GOOD AND EVIL. BUT NOW HERE IN THE NEW
50:31
JERUSALEM, WE SEE THE TREE OF LIFE APPEARING AGAIN. IT MAY OR
50:35
MAY NOT BE THE EXACT SAME TREE THAT WAS IN THE BOOK OF GENESIS,
50:39
BUT INTERESTING. 12 FRUITS, ONE SOURCE, AND ENDLESS HEALING. YOU
50:46
CAN PUT THAT SLIDE UP SHOWING THE TREE OF LIFE. TREE OF LIFE
50:51
IS LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET, AND ON EITHER SIDE OF
50:54
THE "RIVER." IT APPEARS THAT JOHN COULD BE DESCRIBING A LARGE
50:58
STREET WITH A RIVER FLOWING DOWN THE MIDDLE AND A LARGE SERIES OF
51:03
TREES THAT GROW ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RIVER. JUST THE FACT THAT
51:07
THE TREE OF LIFE APPEARS AGAIN IN THE NEW HEAVEN HELPS US
51:10
UNDERSTAND IT IS A TIME OF RESTORATION OF ALL THINGS. MAN
51:16
CAN NOW ONCE AGAIN ENJOY WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY BANISHED. DUE TO
51:21
“SIN. REVELATION 22:3-6: AND THERE SHALL BE NO MORE CURSE,
51:30
BUT THE THRONE OF GOD AND THE LAMB SHALL BE IN IT, AND HIS
51:34
SERVANTS SHALL SERVE HIM. THEY SHALL SEE HIS FACE, AND HIS NAME
51:39
SHALL BE ON THEIR FOREHEADS. THERE SHALL BE NO NIGHT THERE.
51:43
THERE'S NO NEED FOR A LAMP, NO LIGHT OF THE SUN, FOR THE LORD
51:46
GOD GIVES THEM LIGHT, AND THEY SHALL REIGN FOREVER AND EVER.
51:53
THEN HE SAID TO ME, THESE WORDS ARE FAITHFUL AND TRUE, AND THE
51:56
LORD GOD OF THE HOLY PROPHETS SENT HIS ANGEL TO SHOW HIS
52:00
SERVANTS THE THINGS WHICH MUST SHORTLY TAKE PLACE. SO VERSE 3”
52:06
TELLS US THAT HIS SERVANTS SHALL SERVE HIM. THERE'S NO MORE
52:11
CURSE, BUT THE THRONE OF GOD AND THE LAMB WILL BE IN IT, AND HIS
52:15
SERVANTS SHALL SERVE HIM. WHAT IS THAT SAYING? IT
52:18
SAYS HEAVEN WILL BE A PLACE OF WORK AND SERVICE FOR GOD'S
52:20
PEOPLE. WE AREN'T GOING TO JUST BE SITTING THERE PLAYING A HARP
52:25
LIKE WE SO MANY TIMES SEE PICTURED. GOD WILL HAVE THINGS
52:29
FOR US TO DO, AND THAT'S GOOD. THERE'S AN OLD SAYING THAT USED
52:34
TO SAY, "IDLE HANDS ARE THE DEVIL'S WORKSHOP." I'M SURE
52:37
THAT'S TRUE IN THE NEW JERUSALEM TOO. NO, IT REALLY WON'T BE
52:41
BECAUSE THE DEVIL'S GONE, HE'S IN THE LAKE OF FIRE. BUT IT'S
52:43
STILL GOOD TO BE BUSY. SO IT'S NOT THE HEAVY, CURSE-STAINED
52:50
TOIL OF WORK LIKE MAN HAS KNOWN ON EARTH, BUT IT'S A PICTURE OF
52:54
PURE HONOR AND BLESSING TO BE SERVANTS OF OUR GOD. SPEAKING OF
53:01
WORK AND SERVICE IN HEAVEN, I SAW THIS CARTOON SHOWING WHAT
53:05
MIGHT HAPPEN TO THIS GENERATION OF ADDICTION WHEN THEY ARRIVE IN
53:09
HEAVEN, THOSE THAT ARE ADDICTED TO CELL PHONES. IT SAYS, "MOST
53:14
OF THE NEW ARRIVALS SEEM INCAPABLE OF CONVERSATION. THEY
53:17
JUST STARE AT THEIR HANDS IN DESPAIR." HE'S MOVING HIS
53:24
THUMBS, BUT THERE'S NO PHONE THERE. HMM, JUST A MINUTE, I
53:33
LOST MY NOTES. WE'RE HAVING TECHNICAL THINGS TONIGHT,
53:38
BUT THAT'S OKAY. GOD HAS A PLAN. I JUST LOST MY PLACE. I DON'T
53:46
WANT TO MISS ANYTHING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO TELL YOU. OKAY. SO
53:52
HEAVEN WILL BE A PLACE WHERE GOD'S PEOPLE SEE HIS FACE. IT'S
53:56
A PLACE OF INTIMATE FACE-TO-FACE FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD. EXODUS
54:01
33:20 TELLS US THAT MOSES WAS DENIED THE PRIVILEGE OF SEEING
54:05
GOD FACE TO FACE. HE WASN'T ALLOWED TO. BUT EVERYONE IN
54:10
HEAVEN IS GOING TO SEE HIS FACE. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE GOD'S FACE
54:14
BECAUSE HE'LL BE AN EARTH DWELLER AT THAT POINT. HE'S IN
54:20
THE NEW JERUSALEM. PAUL ALSO SAW A TIME COMING WE WOULD SEE THE
54:24
FACE OF GOD. HE DESCRIBED THAT IN 1 CORINTHIANS 13:12. 1
54:26
CORINTHIANS 13:12. YOU'VE HEARD THIS SCRIPTURE OVER AND OVER. IT
54:29
SAYS, "FOR NOW WE SEE IN A MIRROR DIMLY, BUT THEN FACE TO
54:33
FACE. NOW I KNOW IN PART, BUT THEN I SHALL KNOW JUST AS I AM
54:39
ALSO KNOWN." SO IN THAT DAY, THERE'LL BE NOTHING THAT WILL
54:44
OBSCURE OUR VISION OF JESUS BECAUSE SIN IS DONE AWAY WITH AT
