WEBVTT 00:00.076 --> 00:04.480 (MUSIC) 00:05.223 --> 00:11.535 LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH, I NEED YOU TO LIFT UP YOUR VOICES RIGHT NOW 00:12.001 --> 00:16.627 AND GIVE YOUR BEST PRAISE TO THE KING OF KINGS. HE'S THE ONE WHO 00:16.627 --> 00:22.157 DESERVES ALL HONOR, ALL GLORY, AND ALL OF OUR PRAISE. AMEN. I 00:27.034 --> 01:11.329 (MUSIC) 01:11.329 --> 01:21.175 (MUSIC) 01:21.175 --> 01:26.814 (MUSIC) 01:26.814 --> 01:37.187 (MUSIC) 01:37.187 --> 01:47.868 (MUSIC) 01:47.868 --> 01:55.185 (MUSIC) 01:55.185 --> 02:03.450 (MUSIC) 02:03.450 --> 02:09.347 (MUSIC) 02:09.347 --> 02:18.979 (MUSIC) 02:18.979 --> 02:24.147 (MUSIC) 02:24.147 --> 02:31.212 (MUSIC) 02:31.212 --> 02:37.465 (MUSIC) 02:37.465 --> 02:43.293 (MUSIC) 02:46.414 --> 02:59.896 (MUSIC) 02:59.896 --> 03:07.722 (MUSIC) 03:07.722 --> 03:14.214 (MUSIC) 03:15.216 --> 03:23.997 (MUSIC) 03:23.997 --> 03:31.975 (MUSIC) 03:31.975 --> 03:39.360 (MUSIC) 03:39.360 --> 03:48.901 (MUSIC) 03:48.901 --> 03:56.787 (MUSIC) 03:56.787 --> 04:03.380 (MUSIC) 04:03.380 --> 04:10.567 (MUSIC) 04:10.567 --> 04:21.380 (MUSIC) 04:21.380 --> 04:33.919 (MUSIC) 04:33.919 --> 04:44.791 (MUSIC) 04:44.791 --> 05:02.601 (MUSIC) 05:02.601 --> 05:11.271 (MUSIC) 05:11.271 --> 05:14.743 (MUSIC) 05:14.743 --> 05:29.957 (MUSIC) 05:29.957 --> 05:44.379 (MUSIC) 05:44.379 --> 05:59.572 (MUSIC) 05:59.572 --> 06:10.340 (MUSIC) 06:10.340 --> 06:20.240 (MUSIC) 06:20.240 --> 06:32.522 (MUSIC) 06:32.522 --> 06:46.096 (MUSIC) 06:46.096 --> 06:56.179 (MUSIC) 06:56.179 --> 07:07.552 (MUSIC) 07:07.552 --> 07:18.486 (MUSIC) 07:18.486 --> 07:31.341 (MUSIC) 07:31.341 --> 07:44.490 (MUSIC) 07:44.490 --> 08:16.303 (MUSIC) 08:18.586 --> 08:21.255 JUST MAGNIFY HIS NAME RIGHT NOW. 08:21.483 --> 08:24.817 WE SAY JESUS OVER EVERY SITUATION AND 08:24.817 --> 08:32.720 CIRCUMSTANCE. EVERY CONDITION, EVERY FEELING OF HOPELESSNESS 08:32.720 --> 08:38.615 AND DESPAIR, WE SPEAK THE NAME OF JESUS THAT BREAKS THROUGH 08:38.615 --> 08:42.344 WITH HIS ETERNAL LIFE. THE SAME POWER THAT RAISED HIM FROM THE 08:42.344 --> 08:47.294 DEAD, I SPEAK IT OVER YOUR LIFE AND ALL THAT CONCERNS YOU TO 08:47.294 --> 08:51.597 ENTER INTO THE FULLNESS OF WHAT HIS WORD HAS ALREADY SAID. 08:54.145 --> 09:08.169 (MUSIC) 09:08.169 --> 09:16.013 (MUSIC) 09:16.013 --> 09:25.389 (MUSIC) 09:25.389 --> 09:34.765 (MUSIC) 09:34.765 --> 09:44.637 (MUSIC) 09:44.637 --> 09:53.262 (MUSIC) 09:53.262 --> 10:04.067 (MUSIC) 10:04.067 --> 10:14.701 (MUSIC) 10:14.701 --> 10:22.566 (MUSIC) 10:22.566 --> 10:30.716 (MUSIC) 10:32.880 --> 10:41.741 (MUSIC) 10:41.741 --> 10:49.975 (MUSIC) 10:49.975 --> 10:57.730 (MUSIC) 10:57.730 --> 11:50.775 (MUSIC) 11:50.775 --> 12:05.561 (MUSIC) 12:05.561 --> 12:15.190 (MUSIC) 12:15.190 --> 12:22.116 (MUSIC) 12:22.116 --> 12:33.234 (MUSIC) 12:33.234 --> 12:43.827 (MUSIC) 12:43.827 --> 12:52.532 (MUSIC) 12:52.532 --> 13:01.683 (MUSIC) 13:01.683 --> 13:09.923 (MUSIC) 13:09.923 --> 13:22.793 (MUSIC) 13:22.793 --> 13:31.563 (MUSIC) 13:31.563 --> 13:37.298 (MUSIC) 13:37.298 --> 14:24.040 (MUSIC) 14:24.040 --> 14:42.086 (MUSIC) 14:44.259 --> 14:52.586 JESUS, ALL GLORY TO YOU! ALL HONOR AND POWER WE GIVE TO YOU 14:52.586 --> 15:00.142 TONIGHT AS WE ARE UNIFIED AS ONE UNDER THIS ROOF, UNIFIED IN THE 15:00.142 --> 15:04.690 SPIRIT OF GOD HIMSELF, CALLING FOR THE GLORY AND THE 15:04.690 --> 15:11.598 MANIFESTATION OF YOUR PRESENCE TO INVADE THIS NATION, TO INVADE 15:11.598 --> 15:16.745 THIS CITY, TO INVADE THIS STATE, TO INVADE THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS. 15:16.745 --> 15:25.724 WE CALL UPON YOUR NAME. AND WE SAY, LET YOUR WILL BE DONE AS 15:25.724 --> 15:37.253 YOUR KINGDOM COMES, IN JESUS' MIGHTY NAME. HALLELUJAH, 15:37.253 --> 15:46.208 HALLELUJAH! LET'S GIVE HIM PRAISE! LORD, WE LOVE YOU. WE 15:46.208 --> 15:52.770 HONOR YOU. NOT FOR WHAT YOU DO, BUT FOR WHO YOU ARE. YOU'RE A 15:52.770 --> 15:59.235 GOD THAT IS FAITHFUL. YOUR WORDS NEVER FAIL. BUT MORE IMPORTANT 15:59.235 --> 16:04.493 THAN ANYTHING ELSE, YOU DESIRE TO BE WITH US. AND SO WE GIVE 16:04.493 --> 16:10.548 OUR LOVE BACK TO YOU AND WE SAY WE DESIRE TO BE WITH YOU. AMEN 16:10.548 --> 16:14.821 AND AMEN. HOW MANY ARE READY FOR PASTOR DOUG'S WORD AS HE 16:14.821 --> 16:22.189 FINISHES UP REVELATION TONIGHT? BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BELABOR. 16:22.189 --> 16:26.207 FIND SOMEONE CLOSE TO YOU AND SAY, HEY, DID YOU KNOW THAT THE 16:26.207 --> 16:29.742 SPIRIT OF GOD IS INSIDE OF YOU? ALL RIGHT. 16:31.421 --> 17:07.593 (MUSIC) 17:08.822 --> 17:10.417 WELL, GLORY TO GOD, 17:10.417 --> 17:15.119 EVERYONE. IT IS OFFERING TIME HERE ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT. I'M 17:15.119 --> 17:20.762 GOING TO BE SUPER SHORT. I'M IN MINUTEMAN MODE THIS EVENING. 17:20.762 --> 17:24.359 BECAUSE PASTOR DOUG IS LOOKING TO GET THROUGH THE BOOK OF 17:24.359 --> 17:28.148 REVELATION, A JOURNEY HE STARTED SOME TIME AGO, AND I'M GOING TO 17:28.148 --> 17:31.423 YIELD MOST OF MY TIME BACK TO HIM. SO LET'S JUST GET RIGHT 17:31.423 --> 17:34.233 INTO IT. LET ME PUT UP A SCRIPTURE FOR YOU HERE TONIGHT. 17:34.233 --> 17:39.388 THIS IS 1 TIMOTHY 6:17. I'M GOING TO READ IT FIRST OUT OF 17:39.388 --> 17:44.590 THE NEW LIFE VERSION. IT SAYS, “TELL THOSE WHO ARE RICH IN THIS 17:44.590 --> 17:49.903 WORLD NOT TO BE PROUD, AND NOT TO TRUST IN THEIR MONEY. MONEY 17:49.903 --> 17:54.558 CANNOT BE TRUSTED. THEY SHOULD PUT THEIR TRUST IN GOD. HE GIVES 17:54.558 --> 17:59.775 US ALL WE NEED FOR OUR HAPPINESS.” AND THEN LET'S LOOK 17:59.775 --> 18:02.825 AT THIS AGAIN IN THE MESSAGE BIBLE. I REALLY LIKE THIS. IT 18:02.825 --> 18:08.427 SAYS, “TELL THOSE RICH IN THIS WORLD'S WEALTH TO QUIT BEING SO 18:08.427 --> 18:12.536 FULL OF THEMSELVES AND SO OBSESSED WITH MONEY, WHICH IS 18:12.536 --> 18:17.597 HERE TODAY AND GONE TOMORROW. TELL THEM TO GO AFTER GOD WHO 18:17.597 --> 18:25.612 PILES ON ALL THE RICHES WE COULD EVER MANAGE.” I DON'T HAVE MANY 18:25.612 --> 18:32.184 WORDS. SELF-EXPLANATORY. I GOT 6 WORDS: TRUST IN GOD, NOT IN 18:32.184 --> 18:39.021 MONEY. JUST BE GENEROUS IN YOUR GIVING, FOLKS. THE LORD IS GOING 18:39.021 --> 18:42.961 TO PROVIDE ALL THAT YOU NEED. HE'LL SUPPLY EVERYTHING WE NEED 18:42.961 --> 18:46.984 THROUGH HIS RICHES AND GLORY. HALLELUJAH. LET'S ALL TRUST GOD 18:46.984 --> 18:51.296 WITH OUR MONEY. THEY CAN PUT UP THE WAYS TO GIVE HERE TONIGHT. 18:51.296 --> 18:55.945 LIKE I SAID, I'M IN SUPER SHORT MODE. GIVE GENEROUSLY, STORE UP 18:55.945 --> 18:59.872 TREASURE WHERE NO MOTH, NO RUST CAN GET TO IT, AND RECEIVE FROM 18:59.872 --> 19:04.136 THE LORD ALL YOU NEED FOR HAPPINESS AND EVEN MORE THAN WE 19:04.136 --> 19:07.871 CAN MANAGE. I LIKE THAT. THAT'S CALLED OVERFLOW. OVERFLOW. THERE 19:07.871 --> 19:11.299 ARE MULTIPLE WAYS TO GIVE. IF YOU NEED AN ENVELOPE AND YOU'RE 19:11.299 --> 19:13.954 IN HERE, THE USHERS ARE UP AND DOWN THE AISLES. JUST RAISE YOUR 19:13.954 --> 19:15.885 HAND IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN ENVELOPE ALREADY, THEY'LL GIVE 19:15.885 --> 19:20.660 YOU ONE. OBVIOUSLY, YOU CAN SEND IT TO US THROUGH THE USPS IF 19:20.660 --> 19:24.788 THAT'S STILL A TRUSTED METHOD IN YOUR BOOK. WE STILL RECEIVE MAIL 19:24.788 --> 19:28.396 OCCASIONALLY, AND WE'RE BLESSED WHEN WE SEE IT. IT'S P.O. BOX 19:28.396 --> 19:37.340 391157, OMAHA, NEBRASKA 68139-1157. TEXT TO GIVE, 19:37.340 --> 19:41.693 GREAT METHOD ACCORDING TO ME. TEXT “LORDOFHOSTS” TO 19:41.693 --> 19:52.430 833-309-5698. OR YOU CAN USE OUR MOBILE APP, SCAN OUR QR CODE, OR 19:52.430 --> 19:59.107 VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT LOHCHURCH.ORG/GIVE. I SEE NO 19:59.107 --> 20:03.357 HANDS IN THE AIR. SO I'M ASSUMING WE'RE READY. EVERYBODY 20:03.357 --> 20:07.451 READY HERE AND ONLINE? IF SO, LET'S HOLD UP OUR OFFERINGS, 20:07.451 --> 20:12.251 ENVELOPES, DEVICES, WHATEVER YOU HAVE, AND WE'LL PRAY A QUICK 20:12.251 --> 20:15.077 BLESSING OVER THIS AND GET PASTOR DOUG RIGHT UP HERE. 20:15.077 --> 20:19.428 FATHER, IN THE NAME OF JESUS, WE BLESS EVERY GIFT AND EVERY GIVER 20:19.428 --> 20:23.907 IN THIS ROOM AND ONLINE, AND WE DECLARE THAT EVERY SEED SOWN 20:23.907 --> 20:28.017 HERE TONIGHT WILL PRODUCE AN ABUNDANT HARVEST IN ITS RETURN, 20:28.017 --> 20:31.428 AND ONE THAT IS OVERFLOWING, ONE THAT WE CANNOT 20:31.428 --> 20:36.425 EVEN MANAGE. AND AS WE TRUST YOU WITH OUR FINANCES, LORD, YOU 20:36.425 --> 20:40.648 WILL ALWAYS ENSURE THAT WE HAVE EVERYTHING WE NEED FOR OUR 20:40.648 --> 20:45.768 ENJOYMENT, HAPPINESS, AND EVERY PROVISION. AND ALL WHO WOULD 20:45.768 --> 20:52.010 AGREE SAID AMEN. SHOUT HALLELUJAH AS PASTOR DOUG COMES. 20:59.952 --> 21:04.074 THANK YOU, PASTOR MARC. WE APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. DON'T 21:04.074 --> 21:09.631 WE HAVE A GOOD TEAM HERE? I'M SO THANKFUL FOR EVERYONE, AND ALL 21:09.631 --> 21:11.709 OF YOU ESPECIALLY THAT COME OUT ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT. YOU COULD 21:11.709 --> 21:17.484 STAY HOME AND EAT POPCORN AND WATCH ONLINE, BUT YOU CHOSE TO 21:17.484 --> 21:22.083 COME OUT, SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. MY WIFE ASKED ME TO 21:22.083 --> 21:24.514 REMEMBER, AND I'LL JUST DO IT RIGHT NOW WHILE IT'S ON MY MIND. 21:26.010 --> 21:31.421 THIS COMING SATURDAY, WE HAVE HOPE AND HEALING SEMINAR. WHAT 21:31.421 --> 21:36.796 DO YOU CALL IT? HOPE AND HEALING. ONE-DAY EVENT. THAT'S 21:36.796 --> 21:39.930 WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR. THE ONE-DAY EVENT, IT RUNS FROM 10 21:39.930 --> 21:44.421 TILL 2 PM, AND LUNCH IS PROVIDED. YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO 21:44.421 --> 21:47.971 PAY FOR LUNCH IF YOU COME TO THAT, AND YOU GET SOME GREAT 21:47.971 --> 21:51.918 INSIGHTS ON HOW TO DEAL WITH THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE. SO IF 21:51.918 --> 21:55.943 THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MIGHT FIT IN YOUR CATEGORY NOW, OR YOU 21:55.943 --> 21:59.615 KNOW SOMEONE THAT COULD USE THAT INFORMATION, THE HELP, THE 21:59.615 --> 22:02.902 ENCOURAGEMENT, EVEN JUST GETTING AROUND OTHER BELIEVERS THAT ARE 22:02.902 --> 22:05.131 GOING THROUGH THE SAME THING SOMETIMES REALLY MAKES A 22:05.131 --> 22:08.113 DIFFERENCE AND HELPS AND DEVELOPS FRIENDSHIPS. SO FEEL 22:08.113 --> 22:10.663 FREE TO SIGN UP FOR THAT TONIGHT SO THEY KNOW HOW MANY WILL BE 22:10.663 --> 22:14.768 THERE, AND YOU CAN DO THAT. AND LET'S JUST OPEN WITH A WORD OF 22:14.768 --> 22:17.398 PRAYER. FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO 22:17.398 --> 22:20.527 BE HERE TONIGHT IN YOUR HOUSE TO LOOK AT YOUR WORD. I THANK YOU, 22:20.527 --> 22:24.795 LORD, THAT YOU'VE TOLD US THE BOOK OF REVELATION IS A SPECIAL 22:24.795 --> 22:28.485 BOOK, LORD, BECAUSE THERE'S A SPECIAL BLESSING FOR THOSE THAT 22:28.485 --> 22:35.624 HEAR, THOSE THAT OBEY AND KEEP THAT WORD. