1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:05,960 In Acts chapter 14, verses 16 and 17, the apostle Paul stood 2 00:00:05,960 --> 00:00:10,840 before a group of people in a town called Lystra, and he was 3 00:00:10,840 --> 00:00:13,560 conveying to this group of people who are evidently 4 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:18,520 idolaters, that the true God throughout every generation has 5 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:21,600 never, ever left himself without a witness. 6 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:27,360 Even Gentiles who, unlike the nation of Israel, received 7 00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:31,800 direct divine revelation. We're not without evidence of 8 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:36,640 God. Paul goes on to explain that God 9 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:40,400 has made himself known through His providential and gracious 10 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:43,560 provision. He he sent rain, and he gave you 11 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:47,960 fruitful seasons and abundant crops and harvest, and even 12 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:52,760 satisfied the hearts of men and women with joy and gladness. 13 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:58,120 In other words, Paul is communicating by the Spirit that 14 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:03,240 in every generation God in some measure has revealed himself to 15 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:07,240 all nations. And as we continue to explore 16 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:11,440 what God has made known about the final chapter of human 17 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:14,640 history, there are many new things that we have discovered. 18 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:19,400 But one thing remains unchanged that God witnesses to the 19 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:25,280 nation's that God will still, even in that era, make Himself 20 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:31,120 so clearly known. The only difference is as the 21 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:36,000 world draws nearer and nearer to its end, God's voice will become 22 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:39,880 louder and louder. And one of the ways this will 23 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:46,720 occur is through ready for this unusual angelic activity. 24 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:52,400 This is what John sees next in the chapter that we started 25 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:56,920 together in Revelation 14 recently, after getting a 26 00:01:56,920 --> 00:02:01,400 glimpse of Christ standing victorious with the redeemed on 27 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:06,200 Mount Zion shortly after the the brief reign of the Antichrist. 28 00:02:08,039 --> 00:02:11,760 There's something else that he is going to see extraordinary 29 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:14,880 events during the Tribulation period. 30 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:17,160 And in this new passage, we're going to learn that at some 31 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:23,000 point there will be 3 angels dispatched from heaven, each 32 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:25,720 carrying a unique message for the world. 33 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:29,040 And we're going to look at these things more closely today. 34 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:32,000 And if you want a summary of what we're going to examine this 35 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:37,480 afternoon, it is this, the testimony of three angels, the 36 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:41,600 testimony of three angels, particularly in the last days. 37 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:44,320 Let's read about it in Revelation 14, starting in verse 38 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:50,200 6. Then I saw another Angel flying 39 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:54,640 directly overhead with an eternal gospel to proclaim to 40 00:02:54,640 --> 00:02:59,080 those who dwell on earth, to every nation and tribe and 41 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:02,560 language and people. And he said with a loud voice, 42 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:08,240 Fear God, and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment 43 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:13,120 has come, and worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea 44 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:17,880 and the springs of water. Another Angel a second followed, 45 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:23,080 saying, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the Great, she who made 46 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:26,240 all nations drink the wine of the passion of her sexual 47 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:31,160 immorality. And another Angel 1/3 followed 48 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:34,760 them, saying with a loud voice, If anyone worships the beast and 49 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:39,600 its image and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, he 50 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:43,680 also will drink the wine of God's wrath poured full strength 51 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:47,840 into the cup of his anger, and he will be tormented with fire 52 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:50,680 and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the 53 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:53,720 presence of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment 54 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:58,480 goes up forever and ever, and they have no rest, day or night. 55 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:02,560 These worshippers of the beast and its image, and whoever 56 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:06,480 receives the mark of its name. Let's pray. 57 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:12,680 Lord, we know that the testimony of these angels are Your words, 58 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:17,160 and we ask that You would help us understand them. 59 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:20,920 And though we know that we are looking into the future, we pray 60 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:22,760 that we would hear Your voice for today. 61 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:26,280 Give us Your guidance, Lord, through these passages. 62 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:29,280 Give us an attentive mind and a receptive heart. 63 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:34,320 We pray that Your word would build us up and that it would 64 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:38,680 destroy all lies, all deceptions, all dormant sins, 65 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:41,920 all these things that seek to captivate us and draw us away 66 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:44,480 from You. We pray that You would conquer 67 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:46,240 our hearts afresh this afternoon. 68 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:49,360 In Jesus name we pray. Amen. 69 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:53,320 You know, as I read this passage repeatedly earlier this week, 70 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:57,240 there were two main questions that arose in my mind that I had 71 00:04:57,240 --> 00:04:59,000 to answer. Before looking at these things 72 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:03,560 in greater detail, the first question that came to me is 73 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:07,000 simply this. Are these angels that we just 74 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:09,680 read about? Are they to be taken literally? 75 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:14,320 Are they real angelic agents? Are they actual messengers from 76 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:16,720 heaven? And the reason why I say that is 77 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:20,280 because with a lot of revelation, there are many who 78 00:05:20,280 --> 00:05:24,000 want to see this as symbolic. And there are strange ideas of 79 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:28,760 what these angels represent, Everything from printed bibles 80 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:34,040 to satellites in the sky to a picture of believers throughout 81 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:38,760 the ages. But we shouldn't find it so 82 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:40,320 difficult to see these as actual. 83 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:43,760 Angels, should we? Because this is not the first 84 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:45,880 time that we see something similar like this in the New 85 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:49,840 Testament. May I remind you who announced 86 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:52,240 the good news of the birth of the Messiah to a bunch of 87 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:56,520 shepherds on a quiet night? What did Luke tell us in Luke 88 00:05:56,520 --> 00:06:00,040 chapter 2 verse 13? It was an Angel with a multitude 89 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:05,560 of hosts in heaven praising God. Now listen, if you're willing to 90 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:08,120 say that these angels in Revelation 14 are symbolic, are 91 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:10,000 you willing to say the same about Luke chapter 2? 