Why Being Prepared for Jesus Changes Everything

Welcome to the Illuminate Church podcast.

We hope today's message is encouraging to you.

This message is definitely an interesting one because I was

supposed to preach next Sunday. It's supposed to be after our

Unrest series. Pastor Tim will be back next

Sunday. And so I got thrown to today and

I was praying through like what this would look like.

And so I heard Pastor Tim's message and God just spoke

something to me. And so I was super excited.

I wrote down the whole message and I sent it to the Pastor Tim

and he goes, wow, that is great. But it has nothing to do with

our series. I was like, so where do we go

from here? And he was like, you know what?

I want you to run with it. So aren't you grateful that we

have a lead pastor that listens to the Lord like he is not

ashamed of God interruptions. He's ready to be obedient to the

Holy Spirit. And I believe that's what it is

today. And so this series, I want you

to imagine any, anyone seen Ice Age before?

Anyone. OK, fun fact, Ice Age came out

23 years ago. Yeah.

So if you felt old, I'm sorry. All right?

But that that's the reality. Does anyone remember the

squirrel in Ice Age? OK, Yeah.

It's so cool. It's like this whole.

I remember being a kid putting the VHS.

They're like, I don't know what you're talking about.

I already lost the youth and that the VHS in in the whole

system here. And you know, you pop it in and

it starts whining it. And I remember like watching

this whole squirrel on the screen and like halfway through

it, I'm like, this is so entertaining.

But like I literally that has nothing to do with the movie.

Like I feel like I got bamboozled.

But once I got done, I'm like, this was the greatest thing

ever. That's what I hope this message

is for you today. All right, so it wasn't planned.

You're coming here for unrest, but here I am.

I'm so grateful I'm here. So I hope God speaks to you

today. I'm really am excited.

Last Sunday, Pastor Tim the the heart of the message was talking

about a preparation for a wedding.

I think he brought up this list that there was like 72 things

from like this website of these, this planning and preparation

process before you get to the big day.

And so when I was thinking through that, I just was

reminded of my wife and I's wedding.

We got married in August of 2020 in Key West.

Super excited for it was a destination wedding.

It was during the COVID year, true story.

We had flights booked, hotels booked, venue booked, everything

booked, family flying in. And Key West was actually shut

down. And so here we are literally a

month before the wedding and I am on the Key West government

page, like refresh, refresh. Like Lord, please, I'm trying to

marry this girl. Like help me out here.

Praise God. Three weeks before Key West open

and I was able to get married. Praise God for that.

My wife and I will hit five years.

Actually exciting stuff. We just found out yesterday,

December 12th, we'll be having a boy.

So exciting stuff. We're pumped for that, but

that's enough for the good news. Let's get to the bad stuff.

So, so the wedding, right? So everyone flies in, We have

about 20 people, right? Small wedding, COVID wedding,

fun stuff. And so all the planning and

preparation. And so we got all of the family

together and we said, hey, listen, it's going to be on the,

the beach in Key West. Each stair had a, a label, a

number label. In a sense, you're like, hey,

the numbers, it's #10 make sure you figure out where it is if

it's a little confusing for you because you want to make sure

that you are ready. And so, yeah, everyone's good.

We, we, you know, I was like 123 break, you know, we all go do

our thing. And then so here we are.

It's the, it's the night of the wedding, right before the

sunset. And I'll never forget it.

I was sitting there at the altar.

We had the chairs up. And I'm noticing that five key

people are not there. OK, when the wedding has like 20

people, that's like 25%. OK, So like, we're running low

on this one. So I'm like, hey, they're like,

we're missing quite a few. And all of a sudden I see my

wife come over the sand dune and she starts walking.

And so I'm sitting there, like, or standing there like, what do

I do? Like, do I stop it?

Do I not stop it? And she starts walking and I

start crying. So I definitely didn't stop it,

right. So she walks down the aisle.

It's this beautiful moment. And we're face to face.

And all of a sudden, sudden I see my my eyes, my wife's eyes

dart. And she darts left and darts

left again and darts left again. I'm like, yeah.

And all of a sudden she starts crying.

And she goes, I can't do this. And so my wife walks back up the

altar, back over the sand beam, and then the people show up.

They get seated. And Can you imagine as the

bridegroom, the frustration, the anger, like I wanted to beat

someone up. Holy Spirit said no.