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, 22:35.624 --> 22:40.021 LORD, TONIGHT WE JUST ASK FOR YOUR BLESSING UPON US AS WE 22:40.021 --> 22:42.363 SHARE OUT OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION. AND I THANK YOU, 22:42.363 --> 22:46.053 LORD, THAT WE WILL BE BLESSED IN WHATEVER WAY, LORD, THAT MEANS. 22:46.053 --> 22:48.313 I DON'T KNOW IF I EVEN UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT WE KNOW YOU 22:48.313 --> 22:54.004 UNDERSTAND IT, LORD, AND WE TAKE YOUR WORD AT ITS TRUTH, AT THE 22:54.004 --> 22:56.713 SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT, THAT WE ARE BLESSED WHEN WE STUDY THE 22:56.713 --> 22:59.518 BOOK OF REVELATION. SO WE ASK FOR THAT TONIGHT. OPEN OUR 22:59.518 --> 23:02.564 UNDERSTANDING, LORD. MAY WE UNDERSTAND AND SEE THINGS THAT 23:02.564 --> 23:06.315 WE HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE, BUT MOST OF ALL, TO HONOR YOU AND BLESS 23:06.315 --> 23:12.258 YOU AND TO LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT YOU HAVE PUT IN PLACE FOR OUR 23:12.258 --> 23:16.500 ETERNITY, AND TO HELP US, LORD, TO MOTIVATE OTHERS TO FOLLOW YOU 23:16.500 --> 23:19.552 AND TO COME TO KNOW YOU IF THEY DON'T ALREADY SO THAT THEY DO 23:19.552 --> 23:23.177 NOT MISS OUT ON YOUR GREAT PLAN FOR THEIR LIVES. AND WE THANK 23:23.177 --> 23:30.199 YOU FOR IT IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS. AMEN. AMEN. I'VE GOT THIS 23:30.199 --> 23:32.315 IN MY HEART, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT APPLIES TO SOMEONE HERE OR 23:32.315 --> 23:35.352 SOMEONE ONLINE, BUT I'M GOING TO DO IT REAL QUICK BECAUSE IT'S 23:35.352 --> 23:38.680 HEAVY ON ME. IS THERE SOMEONE HERE AND YOU'RE ACTIVELY LOOKING 23:38.680 --> 23:42.002 FOR A JOB? JOB. YOU'RE EITHER OUT OF WORK OR YOU'RE 23:42.002 --> 23:45.214 UNSATISFIED AND YOU'VE GOT A POSITION. OH, RUN UP HERE RIGHT 23:45.214 --> 23:48.586 NOW. THAT'S YOU AND THERE MAY BE SOMEONE ONLINE THEN TOO. I JUST 23:48.586 --> 23:53.017 BELIEVE THE LORD PUT THAT ON MY HEART AND I COULDN'T SHAKE IT. 23:53.017 --> 23:56.614 SO CONGREGATION, WHAT I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU DO IS JUST STRETCH 23:56.614 --> 23:59.263 YOUR HANDS TOWARDS HER AND WE'RE GOING TO BELIEVE FOR A 23:59.263 --> 24:03.020 SUPERNATURAL BLESSING. ARE YOU OUT OF WORK LOOKING FOR WORK OR 24:03.020 --> 24:06.935 ARE YOU LOOKING FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT? OKAY, AND YOU'RE 24:06.935 --> 24:09.436 FEELING LIKE IT'S AN URGENT THING IS WHAT I'M GETTING, THAT 24:09.436 --> 24:14.890 IT'S GOT TO HAPPEN. SO LORD, WE ASK YOU TO JUST BREAK THROUGH ON 24:14.890 --> 24:20.305 HER BEHALF IN A SUPERNATURAL WAY, LORD, THAT YOUR FAVOR COMES 24:20.305 --> 24:24.082 UPON HER. LORD, THAT HER RESUME RISES TO THE TOP WHEREVER IT MAY 24:24.082 --> 24:28.839 LAND. AND I THANK YOU, LORD, THAT SHE IS ABOVE AND NOT 24:28.839 --> 24:32.264 BENEATH. AND LORD, YOU HAVE A DIVINE PLAN FOR HER TO MOVE HER 24:32.264 --> 24:36.179 INTO THE POSITION THAT YOU HAVE FOR HER. LORD, NOT ONLY THAT 24:36.179 --> 24:39.468 IT'LL BE MORE PROSPEROUS FINANCIALLY FOR HER, A BETTER 24:39.468 --> 24:42.772 POSITION, BUT LORD, THAT IT'LL BE THE RIGHT POSITION BEFORE HER 24:42.772 --> 24:46.462 FUTURE. I THANK YOU, LORD, THAT YOU HAVE YOUR HAND ON HER FOR 24:46.462 --> 24:49.591 GOOD, AND YOU WILL DIRECT HER PATHS, AND YOU'LL GIVE HER 24:49.591 --> 24:53.842 WISDOM AS SHE GOES ABOUT FINDING THE RIGHT THING. AND WE CLAIM 24:53.842 --> 24:56.265 THAT FOR ANYONE WATCHING ONLINE TONIGHT THAT MIGHT BE IN THE 24:56.265 --> 25:00.425 SAME SITUATION. ALL AND I THANK YOU, LORD, FOR YOUR SUPERNATURAL 25:00.425 --> 25:04.136 FAVOR ON THIS. AND HERE'S WHAT I'M GONNA SAY TO YOU, TERESA. 25:04.136 --> 25:09.116 SUPERNATURAL HAS TWO PARTS TO IT. IT'S SUPER, MEANS THAT GOD 25:09.116 --> 25:12.172 CAN JUST MOVE AHEAD AND DO SOMETHING ON YOUR BEHALF BECAUSE 25:12.172 --> 25:14.937 YOU'RE HIS CHILD AND HE HAS A PLAN FOR YOU. BUT ALSO, DON'T 25:14.937 --> 25:17.522 FORGET TO DO WHAT YOU NEED TO IN THE NATURAL. MAKE SURE THAT 25:17.522 --> 25:21.232 YOU'RE MAKING YOUR CONTACTS AND REACHING OUT. AND THEN IT FLOWS 25:21.232 --> 25:25.263 TOGETHER AND GOD'LL PROVIDE. AMEN, AMEN, AMEN. PRAISE GOD. 25:25.263 --> 25:30.916 YOU CAN BE SEATED IF YOU WOULD. IF YOU'RE NOT, WELL, LET'S DO 25:30.916 --> 25:34.708 THIS. EVERY TIME WE HAVE LOOKED AT THE BOOK OF REVELATION, I 25:34.708 --> 25:37.262 KIND OF WANT TO ALWAYS GIVE A REVIEW BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE HAVE 25:37.262 --> 25:39.994 PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND I DON'T WANT TO 25:39.994 --> 25:44.572 WIND UP AT THE LAST 2 BOOKS OF REVELATION AND NOT AT LEAST GIVE 25:44.572 --> 25:49.408 YOU A LITTLE INSIGHT AS TO WHERE WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE ENTIRE 25:49.408 --> 25:52.156 BOOK. SO IF YOU'LL PUT UP THAT SCREEN AGAIN IN THE CENTER FOR 25:52.156 --> 25:55.516 ME WITH THE TIMELINE, WE'LL JUST TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A MINUTE. 25:55.516 --> 26:01.577 MINUTE, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE RIGHT ON TO REVELATION 21, IF WE 26:01.577 --> 26:04.954 CAN HAVE THE TIMELINE. DO WE HAVE ANYONE IN GRAPHICS TONIGHT? 26:06.637 --> 26:11.919 I KNOW YOU'VE GOT IT BECAUSE I GAVE IT TO YOU. WHAT'S THAT? 26:13.336 --> 26:18.837 TARRYING? IT'S TARRYING. IT'S PRAYING. IT'S WAITING. WELL, 26:18.837 --> 26:24.735 MAYBE WE'LL SKIP THAT TONIGHT. AND JUST TALK ABOUT REVELATION 26:24.735 --> 26:27.624 WHILE THEY'RE FINDING IT. MAYBE WE HAVE A— DO WE HAVE A 26:27.624 --> 26:32.021 TECHNICAL GLITCH? SOMETHING NOT WORKING MAYBE? OKAY, WE'LL JUST 26:32.021 --> 26:36.194 TALK ABOUT IT FOR A MINUTE. WE STARTED OUT WITH REVELATION 1 26:36.194 --> 26:39.645 THROUGH 3, WHICH IS REALLY THE CHURCH AGE. THAT'S WHERE THE 7 26:39.645 --> 26:43.674 LETTERS TO THE 7 CHURCHES WERE WRITTEN AND APPLIES TO US 26:43.674 --> 26:47.847 BASICALLY, THOSE 7 LETTERS. AND THEN IN REVELATION CHAPTERS 4 26:47.847 --> 26:49.676 AND 5, WE LOOKED AT THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH. LORD OF HOSTS 26:49.676 --> 26:51.855 CHURCH. THAT'S WHERE THE BELIEVERS IN CHRIST WILL BE 26:51.855 --> 26:56.022 TAKEN UP. THE BIBLE SAYS IN 1 THESSALONIANS 4, "THE DEAD IN 26:56.022 --> 26:58.986 CHRIST WILL RISE FIRST." THAT MEANS THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE 26:58.986 --> 27:02.512 BURIED TODAY IN THE GRAVE, OR WILL BE WHEN JESUS COMES, THEY 27:02.512 --> 27:06.038 RISE UP OUT OF THEIR GRAVE, AND THEN THOSE OF US THAT ARE ALIVE 27:06.038 --> 27:09.323 WILL BE TAKEN UP AT THAT POINT IN TIME. JESUS ACTUALLY DOESN'T 27:09.323 --> 27:15.814 COME TO EARTH THEN, HE COMES IN THE CLOUDS AND RECEIVES US. AND 27:15.814 --> 27:19.167 AT THAT POINT, THE BELIEVERS THAT HAVE DIED THAT ARE IN 27:19.167 --> 27:22.696 HEAVEN NOW, THEIR SPIRITS ARE IN HEAVEN, THEIR SPIRITS WILL BE 27:22.696 --> 27:25.343 REUNITED WITH THEIR EARTHLY BODIES. THEIR BODIES ARE 27:25.343 --> 27:29.450 BASICALLY RECREATED. THEIR ASHES COME BACK TO LIFE. SO THAT'S 27:29.450 --> 27:32.257 WHAT HAPPENS DURING THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH. AND THEN AT THAT 27:32.257 --> 27:37.070 POINT, THE CHURCH ACTUALLY MOVES INTO THE MARRIAGE SUPPER OF THE 27:37.070 --> 27:41.033 LAMB AND THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST. SO THAT'S HAPPENING IN 27:42.426 --> 27:47.905 WHILE ON EARTH WE SEE IN CHAPTER 6 THE TRIBULATION PERIOD STARTS. 27:47.905 --> 27:51.785 AND WE LOOKED AT THAT INTO SOME DETAIL. THE FIRST HALF BEGINS 27:51.785 --> 27:56.937 WITH THE ANTICHRIST, AND HE MAKES A FALSE PEACE TREATY WITH 27:56.937 --> 28:00.639 ISRAEL. AND THOSE FIRST 3.5 YEARS ARE PRETTY MILD. THERE'S A 28:00.639 --> 28:03.327 FEW JUDGMENTS THAT HIT THE EARTH DURING THAT TIME, BUT THEN THE 28:03.327 --> 28:06.625 SECOND HALF IS CALLED THE GREAT TRIBULATION. THAT'S THE FINAL 28:06.625 --> 28:09.678 3.5 YEARS OF THE GREAT TRIBULATION PERIOD. IT'S 28:09.678 --> 28:13.128 THE MOST SEVERE ONE WHERE THE JUDGMENTS, THE SEALS, THE 28:13.128 --> 28:17.476 TRUMPETS, AND THE BOWLS ALL CONTINUE TO TAKE PLACE ON THE 28:17.476 --> 28:21.552 EARTH. BUT WE ALSO BROUGHT UP THE FACT THAT THERE WAS MUCH 28:21.552 --> 28:25.821 OPPORTUNITY DURING THE TRIBULATION FOR SALVATION. GOD'S 28:25.821 --> 28:28.886 GRACE AND MERCY IS ABUNDANT DURING THE TRIBULATION PERIOD. 28:28.886 --> 28:31.437 IN FACT, IT WILL BE ONE OF THE TIMES WHEN THERE IS A GREAT, 28:31.437 --> 28:36.460 GREAT HARVEST OF SOULS. THERE ARE 144,000 JEWISH EVANGELISTS 28:36.460 --> 28:41.155 WE TALKED ABOUT THE 144,000 BILLY GRAHAMS THAT'LL BE 28:41.155 --> 28:43.959 CIRCULATING AROUND THE EARTH AT THAT POINT IN TIME WINNING 28:43.959 --> 28:48.510 SOULS. THERE'S TWO WITNESSES THAT ARE ALIVE FOR 1,260 DAYS, 28:48.510 --> 28:52.837 THAT 3.5-YEAR PERIOD, AND THEY DO SUPERNATURAL MIRACLES AND 28:52.837 --> 28:57.788 PROPHESY FROM ISRAEL. AND AT THE END OF THEIR TIME, THEY ARE 28:57.788 --> 29:01.474 KILLED, BUT THEY'LL BE BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE AND RESURRECTED. 