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And justice department of abusing the surveillance programs president trying to claim the g.o.p. Memo vindicated him Capitol Hill correspondent also an answer News dot com The body of the Reverend Billy Graham has reached the library bearing his name and a journey which took him down to North Carolina roads filled with mortars paying their final respects bells ring at the church Billy Graham attended as a child as the procession went past it was a solemn drive people stood along the roadway holding signs waving taking pictures and fire trucks on American flags along over. Grandson Franklin tweeted the outpouring of love traveling from Asheville to Charlotte was overwhelming thank you I'm truly Walker he wrote a Bafta renegotiation starts Sunday which will be hosted in Mexico City it's Round 7 of the NAFTA renegotiations and Mexican economy minister. 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Word man is being renewed day via Day That's right so we don't lose heart while our men. That I would meet is perishing year out and where men is being renewed day by day do you see the correlation you see the picture see our man that old man has to perish so we talked about that last week we read 1st Peter for toil and says. Beloved. Don't don't feel a strange been sitting the trials that are about the fiery trial that are to try you as if something strange is happened to you but Re Joyce rejoice in the fact that you are partaking of Christ suffering that's what we're talking about here don't think it's strange something bad comes your way James one too says count it all joy we fall into various trials so that outward man has to perish and part of the way God does that is he lets things come upon you they were beautiful wrong way you don't like make you uncomfortable he brings uncomfortable people around you people that make you uncomfortable if you don't like the noise he might bring a noisy person around you he done that to me several times even the people that I love in my family noisy people they can't just come over to the House they've got to let the whole neighborhood know their job door. I'm right here in front of you 2. So that teaches me patience. Things like that it doesn't have to be a big thing but that's an outward man being chiseled away. See a lot out with him and his parents you can sometimes feel like you pairs and do. Our manners parenting on him with man is being renewed after a while there's not so bad after Wow There you are the how you answer Ok then you get quiet like I'm the one this with a big mouth not sure do you so so so God has a way of balancing things you know and you learned it Ok it's not so bad and that's what we mean in this scripture our man is perishing but in when man is being read new day by day and it goes on the same of this light affliction which is but for a moment is working for you a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory that means that he's gone Bill julep in time. That means that you don't have to be so anxious in time as it says in Philippians 16 confident of this very thing that he was begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ don't look for when is going to happen just keep own press and toward the goal and we do that because we know we have a father who put us in His image he says is already done you are more than a conqueror the battle is already won you a child of the Cain your child the God Oh yeah you act up every once in a while you sure do we all do but if we acted up in turn our backs on one another would be nobody in this church today. We turn out we make mistakes but God says I'm going to uplift you I'll never leave you know if I say Q So how can we forsake one another how can we get so angry that we don't speak to one another he tells us we're not even supposed to go to bed with that on us right and it features 426 Don't let the sun god to go down on your wrath be angry just don't see me angry at him apologize be angry and say Ok I made a mistake I guess I got up on the wrong side of being get back in there roll over get off on the other side if you have to but commit in your mind in your heart that you go and. This is the why this is the Yolanda does elbow brother judge me like that was. We all have to remember these things for each and every one of us. I got to be wired been not rolling row you. Got a road to the but yeah that's that's what this means our man is perishing in one man is being read wants to read New us he wants to remember he wants to get us right remember light and darkness can't dwell in the same place so he wants us to make a decision he wants us to be on one side is like putting a piece of paper up and drawing a line down the middle we want we want to be on the light side how many instances in the day have you been on the dark side so that means when we're on the dark side of that paper when we yelled at somebody and when we got upset when we had that bad thought Come now my god was nowhere in it we were away from we were right from Christ at that time. Because light and dark can't dwell in the same place if you look at a segment in 614 it says what communion has light with darkness right so we just don't see it that way but when we look at our Father who is light we know that's where we need to be if you've made mistakes in your