WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:02.200 Hey, everybody, we're the Bible guys, and if you're just 2 00:00:02.240 --> 00:00:05.320 tuning in recently, just know that we are showing a 3 00:00:05.320 --> 00:00:07.120 little bit of reruns for a few months, and then 4 00:00:07.120 --> 00:00:09.839 we'll be back bigger and better than ever on August 5 00:00:09.919 --> 00:00:13.519 thirty first, because behind the scenes we're taking a hiatus 6 00:00:13.519 --> 00:00:14.720 to do some very important things. 7 00:00:14.759 --> 00:00:18.399 Yeah, we're building building out a new studio and we've 8 00:00:18.399 --> 00:00:21.399 got some new structure. Super excited about it. So August 9 00:00:21.480 --> 00:00:24.359 thirty first, brand new content. But in the meantime, enjoy 10 00:00:24.440 --> 00:00:25.440 some of our greatest hits. 11 00:00:26.160 --> 00:00:29.199 Well, Jeff, today is your favorite topic? Yes, it's about 12 00:00:29.239 --> 00:00:29.800 a banquet. 13 00:00:30.039 --> 00:00:33.119 Oh yeah, absolutely, Lunch is a core value of mine. 14 00:00:33.119 --> 00:00:34.439 I'm super excited about this one. 15 00:00:34.479 --> 00:00:34.640 Yeah. 16 00:00:34.840 --> 00:00:36.560 Well, hey, he's Chris and I'm Jeff, and we're the 17 00:00:36.560 --> 00:00:39.159 Bible guys. 18 00:00:48.960 --> 00:00:49.560 All right. 19 00:00:49.759 --> 00:00:53.799 Well, hey, today we have a segment by Desiree, who 20 00:00:53.960 --> 00:00:57.079 put together our show sheet and neither one of us 21 00:00:57.079 --> 00:00:59.359 have read this yet. Yeah, but this is a segment 22 00:00:59.399 --> 00:01:02.880 called Mailbag where we take people who write in and 23 00:01:02.920 --> 00:01:05.920 sometimes they ask questions yes, yes, and sometimes we'll select 24 00:01:05.920 --> 00:01:08.159 them to actually talk about on the air. This is 25 00:01:08.200 --> 00:01:12.079 from Liam Pa and the question is this, if you 26 00:01:12.120 --> 00:01:16.239 could interview a celebrity and ask them one question. Who 27 00:01:16.319 --> 00:01:19.200 would you ask and what would you say? So let's 28 00:01:19.280 --> 00:01:21.040 keep it to those who are still alive. 29 00:01:20.840 --> 00:01:22.879 Still alive, living, living celebrities. 30 00:01:22.959 --> 00:01:23.879 Yeah, living celebrity. 31 00:01:23.959 --> 00:01:26.200 Yeah, these are hard for me. Well, they really are. 32 00:01:26.280 --> 00:01:27.719 We should have looked at this in advance. 33 00:01:28.000 --> 00:01:31.239 Yeah, that's that's so we're on the spot. So I 34 00:01:31.280 --> 00:01:34.040 don't think a lot about celebrities, So I don't. I don't. 35 00:01:34.599 --> 00:01:37.599 I don't know that I have that. But what about you? 36 00:01:37.319 --> 00:01:39.799 What do you have? What celebrity would you want to 37 00:01:39.799 --> 00:01:41.439 meet and what would you want to ask them? 38 00:01:41.680 --> 00:01:42.280 Yeah? 39 00:01:42.319 --> 00:01:47.599 So I think I think I would try to find 40 00:01:47.920 --> 00:01:52.400 who I believe to be the wisest person, who I 41 00:01:52.480 --> 00:01:56.920 just respect with wisdom, and then just ask them about 42 00:01:56.920 --> 00:01:59.719 all the life lessons they've learned. Who knows, maybe it 43 00:01:59.719 --> 00:02:04.879 will be Tom Hanks. Uh And and here's the reason why, because, uh, 44 00:02:05.719 --> 00:02:10.039 somehow he's conducted himself with success because he is a 45 00:02:10.080 --> 00:02:14.240 great talent. But also somehow everybody loves him. The world 46 00:02:14.319 --> 00:02:18.800 knows him, and he's navigated every relationship with wisdom, and 47 00:02:18.879 --> 00:02:22.280 everybody respects him. And now and think about the environment 48 00:02:22.360 --> 00:02:25.199 which he's in when everybody else you know, with money 49 00:02:25.759 --> 00:02:28.400 do this or that or they they're known to be jerks, 50 00:02:28.520 --> 00:02:31.120 you know, but he's but he's known to be the 51 00:02:31.240 --> 00:02:35.120 nicest human on the earth. And Keanu Reeves, you know 52 00:02:35.400 --> 00:02:35.800 for sure. 53 00:02:35.960 --> 00:02:38.919 But I think Tom Hanks has a greater resume. 