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serpent</c><00:10:00.659><c> that</c><00:10:00.899><c> sin</c><00:10:01.080><c> entered</c><00:10:01.259><c> into</c> 00:10:01.519 --> 00:10:01.980 the<00:10:01.720><c> world,</c> 00:10:02.259 --> 00:10:04.000 and<00:10:02.639><c> condemnation</c><00:10:03.360><c> was</c><00:10:03.600><c> pronounced.</c> 00:10:04.360 --> 00:10:06.899 So<00:10:04.519><c> what</c><00:10:04.679><c> I</c><00:10:04.799><c> want</c><00:10:04.980><c> to</c><00:10:05.120><c> do</c><00:10:05.279><c> now</c><00:10:05.480><c> is</c><00:10:05.639><c> just</c><00:10:05.879><c> to</c><00:10:06.039><c> develop</c><00:10:06.259><c> this</c><00:10:06.559><c> theme</c><00:10:06.700><c> of</c> 00:10:06.899 --> 00:10:07.399 this<00:10:07.179><c> condemnation,</c> 00:10:07.399 --> 00:10:13.100 because<00:10:08.100><c> within</c><00:10:09.000><c> this</c><00:10:09.360><c> theme</c><00:10:09.580><c> of</c><00:10:09.860><c> condemnation</c><00:10:10.399><c> we</c><00:10:10.659><c> see</c><00:10:12.559><c> the</c> 00:10:13.100 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said,</c><00:10:26.059><c> I</c><00:10:26.179><c> will</c><00:10:26.480><c> greatly</c><00:10:26.919><c> multiply</c><00:10:27.460><c> thy</c> 00:10:27.679 --> 00:10:29.039 sorrow<00:10:28.159><c> and</c><00:10:28.340><c> thy</c><00:10:28.539><c> conception,</c> 00:10:29.200 --> 00:10:31.460 and<00:10:29.340><c> sorrow</c><00:10:29.659><c> thou</c><00:10:29.860><c> shalt</c><00:10:30.139><c> bring</c><00:10:30.480><c> forth</c><00:10:30.759><c> children.</c> 00:10:31.460 --> 00:10:35.320 And<00:10:32.120><c> I</c><00:10:32.240><c> want</c><00:10:32.360><c> us</c><00:10:32.500><c> to</c><00:10:32.580><c> notice</c><00:10:32.940><c> this</c><00:10:33.200><c> phrase,</c><00:10:34.000><c> and</c><00:10:34.000><c> thy</c><00:10:34.460><c> desire</c> 00:10:35.320 --> 00:10:38.639 shall<00:10:35.659><c> be</c><00:10:35.820><c> to</c><00:10:36.000><c> thy</c><00:10:36.159><c> husband,</c><00:10:37.000><c> and</c><00:10:37.320><c> he</c><00:10:37.580><c> shall</c><00:10:37.940><c> rule</c><00:10:38.080><c> over</c><00:10:38.440><c> thee.</c> 00:10:38.700 --> 00:10:40.659 And<00:10:38.840><c> unto</c><00:10:39.039><c> Adam</c><00:10:39.220><c> he</c><00:10:39.340><c> said,</c><00:10:39.600><c> Because</c><00:10:39.879><c> there</c><00:10:40.059><c> was</c><00:10:40.259><c> harkenance</c> 00:10:40.659 --> 00:10:41.879 of<00:10:40.740><c> the</c><00:10:40.860><c> voice</c><00:10:41.039><c> of</c><00:10:41.200><c> my</c><00:10:41.360><c> wife,</c> 00:10:42.139 --> 00:10:44.320 as<00:10:42.279><c> he</c><00:10:42.440><c> to</c><00:10:42.519><c> the</c><00:10:42.759><c> tree</c><00:10:42.899><c> of</c><00:10:43.019><c> which</c><00:10:43.220><c> I</c><00:10:43.399><c> commanded</c><00:10:43.700><c> thee,</c><00:10:44.320><c> saying,</c> 00:10:44.519 --> 00:10:48.220 Thou<00:10:44.700><c> shalt</c><00:10:44.960><c> not</c><00:10:45.259><c> eat</c><00:10:45.460><c> to</c><00:10:45.600><c> it,</c><00:10:46.100><c> curses</c><00:10:46.440><c> the</c><00:10:46.639><c> 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that</c><00:11:03.639><c> word</c><00:11:03.759><c> desire.</c><00:11:04.299><c> That</c><00:11:04.480><c> word</c><00:11:04.720><c> desire</c><00:11:05.200><c> in</c><00:11:05.379><c> the</c><00:11:05.600><c> Concorda</c><00:11:06.179><c> literally</c><00:11:06.620><c> means</c><00:11:06.980><c> a</c><00:11:07.379><c> restoration.</c> 00:11:08.159 --> 00:11:12.019 In<00:11:08.240><c> fact,</c><00:11:08.539><c> the</c><00:11:08.759><c> Septuagint</c><00:11:09.399><c> translates</c><00:11:09.940><c> that</c><00:11:10.259><c> as</c><00:11:10.659><c> a</c><00:11:10.879><c> restoration.</c> 00:11:12.659 --> 00:11:17.639 The<00:11:12.799><c> Concorda</c><00:11:13.139><c> says</c><00:11:13.379><c> that</c><00:11:13.700><c> phrase,</c><00:11:14.259><c> Be</c><00:11:14.259><c> your</c><00:11:14.460><c> husband</c><00:11:14.940><c> is</c><00:11:15.240><c> your</c><00:11:15.500><c> restoration,</c><00:11:17.240><c> and</c> 00:11:17.639 --> 00:11:18.779 he<00:11:17.980><c> 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restored.</c><00:13:28.620><c> A</c><00:13:28.919><c> beautiful</c><00:13:29.279><c> thing,</c><00:13:29.879><c> is</c><00:13:30.039><c> it</c><00:13:30.200><c> not?</c> 00:13:31.500 --> 00:13:35.980 Now<00:13:31.779><c> Adam</c><00:13:31.960><c> understood</c><00:13:32.419><c> this.</c><00:13:34.379><c> Adam</c><00:13:34.740><c> absolutely</c><00:13:35.539><c> understood</c> 00:13:35.980 --> 00:13:38.759 the<00:13:36.200><c> principle</c><00:13:36.559><c> contained</c><00:13:36.960><c> in</c><00:13:37.120><c> Genesis</c><00:13:37.419><c> 3</c><00:13:37.779><c> verse</c><00:13:38.039><c> 15</c><00:13:38.440><c> because</c> 00:13:38.759 --> 00:13:39.500 look<00:13:39.000><c> what</c><00:13:39.139><c> he</c><00:13:39.320><c> says.</c> 00:13:39.500 --> 00:13:43.720 The<00:13:40.200><c> first</c><00:13:40.720><c> thing</c><00:13:41.080><c> that</c><00:13:41.399><c> Adam</c><00:13:41.600><c> does,</c><00:13:42.120><c> have</c><00:13:42.279><c> you</c><00:13:42.399><c> noticed</c><00:13:42.659><c> this?</c><00:13:43.519><c> The</c> 00:13:43.720 --> 00:13:47.080 first<00:13:44.019><c> thing</c><00:13:44.220><c> that</c><00:13:44.419><c> Adam</c><00:13:44.620><c> does</c><00:13:44.919><c> after</c><00:13:45.200><c> the</c><00:13:45.440><c> curse</c><00:13:45.679><c> has</c><00:13:45.840><c> been</c><00:13:46.080><c> pronounced,</c> 00:13:47.320 --> 00:13:51.580 look<00:13:47.500><c> at</c><00:13:47.620><c> this,</c><00:13:48.000><c> what</c><00:13:48.179><c> a</c><00:13:48.279><c> man</c><00:13:48.379><c> of</c><00:13:48.639><c> faith.</c><00:13:50.559><c> We</c><00:13:50.759><c> don't</c><00:13:50.919><c> often</c><00:13:51.139><c> think</c><00:13:51.399><c> of</c> 00:13:51.580 --> 00:13:53.440 Adam<00:13:51.740><c> as</c><00:13:51.899><c> a</c><00:13:52.019><c> man</c><00:13:52.120><c> of</c><00:13:52.320><c> faith.</c><00:13:52.500><c> Well</c><00:13:52.620><c> look</c><00:13:52.759><c> at</c><00:13:52.840><c> verse</c><00:13:53.039><c> 20.</c> 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body</c><00:17:03.779><c> that</c><00:17:04.019><c> Brother</c><00:17:04.299><c> Byrne</c><00:17:04.500><c> had</c><00:17:04.660><c> mentioned</c><00:17:04.940><c> in</c> 00:17:05.140 --> 00:17:06.180 his<00:17:05.440><c> prayer,</c> 00:17:07.759 --> 00:17:12.720 that<00:17:07.980><c> is</c><00:17:08.519><c> shackled</c><00:17:09.099><c> with</c><00:17:10.140><c> the</c><00:17:10.519><c> heavy</c><00:17:10.819><c> weight</c><00:17:11.119><c> of</c><00:17:11.440><c> mortality,</c> 00:17:13.299 --> 00:17:20.180 will<00:17:13.480><c> be</c><00:17:13.900><c> transformed</c><00:17:15.000><c> to</c><00:17:16.500><c> a</c><00:17:16.700><c> beautiful</c><00:17:17.299><c> and</c><00:17:17.900><c> splendid</c><00:17:18.640><c> and</c> 00:17:20.180 --> 00:17:21.640 celestial<00:17:21.079><c> creature.</c> 00:17:21.920 --> 00:17:24.759 Let's<00:17:22.099><c> go</c><00:17:22.279><c> then</c><00:17:22.519><c> to</c><00:17:22.759><c> Romans</c><00:17:23.099><c> chapter</c><00:17:23.480><c> 8</c><00:17:23.720><c> and</c><00:17:23.920><c> these</c><00:17:24.220><c> are</c><00:17:24.420><c> very</c> 00:17:24.759 --> 00:17:25.440 important<00:17:25.220><c> principles.</c> 00:17:25.519 --> 00:17:27.960 Now<00:17:25.720><c> we</c><00:17:25.740><c> might</c><00:17:26.099><c> believe</c><00:17:26.559><c> that</c><00:17:26.740><c> we</c><00:17:26.859><c> understand</c><00:17:27.299><c> these</c><00:17:27.519><c> principles,</c> 00:17:27.960 --> 00:17:30.559 but<00:17:28.380><c> we</c><00:17:28.579><c> need</c><00:17:28.839><c> to</c><00:17:29.000><c> know</c><00:17:29.099><c> them</c><00:17:29.319><c> so</c><00:17:29.779><c> well</c><00:17:30.019><c> brothers</c><00:17:30.319><c> and</c><00:17:30.380><c> sisters</c> 00:17:30.559 --> 00:17:31.059 young<00:17:30.799><c> people</c> 00:17:31.059 --> 00:17:33.519 that<00:17:31.220><c> when</c><00:17:31.380><c> we're</c><00:17:31.640><c> speaking</c><00:17:31.900><c> to</c><00:17:32.119><c> our</c><00:17:32.339><c> 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of</c><00:17:44.599><c> this</c><00:17:44.819><c> present</c><00:17:45.119><c> time</c> 00:17:48.019 --> 00:17:50.819 are<00:17:48.500><c> not</c><00:17:48.720><c> worthy</c><00:17:48.940><c> to</c><00:17:49.140><c> be</c><00:17:49.259><c> compared</c><00:17:49.579><c> with</c><00:17:49.799><c> the</c><00:17:50.000><c> glory</c><00:17:50.240><c> which</c><00:17:50.460><c> shall</c><00:17:50.619><c> be</c> 00:17:50.819 --> 00:17:52.400 revealed<00:17:51.140><c> in</c><00:17:51.359><c> us,</c><00:17:51.680><c> says</c><00:17:51.819><c> Paul.</c> 00:17:52.400 --> 00:17:56.180 Look<00:17:53.460><c> at</c><00:17:53.579><c> this,</c><00:17:53.779><c> for</c><00:17:54.059><c> the</c><00:17:54.400><c> earnest</c><00:17:54.599><c> expectation</c><00:17:55.359><c> of</c><00:17:55.559><c> the</c><00:17:55.779><c> creature</c> 00:17:56.180 --> 00:17:59.539 waiteth<00:17:56.759><c> for</c><00:17:56.960><c> the</c><00:17:57.160><c> manifestation</c><00:17:57.779><c> of</c><00:17:57.980><c> 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--> 00:18:47.440 So<00:18:44.519><c> we</c><00:18:44.619><c> see</c><00:18:44.740><c> there</c><00:18:45.039><c> here</c><00:18:45.380><c> as</c><00:18:45.660><c> the</c><00:18:45.839><c> apostle</c><00:18:46.119><c> Paul</c><00:18:46.720><c> highlights</c> 00:18:47.440 --> 00:18:48.380 for<00:18:47.779><c> us</c> 00:18:48.380 --> 00:18:52.880 that<00:18:48.859><c> this</c><00:18:49.279><c> condemnation</c><00:18:50.019><c> is</c><00:18:50.180><c> related</c><00:18:50.400><c> to</c><00:18:50.599><c> this</c><00:18:51.019><c> bondage</c><00:18:51.640><c> of</c><00:18:51.920><c> corruption,</c> 00:18:54.539 --> 00:18:58.119 yet<00:18:54.700><c> immortality</c><00:18:55.440><c> is</c><00:18:55.619><c> related</c><00:18:55.940><c> to</c><00:18:56.160><c> the</c><00:18:56.359><c> glorious</c><00:18:56.740><c> liberty</c><00:18:57.380><c> of</c> 00:18:58.119 --> 00:18:59.299 the<00:18:58.579><c> children</c><00:18:58.960><c> of</c><00:18:59.200><c> God.</c> 00:18:59.680 --> 00:19:03.380 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believed<00:19:13.279><c> for</c><00:19:13.519><c> 160</c><00:19:14.160><c> years,</c> 00:19:15.339 --> 00:19:18.019 that<00:19:15.579><c> this</c><00:19:15.799><c> body</c><00:19:16.119><c> of</c><00:19:16.299><c> death</c><00:19:16.440><c> will</c><00:19:16.680><c> be</c><00:19:16.920><c> changed.</c> 00:19:19.200 --> 00:19:22.400 2<00:19:19.799><c> Peter</c><00:19:20.359><c> and</c><00:19:21.759><c> chapter</c><00:19:22.119><c> 1.