1 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:08,119 This is Living Waters of Grace, the teaching ministry of Clark 2 00:00:08,119 --> 00:00:12,680 Waffer, senior pastor of Calvary Chapel of Westmoreland, County 3 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:16,400 of Greensburg, PA. Now here's Pastor Clark as he 4 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:18,720 continues teaching through God's Word. 5 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:39,720 Christ's blood transforms us, doesn't it? 6 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:43,360 It changes us. And if you're still the same and 7 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:46,360 you haven't changed and something's wrong, either you 8 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:48,960 haven't really been converted yet and you haven't really 9 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:51,560 repented, and you haven't been born again yet and you haven't 10 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:54,720 been saved. Or you have had some bad 11 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:58,560 teaching and you understand all the promises that are yours in 12 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:02,400 Christ Jesus. But Christ himself, He's the one 13 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:07,440 that has loved you and has washed you from your sins in his 14 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:10,400 blood. A Caterpillar goes into its 15 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:14,920 cocoon as a crawling insect. Over the course of time, it goes 16 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:19,440 through a transformative process and emerges as a new creation 17 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:24,520 that we know as a butterfly. The butterfly not only looks 18 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:28,120 different, but it also acts differently than it did when it 19 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:31,880 was a Caterpillar. Today, Pastor Clark reminds us 20 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:36,720 that we are called as believers to change the things we do, the 21 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:39,440 way we think, and the way we talk with others. 22 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:44,360 Once we are in Christ, it's not by our power, but by the blood 23 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:46,760 of Jesus that this is accomplished. 24 00:01:47,320 --> 00:01:51,000 Now here's Pastor Clark in the Book of Revelation chapter one 25 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:54,360 with today's edition of Living Waters of Grace. 26 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:57,200 You look at someone, you say, boy, you know, they seem to have 27 00:01:57,200 --> 00:01:59,800 a servant heart. They care about people more than 28 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:02,840 they care about themselves. But don't give that person the 29 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:04,760 credit. Give Jesus a credit. 30 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:08,000 He's the one through his blood that's done that in that 31 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:10,960 person's heart. The person used to flip out and 32 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:14,120 say all kind of angry things and had a temper that was always 33 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:17,880 unruly and volatile. The person's life changes and 34 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:20,640 now they're peaceful. They don't respond the same way. 35 00:02:20,640 --> 00:02:22,920 Why? Because of the blood of Jesus, 36 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:27,520 the man or woman or teenager that used to find their kicks on 37 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:32,080 pornographic imagery and sexual immorality and fornication and 38 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:35,600 all the evil things that we're all capable of and many of us 39 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:39,600 have committed. The blood washes us and frees us 40 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:44,440 from lustful passions. The focus isn't upon you or me 41 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:48,720 anymore of what I can get out of life or what's best for me, but 42 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:53,400 what can I do to give my life away for the sake of Christ and 43 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:56,600 the sake of others? Christ's blood transforms us, 44 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:58,480 doesn't it? It changes us. 45 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:01,720 And if you're still the same and you haven't changed and 46 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:04,920 something's wrong, either you haven't really been converted 47 00:03:04,920 --> 00:03:07,280 yet and you haven't really repented, and you haven't been 48 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:11,320 born again yet and you haven't been saved, or you have had some 49 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:14,960 bad teaching and you understand all the promises that are yours 50 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:19,160 in Christ Jesus. But Christ himself, He's the one 51 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:24,080 that has loved you and has washed you from your sins in His 52 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:27,040 blood. I remember that old song. 53 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:31,880 Would you be free from your burden of sin? 54 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:36,280 There's power in the blood, power in the blood. 55 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:40,280 Would you do service for Jesus your king? 56 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:43,640 There's wonderful power in the blood. 