92 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:13,560 I doubt it. So if you're willing to take the 93 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:17,640 Angel and a heavenly choir visiting a group of shepherds 94 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:23,040 literally, then why would you be hesitant to see these angels as 95 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:26,200 actual angels? And if we're willing to see 96 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:29,440 these angels as literal angels, which we should, then we can 97 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:34,720 then answer the second question. When will this celestial set of 98 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:39,120 proclamations happen? And though we don't have the 99 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:43,320 exact moment we are granted the general timeline, how, we'll 100 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:47,240 look carefully at the words of the warning of the third Angel. 101 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:50,480 Again, look at verse 9 of Revelation 14. 102 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:56,200 And another Angel 1/3 followed them, saying with a loud voice, 103 00:06:56,200 --> 00:07:01,360 if anyone worships the beast and its image and receives a mark on 104 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:05,600 his forehead or on his hand. That's quite telling, isn't it? 105 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:10,440 Because of this warning determines the context of it. 106 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:15,680 What do we see here that clearly for the Angel to say this means 107 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:19,360 that the Antichrist marking system is already in operation. 108 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:24,440 And if we can accept that, then we know, according to Revelation 109 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:28,680 13, that the peak of the Antichrist control, his fiercest 110 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:33,560 control, will happen in the last 3 1/2 years before Christ's 111 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:38,360 return. And so we know that these angels 112 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:42,960 making their appearance, racing through the skies to make this 113 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:47,960 very important announcement, few announcements will occur in the 114 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:50,560 latter portion of the Tribulation period, namely the 115 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:54,240 Great Tribulation just before, shortly before Christ comes 116 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:58,040 back. But just because they are saying 117 00:07:58,040 --> 00:08:01,160 these things in the future, just because this is predictive, 118 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:03,400 doesn't mean that they can't speak to us now. 119 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:07,560 In fact, they do, and I want to simply divide our thoughts here 120 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:10,880 with these distinct messages and consider what they have to say 121 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:12,800 about the world and what they have to say about us as 122 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:16,960 followers of Christ. So let's consider message number 123 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:21,120 one from Angel number one. What will be said to alarm the 124 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:24,640 world before the last set of judgments will be poured out and 125 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:28,760 Christ cracks open the sky and makes his way toward the earth. 126 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:31,520 It's. Not surprising. 127 00:08:31,880 --> 00:08:35,720 The first message is the gospel. It shouldn't surprise us that 128 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:38,960 the first thing that is heralded to those who dwell on earth is 129 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:41,640 the eternal gospel. And look at that. 130 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:45,040 The Spirit of God is so precise. He didn't just say gospel, He 131 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:48,760 said eternal gospel. And that means more than just 132 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:51,000 the fact that this gospel is the means to eternal life. 133 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:53,800 It speaks about how it is the ageless message. 134 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:56,400 There is no room for alternative interpretations of what this 135 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:59,160 gospel can be. There is no room for any other 136 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:01,360 ideas. For it to be the eternal gospel 137 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:03,760 means it's the gospel that we've always known about. 138 00:09:04,560 --> 00:09:07,280 It's the gospel that has been prepared from eternity past. 139 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:10,480 It's the gospel that the prophets of old have prophesied 140 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:12,360 about. It's the gospels that the 141 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:15,720 apostles spread to the nation's. It's the gospel, the same gospel 142 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:17,400 that is still saving souls today. 143 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:21,560 It's that very same gospel. And what moves me about that 144 00:09:21,560 --> 00:09:26,000 very important detail is that even in the last hour of all 145 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:30,160 things, the Gospel is still the only hope for humanity. 146 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:33,320 That message has an altered, it hasn't diluted. 147 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:36,080 It's still the same saving message. 148 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:39,960 It's the eternal gospel. In fact, the ministry of this 149 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:43,640 Angel at this time could very well be the fulfillment of one 150 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:46,520 of the things Jesus said would happen before He returned. 151 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:49,440 Do you remember what he said on the Olivet Discourse in Matthew 152 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:53,800 24, verse 14? He promised in Matthew 2414. 153 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:58,600 And this gospel of the Kingdom will be proclaimed throughout 154 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:05,800 the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end 155 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:10,280 will come. So it is true that up to this 156 00:10:10,280 --> 00:10:14,120 point we've seen the ministry of the 144,000 who very likely were 157 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:16,360 preachers. And we know that there will be 158 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:18,120 believers here during this time preaching. 159 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:20,400 And we know that in Revelation 11, there are two witnesses in 160 00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:23,680 Jerusalem with great power preaching the truth, preaching 161 00:10:23,680 --> 00:10:27,080 repentance. But on top of all of that, you 162 00:10:27,080 --> 00:10:32,160 have an Angel who's suspended in the sky, flying through the 163 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:37,160 skies and amplifying the gospel, ensuring that not one part of 164 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:39,920 the world, not one nation, not one tribe, not one hidden clan 165 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:42,480 would miss it. This is God's grace. 166 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:47,400 This is his incredible mercy to a very undeserving generation 167 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:50,000 who have ignored much of his warnings and his pleas. 168 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:54,120 And yet still 1 Angel is sent from heaven to declare this 169 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:57,000 gospel, which is an exception because we know that in this age 170 00:10:57,240 --> 00:10:58,880 that privilege has been given to who? 171 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:02,400 Believers. Angels don't preach the gospel. 172 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:05,840 We preach the gospel. Even when the Angel visited 173 00:11:05,840 --> 00:11:09,280 Cornelius, I've always wondered why set up a whole meeting with 174 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:12,440 Cornelius and fetch for Peter and give Peter a vision and have 175 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:13,840 them meet together in Cornelius's home. 176 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:16,120 I mean, you already made it there to Cornelius's house. 177 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:18,400 Why don't you just tell him the gospel, right? 178 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:21,800 Because that honor has been given to us. 179 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:24,480 So let's not waste it. Let's not hide it. 180 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:28,440 But this is a different era. This is a different time. 181 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:32,240 This isn't surprising. The gospel is the first message. 182 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:37,200 But what may surprise us is the content of the message. 