back to indexWed Bible Study - Revelation Lesson 26
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All right, let me pray for us and we'll start. 00:00:17.520 |
Thank you for the holidays and time that we were able to spend with our families. 00:00:22.120 |
I pray, Father God, that your word would continue to speak to us. 00:00:25.640 |
It would transform our inner being, our thoughts of you, your second coming, especially as 00:00:32.120 |
we meditate, Lord God, on who you are and what you have promised. 00:00:39.360 |
I pray that this will be more than just greater knowledge and theology, but the reality, Lord 00:00:45.560 |
God, of who you are would change us, motivate us, and move us that we may live in obedience, 00:00:54.000 |
I pray that you would bless this time, that your word would speak and judge the thoughts 00:01:05.960 |
The first, chapter 22, verse 1 through 5 or 1 through 6, is a continuation of chapter 00:01:12.440 |
21 where there's a description of the river of life. 00:01:16.480 |
What I wanted you to do for the first part of it is... 00:01:47.040 |
So what I would like you to do is take a few minutes with your neighbors. 00:01:51.480 |
So the description of chapter 22, verses 1 through 5, where it talks about a river coming 00:01:58.560 |
from the throne of God and a description that it has. 00:02:01.720 |
And in Psalm chapter 1, some of you guys may know that passage where it says, verses 1 00:02:05.920 |
and 2, "Blessed is the man who is walking in the counsel of the wicked, standing in 00:02:09.120 |
the way of sinners, sinners, sinners, and immoral people, but is delighted in the law 00:02:14.920 |
So what I want you to do is take a look at those two passages and see how many similarities 00:02:21.320 |
And you can just talk to your neighbors if you want. 00:02:33.040 |
You should be able to find at least three or more. 00:04:25.640 |
Okay, well I wanted you to take a look at this passage 00:04:39.420 |
"The man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked," 00:04:43.180 |
and then he says, "But his delight is in the law of the Lord." 00:04:45.540 |
In other words, the one who lives in obedience to God's law, 00:04:55.400 |
meaning that he's being sustained constantly. 00:05:01.000 |
onto this thing because the water is constant. 00:05:03.460 |
And so because of that, it yields its fruit in season. 00:05:17.880 |
And then he talks about how the wicked will not enter, 00:05:27.180 |
the angel showed me the river of water of life, 00:05:29.140 |
bright as a crystal flowing from the throne of God 00:05:36.340 |
"He who delights in the law of the Lord," right? 00:05:46.380 |
In this passage, God himself is either side of the river, 00:05:49.600 |
the trees of life, and the 12 kinds of fruit, 00:05:52.700 |
yielding fruit each month, meaning in season. 00:05:58.280 |
That it's not just quarterly, it's not just a harvest. 00:06:01.480 |
But in heaven, the distinction is it's gonna bear fruit, 00:06:06.780 |
The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. 00:06:10.760 |
In other words, again, the idea of the leaves 00:06:19.200 |
They will see his face and his name will be on their forehead. 00:06:22.600 |
So on the bottom, it talks about how the wicked 00:06:53.720 |
And so everything that is laid out in the book of Psalm 00:06:56.960 |
is basically summarizing what he says in chapter one. 00:07:00.480 |
And then he kind of stems out from there, right? 00:07:03.520 |
So basically that description of a blessed man 00:07:27.000 |
no wickedness there and God's gonna know them, right? 00:07:34.740 |
because in heaven they will all be of God, right? 00:07:45.600 |
obviously it's promised in Psalm chapter one, 00:07:51.740 |
signifying God being the source of this living water. 00:07:54.400 |
So there's not an external source or something else, 00:07:58.900 |
but God himself is gonna be the source of life. 00:08:02.060 |
And we will see his face in verse four, right? 00:08:07.500 |
And this specific is a fulfillment of promise, 00:08:09.960 |
which we're gonna, I'll come back to this, right? 00:08:15.640 |
"For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. 00:08:19.120 |
"Now I know in part, then I shall know fully, 00:08:32.120 |
when we get to heaven, we're gonna see fully. 00:08:39.360 |
Remember in Matthew chapter 13, 24 through 30, right? 00:08:51.340 |
