1 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:03,700 Good morning, United Evangelical Church. 2 00:00:04,100 --> 00:00:06,600 And anybody else who might be joining us this morning? 3 00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:10,700 As you can see, we are in a different place. 4 00:00:11,700 --> 00:00:16,000 We're in a different location. Things have been changing since 5 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:17,800 last week. We were in the sanctuary on 6 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:23,200 Friday and now we're in a quickly setup Studio, but no 7 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:25,200 matter what, what's more important is that the word of 8 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:29,400 God will be shared and that we will be able to hear from the 9 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:32,200 Lord together. And so if you have your Bibles, 10 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:34,000 hold onto them tightly, because we're going to go through 11 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:36,700 different scriptures. If you saw the title of what 12 00:00:36,700 --> 00:00:40,000 we're going to be discussing. It's going to be meditations on 13 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:43,200 the return of Christ. And we use that word meditations 14 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:45,700 carefully. Because when you speak on the 15 00:00:45,700 --> 00:00:50,100 subject like this, you can really get into details of 16 00:00:50,100 --> 00:00:53,400 events of when of how, what does this represent? 17 00:00:53,700 --> 00:00:55,200 And that's not the purpose. This morning. 18 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:59,100 We don't want to present a timeline of what we see in the 19 00:00:59,100 --> 00:01:02,500 scriptures, concerning the return of Christ or the Rapture. 20 00:01:02,500 --> 00:01:05,800 The tribulation. We want to focus on a devotional 21 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:08,800 meditation and that concept altogether. 22 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:12,500 And so we're going to go through different verses and see how 23 00:01:12,500 --> 00:01:15,200 these can stir our hearts today, even though it isn't event to 24 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:17,600 come. And so if you have your Bibles, 25 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:21,300 go to Luke chapter 21 for now, we're going to touch on a couple 26 00:01:21,300 --> 00:01:27,300 verses. And as Believers, we believe in 27 00:01:27,300 --> 00:01:31,500 a literal bodily resurrection and we believe in a literal 28 00:01:31,500 --> 00:01:34,400 bodily Return of the person of Jesus Christ. 29 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:39,100 The same historical Jesus that walked on this Earth and died on 30 00:01:39,100 --> 00:01:42,800 a cross and went into the grave. And Rose is the same Jesus 31 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:45,600 that's going to return and he is going to come to render 32 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:48,400 judgment. He's coming to redeem and full 33 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:51,400 Redemption, those who put their trust in him, and he will 34 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:54,800 establish his Earthly Reign for all eternity. 35 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:57,300 And that's what we believe. And look at this. 36 00:01:57,300 --> 00:02:02,900 Familiar verse in, Luke 21 verse 25 says and there will be signs 37 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:07,600 in sun and moon and stars and on the earth distress of nations in 38 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:11,600 perplexity because of the Roaring of the Sea and the waves 39 00:02:11,700 --> 00:02:16,000 look at verse 26, people fainting with fear people, 40 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:20,000 fainting with fear. And with foreboding of what is 41 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:23,500 coming on the world for the powers of the heavens, will be 42 00:02:23,500 --> 00:02:24,900 shaken. Now. 43 00:02:24,900 --> 00:02:27,100 This is speaking about specifically the tribulation 44 00:02:27,100 --> 00:02:31,300 period but we can still apply it to our lives today, you know, 45 00:02:31,300 --> 00:02:33,900 very well that this past week concerning the world. 46 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:38,200 There's been great fear in the air Panic hysteria. 47 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:42,400 And Jesus says, this is only going to be Amplified in that 48 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:46,300 intense tribulation period when the world will experience things 49 00:02:46,300 --> 00:02:49,000 that they've never seen before, but we can also Play that to 50 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,500 today. That there is a fear of 51 00:02:51,500 --> 00:02:55,300 uncertainty and of the unknown. That is the posture of the world 52 00:02:55,300 --> 00:02:57,900 though. And keep looking and verse 27, 53 00:02:57,900 --> 00:03:01,800 28, see the contrast, and then they will see the son of man 54 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:04,300 coming in a cloud with power and great Glory. 55 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:08,500 Look at verse 28. Now, when these things begin to 56 00:03:08,500 --> 00:03:10,600 take place. He's talking to those who will 57 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:14,700 be in that period but also to us today, straighten up and raise 58 00:03:14,700 --> 00:03:18,200 your heads because your Redemption is Drawing Near. 59 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:24,200 Do you see the contrast the world fainting with fear 60 00:03:24,300 --> 00:03:29,000 panicking questioning wondering? Believers. 61 00:03:30,100 --> 00:03:32,600 Looking up there, their heads are straight up. 62 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:35,400 Their eyes are towards heaven and they are expecting the 63 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:40,400 return of the Savior. Now if this truth is something 64 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:44,200 you believe in perhaps more than ever, it is something that is 65 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:46,900 more real to you especially in this season. 66 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:50,000 And that's why I believe it's appropriate to speak on these 67 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:52,000 things. Ask yourself this question. 68 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:54,600 How much of the return of Christ is mentioned in the New 69 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:56,700 Testament? Think about the gospels, think 70 00:03:56,700 --> 00:03:59,300 about the letters, the Epistles, think about how much mentioned 71 00:03:59,300 --> 00:04:01,400 there is. Of the return of Christ. 72 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:06,300 It's amazing how at least in my understanding of my perspective 73 00:04:06,300 --> 00:04:08,900 that so little is mentioned of the return of Christ and modern 74 00:04:08,900 --> 00:04:10,700 teaching. It seems to be a foreign 75 00:04:10,700 --> 00:04:12,400 subject. It seems to be something that is 76 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:15,700 archaic. Something that is to end times 77 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:18,700 Nation its to apocalyptic and people want to avoid that 78 00:04:18,700 --> 00:04:21,399 subject. But it is our hope, this is, 79 00:04:21,399 --> 00:04:25,000 this is what we are looking for. This is the next major event in 80 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:26,900 Redemptive history that we are anticipating. 81 00:04:27,500 --> 00:04:29,800 And so, let's talk about such things and go. 82 00:04:29,900 --> 00:04:32,700 Acting now, Luke 17 the same book. 83 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:37,200 Let's read some verses that would stir our hearts in this 84 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:41,100 area. Look at Luke 17 verse 22. 85 00:04:43,700 --> 00:04:46,200 And he being Jesus said to the disciples. 86 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:51,800 The days are coming, when you will desire to see, one of the 87 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:56,600 days of the son of man, and you will not see it. 88 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:58,800 And so, let's understand this and 22. 89 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:01,800 Jesus is speaking to a specific audience. 90 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:04,400 He just finished speaking, in the verses prior to the 91 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:07,200 Pharisees who asked about the kingdom of God, and now he is 92 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:12,800 speaking to his own followers. And he's saying you will desire 93 00:05:13,300 --> 00:05:15,900 to see one of the days of the son of man, but you will not see 94 00:05:15,900 --> 00:05:17,600 it. You saying there? 95 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,700 Let's understand what he means by the days of the son of man. 96 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:24,700 Jesus loved to refer himself as the son of man. 97 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:29,200 It's a title that he gave himself often and that title 98 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:30,700 speaks something about his Humanity. 