Revelation 10-11
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My name is Spencer I am one of the pastors here we are in Revelation chapter 10 and 11 we have two chapters uh today as we continue to walk through this book together the other night I was uh lying in bed and I was having trouble sleeping and it's because I was cycling through a bunch of worries which I may shock you that pastors are human but uh we are and I was worried about paying bills and worrying about all the stuff on my to-do list and just was.
If you've ever been in this cycle where you just see can't seem to break out of it you just keep worrying about it and there was no offramp I just kept going and kept going and then I all of a sudden because I'm immersed in this book right now uh this book came to mine and it just pierced through the cycle I was able to have off-ramp and to consider a lot of what we've been walking in these pictures especially these last few weeks and the weeks that are to come of of judgment that is poured out on those that don't know Christ.
And then the overwhelming Grace that he bestows upon the Church that we don't deserve at all that we would get the new heavens and the new Earth at the End of This Book and I started to think about my neighbors and friends and coor not coworkers but neighbors and friends and different people in my life uh that don't know Christ where judgment is going to fall upon them and it made all of the worries that were in my life seemed so much smaller I was like looking at Everest.
And then looking back at my worries and it was an antill I mean just by comparison in stature and in scope and seriousness and weight it just seems so small and insignificant by comparison the heaviness of these chapters that we're walking through I think many of us don't want to sit in them they're uncomfortable I think many of us want to get to the end of the book get to the end of Revelation and uh and get to the final two chapters and sit in that.
And while those are good I think it's a disservice to our own souls to just skip to that I mean the Revelation chap 1 says that blessed are those who read this and that's not just the letters of the beginning and the final two chapters at the end it's also these pictures of judgment so my hope is that with all the things that each of us have going on in our lives that we would not simply just move on but we would let the uh seriousness of these chapters Pierce through and remind us of what's at stake especially.
For those that don't know Christ and that's my hope today as we walk through two more of these chapters we be reminded of that so let me pray for us and then we'll walk through these chapters together heavenly father I pray that you might help us sit under the authority of your word that we would not look away but we would embrace the reality that judgment is coming and what that means for us as Christians as we think about this may you open our ears and our hearts to receive your word we ask this in.
Jesus name amen all right so let me Ori where we are because we've been going through a lot and I just want to help us see where we are in the Book of Revelation so we got through the letters to the seven churches and then in chapters 4 and five the next part of this Vision that we've kind of called CH uh part two of the book that there's this vision of the throne room that John is seeing the throne room and he's seeing the glory of.
God and he's seeing uh the lamb that is to be worshiped in Praise that we just sang about Christ and then a scroll is presented with Seven Seals and those uh Seven Seals are unveiling the Judgment of God upon the Earth and chapter 6 through 8 it's each scroll is being open judgment is falling upon the Earth and we've looked at that to see that that uh is uh judgment that is poured out over history and also especially at the end of this present age and we got to.
See in chapter 7 this uh this interlude this pause this break from The Narrative because you can't read Revelation sequentially like this is this break from The Narrative that looks at uh what is going to happen to the Church and in chapter 7 we got to see that the Church will be sealed and protected on the day of final judgment the final judgment will be poured out on those who don't believe but God will protect his Church from this final judgment.
And then the seventh seal is opened in chapter 8 and that is the final judgment that is poured out uh on the earth at the end of this present age now last week we see another set of seven not just Seven Seals but seven trumpets which you're going to see in this book there's seven uh these parallel narratives of of of seven and and and Chad Walkers through these first six trumpets which is again another picture of God's judgment being poured out on the earth.
Now we are to right before the seventh trumpet and we have another interlude another Pauls and the narrative that takes you away from that and positions you and looks at something different and that's where we pick up in verse one of chapter 10 then I saw another Mighty angel coming down from heaven wrapped in a cloud with a rainbow over his head and his face was like the sun and his legs like pillars of fire he had a little scroll open in his hand and he set his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land and called out the loud voice like a lion roaring.
So we get this Vision this part of the vision of the Mighty Angel and in this he's got one foot on land and one foot on sea and this is really symbolic of the whole earth that what he's pronouncing is upon the whole earth just like judgment is poured out on the whole earth what he's about to say from this little scroll is for the whole earth now this little scroll is different it's different than the scroll that's already been uh shown to us this is something uh different and it says.
