The millennial reign — Revelation 19-20

0:00 Let's pray. Heavenly Father, Lord, we are just so grateful once again Lord that you brought us here and we had the opportunity this morning to remember you Lord, remember your death and resurrection and Lord to just take comfort and salvation belongs to you Lord, the battle belongs to you. Lord, you are just above all Lord, you are worthy and father we are just so so grateful for your son Lord Jesus and Lord, I just ask that you would just help me to clearly portray the things in your word Lord and to stick to stay true to your word and what you have revealed to us. Lord, bless this time together in Jesus' name. Amen.

1:16 Let's see, do I point it here? Oh, wait. One second. I got to click over here and now... Oh, there we go.

1:26 It's a learning curve. So the reasons behind my desire to examine the millennial reign, well, we've never we've never done it in at least in my memory, we've never done it before. I've asked people and they said we've never gone in-depth into it and even today we won't be able to go too far in-depth in-depth into the millennial reign but I think it's an important thing to cover because first off, I've never heard it taught at WBF. A majority of messianic prophecies are about the second coming and understanding God's plan for the nation of Israel. That is a that is a vital thing to remember to be able to tell the difference between Israel and the church as many many cultic groups have formed such as Jehovah Witnesses, Seventh day Adventism, things like that out of twisting and misinterpreting the prophecies and the things that God has in store for Israel.

2:24 And also, just the desire to bring the Lord to the Lord as it says in Psalm 72, this is a messianic Psalm talking about the Messiah in his millennial reign. Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel who only does wondrous things and blessed be his glorious name forever and let the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen. And so that... Just to bring the Lord to the Lord and and that we can be edified and encouraged by the study together.

3:46 And so in Acts chapter one verse 11, the disciples asked him after after his resurrection, they said, you know, will you now redeem the kingdom to Israel and Jesus says, you know, it's not for you to know the time for when for when the son will do this and so even Israel, even the disciples after the resurrection still thought that that Israel, the redeeming of Israel was going to be next in the timeline. And so going on here, we have the Lord has revealed to us more in-depth what this timeline is going to look like. And so I'm going to lightly brush over the tribulation period of Israel and and the world as the the purpose of the tribulation is to test those who dwell on the earth, that's in Revelation chapter three verse 10, that is a time of trial of God's wrath against sin and God also refining Israel. And so in order to set the scene for the day of the Lord when he actually steps down physically on the earth, I think it's just important to kind of have some background of of what what things are going to look like at that time.

4:56 And so we have, first off, that at least half of mankind is destroyed in judgment and this is a very conservative number because I only used percentages where the Lord says a certain amount of mankind died during the tribulation period. There's going to be extreme food extreme food shortages at this time, water becomes a scarce resource, earthquakes, solar flares, plagues, all these things that God's wrath that he inflicts onto those that are are rejecting him. And in Matthew 24 it says, and unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved but for the elect's sake, those days will be shortened. And so the earth is nearly uninhabitable at this time. There's almost nothing left.

5:41 And so now going on to the condition of Israel and the believers, they will be experiencing extreme persecution. Israel and and those that had not received Christ prior to the rapture, they are going to go through the tribulation and and and suffer for the Lord and many are going be martyred. Daniel twelve one says that it will be an unmatched time of... And it's called Jacob's trouble, An unmatched time of trouble for the remnant of Israel. In Matthew twenty four twenty one, Jesus says it will be the greatest tribulation that anyone has ever experienced from the beginning of the world till now and and forevermore.

6:22 And so these are very intense and strong language and it's to show the the fear and and wrath of God against sin. In Revelation, the devil and the antichrist are making war against the Jews. The Jews waiting for their Messiah and those those that believe in Jesus Christ and and and keep his commandments, they're going to be facing extreme persecution. But in the end, a remnant of Israel will remain. As it says in Zechariah thirteen eight through nine, and in all the land declares the Lord, two thirds will be cut off and perish but a third will be left in it.

6:59 This third I will bring through the fire, I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on my name and I will answer them. I will say they are my people and they will say the Lord is our God. And so even during this time, God is going to preserve Israel and and and stay true to his promises to them. And now we have the setting the scene for the condition of the world at this time.