</c> 00:19:22.819 --> 00:19:25.880 Now,<00:19:23.480><c> what</c><00:19:23.579><c> the</c><00:19:23.740><c> apostle</c><00:19:24.019><c> Peter</c><00:19:24.319><c> is</c><00:19:24.579><c> saying</c><00:19:24.740><c> is</c><00:19:24.980><c> that</c><00:19:25.440><c> if</c><00:19:25.720><c> we</c> 00:19:25.880 --> 00:19:27.660 are<00:19:25.980><c> going</c><00:19:26.099><c> to</c><00:19:26.259><c> take</c><00:19:26.500><c> on</c><00:19:26.799><c> immortality,</c> 00:19:27.779 --> 00:19:30.720 then<00:19:27.920><c> this</c><00:19:28.160><c> body</c><00:19:28.460><c> that</c><00:19:28.680><c> we</c><00:19:28.900><c> bear</c><00:19:29.059><c> today</c><00:19:29.599><c> needs</c><00:19:30.119><c> to</c><00:19:30.319><c> be</c> 00:19:30.720 --> 00:19:35.119 permanently<00:19:31.339><c> changed,</c><00:19:33.380><c> irreversibly</c><00:19:34.319><c> changed.</c> 00:19:35.640 --> 00:19:48.859 2<00:19:35.859><c> Peter</c><00:19:36.160><c> then,</c><00:19:36.920><c> chapter</c><00:19:37.400><c> 1,</c> 00:19:51.759 --> 00:20:06.980 Notice,<00:20:02.920><c> having</c><00:20:03.039><c> escaped</c><00:20:03.519><c> the</c><00:20:03.900><c> corruption,</c><00:20:05.140><c> notice,</c><00:20:06.660><c> having</c> 00:20:06.980 --> 00:20:08.559 escaped<00:20:07.519><c> the</c><00:20:07.839><c> corruption,</c> 00:20:08.799 --> 00:20:10.119 that<00:20:08.900><c> is</c><00:20:09.059><c> in</c><00:20:09.200><c> the</c><00:20:09.339><c> world</c><00:20:09.579><c> through</c><00:20:09.880><c> lust.</c> 00:20:10.299 --> 00:20:13.359 Well,<00:20:10.440><c> we</c><00:20:10.519><c> saw</c><00:20:10.640><c> that</c><00:20:10.779><c> word,</c><00:20:11.059><c> corruption,</c><00:20:11.559><c> didn't</c><00:20:11.579><c> we,</c><00:20:11.660><c> in</c><00:20:11.759><c> Romans</c><00:20:12.099><c> 8?</c> 00:20:14.480 --> 00:20:17.460 That<00:20:14.680><c> is</c><00:20:14.839><c> in</c><00:20:15.019><c> the</c><00:20:15.259><c> world</c><00:20:15.720><c> through</c><00:20:16.460><c> lust.</c> 00:20:18.359 --> 00:20:22.940 Have<00:20:18.359><c> we</c><00:20:18.519><c> ever</c><00:20:18.680><c> thought</c><00:20:18.900><c> about</c><00:20:19.279><c> that,</c><00:20:19.839><c> seriously,</c><00:20:21.960><c> being</c><00:20:22.259><c> partakers</c><00:20:22.740><c> of</c> 00:20:22.940 --> 00:20:23.819 the<00:20:23.079><c> divine</c><00:20:23.440><c> nature,</c> 00:20:23.920 --> 00:20:28.500 to<00:20:24.180><c> share</c><00:20:24.539><c> the</c><00:20:24.779><c> same</c><00:20:25.519><c> body</c><00:20:25.960><c> and</c><00:20:26.359><c> form</c><00:20:26.740><c> as</c><00:20:27.259><c> the</c><00:20:27.359><c> Lord</c><00:20:27.559><c> Jesus</c><00:20:27.920><c> Christ,</c><00:20:28.299><c> the</c> 00:20:28.500 --> 00:20:31.799 angelic<00:20:28.960><c> host,</c><00:20:29.380><c> even</c><00:20:30.160><c> God</c><00:20:30.579><c> himself?</c> 00:20:33.000 --> 00:20:34.720 I<00:20:33.000><c> don't</c><00:20:33.200><c> know</c><00:20:33.259><c> if</c><00:20:33.319><c> you've</c><00:20:33.480><c> ever</c><00:20:33.680><c> picked</c><00:20:33.880><c> up</c><00:20:34.059><c> this</c><00:20:34.259><c> phrase.</c> 00:20:35.200 --> 00:20:36.779 Worth<00:20:35.380><c> just</c><00:20:35.640><c> making</c><00:20:35.880><c> a</c><00:20:36.039><c> note,</c><00:20:36.140><c> we</c><00:20:36.180><c> haven't</c><00:20:36.319><c> got</c><00:20:36.440><c> time</c><00:20:36.599><c> to</c><00:20:36.660><c> look</c> 00:20:36.779 --> 00:20:37.019 at<00:20:36.839><c> it.</c> 00:20:37.019 --> 00:20:39.000 Psalm<00:20:37.259><c> 17</c><00:20:37.880><c> and</c><00:20:38.079><c> verse</c><00:20:38.400><c> 15.</c> 00:20:39.400 --> 00:20:44.859 The<00:20:39.619><c> psalmist</c><00:20:40.019><c> says</c><00:20:40.740><c> that</c><00:20:41.700><c> we</c><00:20:41.880><c> will</c><00:20:42.160><c> awake</c><00:20:42.680><c> with</c><00:20:43.359><c> God's</c><00:20:43.960><c> likeness.</c> 00:20:46.500 --> 00:20:50.960 Have<00:20:47.099><c> we</c><00:20:47.700><c> ever</c><00:20:47.920><c> thought</c><00:20:48.180><c> about</c><00:20:48.539><c> that,</c><00:20:49.099><c> the</c><00:20:49.099><c> morning</c><00:20:49.460><c> of</c><00:20:49.720><c> our</c><00:20:49.880><c> resurrection,</c> 00:20:52.839 --> 00:20:57.559 the<00:20:53.000><c> morning</c><00:20:53.240><c> of</c><00:20:53.420><c> a</c><00:20:53.519><c> new</c><00:20:53.720><c> age,</c><00:20:56.119><c> where</c><00:20:56.420><c> we</c><00:20:56.640><c> will</c><00:20:56.920><c> awake</c><00:20:57.220><c> with</c> 00:20:57.559 --> 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reality</c><00:21:15.720><c> in</c><00:21:16.000><c> our</c><00:21:16.200><c> minds.</c> 00:21:20.759 --> 00:21:23.960 Let's<00:21:20.880><c> go</c><00:21:21.059><c> then</c><00:21:21.339><c> to</c><00:21:21.640><c> those</c><00:21:21.920><c> well</c><00:21:22.119><c>-known</c><00:21:22.279><c> words,</c><00:21:22.539><c> 1</c><00:21:22.740><c> Corinthians</c><00:21:23.140><c> and</c><00:21:23.339><c> chapter</c><00:21:23.579><c> 15.</c> 00:21:24.200 --> 00:21:30.880 We<00:21:24.440><c> can't</c><00:21:25.539><c> avoid</c><00:21:25.920><c> this</c><00:21:26.180><c> chapter</c><00:21:26.819><c> if</c><00:21:27.579><c> we're</c><00:21:27.779><c> talking</c><00:21:28.079><c> about</c><00:21:29.299><c> immortality.</c> 00:21:31.880 --> 00:21:35.019 Let's<00:21:32.079><c> pick</c><00:21:32.220><c> it</c><00:21:32.319><c> up</c><00:21:32.440><c> then,</c><00:21:32.640><c> 1</c><00:21:32.880><c> Corinthians</c><00:21:33.339><c> chapter</c><00:21:33.640><c> 15</c><00:21:34.180><c> and</c> 00:21:35.019 --> 00:21:36.740 verse<00:21:35.339><c> 51.</c> 00:21:37.980 --> 00:21:40.180 Let's<00:21:38.380><c> read</c><00:21:38.640><c> right</c><00:21:38.859><c> through</c><00:21:39.220><c> to</c><00:21:39.460><c> verse</c><00:21:39.640><c> 57.</c> 00:21:40.220 --> 00:21:42.380 Behold,<00:21:40.799><c> I</c><00:21:41.000><c> show</c><00:21:41.160><c> you</c><00:21:41.380><c> a</c><00:21:41.480><c> mystery.</c> 00:21:42.500 --> 00:21:45.119 We<00:21:42.700><c> shall</c><00:21:42.880><c> not</c><00:21:43.039><c> all</c><00:21:43.259><c> sleep,</c><00:21:43.460><c> but</c><00:21:43.720><c> we</c><00:21:44.299><c> shall</c><00:21:44.440><c> all</c><00:21:44.579><c> be</c><00:21:44.779><c> changed.</c> 00:21:45.119 --> 00:21:47.619 In<00:21:45.279><c> a</c><00:21:45.420><c> moment,</c><00:21:45.759><c> in</c><00:21:45.819><c> the</c><00:21:45.960><c> twinkling</c><00:21:46.220><c> of</c><00:21:46.400><c> an</c><00:21:46.599><c> eye,</c><00:21:46.720><c> the</c><00:21:46.859><c> last</c><00:21:47.180><c> trump</c><00:21:47.440><c> for</c> 00:21:47.619 --> 00:21:49.160 the<00:21:47.819><c> trumpet</c><00:21:48.059><c> shall</c><00:21:48.279><c> sound,</c> 00:21:49.599 --> 00:21:54.500 and<00:21:49.799><c> the</c><00:21:49.980><c> dead</c><00:21:50.079><c> shall</c><00:21:50.279><c> be</c><00:21:50.460><c> raised</c><00:21:50.720><c> incorruptible,</c><00:21:51.960><c> and</c><00:21:51.980><c> we</c><00:21:52.480><c> shall</c><00:21:52.819><c> be</c><00:21:53.259><c> changed.</c> 00:21:55.319 --> 00:21:59.019 For<00:21:55.500><c> this</c><00:21:55.759><c> corruptible</c><00:21:56.200><c> must</c><00:21:56.400><c> put</c><00:21:56.579><c> on</c><00:21:56.759><c> incorruption,</c><00:21:57.299><c> and</c><00:21:57.400><c> this</c><00:21:57.640><c> mortal</c><00:21:57.839><c> must</c><00:21:58.059><c> put</c><00:21:58.259><c> on</c><00:21:58.460><c> immortality.</c> 00:21:59.059 --> 00:22:02.200 So<00:21:59.220><c> when</c><00:21:59.420><c> this</c><00:21:59.859><c> corruptible</c><00:22:01.119><c> shall</c><00:22:01.400><c> put</c><00:22:01.579><c> on</c><00:22:01.740><c> incorruption,</c> 00:22:02.259 --> 00:22:04.220 and<00:22:02.420><c> this</c><00:22:02.700><c> mortal</c><00:22:03.039><c> shall</c><00:22:03.299><c> put</c><00:22:03.539><c> on</c><00:22:03.720><c> immortality,</c> 00:22:04.220 --> 00:22:08.240 then<00:22:04.660><c> shall</c><00:22:05.019><c> be</c><00:22:05.359><c> brought</c><00:22:05.700><c> to</c><00:22:06.039><c> pass</c><00:22:06.420><c> the</c><00:22:06.819><c> same</c><00:22:07.099><c> that</c><00:22:07.240><c> is</c><00:22:07.420><c> written.</c> 00:22:08.480 --> 00:22:09.859 Death<00:22:08.599><c> is</c><00:22:08.920><c> swallowed</c><00:22:09.180><c> up</c><00:22:09.400><c> in</c><00:22:09.559><c> victory.</c> 00:22:10.119 --> 00:22:13.660 O<00:22:10.380><c> death,</c><00:22:10.660><c> where</c><00:22:10.880><c> is</c><00:22:11.019><c> thy</c><00:22:11.200><c> sting?</c><00:22:11.640><c> O</c><00:22:11.799><c> grave,</c><00:22:13.039><c> where</c><00:22:13.240><c> is</c><00:22:13.339><c> thy</c><00:22:13.460><c> victory?</c> 00:22:13.680 --> 00:22:15.680 And<00:22:13.859><c> these</c><00:22:14.019><c> words</c><00:22:14.200><c> could</c><00:22:14.400><c> be</c><00:22:14.599><c> said</c><00:22:14.680><c> of</c><00:22:14.799><c> Christ,</c><00:22:15.319><c> couldn't</c><00:22:15.500><c> they?</c> 00:22:15.779 --> 00:22:18.779 Because<00:22:15.940><c> with</c><00:22:16.740><c> the</c><00:22:16.819><c> Lord</c><00:22:17.059><c> Jesus</c><00:22:17.380><c> Christ,</c><00:22:18.160><c> there</c><00:22:18.259><c> was</c><00:22:18.500><c> a</c><00:22:18.680><c> sting</c> 00:22:18.779 --> 00:22:19.259 in<00:22:19.059><c> death.</c> 00:22:19.259 --> 00:22:23.740 He<00:22:19.420><c> was</c><00:22:19.619><c> in</c><00:22:19.759><c> the</c><00:22:19.920><c> ground</c><00:22:20.039><c> for</c><00:22:20.220><c> three</c><00:22:20.460><c> days,</c><00:22:21.200><c> but</c><00:22:21.420><c> there</c><00:22:21.640><c> certainly</c><00:22:21.880><c> was</c><00:22:22.299><c> no</c><00:22:22.700><c> victory.</c> 00:22:23.900 --> 00:22:26.160 For<00:22:24.059><c> the</c><00:22:24.180><c> Lord</c><00:22:24.339><c> Jesus</c><00:22:24.640><c> Christ</c><00:22:24.900><c> ascended</c><00:22:25.279><c> on</c><00:22:25.519><c> the</c><00:22:25.599><c> third</c><00:22:25.839><c> day.</c> 00:22:26.319 --> 00:22:29.740 The<00:22:26.660><c> sting</c><00:22:26.859><c> of</c><00:22:27.099><c> death</c><00:22:27.400><c> is</c><00:22:27.660><c> sin,</c><00:22:27.859><c> verse</c><00:22:28.160><c> 56,</c><00:22:29.220><c> and</c><00:22:29.420><c> the</c><00:22:29.559><c> strength</c> 00:22:29.740 --> 00:22:30.599 of<00:22:29.920><c> sin</c><00:22:30.059><c> is</c><00:22:30.299><c> the</c><00:22:30.460><c> law.</c> 00:22:30.599 --> 00:22:33.819 But<00:22:30.900><c> thanks</c><00:22:31.279><c> be</c><00:22:31.440><c> to</c><00:22:31.599><c> God,</c><00:22:31.920><c> which</c><00:22:32.059><c> giveth</c><00:22:32.339><c> us</c><00:22:32.579><c> the</c><00:22:32.720><c> victory</c><00:22:33.099><c> to</c> 00:22:33.819 --> 00:22:37.500 our<00:22:34.039><c> Lord</c><00:22:34.700><c> Jesus</c><00:22:35.700><c> Christ.</c> 00:22:39.539 --> 00:22:42.519 Now<00:22:39.619><c> let's</c><00:22:39.779><c> just</c><00:22:40.299><c> pause</c><00:22:40.680><c> a</c><00:22:40.819><c> moment</c><00:22:41.039><c> here.