When he called out with seven Thunders the the when he called out the seven Thunders sounded and when the seven Thunders had sounded I was about to Rite it but I Heard a Voice from Heaven saying seal up what the seven Thunders have said and do not write it down so John as he's been doing he seeing all of this he's writing all of it down he's getting ready to do that and the angel says stop the only thing that you can write down is that you can't write this down I just find kind of a humorous part of this.
So we don't get to hear that it's just for John verse 5 and the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven and swore by him who lives forever and ever who created heaven and what is in it the Earth and what is in it and the Sea and what is in it that there would be no more delay but that in the days of the trumpet call to be sounded by the seventh angel the mystery of.
God would be fulfilled just as he announced to his servants the prophets so this is imagery that comes from Daniel chapter 12 one foot on land one foot on sea signifying the whole earth that's about to receive judgment the picture here is the trumpet is about to sound the seventh trumpet is the end and there's no more delay and the Church as we've seen throughout this book is is in the tribulation the Church is suffering longing for the justice of God to fall upon the Earth and what he's saying is this is just a little longer.
But it feels so long right now that though though it feels so long what he's trying to help him see is that in the grand scheme of time it's not as long as you think years ago my wife and I when we first got married we moved to Louisville Kentucky and we decided to get a dog and uh uh was across the river up in Indiana so we said all right let's go we'll go on this day the day came.
Then all of a sudden uh we looked at the weather and it said tornadoes and my wife who newly married looking for my leadership said hey maybe we should wait till tomorrow and at 23 with wisdom and insight I said no don't worry about that and I quote tornadoes are a bunch of hype cuz I'm from South Carolina and you know like it's just we're we're not used to that kind of action I was like there's a bunch of hype and you know it might blow over uh a car it's fine we'll we'll be we'll be good.
So get in the car driving up the interstate get cross over into Indiana in the river and all of a sudden the sky looks bad and I turn on the AM radio uh which is a type of radio for those of you that don't know you you turn it on it's a different frequency anyways turn on the AM radio and hear about these tornadoes it's really bad and then we took cover in a gas station and the winds were pounding the gas station I mean this the building is shaking my wife is literally clinging to a toilet questioning everything in her life up to this point preparing me.
For fall it felt like forever felt so long it was 2 minutes turns out that was a very serious storm I mean a few miles over it was an F4 mile wide tornado took out our entire town when it blew over us it was thunderstorms it picked back up in Western Kentucky and it was tornadoes again and in the middle of all of that it just when you're in a storm like that it feels so long but it's not as long as you think and the Church is in a tribulation it's it's it's long in.
For this to end it's longing for the suffering to be over but in the grand scheme of time it's not as long as you think that's what he's conveying here to endure a little longer until the seventh trumpet sounds verse 8 it says then the voice that I heard from the heaven spoke to me again saying go take the scroll that is open in the hand of the Angel who is standing on the sea and on the land so I went to the angel and told him to give me the little scroll and he said to me Take and Eat It it will make your stomach bitter.
But in your mouth it will be sweet as honey and I took the little scroll from the hand of the Angel and ate it it was sweet as honey in my mouth but when I had eaten it my stomach was made bitter and I was told you must again prophesy about many peoples and Nations and languages and Kings so this I would argue is a pretty clear illusion alluding to Ezekiel just as Ezekiel took the scroll and ate it and it was sweet.
But the difference here is that John takes it and he eats it and though it's sweet because the word of God is sweet the prophecy of God is sweet it sat on his stomach bitter because this is Judgment though the Judgment of God is good it is fierce it is bitter and that's what's happening here but then you get this verse 11 at the end of this chapter where it says You must again prophesy about many peoples and Nations and languages and kings and like much of the Book of Revelation the different commentators and theologians who looked at this have different opinions on what that is.
But I what I'm looking at this and I'm reading these commentaries I'm reading this passage I think what's Happening Here is both the warning of judgment and the reality that judgment is coming but also the reality that every it says peoples and Nations and languages and Kings need to hear the Gospel that every tribe Nation tongue needs to hear the go the Gospel so as the Church suffers and endures in the tribulation we should labor to take the Gospel to the Nations we should take the Gospel to our neighbors we should take the Gospel to those who desperately need to hear about Christ that's the tension of the Church that in one side we are.