54 00:02:39.360 --> 00:02:40.599 And I think what I would do is I saw 55 00:02:40.599 --> 00:02:42.520 I saw one time a bunch of celebrities sitting around 56 00:02:42.560 --> 00:02:45.240 a table and uh they were they were giving wisdom 57 00:02:45.280 --> 00:02:48.439 to each other on on a clip and they said, 58 00:02:48.680 --> 00:02:50.400 what is one thing now that you're older, you wish 59 00:02:50.400 --> 00:02:52.120 you would have known when you were young? And Tom 60 00:02:52.159 --> 00:02:54.840 Hanks said, I wish I would have known this too 61 00:02:54.919 --> 00:02:58.280 shall pass, he said, So he goes, you think you're 62 00:02:58.400 --> 00:03:00.960 you think you're in a valley, This too shall pass. 63 00:03:01.319 --> 00:03:02.680 He said, you think you're on top of the world, 64 00:03:02.759 --> 00:03:07.680 that you know everything that shall pass right, And so 65 00:03:07.800 --> 00:03:10.400 I just I just thought to myself, man, this guy 66 00:03:10.919 --> 00:03:14.199 has navigated life and success with so much wisdom. 67 00:03:13.919 --> 00:03:17.520 And one of the most difficult areas of the world. Yeah, 68 00:03:18.240 --> 00:03:18.879 that's my answer. 69 00:03:19.080 --> 00:03:21.520 So on my desk my office, I have a lot 70 00:03:21.520 --> 00:03:24.879 of books, But on my desk I bought a collection 71 00:03:24.919 --> 00:03:27.240 of books that just have funny titles, and I just 72 00:03:27.319 --> 00:03:29.599 leave them out so that when people come by and 73 00:03:29.639 --> 00:03:31.319 they go, oh, I wonder what kind of book Jeffreys? 74 00:03:31.520 --> 00:03:33.319 And if you because all the books are I'm in 75 00:03:33.400 --> 00:03:35.719 the shelf behind my desk, so I've got a cluster 76 00:03:35.800 --> 00:03:38.639 of them. One of the books is Yoga for the 77 00:03:38.680 --> 00:03:41.759 Inflexible Man, one of them. One of them is Life 78 00:03:41.840 --> 00:03:44.960 Lessons from Bob Ross. Right. But you know, you know 79 00:03:45.000 --> 00:03:47.039 the phrase w W j D what would Jesus Do? 80 00:03:47.479 --> 00:03:49.400 So I have a book on my desk in that 81 00:03:49.400 --> 00:03:52.800 little cluster of funny titled books that's just what would 82 00:03:52.879 --> 00:03:56.080 Keanu Do? And it's a whole book of why sayings 83 00:03:56.080 --> 00:03:57.159 from Keanu Reeves. 84 00:03:57.240 --> 00:03:58.120 That's hilarious. 85 00:04:00.159 --> 00:04:02.199 Thanks Liam for asking that question. That's a hard one 86 00:04:02.199 --> 00:04:07.879 for me, but that's really good. Yeah. Well, hey, we 87 00:04:08.039 --> 00:04:14.840 are in it, man, and the really devastating stuff is yesterday, right, 88 00:04:15.120 --> 00:04:19.000 So you're talking about the Bible yes in uh, well, 89 00:04:19.040 --> 00:04:20.800 I don't know, it depends how you felt like the 90 00:04:20.800 --> 00:04:26.000 podcast right yesterday, but they're really devastating stuff with regard 91 00:04:26.040 --> 00:04:28.160 to end times, because that's what we're talking about, end times. 92 00:04:28.519 --> 00:04:32.319 So we talked about God unleashing all these plagues and 93 00:04:32.639 --> 00:04:35.360 all that stuff and judgment, but then finally Jesus comes 94 00:04:35.399 --> 00:04:39.000 back and defeats the evil one and we have a choice. 95 00:04:39.480 --> 00:04:39.600 Right. 96 00:04:39.839 --> 00:04:45.480 But then during what we believe is the tribulation, is 97 00:04:45.639 --> 00:04:47.959 this judgment. There's two judgments that happen. There's the White 98 00:04:47.959 --> 00:04:50.399 Throne judge, Great White Throne judgment that's at the very end. 99 00:04:51.360 --> 00:04:55.319 But during the tribulation there appears to be this judgment 100 00:04:55.439 --> 00:04:57.560 that we call the judgment Seat of Christ. And this 101 00:04:57.680 --> 00:05:00.399 is for Christians. It's not about what or not you're 102 00:05:00.439 --> 00:05:04.160 getting into heaven. This is all about God judging your 103 00:05:04.160 --> 00:05:08.079 life and rewarding you based on what you've done for him. 104 00:05:08.120 --> 00:05:09.839 So first of all, let's talk