99 00:05:30,700 --> 00:05:35,900 Sure that he is human fully human, but that title as you 100 00:05:35,900 --> 00:05:38,900 know would have been very familiar to the ears of the Jews 101 00:05:38,900 --> 00:05:40,300 and it would be familiar to you as well. 102 00:05:40,300 --> 00:05:43,500 If you know the Old Testament the title, son of man comes from 103 00:05:43,500 --> 00:05:46,100 a specific Vision that our Prophet had in the Book of 104 00:05:46,100 --> 00:05:50,100 Daniel chapter 7. 7. Now, turn there to see how Jesus 105 00:05:50,100 --> 00:05:54,100 used this and what he was referring to Daniel 7. 106 00:05:57,400 --> 00:05:59,400 Verse 13. Look what Daniel says. 107 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:04,100 I saw in the night visions and behold with the Clouds Of 108 00:06:04,100 --> 00:06:07,400 Heaven. There came one like a son of 109 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:10,500 man. And he came to the Ancient of 110 00:06:10,500 --> 00:06:13,000 Days and was presented before him. 111 00:06:14,100 --> 00:06:16,400 So what Daniel saw in this vision? 112 00:06:17,500 --> 00:06:22,800 Was an individual that carried a human-like form and he is 113 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:26,800 presented before the Ancient of Days, which is a title that 114 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:29,200 describes God and him being Eternal. 115 00:06:29,900 --> 00:06:34,000 And this man, the son of man comes in the Clouds Of Heaven, 116 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:37,000 so he's not an ordinary man. He's not, he's not just one who 117 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:40,700 has a human appearance. He is coming in Majesty. 118 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:46,000 He's coming with boldness and courage before the Ancient of 119 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:50,300 Days himself to do, what? Because the Ancient of Days is 120 00:06:50,300 --> 00:06:52,300 going to give him an inheritance. 121 00:06:52,700 --> 00:06:57,000 He's going to give him honor that is unparalleled to anyone 122 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:59,500 else. What kind of Honor, look at 123 00:06:59,500 --> 00:07:05,400 verse 14 and to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom 124 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:10,700 that all peoples Nations and languages should serve him. 125 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:16,100 His Dominion is an everlasting Dominion, which shall not pass 126 00:07:16,100 --> 00:07:20,800 away and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed. 127 00:07:22,700 --> 00:07:26,200 So when Jesus refers to himself as the son of man, you have to 128 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:30,500 understand that the Learned you would have went to Daniel 129 00:07:30,500 --> 00:07:34,200 chapter 7 and it would have been an astounding statement that 130 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:40,400 Jesus was making that the person that Daniel saw that one like a 131 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:45,100 son of man. Was the pre-incarnate Christ and 132 00:07:45,100 --> 00:07:49,900 Jesus was making the connection. I am the one that Daniel saw and 133 00:07:49,900 --> 00:07:53,100 why is that important? Because of the person that we 134 00:07:53,100 --> 00:07:55,800 see in Daniels vision and what he had received from the Ancient 135 00:07:55,800 --> 00:08:00,800 of Days and eternal Kingdom that would demand the service of 136 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:02,900 people from different nations and tongues. 137 00:08:03,900 --> 00:08:08,400 And so when Jesus calls himself that this was a great statement 138 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:10,800 being made. In fact, if there's any doubt 139 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:14,000 behind that interpretation, You can go to the Book of Matthew 140 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:17,700 and Jesus trial. And if anybody ever asks you, 141 00:08:17,700 --> 00:08:20,900 where Jesus outright says that he is the Son of God, or he is 142 00:08:20,900 --> 00:08:24,500 the Messiah, or he is the one that was prophesied about just 143 00:08:24,500 --> 00:08:29,400 turn to Matthew chapter 26. And look at verse 63 and 64 and 144 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:31,800 see that, this is as clear as it gets. 145 00:08:32,900 --> 00:08:37,299 But Jesus remains silent. In Matthew chapter 26, 63 and 146 00:08:37,299 --> 00:08:40,299 the high priest said to him. I adjure you by the Living God. 147 00:08:41,700 --> 00:08:46,200 Tell us if you are the Christ the son of God, so he's asking 148 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:48,600 me trial tell us plainly. Are you the one that was 149 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:51,200 prophesied about? Are you claiming to have this? 150 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:54,100 Heavenly Authority? Are you claiming to be the one 151 00:08:54,100 --> 00:08:56,400 that the prophet spoke of liquid? 152 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:58,900 Jesus is in 64. Jesus said to him, you have said 153 00:08:58,900 --> 00:09:01,700 so Can you get any more clear than that? 154 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:04,900 I agree with you. Jesus saying you're right. 155 00:09:05,500 --> 00:09:10,400 And then he goes on to say. But I tell you from now on, you 156 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:15,200 will see the son of man seated at the right hand of power and 157 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:18,100 coming on the Clouds Of Heaven. There It Is. 158 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:22,400 He is claiming to be the one that Daniel prophesied about 159 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:23,700 now. What's the point? 160 00:09:24,700 --> 00:09:28,000 When Jesus says to his disciples in verse 22 of Luke 17. 161 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:33,900 He says the days are coming. When you will desire to see one 162 00:09:33,900 --> 00:09:38,200 of the days of the son of man. So we've made clear that he is 163 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:41,700 referring to himself as the one Daniel portrayed. 164 00:09:42,900 --> 00:09:47,500 But he's speaking about the disciples Desiring to see one of 165 00:09:47,500 --> 00:09:50,500 those days. Meaning the era of the son of 166 00:09:50,500 --> 00:09:54,700 man and exaltation, the era of the son of man ruling and 167 00:09:54,700 --> 00:09:57,300 reigning on the earth and establishing his eternal 168 00:09:57,300 --> 00:10:00,500 Dominion. He told his disciples, you will 169 00:10:00,500 --> 00:10:04,700 long to see that you will yearn to see that. 170 00:10:06,100 --> 00:10:09,000 And I think this is an important question to ask at least two 171 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:11,200 questions as you are sitting and watching this morning. 172 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:13,400 Number one. Do you claim to be a disciple of 173 00:10:13,400 --> 00:10:17,000 Jesus? Are you a follower of Jesus 174 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:18,000 Christ? Have you put your faith and 175 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:20,200 trust in him? Have you made him Lord? 176 00:10:21,300 --> 00:10:24,200 Then you are a disciple. If so, ask yourself this 177 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:27,700 question. Now do I desire to see? 178 00:10:28,900 --> 00:10:33,100 The days of the son of man. Ruling and reigning. 179 00:10:33,100 --> 00:10:38,300 Once and for all were righteousness and Justice will 180 00:10:38,300 --> 00:10:42,600 cover this earth and the knowledge of the glory of God 181 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:45,400 will cover the Earth as the waters. 182 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:47,400 Cover the Seas, that your desire. 183 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:51,700 This week, I've had different conversations with people, and I 184 00:10:51,708 --> 00:10:54,600 can tell you that one of the prominent discussion themes has 185 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:58,700 been the return of Christ. I'm not here to set dates. 186 00:10:58,700 --> 00:11:00,900 I'm not here to say that these events are going to lead to that 187 00:11:00,900 --> 00:11:04,300 specifically, but what did Jesus say look to the Fig Tree and 188 00:11:04,300 --> 00:11:07,000 learn that lesson of the Fig Tree, when you see the budding 189 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:08,900 of the leaves, you know, that something is coming. 190 00:11:08,900 --> 00:11:10,900 Summer is near. So he says, when you see these 191 00:11:10,900 --> 00:11:12,700 signs realize that something is coming. 192 00:11:12,700 --> 00:11:17,300 We have every right to look at world events and for it to stir 193 00:11:17,300 --> 00:11:18,800 our hearts to say, Lord. He's a time. 194 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:20,700 Are you actually coming now? Is this? 195 00:11:20,700 --> 00:11:22,700 It? Are you going to take us home? 196 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:25,600 And I wonder if that's what you thought. 197 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:27,300 I wonder if that's even a desire. 198 00:11:28,500 --> 00:11:32,000 You know, unfortunately, many disciples of Jesus Christ. 199 00:11:32,500 --> 00:11:35,800 Don't have that desire, the to Earthbound. 200 00:11:35,900 --> 00:11:37,100 They don't think about the glories. 