I said, OK, Holy Spirit, I wanted to fight.

They're not going to invite me back after this.

No, but I'm like, come on. Like we, we plan.

This is the moment we plan for this.

And you're late. And so my wife comes down the

altar and I cry again. I'm just going to be honest.

All right? I bawl my eyes out.

She comes down. It's a beautiful wedding, but

you know, a little bad taste in my mouth.

So we get back to the pool. There's this this pool at the

hotel with this whole, this is where our reception was going to

be at. And I see tape, like caution

tape around the pool. And so I go up to the hotel guy.

I'm like, hey, you know, what's with the tape around the pool?

Like that's part of the experience.

You know, we hang out, eat food and then we get in the pool and

relax. He goes, Oh yeah, someone, a

child poo pooed in the pool. I'm like, Lord, what are we

doing here? Like help a brother out.

I'm just trying to have a good wedding.

So I was that was frustrated. And so anyways, we have a

beautiful night. It's amazing.

But but I would be lying to you if I was not disappointed.

I would be lying to you if those moments weren't frustrating.

It's because we had prepared and prepared and prepared for this

moment and they weren't ready. We were prepared for this moment

and the hotel was not ready for the arrival.

And the disappointment was knowing all the time, energy

and, and and money that was spent and they just weren't

ready. And so when I asked the

question, Are you ready? What's the first thing that

comes to mind? For some of you it's a work

deadline. Listen, they've sent like 18

emails. Y'all got to get it done, OK?

Some of you, that's for you. For some of you it's maybe a

relationship decision. You're like, should I be in?

Should I be out? For some of you it's rent or

mortgage being due. For some of you it's their exam

or paper or hopefully you pass and you don't have any exams or

exam or papers. Or maybe it's a trip.

Like you're one of those people that plan all the trips and you

have every detail and every that's already.

Or maybe it's even a hard conversation that you know you

need to have, but you're just waiting on.

And last week, Pastor Tim shared something very powerful that's

really been sitting on my heart. And it's the it's the the heart

of this message. He said that when we practice

the Sabbath, it's like welcoming the bride on the wedding.

We prepare, we expect, and we make space for the honored guest

of God's presence to arrive. And when I heard that the Lord

spoke this message, if Sabbath is a weekly rehearsal for

welcoming the presence of God, then Sabbath trains us to be

ready for him, not just for a week, but for eternity.

And so the question is, Are you ready?

Because the fact is, Jesus is coming back whether you're ready

or not. The moment of the return of

Jesus will not wait for convenience.

It won't be rescheduled around your calendar.

You don't get a notification the day before.

You don't get to ask for an extension when it comes.

Our eternity is sealed. And at that moment, the question

won't be, how successful were you?

The question won't be how happy were you?

The question won't be how much money did you make?

It will be, did you know Jesus? Did you follow Jesus?

Were you ready for Jesus? We don't practice Sabbath just

to rest from something. We practice Sabbath to rest for

someone and his name is Jesus. And I, I remember when I stood

there at the altar and my wife had to walk back.

Can I be honest? No matter how many times it

took, I would still be ready. Hopefully only one time next

time. OK, let's be honest here, but it

doesn't matter. No matter if we had to do 345, I

was going to be ready for her arrival.

Is that the same mentality you have for Jesus?

That regardless of what happens, you'll stand there waiting.

So what does it mean to be ready?

I believe God gives us the answer in His Word.

We're going to be in Revelation chapter 22, verses 12 to 17.

Revelation 22:12–17

If you want to flip to your pages there, if you need a

Bible, we have ushers that will hand out Bibles.

If you want to pop your hand up, they will give you a Bible.

Revelation chapter 22. It's the second easiest chapter

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to find in the Bible. OK, the easiest chapter is

Genesis 1 is the beginning. Revelation 22 is the last

chapter is the end. OK, so to keep flipping to them

pages, you'll get there eventually.

And so Revelation chapter 22, the thing about a story is you

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don't read a book. I suppose we have one more over

here to the side. We don't we don't read a book at

the very end because I mean, we don't understand what's

happening before, right? If we don't understand the

context, we won't understand the culmination of the story.

And So what is the context? We see in Genesis chapter 1, God

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creates everything, male and male and female and creation.

And it was good, good. And in Genesis chapter 3 or

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Genesis chapter 2, God put Adam and Eve over creation to steward

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it and to rest to enjoy the good things that God had created.