The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man 00:08:56.720 |
his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat 00:09:06.780 |
"Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? 00:09:17.100 |
But he said, "No, lest in gathering the weeds, 00:09:24.540 |
"And at the harvest time, I will tell the reapers, 00:09:26.820 |
"gather weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, 00:09:31.620 |
So this prophecy, this promise has been fulfilled. 00:10:01.900 |
that we have in churches is we expect heaven to be here. 00:10:06.140 |
And we say, "Oh, Christians should be different. 00:10:08.500 |
You're right, Christians should be different, 00:10:13.060 |
I hear so many statistics about how Christians do this 00:10:27.140 |
So if we were to actually take the statistics 00:10:31.300 |
I don't believe that a lot of those statistics will be true. 00:10:38.140 |
and everyone who is of his is gonna be clear. 00:10:54.220 |
So that's the whole theme of the book of Revelation. 00:11:01.420 |
that he made in the Old Testament and the New Testament. 00:11:03.700 |
And the urgency in the New Testament and to us 00:11:12.740 |
What was the common greeting of the early church? 00:11:35.640 |
They would say, "Maranatha, come, Lord Jesus." 00:11:38.500 |
And a lot of it is because the second coming of Christ 00:11:53.820 |
I've taught this maybe about 13, 14 years ago. 00:12:25.540 |
But the other extreme is to not talk about it at all. 00:12:46.660 |
And the reason why they were able to live their life 00:12:57.900 |
wasn't that they weren't thinking about the second coming. 00:13:05.260 |
some of them quit their jobs and stopped working. 00:13:07.780 |
So 2 Thessalonians, Paul writes to the church 00:13:11.020 |
and says, "If he does not work, let him not eat." 00:13:13.460 |
Because a lot of the people were kind of like, 00:13:18.820 |
they started becoming irresponsible at church. 00:13:21.020 |
And then they were just kind of living day to day 00:13:26.540 |
wasn't that they weren't thinking enough about it, 00:13:32.260 |
Exact opposite problem of what we have in our generation. 00:13:41.180 |
He begins by saying his words are trustworthy, verse six. 00:13:48.860 |
He said to me, "These words are trustworthy and true, 00:13:53.540 |
"and the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets 00:14:06.500 |
What is the application of saying that this is trustworthy? 00:14:15.700 |
Pay attention, that's the point that he's trying to make, 00:14:23.820 |
and the prophets, referring to the revelation 00:14:50.540 |
In other words, if you have faith in that I am the Messiah 00:14:53.340 |
and what I'm saying is true, you must pay attention. 00:15:03.300 |
So he is coming soon, therefore keep or obey the prophecy 00:15:14.340 |
In verse seven he says, "And behold, I am coming soon, 00:15:22.180 |
I don't know about you, but when you think of prophecy, 00:15:27.140 |
you don't typically think of obedience, do you? 00:15:29.900 |
When you think of at least the prophecy about the end times, 00:15:42.420 |
So we've been studying basically what John's been seeing. 00:15:47.580 |
You had the trumpet judgment, the seal judgments, 00:15:51.620 |
the bowl judgments, and how there's a conflict. 00:15:58.660 |
but we don't typically think of apocalyptic writing 00:16:14.900 |
In other words, the purpose of this revelation 00:16:36.860 |
So prophecy was not simply given for information, 00:17:24.420 |
of antinomianism, at least not in every circle, 00:17:36.220 |
where that wasn't the case, but I see that today, 00:17:41.260 |
toward holiness and obedience, there's a pushback, 00:17:43.960 |
and the pushback typically is legalism, right? 00:17:53.380 |
I don't know how you faithfully read the scriptures. 00:17:56.500 |
I don't know how anybody can faithfully read the scriptures 00:18:03.960 |
unless you pick and choose, like the cults do, 00:18:28.360 |
Not just the hearers, but the ones who are doing, right? 00:18:45.800 |
"that we have come to know him if we keep his commandments. 00:18:49.940 |
"but does not keep his commandments is a liar, 00:18:53.640 |
All right, 1 John 5, 2 to 3, "By this we know 00:19:02.440 |
"for this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments, 00:19:06.940 |
So, Apostle John is the one who emphasizes love. 00:19:18.160 |
into the kingdom of God by his righteousness. 00:19:23.680 |
that the Samaritan woman in chapter four of John, 00:19:26.480 |