7:24 The majority of the world is going to be under the the the, I don't want to say control because they rejected God and have followed after the Antichrist that the Antichrist is going to have world dominion at this time and they're going to be worshipping the Antichrist and the devil. They're going to be able to repent time and time again you see throughout the tribulation period in Revelation that that that the Lord offers opportunity for people to repent and they still don't. Instead, they curse God and they blaspheme him. And the gathering for Armageddon. And so Armageddon is a term for when all the nations, this is at the end of the tribulation that all the nations are going to be gathered together to war against, to destroy Jerusalem and to war against God and his saints and and his armies when he returns.

8:13 This is throughout the Old Testament. Joel three nine through 11, we'll be turning there to Joel three in a bit but so this is just, I hopefully can give you a nice overview of of what are what are things going to be like. And so the battle of Armageddon is the last day essentially of the tribulation period when Jesus Christ physically returns. And so now we're going to turn into Zechariah 14. This all...

9:13 It says, Behold the day of the Lord is coming starting in verse one and your spoil will be divided in your midst for I will gather all the nations to battle against Jerusalem. The city shall be taken, the houses rifled and the women and the women ravished. Half of the city shall go into captivity but the remnant of the people shall not be cut off from the city. Then the Lord will go forth and fight against those nations as he fights in the day of battle and in that day his feet will stand on the Mount Of Olives which faces Jerusalem on the East and the Mount Of Olives shall be split in two from east to west making a great large valley. Half of the mountain shall move to the north and half of it toward the South.

9:51 So when Jesus ascended into heaven in Acts that that the... They were looking up into the clouds and and an angel appeared to them... Appeared to the disciples and those watching and said, you know, why why do you why do you keep looking? I'm paraphrasing obviously, I'm butchering because I'm terrible at that but he said, why do you keep looking? Like the angel said, why do you keep looking?

10:09 You know, the son of man will will return just as he just as he ascended, he will so return and that's exactly what is happening here in in Zechariah 14 that that the Son of Man, the Lord Jesus is going to physically stand on the Mount Of Olives and this is an important thing to realize and lay hold of that there are beliefs that believe that there is not a literal reign of Christ and that Jesus Christ is not going to literally step down on the earth and reign and those things need to to be looked at through a biblical mindset, a biblical view and and to be judged accordingly. And so we have verse two, Jerusalem is surrounded. Verse three, we see that he's redeeming the remnant of his people and he's physically standing on the Mount Of Olives. In the Mount Of Olives, to give you a picture, you have Jerusalem and then you have the Kidron Valley or the Valley Of Jehoshaphat, we'll be talking about that in a bit and then we have the Mount Of Olives and so he's going to split the Mount Of Olives and the the Jew, the remnant Jews will be able to escape through that.

11:16 He says then he will, in verse five, then he will flee through my mountain valley from the from the mountain valley shall reach to Azul. Yes, you shall flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah. Thus the Lord my God will come and all the saints with you. And going down to verse 12 just to focus on the things that will happen in that day, the day of the lord. And this shall be the plague with which the lord will strike all the nations who fought against Jerusalem.

11:45 Their flesh shall dissolve while they stand on their feet, their eyes shall dissolve in their sockets and their tongues shall dissolve in their mouths. That's very strong language but but once again it's showing that that Jesus Christ when he returns, we see this in Revelation that that he is returning in glory and in power and majesty and he is going to destroy all things against him. In Zechariah twelve ten, we see here that the remnant of Israel at this time are they're going to they're going to repent and it says here, and I will pour on the house of David on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and supplication then they will look on me whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for him as one mourns for his only son and grieve for him as one grieves for a firstborn. Israel is going to see the Lord Jesus return and they're and they're gonna repent at that moment and realize that they missed their Messiah, that they were wrong all along and that Jesus Christ is coming to redeem them and we see throughout scripture that that God will comfort them and wipe away their sin.

12:51 And so now we have what happens essentially... I don't want to say anything with definitive of this is chronologically what's going to happen but just to be general that God, that Jesus Christ is going to gather together his elect. In Matthew twenty four thirty three through 31 it says, at that time the sign of the son of man will appear in heaven and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory and he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call and they will gather his elect from the four winds from one end of the earth to the other. And so who are the elect in this context?

