Join me as we read (and pick apart) Revelation, chapter five. God bless you, family.

All right, everyone.

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Good morning, and welcome back to

another episode of I Can't, He Can.

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I'm your host, Sarai, and we

are here again for another

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episode of the Sound Mind series.

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We're continuing in the Book

of Revelation, chapter 5.

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Now, this chapter, as every other one

that I have read so far, honestly just

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keeps giving more and more detail.

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And just so that you guys know, when

I'm reading, I actually have pen and

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paper, and if there's something that

sticks out to me, I'm actually rewriting

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the verse on my notebook in my own way.

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And that helps me so much because

even though, you know, realistically

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speaking, you can't do that for every

single Bible verse in the Bible.

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You can't do that.

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It's, I mean, how many are there?

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There's so many, right?

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But in this book in particular, I'm

studying it that way just because I feel

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like it's going to sink in a lot more.

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Now, we don't always have time to do

that, but in my opinion, for a book as

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detailed and as important as Revelation,

I think for me, personally, so that I can

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digest it and, and just, you know, really

take in all of the information, I really

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think that that's how I have to study it.

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So that's what I've been doing.

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I do still have my little

notes in the Bible itself.

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However, most of my notes are on

the notebook, pen and paper, and I

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just explain to myself what I read.

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But, with that said, I'm gonna

go ahead and begin reading.

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It's a very short chapter.

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There's only 14 verses, but nonetheless,

there's a lot of detail that's provided

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to us and I just, I really wanna

just take my time through this book.

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So I'm gonna go ahead and begin reading.

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Verse one: And I saw in the right

hand of Him who sat on the throne

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a scroll written inside and on

the back, sealed with seven seals.

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Verse two: Then I saw a strong

angel proclaiming with a loud

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voice, "Who is worthy to open the

scroll, and to loose its seals?"

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Verse three: And no one in heaven or

on earth or under the earth was able

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to open the scroll, or to look at it.

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Verse four: So I wept much, because

no one was found worthy to open and

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read the scroll, or to look at it.

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Verse five: But one of the

elders said to me, "Do not weep.

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Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah,

the Root of David, has prevailed to open

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the scroll and to loose its seven seals."

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Verse six: And I looked, and behold, in

the midst of the throne and of the four

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living creatures, and in the midst of

the elders, stood a Lamb as though it

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had been slain, having seven horns and

seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits

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of God sent out into all the earth.

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Verse seven: Then He came and

took the scroll out of the hand

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of Him who sat on the throne.

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Verse eight.

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Now when he had taken the scroll,

the four living creatures and the

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twenty-four elders fell down before

the Lamb, each having a harp, and a

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golden bowl full of incense, which

are the prayers of the saints.

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Verse nine.

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And they sang a new song, saying,

"You are worthy to take the scroll,

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and to open its seals, for you

were slain, and have redeemed us to

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God by your blood out of the tribe

and tongue and people and nation."

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Verse 10.

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"And have made us kings and priests to

our God, and we shall reign on earth."

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Verse 11.

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Then I looked, and I heard the voice

of many angels around the throne, the

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living creatures and the elders, and the

numbers of them was ten thousands times

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ten thousands, and thousands of thousands.

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Verse 12.

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Saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is

the Lamb who was slain to receive power

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and riches and wisdom, and strength

and honor and glory and blessing."

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Verse 13.

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And every creature which is in heaven and

on the earth and under earth, and such as

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are in the sea, and all that are in them,

I heard saying, "Blessing and honor and

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glory and power be to him who sits on the

throne, and to the Lamb forever and ever."

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Verse 14.

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Then the four living

creatures said, "Amen."

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And the twenty-four elders fell down and

worshiped him who lives forever and ever.

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Now, I wanted to read that slowly

because there were a few parts in

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here as I was reading that really

just stuck out to me in a way that

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You wouldn't just look at something

you read and just pass by it.

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Immediately when I read those

things, I just, I jotted it down

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and it like even to, to the moment

now I'm looking at it again.

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I was like, oh, no wonder

it stuck out to me.

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But anyway, I want to go over a few

things that I have here in my Bible.

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I know it was all pretty much

straightforward, but I do want to point

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out the things that stuck out to me.

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So in the very first verse, I know

that there are some people that may get

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confused when in the Bible it says him.

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So is it referring to God

or is it referring to Jesus?

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So sometimes it's important to just

be sure to divide in your mind who

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it is that they're speaking about.