183 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:42,360 Supposing that we didn't read these verses, this is just me 184 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:45,280 telling you upfront, without any further information, that there 185 00:11:45,280 --> 00:11:48,520 will be an Angel preaching the eternal gospel to this last 186 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:50,520 generation. What would you think he would 187 00:11:50,520 --> 00:11:54,400 say? Confess with your mouth that 188 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:57,680 Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him 189 00:11:57,680 --> 00:12:04,120 from the dead. What about there is no other 190 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:06,880 name given among men, no other name under heaven given among 191 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:09,720 men by which we must be saved. There is salvation and no one 192 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:11,160 else. Would you think that the Angel 193 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:15,280 would say something like that? Those are not wrong. 194 00:12:15,880 --> 00:12:19,480 Those are indeed messages that pertain to the gospel. 195 00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:21,360 But look again at verse 15, what he says. 196 00:12:22,760 --> 00:12:29,120 Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment 197 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:37,200 has come, and worship Him. Fear God, Eternal gospel. 198 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:41,280 How did these true 2 truths relate? 199 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:46,840 Well to some they don't and that has LED some to actually say 200 00:12:47,120 --> 00:12:50,520 because of this message, the gospel, this angels preaching 201 00:12:50,520 --> 00:12:52,080 must mean something different than how. 202 00:12:52,560 --> 00:12:55,920 The New Testament generally summarizes it, but remember, 203 00:12:56,440 --> 00:12:59,080 this is the eternal gospel that's being explained here, 204 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:03,400 which tells us something very, very important about the good 205 00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:07,760 news of Jesus Christ. Fearing God is the appropriate 206 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:13,480 response to it. There's a lot of misconception 207 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:17,600 about the fear of God, especially among Christians. 208 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:21,240 And as many of you already know, one of my favorite passages to 209 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:24,880 offer clarification is Psalm 33, verse 8. 210 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:29,880 In that verse we read here, let all the earth fear the Lord. 211 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:33,240 Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him. 212 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:39,440 Poetry was different in that time, and we know here that this 213 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:42,200 is Hebrew parallelism at work. What's Hebrew parallelism? 214 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:45,000 Well, one way it works is when one line is given, the second 215 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:48,960 one either expounds on that first thought or clarifies it, 216 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:50,600 or repeats it with different words. 217 00:13:50,920 --> 00:13:52,280 And that's what's happening here. 218 00:13:52,560 --> 00:13:55,920 Let all the earth fear the Lord. And then the second line says 219 00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:58,480 that all the inhabitants of the world which mirrors let all the 220 00:13:58,520 --> 00:14:02,800 earth. Stand in awe of him, which is 221 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:07,360 the same as fearing the Lord. Fearing the Lord is being in awe 222 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:13,080 of the Lord. An awe is a complex emotion. 223 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:17,240 It can mean different things, but it definitely doesn't imply 224 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:21,480 that the fear God means to be an absolute slavish dread of Him. 225 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:25,040 That would cause a lot more problems in our Bibles. 226 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:27,360 And our understanding of how to worship and relate to God. 227 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:31,040 But if it means to be in awe of Him, then it makes complete 228 00:14:31,040 --> 00:14:33,640 sense. Now you might still be 229 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:36,800 wondering, but hold on. I thought the fear of God is 230 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:40,960 more of like an Old Testament Mosaic kind of emphasis. 231 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:47,440 But I want to remind you that this Angel tells us that it's 232 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:49,240 the right response to the gospel. 233 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:54,200 In fact, this is something that the New Testament confirms 234 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:57,680 elsewhere. Turn with me to First Peter and 235 00:14:57,680 --> 00:15:04,160 look at these verses with me in chapter 1, First Peter. 236 00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:07,680 Chapter 1 Peter is obviously addressing Christians. 237 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:18,410 And notice what he says in verse 17 down through verse 19, Peter 238 00:15:18,410 --> 00:15:21,810 says. And if you call on him as 239 00:15:21,810 --> 00:15:26,010 Father, who judges impartially according to each one's deeds, 240 00:15:26,530 --> 00:15:29,370 conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your 241 00:15:29,370 --> 00:15:33,890 exile, knowing that you were ransom from the feudal ways 242 00:15:33,890 --> 00:15:37,730 inherited from your father's, not with perishable things such 243 00:15:37,730 --> 00:15:40,250 as silver. Or gold, but with the precious 244 00:15:40,250 --> 00:15:43,680 blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot. 245 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:51,000 This is a fascination to me. This is staggering to me because 246 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:56,240 in between the glorious truths of calling God as Father in 247 00:15:56,240 --> 00:16:00,840 verse 17 and being ransomed with the precious blood of Christ in 248 00:16:00,840 --> 00:16:07,960 verse 19, you have the charge for us to fear God throughout 249 00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:13,440 our pilgrimage on earth. Calling God his Father, being 250 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:16,600 ransomed by the precious blood of Christ, and in between, that 251 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:21,680 is what fear God. Well, again, you might run into 252 00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:25,360 some issues that fear means to cower away from God, but if it 253 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:28,800 means to stand in awe of Him, then it makes sense. 254 00:16:29,320 --> 00:16:31,200 I get to call this holy godfather. 255 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:35,240 That's awesome. I've been ransomed. 256 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:38,440 My soul has been paid for. Not with things like silver and 257 00:16:38,440 --> 00:16:40,000 gold. But with the blood. 258 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:45,200 Of the Son of God, He's worthy of my awe. 259 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:49,280 So even in this we see that there are gospel realities 260 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:52,920 attached to the response of standing in awe of God, fearing 261 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:54,920 God. And that teaches us many things. 262 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:57,880 And one of the things that tells me that if someone professes 263 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:04,720 Christ but lacks reverence is void of seriousness, does not 264 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:08,160 even have a hint of majesty in their worship or on how they 265 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:11,040 relate to the Lord, I question if they've really tasted the 266 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:16,400 gospel. Professing Christians who are 267 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:26,520 overly casual make me nervous because fearing God is the 268 00:17:26,520 --> 00:17:30,760 appropriate attitude that one will possess and grow in if they 269 00:17:30,760 --> 00:17:34,320 really understand the gospel. You can't be trivial with this 270 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:37,600 gospel. You don't become buddy buddy 271 00:17:37,600 --> 00:17:39,400 with Jesus because of this gospel. 272 00:17:39,560 --> 00:17:45,240 You fear him, you Revere him. Yes, you embrace him as the 273 00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:48,600 lover of your soul. But oh, he is still king. 274 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:53,240 He is still holy. And as we're about to find out, 275 00:17:53,240 --> 00:18:02,640 even the Lamb supervises Hell. And so we consider these things 276 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:05,920 what the Angel is saying. Hopefully is becoming more clear 277 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:10,040 to us, but you may be wondering why this emphasis? 278 00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:13,280 Why couldn't the Angel have highlighted a different 279 00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:14,680 component of our faith? Why? 280 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:18,760 Why not come with a different angle concerning the gospel? 