29:01.474 --> 29:05.665 SO WE ARE NOW AT THE END OF THE 29:05.665 --> 29:09.826 TRIBULATION RIGHT HERE WHEN WE SEE THAT THOSE TWO WITNESSES 29:09.826 --> 29:15.465 HAVE BEEN ALIVE AND PROPHESYING DURING THAT POINT IN TIME. AND 29:15.465 --> 29:20.269 THEN THE WORLD WILL SEE THEM COME TO LIFE AND RESURRECTED. 29:20.269 --> 29:24.045 AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE ARE LIVING IN A DAY WHEN 29:24.045 --> 29:28.640 THE WORLD CAN SEE. THAT HASN'T BEEN TRUE IN THE PAST 29:28.640 --> 29:31.849 GENERATIONS. SO, YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE SET UP NOW 29:31.849 --> 29:34.175 SO THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN AT SOME POINT IN TIME IN THE 29:34.175 --> 29:37.544 FUTURE. AND THEN WE MOVE TO THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS. SOME 29:37.544 --> 29:39.951 PEOPLE CONFUSE THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH WITH THE SECOND 29:39.951 --> 29:43.063 COMING. THERE'S TWO SEPARATE EVENTS. THE SECOND COMING IS 29:43.063 --> 29:46.111 ACTUALLY WHEN WE ARE— OUR MARRIAGE SUPPER OF THE LAMB AND 29:46.111 --> 29:48.951 OUR JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST IS OVER DURING THAT 7-YEAR PERIOD, 29:48.951 --> 29:52.528 AND THEN WE COME BACK WITH THE LORD AT JESUS' SECOND COMING. 29:52.528 --> 29:55.079 WE'RE RIDING WHITE HORSES, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT, FOLLOWING 29:55.079 --> 29:58.869 JESUS. AND THE ARMIES OF THE EARTH WILL BE GATHERED AT 29:58.869 --> 30:03.205 THIS POINT TO BATTLE, AND JESUS BASICALLY WIPES THEM OUT RIGHT 30:03.205 --> 30:06.594 THERE ON THE SPOT WITH THE WORD OF HIS TESTIMONY AND THE FIRE 30:06.594 --> 30:10.529 THAT COMES FROM HIS MOUTH. SO THAT'S REVELATION 19. AND THEN 30:10.529 --> 30:14.046 WE MOVE INTO THE 1,000-YEAR MILLENNIAL REIGN, AND THAT'S A 30:14.046 --> 30:19.185 WONDERFUL TIME ON THE EARTH WHEN NATURAL PEOPLE WILL BE ALIVE AND 30:19.185 --> 30:22.729 ACTUALLY BE REPLENISHING THE EARTH AND BORN DURING THAT TIME, 30:22.729 --> 30:25.554 AND WE'LL BE RULING AND REIGNING WITH CHRIST DURING THAT 30:25.554 --> 30:30.300 1,000-YEAR PERIOD. AFTER THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOM, THE BIBLE 30:30.300 --> 30:33.417 DESCRIBES THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT. THAT'S THE FINAL 30:33.417 --> 30:37.950 JUDGMENT AT THE END, AND THAT'S WHEN THE LAKE OF FIRE COMES INTO 30:37.950 --> 30:43.577 EFFECT. AND REALLY, WE TALK ABOUT H***, AND H*** IS REALLY A 30:43.577 --> 30:46.989 TEMPORARY WORD BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL ACTUALLY END UP IN THE LAKE 30:46.989 --> 30:49.847 OF FIRE. THAT'S THE CORRECT TERM. WHAT IS 30:49.847 --> 30:54.610 ETERNAL H*** IS THE LAKE OF FIRE, AND NONE OF US WANT TO GO 30:54.610 --> 30:58.122 THERE, AMEN? SO THAT'S THE FINAL JUDGMENT FOR THOSE THAT HAVE 30:58.122 --> 31:02.371 DIED WITHOUT CHRIST, A SOBERING CONCLUSION FOR THOSE THAT DON'T 31:02.371 --> 31:06.781 REPENT AND COME TO CHRIST. AND THEN WE MOVE INTO REVELATION 20 31:06.781 --> 31:09.668 AND 22, THE NEW HEAVEN AND THE NEW EARTH, AND THAT'S WHERE 31:09.668 --> 31:12.394 WE'RE AT TONIGHT. AND LAST TIME THAT WE TALKED ABOUT 6 WEEKS 31:12.394 --> 31:16.643 AGO, WE WENT THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF REVELATION. AND SO 31:16.643 --> 31:20.891 TONIGHT I WANT TO FINISH REVELATION 21 AND THEN TRY AND 31:20.891 --> 31:24.178 GET THROUGH REVELATION 22. I'M GOING TO TRY AND GET YOU OUT OF 31:24.178 --> 31:27.865 HERE BEFORE MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR BEST. 31:27.865 --> 31:32.834 SO NO, I'M JUST JOKING, BUT IF WE HAVE TO— YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE 31:32.834 --> 31:36.345 JUST GOING TO ENJOY REVELATION. SO IF WE DON'T GET THROUGH IT 31:36.345 --> 31:40.352 ALL, WE'LL DO IT THE NEXT TIME. BUT THAT'S MY PLAN TONIGHT. AND 31:40.352 --> 31:41.971 SO THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF SCRIPTURE I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU 31:41.971 --> 31:46.810 THROUGH. THROUGH, BUT WE'LL JUST REMEMBER IF I TALK TOO FAST, YOU 31:46.810 --> 31:49.955 CAN ALWAYS GO BACK AND WATCH THE ARCHIVE, SO CATCH IT THE SECOND 31:49.955 --> 31:56.029 TIME. OKAY, LET'S LOOK AT REVELATION 21:15-27, AND IT 31:56.029 --> 32:00.779 SAYS, "AND HE WHO TALKED WITH ME HAD A GOLD REED TO MEASURE THE 32:00.779 --> 32:05.277 CITY, ITS GATES, AND ITS WALL. THE CITY IS LAID OUT AS A 32:05.277 --> 32:09.011 SQUARE, ITS LENGTH AS GREAT AS ITS BREADTH." 'AND HE MEASURED 32:09.011 --> 32:14.169 THE CITY WITH THE REED, 12,000 FURLONGS; ITS LENGTH, BREADTH, 32:14.169 --> 32:17.607 AND HEIGHT ARE EQUAL.' THAT MEANS IT'S A CUBE, BY THE WAY. 32:17.607 --> 32:20.531 WE'LL GO BACK AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN DETAIL. 'BUT THEN 32:20.531 --> 32:25.657 HE MEASURED ITS WALL, 144 CUBITS ACCORDING TO THE MEASURE OF A 32:25.657 --> 32:30.798 MAN, THAT IS, OF AN ANGEL. THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE WALL WAS OF 32:30.798 --> 32:34.380 JASPER, AND THE CITY WAS PURE GOLD, LIKE CLEAR GLASS, GLASS. 32:35.454 --> 32:38.339 THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE WALL OF THE CITY WERE ADORNED WITH ALL 32:38.339 --> 32:41.704 KINDS OF PRECIOUS STONES. THE FIRST FOUNDATION WAS JASPER, THE 32:41.704 --> 32:46.913 SECOND SAPPHIRE, THE THIRD CHALCEDONY, THE FOURTH EMERALD, 32:46.913 --> 32:51.080 THE FIFTH SARDONYX, THE SIXTH SARDIUS, THE SEVENTH CHRYSOLITE, 32:51.080 --> 32:55.552 THE EIGHTH BERYL, THE NINTH TOPAZ, THE TENTH CHRYSOPRASE, 32:55.552 --> 33:00.296 AND THE ELEVENTH JACINTH, AND THE TWELFTH WAS AMETHYST. THE 12 33:00.296 --> 33:03.582 GATES WERE 12 PEARLS. EACH INDIVIDUAL GATE WAS OF ONE OF 33:03.582 --> 33:06.633 PEARL, AND THE STREET OF THE CITY WAS PURE GOLD, LIKE 33:06.633 --> 33:10.633 TRANSPARENT GLASS. BUT I SAW NO TEMPLE IN IT, FOR THE LORD GOD 33:10.633 --> 33:14.825 ALMIGHTY AND THE LAMB ARE ITS TEMPLE. THE CITY HAD NO NEED OF 33:14.825 --> 33:17.796 THE SUN OR THE MOON TO SHINE IN IT, FOR THE GLORY OF GOD 33:17.796 --> 33:23.000 ILLUMINATED IT, AND THE LAMB IS ITS LIGHT. AND THE NATIONS OF 33:23.000 --> 33:26.534 THOSE WHO ARE SAVED SHALL WALK IN ITS LIGHT, AND THE KINGS OF 33:26.534 --> 33:30.244 THE EARTH THAT BRING THEIR GLORY AND HONOR INTO IT. ITS GATES 33:30.244 --> 33:35.161 SHALL NOT BE SHUT AT ALL BY DAY, THERE SHALL BE NO NIGHT THERE. 33:35.161 --> 33:37.505 AND THEY SHALL BRING THE GLORY AND THE HONOR OF THE NATIONS 33:37.505 --> 33:41.436 INTO IT. BUT THERE SHALL BE NO MEANS ENTER ANYTHING THAT 33:41.436 --> 33:45.542 DEFILES OR CAUSES ABOMINATION OF A LIE, BUT ONLY THOSE WHO ARE 33:45.542 --> 33:51.081 WRITTEN IN THE LAMB'S BOOK OF LIFE. OKAY, SO THAT IS THE FINAL 33:51.081 --> 33:54.011 FEW VERSES OF CHAPTER 21, AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THOSE IN 33:54.011 --> 33:56.620 A LITTLE MORE DETAIL HERE. SO THE NEW JERUSALEM COMING IN OUR 33:56.620 --> 33:59.454 FUTURE IS GOING TO BE SO AWESOME. THIS IS A CITY IT'S A 33:59.454 --> 34:03.814 CITY, BUT IT'S BEYOND MAN'S ABILITY TO DESCRIBE IT. THE 34:03.814 --> 34:06.715 APOSTLE JOHN GIVES US SOME VERY INTERESTING DETAILS OF THIS 34:06.715 --> 34:10.722 AMAZING CITY IN OUR FUTURE. THE EXACT DIMENSIONS OF THE NEW 34:10.722 --> 34:14.970 JERUSALEM ARE MEASURED BY AN ANGEL. LET'S LOOK AGAIN AT 34:14.970 --> 34:18.480 VERSES 15 THROUGH 17 SO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. IT SAYS, 34:18.480 --> 34:21.782 "HE WHO TALKED WITH ME HAD A GOLD REED TO MEASURE THE CITY, 34:21.782 --> 34:25.565 ITS GATES, AND ITS WALL. THE CITY IS LAID OUT AS A SQUARE, 34:25.565 --> 34:28.143 ITS LENGTH AS GREAT AS ITS BREADTH. AND HE MEASURED THE 34:28.143 --> 34:31.349 CITY WITH A REED, 12,000 FURLONGS. ITS LENGTH, BREADTH, 34:31.349 --> 34:36.711 AND HEIGHT ARE EQUAL. THEN HE MEASURED ITS WALL, 144 CUBITS. 34:36.711 --> 34:41.648 SO THE DIMENSIONS OF THE NEW HEAVEN ARE REPORTED TO BE 12,000 34:41.648 --> 34:48.214 FURLONGS, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 1,400 MILES IN LENGTH, WIDTH, 34:48.214 --> 34:54.377 AND HEIGHT. THINK OF THAT, 1,400 MILES LENGTH, WIDTH, AND HEIGHT. 