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Let's come together now to the 
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and place your finger there. 
Verse 6, Revelation chapter 5, 

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and verse 6. 
For the third time in Revelation

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chapter 5, John is going to tell
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The first instance was in verse 
one when he reports that he saw 

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a scroll in the right hand of 
God. 

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The second occasion is in verse 
2 when he says that he saw a 

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mighty Angel proclaiming with a 
loud voice who is worthy to open

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the scroll and break its seals. 
And for the third time, he will 

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say that he saw something, or 
more specifically, someone. 

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And that is going to be the 
verse of our focus today. 

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It's found in verse 6, but we'll
read verse 6 and verse 7. 

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And between the throne and the 
four living creatures, and among

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the elders, I saw a lamb 
standing as though it had been 

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slain, with seven horns and with
seven eyes, which are the seven 

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spirits of God, sent out into 
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And he went and took the scroll 
from the right hand of him who 

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was seated on the throne. 
Father, I gladly confess that I 

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need you. 
We need you. 

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And we think of the words of the
apostle Paul, who said to the 

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Corinthians that he did not come
preaching to them in human 

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wisdom or with eloquence. 
He did not come with plausible 

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words, but with a demonstration 
of the Spirit and of power at 

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the faith of his hearers would 
not rest in the wisdom of man, 

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but in the power of God. 
Lord, you must speak today. 

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You must be heard, and we just 
ask that through every weakness 

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Your glory would shine. 
What a great task it is to speak

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about the Lamb of God, and so, 
by the help of your Holy Spirit,

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may be faithfully done in a way 
where Christ will be more real 

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to each of us than anything else
in this life. 

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We need you, Lord. 
We ask for your help now. 

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In Jesus name we pray. 
Amen. 

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You know, there's a reason why 
we didn't continue reading 

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further in this chapter. 
I thought initially we were 

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going to finish this chapter 
today, but then I realized that 

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what you find in verse 6 is just
too glorious. 

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The details about the Lamb of 
God are just so fascinating to 

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just simply gloss over 
everything that you and I will 

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find beyond verse 7 will be the 
adoring response of the entire 

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universe to this pivotal moment 
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And we will look at those verses
in the coming weeks because they

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have much to tell us about the 
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Christ deserves. 
But today we're going to do 1 

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simple thing. 
We're just going to behold 

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Christ because this is who John 
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Christ. 
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splendor of Jesus are infinite, 
we've been granted in this brief

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passage at least four amazing, 
remarkable attributes concerning

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his nature. 
You and I are are going to leave

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here with at least four strong 
reminders of who we just sang 

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to, who we trust in, who we 
believe that we are going to see

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one day. 
Today, we're just going to 

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behold Christ. 
And that is no small thing. 

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People need Jesus. 
You know, it was Philip who went

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down to Samaria in Acts 8 verse 
five, and one of the most 

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amazing revivals breaks out in 
Samaria. 

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But in that verse, you know what
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He went down to Samaria and 
preached to them the Christ 

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Jesus, simply Jesus. 
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we need to recover the simple 
preaching of Christ because that

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message alone can do miracles in
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And it's not just for 
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Oh, we need to know more about 
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And so in verse 6 alone, there 
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us to consider about the Lamb is
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Did you pick up on the meekness 
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Now remember, before this John 
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no one was found worthy to open 
this scroll, the scroll that 

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held the end times program for 
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And an elder said, John, weep no
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There is one found who is 
worthy, but he describes him in 

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a very particular way. 
He is the lion of the tribe of 

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Judah, the root of David. 
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told to behold a lion, what 
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A lion. 
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like figure. 
But after John dries his eyes 

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and looks more closely at what 
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doesn't find a lion, he finds a 
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Now that's strange to me because
hopefully you remember last week

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we confirmed that this identity 
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tribe of Judah is exclusively 
found and introduced in the Book

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of Revelation. 
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Because it perfectly correlates 
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Coming. 
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authority. 
He is coming to take over. 

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So then why is that label so 
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The moment that we are told 
about the Lion, we come back to 

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a familiar image of the Lamb. 
Well, evidently as much as the 

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Holy Spirit in the Book of 
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anticipate the soon coming Lion,
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that He is the Lamb. 
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appears a total of 28 times in 
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times. 
You would think that the lion 

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label would be emphasized, but 
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To be always reminded about the 
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You would think again that there
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Why come back to that? 
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Book of Revelation and we 
witnessed the victories, the 

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triumphs, and the final 
redemption unfolding in the 

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final lap of human history, it's
as though God the Holy Spirit 

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wants to continually remind us 
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possible because of Christ's 
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His triumph ultimately came 
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That's the message of this 
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Our Lord already won the 
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His selfless love. 
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life. 
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Passover lamb. 
That's what John was supposed to

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see, and that's what he is 
translating to us now. 