57 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:50,880 There is power, power, wonder, working power in the precious 58 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:54,600 blood of the lamb. There is. 59 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:59,720 There's power, wonder, working power in the blood of the lamb. 60 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:06,240 Really, really powerful guys. In verse 6 it says, and he's 61 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:11,640 made us kings and priests to his God and Father, to him be glory 62 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:14,560 and dominion forever and ever, Amen. 63 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:17,720 Do you know today that we are kings and priests of the most 64 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:22,760 high God? And He's made us this way so 65 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:27,800 that you can represent Him to others, so that they can come 66 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:31,040 and get healing from their brokenness and their ruined 67 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:33,680 lives. That people you run into who 68 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:37,880 know they're sick and need a physician will come to you to 69 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:43,920 find out about the Savior so He can cleanse them and heal them 70 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:48,240 and deliver them and save them, just like He's saved and healed 71 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:49,960 and delivered you. Amen. 72 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:55,080 The function of the priestly office in the Old Testament was 73 00:04:55,080 --> 00:05:00,760 a mediator role where the Old Testament Jews had to deal with 74 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:05,160 a priest who went in and made intercession for them and made 75 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:08,080 atonement on the ark for their sins. 76 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:12,160 In Hebrews chapter 10/19, though, it says now we having 77 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:16,720 boldness, brethren, by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living 78 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:19,440 way which he's consecrated through the veil, that is to say 79 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:24,400 his flesh, we can enter in boldly by the blood of Jesus 80 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:28,440 that we may find mercy and grace and help in our time of need. 81 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:32,360 I like to pray for you guys and I like you to pray for me too. 82 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:35,600 And sometimes can someone asks, can you pray for me? 83 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:37,560 Or I'll pray for you and you pray for me and that's 84 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:38,640 important. We're told to do that 85 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:43,920 biblically, but getting deeper into it, you have access this 86 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:48,280 like I do this like all those people we read about in the 87 00:05:48,280 --> 00:05:53,200 Scriptures that we are blown away at their testimonies in 88 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:55,440 their lives. Sometimes we think, man, if Paul 89 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:57,960 was here, if I could just get him to pray for me, there would 90 00:05:57,960 --> 00:05:59,800 be a lot of wonderful things that would occur. 91 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:03,160 And the Bible tells us the prayers of a righteous person do 92 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:05,280 avail much. But the importance of 93 00:06:05,280 --> 00:06:08,840 understanding that you yourself and your weakness and your sin 94 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:13,560 can go right to the throne of God and walk in and he's he 95 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:16,680 knows who you are and you don't have to jump through any hoops. 96 00:06:16,840 --> 00:06:20,760 You don't have to go through any man, any priest, any authority. 97 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:24,760 You can have access directly to the throne room of God that you 98 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:29,840 may find mercy and grace and help in your time of need. 99 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:35,200 It tells us in first Peter 29, You are a chosen generation, a 100 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:40,200 royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you 101 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:43,960 may proclaim the praises of him who called you out of darkness 102 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:47,880 into his marvelous light. You guys know that about 103 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:50,040 yourselves. You're a chosen generation, 104 00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:57,400 you're a royal priesthood. God has such pleasure in 105 00:06:57,760 --> 00:07:04,280 ordaining you and me for these kingly and priestly positions in 106 00:07:04,280 --> 00:07:06,520 his Kingdom. That's every one of us. 107 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:09,720 And you might say, well, I don't feel too worthy to be a king or 108 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:11,800 a priest, not based on your worthiness, guys. 109 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:16,040 It's based on His gift and His love for you that he's poured 110 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:19,920 this out because he loves you and every one of us from the 111 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:22,800 youngest one here who's in Christ, to the oldest one here 112 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:29,120 who's in Christ, are all priests and kings of the Most High God. 113 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:32,760 So think about that the next time God's called you to do 114 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:35,880 something. Don't think you're unworthy. 