life which we all do he can still turn around he can still turn around maybe you've done things that say I know people are doing time right now in prison lockdown but they're preaching in prison now they're doing bible study in prison and closer to the law in prison than they were out here when they were free they're free are locked down and they were out here before they had a record in the sun you know and that's what I mean God's ways are higher than our ways is stocks are higher than out thoughts and so the Scriptures take us there they they tell us Romans $86.00 says The common to be Connelly minded is dead but to be spiritually minded is life and peace so part of the purpose that God has for us is to be spiritually minded to walk in Him and not be carnally minded to stay on the light side don't don't dwell in darkness Ok even if the devil does get you you got a rebound from that thing he says I'll give you strength on never leave you know forsake you be strong in the Lord in the power of His might put on the whole arm of God that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil because that devil while lead he's wily and then Wiley Coyote you know you remember him on blood money or the money. Rather maybe that one right Ok yes the one road runner Road Runner a coyote that year goes rogue and Ok so we look at it this way. We know that guy wants to build that and that fence and you know what think about it gone back to the fence analogy you can't build a fence on top of the fence you've got to get rid of the old fence right. There just like get Did yours and you can put digits on top and t. Get to be no teeth to put the dishes in the right get rid of the bad teeth but didn't use it that what is the. Employment right there got a strip some down the put that thing on there right so whatever they are there is old in the way and holding you back is going to get rid of it you see to me he's going to build a bridge in other words. In him a perfect bridge you see what I mean and that's how we have to look at oh man has got to go he's got to be torn down and remember God's purpose for our lives new lives in Christ new lives all to merely mean living new lives not just for now but for eternity in Christ Jesus that's where he wants to get us to you can say that the. The ultimate benefit or the blessing that God is bestowing upon us is that he did it in the very beginning he made us he is we belong to him the death can't take that away from us unless we allow him to do we belong to the Lord. He made us in His image and every child of God who has accepted Jesus every human being who's accepted Jesus you are now a child of the king you are now a child of God a man that's a good thing that's a good thing when they're here bring us through so looking back last week we said that the Lord test our faith we talked about that we who said he tests out face to trials and he raises us up in the newness of life and let's look at that let's look at Romans 6 our pride and give you this one pastor But that's Ok Romans 6124 Romans 6124 Roman 61 to 4 your I mean that's one to 4 says What shall we say then so we continue in sin that grace may abound certainly not how shall we who die to sin live any longer in it what do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ as many of us there were back ties into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death therefore we were a pair we put him to baptism into death that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father even so we also said walk and newness of life a minute a man walking in the newness of life because we've been baptized into Christ Jesus so we've been. Raised right we said we were buried with him to baptism into death just as Christ was raised in from the dead by the glory of God then we also should walled in the newness of life that means that we can raise up out of our current situation we know how to day and we don't have to stay in despair we don't have to live in fear we don't have to live in despondency. It is no hope we can rear raise up and forget that old man need that old dude right there Ok don't take that the wrong way he lays out on me one time about your significant others a husband I me that old dude spiritually leave him right there some time you don't leave that old dude to let me just tell the truth. Let me just put that in a 2 and noble way depend on how the Lord tell you that's all that no dummy you know till they get him right Ok but what are her right Ok I'm going to be Ok both ways Thank you Pastor so but what I'm saying is that the walking in the newness of life God has something new for you he has something wonderful for you because you're his child there's daughter your son he don't want you worried about a thing he don't want you angry at the world you know it by doing the rock a stand no but what you look at it. What do look at me again. That's that old me get rid get rid of that old man you want to walk in the newness of life because of Christ Jesus you were buried with him to baptism into death so you've been baptized you went down in the water you came back up in the Holy Spirit into you now you free from that other stuff you see what God's purpose for us is to walk through this sin plague world and not be touched. You heard of the mafia of man the Teflon Don He was just always came out smelling