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We certainly serve a a risen 
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And today I thought that what is
the best way for me to reveal to

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you the resurrected one? 
How how can I best demonstrate 

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to you who the Christ is helping
you come to grips with the the 

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beauty of the glorified Son of 
God. 

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And so I thought that the best 
thing that I could do is take 

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you to the book of the Bible 
that reveals him the best. 

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Now, the Bible is all about the 
revelation of Christ, but the 

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Book of Revelation is really the
revelation of Jesus Christ. 

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That's what it says in 
Revelation one verse #1 it says 

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the revelation of Jesus Christ, 
the apocalypsis, the uncovering,

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the unveiling, the manifesting 
of Jesus Christ. 

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There's no book in the Bible 
that better manifests the 

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identity of the the Messiah than
the Book of Revelation. 

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It's the last book in, in your 
in your Bible, last book in the 

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New Testament. 
But it reveals to us with great 

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clarity in a very splendid way, 
in a very marvelous way, the 

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character and nature of Jesus 
Christ. 

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It is the revelation of Jesus 
Christ. 

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The Book of Revelation is not 
about the end times. 

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We have it all mixed up. 
We think, well, the Book of 

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Revelation tells us all about 
the end, and it does. 

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But the Book of Revelation is 
not about the end times. 

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It's about Jesus Christ who is 
the one in charge of the end 

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times. 
He's the one who controls 

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everything. 
And we forget that when we read 

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the Bible. 
That's why Christ condemned the 

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Pharisees, because in 
Revelation, excuse me, John 

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chapter 5 verse #39 he says you 
search the Scriptures for in 

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them you think that you have 
eternal life, but you missed me.

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How can you read the Bible and 
miss me? 

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Well, how can you be the read 
the Book of Revelation and miss 

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Christ? 
Because everything about the 

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Book of Revelation is the 
unmasking, the unveiling of the 

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glory of the risen Christ. 
And he happens to be the one 

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that controls the end. 
And so He's going to manifest 

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that to us, but he does it 
because of who He is. 

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And so when you read the Book of
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then you didn't read it right? 
In fact, let me say it to you 

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this way. 
If you want a blessing, if you 

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want to be blessed today, you've
come to the right place because 

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we're going to unfold for you 
the right person. 

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The Bible says in Revelation one
verse #1 the revelation of Jesus

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Christ. 
And then it says to verse #3 

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these words. 
Blessed is he who reads and 

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those who hear the words of the 
prophecy and heed the things 

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which are written in it, for the
time is near. 

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The blessing comes to those who 
hear about the revelation of 

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Christ, those who read about the
revelation of Christ, and those 

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who obey the revelation of Jesus
Christ. 

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In fact, the book is bracketed 
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Revelation 21 because it all 
comes to those who hear and read

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and obey everything that Jesus 
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is. 
So if you want your life to be 

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blessed, spend your life reading
and mastering the revelation of 

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Jesus Christ, the Book of 
Revelation. 

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And so I thought, if I could 
reveal to you the resurrected 

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one, where would I go in the 
Bible to reveal him to you in 

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the clearest possible manner? 
How is it I could convey to you 

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the beauty of the resurrected 
Christ? 

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We've been studying the Gospel 
of John and John presents to us 

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Jesus. 
We've spent eight weeks in the 

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1st 5 verses that you might 
understand who Jesus is. 

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So John's going to present to 
you Jesus Christ. 

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Now Jesus is going to present to
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Jesus is going to appear to John
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All of his apostle friends have 
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They've all been martyred, but 
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He's probably in his 90s by now.
He's on the island of Patmos. 

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It's around 96 AD. 
And here he is isolated, all 

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alone, and he has probably 
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the return of the king. 
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time with the Messiah. 
He had understood the Messiah. 

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He was an apostle of the 
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And then the Messiah dies and 
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And then he spends 40 days with 
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Jesus teach about the coming 
Kingdom. 

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And when it's all said and done 
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ask, well, are you now going to 
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Is now the time we're we're 
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ascend the throne and rule as 
the king. 

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And Jesus simply says, it's not,
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epochs in which the Father is 
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It's not time. 
And yet you shall receive power 

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when the Holy Spirit comes upon 
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martyrs. 
And that's come true. 

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They're all dead except for 
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And so he's been wondering, it's
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returned. 
And and he preached all about 

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the return of the King, his 
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return. 
And yet it's been 60 years and 

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John hasn't seen Christ since 
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But now all of a sudden, on the 
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Sea, John all alone, the 
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appear. 
He's going to come to John and 

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express to John who he is 
because John's in need of 

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encouragement. 
He's going to write to seven 

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churches who are in desperate 
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They need comfort, they need 
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The, the earth, I mean, the 
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time was in shambles a lot like 
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And there there was a call for 
the church to repent and turn 

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back to their Messiah, turn back
to their king. 

