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Revelation chapter 14. Let us pray, Father.
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God, here we are again, Lord, sitting at your feet, Father, to
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learn from you. God, we desire a greater measure
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of your presence. Lord.
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We desire for you to be glorified in the highest.
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Father, you are our everything. You are the very breath in our
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lungs, God. You are the thoughts in our
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minds as the Word washes over us.
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Let it be the mandate upon our lives, God.
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Let it be the blueprint for our lives.
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Father, I pray in the mighty name of Jesus, against fear and
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against cowardice. God, I pray in the mighty name
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of Jesus, Lord, that you'll raise up warriors unto yourself.
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Father, for such a time as this, God, let us be found warring on
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our knees against all of the darkness and the principalities,
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God of all those in wicked places.
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Father, I pray in the mighty name of Jesus for the Shekinah
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glory to come and encamp all around us.
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God, fuel us for the journey. Give us the mind of Christ.
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Give us the senses, Lord, to know when you're moving within
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our midst, Lord. Come in like a mighty rushing
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wind, Father. Come in, Lord, and burn us up.
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Burn all the dross out of us, God.
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Lead us, Father, in heavenly places, Lord.
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Show up and show off, Lord. I pray that you'll
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supernaturally fill us with the zeal.
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God, let us be zealous for your word.
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Let us be zealous for your house.
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God, let us be the capital. C Church ekklesia, the called
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out ones. Father, I pray that we will not
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grow despondent and displaced. God, I pray that will not grow
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into lazy people. Lord, I pray that we will be
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spiritually fit, Father, that we'll work out our salvation.
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Fear and trembling, God, for you are everything.
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You are supreme. You are the loftiest idea that
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we have ever attained to, Father.
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So we set our eyes upon you, the Maker of heaven and earth.
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You are where our help comes from.
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Heal us, God. Heal our bodies, Lord.
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Heal our marriages, Father. I pray you'll bring the
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prodigals home, God. I pray for the government,
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Father at large, all over the world, raise up unto yourself
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righteous leaders that will do the work, Father that you've
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called them to, Lord. I pray for the children, Lord.
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I pray against the indoctrination of demons, Lord.
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I pray God that you'll set them on high plateaus with you, Lord,
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I pray that you, Father, the God of Israel, will be propagated
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through the land throughout all generations, God, through all
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continents and all people groups.
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God, bring them into the fold. Father with us let us remain in
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you and you and us we abide. God, send us out into the
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harvest. Father, I pray in the mighty
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name of Jesus you'll speak boldly and loudly to us.
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I decrease as you increase. Holy Spirit, fill us today, fill
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us overflowing. Maranatha, we cry out.
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The Spirit of the Bride says, Come, Lord, come Jesus Christ,
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the long-awaited Messiah. Come, Lord, catch us up, God, to
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be there with you. Lord, do what it is that you
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have said that you were going to do.
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Got all the promises that you've given us, Lord?
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We hold them near and dear in our hearts and our minds.
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We fill up our lamps, we trim our Wicks, we look up and see
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our redemption is drawing near. Father Yahweh Everlasting L
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Elian Adonai Elroy El Shaddai, you are are everything.
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Yeshua Hamasiya, Hashem, You're the name that is above all names
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and the only one worthy of honor and glory and power forever and
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ever. Jesus Christ, Nazareth, we love
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you, the branch, we love you, and it's in your name that we
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pray. Amen.
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Let's start in verse one. And I looked and lo, a lamb
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stood on the Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 having his
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Father's name written in their foreheads.
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So here we're going to get to see this Armageddon scene.
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The church has already gone up and out.
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The seven-year tribulation period has culminated.
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The 144,000 Jewish remnant, the missionaries that have been sent
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out and sealed and protected are there with Jesus Christ on Mount
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Zion. He's going to come and he's
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going to annihilate all of the opposition with a sharp 2 edged
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sword coming from his mouth. Eyes like fire and hair like
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wool in the voice of the many multitudes friends, and his legs
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like bronze pillars, strong and immovable.
