The Kiss That Started a Revolution - Mark 14:40-52

You're listening to the Christ Our Cornerstone

podcast, a ministry of Christ Our Cornerstone

Church in O 'Neill, Nebraska. I'm Pastor Logan

Merrick, and it's our prayer that this message

strengthens your faith and draws you closer to

Christ. Let's dive in. We've been walking through

the book of Mark and we are just about done.

And I'm just gonna remind you guys, we actually

will not finish out Mark in the traditional sense,

like I'm not gonna. I'll get to Mark 16, we may

skip some stuff, because I preach through the

death and resurrection of Jesus on Easter. And

so we'll skip those parts and move ahead. So

we're gonna be done sooner rather than later,

and then we're gonna jump into the book of Daniel,

and then we'll go into the book of Revelation.

All right, if you are taking notes, the title

of my sermon today is The Kiss That Started a

Revolution. And the big idea that I am driving

home that you can write down, it'll be right

up here, is Christ's revolution is not about

power, might, and weapons, but about weakness,

obedience, and resting in the sovereign plan

and finished work of Christ. So as you're writing

that down, I wanna do an experiment with you

guys. So there's a professor of history at the

University of Florida. I think his name was John

Somerville or something like that. But he would

do an experiment and he did it for years. And

the experiment goes like this where he would

have all of his students come in and he would

ask them to imagine a scenario He would say there's

there's two Essentially two avenues you could

go. Which one do you think you are? Okay, so

here is the Imagined scenario. All right So you

are walking down the mean streets of O 'Neill

and It's just you and you look up ahead and you

see a really small, very frail elderly woman

and she's got a very big purse hanging, you know,

just hanging on to it the best she can. She's

got, she might even, you might even see some

money coming out the top of it a little bit.

So you have a choice in that moment, right? Right?

Okay So there there's two choices and I'm gonna

make sure that I I'm gonna read them So I make

sure I say them correctly in the way that he

he has it but he says It suddenly occurs to you

that she's very little and very old and it would

be incredibly easy To just knock her over and

take her purse Okay Do you do it? Okay, so if

you if you would be the one to knock her over

and steal her purse raise your hand Nobody oh

come on I Was a test passed Congratulations,

so so then why don't you why don't you knock

her over? Take her purse and say good luck surviving

grandma Because it's wrong Why is it wrong? Because

it's hers, not ours. So the professor says there's

two possible answers. The first comes from what

he calls shame and honor culture, and I've talked

a little bit about that in another sermon. The

shame and honor culture basically means this.

You don't do it because it would make you a despicable

person, unworthy of respect. And it could also

dishonor your family, right? So that's one. People

would despise you for picking on the weak and

you would despise yourself for doing it, hopefully

so. Write this down for me. It wouldn't be strong

and strength is critical in an honor culture.

This is what is called Self -regarding ethic.

So just so you guys know you're in ethics class

today because we're gonna be talking about ethics

But this is known as self -regarding ethic you

are thinking about yourself Your reputation and

your tribe without me going to the next one Just

yet. How many of you guys would say? Yeah. No,

I think that that's probably me, I would probably

choose not do it because I don't want to dishonor

myself, my family. How many are scared to even

raise your hand? Trace is like, I'm never scared

to raise my hand or talk. So then there's the

second answer, okay? What if instead of thinking

about yourself, What do you think about? If you're

not thinking about yourself and how taking her

out would affect you, who else would you be thinking

about? Her, right? So you begin to think about

her. You put yourself in her shoes and you think

about the pain it would cause her. She may even

depend on that money for rent or for groceries.

You might even ask if I mug her, what happens

to her? What happens to the people who depend

on her? You think about the woman, so you don't

do it. Write this down. That's an other regarding

ethic. You are putting the other person ahead

of yourself. So as you write that down. That's

an other regarding ethic. You are putting the

other person ahead of yourself. How many of you

guys would say, I am in camp number two? You

wanna be others facing. I mean, you guys say

I'm in camp number one and I'm me facing. Are

we all scared? Linda, at least you're honest.

Linda's like sometimes, right? Yeah, I can see

that. After walking through those scenarios,

here's what's funny. You guys are actually honest,

okay? When he did this with students, how many

of you think said, yes, they belong in the self

-regarding aspect? Zero. Every year, no matter

the class, no matter the class sizes, no matter

the cultures, no matter the religions, no matter

the... Whatever background they came from no

one ever picked the first one They always pick

the second one. Why do you think that is? Yeah,

you start worrying about it comes back to the

shame and honor thing right You start thinking

about what is what what are other people gonna

think about me, right? But here's what's awesome

And this is what the professor would point out

to them. He said, you may not realize it, but

the idea that you put the other person ahead

of yourself rather than thinking of yourself

first comes from Christianity. Your morals have

been shaped by Christianity. He described it

this way. An ethical system based on honor is

self -regarding, while one based on charity is

other -regarding. With honor goes pride rather

than humility, dominance rather than service,

courage rather than peaceableness, glory rather

than modesty, loyalty rather than respect for

all. So he says, think about it. That's one of

my favorite things, by the way, whenever I am...

doing a lot of apologetic stuff. And when I would

go on the campus and talk to college students,

one of my favorite things, defenses, is a defense

for a moral system. Because the one thing, if

you're here this morning and you are not a believer,

you would say you don't believe in anything.

