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This is Living Waters of Grace, 
the teaching ministry of Clark 

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Wofford, senior pastor of 
Calvary Chapel of Westmoreland, 

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County of Greensburg, PA. 
Now here's Pastor Clark as he 

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continues teaching through God's
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Because they were prevented by 
death from continuing. 

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But he, because he continues 
forever, has an unchangeable 

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priesthood. 
Therefore he is able to save to 

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the uttermost those who come to 
God through him. 

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Since He always lives to make 
intercession for them, He's able

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to save to the uttermost those 
who come to Him, mediating on 

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our behalf, praying to the 
Father on behalf of us, and 

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we're taught to do what He does.
Did you know that Jesus is 

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praying for you right now? 
The Bible is clear. 

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Jesus is making intercession, 
which is just a fancy word for 

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praying right now. 
As you hear the sound of my 

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voice, as you listen to Pastor 
Clark teach through the 8th 

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chapter of the Book of 
Revelation, Jesus is praying for

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you. 
This is a wonderful and life 

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giving truth that should impact 
your day-to-day life. 

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Now this should also stir you to
pray for others, to lift others 

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into the presence of Jesus so 
that they may experience the 

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deep peace of Christ. 
Now here's Pastor Clark in 

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Revelation Chapter 8 with 
today's edition of Living Waters

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of Grace. 
Heavens worship is it's 

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completely unlike anything that 
any of us have ever touched or 

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experienced, believe me. 
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silence in the midst of this 
period that John is about to 

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encounter. 
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The silence is deafening because
what's about to transpire on the

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face of the earth is horrendous,
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that as Christ has opened those 
seals for the first time in the 

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history of the universe, he has 
conveyed his full plan to all 

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the angelic hosts. 
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They're astounded at what he has
in store, not only in the sense 

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of his anger and his wrath 
toward an unbelieving and 

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ungodly world, but his plan for 
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bride of Jesus Christ. 
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mention of silence. 
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musical instruments, trumpets. 
We see in verse 3 and 4 the 

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offering of incense. 
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don't know about you, but I've 
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of worship situations. 
I've been in like really crazy 

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stuff where people are jumping 
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dislike doing all kind of wild 
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And I've been in real 
conservative type of worship 

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experiences. 
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worship experiences, experience,
obviously Calvary Chapel kind of

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worship experiences. 
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our worship is, and it is good, 
we have a godly worship leader 

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and team. 
These guys love the Lord and 

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give their hearts to serve 
Christ fully and worship every 

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week. 
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We all fall short of 
understanding what true worship 

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is. 
It's not an emotion or a high, 

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although we can get kind of like
joy, obviously, when we think 

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about the greatness of God and 
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But it's much deeper than that. 
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into heaven. 
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Testament Christians, we have an
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we look at the development of 
historical worship from the age 

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of the Tabernacle, right, in the
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right? 
And we don't see any visible 

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temple or Tabernacle right now 
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But it's going to be rebuilt. 
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continue during that time of the
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The Antichrist will set himself 
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abomination, the desolation, and
a lot of very, very interesting 

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things are going to occur. 
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There is plans for the structure
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developed. 
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Jewish nation connected and 
worshiped with God will be 

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reinstituted. 
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is, is that from God's 
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right? 
It's still going on, even though

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there is no physical temple or 
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now in the sense of the way it 
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the covenant and that kind of 
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In heaven right now, there is 
this element of worship that 

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most of us have never, ever 
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will. 
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don't like the smell of incense.
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headaches when there's incense. 
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when we're there, we won't have 
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maladies. 
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because it's like the most 
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pleases God. 
He has it in his throne room 

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24/7 throughout all eternity. 
And the incense represents the 

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prayers of the Saints. 
We'll get into that in a minute.

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But in the Tabernacle or in the 
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altar, different types of altars
in the midst of the temple, the 

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Tabernacle. 
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right before the veil entering 
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And the responsibility of the 
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incense because it represented 
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Israel and in heaven. 
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teaching us, that this incense 
is representative of the prayers

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of Saints, believers throughout 
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And so we see in verse one this 
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Again, just going back to this 
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dramatically indicating the 
profound awe at the opening of 

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the 7th seal. 
It's no wonder that the Sarah 

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from and Sheriff from can't help
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holy, holy art thou, O God, if 
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be our description. 
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Holy, holy, holy, aren't you, O 
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And Habakkuk chapter 2, verse 
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his holy temple. 
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before him. 
God enjoys silence. 