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Immutable is our God, and we serve Him with all of our
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strength and with all of our mind, and we choose Him above
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everything. And here he is coming back, not
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as the Lamb, but coming back as the lion roaring, friends, the
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Lion of Judah. And he's going to demolish all
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opposition here at the end in Armageddon.
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And I heard a voice from heaven as the voice of many waters and
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as the voice of a great Thunder. And I heard the voice of Harpers
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harping with their harps. Can you hear it, friends?
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Can you see it? I pray that you can.
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I pray that you've caught a glimpse of this heavenly seen.
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I pray that you look forward to this.
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I pray that you are in the camp of come Lord, come.
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I pray that you're not those who are trying to build a Kingdom
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here on this earth for yourself, which is futile.
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You need to be those who are heavenly minded so that you can
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be earthly good. And here you can see this scene
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unfolding. You see the Jewish nation still
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in existence during this time, and you see Jesus Christ here
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with his literal physical feet touching the earth here in
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Jerusalem. And isn't this an amazing scene?
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And you see that the song is going to break out.
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And he is worthy of adoration. He is worthy of our worship.
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Don't hold it back today. Pray to the Lord God and worship
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Him, you Saints. And they sung, as it were, a new
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song before the throne, and before the four beasts and the
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elders. And no man could learn that song
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but the 144,000 which were redeemed from the earth.
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Think about it friends. We have the opportunity now to
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worship God in a way that we will never have again, to trust
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Him and to have faith once we see him.
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Friends, we will be like Thomas when he says, blessed are you
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because you see and believe. But now we have an opportunity
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to worship Him and to serve Him and to love him, even though we
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have not seen him. And this is a wonderful
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opportunity. And this 144,000 they break out
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into this new song because of the redemption and the
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protection and the seal that was on them, and the fact that the
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Jews are still in existence. And it's worthy of worship and a
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song. And to God, miracles upon
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miracles, upon miracles breaking out for for the preservation of
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that nation Israel. And we are in amazement and in
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awe of a mighty God who is protecting them.
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For these are they which were not defiled with women, for they
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are virgins. These are they which follow the
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Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed from among
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men, being the first fruits unto God and to the Lamb.
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So if you remember, friends, when the seven-year tribulation
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started, the 144,000 went out as missionaries, evangelizing,
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talking about the God of Israel and Jesus Christ as Messiah.
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And there was a myriad, A countless sea of Gentiles who
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came in and there was no way to number them because there were
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so many. And here you can see the first
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fruits are the 144,012 thousand picked out of every tribe of
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Israel. And here you can see that they
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are singing a new song. They have kept themselves pure,
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and they are pleasing unto a holy God.
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And he's kept them all the way to the end.
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And the beast did not overcome them, friends.
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He was given power to overcome the Saints, but he was not given
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power to overcome this. 144,000 They stood the test of time,
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friends. And isn't that amazing how God
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can protect 5? And in their mouth was found no
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guile, for they are without fault before the throne of God.
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Imagine that just like Job, they are blameless.
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And that is the amazing fact here that this 144,000.
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They have counted the cost, they have kept themselves pure, and
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God has brought them all the way to the end, right here at the
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scene of Armageddon. 6 And I saw another Angel flying in the
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midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach
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unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation,
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kindred and tongue and people. So even the angels have become
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evangelists, and they're proclaiming the good news of
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Jesus Christ. And by the way, that is the only
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good news that there is in all of the world.
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There is no good news other than the salvation that Jesus Christ
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wrought for us on a criminal cross 2000 years ago.
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Everything from Genesis 1 all the way to Malachi was pointing
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towards the cross of Christ, and everything from the book of Acts
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to Revelation point back to the cross of Christ.
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It is the good news, friends, and it's available to every man,
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woman and child, regardless of race or creed or background,
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regardless of the sins that they've committed.