that though she is steeped in sin, God can forgive, 00:19:31.440 |
And yet, here's this man who clearly teaches the Gospel, 00:19:35.160 |
and typically when somebody is new to their faith 00:19:44.480 |
but the reason why Gospel of John is introduced 00:19:50.240 |
on the identity of Christ and the Gospel message, 00:19:54.440 |
at least in the Gospels, in the four Gospels. 00:20:03.000 |
that does not mean that obedience is nullified. 00:20:10.820 |
So, study and meditation of the second coming 00:20:28.800 |
I'm not saying anything that's already not written here. 00:20:33.000 |
he who is blessed who hear and keep my commandments, 00:20:36.600 |
and then he ends the book of Revelation by saying, 00:20:38.840 |
blessed is the one who keeps the words of this prophecy. 00:20:54.000 |
He said there's a clear push toward obedience 00:21:06.040 |
Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, 00:21:15.200 |
If this is true, if we believe that this is true, 00:21:22.200 |
Waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God 00:21:24.560 |
because of which the heavens will be set on fire 00:21:31.480 |
we are waiting for a new heavens and new earth 00:21:35.040 |
Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, 00:21:42.060 |
Again, the purpose of the study of the end times 00:21:45.640 |
and the coming of Christ is a push for obedience 00:21:48.880 |
so that the people would have a sense of urgency. 00:21:51.580 |
We all know, right, if you've been a Christian, 00:22:04.480 |
But the purpose of the study of the end times 00:22:10.760 |
that everything that we are yearning for, coveting, 00:22:21.040 |
and some of you guys who are good at drawing, 00:22:25.720 |
the top, Jesus, God on his throne, being worshiped, 00:22:29.680 |
and then everything underneath on fire, right? 00:22:48.720 |
that's gonna burn and die and blow up and fade? 00:22:53.020 |
Look at eternity, even in the midst of all this chaos. 00:23:00.720 |
That's the point, is to give us a sense of urgency 00:23:20.480 |
John bows down when he hears this revelation. 00:23:24.660 |
Again, in chapter 19, 10, he's reiterating what happened. 00:24:07.860 |
Did he all of a sudden become an idol worshiper? 00:24:28.720 |
I think it wasn't because obviously John was confused 00:24:32.580 |
that maybe this was God and maybe he needed to be worshipped. 00:24:36.140 |
I think worship is instinctive, naturally, for all of us. 00:24:41.140 |
Like, we worship without knowing that we are worshiping. 00:24:47.780 |
We know better that we should worship God and God alone. 00:25:04.420 |
whenever our hearts pull us towards something, 00:25:07.380 |
when we're confronted with something magnificent, 00:25:18.380 |
Whatever it may be, we bow down and worship instinctively 00:25:34.260 |
I think he was just doing something instinctive 00:25:41.020 |
that he just instinctively, oh my gosh, and just worshipped. 00:25:49.820 |
The reason why, again, I wanted to take a minute 00:25:56.100 |
what John does here is something that we do instinctively 00:26:19.180 |
you instinctively bowed to worship something, right? 00:26:23.500 |
'Cause I think this scene happens in our life all the time. 00:26:29.820 |
John is commanded not to seal up the prophecies of the book, 00:26:35.860 |
basically meaning it wasn't meant for him alone. 00:26:43.580 |
God didn't share this with John so that John can come back 00:26:46.300 |
and say, "I have something that you guys don't have," right? 00:27:00.540 |
every single time that you are taught the word of God, 00:27:10.300 |
that every single one of us have been called to be watchmen. 00:27:12.820 |
If you go and tell or warn a sinner from his ways 00:27:16.300 |
and he does not turn, his blood is not on you. 00:27:23.780 |
not only are they guilty, but you are also guilty 00:27:28.580 |
So when the angel tells John, "Do not shut up this prophecy," 00:27:33.580 |
it basically is saying, "Now you're responsible. 00:27:35.780 |
I showed it to you so that you can tell other people." 00:27:40.500 |
The fact that you and I have the word of God, 00:27:45.180 |
and we're responsible for the people who are around us, 00:27:57.020 |
Now, he says something strange here in verse 11, 00:28:07.780 |
In verse 11, it says, "Let the evil doer still do evil, 00:28:18.700 |
Is he basically saying, "I've given you all of these things, 00:28:20.660 |