Worshiping and proclaiming come Lord Jesus come when we see the injustices of this present world we say come Lord Jesus come but also in the very next step say Lord help us I got friends that don't know Christ I got family don't know does know Christ there are nations that don't know Christ come Lord Jesus come and help us labor to see as many as possible be spared the fierce wrath that is going to be poured out that's the calling for the Church in the middle of the tribulation.
So that's the end of chapter 10 then it continues into chapter 11 which I'll be honest chapter 11 is probably one of the most difficult chapters in the Bible to understand and interpret it's definitely probably the hardest in the Book of Revelation but I'd argue probably one of the most difficult in the Bible so there are two main ways I think to look at this chapter you can look at it and say that what we're about to read are very literal pictures of a brief tribulation that happens right before.
Jesus comes or the language here is symbolic of what's going to happen to the Church throughout the whole tribulation so I think those are the two main ways to read this if you read the first way where this is a very literal tribulation and these pictures are literally pointing to something that's going to happen right before Jesus comes back I think this this is how you have to read this that what we're about to read is is that one day in Jerusalem uh currently where the Dome of the Rock is that's the.
Third holiest site in Islam that sits on the Temple Mount where the temple used to be that one day that's going to be actually torn down and that a temple is going to be rebuilt there and then when that happens there'll be a a period of time for 3 and 1/2 years of intensified suffering and tribulation upon the Church and that in that day in that time there will be two Christian Witnesses at the temple who are martyred and killed by an evil figure.
Now some are going to say that's the Antichrist even though that word doesn't show up at all in the Book of Revelation not once some are going to say that that's the man of lawlessness that comes from second Thessalonians but an evil figure will rise up and we'll strike down these two uh Christian Witnesses these two Christian witnesses will uh lay dead for three and a half days as the world celebrates their death and then they will resurrect and rise.
Then that will begin the return of Christ now that is if you take that approach and honestly that is a that that is a Fair Way absolute to read this text that is not the way that I read this text that is not the way that Chad who also preaches reads this text um so we're not going to preach from that position again Christians if you came to our training weekend have disagree these kinds of things the good news is is this doesn't affect your salvation and it also does not affect what we're supposed to do as Christians in response to passages like this.
So pick up in verse one then I was given a measuring Rod like a staff and I was told rise and measure the temple of God and the Altar and those who worship there okay this is similar to to Ezekiel 40 which if you in our Church there's a bunch of us who are doing a a 2-year Bible reading plan if you read this morning you came across that passage and it's just kind of I think in God his Providence line that up that's nice.
So and if you want to be a part of the Bible reading plan come talk to me I add you to it so I think this is imagery here from Ezekiel chapter 40 when uh the Temple's being measured but John is being told to measure the temple here in verse two it says but do not measure the court outside the temple leave that out for it is given over to the Nations so he says measure the temple but not the outside Court this is.
For the Nations and then it says and they will trample the holy city for 42 months and I will grant authority to my to my two witnesses and they will prophesy for 1260 days clothed in sackcloth so then we get this picture of Jerusalem being trampled for 42 months these two witnesses that are prophesying during this time 1260 days that's 42 months that's 3 and A2 years I think the language here when it's talking about the temple is not talking about the literal temple being rebuilt in Jerusalem I think this is language throughout the New Testament.
For the Church Peter in 1 Peter chapter 2 talks about the temple being the the the Church of Jesus Christ that the Church of Jesus Christ making up this spiritual Temple uh Christ being the Cornerstone I think this is New Testament language for the Church which will include not just the Jews but also the Gentiles Every Nation tribe and tongue then we get more imagery here we get this 42 months and what I would argue is is the 42 months is a pretty clear reference to uh The Book of Daniel from chapter 7 through chapter 12 in Daniel 7 a ruler is prophesied who will one day persecute God's people.
For a period of time that's called uh a time times and half a time which when you get to Daniel chapter 12 we learn is around 3 and a half years 42 months or 1260 days now throughout Church history as we've looked back at the Book of Daniel prophesying about this seems to be very clear that he's talking about a very specific time later around 167 BC in 167 BC when the Greeks were ruling over the Jewish people a ruler named Antiochus ivth or or he called himself Antiochus epiphanies which means.