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So in verse one, it says, and I saw in the

right hand of him who sat on the throne.

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We already know that Jesus is in heaven

at this point and he's seen as the lamb.

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But in this case, God is the one that's

sitting on the throne at this time.

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So when you read that,

it's talking about God.

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And I saw in the right hand of him who

sat on the throne, a scroll written inside

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and on the back sealed with seven seals.

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So in this case, you're imagining God

sitting on the throne, holding that

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seal, excuse me, holding that scroll

that has the written seven seals on them.

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Moving on to-- Sorry, I was, like,

looking at my little doodles here.

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so in verse two, I actually have a

few things written down here as well.

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"Then I saw a strong angel proclaiming

with a loud voice, 'Who is worthy to

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open the scroll and to loose its seals?'"

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So I have here, I have, like, a

little arrow that says, "Questions.

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Who can open the scroll?"

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So this angel, and it's

specifying a strong angel.

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I haven't looked into,

any literature or any…

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I've just-- I've tried to, like,

not really Google that many things,

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you know, unless it's extremely

necessary for me to understand, like,

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kinda like the Nicolaitans before

that I wanted to know who they were.

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So it's talking about a strong angel,

and I didn't really look in to see what

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angel that could be based on the Bible.

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I don't think it's very relevant

at the moment, but I did underline

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it because this particular angel is

questioning who can open the seal.

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And, excuse me, who can open the scroll.

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And that tells me that not even the

angels who live amongst God know.

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And that's crazy because if Jesus came

down, and I hadn't even-- I didn't

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even have this written down, I just

had questions who opens the scroll.

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But I just thought of this now, that

if Jesus walked on Earth, right?

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God sent us His only begotten Son, and

He was crucified, and He resurrected on

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the third day, and He is now in Heaven.

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He forgave us all of our sins.

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I'm thinking now, like, wouldn't the

angels already know what's going on?

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Wouldn't the angels already know that

this- person who is godly as well, who

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was human, who died and is now in heaven

again, wouldn't they know that he is

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the only one that can open the seals?

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So if you think about that,

and you're reading the Book of

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Revelation, these are all things

that are being revealed to John.

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And imagine, it's just, it's

such a crazy scenario to me now

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that I'm really thinking about

it because this is prophetic.

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It's being given to John,

right, as a vision from Jesus.

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Jesus is the one that is allowing

him to have all of these visions.

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So in the visions, the angels

are asking, and they don't know.

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So the visions happened.

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They were written down.

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We know it, but somehow in this

time when it's happening, it's

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still not known to the angels.

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So I guess I mean to say, because

it, you know, kind of going in,

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maybe going in circles here, but if

you think about it, in heaven right

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now, the angels still don't know

this very thing that we're reading.

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Does that make sense?

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I mean, they could know.

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Who knows?

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Maybe at the time they didn't, but

this is prophetic, so technically

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they're not aware that Jesus is the one

that's going to open the scroll until

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that very moment happens in heaven.

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So, ugh, man, it's just…

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You see, things like this are

just so crazy to think Because

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how could they not know?

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We have this here already, but are

they just living obliviously in heaven?

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Like, it's y- it's just so

many questions that you have.

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One day we will eventually know all

of this, but I just thought of that

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now, and that's, that's so curious.

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Like, it's written here for us.

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It was given as, prophetic dreams

and, and visions to, to John, and then

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they still didn't know at the time

when it was happening in the future.

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'Cause remember, these

visions are in the future.

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But anyway, I digress, 'cause I'm

probably driving you guys crazy with that.

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So the next verse is verse

three, and this one I also just

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was kind of amazed because…

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Well, I'll explain to you.

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Let's see.

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"And no one in heaven or on the

earth or under the earth was able to

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open the scroll or to look at it."

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So no one, essentially, how it says

after in verse four, is found worthy

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of even looking at the scroll.

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And what I found most peculiar here

was that in the middle of verse

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three it says, "or under the earth."

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My conspiracy theorist brain, and I've

said that before, so I do listen to a

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lot of different podcasts and not that

I believe in conspiracies, I just…

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I believe in just finding truth, right?

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So when I'm reading this, it takes

me back to thinking of all the videos

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and things that I've seen on the

firmament and the earth being flat.

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Now, the more that I read things in the

Bible, not to say that I'm, you know,

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kooky or I want you guys to think I'm

kooky about, you know, these things.