about the throne room 105 00:05:09.839 --> 00:05:10.160 of God. 106 00:05:10.240 --> 00:05:14.160 Yeah, this is and this is the references of receiving crowns, 107 00:05:14.800 --> 00:05:17.839 the rewards, right, the rewards that you know, there's different 108 00:05:17.839 --> 00:05:20.720 types of crowns that are mentioned. Yeah, and this is 109 00:05:20.759 --> 00:05:22.000 all about yeah. 110 00:05:22.240 --> 00:05:24.279 Yeah, so this is good news, not bad news. Yes, 111 00:05:24.600 --> 00:05:27.360 this will be a glorious time for you. This is 112 00:05:27.399 --> 00:05:29.920 gonna be this one. This is if we're at the Olympics, 113 00:05:30.079 --> 00:05:32.000 this is when you'd be standing on the podium getting 114 00:05:32.000 --> 00:05:34.319 your medal. Right, That's that's what's happening. And this is 115 00:05:34.360 --> 00:05:37.839 good news for you as a Christian. So let's describe 116 00:05:37.959 --> 00:05:40.160 where we're going to be. First, the Throne Room of God. 117 00:05:40.240 --> 00:05:43.920 Yeah, this is probably one of the most epic portions 118 00:05:43.920 --> 00:05:45.240 of scripture in the whole Bible. 119 00:05:45.319 --> 00:05:47.680 Let your imagination run wild, and you're not even going 120 00:05:47.759 --> 00:05:49.920 to scrap scratch the surface of this. So here we go, 121 00:05:50.439 --> 00:05:53.480 he says in John says in Revelation four, describing the 122 00:05:53.519 --> 00:05:56.120 Throne Room of God. Then as I looked, I saw 123 00:05:56.160 --> 00:05:58.639 a door standing open in heaven, and the same voice 124 00:05:58.680 --> 00:06:00.920 I'd heard before spoke to me like a trumpet blast. 125 00:06:01.160 --> 00:06:03.759 The voice had come up here, and I'll show you 126 00:06:03.920 --> 00:06:07.120 what must happen after this. Instantly I was in the spirit, 127 00:06:07.360 --> 00:06:09.519 and I saw a throne in heaven and someone sitting 128 00:06:09.519 --> 00:06:11.680 on it. The one sitting on the throne was as 129 00:06:11.720 --> 00:06:15.639 brilliant as gemstones, like Jasper and Carnelian, and the glow 130 00:06:15.680 --> 00:06:19.279 of an emerald circled his throne like a rainbow. Twenty 131 00:06:19.319 --> 00:06:22.720 four thrones surrounded him, and twenty four elders sat on them. 132 00:06:23.079 --> 00:06:25.399 They were all clothed in white and had gold crowns 133 00:06:25.439 --> 00:06:28.240 on their head. From the throne came flashes of lightning 134 00:06:28.279 --> 00:06:30.439 and the rumble of thunder, and in front of the 135 00:06:30.480 --> 00:06:33.399 throne were seven torches with burning flames. This is the 136 00:06:33.399 --> 00:06:36.720 seventh fold spirit of God. In front of the throne 137 00:06:36.879 --> 00:06:39.720 was a shiny sea of glass, sparkling like a crystal. 138 00:06:40.160 --> 00:06:43.279 In the center. Around the throne were four living beings, 139 00:06:43.360 --> 00:06:46.240 each covered with eyes front and back. The first of 140 00:06:46.240 --> 00:06:49.360 these living beings was like a lion, the second was 141 00:06:49.439 --> 00:06:51.879 like an ox, the third had a human face, and 142 00:06:51.920 --> 00:06:54.519 the fourth was like an angel an eagle in flight. 143 00:06:55.240 --> 00:06:57.759 Each of these living beings had six wings, and the 144 00:06:57.800 --> 00:07:00.279 wings were covered all over with eyes inside any out. 145 00:07:00.680 --> 00:07:04.319 Day after day and night after night, they keep saying, Holy, Holy, Holy, 146 00:07:04.399 --> 00:07:07.399 is the Lord, God, the Almighty, the one who always was, 147 00:07:07.720 --> 00:07:10.920 who is, and who is still to come. Whenever the 148 00:07:10.959 --> 00:07:13.120 living beings give glory and honor and thanks to the 149 00:07:13.120 --> 00:07:15.240 one sitting on the throne, the one who lives forever 150 00:07:15.279 --> 00:07:17.839 and ever. The twenty four elders fall down and worship 151 00:07:17.879 --> 00:07:19.759 the one sitting on the throne, the one who lives 152 00:07:19.800 --> 00:07:22.160 forever and ever. And they lay their crowns before the 153 00:07:22.240 --> 00:07:24.959 throne and say, you are worthy, o Lord, our God, 154 00:07:25.199 --> 00:07:28.560 to receive glory and honor and power, for you created 155 00:07:28.600 --> 00:07:32.240 all things and they exist because you created what you pleased, 156 00:07:33.160 --> 00:07:33.879 and that amazing. 