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THAT POINT. CARE AND WORRY ARE GONE. THIS WILL BE THE GREATEST
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GLORY OF HEAVEN, TO KNOW GOD, TO KNOW JESUS MORE INTIMATELY AND
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WONDERFULLY THAN WE COULD EVER KNOW HIM ON EARTH. AND THAT
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SCRIPTURE ALSO, I LOVE THAT SCRIPTURE BECAUSE IT'S A
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REMINDER AND A GREAT ASSURANCE THAT EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T
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UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON IN THIS WORLD, WE HAVE
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QUESTIONS AT TIMES. YOU KNOW, EVEN AS WE'RE LOOKING THROUGH
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THE BOOK OF REVELATION, WE CAN COME UP WITH QUESTIONS THAT THE
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BOOK DOESN'T REALLY ANSWER. WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW THAT 14TH
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1,400-MILE CUBE IS GONNA BE SUSTAINED ON THE EARTH AND HOW
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IT COULD GO THAT TALL. WE DON'T HAVE ALL THOSE ANSWERS. WE JUST
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TRUST IN FAITH. BUT THIS VERSE, 1 CORINTHIANS 13:12, SAYS EVEN
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THOUGH YOU ONLY KNOW IN PART NOW, YOU'LL KNOW FULLY THEN.
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YOU'LL UNDERSTAND THOSE THINGS. HALLELUJAH. AND YOU HAVE
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QUESTIONS IN YOUR OWN PERSONAL LIFE, WE ALL DO, ABOUT WHY
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SOMETHING HAPPENED OR TOOK PLACE AT A CERTAIN TIME, OR WHY
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SOME EVENT HAPPENED IN YOUR LIFE, OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.
55:51
YOU'LL HAVE ANSWERS. YOU'LL SEE EVERYTHING CLEARLY IN ETERNITY.
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HALLELUJAH. REVELATION 22:4 SAYS WE HAVE A NAME WRITTEN ON OUR
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FOREHEADS. I WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS NEXT PICTURE, IF YOU'LL PUT
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THAT UP FOR ME, WITH THE NAME JESUS. THERE'S BOB PETTIGREW
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ABOUT 3 YEARS AGO. THAT'S WHEN HE HAD DARKER HAIR AND TASHA
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WROTE THE NAME JESUS WITH A MAGIC MARKER ON HIS FOREHEAD.
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AND I MEAN, HE'S A GOOD-LOOKING GUY NOW, BUT LOOK AT HIM BACK
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JUST 3 YEARS AGO. SO IT'S AMAZING. BUT WE HAVE A NAME
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WRITTEN ON OUR FOREHEADS, AND IT'S JESUS. HALLELUJAH. WHAT AN
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HONOR. HEAVEN WILL BE A PLACE WHERE GOD'S PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS
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BE IDENTIFIED WITH OUR GOD. THERE'LL NEVER BE ANY DOUBT THAT
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WE BELONG TO JESUS. HALLELUJAH. AND THEN VERSE 5
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SAYS, “THERE SHALL BE NO NIGHT THERE. THEY NEED NO LAMP NOR
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LIGHT OF THE SUN, FOR THE LORD GOD GIVES THEM LIGHT, AND THEY
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SHALL REIGN FOREVER AND EVER.” THE NEW HEAVEN WILL BE A PLACE
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WHERE THE DARKNESS OF THIS AGE IS FOREVER GONE. HALLELUJAH.