In Genesis chapter 3, we know the fall of Adam and Eve.

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They decided to become a gods for themselves and and take and

eat of the fruit. And because of that moment, sin,

darkness, pain, evil entered into the world and Adam and Eve

were separated from the garden. And the question was, how do we

get back there? And so God and his glory and his

grace decided to to show himself to someone named Abraham.

And he said, through you there will be a worldwide blessing.

And you are going to have a people, and I'm going to give

you a land from my glory. And so we see the story of

Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph.

After Joseph, the Israelites are enslaved in Egypt.

We get this these beautiful moments for God is is sending

these these mass miracles to free the Israelites out of the

slavery of Egypt. And then we get the person of

Moses who's who's following God as a servant of God.

They get out into the wilderness and then God says, we have a

people, I'm promising you a place and then you need a law.

You need a way for you to live in relationship with me.

And so the story of the Israelites, if I had to sum up

the Old Testament, it says is God says, do this.

And Israel says, I ain't doing that.

OK, I'm going to be honest. That's kind of what happens.

Like literally after Moses comes down from the Mount Sinai, like,

hey, God spoke and like, hey, this golden calf looks so good.

Like, what are we doing here? That's that's kind of what

happens. And So what happens is Israel

gets judged for their disobedience.

And what happens is we see them cry out and say we need a king

to save us. And so even though God was their

king, it was a theocracy. God was in control.

They said, you know, I'm going to give you what you want.

I'm going to give you a king after your own heart.

And we get the story of Saul. And then God chooses King David,

who will be a man after my own heart and I'm going to fulfill

my promises through him. And then we get King Solomon.

And after Solomon, there was more disobedience.

The, the, the country of Israel split up the northern and the

southern Kingdom. And then we get this 400 years,

it's called the intertestamental period of silence.

There was no prophecies. There was no hope, there was no

vision. It was awaiting.

And all of a sudden this man named John the Baptist shows up

and says, repent, for the Kingdom of God is at hand.

And while he's preaching his message, we see this man come

over and he says, look, behold the Lamb of God who takes away

the sin of the world. This man named Jesus enters the

space declaring his Kingdom and his king ship that I'm going to

have a people that serve me and I'm going to rule and reign over

them. And we're going to spread this

Kingdom on this earth. I'm not going to find a people

that circumcised in flesh. I'm going to find a people that

circumcised in heart, born again by the Spirit of God.

And so Jesus lives the perfect life.

He fulfills the law. He dies in place for our sins.

He raised again and he gives us his Holy Spirit.

He says, listen, it's better for me to leave so I can give you my

Holy Spirit. And so now we are a part of that

story. You are a part of that story,

the story of God rescuing a people for his own possession.

And so we find ourselves as exiles in a land that we're in

this world, but we're not of this world that we're in this

country. But our ultimate kingship is

King Jesus. It's him.

And then we get the Book of Revelation, this story we're

about, this chapter we're about to read because it's a

revelation of Jesus to the church where he makes a

statement. I'm coming soon.

I'm coming soon. I am going to restore what was

broken because I don't know if you live in the world that I

live in is yes, and we've been redeemed and saved by grace.

But the world is crazy. The world is broken, the world

is evil and the question is that God created it as good.

So what do we do now? This is the return and waiting

of King Jesus who's going to restore all things and we get

this picture. I'm going to read this here

chapter before in Revelation 21. It says here in verse 2.

I also saw the holy city, the New Jerusalem, coming down out

of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her

husband. Then I heard a loud voice from

the throne. Look, God's dwelling is with

humanity and He will live with them and they will be his

peoples and the God himself will be with them and will be their

God. He will wipe every tear from

their eyes. Death will will be no more

grief, crying and pain will be no more because the previous

things have passed away. Then the one seated on the

throne said, look, I am making everything new, say new, making

everything new. And he also said right, because

these words are faithful and true.

So the question is, Are you ready and how do you know if you

are? We see a couple things here,

proclamation and exhortation and an invitation.

Let's start here in chapter 22, starting in verse 12.

Look, I am coming soon, and my reward is with me to repay each

person according to his work. I am the Alpha and the Omega,

the 1st and the last, the beginning and the end.

So what is the proclamation of Jesus?

A promise of his return. When will that happen?

Jesus says soon in the Greek. It literally means swiftly.