</c> 00:22:43.279 --> 00:22:47.920 The<00:22:43.380><c> Apostle</c><00:22:43.759><c> Paul</c><00:22:44.000><c> in</c><00:22:44.200><c> 1</c><00:22:44.440><c> Corinthians</c><00:22:44.779><c> chapter</c><00:22:45.119><c> 15,</c><00:22:45.880><c> he's</c><00:22:46.019><c> really</c><00:22:46.259><c> focusing</c><00:22:46.720><c> on</c> 00:22:47.920 --> 00:22:49.400 the<00:22:48.299><c> state</c><00:22:48.500><c> of</c><00:22:48.740><c> immortality,</c> 00:22:49.559 --> 00:22:55.039 and<00:22:49.839><c> doesn't</c><00:22:50.039><c> go</c><00:22:50.220><c> into</c><00:22:50.440><c> the</c><00:22:50.759><c> deliberate</c><00:22:51.039><c> detail</c><00:22:51.539><c> of</c><00:22:52.839><c> reconstructing</c><00:22:53.839><c> the</c><00:22:54.019><c> bodies.</c> 00:22:58.980 --> 00:23:02.400 What<00:22:59.579><c> an</c><00:23:00.180><c> extraordinary</c><00:23:00.279><c> miracle</c><00:23:00.660><c> it</c><00:23:00.799><c> will</c><00:23:01.019><c> be</c><00:23:01.200><c> when</c><00:23:01.420><c> the</c><00:23:01.680><c> ground</c><00:23:02.140><c> and</c> 00:23:02.400 --> 00:23:03.740 the<00:23:02.559><c> graves</c><00:23:02.819><c> are</c><00:23:03.079><c> opened</c><00:23:03.420><c> up,</c> 00:23:03.799 --> 00:23:08.440 and<00:23:03.880><c> the</c><00:23:04.099><c> dead</c><00:23:04.380><c> in</c><00:23:04.599><c> Christ</c><00:23:05.299><c> shall</c><00:23:06.240><c> rise</c><00:23:06.539><c> first,</c><00:23:07.099><c> as</c><00:23:07.319><c> Paul</c><00:23:07.559><c> says.</c> 00:23:10.819 --> 00:23:16.400 Men<00:23:11.420><c> and</c><00:23:11.579><c> women</c><00:23:11.920><c> that</c><00:23:12.119><c> have</c><00:23:12.559><c> fallen</c><00:23:12.779><c> asleep,</c><00:23:13.519><c> some</c><00:23:14.000><c> for</c><00:23:15.519><c> nearly</c><00:23:15.940><c> 6</c><00:23:16.140><c>,000</c> 00:23:16.400 --> 00:23:19.839 years,<00:23:18.380><c> merely</c><00:23:18.619><c> dust.</c> 00:23:20.259 --> 00:23:21.720 We<00:23:20.339><c> thought</c><00:23:20.539><c> about</c><00:23:20.839><c> that.</c> 00:23:22.180 --> 00:23:26.099 And<00:23:22.500><c> so</c><00:23:22.759><c> though</c><00:23:23.039><c> God</c><00:23:23.279><c> is</c><00:23:23.500><c> the</c><00:23:23.720><c> potter,</c><00:23:24.539><c> and</c><00:23:24.720><c> we</c><00:23:24.859><c> are</c><00:23:25.000><c> the</c><00:23:25.200><c> clay,</c> 00:23:26.380 --> 00:23:28.720 it<00:23:26.500><c> goes</c><00:23:26.740><c> beyond</c><00:23:27.059><c> debility,</c><00:23:27.759><c> doesn't</c><00:23:27.759><c> it?</c> 00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:35.920 What<00:23:30.140><c> potter</c><00:23:30.579><c> can</c><00:23:31.400><c> bring</c><00:23:32.299><c> and</c><00:23:32.960><c> reconstruct</c><00:23:33.740><c> a</c><00:23:33.960><c> vessel</c><00:23:34.400><c> with</c> 00:23:35.920 --> 00:23:39.940 particles<00:23:36.500><c> of</c><00:23:36.779><c> clay</c><00:23:37.000><c> that</c><00:23:37.220><c> have</c><00:23:37.359><c> just</c><00:23:37.619><c> vanished</c><00:23:37.819><c> over</c><00:23:38.359><c> the</c><00:23:38.480><c> process</c><00:23:38.799><c> of</c><00:23:39.079><c> time?</c> 00:23:41.500 --> 00:23:43.779 This<00:23:41.900><c> is</c><00:23:42.059><c> a</c><00:23:42.200><c> miraculous</c><00:23:42.619><c> potter.</c> 00:23:44.099 --> 00:23:48.640 And<00:23:44.819><c> so</c><00:23:45.059><c> he</c><00:23:45.259><c> will</c><00:23:45.799><c> reconstruct</c><00:23:46.519><c> these</c><00:23:46.940><c> bodies</c><00:23:47.460><c> that</c><00:23:48.220><c> are</c><00:23:48.400><c> now</c> 00:23:48.640 --> 00:23:50.900 merely<00:23:48.960><c> fragmented</c><00:23:49.700><c> dust,</c> 00:23:52.059 --> 00:23:55.759 and<00:23:52.779><c> reconstitute</c><00:23:53.500><c> the</c><00:23:53.920><c> frame</c><00:23:54.240><c> of</c><00:23:54.480><c> man</c><00:23:54.740><c> and</c><00:23:54.900><c> woman.</c> 00:23:56.839 --> 00:23:59.099 But<00:23:57.200><c> he'll</c><00:23:57.380><c> do</c><00:23:57.480><c> more</c><00:23:57.700><c> than</c><00:23:57.839><c> that,</c><00:23:58.220><c> won't</c><00:23:58.240><c> he?</c> 00:24:00.440 --> 00:24:05.720 He'll<00:24:00.799><c> put</c><00:24:01.000><c> flesh</c><00:24:01.779><c> upon</c><00:24:02.480><c> the</c><00:24:02.720><c> bones,</c><00:24:04.160><c> and</c><00:24:04.319><c> he'll</c><00:24:04.480><c> put</c><00:24:04.700><c> blood</c> 00:24:05.720 --> 00:24:07.519 within<00:24:06.319><c> the</c><00:24:06.599><c> veins.</c> 00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:10.759 But<00:24:08.859><c> he</c><00:24:09.000><c> goes</c><00:24:09.220><c> further</c><00:24:09.539><c> than</c><00:24:09.700><c> that.</c> 00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:14.019 He'll<00:24:11.640><c> place</c><00:24:11.819><c> the</c><00:24:12.079><c> emotions</c><00:24:12.559><c> in</c><00:24:12.799><c> man</c><00:24:13.019><c> and</c><00:24:13.140><c> woman.</c> 00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:17.440 He'll<00:24:14.640><c> restore</c><00:24:14.940><c> their</c><00:24:15.240><c> memories,</c><00:24:16.119><c> their</c><00:24:16.400><c> feelings,</c><00:24:17.200><c> their</c> 00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:21.740 anxieties,<00:24:18.319><c> their</c><00:24:18.720><c> entire</c><00:24:19.220><c> experiences</c><00:24:20.359><c> of</c><00:24:20.700><c> life.</c> 00:24:23.039 --> 00:24:24.460 Can<00:24:23.180><c> you</c><00:24:23.299><c> think</c><00:24:23.500><c> of</c><00:24:23.579><c> that?</c> 00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:28.759 Can<00:24:26.000><c> you</c><00:24:26.000><c> think</c><00:24:26.180><c> of</c><00:24:26.299><c> the</c><00:24:26.559><c> mind</c><00:24:26.779><c> of</c><00:24:27.079><c> God</c><00:24:27.359><c> that</c><00:24:27.559><c> can</c><00:24:27.700><c> do</c><00:24:27.960><c> that?</c> 00:24:29.279 --> 00:24:33.539 Not<00:24:29.900><c> merely</c><00:24:30.519><c> reconstructing</c><00:24:32.279><c> frames,</c> 00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:38.859 but<00:24:35.599><c> giving</c><00:24:35.859><c> them</c><00:24:36.180><c> their</c><00:24:36.519><c> personalities</c><00:24:37.039><c> and</c><00:24:37.319><c> their</c><00:24:37.759><c> experiences</c><00:24:38.160><c> back</c><00:24:38.640><c> so</c> 00:24:38.859 --> 00:24:43.319 that<00:24:38.960><c> they</c><00:24:39.079><c> can</c><00:24:39.500><c> stand</c><00:24:39.880><c> before</c><00:24:40.440><c> the</c><00:24:40.660><c> Son</c><00:24:40.900><c> of</c><00:24:41.140><c> God</c><00:24:41.319><c> as</c><00:24:41.720><c> they</c><00:24:42.259><c> were.</c> 00:24:44.880 --> 00:24:47.200 That's<00:24:45.319><c> sobering,</c><00:24:45.799><c> isn't</c><00:24:45.799><c> it?</c> 00:24:47.539 --> 00:24:50.759 That<00:24:47.720><c> is</c><00:24:47.900><c> the</c><00:24:48.039><c> God</c><00:24:48.180><c> we</c><00:24:48.440><c> have</c><00:24:48.579><c> come</c><00:24:48.799><c> to</c><00:24:49.619><c> serve.</c> 00:24:51.000 --> 00:24:54.700 Now,<00:24:51.480><c> as</c><00:24:51.619><c> I</c><00:24:51.720><c> was</c><00:24:51.799><c> preparing</c><00:24:52.119><c> to</c><00:24:52.319><c> address</c><00:24:53.039><c> the</c><00:24:53.900><c> certain</c><00:24:54.119><c> questions</c><00:24:54.539><c> that</c> 00:24:54.700 --> 00:24:56.400 I'm<00:24:54.940><c> asked</c><00:24:55.359><c> from</c><00:24:55.859><c> time</c><00:24:56.059><c> to</c><00:24:56.240><c> time,</c> 00:24:56.400 --> 00:24:59.440 what<00:24:56.579><c> I'd</c><00:24:56.819><c> like</c><00:24:56.900><c> to</c><00:24:57.079><c> do</c><00:24:57.200><c> very</c><00:24:57.500><c> quickly</c><00:24:57.759><c> is</c><00:24:58.019><c> try</c><00:24:58.259><c> to</c><00:24:58.480><c> address</c><00:24:58.799><c> them</c><00:24:59.119><c> to</c> 00:24:59.440 --> 00:25:01.019 the<00:24:59.660><c> younger</c><00:24:59.960><c> members</c><00:25:00.240><c> of</c><00:25:00.420><c> the</c><00:25:00.539><c> audience.</c> 00:25:01.339 --> 00:25:04.000 They're<00:25:01.500><c> questions</c><00:25:02.039><c> that</c><00:25:02.579><c> perplex</c><00:25:02.900><c> a</c><00:25:03.240><c> number</c><00:25:03.460><c> of</c><00:25:03.680><c> people.</c> 00:25:04.359 --> 00:25:07.980 Now,<00:25:04.480><c> the</c><00:25:04.559><c> first</c><00:25:04.759><c> one</c><00:25:05.500><c> relates</c><00:25:06.000><c> to</c><00:25:06.759><c> how</c><00:25:07.099><c> we</c><00:25:07.279><c> will</c><00:25:07.460><c> stand</c><00:25:07.599><c> before</c><00:25:07.839><c> the</c> 00:25:07.980 --> 00:25:08.680 Lord<00:25:08.160><c> Jesus</c><00:25:08.420><c> Christ.</c> 00:25:08.839 --> 00:25:10.019 What<00:25:09.079><c> will</c><00:25:09.339><c> be</c><00:25:09.579><c> our</c><00:25:09.859><c> fall?</c> 00:25:10.299 --> 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and</c><00:25:22.240><c> fourth</c><00:25:22.440><c> questions</c><00:25:22.779><c> all</c><00:25:23.000><c> relate</c><00:25:23.259><c> to</c> 00:25:23.400 --> 00:25:24.359 the<00:25:23.500><c> Kingdom</c><00:25:23.680><c> of</c><00:25:23.880><c> God.</c> 00:25:24.859 --> 00:25:25.819 Question<00:25:25.339><c> two.</c> 00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:28.319 Those<00:25:26.599><c> that</c><00:25:26.819><c> enter</c><00:25:27.039><c> into</c><00:25:27.200><c> the</c><00:25:27.319><c> Kingdom</c><00:25:27.539><c> of</c><00:25:27.779><c> God,</c><00:25:28.000><c> will</c><00:25:28.140><c> they</c> 00:25:28.319 --> 00:25:33.460 have<00:25:28.539><c> any</c><00:25:28.839><c> physical</c><00:25:29.299><c> deficiencies</c><00:25:30.220><c> or</c><00:25:31.480><c> deformities</c><00:25:32.380><c> that</c><00:25:32.960><c> we</c> 00:25:33.460 --> 00:25:36.599 have<00:25:34.240><c> from</c><00:25:35.019><c> time</c><00:25:35.200><c> to</c><00:25:35.400><c> time?</c> 00:25:36.920 --> 00:25:38.700 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And<00:25:50.980><c> finally,</c><00:25:52.259><c> a</c><00:25:52.400><c> very</c><00:25:52.619><c> important</c><00:25:52.900><c> question,</c><00:25:53.480><c> what</c><00:25:53.619><c> about</c> 00:25:53.819 --> 00:25:57.900 our<00:25:54.140><c> relationships,</c><00:25:55.160><c> husbands,</c><00:25:55.839><c> wives,</c><00:25:56.160><c> children,</c><00:25:56.759><c> each</c><00:25:57.099><c> other?</c> 00:25:58.559 --> 00:26:00.660 Let's<00:25:58.740><c> try</c><00:25:58.920><c> and</c><00:25:59.019><c> address</c><00:25:59.220><c> each</c><00:25:59.440><c> of</c><00:25:59.559><c> these</c><00:25:59.720><c> in</c><00:25:59.900><c> turn.