281 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:22,240 Well, when you factor in the state of the world, you realize 282 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:25,280 that this Angel is actually being very strategic with his 283 00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:28,040 message. What's happening in the world at 284 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:30,360 this point? The Antichrist is ruling and 285 00:18:30,360 --> 00:18:32,200 reigning. And because of that, you have 286 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:38,040 the masses standing in awe of him, glorifying him, adoring 287 00:18:38,040 --> 00:18:43,960 him. And so this celestial being now 288 00:18:43,960 --> 00:18:45,800 comes and he trumpets this message. 289 00:18:45,880 --> 00:18:49,240 Fear God. Fear God. 290 00:18:49,680 --> 00:18:55,560 Not this man, not this deceiver, not this false savior, fear God, 291 00:18:55,600 --> 00:19:00,280 glorify him, worship him. And notice he highlights also 292 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:02,680 that God is the creator of all things. 293 00:19:05,440 --> 00:19:08,320 This man didn't do anything even close to that. 294 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:14,320 So the problem with the nations at this point is not legalism. 295 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:17,440 The nations are not struggling with self righteousness here. 296 00:19:19,120 --> 00:19:21,200 They're not drowning in their shame here. 297 00:19:21,640 --> 00:19:23,680 What's their problem? Idolatry. 298 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:29,440 And it's being confronted with this message, misdirected 299 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:31,280 adoration. That's the issue that this 300 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:36,040 gospel presentation is pressing on, but it's still relevant for 301 00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:39,480 us today. Listen, as a gospel people, you 302 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:41,200 and I are called to be God fears. 303 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:46,320 We're called to be God fears. And I want to exhort you before 304 00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:51,240 we move on with this one thought from Proverbs 23, verse 17. 305 00:19:53,080 --> 00:19:57,400 Let not your heart envy sinners, but continue in the fear of the 306 00:19:57,400 --> 00:20:01,680 Lord all the day. I love that last part all the 307 00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:03,600 day. Is it possible to fear God some 308 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:08,080 part of the day? I think so, depending on your 309 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:10,880 environment, like in this place right now, it's much easier to 310 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:16,720 stand in awe of God here with the right music and a sermon and 311 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:20,040 maybe even a building and its aesthetics may give us that 312 00:20:20,040 --> 00:20:21,680 impression that we're in a holy space. 313 00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:23,520 But you know what this charge says? 314 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:26,600 Fear God all the day. Not just on Sunday afternoon, 315 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:29,560 not just on Wednesday night, not just not just on Friday evening, 316 00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:31,680 all the day. When your car, fear God. 317 00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:33,880 When you're, when you're at work, fear God. 318 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:36,000 When you go on vacation, fear God. 319 00:20:36,120 --> 00:20:42,680 Stand in awe of God always. And I can assure you this if you 320 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:47,360 and I fear God all the day. It's much more difficult to sin. 321 00:20:47,840 --> 00:20:52,280 Throughout the day, so stand in constant awareness of the 322 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:55,560 majesty of God, the beauty of God, the holiness of God. 323 00:20:55,560 --> 00:20:58,920 And the way you do that is you coat your mind with the 324 00:20:58,920 --> 00:21:01,360 scriptures. You spend time with him, you 325 00:21:01,360 --> 00:21:03,720 pray without ceasing, you include him in your plans and 326 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:06,760 your worries. Let him be in the forefront of 327 00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:10,400 your thinking, your meditation. Fear God all the day. 328 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:17,240 I love Joseph in that story when he's alone with his boss's wife. 329 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:21,320 Nobody's insight. They could have gotten away with 330 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:22,080 it. But you know what? 331 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:27,360 Joseph had had it with a very difficult history and past. 332 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:31,160 He had an awareness that God is in this place. 333 00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:33,480 How can I do this great evil against? 334 00:21:33,480 --> 00:21:38,120 God, I wonder how Potiphar's wife reacted to that. 335 00:21:39,120 --> 00:21:41,600 I would love to have gotten a picture of her face. 336 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:47,440 No, no, no, it may be you and me here. 337 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:49,920 But listen, I know God is here actually. 338 00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:54,920 So we may get away with it with your husband, we may get away 339 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:57,360 with it from the employees, but God sees it all. 340 00:21:58,040 --> 00:22:00,920 That's a man who fears God. That's a man who fears God all 341 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:03,400 the day. May we be the same. 342 00:22:04,720 --> 00:22:06,920 So the first message that the first Angel preaches is the 343 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:10,560 eternal gospel. But the emphasis here is fearing 344 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:14,640 God, which teaches me that if I really know the gospel, there's 345 00:22:14,640 --> 00:22:17,240 going to be in seed form this fear of God, and that's going to 346 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:19,600 grow. The more I know my God, the more 347 00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:21,160 I understand the depths of the gospel. 348 00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:29,640 Message #2 from Angel #2 Look back again in Revelation 14 we 349 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:35,880 go from the eternal Gospel. To the world will pass away. 350 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:42,920 That's the second message. Look again at verse 7 and verse 351 00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:48,960 8. Verse 8. 352 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:52,120 Says another Angel. A second followed, saying 353 00:22:52,120 --> 00:22:55,640 fallen. Fallen is Babylon the great shoe 354 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:59,720 made all nations drink the wine of passion of her sexual 355 00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:02,200 immorality. Babylon. 356 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:09,160 Why is Babylon, this ancient capital city of a former world 357 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:16,600 empire, being mentioned here? Interestingly, this is not the 358 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:18,240 only time it appears in the Book of Revelation. 359 00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:20,080 This is the first time. It's going to show up a total of 360 00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:24,040 6 times in this book. And so we're considering this 361 00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:27,680 Babylon, and we're going to see this in greater detail, 362 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:31,520 especially in chapters 17 and 18, where chapters 18 details 363 00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:37,080 the destruction of this Babylon. Here's how we make sense of this 364 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:39,720 Babylon, according to the Bible, is more than just a historical 365 00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:43,360 city. It is actually a symbol of a 366 00:23:43,360 --> 00:23:48,680 worldly system that opposes God, that rebels against God, that 367 00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:53,280 hates God. It is often a picture of a 368 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:57,880 center of idolatry that promotes hostility against God's Word, 369 00:23:57,880 --> 00:24:01,880 His will, and His people. And that is something that is 370 00:24:01,880 --> 00:24:04,920 acknowledged in this way elsewhere in the New Testament, 371 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:07,880 primarily with Peter. Turn in your Bibles to first 372 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:12,920 Peter in chapter 5 and look at how he ends this letter to his 373 00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:15,200 audience. First Peter 5 verse 13. 374 00:24:21,110 --> 00:24:27,630 Peter says as he is wrapping things up, she who is at 375 00:24:27,630 --> 00:24:32,430 Babylon, who is likewise chosen, sends you greetings. 376 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:36,800 And so does Mark, my son Babylon. 377 00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:41,040 Some are satisfied to say that Peter's speaking about literal 378 00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:46,480 Babylon here, but it's more likely that he's using coded 379 00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:53,280 language to his audience. Describe a location of a 380 00:24:53,280 --> 00:24:57,880 particular St. or a church that is sending their greetings. 