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I don't…

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I really try to not focus on it, but I do

find it peculiar that here in the Bible,

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which to me is the word of truth, it says

that, "No one in heaven," meaning above

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Or on the earth, meaning here where we

are, or under the earth, so below us, was

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able to open the scroll or to look at it.

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Now, I've seen so many depictions

of heaven, earth, and hell, and

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it's just-- it's always layered.

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It's always layered.

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And I don't know, it just doesn't

make sense to me, honestly.

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I'm just kind of ranting here about this,

but it doesn't make sense to me that if

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there is a firmament, that the Earth is

completely round and we're surrounded by

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that, because there is something below us.

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So if you question it,

the Earth is round, right?

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Quotations, the globe.

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but if you think about it,

what would be beneath us?

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Hell.

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Now, is that in the center?

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But then that means that on the other side

of the Earth, then there's more Earth.

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It just doesn't make sense to me.

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So I thought that was very peculiar when

I was reading it again, because at the

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end of the day Everything that has been

seen as a conspiracy or things that are

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not real and, you know, the fact that

some versions of the Bible have talk

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of the firmament completely removed,

all those things lead me to believe

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that there's a lot of truth to it.

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so I'll just leave that right there.

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Now, I'm moving on to verse five.

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This one says, "But one of the

elders said to me, 'Do not weep.

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Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah,

the Root of David, has prevailed to open

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the scroll and to loose its seven seals.'"

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Now, I just wanted to go over this because

I have done on YouVersion, some of the

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Bible plans that talks about the names

of God, different names for Jesus, and

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I had never heard of the Root of David.

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That one is in-- has the first

letter in capital, so it's obviously

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referring to Jesus, and I had never

heard of Him being called the Root.

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So I thought that was very

interesting, and I wanted to

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point that out to you as well.

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Now, in verse six, I'm going to read here.

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let me see.

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Oh, it has a little

number one and a letter A.

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Okay, so sometimes, you know,

scripture has the little A, B,

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C if it's a very long verse.

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In this case, it doesn't have

that, at the very beginning.

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It has it after for some reason.

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But anyway, my point is that I circled

a word that was very visual to me.

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So it says, "And I looked, and

behold, in the midst of the throne

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and of the four living creatures and

in the midst of the elders stood a

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Lamb as though It had been slain."

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I'm gonna pause right there.

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So if you're looking at an image of a

throne where the elders are surrounding

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it, the four creatures that we discussed

that were full of eyes and each one

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had a different kind of head, if you're

envisioning that, and you're seeing

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now that there's a lamb, a regular lamb

obviously is an animal, has four legs.

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But this one, saying that it stood.

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It says, "Stood a Lamb as

though It had been slain."

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So your mind can just go everywhere and

say, "Okay, it's a lamb, but is it human?

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But is it animal 'cause it stood?"

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You know, in real life, a lamb

is not actually gonna stand up.

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Maybe it is.

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Maybe they're just saying it stood and a

lamb is there on its four legs standing.

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But I just try to imagine

it in a very literal way.

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And then verse seven.

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This is the part, again, where

it's important to know if it's

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talking about Jesus or God.

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So I s- I circled both he and him, and

I'm gonna explain who's who in this case.

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Verse seven: Then He came and

took the scroll out of the right

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hand of Him who sat on the throne.

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And again, just like verse one, him

is referring to God who is sitting on

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the throne, and he is Jesus that came

and took the scroll out of the right

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hand of Him who sat on the throne.

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So just wanted to clear that up

because sometimes the hes and the

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hims can all just kinda be convoluted

together, and it's important to

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know who they are talking about.

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Now, verse nine is the verse where

they're, th- where it's being explained

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here that there's a new song that the

saints and the elders were singing.

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And towards verse 10, so it's the last

part of verse nine and verse 10, it says,

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"Out of every tribe and tongue and people

and nation," and then verse 10 says, "And

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have made us kings and priests to our

God, and we shall reign on the earth."

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So remember, I've mentioned it before,

that when we're reading the Bible, even

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as I've learned in my church with my

pastor, there are things that are for us.

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There are things that are not for us.

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So it's very important that when

we're reading, we understand that

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we're not all going to be kings.

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We're not all going to be priests.

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We are the body of Christ.

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If you are not Jewish, if you're not of

the, Israelites from this time, like,

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if your family history is not Jew as

the, as the Bible is talking about,

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when you have your judgment day and

you are in heaven before God, you're

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not going to be a king or a priest.

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You're not gonna be any of that.

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You are just going to be a

part of the body of Christ, and

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there's nothing wrong with that.