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Hopefully we understand that God
being described as a lion is not

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totally new. 
It's actually found in the Old 

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Testament on more than one 
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You don't have to turn to these 
references, just listen 

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carefully in Hosea 11/10 we read
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after the Lord. 
He will roar like a lion when he

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roars, his children shall come 
trembling from the West. 

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And Amos chapter 3 verse 8 the 
lion has roared, who will not 

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fear the Lord? 
God has spoken who can but 

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prophecy. 
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familiar with the imagery of God
being like a lion. 

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But here's what's so startling 
that God who describes himself 

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in this way, depicting his 
ultimate authority, his ultimate

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power, his ultimate dominion, 
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enter into this world and take 
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vulnerability, with all 
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What a striking concept that 
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who were set apart by covenant 
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got to be this roaring lion, 
this mighty beast, would also 

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visit them and become a lamb. 
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you realize that the Gospel show
us just that, how this lion of a

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God willingly subjected himself 
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wicked men who thought that they
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So they arrest him, they 
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they spit on him, they pull them
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can drag him, they slash him, 
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eventually they crucify him. 
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like a lamb led to the 
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its shears remain silent. 
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Why? 
To save rotten, wicked men and 

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sinners, sinners like us forever
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It was through his humility is 
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his surrender that he ultimately
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So you see, John learned through
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Christ would never and should 
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But more than that, it's going 
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that will be the impetus of our 
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Yes, we're coming to the end of 
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We want to see the King. 
We want to see the lion. 

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But early in the Book of 
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don't forget that he is the 
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And don't forget that all these 
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these awesome acts of sovereign 
power, ultimately flow from a 

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humble Savior who succeeded 2000
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that you and I will enjoy 
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The humility of Jesus Christ, 
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glorious characteristic of 
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His preeminence. 
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but look at his preeminence. 
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And between the throne and the 
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the elders, I saw a lamb 
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Listen, the description of 
Christ's location is not void of

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purpose. 
It's intentional. 

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The sense that you get from this
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to be emerging as the 
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room. 
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him, and we know this very well.
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aware, Jesus Christ is and will 
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praise, and we're being prepared
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Here Christ is going to be the 
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It was a Puritan who once wrote 
Take away Christ and what heaven

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is but a blessed prison, a 
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I am no Puritan, but I will add 
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Take away Christ and heaven will
be dark. 

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Take away Christ and heaven will
become cold. 

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Take away Christ and heaven will
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And if you think that's an 
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from a realization of Scripture 
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Let me give you an example. 
We're in Revelation 5. 

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Go to Revelation 21 and here you
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the new heaven and the new earth
that will follow the final 

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judgement. 
And notice what is said here in 

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this one verse of Revelation 21 
verse 23. 

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And the city has no need of sun 
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glory of God gives its light, 
and its lamp is what the lamp. 

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So just as a lamp is the 
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off light, Christ is the chosen 
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the glory of God in the new 
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Isn't that what a lamp does? 
It holds light, it illumines. 

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Christ the Lamb will be the lamp
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glory of God. 
And just as the sun is essential

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for sustaining habitation and 
survival on our planet, Christ 

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will be the central source of 
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come. 
So much so that in this new 

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world you won't need the sun. 
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SON, and just as this world as 
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life if you took away the sun 
for a moment, take away Christ 

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and you strip heaven of its 
glory. 

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He is preeminent, He is central,
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Do you believe that Christ is 
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important in the world to come? 
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future listeners who see this 
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the Lord Jesus at best is like 
an exalted creature, the most 

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exalted creature. 
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part of God's redemptive plan, 
surely. 

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But to say that he is the 
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object of every creatures love 
and honor. 

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Let me ask you this. 
Have you considered how he 

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differs in this text that we're 
reading the the the only verse 

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that we're looking at today, and
how he compares to the other 

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participants and the actors of 
this heavenly vision in their 

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response to the throne. 
In other words, if you just 

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scale back and you look at how 
the four living creatures react 

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to the sight and the sounds of 
God's throne, and then follow 

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that up with the 24 elders and 
then compare it with Christ, you

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can't help but see that He's 
different. 