like a roll no matter how bad things look they couldn't get him couldn't lock him down couldn't get it put the case on the cotton Teflon Don that's sort of how we have to be in Christ Jesus we have the Jesus prepares us that we should be able to walk through this life and not fear and not fret not worry that's what it says in Him Philip is right be anxious for nothing but in everything about prayer and supplication and with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God in the Peace of God which of passes all understanding will guard your hearts and mind to Christ Jesus didn't is what he says they have found in my brother whatever things are true whatever things are noble whatever things are just whatever things up to whatever things are lovely and of good report if there's any virtue in them if there's anything praying is worthy and meditate on these things think about these things you see what they mean and then he said the thing to do learn never received and heard and saw from me these do and the God of peace of Be With You see that's what the Lord wants us he said that's why made you in my image because I'm all of that in some city and if you see the Lord says I'm all of that and then some . If you want some you got to come with me I got it here for you I am your father I am the King of Kings I am the Lord of Lords I am the God of creation I am a healer I am of the liver I am a restorer I can give you the job you want I can give you the place you need I can put you where you need to be I can hear your sickness I can make them go the other way even though I can make them love you I can do all of these things because I created the world see whatever things are true and noble and just them pure love them good report if the thing in them praiseworthy anything virtue and meditate on the thing who you think that is they're telling us right Ted that's G.'s us whatever things are true and noble and just impure and lovely whatever things oh good report I think if you learn to receive and heard and saw it me now Paul said that but he's talking about genes of the thing he learned in the Word of God and in the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God in the Word was God he was in the beginning with God all things would make to him without him nothing now one thing was made that was me in him was live in the light was the light of man in the light shone in the darkness remember now darkness and light can be in one place at the same time is shown in the darkness but the big dogs they didn't comprehend it he came to his own but his own did receive him but this to everyone who received Him to them were given the right to be called children of God That's us y'all that's us God has made a way for us seeing those who receive. I'm telling you. We don't worry about adversity and destruction. When we know Jesus. When we really know Jesus tell me we don't actively seek it we don't rant and put it on me put it only come with put it on me but call him again more no not now. We want to the Lord our God He my lesson may smack you and wake you up you know no we don't we don't seek adversity in destruction and I lived but we have done the stand. That. Got teaches us to persevered when it did when it does come a man that's what he's talking about perseverance some of you have been persevered for a long time you've been praying for people for a long time you've been taking care of babies for a long time you've been praying for your husband for a long time you've been praying for your wife a long time some of ya bed sheets I just get oil all over you but dousing them in this sleep and no I know I know grease things all over. Cock. Buckets of annoyance. Oh darn it it's good my dears you that 11 slip involved here we got one our rights that are being whatever point is seriously. We persevered we persevered in those things I'm almost done I want you to consider what Paul the Apostle mentions in in film history verse 7 a passage can you read that this is going to take us to where we need to be this is the how Paul looks at this. Philip is 37 saying look what he said this. But what things were again tis to me these I have counted loss for Christ's yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord you know whom I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rapid as that I may again cries for how powerful is that. What things were again to me now count as loss for Christ some of us have paid a lot of attention to an education in money operating in the circle of friends the in crowd is a uses in the old days. Somehow they let you down somehow the money the more money you made the more you needed to make Somehow the status were not all that you thought it was so. What they counted again but now they are no Jesus I count all those things as loss he says also count all things loss just for the excellence of the knowledge of Jesus Christ he says for whom I have suffered the loss of all things but I count him as rubbish as trash as dung that I might gain Christ that's powerful state. All of it I count it is nothing compared to my relationship with Christ think about the question we're asking What's God's purpose look at what he says in Galatians 220 and in our close. Galatians 220 to listen to 20 said Isn't this what listen I have been crucified with Christ it is no longer I who live the