157 00:07:34.279 --> 00:07:36.920 It is amazing, and I just can't get out of 158 00:07:36.959 --> 00:07:41.519 my mind. The four creatures being exy, yeah, the ox 159 00:07:41.600 --> 00:07:43.600 and the eagle and the lion. 160 00:07:43.439 --> 00:07:45.680 And the human faced one yeah yeah. 161 00:07:45.600 --> 00:07:49.040 With eyes all over front and back, and then wings 162 00:07:49.160 --> 00:07:51.839 with eyes on the inside of their wings and eyes 163 00:07:51.920 --> 00:07:52.879 and by the way, not. 164 00:07:52.959 --> 00:07:54.040 Just a few eyes. 165 00:07:54.319 --> 00:07:57.600 It says the rings were covered all over with eyes 166 00:07:57.639 --> 00:07:58.360 inside and out. 167 00:07:58.800 --> 00:08:02.199 So I mean, just super cool and super creepy. 168 00:08:02.360 --> 00:08:06.160 And you've got this throne where there's thunder and lightning flashing, 169 00:08:06.519 --> 00:08:10.759 there's an emerald like bo around it. 170 00:08:11.439 --> 00:08:12.560 Like a full circle rainbow. 171 00:08:12.959 --> 00:08:16.920 Yeah yeah, but the emerald color, right, and then the 172 00:08:16.959 --> 00:08:19.720 spirit of God is out in front of the throne. 173 00:08:20.519 --> 00:08:25.000 It's just it's unbelievable how this works. And then you know, 174 00:08:25.040 --> 00:08:27.680 we know that Jesus is the creator, so when they're 175 00:08:27.720 --> 00:08:31.199 worshiping here that you created everything, right, we know that 176 00:08:31.279 --> 00:08:34.799 Jesus is the creator. So the worship that's happening, and 177 00:08:34.840 --> 00:08:38.200 then the humility of these twenty four elders, so twelve 178 00:08:38.639 --> 00:08:40.919 there were twelve tribes of Israel. So here's what some 179 00:08:40.960 --> 00:08:43.679 people believe. I don't know who these twelve of twenty 180 00:08:43.679 --> 00:08:47.000 four elders are. But if you look like in the 181 00:08:47.039 --> 00:08:50.399 Life Application Study Bible, they'll say a lot of theologians 182 00:08:50.399 --> 00:08:54.039 believe the twelve of them represent the twelve tribes of Israel. 183 00:08:54.360 --> 00:08:58.200 The other twelve represent the twelve Disciples, meaning there's the 184 00:08:58.320 --> 00:09:01.679 law and there's the Church, right both sides. So the 185 00:09:01.759 --> 00:09:05.399 completeness of God's revelation, the authority of the completeness of 186 00:09:05.399 --> 00:09:10.200 God's revelation is represented in these twelve, these twenty four elders. 187 00:09:10.200 --> 00:09:11.559 I guess we'll find out when we get to heaven. 188 00:09:11.600 --> 00:09:13.679 We sure will. But if you're wondering who they are, 189 00:09:13.960 --> 00:09:15.960 most the elogians would say that not not everybody. 190 00:09:16.480 --> 00:09:18.279 That's our best guest, right, yes, yep. 191 00:09:18.440 --> 00:09:22.080 And by the way, it says that the one sitting 192 00:09:22.080 --> 00:09:26.000 on the throne was brilliant as gemstones like Jasper and Cornelian. 193 00:09:26.279 --> 00:09:27.799 Yeah, I looked it up a. 194 00:09:27.759 --> 00:09:30.039 Long time ago, actually, when I was in college. Cornelian 195 00:09:30.120 --> 00:09:34.000 has like a red hue. It's like and then so 196 00:09:34.080 --> 00:09:36.519 green and red, and yeah, it's green and red and 197 00:09:36.559 --> 00:09:39.159 then and so actually the most dominant color of heaven 198 00:09:40.080 --> 00:09:44.360 is actually believe or not green. Yeah, because it describes pastures, 199 00:09:44.399 --> 00:09:49.000 it describes Jasper, it describes emeralds. 200 00:09:49.159 --> 00:09:50.879 Is that where the author of the Wizard of Oz 201 00:09:50.919 --> 00:09:51.720 got the Emerald city? 202 00:09:51.799 --> 00:09:52.000 Yeah? 203 00:09:52.039 --> 00:09:54.879 Maybe so, I don't know, maybe so, but but yeah, 204 00:09:55.120 --> 00:09:57.879 when you think about heaven, you often think white. 