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Let me show you. 
Go to Revelation 4 and look here

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at verse 9 quickly. 
Remember, Revelation 4 and 5 is 

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the same vision. 
But notice what I said here. 

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And whenever the living 
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and thanks to Him who is seated 
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They worship. 
They pour out their praise. 

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They break out in song. 
What do you find in the next 

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verse? 
In verse 10, the 24 elders fall 

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down before him who is seated on
the throne and worship Him who 

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lives forever and ever, and 
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But then now as John's gaze is 
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that there is a different 
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it is incredible. 
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We read it together, the 
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And He, that's the Lamb. 
And he went and took the scroll 

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from the right hand of him who 
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With incomparable dignity, 
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advances toward the throne of 
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Without explanation, without 
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permission. 
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scroll in the hand of the 
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unto himself. 
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Who is this lamb? 
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four living creatures and 
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Why does he not join the 24 
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face? 
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whoever this Lamb is is worthy 
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He is the object of adoration. 
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essence with the Father, the Son
of God himself, who approaches 

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the throne of the Father with 
such strength and boldness 

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because it's His right. 
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him. 
The Father doesn't stop him. 

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The Father gladly let's go of 
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scroll. 
Jesus the preeminent 1. 

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He is the center of heaven. 
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of heaven, then he is worthy to 
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mine. 
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glory, then He must be the 
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And here's what I take from 
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If Christ is who He is in that 
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carefully if He is #1 in your 
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this ministry, then we will get 
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Only then. 
You put Him in any other place. 

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You put Him in the background, 
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If He's the piece of the pie in 
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work. 
He's everything He must be. 

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He's incomparable. 
He has no rival. 

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He stands alone. 
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And until you and I arrive to 
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know the fragrance of heaven in 
your life. 

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We will never know the presence 
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Heaven shows us where Christ 
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must be the same. 
Crown him, Lord of all. 

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Crown him, King of kings, Crown 
him with your greatest 

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affection. 
Crown him with all that is 

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within you. 
He must be crowned as the 

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preeminent 1 for the four living
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myriad of angels Do so gladly. 
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We who have experienced 
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grace, we who have been washed 
in His blood, do we dare put Him

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in any other place in this life?
No, that would be the crime of 

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all crimes. 
Such indifference to me is utter

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blasphemy. 
Such a thought should be enough 

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fuel for you to break out of 
lukewarmness, to never be 

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content with Christ not being 
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He's in the middle of 
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But we come now to the Third 
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is the pinnacle of everything. 
What we find here can surely 

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bring us to this, to our knees, 
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It's a sacrifice. 
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considered his preeminence. 
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sacrifice. 
Look back again at verse 6 and 

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between the throne and the four 
living creatures, and among the 

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elders, I saw a lamb. 
Wait, you were told about a 

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lion? 
Yeah, but I see a lamb. 

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Why? 
It's a megaphone about Christ's 

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humility. 
And I through his humility, he 

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has brought victory. 
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In between the throne, the four 
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elders. 
He's the centerpiece of heaven. 

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But thirdly, he's not just 
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John looks closer. 
And look at the last part here, 

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or the second part at least, as 
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What a fascinating feature of 
this vision we have here, 

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something that is familiar to 
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2000 years ago, he satisfied his
duty and his role as the Lamb of

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God who takes away the sins of 
the world. 

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That was accomplished 2000 years
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But what is he doing in heaven, 
bearing the marks of sacrifice 

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and wounds and death itself? 
Wasn't that done away with? 

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Wasn't that accomplished? 
Aren't we moving on now? 

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Aren't we supposed to see 
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What we find here is a vision, a
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like a lamb who is freshly 
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altar. 
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Because the death of Christ was 
not only performed on earth, it 

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is still being remembered and 
represented before the judgement

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seat of the Father. 
Here's what I want to say with 

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this What Jesus Christ did on 
the cross is not a fading memory

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in the mind of God. 
We find it here as vivid as an 

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ever present reality in His 
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Do you see this Christ sacrifice
is there, it's clear, it's real,

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it's ever present. 
And this vision, this part of 

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the vision at least is for your 
confidence in mine. 