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JOHN SAYS THEY SHALL REIGN FOREVER AND EVER. THE NEW
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HEAVEN'S A PLACE THAT WE WILL ENJOY AN ETERNAL REIGN WITH OUR
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GOD. IT'S NOT A LIMITED DURATION EVENT LIKE THE 1,000-YEAR
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MILLENNIAL REIGN PERIOD THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER. THE
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1,000-YEAR MILLENNIAL KINGDOM IS OVER IN 1,000 YEARS, AND THEN WE
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MOVE ON TO THIS PART OF ETERNITY. THE NEW HEAVEN, THE
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NEW EARTH, AND THE NEW JERUSALEM WILL NEVER HAVE AN END.
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REVELATION 22:6-21 SAYS— I DIDN'T GET THAT
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RIGHT. IT'S 22:6: “THEN HE SAID TO ME, THESE WORDS ARE FAITHFUL
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AND TRUE, AND THE LORD GOD OF THE HOLY PROPHETS SENT HIS ANGEL
57:49
TO SHOW HIS SERVANTS THE THINGS WHICH MUST SHORTLY TAKE PLACE.”
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SO JOHN IS REMINDING US HERE THAT EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN
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SHOWN TO HIM IS NOT A FAIRY TALE, IT'S TRUE. THESE
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ARE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO HAPPEN. HE'S ASSURED US THE
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WORDS THAT HE WROTE ARE FAITHFUL AND TRUE. JESUS HIMSELF BREAKS
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IN WITH A REMINDER TO ALL THAT HE'S COMING QUICKLY. THAT
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HAPPENS IN VERSE 7. HE SAYS, “BEHOLD, I'M COMING QUICKLY.
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BLESSED IS HE WHO KEEPS THE WORDS OF THE PROPHECY OF THIS
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BOOK.” GOD WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL GENERATIONS OF MANKIND
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REMAIN EXPECTANT, WATCHING, AND READY FOR HIS RETURN. AND
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THEN WE MOVE TO VERSES 8 AND 9, "NOW I, JOHN, SAW AND HEARD
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THESE THINGS. AND WHEN I HEARD AND SAW, I FELL DOWN TO WORSHIP
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BEFORE THE FEET OF THE ANGEL WHO SHOWED ME THESE THINGS. AND THEN
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HE SAID TO ME, 'SEE THAT YOU DO NOT DO THAT, FOR I AM YOUR
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FELLOW SERVANT AND OF YOUR BRETHREN THE PROPHETS AND OF
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THOSE WHO KEEP THE WORDS OF THIS BOOK. WORSHIP GOD.'" NOW WE SAW
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THIS ONE TIME BEFORE IN REVELATION 19:10. JOHN WAS
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OVERWHELMED BY THE PRESENCE OF AN ANGEL, AND HE ACTUALLY BOWED
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DOWN BEFORE THE ANGEL IN WORSHIP. AND AT THAT POINT, THE
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ANGEL REBUKED HIM AND SAID, "DON'T DO THAT. I AM JUST A
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SERVANT OF GOD." SO HERE AGAIN WE SEE IT IN REVELATION 22. THE
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ANGEL REMINDS JOHN THAT ONLY GOD IS TO BE WORSHIPED. AND HE'S
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JUST SAYING TO JOHN, "HEY, WE'RE BOTH PLAYERS ON THE SAME TEAM."
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WE WORSHIP GOD. DON'T BOW DOWN AND WORSHIP ME BECAUSE I'M AN
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ANGEL. NO CREATED BEING SHOULD EVER BE WORSHIPED. ONLY JESUS IS
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WORTHY OF WORSHIP. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE WHERE JOHN RECEIVED A
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SUPERNATURAL VISION AND REVELATION, BUT HE HAD TO BE
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CORRECTED BY AN ANGEL. INTERESTING. JUST BECAUSE
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SOMEONE TELLS YOU THEY HAD A SUPERNATURAL VISION FROM GOD OR
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A SPECIAL REVELATION FROM GOD DOES NOT MEAN THE PERSON IS
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ALWAYS CORRECT IN THEIR UNDERSTANDING OR THEIR DOCTRINE.
1:00:00
BE KIND TO THOSE PEOPLE, BUT BE AWARE THAT EVERY VISION OR
1:00:03
REVELATION IS NOT NECESSARILY FROM GOD OR CORRECT IN DOCTRINE.