205 00:09:59.120 --> 00:10:00.399 Or gold. 206 00:10:00.720 --> 00:10:03.440 And if you take all the color is written about heaven, 207 00:10:04.320 --> 00:10:05.600 the most dominant color is green. 208 00:10:05.919 --> 00:10:06.559 Isn't that amazing? 209 00:10:06.679 --> 00:10:06.919 Yeah? 210 00:10:07.200 --> 00:10:10.080 Green always represents life, even to us now, right, So 211 00:10:10.200 --> 00:10:16.159 that's amazing. So you've got this this sea of glass 212 00:10:16.200 --> 00:10:21.480 sparkling like crystal. The description of heaven is so of 213 00:10:21.519 --> 00:10:24.279 the throne room of God, incredible room of God. So 214 00:10:24.559 --> 00:10:26.960 this judgment seat of Christ seems to happen in Heaven, 215 00:10:27.120 --> 00:10:30.759 in this throne room during the chaos of what's happening 216 00:10:31.159 --> 00:10:34.320 during the tribulation on earth. And in Second greet the 217 00:10:34.519 --> 00:10:37.399 chapter five, Paul just says, for we must all stand 218 00:10:37.440 --> 00:10:40.480 before Christ to be judged. We will each receive whatever 219 00:10:40.519 --> 00:10:43.039 we deserve for the good or evil we've done in 220 00:10:43.080 --> 00:10:46.919 this earthly body. So everybody will stand in judgment before Christ. 221 00:10:46.960 --> 00:10:51.240 But this judgment is not to determine your eternal destiny. 222 00:10:50.960 --> 00:10:54.000 Right, Yeah, So it's just really clear we get to 223 00:10:54.080 --> 00:10:56.919 heaven not by the rewards that we do. So the 224 00:10:57.000 --> 00:11:00.120 judgment seat to Christ is not connected to that. The 225 00:11:00.159 --> 00:11:03.399 Baba says nothing we can do, nothing, absolutely nothing we 226 00:11:03.399 --> 00:11:05.039 can do can get us to heaven. Yeah, so we're 227 00:11:05.080 --> 00:11:08.000 saved by grace through faith. Ephesians to eight and nine 228 00:11:08.039 --> 00:11:08.720 tells us. 229 00:11:08.639 --> 00:11:11.360 Yeah, God saved you by his grace when you believed, 230 00:11:11.879 --> 00:11:13.919 and you can't take credit for this. It's a gift 231 00:11:13.919 --> 00:11:18.360 from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good 232 00:11:18.360 --> 00:11:20.399 things we've done. It's incredibus composed about. 233 00:11:20.399 --> 00:11:22.200 It's pretty christa clely Yeah. 234 00:11:21.799 --> 00:11:26.480 So this judgment, these rewards we're getting are not for salvation, 235 00:11:26.799 --> 00:11:29.039 right right. Salvation is a gift from God that we 236 00:11:29.080 --> 00:11:31.320 can't we can't brag about. He just gives it by 237 00:11:31.320 --> 00:11:34.039 his grace when we believe. But the rewards that will 238 00:11:34.039 --> 00:11:37.879 get in heaven really are Maybe this judgment is to 239 00:11:38.000 --> 00:11:40.360 reward Christians for how they lived on this earth. Maybe 240 00:11:40.519 --> 00:11:44.799 is better summarized in First Corinthians chapter three right where 241 00:11:44.799 --> 00:11:46.960 he says, for no one can lay any foundation other 242 00:11:47.039 --> 00:11:49.799 than the one we already have Jesus Christ. Anyone who 243 00:11:49.799 --> 00:11:52.279 builds on that foundation may use a variety of materials, 244 00:11:52.279 --> 00:11:55.360 gold and silver and jewels, wood, hay or straw. But 245 00:11:55.440 --> 00:11:58.200 on the judgment day, fire will reveal what kind of 246 00:11:58.240 --> 00:12:01.000 work each builder has done, will show if a person's 247 00:12:01.039 --> 00:12:03.919 work has any value. If the work survives, that builder 248 00:12:03.919 --> 00:12:05.919 will receive reward. But if the work is burned up, 249 00:12:06.159 --> 00:12:09.000 the builder will suffer great loss. The builder will be saved, 250 00:12:09.039 --> 00:12:12.519 but like someone barely escaping through the wall's wall of flames. Right. 