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It is available to them if they will stop playing games with God
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and release their own autonomy and release all of their own
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preconceived notions and trust in a glorious holy good God who
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provided Yeshua, provided Jesus Christ in the blood of Christ
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for the atonement for their sins, so that they can be one
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with Him and Him one with them and be ushered into paradise.
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Seven saying with a loud voice, Fear God, give glory to Him for
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the hour of His judgment has come and worship Him that made
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heaven and earth and see in the fountains of waters.
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How could you not worship the Creator?
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But so many people, they squander their inheritance for a
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mess of pottage because they are worshiping creation, friends,
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instead of the Creator who is forever to be praised and
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blessed and honored and glorified in the highest God
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Almighty Yahweh. That is the God that we serve.
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The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is who we serve, the God
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of Israel. And the fact that we can know
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Him and be known by Him is mind boggling friends, and it should
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cause us to fall prostate before Him on our faces like dead men,
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and give Him all honor and glory and do praise. 8 And there
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followed another Angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen
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that great city, because she made all nations drink of the
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wine, of the wrath of her fornication.
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So the Babylon friends, if you go back to the Tower of Babel,
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you go back to Nimrod, you go back and see that it is a world
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system that is in direct opposition to a holy God.
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And all they care about is the self vanity and pride.
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All they care about is mammon. All they care about is pleasure.
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And it has fallen and God has finally had enough and he has
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sent Jesus Christ. Jesus said no man knows the
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hour, but only the Father. And he sits and he waits for the
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father to say go. And here we're getting to read
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of that moment that the Father has said go and harvest all of
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the world. And you see the the wheat and
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the tares growing up together. And the angels wanted to know if
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they should go out and cut down all of the tares, but he said
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no, leave them to grow together. And one day the harvest will
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come. And here you see, the harvest
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has come, friends. And he's going to separate the
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wheat and the chaff, friends. He's going to separate the goats
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and the sheep friends. And what you're seeing in our
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day and our time is that good people have gotten a whole lot
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better and that bad people have gotten a whole lot worse. 9 And
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the third Angel followed them, saying with a loud voice if any
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man worship the beast in his image and receive his mark in
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his forehead or in his hand. So we talked a little bit about
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this mark. We talked about the mark of the
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beast, the 666. We talked about not being able
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to buy or sell anything in the last chapter.
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And see chapter 14 is the answer to chapter 13.
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When we ended on 13, it looked as if the beast and the false
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prophet, the unholy Trinity, was getting the best of the Saints.
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Now in 14, we finally get to see what their end is, friends.
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And so let's keep going the same.
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Verse 10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God,
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which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his
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indignation, and he shall be tormented with fire and
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brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence
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of the Lamb. So you need to understand that
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God Almighty is omnipresent here.
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He can see everything all at once.
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He knows everything that's going on inside of His creation.
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He created the galaxies, He created the bottom of the ocean.
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He created it all, and He even created hell to have a place
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where wicked souls would have to go, friends.
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And you can see here that the Lamb has a view of what is
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happening there in Hell. 11 And the smoke of their torment
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ascends up forever and ever. And they have no rest, day or
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night. Who worship the beast in his
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image, and whosoever receives the mark of his name.
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You have to understand this is willful rebellion against a
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loving and holy God. And even if you go back and you
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search the Scriptures and you find the story that Jesus told
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about the rich man and Lazarus, what you're going to find is
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that he said that he was in torment and he was looking for
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relief, but he was not looking for an escape.
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And that is what you need to know about those who go to hell.
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They are so incredibly reprobate and delusional and they're
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hostile towards God and they refuse God's offer of salvation.
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And if they are to breathe their last breath without putting
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their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, their fate is sealed.
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And then when he says forever and ever, it means no end.
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There is no chance beyond our last breath to make it right.
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We only have today. Today is the day of salvation.
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Put your faith in Him today. Do not wait for another day.
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Recommit your life to the Lord every single day of your life.
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For the rest of your life. You have to reorient and
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recalibrate. You have to get yourself in the
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Word of God, get in line with His will and with His plans that
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are perfect and pleasing. 12 Here is the patience of the
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Saints. Here are they that keep the
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commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.