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And the way he's going to do 
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And here is the gospel. 
I was dead. 

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I am alive forevermore. 
That that's the cornerstone of 

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Christianity. 
I was dead. 

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I am alive forevermore. 
The crucifixion and the 

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resurrection is the gospel. 
In fact, Tim read it to you 

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earlier in First Corinthians 
chapter 15 when it says, I make 

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known to you, brethren, the 
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What's the gospel I delivered to
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I also received that Christ died
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Scriptures, and that he was 
buried and that he was raised on

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the third day according to the 
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In other words, what scripture? 
Not the New Testament hadn't 

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been written yet. 
So he's talking about the Old 

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Testament scriptures. 
Christ died according to the Old

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the Old Testament. 
And so the gospel is this. 

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Christ died and rose again. 
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the ministry and the victory of 
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Christ the Messiah, that's his 
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The ministry is a crucifixion 
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victory is that he reigns 
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alive forever more. 
And so Christ is going to reveal

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himself to John and say, I was 
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I am alive forever more. 
It's it's just a marvelous 

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passage. 
So if you got your Bible, turn 

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with me to Revelation chapter 1.
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You need to understand that the 
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surrounding the miracles of 
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miracles, nor was it around the 
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on earth. 
It was all around the mission of

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Christ. 
He had a mission, die, be 

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buried, rise again. 
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to him, I was dead. 
I am alive forever more. 

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This is the encouragement to the
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This is the comfort to the 
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This is, by the way, your only 
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eternal encouragement. 
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that Jesus Christ came, was 
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rose again. 
So John hears a voice, and upon 

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hearing a voice on this island, 
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There's nobody to talk to, 
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I'm sure he's had some 
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I'm sure he's had some 
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But he's on this island all by 
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There's nothing there. 
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this voice. 
It's it's a voice that he's 

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heard before. 
It's a very familiar voice to 

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John, and it says in verse 12, 
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Then I turned to see the voice 
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having turned, I saw 7 golden 
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Lampstands are the churches. 
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Revelation, it'll tell you that 
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because he's going to write the 
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And in the middle of the 
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of Man. 
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the Messiah. 
He is a central figure of the 

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church. 
He is in the central aspect of 

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the seven lampstands. 
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Christ as a central figure for 
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its mission. 
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of the Messiah, one, like I 
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reaching to the feet and girded 
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sash. 
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the Messiah because the golden 
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kingly priestly robes, meaning 
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intercession for his churches. 
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for us. 
Hebrew 7 tells us this is his 

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priority. 
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his hair were white like wool, 
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It speaks of his purity. 
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fire, and his feet were like 
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made to glow in a furnace which 
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And his voice was like the sound
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In his right hand he yelled 7 
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a sharp 2 edged sword which 
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And his face was like the sun 
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speaks of His glory. 
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him, I fell at his feet like a 
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Wait a minute, hasn't John seen 
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Yeah, he saw the resurrected 
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He was face to face with him. 
He ate with him. 

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He spent 40 days with him. 
He has seen the glorified, 

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resurrected Christ before. 
But remember, and this is very, 

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very important, that Mary in the
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resurrected, glorified Christ. 
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Emmaus, they did not recognize 
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Christ, only until He revealed 
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himself, only until he uncovered
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really is. 
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Why? 
Because you see, Second 

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Corinthians 44 tells us that 
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the unbeliever, so he does not 
see the light of the gospel or 

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the glory of the Christ. 
Satan doesn't want you to see 

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what John sees because you see, 
once you see what John sees, you

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fall on your face like a dead 
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Ezekiel did. 
Isaiah did. 

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Manoa did. 
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the glorified living Christ in 
the Old Testament, they fell 

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down before Him like dead men on
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when Christ unzipped his flesh. 
You see, the reason people 

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didn't fall down every time they
saw Christ is because all that 

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glory was encased in flesh. 
That's why when He would walk 

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down the street, people didn't 
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They didn't recognize Him, but 
when he unzipped his flesh on 

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the Mount of Transfiguration, 
Peter, James, and John would 

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fall down once again before the 
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All of his brilliance, all of 
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Majesty, all of his royalty. 
You see, we live in a day of 

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artificial Christianity. 
Churches are filled with 

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artificial people who think 
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Very few churches have authentic
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Most are filled with artificial 
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And what is the difference 
between an artificial Christian 

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and an authentic Christian? 
The artificial Christian does 

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not fall on his face like a dead
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The authentic Christian does 
because he sees his sinfulness 

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in light of God's holiness, and 
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I ask you today, are you an 
artificial Christian or are you 

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an authentic Christian? 
We have watered down the gospel 

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so much that anybody and 
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That's what artificial 
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They water it down so much that 
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on the Jesus bandwagon. 
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portray the Christ for who He 
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been called by Him will fall 
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repentance, because all they see
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Now note this, it says, when I 
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a dead man, and he placed his 
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do not be afraid. 
You see John was afraid. 

