WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:01.679 So, Jeff, I'm just wondering, did you know that I 2 00:00:01.720 --> 00:00:05.160 was going to do that out? No, Well, in the world, 3 00:00:05.480 --> 00:00:07.839 it's hard to predict what's coming it is. Well, we're 4 00:00:07.839 --> 00:00:10.599 about to jump into the Book of Revelations. 5 00:00:10.320 --> 00:00:12.320 Diving into the deep end today. So he's Chris and 6 00:00:12.359 --> 00:00:13.800 I'm Jeff and we're the Bible guys. 7 00:00:25.399 --> 00:00:28.440 Hey, so, uh, first of all, you didn't know it 8 00:00:28.519 --> 00:00:29.039 was gonna. 9 00:00:28.879 --> 00:00:32.240 Least I did not. Did that hurt a little? I 10 00:00:32.320 --> 00:00:35.240 just left you pretty I know, Actually, actually, I you know, 11 00:00:35.320 --> 00:00:37.439 I reacted pretty strongly. But it's because I'm such an 12 00:00:37.479 --> 00:00:38.200 amazing actor. 13 00:00:38.399 --> 00:00:40.200 Yes, real good jobs and a whip. 14 00:00:40.479 --> 00:00:42.799 Yeah. 15 00:00:42.880 --> 00:00:47.840 Okay, So so listen our segment today is you having 16 00:00:47.840 --> 00:00:50.000 to guess whether or not what I'm about to read 17 00:00:50.119 --> 00:00:52.159 is a Bible verse or a quote. 18 00:00:52.200 --> 00:00:53.880 Oh these are hard. The last one only got three 19 00:00:53.920 --> 00:00:54.359 out of five. 20 00:00:54.479 --> 00:00:56.200 Yeah, well, I mean and then here's the thing. It's 21 00:00:56.240 --> 00:00:58.439 not even like a like you know, everybody you know 22 00:00:58.560 --> 00:01:00.880 remember like sometimes we would say it's all from Justin Bieber. 23 00:01:01.320 --> 00:01:03.759 These are just just famous quote. 24 00:01:03.759 --> 00:01:05.760 So here, so it's either a quote or a Bible verse. 25 00:01:05.840 --> 00:01:11.560 Yep, here we go. You ready, Yes, I have been sorry, 26 00:01:12.079 --> 00:01:15.879 I have been reduced to skin and bones, and I 27 00:01:15.879 --> 00:01:18.879 have escaped death by the skin of my teeth. 28 00:01:19.799 --> 00:01:21.280 I'm going to say a Bible verse. 29 00:01:21.439 --> 00:01:23.120 Yes, because that because who would. 30 00:01:22.959 --> 00:01:24.319 Quote that's right? That's right? 31 00:01:24.439 --> 00:01:29.719 And where do you think it's found? It could be, 32 00:01:29.840 --> 00:01:35.439 but it wasn't. It was job the skin. Okay. So 33 00:01:36.400 --> 00:01:40.319 how about this one? God helps those who help themselves. 34 00:01:40.359 --> 00:01:42.159 That's a quote, that's of course. 35 00:01:42.879 --> 00:01:44.719 Uh. And by the way, I didn't know who said this. 36 00:01:44.799 --> 00:01:47.840 I've heard that quote. Did you know that Benjamin Franklin 37 00:01:47.840 --> 00:01:48.200 said that? 38 00:01:48.760 --> 00:01:49.200 Okay? 39 00:01:49.599 --> 00:01:52.519 So how about this one? Spread love wherever you go. 40 00:01:54.040 --> 00:01:57.000 That's a quote. Who do you think said the Beatles? 41 00:02:00.079 --> 00:02:03.640 That's awesome, that's awesome, and you know what, it totally 42 00:02:03.680 --> 00:02:05.920 is believable. But it was mother Teresa. 43 00:02:06.079 --> 00:02:08.520 Oh in this case, yeah, mother, she said the Beatles. 44 00:02:09.120 --> 00:02:11.159 Well not only that, but like I bet you a 45 00:02:11.240 --> 00:02:13.360 thousand people have quoted that just in our lifetime. 46 00:02:13.400 --> 00:02:13.599 Yeah. 47 00:02:13.599 --> 00:02:18.240 Sure, how about this one? Don't judge each day by 48 00:02:18.240 --> 00:02:21.759 the harvest that you reap, but by the season that 49 00:02:21.919 --> 00:02:23.080 you plant. 50 00:02:24.080 --> 00:02:31.560 Oh it sounds like a Bible verse. Well, I'm gonna 51 00:02:31.560 --> 00:02:32.319 say it's a quote. 52 00:02:32.840 --> 00:02:33.919 You are four for four? 53 00:02:34.080 --> 00:02:34.759 Oh wow. 54 00:02:35.039 --> 00:02:39.240 So that was by Robert Lewis Stevenson. Oh so, and 55 00:02:39.240 --> 00:02:40.240 then here's the last one. 56 00:02:40.240 --> 00:02:41.879 Of my favorite writers, is it? 57 00:02:41.960 --> 00:02:46.439 Yea, yeah, here's the last one. Let me gulp down 58 00:02:46.599 --> 00:02:47.879 some of that red stuff. 