201 00:11:37,100 --> 00:11:38,300 They don't think about the Majesty. 202 00:11:38,300 --> 00:11:40,900 They don't think about the join the Bliss that will come when 203 00:11:40,900 --> 00:11:44,700 Christ returns, but Jesus looked at his disciples, his you will 204 00:11:44,700 --> 00:11:47,600 desire this, you will desire, but you will not see it. 205 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:49,900 Not that they will not ever see it, but that the time will not 206 00:11:49,900 --> 00:11:53,000 happen just yet. I think that's something we have 207 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:57,600 to ask ourselves as a disciple, looking at these world events. 208 00:11:58,300 --> 00:12:02,900 Is there any type of stirring in me to say all Lord, let it 209 00:12:02,900 --> 00:12:06,800 happen now? Let me ask you another question 210 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:09,700 this morning. What does the word? 211 00:12:09,700 --> 00:12:15,000 Hallelujah mean? Think about it. 212 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:16,900 What does the word? Hallelujah? 213 00:12:16,900 --> 00:12:19,400 We've sang it in songs. You've probably said it in 214 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:21,800 response to some testimony that you've heard. 215 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:24,700 But this morning, ask yourself. What does the word? 216 00:12:24,700 --> 00:12:31,500 Hallelujah mean? Well, very simply means praise 217 00:12:31,500 --> 00:12:35,400 be to the Lord or may the Lord be praised. 218 00:12:35,500 --> 00:12:40,100 Hallelujah. Now that's the definition but 219 00:12:40,100 --> 00:12:43,000 let me ask this question. I'm going to give you a few 220 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:48,600 seconds to think about it. When is the word, hallelujah, 221 00:12:49,500 --> 00:12:52,900 first mentioned in the New Testament? 222 00:12:56,100 --> 00:12:59,000 We see it plenty of times in the Old Testament, especially in the 223 00:12:59,008 --> 00:13:01,400 Book of Psalms, but, ask yourself this morning. 224 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:07,800 When is the first time the word? Hallelujah, mentioned in the New 225 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:14,200 Testament? And as we think about, I'm going 226 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:17,400 to turn to that place and I want to read to you because it's in a 227 00:13:17,408 --> 00:13:21,600 specific location that says a lot about Hallelujah. 228 00:13:24,300 --> 00:13:26,700 If you guess the Book of Revelation, you're right. 229 00:13:27,700 --> 00:13:29,300 Think about it. The first time the word, 230 00:13:29,300 --> 00:13:32,700 hallelujah is mentioned, is in the last book of the Bible. 231 00:13:33,100 --> 00:13:35,700 And not only that the word hallelujah. 232 00:13:36,900 --> 00:13:41,500 Occurs only four times in the entire New Testament and all 233 00:13:41,500 --> 00:13:44,500 four times the word. Hallelujah, is found in one 234 00:13:44,500 --> 00:13:46,600 chapter in the book of Revelation. 235 00:13:46,900 --> 00:13:48,600 And that's a Revelation chapter 19. 236 00:13:49,300 --> 00:13:51,600 So turn your Bibles to Revelation chapter 19. 237 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:56,400 And let's see, where the first explosive phrase of May, the 238 00:13:56,400 --> 00:14:01,600 Lord be praised or praise. The Lord is associated with 239 00:14:02,500 --> 00:14:08,000 Revelation 19 verse 1. John remember this is a 240 00:14:08,008 --> 00:14:10,800 revelation that John receives after this. 241 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:14,000 I heard what seemed to be a, to be the loud voice of a great 242 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:16,900 multitude in heaven crying out. Hallelujah. 243 00:14:17,100 --> 00:14:17,700 There. It is. 244 00:14:17,900 --> 00:14:20,200 The first time the word is mentioned in the New Testament, 245 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:26,000 Hallelujah, Salvation, and Glory and power Belongs To Our God for 246 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:30,500 his judgments are true. And just for, he has judged the 247 00:14:30,500 --> 00:14:35,200 great prostitute who corrupted the Earth with her immorality. 248 00:14:35,700 --> 00:14:40,900 And as Avenged on her blood of this of his servants, that is 249 00:14:40,900 --> 00:14:45,900 when Hallelujah is mentioned, when the Great, prostitute was 250 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:49,000 finally judged. Now, without getting into too 251 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:51,900 much detail about this because we can spend the next session 252 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:55,100 discussing what this means or who the great prostitute. 253 00:14:55,100 --> 00:14:59,500 Is you look at Revelations chapter 17 and chapter 18. 254 00:14:59,500 --> 00:15:02,800 You realize that there is a description of Babylon. 255 00:15:04,100 --> 00:15:09,700 Babylon was a system in the Book of Revelation that was corrupt. 256 00:15:10,100 --> 00:15:13,100 And I'm not here again to speak of what this represents in terms 257 00:15:13,100 --> 00:15:16,600 of location or who it is, what it is. 258 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:20,200 But what we do know and what all interpretations can can agree 259 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:24,300 on, is that Babylon even in the Bible, the entire scriptures, 260 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:28,200 testifies of a proud and perverse Society. 261 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:34,100 It speaks about a God oppressing and god-rejecting system. 262 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:37,800 So we look at Revelation that speaks about the end times. 263 00:15:38,100 --> 00:15:41,100 You see that Babylon, this ancient city is referred to 264 00:15:41,100 --> 00:15:45,200 again, but in a modern sense, therefore Babylon has a 265 00:15:45,208 --> 00:15:49,800 connotation of a modern spiritual system, but in 266 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:52,700 Revelation, it's more complicated than that Babylon. 267 00:15:52,700 --> 00:15:56,600 Seems to be a false religious system, a political system, and 268 00:15:56,600 --> 00:16:00,600 a commercial commercial system and it's intertwined. 269 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:05,600 It's it's all connected somehow. But what's more important to 270 00:16:05,608 --> 00:16:09,600 understand that Babylon in the end times, has this powerful 271 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:13,700 influence over the inhabitants of the Earth with false religion 272 00:16:13,900 --> 00:16:17,500 with sexual morality, with the love of money and with 273 00:16:17,500 --> 00:16:20,200 drunkenness. It's it's demonic in the 274 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:25,100 scriptures testify of that. But here's the main point in 275 00:16:25,100 --> 00:16:29,100 Revelation, 19. We see Heaven rejoicing. 276 00:16:30,100 --> 00:16:34,700 When God brings a final end to the Babylonian system. 277 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:40,800 The Babylonian spirit. All of God's people looked at it 278 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:44,500 and said, hallelujah, praise be to the Lord. 279 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:48,600 Why is that important? Because you look in your Bibles 280 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:52,000 and Revelation, 19. And this destruction of the 281 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:56,600 Babylonian system is needed to usher. 282 00:16:56,600 --> 00:16:59,500 In what we see in verse 11. What do you see in verse 11 of 283 00:16:59,500 --> 00:17:00,200 Revelation? 19? 284 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:03,700 Then I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse. 285 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:06,700 The one sitting on it is called faithful and true. 286 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:10,700 And in righteousness. He judges and makes Six War, all 287 00:17:10,700 --> 00:17:15,599 that makes sense. So the Hallelujah was in 288 00:17:15,599 --> 00:17:20,700 connection to the fact that God is sweeping over the world in 289 00:17:20,700 --> 00:17:25,099 order to establish the platform for Christ to come and bring his 290 00:17:25,099 --> 00:17:29,800 Earthly and eternal rain. Hallelujah. 291 00:17:31,100 --> 00:17:32,100 Let me ask you this this morning. 292 00:17:32,100 --> 00:17:33,700 Can you say, hallelujah to that now? 293 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:37,800 Is that something that makes you want to rejoice and praise God. 294 00:17:38,500 --> 00:17:40,600 Do you look at this world? And you see the corruption and 295 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:44,800 the filth and the depravity and the influence of Satan is 296 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:46,900 demonic forces. And is there anything in you? 297 00:17:46,900 --> 00:17:49,600 Yes, longing for people to be saved, but also longing to say 298 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:51,300 Lord. I can't wait for this whole 299 00:17:51,300 --> 00:17:55,800 world to be ruled by you. Unfortunately, I think a lot of 300 00:17:55,900 --> 00:17:58,200 professing Christians can't say, hallelujah is because there they 301 00:17:58,500 --> 00:18:00,500 are a little bit attracted to this world. 302 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:03,800 There's a little bit of a desire there. 