but just kinda, quesara, sera, let them do whatever"? 00:28:36.860 |
The whole book of Revelation was a call to repentance, right? 00:28:41.220 |
For the church to be sober, to non-Christians to see, 00:28:46.020 |
The whole point of this is to bring people to repentance. 00:28:54.740 |
in whichever direction you are already headed. 00:29:06.540 |
When they are acting like it's like any other day." 00:29:09.220 |
In other words, they're not gonna be paying attention. 00:29:11.920 |
In Revelation 6, 15 to 16, it clearly says that, 00:29:18.020 |
"Even when Christ comes, they're not gonna repent." 00:29:20.660 |
Then, their unrepentance is going to mean judgment. 00:29:29.740 |
I'll come back to that, let me go to the verses. 00:29:35.140 |
So, he's not saying, "Just let them, let them just go. 00:29:44.220 |
But he is basically saying that, "Don't listen." 00:29:53.020 |
Those who are wicked are gonna continue to be wicked, right? 00:29:59.980 |
when he talks about hardening the heart of Pharaoh. 00:30:04.300 |
That he's not going after somebody who's repentant, 00:30:14.420 |
So, in other words, this is really a call to who? 00:30:23.300 |
So, if you remember, who was this letter written to? 00:30:31.220 |
In fact, every letter in the Bible is written to Christians. 00:30:34.660 |
Every letter in the Bible is written to Christians. 00:30:41.460 |
it's not gonna make any sense to you anyway, right? 00:30:48.940 |
and even the warning that he gives of judgments, 00:30:51.220 |
is that given to non-Christians or Christians? 00:30:58.700 |
hey, go and pass it out to the non-Christians. 00:31:06.220 |
Even the warning of judgment is given to the church, right? 00:31:14.940 |
Paul says, "I buffet my body, make him my slave. 00:31:24.220 |
To Christians, he's writing that to Christians. 00:31:29.020 |
it's a fearful thing to fall into the hands of a holy God, 00:31:39.540 |
even this horrific revelation in the book of Revelation, 00:31:48.460 |
Those who the Holy Spirit is already indwelling in you 00:31:53.180 |
that there will be a sense of urgency in our walk with God, 00:31:56.460 |
that we don't just be satisfied with information, 00:32:02.780 |
He said, "His coming means the alpha and omega." 00:32:34.540 |
So, when Christ comes, he's going to bring the end. 00:32:41.140 |
all throughout the book that he's the beginning. 00:32:54.020 |
"will have access to the tree of life," verse 14. 00:32:59.780 |
"so that they may have the right to the tree of life 00:33:01.860 |
"and that they may enter the city by the gate." 00:33:04.780 |
Can somebody turn your Bible to Genesis 3.22? 00:33:18.340 |
Somebody up front, read it out loud for 22 and 23. 00:33:37.340 |
that he's come like one of us, and no one does. 00:33:42.020 |
and he's also the tree of life, and he's in the bread. 00:33:47.940 |
There's a Lord God sent out and brought his people 00:33:52.980 |
- Okay, so you notice that one of the punishments 00:34:03.660 |
The reason why is because sin entered into them. 00:34:09.620 |
they're gonna be in that sinful state for eternity. 00:34:15.380 |
God opens the access to the tree of life, right? 00:34:27.220 |
now he opens the access that was closed in Genesis, 00:34:46.700 |
he said, they will be left outside, verse 15. 00:34:53.620 |
and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters 00:34:55.900 |
and everyone who loves and practices falsehood. 00:34:58.260 |
So his coming means the root of the descendants of David, 00:35:08.980 |
the bright and morning star is coming, right? 00:35:17.860 |
in the Old Testament is being fulfilled in Christ, right? 00:35:24.660 |
they were all excited because the root of David was coming. 00:35:27.180 |
He was the fulfilled Messiah in the line of Judah. 00:35:39.500 |
So they were disappointed and they crucified him 00:35:57.620 |
the final restoration is gonna happen in Christ. 00:35:59.980 |
So when he comes, all of that is gonna come with him. 00:36:05.780 |
Who is also called the morning star in the Bible? 00:36:19.780 |
Satan, Satan is called the morning star in Isaiah. 00:36:24.140 |
Remember that when we were studying through Isaiah? 00:36:54.420 |
why is Jesus and Satan described as a morning star? 00:37:19.460 |
In those two verses, it talks about how God will give us 00:37:24.500 |
So many people understand that as Christ as the reward. 00:37:28.980 |
So Satan and Christ is called the morning star. 00:38:02.740 |