crisis lives in me and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith and the Son of God who loved me and gave Himself for me a man Paul sums it up he sums it up as I've been crucified with Christ so what you look at it man is I don't live for me now I live a craze don't you know what you know what I came with I've been crucified with Christ no longer who lives it's all about Christ living in me I ain't nothing but a vessel so they have to break it down so you know how he's speaking I'm here for at his disposal I'm going crew survived when he died on the cross and I met him I had dad of ma ways died of this life I died of the things of this world and people are not going to understand me then I want to understand you don't stop coming over to your house you might stop getting phone calls but guess where there everything that I counted and something I now count is nothing that I may continue walkin with somebody named Jesus that's what he's saying right there. That's who I'm walkin with and we need to know that nobody can shut you up it happens nobody can turn you away from Christ nobody will make you willful woful nobody's going to make you straddle the fence nobody's going to make you politically correct you if they don't want to know about the law or better not ask somebody like Anneliese about now that somebody like you go read about it 1st go you go hear the truth the right. That's what he's saying I count all these things last Monday will be at the State Senate Monday Monday. And again the reason they wanted me to pray for the state Senate is because of this so-called heroic deed that idea which was nothing which was Jesus in me because I presented myself to him like Paul said I'm just a vessel and I was being used that day but they wanted prayer but the problem is. I can pray unless I leave Jesus out they want me to say Lord a God where many people have many lords and many people have different gods and she was we found out right after that in the beauty parlor right. So but it goes all the way it goes deeper than that the devil is busy so I will not be playing and I had to respectfully decline and like us I can't Yeah well praise God I can pray a prayer. And use a substitute name for Jesus when knowing in my heart that his name is Jesus. My prayer is to have power I've got seeing clued Jesus in my prayers. So we may not be friends on that Senate seat we'll be praying in our seats and we'll be praying for Jesus Bateman and I will close on that his that's his purpose for us is the wall in Christ Jesus God's purpose for every being is and always has been to cool or if I am as we yield to God and magnify his holy name he will honor his word and every promise concerning his you you've been listening to the miracles of God with Pastor Joel Jones sponsored in part by Spirit of Truth church worldwide in Crockett California miracles of God is a listener supported program if you're being blessed by this program will you let us know submit your comments per requests and praise reports on our content page at Spirit of Truth church world wide dot o.-r. 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Org. David Jeremiah is sponsored by turning point ministries on am 1100 k. F. a X. Welcome to a turning point Weekend Edition Jesus earthly appearance was probably quite ordinary but when we see Him in Heaven His appearance will be anything but ordinary Today Dr David Jeremiah shares the Apostle John's vision of the glorified Christ listen as David introduces Christ and his churches and thank you for joining us for the weekend edition of turning point you know there are many pictures of Jesus that exist in our world artists and authors have contributed to the collection and each person has his own idea of who he is but the next picture the world sees of Jesus Christ will be one they've never seen before and it is a picture that was so awesome that it caused John the Apostle to fall down as if he were dead when he saw it what was that picture and what were the details we'll find out next here on the weekend edition of turning point. Now the picture that we have of Jesus in the 1st chapter was a picture that John saw while he was a prisoner on the island of Patmos the vision 1st of all was seen by John while in exile. On Patmos. It is interesting if you read back through the Scripture to discover just how much of the Bible was written under duress for you see tribulation is the common heritage of the people of God and the apostle John who writes the book of Revelation did not enjoy any immunity from tribulation he was exiled on a lonely island by the Roman emperor Domitian in retribution for his vibrant testimony for Jesus Christ. In these dark circumstances on that island isolated from all of his loved ones and all of the human fellowship that he had come to know with his fellow believers John b. Apostle received the most extensive revelation of future events shown to any writer in the New Testament he was shut out from the world but in that position of being shut out from the world he was shut up to God and Him that exiled God gave to him the glorious revelation that we have commenced to study he was banished the Scripture says to Patmos a small barren rocky island in the Aegean Sea 10 miles long 6 miles wide some 10 miles southeast of f. Asus one historian by the name of Tacitus says that