14:44 And so here we have that first God is gathering his people to to to to Jerusalem, to that area from across... From around the world and then he's also gathering all nations. And we see this here in... Oh, did I go backwards? So we see here this is when the Lord Jesus is gonna separate the sheep from the goats.

15:11 In Matthew 25, we can turn to Matthew, keep your hand, keep your finger there and Joel three and turn with me to Matthew 25. So we see here first that in Joel three it says, I will also gather all nations, I will bring them down to the Valley Of Jehoshaphat and I will enter into judgment with them there on account of my people, my heritage Israel. Okay. And then in Matthew 25 we see here that it says starting in... Can start in verse 31.

15:49 When the son of man comes in his glory and all the holy angels with him then he will sit on the throne of his glory. All the nations will be gathered before him and he will separate them one from another as a shepherd divides the sheep from the goats and he will set the sheep on his right hand but the goats on his left. Then the king will say to those on his right hand, come you blessed of my father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for I was hungry and you gave me food. I was thirsty and you gave me drink. I was a stranger and you took me in.

16:19 I was naked and you clothed me. I was sick and you visited me. I was in prison and you came to me. Then the righteous will answer him saying, Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you or thirsty and give you a drink? When did we see you a stranger and take you in or naked and clothe you or when did we see you sick or in prison and come to you?

16:39 And the king will answer and say to them, assuredly I say to you in as much as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me. Then he will also say to those on the left hand, depart from me you cursed into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, I was a stranger and you did not take me in, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me. Then they will also answer him saying, Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison and not minister to you? Then he will answer them saying, assuredly I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me and these will go away into everlasting punishment but the righteous into eternal life.

17:25 And so we see when the Lord separates separates the sheep from from the goat at this time from the the from the surrounding nations, the nations of the whole world that that he is going to based upon not a meritorious work but that their actions revealed the condition of their heart. Love towards God's people is love toward Jesus Christ while the coolness during this time, coolness towards God's people is rejection of Jesus Christ and so in principle that the actions or lack thereof reveal the condition of one's heart. And so once again, during this time, these these sheep and goat once again are not entering by meritorious work but by the grace of God but that only the Lord Jesus knows the heart. We don't know the heart in finality but only Lord Jesus does and he knows who who are his but just in principle that that actions reveal the condition of one's heart. And so now entering the millennial reign, I hope you're able to keep up with me a little bit.

19:34 Okay? But but it really is just astounding what the Lord is going to do. Israel and Judah, once again, he's redeeming the people Israel and God is going to fulfill his promises that he gave to Israel. Israel and Judah are made under one, made one nation under their one king, the Messiah. Jerusalem is going to be rebuilt.

20:02 We can turn back to Zechariah 14 to see this more specifically. Jerusalem is going to be rebuilt, re inhabited and the earth repopulated. In Zechariah 14 verse 11, we can read ten eleven. All the land shall be turned into a plain from Geba to Raman. That's the area...

20:32 Geba is the area North of Jerusalem, Raman is South of Jerusalem. Jerusalem shall be raised up and inhabited in her place from Benjamin's Gate to the place of the first gate and the corner gate and from the Tower Of Hananel to the king's winepress. Honestly, I don't know where all those things are, okay? Don't don't ask me. I'll have to study that more.

20:52 The people shall dwell in it and no longer shall there be utter destruction but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited. And this shall be the plague... Oh, I'm sorry. And so focusing on verse 11, the people shall shall dwell in it and no longer shall there be utter destruction but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited. And turn with me to Zechariah chapter nine, just the, just taking hold of Phil.

22:02 Zechariah nine, just once again appreciating what the Lord Jesus is going to do and the amazing things that he has in store. Verse nine of chapter nine talks about the the first coming that rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion shout, O daughter of Jerusalem, behold your king is coming to you, he is just and having salvation lowly and riding on a donkey, a colt the foal of a donkey and we know that he fulfilled that in his first coming when he, in the triumphal entry, entered Jerusalem on a colt of a donkey but then in verse 10, this is now the millennial, I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem the battle bow shall be cut off, he shall speak peace to the nations, his dominion shall be from sea to sea and from the river to the ends of the earth. And so now the Lord Jesus will have world dominion and he will bring peace to the world and so what blessing that is. And here we also have the scope of the landscape healed and changed. We have to remember that that the Lord Jesus is returning to a world that is nearly utterly destroyed and so he's going to change the landscape nation and heal the nation and so there will no longer be famine and pestilence and things like that.