</c> 00:26:00.680 --> 00:26:03.359 First<00:26:00.819><c> one</c><00:26:01.039><c> then,</c><00:26:01.859><c> and</c><00:26:02.019><c> think</c><00:26:02.180><c> about</c><00:26:02.380><c> it,</c><00:26:02.500><c> as</c><00:26:02.619><c> we</c><00:26:02.759><c> go</c><00:26:02.900><c> to</c><00:26:03.059><c> these</c> 00:26:03.359 --> 00:26:04.539 spiritual<00:26:03.839><c> references,</c> 00:26:04.660 --> 00:26:07.019 think<00:26:04.799><c> if</c><00:26:04.940><c> you</c><00:26:05.160><c> were</c><00:26:05.319><c> asked</c><00:26:05.519><c> by</c><00:26:05.740><c> a</c><00:26:05.799><c> young</c><00:26:05.940><c> person</c><00:26:06.299><c> or</c><00:26:06.819><c> possibly</c> 00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:08.579 a<00:26:07.180><c> little</c><00:26:07.299><c> older</c><00:26:07.519><c> person,</c> 00:26:09.400 --> 00:26:14.160 what<00:26:09.740><c> state</c><00:26:10.119><c> we</c><00:26:10.400><c> will</c><00:26:10.539><c> be</c><00:26:10.759><c> in</c><00:26:11.099><c> when</c><00:26:11.480><c> we</c><00:26:12.940><c> are</c><00:26:13.119><c> gathered</c><00:26:13.240><c> together</c><00:26:13.680><c> to</c><00:26:13.940><c> face</c> 00:26:14.160 --> 00:26:15.160 the<00:26:14.279><c> Lord</c><00:26:14.400><c> Jesus</c><00:26:14.660><c> Christ's</c><00:26:15.019><c> judgment?</c> 00:26:15.220 --> 00:26:15.920 Where<00:26:15.359><c> would</c><00:26:15.519><c> you</c><00:26:15.599><c> go</c><00:26:15.779><c> to?</c> 00:26:15.920 --> 00:26:18.700 Well,<00:26:16.819><c> a</c><00:26:16.900><c> good</c><00:26:17.099><c> one</c><00:26:17.220><c> that</c><00:26:17.359><c> I</c><00:26:17.500><c> went</c><00:26:17.579><c> to</c><00:26:17.759><c> was</c><00:26:17.900><c> John</c><00:26:18.119><c> chapter</c><00:26:18.400><c> 11,</c> 00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:20.559 the<00:26:19.119><c> resurrection</c><00:26:19.539><c> of</c><00:26:19.779><c> Lazarus.</c> 00:26:21.900 --> 00:26:24.660 And<00:26:22.119><c> I</c><00:26:22.240><c> would</c><00:26:22.440><c> strongly</c><00:26:22.660><c> suggest</c><00:26:23.000><c> to</c><00:26:23.299><c> you</c><00:26:23.640><c> that</c><00:26:24.019><c> those</c><00:26:24.500><c> that</c> 00:26:24.660 --> 00:26:27.660 will<00:26:24.839><c> be</c><00:26:24.980><c> raised</c><00:26:25.140><c> from</c><00:26:25.339><c> the</c><00:26:25.519><c> dead</c><00:26:25.779><c> will</c><00:26:26.059><c> be</c><00:26:26.339><c> given</c><00:26:26.640><c> back</c><00:26:27.180><c> their</c> 00:26:27.660 --> 00:26:32.279 vile<00:26:28.099><c> bodies</c><00:26:28.500><c> so</c><00:26:29.160><c> that</c><00:26:29.680><c> they</c><00:26:30.079><c> can</c><00:26:30.519><c> be</c><00:26:31.059><c> changed.</c> 00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:34.319 That's<00:26:33.579><c> the</c><00:26:33.640><c> point,</c><00:26:33.960><c> isn't</c><00:26:33.980><c> it?</c> 00:26:34.640 --> 00:26:39.039 And<00:26:34.839><c> when</c><00:26:34.940><c> we</c><00:26:35.059><c> go</c><00:26:35.140><c> to</c><00:26:35.279><c> John</c><00:26:35.539><c> chapter</c><00:26:35.880><c> 11,</c><00:26:36.500><c> clearly</c><00:26:36.920><c> a</c><00:26:37.400><c> wonderful</c><00:26:37.839><c> prefigurement</c><00:26:38.559><c> of</c><00:26:38.779><c> the</c> 00:26:39.039 --> 00:26:41.460 glorious<00:26:39.440><c> day</c><00:26:39.799><c> of</c><00:26:40.019><c> resurrection,</c> 00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:48.480 how<00:26:43.559><c> was</c><00:26:43.680><c> he</c><00:26:43.859><c> raised?</c><00:26:45.119><c> Four</c><00:26:45.480><c> days</c><00:26:45.900><c> this</c><00:26:46.119><c> man</c><00:26:46.380><c> had</c><00:26:46.680><c> been</c><00:26:46.799><c> in</c><00:26:46.980><c> the</c><00:26:47.180><c> grave.</c> 00:26:49.720 --> 00:26:52.680 John<00:26:49.980><c> chapter</c><00:26:50.299><c> 11,</c><00:26:51.539><c> verse</c><00:26:51.900><c> 43.</c> 00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:57.960 And<00:26:54.900><c> when</c><00:26:55.259><c> Jesus</c><00:26:55.740><c> had</c><00:26:55.960><c> done</c><00:26:56.160><c> spoken,</c><00:26:56.720><c> he</c><00:26:56.819><c> cried</c><00:26:57.099><c> with</c><00:26:57.359><c> a</c><00:26:57.440><c> loud</c><00:26:57.680><c> voice,</c> 00:26:58.259 --> 00:27:01.220 Lazarus,<00:26:58.740><c> come</c><00:26:59.240><c> forth,</c><00:26:59.779><c> and</c><00:26:59.980><c> he</c><00:27:00.119><c> that</c><00:27:00.220><c> was</c><00:27:00.460><c> dead</c><00:27:00.640><c> came</c><00:27:00.940><c> forth</c> 00:27:01.220 --> 00:27:03.259 bound<00:27:01.599><c> hand</c><00:27:02.059><c> and</c><00:27:02.319><c> foot</c><00:27:02.480><c> with</c><00:27:02.779><c> grave</c><00:27:02.980><c> clothes,</c> 00:27:03.599 --> 00:27:05.839 and<00:27:03.740><c> his</c><00:27:03.920><c> face</c><00:27:04.220><c> was</c><00:27:04.460><c> bound</c><00:27:04.799><c> with</c><00:27:05.299><c> anathema.</c> 00:27:05.839 --> 00:27:09.240 And<00:27:05.980><c> Jesus</c><00:27:06.200><c> said</c><00:27:06.400><c> unto</c><00:27:06.559><c> them,</c><00:27:07.400><c> loose</c><00:27:07.599><c> him</c><00:27:08.019><c> and</c><00:27:08.680><c> let</c><00:27:08.960><c> him</c><00:27:09.140><c> go.</c> 00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:11.000 So<00:27:09.460><c> he</c><00:27:09.519><c> came</c><00:27:09.740><c> with</c><00:27:09.920><c> his</c><00:27:10.180><c> grave</c><00:27:10.460><c> clothes.</c> 00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:15.660 And<00:27:11.579><c> the</c><00:27:11.720><c> reason</c><00:27:12.019><c> why</c><00:27:12.259><c> that</c><00:27:12.440><c> was</c><00:27:12.619><c> the</c><00:27:12.720><c> case</c><00:27:12.880><c> was</c><00:27:13.059><c> that</c><00:27:13.220><c> the</c><00:27:13.440><c> people</c><00:27:13.660><c> could</c><00:27:14.039><c> recognize</c><00:27:14.779><c> that</c><00:27:15.200><c> this</c><00:27:15.440><c> was</c> 00:27:15.660 --> 00:27:18.799 indeed<00:27:16.079><c> Lazarus</c><00:27:16.440><c> who</c><00:27:16.660><c> had</c><00:27:16.819><c> died</c><00:27:16.940><c> four</c><00:27:17.220><c> days</c><00:27:17.539><c> previously,</c> 00:27:18.980 --> 00:27:21.160 so<00:27:19.380><c> that</c><00:27:19.599><c> they</c><00:27:19.839><c> would</c><00:27:20.119><c> believe.</c> 00:27:23.180 --> 00:27:25.000 Now<00:27:23.640><c> that's</c><00:27:23.779><c> an</c><00:27:23.940><c> important</c><00:27:24.200><c> principle,</c><00:27:24.740><c> isn't</c><00:27:24.740><c> it?</c> 00:27:25.299 --> 00:27:28.640 And<00:27:25.700><c> the</c><00:27:25.920><c> principle</c><00:27:26.299><c> is</c><00:27:26.619><c> substantiated</c><00:27:27.460><c> in</c><00:27:28.079><c> verse</c><00:27:28.240><c> 45.</c> 00:27:28.859 --> 00:27:31.000 Then<00:27:28.940><c> many</c><00:27:29.200><c> of</c><00:27:29.339><c> the</c><00:27:29.500><c> Jews</c><00:27:29.640><c> which</c><00:27:29.900><c> came</c><00:27:30.099><c> to</c><00:27:30.259><c> Mary</c><00:27:30.480><c> and</c><00:27:30.599><c> had</c><00:27:30.799><c> seen</c> 00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:33.559 the<00:27:31.160><c> things</c><00:27:31.299><c> which</c><00:27:31.500><c> Jesus</c><00:27:31.799><c> did</c><00:27:32.119><c> believed</c><00:27:33.079><c> in</c><00:27:33.339><c> him.</c> 00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:35.640 That<00:27:34.319><c> was</c><00:27:34.579><c> the</c><00:27:34.740><c> reason.</c> 00:27:35.980 --> 00:27:39.839 Again,<00:27:36.599><c> the</c><00:27:36.660><c> principle</c><00:27:36.980><c> is</c><00:27:37.220><c> brought</c><00:27:37.400><c> out</c><00:27:37.599><c> in</c><00:27:37.740><c> Matthew</c><00:27:37.960><c> chapter</c><00:27:38.279><c> 27,</c> 00:27:40.200 --> 00:27:45.779 when<00:27:40.200><c> the</c><00:27:40.539><c> Lord</c><00:27:41.119><c> Jesus</c><00:27:42.019><c> Christ</c><00:27:42.819><c> was</c><00:27:44.279><c> crucified.</c> 00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:53.240 Again,<00:27:48.980><c> Matthew</c><00:27:49.460><c> chapter</c><00:27:50.440><c> 27</c><00:27:51.660><c> and</c><00:27:52.099><c> verse</c><00:27:52.720><c> 50.</c> 00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:56.440 Jesus,<00:27:53.759><c> when</c><00:27:54.059><c> he</c><00:27:54.220><c> had</c><00:27:54.480><c> cried</c><00:27:54.799><c> with</c><00:27:55.079><c> a</c><00:27:55.180><c> loud</c><00:27:55.400><c> voice,</c><00:27:56.180><c> yielded</c> 00:27:56.440 --> 00:27:57.539 up<00:27:56.579><c> the</c><00:27:56.779><c> spirit.</c> 00:27:58.180 --> 00:28:01.599 Verse<00:27:58.500><c> 52.</c><00:27:59.220><c> And</c><00:27:59.339><c> the</c><00:27:59.619><c> graves</c><00:27:59.940><c> were</c><00:28:00.200><c> opened,</c><00:28:00.960><c> and</c><00:28:01.059><c> many</c><00:28:01.299><c> bodies</c> 00:28:01.599 --> 00:28:03.980 of<00:28:01.819><c> the</c><00:28:01.960><c> saints</c><00:28:02.119><c> of</c><00:28:02.240><c> the</c><00:28:02.440><c> earth</c><00:28:02.519><c> slept</c><00:28:03.000><c> in</c><00:28:03.240><c> rows</c><00:28:03.440><c> and</c><00:28:03.599><c> came</c><00:28:03.819><c> out</c> 00:28:03.980 --> 00:28:05.759 of<00:28:04.079><c> the</c><00:28:04.220><c> graves</c><00:28:04.460><c> unto</c><00:28:04.720><c> his</c><00:28:04.900><c> resurrection.</c> 00:28:05.839 --> 00:28:08.079 And<00:28:05.880><c> there's</c><00:28:06.039><c> a</c><00:28:06.259><c> record,</c><00:28:06.619><c> does</c><00:28:06.740><c> it,</c><00:28:07.059><c> how</c><00:28:07.359><c> long</c><00:28:07.579><c> they</c><00:28:07.759><c> had</c><00:28:07.880><c> been</c> 00:28:08.079 --> 00:28:10.819 sleeping<00:28:08.740><c> and</c><00:28:09.259><c> went</c><00:28:09.500><c> into</c><00:28:09.720><c> the</c><00:28:09.859><c> holy</c><00:28:10.039><c> city</c><00:28:10.359><c> and</c><00:28:10.660><c> appeared</c> 00:28:10.819 --> 00:28:11.579 unto<00:28:11.059><c> many</c> 00:28:11.579 --> 00:28:16.359 for<00:28:12.140><c> the</c><00:28:12.400><c> reason</c><00:28:12.819><c> and</c><00:28:13.420><c> the</c><00:28:13.640><c> purpose</c><00:28:14.140><c> of</c><00:28:14.859><c> convincing</c><00:28:15.420><c> the</c><00:28:15.640><c> masses</c><00:28:15.960><c> that</c> 00:28:16.359 --> 00:28:19.059 the<00:28:16.480><c> Lord</c><00:28:16.720><c> Jesus</c><00:28:17.019><c> Christ</c><00:28:17.220><c> was</c><00:28:17.440><c> the</c><00:28:17.539><c> son</c><00:28:17.660><c> of</c><00:28:17.880><c> God.</c> 00:28:19.700 --> 00:28:24.519 This<00:28:20.140><c> was</c><00:28:20.359><c> his</c><00:28:20.579><c> revelation</c><00:28:21.119><c> to</c><00:28:21.519><c> the</c><00:28:21.819><c> children</c><00:28:22.279><c> of</c><00:28:23.259><c> Israel.</c> 00:28:26.319 --> 00:28:30.680 So<00:28:26.880><c> the</c><00:28:27.279><c> scriptures</c><00:28:27.500><c> infer</c><00:28:27.839><c> to</c><00:28:28.019><c> me,</c><00:28:28.400><c> at</c><00:28:28.819><c> least,</c><00:28:30.000><c> that</c><00:28:30.220><c> we</c><00:28:30.420><c> will</c> 00:28:30.680 --> 00:28:34.519 be<00:28:30.940><c> raised</c><00:28:31.440><c> in</c><00:28:31.819><c> our</c><00:28:32.299><c> state,</c><00:28:32.660><c> our</c><00:28:33.079><c> previous</c><00:28:33.740><c> state.