1:00:09
TWICE WE SEE DESCRIBED IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION THE APOSTLE
1:00:12
JOHN WAS ACTING INAPPROPRIATELY BECAUSE HE WAS
1:00:16
OVERWHELMED BY THESE ANGELS. I MEAN, WE WOULD HAVE PROBABLY
1:00:19
DONE THE SAME THING, ONLY WORSE, HAD WE BEEN THERE. SO DON'T BE
1:00:23
MAD AT JOHN. HE DID WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS RIGHT. HE JUST GOT
1:00:27
CAUGHT UP BY THE SUPERNATURAL POWER OF THESE ANGELS AND HE
1:00:30
BOWED DOWN. AND THEN THE ANGELS CORRECTED HIM. ANY OF US COULD
1:00:37
EASILY HAVE MADE THAT MISTAKE. BUT JUST SOMETHING TO BE AWARE
1:00:42
OF. VERSES 10 AND 11, LET'S KEEP MOVING ON HERE. "AND HE SAID TO
1:00:46
ME, 'DO NOT SEAL THE WORDS OF THE PROPHECY OF THIS BOOK, FOR
1:00:50
THE TIME IS AT HAND. HE WHO IS UNJUST, LET HIM BE UNJUST STILL;
1:00:54
HE WHO IS FILTHY, LET HIM BE FILTHY STILL; HE WHO IS
1:00:57
RIGHTEOUS, LET HIM BE RIGHTEOUS STILL; AND HE WHO IS HOLY, LET
1:01:02
HIM BE HOLY STILL.'" SO A WARNING IS GIVEN NOT TO HIDE THE
1:01:06
WORDS OF THIS BOOK. AT THIS POINT IN HISTORY, WE SEE THE
1:01:10
ANGEL OF THE LORD AGAIN CONFIRMING THAT THE FINAL
1:01:13
OUTCOMES OF BOTH EVIL AND GOOD ARE NOW FIXED FOREVER.
1:01:19
REVELATION 22:12, AND AGAIN IT SAYS, “AND BEHOLD, I AM COMING
1:01:24
QUICKLY, AND MY REWARD IS WITH ME TO GIVE TO EVERYONE ACCORDING
1:01:28
TO HIS WORK.” WE CAN NEVER MISS THE NOTE OF URGENCY AND WARNING
1:01:32
IN WHAT JESUS TELLS US ABOUT HIS MESSAGE TO US IS ALWAYS BE
1:01:37
READY. AND THEN VERSE 13, HE SAYS, "I'M THE ALPHA AND THE
1:01:41
OMEGA, THE BEGINNING AND THE END, THE FIRST AND THE LAST."
1:01:45
AND AN ADDED INCENTIVE FOR US TO BE READY IS JESUS REMINDING US
1:01:50
OF WHO HE IS. "I'M THE BEGINNING AND THE END." IF WE REALLY KNEW
1:01:57
AND UNDERSTAND WHO JESUS IS, WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY TROUBLE
1:02:00
TROUBLE BEING READY FOR HIS RETURN. VERSES 14 AND 15 SAY, “
1:02:06
BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO DO HIS COMMANDMENTS, THAT THEY MAY HAVE
1:02:09
THE RIGHT TO THE TREE OF LIFE, AND THEY MAY ENTER THROUGH THE
1:02:13
GATES INTO THE CITY. BUT OUTSIDE ARE DOGS AND SORCERERS AND
1:02:17
SEXUALLY IMMORAL AND MURDERERS AND IDOLATERS AND WHOEVER LOVES
1:02:22
AND PRACTICES A LIE.” SO DOING HIS COMMANDMENTS DOES NOT EARN
1:02:28
US ETERNAL LIFE, BUT IT IS EVIDENCE THAT WE'VE BEEN GRANTED
1:02:31
ETERNAL LIFE. THERE'S AN INHERENT BLESSING IN DOING HIS
1:02:35
COMMANDMENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE GOOD AND RIGHT FOR US. NOW, WHY
1:02:39
DOES IT SAY— I HAVE TO BRING THIS IN BECAUSE OF US DOG LOVERS
1:02:42
HERE— WHY DOES IT SAY IN VERSE 15, "BUT OUTSIDE ARE DOGS AND
1:02:46
SORCERERS"? IS IT INDICATING THAT THERE WON'T BE ANY OF OUR
1:02:50
PET DOGS IN HEAVEN? NO. WHAT IS MEANT HERE IS NOT LITERAL DOGS
1:02:56
BUT THE MORALLY IMPURE. IN BIBLICAL TIMES AND ANCIENT
1:03:01
NEAR EASTERN CITIES, SEMI-WILD DOGS WERE PRIMARILY VIEWED AS
1:03:06
UNCLEAN SCAVENGERS THAT ROAMED THE STREETS. REVELATION 22:15, I
1:03:13
WANT TO READ IT IN THE AMPLIFIED. IT SAYS, “OUTSIDE ARE
1:03:17
THE DOGS, AND THIS DESCRIBES THEM, THE GODLESS, THE IMPURE,
1:03:23
THOSE OF LOW MORAL CHARACTER, AND THE SORCERERS WITH THEIR
1:03:27
INTOXICATING DRUGS AND MAGIC ARTS, AND THE IMMORAL PERSONS,
1:03:32
THE PERVERTED, THE MOLESTERS, THE ADULTERERS, AND THE
1:03:36
MURDERERS, AND THE IDOLATERS, AND EVERYONE WHO LOVES AND
1:03:39
PRACTICES LYING, DECEPTION, AND CHEATING.” SO IN THAT VERSE, THE
1:03:44
DOGS REPRESENT THOSE THAT DESPISE SACRED THINGS, AND THEY