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We don't. 
We have to have noise all the 

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time. 
We always have to have some kind

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of media on iPod, TV, 
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I mean, the more noise, the more
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But you take a time of silence 
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uncomfortable. 
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difficult at times, because it 
is a time of silence and we're 

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before God and it's just our 
thoughts and our heart laid bare

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before Him. 
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little awkward because we're not
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But God says that he's in His 
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him that the earth would be 
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In Zephaniah chapter one, verse 
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of the Lord God for the day of 
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For the Lord has prepared a 
sacrifice and he's invited his 

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guests. 
Be silent in the presence of the

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Lord. 
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sometimes we're not accustomed 
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person prays and that person's 
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And then all of a sudden there's
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sometimes people like restless, 
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next? 
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last? 
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it over? 
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the silence represents just the 
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what it is that He wants to say 
to us, more so than what we 

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think we need to say to God. 
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13, it says be silent all flesh 
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aroused from his holy 
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Be silent, all flesh before the 
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familiar with. 
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that I am God. 
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nations. 
I will be exalted in the earth. 

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And I think it's, it's healthy 
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as as Christians and, and pray 
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much what we're saying, it's 
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Because so often our prayers are
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Lord bless me, mine, you know, 
me, myself and I or bless my 

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people or my family or my job or
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I mean, sometimes our prayers 
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God hears him and he loves us. 
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But like you realize you're 
saying the same thing all the 

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time. 
You realize, like I've answered 

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like the majority of those 
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me and I've already done it. 
I mean, do you have any capacity

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to pray outside your comfort 
zone, to pray for people that 

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you don't know or situations 
that you're normally not 

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interested in? 
You have the heart to let me put

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my heart in there to expand your
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specifically want you to pray 
about right now at this time and

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this day and this age. 
And verse 2 of Revelation 8, we 

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see these 7 angels. 
I saw 7 angels who stand before 

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God, and to them are given the 
seven trumpets. 

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These bodily powers that 
Victoria so beautifully sung 

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about represent the Old 
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sounded the trumpets during the 
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You know, sometimes when we read
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of Revelation and disconnect it 
from the roots of what worship 

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has been about since the 
beginning of time, we, we 

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unfortunately distort really 
what the meaning is or we, we 

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pull things unfortunately 
sometimes out of context. 

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But in Joshua chapter 6, verse 
13, it refers to these guys. 

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It says the seven priests 
bearing 7 trumpets of Ram's 

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horns before the ark of the Lord
went on and continually and blew

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the trumpets. 
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eventually as a result of 
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The walls fell down, God moved 
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First Chronicles chapter 16, 
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Benanaya and Jehaziel, the 
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trumpets before the Ark of the 
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Psalm 96, Six, honor and majesty
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Strength and beauty are in his 
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So we see this view of heaven of
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Where's the guitars? 
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instruments you'll read about in
Revelation, but in this 

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instance, there's trumpets and 
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This is when it gets 
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Then another Angel having a 
golden censor came and stood at 

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the altar. 
He was given much incense that 

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he should offer it with the 
prayers of all the Saints upon 

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the golden altar which was 
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Much incense is present in 
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offered along with the prayers 
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If you go back to chapter 5 of 
Revelation verse 8, it says now 

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when he had taken the scroll, 
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the 24 elders fell down before 
the Lamb, each having a harp and

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golden bowls full of incense, 
which are the prayers of the 

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Saints. 
Psalm 141 two says, let my 

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prayer be set before you as 
incense, the lifting up of my 

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hands as the evening sacrifice. 
I mean the beauty of how God 

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designed worship for Himself. 
It's not about us. 

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We're given the privilege to 
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But whenever we can worship Him 
the way He has orchestrated and 

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desired, what does that do to 
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Let my prayer be set before you.
Psalm 141. 

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Two as incense, the lifting up 
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sacrifice. 
So we see in Revelation that 

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incense is the visible sign of 
the prayers of all the people. 

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Symbolism is important. 
The dove represents the Holy 

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Spirit. 
The cross represents the 

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crucifixion, the death of burial
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Baptism. 
Immersion is a sign of dying to 

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our sin and coming out as new 
people, new life, the Lord's 

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Supper that we take every week. 
The bread represents Christ's 

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body. 
The cup represents His blood. 

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God is not making this stuff up 
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These are specific things He has
put in place that we might truly

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know how to worship Him. 
You remember in the Old 

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Testament when those priests 
took strange license to attempt 

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to worship God with strange fire
and strange incense? 

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It wasn't pleasing to Him. 
We have to think about our own 

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worship before him. 
Lord, does this really please 

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you today so much worship today.
And I'll tell you guys and and 

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these guys work real hard to 
pick the songs that are about 

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God to God for God, not songs 
that are you could sing to your 

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girlfriend or your wife, you 
know that are just like you were

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these words. 
What do they mean but songs that

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are doctrinally correct and pure
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in Malachi chapter one, verse 
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That's that's a picture of 
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My name shall be great among the
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shall be offered to my name for 
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nations, says the Lord of hosts.
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place. 
Incense is a beautiful gift that