59 00:02:51.840 --> 00:02:55.280 Oh no, I'm going to say. It's a quote. 60 00:02:56.759 --> 00:03:01.759 Apparently it's from Genesis, chapter twenty five of verse thirty. 61 00:03:01.840 --> 00:03:02.879 In what translation. 62 00:03:03.439 --> 00:03:08.879 I know, I'm looking at it because this is crazy. 63 00:03:09.199 --> 00:03:13.560 What go down some of them? The red stuff? That's 64 00:03:14.159 --> 00:03:14.879 sounds that's about it. 65 00:03:15.000 --> 00:03:16.960 It sounds like a rapper talking about kool aid. 66 00:03:18.680 --> 00:03:22.560 I mean I have never all right, hang on, hang on, 67 00:03:23.360 --> 00:03:26.039 keep the crowd entertained. I'm almost there. 68 00:03:26.240 --> 00:03:30.759 Yeah, yeah, twenty in the front thirty, thanks buddy. 69 00:03:31.840 --> 00:03:36.520 Okay, so it says Esau. Oh, it's Esau Sells's birthrate. Oh, 70 00:03:36.719 --> 00:03:37.759 he's talking about the stew. 71 00:03:37.919 --> 00:03:39.479 Okay, okay, all right. 72 00:03:39.599 --> 00:03:44.960 And so then verse number thirty in this translation reads, uh, 73 00:03:45.360 --> 00:03:48.759 Esau said, I'm starved, give me some of that red stew. 74 00:03:49.080 --> 00:03:49.520 Okay. 75 00:03:49.800 --> 00:03:52.000 And this is how Esau got his other name, Eatam, 76 00:03:52.240 --> 00:03:56.240 which means red. Okay, So let me gulp down some 77 00:03:56.319 --> 00:03:58.360 of that red set the. 78 00:03:58.360 --> 00:04:03.159 Message message or something that's Oh man, that is so funny. 79 00:04:03.240 --> 00:04:05.879 So she snuck one in, but it was through a paraphrase. 80 00:04:06.599 --> 00:04:08.960 So is a paraphrase an actual Bible verse or is 81 00:04:08.960 --> 00:04:10.000 it a quote. 82 00:04:10.479 --> 00:04:13.719 That's a really good huh, you may get a point. 83 00:04:13.800 --> 00:04:17.319 I'm gonna get at least half a point. Paraphrases are 84 00:04:17.399 --> 00:04:18.160 not a scripture. 85 00:04:18.279 --> 00:04:20.000 You're assuming that it's a paraphrase. 86 00:04:21.160 --> 00:04:23.600 The message is a paraphrase. That's what she got it from. 87 00:04:23.680 --> 00:04:25.360 Yes, right, we don't know. 88 00:04:25.560 --> 00:04:27.439 Right, Well, we need to find out because that's I 89 00:04:27.480 --> 00:04:28.079 want my point. 90 00:04:29.240 --> 00:04:30.600 Okay, that's so funny. 91 00:04:31.680 --> 00:04:33.920 So dude, we are jumping off into the deep end 92 00:04:33.959 --> 00:04:38.439 on this one. And so we're getting into really the 93 00:04:38.519 --> 00:04:41.920 end times, not just the Book of Revelation. We're not 94 00:04:41.959 --> 00:04:45.040 going to go for our longtime listeners. We usually go 95 00:04:45.439 --> 00:04:47.759 chapter by chapter, verse by verse, but in the Book 96 00:04:47.759 --> 00:04:49.879 of Revelation, we're not going to do that. Instead, we're 97 00:04:49.879 --> 00:04:53.040 going to go a big idea by big idea, event 98 00:04:53.079 --> 00:04:56.759 by event, person by person as much as possible through 99 00:04:56.839 --> 00:04:59.879 the end time stuff. So a couple of things. One, 100 00:05:01.000 --> 00:05:07.000 the Bible guys do not claim to be theologians and professors, right, 101 00:05:07.759 --> 00:05:10.519 we try to be theologically accurate as much as possible. 102 00:05:10.560 --> 00:05:13.160 But if you're looking for a seminary level class or 103 00:05:13.199 --> 00:05:16.279 Bible study on the Book of Revelation. Well, this isn't 104 00:05:16.319 --> 00:05:18.879 it right, And our lifetime listeners already know that. But 105 00:05:18.920 --> 00:05:20.959 if you're a new person listening, this. 106 00:05:20.920 --> 00:05:24.519 Is I mean hopefully it's and you know, this would 107 00:05:24.560 --> 00:05:26.839 be something that I would choose to listen to our 108 00:05:27.040 --> 00:05:30.600 version of this topic or this book, because we're going 109 00:05:30.680 --> 00:05:32.959 to approach it more sort of topically, and we're not 110 00:05:32.959 --> 00:05:34.720 going to get caught up in the details of saying, 111 00:05:34.800 --> 00:05:38.040 now this, we believe that this happens after this, and 112 00:05:38.079 --> 00:05:40.439 this represents this and let's you know, we're not going 113 00:05:40.519 --> 00:05:45.759 to be because here's quite frankly, there's so many opinions 114 00:05:46.079 --> 00:05:48.959 about revelation. In fact, I would go, let me go 115 00:05:49.040 --> 00:05:52.600 on a limb and say this lightheartedly. Nobody comments more 116 00:05:53.439 --> 00:05:56.120 than revelation people. And then not only will they comment, 117 00:05:56.199 --> 00:05:57.920 but they'll only comment. 