251 00:12:12.600 --> 00:12:17.559 So he's saying essentially that God's going to try and 252 00:12:17.759 --> 00:12:21.120 test our works that we do on earth, and some 253 00:12:21.200 --> 00:12:23.039 things are going to last, and some things we waste 254 00:12:23.080 --> 00:12:24.679 our time and they're going to burn out. Yeah. 255 00:12:25.120 --> 00:12:27.200 And so there's several different kind of crowns that are 256 00:12:27.200 --> 00:12:30.480 listed in the New Testament that refer to the prizes 257 00:12:30.519 --> 00:12:33.480 that await us. So two Timothy four calls it a 258 00:12:33.519 --> 00:12:36.039 crown of righteousness. Yeah, he says, And now the prize 259 00:12:36.120 --> 00:12:38.320 awaits me, the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the 260 00:12:38.399 --> 00:12:41.759 righteous Judge, will give me on the day of his return. 261 00:12:42.120 --> 00:12:43.840 And the prize is not just for me, but all 262 00:12:43.840 --> 00:12:47.159 for all who eagerly wait or eagerly look forward to 263 00:12:47.200 --> 00:12:47.720 his appearing. 264 00:12:48.360 --> 00:12:50.279 The crown of life is James one twelve. 265 00:12:51.120 --> 00:12:54.279 Blessed are those who patiently endure test the in temptation, 266 00:12:54.720 --> 00:12:58.200 and afterward they'll receive the crown of life that God 267 00:12:58.240 --> 00:13:00.279 has promised to them who love him. And then in 268 00:13:00.320 --> 00:13:03.879 One Peter, it's the crown of glory. When the Shepherd appears, 269 00:13:03.919 --> 00:13:07.039 you receive a crown of glory, of never ending glory 270 00:13:07.039 --> 00:13:11.399 in honor. And then again Revelation chapter two refers to 271 00:13:11.440 --> 00:13:14.679 a victor's crown or a crown of life, and that 272 00:13:14.759 --> 00:13:17.000 reads this way, don't be afraid for what you're about 273 00:13:17.039 --> 00:13:19.159 to suffer. The devil will throw some of you into 274 00:13:19.159 --> 00:13:21.679 the prison to test you. You will suffer for ten days. 275 00:13:21.679 --> 00:13:24.320 But if you regn faithful, even when facing death, I 276 00:13:24.360 --> 00:13:27.399 will give you the crown of life, which is you know, 277 00:13:27.519 --> 00:13:30.799 obviously those are end times of rewards. 278 00:13:30.480 --> 00:13:33.000 So that crown of life is often translated as the 279 00:13:33.080 --> 00:13:35.960 victor's crown. It's a different crown of life the one 280 00:13:35.960 --> 00:13:37.759 that you read in the Book of James. Yeah. 281 00:13:37.759 --> 00:13:41.480 So all of them, however, are crowns. They're all crowns. 282 00:13:41.720 --> 00:13:45.279 So I'm sure that there are probably other rewards besides crowns, 283 00:13:46.159 --> 00:13:50.279 but I think that the visual aid of rewards as 284 00:13:50.360 --> 00:13:52.639 crowns was very appropriate, especially in. 285 00:13:52.559 --> 00:13:53.159 The first century. 286 00:13:53.200 --> 00:13:55.159 Sure, sure, sure, but you think about it, there are 287 00:13:55.200 --> 00:13:58.519 other crowns mentioned in the Bible too, or other rewards 288 00:13:58.799 --> 00:14:01.200 mentioned in the Bible. There's a martyrs crown, there's others. 289 00:14:01.200 --> 00:14:03.799 But I mean we gave a summary here. So basically, 290 00:14:03.799 --> 00:14:06.519 if you take First Corinthians chapter three and combine it 291 00:14:06.559 --> 00:14:10.799 with these, you know, two Timothy James, Firstpeter Revelation talking 292 00:14:10.840 --> 00:14:14.240 about these crowns, essentially, what's going to happen, what appears 293 00:14:14.279 --> 00:14:16.240 is going to happen, is God's going to take the summation. 294 00:14:16.600 --> 00:14:19.039 Let's say all the deeds you've done in your life 295 00:14:19.120 --> 00:14:21.759 are one big package, and he sticks them in the 296 00:14:21.759 --> 00:14:26.000 fire right in the oven or whatever in the kiln, 297 00:14:26.159 --> 00:14:28.519 in the kiln, and it's going to burn away all 298 00:14:28.559 --> 00:14:30.960 the junk, all the useless stuff we did, the stuff 299 00:14:30.960 --> 00:14:33.480 that didn't matter, the stuff that doesn't have any eternal effect. 300 00:14:34.039 --> 00:14:37.000 But then the stuff that did have an eternal impact, 301 00:14:37.000 --> 00:14:39.200 that did make a difference, the things we did for Christ, 302 00:14:39.240 --> 00:14:42.720 the souls we led, the Jesus, you know, the holiness 303 00:14:42.720 --> 00:14:45.000 that we chose to live in our life. All these things. 