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See. 
Wait a minute. 

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How can John be afraid of the of
the Christ that he ministered 

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with and served with and loved 
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authentic Christianity. 
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Christianity. 
You need to understand this. 

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It's only the believer who fears
the Christ. 

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The unbeliever does not. 
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There is No Fear of God before 
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That's the unbeliever. 
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The fearless, the unbeliever 
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because it's a fearful thing to 
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living God. 
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they are the ones who become 
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touch. 
From the Messiah who says do not

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be afraid. 
Psalm 130 verse #4 There is 

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forgiveness with thee that thou 
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Never forget that verse. 
There is forgiveness with thee 

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that thou mayest be feared. 
Only the forgiven live in fear. 

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The unforgiven do not live in 
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They live a fearless life, but 
one day they will fall into the 

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hands of the living God, and 
it's fearful to fall into those 

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hands. 
So here is John, who hasn't seen

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the glorified, risen Christ in 
60 years. 

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He's going to unveil himself, 
the revelation of Jesus Christ 

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in all of his glory and all of 
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purity and all of his beauty and
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his priority and all of his 
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He's going to present himself to
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presented him to us and John one
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verses Revelation 1, verses 17 
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This is what he says. 
I am the 1st and the last and 

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the living one that was dead. 
And behold, I am alive 

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forevermore and I have the keys 
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This is the way Christ presents 
himself to John. 

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This is how Christ unveils 
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This is how Christ wants to be 
unveiled to you. 

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This is how you need to see the 
resurrected Christ. 

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I am the 1st and the last the 
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This speaks of his eternality 
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unfathomable. 
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very familiar phrase that John 
would know in the original Texas

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a go a me, which is the Greek 
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in the Old Testament, Exodus 
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I am that I am. 
It's the name of God as 

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deliverer, as Redeemer. 
It's his memorial name. 

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And John had heard him say 
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I am the Good Shepherd. 
I am the way, the truth, and the

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life. 
I am the light of the world. 

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I am the bread of life before 
Abraham was. 

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I am a go a me and every Jew 
knew what he meant. 

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That's what he picked up stones 
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They thought he blasphemed the 
name of God when Christ did 

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before Caiaphas. 
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now, are you the Christ? 
Are you the Messiah? 

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Are you the Son of God? 
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the high priest tore his robes 
thinking that Christ had 

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blasphemed God, but he didn't 
because he is God, He said in 

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John 8 verse 24. 
Unless you believe that I am, 

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you will die in your sins. 
You must believe that I am the 

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God who spoke to Moses from the 
burning Bush. 

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You must believe in my memorial 
name. 

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I am a deliverer, A Redeemer, 
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the only Savior, the only 
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Unless you believe that He is 
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will die in your sins. 
That's so important to to 

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understand what Christ is trying
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He says John, I ego a me I, I 
am, you know me, so I am. 

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I am your God, your deliverer. 
I am the eternal God. 

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I am the first and the last. 
What a great title for God. 

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Go back to the book of Isaiah 
and you can read through the 

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book of Isaiah over and over to 
it. 

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God says I in the 1st and I in 
the last. 

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There is no other God beside me.
I'm it. 

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There's nothing before me 
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There's nothing after me because
I'm last. 

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He would say the same thing in 
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says I am the Alpha and the 
Omega, the 1st letter and the 

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last letter of the Greek 
alphabet. 

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I am before anything ever 
spoken. 

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I am after everything that is 
spoken. 

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There is no word before me. 
There is no word after me. 

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I always get the last word 
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word at the end. 
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these words. 
I am the alpha and the Omega, 

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the 1st and the last, the 
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There's no better way to say it.
Before anything I am. 

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After everything I am. 
Here's the great thing about 

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that. 
At your conception, He is there.

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At the conception of your life, 
he is there. 

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At the duration of your life, he
is there. 

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At the consummation of your 
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Because he's everywhere. 
He's the eternal God. 

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He exists outside the realm of 
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We don't understand that. 
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eternality of God. 
He reaches out and he touches 

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John. 
Every believer who fears him 

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understands the touch of the 
living God, the comfort that 

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comes from the living God. 
And he says I am the 1st and the

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last, the living one. 
The title for God in the Old 

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Testament, Psalm 42 my, my heart
thirst for the living God. 