115 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:44,120 Don't think you're unable or too low of a lower than scump on 116 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:47,000 some of us call ourselves. Don't think that way. 117 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:51,320 Realize, hey, in spite of the wacky person I am and the stupid 118 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:54,440 things I've done, the mistakes I've made, and the things I may 119 00:07:54,440 --> 00:08:00,880 be going through now, God hasn't stripped me of this royalty that 120 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:04,440 I belong to him and He belongs to me. 121 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:10,200 And so we serve based upon the authority that he gives us, not 122 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:14,280 on any human authority or not any human pointing out and 123 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:15,960 saying, well, I think you're worthy and you're not. 124 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:19,000 No, it's not about what man sees. 125 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:22,600 It's about what God sees, right? He sees your heart. 126 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:28,560 He knows all about you, and he's called you a chosen generation 127 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:31,440 or royal priesthood, a special people. 128 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:35,240 Remind yourselves of that whenever you feel condemned, 129 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:40,799 whenever you feel unloved, when you feel you failed to speak 130 00:08:40,799 --> 00:08:42,679 that verse. Satan, you're a liar. 131 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:48,320 God has called me a chosen generation. 132 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:52,000 God has called me a member of his royal priesthood. 133 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:56,840 I'm part of a holy nation. I'm special and you are too, 134 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:01,000 right? Satan, get thee behind me. 135 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:04,360 Amen. Don't listen to the lies of your 136 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:07,600 conscience at times and the voice of the Evil 1 and the 137 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:10,560 demonic activity that's surrounding this world that will 138 00:09:10,560 --> 00:09:13,480 try to give you lies. You know the devil wants you to 139 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:18,280 feel so down and so defeated and so unworthy in the sense of not 140 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:21,160 being able to do anything for the Kingdom because of your past 141 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:27,200 or what you've done, Paul said. Forget the past, forget the 142 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:30,400 things which are behind, and press toward the mark of the 143 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:33,160 high calling of God in Christ Jesus. 144 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:36,840 See, the devil wants you to feel that way so that you never do 145 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:40,320 anything for the Kingdom, because you're thinking somehow 146 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:42,680 you got to find some kind of worth in yourself. 147 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:45,600 And then if you find it or you achieve it, then you think, 148 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:47,760 well, now I'm ready. And God says no. 149 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:50,200 All of our righteousness is like filthy rags. 150 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:54,240 He doesn't want your goodness in your promises, in your 151 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:57,080 righteousness. He wants the person of Christ 152 00:09:57,080 --> 00:09:59,840 who's in you to serve through you. 153 00:09:59,840 --> 00:10:03,480 And that's the big difference between religion and 154 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:07,880 relationship. The resurrection of Christ, he 155 00:10:07,880 --> 00:10:11,600 says in John 2017. I'm ascending to my father and 156 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:15,360 your father, to my God and your God. 157 00:10:16,280 --> 00:10:19,080 I love the fact that Christ is our example, even though he's 158 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:23,080 God in the flesh, the mystery of the Trinity, God the Father, God 159 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:26,440 the Son, God the Holy Spirit, there's order and Christ as he 160 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:30,520 was living as a man on the earth being fully God showed us how to 161 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:34,360 communicate with God, how to worship the Father, how to seek 162 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:37,600 the will of the Father. Jesus said my will is to always 163 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:43,720 do the will of the Father and it says after he's made us these 164 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:48,560 wonderful individuals, kings and priests to his God capital H 165 00:10:48,560 --> 00:10:51,800 Christ is referring to the Father being his Father as well. 166 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:55,200 To him be glory and dominion forever and ever. 167 00:10:55,600 --> 00:11:00,120 The importance of understanding God's glory, His control and his 168 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:03,280 dominion, not for a little while, not for a period of time 169 00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:04,880 in history, but forever and ever. 170 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:08,200 Amen. It tells us that same in Jude 25 171 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:12,640 to God our Savior, who alone is wise, be glory and majesty, 172 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:14,960 dominion and power, both now and forever. 173 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:17,400 Again, the picture of the triune God. 174 00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:20,840 This is a doxology we're reading here in Revelation. 