304 00:14:45.240 --> 00:14:48.000 Then those things, the precious stones, the stuff that can't 305 00:14:48.039 --> 00:14:52.639 burn away, gold, silver, precious stones, those will be left, 306 00:14:52.879 --> 00:14:56.759 and apparently a crown comes from that, right, and then 307 00:14:56.799 --> 00:14:58.879 God will give us our crowns based on the things 308 00:14:58.879 --> 00:15:01.200 that we deserve the And what's so cool about it is, 309 00:15:01.399 --> 00:15:02.879 on one side, that's a little weird. How do we 310 00:15:02.960 --> 00:15:05.120 just strut around Heaven with crowns on our head? You know? 311 00:15:05.519 --> 00:15:08.559 And because then I'll be comparing, you know, as competitive 312 00:15:08.559 --> 00:15:10.720 as I am with you. How come you have so 313 00:15:10.759 --> 00:15:14.039 many more crowns? Right, you have a different crown every day. 314 00:15:14.879 --> 00:15:16.440 My crown's more sparkly. Yeah. 315 00:15:16.799 --> 00:15:18.519 Oh, I'm sorry, I gotta leave. I gotta go change 316 00:15:18.559 --> 00:15:20.120 my crown. This is the time of day I like 317 00:15:20.159 --> 00:15:20.960 to wear my other crown. 318 00:15:22.080 --> 00:15:22.279 Right. 319 00:15:22.519 --> 00:15:27.480 But what we see is every time those you said, yeah, 320 00:15:29.279 --> 00:15:33.039 every every time those four angels are singing around the 321 00:15:33.080 --> 00:15:36.399 throne about holy holy holies, Lord God Almighty. Yeah, the elders, 322 00:15:36.679 --> 00:15:38.399 the twenty four elders get up and they lay their 323 00:15:38.440 --> 00:15:40.600 crowns at Jesus feet. And I think that's what we're 324 00:15:40.600 --> 00:15:42.480 gonna do with ours. This isn't going to be us 325 00:15:42.519 --> 00:15:44.960 strutting around Haven shown off our crowns. I think it's 326 00:15:44.960 --> 00:15:47.039 going to be the only thing that you can give 327 00:15:47.159 --> 00:15:51.799 back to Jesus is the fact that some of what 328 00:15:51.840 --> 00:15:55.519 I did in my life Jesus lasted and matters, and 329 00:15:55.559 --> 00:15:57.639 it's all because the only good thing in me is Jesus. 330 00:15:57.840 --> 00:16:00.159 And so I lay my crowns at Jesus' feet. That's 331 00:16:00.200 --> 00:16:01.799 what I believe we're going to do with those crowns. 332 00:16:01.960 --> 00:16:04.440 So there's no proof in the Bible that's true, but 333 00:16:04.480 --> 00:16:06.639 we do know that the twenty four Elders do that, 334 00:16:06.679 --> 00:16:08.919 and why wouldn't we, Right, that's great. 335 00:16:09.120 --> 00:16:13.080 Yeah, Well then I sort of mentioned at the very 336 00:16:13.120 --> 00:16:14.120 beginning that there's a. 337 00:16:14.080 --> 00:16:16.000 Banquet, right, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, And so. 338 00:16:16.960 --> 00:16:20.879 The marriage supper of the Lamb in Revelation nineteen. You 339 00:16:20.879 --> 00:16:21.799 want to talk about. 340 00:16:21.600 --> 00:16:24.759 This, Yeah, So we're kind of zigzagging back and forth. Remember, 341 00:16:25.000 --> 00:16:28.679 so there seems to be a theme in the prophecy 342 00:16:28.919 --> 00:16:32.639 in Revelation flips back and forth between heaven and earth, 343 00:16:32.679 --> 00:16:34.759 heaven and earth, heaven and earth. It keeps flipping back 344 00:16:34.759 --> 00:16:36.639 and forth. So that's kind of what we're doing too, 345 00:16:37.159 --> 00:16:40.120 not entirely in order. But at the end of all this, 346 00:16:40.159 --> 00:16:43.120 remember yesterday we read about how Jesus returns and he 347 00:16:43.240 --> 00:16:48.720 defeats the Antichrist, you know, the beast and the false prophet. 348 00:16:48.960 --> 00:16:54.360 So sometime during this time. In Revelation chapter nineteen, it says, 349 00:16:54.440 --> 00:16:57.120 after this, I heard what sounded like a vast crowd 350 00:16:57.159 --> 00:17:00.399 in heaven, shouting, praise the Lord. Salvation and glows and 351 00:17:00.440 --> 00:17:03.559 power belong to our God. His judgments are true and just. 352 00:17:03.919 --> 00:17:06.480 He has punished the great prostitute who corrupted the earth 353 00:17:06.680 --> 00:17:10.279 with her immorality, that would be that false religion. Right. 