</c> 00:28:36.420 --> 00:28:39.680 So<00:28:36.940><c> that</c><00:28:37.339><c> we</c><00:28:37.660><c> can</c><00:28:38.460><c> be</c><00:28:39.180><c> changed.</c> 00:28:39.940 --> 00:28:43.140 But<00:28:40.099><c> then,</c><00:28:40.839><c> that</c><00:28:41.059><c> begs</c><00:28:41.319><c> the</c><00:28:41.480><c> question,</c><00:28:41.920><c> doesn't</c><00:28:42.019><c> it?</c> 00:28:43.660 --> 00:28:46.980 If<00:28:43.759><c> that</c><00:28:43.940><c> is</c><00:28:44.180><c> the</c><00:28:44.319><c> case,</c><00:28:45.460><c> and</c><00:28:45.640><c> that's</c><00:28:45.880><c> the</c><00:28:45.980><c> condition</c><00:28:46.420><c> that</c><00:28:46.619><c> we're</c><00:28:46.859><c> in</c> 00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:49.740 as<00:28:47.180><c> we</c><00:28:47.440><c> stand</c><00:28:47.859><c> before</c><00:28:48.279><c> the</c><00:28:48.420><c> Lord</c><00:28:48.599><c> Jesus</c><00:28:48.920><c> Christ</c><00:28:49.119><c> in</c><00:28:49.359><c> judgment,</c> 00:28:49.880 --> 00:28:52.799 and<00:28:50.059><c> for</c><00:28:50.220><c> those</c><00:28:50.440><c> of</c><00:28:50.559><c> us</c><00:28:50.740><c> to</c><00:28:50.880><c> God's</c><00:28:51.299><c> good</c><00:28:51.480><c> grace</c><00:28:51.920><c> are</c><00:28:52.400><c> given</c><00:28:52.599><c> the</c> 00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:55.599 kingdom<00:28:53.019><c> of</c><00:28:53.299><c> God</c><00:28:53.640><c> and</c><00:28:53.940><c> our</c><00:28:54.099><c> bodies</c><00:28:54.279><c> are</c><00:28:54.559><c> changed,</c> 00:28:56.059 --> 00:28:58.279 how<00:28:56.359><c> changed</c><00:28:56.819><c> will</c><00:28:57.039><c> they</c><00:28:57.279><c> be?</c> 00:28:58.359 --> 00:29:01.319 And<00:28:58.539><c> I</c><00:28:58.740><c> say</c><00:28:58.880><c> that</c><00:28:59.200><c> respectfully</c><00:28:59.720><c> and</c><00:29:00.180><c> sincerely.</c> 00:29:03.380 --> 00:29:05.839 Will<00:29:03.900><c> you</c><00:29:04.140><c> have</c><00:29:04.319><c> those</c><00:29:04.599><c> entering</c><00:29:04.940><c> into</c><00:29:05.200><c> the</c><00:29:05.279><c> kingdom</c><00:29:05.480><c> of</c><00:29:05.779><c> God</c> 00:29:05.839 --> 00:29:09.579 with<00:29:06.279><c> ailments</c><00:29:06.880><c> and</c><00:29:07.519><c> deficiencies</c><00:29:08.140><c> and</c><00:29:08.380><c> abnormalities?</c> 00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:13.779 Well,<00:29:11.180><c> I</c><00:29:11.319><c> think,</c><00:29:12.180><c> again,</c><00:29:12.519><c> it's</c><00:29:12.740><c> a</c><00:29:12.819><c> very</c><00:29:13.160><c> important</c><00:29:13.460><c> principle.</c> 00:29:13.839 --> 00:29:16.740 Let<00:29:14.000><c> me</c><00:29:14.059><c> read</c><00:29:14.200><c> these</c><00:29:14.440><c> words</c><00:29:14.720><c> to</c><00:29:14.940><c> you.</c><00:29:15.099><c> You</c><00:29:15.200><c> know</c><00:29:15.420><c> them</c><00:29:15.599><c> well.</c> 00:29:18.099 --> 00:29:22.119 The<00:29:18.240><c> saints</c><00:29:18.819><c> in</c><00:29:19.259><c> the</c><00:29:19.400><c> kingdom</c><00:29:20.099><c> will</c><00:29:20.819><c> be</c><00:29:21.039><c> priests.</c> 00:29:22.160 --> 00:29:24.480 That's<00:29:22.500><c> the</c><00:29:22.660><c> important</c><00:29:22.839><c> point</c><00:29:23.000><c> to</c><00:29:23.160><c> remember.</c><00:29:23.480><c> They</c><00:29:23.740><c> will</c><00:29:24.000><c> be</c><00:29:24.180><c> priests.</c> 00:29:24.480 --> 00:29:27.839 Exodus<00:29:25.119><c> 19</c><00:29:25.599><c> verse</c><00:29:25.859><c> 6,</c><00:29:26.359><c> we</c><00:29:26.519><c> will</c><00:29:26.720><c> be</c><00:29:26.859><c> a</c><00:29:27.000><c> kingdom</c><00:29:27.259><c> of</c><00:29:27.500><c> priests</c><00:29:27.660><c> in</c> 00:29:27.839 --> 00:29:28.519 a<00:29:27.980><c> holy</c><00:29:28.140><c> nation.</c> 00:29:28.599 --> 00:29:32.599 1<00:29:28.779><c> Peter</c><00:29:28.980><c> 2</c><00:29:29.279><c> verse</c><00:29:29.539><c> 9,</c><00:29:30.099><c> we</c><00:29:30.180><c> are</c><00:29:30.460><c> a</c><00:29:30.559><c> chosen</c><00:29:30.839><c> generation,</c><00:29:31.619><c> a</c><00:29:31.720><c> royal</c><00:29:31.960><c> priesthood</c><00:29:32.420><c> and</c> 00:29:32.599 --> 00:29:34.180 a<00:29:32.779><c> holy</c><00:29:32.839><c> nation</c><00:29:33.160><c> of</c><00:29:33.319><c> peculiar</c><00:29:33.660><c> people.</c> 00:29:34.359 --> 00:29:36.579 And<00:29:34.440><c> to</c><00:29:34.599><c> round</c><00:29:34.779><c> it</c><00:29:34.940><c> off</c><00:29:35.059><c> in</c><00:29:35.240><c> Revelation</c><00:29:35.579><c> 20</c><00:29:36.039><c> verse</c><00:29:36.299><c> 6,</c><00:29:36.519><c> the</c> 00:29:36.579 --> 00:29:37.420 Lord<00:29:36.740><c> Jesus</c><00:29:37.039><c> Christ</c><00:29:37.240><c> says,</c> 00:29:37.759 --> 00:29:40.680 we<00:29:38.000><c> shall</c><00:29:38.380><c> be</c><00:29:38.640><c> priests</c><00:29:38.819><c> of</c><00:29:39.000><c> God</c><00:29:39.279><c> and</c><00:29:39.420><c> of</c><00:29:39.640><c> Christ,</c><00:29:39.960><c> and</c><00:29:39.960><c> shall</c><00:29:40.079><c> reign</c><00:29:40.259><c> with</c><00:29:40.400><c> him</c><00:29:40.559><c> a</c> 00:29:40.680 --> 00:29:40.980 thousand<00:29:40.799><c> years.</c> 00:29:41.119 --> 00:29:46.559 Now<00:29:41.400><c> why</c><00:29:41.660><c> do</c><00:29:41.819><c> you</c><00:29:42.079><c> think</c><00:29:42.359><c> the</c><00:29:42.539><c> Lord</c><00:29:42.740><c> Jesus</c><00:29:43.039><c> Christ</c><00:29:43.259><c> is</c><00:29:43.480><c> emphasizing</c><00:29:43.900><c> time</c><00:29:44.420><c> and</c><00:29:44.859><c> time</c><00:29:45.220><c> and</c><00:29:45.539><c> time</c><00:29:45.940><c> again</c><00:29:46.279><c> that</c><00:29:46.420><c> we</c> 00:29:46.559 --> 00:29:47.099 will<00:29:46.700><c> be</c><00:29:46.900><c> priests?</c> 00:29:47.220 --> 00:29:51.900 Well,<00:29:47.420><c> we'll</c><00:29:47.619><c> be</c><00:29:47.819><c> considering</c><00:29:48.099><c> that</c><00:29:49.220><c> in</c><00:29:50.440><c> our</c><00:29:50.680><c> final</c><00:29:51.019><c> talk.</c> 00:29:53.279 --> 00:29:57.680 But<00:29:53.839><c> one</c><00:29:54.079><c> aspect</c><00:29:54.440><c> is</c><00:29:54.680><c> surely</c><00:29:55.079><c> to</c><00:29:55.480><c> be</c><00:29:55.680><c> found</c><00:29:56.140><c> in</c><00:29:56.480><c> Leviticus</c><00:29:56.839><c> chapter</c><00:29:57.200><c> 21.</c> 00:29:57.920 --> 00:30:01.079 Let's<00:29:58.079><c> go</c><00:29:58.319><c> back</c><00:29:58.559><c> there.</c><00:29:58.759><c> Leviticus</c><00:29:59.299><c> chapter</c><00:29:59.680><c> 21.</c> 00:30:06.299 --> 00:30:08.619 And<00:30:06.579><c> there</c><00:30:06.700><c> was</c><00:30:06.859><c> a</c><00:30:07.019><c> certain</c><00:30:07.299><c> stipulation</c><00:30:07.900><c> around</c><00:30:08.259><c> the</c><00:30:08.440><c> law</c> 00:30:08.619 --> 00:30:11.339 concerning<00:30:09.339><c> the</c><00:30:09.759><c> Levitical</c><00:30:10.180><c> priests,</c><00:30:10.559><c> the</c><00:30:10.660><c> high</c><00:30:10.940><c> priest</c><00:30:11.200><c> and</c> 00:30:11.339 --> 00:30:12.400 his<00:30:11.480><c> sons.</c> 00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:16.119 And<00:30:12.980><c> it</c><00:30:13.160><c> clearly</c><00:30:13.440><c> stated</c><00:30:13.680><c> that</c><00:30:13.940><c> anyone</c><00:30:14.200><c> with</c><00:30:14.640><c> any</c><00:30:15.359><c> physical</c> 00:30:16.119 --> 00:30:19.339 deficiency,<00:30:17.960><c> any</c><00:30:18.140><c> physical</c><00:30:18.599><c> flaw</c><00:30:18.819><c> or</c><00:30:19.039><c> defect,</c> 00:30:19.339 --> 00:30:22.660 they<00:30:19.619><c> were</c><00:30:19.839><c> not</c><00:30:20.220><c> allowed</c><00:30:20.799><c> to</c><00:30:21.420><c> minister.</c> 00:30:23.980 --> 00:30:26.720 And<00:30:24.140><c> we</c><00:30:24.339><c> will</c><00:30:24.539><c> be</c><00:30:24.859><c> ministering</c><00:30:25.380><c> priests</c><00:30:25.619><c> in</c><00:30:25.819><c> the</c><00:30:25.839><c> kingdom</c><00:30:26.079><c> of</c><00:30:26.400><c> God.</c> 00:30:26.940 --> 00:30:29.680 Leviticus<00:30:27.359><c> chapter</c><00:30:27.700><c> 21</c><00:30:28.279><c> verse</c><00:30:29.000><c> 16.</c> 00:30:29.859 --> 00:30:32.339 And<00:30:29.859><c> the</c><00:30:30.000><c> Lord</c><00:30:30.460><c> spake</c><00:30:30.799><c> unto</c><00:30:30.980><c> Moses,</c><00:30:31.460><c> saying,</c><00:30:31.740><c> speak</c><00:30:32.039><c> unto</c> 00:30:32.339 --> 00:30:33.039 Aaron,<00:30:33.039><c> saying,</c> 00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:36.579 Whosoever<00:30:33.940><c> he</c><00:30:34.359><c> be</c><00:30:34.539><c> of</c><00:30:34.660><c> thy</c><00:30:34.960><c> seed</c><00:30:35.140><c> in</c><00:30:35.339><c> that</c><00:30:35.480><c> generation</c><00:30:36.180><c> that</c> 00:30:36.579 --> 00:30:37.779 hath<00:30:36.740><c> any</c><00:30:37.059><c> blemish,</c> 00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:40.779 let<00:30:38.059><c> him</c><00:30:38.200><c> not</c><00:30:38.420><c> be</c><00:30:38.660><c> approached</c><00:30:38.920><c> to</c><00:30:39.140><c> offer</c><00:30:39.240><c> the</c><00:30:39.420><c> bread</c><00:30:39.619><c> of</c><00:30:39.779><c> his</c><00:30:40.000><c> God.</c> 00:30:41.019 --> 00:30:44.019 For<00:30:41.200><c> whatsoever</c><00:30:41.519><c> man</c><00:30:41.960><c> he</c><00:30:42.339><c> be</c><00:30:42.519><c> that</c><00:30:42.660><c> hath</c><00:30:42.819><c> a</c><00:30:43.000><c> blemish,</c><00:30:43.319><c> he</c><00:30:43.500><c> shall</c><00:30:43.759><c> not</c> 00:30:44.019 --> 00:30:45.539 approach<00:30:44.380><c> a</c><00:30:44.619><c> blind</c><00:30:44.859><c> man,</c><00:30:45.240><c> a</c><00:30:45.279><c> lame,</c> 00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:48.900 or<00:30:45.920><c> he</c><00:30:46.200><c> that</c><00:30:46.400><c> hath</c><00:30:46.599><c> a</c><00:30:46.759><c> flat</c><00:30:46.859><c> nose,</c><00:30:47.400><c> or</c><00:30:47.400><c> anything</c><00:30:47.859><c> superfluous,</c> 00:30:49.119 --> 00:30:51.799 or<00:30:49.240><c> a</c><00:30:49.380><c> man</c><00:30:49.539><c> that</c><00:30:49.660><c> is</c><00:30:49.799><c> broken</c><00:30:50.119><c>-footed,</c><00:30:50.700><c> or</c><00:30:50.920><c> broken</c><00:30:51.140><c>-handed,</c><00:30:51.660><c> or</c> 00:30:51.799 --> 00:30:52.980 crook<00:30:52.079><c>-backed,</c><00:30:52.359><c> or</c><00:30:52.559><c> a</c><00:30:52.680><c> dwarf,</c> 00:30:53.220 --> 00:30:57.119 or<00:30:53.359><c> that</c><00:30:53.579><c> hath</c><00:30:53.660><c> any</c><00:30:54.000><c> blemish</c><00:30:54.519><c> in</c><00:30:54.920><c> his</c><00:30:55.140><c> eye,</c><00:30:55.359><c> or</c><00:30:55.480><c> scurvy,</c><00:30:56.140><c> or</c><00:30:56.400><c> scabbed,</c><00:30:57.059><c> or</c> 00:30:57.119 --> 00:30:58.059 his<00:30:57.400><c> stones</c><00:30:57.700><c> broken,</c> 00:30:58.220 --> 00:31:01.420 no<00:30:58.619><c> man</c><00:30:58.880><c> that</c><00:30:59.140><c> hath</c><00:30:59.319><c> a</c><00:30:59.519><c> blemish</c><00:30:59.819><c> of</c><00:31:00.039><c> the</c><00:31:00.279><c> seed</c><00:31:00.480><c> of</c><00:31:00.740><c> Aaron</c><00:31:00.940><c> the</c> 00:31:01.420 --> 00:31:05.099 priest<00:31:02.000><c> shall</c><00:31:02.519><c> come</c><00:31:02.980><c> nigh</c><00:31:03.200><c> to</c><00:31:03.460><c> offer</c><00:31:03.940><c> the</c><00:31:04.500><c> offerings</c><00:31:04.759><c> of</c><00:31:04.980><c> the</c> 00:31:05.099 --> 00:31:06.059 Lord<00:31:05.279><c> made</c><00:31:05.500><c> by</c><00:31:05.779><c> fire.