34:54.377 --> 34:59.298 THIS IS A NEW CITY ON THE EARTH COMING DOWN FROM HEAVEN. THERE'S 34:59.298 --> 35:02.776 A PICTURE THAT SHOULD BE COMING UP SHORTLY. YOU'LL SEE THAT CUBE 35:02.776 --> 35:08.090 COMING DOWN. IT'S THE CUBE COMING DOWN FROM HEAVEN. WE'RE 35:08.090 --> 35:12.811 JUMPING AHEAD. IT'S THE ONE BEFORE THAT. THERE YOU GO. OKAY, 35:12.811 --> 35:17.985 GREAT. A METROPOLIS OF THIS SIZE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE UNITED 35:17.985 --> 35:22.157 STATES WOULD STRETCH FROM CANADA TO MEXICO, AND FROM THE 35:22.157 --> 35:25.841 MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE CALIFORNIA BORDER. THE NEW 35:25.841 --> 35:29.478 JERUSALEM IS ALL THE SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT ANYONE COULD ASK 35:29.478 --> 35:34.495 FOR. AND EVEN MORE ASTOUNDING IS THE FACT THAT IT'S 1,400 MILES 35:34.495 --> 35:39.404 HIGH. NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A MINUTE. THE INTERNATIONAL 35:39.404 --> 35:44.015 SPACE STATION, WHICH YOU SHOULD HAVE A PICTURE OF ALSO, ORBITS 35:44.015 --> 35:49.013 THE EARTH AT APPROXIMATELY 250 MILES ABOVE THE EARTH. THAT 35:49.013 --> 35:54.075 SPACE STATION IS ABOUT 250 MILES, AND WE THINK THAT'S HIGH. 35:55.512 --> 36:02.461 THIS CITY IS 1,400 MILES ABOVE THE EARTH. ENGINEERS CALCULATE 36:02.461 --> 36:06.233 THAT A CITY OF THAT SIZE AND HEIGHT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE ON 36:06.233 --> 36:10.302 THE CURRENT SIZE OF OUR EARTH. THE FOUNDATION OF THE EARTH 36:10.302 --> 36:17.008 WOULD NOT STRUCTURALLY HANDLE A 1,400-MILE TALL SKYSCRAPER, FOR 36:17.008 --> 36:20.629 LACK OF BETTER TERMS. IT WOULD BE TOO TALL TO BE STRUCTURALLY 36:20.629 --> 36:23.754 SOUND. THE BIBLE SAYS WE'RE GETTING A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW 36:23.754 --> 36:26.382 EARTH. NOW, THIS IS ALL SPECULATION, FOLKS. WE DON'T 36:26.382 --> 36:31.494 KNOW 100% HOW GOD'S GOING TO DO THIS, BUT IT'S JUST INTERESTING 36:31.494 --> 36:33.914 TO THINK ABOUT THE ENGINEERING THAT IT WOULD TAKE TO PUT A 36:33.914 --> 36:38.804 1,400-MILE-TALL SKYSCRAPER THAT'S 1,400 MILES WIDE AND 36:38.804 --> 36:45.342 1,400 MILES IN LENGTH ON THE EARTH. THE RADIUS OF A NEW 36:45.342 --> 36:50.951 PLANET WOULD HAVE TO BE 22 TIMES LARGER THAN THE CURRENT EARTH, 36:52.336 --> 36:57.329 WHICH MEANS IT WOULD HAVE 89,000 MILES OF RADIUS. THE CURRENT 36:57.329 --> 37:02.254 EARTH IS ABOUT 4,000 MILES IN RADIUS. SO THAT'S JUST 37:02.254 --> 37:05.580 INTERESTING THAT AS ENGINEERS THEY'RE SAYING THAT'S WHAT IT 37:05.580 --> 37:09.184 WOULD IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO STABILIZE SOMETHING OF THAT 37:09.184 --> 37:13.114 SIZE. I'M NOT SURE HOW GOD'S GOING TO DO IT, BUT WE KNOW 37:13.114 --> 37:16.449 CHRIST PREPARING THE NEW HEAVENS AND THE NEW EARTH FOR EVERYONE 37:16.449 --> 37:19.741 THAT'S ACCEPTED HIM AS LORD SINCE THE BEGINNING OF CREATION. 37:20.892 --> 37:24.763 THAT'S WHO'S GOING TO BE THERE. WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY THAT 37:24.763 --> 37:27.906 HEAVEN OR THE NEW EARTH OR THE NEW JERUSALEM WILL BE CROWDED. 37:29.237 --> 37:32.603 THE GROUND LEVEL OF THE NEW JERUSALEM IS ALMOST 2 MILLION 37:32.603 --> 37:39.065 SQUARE IT'S 25 TIMES BIGGER THAN THE STATE OF NEBRASKA. BUT 37:39.065 --> 37:43.036 REMEMBER, THAT'S JUST THE GROUND LEVEL. LET'S THINK ABOUT THIS. 37:43.036 --> 37:47.450 IF YOU'LL PUT UP THE NEXT SLIDE. GIVEN THE DIMENSIONS OF A 37:47.450 --> 37:54.376 1,400-MILE CUBE, IF THE CITY CONTAINED MANY DIFFERENT LEVELS, 37:54.376 --> 37:57.466 WHICH WE DON'T KNOW IF IT DOES OR NOT, BUT LET'S JUST SAY IT 37:57.466 --> 38:01.925 DID, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AGAIN THIS CUBE, A CUBE 1,400 MILES 38:01.925 --> 38:08.432 LONG, 1,400 MILES WIDE, 1,400 MILES HIGH, AND IF IT CONTAINED 38:08.432 --> 38:13.910 FLOORS LIKE A SKYSCRAPER, AND LET'S JUST SAY THEY WERE 20 FEET 38:13.910 --> 38:18.377 HIGH, A NORMAL OFFICE BUILDING TODAY HAS A 12 OR 15-FOOT STORY, 38:19.437 --> 38:26.041 BUT THIS CITY WITH 20-FOOT STORIES WOULD HAVE 350,000 OF 38:26.041 --> 38:29.385 THEM. OF THOSE. CAN YOU IMAGINE HAVING ELEVATORS THAT WOULD GO 38:29.385 --> 38:37.685 350,000 STORIES? I DON'T KNOW. IF PEOPLE WERE LIVING AT ALL THE 38:37.685 --> 38:40.516 DIFFERENT LEVELS, BILLIONS OF PEOPLE COULD OCCUPY THE NEW 38:40.516 --> 38:45.599 JERUSALEM WITH MANY SQUARE MILES PER PERSON. AND THAT'S JUST ONE 38:45.599 --> 38:49.476 CITY ON A VERY LARGE NEW EARTH. I'M JUST TRYING TO EXPAND YOUR 38:49.476 --> 38:53.637 MIND WITH THOUGHTS HERE. SOME OF THESE THINGS WE CAN'T KNOW 38:53.637 --> 38:56.459 100%, BUT WE DO KNOW WHAT THE DIMENSIONS WERE THAT THE ANGEL 38:56.459 --> 39:00.450 GAVE US, SO WE KNOW THAT MUCH IS TRUE. HOW GOD'S GOING TO DO IT, 39:00.450 --> 39:05.997 I'M NOT SURE. IT MADE ME THINK, BOB, OF THE OLD SONG AUDIO 39:05.997 --> 39:12.232 ADRENALINE SANG IN 1993, AND IT CAME TO MY MIND. IT'S A BIG, BIG 39:12.232 --> 39:17.057 HOUSE WITH LOTS OF ROOM, A BIG, BIG TABLE WITH LOTS OF FOOD, A 39:17.057 --> 39:20.168 BIG, BIG YARD WHERE WE CAN PLAY FOOTBALL. “BIG HOUSE.” HOW 39:20.168 --> 39:24.117 MANY OF YOU REMEMBER THAT SONG? A FEW OF YOU, OKAY. "A BIG, BIG 39:24.117 --> 39:27.873 HOUSE, IT'S MY FATHER'S HOUSE. ALL I KNOW IS IT'S A BIG OLD 39:27.873 --> 39:31.887 HOUSE WITH ROOMS FOR EVERYONE. ALL I KNOW IT'S LOTS OF LAND 39:31.887 --> 39:35.819 WHERE WE CAN PLAY AND RUN. COME AND GO WITH ME TO MY FATHER'S 39:35.819 --> 39:41.293 HOUSE." INTERESTING SONG THAT THEY PUT OUT. AND I WASN'T EVEN 39:41.293 --> 39:44.487 THINKING ABOUT THE NEW JERUSALEM BEING THAT SIZE. I WAS JUST 39:44.487 --> 39:49.064 THINKING OF HEAVEN WHEN I HEARD THAT BACK IN THE '90S. BUT LET'S 39:49.064 --> 39:53.993 MOVE FORWARD. VERSES 18 THROUGH 21, "THE CONSTRUCTION OF ITS 39:53.993 --> 39:57.323 WALL WAS OF JASPER. THE CITY WAS PURE GOLD LIKE CLEAR GLASS. THE 39:57.323 --> 39:59.828 FOUNDATIONS OF THE WALL OF THE CITY WERE ADORNED WITH ALL KINDS 39:59.828 --> 40:02.738 OF PRECIOUS STONES." AND WE LISTED THOSE STONES, AND I'M 40:02.738 --> 40:08.634 GONNA TALK ABOUT THOSE HERE IN THIS NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS 40:08.634 --> 40:13.646 INTERESTING BECAUSE IF YOU GO BACK TO VERSE 17, IT 40:13.646 --> 40:18.071 SAYS THAT THE WALLS, THE THICKNESS OF THE WALLS OF THE 40:18.071 --> 40:23.637 CITY WILL BE 144 CUBITS, WHICH WOULD BE 216 FEET. SO CAN YOU 40:23.637 --> 40:29.274 IMAGINE WALLS 216 FEET THICK? AMAZING. BUT THEN YOU ALSO THINK 40:29.274 --> 40:32.360 ABOUT HAVING A STRUCTURE THAT TALL, YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE A 40:32.360 --> 40:36.476 PRETTY THICK WALL. SO INTERESTING. BUT HERE'S WHAT THE 40:36.476 --> 40:39.260 LAYERS, IF YOU WANNA PUT UP THE SLIDE THAT SHOWS THE LAYERS 40:40.541 --> 40:45.230 HERE'S THE LAYERS: JASPER, SAPPHIRE, CHALCEDONY, EMERALD, 40:45.230 --> 40:50.594 SARDUX, SARDIUS, CHRYSOLITE, BERYL, TOPAZ, CHRYSOSPORUS, 40:50.594 --> 40:54.576 JACINTH, AND AMETHYST, ALL LAYERED. AND I DON'T KNOW 40:54.576 --> 40:57.339 EXACTLY HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE DONE OR WHAT THAT EXACTLY WILL 40:57.339 --> 41:00.310 LOOK LIKE, BUT IT'S INTERESTING THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A 41:00.310 --> 41:05.529 BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL CITY. WE KNOW THAT. GOD DOESN'T DO 41:05.529 --> 41:09.768 ANYTHING SECOND-RATE. RATE. THE PRECISE IDENTIFICATION OF THESE 41:09.768 --> 41:13.752 GEMSTONES IN TERMS THAT WE HAVE TODAY IS DIFFICULT, BUT THE 41:13.752 --> 41:21.839 IMPRESSION IS UNENDING, STAGGERING BEAUTY. THE MASSIVE 41:21.839 --> 41:25.277 THICKNESS OF THESE WALLS NOT ONLY IMPLIES STRENGTH, BUT IT 41:25.277 --> 41:29.213 ALSO GIVES US AN IDEA OF THE TREMENDOUS SCALE OF THE 41:29.213 --> 41:33.383 BUILDING. IF YOU HAVE WALLS THAT ARE 216 FEET THICK. IT HELPS US 41:33.383 --> 41:36.290 BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW THE LAYERS OF PRECIOUS STONE IN THE WALLS 41:36.290 --> 41:42.630 COULD POSSIBLY LOOK IN THAT TYPE OF A THICKNESS. REVELATION 41:42.630 --> 41:47.871 21:21, THE 12 GATES WERE 12 PEARLS. EACH INDIVIDUAL GATE WAS 41:47.871 --> 41:52.399 OF ONE PEARL, AND THE STREET OF THE CITY WAS PURE GOLD, LIKE 41:52.399 --> 41:57.343 TRANSPARENT GLASS, LIKE CLEAR GLASS, LIKE TRANSPARENT GLASS. 41:57.343 --> 42:01.145 THEOLOGIANS TELL US THAT THE FREQUENT MENTION OF TRANSPARENCY 42:01.145 --> 42:04.528 IN THE NEW JERUSALEM SPEAKS OF A CITY DESIGNED TO TRANSMIT THE 42:04.528 --> 42:08.715 LIGHT OF THE GLORY OF GOD WITHOUT ANY HINDRANCES OR 42:08.715 --> 42:13.597 BLOCKAGES TO THE LIGHT. AND AS WE LOOK AT THESE DETAILS AND TRY 42:13.597 --> 42:19.465 AND FIGURE OUT, TAKE A LOOK AT ME WITH WHAT HEBREWS 11:10 SAYS. 42:20.910 --> 42:26.587 HEBREWS 11:10, ABRAHAM WAS CONFIDENTLY LOOKING FORWARD TO A 42:26.587 --> 42:33.526 CITY WITH ETERNAL FOUNDATIONS, A CITY DESIGNED AND BUILT BY GOD. 42:33.526 --> 42:37.889 NOW WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THIS, HERE WE ARE IN THE CHAPTER OF 42:37.889 --> 42:42.412 FAITH, HEBREWS 11, AND IN THE MIDDLE OF TALKING ABOUT NOAH AND 42:42.412 --> 42:48.732 SARAH AND ABRAHAM AND ISAAC AND JACOB AND MOSES, THERE'S THIS 42:48.732 --> 42:53.544 INTERESTING STATEMENT IN VERSE 10 THAT REMINDS US THAT THE NEW 42:53.544 --> 42:57.627 JERUSALEM IS A CITY WHOSE ARCHITECT AND MAKER OR 42:57.627 --> 43:03.549 BUILDER IS GOD. AND RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT HALL OF FAITH 43:03.549 --> 43:07.346 CHAPTER OF THE BIBLE, WE'RE READING ABOUT OVERCOMING FAITH, 43:07.346 --> 43:10.880 AND THAT VERSE ENDS UP IN THERE. AND IT REALLY CONFIRMS TO ME 43:10.880 --> 43:14.268 THAT THIS CITY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT IS 43:14.268 --> 43:20.573 PROMISED TO THOSE THAT STAND IN FAITH. AMAZING. REVELATION 43:20.573 --> 43:26.986 21:22-23, "BUT I SAW NO TEMPLE LAMP IN IT, FOR THE LORD GOD 43:26.986 --> 43:30.339 ALMIGHTY AND THE LAMB ARE ITS TEMPLE. THE CITY HAD NO NEED OF 43:30.339 --> 43:32.601 THE SUN OR THE MOON TO SHINE IN IT, FOR THE GLORY OF GOD 43:32.601 --> 43:37.254 ILLUMINATED IT. THE LAMB IS ITS LIGHT. SO VERSE 22 SAYS, I SAW 43:37.254 --> 43:42.532 NO TEMPLE IN THIS LOCATION. NOW IN THE ANCIENT WORLD, IT WAS 43:42.532 --> 43:47.666 UNTHINKABLE TO HAVE A GREAT CITY WITHOUT MANY DIFFERENT TEMPLES. 