118 00:05:57.680 --> 00:06:01.120 Forever, and they'll be angry that most most of. 119 00:06:01.079 --> 00:06:03.720 The time, they'll be angry. Uh and and this is 120 00:06:03.879 --> 00:06:05.959 and now. But by the way, we're not trying to 121 00:06:06.319 --> 00:06:09.240 by me making those kind of comments. I'm not trying 122 00:06:09.279 --> 00:06:12.360 to like stereotype everybody in the world, but I am 123 00:06:12.399 --> 00:06:15.160 saying that's my life experience, so I can't you can't 124 00:06:15.160 --> 00:06:18.759 deny that right. So in my life experience, that's the 125 00:06:18.839 --> 00:06:21.800 case and all of that, But there's so many opinions 126 00:06:21.800 --> 00:06:24.959 about it, so we could we can get really lost 127 00:06:25.519 --> 00:06:27.040 and you know, what do you think this means or 128 00:06:27.040 --> 00:06:29.560 this means or when is this or what's the difference 129 00:06:29.560 --> 00:06:31.879 between this view and this view? And so I think 130 00:06:31.920 --> 00:06:34.959 instead of doing that, and by the way, that there's 131 00:06:35.000 --> 00:06:36.639 probably two thousand of those. 132 00:06:36.560 --> 00:06:39.240 Oh yeah, well, how many Christians are there? There's about 133 00:06:39.240 --> 00:06:42.600 that many. There's about that many opinions about these things. 134 00:06:42.639 --> 00:06:47.040 And here's why prophecy in the Bible. Yeah, looking forward, 135 00:06:47.079 --> 00:06:49.399 We just talked about this with our staff. Looking forward 136 00:06:49.519 --> 00:06:52.600 at prophecy, it's like looking at a foggy mirror. You 137 00:06:52.639 --> 00:06:54.920 can kind of see the outlines and get the gist, 138 00:06:55.079 --> 00:06:58.160 but it's not clear. And then on the other side, 139 00:06:58.279 --> 00:07:00.639 after a thing happens and you look back, you go, oh, 140 00:07:00.680 --> 00:07:03.399 that's what it meant. And the proof of that is 141 00:07:03.439 --> 00:07:05.879 how many times in the Book of Matthew does Matthew 142 00:07:05.920 --> 00:07:09.639 say and the disciples didn't understand that the Bible had 143 00:07:09.680 --> 00:07:13.839 prophesied this. Right, So the disciples understood it afterwards, but 144 00:07:13.879 --> 00:07:17.000 not before, And it happens over and over and over 145 00:07:17.000 --> 00:07:19.680 again through the gospels, where the disciples and the people 146 00:07:19.680 --> 00:07:23.600 who were following Jesus did not understand clearly all of 147 00:07:23.639 --> 00:07:27.399 the prophecies until they had been fulfilled. And so some 148 00:07:27.480 --> 00:07:29.600 of the things that we're going to talk about are 149 00:07:29.600 --> 00:07:31.959 pretty clear and pretty evident. He's really really clear on this, 150 00:07:32.199 --> 00:07:34.639 he spells it out X Y Z right. But there's 151 00:07:34.680 --> 00:07:37.839 other things that dude, he talks about a dragon with 152 00:07:37.959 --> 00:07:39.920 you know, seven heads and ten crowns coming out of 153 00:07:39.920 --> 00:07:42.199 the words. Is that a real dragon with seven right? 