</c> 00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:10.759 He<00:31:06.740><c> hath</c><00:31:07.259><c> a</c><00:31:07.460><c> blemish,</c><00:31:07.859><c> he</c><00:31:08.079><c> shall</c><00:31:08.319><c> not</c><00:31:08.599><c> come</c><00:31:08.839><c> nigh</c><00:31:09.079><c> to</c><00:31:09.279><c> offer</c><00:31:09.619><c> the</c><00:31:09.960><c> bread</c><00:31:10.259><c> of</c> 00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:12.000 his<00:31:11.519><c> God.</c> 00:31:12.220 --> 00:31:13.599 I<00:31:12.380><c> think</c><00:31:12.480><c> that's</c><00:31:12.700><c> clear,</c><00:31:13.160><c> isn't</c><00:31:13.160><c> it?</c> 00:31:13.599 --> 00:31:18.940 Particularly<00:31:14.380><c> as</c><00:31:14.599><c> we</c><00:31:14.839><c> look</c><00:31:15.039><c> at</c><00:31:15.200><c> the</c><00:31:15.299><c> closing</c><00:31:15.539><c> chapters</c><00:31:15.900><c> of</c><00:31:16.099><c> Ezekiel's</c><00:31:16.660><c> prophecy</c><00:31:16.980><c> concerning</c><00:31:17.599><c> the</c><00:31:17.839><c> priests</c><00:31:18.240><c> of</c><00:31:18.559><c> Levi,</c> 00:31:19.359 --> 00:31:21.740 and<00:31:19.440><c> the</c><00:31:19.599><c> priests</c><00:31:19.779><c> of</c><00:31:20.079><c> Zadok,</c><00:31:20.720><c> and</c><00:31:20.819><c> how</c><00:31:21.039><c> they</c><00:31:21.279><c> shall</c><00:31:21.420><c> minister</c> 00:31:21.740 --> 00:31:22.960 in<00:31:21.900><c> the</c><00:31:22.039><c> tabernacle,</c><00:31:22.420><c> the</c><00:31:22.579><c> temple,</c> 00:31:23.160 --> 00:31:25.859 and<00:31:23.319><c> how</c><00:31:23.619><c> the</c><00:31:24.000><c> priests</c><00:31:24.240><c> of</c><00:31:24.359><c> Zadok</c><00:31:24.799><c> will</c><00:31:25.019><c> come</c><00:31:25.339><c> nigh</c><00:31:25.519><c> unto</c><00:31:25.720><c> the</c> 00:31:25.859 --> 00:31:27.099 altar<00:31:26.039><c> of</c><00:31:26.319><c> God.</c> 00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:30.099 We<00:31:27.700><c> believe</c><00:31:27.940><c> the</c><00:31:28.119><c> priests</c><00:31:28.319><c> of</c><00:31:28.380><c> Zadok</c><00:31:28.740><c> are</c><00:31:28.920><c> the</c><00:31:29.079><c> sons</c><00:31:29.359><c> and</c><00:31:29.559><c> daughters</c><00:31:29.839><c> of</c> 00:31:30.099 --> 00:31:31.640 God<00:31:30.359><c> in</c><00:31:30.579><c> the</c><00:31:30.700><c> kingdom.</c> 00:31:32.880 --> 00:31:34.220 The<00:31:33.079><c> saints.</c> 00:31:38.180 --> 00:31:43.259 So,<00:31:39.240><c> we've</c><00:31:39.599><c> said,</c><00:31:40.420><c> our</c><00:31:40.759><c> bodies</c><00:31:41.140><c> will</c><00:31:41.500><c> be</c><00:31:41.839><c> changed</c><00:31:42.500><c> irreversibly.</c> 00:31:45.980 --> 00:31:48.500 But<00:31:46.140><c> what</c><00:31:46.339><c> about</c><00:31:46.579><c> our</c><00:31:46.920><c> personalities?</c><00:31:47.420><c> If</c><00:31:47.619><c> the</c><00:31:47.740><c> body</c><00:31:47.940><c> is</c><00:31:47.980><c> going</c><00:31:48.240><c> to</c> 00:31:48.500 --> 00:31:50.920 change,<00:31:48.960><c> what</c><00:31:49.200><c> will</c><00:31:49.519><c> happen</c><00:31:49.859><c> to</c><00:31:50.119><c> our</c><00:31:50.440><c> personalities?</c> 00:31:51.400 --> 00:31:54.500 The<00:31:51.859><c> experiences</c><00:31:52.220><c> that</c><00:31:52.440><c> we</c><00:31:52.539><c> have</c><00:31:52.740><c> today</c><00:31:53.160><c> that</c><00:31:53.640><c> make</c><00:31:54.019><c> us</c><00:31:54.359><c> the</c> 00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:56.259 people<00:31:54.940><c> that</c><00:31:55.180><c> we</c><00:31:55.279><c> are.</c> 00:31:57.400 --> 00:32:00.500 Well,<00:31:57.740><c> I</c><00:31:57.819><c> don't</c><00:31:57.960><c> think</c><00:31:58.039><c> we</c><00:31:58.160><c> need</c><00:31:58.420><c> to</c><00:31:58.579><c> turn</c><00:31:58.720><c> to</c><00:31:58.940><c> scriptural</c><00:31:59.279><c> references,</c><00:31:59.759><c> because</c><00:32:00.059><c> I</c><00:32:00.180><c> think</c><00:32:00.279><c> there's</c><00:32:00.420><c> a</c> 00:32:00.500 --> 00:32:01.880 very<00:32:00.759><c> simple</c><00:32:01.039><c> answer</c><00:32:01.319><c> to</c><00:32:01.480><c> all</c><00:32:01.579><c> of</c><00:32:01.720><c> that.</c> 00:32:01.880 --> 00:32:06.539 The<00:32:02.180><c> Lord</c><00:32:02.579><c> Jesus</c><00:32:03.099><c> Christ,</c><00:32:03.440><c> when</c><00:32:03.640><c> he</c><00:32:03.920><c> had</c><00:32:04.380><c> arisen</c><00:32:04.900><c> and</c><00:32:05.480><c> ascended</c><00:32:05.779><c> to</c><00:32:06.000><c> his</c><00:32:06.220><c> Father,</c> 00:32:06.680 --> 00:32:11.880 and<00:32:06.799><c> he</c><00:32:06.900><c> became</c><00:32:07.240><c> a</c><00:32:07.700><c> spirit</c><00:32:07.940><c> being,</c><00:32:08.640><c> and</c><00:32:08.819><c> he</c><00:32:09.400><c> presented</c><00:32:09.839><c> himself</c><00:32:10.240><c> to</c><00:32:10.440><c> his</c><00:32:10.660><c> disciples,</c> 00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:18.319 he<00:32:14.640><c> knew</c><00:32:14.839><c> them,</c><00:32:16.380><c> and</c><00:32:16.740><c> they</c><00:32:16.960><c> knew</c><00:32:17.140><c> him.</c> 00:32:20.059 --> 00:32:25.019 He<00:32:20.740><c> understood</c><00:32:21.420><c> them,</c><00:32:22.579><c> and</c><00:32:23.180><c> they</c><00:32:23.400><c> understood</c><00:32:23.880><c> him.</c> 00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:28.380 He<00:32:25.920><c> could</c><00:32:26.220><c> bring</c><00:32:26.579><c> to</c><00:32:26.799><c> mind</c><00:32:27.059><c> exactly</c><00:32:27.539><c> the</c><00:32:27.839><c> experiences</c><00:32:28.180><c> that</c> 00:32:28.380 --> 00:32:29.359 they<00:32:28.500><c> were</c><00:32:28.640><c> going</c><00:32:28.900><c> through.</c> 00:32:29.359 --> 00:32:39.059 When<00:32:30.440><c> he</c><00:32:33.900><c> spoke</c><00:32:34.119><c> to</c><00:32:34.380><c> Mary,</c><00:32:35.619><c> he</c><00:32:35.799><c> spoke</c><00:32:36.099><c> in</c><00:32:36.299><c> a</c><00:32:36.480><c> tender</c><00:32:36.819><c> and</c><00:32:37.319><c> loving</c><00:32:37.700><c> way.</c> 00:32:40.720 --> 00:32:45.079 So,<00:32:40.940><c> surely</c><00:32:41.339><c> we're</c><00:32:41.599><c> being</c><00:32:41.960><c> told</c><00:32:42.259><c> there</c><00:32:42.940><c> that</c><00:32:43.759><c> the</c><00:32:44.119><c> experiences</c><00:32:44.400><c> that</c><00:32:44.619><c> we</c><00:32:44.740><c> have</c><00:32:44.900><c> in</c> 00:32:45.079 --> 00:32:48.059 this<00:32:45.319><c> life</c><00:32:45.720><c> will</c><00:32:46.059><c> be</c><00:32:46.539><c> there</c><00:32:46.859><c> for</c><00:32:47.160><c> a</c><00:32:47.279><c> purpose</c><00:32:47.579><c> in</c><00:32:47.759><c> the</c><00:32:47.859><c> kingdom</c> 00:32:48.059 --> 00:32:48.420 of<00:32:48.279><c> God.</c> 00:32:48.440 --> 00:32:55.519 And<00:32:48.599><c> that's</c><00:32:48.759><c> why</c><00:32:48.900><c> we</c><00:32:49.099><c> have</c><00:32:49.279><c> this</c><00:32:50.400><c> time</c><00:32:51.039><c> of</c><00:32:51.359><c> pilgrimage,</c><00:32:53.460><c> to</c><00:32:53.779><c> prepare</c><00:32:53.980><c> ourselves</c><00:32:54.700><c> as</c> 00:32:55.519 --> 00:32:58.319 kings<00:32:55.839><c> and</c><00:32:56.180><c> priests</c><00:32:56.420><c> to</c><00:32:56.640><c> our</c><00:32:56.960><c> experiences</c><00:32:57.579><c> of</c><00:32:57.839><c> life,</c> 00:32:58.319 --> 00:33:03.039 so<00:32:58.920><c> that</c><00:32:59.099><c> in</c><00:32:59.220><c> the</c><00:32:59.400><c> kingdom</c><00:32:59.660><c> we</c><00:32:59.960><c> can't</c><00:33:00.359><c> be</c><00:33:00.579><c> called</c><00:33:01.420><c> hypocrites,</c> 00:33:03.480 --> 00:33:06.140 because<00:33:03.680><c> we</c><00:33:03.900><c> live</c><00:33:04.200><c> by</c><00:33:04.480><c> those</c><00:33:04.839><c> things</c><00:33:05.180><c> that</c><00:33:05.400><c> we</c><00:33:05.599><c> preach</c><00:33:05.900><c> in</c><00:33:06.119><c> the</c> 00:33:06.140 --> 00:33:06.640 kingdom<00:33:06.339><c> of</c><00:33:06.519><c> God.</c> 00:33:06.720 --> 00:33:11.019 That's<00:33:06.940><c> the</c><00:33:07.059><c> principle</c><00:33:07.380><c> today.</c><00:33:09.359><c> That's</c><00:33:09.480><c> why</c><00:33:09.599><c> the</c><00:33:09.720><c> scribes</c><00:33:09.880><c> and</c><00:33:10.000><c> Pharisees</c><00:33:10.400><c> will</c><00:33:10.640><c> not</c><00:33:10.819><c> be</c> 00:33:11.019 --> 00:33:13.819 in<00:33:11.099><c> the</c><00:33:11.180><c> kingdom</c><00:33:11.440><c> of</c><00:33:11.640><c> God,</c><00:33:11.839><c> because</c><00:33:12.059><c> they</c><00:33:12.400><c> were</c><00:33:12.700><c> hypocrites.</c> 00:33:14.519 --> 00:33:16.960 How<00:33:14.660><c> can</c><00:33:14.839><c> they</c><00:33:14.960><c> be</c><00:33:15.119><c> the</c><00:33:15.240><c> eternal</c><00:33:15.619><c> priesthood?</c> 00:33:20.900 --> 00:33:26.319 But<00:33:21.339><c> something</c><00:33:21.680><c> will</c><00:33:21.940><c> change.</c><00:33:25.119><c> Our</c><00:33:25.539><c> relationships.</c> 00:33:26.319 --> 00:33:29.420 Let's<00:33:26.619><c> go</c><00:33:26.839><c> to</c><00:33:27.039><c> Luke</c><00:33:27.240><c> chapter</c><00:33:27.559><c> 20.</c><00:33:27.940><c> We</c><00:33:28.099><c> know</c><00:33:28.339><c> this</c><00:33:28.500><c> chapter</c><00:33:28.759><c> well,</c><00:33:29.059><c> because</c><00:33:29.319><c> the</c> 00:33:29.420 --> 00:33:33.480 Lord<00:33:29.619><c> Jesus</c><00:33:29.819><c> Christ</c><00:33:30.099><c> highlighted</c><00:33:30.720><c> the</c><00:33:32.079><c> relationships,</c><00:33:32.859><c> particularly</c><00:33:33.319><c> the</c> 00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:35.940 intimate<00:33:33.940><c> relationships</c><00:33:34.619><c> in</c><00:33:34.900><c> the</c><00:33:35.000><c> kingdom.