303 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:08,800 The things that pleases the world, the Babylonian mindset 304 00:18:09,500 --> 00:18:12,300 has infiltrated. Even Believers. 305 00:18:12,300 --> 00:18:14,100 You think. How can you say that? 306 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:17,600 Look at Revelation, 18 verse 4, then I heard another voice from 307 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:19,700 Heaven saying, come out of her, my people. 308 00:18:20,700 --> 00:18:22,900 Carter? Where come out of Babylon, come 309 00:18:22,900 --> 00:18:25,400 out of her. My people lest you take part in 310 00:18:25,400 --> 00:18:29,100 her sins. Think about that for a second. 311 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:34,100 Perhaps, the reason why many professing Believers can't say, 312 00:18:34,100 --> 00:18:37,700 hallelujah to this truth. That God would bring Holiness 313 00:18:37,700 --> 00:18:42,400 and Purity in totality is because they are involved with 314 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:46,000 Babylon. They have some kind of 315 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,600 Attraction. They are entertained by the same 316 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:50,600 things that the world is entertained by whatever. 317 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:53,900 Babylon presents, they eat it up and they're in confliction 318 00:18:53,900 --> 00:18:56,800 between serving the kingdom of God and serving Babylon. 319 00:18:57,600 --> 00:19:01,200 But listen, if you are totally sold out for the Lord, you can 320 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:05,500 Echo this statement. Hallelujah, in the revelation of 321 00:19:05,500 --> 00:19:09,900 Jesus coming and ruling and establishing his kingdom, his 322 00:19:09,900 --> 00:19:15,900 Reign, his rule. So, we go back to Luke 17 and 323 00:19:15,900 --> 00:19:20,000 this reflect a little bit more. And we're not going to cover 324 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:22,400 every verse, but let's look at another portion of scripture 325 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:24,500 found here. And let's see if we can 326 00:19:25,500 --> 00:19:27,900 understand a deeper understanding to what Jesus is 327 00:19:27,900 --> 00:19:33,400 teaching. So we go to Luke 17. and Jesus 328 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:40,500 says, In verse 24 for as the lightning, flashes and lights up 329 00:19:40,500 --> 00:19:42,200 the sky from one side to the other. 330 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:44,800 So will the son of man be in his day is not going to be a secret 331 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:46,500 when he comes back. It's not going to be hidden. 332 00:19:46,500 --> 00:19:49,300 It's not going to be something that we cannot perceive 333 00:19:49,300 --> 00:19:53,300 Revelation tells us in chapter 1 verse 7, that every eye will 334 00:19:53,300 --> 00:19:56,600 Behold Him. That's not the point. 335 00:19:56,600 --> 00:20:01,800 We want to focus on verse 25 down, but first, he must suffer 336 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:04,200 many, good things and be rejected by this generation that 337 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:07,900 happened on the cross, just as it was in the days of Noah. 338 00:20:07,900 --> 00:20:11,800 Jesus said, so will it be in the days of the son of man? 339 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:15,100 They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in 340 00:20:15,100 --> 00:20:17,800 marriage until the day. When Noah entered the Ark and 341 00:20:17,800 --> 00:20:19,200 the flood came and destroyed them. 342 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:23,100 Likewise verse 28, just as it was in the days of lot. 343 00:20:23,900 --> 00:20:26,700 They were eating and drinking buying, and selling planting and 344 00:20:26,700 --> 00:20:28,700 building. But on the day, when lot went 345 00:20:28,700 --> 00:20:31,600 out from Sodom fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed 346 00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:35,800 them all. Jesus defines and describes what 347 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:39,100 the days of, the son of man in his return, will be like and he 348 00:20:39,100 --> 00:20:42,600 points to two societies that are familiar in the Old Testament. 349 00:20:42,700 --> 00:20:45,300 He says that they will be like the days of Noah and they will 350 00:20:45,300 --> 00:20:50,000 be like the days of lot. He picks out these two specific 351 00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:54,600 scenarios in our scriptures. Now, let me ask you this. 352 00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:58,900 What defined? What was dominant in the Nate 353 00:20:58,900 --> 00:21:01,200 days of Noah. What was something that 354 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:03,500 characterized it in a unique way? 355 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:08,100 I think the answer is in Genesis 6 and we have to go there to 356 00:21:08,100 --> 00:21:11,600 understand what Jesus perhaps meant here when he's talking 357 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:13,400 about how they will be, like the days of Noah. 358 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:17,700 So Genesis 6. We see a description of Noah his 359 00:21:17,700 --> 00:21:21,700 generations and what his environment was like verse 11 of 360 00:21:21,700 --> 00:21:24,800 Genesis 6. Now the Earth was corrupt in 361 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:29,600 God's sight and the Earth was filled with what violence. 362 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:35,300 Violence. You go to verse 13 and God said 363 00:21:35,300 --> 00:21:40,500 to Noah, I have determined to make an End of All Flesh for the 364 00:21:40,500 --> 00:21:45,600 Earth is filled with violence. Through them. 365 00:21:47,500 --> 00:21:53,300 So what defined the days of Noah was Humanity? 366 00:21:53,300 --> 00:21:56,700 Having a disregard of the sanctity of life? 367 00:21:58,100 --> 00:22:02,800 There was a waxing of the heart becoming cold and there's a lack 368 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:06,500 of Love. There was a disregard of the 369 00:22:06,500 --> 00:22:08,900 image of God being displayed on man. 370 00:22:09,900 --> 00:22:13,100 There was murder. There was Bloodshed, there was 371 00:22:13,100 --> 00:22:15,400 no concern about the gift of Life. 372 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:18,300 There was no sense of accountability to how God will 373 00:22:18,300 --> 00:22:22,900 judge for bloodshed. Now that's what describe the 374 00:22:22,900 --> 00:22:24,300 days of Noah. Can I ask you this? 375 00:22:24,300 --> 00:22:28,800 Is that describe our day today? Absolutely, look at all the 376 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:33,800 deaths apart from war, look at the genocide. 377 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:40,500 The silent Holocaust of abortion, the millions of babies 378 00:22:40,500 --> 00:22:44,000 that are being slaughtered day in and day out. 379 00:22:45,100 --> 00:22:47,500 That alone tells us something about the violence that alone 380 00:22:47,500 --> 00:22:50,600 tells us about the viciousness and the carelessness. 381 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:56,000 Towards human life. Look at our city, Chicago. 382 00:22:56,700 --> 00:22:59,600 Some of you have had the chance to minister to those who are 383 00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:05,900 involved in different gangs and hearing their stories, about how 384 00:23:05,900 --> 00:23:09,300 they've killed people in their teenage years. 385 00:23:09,500 --> 00:23:12,100 I mean, before they learn how to drive a car before they learn 386 00:23:12,100 --> 00:23:14,700 how to, to get a job. They know, already how to shoot 387 00:23:14,700 --> 00:23:19,100 a gun in sell drugs, and this is happening in our streets day in 388 00:23:19,100 --> 00:23:22,400 and day out. So Jesus says, you will see 389 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:26,200 heightened level of violence in the days before the son of man 390 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:29,300 returns, but then he says, the days of lot. 391 00:23:29,300 --> 00:23:30,600 They will be like the days of lot. 392 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:32,600 Now, what defined the days of lot? 393 00:23:34,100 --> 00:23:36,300 I'm sure you're familiar that Sodom has a reputation in the 394 00:23:36,308 --> 00:23:38,900 Bible of describing a certain lifestyle. 395 00:23:39,500 --> 00:23:42,500 And without going to Genesis. You can read in Jude the book 396 00:23:42,500 --> 00:23:47,500 before the Book of Revelation. And look at Jude 7 and see the 397 00:23:47,500 --> 00:23:51,000 commentary that this man gives by the Holy Spirit concerning, 398 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:53,200 Sodom and Gomorrah. And Jude 7. 399 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:56,000 It says, just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding 400 00:23:56,000 --> 00:24:01,000 cities, which likewise listen to this indulged in sexual 401 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:04,500 immorality, and pursued unnatural desire. 402 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:10,500 The days of lot. Would Define by an obsession 403 00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:15,500 with sexual sin. Including homosexuality. 404 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:20,800 There was an unnatural desire for one, another men with man 405 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:25,700 woman with woman and it was a, it was not only a behavior. 