154 00:07:42.319 --> 00:07:44.879 Or is that a metaphor for something or is that 155 00:07:44.959 --> 00:07:47.920 an allegory for something? Right? So, and this is the 156 00:07:47.959 --> 00:07:52.319 problem with the book Revelation. There's very clear factual things 157 00:07:52.439 --> 00:07:56.399 that are said. There are also allegorical things, and there 158 00:07:56.399 --> 00:08:00.759 are metaphorical things all put together and sometimes and and 159 00:08:00.879 --> 00:08:03.480 and the Bible doesn't transition between them, doesn't say okay, 160 00:08:03.480 --> 00:08:07.199 and now we're talking metaphorically metaphorical right, right, right? And 161 00:08:07.279 --> 00:08:10.160 so so this is this is some of the difficulty 162 00:08:10.199 --> 00:08:12.959 of it. So, hey, we're going to navigate through it 163 00:08:13.040 --> 00:08:16.399 in a way that it makes sense to us. And 164 00:08:16.560 --> 00:08:19.920 if you agree, that's fine. If you disagree, that's fine too. 165 00:08:20.040 --> 00:08:22.519 But we've got a couple of warning labels. One, don't 166 00:08:22.560 --> 00:08:26.519 lose the delight in the details. Right. Sometimes man, people 167 00:08:26.600 --> 00:08:29.360 go in and dive down super deep and stay down 168 00:08:29.439 --> 00:08:32.000 way too long and come up mostly dead. 169 00:08:32.480 --> 00:08:32.600 Uh. 170 00:08:32.759 --> 00:08:35.080 If you if you lose the light in the details, 171 00:08:36.120 --> 00:08:37.039 you're missing the point. 172 00:08:37.440 --> 00:08:40.799 Right. So Yeah, because overall, revelation is given to us 173 00:08:41.159 --> 00:08:45.919 to communicate some very big and important and essential ideas. 174 00:08:46.000 --> 00:08:46.919 Yeah, exciting things. 175 00:08:47.200 --> 00:08:50.120 Yeah. Yeah, Jesus is in control of history. This is 176 00:08:50.159 --> 00:08:53.080 who he is. He wins, God wins. 177 00:08:53.120 --> 00:08:54.440 Yeah, we read the back of the book. We can 178 00:08:54.440 --> 00:08:54.960 tell you that at the. 179 00:08:54.960 --> 00:08:58.759 Beginning, and and you know he's coming. Uh, there's hope 180 00:08:58.759 --> 00:09:02.000 for those who believe these are the things that revelation 181 00:09:02.120 --> 00:09:04.440 points to. Yeah, and so that's what you're really saying. 182 00:09:04.480 --> 00:09:07.879 You're saying, don't dive down too deep to lose the 183 00:09:07.919 --> 00:09:09.159 overall message of revelation. 184 00:09:09.360 --> 00:09:12.080 Right. And if you find somebody who is who steps 185 00:09:12.159 --> 00:09:14.120 up and goes, I know for sure that this is 186 00:09:14.120 --> 00:09:17.039 what this means or that means or there is no 187 00:09:17.200 --> 00:09:23.679 within Christianity, there is no single cohesive understanding of these 188 00:09:23.720 --> 00:09:26.879 prophetic things. Right. So there's a certain amount of vaguary. 189 00:09:27.120 --> 00:09:30.559 So watch out for polarization. Quite honestly, in teaching about 190 00:09:30.559 --> 00:09:32.840 the end times, people who want to fight about it, 191 00:09:33.759 --> 00:09:35.559 I would just say stay away from them. You know, 192 00:09:35.799 --> 00:09:39.360 I've had friends I've had in the faith group that 193 00:09:39.399 --> 00:09:42.320 I kind of grew up in man alive. If you 194 00:09:42.399 --> 00:09:46.720 believed in a pre post or mid trip belief system, 195 00:09:46.720 --> 00:09:47.919 you may or may not be allowed to be my 196 00:09:47.960 --> 00:09:50.679 friend or preach at my church. You know. That's how 197 00:09:50.679 --> 00:09:55.279 many of our preachers, our pastors acted just based on nuances. 198 00:09:55.720 --> 00:09:58.799 And so I would say watch out for polarization. God 199 00:09:58.960 --> 00:10:03.000 is vague on purpose because he's he's got a better 200 00:10:03.039 --> 00:10:05.559 plan and it'll be clear to us. And in the meantime, 201 00:10:05.679 --> 00:10:08.000 if we pretend like we're experts or professionals on this, 202 00:10:08.279 --> 00:10:11.559 I think that we're really running some real risks. So 203 00:10:11.799 --> 00:10:14.200 that's our warning label for today. We've got a lot 204 00:10:14.240 --> 00:10:17.279 to read about. Yeah, sure, so we're going to read 205 00:10:17.320 --> 00:10:19.600 from three big passages. Say, we're gonna cover a lot 206 00:10:19.600 --> 00:10:22.480 of Bible verses. And sometimes when it comes to these things, 207 00:10:22.519 --> 00:10:24.399 it's better just to read what the Bible says than 208 