1:03:48
ARE OUTSIDE OF THIS KINGDOM OF THE JERUSALEM. GOD IS JUST
1:03:52
REMINDING US THOSE PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT BECAUSE
1:03:56
THEY NEVER REPENTED. MOVING ON TO VERSE 16: “I, JESUS, HAVE
1:04:01
SENT MY ANGEL TO TESTIFY TO YOU THESE THINGS IN THE CHURCHES. I
1:04:05
AM THE ROOT OF THE OFFSPRING OF DAVID, THE BRIGHT AND MORNING
1:04:08
STAR.” AND SO AS THIS BOOK COMES TO A CONCLUSION, WE SEE JESUS
1:04:14
AUTHENTICATES THE ENTIRE BOOK WITH THESE SOLEMN WORDS
1:04:18
EMPHASIZING THAT HE HIMSELF SENT HIS ANGEL TO PROVIDE THE
1:04:21
TEXT. MUCH OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION IS EITHER FANTASTIC
1:04:25
OR ALMOST SEEMS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, BUT IT'S ALL TRUE. "TO
1:04:30
TESTIFY TO YOU THESE THINGS IN THE CHURCHES," HE SAYS.
1:04:34
REMEMBER, THE BOOK OF REVELATION IS WRITTEN TO THE CHURCHES. IT'S
1:04:37
FOR US. IT'S FOR ALL BELIEVERS. AND THEN REVELATION 22:17 SAYS,
1:04:42
“AND THE SPIRIT AND THE BRIDE SAY, ‘COME,’ AND LET HIM WHO
1:04:46
HEARS SAY, 'COME, AND LET HIM WHO THIRSTS COME. WHOEVER
1:04:50
DESIRES, LET HIM TAKE THE WATER OF LIFE FREELY.” IT'S AN OPEN
1:04:56
INVITATION TO RECEIVE THE SALVATION FROM JESUS. HE WILL
1:04:58
NOT EXCLUDE ANYONE WHO COMES TO HIM. THE INVITATION IS BOTH AN
1:05:03
OPPORTUNITY AND A RESPONSIBILITY. IN OTHER WORDS,
1:05:07
WE HAVE FREE WILL, REMEMBER. IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE
1:05:10
THE DECISION, AND IF WE DECLINE THE INVITATION, WE ONLY HAVE
1:05:13
OURSELVES TO BLAME. AND THEN VERSES 18 AND 19: “FOR I TESTIFY
1:05:18
TO EVERYONE WHO HEARS THE WORDS OF THE PROPHECY OF THIS BOOK, IF
1:05:22
ANYONE ADDS TO THESE THINGS, GOD WILL ADD TO HIM THE PLAGUES THAT
1:05:25
ARE WRITTEN IN THIS BOOK. AND IF ANYONE TAKES AWAY FROM THE WORDS
1:05:28
OF THIS BOOK, GOD SHALL TAKE AWAY HIS PART FROM THE BOOK OF
1:05:31
LIFE, FROM THE HOLY CITY, AND FROM THE THINGS WHICH ARE
1:05:34
WRITTEN IN THIS BOOK.” THERE'S A STERN WARNING THERE AGAIN. IT'S
1:05:39
REALLY INTERESTING, CHAPTER 1 OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION TALKS
1:05:42
ABOUT WE HAVE A BLESSING IF WE READ, OBEY, AND FOLLOW THOSE
1:05:46
WORDS. AND THEN AT THE END OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION, IF WE
1:05:50
TAKE AWAY OR TRY AND CHANGE OR ADD TO THESE WORDS, GOD ADDS TO
1:05:58
HIM THE PLAGUES THAT ARE WRITTEN IN THE BOOK. STERN WARNINGS
1:06:01
ABOUT THIS BOOK. I WOULD SAY THE BOOK OF REVELATION IS VERY
1:06:04
SPECIAL TO GOD WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE TWO. IT MEANS THERE'S A
1:06:11
HIGH PRICE TO PAY FOR TAMPERING WITH THE BOOK OF REVELATION
1:06:14
SPECIFICALLY, BUT I BELIEVE IT APPLIES TO ALL SCRIPTURE. EDDIE,
1:06:21
OR WHOEVER'S COMING OUT TO CLOSE, MAYBE THAT'S BRANDON
1:06:23
TONIGHT, I'M NOT SURE, YOU CAN COME BECAUSE WE'RE JUST GETTING
1:06:26
READY TO CLOSE HERE IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES. I AM GOING TO GET
1:06:30
YOU OUT OF HERE BEFORE MIDNIGHT. WE'RE GOING GOOD. VERSE 20 AND
1:06:36
21: “HE WHO TESTIFIES TO THESE THINGS SAYS, SURELY I AM COMING
1:06:41
QUICKLY. AMEN. EVEN SO, COME, LORD JESUS. THE GRACE OF OUR
1:06:45
LORD JESUS CHRIST BE WITH YOU ALL. AMEN.” SO TO THE VERY END,
1:06:50
THE BOOK OF REVELATION EMPHASIZES READINESS AND
1:06:53
WATCHFULNESS. WE DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS PRACTICAL LESSON FROM
1:06:57
THE BOOK OF REVELATION, THE LESSON OF READINESS. READINESS,
1:07:00
OR WE'RE GOING TO MISS AN ESSENTIAL MESSAGE FROM THE BOOK.