406 00:24:25,700 --> 00:24:28,300 It was a behavior that was common. 407 00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:29,800 It was something that was acknowledged. 408 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:31,500 It was something that was practiced. 409 00:24:32,100 --> 00:24:36,600 And you read in Genesis 19 of how the men of Sodom carried 410 00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:41,600 themselves and you see an animalistic kind of appetite for 411 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:45,500 sex. Let me ask you this question. 412 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:52,400 Is that describe our day? Do we see a parading of sin and 413 00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:55,400 our streets? Do we see a worldwide 414 00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:59,500 acknowledgement almost of homosexuality and not just an 415 00:24:59,500 --> 00:25:01,200 acknowledgement, but appraised of it. 416 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:04,900 Look at the effects of pornography. 417 00:25:05,900 --> 00:25:10,400 Look at the obsession. Look at the bondage that people 418 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:13,600 are in. By the millions around this 419 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:17,600 world, even within the church that can't seem to shake off the 420 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:22,300 desires of the flesh. And so, what Jesus does in Luke 421 00:25:22,300 --> 00:25:26,600 17? Something very, very important. 422 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:30,700 He looks at the days of Noah, and he says the end times, the 423 00:25:30,700 --> 00:25:32,500 days before my return will be like that. 424 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:36,000 And he looks at the days of Loft, and he says the end times, 425 00:25:36,300 --> 00:25:38,200 the times before my return will be like that. 426 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:41,800 And what does he do? He combines the days of Noah, 427 00:25:43,100 --> 00:25:47,100 with the days of lot, meaning that these two things will merge 428 00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:51,000 and they will be highly dominant in society. 429 00:25:52,100 --> 00:25:55,000 I read something like that, and I'm sure you do and you, you 430 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:58,100 think, well, that's the day I'm living in and that's how we are 431 00:25:58,100 --> 00:26:01,600 supposed to think. But there's another thing, 432 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:03,900 there's another reason there's a main purpose behind why Jesus 433 00:26:03,900 --> 00:26:07,000 spoke of the days of Noah, and then these have lat and it's 434 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:10,700 what we read there, that despite the fact that there was violence 435 00:26:10,700 --> 00:26:13,100 and rampant sexual sin, including homosexuality. 436 00:26:14,700 --> 00:26:19,200 Both of these are has had one thing in common. 437 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:24,400 There was a lack of concern. There was a lack of stirring 438 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:29,700 relating to coming judgment. Isn't that what Jesus says? 439 00:26:30,700 --> 00:26:32,900 He says, they were eating drinking marrying building, 440 00:26:32,900 --> 00:26:36,200 selling not that those things are evil in itself. 441 00:26:36,700 --> 00:26:39,300 But what he's trying to say is that life was just moving 442 00:26:39,300 --> 00:26:41,700 forward, and people were consumed by their day-to-day 443 00:26:41,700 --> 00:26:44,600 Affairs. While at the same time. 444 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:48,500 There was a pending judgment looming over them. 445 00:26:48,500 --> 00:26:52,400 And there was literally, no concern relating to that truth. 446 00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:59,100 in fact, when you read the days of lots in Sodom, Realize that 447 00:26:59,100 --> 00:27:03,400 one point, lot had some courage even though he was 448 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:05,700 overwhelmingly week to his convictions. 449 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:10,200 Lot had some courage to go to relatives and to tell them of 450 00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:13,300 this judgment to come and you see the posture and the attitude 451 00:27:14,700 --> 00:27:18,300 of his sons-in-law. What does he say in Genesis 19, 452 00:27:18,300 --> 00:27:22,400 you read in verse 14. So lot went out and said to his 453 00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:25,100 sons-in-law who were to marry his daughters up. 454 00:27:26,300 --> 00:27:29,200 Trying to get their attention up, get out of this place for 455 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:32,500 the Lord is about to destroy the city, and look at the response, 456 00:27:32,500 --> 00:27:35,300 but he seemed to his sons-in-law to be jesting. 457 00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:38,000 And this is what Jesus is alluding to. 458 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:41,200 Just this is what Jesus wants to bring to the surface. 459 00:27:42,300 --> 00:27:46,100 They heard lot and they thought you're joking judgment. 460 00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:48,000 You're going to talk that kind of a talk. 461 00:27:48,500 --> 00:27:50,200 You're going to, you're going to try to scare us. 462 00:27:51,300 --> 00:27:53,100 And they were marrying. They're about to get married. 463 00:27:53,100 --> 00:27:55,700 They were engaged to be married. They probably had businesses of 464 00:27:55,700 --> 00:27:57,200 their own. They looked around Society. 465 00:27:57,200 --> 00:28:00,200 Saw things, smooth things moving on forward, just fine. 466 00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:03,100 And here's this man Tommy, you know, are you right? 467 00:28:03,100 --> 00:28:05,300 With God, we have to get out of here because judgments about the 468 00:28:05,300 --> 00:28:08,500 coming, they laughed it off, and that's the same attitude that 469 00:28:08,500 --> 00:28:11,200 people have today. In the midst of a society of 470 00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:15,100 violence and sexual sin. The message of judgment is 471 00:28:15,100 --> 00:28:20,000 scorned at and scoff that And Jesus says, that's what it's 472 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,500 going to be. Like, that's what it's going to 473 00:28:22,500 --> 00:28:23,200 be. Like. 474 00:28:24,500 --> 00:28:28,700 Now, reading these verses. We understand that description 475 00:28:28,700 --> 00:28:31,400 is clear. But I want us to notice 476 00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:35,700 something else as we, meditate. Jesus says, As in the days of 477 00:28:35,700 --> 00:28:39,700 Noah, and he describes it as in the days of Law, and he 478 00:28:39,700 --> 00:28:43,400 describes it. But I want you to consider this 479 00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:44,900 truth. Let's look at it from a 480 00:28:44,900 --> 00:28:46,700 different angle. Sure. 481 00:28:46,700 --> 00:28:50,000 The days of Noah were violent. Sure, the days of lot were 482 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:54,200 perverse. But in the days of Noah, there 483 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:59,300 was a Noah. And in the days of lot, there 484 00:28:59,300 --> 00:29:03,100 was a lot, you know what that means that even in the midst of 485 00:29:03,100 --> 00:29:07,400 all the corruption and darkness. There is a righteous remnant. 486 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:12,400 There was a Noah there. There was a lot there. 487 00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:13,500 You thinking lot. Hold on. 488 00:29:13,500 --> 00:29:18,400 We'll get there in a moment. And I think where we can apply 489 00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:24,600 ourselves to, this is to look at Noah and to look at lot and to 490 00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:32,100 see how as the people of God, we should act and represent Christ 491 00:29:32,500 --> 00:29:34,100 in the midst of all of this chaos. 492 00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:39,300 So, interestingly enough, Jesus mentions Noah, and lot here in 493 00:29:39,308 --> 00:29:41,900 the same context, and there's another portion of scripture 494 00:29:42,100 --> 00:29:45,500 that mentions Noah and lot in the same context as well. 495 00:29:45,900 --> 00:29:49,600 So if you have your Bibles go to Second Peter, second Peter. 496 00:29:52,900 --> 00:29:56,500 And look at these verses. That Peter highlights. 497 00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:10,300 Second Peter. Look at verse 5 of chapter 2. 498 00:30:12,900 --> 00:30:17,100 If he did not spare the ancient world, but preserve Noah. 499 00:30:18,500 --> 00:30:23,600 A Herald of righteousness with seven others when he brought a 500 00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:25,700 flood upon the world of the ungodly. 501 00:30:27,100 --> 00:30:29,900 If by turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he 502 00:30:29,900 --> 00:30:32,600 condemned them to Extinction. Making them an example of what 503 00:30:32,600 --> 00:30:35,000 is going to happen to the ungodly verse 7. 