43:47.666 --> 43:50.730 THAT WAS JUST PART OF THE CITY. EVERY CITY YOU WENT TO, THERE 43:50.730 --> 43:55.062 WERE IT'S LIKE SAYING TODAY, "I SAW A GREAT CITY, BUT THERE WERE 43:55.062 --> 43:58.848 NO BANKS THERE," OR, "I SAW A GREAT CITY, BUT THERE WERE NO 43:58.848 --> 44:05.647 SHOPPING CENTERS THERE." NEVERTHELESS, THIS CITY, THE NEW 44:05.647 --> 44:10.255 JERUSALEM, JOHN DID NOT SEE A TEMPLE IN IT, FOR THE LORD GOD 44:10.255 --> 44:14.803 ALMIGHTY AND THE LAMB ARE ITS TEMPLE. THE TEMPLE'S NOT 44:14.803 --> 44:18.370 REMOVED, BUT THE TEMPLE IS ACTUALLY EXPANDED TO COVER 44:18.370 --> 44:23.012 EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING, EVERY PLACE IN THIS CITY IS HOLY AND 44:23.012 --> 44:28.151 THE DWELLING PLACE OF GOD. JOHN SAW THE CITY FILLED WITH THE 44:28.151 --> 44:32.363 RADIANT GLORY OF GOD. THE LIGHT THAT FILLS THIS CITY IS NOT FROM 44:32.363 --> 44:39.482 THE SUN BUT FROM THE SON OF GOD. JESUS IS THE LIGHT. LISTEN TO 44:39.482 --> 44:45.869 WHAT ISAIAH PROPHESIED IN ISAIAH 24:23. HE SAYS, "THEN THE MOON 44:45.869 --> 44:50.375 WILL BE DISGRACED AND THE SUN ASHAMED, FOR THE LORD OF HOSTS 44:50.375 --> 44:55.426 WILL REIGN ON MOUNT ZION AND IN JERUSALEM AND BEFORE HIS ELDERS 44:55.426 --> 45:00.477 GLORIOUSLY." HAS ANYONE HERE EVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK 45:00.477 --> 45:06.586 THROUGH A TELESCOPE AT THE MOON? PASTOR MARC AND KATE, OH, ALEC 45:06.586 --> 45:09.296 HAS PROBABLY GOT HIS TELESCOPE OUT FOR YOU. OH, THERE'S A FEW 45:09.296 --> 45:13.158 OF THEM. NICK'S DONE IT. A FEW OVER HERE TOO. OKAY, SEEN THAT. 45:13.158 --> 45:17.054 IT'S GREAT TO LOOK AT THE MOON ON A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT WITH YOUR 45:17.054 --> 45:19.768 NAKED EYE, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK THROUGH A TELESCOPE, IT'S 45:19.768 --> 45:25.938 BREATHTAKING. I HAVE A PICTURE HERE OF WHAT SOMEONE PUT ONLINE 45:25.938 --> 45:29.814 OF WHAT THE MOON COULD LOOK LIKE THROUGH A TELESCOPE. BUT HERE'S 45:29.814 --> 45:34.444 WHAT THE WORD OF GOD SAYS. ISAIAH SAYS, "THE MOON WILL BE 45:34.444 --> 45:39.470 DISGRACED AND THE SUN WILL BE ASHAMED." AS COMPARED TO THE 45:39.470 --> 45:42.389 GLORY OF GOD IN THE NEW JERUSALEM. SO LOOKING AT THAT 45:42.389 --> 45:45.886 MOON IS GONNA BE NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT IT'S LIKE IN 45:45.886 --> 45:49.929 THE NEW JERUSALEM. GOD'S GLORY WILL FILL THE PLACE AND THE 45:49.929 --> 45:53.682 SOURCE OF THE TRANSMISSION OF LIGHT AND ENERGY SO THAT THERE'S 45:53.682 --> 45:57.612 NO NEED FOR ANYTHING ELSE. GOD WILL ALLOW HIS DIVINE LIGHT AND 45:57.612 --> 46:03.210 ENERGY TO DIRECTLY FLOW THROUGH CHRIST. JESUS STATES IN JOHN 46:03.210 --> 46:07.060 8:12 THAT HE IS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT 46:07.060 --> 46:11.264 JESUS WAS SAYING THAT HIS LIGHT BRINGS SPIRITUAL TRUTH AND 46:11.264 --> 46:15.483 ETERNAL LIFE, PULLING PEOPLE OUT OF DARKNESS. BUT NOW WE SEE IN 46:15.483 --> 46:20.617 REVELATION 21 THIS PROPHECY IS LITERALLY FULFILLED WITH JESUS 46:20.617 --> 46:24.739 FILLING THE NEW EARTH AND THE NEW HEAVEN WITH HIS LIGHT. OKAY, 46:24.739 --> 46:28.975 LET'S MOVE ON TO THE FINAL VERSE OF CHAPTER 21, FINAL VERSES, I'M 46:28.975 --> 46:35.285 SORRY, GOT TO GO THROUGH 24 THROUGH 27. REVELATION 21:24: 46:35.285 --> 46:39.163 “AND THE NATIONS OF THOSE WHO ARE SAVED SHALL WALK IN ITS 46:39.163 --> 46:43.432 AND THE KINGS OF THE EARTH BRING THEIR GLORY AND HONOR INTO IT. 46:43.432 --> 46:47.654 ITS GATES SHALL NOT BE SHUT AT ALL BY DAY. THERE SHALL BE NO 46:47.654 --> 46:51.100 NIGHT THERE. AND THEY SHALL BRING THE GLORY AND THE HONOR OF 46:51.100 --> 46:55.723 THE NATIONS INTO IT. BUT THERE SHALL BY NO MEANS ENTER IT 46:55.723 --> 46:59.468 ANYTHING THAT DEFILES OR CAUSES AN ABOMINATION OR A LIE, 46:59.468 --> 47:03.980 BUT ONLY THOSE WHO ARE WRITTEN IN THE LAMB'S BOOK OF LIFE. SO” 47:03.980 --> 47:08.074 VERSE 27 SAYS, "THERE SHALL BE NO MEANS IN OR ANYTHING THAT 47:08.074 --> 47:12.490 DEFILES." NO EVIL WILL BE PRESENT IN THIS PLACE TO DEFILE 47:12.490 --> 47:16.504 OR CAUSE ABOMINATION BECAUSE SATAN, THE ANTICHRIST, THE FALSE 47:16.504 --> 47:20.197 PROPHET, ALL SINNERS, AND DEATH HAVE BEEN CAST INTO THE LAKE OF 47:20.197 --> 47:24.961 FIRE. THESE VERSES ARE AN EXHORTATION TO US AND A WARNING 47:24.961 --> 47:28.714 TO ADVISE THAT THE ONLY WAY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ETERNAL CITY 47:28.714 --> 47:33.600 IS BY MAKING JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. AMEN. OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON 47:33.600 --> 47:39.177 “WITH REVELATION 22, VERSES 1 THROUGH 6. AND HE SHOWED ME A 47:39.177 --> 47:43.823 PURE RIVER OF WATER OF LIFE, CLEAR AS CRYSTAL, PROCEEDING 47:43.823 --> 47:47.153 FROM THE THRONE OF GOD AND OF THE LAMB. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 47:47.153 --> 47:49.982 STREET AND ON EITHER SIDE OF THE RIVER WAS THE TREE OF LIFE OF 47:49.982 --> 47:54.726 LIFE, WHICH BORE 12 FRUITS, EACH TREE YIELDING ITS FRUIT EVERY 47:54.726 --> 47:58.092 MONTH. THE LEAVES OF THE TREE WERE FOR THE HEALING OF THE 47:58.092 --> 48:02.724 NATIONS. AND THERE SHALL BE NO MORE CURSE, BUT THE THRONE OF 48:02.724 --> 48:07.116 GOD AND THE LAMB SHALL BE IN IT, AND HIS SERVANTS SHALL SERVE 48:07.116 --> 48:10.899 HIM. THEY SHALL SEE HIS FACE, AND HIS NAME SHALL BE ON THEIR 48:10.899 --> 48:15.467 FOREHEADS. THERE SHALL BE NO NIGHT THERE; THEY NEED NO LAMP 48:15.467 --> 48:19.163 NOR LIGHT OF THE SUN, FOR THE LORD GOD GIVES THEM LIGHT, AND 48:19.163 --> 48:24.333 THEY SHALL REIGN FOREVER AND EVER. THEN HE SAID TO ME, THESE 48:24.333 --> 48:28.538 WORDS ARE FAITHFUL AND TRUE, AND THE LORD GOD OF THE HOLY 48:28.538 --> 48:32.262 PROPHETS SENT HIS ANGEL TO SHOW HIS SERVANTS THE THINGS WHICH 48:32.262 --> 48:38.787 MUST SHORTLY TAKE PLACE. A PURE RIVER OF WATER OF LIFE. NOW,” 48:38.787 --> 48:41.475 THROUGHOUT THE OLD TESTAMENT, THE PROPHETS USED THE PICTURE OF 48:41.475 --> 48:45.422 A RIVER AS AN EXPRESSION OF RICHNESS ABUNDANCE, PROVISION, 48:45.422 --> 48:50.167 AND PEACE. IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT ISAIAH 48:18, YOU CAN JOT 48:50.167 --> 48:55.644 THAT DOWN FOR LATER, MAYBE ZECHARIAH 14:8, AND ALSO EZEKIEL 48:55.644 --> 49:03.399 47:1-9. THOSE SCRIPTURES TALK ABOUT THAT PICTURE OF A RIVER 49:03.399 --> 49:08.857 BRINGING PROVISION AND PEACE. THE PSALMIST EXPRESSED IT IN 49:08.857 --> 49:15.421 PSALM 46:8, PSALM 46:4-5, "THERE IS A RIVER WHOSE STREAMS SHALL 49:15.421 --> 49:19.205 MAKE GLAD THE CITY OF GOD, THE HOLY PLACE OF THE TABERNACLE OF 49:19.205 --> 49:22.360 THE MOST HIGH. GOD IS IN THE MIDST OF HER, AND SHE SHALL NOT 49:22.360 --> 49:27.231 BE MOVED; GOD SHALL HELP HER JUST AT THE BREAK OF DAWN." JOHN 49:27.231 --> 49:31.442 DESCRIBED THE WATER AS CLEAR AS CRYSTAL. GOD'S PROVISION IN THE 49:31.442 --> 49:36.357 NEW JERUSALEM IS DESCRIBED AS PURE, ABSOLUTELY UNPOLLUTED 49:36.357 --> 49:40.185 THE LIVING WATERS. AND MANY BELIEVE THAT THE TREE OF LIFE 49:40.185 --> 49:43.769 THAT'S MENTIONED HERE IS THE SAME ONE THAT WAS IN THE GARDEN 49:43.769 --> 49:49.129 OF EDEN. THE BIBLE DOESN'T SAY IT'S THE EXACT SAME TREE OF LIFE 49:49.129 --> 49:53.544 FROM GENESIS, BUT IT REALLY WOULD BE AWESOME IF IT IS. GOD 49:53.544 --> 49:57.138 WOULD BE GIVING THE TREE OF LIFE BACK TO THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN 49:57.138 --> 50:01.347 FAITHFUL. AMAZING TO THINK ABOUT. SO HERE'S— LET'S LOOK AT 50:01.347 --> 50:04.217 THAT VERSE AGAIN. READ IT AGAIN, VERSE 2, "IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 50:04.217 --> 50:09.070 STREET, AND ON EITHER SIDE OF THE RIVER, WAS THE TREE OF LIFE, 50:09.070 --> 50:14.414 WHICH BORE 12 FRUITS, EACH TREE YIELDING ITS FRUIT EVERY MONTH. 50:14.414 --> 50:17.714 THE LEAVES OF THE TREE WERE FOR THE HEALING OF THE NATIONS." 50:17.714 --> 50:20.528 WELL, THE BIBLE BEGINS WITH THE TREE OF LIFE IN GENESIS CHAPTER 50:20.528 --> 50:27.999 3. MAN WAS NOT ALLOWED TO EAT FROM THE TREE OF THE 50:27.999 --> 50:31.058 KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND GOOD AND EVIL. BUT NOW HERE IN THE NEW 50:31.058 --> 50:35.570 JERUSALEM, WE SEE THE TREE OF LIFE APPEARING AGAIN. IT MAY OR 50:35.570 --> 50:39.501 MAY NOT BE THE EXACT SAME TREE THAT WAS IN THE BOOK OF GENESIS, 50:39.501 --> 50:46.239 BUT INTERESTING. 12 FRUITS, ONE SOURCE, AND ENDLESS HEALING. YOU 50:46.239 --> 50:51.151 CAN PUT THAT SLIDE UP SHOWING THE TREE OF LIFE. TREE OF LIFE 50:51.151 --> 50:54.990 IS LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET, AND ON EITHER SIDE OF 50:54.990 --> 50:58.312 THE "RIVER." IT APPEARS THAT JOHN COULD BE DESCRIBING A LARGE 50:58.312 --> 51:03.126 STREET WITH A RIVER FLOWING DOWN THE MIDDLE AND A LARGE SERIES OF 51:03.126 --> 51:07.419 TREES THAT GROW ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RIVER. JUST THE FACT THAT 51:07.419 --> 51:10.070 THE TREE OF LIFE APPEARS AGAIN IN THE NEW HEAVEN HELPS US 51:10.070 --> 51:16.258 UNDERSTAND IT IS A TIME OF RESTORATION OF ALL THINGS. MAN 51:16.258 --> 51:21.869 CAN NOW ONCE AGAIN ENJOY WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY BANISHED. DUE TO 51:21.869 --> 51:30.494 “SIN. REVELATION 22:3-6: AND THERE SHALL BE NO MORE CURSE, 51:30.494 --> 51:34.942 BUT THE THRONE OF GOD AND THE LAMB SHALL BE IN IT, AND HIS 51:34.942 --> 51:39.790 SERVANTS SHALL SERVE HIM. THEY SHALL SEE HIS FACE, AND HIS NAME 51:39.790 --> 51:43.257 SHALL BE ON THEIR FOREHEADS. THERE SHALL BE NO NIGHT THERE. 