00:10:24.399 --> 00:10:26.440 for you and me to try to commentate on it. 209 00:10:26.480 --> 00:10:28.320 All right, So let's just read the words of God 210 00:10:28.320 --> 00:10:30.000 and let the words of God speak to you. So 211 00:10:30.039 --> 00:10:31.840 the first big question we have, and this is the 212 00:10:31.960 --> 00:10:34.279 number one question I get asked about it, is so 213 00:10:34.320 --> 00:10:38.360 when's it all going to happen? Right? So that's not 214 00:10:38.399 --> 00:10:40.799 an original question. Christians have been asking it from the 215 00:10:41.000 --> 00:10:46.399 very first week of Christianity, right right. So here's what 216 00:10:46.519 --> 00:10:50.240 happens in just as Jesus is getting ready to ascend 217 00:10:50.279 --> 00:10:52.799 back to heaven, says so when the apostles. This is 218 00:10:52.799 --> 00:10:55.600 in Acts, chapter one, verse six. So when the apostles 219 00:10:55.600 --> 00:10:58.080 were with Jesus, they kept asking him, Lord, has the 220 00:10:58.120 --> 00:11:00.440 time come for you to free Israel and restore your kingdom? 221 00:11:00.679 --> 00:11:03.399 And he replied, the Father alone has the authority to 222 00:11:03.440 --> 00:11:05.440 set those dates in times, and they're not for you 223 00:11:05.519 --> 00:11:08.039 to know. But you will receive power when the Holy 224 00:11:08.080 --> 00:11:10.600 Spirit comes upon you, and you'll be my witnesses telling 225 00:11:10.639 --> 00:11:14.279 people about me everywhere in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, 226 00:11:14.480 --> 00:11:17.279 to the ends of the earth. And after this, he 227 00:11:17.440 --> 00:11:19.639 was taken up into a cloud while they were watching, 228 00:11:19.720 --> 00:11:21.279 and they can no longer see him. And as they 229 00:11:21.519 --> 00:11:24.039 strained to see him rising into heaven, two white robed 230 00:11:24.080 --> 00:11:27.120 men suddenly stood among them, men of Galilee. They said, 231 00:11:27.120 --> 00:11:29.919 why are you standing here staring into heaven. Jesus has 232 00:11:29.919 --> 00:11:32.639 been taken from you into heaven, but someday he will 233 00:11:32.679 --> 00:11:35.480 return from heaven in the same way you saw him go. 234 00:11:36.360 --> 00:11:39.399 Yeah. So what's interesting is is that other verses also 235 00:11:39.440 --> 00:11:44.120 say that that the the day and the hour, so 236 00:11:44.200 --> 00:11:47.559 not just the day but the hour. Okay, we'll not 237 00:11:47.639 --> 00:11:49.879 be able to be known. And then it even goes 238 00:11:49.919 --> 00:11:52.519 as far as to say only the Father knows, not 239 00:11:52.600 --> 00:11:55.799 even Jesus knows, right, right. So so the answer to 240 00:11:55.840 --> 00:11:58.559 the question when is it all going down? Okay, so 241 00:11:58.639 --> 00:12:00.759 this is this is I just got done talking with 242 00:12:00.840 --> 00:12:04.279 somebody about this before this podcast. When you drive from 243 00:12:04.279 --> 00:12:08.360 Detroit into Ohio, he made a comment. I've not seen this, 244 00:12:08.399 --> 00:12:10.840 but he made a comment and said, there's usually like 245 00:12:10.879 --> 00:12:13.799 a billboard, a certain billboard that's like that says something, 246 00:12:13.799 --> 00:12:15.480 and I'm sort of poking your breath. 247 00:12:15.840 --> 00:12:17.279 You're getting ready to go into Ohio. 248 00:12:17.840 --> 00:12:20.960 It's going to be gross, right, No, no, no, no, no, 249 00:12:21.120 --> 00:12:23.519 Actually it's when the roads get better as soon as 250 00:12:23.519 --> 00:12:25.960 you cross over the line. But when you when you 251 00:12:26.000 --> 00:12:28.519 go into Ohio, there's a billboard that's that's basically that 252 00:12:28.600 --> 00:12:31.840 I'm poking fun but it says like God's coming next Tuesday, right, 253 00:12:32.080 --> 00:12:34.440 So it has the prediction of when and so, and 254 00:12:34.480 --> 00:12:37.039 then when that day passes and God doesn't come, it 255 00:12:37.240 --> 00:12:40.159 recalculates change. They change the sign, and then it has 256 00:12:40.200 --> 00:12:42.440 like a new date, right, a new prediction. And so 257 00:12:42.519 --> 00:12:44.480 it's like, you know, they're trying to do the blind 258 00:12:44.519 --> 00:12:47.720 score on the nothing. So what's but what's really interesting 259 00:12:47.799 --> 00:12:50.320 is like every time I will pass something like that 260 00:12:50.960 --> 00:12:52.919 in my you know, my wife's in the car, whatever, 261 00:12:53.240 --> 00:12:54.720 my kids are in the car, and I'll see that 262 00:12:54.879 --> 00:12:56.840 and it'll literally have a prediction. We'll say like God 263 00:12:56.919 --> 00:13:00.440 is coming, and we'll give the date and I'll say, hey, kids, 264 00:13:01.000 --> 00:13:03.720 the only thing we know for certain is that God's 265 00:13:03.840 --> 00:13:05.919 not going to come on that date, right right, right right. 266 00:13:06.440 --> 00:13:08.600 It's actually the only thing we know is that no 267 00:13:08.799 --> 00:13:11.879 man will know the day or the hour. So if 268 00:13:11.919 --> 00:13:15.200 you think that you know that, the only thing I 269 00:13:15.240 --> 00:13:17.559 know is it's not going to spend that day. 270 00:13:17.919 --> 00:13:21.600 So Jesus literally says the Father alone has authority. But 271 00:13:22.159 --> 00:13:25.159 basically what Jesus says is it's not for you to know. 272 00:13:25.399 --> 00:13:27.399 He literally is saying, this is the Plight way, this 273 00:13:27.440 --> 00:13:29.600 is the Bible way. Of saying, Jesus going, it's none 274 00:13:29.639 --> 00:13:33.039 your business, right right, Only the Father knows, and so 275 00:13:33.360 --> 00:13:35.600 it's none of your business. Instead, you're going to be 276 00:13:35.600 --> 00:13:37.600 filled the Holy Spirit and go tell everybody about me. 277 00:13:37.840 --> 00:13:37.879 That. 278 00:13:38.480 --> 00:13:42.120 So he pivoted them off of the curiosity of winning 279 00:13:42.159 --> 00:13:44.960 is all this end and moved them back to their mission. 280 00:13:45.200 --> 00:13:47.519 And so we have to be careful. I think this 281 00:13:47.559 --> 00:13:50.960 is the first time that you find after the Resurrection 282 00:13:51.120 --> 00:13:54.039 Jesus talking about this issue and he pulls away from it. 283 00:13:54.080 --> 00:13:55.960 He says, none your business. The Father knows and he's 284 00:13:56.000 --> 00:13:59.039 in control. You go about your business, and your businesses 285 00:13:59.080 --> 00:14:02.720 tell everybody everywhere, and he says, hey, the power of 286 00:14:02.720 --> 00:14:05.440 the hoyspirits there. So they're standing there with their mouths 287 00:14:05.440 --> 00:14:07.799 wide open, looking up into heaven, and two angels have 288 00:14:07.840 --> 00:14:10.759 to go, man in the galilee, njerim, what are you 289 00:14:10.799 --> 00:14:12.919 standing here for? Get about your business? 290 00:14:13.000 --> 00:14:13.200 Right? 291 00:14:13.519 --> 00:14:16.440 And so it wasn't like someday, go tell somebody it's 292 00:14:16.759 --> 00:14:19.799 going right now, and so let's not get distracted by 293 00:14:19.799 --> 00:14:21.840 these things from the mission God has and that is 294 00:14:21.879 --> 00:14:24.000 to tell everybody. But for me, I have to tell 295 00:14:24.039 --> 00:14:26.960 you knowing that there is an end game and that 296 00:14:27.039 --> 00:14:29.399 God is working towards It kind of lights a fire 297 00:14:29.480 --> 00:14:31.480 under me to want to tell everybody. I want to 298 00:14:31.480 --> 00:14:33.879 go tell everybody that Jesus is coming soon. You need 299 00:14:33.919 --> 00:14:35.840 to respond now right. I don't want to wait till 300 00:14:35.840 --> 00:14:38.240 tomorrow because I don't know if he's gonna come. So, yeah, 301 00:14:38.240 --> 00:14:41.879 there's that. So I would say this, and we don't 302 00:14:41.879 --> 00:14:44.519 have to overtalk it too much. But I love Revelation 303 00:14:44.639 --> 00:14:47.039 chapter seven. If you're saying, so, when is it going 304 00:14:47.120 --> 00:14:48.879 to happen, I can tell you this. It's not going 305 00:14:48.960 --> 00:14:52.879 to