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Psalm 82, my I sing for joy to 
the living God. 

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Peter said, thou art the Christ,
the Son of the living God. 

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The church is the pillar and 
foundation of the living God. 

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I am the living God and I'm 
alive for evermore. 

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John, I live and only the living
God can give life to lifeless 

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people, and the unbeliever is 
the lifeless person. 

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And so Christ comes to John and 
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sees, the voice he hears. 
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afraid. 
John, this is my unfathomable 

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eternality. 
Here you are on this island all 

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by yourself. 
You think I haven't been here? 

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Oh no, I've been here. 
I'm everywhere. 

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And I want to assure you that I 
am the 1st and the last. 

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I am the living God. 
I want you to understand my 

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eternality because you need to 
infuse encouragement into the 

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suffering churches. 
That's why. 

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To the Church of Smyrna, who was
the crushed church, he said in 

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Revelation 2 verse #8 I am the 
1st and the last who was dead 

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and has come to life. 
Because you see, for the 

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persecuted church, they need to 
know that the first and the 

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last, the beginning and the end,
the Alpha and the Omega, the 

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eternal God who died and rose 
again, is there for them. 

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That's their only encouragement.
That's their hope, and that's 

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our hope. 
So the Bible says I am. 

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I am the 1st and the last. 
I am the living 1 and I was 

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dead. 
How does the living one die? 

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In a moment I'll tell you. 
Let's pray. 

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Father, thank you for today. 
Thank you, Father, for the 

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opportunity we have to study 
your word, the revelation of 

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Jesus Christ, the unveiling of 
the of glorified risen Christ. 

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What a joy, what a pleasure, 
What an opportunity for us to be

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able to sit back, read, hear and
then responsible enough to obey 

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the words of the one who said, I
am the 1st and the last, the 

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living one. 
Do not be afraid John. 

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He reached out and he touched 
him. 

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Those here Lord, in need of your
touch today, we pray that they 

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would hear and obey the word of 
the living God in Jesus name, 

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Amen. 
The glorified risen Christ says 

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to John, you don't need to be 
afraid John, I am the 1st and 

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the last. 
I am the living one. 

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Listen to what the Psalmist said
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Lord, you have been our dwelling
place in all generations. 

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How? 
How can God be the dwelling 

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place for every generation 
unless he is the 1st and the 

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last? 
The I am the living God, the 

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eternal God who exists outside 
the realm of time. 

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But you have been our dwelling 
place in every generation before

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the mountains were born or you 
gave birth to the earth and the 

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world. 
So you are the Alpha and the 

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Omega. 
You are the 1st and the last 

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because you existed before the 
earth existed. 

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But he says this even from 
everlasting to everlasting. 

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You are God. 
The psalmist knew. 

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The psalmist knew about the 
eternality of of the living God,

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that he exists in all realms of 
life in every generation, 

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because that's who He is. 
He, He's never not present, He's

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never not there. 
He is the God who is always 

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there. 
He's never the God who is 

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absent. 
He is the living God who is the 

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great I am, who is the 1st and 
the last. 

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He is the living one. 
And yet he tells John and I was 

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dead. 
How does the living one die? 

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How can the living God die? 
Well, he can't unless he wraps 

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himself in flesh. 
The Bible tells us in Hebrews 

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chapter chapter 5 that God has 
prepared a body for him and he 

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had to die first. 
Peter 3 verse #18 says it this 

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way. 
The Christ also died for sins 

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once for all, just once doesn't 
die over and over and over again

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every time we take communion. 
We're not celebrating Christ's 

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death again and again and again 
that he's dying again. 

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No, we are celebrating the fact 
that He once died. 

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That sacrifice was once for all 
the just which He is, for the 

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unjust which we are, so that He 
might bring us to God. 

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Christ, that I'm the way, the 
truth and the life. 

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No man comes unto the Father but
by me. 

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Now listen, everybody in the 
room gets to God. 

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Everybody in the world gets to 
God, but she only come to the 

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Father through the Son. 
If you get to God, you're in 

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trouble, but if you come to the 
Father, you'll live with him 

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forever in eternity. 
But in order for us to have a 

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mediator, there's one mediator 
between God and man. 

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It's the man Christ Jesus. 
He had to become a man. 

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He had to be born to die. 
So let me help you understand 

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death because I'm afraid that we
live in a in a, in a day and age

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where people don't get what 
death is. 

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All death is is a separation. 
I just death the paper. 

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I separated the paper. 
That's all death is. 

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It is a separation. 
So let me explain it to you. 

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When you were born, you were 
born dead. 