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It has to be because it 
testifies that even after 

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thousands of years, what Jesus 
Christ has done in that single 

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sacrifice on Calvary is still 
relevant and hasn't lost an 

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ounce of power. 
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Father as a slain Lamb. 
In case that truth is not clear,

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remember that the Lamb in this 
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It would make sense for a slain 
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there, lifeless. 
But that's not what you find. 

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You find a paradox, a slain Lamb
standing. 

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Why? 
Because yes, he did die 2000 

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years ago. 
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He's here. 
He's upright. 

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I saw a Lamb standing. 
He's no longer dead, he is alive

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forevermore, and the efficacy of
his sacrifice is still capable 

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of giving life. 
The one who was slain, who is 

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alive now, can and always give 
life. 

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So here's what this means for 
the unbeliever who might be 

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listening to this today. 
Listen carefully. 

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You can today, at this very 
moment, with absolute 

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confidence, cry out to God to 
save your soul, to be washed 

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from every wrong that you've 
ever committed. 

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And because of this slain Lamb 
before the throne of God, you 

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can know salvation because what 
He has done is still relevant 

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and it's still applicable. 
It could be known and it could 

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be applied to you now. 
He is the living slain Lamb. 

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The blood still flows, it's 
still accessible, it still can 

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be applied. 
But here's what this also means 

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for the believer. 
You and I have to rejoice in the

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supremacy of the new covenant. 
A slain lamb, that is. 

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That is a common thing for an 
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They've seen many slain lambs 
and bulls and goats, but one 

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slain lamb that is standing and 
remains there, never to be 

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replaced. 
What a strange thing. 

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If you need anything to give you
energy to realize how you are 

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privileged on this side of the 
cross, understand this, that you

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and I, when we sin and if we 
sin, don't have to fetch for a 

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brand new animal and bring it 
before a temple. 

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There is one lamb that is 
sufficient. 

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There is one lamb that we can 
appeal to. 

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There is One who was slain and 
is forever enough for anything 

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and everything that we do that 
breaks God's law, breaks his 

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heart. 
The Lamb who is before the 

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throne will never, ever lose its
power. 

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And that power for you, 
Christian, is able to sustain 

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you until the end. 
It's a fountain of forgiveness 

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that never runs dry. 
It's something that you and I 

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can continually bring our dirty 
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How great is this sacrifice? 
How much does it outshine even 

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Solomon's temple with all its 
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So next time you read the Old 
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hundreds of thousands of things 
that were slain and slaughtered 

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in order for their sins just to 
be covered for a moment, let 

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your heart leap with joy as you 
remember this one slain Lamb who

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is eternally sufficient for you 
and I. 

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Just one sacrifice no more. 
And here's what this means for 

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our study in Revelation. 
There is only one who can save 

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people from the terrible events 
that are described in that 

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scroll. 
Remember what's in the scroll? 

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Pretty much what we find in 
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And just as Israel was spared 
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Egypt because they would take 
that Passover lamb and apply its

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blood on their doorpost, so 
applying the blood of this lamb 

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can save you and I from the 
horrors and the judgments and 

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the eternal consequences that 
this book promises will come to 

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pass. 
What a glorious thought. 

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Here you have the lamb who is 
going to take this scroll. 

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And this Lamb is the only one 
who can save us from what's 

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going to happen when that scroll
is broken. 

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His sacrifice, a slain Lamb 
standing. 

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We finally come to the last 
point, and that is his power. 

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Notice what I said after we are 
told that he saw a Lamb standing

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as though it had been slain, 
with seven horns and with seven 

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eyes, which are the seven 
spirits of God sent out into all

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the earth. 
Now, if you thought a slain Lamb

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standing was strange, it only 
gets a little bit more cryptic. 

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I've never seen, I've seen a 
lamb being slain, a real lamb 

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being slain. 
I've never seen it standing 

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after it had its throat cut. 
And I also have never seen a 

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lane with 7 horns and seven 
eyes. 

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Have you? 
That would be concerning. 

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But remember, this is symbolic. 
This is not meant to be literal.

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This is meant to convey an 
important message. 

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And again, John expects his 
readers to be students of the 

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Old Testament. 
And if you've read through the 

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Hebrew Scriptures, then you know
that all over the place is a 

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horn, a symbol of strength and 
power and kingly authority. 

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You find it in the Psalms, you 
find it in the law, you find it 

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in prophecy. 
The horn is a symbol of 

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strength. 
And so for the Lamb to have 7 

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horns means what? 
That he has absolute and total 

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power? 
That he is incomparable in his 

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strength? 
That He is in fact omnipotent. 