the sea was thickly strewn with exiles those days the Craigs were stained with the blood of victims and the Bible tells us how it was that John was put on that island and why he was punished for we read that he was on the isle called Patmos Now watch this for the Word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ literally the text says on account o. John was put on the Isle of Patmos on account of the Word of God and on account of his testimony for Jesus Christ he was exiled there because he was a testimony for his Lord So the book was written by John while he was a prisoner on the Isle of Patmos Now the next verse tells us that he was on the Isle of Patmos but that he got this vision while he was in the spirit on the Lord's Day verse 10 says I was in the spirit on the Lord's day in chapter 4 in verse 2 we read and immediately I was in the spirit and behold a throne in heaven and one sat on the throne. In Chapter 17 in verse 3 we read so he carried me away in the Spirit unto the wilderness and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet covered beast in chapter 21 in verse 10 we read and he carried me away in the spirit to a great and higher mountain actually the phrase I became in spirit is the way you should say it he's not saying I was in the spirit he said I became in spirit I was spirit ties to literally what it means is that what happened to John was that his normal bodily condition of limitation of time and space were momentarily set aside and now in the realm of spirit and he moves in the realm of spirit in 2 directions he moves upward any moves forward he moves upward 1st of all to see things in heaven he could never have seen but he moves forward in time to view the future he could never live Secondly in the New Testament you never have the word Lord's day to refer to Sunday except here the only time that's ever used to refer to Sunday is here the rest of the time when the believers talked about Sunday they always called it the 1st day of the week never the Lord's Day Just here the alternative to taking this as Sunday is to understand it as the day of the Lord. In other words John is saying I was in the spirit and I was conveyed in the spirit to the day of the Lord and that makes the most sense because this whole book is about the day of the Lord now the 3rd thing we know to about this vision is that it not only was received by John while he was on the Isle of Patmos and received in the spirit in the Lord's day but it was thirdly of vision written by John and sent to the 7 churches notice verse 11 saying I am Alpha and Omega the 1st of the last what thou sayest write in a book and send it to the 7 churches which are in Asia and then it lists the churches John was told by the Lord that he was to see this vision in the spirit and he was to write it down in fact 12 times in the Book of Revelation John's told to write it down every time he gets a great vision he was reminded by the Lord make sure to write it down. John saw 1st of all in his vision the vision that God told him to write down he saw in a dark night 7 lamp stands representing the light of Christ in a dark world and those 7 lamps stands where the churches of Jesus Christ and then we read and in the midst of the 7 candlesticks verse 131 like unto the Son of man. And John in his vision sees the 7 churches in a circle and in the midst of that circle he sees Jesus Christ Jesus Christ in the midst of his churches. Now let's notice that this vision that John sees. Is a vision of the glorified Risen Son of man. He talks now in these next verses about the Christ that he saw and he gives a verse by verse a word by word exposition of the one he saw in the midst of the 7 candlesticks one like unto the Son of man. In the Bible says John sees one like unto a son of man to the Son of Man the phrase of the Son of man especially in the Bible often especially in the book of his equal at least once in the Book of Daniel and a some 70 times it is used to describe Jesus Christ the Son of God is the Son of Man It isn't a word to talk of his incarnation it speaks of Jesus Christ as the God man walking on this earth. And the Son of Man glorified is the one that John sees and I want you to notice 2 things about the Son of Man in the midst of the churches 1st of all I want you to note his position the position of Christ in division it says here and in the midst of the 7 golden candlesticks was Jesus Christ notice down in verse one of chapter 2 under the angel of the Church of emphasis right these thing say is he that hold at the 7 stars in his right hand who walk the earth in the midst of the 7 golden candlesticks that is a wonderful picture of Jesus Christ right in the midst of his church all of us in the Church of Jesus Christ in Christ in the center of the lamp stands which represented the churches were arranged in a circle and in the midst of this. Stood the Son of God and that is the true picture of the Lord Jesus Christ and the desired relationship he would have with us Matthew $1820.00 says were to are 3 are gathered together in my name what is the rest of it there am I where in their midst John his picture descend trial a t. Of Christ in the midst of his church. And then he begins to describe him in the 2nd part of this vision is not only the position of Christ in the midst of his church but now the portrait of Christ while he is a picture given to us in human terms so that we can understand it it is also a symbolic picture which could never ever be totally fleshed out in the body of an individual as we know him but let's take it and describe it as John does 1st of all he talks about his clothing. He said and in the midst of the 7 candlesticks one like unto the Son of man clothed with a garment down to the foot and good about the paps with the golden girdle are 2 parts of his clothing are mention. 