23:18 Psalm 72 says, There will be an abundance of grain in the earth on the top of the mountains, its fruit shall wave like Lebanon and those of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth. And so what a beautiful thing that is and this river that was mentioned in Zechariah nine is actually a river flowing from the temple of God. There's going to be a physical temple in the millennial reign and there's going to be a river flowing from it and it's going to be healing for the nations and and healing for the land and and I think that's just such a beautiful picture that that God is the source, He is the foundation of all that is good and beautiful, of all blessing and so just really grateful for the Lord for that. Further blessings in the millennial reign, turn with me to Isaiah 65. Once again, we really can't go too in-depth because it's such a large topic and I am already running out of time.

24:17 But this is just giving you a taste and I hope that you would be encouraged by this. In Isaiah 65, we can start in verse 17 through 19. Now it seems at first here that this is verse 17 is talking about the eternal state but remember that that the prophets in Israel, their main focus was was on the the reign of of the Messiah and the coming heaven and earth at that time and you'll see later in a bit that, you know, how the context is during the millennial reign. For behold, I create new heavens and new earth and the former shall not be remembered or come to mind but be glad and rejoiced forever in what I create. For behold, I create Jerusalem as a rejoicing and her people a joy.

25:11 I will rejoice in Jerusalem and joy in my people. The voice of weeping shall no longer be heard in her nor the voice of crying. So what a blessing that is that that God's desire is to to dwell to dwell with his people and be close be close to us. Verse 20, no more shall an infant from there live but a few days nor an old man who has not fulfilled his days for the child shall die 100 years old but the sinner being 100 years old shall be accursed. So here, infant death is removed, it's done.

25:42 No more infant death, no more will someone not fulfill their days for the child shall die 100 years old. So I believe it will probably be considered a tragedy if somebody dies at 100 years old but the sinner being 100 years old shall be accursed. So my understanding of that passage, that one's kind of harder to understand but what I believe, I believe that that's talking about someone who has rejected God even though Jesus is reigning and physically on earth but they still reject God and God is going to only allow them to live one hundred years and they're done away with. They shall not build houses and they shall build houses and inhabit them, they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit, they shall not build and another inhabit, they shall not plant and another eat. For as the days of a tree so shall be the days of my people and my elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.

26:37 So the days of a tree, I looked up the oldest tree on earth right now and I think it's like almost 3,000 years old. Obviously this is only a, this is a one thousand year reign so no 3,000 year old people but just to show that the longevity of life and once again what Jesus Christ brings in and the blessing that flows from him. They shall not labor in vain, verse 23, nor bring forth children for trouble for they shall be the descendants of the blessed of the Lord and their offspring with them. It shall come to pass that before they call, I will answer and while they are still speaking, I will hear. The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, the lion shall eat straw like the ox and dust shall be the serpent's food.

27:21 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain says the Lord. And so animals, the behavior of animals are changed that wolves and lions and things like that are now going to be herbivores rather than eating each other and attacking people so that's an amazing thing and scripture elsewhere it says that the infant will be able to play near the cobra's den and that violence from animals, that curse of sin there had been removed. And once again, just in verse 24, the closeness that God will have, it shall come to pass that before they call, I will answer. It's just an amazing thing. In Zechariah eight twenty-twenty three, the Lord says that the Gentile nations will actually seek after the Jewish people and beg them to bring them to the Lord.

28:10 They know that the Lord is with you, the Lord has blessed you, please take us to them. And so it's really just a wonderful, wonderful scene that the Lord has given us that all the world at this time is going to be seeking after God, all nations seeking after God. And so we get into one of the purposes of the millennial that God is going to fulfill his unconditional covenants with his people. There's a... Well there's many covenants that were made in the Old Testament, some conditional as well but an unconditional covenant is one that God made...