381 00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:01,760 This audience that Peter's writing to is aware of she who 382 00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:04,720 is at Babylon. So you have to understand that 383 00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:08,280 there was persecution in Peters day and even their letters could 384 00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:10,040 have been confiscated by the government. 385 00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:13,200 And so in order to protect those especially who are under 386 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:16,800 persecution, he would use cryptic language to identify 387 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:19,040 them. And that seems to be what's 388 00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:22,440 happening here. But what's more important is 389 00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:26,480 that this proves that this Babylonian analogy was common to 390 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:29,080 the early church, and it's no different with John in 391 00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:33,000 Revelation. Why is John applying Babylon 392 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:36,240 here in Revelation chapter 14? Because he wants to use it to 393 00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:38,520 describe the empire of the Antichrist. 394 00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:44,200 That the system the Antichrist has built in these final hours 395 00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:50,080 carries the same defiant spirit that we see in Genesis 10 with 396 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:55,040 Nimrod who founded Babel and the Tower of Babel in Genesis 397 00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:58,800 Chapter 11. As though to say that what we 398 00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:05,320 find here at the final moments is the culminating expression of 399 00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:10,520 this Babylonian spirit. One of the main features of 400 00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:17,080 Babylon in the Bible is that it seeks to create a one world 401 00:26:17,080 --> 00:26:19,880 government and unified false worship. 402 00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:21,920 Again, think about the Tower of Babel. 403 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:27,400 You have the collective world coming together to build this 404 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:31,800 edifice, to make a declaration that we want to have governance 405 00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:34,240 apart from God. That's what that was. 406 00:26:34,840 --> 00:26:36,920 Come, let us make a name for ourselves. 407 00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:41,920 And you Fast forward and you go to Daniel, and you realize that 408 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:44,760 Babylon is still in existence and it's at its strongest point 409 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:47,480 ever. Nebuchadnezzar is the king, and 410 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:50,880 what does he do? He gets a dream of succession of 411 00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:53,040 kingdoms. He's the first one, and he's to 412 00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:54,520 be replaced. And that wants to be replaced, 413 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:57,760 and that bothers Nebuchadnezzar. And So what does he do? 414 00:26:58,040 --> 00:27:00,800 Well, if I'm the gold part of that statue and I'm only part of 415 00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:05,680 it, I'm going to make a golden statue of myself saying I'm not 416 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:09,560 going nowhere. No kingdom's going to replace me 417 00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:12,960 from head to toe. If this statue symbolizes the 418 00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:15,720 timeline of history, then Babylon is going to rule and 419 00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:18,360 reign forever. Worship this image. 420 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:23,920 So again, this combination of one world government and unified 421 00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:28,880 false worship. With the Tower of Babel, they 422 00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:32,080 were dispersed by God's power. With Nebuchadnezzar, both he and 423 00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:37,600 Babylon were humbled. Now we come to Revelation, and 424 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:41,640 Babylon is making a comeback. And it will reach the highest 425 00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:45,120 point of its success. It will achieve what it's always 426 00:27:45,120 --> 00:27:52,040 longed for, global dominance. Babylon is here, John is telling 427 00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:54,080 us. And we're going to learn more 428 00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:56,640 about it because the Revelation, the Book of Revelation, has a 429 00:27:56,640 --> 00:27:58,920 lot to say about it. But what we have learned up to 430 00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:03,680 this point is enough for now. What should grip us, however, is 431 00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:08,920 how we see here that this Angel is speaking about the fall of 432 00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:11,400 Babylon as though it had already taken place. 433 00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:16,320 Did you notice the language? Fallen, Fallen is Babylon the 434 00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:18,120 Great. Well, hold on for a second. 435 00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:21,880 The fall of Babylon doesn't occur until chapter 17, namely 436 00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:25,320 chapter 18. So why is it being spoken of 437 00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:27,840 here in Revelation 14 as a past event? 438 00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:32,760 And This is why this Angel is declaring that the future doom 439 00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:38,280 of this evil wicked system is so certain that we can address it 440 00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:39,880 as though it had already occurred. 441 00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:45,000 Fallen. Fallen is Babylon the Great. 442 00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:48,240 You can imagine just how astounding and alarming this 443 00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:51,160 would be. For those who hear this 444 00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:57,240 resounding proclamation, you got to remember the nations here are 445 00:28:57,240 --> 00:29:03,200 going to be under a very complex infrastructure and a network of 446 00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:07,760 commerce and military and policing. 447 00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:11,320 It's going to be something that the world has never seen before. 448 00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:15,320 It's going to be so impressive and so widely accepted that this 449 00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:18,400 Babylonian system that the Antichrist is going to support 450 00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:23,280 will appear indestructible. In fact, look back at Revelation 451 00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:25,800 13 verse four, what the people said about the beast. 452 00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:34,200 Revelation 13, verse four. And they worshipped the dragon, 453 00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:36,680 for he had given his authority to the beast. 454 00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:40,240 And they worshipped the beast, saying who is like the beast and 455 00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:47,160 who can fight against it. So they're under the spell 456 00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:51,480 thinking that no one can defeat Antichrist, and with that no one 457 00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:54,400 can overthrow the empire that he has built. 458 00:29:55,560 --> 00:29:57,840 And all of a sudden, this Angel whisked through the skies and he 459 00:29:57,840 --> 00:30:00,240 says fallen. Fallen is Babylon the Great. 460 00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:04,480 Why is he saying that? Remember, he's addressing the 461 00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:07,800 nation's all the earth dwellers. He's saying that to help them 462 00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:09,960 believe the first angel's message. 463 00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:15,560 Fear God, Glorify Him, worship Him. 464 00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:19,600 The world as you know it, with all its pomp and all its 465 00:30:19,600 --> 00:30:22,480 possessions and all its pleasures and all its promises, 466 00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:29,120 will come to nothing one day. This world is passing away, and 467 00:30:29,120 --> 00:30:31,800 you're giving your soul to something that will vanish. 468 00:30:34,840 --> 00:30:36,960 You're trading eternal life for somebody that's going to be 469 00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:37,720 taken. Away. 470 00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:42,240 For something that is so certain to be demolished and destroyed 471 00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:47,240 that we can speak of it as though it already happened, this 472 00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:49,160 is a message that the world needs to hear now. 473 00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:52,160 And if we're honest, this is a message that Christians need to 474 00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:56,280 hear from time to time. The same John who's telling us 475 00:30:56,280 --> 00:31:00,120 what this Angel would say to the masses of unbelievers tells us 476 00:31:00,120 --> 00:31:04,640 this in his first epistle and 1st John 2 verse 17. 