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The Lamb is all powerful. 
OK, but what about the eyes? 

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Seven eyes? 
Once again you have another Old 

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Testament illusion. 
There is one place in the Old 

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Testament where we're told about
the seven eyes of the Lord. 

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And in that verse you have the 
meaning of it. 

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So here's a reference to put in 
the margin in Zechariah 410. 

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Notice what the prophet saw and 
was told in Zechariah 410 For 

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whoever has despised the day of 
small things shall rejoice, and 

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shall see the Plumb line in the 
hand of Zerubbabel. 

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These seven are the eyes of the 
Lord, which range through the 

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whole earth. 
So earlier in a vision Zechariah

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saw these seven eyes and God 
gives them the meaning of it. 

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They represent the all seeing, 
surveying eyes of God throughout

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the whole earth. 
And that same description is now

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applied to who? 
Jesus. 

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That Jesus possesses complete 
knowledge and discernment. 

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He is aware of absolutely 
everything. 

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So not only is he omnipotent, 
he's omniscient. 

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And the way he exercises his 
omniscience is through the 

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agency of the Holy Spirit. 
That's why we're told here back 

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in Revelation 5-6, the seven 
eyes, which are the seven 

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spirits of God sent out into all
the earth. 

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So we see something here, the 
unison of the Holy Spirit and 

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Christ, that the try unity of 
God at work here, the 

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omniscience of Christ exercised 
through the agency of the Holy 

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Spirit. 
Why are we being told this? 

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Why are we being told that Jesus
is all powerful and he's all 

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knowing? 
2 reasons and this is where 

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we're ending. 
You connect those truths with 

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the fact that He is the Lamb of 
God, the pleasing sacrifice 

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before the Father, and you 
understand this. 

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Christ is capable of saving 
anyone from anywhere. 

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There is no sin too great, and 
if you have not been paying 

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attention to this message, this 
is something that you need to 

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lean into, especially if you are
in bondage. 

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There is no sin too great. 
There is no place too dark or 

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far where Christ's power cannot 
reach and deliver from. 

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And I can testify that truth in 
my own life as a 20 year old 

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college student in a basement 
apartment. 

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No preacher, no talented music 
band, no human appeal. 

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Where it all turned around for 
me was in a long weekend with an

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open Bible and the manifest 
presence of God in that room. 

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And so real was that encounter 
with the truth of Jesus Christ 

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and His love for me that I can 
say with absolute confidence 

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that the shackles of sin have 
been broken and left in that 

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basement apartment. 
He reached for me because He 

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knew where I was and He knew 
what I needed. 

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And this Lamb of God knows where
you are and possesses the power 

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that you desperately need. 
He can set you free. 

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A lamb. 
Oh yeah, but he has seven horns.

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Here's one reference to perhaps 
persuade you that this is indeed

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one of the meanings of this 
vision in Numbers 23, verse 22. 

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Don't turn there, just listen. 
And numbers 2322 it says God 

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brings them out of Egypt and is 
for them like the horns of a 

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wild ox. 
Do you see it? 

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Israel's redemption is being 
revisited and the Lord says I 

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brought them out of Egypt. 
What's Egypt? 

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The picture of the world? 
Bondage, slavery, misery, and 

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God, like a horn of a wild ox, 
powerfully drove them into 

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liberty. 
I want to tell you today that 

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the horns of the Lamb of God can
drive you out of slavery, of 

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shackles, of bondage, of 
heaviness of heart. 

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You have to call upon Him. 
He is able to save to the 

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uttermost those who draw near to
God in Him to the uttermost. 

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That's the good news of this 
part of the vision. 

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But here's the sobering truth. 
Jesus Christ holds the power to 

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execute the cycles of wrath 
inscribed on that scroll, and He

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will do so perfectly. 
He will do so in perfect 

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justice. 
So this vision, I argue, 

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corrects a common misconception 
about Jesus, the idea that 

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Christ, oh, he's a lamb, right? 
So he's gentle and he's tolerant

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and he's laid back. 
You know, he's just going to let

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the world go as it is and 
everybody's going to be OK in 

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the end. 
He is a lamb. 

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Praise God, He's gentle, meek, 
and mild. 

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But remember that this Lamb has 
seven horns and he has seven 

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eyes. 
He is going to execute judgement

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one day. 
Can I show you one of the most 

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paradoxical things in the Book 
of Revelation? 