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So during this seven-year tribulation, it's going to be
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hell on earth. It's going to be worse than it's
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ever been since the beginning of creation.
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And if God had not cut those days short, no one would
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survive. And you need to understand that
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it's going to call for an immense amount of faith on the
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part of the Saints. They're going to have to go
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through so many things that are unthinkable, and they're going
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to have to prevail. And they're going to have to
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keep their testimony and keep their allegiance with God
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Almighty, regardless if it cost them, their life will end.
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I said, we'll go to 13. And I heard a voice from heaven
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saying unto me, write, blessed are the dead which die in the
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Lord from now on. Yeah, says the Spirit, that they
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may rest from their laborers and their works do follow them.
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So you can see here that this is a wonderful passage for anybody
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who's going through persecution. And we can only imagine that
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this verse particularly has been, is being and will be of
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great comfort to every single persecuted person.
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And he's telling us that he is to write this down, and he's
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saying that we are blessed when we die in the Lord and from now
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on. We may have our rest, and that
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all the things that we have done will follow us.
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Our salvation is not works based, but our rewards are. 14
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And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud once
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sat like unto the Son of Man, having on his head a golden
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crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.
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So this is a vision of Armageddon, and we get to see
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Jesus Christ coming with the sickle in his hand. 15 And
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another other Angel came out of the temple crying, with a loud
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voice to him that sat on the cloud.
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Thrust in your sickle and reap, for the time has come for you to
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reap, For the harvest of the earth is ripe.
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Do you not see it, friends, that the harvest is right?
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Lookout and see. The harvest is plenty, but the
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workers are few. And here you see Jesus Christ
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waiting for the command of the Father to go, and he's waiting
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now for that moment, and we get to see it here.
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And this Angel gets to come, and he gets to pronounce the time
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that is appropriate. 16 And he that sat on the cloud thrust in
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his sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped.
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So this is the great end of it all, where Jesus Christ comes
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and he puts his enemies under his feet as a footstool, and he
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does away with Satan and he puts them in prison, and there is no
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more temptation on the earth for 1000 years.
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And you can see here that the beast, the Antichrist, and the
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false prophet are thrown into the lake of fire.
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Friends. 17 And another Angel came out of the temple which is
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in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle. 18 And another
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Angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire, and
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cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle
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saying, Thrust in your sharp sickle, and gather the clusters
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of the vine of the earth, for her grapes are fully ripe.
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So you can see that evil is having a heyday.
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You can see that there is so much wickedness even in the
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highest places, and here it is ripe for judgment. 19 And the
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Angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine
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of the earth and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath
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of God. We've seen this imagery
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throughout the Scriptures and in the Old Testament, where Jesus
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is treading in the winepress and he has all of the blood all over
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his robe. And here we're going.
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We're going to get to see it at the end of Armageddon and what
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it all looks like, and we'll end on 20.
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And the wine press was trouting without the city, and blood came
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out of the wine press even unto the horses bridles by the space
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of 1600 furlongs. And you can see that this is
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packed three feet plus high in the blood that flows in this
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literal geographical place called Megiddo friends, which is
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where we get our word Armageddon from.
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And you need to know this is an actual battle that is going to
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ensue and Jesus Christ is going to get the victory.
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He's already won our salvation and now He is coming to make
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every wrong thing right and to remove all opposition to His
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thousand year reign that's about to happen.
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I hope you've been blessed by this amazing chapter in God's
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Word. I know I sure have.
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Stay prayed up, but on that full armor produce the fruits of the
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Spirit in your life. Do not live in fear, fear of man
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Go. We are more than conquerors in
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Christ Jesus. Put your nose in the book.
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Don't take my word for it, read it, believe it, ask the Lord God
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to help you understand it. The Holy Spirit welling up
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inside of you to help you to understand it.
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I love you, praying for you and we'll see you back here
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tomorrow. God bless you.