1st of all the long flowing robe I saw him in the Bible says in verse 13 there was a garment down to the foot a long flowing robe down to the foot there is a passage in Isaiah that explains that Isaiah the prophet in the 6th chapter of Isaiah saw a picture of the Lord just like this one and this is what he said in the year that King used diet died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne high and lifted up and the train of his robe failed the entire temple and then he has a girdle wrapped around his breast and that girdle according to the scripture is a golden girdle and it speaks of the righteousness of Christ Isaiah $115.00 says and the righteousness shall be the girdle of his lawyer and faithfulness the girdle of his reigns. On one occasion in the New Testament we read about Jesus Christ girding himself do you remember and he took a towel and he girded himself with the servants towel and he washed the feet of his disciples he's no longer the servant he's the king and he is dressed in a long majestic roll with that golden girdle around his breast signifying his righteousness and then the Bible goes on to describe his head and his hair his head and his hairs were white like wool as white as snow What does that mean. What that means is this this speaks of his eternity or his duration the snowy white hair of his head is not the white hair of senility but of absolute Holiness it represents the wisdom of a judge have you ever seen any of those old television programs where they have the English courts. And they put on those white wigs. John sees Jesus standing in the midst of his church is a long flowing row girt about the breast with the golden girl and his hair white as snow pure white. And then he describes his eyes watch this. And his eyes were as a flame of fire verse 14. You know I can't help but make the comparison John was the one who walked with Jesus most closely when Jesus was on this earth can you imagine the contrast that John must've felt John had remember seeing Jesus with his eyes filled with tears. Now they are filled with fire his eyes penetrate into the deepest depths of the so his eyes see everything in life and in your life and in mind there is nothing hidden from the piercing fire eyes of Jesus his x. Ray vision and his anger are symbolized by this close up of his eyes Hebrews 413 says this neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight but all things are naked and open unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do I hear people talking about how they're going to fool God and I want to tell you something when you stand before this judge draped in the long robe with the white hair and his eyes like fire he is piercing eyes will look right through your life in uncover everything you've ever done. There is no escaping the eyes of the judge who comes to judge. Some 11 for says it this way the Lord is in his holy temple the Lord's throne is in heaven he is eyes behold his eyelids try the children of men but what a statement. The psalmist says the very eyes of the Lord will try the children of men notice his feet. And his speech like undefined brass as if they burned in a furnace and his voice as the sound of many waters brass in the Bible always speaks of judgment for instance the altar in the Jewish tabernacle was made of brass and the feet of brass speak of the time when Christ shall put all of his enemies and every evil power beneath his feet burnished brass is the military brass and the photos of Jesus will be utterly crushed and I can't help but make the contrast these are the feet. That carried. The one who preached the gospel. Paul wrote about it to the Romans when he said How shall they preach except they be sent as it is written How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace and bring good tidings of good things Isaiah 527 is the quote there. Do you see the contrast the eyes of Jesus that once were filled with tears are now filled with fire the feet of Jesus that once carried him as he preached the gospel are now the feet of brass that trample out the righteous judgment against those who have rejected him. And now watch number 5 his mouth. And their 2 statements about his mouth are separated in the text but we must see them together 1st of all the bible says his voice was as the sound of many waters verse 15 I want you to know 2 things about the mouth of Jesus 1st of all the sound of his voice and secondly the sword of his mouth watch 1st of all the sound of his voice the Bible says that this one who stands in the midst of a stretches with a long flowing robe and the golden girdle around his breast and his eyes like fire and his hair like white wool in his feet of burnished brass. This one when he speaks has a voice that is like the sound of many waters and there's a lot wrapped up in that phrase the sound of his voice extends from the quiet