354 00:17:11.599 --> 00:17:14.480 He has avenged the murder of his servants, those that 355 00:17:14.519 --> 00:17:17.640 are martyred. And again their voices rang out, Praise the Lord. 356 00:17:17.880 --> 00:17:21.119 The smoke from that city ascends forever and ever. Then 357 00:17:21.160 --> 00:17:23.440 the twenty four elders and the four living beings fell 358 00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:25.839 down and worshiped God, who was sitting on the throne. 359 00:17:25.839 --> 00:17:28.400 And they cried out, Amen, praise the Lord. And from 360 00:17:28.440 --> 00:17:31.279 the throne came a voice that said, praise God all 361 00:17:31.359 --> 00:17:34.119 his servants, all who fear Him, from the last to 362 00:17:34.160 --> 00:17:36.000 the greatest. And then I heard again what sounded like 363 00:17:36.000 --> 00:17:38.640 the shadow of as crowd, or the roar of a 364 00:17:38.720 --> 00:17:41.440 mighty ocean waves, or the crash of loud thunder. Praise 365 00:17:41.480 --> 00:17:44.079 the Lord. For the Lord, our God, the Almighty reigns. 366 00:17:44.240 --> 00:17:46.279 Let us be glad and rejoice, and let us give 367 00:17:46.319 --> 00:17:48.440 honor to him, for the time has come for the 368 00:17:48.440 --> 00:17:52.279 wedding feast of the Lamb, and his bride has prepared herself. 369 00:17:52.640 --> 00:17:55.160 She's been given the finest of pure white linen to wear, 370 00:17:55.559 --> 00:17:58.440 for the fine linen represents the good deeds of God's 371 00:17:58.440 --> 00:18:00.839 holy people. And the Angel said to me, write this, 372 00:18:01.279 --> 00:18:03.319 blest are those who are invited to the wedding feasts 373 00:18:03.319 --> 00:18:05.640 of the Lamb. And he added these other two words 374 00:18:05.640 --> 00:18:06.480 that come from God. 375 00:18:07.079 --> 00:18:07.400 Yeah. 376 00:18:07.440 --> 00:18:10.039 So this is kind of the wedding of Jesus and 377 00:18:10.079 --> 00:18:10.960 the Church. Yeah. 378 00:18:11.160 --> 00:18:13.599 And there's a lot of symbolism, oh yeah in here, 379 00:18:13.720 --> 00:18:17.400 right yep. So it refers to the place is heaven. 380 00:18:17.440 --> 00:18:18.599 That's in verse one. 381 00:18:19.039 --> 00:18:21.920 All false suitors are eliminated, it says. 382 00:18:21.799 --> 00:18:24.359 Yeah, yeah, yeah, the false religion, yeah yeah, yep. 383 00:18:24.880 --> 00:18:28.960 Introduced introduced by wedding music. Verses one. 384 00:18:29.039 --> 00:18:30.960 They're all singing yeah yeah, yeah yeah. 385 00:18:31.039 --> 00:18:33.319 So it's a picture of a wedding, right, right, So 386 00:18:33.319 --> 00:18:36.240 there's a bridegroom. In verse seven, there's the bride and 387 00:18:36.240 --> 00:18:38.839 so the bridegroom is Jesus. The bride is Us, right, 388 00:18:39.519 --> 00:18:42.799 the wedding gown and verse number eight the reception in 389 00:18:42.880 --> 00:18:46.160 verse Noumber nine, and then you can really say it's 390 00:18:46.200 --> 00:18:48.880 like a honeymoon that lasts one thousand years. 391 00:18:48.640 --> 00:18:51.200 The millennium, which I think we're talking about tomorrow, right, Yeah, 392 00:18:51.440 --> 00:18:55.559 the honeymoon starts. So really, God the whole story from 393 00:18:55.640 --> 00:18:59.519 beginning and beginning to end with regard to humanity as 394 00:18:59.519 --> 00:19:03.279 a love story. God made humanity to have a relationship 395 00:19:03.319 --> 00:19:05.680 with us, not that he was unfulfilled and didn't have 396 00:19:05.880 --> 00:19:09.160 He was perfectly fulfilled in his relationship within the Trinity, 397 00:19:09.440 --> 00:19:12.559 but he chose to make humanity to express his love, 398 00:19:13.039 --> 00:19:15.759 to show his love to us and to be loved 399 00:19:15.759 --> 00:19:18.680 by us. Right. And so then all throughout the Bible, 400 00:19:18.960 --> 00:19:21.640 the times when God's people in the Old Testament would 401 00:19:21.720 --> 00:19:24.240