477 00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:08,640 And the world is passing away, and the world is passing away 478 00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:11,600 along with its desires. But whoever does the will of God 479 00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:13,600 abides forever. I love that. 480 00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:18,640 This is in the same breath where he tells believers, do not love 481 00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:21,200 the world or the things of the world don't love it. 482 00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:23,360 And he gives the reason why, at least one reason, because it's 483 00:31:23,360 --> 00:31:27,200 all passing away. You and I are just walking 484 00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:30,080 through the corridor. There is a door that's going to 485 00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:32,280 lead us into eternal life, which is true life. 486 00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:37,600 Don't camp in the corridor. Keep walking. 487 00:31:37,600 --> 00:31:41,680 Keep your eyes ahead. This world is passing away with 488 00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:44,600 all its desires, all those cravings that keep you up at 489 00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:47,920 night, all the things that you slave over, all the dreams that 490 00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:52,760 you want to see fulfilled, all of that is going to disappear. 491 00:31:54,840 --> 00:31:57,440 Those things that you think will bring fulfillment and identity 492 00:31:57,560 --> 00:32:00,240 and wholeness, that's going to pass away as well. 493 00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:02,120 It's not lasting. It's not designed to. 494 00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:07,520 It has an expiration date on it. But those who do the will of 495 00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:11,440 God, they will abide forever, forever and ever and ever. 496 00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:17,520 This world will pass away. Then we come to the final 497 00:32:17,520 --> 00:32:19,280 message, and you almost get the sense that they're building on 498 00:32:19,280 --> 00:32:21,920 one another. We have the the eternal gospel. 499 00:32:22,080 --> 00:32:25,440 Then we have a reminder of this world that has unfortunately 500 00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:30,320 sabotaged so many people's faith and trust in Christ to this last 501 00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:32,960 message. Here in verse 9 down to verse 502 00:32:32,960 --> 00:32:41,520 11, hell is real and another Angel 1/3 follow them saying 503 00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:44,000 with a loud voice, If anyone worships the beast in its image 504 00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:46,880 and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, he will 505 00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:50,320 also drink the wine of God's wrath poured full strength. 506 00:32:51,040 --> 00:32:56,480 Highlight that poured full strength into the cup of his 507 00:32:56,480 --> 00:32:58,760 anger, and he will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the 508 00:32:58,760 --> 00:33:01,320 presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the land. 509 00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:02,920 We'll pause there before we go to verse 11. 510 00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:12,520 If you remember Revelation 13, what we have there is 511 00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:17,320 instruction to believers of how difficult it will be for those 512 00:33:17,320 --> 00:33:18,840 at that time to refuse the mark of the. 513 00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:21,720 Beast, you won't be able to buy or sell. 514 00:33:23,640 --> 00:33:26,120 You won't be able to do the things that you think are your 515 00:33:26,120 --> 00:33:29,120 rights today. And the reason why I know that 516 00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:31,960 it is in part addressing believers because in Revelation 517 00:33:31,960 --> 00:33:35,400 13, verse 10, the last part of that verse, there's an there's a 518 00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:37,480 call for the endurance of the faith of the Saints. 519 00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:43,560 So yes, it's speaking about the future and yes, it is addressing 520 00:33:43,560 --> 00:33:46,040 what the world will look like. But what God has in mind through 521 00:33:46,040 --> 00:33:49,760 his word is the believers in that time to be able to endure 522 00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:53,720 because it will be challenging to reject the mark of the beast 523 00:33:54,440 --> 00:33:57,960 on a daily basis. But then you come to Revelation 524 00:33:57,960 --> 00:34:04,360 14 and you have this Angel informing the unbeliever how 525 00:34:04,360 --> 00:34:06,840 difficult they will be to embrace the mark of the beast. 526 00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:13,920 And even though this is a warning to the lost, it still 527 00:34:13,920 --> 00:34:16,560 carries instruction for the Christian. 528 00:34:16,719 --> 00:34:20,639 How do I know that peak at verse 12 of Revelation 14? 529 00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:27,040 Here is a call for the endurance of the Saints, those who keep 530 00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:29,360 the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus. 531 00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:34,920 He's talking about hell here in verses 9 down to verse 11 and 532 00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:38,080 immediately after he addresses Christians. 533 00:34:38,199 --> 00:34:39,719 What do Christians have to do with hell? 534 00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:46,080 It's not really about hell. It's about comparing and 535 00:34:46,080 --> 00:34:49,880 contrasting experiences. Again, Revelation 13. 536 00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:52,480 It's going to be challenging for those to stand for the truth and 537 00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:58,360 reject this mark, but it's going to be even more tragic for those 538 00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:04,040 who take it. One thing to learn from this is 539 00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:07,280 that we must view our sufferings from Heaven's point of view. 540 00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:12,760 This Angel is not only warning the lost, he's also reminding 541 00:35:12,760 --> 00:35:17,160 believers your suffering will be temporary. 542 00:35:17,360 --> 00:35:21,840 Their suffering will be eternal. You know one of the ways for you 543 00:35:21,840 --> 00:35:26,760 and I to endure anything, even the maniacal dictatorship of the 544 00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:31,720 Antichrist. Is to frequently meditate on 545 00:35:31,720 --> 00:35:37,320 eternity, to compare everything in light of eternity, to inform 546 00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:40,280 your heart that there is something more real, more 547 00:35:40,280 --> 00:35:42,040 lasting than whatever you're experiencing now. 548 00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:48,000 And I wonder if one of the reasons why eternity is not 549 00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:52,200 spoken of as much as it should in Christian circles is because 550 00:35:52,200 --> 00:35:55,520 it forces us to confront an aspect of eternity that makes 551 00:35:55,520 --> 00:35:58,480 people very uncomfortable, namely the reality of hell. 552 00:36:02,240 --> 00:36:04,640 And if pastors and churches don't erase hell from their 553 00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:10,560 teaching and their evangelism entirely, they try to redefine 554 00:36:10,560 --> 00:36:18,080 it to make it more palatable. But whatever theologians or 555 00:36:18,080 --> 00:36:22,560 podcasters may say about hell, no matter how clever or 556 00:36:22,560 --> 00:36:26,200 compassionate they may seem, every claim and every conclusion 557 00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:27,640 has to be measured with Scripture. 558 00:36:30,760 --> 00:36:33,880 And given the recent debates about hell among prominent 559 00:36:33,880 --> 00:36:41,040 evangelicals, my question is this Do the most prevailing 560 00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:44,120 interpretations agree with the testimony of this Angel? 561 00:36:46,640 --> 00:36:50,840 Is hell eternal? What does this word say? 562 00:36:52,120 --> 00:36:55,560 Is hell a conscious place? What does this word say? 563 00:36:56,120 --> 00:36:58,880 Is hell a place of uninterrupted torment? 564 00:36:59,240 --> 00:37:07,000 What does the Bible say? And according to this testimony, 565 00:37:07,720 --> 00:37:11,600 hell is eternal, hell is conscience, and. 566 00:37:11,600 --> 00:37:14,920 Hell is unending torment for the wicked. 567 00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:20,040 Doesn't mean it's easy to speak about it. 568 00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:25,880 That doesn't mean that we should enjoy thinking about it. 569 00:37:27,600 --> 00:37:32,960 But what it does mean is what God says is true and we need to 570 00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:35,200 submit to the truth no matter what. 571 00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:37,080 You know I've. Come to realize that one of the 572 00:37:37,080 --> 00:37:41,680 main reasons we struggle to understand hell is because of 573 00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:44,040 our inability to truly grasp God's holiness. 