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So wait a minute. 
I was kicking and screaming and 

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crying and and begging for 
something to eat and my mom and 

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dad were trying to calm me down.
I was way alive. 

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Oh no, no, you were dead. 
You were dead spiritually 

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because you were born dead in 
your trespasses and sin, but yet

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you were alive. 
So how can you be dead and 

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alive? 
Because your body, your soul, is

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separated from the eternal God. 
You're in enmity with God. 

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You're not a friend of God, 
you're a friend of the world. 

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You've been taken captive by 
Satan to do his will, so 

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therefore you are separated from
God. 

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You are death to God, both your 
physical body and your soul. 

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Before you physically die, in 
other words, before your body 

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and soul are separated when you 
stop breathing. 

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OK, you must rectify the fact 
that you're eternally dead, 

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spiritually dead, because the 
Bible speaks of death in three 

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ways, a physical death, a 
spiritual death, and eternal 

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death. 
So because you are born 

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spiritually dead before you are 
physically dead, you must 

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rectify your spiritual life or 
you will be eternally dead. 

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That is, your body and soul will
be separated from God forever 

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and ever and ever. 
When you die, your body decays. 

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We experience that now we're 
getting older. 

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Now that I'm older, I don't say 
people are old anymore. 

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I just say they're getting 
older, right? 

450
00:37:04,640 --> 00:37:10,520
You know, because, because, 
because old is, is is very 

451
00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:14,600
relative, but older is 
subjective, right? 

452
00:37:15,840 --> 00:37:20,560
So, so as we get older, as we 
age, we, we begin to break down.

453
00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:27,400
We're not what we used to be. 
The wrinkles get longer, the 

454
00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:35,360
crevices get deeper, the flab is
flabbier because we're decaying.

455
00:37:36,240 --> 00:37:38,760
And finally, one day the body 
just dies. 

456
00:37:38,760 --> 00:37:44,080
It it perishes, but the soul is 
on, right? 

457
00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:48,440
So physical death is a 
separation of body from soul, 

458
00:37:49,520 --> 00:37:53,440
absent from the body, present 
with the Lord. 

459
00:37:54,440 --> 00:37:56,560
It's the point that a man wants 
to die. 

460
00:37:56,800 --> 00:38:04,200
After that, the judgement. 
So everybody dies and everybody 

461
00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:08,440
lives forever, either with God 
or without God. 

462
00:38:10,520 --> 00:38:13,080
So the Bible speaks of spiritual
death. 

463
00:38:13,080 --> 00:38:16,880
When you're born physically, you
are spiritually dead. 

464
00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:23,080
Therefore, we preach the gospel 
so people can be reconciled to 

465
00:38:23,080 --> 00:38:26,000
God. 
Second of these five talks about

466
00:38:26,120 --> 00:38:28,680
how we're ambassadors for Christ
and we're ministers of 

467
00:38:28,680 --> 00:38:31,720
reconciliation. 
We want to reconcile people to 

468
00:38:31,720 --> 00:38:33,480
God. 
They're they're enmity with God.

469
00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:36,160
So let's reconcile them to God. 
Let's preach the gospel. 

470
00:38:36,240 --> 00:38:42,600
Let's show them who Christ is so
that they don't die physically 

471
00:38:43,520 --> 00:38:51,160
in a spiritually dead state. 
And so when you die physically, 

472
00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:56,040
if you know the Lord, your 
spirit goes to heaven. 

473
00:38:57,640 --> 00:39:02,360
If you don't know the Lord, it 
goes to Hades, the place of the 

474
00:39:02,360 --> 00:39:04,640
dead. 
We'll look at that in a moment. 

475
00:39:07,240 --> 00:39:15,120
So Christ in order to be 
separated, separated from what 

476
00:39:16,080 --> 00:39:22,800
flesh get to be put to death in 
the flesh, but alive. 1st 318 

477
00:39:22,800 --> 00:39:26,400
tells us in the Spirit. 
You see, He had to die 

478
00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:29,040
physically. 
Somebody had to die in your 

479
00:39:29,040 --> 00:39:31,680
place. 
The wages of sin is what death 

480
00:39:32,960 --> 00:39:37,280
someone's got to die. 
Now you can die and pay for your

481
00:39:37,280 --> 00:39:39,720
own sins, but you'll pay 
eternally in hell. 

482
00:39:41,320 --> 00:39:44,360
Or you can accept what Christ 
did on the cross, who died in 

483
00:39:44,360 --> 00:39:47,360
your place, and spend eternity 
with Christ. 

484
00:39:49,040 --> 00:39:55,600
He became our substitute. 
He died in our place, so he had 

485
00:39:55,600 --> 00:39:56,840
to. 
We know he died. 