28:53 A covenant by the way being a promise that God made himself without the condition of man and that he will fulfill it, the collateral is on his name and so we will see what the unconditional covenants are. We have the Abrahamic covenant, the promise to be made a great nation, I think we can check that off that from what we've seen that will be true. The promise of inheritance of land, in Ezekiel chapter 47 through 48, we see the, you can see the inheritance of the land of the people of Israel, a nation from Abraham to be innumerable. In Isaiah 6zero 20 one-twenty two it says that one person will be a small nation and a small number will be, you know, will be many peoples and so there's going to be a huge amount of repopulation for the nation of Israel because God is the one that has blessed them and he's fulfilling his promises. Before going on, the promise of the inheritance of land, I do want to give a disclaimer or discrepancy, I guess you can say because I really, I truthfully don't exactly understand it but that the land given, promised to Abraham doesn't match the boundary of the inheritance land in Ezekiel 40 seven-forty eight and and my explanation of that would be that that there is a specific inheritance that God has given to the the nation, the tribes of Israel but then all the rest of the land that had been promised to Israel through to Abraham is actually still occupied by Israel but just not specifically, you know, mentioned in being given to the tribes.

30:37 The Davidic Covenant that and your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before your throne shall be established forever. So once again, that, that the rule of the Christ coming from the line of David. This is the map of the, just real quick, the map of the land of Israel during that time, during the millennial reign. This can be found in Ezekiel 40 seven-forty eight. There's there's lots of things on the millennial during that time.

31:07 The Palestinian covenant is once again God reaffirming his everlasting covenant with Israel even during times of their rejection of God and walking away from him. He was once again promising that he will bring them into the land. In the New Covenant, Ezekiel 3six sixteen-thirty eight, we don't have time to read it because I have been speaking too slow but if you want to turn there with me and we can just point out some some things that are are so important and so beautiful that the Lord has in store. In this passage, God says 15 times, he says, I will and so it's God who does these things and really you can just read this and stop listening to me because it pretty much says all the things that I had taken a long time to explain and go through but first he says, starting in verse 23 that he will take them from among the nations, he will gather them from countries, that's verse 24 and bring you into your own land and then he will cleanse them and remove the filthiness from all their idols. 26 says I will clean and I will cleanse them and give them a new heart and put a new spirit within you.

32:33 I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. I will put my spirit within you and cause you to walk in my statutes and you will keep my judgments and do them. And going on, verse 30 is the physical blessings of the land, multiplying the fruit of your trees and increase of your fields. We have here the ruins in Jerusalem, verse 35, being rebuilt. Verse 36, the nations which are left all around you shall know that I the Lord have rebuilt the ruined places and planted what was desolate.

33:05 I the Lord have spoken and I will do it. And then verse 37 to 38 talking about the population growth of the people of Israel. We'll have to skip these things. If you want to ask me questions about these things later, that'd be great and I would love to talk about them but maybe you can just go through and you won't really know exactly what all these things mean because I have my notes but yeah, if you have questions, please ask me because we're going to keep going. The Lord Jesus in his coming reign will have absolute sovereignty over the nations.

33:46 He's going to comfort those who mourn and his dwelling place will be with his people. Ezekiel 4eight 35 says, And from that day on, the name of the city will be the Lord is there. That's a... Just such an amazing thing. And then now finally, as we are coming to a close here, I think that clock is actually a few minutes fast.

34:15 I've been talking about Israel so much and now what about the church? We can turn to Revelation 19. We know that Zechariah 14 says that the Lord will come and all the saints with you. And I believe that we should take that literally that all the saints, the saints of the old testament who had been looking forward to the Messiah and believed in faith in God and those in the New Testament who have put their faith in Jesus Christ will be returning with the Lord. In Revelation, just a quick look at it, we have the wedding feast of the bride and the lamb and then following that the bride, the church, is given clean and bright and fine linen and we see that the armies of heaven have that same, the armies returning with the Lord are clothed in linen fine and clean.

35:10 And then turning to Revelation 20 verse four, John says this, And I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was committed to them. Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witnesses to Jesus and for the word of God who had not worshipped the beast or his image did not receive his mark on their foreheads or on their hands and they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years but the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection, blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection over such the second death has no power but they shall be priests of God and of Christ and shall reign with him a thousand years. And so we see here in the first part of verse four, we have... It looks like we have one group here.