504 00:30:35,200 --> 00:30:39,700 And if he rescued righteous lat, Greatly distressed by the 505 00:30:39,700 --> 00:30:43,200 sensual conduct of the wicked. So let's just pause your here. 506 00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:47,600 We see Peter by the Holy Spirit, putting Noah and lot again in 507 00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:50,300 the same context. And I want to look at the 508 00:30:50,300 --> 00:30:54,200 descriptions of Noah and lot and derive some truths for us today 509 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:59,100 as believers. Noah Peter describes in the 510 00:30:59,108 --> 00:31:02,900 midst of the days of much violence and other sins was a 511 00:31:02,900 --> 00:31:09,100 Herald of righteousness. Meaning he was a preacher of 512 00:31:09,100 --> 00:31:12,600 righteousness. We have this idea that Noah was 513 00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:15,300 just building this Ark and he was keeping to himself and he 514 00:31:15,300 --> 00:31:17,900 just kind of whispered to his family so that he wouldn't 515 00:31:17,900 --> 00:31:20,400 disturb Society. That's the wrong picture of 516 00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:21,500 Noah. Yes. 517 00:31:21,500 --> 00:31:22,900 He was building. Yes. 518 00:31:22,900 --> 00:31:26,400 He did. Take time to obey God in that 519 00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:29,100 construction project. But in the midst of all of that 520 00:31:29,100 --> 00:31:32,300 over the years, no was preaching righteousness. 521 00:31:33,700 --> 00:31:37,600 No, was acting like a prophet Noah was not intimidated. 522 00:31:37,600 --> 00:31:39,800 Nor. Is he a shame to hide the truths 523 00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:42,200 concerning who God is in his character and nature and what he 524 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:46,500 demanded from people know, Noah preached righteousness. 525 00:31:47,700 --> 00:31:50,100 And that is the posture. You and I must have in the 526 00:31:50,100 --> 00:31:51,900 state. This is the voice of the church 527 00:31:51,900 --> 00:31:54,900 in the last days. If Jesus says that like the days 528 00:31:54,900 --> 00:31:56,800 of Noah, so will it be in the days of the son of man? 529 00:31:56,800 --> 00:31:58,500 Then, let's look to know. As an example. 530 00:31:58,700 --> 00:32:02,500 Noah was a Herald of Truth. Noah did not hide truth. 531 00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:05,400 Noah did not change truth. He didn't shift truth. 532 00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:08,300 Noah did not try to conform to the shifting culture. 533 00:32:08,500 --> 00:32:15,000 Noah preached, what the word of God was plain and simple unfazed 534 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:17,900 unmoved. This is the posture of the This 535 00:32:17,900 --> 00:32:25,300 is not time for the church to try to keep things on a low 536 00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:27,600 concerning the character. And the nature of God. 537 00:32:27,700 --> 00:32:31,400 This is time to amplify it. This is time to get excited and 538 00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:35,900 passionate and moving forward in our Evangelistic efforts and no 539 00:32:35,900 --> 00:32:39,100 way gives us that example. What I love about, Noah. 540 00:32:40,700 --> 00:32:43,300 Is how the Bible describes his faithfulness? 541 00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:49,100 And his success. Now to unfortunate 542 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:52,100 understandings of what successes and Ministry too many. 543 00:32:52,300 --> 00:32:54,800 When you read about Noah's Ministry. 544 00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:58,600 To others. He would look like a failure. 545 00:32:58,700 --> 00:33:00,200 Why look at how many converts he got? 546 00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:02,200 Look how many people he influence with his preaching of 547 00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:03,500 righteousness. What does it say? 548 00:33:04,500 --> 00:33:06,900 But preserve Noah. Herald of righteousness with 549 00:33:06,900 --> 00:33:12,300 seven others. That's how many over the years 550 00:33:12,300 --> 00:33:14,400 of his preaching, his own family. 551 00:33:14,800 --> 00:33:16,400 The only one that took him seriously. 552 00:33:17,300 --> 00:33:19,100 How many were living in Noah's in Noah's day? 553 00:33:19,100 --> 00:33:23,400 Some say Millions not one to keyed. 554 00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:26,600 Not one took what he had to say. Seriously. 555 00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:31,500 But there were seven. Now, to the eyes of, man. 556 00:33:32,700 --> 00:33:35,300 To the eyes of how some people view Ministry to be like a 557 00:33:35,300 --> 00:33:38,300 business. Noah would have been an absolute 558 00:33:38,700 --> 00:33:42,900 failure, but to God, he was faithful. 559 00:33:44,300 --> 00:33:48,000 In fact, you go to Hebrews 11:7, you see description of Noah as 560 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:51,100 an example of faith, and you read there that Noah in 561 00:33:51,100 --> 00:33:55,900 reverential fear. Obeyed God and built the ark. 562 00:33:57,900 --> 00:34:03,000 So if we are living in the last days, which has been true from 563 00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:06,700 the book of Acts and it's more true today than it is ever. 564 00:34:07,800 --> 00:34:10,800 Then we must look to know as an example and realize that he was 565 00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:14,600 one who is not ashamed to testify of who God was. 566 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:19,100 He knew the nature of God. He knew the truth of who he was, 567 00:34:19,100 --> 00:34:22,100 he knew who God was in light of sin and how he would deal with 568 00:34:22,100 --> 00:34:24,699 sin, and he proclaimed truth with the hopes of what The 569 00:34:24,699 --> 00:34:28,000 Condemned the world. With the hopes of what to shun 570 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:30,699 the world know, he was building an ark. 571 00:34:31,699 --> 00:34:34,900 And I'm sure Noah and his preaching had an unction. 572 00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:39,199 He had a cry in his voice. He had a desire for those to 573 00:34:39,199 --> 00:34:43,000 enter into the ark with him and the Arc of course is a picture 574 00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:49,900 of Salvation in Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ, is that Ark. 575 00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:53,400 He is the only way that we can escape the flood of God's Wrath. 576 00:34:54,500 --> 00:34:59,300 He's the only means by which you and I can be sheltered from the 577 00:34:59,308 --> 00:35:04,700 holy justice of God, and you can imagine knowing his day, crying 578 00:35:04,700 --> 00:35:06,800 out day in and day out while he was building the having his 579 00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:08,200 family. Do what they need to do. 580 00:35:08,300 --> 00:35:11,800 Taking a pause from his building projects think, come pleading 581 00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:14,400 with people and you can imagine people walking by him laughing 582 00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:17,200 and scoffing. But they weren't laughing and 583 00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:18,900 scoffing when judgment came swiftly. 584 00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:22,700 So what must we do? As the church, we must look to 585 00:35:22,700 --> 00:35:24,300 know as a Herald of righteousness. 586 00:35:24,600 --> 00:35:27,600 If you're a minister, if you have any influence in teaching 587 00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:31,900 and preaching, preach the truth, preach the gospel. 588 00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:37,000 This is not time for feel-good. Messages is not time for 589 00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:41,600 psychological pop talk. This is time for heralding. 590 00:35:41,900 --> 00:35:43,900 Truth. With the hopes that people will 591 00:35:43,900 --> 00:35:48,300 enter the Ark in the person of Jesus Christ and no safety from 592 00:35:48,300 --> 00:35:53,000 the judgment to come. The days of Noah, we look to 593 00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:56,800 Noah but interestingly enough now Peter mentions lat. 594 00:35:56,900 --> 00:35:58,400 Now. Look at the description of lat 595 00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:02,600 that Peter gives him verse 7 verse 8 and if you rescued 596 00:36:02,600 --> 00:36:07,900 righteous lat Greatly distressed by the sensual conduct of the 597 00:36:07,900 --> 00:36:11,100 wicked. Look at verse 8 for as that 598 00:36:11,100 --> 00:36:14,900 righteous, man. Lived among them day. 599 00:36:14,900 --> 00:36:17,800 After day. He was tormenting his righteous 600 00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:22,400 Soul over their Lawless Deeds that he saw and heard three 601 00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:25,600 times in two verses, we are told that lot was righteous. 602 00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:31,200 Now. If you're familiar with light, 603 00:36:31,200 --> 00:36:34,700 Lots life in Genesis anything, but righteous. 604 00:36:36,300 --> 00:36:40,400 You see how he was living in? Sodom how he desired to live in 605 00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:44,100 Sodom? You see the fact that he was 606 00:36:44,100 --> 00:36:45,900 willing to give up his virgin daughters to be raped. 607 00:36:45,900 --> 00:36:49,500 You see that he was one amongst those at the Gate of the city 608 00:36:49,500 --> 00:36:52,400 which which says he's had some kind of influence in Sodom. 