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The Day the Dow Jones Hits Zero | Pathway to Victory with Dr. Robert Jeffress
The Day the Dow Jones Hits Zero | Pathway to Victory with Dr. Robert Jeffress
Pathway to Victory with Dr. Robert Jeffress
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>> [music]
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>> From the pulpit of the First Baptist
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Church of Dallas, Texas, this is Pathway
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to Victory with Dr. Robert Jeffress.
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>> Hi, I'm Robert Jeffress and welcome
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again to Pathway to Victory. All of us
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know the uneasy [music]
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feeling of watching a shaky stock market
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and wondering whether our savings will
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evaporate. But Revelation 18 describes a
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far worse day still to come when [music]
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the entire world economy will completely
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crumble. Imagine waking up to the fact
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that every stock, every savings account,
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every possession you own has been
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reduced [music]
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to nothing. My message is titled The Day
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the Dow Jones hits zero [music]
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on today's edition of Pathway to
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Victory.
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>> The Book of Revelation is filled with
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fantastic imagery and vivid depictions
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that many believers find intimidating.
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But God's word was never meant to
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confuse or discourage you. In his
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best-selling [music] book, Final
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Conquest, Dr. Robert Jeffress walks you
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through Revelation verse by verse,
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explaining its signs [music] and symbols
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in plain terms you can understand.
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Request your copy of Final Conquest when
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support the ministry of Pathway to
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Victory.
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>> The coronavirus pandemic [music] has had
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many painful side effects, and the least
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of which is not the economic side
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effects and problems.
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Uh
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we've seen it everywhere. Millions of
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jobs lost in the last several months.
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Businesses being shuttered left and
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right.
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People's 401K retirement plans
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decimated.
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We've seen this in just a few months.
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You know, in the period of time between
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March the 19th and February the 19th and
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March 22nd, just 22 trading days, the
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S&P stock average went down 30%.
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It was the fastest drop of that momentum
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in the history of the stock market.
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And although the stock market has
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recovered somewhat, it's still very,
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very unsettled.
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But did you know the Bible predicts that
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there is a day coming
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when the Dow Jones and every other
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average will go to zero,
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and it will never recover?
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In fact, every economic measure will go
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to zero.
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On one single day in history,
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the world economy is going to collapse.
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And it's that day that we're going to
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look at today in our study of the book
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of Revelation. If you have your Bible,
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turn to Revelation chapter 18.
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Revelation chapter 18 verses 1 to 3, an
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announcement of judgment against
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Babylon. Look at it with me.
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After these things, I, that is John, saw
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another angel like the one who had
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announced the earlier destruction. I saw
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another angel coming down from heaven
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having great authority,
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and the earth was illumined with his
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glory. And he cried out with a mighty
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voice saying, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon
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the great."
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Why does he repeat, "Fallen, fallen"?
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Remember in chapter 16, we see those
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words. They are prophetic looking
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forward to what was about to happen as
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if it had already taken place. And now
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the actual event takes place. So, the
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angel announces, "Fallen, fallen is
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Babylon the great." Perhaps the
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repetition's for emphasis. Perhaps he's
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talking about the two aspects of the
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kingdom fallen, the religious aspect
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fallen, the economic system.
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"Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great."
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But most importantly to answer is what
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does John mean? What does the angel mean
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by Babylon? Remember in 17, it referred
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to a religious system.
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But in chapter 18, it refers to both a
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system and a city that was the capital
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of that system.
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I use this analogy before, but just
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think of Wall Street. When we think
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about, "Oh, Wall Street had a bad day
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today. Bad day on Wall Street." Are we
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talking about that little area in
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southern Manhattan, Wall Street, a
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geographical location, or are we talking
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about the system? We're talking about
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the system. We're talking about the
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economic
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measure of our entire health, Wall
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Street, the stock averages. It's the
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same way here.
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When the angel announces, "Babylon is
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fallen", he's talking about the system,
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but he's also talking about the capital
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city behind that system because over and
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over in this chapter, we find the
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description of Babylon as that great
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city, the great city and system of
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Babylon. Now, look at the appeal for
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believers to leave Babylon beginning in
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verse 4. "I heard another voice from
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heaven."