175 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:24,360 There's seven doxologies to the glory of God in the Book of 176 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:26,800 Revelation. This is the first one, chapter 177 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:28,840 4, verse 9. It says glory and honor and 178 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:33,040 thanks. 411 power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor 179 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:35,880 and glory and blessing. That's a sevenfold blessing, 180 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:39,240 Chapter 513. Blessing and glory and wisdom 181 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:41,320 and Thanksgiving, honor, power and might. 182 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:44,920 That's another sevenfold blessing, Chapter 7, verse 12, 183 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:47,800 salvation and glory, honor and power. 184 00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:50,880 I mean, I just love this book because it continually lifts up 185 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:54,240 Christ. Christ is a center of everything 186 00:11:54,520 --> 00:11:58,680 that we come together each week to celebrate and to worship and 187 00:11:58,680 --> 00:12:02,760 to learn from and to look to. And verse 7 he says, behold, He 188 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:06,880 is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who 189 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:10,760 pierced him, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn because 190 00:12:10,760 --> 00:12:14,480 of him. Even so, Amen. 191 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:17,640 Christ is going to be coming and the second coming in the clouds. 192 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:21,120 The Bible tells us that everyone will have the capacity to see 193 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:23,720 Him. We know now with Internet and 194 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:27,400 GPS and this technology, you better believe with all the 195 00:12:27,400 --> 00:12:30,600 satellites and the capability we have in the universe now for 196 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:35,160 such a time as this, it will truly be possible for every eye 197 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:38,680 to see. I mean, what's cool is when he 198 00:12:38,680 --> 00:12:40,640 comes back, you're not going to be sitting around. 199 00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:41,760 Why? Hey man, look at that. 200 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:44,320 Isn't that cool? We're going to be coming back 201 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:49,560 with him because this is after the Tribulation and we aren't in 202 00:12:49,560 --> 00:12:51,320 the tribulation. We're with the Lord and the 203 00:12:51,320 --> 00:12:54,720 Kingdom. So he's coming with clouds at 204 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:56,600 the end of the seven-year tribulation. 205 00:12:57,480 --> 00:13:00,040 And this is the great theme of the book that's referred to in 206 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:04,360 Daniel as the end of the 70 week period of Daniel, which refers 207 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:08,520 to this tribulation. And today the human race is 208 00:13:08,560 --> 00:13:12,320 either looking forward to this return of Christ or they're 209 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:15,280 doing everything they can to fight against it from occurring 210 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:19,840 references given to this Daniel Chapter 7, verse 13 and 14. 211 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:22,280 This is prophetical from the book of Daniel. 212 00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:25,360 And this is what he says. I saw in the night visions. 213 00:13:25,360 --> 00:13:28,160 Is he having a vision? And behold, one like the Son of 214 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:32,120 Man, came with clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of Days, 215 00:13:32,120 --> 00:13:35,880 and they brought him near before him, and there was given him 216 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:40,280 dominion and glory, and a Kingdom that all people and 217 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:43,760 nations and languages should serve Him. 218 00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:47,320 His dominion is an everlasting dominion which shall not pass 219 00:13:47,320 --> 00:13:51,520 away, and His Kingdom that which shall not be destroyed. 220 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:54,560 Picturing the millennial reign and millennial Kingdom of our 221 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:57,880 Savior Jesus Christ talked about way back in Daniel. 222 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:02,520 Daniel 927 speaks to the final seven years when the Antichrist 223 00:14:02,520 --> 00:14:06,560 makes a treaty with Israel and breaks it after 3 1/2 years and 224 00:14:06,560 --> 00:14:09,760 persecutes Israel till he's destroyed by Christ at the 225 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:12,480 battle of Armageddon. This is referred to in Matthew 226 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:17,560 2415, Revelation chapter 11-2 and three, Revelation 12/6 and 227 00:14:17,560 --> 00:14:22,520 14, and Revelation 13 verse 5. Everything's going to look real 228 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:26,040 great the 1st 3 1/2 years. Peace, prosperity, economic 229 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:29,480 growth, everything perfect like Nirvana. 230 00:14:29,760 --> 00:14:33,360 Finally, peace on earth, goodwill toward men, counterfeit 231 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:40,200 peace, a counterfeit throne, one who sets himself up as God, the 232 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:44,440 abomination of desolation, the Antichrist who will sit himself 233 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:47,040 in that temple and proclaim himself to be God. 234 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:51,520 At the end of the first 3 1/2 years, the promises that he made 235 00:14:51,520 --> 00:14:53,680 to Israel to deceive them will be broken. 