574 00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:50,000 If we're honest, sin rarely outrageous us, even the best of 575 00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:54,320 us, and that's partly because we are tainted by sin. 576 00:37:56,240 --> 00:38:00,480 And if you can testify, however, that there are moments where you 577 00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:05,920 have sensed righteous indignation and disturbance or 578 00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:08,760 being unsettled due to wickedness around you or even in 579 00:38:08,760 --> 00:38:11,680 you, then. How much more does the Lord feel 580 00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:14,560 being infinitely more pure and holy than us? 581 00:38:16,840 --> 00:38:20,840 There's something to say about the eternality and the severity 582 00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:27,480 of hell and God's holiness and how sin is not. 583 00:38:27,480 --> 00:38:29,840 Just about us fooling around here on earth. 584 00:38:31,080 --> 00:38:33,880 It's an assault against God and His law. 585 00:38:39,740 --> 00:38:44,140 I won't say more about hell now because we will see it again at 586 00:38:44,140 --> 00:38:48,120 the end of this book, but one thing I want to highlight is how 587 00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:51,240 Christ is identified in the sobering passage about hell. 588 00:38:53,480 --> 00:38:56,080 Look with me here again in verse 10. 589 00:38:57,360 --> 00:38:59,600 He will also. Drink the wine of God's wrath 590 00:39:00,040 --> 00:39:02,520 poured full strength. You know what that means? 591 00:39:02,680 --> 00:39:07,560 Full strength undiluted. There is no mercy mixed with 592 00:39:07,560 --> 00:39:11,440 this wine. Full strength of God's wrath. 593 00:39:12,640 --> 00:39:15,520 Into the cup of his anger, and he will be tormented with fire 594 00:39:15,520 --> 00:39:18,640 and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the 595 00:39:18,640 --> 00:39:24,680 presence of the Lamb. This would make more sense, 596 00:39:25,240 --> 00:39:28,360 perhaps to us if it's said in the presence of the king capital 597 00:39:28,360 --> 00:39:32,840 K, in the presence of the lion, in the presence of the judge in. 598 00:39:33,320 --> 00:39:37,880 The presence of the ruler of rulers in the presence of the 599 00:39:37,880 --> 00:39:41,560 Lamb. You know this very well, that 600 00:39:41,560 --> 00:39:46,160 the Lamb is a consistent symbol associated with Christ's 601 00:39:46,160 --> 00:39:48,400 substitutionary atonement and sacrifice. 602 00:39:51,360 --> 00:39:54,520 It speaks of his humility. It speaks of his loneliness. 603 00:39:55,840 --> 00:39:59,360 It speaks to his willful surrender for our salvation. 604 00:40:00,200 --> 00:40:03,520 What is it doing here in a passage about eternal wrath? 605 00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:07,600 And I believe one reason it's there. 606 00:40:08,160 --> 00:40:11,320 Is to highlight as a reminder that hell is ultimately for 607 00:40:11,320 --> 00:40:14,520 those who have rejected the one who drank the cup of God's wrath 608 00:40:14,520 --> 00:40:18,440 on our behalf. That's what hell is ultimately 609 00:40:18,440 --> 00:40:24,400 all about. Notice the imagery here. 610 00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:29,200 The wine of God's wrath poured full strength into the cup of 611 00:40:29,200 --> 00:40:33,240 his anger. That's a a very common symbol in 612 00:40:33,240 --> 00:40:35,680 the Old Testament. A cup speaks of God's judgement 613 00:40:35,680 --> 00:40:38,280 being poured out. There are different cups in the 614 00:40:38,280 --> 00:40:43,520 Bible and this should remind us of the words of Jesus and Luke 615 00:40:44,520 --> 00:40:47,040 when he was in the garden in chapter 22, verse 42. 616 00:40:47,040 --> 00:40:50,000 And he said, Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from 617 00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:53,440 me. What was that cup? 618 00:40:53,480 --> 00:40:59,840 It was the cup of God's wrath, God's anger and justice against 619 00:40:59,840 --> 00:41:03,000 every sin that has and will ever be committed. 620 00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:07,520 That was what was in the cup. And what Jesus asked here was if 621 00:41:07,520 --> 00:41:10,280 it's possible, Father, let it be removed from me, yet not my 622 00:41:10,280 --> 00:41:12,080 will, but yours be done. And guess what? 623 00:41:12,080 --> 00:41:18,000 It was the Father's will for Christ to drink the cup, and he 624 00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:23,000 drank every drop of it. You turn that cup over and there 625 00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:25,240 is not one drop that will come out. 626 00:41:25,240 --> 00:41:29,280 He absorbed all of God's justice for our sin. 627 00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:32,960 And here's what the gospel looks like. 628 00:41:32,960 --> 00:41:37,880 It's you being willing to admit and joyfully accept the truth 629 00:41:38,080 --> 00:41:42,760 that Jesus Christ, the Son of God drank your wrath. 630 00:41:44,520 --> 00:41:46,560 And here's what millions are doing today. 631 00:41:47,880 --> 00:41:51,920 They reject that. And because they reject that, 632 00:41:52,200 --> 00:41:55,000 there's another cup reserved for them, and that's the wine of 633 00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:58,560 God's wrath. You reject the cup of salvation. 634 00:41:58,960 --> 00:42:02,080 You will have the cup of God's wrath to drink and it is 635 00:42:02,080 --> 00:42:05,400 eternal. It will never run dry. 636 00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:15,140 It is ongoing. Jesus Christ drank the cup of 637 00:42:15,140 --> 00:42:18,700 God's wrath and for those who choose not to believe it and 638 00:42:18,700 --> 00:42:22,140 surrender to the truths associated with it, there is a 639 00:42:22,140 --> 00:42:26,020 cup they will have to drink. It will be forced down their 640 00:42:26,020 --> 00:42:30,260 throats and they will be reminded for all of eternity 641 00:42:30,260 --> 00:42:33,300 that the reason why they are drinking it is because they have 642 00:42:33,300 --> 00:42:37,720 denied the Son of God salvation, the Lamb of God. 643 00:42:40,800 --> 00:42:44,400 And the question for us today, though I hope that all of us 644 00:42:44,400 --> 00:42:50,800 here are followers of Jesus Christ, is if you have put your 645 00:42:50,800 --> 00:42:52,640 trust in the finished work of Jesus. 646 00:42:54,560 --> 00:42:59,080 You know what's amazing here is the first Angel began with the 647 00:42:59,080 --> 00:43:06,920 gospel and he ends with wrath. The third Angel comes to 648 00:43:06,920 --> 00:43:12,640 complete the message, and this is very descriptive, it's very 649 00:43:12,640 --> 00:43:18,760 direct, but it's needed for a generation that has been lulled 650 00:43:18,760 --> 00:43:23,160 to sleep because of a Babylonian empire and system. 651 00:43:26,320 --> 00:43:29,880 Let's not think that we're more wise than God and how we should 652 00:43:29,880 --> 00:43:33,440 address the lost. Are there different vantage 653 00:43:33,440 --> 00:43:35,360 points and ways of communicating the gospel? 654 00:43:35,360 --> 00:43:38,080 Absolutely. But for you and I to deny the 655 00:43:38,080 --> 00:43:42,640 reality of hell is a great disservice to a people who need 656 00:43:42,640 --> 00:43:46,720 to know what's coming if they don't receive the free love of 657 00:43:46,720 --> 00:43:50,800 Jesus. The testimony of three angels 658 00:43:50,800 --> 00:43:53,600 for a future time are so relevant for us today. 659 00:43:53,600 --> 00:43:58,480 Are they not the eternal gospel? The world as we know it will 660 00:43:58,480 --> 00:44:05,640 pass away, and hell is real. Let's pray. 661 00:44:25,300 --> 00:44:28,940 Father, we thank You that you have given us a snapshot. 662 00:44:30,740 --> 00:44:35,700 Another snapshot of how you're willing to go so far to get the 663 00:44:35,700 --> 00:44:42,960 attention of a lost world. And Lord, we think about this 664 00:44:42,960 --> 00:44:45,680 message this afternoon, how it is an extension of your grace. 665 00:44:45,680 --> 00:44:54,160 Also because love warns, Lord, we pray that we would be 666 00:44:54,160 --> 00:44:58,200 faithful to the word no matter what, no matter the trends that 667 00:44:58,200 --> 00:45:02,080 are being set by people who have great platforms online. 668 00:45:05,000 --> 00:45:08,400 Help us stay true to Your word, every part of it. 669 00:45:12,320 --> 00:45:15,600 And Lord, thank you for the wisdom of Your word that in the 670 00:45:15,600 --> 00:45:19,760 same imagery of hell, we have vision of the Lamb. 671 00:45:23,160 --> 00:45:26,080 We pray that even through this message, people would see Christ 672 00:45:26,080 --> 00:45:28,880 and his love and sacrifice and they would embrace him. 673 00:45:30,600 --> 00:45:34,840 And Lord, for us who have put our faith and trust in You, help 674 00:45:34,840 --> 00:45:39,280 us grow in our fear of You. Help us not get entangled by the 675 00:45:39,280 --> 00:45:42,360 things of this world. Help us see it as all passing 676 00:45:42,360 --> 00:45:43,760 away. Our money, our bank accounts, 677 00:45:43,760 --> 00:45:45,760 our clothes, our cars, our homes. 678 00:45:46,200 --> 00:45:48,120 It would all pass away and the only thing that will last. 679 00:45:48,120 --> 00:45:53,520 Forever is the will of God, our service to you, our obedience to 680 00:45:53,520 --> 00:45:56,560 you. So Lord, we pray that even this 681 00:45:56,560 --> 00:46:02,360 message would recalibrate us. And Lord, even with the subject 682 00:46:02,360 --> 00:46:06,400 of hell, help us to know how to communicate it, when to warn 683 00:46:06,400 --> 00:46:11,880 about it. May that message even energize 684 00:46:11,880 --> 00:46:18,520 us to be more zealous with the gospel, for so much was said, 685 00:46:18,520 --> 00:46:20,360 but we trust that You'll help us retain it. 686 00:46:21,440 --> 00:46:23,280 And now, though we want to worship you because you have 687 00:46:23,280 --> 00:46:27,080 saved us from hell, we never have to fear going there. 688 00:46:27,440 --> 00:46:31,720 It is not our portion. We will rest with You forever 689 00:46:31,720 --> 00:46:34,560 and ever, and we are undeserving of it. 690 00:46:34,560 --> 00:46:37,680 Thank you for drinking the cup of God's wrath. 