God manifest he believed himself to be Zeus reincarnate started to fiercely persecute the Jewish people for three about three and a half years he fiercely persecuted the Jewish people killed tens of thousands of Jews this is called a period of time called the maban Revolt which you ever heard of the Jewish history books first and second mccabes that's this period of time have you ever seen Hanukkah celebrated they're celebrating this time period that from 167 BC to 164 BC the Jewish people were intensely persecuted.
And then Antiochus went into the temple and he slaughtered a pig on the altar to Zeus which is desecrating the temple if you know the Old Testament law pigs were run clean this was a direct shot to desecrate and make uh fun of the Jewish faith make fun of the Lord so people look at this Daniel chap 7 to 12 and they say that points forward to that time period when that prophecy was fulfilled so when that's being referenced here here's what's happening as Christians who know their Old Testament we.
See 42 months we go that's Daniel chapter 7 that was fulfilled later in this time period but this time period was a time of deep tribulation for the people of God and that points forward to the age when the Church also will be trip will be under tribulation meaning that this is an example of the tribulation the Church is going to endure that's what's happening here I would argue Chad showed this picture last week that when you see this sign in the mountains.
When it finally there maybe no imagine a sign you're driving there's a car and there's a mountain and there's rocks falling if you've men that from last week it was a sign that helped picture that if you are driving through the mountains and you see a sign that has rocks falling you don't literally look at that sign and look at every single part of it there it is woo and think that's it I'm looking for those exact rocks on this exact formation it's a picture that's meant to warn you of hey.
If you're driving through the mountains be weary it of the dangers that are awaiting of Rock's falling and I would argue that when you read 42 months here what's happening here it's meant to draw you to Daniel then to the period of time of tribulation as a future picture of what the Church is going to endure between Christ's first and second coming and again that's debated and Christians disagree but I think that's what's happening here it's meant to draw your mind to this is the period of time of the tribulation.
So that the Church can understand that in the middle of the tribulation the Church is called to as we suffer witness because when you pick it back up in verse three it says and I will grant authority to my two witnesses and they will prophesy for 1260 days clothed in sackcloth the language here of two witnesses is the Church this is Jesus when he says where two or more are gathered in my name this is the Old Testament uh saying that you need two witnesses to declare something to be truthful this is.
Jesus sending out his disciples and pairs of two this is the language of the Church these two witnesses when you pick that back up as we witness in the midst of suffering verse four it says these are two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth and as we've already seen lampstand in the Book of Revelation is the Church and language of two lampstands here is to convey this is the Church that is suffering in the tribulation and declaring the glory of Christ to the Nations this language of two olive trees is a reference to Zechariah 4 it's two Olive Tree language here in the Old Testament is talking.
About uh the uh uh kingly and Priestly leadership and ultimately this being fulfilled in the Church so what you have here is in verse three the language of Prophecy even uh tagged with clothed in sackcloth this the language of prophet and get this to Olive Tree language which is both Priestly leadership and kingly Leadership and what you have combined is Prophet priest and King which was perfectly displayed by Christ but the Church embodies those roles as we witness both Pro all three Prophet priest and King.
So the language here is the Church witnessing as we are called to in the midst of suffering we endure verse 5 and if if anyone would harm them fire pours from their mouth and consumes their foes if anyone would harm them this is how he is doomed to be killed again this is a picture of the Church advancing even under trials not being defeated and that ultimately as the Church advances throughout history The Gospel spreads and enemies are and foes are defeated continues they have the power to shut the sky that no rain may fall during the days of they're prophesying and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood and to.
Strike the Earth with every kind of plague as often as they desire and it's like if you're reading through this you're just like what breathing fire like what plays but if you look at this and understand that Revelation is packed with imagery from the Old Testament pack with references to the Old Testament the language here is of Elijah who when he prophesied shut up the sky and no rain fell upon the land and it's the language of Moses who water and uh the N turn into blood and the plagues falling out on Egypt this is references to both Moses and Elijah Elijah being a prophet Moses being a prophet and a priest this is witnessing.
Uh sharing the Gospel Fire coming out language for the Church witnesses as she suffers and is persecuted verse 7 and when they have finished their testimony meaning when the Church has taken the Gospel to every tribe nation and tongue the Beast that rises from the bottomless pit will make war on them and conquer them and kill them now we're not going to get into the Beast this week Chad's going to get into that next week but I do want us to.