ripple of the brook to the roar of the ocean above the noise of the boisterous waves is the thunderous voice of the Son of Man. Let me give you some passages that speak of his voice like that you can just write them down and look them up Jeremiah 2530 and 31 listen to this the Lord shall roar from on high and utter his voice from his holy habitation he show mightily roar upon his habitation he shall give a shout as they tread the grapes against all the inhabitants of the earth a noise shall come even to the ends of the earth for the Lord hath a controversy against the nations that is exactly the picture that John saw when Jesus speaks in judgment someday it will be like the awesome noise of many waters $4032.00 says it this way and his voice was like the noise of many waters Psalm $29.00 for the voice of the Lord is powerful the voice of the Lord is full of majesty Psalm $9034.00 the Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters Yea than the mighty waves of the sea Walter Scott has written about this he says this represents the sign of his supreme sovereignty and His Majesty over all the waves of human passion over the circumstances of a wrecked world and a ruined church when Jesus speaks as the judge in the end times in the vision that John sees and hears voices heard it will be the most awesome sound that has ever been heard in the universe. I can't even imagine what it must be like but if you think the eyes of fire strike terror into your soul the voice of many waters will cause you to fall down as John did dead before his feet. And then notice the 2nd thing about his mouth is the sword of his mouth. Verse 16 says he had in his hand 7 Stars Now watch this and out of his mouth went a sharp 2 edged sword. I told you I couldn't paint this picture it's too awesome Are you getting any image in your mind. Out of this mouth is a 2 edged sword the instrument of warfare is the 2 edged sword that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord the sword of course is the almighty word of God Hebrews $412.00 says for the Word of God is quick and powerful and sharper than any 2 edges sword piercing even to the dividing of Sunder of soul and spirit. $617.00 says and take this sort of the Spirit which is the Raymer of God it is with this weapon that Jesus Christ goes forth in the Book of Revelation to fight turning your Bibles to chapter 2 in verse 60 this is the weapon of our Lord. Notice verse 16 he says to the church at Pergamon repent or else I will come unto the quickly and I will fight against them with the sword of my mouth. Notice to the 19th chapter of the Book of Revelation Revelation 19 and verse 15 and out of his mouth go if a sharp sword that with it he should smite the nations and he shall rule them with a rod of iron and he tread of the wine press of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God Notice Schefter 19 verse 21 and the remnant were Swain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse which sword proceeded out of his mouth. This one who stands in the midst of his church is covered with a robe and a crown with white hair. Whose eyes are like fire and whose voice is like the sound of many waters is a royal warrior who has a 2 edged sword that extends from his mouth and when he comes to judge the nations with one word he will slay the nations and they shall be destroyed notice his hands number 6 and he had in his right hand verse 167 stars watch now the right hand always speaks of Lordship it always speaks of control it always looks to authority if Eason's 120 says which he rocked in Christ when he raised him from the dead now watch this and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places whenever you see right hand in the Bible it is always with a sense of authority and control and so this one who stands in the midst of the church is dressed as we have said and described as we have said has in his right hand in the hand of authority now watch this 7 stars. And the 7 stars are the angels or the messengers of the 7 churches. It says that the 7 stars are the angels of the 7 churches the word angel is the word from which we get our word messenger and the 7 stars in the right hand of the Lord in the midst of his churches are the 7 preachers to the 7 churches now you didn't know preachers were stars did you but that's what the Scripture says listen to what Daniel says in Daniel 123 they that be wyse show and shine as the brightness of the firmament and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever you know how to get to be a star turn many to righteousness if you turn many to righteousness Daniel says you'll become like a star. What a hope and what a goal Well there's one last thing that John sees and that's the face of Jesus and the Bible says in verse 16 and his face or his countenance was as the sun shining in its strength John had seen the face of Jesus when he was transfigured Paul have seen his face the day he was saved the face of the Lord is the central feature of his person it represents everything that he is everything fades in the light of its brilliance the Bible is filled with that let me just read some passages to you Matthew 172 And Jesus was transfigured before them and his face did shine as the sun and his Rayment was White has the light acts 2613 Paul is giving his testimony before the king and he's telling about