</c> 00:33:37.420 --> 00:33:41.500 And<00:33:37.559><c> I've</c><00:33:37.799><c> heard,</c><00:33:37.960><c> you</c><00:33:38.099><c> know,</c><00:33:39.039><c> that</c><00:33:39.720><c> when</c><00:33:39.900><c> people</c><00:33:40.240><c> read</c><00:33:40.700><c> Luke</c> 00:33:41.500 --> 00:33:43.940 chapter<00:33:41.740><c> 20</c><00:33:42.160><c> and</c><00:33:42.539><c> verse</c><00:33:42.900><c> 34,</c> 00:33:45.880 --> 00:33:49.940 that<00:33:46.019><c> they</c><00:33:46.220><c> feel</c><00:33:46.519><c> somewhat</c><00:33:47.059><c> saddened</c><00:33:47.640><c> about</c><00:33:47.960><c> it,</c><00:33:48.640><c> that</c><00:33:48.720><c> no</c><00:33:49.019><c> longer</c><00:33:49.259><c> their</c><00:33:49.519><c> wife</c><00:33:49.819><c> or</c> 00:33:49.940 --> 00:33:52.559 their<00:33:50.079><c> husband</c><00:33:50.359><c> or</c><00:33:50.519><c> their</c><00:33:50.819><c> children</c><00:33:51.359><c> will</c><00:33:51.740><c> they</c><00:33:52.000><c> experience</c> 00:33:52.559 --> 00:33:55.119 the<00:33:52.720><c> same</c><00:33:52.980><c> relationship</c><00:33:53.640><c> that</c><00:33:53.799><c> they</c><00:33:54.039><c> have</c><00:33:54.240><c> today,</c><00:33:54.640><c> which</c><00:33:54.880><c> is</c> 00:33:55.119 --> 00:33:55.960 a<00:33:55.220><c> joyous</c><00:33:55.619><c> thing.</c> 00:33:56.319 --> 00:34:01.180 As<00:33:56.799><c> a</c><00:33:57.059><c> father,</c><00:33:58.220><c> I</c><00:33:58.319><c> know</c><00:33:58.640><c> how</c><00:33:58.960><c> joyous</c><00:33:59.259><c> that</c><00:33:59.359><c> experience</c><00:33:59.779><c> is</c><00:34:00.720><c> with</c><00:34:00.960><c> my</c> 00:34:01.180 --> 00:34:02.619 own<00:34:01.380><c> three</c><00:34:01.599><c> children.</c> 00:34:02.859 --> 00:34:04.640 And<00:34:03.019><c> it</c><00:34:03.259><c> saddens</c><00:34:03.539><c> them</c><00:34:03.799><c> somewhat</c><00:34:03.960><c> when</c><00:34:04.079><c> they</c><00:34:04.200><c> come</c><00:34:04.420><c> to</c><00:34:04.500><c> Luke</c> 00:34:04.640 --> 00:34:06.759 chapter<00:34:04.900><c> 20</c><00:34:05.200><c> and</c><00:34:05.319><c> they</c><00:34:05.519><c> see</c><00:34:05.700><c> that</c><00:34:05.880><c> this</c><00:34:06.079><c> relationship</c><00:34:06.480><c> will</c> 00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:09.000 change.<00:34:07.359><c> We</c><00:34:07.640><c> shouldn't</c><00:34:08.019><c> think</c><00:34:08.400><c> like</c><00:34:08.699><c> that.</c> 00:34:09.280 --> 00:34:13.780 Let's<00:34:09.800><c> pick</c><00:34:09.980><c> it</c><00:34:10.079><c> up</c><00:34:10.179><c> where</c><00:34:10.360><c> the</c><00:34:10.440><c> Lord</c><00:34:10.619><c> Jesus</c><00:34:10.920><c> Christ</c><00:34:11.239><c> highlighted</c><00:34:11.659><c> this</c><00:34:11.920><c> point.</c><00:34:12.280><c> Verse</c><00:34:12.599><c> 24,</c> 00:34:13.860 --> 00:34:14.639 Luke<00:34:14.139><c> chapter</c><00:34:14.320><c> 20.</c> 00:34:14.639 --> 00:34:18.239 Jesus<00:34:15.159><c> answered</c><00:34:15.460><c> and</c><00:34:15.460><c> said</c><00:34:15.659><c> unto</c><00:34:15.780><c> them,</c><00:34:16.280><c> The</c><00:34:16.340><c> children</c><00:34:16.719><c> of</c><00:34:16.840><c> this</c><00:34:17.099><c> world</c><00:34:17.219><c> marry</c><00:34:17.579><c> and</c><00:34:17.679><c> are</c><00:34:17.800><c> given</c><00:34:18.019><c> in</c> 00:34:18.239 --> 00:34:21.360 marriage,<00:34:18.940><c> but</c><00:34:19.039><c> they</c><00:34:19.480><c> which</c><00:34:19.739><c> shall</c><00:34:19.880><c> be</c><00:34:20.099><c> accounted</c><00:34:20.480><c> worthy</c><00:34:21.059><c> to</c> 00:34:21.360 --> 00:34:23.519 attain<00:34:21.719><c> that</c><00:34:22.079><c> world</c><00:34:22.239><c> and</c><00:34:22.400><c> the</c><00:34:22.579><c> resurrection</c><00:34:22.960><c> of</c><00:34:23.139><c> the</c><00:34:23.280><c> dead,</c> 00:34:23.699 --> 00:34:25.500 neither<00:34:23.800><c> marry</c><00:34:24.239><c> nor</c><00:34:24.420><c> are</c><00:34:24.739><c> given</c><00:34:24.900><c> in</c><00:34:25.139><c> marriage.</c> 00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:28.900 Neither<00:34:26.280><c> can</c><00:34:26.559><c> they</c><00:34:26.840><c> die</c><00:34:27.119><c> any</c><00:34:27.420><c> more,</c><00:34:27.679><c> for</c><00:34:27.780><c> they</c><00:34:28.019><c> are</c><00:34:28.260><c> equal</c><00:34:28.500><c> unto</c><00:34:28.719><c> the</c> 00:34:28.900 --> 00:34:32.480 angels<00:34:29.159><c> and</c><00:34:29.300><c> are</c><00:34:29.539><c> the</c><00:34:29.719><c> children</c><00:34:29.960><c> of</c><00:34:30.079><c> God,</c><00:34:30.619><c> being</c><00:34:30.820><c> the</c><00:34:30.900><c> children</c><00:34:31.179><c> of</c><00:34:31.320><c> the</c><00:34:31.460><c> resurrection.</c> 00:34:32.599 --> 00:34:35.219 Now<00:34:33.079><c> that</c><00:34:33.340><c> the</c><00:34:33.500><c> dead</c><00:34:33.780><c> are</c><00:34:33.900><c> raised,</c><00:34:34.360><c> even</c><00:34:34.519><c> Moses</c><00:34:34.840><c> showed</c><00:34:35.079><c> them</c> 00:34:35.219 --> 00:34:40.460 the<00:34:35.380><c> bush</c><00:34:35.719><c> when</c><00:34:36.019><c> he</c><00:34:36.139><c> called</c><00:34:36.460><c> the</c><00:34:36.619><c> Lord</c><00:34:36.820><c> the</c><00:34:37.019><c> God</c><00:34:37.219><c> of</c><00:34:37.500><c> Abraham</c><00:34:37.980><c> and</c><00:34:38.300><c> the</c><00:34:38.360><c> God</c><00:34:38.519><c> of</c><00:34:38.679><c> Isaac</c><00:34:38.920><c> and</c><00:34:39.019><c> the</c><00:34:39.119><c> God</c><00:34:39.239><c> of</c><00:34:39.440><c> Jacob,</c><00:34:39.760><c> for</c><00:34:39.840><c> he</c><00:34:40.039><c> is</c><00:34:40.079><c> not</c><00:34:40.340><c> a</c> 00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:45.980 God<00:34:40.579><c> of</c><00:34:40.820><c> the</c><00:34:41.039><c> dead,</c><00:34:41.599><c> but</c><00:34:41.719><c> of</c><00:34:41.860><c> the</c><00:34:41.960><c> living,</c><00:34:42.599><c> for</c><00:34:42.880><c> all</c><00:34:43.300><c> live</c><00:34:43.940><c> unto</c><00:34:44.719><c> him.</c> 00:34:48.699 --> 00:34:51.800 Marriage.<00:34:50.039><c> What's</c><00:34:50.300><c> highlighted</c><00:34:50.659><c> here</c><00:34:51.000><c> by</c><00:34:51.199><c> the</c><00:34:51.320><c> Lord</c><00:34:51.500><c> Jesus</c> 00:34:51.800 --> 00:34:56.340 Christ?<00:34:55.360><c> Procreation.</c> 00:34:57.079 --> 00:35:01.599 And<00:34:57.659><c> there</c><00:34:57.820><c> will</c><00:34:58.000><c> be</c><00:34:58.139><c> no</c><00:34:58.440><c> need</c><00:34:58.659><c> for</c><00:34:58.960><c> procreation</c><00:34:59.619><c> in</c><00:34:59.780><c> the</c><00:34:59.860><c> kingdom</c><00:35:00.079><c> of</c><00:35:00.320><c> God</c><00:35:00.480><c> because</c><00:35:00.800><c> Revelation</c><00:35:01.159><c> 7</c> 00:35:01.599 --> 00:35:05.280 and<00:35:01.760><c> Revelation</c><00:35:02.239><c> 14</c><00:35:02.719><c> tells</c><00:35:03.099><c> us</c><00:35:03.599><c> that</c><00:35:03.940><c> the</c><00:35:04.139><c> number</c><00:35:04.380><c> of</c><00:35:04.639><c> the</c><00:35:04.739><c> saints</c><00:35:04.900><c> will</c><00:35:05.079><c> be</c> 00:35:05.280 --> 00:35:06.420 made<00:35:05.460><c> up.</c> 00:35:07.199 --> 00:35:10.340 That<00:35:07.360><c> the</c><00:35:07.539><c> 144</c><00:35:08.039><c>,000</c><00:35:08.539><c> will</c><00:35:08.679><c> be</c><00:35:08.960><c> established.</c><00:35:09.800><c> There</c><00:35:10.039><c> will</c><00:35:10.159><c> be</c> 00:35:10.340 --> 00:35:13.320 no<00:35:10.840><c> reason</c><00:35:11.320><c> for</c><00:35:11.679><c> procreation.</c> 00:35:15.920 --> 00:35:21.980 The<00:35:16.059><c> number</c><00:35:16.420><c> of</c><00:35:17.079><c> the</c><00:35:17.320><c> divine,</c><00:35:17.860><c> the</c><00:35:18.059><c> redeemed,</c><00:35:19.280><c> will</c><00:35:19.559><c> be</c><00:35:20.480><c> made</c><00:35:21.059><c> up.</c> 00:35:22.960 --> 00:35:26.139 But<00:35:23.719><c> let</c><00:35:23.980><c> us</c><00:35:24.179><c> rest</c><00:35:24.440><c> assured</c><00:35:24.800><c> of</c><00:35:24.980><c> one</c><00:35:25.159><c> thing.</c> 00:35:27.400 --> 00:35:30.300 The<00:35:27.659><c> experiences</c><00:35:28.039><c> that</c><00:35:28.239><c> we</c><00:35:28.380><c> have</c><00:35:28.619><c> today</c><00:35:29.000><c> as</c><00:35:29.579><c> husbands</c><00:35:30.019><c> and</c> 00:35:30.300 --> 00:35:33.659 wives<00:35:30.659><c> and</c><00:35:30.900><c> fathers</c><00:35:31.400><c> and</c><00:35:31.760><c> children</c><00:35:32.119><c> and</c><00:35:32.579><c> grandparents</c><00:35:33.239><c> and</c> 00:35:33.659 --> 00:35:37.199 grandchildren<00:35:34.380><c> and</c><00:35:34.840><c> brethren</c><00:35:35.119><c> and</c><00:35:35.380><c> sisters</c><00:35:35.800><c> with</c><00:35:36.039><c> each</c><00:35:36.320><c> other</c> 00:35:39.920 --> 00:35:46.280 will<00:35:40.679><c> be</c><00:35:41.099><c> far,</c><00:35:41.420><c> far</c><00:35:42.539><c> inferior</c><00:35:43.400><c> to</c><00:35:44.760><c> the</c><00:35:44.980><c> feelings</c><00:35:45.340><c> of</c><00:35:45.719><c> oneness</c> 00:35:46.280 --> 00:35:50.260 and<00:35:46.840><c> unity</c><00:35:47.579><c> we</c><00:35:48.739><c> will</c><00:35:48.920><c> have</c><00:35:49.039><c> in</c><00:35:49.179><c> the</c><00:35:49.300><c> kingdom.</c> 00:35:50.579 --> 00:35:52.980 Paul<00:35:51.179><c> says</c><00:35:51.460><c> that</c><00:35:51.679><c> the</c><00:35:51.840><c> sufferings</c><00:35:52.159><c> of</c><00:35:52.300><c> this</c><00:35:52.500><c> present</c><00:35:52.760><c> time</c> 00:35:52.980 --> 00:35:54.639 are<00:35:53.159><c> not</c><00:35:53.559><c> worthy.</c> 00:35:54.860 --> 00:35:58.280 Paul<00:35:55.239><c> with</c><00:35:55.460><c> his</c><00:35:55.780><c> mental</c><00:35:56.219><c> grasp</c><00:35:56.639><c> of</c><00:35:56.900><c> the</c><00:35:57.079><c> scriptures</c><00:35:57.360><c> of</c><00:35:57.820><c> truth</c> 00:35:58.280 --> 00:36:04.739 are<00:36:00.239><c> not</c><00:36:00.739><c> worthy</c><00:36:01.219><c> to</c><00:36:01.480><c> be</c><00:36:01.659><c> compared</c><00:36:02.159><c> with</c><00:36:02.519><c> the</c><00:36:02.940><c> glory</c><00:36:03.739><c> that</c><00:36:04.380><c> shall</c><00:36:04.519><c> be</c> 00:36:04.739 --> 00:36:06.300 revealed<00:36:05.119><c> in</c><00:36:05.380><c> us.</c> 00:36:07.519 --> 00:36:09.900 And<00:36:07.659><c> those</c><00:36:07.940><c> of</c><00:36:08.099><c> you</c><00:36:08.280><c> who</c><00:36:08.380><c> are</c><00:36:08.539><c> not</c><00:36:08.840><c> convinced,</c><00:36:09.340><c> let's</c><00:36:09.539><c> just</c><00:36:09.780><c> go</c> 00:36:09.900 --> 00:36:11.260 to<00:36:10.039><c> one</c><00:36:10.260><c> more</c><00:36:10.440><c> reference.</c> 00:36:12.559 --> 00:36:19.760 Revelation<00:36:13.159><c> chapter</c><00:36:13.760><c> 21</c><00:36:14.300><c> as</c><00:36:14.539><c> we</c><00:36:14.940><c> begin</c><00:36:15.239><c> to</c><00:36:16.880><c> think</c><00:36:17.139><c> about</c><00:36:17.440><c> concluding</c><00:36:18.099><c> our</c><00:36:18.539><c> remarks.