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And most likely this is the voice of God
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himself saying, "Come out of her, my
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people, so that you will not participate
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in her sins and receive of her plagues."
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Angels don't have people they can
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command to do certain things. So, this
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is God saying, "I want my people who are
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living in Babylon to come out of
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Babylon, not participate in her sins,
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and receive my judgment." What were the
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sins? Well, there were many sins in
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Babylon, but the root sin that fueled
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this economic system was greed.
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The desire for more and more and more.
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That's what the problem here was. It was
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the problem of greed.
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Look at verse 5. For Babylon's sins have
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piled up as high as heaven, and God has
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remembered her iniquities.
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Her sins have piled up. This is a direct
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allusion to Genesis chapter 11, the
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original founding of the city of Babel.
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And remember they built that tower as a
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sign of their rebellion against the true
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God. And they built that tower brick
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upon brick upon brick upon brick.
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That's the way sin is. Sin upon sin upon
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sin upon sin until we build that wall of
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separation between God and us. Her sins
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have piled up as far as heaven. I'll say
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more about that in a moment. So, what's
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the remedy? Verse 6, for the sin, look,
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"Pay her back, God, even as she has
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paid. And give Babylon back to her
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double according to her deeds. In the
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cup in which she has mixed, mix twice as
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much for her. To the degree that she has
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glorified herself and lived sensuously,
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to the same degree give her torment."
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This is what we call
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in scripture lex talionis, the law of
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retribution.
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It's the basis of the Mosaic law. It's
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the basis of almost every legal system
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in the world today. The law of
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retribution. An eye for an eye and a
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tooth for a tooth. You punish people
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according to their sin. You give them
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back
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not only what they deserve, but in this
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case, double what they
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deserve.
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Now, I know you read this and you say,
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"What? And that's kind of strange."
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God, don't you need to settle down a
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little bit? That's a little angry, isn't
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it? Remember what your son said, you
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know,
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turn the other cheek.
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Shouldn't we
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be forgiving instead of want
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retribution?
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Listen, there is a difference between
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vengeance
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and justice.
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When somebody offends us,
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we are never to seek vengeance. You know
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what vengeance is? It's hurting somebody
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else because they hurt me.
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Okay, I'll admit it. This is the part
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where I stop preaching just for a second
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and make a little bit of an ask. You're
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here, you're watching, and that tells me
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something about you. You're serious
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about God's word. So, let's make sure
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you never lose track of us. Three things
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I'm asking you to do. Hit subscribe,
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click the bell, that's how we'll tap you
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on the shoulder every time something new
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drops, and then go to the program notes.
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There's a free resource down there with
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your name on it. No donation, no catch,
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just something I want to put in your
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hands. Are you finished? Great. Let's
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get back to today's message.
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When we forgive, we give up our desire
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for vengeance, we should never give up
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our desire for justice. What you see
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happening to Babylon is justice. It's
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God settling the score. Look at verse 8.
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For this reason, in one day her plagues
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will come, pestilence and mourning and
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famine, and she will be burned up with
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fire, for the Lord God who judges her is
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strong. It's going to happen in one day.
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This great city and system will be
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destroyed. You know, again, going back
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to ancient Babylon, there's a precedent
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for this.
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Remember the story in Daniel chapter 5?
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Belshazzar was the king of Babylon, and
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they had a great banquet, and there was
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that handwriting on the wall, and Daniel
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interpreted it. Everybody was astounded.
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This mysterious hand writing something
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on the wall.
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What does it mean? And Daniel translated
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it for Belshazzar.
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For you, Belshazzar, have been weighed
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and found deficient in God's scales, and
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tonight you will be destroyed by the
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Medes and the Persians.
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That night was October the 12th, 539 BC.
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We know from history what happened. When
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Daniel left the king's presence that
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very night, the Medes and the Persians
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came and overtook Babylon. It happened
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in one day, one night. It will be the
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same for the future Babylon as well. You
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know, we have a precedent for
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terrible economic calamities that
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occurred in one day. October 29th, 1929
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is known as Black Tuesday, when the
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stock market just about collapsed. Or
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even in more recent days, September
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16th, 2008, our banking system just
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about collapsed, had it not been for the
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Federal Reserve loaning $85 billion to
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the AIG corporation. All of those are
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just a precursor to that final collapse
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that will come.