486
00:39:56,840 --> 00:39:59,920
John 19 tells us that they stuck
a spear in his side and out came

487
00:39:59,920 --> 00:40:01,360
water. 
They didn't break his legs 

488
00:40:01,360 --> 00:40:04,040
because he was already dead. 
Breaking the legs of the 

489
00:40:04,040 --> 00:40:07,080
crucified One would only hurry 
up to death and they had to get 

490
00:40:07,080 --> 00:40:09,600
him off the cross before evening
came. 

491
00:40:11,160 --> 00:40:15,160
You know he was dead. 
But first beat of 318 says he 

492
00:40:15,160 --> 00:40:19,320
was alive in the spirit. 
We know that because. 

493
00:40:20,120 --> 00:40:21,560
After the resurrection, what did
he do first? 

494
00:40:21,560 --> 00:40:24,320
Peter 3/19. 
He went down to Hades and made a

495
00:40:24,320 --> 00:40:28,120
public proclamation to the 
spirits that are imprisoned in 

496
00:40:28,120 --> 00:40:32,880
the place of the dead, those 
that were held captive there 

497
00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:39,360
since the days of Noah, because 
they had no idea that Christ had

498
00:40:39,360 --> 00:40:44,960
died and rose again because he 
was alive in the spirit. 

499
00:40:44,960 --> 00:40:49,880
He went down and made a public 
proclamation as a victorious 1 

500
00:40:50,560 --> 00:40:52,360
because he is the ultimate 
victor. 

501
00:40:54,400 --> 00:41:03,560
And then he bodily rose from the
dead on day #3 You see, I was 

502
00:41:03,560 --> 00:41:05,400
dead, John, you know, when I 
died. 

503
00:41:06,280 --> 00:41:10,080
I died for you, John. 
I died for you. 

504
00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:14,080
I was separated from the body. 
I was I. 

505
00:41:14,200 --> 00:41:18,960
I came in encased in flesh. 
It was a body that was prepared 

506
00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:20,920
for me. 
All the days are written for me 

507
00:41:20,920 --> 00:41:23,040
in the scroll of my Father in 
heaven. 

508
00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:24,840
I came to do the will of my 
Father in heaven. 

509
00:41:24,960 --> 00:41:27,520
I came to die, John. 
I came to die for you. 

510
00:41:27,880 --> 00:41:35,840
This is his unimaginable 
humility, from his unfathomable 

511
00:41:35,840 --> 00:41:41,240
eternality to his unimaginable 
humility that the King of Glory 

512
00:41:41,480 --> 00:41:46,320
would encase himself in flesh so
that he could die for your sins 

513
00:41:46,320 --> 00:41:51,280
and for mine. 
That's amazing, Flippin tells 

514
00:41:51,280 --> 00:41:54,360
us. 
He became obedient unto death, 

515
00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:59,960
even the death on a tree on the 
cross. 

516
00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:08,040
I was dead, They says this. 
Behold, stand amazed. 

517
00:42:09,520 --> 00:42:16,800
I'm alive forevermore. 
Hebrews 7 says he lives an 

518
00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:21,600
indestructible life. 
The Bible says over in first 

519
00:42:21,600 --> 00:42:26,000
Timothy chapter one verse #17 
Now to the king, immortal, 

520
00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:34,000
invisible, the only God be honor
and glory forever and ever, the 

521
00:42:34,040 --> 00:42:39,280
eternal immortal God, the 
imperishable God, the 

522
00:42:39,280 --> 00:42:44,320
incorruptible God, the non 
decaying God is alive forever 

523
00:42:44,320 --> 00:42:47,600
more. 
Second dividy one verse #10 

524
00:42:48,720 --> 00:42:54,240
Jesus Christ has abolished 
death, has abolished death, and 

525
00:42:54,240 --> 00:42:59,960
brought life and immortality to 
light through the gospel. 

526
00:43:01,280 --> 00:43:03,520
Christ has abolished death. 
In other words, he's he's 

527
00:43:03,520 --> 00:43:06,880
rendered death inoperable. 
It doesn't mean that death has 

528
00:43:06,880 --> 00:43:09,840
disappeared, because people 
still die. 

529
00:43:10,240 --> 00:43:14,320
People still are physically 
separated from their spirit when

530
00:43:14,320 --> 00:43:18,560
they give up this life, this 
physical life. 

531
00:43:19,960 --> 00:43:25,200
But it means that he is rendered
death inoperative in the life of

532
00:43:25,200 --> 00:43:28,600
the believer, so that we no 
longer fear death. 