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It still has to do with the 
Lamb, but notice his 

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description. 
This kept me up a little bit at 

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night. 
I was trying to figure it out. 

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I'm not sure if I have fully 
yet. 

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Revelation chapter 6. 
This is when the seals are 

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broken open and you come to the 
final seal and look at verse 16 

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of chapter 6. 
Then the kings of the earth, and

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the great ones, and the generals
and the rich and the powerful, 

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and everyone slave and free, hid
themselves in the caves and 

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among the rocks of the 
mountains, calling to the 

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mountains and rocks fall on us 
and hide us from the face of him

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who was seated on the throne, 
and from the wrath of the lion, 

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lion, lion, the wrath of the 
Lamb. 

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For that, for the great day of 
their wrath has come. 

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Who can stand wrath of the Lamb?
I've never seen an angry lamb, 

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have you? 
I've seen an angry lion. 

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On TV, thankfully, an angry 
lamb, the wrath of the Lamb. 

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There seems to be a distance 
between the words wrath and 

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lamb. 
How does that work? 

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Is it not a shocking wake up 
call that the same Lamb who is 

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willing to forgive any sin, who 
possesses the power to wash away

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any iniquity, is also the one 
who is going to judge every sin 

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and hold everyone accountable? 
It's as though if you don't 

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accept the blood of the Lamb, 
then here's the wrath of the 

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Lamb. 
That's really the decision of 

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all decisions is enough. 
You can't argue that Jesus 

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Christ of Nazareth died and was 
buried, and we Christians 

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believe that he rose. 
What do you do with that 

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00:41:02,920 --> 00:41:07,040
historical truth? 
What do you do with that 

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knowledge? 
What do you do with the Lamb? 

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Do you apply his blood by faith?
Or do you join the terror of 

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kings and governors and 
generals, the rich, powerful, 

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00:41:24,320 --> 00:41:28,200
everyone, slave and free, who 
will when they hide themselves 

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00:41:28,200 --> 00:41:32,560
from the Lamb? 
His power. 

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He is powerful enough to save 
anyone, and he is powerful 

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enough to judge everyone. 
I saw Lamb standing as though it

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had been slain. 
Where is Christ in your life? 

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Has He over the past few months 
been pushed to the background, 

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the back seat? 
Have you lost faith that He is 

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00:42:05,400 --> 00:42:08,720
able to actually set you free 
from a besetting sin, Maybe a 

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sin that has latched onto your 
life as of late? 

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00:42:16,750 --> 00:42:35,430
Let's pray, we ask Lord, that 
the Lamb of God would be loved 

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by His people and would be 
believed on by those who might 

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00:42:40,200 --> 00:42:47,160
be hearing this message and 
don't really know Him as they 

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00:42:47,160 --> 00:42:56,910
should. 
Amaze us again with Christ. 

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00:42:58,390 --> 00:43:00,510
We believe that will heal us 
from so much. 

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Everything that we said in these
past few minutes. 

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We pray you would make so real 
to every heart in this place. 

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We've now come to worship 
together with these truths in 

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our hearts. 
In Jesus name we pray. 

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Amen. 
As the praise team comes up, I 

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want you to know what Jesus 
Christ has done for you. 

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If you don't believe on him, if 
you don't know him in a saving 

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way, He died for you. 
He shed his blood for you and He

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00:43:40,480 --> 00:43:45,360
wants you to be saved. 
If you have never put your faith

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00:43:45,360 --> 00:43:48,080
and trust in Jesus, if you've 
never really confessed them as 

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Lord, I ask you today to realize
that this, this vision that 

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we've been studying, though very
rich in symbolism, speaks of a 

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truth, speaks of a reality that 
is ongoing. 

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Christ can see you, Christ can 
hear you, and Christ at this 

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00:44:08,640 --> 00:44:19,480
very moment can rush upon you 
and transform you, and you will 

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00:44:19,480 --> 00:44:21,320
know it without, without a 
doubt. 

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And believer, if if what you've 
heard today has become dull to 

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you, ask Him to open your eyes 
and and ask him to be able to 

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00:44:34,880 --> 00:44:38,360
respond to the truth that we 
find here in the same way that 

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those perfect creatures in 
heaven can't stop doing loving 

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00:44:43,680 --> 00:44:45,520
Him and pouring out your praise 
to Him. 

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He is faithful to help us. 
Let's sing to Him.