If you had to describe the second coming of Jesus in one

phrase, it's repeated all throughout the New Testament.

I am like a thief in the night. You won't expect it.

I'm coming at any time and you better be ready.

And so I I remember as a child getting the dreadful phone call

from my parents, remember picking up that phone and they

said, hey, I'm a be home soon. The house better be clean.

Anyone else? And guess what you started

doing? You started moving real quick.

I mean, I was such a good kid. I'm like, I'm gonna wash the

dishes. Like, they're not even gonna get

nothing on me. I'm gonna do everything right.

I'm gonna clean up my room. I'm gonna make sure my my

clothes are folded. I'm gonna do the dishes and, and

make sure everything's spotless. And just to be clear, Soon was

never the same. OK?

My parents version of Soon was 15 minutes, 30 minutes, or three

hours or any time in between. All I know is you better be

ready. And So what happened is my

expectation of them coming home moved me to action.

What's the principle? Our lack of action reveals our

lack of faith. Because if you really believe

Jesus was coming back, shouldn't it move you to something?

Why? Why does Jesus come back?

He says that I am going to repay each person according to his

work. The word payment, it literally

means wage. And so with what?

It's according to what you have done in First Corinthians, the

biblical principle, First Corinthians 3 verse 13 to 15, it

1 Corinthians 3:13–15

says the fire will test the quality of each one's work.

If anyone's work that he has built survives, he will receive

a reward. If anyone's work is burned up,

he will experience loss, but he himself will be saved, but only

as through fire. One of my favorite movies is

Gladiator. Not a Christian movie.

OK, let's just get that out of the way.

But it's a great movie. It's a classic movie movie.

Russell Crowe opens the scene. There's this beautiful scene

where the the Romans are going to attack the Barbarians and

he's trying to encourage them and he's trying to get them

ready for battle. And he says this quote that

gives me goosebumps every time. He says what we do in this life

echoes in eternity. Here's the truth behind it.

Work for yourself, last for a moment, work for Jesus, last for

eternity. Things that we do in our life

that are self-centered only focus on us.

It's only just a moment and it feels good.

But the work for the Kingdom we will receive the reward and,

and, and, and how will Jesus come back?

I will say in authority, Jesus shifts from what he is doing to

the authority in which he will do it.

So on this earth in the Gospels we see Jesus in his earthly

unglorified state. The Book of Revelation is

written by John who is one of Jesus disciples.

And so this was a disciple that lived with Jesus, that walked

with Jesus, that ate with Jesus, that for 3 1/2 years was one of

his inner circles. But that was Jesus here.

And when Revelation One, when John sees the glorified King, he

says I fell at my feet as though I was dead.

When he saw Jesus in his glory, in His Majesty and his dominion,

the only response is woe is me, because he saw the King not just

as a man, but fully enthroned in his glory.

And Jesus, he's in this space of a timeless existence.

He's not worried about the past, He's not worried about the

present, He's not worried about the future.

We get this words, Alpha and Omega.

They are the 1st and the last letters of the Greek alphabet.

So what is Jesus saying? Nothing in your life that is

being written is a surprise to him because He knows your story,

the whole story, not just your story, but from beginning to the

end, He is the Alpha. He is the Omega, He is the

beginning, and He is the end. So readiness is being expectant

of His return. Are you ready?

Let's continue in verse 14 and 15.

Blessed are those who wash their robes so that they may have

right to the tree of life and may enter the city by the gates.

Outside are the dogs, the sorcerer's, the sexually

immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who

loves and practices falsehood. So we get here an exhortation.

What is the exhortation? A purity from his people.

And so we get 2 categories. We get those that are blessed to

enter and those that are barred from entry.

So what does it mean to be blessed in the text we read here

that those who have been who have washed their robes.

What's interesting though, is this is not the first time this

was said. If you actually go back to

Revelation Chapter 7, verse 13 and 14, it says this.

Revelation 7:13

It says then one of the elders asked me, who are these people

in white robes and where did they come from?

I said to him, Sir, you know. Then he told me, these are the

ones coming out of the great tribulation.

They washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the

Lamb. Why is that important?

Can I get a little nerdy here for a second?

Is that OK? Let's just dive into the text.

So in the underlying Greek in in Chapter 7 verse 14, it is an

heiress tense. What does that mean?