his conversion and this is what he wrote this is what he said Ok At midday I saw in the way a light from heaven above the brightness of the sun shining round about me and them which journeyed with me that's what Paul said it was like he saw a light that shone brighter than the sun when he was saved. And 2nd Peter 119 says we have all so a more sure word of prophecy we're on to you do well but you take heed as unto a light that shines in dark places until the day come no watch this and the Days star arise in your hearts. Revelation 2216 I Jesus have sent my angel to testify unto you these things in the churches I am the root and the offspring of David here it is and the Bright and Morning Star in the awesome truth of the brightness of the face and countenance of Jesus is wrapped up in his judgement which is sure to come for don't forget this picture of Jesus in the midst of his churches is not the picture of the friendly Lord it's the picture of the coming judge 2nd Thessalonians 28 says it this way but unto you that fear my name it says this and then show that wicked be revealed home the Lord now watch this home the large shall consume with the spirit of his mouth and shall destroy with the brightness of His coming. Every eye shall see him for when he comes his face will be brighter than the sun that shines in the heavens. If you have caught this picture as clearly as I want you to catch it if you can at least get to the threshold of seeing Jesus the glorified son of man you should be surprised at the next verse. Verse 17 and when I saw him I fell at his feet as did. I don't have any trouble figuring it out. I believe I can comprehend that it's scary enough just reading about it being there would be almost too much at the sight of Jesus Christ John falls as did. John have known Jesus personally. John had been the one who laid his head on Jesus' breast and even after the resurrection John had seen him in his resurrected body but John had never seen him as the glorified Christ and now he sees the glorified Lord and he falls down as dead but let me share something very precious in this text I never saw this before when he fell down as did the one who had the right hand of authority filled with the messengers of the churches the one with the brightness of his face and the sharp 2 edge of sword and the awesome voice that one who saw the fear of John watch what it says now he laid his right hand on him. Isn't that something he put his hand on him. The hand of judgment. And the hand of comfort all of it the same hand. And he spoke to him and he said John don't be afraid. You know when you read about the coming judgment and when you see Jesus Christ is the coming judge if you know him as your personal savior you don't have to be afraid. Through the comfort of the Holy Spirit he reaches out and he put his hand on you and he says fear not. Listen to what he tells John he gives him 3 reasons not to fear he says fear not John don't be afraid now I want you to see this picture but don't you be afraid fear not for I am the eternal God I am the 1st and the last I am 1st in the sense that none is before me I am the last in the sense that none show follow me I am the living one fear not for I live for ever. Secondly he says fear not for I am the resurrected Christ I became dad and behold I am alive and to the ages of ages Peter says that you and I have been big gotten again to a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead and Jesus said to John number one fear not for I live for ever number 2 Fear not for since I live for ever I can make intercession for you what does the Bible say he ever lives to make intercession for you and me as the resurrected Christ that's what he's doing and then notice Thirdly fear not for I have the keys of death and of Hades and I'd like to preach a whole sermon on that but I don't have time Jesus said John fear not for he ever lives to make intercession for us and he holds the future in His hands He holds the death and hell in his hands and if you know him and you're in his hands you don't have to worry. You don't have to be afraid. And then he said John you write the things which you've seen. Do you remember when we started all of this I told you that you didn't want to miss the central message of this book it's the revelation of who. She's ascribed not John it's the revelation of Jesus Christ known it takes something Jesus is everywhere this is the revelation of Jesus Christ He is Lord. And someday my friend he is coming in the awesomeness of His coming is like what John saw in the midst of his churches. Are we ready for him to come. Homelessness we hear a lot about it but regardless of the cause trying to survive on the street is rough and even worse for mothers with children sadly tonight in the Bay Area an estimated 20000 people who are hungry and homeless will sleep in doorways and makeshift shelters hungry cold homeless yes even during nice weather if you're living on the streets it's always cold at 2 am especially for children and the elderly since 1965 the Bay Area rescue mission has been helping to restore hope and break the cycle of homelessness more than just a soup kitchen the Bay Area rescue mission shares the good news of Jesus Christ with everyone they help last year more than 2500 individuals accepted Jesus as their savior at the mission that's wired.