236 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:56,040 And you think the Holocaust was bad? 237 00:14:56,040 --> 00:14:58,760 It's going to make the Holocaust look like nothing. 238 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:02,200 The horror that's going to come across and upon this nation of 239 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:05,600 Israel at that time. But thank God, Jesus Christ will 240 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:10,080 come back and put things under His authority and His control. 241 00:15:10,640 --> 00:15:13,000 If you read the Matthews, flip over to Matthew just for a 242 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:17,160 second. Matthew 24 verse 29 and 30. 243 00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:19,760 This gives you more context here about what's going on. 244 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:23,080 It says immediately after the tribulation of those days, the 245 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:25,720 sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light. 246 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:28,520 The stars will fall from heaven and the powers of the heavens 247 00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:31,120 will be shaken. Then the sun of the Son of Man 248 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:34,080 will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will 249 00:15:34,080 --> 00:15:37,280 mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of 250 00:15:37,280 --> 00:15:43,400 heaven with power and great glory. 2531 to slip over. 1 251 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:46,560 chapter. When the Son of Man comes in His 252 00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:51,240 glory and all the holy angels with him, then He will sit on 253 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:54,720 the throne of His glory, and he'll obviously at that time 254 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:56,520 establish His Kingdom in Jerusalem. 255 00:15:56,520 --> 00:16:00,000 He will rule and reign there literally for 1000 years. 256 00:16:00,920 --> 00:16:04,920 It says that even those who were responsible for crucifying him. 257 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:08,600 Of course, that's all of us, but the Jews in particular. 258 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:11,760 It says in the book of the Acts that you know the the travesty 259 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:13,720 of the injustice of what happened to Christ. 260 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:16,800 Even though it was a sovereign decree of God, and God said that 261 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:19,640 Christ is the Lamb slain before the foundation of the earth, it 262 00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:24,280 didn't prevent the responsibility and the judgment 263 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:27,880 upon those who took Him. It says by their own evil hands 264 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:33,160 and purposed in their own evil hearts to crucify Him, the Lord 265 00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:36,080 of glory. But this is what will happen to 266 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:39,000 those who are on the face of the earth at this time that have 267 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:41,640 heard the history and they've heard the preaching during the 268 00:16:41,640 --> 00:16:44,000 tribulation. Many have heard the preaching 269 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:46,280 before the tribulation, but they never came to Christ. 270 00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:49,600 So they weren't raptured out. They weren't taken out prior to 271 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:52,960 the bowls of wrath of God being poured out upon the earth. 272 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:56,880 It says, And they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, 273 00:16:57,320 --> 00:17:02,440 and they shall mourn for Him as one who mourns for his only son. 274 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:04,760 That's from Zechariah chapter 1210. 275 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:10,720 You can compare it out to Revelation 17 and Zechariah 13. 276 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:12,440 Six. It says, And one shall say to 277 00:17:12,440 --> 00:17:15,640 him, What are these wounds on your hands? 278 00:17:16,359 --> 00:17:20,680 He shall answer those with which I was wounded in the House of my 279 00:17:20,680 --> 00:17:22,960 friends. The Bible says He came to his 280 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:25,040 own, and his own received him not. 281 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:29,360 How heartbreaking that is. And here in this beautiful 282 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:33,320 prophecy of Zechariah, when they'll see him and they'll talk 283 00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:37,120 to him and they'll say, where did these wounds come from in 284 00:17:37,120 --> 00:17:40,120 your hands? And Jesus will answer and say, 285 00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:45,080 these are which I was wounded in the House of my friends. 286 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:48,520 He calls his enemies his friends. 287 00:17:50,360 --> 00:17:53,480 He will slay the armies of Antichrist when he comes back 288 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:58,240 that are gathered in Palestine at Armageddon, and we'll get to 289 00:17:58,240 --> 00:18:03,800 that in Revelation 1911 through 22, chapter 20, verse 2. 290 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:11,120 The wailing, the crying that will occur whenever Christ does 291 00:18:11,120 --> 00:18:16,200 come back is a wailing that was going on for the remnant of 292 00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:19,080 Israel and the Gentiles who turned to Christ during the 293 00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:20,800 Tribulation. There will be people who will 294 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:22,400 get saved during the Tribulation. 295 00:18:23,040 --> 00:18:25,320 If you don't have Christ, I would not wait till that time to 296 00:18:25,320 --> 00:18:29,200 come to Christ because most people will not come to Christ. 