691 00:46:38,240 --> 00:46:40,520 Thank you that we don't have to take a sip of it. 692 00:46:42,440 --> 00:46:45,760 We are free forever, and for this we glorify you. 693 00:46:46,160 --> 00:46:48,160 In Jesus name we pray. Amen. 694 00:46:50,440 --> 00:46:54,560 If you are free in this place because of the gospel, sing with 695 00:46:54,560 --> 00:46:58,600 your heart, knowing that even though everything is taken from 696 00:46:58,600 --> 00:47:00,240 you, no one can take your salvation. 697 00:47:00,520 --> 00:47:04,200 No one can take my salvation. I'm secure forever in Christ 698 00:47:04,200 --> 00:47:06,840 Jesus, and so are you. Let's stand and worship the Lamb 699 00:47:06,840 --> 00:47:17,080 of God. I remember years ago after 700 00:47:17,440 --> 00:47:21,840 preaching at a conference, somebody approached me and they 701 00:47:21,840 --> 00:47:25,240 want to have a long talk about hell and how this was the 702 00:47:25,240 --> 00:47:27,200 greatest struggle for them. This was not a Christian. 703 00:47:27,200 --> 00:47:29,680 This person admittedly said that they were living in sin. 704 00:47:31,160 --> 00:47:34,760 And after a long dialogue, one of the things that stood out to 705 00:47:34,760 --> 00:47:39,600 me was this person saying, why can't God just leave us alone? 706 00:47:41,080 --> 00:47:42,880 I just want to, I just want to live my life. 707 00:47:42,880 --> 00:47:44,840 Why do I have to have this thought that I can go to hell? 708 00:47:44,840 --> 00:47:47,120 Why? Why can't he just let me be and 709 00:47:47,120 --> 00:47:50,680 do what I want to do? And I thought, that's exactly 710 00:47:50,680 --> 00:47:52,480 it. People don't want God. 711 00:47:54,080 --> 00:47:56,560 And whenever it comes to this debate or this discussion about 712 00:47:56,560 --> 00:47:59,280 hell, you know, what's rarely brought up, what's really in 713 00:47:59,280 --> 00:48:02,040 focus is our suffering. It's eternal, it's conscience, 714 00:48:02,040 --> 00:48:04,160 all these things. Nobody ever talks about the 715 00:48:04,160 --> 00:48:07,080 suffering Christ had to endure to help us escape it. 716 00:48:07,720 --> 00:48:09,520 Nobody ever talks about it. That's what I've come to 717 00:48:09,520 --> 00:48:12,680 realize. Nobody ever thinks about what 718 00:48:12,680 --> 00:48:17,600 the Son of God had to endure. And people say, well, he endured 719 00:48:17,840 --> 00:48:21,200 a few hours of suffering. That's blasphemy. 720 00:48:22,960 --> 00:48:25,720 That's blasphemy because not of the duration of the suffering of 721 00:48:25,720 --> 00:48:30,440 the one, rather who suffered, who didn't deserve a millisecond 722 00:48:30,440 --> 00:48:34,720 of suffering and the the quality of that suffering. 723 00:48:36,280 --> 00:48:42,440 Things so deep, things so profound that we dare tread even 724 00:48:42,440 --> 00:48:46,320 exploring what happened on that cross for those hours. 725 00:48:47,240 --> 00:48:51,400 Nobody talks about what Christ had to endure in order to rescue 726 00:48:51,400 --> 00:48:55,480 sinners from hell. And today, perhaps you're in 727 00:48:55,480 --> 00:48:59,560 this place and you don't believe on Christ. 728 00:49:00,360 --> 00:49:03,640 I want you to at least think about the implications of what 729 00:49:03,640 --> 00:49:07,240 he suffered on your behalf. And even if you're in this place 730 00:49:07,240 --> 00:49:11,480 and you struggle with the concept of hell, take your eyes 731 00:49:11,480 --> 00:49:15,080 off yourself for a moment and plant them on Calvary and ask 732 00:49:15,080 --> 00:49:18,920 yourself, what did Christ suffer and why did he suffer? 733 00:49:20,320 --> 00:49:21,720 And you'll come to different conclusions. 734 00:49:23,040 --> 00:49:29,040 Lord, we pray that you would help us, although we're so 735 00:49:29,040 --> 00:49:33,680 broken and fallen in our thinking, always thinking of 736 00:49:33,680 --> 00:49:37,800 ourselves. Or thank you that you're not a 737 00:49:37,800 --> 00:49:42,880 God who just threatens and warns. 738 00:49:43,560 --> 00:49:47,720 You're a God who is much more willing to save us and redeem 739 00:49:47,720 --> 00:49:51,920 us. You don't desire that any would 740 00:49:51,920 --> 00:49:54,440 perish. Help us believe that. 741 00:49:55,960 --> 00:49:58,560 Help us believe that hell itself was not created for humanity 742 00:49:58,560 --> 00:50:01,480 intentionally. It was created for they, the 743 00:50:01,480 --> 00:50:05,360 devil and his angels. Lord, so we just asked in this, 744 00:50:05,360 --> 00:50:09,600 in this final moment, that you would win every heart to 745 00:50:09,600 --> 00:50:14,440 yourself and that we would accept what you suffered for. 746 00:50:15,200 --> 00:50:18,520 We thank you for your grace in this in Jesus name, Amen. 747 00:50:18,920 --> 00:50:20,520 Amen. Would you be seated for a 748 00:50:20,520 --> 00:50:23,280 moment, please? Last week we made a very 749 00:50:23,280 --> 00:50:30,400 important update that a building came to our attention out in 750 00:50:30,400 --> 00:50:33,360 Barrington and it is a beautiful building. 751 00:50:33,360 --> 00:50:36,800 And we spoke to our members about the potential of this 752 00:50:36,800 --> 00:50:42,720 building and we have had a majority approval, virtually 753 00:50:42,720 --> 00:50:45,960 almost 100% people saying this is, this is what we desire. 754 00:50:46,000 --> 00:50:47,120 We believe that this is an answer. 755 00:50:47,120 --> 00:50:51,000 To God's prayers. And so with that in mind, the 756 00:50:51,000 --> 00:50:53,520 leadership announced last Sunday that we would make an official 757 00:50:53,520 --> 00:50:55,880 offer and we did do that this past Tuesday. 758 00:50:55,880 --> 00:50:59,240 We made and we signed a purchase agreement for the church that 759 00:50:59,240 --> 00:51:03,280 currently owns that property. Been an interesting week. 760 00:51:04,560 --> 00:51:08,280 And the recent update is as of last Friday, they accepted our 761 00:51:08,280 --> 00:51:21,440 offer. Yes, you could do that, yes. 762 00:51:37,810 --> 00:51:41,850 So it is my absolute privilege to announce to the church 763 00:51:41,850 --> 00:51:44,650 officially and for the first time, that we have a new church 764 00:51:44,650 --> 00:51:47,410 home. We have a new church home, yes. 765 00:51:52,250 --> 00:51:54,690 So here's what this looks like from this point forward. 766 00:51:55,370 --> 00:52:00,080 The official closing date on paper is May 4th, so that's a 767 00:52:00,080 --> 00:52:02,760 couple months from now. It could be earlier, it could be 768 00:52:02,760 --> 00:52:04,440 later. These things get complicated 769 00:52:04,440 --> 00:52:07,920 sometimes. So we are going to leadership is 770 00:52:07,920 --> 00:52:10,440 going to be working very hard in these next few weeks. 771 00:52:10,480 --> 00:52:13,880 There's inspections, there's paperwork, there's conversations 772 00:52:14,280 --> 00:52:17,080 with the village and all these matters have to be addressed. 773 00:52:17,080 --> 00:52:20,320 So please be praying for us in these next few weeks. 774 00:52:21,240 --> 00:52:24,080 Also, Please remember that as we approach the closing that we're 775 00:52:24,080 --> 00:52:27,480 still saving up and asking God that we would enter into this 776 00:52:27,480 --> 00:52:31,080 new phase debt free. And so we're believing God for 777 00:52:31,080 --> 00:52:33,880 1.5 million in the next 30 days or so. 778 00:52:33,880 --> 00:52:35,760 And we trust that these funds will come in. 779 00:52:36,040 --> 00:52:38,120 He's already proven Himself so strong. 780 00:52:39,200 --> 00:52:43,400 I wish I can take the next 10-15 minutes to explain to you the 781 00:52:43,400 --> 00:52:45,800 many miracles attached to all of this. 782 00:52:46,360 --> 00:52:49,520 To deny it would be to deny a gift from God. 783 00:52:49,880 --> 00:52:52,840 I'm, I'm, I say that with total confidence. 784 00:52:53,120 --> 00:52:56,600 There is so much happening in the background in our favor that 785 00:52:56,600 --> 00:53:00,240 it is absolutely astounding. And there will be a time where 786 00:53:00,240 --> 00:53:02,320 we will be able to sit down together as a family and look at 787 00:53:02,320 --> 00:53:05,320 all these details. But for now, I mean, it's 788 00:53:05,320 --> 00:53:07,600 amazing to think that we've been looking and praying and 789 00:53:07,600 --> 00:53:10,880 searching for 4 1/2 years and things turned around within a 790 00:53:10,880 --> 00:53:14,000 matter of a. Week and a half, two weeks, and 791 00:53:14,000 --> 00:53:18,000 so you've seen pictures. God willing, if all clears, 792 00:53:18,000 --> 00:53:20,440 there will be a day where you'll enter into this property, and I 793 00:53:20,440 --> 00:53:23,960 have no doubt that when you see it, you'll be even more happy. 794 00:53:24,200 --> 00:53:27,600 It's an amazing piece of land. There's going to be, again, many 795 00:53:27,600 --> 00:53:29,840 meetings that we're having, especially in the next couple 796 00:53:29,840 --> 00:53:31,520 weeks. So Please be patient with the 797 00:53:31,520 --> 00:53:35,760 elders and the deacons and others who are working because 798 00:53:36,560 --> 00:53:40,920 this has already been a very busy time leading up to this 799 00:53:40,920 --> 00:53:42,920 point, and it's only going to get busier. 800 00:53:43,120 --> 00:53:46,840 So all hands on deck, you might be called upon to help us as 801 00:53:46,840 --> 00:53:50,280 well because this is our home. This is our new home. 802 00:53:50,800 --> 00:53:54,600 This is the home for your children, and this is going to 803 00:53:54,600 --> 00:53:57,960 be the home for many other souls who will receive God's word. 804 00:53:57,960 --> 00:54:01,200 This is going to be the home for fellowship and hopefully future 805 00:54:01,200 --> 00:54:03,400 conferences. This is very likely going to be 806 00:54:03,400 --> 00:54:06,720 the home of a school in the days to come. 807 00:54:07,080 --> 00:54:10,040 Everything that we've ever hoped and dreamed for in a facility is 808 00:54:10,040 --> 00:54:13,520 offered in this place, and God and His great mercy extended it 809 00:54:13,520 --> 00:54:17,960 to us at this time. So rejoice in fellowship, give 810 00:54:17,960 --> 00:54:21,800 glory to God, and we will keep you up to date as much as we 811 00:54:21,800 --> 00:54:22,720 can. All right. 812 00:54:23,000 --> 00:54:25,600 God bless you, God is good. Have a wonderful week. 813 00:54:25,960 --> 00:54:26,400 Take care.