This happened at a point of time in the past in verse chapter 22,

verse 14. It is a present tense, which

means it's a continual process. Why does that matter?

Jesus has cleansed these people Chapter 7 verse team and and is

cleansing these people in chapter 22.

It's the justification, the moment where you are made right

with God. You have repentance and faith in

Jesus and Jesus washes you clean.

And then there's a process of afterward of sanctification

where Jesus continues to to wash you, to make you clean, to

sanctify you by the power of the Holy Spirit, to make you the

image of a son. That is the process that we are

seeing here. And what is the result of this

cleansing? It's a partaking in eternity

seated with God in the heavenly places.

And then we get those who are barred, and what do we see about

them? At the end, it talks about those

who love and practice falsehood. It's this idea of being devoid

of truth because being devoid of truth lead you to a place of

false worship. If you're not living in truth,

you're going to create truth for yourself and therefore follow

the things of this world. And so we see this.

We talk about spiritual warfare a lot.

Yes, there's deliverance and there's demonic activity in the

world, but most spiritual warfare is an issue of truth and

lies. Jesus said I am the truth.

Jesus said the truth will set you free and the enemy is called

the Father of lies. So if we're talking about

spiritual warfare, the reality of it is truth and lies, because

here's the reality that beliefs affect your being and your

behavior. Beliefs affect what you think

about yourself and what you think about yourself effects

what you do and how you act. And so we get a couple pictures

here. It uses the word dogs, which is

this picture of someone who isn't willing to come back to

the house, someone who is, who is, who is dirty, who is

unclean. And so this is what that would

look like. That because I've been saved by

grace, that gives me a license to sin.

That's a belief. So now my being is I don't need

to change. And the behavior is I stay in

sin, or we get this picture of sorcerers, that God's not

enough. I'm going to control my destiny.

And I'm now going to turn to other things like witchcraft,

like cards, like crystals, all these things that are not of

God. And it stems from a belief.

What about murders? My anger is justified.

I'm the victim. I'm going to hurt others.

Idolaters. God wants me happy.

My worth is in my stuff, therefore I worship my success.

Or what about lovers of falsehood?

Jesus isn't the truth. I decide what is true and then I

reject God and lead others away. Our belief effects who we are in

what we do. I remember when I worked at a

warehouse, one of my managers, he was a believer and he was

frustrated that his wife would not go to church.

And so him and I were having some conversations like, hey,

like, you know what it was her did she used to go?

Did she not like what happened? He's like, yeah, she used to go

to church. And then something happened.

She said, I was like, what happened?

He goes, well, her, her cat passed away.

Now, just to be clear, 50% of you are like, that's not a big

deal, OK? You're like, I don't like cats.

The other 50% are like, I completely understand.

Like if my cat passed away, I definitely get it.

But he's sharing with me that her cat passed away and she he

said that since that moment she got angry at God and she fell

away from church. She no longer attends because of

that. And he was like, I don't get it.

Like I don't get why would God allow my cat to pass away?

And I'm sitting there obviously not having all the answers.

I don't know why God does things or doesn't do things, but He

spoke to me in that moment. He said to reveal who she

belongs to. Because our behavior reveals our

belonging. Our ability to step foot in this

house week in and week out shows that we do belong in His house,

that we are a child of God. First, John 219 says.

They went out from us, but they did not belong to us, for if

they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us.

However, they went out, so that it might be made clear that none

of them belongs to us. What am I saying here?

That readiness is living in purity.

Are you ready? Are you ready?

Verse 16 and 17 I, Jesus, have sent my angels to attest these

things to you for the churches. I am the root and the descendant

of David, the bright morning star.

Both the Spirit and the Bride say, come, let anyone who here

say, come, let the one who is thirsty come.

Let the one who desires to take the water of life freely.

And then we get an invitation, which is a plea for restoration.

That's what we get here in verse 16.

It talks about the descendant of David.

And this was a call back to the Old Testament.

We actually read this promise made to King David in Second

2 Samuel 7:12–13

Samuel 7, verse 12 through 13. It says when your time comes and

you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up after you your

descendant who will come from your body, and I will establish

His Kingdom. He is the one will build a house

for My name, and I will establish the throne of His

Kingdom forever. Over 1000 years before this Book

of Revelation was written, Jesus is declaring this was already

the plan. This was always the plan, this

was always the future, that I would be established as an

offspring of David and I would make things all right and true

and restored. And the question is, Are you

ready? And he gives us an invitation.