297 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:33,520 I'll take the mark of the beast and become his enemies forever. 298 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:35,800 But there will be some during that time. 299 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:38,200 Even though it'll cost them their lives and they'll be 300 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:41,040 martyred and some will flee to the mountains and the hills to 301 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:45,960 hide. They'll be believers during that 302 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:52,080 time and the cry will be overwhelming because of the long 303 00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:57,720 term blindness of all these people that now they'll see 304 00:18:57,720 --> 00:19:01,320 their own sins in light of the cross and they'll see him whom 305 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:04,160 they've crucified by their sinful lives. 306 00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:10,600 What a time of brokenness and Jesus concludes his section will 307 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:13,720 end up here today. He says I am the Alpha in verse 308 00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:17,640 8 in the Omega, the beginning and the end, says the Lord who 309 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:23,320 is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty. 1A and 310 00:19:23,320 --> 00:19:26,080 Omega, the first and last letters in the Greek alphabet. 311 00:19:26,920 --> 00:19:31,800 Here Christ is declaring that He is the very start and the very 312 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:36,800 conclusion of every matter, That everything that in this life and 313 00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:41,080 in this world that makes eternal sense starts with Christ and 314 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:44,960 ends with Christ and everything in between with Christ. 315 00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:48,760 He is a Alpha and Omega, the 1st and the last, the beginning and 316 00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:55,000 the end and who is and who was and who is to come to self 317 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:59,040 existent, all everlasting Savior Jesus Christ. 318 00:19:59,040 --> 00:20:03,440 No beginning, no end, one with the Father, one with the Spirit. 319 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:07,840 Christ wasn't created. He always existed with the 320 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:11,480 Father and with the Spirit. And he declares this about 321 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:13,680 himself. And verse 8. 322 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:17,280 And as you guys study ahead, I'd study the rest of this chapter. 323 00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:22,040 I'd like you to take particular note to verse 17 and think about 324 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:25,440 this in your own day, when you will stand before the Lord and 325 00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:28,840 give an account of your life. What will your physical posture 326 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:32,280 be when you enter into that throne room and give an account 327 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:34,840 of your life for the things you've done in your body, 328 00:20:34,840 --> 00:20:37,920 whether they be good or evil? The judgment seat of Christ, not 329 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:40,720 the great white throne judgment that is set aside for 330 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:43,760 unbelievers and those who reject Christ at that judgment. 331 00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:46,440 The book of life is open, and whoever is not found written in 332 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:49,760 the Lamb's book of life will be cast into the lake of fire. 333 00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:53,640 But the judgment seat of Christ is the judgment for believers, 334 00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:56,880 where our works will be tried and tested, whether they were 335 00:20:56,880 --> 00:21:00,760 done with pure motives for the glory of God or to what we do on 336 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:03,600 this earth in the name of Jesus. Want to draw attention to 337 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:07,200 ourselves, our own vain glory, our own pride, or all be tested 338 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:11,920 and all the excuses we had while we were on earth will all burn 339 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:13,840 up because they won't be excuses anymore. 340 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:16,160 They'll just be seen as lies and cop outs. 341 00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:21,000 But this is the posture of the apostle John and he's definitely 342 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:24,800 a devoted follower of Christ. The apostle John, if he's like 343 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:26,440 this, I'm thinking what am I going to be like? 344 00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:29,320 He says. And when I saw him, I fell at 345 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:34,440 his feet is dead. But he laid his right hand on 346 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:36,400 me, saying to me, do not be afraid. 347 00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:40,400 I am the 1st and the last. I am he who lives and was dead. 348 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:42,960 And behold, I am alive forevermore. 