1:07:04
THE BOOK OF REVELATION CONCERNS MANY PROPHETIC EVENTS, BUT IT
1:07:08
CLOSES WITH JOHN'S LONGING FOR THE RETURN OF JESUS FOR HIS
1:07:13
PEOPLE. THAT'S HOW IT ENDS. AND MUCH OF WHAT WE DISCUSSED
1:07:17
TONIGHT GIVES US A GREAT DESCRIPTION OF THAT BEAUTY AND
1:07:20
MAGNIFICENCE, BUT THE REAL SIGNIFICANCE IS THAT THE FATHER
1:07:24
GOD WILL BE DWELLING WITH US. THAT'S THE THING THAT MAKES
1:07:28
HEAVEN SPECIAL, THE NEW JERUSALEM SPECIAL. I WANT TO
1:07:32
CLOSE WITH THAT SCRIPTURE THAT WE LOOKED AT LAST TIME,
1:07:36
REVELATION 21:3. IT SAYS, BEHOLD, THE DWELLING PLACE OF
1:07:39
GOD IS WITH MAN. HE WILL DWELL WITH THEM, AND THEY WILL BE HIS
1:07:44
PEOPLE, AND GOD HIMSELF WILL BE WITH THEM AS THEIR GOD. GOD'S
1:07:48
GOING TO BE THE ONLY THING THAT WILL MAKE HEAVEN WORTH DWELLING
1:07:53
IN. THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT GOD'S FOR US, HE'S NOT AGAINST
1:07:56
US. HE'S GOT OUR BACK, HE'S GRACIOUS, AND HE'S MERCIFUL.
1:08:01
WE'RE SAFE WHEN GOD'S IN OUR PRESENCE. GOD IS FAITHFUL. WHEN
1:08:06
HE MAKES US A PROMISE, WE CAN COUNT ON IT. GOD'S A GOD OF
1:08:10
PEACE. WE'RE GONNA EXPERIENCE REST IN HEAVEN BECAUSE NOTHING
1:08:15
WILL DISTURB US. SATAN IS PUT AWAY FOREVER, NEVER TO
1:08:19
APPEAR AGAIN. GOD IS LIGHT. HEAVEN WILL BE A PLACE THAT'S
1:08:23
BRIGHT AND CHEERFUL, BEAUTIFUL, BUT GOD WILL BE ITS LIGHT. GOD
1:08:29
IS LOVE. HE LOVED US SO MUCH THAT HE GAVE US JESUS. HEAVEN'S
1:08:33
A PLACE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE ACCEPTED AND CARED FOR.
1:08:37
EVERYTHING ELSE IN HEAVEN IS REALLY JUST WINDOW DRESSING.