609 00:36:52,900 --> 00:36:54,900 You see that later on, he gets drunk. 610 00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:59,800 You see this wave ring even to escape Sodom himself. 611 00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:04,800 You see men who's weak? See men who is compromising and 612 00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:06,500 then you come to the book of second Peter and you go 613 00:37:06,500 --> 00:37:09,100 righteous. Righteous. 614 00:37:10,500 --> 00:37:13,600 And some say this is a contradiction, but that can't be 615 00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:17,900 how do we make sense of this? So how do we look at lot and see 616 00:37:17,900 --> 00:37:21,700 righteousness? I think the best way to explain 617 00:37:21,700 --> 00:37:24,800 it is to understand that the Holy Spirit clearly has an 618 00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:29,600 Insight concerning Lots life, that goes beyond the snapshots 619 00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:31,000 that we get in the Book of Genesis. 620 00:37:33,500 --> 00:37:38,700 We can see this in the fact that we only get a glimpse of lots 621 00:37:38,700 --> 00:37:42,000 life in Genesis. But God knew something of the 622 00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:46,800 man that was beyond the failures and the Grievances that he shows 623 00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:49,000 in Genesis. In other words. 624 00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:55,300 La was a righteous man, but lot showed great failure. 625 00:37:56,900 --> 00:38:01,500 He showed great weakness. And he bended to easily 626 00:38:01,500 --> 00:38:04,500 especially in the environment that he was surrounded by. 627 00:38:06,600 --> 00:38:11,000 And when I think this is also saying, is that for right lot to 628 00:38:11,008 --> 00:38:14,500 be righteous says something of the corruption of the 629 00:38:14,500 --> 00:38:18,000 inhabitants of Sodom. I mean, you look at lot on the 630 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:20,300 face value, you say that's righteousness. 631 00:38:20,700 --> 00:38:25,100 While the Holy Spirit saying lot was righteous in comparison also 632 00:38:25,100 --> 00:38:28,400 to the citizens of Sodom and Gomorrah which tells us 633 00:38:28,400 --> 00:38:33,800 something, how gross and how vile and Despicable were the 634 00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:36,300 sodomites and those who lived in cities. 635 00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:40,300 I mean Gomorrah for lot to be known as a righteous man. 636 00:38:41,100 --> 00:38:42,500 Do you see what's being said here? 637 00:38:44,100 --> 00:38:46,200 And I think another point to make is that lat. 638 00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:50,900 To be known as righteous, according to the Holy Spirit. 639 00:38:51,900 --> 00:38:54,800 Says something on the fact that though, he was though. 640 00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:58,100 He was a man who displayed unfortunate. 641 00:38:58,100 --> 00:39:03,900 Unfaithfulness, at one point. He was not totally consumed. 642 00:39:05,700 --> 00:39:09,400 He was not totally swallowed up by the sinfulness of Sodom. 643 00:39:10,600 --> 00:39:13,100 There was something in him. According to Peter, that was 644 00:39:13,100 --> 00:39:16,000 tormented day by day. He saw the evil around him. 645 00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:18,800 He heard the things that the people were speaking of, and it 646 00:39:18,800 --> 00:39:21,700 actually grieved his Spirit. It grieved his righteousness 647 00:39:21,700 --> 00:39:25,300 inwardly though, outwardly. It did not display with the same 648 00:39:25,300 --> 00:39:28,300 strength. So when we look at this, we have 649 00:39:28,300 --> 00:39:30,800 to trust that the holy spirit is giving us an insight about this 650 00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:35,200 man, Even though again. He's not the best example of 651 00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:36,500 righteousness. So what do we do? 652 00:39:36,500 --> 00:39:40,000 As Believers? We don't look to lot and see his 653 00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:42,300 failure and say that's the standard of righteousness. 654 00:39:42,300 --> 00:39:44,500 Ultimately. It's the person of Jesus Christ, 655 00:39:45,200 --> 00:39:47,800 but we take a principal from this and apply it to what we're 656 00:39:47,800 --> 00:39:50,300 speaking of today. Listen, very carefully. 657 00:39:50,600 --> 00:39:55,900 Notice what Peter said, He said that Noah was a Herald of 658 00:39:55,900 --> 00:39:59,400 righteousness. Meaning he declared truth in his 659 00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:00,900 day. That's what you. 660 00:40:00,900 --> 00:40:02,800 And I have to do. You don't have to be a preacher 661 00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:04,700 to do that. You don't have to have a 662 00:40:04,700 --> 00:40:06,700 Ministry or podcast to do that you. 663 00:40:06,700 --> 00:40:08,900 And I do that day in day out, we converse with people. 664 00:40:08,900 --> 00:40:11,100 We witnessed the people, we pray for Lee seek opportunities. 665 00:40:11,100 --> 00:40:14,500 Just like Noah did in his day, but look at the contrast with 666 00:40:14,500 --> 00:40:16,900 lat. It doesn't tell us that lot was 667 00:40:16,900 --> 00:40:20,300 a Herald of righteousness, says that lot was righteous. 668 00:40:22,500 --> 00:40:30,300 See, Noah, preached truth, Noah declared righteousness, lot 669 00:40:30,300 --> 00:40:34,000 embodied. It lat live, the truth. 670 00:40:34,300 --> 00:40:37,000 They'll not the best example of it saying. 671 00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:39,600 What are you trying to say? I'm trying to say this that in 672 00:40:39,600 --> 00:40:42,800 the last days. We are to Proclaim truth, but we 673 00:40:42,800 --> 00:40:48,300 are also to live that truth. Lot lived righteousness, Noah, 674 00:40:48,300 --> 00:40:52,500 preached righteousness and we need those those twin realities 675 00:40:52,500 --> 00:40:57,200 to be a part of our existence. We declare truth, but we also 676 00:40:57,200 --> 00:41:00,400 should live out the truth that we are declaring. 677 00:41:01,300 --> 00:41:04,400 Lot was a righteous man. Again, not the best example, but 678 00:41:04,400 --> 00:41:07,800 lot was a righteous man in the context of his days and Jesus 679 00:41:07,800 --> 00:41:10,600 said like the days of Lies, so shall it? 680 00:41:10,600 --> 00:41:13,900 Be when the son of man returns? And Peter gives us commentary. 681 00:41:13,900 --> 00:41:16,700 Lot was righteous. This is the time to be 682 00:41:16,700 --> 00:41:20,700 righteous. This is the time to live out, 683 00:41:20,700 --> 00:41:26,600 free from compromise, free from contradiction to what we claim 684 00:41:26,600 --> 00:41:33,700 to be in claim to Proclaim. When we take these two truths 685 00:41:33,700 --> 00:41:36,400 will be effective to the best of our abilities, by the grace of 686 00:41:36,400 --> 00:41:38,800 God to make the most out of these times. 687 00:41:40,900 --> 00:41:45,500 And you go back to Luke 17. You realize another person that 688 00:41:45,500 --> 00:41:54,400 Jesus highlights as a warning. In three simple words, Jesus 689 00:41:54,400 --> 00:41:56,300 Takes the time out of his teaching of his return to 690 00:41:56,308 --> 00:42:00,600 describe what the end times will be like to say a simple thing in 691 00:42:00,600 --> 00:42:05,300 verse 32, 3 words. Remember, Lot's wife. 692 00:42:07,700 --> 00:42:14,500 Remember Lot's, wife. You know what that tells me. 693 00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:20,200 That Jesus, understood that Sodom and Gomorrah was a 694 00:42:20,200 --> 00:42:24,500 historical fact. That lot Lot's. 695 00:42:24,500 --> 00:42:26,800 Wife. What happened to Sodom actually 696 00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:29,300 happened. Jesus is not saying this is 697 00:42:29,300 --> 00:42:31,100 allegorical. He's not saying it's a metaphor 698 00:42:31,100 --> 00:42:33,300 start know. He's like, remember Lot's wife. 699 00:42:33,500 --> 00:42:36,800 He really believed that Lot's wife was a person that lot was a 700 00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:39,700 person that would happen in Sodom and Gomorrah literally 701 00:42:39,700 --> 00:42:41,600 happen. Something did come from heaven 702 00:42:41,600 --> 00:42:46,100 and destroyed the city and he says in this preaching segment. 703 00:42:46,700 --> 00:42:49,100 Remember, Lot's, wife. Now. 704 00:42:49,100 --> 00:42:54,900 Why would he say that? Because lot and his wife with 705 00:42:54,900 --> 00:42:57,000 his daughters escaped, Sodom and Gomorrah. 706 00:42:58,200 --> 00:43:01,900 The Lot's wife is a tragic example. 707 00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:06,000 What can potentially happen to people? 708 00:43:07,100 --> 00:43:10,600 In light of the coming judgment when Jesus returns. 709 00:43:12,800 --> 00:43:13,800 Do you know what happened to Lot's? 710 00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:15,500 Wife? He sang. 711 00:43:15,500 --> 00:43:18,700 Remember means, you should know. We should recall it. 712 00:43:19,300 --> 00:43:21,100 If you don't. Let's go to Genesis 19. 713 00:43:21,100 --> 00:43:27,700 And see. Genesis 19. 714 00:43:31,500 --> 00:43:35,200 It says here in verse 25 and he overthrew those cities God did. 715 00:43:36,600 --> 00:43:41,200 And all the valley and all the inhabitants of the cities and 716 00:43:41,200 --> 00:43:43,600 what grew on the ground verse 26. 