What does Jesus refer to in the early part of Revelation? 00:38:20.020 |
and then he turn around, they see the lamb, like slain. 00:38:32.060 |
First Peter 5.8, we have an adversary, the devil, 00:38:52.580 |
Clearly, that's not the teaching of the Bible. 00:38:55.380 |
Nowhere does it say that Satan is the brother of God. 00:38:59.380 |
No where does it say they're brothers, right? 00:39:02.420 |
But there are descriptions that sound similar. 00:39:08.700 |
again, this is not a title, but a description. 00:39:19.300 |
when you wake up in the morning and see something. 00:39:28.700 |
it's describing something that was created beautiful 00:39:54.700 |
something to regress, and he does exactly the opposite. 00:40:08.820 |
And Satan uses the gift of God to glorify himself, 00:40:24.020 |
he gives that up and he humbles himself, becomes nothing, 00:40:26.980 |
and as a result of that, salvation of mankind 00:40:33.660 |
So in some sense, Christ, that's why he said, 00:40:37.060 |
"Look, Christ," and you have the Antichrist, right? 00:40:40.620 |
Because the Antichrist, remember when we were studying 00:40:42.900 |
through Revelation, the Antichrist, what does he do? 00:40:57.580 |
And so Christ comes, and he reverses the curse. 00:41:17.580 |
where Satan is trying to take advantage of his gift 00:41:20.820 |
to climb up to God, where Christ humbles himself, 00:41:31.580 |
that these statements are referring to Christ 00:41:42.580 |
These are passages that I've already mentioned. 00:42:01.100 |
should cause us to long for his coming, 17 and 20, right? 00:42:05.620 |
The spirit said of the bride, and the bride say, 00:42:15.260 |
Let the one who desires take the water of life without price. 00:42:31.620 |
but I think other translations, it's not capitalized, 00:42:33.700 |
but basically, the Holy Spirit in us is crying out. 00:42:37.060 |
So in Romans 8, 26, remember what it says, Romans 8, 26? 00:42:42.060 |
groaning with words that we cannot understand. 00:42:44.380 |
So it's praying and interceding on our behalf. 00:42:47.980 |
is groaning and interceding on our behalf for? 00:42:58.500 |
And so the spirit and the church is groaning, come. 00:43:15.060 |
Again, in verse 20, he would testify to these things, 00:43:17.620 |
surely I am coming soon, amen, come Lord Jesus, right? 00:43:21.780 |
So if you've been paying attention and studying diligently 00:43:27.900 |
and taking the time to really examine these things, 00:43:39.060 |
So again, like it says in 2 Peter, to long to look, right? 00:43:50.820 |
In other words, longing for him, longing for him to come. 00:43:57.060 |
longing for a better job, longing for a better house, 00:44:00.820 |
knowing that the reward is not your vacation, right? 00:44:05.380 |
Reward isn't whatever it is that this world can offer. 00:44:10.300 |
Christian's ultimate reward is gonna come when he comes, 00:44:19.860 |
And then secondly, the revelation of Jesus' coming 00:44:26.080 |
Not only for Jesus to come, but for us to go to him. 00:44:34.860 |
"Let the one who desires take the water of life 00:45:11.540 |
From this prophecy, or else there will be plagues 00:45:16.000 |
That their consequence is eternal judgment, right? 00:45:20.100 |
In other words, God's word is an extension of who he is. 00:45:27.500 |
he says there will be severe judgment that's gonna come. 00:45:45.420 |
and for us to hunger and thirst for his righteousness. 00:45:52.900 |
How you can love the church without loving Christ. 00:46:01.980 |
Well, if you feel loved at church, you love Christ, right? 00:46:17.980 |
So when we take a step back, we have to ask ourselves, 00:46:23.340 |
are we loyal to Christ, or are we loyal to the church? 00:46:30.500 |
then that should lead us to be loyal to the church, right? 00:46:54.660 |
because we can be so surrounded by cultural Christianity, 00:47:00.500 |
and just assume that there's an affection for Christ 00:47:05.460 |
because of your affection for your brother and sister. 00:47:11.520 |
but you can easily love your brother and sister 00:47:17.440 |
and that's where you have all kinds of false faith 00:47:26.260 |
when what's really driving you is the friendships. 00:47:33.300 |
So the challenge for us is to seek out real faith, 00:47:44.900 |
Do you look for friends, counselors, your pastors? 00:48:20.460 |
And sometimes it'll cause you to leave a church 00:48:23.140 |