1:08:40
EVERYTHING ELSE WILL BE DECORATION AND ACCESSORIES,
1:08:42
REALLY, BECAUSE WITHOUT GOD, HEAVEN WOULDN'T BE HEAVEN. AND
1:08:51
IF WE BELONG TO GOD, IF WE BELONG TO GOD, WE'LL GO WHERE HE
1:08:55
GOES. YOU KNOW, I WANT TO END WITH THIS TONIGHT BECAUSE I
1:08:59
THINK IT'S A GOOD ILLUSTRATION. I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT YOUR
1:09:09
LIFE. MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE UNTANGLED THIS BEFORE I DID IT,
1:09:16
BUT WE'RE GOING TO JUST HAVE A LITTLE FUN HERE TONIGHT. I WANT
1:09:19
YOU TO THINK ABOUT YOUR LIFE BEING A TIMELINE. OH, THIS IS A
1:09:23
MESS. WHAT'S THAT? SO IS YOUR LIFE. WELL, I BELIEVE YOUR LIVES
1:09:33
CAN BE STRAIGHTENED OUT BECAUSE OF JESUS. WE GOT ANOTHER
1:09:37
SERMON HERE. BUT I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THIS ROPE BEING A
1:09:42
TIMELINE OF YOUR LIFE. I'M GETTING IT THERE, GUYS. WE'RE
1:09:45
GONNA JUST— THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE DONE THIS. I JUST
1:09:49
FOUND THIS ILLUSTRATION. I THOUGHT, MAN, THIS IS GOOD. SO
1:09:51
JUST PRETEND THAT THIS ROPE GOES ON FOREVER. IT'S ONLY A 50-FOOT
1:09:54
ROPE, BUT LET'S JUST SAY IT GOES ON FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER
1:09:57
BECAUSE ETERNITY GOES ON FOREVER. DO YOU REALIZE YOU
1:10:01
KNOW, GUYS, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT ETERNITY AND YOUR LIFE, THIS IS
1:10:07
REALLY NOT EVEN A GOOD EXAMPLE BECAUSE THIS IS TOO MUCH. THE
1:10:12
BLUE AREA HERE I WANT YOU TO THINK OF AS YOUR LIFE ON EARTH.
1:10:17
YOU HAVE A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME ON EARTH TO DO WHAT GOD'S CALLED
1:10:21
YOU TO DO, TO BE FAITHFUL TO HIM, TO FOLLOW HIS COMMANDS, TO
1:10:27
REACH PEOPLE, AND TO JUST BE A GOOD SERVANT. BECAUSE AT SOME
1:10:32
POINT AT THE END OF THIS BLUE, WHEN YOU'RE NO LONGER ON THE
1:10:36
EARTH, THEN YOU'RE IN ETERNITY. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT MOST PEOPLE
1:10:41
DO? THEY PUT ALL THEIR EFFORT INTO THIS LITTLE BLUE AREA.
1:10:47
THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT, AT THE END OF THIS PERIOD OF TIME, I
1:10:51
CAN RETIRE AND I CAN PLAY GOLF EVERY DAY, AND I CAN
1:10:56
SLEEP IN AS LONG AS I WANT, AND I CAN SAVE AND WORK HARD NOW,
1:11:02
AND THEN AT THE END OF THIS PERIOD OF TIME, I'M GOING TO
1:11:04
HAVE A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL RETIREMENT. BUT THEY DON'T THINK
1:11:09
ABOUT ALL OF ETERNITY THAT'S COMING FOREVER, FOREVER, AND
1:11:19
FOREVER. THEY GIVE NO THOUGHT TO THAT, MOST PEOPLE. I WAS JUST
1:11:24
TALKING TO APOSTLE MIKE AT DINNER THE OTHER NIGHT, AND HE
1:11:28
HAD JUST BEEN IN NEW YORK CITY PREACHING, AND HE SAID THE THING
1:11:32
THAT JUST OVERWHELMED HIM WAS JUST SEEING THE MASSES OF
1:11:34
PEOPLE. YOU KNOW, JUST TO GO TO A CITY AND SEE SO MANY PEOPLE
1:11:38
CONCENTRATED IN A SMALL AREA, IT HELPS YOU REALIZE WE'RE NOT
1:11:42
ALONE ON THIS EARTH. 8 BILLION PEOPLE. BUT THE MAJORITY OF THEM
1:11:47
GIVE NO THOUGHT TO THE WHITE PART. THEY ONLY THINK ABOUT THIS
1:11:53
TEMPORARY LIFE. SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT I WANT TO MOTIVATE
1:11:59
YOU WITH REGARDING THE BOOK OF REVELATION, THIS WHOLE SERIES,
1:12:05
IS THIS. I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH THIS: GOD HAS A WONDERFUL,
1:12:11
WONDERFUL, ABUNDANT PLAN FOR US ON THIS EARTH, BUT HE
1:12:14
HAS A GREAT, GREAT FUTURE FOR THOSE THAT RECEIVE HIM, REPENT
1:12:19
OF SIN, AND FOLLOW HIM DURING THAT TIME. WHY WOULDN'T YOU WANT
1:12:24
TO SPEND THIS BLUE PERIOD ON EARTH SERVING HIM, DOING YOUR
1:12:30
BEST TO HONOR HIM, DOING THE WORK OF GOD, KNOWING THAT YOU
1:12:36
CAN ENJOY THIS FOREVER AND EVER, BECAUSE THE ALTERNATIVE IS
1:12:40
TERRIBLE. IT'S JUST AS WONDERFUL IT IS TO BE IN THE NEW HEAVEN,
1:12:46
THE NEW EARTH, AND HAVE THE GLORY OF GOD, AND WHO KNOWS WHAT
1:12:50
WONDERS AND THINGS THAT GOD HAS PLANNED FOR US. BUT JUST THINK
1:12:53
HOW TERRIBLE IT IS FOR A PERSON TO BE IN THE LAKE OF FIRE ALL
1:12:57
DURING THIS TIME AND TO NEVER HAVE RELIEF ETERNALLY. THINK
1:13:02
ABOUT A SOUL, A MAN PERISHING. SUCH A SOBERING THOUGHT. LET'S
1:13:09
DO THIS, LET'S JUST STAND TONIGHT. I'LL SPEAK TO YOU
1:13:15
ONLINE TONIGHT. IF YOU DO NOT KNOW JESUS AND YOU NEED TO MAKE
1:13:21
A DECISION TO FOLLOW HIM, IT'S YOUR FREE WILL, YOUR CHOICE.