happen until every people group, every tribe, every language 306 00:14:52.879 --> 00:14:54.799 has somebody around the throne of Heaven. I'll just read 307 00:14:54.799 --> 00:14:56.360 the passage. We don't have to talk about it too much. 308 00:14:56.399 --> 00:14:59.480 But Revelation seven says, after this, I saw a vast crowd, 309 00:15:00.399 --> 00:15:03.159 so there will be people from every tribe and language 310 00:15:03.200 --> 00:15:06.440 around the throne. After this, I saw a vast crowd, 311 00:15:06.480 --> 00:15:09.159 too great to count, from every nation and tribe and 312 00:15:09.159 --> 00:15:11.039 people in language, standing in front of the throne and 313 00:15:11.080 --> 00:15:13.639 before the lamb. And they were clothed in white robes 314 00:15:13.679 --> 00:15:15.639 and held palm branches in their hands, and they were 315 00:15:15.639 --> 00:15:19.080 shouting with a great roar. Salvation comes from our God, 316 00:15:19.240 --> 00:15:21.399 who sits on the throne and from the Lamb, and 317 00:15:21.440 --> 00:15:23.440 all the angels were standing around the throne and around 318 00:15:23.440 --> 00:15:26.120 the elders and the four living beings, and they fell 319 00:15:26.159 --> 00:15:28.000 before the throne with their faces to the ground, who 320 00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:31.200 worshiped God, and they saying Amen, Blessing in glory and 321 00:15:31.200 --> 00:15:34.240 wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and strength, belong 322 00:15:34.320 --> 00:15:37.120 to our God forever and ever. Amen. And then one 323 00:15:37.120 --> 00:15:38.919 of the twenty four elders asked me, who are these 324 00:15:38.919 --> 00:15:41.360 who are clothed in white? Where'd they come from? And 325 00:15:41.399 --> 00:15:43.200 I said, sir, you're the one who knows. And then 326 00:15:43.240 --> 00:15:45.200 he said to me, these are the ones who died 327 00:15:45.240 --> 00:15:47.720 in the Great Tribulation. They've washed their robes and the 328 00:15:47.759 --> 00:15:49.639 blood of the Lamb and made them white. And that 329 00:15:49.759 --> 00:15:51.840 is why they stand in front of God's throne and 330 00:15:51.879 --> 00:15:54.039 serve him day and night in his temple. And He 331 00:15:54.080 --> 00:15:56.480 who sits on the throne will give them shelter. They 332 00:15:56.519 --> 00:15:58.759 will never again be hungry or thirsty, and they will 333 00:15:58.759 --> 00:16:01.159 never be scorched by the heat of the sun. For 334 00:16:01.240 --> 00:16:03.480 the Lamb on the throne will be their shepherd. He 335 00:16:03.519 --> 00:16:06.440 will lead them to springs of life giving water. And 336 00:16:06.480 --> 00:16:10.720 God will wipe every tear from their eyes. So there's 337 00:16:10.759 --> 00:16:12.600 a lot in there. But one of the things he 338 00:16:12.720 --> 00:16:15.440 says is that there's going to be people from every nation, 339 00:16:15.679 --> 00:16:18.559 every tribe, every language standing in front of the throne. 340 00:16:18.679 --> 00:16:21.080 This is why when the disciples go to Jesus and say, hey, 341 00:16:21.120 --> 00:16:22.639 when's it all going to end? He goes, none of 342 00:16:22.639 --> 00:16:26.559 your business, father knows. Go tell everybody. And until we've 343 00:16:26.600 --> 00:16:31.480 told everybody, until every nation, every tribe, every language, every 344 00:16:31.480 --> 00:16:34.840 people group has somebody standing around the throne, Jesus isn't 345 00:16:34.879 --> 00:16:37.159 coming back, right, So we've got to be about our 346 00:16:37.200 --> 00:16:38.080 father's business. 347 00:16:38.000 --> 00:16:41.440 And there are scriptures to talk about. That's the main 348 00:16:41.679 --> 00:16:44.279 reason why he tarries. It's the main reason why he 349 00:16:44.320 --> 00:16:46.679 doesn't come back now. So if you're wondering why doesn't 350 00:16:46.720 --> 00:16:49.919 Jesus come, he's waiting for us to fulfill the great commission. 