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was given to our Lord at His 
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and we see as we reflect on the 
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continuation in heaven. 
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chapter one, verse 9 through 11.
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priesthood, his lot fell to burn
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This is Zacharias as he's doing 
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altar of God and the Angel of 
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that Elizabeth is going to have 
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How in the world can this happen
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he he went into the temple of 
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of the people were praying 
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again the the the community when
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fragrance. 
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unto God. 
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appeared to him to Zacharias 
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the altar of incense, A literal 
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on earth at the time, but will 
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We're seeing John talk about it.
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Completely different from ours? 
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smoke of the incense with the 
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before the Lord, and the smoke 
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that ascends. 
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the angel's hand. 
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coals fire to burn the incense, 
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before God's throne. 
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the prayers of his people 
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the earth throughout all time, 
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bowls. 
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those bowls, that all the 
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every broken heart throughout 
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out. 
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are going to be answered. 
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for and waiting for, we think, 
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or wasn't it important to God? 
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priceless, so priceless that he 
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with fire from the altar, and he
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earthquake. 
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earth shows the prayers of the 
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Lord will it be till you bring 
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our part? 
Lord, I hope you get that person

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that really messed me up in my 
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I hope you get even with that 
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we're waiting to be completely 
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If you look at Revelation 
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weeks ago, 9:00 and 11:00. 
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I saw under the altar the souls 
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the word of God and for the 
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And they crowd with a loud 
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holy and true, until you judge 
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who dwell on the earth. 
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each of them, and it was said to
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little while longer, until both 
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servants and their brethren, who
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was completed. 
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is OK. 
Lord, how long will these things

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existence? 
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we don't need God, that we want 
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public places. 
We want to eliminate the prayers

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We want to change the name of 
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completely independent of God, 
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You know, I don't make this 
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I have no political agenda. 
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preach, I'm not lifting up the 
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but the theocratic government of
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what he says is right and what 
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ideology does not line up with 
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be judged. 
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The freedom of religion that we 
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in our country that is slowly 
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even clearly aware of it. 
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earth. 
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right to bring judgement. 
Casts that down and it 

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represents the fire of God 
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beginning of the second period 
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devastation upon the earth 
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The thunderings, the earthquakes
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it is eminent at this point 
prior to, and we'll get into the

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rest of the chapter next week. 
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more radical aspects of the 
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silence in heaven for half an 
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think about this. 
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that he's been given a long time
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He's seen this. 
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a really long time for all of us
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Christ is not willing that any 
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coming out upon the earth, we've
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this landscape out and have an 
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that today is a day of 
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It isn't too late to repent. 
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You can still be saved. 
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about, it's not too late yet, 
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this earth at the end of that 
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conclude, there is this other 
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this angelic being is depicted. 
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altar of incense and offered 
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the ministry of intercession, 
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intercession before the throne 
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Night and day for who? 
For you and me. 

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Your prayers for me are valued, 
and I trust my prayers for you 

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like we pray for you guys. 
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living to make intercession 
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night and day. 
He does not sleep, He does not 

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become weary. 
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things that are on your hearts, 
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intercession. 
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about on Thursday nights. 
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lifting our own prayers up 
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one another and the person we 
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represents as Jesus Christ 
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place made with hands, which are
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heaven itself, now to appear in 
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And Hebrews Chapter 7, verse 23 
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priests, because they were 
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continuing. 
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forever, has an unchangeable 
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Therefore, He is able to save to
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God through Him, since He always
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them. 
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uttermost those who come to Him.
He's mediating on our behalf, 

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praying to the Father on behalf 
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what He does, to pray to the 
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It's a privilege to be given the
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of intercession. 
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all because that's what our 
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He's interceding before the 
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This has been Living Waters of 
Grace with Pastor Clark. 

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We're going through the 
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Book of Revelation. 
Whether you're a fan of reading 

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ahead in books of fiction, 
there's such a benefit to 

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reading ahead in the Bible to 
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is not really the end, but 
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It's the end of life as we know 
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But there's so much to look 
forward to for what comes after 

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all the judgment of the earth 
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There's a lot to work through, 
and it can be heartbreaking to 

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read through the intense 
judgments and wrath that will 

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come on those who hate God with 
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The thing is, God has given 
chance upon chance to these 

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They don't want it. 

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So the outcome is that there are
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those who've rejected the good 
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that's offered through Jesus's 
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Are you one who has heard about 
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want it because you want to live
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Trust me, living for Jesus is so
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That doesn't mean it will be 
easy, but as you listen and read

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through Revelation with us, 
you'll come to a stark 

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realization that you don't want 
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apocalypse happens. 
So check out Calvary Chapel 

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online.com to learn how to come 
to a saving grace through faith 

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that will allow you to be with 
Jesus for eternity. 

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We'd also love to meet you in 
person at Calvary Chapel 

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Westmoreland. 
Come join us at 400 E Pittsburgh

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St. 
Ste. 6B in Greensburg, PA 15601.

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This has been living waters of 
Grace.