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By the way, here's a great warning for
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anybody who puts their trust in their
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money, in their stocks, in their
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possessions. In Proverbs 23:5, Solomon,
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the richest man of his day, said, "Cast
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but a glance at riches, and they fly
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away, for they will surely sprout wings
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and fly away like an eagle."
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Have you ever had that happen with your
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money?
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One day you have it, the next day it
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just kind of flies away, it disappears.
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That is how transitory wealth is. It can
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disappear overnight. What's the result
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of God's judgment? Look beginning at
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verse 9, the anguish over the
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destruction of Babylon. First of all,
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the anguish of the kings. Verse 9, "And
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the kings of the earth who committed
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acts of immorality and lived sensuously
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with her, will weep and lament over her
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when they see the smoke of her burning,
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standing at a distance because of the
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fear of her torment, saying, 'Woe, woe,
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the great city, Babylon, the strong
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city, for in one hour your judgment has
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come.'"
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You know, I
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think about this
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in terms of something we've seen in our
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own history.
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John talks about the kings saw the smoke
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of her burning.
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Remember in chapter 16, we saw the
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earthquake uh that happened to the city
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of Babylon, and now we see a great fire.
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On April the 18th, 1906,
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a great earthquake struck the city of
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San Francisco, California.
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Jack London, the novelist, noted that
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that earthquake caused hundreds of
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thousands of dollars worth of damage,
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but the fires that resulted from that
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earthquake caused hundreds of millions
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of dollars. And I think that's what you
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see happening here. There's the initial
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earthquake in chapter 16. Now, here's
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the fire that is the result of that
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earthquake. There's great anguish with
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with the 10 kings, the rulers as they
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see the economic system destroyed. Then
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there's the anguish of the merchants
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themselves, those who are buying and
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selling goods. Look at verse 11. And the
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merchants of the earth weep and mourn
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over her because no one buys their cargo
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anymore. And then John lists all of the
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things that can no longer be bought or
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sold. They just sit on the shelf.
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Stores close. Some stores, chains filing
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for bankruptcy. There's no longer any
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ability or desire to buy and to sell.
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Interestingly, of those more than a
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dozen things that are mentioned, verse
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13 mentions slaves and human lives.
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There will no longer be a market for
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that.
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Even though apparently there was a
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market for that during the great
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tribulation, slavery will be taking
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place.
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You know, we see human trafficking even
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today is a tremendous problem. The State
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Department in a recent report said 25
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million human beings in the world have
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been bought and sold. That won't occur
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during the great tribulation in these
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final days. And then you see the anguish
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not only of the kings and the merchants,
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but also of the seafarers, the sailors.
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Look at verse 17. And in 1 hour such
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great wealth has been laid waste. And
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every shipmaster and every passenger and
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sailor and as many as make their living
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by the sea, they stood at a distance.
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And they were crying out as they saw the
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smoke of her burning saying, "What city
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is like the great city?" And they threw
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dust on their heads. That's a sign of
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mourning. We're crying and weeping,
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"Woe, woe, the great city in which all
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who had ships at sea became rich by her
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wealth. For in 1 hour she has been laid
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waste."
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You know, as John describes these
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sailors in their ships looking at a
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distance at the destruction of Babylon.
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Every time I read that,
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I think of that sight from September
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11th, 2001.
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After the attacks on the Twin Towers in
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Manhattan, do you remember that picture?
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The towers were still standing, they
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were on fire. And remember that picture
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of New York Harbor, all the boats that
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were in New York Harbor, they had pushed
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out from Manhattan and they were
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watching from a distance to what was
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happening to that great city. Again,
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that is just a forerunner of what's
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going to happen one day.
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Throughout this passage is a reminder
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of why we shouldn't put our hope and
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build our affection around riches.
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Matthew chapter 6 verses 19 through 21,
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Jesus said, "Do not store up for
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yourselves treasures on earth, where
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moth and rust destroy and where thieves
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break in and steal. But store up for
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yourselves treasures in heaven, where
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neither moth nor rust destroys and where
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thieves do not break in or steal.