351 00:16:50.000 --> 00:16:52.039 Yeah. I think next week we talk about that. Two 352 00:16:52.120 --> 00:16:54.240 Peter says, God's not willing that any would perish, but 353 00:16:54.279 --> 00:16:57.519 that all would come depends. So he's not being lazy 354 00:16:57.600 --> 00:16:59.799 in this, he's being patient in that, right. 355 00:17:00.080 --> 00:17:02.960 Yeah, that's great, and I love of course, you know, 356 00:17:03.159 --> 00:17:07.240 like there are certain parts of revelation that you hear at, 357 00:17:07.319 --> 00:17:09.839 for instance, like funerals, and the last part of that 358 00:17:09.839 --> 00:17:12.759 in verse number seventeen, and God will wipe away every 359 00:17:12.799 --> 00:17:15.759 tear from their eyes. It's just wonderful. And then the 360 00:17:16.359 --> 00:17:19.839 imagery of it's all about the Lamb, right, yea, So 361 00:17:19.880 --> 00:17:23.160 it's capital l lamb. Jesus is referred to as the lamb. 362 00:17:23.799 --> 00:17:26.359 You know, when he came on the scene. It was 363 00:17:26.400 --> 00:17:29.240 the first thing that John the Baptist said, behold the Lamb. 364 00:17:29.720 --> 00:17:32.119 The Old Testament pointed toward it, and all the way 365 00:17:32.160 --> 00:17:34.640 in the future in the Book of Revelation, it's just 366 00:17:34.960 --> 00:17:37.759 you know, it just calls Jesus the Lamb, and it's 367 00:17:37.759 --> 00:17:39.240 all about him. 368 00:17:39.559 --> 00:17:42.359 So this is the one that's sitting on the throne, right, 369 00:17:43.400 --> 00:17:47.480 But let's jump to Revelation chapter one, the very beginning. 370 00:17:47.880 --> 00:17:51.799 This is the very beginning, and then I guess we 371 00:17:51.839 --> 00:17:53.720 got to wrap up. We're going to run out of time, dude. 372 00:17:53.720 --> 00:17:55.519 We're never getting this done in two weeks, you know that, right, 373 00:17:56.400 --> 00:17:58.440 there's so much, so much affrasition. We know what we're 374 00:17:58.480 --> 00:18:00.920 going to go until we cover it covered. We were 375 00:18:00.960 --> 00:18:02.359 hoping to do it in two weeks, but I just 376 00:18:02.400 --> 00:18:06.319 can't imagine it. So here's the beginning, the very beginning, 377 00:18:06.519 --> 00:18:09.839 because I know some of our listeners like what, I 378 00:18:09.880 --> 00:18:12.599 need more information right now, so let's just start the 379 00:18:12.640 --> 00:18:16.079 beginning of revelation. Verse eight, Jesus says, I am the 380 00:18:16.119 --> 00:18:19.039 Alpha and the Omega, which literally means the beginning. In 381 00:18:19.079 --> 00:18:22.000 the end, says the Lord God. I'm the one who is, 382 00:18:22.359 --> 00:18:25.160 who always was, and who is still to come, the 383 00:18:25.319 --> 00:18:28.240 Almighty One. And then John said, when I turned to 384 00:18:28.279 --> 00:18:30.200 see who was speaking to me, I saw seven golden 385 00:18:30.279 --> 00:18:32.519 lamp stands, and standing in the middle of the lamp 386 00:18:32.519 --> 00:18:35.240 stands was someone like the son of Man. He was 387 00:18:35.279 --> 00:18:37.960 wearing a long robe with a gold sash across his chest. 388 00:18:38.319 --> 00:18:40.720 His head and his hair were white like wool, as 389 00:18:40.720 --> 00:18:43.759 white as snow, and his eyes were like flames of fire. 390 00:18:44.079 --> 00:18:47.039 His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, 391 00:18:47.039 --> 00:18:50.400 and his voice thundered like mighty ocean waves. He held 392 00:18:50.440 --> 00:18:52.400 seven stars in his right hand, and a sharp, two 393 00:18:52.480 --> 00:18:54.880 edged sword came from his mouth, and his face was 394 00:18:54.920 --> 00:18:57.079 like the sun and all its brilliance. And when I 395 00:18:57.119 --> 00:18:58.880 saw him, I fell at his feet as if I 396 00:18:58.880 --> 00:19:01.319 were dead. But he laid his right hand on me 397 00:19:01.359 --> 00:19:04.440 and said don't be afraid. I'm the first and the last. 398 00:19:04.559 --> 00:19:07.559 I'm the living one. I died, but look, I'm alive, 399 00:19:07.640 --> 00:19:10.319 forever and ever, and I hold the keys of death 400 00:19:10.599 --> 00:19:11.160 and the grave. 401 00:19:11.880 --> 00:19:13.640