533
00:43:30,360 --> 00:43:33,440
Here is John on the Isle of 
Patmos, all by himself, all 

534
00:43:33,440 --> 00:43:36,320
alone, knowing he's going to 
die. 

535
00:43:36,520 --> 00:43:41,120
All of his friends have died. 
He's next. 

536
00:43:41,240 --> 00:43:47,000
He said no when and Christ says 
I I I'm alive for forevermore. 

537
00:43:47,000 --> 00:43:53,920
John, I want you to stand that 
my eternality is unimaginable. 

538
00:43:54,920 --> 00:43:58,240
I want you to understand that or
should be unfathomable, 

539
00:43:58,600 --> 00:44:03,480
fathomable and my humility is 
unimaginable, but my immortality

540
00:44:04,720 --> 00:44:09,600
is undeniable. 
I live forever, John, because I 

541
00:44:09,600 --> 00:44:15,880
live John 14 you too shall live 
because He is the God who gives 

542
00:44:15,880 --> 00:44:19,960
life. 
He is the living God who grants 

543
00:44:19,960 --> 00:44:24,800
man not just eternal life, but 
quality of life. 

544
00:44:25,240 --> 00:44:29,200
Hebrews chapter 2 says. 
Therefore, since the children 

545
00:44:29,200 --> 00:44:32,480
share in flesh and blood, he 
himself likewise also partook of

546
00:44:32,480 --> 00:44:36,840
the same, that through death He 
might render powerless him who 

547
00:44:36,840 --> 00:44:40,320
had the power of death, that is,
the devil, and might free those 

548
00:44:40,320 --> 00:44:43,040
who through fear of death were 
subject to slavery all their 

549
00:44:43,040 --> 00:44:46,160
lives. 
You see, what Christ did was 

550
00:44:46,160 --> 00:44:50,160
fear. 
Fear the authentic Christian 

551
00:44:50,680 --> 00:44:54,000
from the fear of death. 
The artificial Christian fears 

552
00:44:54,000 --> 00:44:58,440
death. 
The authentic Christian does not

553
00:44:58,440 --> 00:45:02,000
fear death because you see, you 
abolish death. 

554
00:45:02,880 --> 00:45:06,080
And when you believe in the 
eternal God, the living God, the

555
00:45:06,080 --> 00:45:09,640
1st and the last, the great I 
am, you no longer fear death 

556
00:45:09,760 --> 00:45:13,120
because he's the living God. 
Death is the doorway to the 

557
00:45:13,160 --> 00:45:16,480
entrance to eternity to be with 
the living God. 

558
00:45:18,080 --> 00:45:21,400
That's how you know an authentic
Christian from an artificial 

559
00:45:21,400 --> 00:45:24,760
Christian. 
Artificial people fear death. 

560
00:45:26,040 --> 00:45:28,960
Authentic Christians have No 
Fear of death. 

561
00:45:30,360 --> 00:45:31,600
None. 
How about you? 

562
00:45:33,360 --> 00:45:36,840
You fear death. 
Ask yourself if you're an 

563
00:45:36,840 --> 00:45:41,640
artificial Christian just plain 
at Christianity, or you truly 

564
00:45:41,640 --> 00:45:44,720
know the living, resurrected 
Christ. 

565
00:45:46,400 --> 00:45:48,200
This is how Christ reveals 
himself to John. 

566
00:45:48,360 --> 00:45:50,800
This is the encouragement he's 
going to give to the churches. 

567
00:45:52,480 --> 00:45:56,600
I want you to tell them of my 
eternality, tell them of my 

568
00:45:56,800 --> 00:46:01,280
humility, tell them of my 
immortality, and then tell them 

569
00:46:01,280 --> 00:46:04,480
one last thing. 
Tell them of my absolute 

570
00:46:04,480 --> 00:46:12,800
authority that I have the keys 
to death and Hades. 

571
00:46:12,800 --> 00:46:17,760
That's how I conclusive I have 
absolute authority. 

572
00:46:19,320 --> 00:46:24,000
Complete sovereignty. 
Keys give you access. 

573
00:46:24,680 --> 00:46:27,880
You can't get into the building 
unless you have a key. 

574
00:46:29,440 --> 00:46:33,520
You can break in, but you can't 
actually enter in without keys. 

575
00:46:34,480 --> 00:46:36,720
Can't drive your car without a 
key. 

576
00:46:36,720 --> 00:46:38,680
You can't get in your house 
without a key. 

577
00:46:39,200 --> 00:46:41,440
You can't get in your lock box 
without a key. 

578
00:46:41,880 --> 00:46:45,280
Keys give you access. 
Keys give you authority. 

579
00:46:45,400 --> 00:46:48,040
If I have my keys, guess who's 
driving my car? 