See here that what's being referenced here is that towards the end right before Jesus comes back the Church is going to suffer great LLY now I think the language of killed here doesn't mean completely dead I think it means deeply persecuted and suffering but that is what's going to happen ultimately what's going to happen with the Church before Christ comes back verse 8 and their dead bodies will lie in the street on the great City that symbolically is called Sodom and Egypt where the.
Lord was crucified for three and a half days some from the peoples and tribes and languages and Nations will gaze at their dead bodies and refuse to let them be placed in a tomb and those who dwell on the earth Will Rejoice over them and make marry and exchange presence because these two prophets have been a torment to those who dwell on the earth and again I argue this is language that towards the end the Church is going to suffer I think the language here of three and a half days shows that it's going to be actually brief that towards the end of this tribulation.
When the Church suffers immensely it will be brief before Christ comes back as the Nations uh rage and pl lot in vain and celebrate the demise of the Church at the end verse 11 but after 3 and 1/2 days a breath of life from God entered them and they stood up on their feet and great fear fell on those who saw them then they heard a loud voice from Heaven saying to them come up here and they went up to heaven in a cloud and their enemies watched them and at that hour there was a great earthquake and a tenth of the city fell 7,000 people were killed in the earthquake and the rest were.
Terrified and gave glory to the God of Heaven the second woe has passed behold the Third Woe Is to come and I would argue the language here is this is the resurrection that before the third W before the final trumpet before judgment is finally poured out on the earth the people of God will be resurrected this is the language of 1 Corinthians 15 with the trumpet sounds and the Church being resurrected I think this is also imagery from Ezekiel chapter 37 this Breath of Life entering into the people of.
God being resurrected being spared the Judgment that is ultimately to come then we get this beautiful celebration 15 onward it says then the seventh angel blew his trumpet and there were loud voices in heaven saying the kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ and he shall Reign forever and ever and the 24 Elders who sit on their Thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God saying we give thanks to you Lord.
God Almighty who is and who was for you have taken your great power and begun to Reign the Nations rageed but your wrath came and the time for the dead to be judged and for the rewarding and for rewarding your servants the prophets and Saints those who fear your name both small and great and for destroying the Destroyers of the Earth this picture of the Church in Victory worshiping Christ and judgment falling down upon the Earth verse 19 it finishes it out.
Then God's temple in heaven was opened and the Ark of his Covenant was seen with in his Temple there were flashes of lightning Rumblings peels of thunder and earthquake and heavy hail and then we get another picture of God bringing judgment upon his Earth all right that's a lot in chapter 11 you read it you're just like man and I I I do think that this is a good way to to read this but I don't want to get lost in trying to figure out the who what where.
When why and chart off this out I think what's more important am the complexities is that the Book of Revelation is very consistent that Jesus is coming back that he will judge the world that his people will ultimately be sealed on the day of judgment and be spared the Wrath of the Lamb that will be poured out but in the middle of this tribulation in the middle of this longing in the middle of this waiting the Church is called to witness that we should.
Look at the pictures of judgment In this passage and let that sit upon our souls that there are people in our lives that will not be spared these horrifying pictures and as Christians you can't just move on from that you've got to sit in that reality one of the things I many of you know this I love music um I love Christian music that celebrates Christ and makes much of him I also love music made by those who aren't Christians the lyrics don't always glorify Christ.
But some of it's very beautiful years ago I was at a concert for someone who's very much not a Christian someone who's an atheist and he explained one of his songs that was about he said listen this song was about the fact that there is no God and as soon as we Embrace that reality the whole world's going to be a lot better off and I heard thousands of people just joyously celebrate and I just sat there as a Christian seeing people celebrate this Blasphemous statement and it's like I couldn't enjoy the beauty of the music without understanding that there are thousands of people right.
Now that are celebrating celebrating something like this because they don't know Christ and those thousands of people unless a Christian stands before them and pleads for them to trust in Christ that those joyous screams will be turned into screams of Terror when the Judgment of God falls upon them and as a Christian you can't you can't walk away from that reality you can't do that we have to sit under the reality of the Gospel and realize and be burdened by this that there are people that are one day going to receive this this picture of Wrath that one day.
When that wrath comes upon them they will not be one day closer to the end of that wrath they will not be one day closer to the end of that Eternal judgment so you can't read these chapters s under them and think man that's really sad I wonder who's going to win the game today because that's what we do we're uncomfortable with these pictures we don't want to sit under them would rather just skip to the end and celebrate these pictures of the new heavens and new earth without sit sitting under the reality of the Judgment that you have friends you have neighbors you have co-workers you have family members we have people in our.