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For where your treasure is, there your
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heart will be also."
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Could I ask you, where is your treasure
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today? What is it you really value?
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If it's here on earth, remember it's all
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going to be either be destroyed or left
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behind when you die.
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But if your treasure is in heaven,
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nothing will ever destroy it for all
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eternity.
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Verse 20, the acclamation finally of
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praise over Babylon. God says in verse
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20, "Rejoice over her, oh heavens, and
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you saints and apostles and prophets."
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That is all believers, because God has
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pronounced judgment for you against her.
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Babylon is the system that oppressed
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people, but especially Christians. And
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that's why Christians can rejoice when
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God's justice is
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executed. Look at this verse 21. Then a
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strong angel took up a stone like a
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great millstone and threw it into the
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sea saying, "So will Babylon the great
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city be thrown down with violence and
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will not be found any longer."
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When he talks about the destruction of
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this great city, is he talking about
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Babylon itself, the ancient city that's
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rebuilt? Maybe. Maybe he's referring to
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Babylon as a code like Peter does in 1
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Peter 5:13 for Rome. Perhaps it's code
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for some other city, London,
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Rome, Hong Kong, perhaps New York City.
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But you know, whatever the city is,
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everybody will be amazed at how quickly
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that great city was destroyed.
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Verse 22 says, "And the sound of
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harpists and musicians and flute players
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and trumpeters will not be heard in you
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any longer." There'll be no more music.
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"No craftsman of any craft will be found
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in you any longer.
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The sound of a mill will not be heard in
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you any longer." That's referring to the
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production of food. And look at this
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verse 23, "And the light of a lamp will
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not shine in you any longer." There'll
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be no longer any light.
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Could that be a failure or an attack on
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the electrical grid? Not only that, "The
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voice of the bridegroom and the bride
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will not be heard in you any longer. For
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your merchants were great men of the
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earth because all of the nations were
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deceived by your sorcery." People won't
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be getting married. They either won't be
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able to or they won't want to during
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that period of time. Verse 24, "And in
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her, Babylon, was found the blood of
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prophets and of saints and of all of
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those who have been slain on the earth."
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Remember this economic system that is
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destroyed by God is the very same system
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that the Antichrist uses to deprive
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Christians of food and other things they
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need to survive. Remember, under this
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economic system, if you do not receive
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the mark of the beast, you will not be
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able to buy or to sell.
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That's why he says it was in Babylon
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that the blood of the prophets was
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found.
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What is the sin of Babylon that God
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punishes? It's the
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sin of greed, which is really idolatry.
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But listen to me.
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The sins of society
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are really the sins of the individuals
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who make up that society.
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When we talk about society's sin of
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racism, society's sin of lawlessness,
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society's sin of greed, it's easy to
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talk about societal sins
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because that takes the pressure off of
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us.
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But remember, the sins of society are
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the sins of the individuals in that
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society.
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The sin of greed that not only will be a
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part of the future Antichrist empire,
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but is part of our
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economy right now.
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The sin of greed in America is the sin
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of greed of Americans
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and even Christians.
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And I'd ask you right now,
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what is it that you're worshipping? What
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is it that you have built your life and
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your hope and your happiness and
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security around?
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Is it in material possessions? Is it in
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money?
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You know, the greatest antidote to the
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problem of greed
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is contentment.
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Being satisfied with what God has
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already provided.
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In Proverbs 30:7-9,
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Solomon describes what should be the
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prayer of every Christian when it comes
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to material needs. He says, "Lord, two
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things I've asked for you and don't
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refuse me before I die.
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Keep deception and lies far from me.
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Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed
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me with the food that is my portion that
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I might not be full and deny you and
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say, 'Who is the Lord?' or that I might
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not be in want and steal and profane the
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name of my God."
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Solomon's saying, "When it comes from
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money, Lord, here's my prayer.
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Don't make me poor
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and don't make me rich.
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Give me just what I need
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because I know myself too well. If I
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have too much, I'll be tempted to deny
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you and say I don't need God.
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And if I have too little,
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I'll be tempted to steal and defame the
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name of God.
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Give me just what I need.