51:43.257 --> 51:46.939 THERE'S NO NEED FOR A LAMP, NO LIGHT OF THE SUN, FOR THE LORD 51:46.939 --> 51:51.857 GOD GIVES THEM LIGHT, AND THEY SHALL REIGN FOREVER AND EVER. 51:53.820 --> 51:56.589 THEN HE SAID TO ME, THESE WORDS ARE FAITHFUL AND TRUE, AND THE 51:56.589 --> 52:00.775 LORD GOD OF THE HOLY PROPHETS SENT HIS ANGEL TO SHOW HIS 52:00.775 --> 52:06.153 SERVANTS THE THINGS WHICH MUST SHORTLY TAKE PLACE. SO VERSE 3” 52:06.153 --> 52:11.904 TELLS US THAT HIS SERVANTS SHALL SERVE HIM. THERE'S NO MORE 52:11.904 --> 52:15.143 CURSE, BUT THE THRONE OF GOD AND THE LAMB WILL BE IN IT, AND HIS 52:15.143 --> 52:18.139 SERVANTS SHALL SERVE HIM. WHAT IS THAT SAYING? IT 52:18.139 --> 52:20.870 SAYS HEAVEN WILL BE A PLACE OF WORK AND SERVICE FOR GOD'S 52:20.870 --> 52:25.193 PEOPLE. WE AREN'T GOING TO JUST BE SITTING THERE PLAYING A HARP 52:25.193 --> 52:29.210 LIKE WE SO MANY TIMES SEE PICTURED. GOD WILL HAVE THINGS 52:29.210 --> 52:34.143 FOR US TO DO, AND THAT'S GOOD. THERE'S AN OLD SAYING THAT USED 52:34.143 --> 52:37.903 TO SAY, "IDLE HANDS ARE THE DEVIL'S WORKSHOP." I'M SURE 52:37.903 --> 52:41.100 THAT'S TRUE IN THE NEW JERUSALEM TOO. NO, IT REALLY WON'T BE 52:41.100 --> 52:43.910 BECAUSE THE DEVIL'S GONE, HE'S IN THE LAKE OF FIRE. BUT IT'S 52:43.910 --> 52:50.468 STILL GOOD TO BE BUSY. SO IT'S NOT THE HEAVY, CURSE-STAINED 52:50.468 --> 52:54.674 TOIL OF WORK LIKE MAN HAS KNOWN ON EARTH, BUT IT'S A PICTURE OF 52:54.674 --> 53:01.653 PURE HONOR AND BLESSING TO BE SERVANTS OF OUR GOD. SPEAKING OF 53:01.653 --> 53:05.622 WORK AND SERVICE IN HEAVEN, I SAW THIS CARTOON SHOWING WHAT 53:05.622 --> 53:09.696 MIGHT HAPPEN TO THIS GENERATION OF ADDICTION WHEN THEY ARRIVE IN 53:09.696 --> 53:14.245 HEAVEN, THOSE THAT ARE ADDICTED TO CELL PHONES. IT SAYS, "MOST 53:14.245 --> 53:17.962 OF THE NEW ARRIVALS SEEM INCAPABLE OF CONVERSATION. THEY 53:17.962 --> 53:24.634 JUST STARE AT THEIR HANDS IN DESPAIR." HE'S MOVING HIS 53:24.634 --> 53:33.810 THUMBS, BUT THERE'S NO PHONE THERE. HMM, JUST A MINUTE, I 53:33.810 --> 53:38.281 LOST MY NOTES. WE'RE HAVING TECHNICAL THINGS TONIGHT, 53:38.281 --> 53:46.391 BUT THAT'S OKAY. GOD HAS A PLAN. I JUST LOST MY PLACE. I DON'T 53:46.391 --> 53:52.802 WANT TO MISS ANYTHING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO TELL YOU. OKAY. SO 53:52.802 --> 53:56.519 HEAVEN WILL BE A PLACE WHERE GOD'S PEOPLE SEE HIS FACE. IT'S 53:56.519 --> 54:01.814 A PLACE OF INTIMATE FACE-TO-FACE FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD. EXODUS 54:01.814 --> 54:05.795 33:20 TELLS US THAT MOSES WAS DENIED THE PRIVILEGE OF SEEING 54:05.795 --> 54:10.147 GOD FACE TO FACE. HE WASN'T ALLOWED TO. BUT EVERYONE IN 54:10.147 --> 54:14.052 HEAVEN IS GOING TO SEE HIS FACE. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE GOD'S FACE 54:14.052 --> 54:20.265 BECAUSE HE'LL BE AN EARTH DWELLER AT THAT POINT. HE'S IN 54:20.265 --> 54:24.781 THE NEW JERUSALEM. PAUL ALSO SAW A TIME COMING WE WOULD SEE THE 54:24.781 --> 54:26.518 FACE OF GOD. HE DESCRIBED THAT IN 1 CORINTHIANS 13:12. 1 54:26.518 --> 54:29.654 CORINTHIANS 13:12. YOU'VE HEARD THIS SCRIPTURE OVER AND OVER. IT 54:29.654 --> 54:33.948 SAYS, "FOR NOW WE SEE IN A MIRROR DIMLY, BUT THEN FACE TO 54:33.948 --> 54:39.584 FACE. NOW I KNOW IN PART, BUT THEN I SHALL KNOW JUST AS I AM 54:39.584 --> 54:44.910 ALSO KNOWN." SO IN THAT DAY, THERE'LL BE NOTHING THAT WILL 54:44.910 --> 54:49.357 OBSCURE OUR VISION OF JESUS BECAUSE SIN IS DONE AWAY WITH AT 54:49.357 --> 54:54.622 THAT POINT. CARE AND WORRY ARE GONE. THIS WILL BE THE GREATEST 54:54.622 --> 54:58.393 GLORY OF HEAVEN, TO KNOW GOD, TO KNOW JESUS MORE INTIMATELY AND 54:58.393 --> 55:02.898 WONDERFULLY THAN WE COULD EVER KNOW HIM ON EARTH. AND THAT 55:02.898 --> 55:05.239 SCRIPTURE ALSO, I LOVE THAT SCRIPTURE BECAUSE IT'S A 55:05.239 --> 55:08.547 REMINDER AND A GREAT ASSURANCE THAT EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T 55:08.547 --> 55:11.146 UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON IN THIS WORLD, WE HAVE 55:11.146 --> 55:14.392 QUESTIONS AT TIMES. YOU KNOW, EVEN AS WE'RE LOOKING THROUGH 55:14.392 --> 55:16.799 THE BOOK OF REVELATION, WE CAN COME UP WITH QUESTIONS THAT THE 55:16.799 --> 55:20.260 BOOK DOESN'T REALLY ANSWER. WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW THAT 14TH 55:20.260 --> 55:24.564 1,400-MILE CUBE IS GONNA BE SUSTAINED ON THE EARTH AND HOW 55:24.564 --> 55:27.359 IT COULD GO THAT TALL. WE DON'T HAVE ALL THOSE ANSWERS. WE JUST 55:27.359 --> 55:33.366 TRUST IN FAITH. BUT THIS VERSE, 1 CORINTHIANS 13:12, SAYS EVEN 55:33.366 --> 55:37.558 THOUGH YOU ONLY KNOW IN PART NOW, YOU'LL KNOW FULLY THEN. 55:37.558 --> 55:41.011 YOU'LL UNDERSTAND THOSE THINGS. HALLELUJAH. AND YOU HAVE 55:41.011 --> 55:44.384 QUESTIONS IN YOUR OWN PERSONAL LIFE, WE ALL DO, ABOUT WHY 55:44.384 --> 55:48.731 SOMETHING HAPPENED OR TOOK PLACE AT A CERTAIN TIME, OR WHY 55:48.731 --> 55:51.760 SOME EVENT HAPPENED IN YOUR LIFE, OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE. 55:51.760 --> 55:55.573 YOU'LL HAVE ANSWERS. YOU'LL SEE EVERYTHING CLEARLY IN ETERNITY. 55:56.791 --> 56:01.694 HALLELUJAH. REVELATION 22:4 SAYS WE HAVE A NAME WRITTEN ON OUR 56:01.694 --> 56:05.684 FOREHEADS. I WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS NEXT PICTURE, IF YOU'LL PUT 56:05.684 --> 56:09.930 THAT UP FOR ME, WITH THE NAME JESUS. THERE'S BOB PETTIGREW 56:09.930 --> 56:14.362 ABOUT 3 YEARS AGO. THAT'S WHEN HE HAD DARKER HAIR AND TASHA 56:14.362 --> 56:17.499 WROTE THE NAME JESUS WITH A MAGIC MARKER ON HIS FOREHEAD. 56:17.499 --> 56:20.506 AND I MEAN, HE'S A GOOD-LOOKING GUY NOW, BUT LOOK AT HIM BACK 56:20.506 --> 56:26.330 JUST 3 YEARS AGO. SO IT'S AMAZING. BUT WE HAVE A NAME 56:26.330 --> 56:30.970 WRITTEN ON OUR FOREHEADS, AND IT'S JESUS. HALLELUJAH. WHAT AN 56:30.970 --> 56:36.166 HONOR. HEAVEN WILL BE A PLACE WHERE GOD'S PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS 56:36.166 --> 56:40.107 BE IDENTIFIED WITH OUR GOD. THERE'LL NEVER BE ANY DOUBT THAT 56:40.107 --> 56:44.785 WE BELONG TO JESUS. HALLELUJAH. AND THEN VERSE 5 56:44.785 --> 56:49.585 SAYS, “THERE SHALL BE NO NIGHT THERE. THEY NEED NO LAMP NOR 56:49.585 --> 56:54.081 LIGHT OF THE SUN, FOR THE LORD GOD GIVES THEM LIGHT, AND THEY 56:54.081 --> 56:58.014 SHALL REIGN FOREVER AND EVER.” THE NEW HEAVEN WILL BE A PLACE 56:58.014 --> 57:03.955 WHERE THE DARKNESS OF THIS AGE IS FOREVER GONE. HALLELUJAH. 57:03.955 --> 57:06.700 JOHN SAYS THEY SHALL REIGN FOREVER AND EVER. THE NEW 57:06.700 --> 57:11.288 HEAVEN'S A PLACE THAT WE WILL ENJOY AN ETERNAL REIGN WITH OUR 57:11.288 --> 57:15.863 GOD. IT'S NOT A LIMITED DURATION EVENT LIKE THE 1,000-YEAR 57:15.863 --> 57:18.733 MILLENNIAL REIGN PERIOD THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER. THE 57:18.733 --> 57:22.211 1,000-YEAR MILLENNIAL KINGDOM IS OVER IN 1,000 YEARS, AND THEN WE 57:22.211 --> 57:26.510 MOVE ON TO THIS PART OF ETERNITY. THE NEW HEAVEN, THE 57:26.510 --> 57:29.393 NEW EARTH, AND THE NEW JERUSALEM WILL NEVER HAVE AN END. 57:31.909 --> 57:39.413 REVELATION 22:6-21 SAYS— I DIDN'T GET THAT 57:39.413 --> 57:45.285 RIGHT. IT'S 22:6: “THEN HE SAID TO ME, THESE WORDS ARE FAITHFUL 57:45.285 --> 57:49.716 AND TRUE, AND THE LORD GOD OF THE HOLY PROPHETS SENT HIS ANGEL 57:49.716 --> 57:54.227 TO SHOW HIS SERVANTS THE THINGS WHICH MUST SHORTLY TAKE PLACE.” 57:54.227 --> 57:58.740 SO JOHN IS REMINDING US HERE THAT EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN 57:58.740 --> 58:02.721 SHOWN TO HIM IS NOT A FAIRY TALE, IT'S TRUE. THESE 58:02.721 --> 58:05.738 ARE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO HAPPEN. HE'S ASSURED US THE 58:05.738 --> 58:10.633 WORDS THAT HE WROTE ARE FAITHFUL AND TRUE. JESUS HIMSELF BREAKS 58:10.633 --> 58:14.581 IN WITH A REMINDER TO ALL THAT HE'S COMING QUICKLY. THAT 58:14.581 --> 58:17.855 HAPPENS IN VERSE 7. HE SAYS, “BEHOLD, I'M COMING QUICKLY. 58:17.855 --> 58:20.278 BLESSED IS HE WHO KEEPS THE WORDS OF THE PROPHECY OF THIS 58:20.278 --> 58:24.531 BOOK.” GOD WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL GENERATIONS OF MANKIND 58:24.531 --> 58:29.588 REMAIN EXPECTANT, WATCHING, AND READY FOR HIS RETURN. AND 58:29.588 --> 58:33.588 THEN WE MOVE TO VERSES 8 AND 9, "NOW I, JOHN, SAW AND HEARD 58:33.588 --> 58:36.174 THESE THINGS. AND WHEN I HEARD AND SAW, I FELL DOWN TO WORSHIP 58:36.174 --> 58:39.146 BEFORE THE FEET OF THE ANGEL WHO SHOWED ME THESE THINGS. AND THEN 58:39.146 --> 58:43.306 HE SAID TO ME, 'SEE THAT YOU DO NOT DO THAT, FOR I AM YOUR 58:43.306 --> 58:46.680 FELLOW SERVANT AND OF YOUR BRETHREN THE PROPHETS AND OF 58:46.680 --> 58:51.290 THOSE WHO KEEP THE WORDS OF THIS BOOK. WORSHIP GOD.'" NOW WE SAW 58:51.290 --> 58:57.231 THIS ONE TIME BEFORE IN REVELATION 19:10. JOHN WAS 58:57.231 --> 59:01.107 OVERWHELMED BY THE PRESENCE OF AN ANGEL, AND HE ACTUALLY BOWED 59:01.107 --> 59:05.692 DOWN BEFORE THE ANGEL IN WORSHIP. AND AT THAT POINT, THE 59:05.692 --> 59:08.683 ANGEL REBUKED HIM AND SAID, "DON'T DO THAT. I AM JUST A 59:08.683 --> 59:13.921 SERVANT OF GOD." SO HERE AGAIN WE SEE IT IN REVELATION 22. THE 59:13.921 --> 59:19.929 ANGEL REMINDS JOHN THAT ONLY GOD IS TO BE WORSHIPED. AND HE'S 59:19.929 --> 59:23.670 JUST SAYING TO JOHN, "HEY, WE'RE BOTH PLAYERS ON THE SAME TEAM." 59:23.670 --> 59:26.976 WE WORSHIP GOD. DON'T BOW DOWN AND WORSHIP ME BECAUSE I'M AN 59:26.976 --> 59:33.739 ANGEL. NO CREATED BEING SHOULD EVER BE WORSHIPED. ONLY JESUS IS 59:33.739 --> 59:38.602 WORTHY OF WORSHIP. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE WHERE JOHN RECEIVED A 59:38.602 --> 59:41.880 SUPERNATURAL VISION AND REVELATION, BUT HE HAD TO BE 59:41.880 --> 59:45.496 CORRECTED BY AN ANGEL. INTERESTING. JUST BECAUSE 59:45.496 --> 59:49.278 SOMEONE TELLS YOU THEY HAD A SUPERNATURAL VISION FROM GOD OR 59:49.278 --> 59:53.056 A SPECIAL REVELATION FROM GOD DOES NOT MEAN THE PERSON IS 59:53.056 --> 59:57.077 ALWAYS CORRECT IN THEIR UNDERSTANDING OR THEIR DOCTRINE. 01:00:00.206 --> 01:00:03.303 BE KIND TO THOSE PEOPLE, BUT BE AWARE THAT EVERY VISION OR 01:00:03.303 --> 01:00:07.325 REVELATION IS NOT NECESSARILY FROM GOD OR CORRECT IN DOCTRINE. 01:00:09.440 --> 01:00:12.657 TWICE WE SEE DESCRIBED IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION THE APOSTLE 01:00:12.657 --> 01:00:16.060 JOHN WAS ACTING INAPPROPRIATELY BECAUSE HE WAS 01:00:16.060 --> 01:00:19.464 OVERWHELMED BY THESE ANGELS. I MEAN, WE WOULD HAVE PROBABLY 01:00:19.464 --> 01:00:23.579 DONE THE SAME THING, ONLY WORSE, HAD WE BEEN THERE. SO DON'T BE 01:00:23.579 --> 01:00:27.293 MAD AT JOHN. HE DID WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS RIGHT. HE JUST GOT 01:00:27.293 --> 01:00:30.604 CAUGHT UP BY THE SUPERNATURAL POWER OF THESE ANGELS AND HE 01:00:30.604 --> 01:00:37.772 BOWED DOWN. AND THEN THE ANGELS CORRECTED HIM. ANY OF US COULD 01:00:37.772 --> 01:00:42.222 EASILY HAVE MADE THAT MISTAKE. BUT JUST SOMETHING TO BE AWARE 01:00:42.222 --> 01:00:46.635 OF. VERSES 10 AND 11, LET'S KEEP MOVING ON HERE. "AND HE SAID TO 01:00:46.635 --> 01:00:50.005 ME, 'DO NOT SEAL THE WORDS OF THE PROPHECY OF THIS BOOK, FOR 01:00:50.005 --> 01:00:54.578 THE TIME IS AT HAND. HE WHO IS UNJUST, LET HIM BE UNJUST STILL; 01:00:54.578 --> 01:00:57.627 HE WHO IS FILTHY, LET HIM BE FILTHY STILL; HE WHO IS 01:00:57.627 --> 01:01:02.762 RIGHTEOUS, LET HIM BE RIGHTEOUS STILL; AND HE WHO IS HOLY, LET 01:01:02.762 --> 01:01:06.950 HIM BE HOLY STILL.'" SO A WARNING IS GIVEN NOT TO HIDE THE 01:01:06.950 --> 01:01:10.409 WORDS OF THIS BOOK. AT THIS POINT IN HISTORY, WE SEE THE 01:01:10.409 --> 01:01:13.545 ANGEL OF THE LORD AGAIN CONFIRMING THAT THE FINAL 01:01:13.545 --> 01:01:17.196 OUTCOMES OF BOTH EVIL AND GOOD ARE NOW FIXED FOREVER. 