349 00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:46,160 Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and 350 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:48,920 death. So as we study this book, it's 351 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:51,200 just wow, you know, I mean, what can you say with this? 352 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:54,640 My prayer for us as a church is that this is a purifying 353 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:58,360 teaching. And as we think about the return 354 00:21:58,360 --> 00:22:02,680 of Christ, whether it is in the rapture for us or the second 355 00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:06,960 coming of Christ for those who won't get saved until the 356 00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:11,280 tribulation, it says every man that hath this hope in himself, 357 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:16,280 in regard to this blessed hope, purifieth himself even as he is 358 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:19,240 pure. These are the days, guys, to 359 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:23,120 repent. These are the days to set your 360 00:22:23,120 --> 00:22:27,040 house in order, your marriages in order, your responsibilities 361 00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:29,600 and raising your children, your priorities and how you do your 362 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:33,040 job and how you testify of your faith in your neighborhood, your 363 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:35,120 community. This is not a game. 364 00:22:35,120 --> 00:22:36,960 This is like real life here, right? 365 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:40,280 What he's teaching us. And so I pray that even during 366 00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:43,240 the study, there might be some here that realize they've never 367 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:46,680 come to Christ and they don't want to be left behind. 368 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:49,600 They don't want to have to face the difficulty of the 369 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:53,520 tribulation. You don't want to be here when 370 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:57,200 the tribulation starts. Paul says today is the day of 371 00:22:57,200 --> 00:22:58,760 salvation. Don't sit here and think, well, 372 00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:01,120 let me think about this. Maybe next week or next month or 373 00:23:01,120 --> 00:23:03,520 down the road. Today is the day of salvation. 374 00:23:03,520 --> 00:23:08,000 If the Holy Spirit is imploring you in your heart to come to 375 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:12,960 Christ today, I'd encourage you to pray and just say I need 376 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:13,720 Jesus. Help me. 377 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:18,000 Show me how I can be saved. If you're here as a Christian 378 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:20,600 and you're backslidden and you've been taking it lightly 379 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:23,240 and you've been pretending, but you're really not living the way 380 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:26,040 God wants you to live, I'd ask you to come down after the 381 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:29,720 service and just get on your face before God and clean things 382 00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:32,040 up with him today through the power of his blood. 383 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:36,280 We want to go through this book not as students of information. 384 00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:40,960 We want to go through this book as disciples of transformation, 385 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:45,400 that each of our lives will change to become more like Jesus 386 00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:50,520 as we study this book together. In the Book of Revelation, 387 00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:53,760 Pastor Clark is taking us through all kinds of events and 388 00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:56,720 happenings that are predicted for the future. 389 00:23:57,200 --> 00:24:00,480 But for those who believe and follow Jesus, there's much to 390 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:03,320 look forward to in heaven with Jesus. 391 00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:07,280 However, for those who are here on earth during the Tribulation, 392 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:10,680 there's all kinds of chaos that will unfold. 393 00:24:11,120 --> 00:24:15,120 The Bible talks about an Antichrist, a false prophet, and 394 00:24:15,120 --> 00:24:18,040 of course that evil enemy, Satan. 395 00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:21,880 Do you see how there are such clever attempts for the enemy to 396 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:25,080 disguise himself as God and even the Trinity? 397 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:29,560 The true Savior of the world is God and how he comes to rescue 398 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:34,880 through his triune nature, God the Father, Jesus the Son, and 399 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:37,840 God the Holy Spirit. But like Satan tried to take 400 00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:41,800 over for God in heaven and was cast out, Satan will try to 401 00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:45,720 convince people on earth that he is the triune God to be 402 00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:49,000 worshipped instead of the legitimate God in heaven. 403 00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:53,160 It's an attempt, and although he will capture plenty in his 404 00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:58,120 schemes, he will not win. The true God wins, and 405 00:24:58,120 --> 00:25:01,920 Revelation unpacks how that will all happen in detail. 406 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:06,360 Be encouraged because there's a way out for all of this madness 407 00:25:06,360 --> 00:25:10,080 that will ensue on this earth. But you don't want to wait 408 00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:13,320 indefinitely to make that decision about Jesus. 409 00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:17,600 We don't know when the church will be raptured, and you want 410 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:21,720 to be ready to be with Jesus. 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