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Help me to be satisfied with what you've
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given me. That's the secret to combating
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greed."
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I want to go back as we close to verse
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10 for a moment.
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"Woe, woe, the great city Babylon,
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for in one hour your judgment has come."
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Remember I said that's an allusion to
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Genesis chapter 11 and the building of
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that first ancient city of Babel and the
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tower that they wanted to build as a
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sign of their rebellion against God. I
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want you to think about this for a
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moment. When they started building
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building that tower,
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when they put the first brick down,
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God didn't destroy the tower.
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When they placed the second brick on top
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of that first brick, he didn't do a
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thing.
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God allowed them to build that tower
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brick after brick after brick after
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brick.
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And finally, without one
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word of pre-announcement, God came and
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visited the city of Babel and brought
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his resulting judgment.
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That's how God does.
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God doesn't always judge sin in our
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lives immediately.
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For some of you listening right now,
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some in this worship center,
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you're building a life
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apart from God.
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Brick by brick, sin by sin.
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And frankly, you're surprised God hasn't
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judged you yet for it.
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Let me give you a great word of warning
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from my own experience. Don't confuse
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God's patience with God's tolerance for
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sin.
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If God hasn't judged you yet for the sin
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in your life,
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it's only for one reason.
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It's because of his patience, his love
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for you.
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God is not slow about his promise, the
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Bible says. He's not willing that any
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should come
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he into judgment, but all should receive
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a knowledge of the truth. Don't confuse
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God's patience with God's tolerance for
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your sin.
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God's giving you time to repent.
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But never forget
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that God's judgment will eventually
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come.
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It will come suddenly,
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and it will come completely.
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That's the message that comes from the
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story of Babylon.
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In the same way God dismantled the Tower
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of Babel, he will one day dismantle the
[24:38]
future city of Babylon. But God isn't
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finished, and neither are we. This year
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Pathway to Victory is celebrating 30
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years of ministry, and by God's grace,
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we're reaching [music] more people in
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more places than ever before. The
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message hasn't changed since 1996,
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[music]
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but the doors God keeps opening are
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greater every year. Your generosity is
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growth, sending the truth of God's word
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to people who are searching for real,
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trustworthy answers.
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Thank you for your faithful support of
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Pathway to Victory. Now, stay right
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there. I'll be back with more in just a
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moment.
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>> Our world is growing darker by the day,
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but the book of Revelation teaches that
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one day soon the darkness will pass, and
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our long-awaited King of Kings and Lord
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of Lords will return and make his final
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conquest.
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>> The book of Revelation isn't just the
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unveiling of future events, [music]
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it's the unveiling of a person, Jesus
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Christ. And in Final Conquest, my
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[music] exclusive commentary on
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Revelation, you'll discover the great
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hope we have in the triumphant return of
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our Lord Jesus Christ.
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>> Request your copy of Final Conquest when
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>> And these line up exactly with [music]
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the seven seal judgments we see in
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Revelation chapter six.
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>> In light of current events and with the
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return of Christ so clearly on the
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horizon, sharing the gospel through
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Pathway to Victory has never been more
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important or more urgent. So, [music]
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thank you for supporting Pathway to
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Victory as together we pierce the
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darkness of our day with the light of
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God's word.
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>> God's judgment is coming. [music]
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There's no doubt about that. Those who
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are not snatched up in the rapture will
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endure seven long years of God's wrath
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poured [music] out upon the earth. And
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next time we'll turn to the most
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important event in all of human history.
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The event every [music] one of these
[27:05]
judgements is simply a prelude to the
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triumphant return of Jesus Christ. Stay
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tuned for a preview [music] of what's
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coming up next in our series, Final
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Conquest.
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>> The fact is you don't hear much about
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the return of Jesus Christ. It's a
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subject not even addressed in many
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pulpits across America today.
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But even though it may not [music] be
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talked about a lot,
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the fact is certain.
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Jesus Christ is returning to earth one
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day to reward the righteous and to
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punish the unrighteous.
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>> Set your DVR and join us next time for
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>> The Apostle Paul sailed these waters,
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walked these streets, [music] and the
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church was never the same.
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>> Thank you so much for watching Pathway
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