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Like, I'd rather that over anything else

and just be in heaven with God and with

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Jesus and live amongst him in glory.

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so who cares about titles?

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So I say all of that to say that

when you're reading this, that

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is what they're talking about.

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The elders and the saints that are

amongst the Lamb, Jesus, and him

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who is sitting on the throne, God.

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When they start singing these

songs, these are the elders.

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These are Jews that are there,

and that's why he is saying

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that they have made us kings.

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Well, they as in he and Go- and

Jesus and God, that, have made

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us kings and priests to our God.

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So that only applies to them, and I

just wanna be sure that that's known,

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because a lot of people may say,

"Oh my gosh, I'm gonna be a king,"

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or, "I'm gonna have all of these

riches, and I'm gonna be a priest."

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And no.

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That, that's, that's not true.

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That's not for us.

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So, let me see here Ah, okay, verse 11.

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So it says, verse 11, "Then I

looked and I heard the voice of

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many angels around the throne."

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That's something so simple,

the voice of many angels.

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And I know that that's

something just really that most

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people will just glean over.

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But when I read it, I just

envisioned it, again, very literal.

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And as many angels would sound, you

think you would hear people out of

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tune, voices all over the place.

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But I don't think heaven would

have any sort of imperfection.

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So when I read that, I just envisioned

a voice that sounds like one.

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And as strong as many voices would sound,

it's still very subtle, and it's singular.

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It, it truly is like one voice.

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maybe even like a humming sound

is how I envision many voices

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that sound alike, would be.

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But I just, I thought of that because

it specifies, "I heard the voice of

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many angels around the throne," but

it doesn't say, "I heard the voices."

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So I guess that's my point.

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It's singular.

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It's one sound, and it

may just sound perfect.

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But anyway And oh, man.

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So verse 13, it says, "And every creature

which is in heaven and on the earth and

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under the earth and such as are in the sea

and all that are in them I heard saying."

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And then it goes on to read, what

they were all saying once the

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seal-- once the scroll was opened.

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But I wanna point out in this verse,

again, it's not just talking about

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heaven, it's talking about Earth.

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So, which is in heaven and on the Earth.

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Then it continues to say and two more

times, and under the earth, so in

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Hell or in Hades, whatever you wanna

call it, and such as are in the sea.

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So every creature in heaven, on Earth,

under the earth, and in the sea, all

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will be proclaiming the following:

"Blessing and honor and glory and

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power be to Him who sits on the throne

and to the Lamb forever and ever."

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And that was the last

thing that I had here.

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Pretty much my notes, in my notebook are

just reconfirming what I read, so I'm not

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gonna go through all of those details.

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But to me, just thinking about heaven

and its perfection, there's thousands

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and ten thousands and thousands of

thousands of creatures and, and people

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in heaven, how it says in verse eleven.

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It says, "And the number of them

was ten thousand times ten thousands

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and thousands of thousands."

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So even with all of those thousands

of people that surround the throne

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where God sits and where Jesus,

the Lamb that was slain, sits.

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Even there, I envision it as perfection.

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Everything that happens, from

whoever speaks, from whatever they

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say, it all sounds like a dream.

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It all sounds like a dream to me.

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And the more I read and the more

details that I come across, it just

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puts together a better picture of

what heaven is going to be like.

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And I don't know.

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I don't know about you guys, I,

I had already lost my fear for

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death when I first started walking

with the Lord, 'cause I finally

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understood that there's more.

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But now reading Revelation to me just

makes it even easier for me to be

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like, "Okay, nothing in this life is

going to matter because there is just

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so much more, and what is waiting

for us beyond is just so glorious."

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So if there's something that I want

you guys to take away from anything

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I've said today, it's that, that

there's so much more waiting for

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us than what is here on Earth.

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It doesn't matter what you have,

doesn't matter the blessings that

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you have been given by God, which

thank you, Lord, for all of them.

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But none of this is going to

matter 'cause like King Solomon

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said, this is all fading away.

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It's all but a vapor.

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And one day we're going to be in

heaven with God and with Jesus,

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and this is what we are going to

be experiencing, and I cannot wait.

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So with that, you guys, thank

you so much for listening.

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Thank you for tuning in.

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I hope that this has blessed you.

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I hope that you are learning.

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I hope that you are getting some

new insight on what heaven is going

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to be like, and how glorious and

how majestic our God truly is, and

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everything that He has prepared for us.

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So thank you guys again.

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I love you.

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Till next time, and God bless you.

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Take care.