1:13:24
JESUS DOESN'T SEND YOU OFF INTO HELL OR THE LAKE OF FIRE. HE
1:13:28
GIVES YOU THE OPTION OF CHOOSING HIM, AND TODAY IS THE
1:13:31
DAY OF SALVATION, THE BIBLE SAYS. THOSE THAT CALL UPON THE
1:13:34
NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED. AND SO I WANNA PUT UP ON THE
1:13:39
SCREEN, IF YOU'LL PUT UP OUR TOLL-FREE PHONE NUMBER, IF YOU
1:13:42
TONIGHT WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR SAVIOR, YOU
1:13:45
NEED TO MAKE A DECISION TO FOLLOW HIM SO THAT YOU END UP IN
1:13:49
ETERNITY WITH HIM AND ENJOYING THE BENEFITS THAT GOD HAS
1:13:53
PROVIDED. I WANT YOU TO CALL THAT PHONE NUMBER, 855-777-7907.
1:14:00
OUR PRAYER COUNSELORS ARE AVAILABLE 24
1:14:02
HOURS A DAY, AND THEY'LL ANSWER YOUR CALL, THEY'LL PRAY WITH
1:14:05
YOU, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE WE GET INFORMATION OUT TO YOU ON HOW
1:14:08
YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD IN YOUR WALK WITH THE LORD. BUT FOR
1:14:12
THOSE OF US HERE, LET'S JUST END WITH PRAYER TONIGHT. FATHER, I
1:14:14
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK INTO YOUR WORD. WE THANK
1:14:17
YOU, LORD, FOR THE GLORIES THAT YOU HAVE PREPARED FOR US. WE
1:14:25
CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE WHAT THOSE WOULD BE, LORD. WE'RE SO EXCITED
1:14:29
ABOUT THAT. WE'RE SO EXCITED ABOUT OUR FUTURE WITH YOU, AND
1:14:32
WE'RE SO EXCITED THAT WE ARE LIVING IN THIS DAY, IN THIS AGE,
1:14:36
THAT WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THINGS FOR YOU. AND EVERY DAY
1:14:40
YOU GIVE US BREATH AND LIFE SO THAT WE CAN REACH PEOPLE FOR YOU
1:14:44
AND SHINE AND FOLLOW YOU IN OBEDIENCE. AND I PRAY, LORD,
1:14:51
THAT EVERY ONE OF US ARE SHAKEN TO OUR CORE WITH A DESIRE TO
1:14:59
FOLLOW YOU IN A DEEPER AND GREATER FASHION, LORD, AND TO DO
1:15:05
MORE, TO STUDY YOUR WORD, TO OBEY YOUR WORD, TO HEAR YOUR
1:15:11
VOICE, HEAR THE HOLY SPIRIT GUIDING US AND DIRECTING AND
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THEN OBEY. AND WE THANK YOU, LORD. WE CAN COUNT IT A
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PRIVILEGE, LORD, THAT WE UNDERSTAND AND WE KNOW YOUR
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TRUTH, YOUR WORD. WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT IS, LORD, BECAUSE
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THERE'S MILLIONS OUT THERE THAT EITHER THEY HAVEN'T HEARD OR
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THEY'VE REFUSED TO LISTEN. WE DON'T WANT TO BE PART OF THAT
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GROUP, LORD, BUT WE PRAY FOR THEM TONIGHT. LORD, THEIR EARS
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WOULD BE OPEN, THEIR EYES WOULD BE OPEN TO SPIRITUAL
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UNDERSTANDING AND THAT BEFORE THEY LEAVE THIS
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EARTH, THEY WOULD FIND YOU. AND WE THANK YOU FOR IT NOW, IN THE
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MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS. AMEN AND AMEN. AMEN. WELL, GOD BLESS YOU.
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THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT. AND NEXT TIME I'M HERE, IT'LL BE
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SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN REVELATION.
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BUT THANK YOU FOR ENDURING.