We had this invitation first to Jesus.

It says both the Spirit and the bride say, come, let me ask you

this church, are you wanting to see him?

Because a ready church isn't dormant, but expectant.

It's moving. It's not just sitting around,

it's walking and building God's Kingdom.

And then there's an invitation to us individually.

Are you ready to see him? Because a ready church isn't

rebellious, but repentant. A ready church is willing to

acknowledge when the Holy Spirit is challenging us and convicting

us and go back to the cross where we conceive grace and

mercy. And then there's an invitation

to the believer. Are you ready to know him?

Not just an idea of Jesus, not just a religious system, but the

King enthroned in glory. Are you ready to know him?

My last point, readiness is accepting His invitation for

restoration. Are you ready?

When I was a kid, I did not have the easiest childhood.

My stepfather was a retired drill instructor and for a long

time I lived my life and anger my whole life I was told that I

would never be anything or do anything or amount to anything.

And so I wanted to prove. I wanted to prove that I could

be someone and prove my stepfather wrong.

And so for most of my life I lived with this quote, which was

my life mantra by Frank Sinatra. It says the greatest revenge is

massive success. And all I wanted to do was I

wanted to get to a place where I could prove that I could be

something that I could do something that you were wrong

about me. And so I had this dream.

I was living in San Diego at the time.

There was this massive, it was a $5.5 million penthouse in

downtown San Diego. It was beautiful.

I was like, I think I can afford the payments and no, absolutely

not. It's like $80,000 a month.

Like what the hell? We who affords This is crazy.

But I was like, this is me. This I wanted.

And by the way, this is also like pre COVID.

So like really it's probably like 10 million now.

So at this point, God called me the ministry that the ship has

sailed. OK, let's just be honest here.

I've already accepted that. But I had this dream that I was

going to have this penthouse and I was going to be on top of the

world, and I was going to prove that I could be something.

By God's grace, he saved me by that ideology.

And it was about four or five years later, I was taking a

missions trip to Thailand. And if you've ever been to

Southeast Asia, very inexpensive if you have U.S. dollars, like

we were able to book a five star hotel for the price of La

Quinta. OK, It was like $100.

Crazy, crazy. And I'll never forget this

moment. We went up to the very top of

this hotel in downtown Bangkok, Thailand.

And I come out of this elevator and there's this affinity pool

with these lights, and there's this awesome music and there's

all of these buildings. And I was like, I'm on top of

the world. This is it.

And in that moment, I felt emptiness because I realized I

had been lied to my whole life. I thought this was it.

This was the dream, this was the future.

This is what life had to offer. And after that moment of

emptiness, the Holy Spirit filled me with joy because in

that moment I knew. Because I had Jesus, I had

everything. In that moment I knew that I was

ready because I found the greatest treasure.

If the world gives me everything and I don't have Jesus, I have

nothing. But if the world gives me

nothing, but I have Jesus, I have everything.

And so a church, a bride that is ready is 1 Hoping for the

promise of his return, living in purity and accepting the

invitation for restoration. What if you live like that?

Anxiety would lose its grip because you know who holds the

future. It's not you, it's Jesus.

Sin would lose its appeal because you'd see the surpassing

worth of His glory. Church wouldn't be a Sunday

event. It would be a preview of

eternity. Cities could change because

communities would be saturated with grace and truth.

And the world would not just hear about Jesus, they would

encounter him through you. That's the church that is ready.

And I didn't read this during first service, but I just.

That's what the Lord wants. I'm going to read this in tech

booth. Relax, not out there.

So you're good. I want to read this this text

here. Revelation 19, verse 11 And then

Revelation 19:11

I saw heaven opened and there was a White Horse.

It's writer is called faithful and true.

And with justice he rages, he with he judges and wake makes

war. His eyes were like a fiery flame

and many crowns were on his head.

He had the name written that no one knows except himself.

He wore a robe dipped in blood, and his name is called the Word

of God. The armies that were in heaven

followed him on white horses, wearing pure white linen.

A sharp sword came from his mouth so that he might strike

the nations with it. He will also rule them with an

iron rod. He will trample the winepress of

the fierce anger of God the Almighty.

And he has a name written on his robe and on his thigh.

King of Kings and Lord of Lords, Are you ready?

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