01:01:19.180 --> 01:01:24.671 REVELATION 22:12, AND AGAIN IT SAYS, “AND BEHOLD, I AM COMING 01:01:24.671 --> 01:01:28.311 QUICKLY, AND MY REWARD IS WITH ME TO GIVE TO EVERYONE ACCORDING 01:01:28.311 --> 01:01:32.687 TO HIS WORK.” WE CAN NEVER MISS THE NOTE OF URGENCY AND WARNING 01:01:32.687 --> 01:01:37.311 IN WHAT JESUS TELLS US ABOUT HIS MESSAGE TO US IS ALWAYS BE 01:01:37.311 --> 01:01:41.917 READY. AND THEN VERSE 13, HE SAYS, "I'M THE ALPHA AND THE 01:01:41.917 --> 01:01:45.462 OMEGA, THE BEGINNING AND THE END, THE FIRST AND THE LAST." 01:01:45.462 --> 01:01:50.756 AND AN ADDED INCENTIVE FOR US TO BE READY IS JESUS REMINDING US 01:01:50.756 --> 01:01:57.361 OF WHO HE IS. "I'M THE BEGINNING AND THE END." IF WE REALLY KNEW 01:01:57.361 --> 01:02:00.820 AND UNDERSTAND WHO JESUS IS, WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY TROUBLE 01:02:00.820 --> 01:02:06.221 TROUBLE BEING READY FOR HIS RETURN. VERSES 14 AND 15 SAY, “ 01:02:06.221 --> 01:02:09.990 BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO DO HIS COMMANDMENTS, THAT THEY MAY HAVE 01:02:09.990 --> 01:02:13.146 THE RIGHT TO THE TREE OF LIFE, AND THEY MAY ENTER THROUGH THE 01:02:13.146 --> 01:02:17.182 GATES INTO THE CITY. BUT OUTSIDE ARE DOGS AND SORCERERS AND 01:02:17.182 --> 01:02:22.614 SEXUALLY IMMORAL AND MURDERERS AND IDOLATERS AND WHOEVER LOVES 01:02:22.614 --> 01:02:28.645 AND PRACTICES A LIE.” SO DOING HIS COMMANDMENTS DOES NOT EARN 01:02:28.645 --> 01:02:31.796 US ETERNAL LIFE, BUT IT IS EVIDENCE THAT WE'VE BEEN GRANTED 01:02:31.796 --> 01:02:35.842 ETERNAL LIFE. THERE'S AN INHERENT BLESSING IN DOING HIS 01:02:35.842 --> 01:02:39.292 COMMANDMENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE GOOD AND RIGHT FOR US. NOW, WHY 01:02:39.292 --> 01:02:42.509 DOES IT SAY— I HAVE TO BRING THIS IN BECAUSE OF US DOG LOVERS 01:02:42.509 --> 01:02:46.143 HERE— WHY DOES IT SAY IN VERSE 15, "BUT OUTSIDE ARE DOGS AND 01:02:46.143 --> 01:02:50.469 SORCERERS"? IS IT INDICATING THAT THERE WON'T BE ANY OF OUR 01:02:50.469 --> 01:02:56.850 PET DOGS IN HEAVEN? NO. WHAT IS MEANT HERE IS NOT LITERAL DOGS 01:02:56.850 --> 01:03:01.407 BUT THE MORALLY IMPURE. IN BIBLICAL TIMES AND ANCIENT 01:03:01.407 --> 01:03:06.481 NEAR EASTERN CITIES, SEMI-WILD DOGS WERE PRIMARILY VIEWED AS 01:03:06.481 --> 01:03:13.997 UNCLEAN SCAVENGERS THAT ROAMED THE STREETS. REVELATION 22:15, I 01:03:13.997 --> 01:03:17.642 WANT TO READ IT IN THE AMPLIFIED. IT SAYS, “OUTSIDE ARE 01:03:17.642 --> 01:03:23.305 THE DOGS, AND THIS DESCRIBES THEM, THE GODLESS, THE IMPURE, 01:03:23.305 --> 01:03:27.347 THOSE OF LOW MORAL CHARACTER, AND THE SORCERERS WITH THEIR 01:03:27.347 --> 01:03:32.368 INTOXICATING DRUGS AND MAGIC ARTS, AND THE IMMORAL PERSONS, 01:03:32.368 --> 01:03:36.099 THE PERVERTED, THE MOLESTERS, THE ADULTERERS, AND THE 01:03:36.099 --> 01:03:39.646 MURDERERS, AND THE IDOLATERS, AND EVERYONE WHO LOVES AND 01:03:39.646 --> 01:03:44.964 PRACTICES LYING, DECEPTION, AND CHEATING.” SO IN THAT VERSE, THE 01:03:44.964 --> 01:03:48.910 DOGS REPRESENT THOSE THAT DESPISE SACRED THINGS, AND THEY 01:03:48.910 --> 01:03:52.632 ARE OUTSIDE OF THIS KINGDOM OF THE JERUSALEM. GOD IS JUST 01:03:52.632 --> 01:03:56.340 REMINDING US THOSE PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT BECAUSE 01:03:56.340 --> 01:04:01.783 THEY NEVER REPENTED. MOVING ON TO VERSE 16: “I, JESUS, HAVE 01:04:01.783 --> 01:04:05.090 SENT MY ANGEL TO TESTIFY TO YOU THESE THINGS IN THE CHURCHES. I 01:04:05.090 --> 01:04:08.718 AM THE ROOT OF THE OFFSPRING OF DAVID, THE BRIGHT AND MORNING 01:04:08.718 --> 01:04:14.465 STAR.” AND SO AS THIS BOOK COMES TO A CONCLUSION, WE SEE JESUS 01:04:14.465 --> 01:04:18.077 AUTHENTICATES THE ENTIRE BOOK WITH THESE SOLEMN WORDS 01:04:18.077 --> 01:04:21.879 EMPHASIZING THAT HE HIMSELF SENT HIS ANGEL TO PROVIDE THE 01:04:21.879 --> 01:04:25.606 TEXT. MUCH OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION IS EITHER FANTASTIC 01:04:25.606 --> 01:04:30.948 OR ALMOST SEEMS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, BUT IT'S ALL TRUE. "TO 01:04:30.948 --> 01:04:34.749 TESTIFY TO YOU THESE THINGS IN THE CHURCHES," HE SAYS. 01:04:34.749 --> 01:04:37.805 REMEMBER, THE BOOK OF REVELATION IS WRITTEN TO THE CHURCHES. IT'S 01:04:37.805 --> 01:04:42.182 FOR US. IT'S FOR ALL BELIEVERS. AND THEN REVELATION 22:17 SAYS, 01:04:42.182 --> 01:04:46.072 “AND THE SPIRIT AND THE BRIDE SAY, ‘COME,’ AND LET HIM WHO 01:04:46.072 --> 01:04:50.081 HEARS SAY, 'COME, AND LET HIM WHO THIRSTS COME. WHOEVER 01:04:50.081 --> 01:04:56.103 DESIRES, LET HIM TAKE THE WATER OF LIFE FREELY.” IT'S AN OPEN 01:04:56.103 --> 01:04:58.883 INVITATION TO RECEIVE THE SALVATION FROM JESUS. HE WILL 01:04:58.883 --> 01:05:03.816 NOT EXCLUDE ANYONE WHO COMES TO HIM. THE INVITATION IS BOTH AN 01:05:03.816 --> 01:05:07.221 OPPORTUNITY AND A RESPONSIBILITY. IN OTHER WORDS, 01:05:07.221 --> 01:05:10.190 WE HAVE FREE WILL, REMEMBER. IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE 01:05:10.190 --> 01:05:13.559 THE DECISION, AND IF WE DECLINE THE INVITATION, WE ONLY HAVE 01:05:13.559 --> 01:05:18.802 OURSELVES TO BLAME. AND THEN VERSES 18 AND 19: “FOR I TESTIFY 01:05:18.802 --> 01:05:22.088 TO EVERYONE WHO HEARS THE WORDS OF THE PROPHECY OF THIS BOOK, IF 01:05:22.088 --> 01:05:25.840 ANYONE ADDS TO THESE THINGS, GOD WILL ADD TO HIM THE PLAGUES THAT 01:05:25.840 --> 01:05:28.983 ARE WRITTEN IN THIS BOOK. AND IF ANYONE TAKES AWAY FROM THE WORDS 01:05:28.983 --> 01:05:31.844 OF THIS BOOK, GOD SHALL TAKE AWAY HIS PART FROM THE BOOK OF 01:05:31.844 --> 01:05:34.512 LIFE, FROM THE HOLY CITY, AND FROM THE THINGS WHICH ARE 01:05:34.512 --> 01:05:39.648 WRITTEN IN THIS BOOK.” THERE'S A STERN WARNING THERE AGAIN. IT'S 01:05:39.648 --> 01:05:42.537 REALLY INTERESTING, CHAPTER 1 OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION TALKS 01:05:42.537 --> 01:05:46.243 ABOUT WE HAVE A BLESSING IF WE READ, OBEY, AND FOLLOW THOSE 01:05:46.243 --> 01:05:50.095 WORDS. AND THEN AT THE END OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION, IF WE 01:05:50.095 --> 01:05:58.480 TAKE AWAY OR TRY AND CHANGE OR ADD TO THESE WORDS, GOD ADDS TO 01:05:58.480 --> 01:06:01.718 HIM THE PLAGUES THAT ARE WRITTEN IN THE BOOK. STERN WARNINGS 01:06:01.718 --> 01:06:04.681 ABOUT THIS BOOK. I WOULD SAY THE BOOK OF REVELATION IS VERY 01:06:04.681 --> 01:06:11.537 SPECIAL TO GOD WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE TWO. IT MEANS THERE'S A 01:06:11.537 --> 01:06:14.805 HIGH PRICE TO PAY FOR TAMPERING WITH THE BOOK OF REVELATION 01:06:14.805 --> 01:06:21.067 SPECIFICALLY, BUT I BELIEVE IT APPLIES TO ALL SCRIPTURE. EDDIE, 01:06:21.067 --> 01:06:23.632 OR WHOEVER'S COMING OUT TO CLOSE, MAYBE THAT'S BRANDON 01:06:23.632 --> 01:06:26.294 TONIGHT, I'M NOT SURE, YOU CAN COME BECAUSE WE'RE JUST GETTING 01:06:26.294 --> 01:06:30.620 READY TO CLOSE HERE IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES. I AM GOING TO GET 01:06:30.620 --> 01:06:36.317 YOU OUT OF HERE BEFORE MIDNIGHT. WE'RE GOING GOOD. VERSE 20 AND 01:06:36.317 --> 01:06:41.046 21: “HE WHO TESTIFIES TO THESE THINGS SAYS, SURELY I AM COMING 01:06:41.046 --> 01:06:45.215 QUICKLY. AMEN. EVEN SO, COME, LORD JESUS. THE GRACE OF OUR 01:06:45.215 --> 01:06:50.906 LORD JESUS CHRIST BE WITH YOU ALL. AMEN.” SO TO THE VERY END, 01:06:50.906 --> 01:06:53.952 THE BOOK OF REVELATION EMPHASIZES READINESS AND 01:06:53.952 --> 01:06:57.478 WATCHFULNESS. WE DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS PRACTICAL LESSON FROM 01:06:57.478 --> 01:06:59.437 THE BOOK OF REVELATION, THE LESSON OF READINESS. READINESS, 01:07:00.533 --> 01:07:02.855 OR WE'RE GOING TO MISS AN ESSENTIAL MESSAGE FROM THE BOOK. 01:07:04.000 --> 01:07:08.765 THE BOOK OF REVELATION CONCERNS MANY PROPHETIC EVENTS, BUT IT 01:07:08.765 --> 01:07:13.204 CLOSES WITH JOHN'S LONGING FOR THE RETURN OF JESUS FOR HIS 01:07:13.204 --> 01:07:17.655 PEOPLE. THAT'S HOW IT ENDS. AND MUCH OF WHAT WE DISCUSSED 01:07:17.655 --> 01:07:20.242 TONIGHT GIVES US A GREAT DESCRIPTION OF THAT BEAUTY AND 01:07:20.242 --> 01:07:24.850 MAGNIFICENCE, BUT THE REAL SIGNIFICANCE IS THAT THE FATHER 01:07:24.850 --> 01:07:28.930 GOD WILL BE DWELLING WITH US. THAT'S THE THING THAT MAKES 01:07:28.930 --> 01:07:32.311 HEAVEN SPECIAL, THE NEW JERUSALEM SPECIAL. I WANT TO 01:07:32.311 --> 01:07:34.747 CLOSE WITH THAT SCRIPTURE THAT WE LOOKED AT LAST TIME, 01:07:36.157 --> 01:07:39.522 REVELATION 21:3. IT SAYS, BEHOLD, THE DWELLING PLACE OF 01:07:39.522 --> 01:07:44.170 GOD IS WITH MAN. HE WILL DWELL WITH THEM, AND THEY WILL BE HIS 01:07:44.170 --> 01:07:48.897 PEOPLE, AND GOD HIMSELF WILL BE WITH THEM AS THEIR GOD. GOD'S 01:07:48.897 --> 01:07:53.208 GOING TO BE THE ONLY THING THAT WILL MAKE HEAVEN WORTH DWELLING 01:07:53.208 --> 01:07:56.991 IN. THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT GOD'S FOR US, HE'S NOT AGAINST 01:07:56.991 --> 01:08:01.079 US. HE'S GOT OUR BACK, HE'S GRACIOUS, AND HE'S MERCIFUL. 