580
00:46:48,880 --> 00:46:52,560
Not you, Me, because I have the 
keys. 

581
00:46:52,560 --> 00:46:55,160
I have authority, I have access.
You don't. 

582
00:46:55,640 --> 00:46:59,920
Christ says I have the keys to 
death and Hades. 

583
00:47:00,200 --> 00:47:05,360
In other words, I am in complete
and total control of every 

584
00:47:05,360 --> 00:47:09,080
single person and every single 
thing on earth. 

585
00:47:09,320 --> 00:47:13,080
Death is the condition, Hades is
the place. 

586
00:47:15,000 --> 00:47:24,280
Christ says in Deuteronomy 32 
verse #39 I am God, there is 

587
00:47:24,280 --> 00:47:31,400
none else. 
I alone put to death. 

588
00:47:32,640 --> 00:47:38,160
I give life. 
There's nothing more clear than 

589
00:47:38,160 --> 00:47:41,720
that. 
If you want to know why people 

590
00:47:41,720 --> 00:47:48,880
die, answer God. 
I put to death. 

591
00:47:49,080 --> 00:47:52,600
It pleased the Lord to crush his
Son. 

592
00:47:52,800 --> 00:47:56,400
Isaiah 53 verse #10 Who killed 
Christ? 

593
00:47:56,400 --> 00:47:58,760
The Jews, the Romans, the 
Gentiles. 

594
00:47:59,880 --> 00:48:06,200
God killed his son. 
I hold the keys. 

595
00:48:06,480 --> 00:48:11,840
Christ says to death in Hades. 
Your destination, John, is in my

596
00:48:11,840 --> 00:48:16,520
hands. 
It's in my hands, John, as you 

597
00:48:16,520 --> 00:48:19,520
sit in the Isle of Patmos, all 
by your little lonesome, all by 

598
00:48:19,520 --> 00:48:24,320
yourself, and you think that I'm
not coming again, let me reveal 

599
00:48:24,320 --> 00:48:29,240
to you who I am and then all the
events that I will enact to show

600
00:48:29,240 --> 00:48:32,880
you I'm coming again. 
But know this, that you're in my

601
00:48:32,880 --> 00:48:35,600
hand, John, because I hold the 
keys to death in Hades. 

602
00:48:35,800 --> 00:48:38,920
I'm in charge of who lives and 
who dies. 

603
00:48:39,400 --> 00:48:43,960
I'm in charge of who dies, when 
they die, where they die, and 

604
00:48:43,960 --> 00:48:47,920
how they die. 
That's hard for some people to 

605
00:48:47,920 --> 00:48:55,360
grasp, but that is our God. 
He's in complete and total 

606
00:48:56,280 --> 00:48:59,840
control. 
But if you confess with your 

607
00:48:59,840 --> 00:49:05,120
mouth, Jesus says Lord, and 
believe in your heart, that God 

608
00:49:05,120 --> 00:49:10,680
raised him from the dead, you 
will be saved with the mouth. 

609
00:49:10,680 --> 00:49:14,640
Man confesses unto salvation 
with the heart. 

610
00:49:15,200 --> 00:49:18,680
Man believes under 
righteousness. 

611
00:49:20,360 --> 00:49:24,760
The blessing comes to you today 
because of the revelation of 

612
00:49:24,760 --> 00:49:28,880
Jesus Christ. 
The blessing comes to you today 

613
00:49:28,880 --> 00:49:34,320
because you're here to read and 
to hear. 

614
00:49:35,520 --> 00:49:41,680
And now, in order to enact the 
blessing, you must obey. 

615
00:49:41,720 --> 00:49:49,120
You must heed the words of this 
book, and that is the blessing 

616
00:49:50,280 --> 00:49:53,760
that the resurrected 1 revealed 
to you in the Book of Revelation

617
00:49:54,520 --> 00:49:57,480
grants to all those who put 
their faith and trust in the 

618
00:49:57,480 --> 00:49:59,800
living God. 
Let me pray with you. 

619
00:50:00,640 --> 00:50:05,160
Father, thank you for today, for
truly Lord, you are a great God 

620
00:50:06,040 --> 00:50:07,920
and you alone are worthy of 
praise. 

621
00:50:08,640 --> 00:50:12,560
And we glorify your precious 
name, knowing that one day 

622
00:50:12,560 --> 00:50:16,520
you're going to come again. 
Until that day, may we be found 

623
00:50:16,520 --> 00:50:18,120
faithful in our service of the 
King. 

624
00:50:20,240 --> 00:50:21,840
May we glorify your precious 
name. 

625
00:50:22,880 --> 00:50:25,120
In Jesus name we pray, Amen.