717 00:43:43,600 --> 00:43:47,700 Jesus Remember! Lot's, wife, a Lot's wife behind 718 00:43:47,700 --> 00:43:49,800 him. That's an important thing. 719 00:43:50,500 --> 00:43:51,800 They were escaping. Sodom. 720 00:43:52,400 --> 00:43:56,500 Where was Lot's wife. Not beside her husband behind 721 00:43:56,800 --> 00:43:59,600 her husband. Behind him. 722 00:44:00,400 --> 00:44:02,200 Now. Here's the second thing, looked 723 00:44:02,200 --> 00:44:04,700 back and she became a pillar of salt. 724 00:44:07,600 --> 00:44:09,600 So that the scriptures are very specific. 725 00:44:11,400 --> 00:44:16,000 And how she was escaping, she was behind lat. 726 00:44:16,000 --> 00:44:17,800 You know, that means she was lingering. 727 00:44:18,100 --> 00:44:22,100 She was hesitant to escape Sodom and as much as she might have 728 00:44:22,100 --> 00:44:25,200 physically been removed from Sodom. 729 00:44:25,700 --> 00:44:32,800 Sodom was still in her heart. And the tragedy of Lot's wife. 730 00:44:34,000 --> 00:44:45,000 Is that she almost was saved? The she almost escaped wrath 731 00:44:45,800 --> 00:44:52,400 that she was so close of knowing Deliverance, but it says she was 732 00:44:52,700 --> 00:44:57,900 behind lat and only was she behind him but she looked back. 733 00:44:57,900 --> 00:45:01,300 Now that is incomplete defines to the command. 734 00:45:01,300 --> 00:45:05,400 That was given by the angel, don't look back when you run 735 00:45:05,500 --> 00:45:07,700 away from this place. She did. 736 00:45:08,600 --> 00:45:11,700 But that glance says, something of the heart. 737 00:45:13,200 --> 00:45:17,600 When she looked back. She looked back to something 738 00:45:17,600 --> 00:45:22,300 that she really wanted and desired when she looked back. 739 00:45:22,500 --> 00:45:24,600 She looked at things that she wished she could have held on 740 00:45:24,600 --> 00:45:27,700 to. There was a sadness in her heart 741 00:45:28,400 --> 00:45:31,500 again. She could not say Hallelujah to 742 00:45:31,500 --> 00:45:35,100 the destruction of the Babylonian system and spirit. 743 00:45:36,300 --> 00:45:39,400 She had a longing for it. She had an appetite in the 744 00:45:39,400 --> 00:45:44,000 desire for it. And when God saw Lot's wife 745 00:45:44,200 --> 00:45:49,100 looking back. It's as though he says you 746 00:45:49,100 --> 00:45:53,800 really want Sodom. And he crystallized her in that 747 00:45:53,800 --> 00:45:56,800 posture. And she turned into a pillar of 748 00:45:57,200 --> 00:46:00,400 salt with her gaze towards Sodom. 749 00:46:01,200 --> 00:46:03,800 If you really want it, you can have it. 750 00:46:06,800 --> 00:46:13,300 In fact. Jesus uses this in Luke 17 when 751 00:46:13,300 --> 00:46:18,200 we go back there as what an Evangelistic text. 752 00:46:18,200 --> 00:46:18,900 Does. He not? 753 00:46:19,400 --> 00:46:22,800 She go back to Luke 17 and he says remember, Lot's, wife and 754 00:46:22,800 --> 00:46:25,400 verse 32, but what does he say? After that? 755 00:46:26,600 --> 00:46:30,800 Luke 17 32 33 says remember Lot's wife. 756 00:46:30,800 --> 00:46:34,000 And then he says whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose 757 00:46:34,000 --> 00:46:37,200 it but whoever loses his life will keep it. 758 00:46:38,500 --> 00:46:41,500 That's what he's trying to say. He says if you really want to 759 00:46:41,508 --> 00:46:43,300 hold on to this world and the things of this world and the 760 00:46:43,300 --> 00:46:48,300 sins of this world, you can have it but like Lot's wife, you'll 761 00:46:48,300 --> 00:46:54,000 be judged with it. But then he wants to encourage 762 00:46:54,400 --> 00:47:00,300 that true life is when we look away and run away from the days 763 00:47:00,300 --> 00:47:05,400 that are defining the end times and to pursue him. 764 00:47:06,500 --> 00:47:10,200 If you're watching this morning, I want to ask you, do you look 765 00:47:10,200 --> 00:47:13,800 at sin? Do you look at the way the world 766 00:47:14,200 --> 00:47:17,600 celebrates in and enjoys the pleasures of the Flesh? 767 00:47:17,900 --> 00:47:24,600 And do you do you long for that? Or are you completely fixed away 768 00:47:24,600 --> 00:47:26,300 from it? Your back, turn away from it, 769 00:47:26,300 --> 00:47:29,000 and you are pursuing him pursuing the Lord. 770 00:47:29,700 --> 00:47:32,700 And the crosses, before you all the world is behind you. 771 00:47:32,700 --> 00:47:37,700 Is that you What's scary about Jesus teaching of the days of 772 00:47:37,700 --> 00:47:40,400 Noah, in the days of lot, was the sudden judgment that would 773 00:47:40,400 --> 00:47:43,400 come. It was, it was quick. 774 00:47:43,700 --> 00:47:46,200 It was fast. I mean, you think about how fast 775 00:47:46,200 --> 00:47:48,100 things change between last Sunday in this Sunday? 776 00:47:48,100 --> 00:47:52,800 Think about how things shifted the leadership of this church 777 00:47:52,900 --> 00:47:55,900 can testify we were trying to catch up out, hour-by-hour 778 00:47:55,900 --> 00:48:00,600 things were alternating. How fast will it be when he 779 00:48:00,600 --> 00:48:03,700 comes? How fast will it be when he puts 780 00:48:03,700 --> 00:48:06,900 an end to everything at once? That's what we have to 781 00:48:06,900 --> 00:48:08,700 understand. That's what Jesus is trying to 782 00:48:08,700 --> 00:48:12,100 teach and between. Now, and that time though. 783 00:48:12,100 --> 00:48:14,400 We are living in a daze, like, Noah and living in the days, 784 00:48:14,400 --> 00:48:17,700 like, lat. Let's look to the examples that 785 00:48:17,700 --> 00:48:23,000 Peter said, Noah, heralded righteousness, lat, embodied 786 00:48:23,000 --> 00:48:27,200 righteousness, you and I must Proclaim truth, but not live in 787 00:48:27,200 --> 00:48:31,400 contradiction to that truth. Remember Lot's, wife. 788 00:48:32,900 --> 00:48:36,000 The world is fearing panicking. Why? 789 00:48:36,000 --> 00:48:39,200 Because the security in the foundation, of who they are, is 790 00:48:39,200 --> 00:48:41,700 being shaken, but remember, Luke 21. 791 00:48:42,300 --> 00:48:45,900 Lift up your head, lift up your eyes and realize that your 792 00:48:45,900 --> 00:48:48,900 Redemption is Drawing Near. I hope this morning in these 793 00:48:48,900 --> 00:48:51,300 meditations. You can simply say as a result 794 00:48:51,300 --> 00:48:54,300 of this time together. What Revelation, 19 describes. 795 00:48:55,900 --> 00:48:59,400 Hallelujah. It's coming close. 796 00:49:00,000 --> 00:49:04,200 It can happen anytime and we rejoice in that truth and 797 00:49:04,200 --> 00:49:06,700 between now and then let's speak. 798 00:49:06,700 --> 00:49:10,200 Truth and love, let's live Truth by the power of the Holy Spirit. 799 00:49:10,200 --> 00:49:15,600 And trust that many will come by God's grace into the ark and no 800 00:49:15,600 --> 00:49:17,700 Salvation. Let's pray together. 801 00:49:25,600 --> 00:49:28,900 Father, we meditate on your truth. 802 00:49:28,900 --> 00:49:33,200 Concerning the return. Of your son Jesus Christ. 803 00:49:38,800 --> 00:49:42,100 And when we think about how we are in the days of Noah, and we 804 00:49:42,100 --> 00:49:48,100 are in the days of lot. But help us live to the best of 805 00:49:48,100 --> 00:49:52,500 our ability. To be Heralds of truth of the 806 00:49:52,500 --> 00:49:58,800 Gospel. It's not be swallowed up. 807 00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:05,600 By the corruption around us. Lord help us. 808 00:50:05,600 --> 00:50:11,100 Not Feel comfortable with the wickedness that we see but like 809 00:50:11,100 --> 00:50:14,400 lot be tormented not in the place of pain. 810 00:50:14,400 --> 00:50:17,900 We're crippled or paralyzed or fearful, but Lord in a way in 811 00:50:17,900 --> 00:50:19,600 which we begin to intercede and pray. 812 00:50:20,700 --> 00:50:26,300 For those who are in bondage. Lord, we ask that you help us 813 00:50:26,300 --> 00:50:32,600 maximize this time in quarantine that we would dig into truth. 814 00:50:34,900 --> 00:50:38,400 And would seek the power of the Holy Spirit to be refined by 815 00:50:38,400 --> 00:50:43,400 that truth. And Lord, we ask that you would 816 00:50:43,400 --> 00:50:45,400 be able to look at us and say, confidently. 817 00:50:45,400 --> 00:50:48,700 Like you said to your disciples, that there will be a day that 818 00:50:48,700 --> 00:50:52,500 you desire for one of the days of the sons of men, son of, man. 819 00:50:52,600 --> 00:50:55,900 This is what we long for Lord. We want that desire in us. 820 00:50:56,100 --> 00:50:58,400 We want to be able to look around us and see how temporary 821 00:50:58,400 --> 00:51:02,300 things are and to be able to one day Marvel at you for all 822 00:51:02,300 --> 00:51:04,100 eternity with your unveiled power. 823 00:51:05,000 --> 00:51:10,000 And righteousness. So Lord, as we close May the day 824 00:51:10,000 --> 00:51:12,200 of the Lord that we are experiencing today in a 825 00:51:12,207 --> 00:51:13,800 different way. Apart from each other. 826 00:51:15,600 --> 00:51:19,600 The day of worship a day of meditation, a day preparing 827 00:51:19,600 --> 00:51:24,500 ourselves for you to one day. Maybe in our day, come back 828 00:51:24,500 --> 00:51:27,100 again soon. We pray these things. 829 00:51:27,100 --> 00:51:28,200 Lord. In Jesus name. 830 00:51:29,400 --> 00:51:31,100 Amen. Amen. 831 00:51:31,700 --> 00:51:33,700 I can't wait for the day where I don't have to look at a camera 832 00:51:34,400 --> 00:51:36,700 and look at your faces and open up God's word. 833 00:51:37,000 --> 00:51:40,500 But until then, we're going to maximize our resources and 834 00:51:40,500 --> 00:51:43,200 continue to present God's truth. The best way we can. 835 00:51:44,900 --> 00:51:46,500 Until we see each other face to face. 836 00:51:46,700 --> 00:51:49,400 We'll keep in touch and we'll see you soon this week in Jesus 837 00:51:49,400 --> 00:51:51,000 name. God bless you guys.