01:08:01.079 --> 01:08:06.337 WE'RE SAFE WHEN GOD'S IN OUR PRESENCE. GOD IS FAITHFUL. WHEN 01:08:06.337 --> 01:08:10.922 HE MAKES US A PROMISE, WE CAN COUNT ON IT. GOD'S A GOD OF 01:08:10.922 --> 01:08:15.587 PEACE. WE'RE GONNA EXPERIENCE REST IN HEAVEN BECAUSE NOTHING 01:08:15.587 --> 01:08:19.780 WILL DISTURB US. SATAN IS PUT AWAY FOREVER, NEVER TO 01:08:19.780 --> 01:08:23.612 APPEAR AGAIN. GOD IS LIGHT. HEAVEN WILL BE A PLACE THAT'S 01:08:23.612 --> 01:08:29.884 BRIGHT AND CHEERFUL, BEAUTIFUL, BUT GOD WILL BE ITS LIGHT. GOD 01:08:29.884 --> 01:08:33.414 IS LOVE. HE LOVED US SO MUCH THAT HE GAVE US JESUS. HEAVEN'S 01:08:33.414 --> 01:08:36.090 A PLACE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE ACCEPTED AND CARED FOR. 01:08:37.140 --> 01:08:40.490 EVERYTHING ELSE IN HEAVEN IS REALLY JUST WINDOW DRESSING. 01:08:40.490 --> 01:08:42.903 EVERYTHING ELSE WILL BE DECORATION AND ACCESSORIES, 01:08:42.903 --> 01:08:49.794 REALLY, BECAUSE WITHOUT GOD, HEAVEN WOULDN'T BE HEAVEN. AND 01:08:51.287 --> 01:08:55.247 IF WE BELONG TO GOD, IF WE BELONG TO GOD, WE'LL GO WHERE HE 01:08:55.247 --> 01:08:59.490 GOES. YOU KNOW, I WANT TO END WITH THIS TONIGHT BECAUSE I 01:08:59.490 --> 01:09:09.248 THINK IT'S A GOOD ILLUSTRATION. I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT YOUR 01:09:09.248 --> 01:09:16.237 LIFE. MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE UNTANGLED THIS BEFORE I DID IT, 01:09:16.237 --> 01:09:19.040 BUT WE'RE GOING TO JUST HAVE A LITTLE FUN HERE TONIGHT. I WANT 01:09:19.040 --> 01:09:23.166 YOU TO THINK ABOUT YOUR LIFE BEING A TIMELINE. OH, THIS IS A 01:09:23.166 --> 01:09:33.718 MESS. WHAT'S THAT? SO IS YOUR LIFE. WELL, I BELIEVE YOUR LIVES 01:09:33.718 --> 01:09:37.568 CAN BE STRAIGHTENED OUT BECAUSE OF JESUS. WE GOT ANOTHER 01:09:37.568 --> 01:09:42.300 SERMON HERE. BUT I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THIS ROPE BEING A 01:09:42.300 --> 01:09:45.640 TIMELINE OF YOUR LIFE. I'M GETTING IT THERE, GUYS. WE'RE 01:09:45.640 --> 01:09:49.014 GONNA JUST— THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE DONE THIS. I JUST 01:09:49.014 --> 01:09:51.440 FOUND THIS ILLUSTRATION. I THOUGHT, MAN, THIS IS GOOD. SO 01:09:51.440 --> 01:09:54.574 JUST PRETEND THAT THIS ROPE GOES ON FOREVER. IT'S ONLY A 50-FOOT 01:09:54.574 --> 01:09:57.952 ROPE, BUT LET'S JUST SAY IT GOES ON FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER 01:09:57.952 --> 01:10:01.865 BECAUSE ETERNITY GOES ON FOREVER. DO YOU REALIZE YOU 01:10:01.865 --> 01:10:07.381 KNOW, GUYS, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT ETERNITY AND YOUR LIFE, THIS IS 01:10:07.381 --> 01:10:12.072 REALLY NOT EVEN A GOOD EXAMPLE BECAUSE THIS IS TOO MUCH. THE 01:10:12.072 --> 01:10:15.743 BLUE AREA HERE I WANT YOU TO THINK OF AS YOUR LIFE ON EARTH. 01:10:17.369 --> 01:10:21.731 YOU HAVE A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME ON EARTH TO DO WHAT GOD'S CALLED 01:10:21.731 --> 01:10:27.947 YOU TO DO, TO BE FAITHFUL TO HIM, TO FOLLOW HIS COMMANDS, TO 01:10:27.947 --> 01:10:32.929 REACH PEOPLE, AND TO JUST BE A GOOD SERVANT. BECAUSE AT SOME 01:10:32.929 --> 01:10:36.830 POINT AT THE END OF THIS BLUE, WHEN YOU'RE NO LONGER ON THE 01:10:36.830 --> 01:10:41.485 EARTH, THEN YOU'RE IN ETERNITY. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT MOST PEOPLE 01:10:41.485 --> 01:10:46.147 DO? THEY PUT ALL THEIR EFFORT INTO THIS LITTLE BLUE AREA. 01:10:47.414 --> 01:10:51.287 THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT, AT THE END OF THIS PERIOD OF TIME, I 01:10:51.287 --> 01:10:56.105 CAN RETIRE AND I CAN PLAY GOLF EVERY DAY, AND I CAN 01:10:56.105 --> 01:11:02.181 SLEEP IN AS LONG AS I WANT, AND I CAN SAVE AND WORK HARD NOW, 01:11:02.181 --> 01:11:04.604 AND THEN AT THE END OF THIS PERIOD OF TIME, I'M GOING TO 01:11:04.604 --> 01:11:09.159 HAVE A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL RETIREMENT. BUT THEY DON'T THINK 01:11:09.159 --> 01:11:19.319 ABOUT ALL OF ETERNITY THAT'S COMING FOREVER, FOREVER, AND 01:11:19.319 --> 01:11:24.830 FOREVER. THEY GIVE NO THOUGHT TO THAT, MOST PEOPLE. I WAS JUST 01:11:24.830 --> 01:11:28.988 TALKING TO APOSTLE MIKE AT DINNER THE OTHER NIGHT, AND HE 01:11:28.988 --> 01:11:32.296 HAD JUST BEEN IN NEW YORK CITY PREACHING, AND HE SAID THE THING 01:11:32.296 --> 01:11:34.865 THAT JUST OVERWHELMED HIM WAS JUST SEEING THE MASSES OF 01:11:34.865 --> 01:11:38.478 PEOPLE. YOU KNOW, JUST TO GO TO A CITY AND SEE SO MANY PEOPLE 01:11:38.478 --> 01:11:42.653 CONCENTRATED IN A SMALL AREA, IT HELPS YOU REALIZE WE'RE NOT 01:11:42.653 --> 01:11:47.910 ALONE ON THIS EARTH. 8 BILLION PEOPLE. BUT THE MAJORITY OF THEM 01:11:47.910 --> 01:11:53.950 GIVE NO THOUGHT TO THE WHITE PART. THEY ONLY THINK ABOUT THIS 01:11:53.950 --> 01:11:59.735 TEMPORARY LIFE. SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT I WANT TO MOTIVATE 01:11:59.735 --> 01:12:03.873 YOU WITH REGARDING THE BOOK OF REVELATION, THIS WHOLE SERIES, 01:12:05.014 --> 01:12:11.055 IS THIS. I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH THIS: GOD HAS A WONDERFUL, 01:12:11.055 --> 01:12:14.591 WONDERFUL, ABUNDANT PLAN FOR US ON THIS EARTH, BUT HE 01:12:14.591 --> 01:12:19.342 HAS A GREAT, GREAT FUTURE FOR THOSE THAT RECEIVE HIM, REPENT 01:12:19.342 --> 01:12:23.255 OF SIN, AND FOLLOW HIM DURING THAT TIME. WHY WOULDN'T YOU WANT 01:12:24.334 --> 01:12:30.938 TO SPEND THIS BLUE PERIOD ON EARTH SERVING HIM, DOING YOUR 01:12:30.938 --> 01:12:36.582 BEST TO HONOR HIM, DOING THE WORK OF GOD, KNOWING THAT YOU 01:12:36.582 --> 01:12:40.969 CAN ENJOY THIS FOREVER AND EVER, BECAUSE THE ALTERNATIVE IS 01:12:40.969 --> 01:12:46.653 TERRIBLE. IT'S JUST AS WONDERFUL IT IS TO BE IN THE NEW HEAVEN, 01:12:46.653 --> 01:12:50.202 THE NEW EARTH, AND HAVE THE GLORY OF GOD, AND WHO KNOWS WHAT 01:12:50.202 --> 01:12:53.798 WONDERS AND THINGS THAT GOD HAS PLANNED FOR US. BUT JUST THINK 01:12:53.798 --> 01:12:57.492 HOW TERRIBLE IT IS FOR A PERSON TO BE IN THE LAKE OF FIRE ALL 01:12:57.492 --> 01:13:02.148 DURING THIS TIME AND TO NEVER HAVE RELIEF ETERNALLY. THINK 01:13:02.148 --> 01:13:09.852 ABOUT A SOUL, A MAN PERISHING. SUCH A SOBERING THOUGHT. LET'S 01:13:09.852 --> 01:13:15.667 DO THIS, LET'S JUST STAND TONIGHT. I'LL SPEAK TO YOU 01:13:15.667 --> 01:13:21.220 ONLINE TONIGHT. IF YOU DO NOT KNOW JESUS AND YOU NEED TO MAKE 01:13:21.220 --> 01:13:24.423 A DECISION TO FOLLOW HIM, IT'S YOUR FREE WILL, YOUR CHOICE. 01:13:24.423 --> 01:13:28.145 JESUS DOESN'T SEND YOU OFF INTO HELL OR THE LAKE OF FIRE. HE 01:13:28.145 --> 01:13:31.886 GIVES YOU THE OPTION OF CHOOSING HIM, AND TODAY IS THE 01:13:31.886 --> 01:13:34.938 DAY OF SALVATION, THE BIBLE SAYS. THOSE THAT CALL UPON THE 01:13:34.938 --> 01:13:39.114 NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED. AND SO I WANNA PUT UP ON THE 01:13:39.114 --> 01:13:42.471 SCREEN, IF YOU'LL PUT UP OUR TOLL-FREE PHONE NUMBER, IF YOU 01:13:42.471 --> 01:13:45.620 TONIGHT WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR SAVIOR, YOU 01:13:45.620 --> 01:13:49.122 NEED TO MAKE A DECISION TO FOLLOW HIM SO THAT YOU END UP IN 01:13:49.122 --> 01:13:53.780 ETERNITY WITH HIM AND ENJOYING THE BENEFITS THAT GOD HAS 01:13:53.780 --> 01:14:00.296 PROVIDED. I WANT YOU TO CALL THAT PHONE NUMBER, 855-777-7907. 01:14:00.296 --> 01:14:02.388 OUR PRAYER COUNSELORS ARE AVAILABLE 24 01:14:02.388 --> 01:14:05.359 HOURS A DAY, AND THEY'LL ANSWER YOUR CALL, THEY'LL PRAY WITH 01:14:05.359 --> 01:14:08.971 YOU, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE WE GET INFORMATION OUT TO YOU ON HOW 01:14:08.971 --> 01:14:12.167 YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD IN YOUR WALK WITH THE LORD. BUT FOR 01:14:12.167 --> 01:14:14.511 THOSE OF US HERE, LET'S JUST END WITH PRAYER TONIGHT. FATHER, I 01:14:14.511 --> 01:14:17.562 THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK INTO YOUR WORD. WE THANK 01:14:17.562 --> 01:14:25.286 YOU, LORD, FOR THE GLORIES THAT YOU HAVE PREPARED FOR US. WE 01:14:25.286 --> 01:14:29.537 CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE WHAT THOSE WOULD BE, LORD. WE'RE SO EXCITED 01:14:29.537 --> 01:14:32.967 ABOUT THAT. WE'RE SO EXCITED ABOUT OUR FUTURE WITH YOU, AND 01:14:32.967 --> 01:14:36.229 WE'RE SO EXCITED THAT WE ARE LIVING IN THIS DAY, IN THIS AGE, 01:14:36.229 --> 01:14:40.353 THAT WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THINGS FOR YOU. AND EVERY DAY 01:14:40.353 --> 01:14:44.089 YOU GIVE US BREATH AND LIFE SO THAT WE CAN REACH PEOPLE FOR YOU 01:14:44.089 --> 01:14:51.715 AND SHINE AND FOLLOW YOU IN OBEDIENCE. AND I PRAY, LORD, 01:14:51.715 --> 01:14:59.277 THAT EVERY ONE OF US ARE SHAKEN TO OUR CORE WITH A DESIRE TO 01:14:59.277 --> 01:15:05.914 FOLLOW YOU IN A DEEPER AND GREATER FASHION, LORD, AND TO DO 01:15:05.914 --> 01:15:11.051 MORE, TO STUDY YOUR WORD, TO OBEY YOUR WORD, TO HEAR YOUR 01:15:11.051 --> 01:15:15.423 VOICE, HEAR THE HOLY SPIRIT GUIDING US AND DIRECTING AND 01:15:15.423 --> 01:15:18.950 THEN OBEY. AND WE THANK YOU, LORD. WE CAN COUNT IT A 01:15:18.950 --> 01:15:22.717 PRIVILEGE, LORD, THAT WE UNDERSTAND AND WE KNOW YOUR 01:15:22.717 --> 01:15:26.467 TRUTH, YOUR WORD. WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT IS, LORD, BECAUSE 01:15:26.467 --> 01:15:32.174 THERE'S MILLIONS OUT THERE THAT EITHER THEY HAVEN'T HEARD OR 01:15:32.174 --> 01:15:36.101 THEY'VE REFUSED TO LISTEN. WE DON'T WANT TO BE PART OF THAT 01:15:36.101 --> 01:15:39.467 GROUP, LORD, BUT WE PRAY FOR THEM TONIGHT. LORD, THEIR EARS 01:15:39.467 --> 01:15:41.583 WOULD BE OPEN, THEIR EYES WOULD BE OPEN TO SPIRITUAL 01:15:41.583 --> 01:15:44.135 UNDERSTANDING AND THAT BEFORE THEY LEAVE THIS 01:15:44.135 --> 01:15:47.652 EARTH, THEY WOULD FIND YOU. AND WE THANK YOU FOR IT NOW, IN THE 01:15:47.652 --> 01:15:52.228 MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS. AMEN AND AMEN. AMEN. WELL, GOD BLESS YOU. 01:15:52.228 --> 01:15:57.045 THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT. AND NEXT TIME I'M HERE, IT'LL BE 01:15:57.045 --> 01:15:58.284 SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN REVELATION. 01:15:58.284 --> 01:16:00.557 BUT THANK YOU FOR ENDURING.