that you should be at, if you understand what I'm saying. 00:48:27.480 |
Our loyalty to Christ must be the central thing 00:48:49.660 |
does that create a longing for you to be with him 00:48:55.580 |
If you were the only Christian among your friends, 00:49:01.460 |
would you still be as passionate about your faith? 00:49:05.760 |
And if other confessing Christians are not as passionate, 00:49:10.480 |
would you be the one who stands out in that group 00:49:17.360 |
The danger for all of us is we all have a tendency 00:49:22.840 |
to be sheep, we move when everybody else moves 00:49:34.400 |
they take them out to the desert to be isolated with God. 00:49:44.960 |
because if you don't have a personal relationship with God, 00:49:49.680 |
you are relying on your corporate relationship. 00:49:52.920 |
Corporate relationship meaning you know him in a crowd, 00:49:59.360 |
So when his name is blasphemed, it doesn't bother you 00:50:07.280 |
If anything should be personal, that should be personal. 00:50:10.680 |
Christ's name, the one who loved me and saved me 00:50:15.840 |
the one that knows me better than anybody else, 00:50:23.520 |
the one who understands me more than anybody else, 00:50:31.200 |
If there's anybody that we should be loyal to is to Christ. 00:50:35.440 |
But if we have a corporate relationship with him, 00:50:48.680 |
our, you know, again, not my words, but his words, 00:50:51.360 |
ultimately is that Lord, come, come, save us. 00:50:56.160 |
Save us from this fallen world, save us from ourselves. 00:51:01.680 |
you're lonely, you're dejected, and you're lacking wisdom, 00:51:13.840 |
Don't come to worship, come to meet Christ, right? 00:51:28.320 |
as long as you attended, you feel like you worship. 00:51:37.200 |
You shouldn't be okay with what's acceptable here. 00:51:44.520 |
If you're coming to Christ, Christ should be your focus. 00:51:49.440 |
Christ should be the one you're coming to meet. 00:52:02.760 |
If we miss this, you can be at church all your life, 00:52:15.600 |
There's remnants of Christianity all around us, 00:52:23.920 |
Let me leave you with some discussion questions. 00:52:52.640 |
because it's broken down by the different plagues. 00:52:58.960 |
and then from there, there's like a parenthetical, 00:53:02.000 |
three chapters, and then we get into the last part. 00:53:04.000 |
So just see if you can memorize as much as you can. 00:53:09.600 |
that you know what that is referenced to, okay? 00:53:13.800 |
is more of a personal, applicational question, 00:53:15.680 |
so I encourage you guys to take some time to study that. 00:53:31.680 |
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, right? 00:53:36.240 |
If you know that song, you know what I'm talking about. 00:53:43.280 |
Basically, he talks about how his chains were broken 00:54:18.200 |
Paul actively shared the second coming of Christ 00:54:23.560 |
when sharing the gospel, 2 Thessalonians 2, 5, and on. 00:54:26.840 |
John is told not to steal up what he has shown 00:54:29.520 |
and told, what role should the end times play 00:54:34.200 |
Okay, so again, those are pretty straightforward questions, 00:54:36.560 |
so take some time to discuss with your small group. 00:54:41.160 |
so it's gonna look a little bit different than this week. 00:54:47.760 |
we're trying to see if we can possibly have dinner, 00:54:52.040 |
and we might have you guys eat while we're going over, 00:54:54.920 |
and we may do it in a format that's a little bit different 00:54:57.840 |
because we're reviewing, but we'll let you know 00:55:01.640 |
Let me pray for us, and then I'll dismiss you 00:55:16.080 |
Lord, as we strive, Lord God, or desire to strive toward you, 00:55:23.160 |
we are so easily entangled, so easily amused, 00:55:28.520 |
so easily given to worship of trivial things. 00:55:33.080 |
I pray, Father God, that the picture and the vision 00:55:48.760 |
that we would have a clear picture of the end times. 00:55:58.880 |
And to know, Father, that we will be in heaven. 00:56:02.720 |
We would be like the tree planted by the streams of water, 00:56:21.480 |
I pray, Father God, that that vision would consume 00:56:25.520 |
our hearts, cause great joy and hope in our lives, 00:56:36.000 |
I pray in our small groups that you would help us along 00:56:40.000 |
in our discussion, help us to be open and honest, 00:56:44.080 |
and in our weakness, that we would find strength in you.