</c> 00:36:20.179 --> 00:36:24.360 Revelation<00:36:20.820><c> chapter</c><00:36:21.239><c> 21</c><00:36:21.780><c> goes</c><00:36:22.579><c> one</c><00:36:23.019><c> step</c><00:36:23.320><c> further</c><00:36:23.780><c> than</c><00:36:24.059><c> Luke</c> 00:36:24.360 --> 00:36:25.820 chapter<00:36:24.739><c> 20</c> 00:36:27.059 --> 00:36:31.480 because<00:36:27.699><c> I</c><00:36:27.860><c> believe</c><00:36:28.139><c> Revelation</c><00:36:28.599><c> chapter</c><00:36:28.920><c> 21</c><00:36:29.400><c> can</c><00:36:29.739><c> be</c><00:36:30.059><c> a</c><00:36:30.360><c> great</c><00:36:30.699><c> source</c><00:36:31.139><c> of</c> 00:36:31.480 --> 00:36:35.019 strength<00:36:31.719><c> for</c><00:36:31.960><c> those</c><00:36:32.300><c> of</c><00:36:32.519><c> us</c><00:36:33.679><c> who</c><00:36:34.079><c> have</c><00:36:34.199><c> got</c><00:36:34.360><c> family</c><00:36:34.619><c> members</c> 00:36:35.019 --> 00:36:36.519 who<00:36:35.179><c> are</c><00:36:35.260><c> not</c><00:36:35.380><c> in</c><00:36:35.519><c> the</c><00:36:35.699><c> truth.</c> 00:36:37.579 --> 00:36:40.619 Husbands<00:36:37.960><c> not</c><00:36:38.159><c> in</c><00:36:38.280><c> the</c><00:36:38.440><c> truth,</c><00:36:38.980><c> wives</c><00:36:39.099><c> not</c><00:36:39.320><c> in</c><00:36:39.480><c> the</c><00:36:39.659><c> truth,</c><00:36:39.860><c> children</c><00:36:40.260><c> not</c><00:36:40.539><c> in</c> 00:36:40.619 --> 00:36:41.179 the<00:36:40.840><c> truth.</c> 00:36:41.300 --> 00:36:46.239 And<00:36:41.420><c> I</c><00:36:42.159><c> speak</c><00:36:42.480><c> this</c><00:36:42.820><c> with</c><00:36:43.159><c> great</c><00:36:43.440><c> respect</c><00:36:44.199><c> and</c><00:36:45.019><c> everything.</c> 00:36:47.059 --> 00:36:53.559 And<00:36:47.619><c> I've</c><00:36:47.980><c> heard</c><00:36:48.159><c> on</c><00:36:48.480><c> many,</c><00:36:48.780><c> many</c><00:36:49.059><c> occasions</c><00:36:50.059><c> certain</c><00:36:51.860><c> brethren</c><00:36:52.199><c> and</c><00:36:52.480><c> certain</c><00:36:52.739><c> sisters,</c><00:36:53.019><c> and</c><00:36:53.139><c> this</c><00:36:53.360><c> is</c> 00:36:53.559 --> 00:36:56.719 not<00:36:54.559><c> criticism</c><00:36:55.139><c> by</c><00:36:55.460><c> any</c><00:36:55.659><c> means,</c> 00:36:57.460 --> 00:36:59.420 certain<00:36:57.699><c> brethren</c><00:36:57.940><c> and</c><00:36:58.139><c> sisters</c><00:36:58.280><c> find</c><00:36:58.559><c> it</c><00:36:58.699><c> very</c><00:36:58.920><c> difficult</c> 00:36:59.420 --> 00:37:04.920 to<00:37:00.619><c> mentally</c><00:37:01.019><c> comprehend</c><00:37:01.619><c> the</c><00:37:01.960><c> feeling</c><00:37:02.219><c> that</c><00:37:02.420><c> they</c><00:37:02.679><c> will</c><00:37:03.079><c> have</c><00:37:03.679><c> if</c> 00:37:04.920 --> 00:37:07.920 they<00:37:05.099><c> are</c><00:37:05.320><c> granted</c><00:37:05.599><c> like</c><00:37:05.840><c> eternal</c><00:37:06.440><c> and</c><00:37:07.340><c> their</c><00:37:07.559><c> loved</c><00:37:07.760><c> ones</c> 00:37:07.920 --> 00:37:09.119 are<00:37:08.099><c> not.</c> 00:37:10.519 --> 00:37:14.260 You<00:37:10.940><c> think</c><00:37:11.300><c> of</c><00:37:11.539><c> what</c><00:37:12.039><c> we</c><00:37:12.519><c> find</c><00:37:12.760><c> here</c><00:37:13.039><c> in</c><00:37:13.340><c> Revelation</c><00:37:13.840><c> chapter</c> 00:37:14.260 --> 00:37:15.360 21,<00:37:14.920><c> verse</c><00:37:15.179><c> 1,</c> 00:37:15.360 --> 00:37:17.739 And<00:37:15.480><c> I</c><00:37:15.559><c> saw</c><00:37:15.880><c> a</c><00:37:15.980><c> new</c><00:37:16.199><c> heaven</c><00:37:16.440><c> and</c><00:37:16.599><c> a</c><00:37:16.820><c> new</c><00:37:16.820><c> earth,</c><00:37:17.260><c> for</c><00:37:17.380><c> the</c><00:37:17.539><c> first</c> 00:37:17.739 --> 00:37:19.519 heaven<00:37:17.960><c> the</c><00:37:18.059><c> first</c><00:37:18.380><c> earth</c><00:37:18.519><c> was</c><00:37:18.639><c> passed</c><00:37:18.960><c> away</c><00:37:19.239><c> and</c><00:37:19.380><c> there</c><00:37:19.440><c> was</c> 00:37:19.519 --> 00:37:20.219 no<00:37:19.639><c> more</c><00:37:19.960><c> sin.</c> 00:37:20.300 --> 00:37:26.199 I<00:37:20.719><c> John</c><00:37:21.059><c> saw</c><00:37:21.239><c> the</c><00:37:21.460><c> holy</c><00:37:21.699><c> city,</c><00:37:22.519><c> new</c><00:37:22.739><c> Jerusalem</c><00:37:23.260><c> coming</c><00:37:23.599><c> down</c><00:37:23.880><c> from</c><00:37:24.039><c> God</c><00:37:24.519><c> out</c><00:37:24.980><c> of</c><00:37:25.179><c> heaven,</c><00:37:25.559><c> prepared</c><00:37:25.820><c> as</c><00:37:26.019><c> a</c> 00:37:26.199 --> 00:37:28.300 bride<00:37:26.380><c> adorned</c><00:37:26.840><c> for</c><00:37:27.039><c> her</c><00:37:27.360><c> husband.</c> 00:37:28.619 --> 00:37:31.019 And<00:37:28.719><c> I</c><00:37:28.860><c> heard</c><00:37:29.000><c> a</c><00:37:29.039><c> great</c><00:37:29.300><c> voice</c><00:37:29.599><c> out</c><00:37:29.800><c> of</c><00:37:29.940><c> heaven</c><00:37:30.099><c> saying,</c><00:37:30.360><c> Behold</c><00:37:30.840><c> the</c> 00:37:31.019 --> 00:37:33.980 tabernacle<00:37:31.440><c> of</c><00:37:31.599><c> God</c><00:37:31.900><c> is</c><00:37:32.059><c> with</c><00:37:32.300><c> men,</c><00:37:33.099><c> and</c><00:37:33.199><c> he</c><00:37:33.340><c> will</c><00:37:33.539><c> dwell</c><00:37:33.780><c> with</c> 00:37:33.980 --> 00:37:35.900 them,<00:37:34.119><c> and</c><00:37:34.280><c> they</c><00:37:34.440><c> shall</c><00:37:34.619><c> be</c><00:37:34.860><c> his</c><00:37:35.019><c> people,</c><00:37:35.280><c> and</c><00:37:35.360><c> God</c><00:37:35.519><c> himself</c> 00:37:35.900 --> 00:37:36.579 shall<00:37:36.099><c> be</c><00:37:36.260><c> with</c><00:37:36.440><c> them.</c> 00:37:36.579 --> 00:37:42.519 And<00:37:36.820><c> God</c><00:37:39.300><c> shall</c><00:37:39.920><c> wipe</c><00:37:40.360><c> away</c><00:37:40.639><c> all</c><00:37:40.960><c> tears</c><00:37:41.239><c> from</c><00:37:41.400><c> their</c><00:37:41.659><c> eyes,</c><00:37:41.920><c> and</c><00:37:42.059><c> there</c><00:37:42.199><c> shall</c><00:37:42.360><c> be</c> 00:37:42.519 --> 00:37:45.840 no<00:37:42.699><c> more</c><00:37:42.940><c> death,</c><00:37:43.300><c> neither</c><00:37:43.519><c> sorrow</c><00:37:43.900><c> nor</c><00:37:44.159><c> crying,</c><00:37:44.980><c> neither</c><00:37:45.300><c> shall</c><00:37:45.519><c> there</c><00:37:45.699><c> be</c> 00:37:45.840 --> 00:37:49.559 any<00:37:46.079><c> more</c><00:37:46.340><c> pain,</c><00:37:46.699><c> for</c><00:37:46.820><c> the</c><00:37:47.000><c> former</c><00:37:47.239><c> things</c><00:37:47.559><c> are</c><00:37:47.840><c> not</c><00:37:48.039><c> passed</c><00:37:48.360><c> away.</c> 00:37:50.119 --> 00:37:55.840 And<00:37:50.480><c> here</c><00:37:50.739><c> the</c><00:37:51.059><c> Apostle</c><00:37:51.539><c> John,</c><00:37:51.820><c> the</c><00:37:52.079><c> spirit</c><00:37:52.460><c> here,</c><00:37:53.119><c> the</c><00:37:53.139><c> personal</c><00:37:53.539><c> revelation</c><00:37:54.019><c> of</c><00:37:54.219><c> the</c><00:37:54.280><c> Lord</c><00:37:54.519><c> Jesus</c><00:37:54.800><c> Christ,</c><00:37:55.639><c> is</c> 00:37:55.840 --> 00:37:57.300 calling<00:37:56.039><c> out</c> 00:37:58.219 --> 00:38:03.000 that<00:37:59.059><c> any</c><00:37:59.360><c> anxieties</c><00:38:00.139><c> and</c><00:38:00.500><c> concerns</c><00:38:01.099><c> and</c><00:38:01.480><c> problems</c><00:38:01.940><c> and</c><00:38:02.239><c> difficulties</c><00:38:02.719><c> that</c> 00:38:03.000 --> 00:38:05.380 we<00:38:03.260><c> might</c><00:38:03.579><c> feel</c><00:38:03.920><c> today</c> 00:38:06.179 --> 00:38:10.099 on<00:38:07.019><c> the</c><00:38:07.239><c> public</c><00:38:07.820><c> announcement</c><00:38:08.440><c> and</c><00:38:08.739><c> revelation</c><00:38:09.280><c> that</c><00:38:09.699><c> we</c> 00:38:10.099 --> 00:38:13.300 have<00:38:10.280><c> been</c><00:38:10.699><c> granted</c><00:38:11.400><c> eternal</c><00:38:12.340><c> life,</c> 00:38:15.179 --> 00:38:19.760 any<00:38:15.519><c> concerns,</c><00:38:16.639><c> any</c><00:38:17.000><c> anxieties</c><00:38:17.440><c> that</c><00:38:17.619><c> we</c><00:38:17.860><c> have</c><00:38:18.039><c> today</c><00:38:18.719><c> will</c> 00:38:19.760 --> 00:38:22.780 be<00:38:20.099><c> gone</c><00:38:20.800><c> for</c><00:38:21.980><c> good.</c> 00:38:23.960 --> 00:38:28.260 The<00:38:24.519><c> joy</c><00:38:25.059><c> experienced</c><00:38:25.940><c> on</c><00:38:26.219><c> hearing</c><00:38:26.599><c> those</c><00:38:26.960><c> words,</c><00:38:27.619><c> well</c><00:38:27.900><c> done</c> 00:38:28.260 --> 00:38:30.059 thou<00:38:28.539><c> good</c><00:38:28.719><c> and</c><00:38:28.860><c> faithful</c><00:38:29.139><c> servant,</c> 00:38:30.500 --> 00:38:33.679 will<00:38:30.780><c> supersede</c><00:38:31.320><c> any</c><00:38:31.699><c> feeling</c><00:38:32.019><c> that</c><00:38:32.159><c> we</c><00:38:32.260><c> have</c><00:38:32.480><c> today</c><00:38:32.739><c> of</c><00:38:32.940><c> anxiety</c><00:38:33.400><c> and</c> 00:38:33.679 --> 00:38:38.059 concern,<00:38:35.039><c> and</c><00:38:35.340><c> it</c><00:38:35.480><c> will</c><00:38:35.639><c> be</c><00:38:35.800><c> with</c><00:38:36.079><c> us</c><00:38:36.360><c> a</c><00:38:36.460><c> jubilation</c><00:38:36.960><c> that</c><00:38:37.119><c> we</c><00:38:37.260><c> enjoy.</c> 00:38:39.539 --> 00:38:41.820 And<00:38:39.800><c> however</c><00:38:40.000><c> difficult</c><00:38:40.539><c> and</c><00:38:40.760><c> however</c><00:38:40.940><c> hard</c><00:38:41.380><c> and</c><00:38:41.579><c> however</c> 00:38:41.820 --> 00:38:44.099 challenging<00:38:42.360><c> that</c><00:38:42.619><c> might</c><00:38:43.000><c> sound</c><00:38:43.440><c> today,</c> 00:38:44.099 --> 00:38:51.239 let's<00:38:45.139><c> have</c><00:38:45.800><c> the</c><00:38:46.199><c> confidence</c><00:38:46.639><c> in</c><00:38:46.860><c> our</c><00:38:47.039><c> God</c><00:38:47.199><c> and</c><00:38:47.360><c> the</c><00:38:47.480><c> Lord</c><00:38:47.739><c> Jesus</c><00:38:48.380><c> Christ</c><00:38:49.340><c> that</c><00:38:50.260><c> nothing</c><00:38:50.840><c> that</c><00:38:51.079><c> the</c> 00:38:51.239 --> 00:38:55.059 Lord<00:38:51.460><c> God</c><00:38:51.679><c> has</c><00:38:51.980><c> designed</c><00:38:52.619><c> this</c><00:38:53.059><c> kingdom</c><00:38:53.539><c> for</c><00:38:53.980><c> his</c><00:38:54.380><c> son</c><00:38:54.659><c> and</c> 00:38:55.059 --> 00:38:56.579 his<00:38:55.400><c> children,</c> 00:38:57.280 --> 00:39:04.300 and<00:38:57.719><c> nothing,</c><00:39:00.320><c> I</c><00:39:00.679><c> stress</c><00:39:01.079><c> nothing,</c><00:39:02.059><c> will</c><00:39:02.159><c> ever,</c><00:39:02.619><c> ever</c><00:39:04.039><c> mar</c> 00:39:04.300 --> 00:39:05.679 that<00:39:04.539><c> experience.</c>