35:55 John saw thrones and those who sat on them and then he sees the other group, the tribulation saints, those who had put their trust in Jesus Christ during the tribulation and who were martyred for him, martyred for the sake of Jesus and they and they were and they resurrected. They were resurrected and given a glorified body and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. Revelation two twenty six-twenty nine says, And to those who... And to the one who overcomes and continues in my name until the end, I will give authority over the nations. He will rule them with an iron scepter and shatter them like pottery just as I have received authority from my father and I will give him the morning star.

36:35 He who has an ear, let him hear what spirit says to the churches. Jesus, these are the very words of Jesus Christ that the assurance that we are going to reign with him. When I first read that verse, I was just, I was blown away by the fact that in Psalm, this is, he's quoting Psalm two and that is a messianic Psalm of of the coming king. The coming king who will who will shatter and crush and rule with righteousness and judgment. And Jesus says that same thing about us that we are going to rule and reign with him.

37:08 What a blessing that is that we're going be able to serve God no longer now struggling with the temptations of sin, serving God with just a clear heart and and yeah, just it's just an amazing thing that that we are going to be a part of the infallible government of Jesus Christ. You know, Donald Trump said that in his first hundred days, I was talking to Mr. Hilton about this, Donald Trump said that he thinks he didn't make a mistake in his first hundred days. That was his first mistake. Maybe a second at least but...

37:45 And what a silly thing that, you know, there will be no human with a... With our natural sinful inclination will be reigning in the government of Jesus Christ that Jesus Christ will have an infallible government with no mistakes and that he's used us, he's using us with resurrected bodies made like him to bring about the promises to Israel. What a blessing that is. Turn with me to Romans chapter 11 as we close. Just what is our application as I am officially one minute over but I'm going to read this, I'm going to hold you for two more minutes.

38:47 We're waiting for him. I'm gonna... And stealing mister Hilton's application of watching, waiting and working. Be ready. Be ready because we don't know when the time is going to come when the Lord is going to commence the tribulation period.

39:04 We don't know. No man knows. No man knows the day or the hour. Another thing is that the majority of the world has the wrath of God abiding on them. That's a scary thing.

39:16 The majority of people in the world right now are on their way to hell and we have the message of reconciliation. We are ambassadors for Christ. We have this hope within us and that's something that God desires all of us to share with the people in our lives and so I would encourage you to just try to have a mindset of people, relationships in your lives that those who have not put their trust in Jesus Christ to see them as someone who desperately needs a savior. Remember that that's their condition that they're in right now, that the wrath of God is abiding on them. We can be praying for Israel because God is not done with his people.

39:51 I just, I think about you know in my physics class I had a Jewish guy in there and I never said a word to him all year. I never cared enough. That's really the truth and to think that God, his promises are to those people. In Romans 11, we'll just read starting at verse 26. And so all Israel will be saved as it is written, the deliverer will come out of Zion and he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob for this is my covenant with them when I take away their sins.

40:26 Concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sake but concerning the election, they are beloved for the sake of the fathers. For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. For as you were once disobedient to God yet have now obtained mercy through their disobedience even so these also have now been disobedient that through the mercy shown you they also may obtain mercy For God has committed them all to disobedience that he might have mercy on all. Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God. How unsearchable are his judgments and his ways past finding out.

40:58 For who has known the mind of the Lord or who has become his counselor or who has first given to him and it shall be repaid to him. For of him and through him and to him are all things to whom be glory forever. Amen. Let's pray. Heavenly Father, Lord, we are once again Lord just grateful and awed that Lord you want to have a relationship with us Lord, that you desire to dwell with us Lord, your creation.

41:31 Lord we just thank you for the redemption that we have in your son, the Lord Jesus Christ. Lord we're thankful for the coming redemption Lord of the hope that we have that we will spend eternity with you Lord that we will serve you and reign with you. Lord, help us in our daily lives to lay hold of these things and remember these things Lord and that we would just prepare ourselves to and purify ourselves to meet you Lord. Father, we are just thankful for the honor that we had to serve such an awesome God. Lord, that you be the glory and honor forever.

42:07 Amen.