Lives that are going to endure this and we because of nothing that we have done not because we're good not because we're awesome not because we're deserving but because because of God's free Grace kindness and mercy that's bestowed upon us that we don't deserve will be spared all of that as the rest receive judgment you cannot sit in these pictures as a Christian and be unmoved by them and not be motivated that while we are celebrating come Lord Jesus come please.
God this Injustice this evil this world it needs to be finished come Lord Jesus come and the very next breath we say and Lord until you come use me to declare the Gospel to ears that are closed eyes that are blinded so they might taste and see that you are good and experience the goodness of the Gospel now and be spared the Judgment that is to come that is abundantly clear from this book so as we look at these pictures of judgment we should worship and we should praise that one day we will be sealed as the Church.
Because of the lamb and his blood that was poured out for us that because we trust in the Life death death and resurrection of Jesus we will not stand in judgment because Jesus Took the Judgment we deserve but we should also hustle and be motivated and be eager to take the Gospel which means that you should regularly you should walk through your neighborhoods and pray that you should walk and see households that you actually have learned their names and you should pray.
For them God I pray that they might understand who you are that they might understand the the grace and the mercy God right pray for opportunities that I might be able to declare the mystery of Christ to them it means that that there is a woman from your work that you've been meaning to invite the community group there's a guy from your shop that you've been meaning to invite to your community group and you shouldn't delay you should go and you should ask and you should compel them you should say come we're going to eat dinner.
And then we'll talk about some things and then get them there or be up front I don't know what your style is going to be but you should invite them to come and experience Christ in your community group that we should risk the relational Capital that we have with people even if it makes it awkward even if you think if this doesn't go well and I take them out to lunch and I share the Gospel with them and they rejected they might go and they might talk badly about me they might.
See me as the weird Christian you should say none of none of that matters because the pictures of judgment are real that I want to literally stand in the path before them in judgment and do everything I can to say Jesus is better come and see the lamb who was slain for you that you might behold him for who he is that we should some of us should risk the comfort of just being here and prayerfully consider leaving here pray prayerfully consider planting a Church prayerfully consider leaving to go and start a kingdom effort somewhere else.
Because there are other people that need the Gospel that some of you should consider to risk your safety and your comfort to pray and say God do you want me to go to the Nations do you want me to go to a people that so hates your name that so is opposing the Gospel the risk the very safety of my myself it would risk the very safety of my family because every nation tribe and tongue needs to hear the Gospel we cannot leave the Book of Revelation without understanding the Eternal reality of what awaits those who don't believe this is true.
So Matt's going to come up here and I just want us to sit in that reality and don't run from it I want us to pray and I'm going to give us a few moments in silence to pray and I want you if you're a Christian to consider what's at stake here yes our lives are busy yes life is hard and yes people will receive judgment and that is a Monumental Eternal event that is going to come and you as we say every week the Church is plan a.
For declaring who Christ is there is no plan B it's us in this city we should embrace the reality to call and take the Gospel so if you're a Christian I want you to sit in silence and pray and ask God what do you want me to do what do you want me to do Lord what is obedience look like for me who do you want me to go and talk to who where do you want me to go and I want you to sit in the silence.
Listen to the Lord and the stirring and if you are not a Christian everything I just talked about it's true judgment is coming but Christ loves you so much that he took the Judgment for you that if you place your faith in Christ you will be sealed on the day of judgment you'll be in Christ for eternity and don't run from the uncom the discomfort of this picture but run to Christ instead so bow your heads close your eyes sit in silence.
For a few moments and then I'll close this in prayer Heavenly Father we we do not want to be a people that runs from pictures of judgment we don't want to be a people that believes these pictures are true and then in our callousness and our self- interest or unwilling to be obedient to your will to make disciples in our city to make disciples of every nation I break the callousness of our distracted Hearts so that we would see the Eternal reality of everyone arounds us that needs you.
And if there's anyone here Lord that has not believed this is true compel them to a faith rooted in you trusting in the life and the death and the resurrection of Jesus on their behalf so that we might be praising you in the day of judgment an unworthy and undeserving people Lord may you motivate our hearts towards faith and repentance and obedience and worshiping you in Jesus name amen.