The biggest thing that you have going against

you is you live a life of morals. and can't explain

why. And that was the professor's point that

Christianity has so shaped the world and especially

our country but the world that they know to be

others facing even if they are inward facing,

right? His whole point was just think about for

a moment how Christianity has impacted your life

and you didn't even realize it. Pretty incredible,

right? I would say that's a pretty incredible

revolution. And so, think about this. How many

ethical systems throughout history have been

built around honor and shame? Almost all of them.

Civilizations were dominated by this way of thinking,

but then something happened that began to shape

cultures and civilizations in a radically different

way. What do you think that was? Christianity,

right? Most people, including college students,

have never stopped to consider just how deeply

Christianity has shaped the way they think about

right and wrong. Even those who are critical

of the church and Christianity, they will rant

about Christianity and the church and all that's

wrong with it. And then when you start to really

burrow down, my favorite thing is to go, so you

just want a better Christianity. A pure Christianity,

one that looks truly like Christ. Yeah, me too!

Right? So they believe that we're wrong, but

then as they start to really work it down, they

start going, oh man, I am really living a life

of a Christian even though they are not Christians.

Does that make sense what I'm saying? And so

what are these distinctly Christian ideas that

still have the power to shape our consciousness

today? And that's what we're gonna discuss this

morning. Before we go to our main text, I want

us to go to, turn with me to Luke chapter six,

because I wanna show you guys something. Luke

chapter six, and we're gonna start in verse 22.

Luke chapter six, starting in verse 20. This

is also in Matthew chapter five, by the way.

It's known as the Beatitudes. So we're gonna

read 20 through 22, and then I'm going to go

down to 24 and 26. And he lifted up his eyes

on his disciples and said, blessed are you who

are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed

are you who are hungry now for you shall be satisfied.

Blessed are you who weep now for you shall laugh.

Blessed are you when people hate you and when

they exclude you and revile you and spurn your

name as evil on the account of the Son of Man.

Rejoice on that day and leap for joy for behold

your reward is great in heaven and for so their

fathers did to the prophets. But woe to you who

are rich. For you have received your consolation.

Woe to you who are full now, for you shall be

hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall

mourn and weep. Woe to you when all people speak

well of you, for so their fathers did to the

false prophets." So, here Jesus is giving us

a very concise picture of the contrast between

his kingdom and a worldly kingdom. So real quickly,

again, we're in ethics class. Let's do this together.

What are the things that you see being set apart

that are values of the kingdom and values of

the world? Because Jesus is comparing and contrasting,

right? Because here's something we need to think

about. No matter the political group, Democrat,

Republican, Independent, Libertarian, whatever,

everybody has a value system that they're pushing,

right? The farther we go down the road, the more

the value systems go like this, but here's the

difference though. Here's why none of them are

the kingdom of God values, because at the end

of the day, what sits upon the top of those value

systems for those political organizations is

power, money, and politics. Then the rest of

the values flow from underneath that. But Jesus,

it goes the other way around. So, what are the

values that you see in Luke chapter six, Jesus

pointing out the different value systems? What

do you see? Poverty? And I'm going to go into

a little bit more of that too. So in case anyone's

like, so does that mean if you've got money,

any sort of money, any sort of a jingle in your

pocket, you're going to hell? Nope. I'll go into

that a little bit. But poverty, okay. Poverty

represents what? What? Humility. I have weakness,

right? What else do we see? Yeah Again weakness

and poverty, right? What about if you're going

hungry now like you're pointing out if you're

going hungry now What what does what is that?

That's a suffering, right? So suffering and then

there was another part there where he talks about

for you will be something because of me? Rejected,

right? So you have in the system of the kingdom

of God, you have a weakness of poverty, suffering

and rejection, but then the list is inverted.

So in the kingdom of God, that list is inverted,

right? So, but now you go to the bottom and you

see him going, okay, but for those who are rich,

Boom. For those whose name is bright reputation,

boom. He's saying he's giving you the flips,

right? The invertedness. So the reason why I

point that stuff out is because in Mark 14, we're

going to see a revolution unlike any revolution

the world has ever seen. It will begin with a

kiss of betrayal, swords and soldiers, but it

will not advance through power, might or weapons.

Christ's revolution will advance through weakness,

obedience, and resting in the sovereign plan

of the Father. So let's go ahead and go there

now. Last week, we were in the Garden of Gethsemane.

We're still there. We're just at a new place.

So Mark chapter 14, starting in verse 43. Everybody

Mark 14 · chapter mention

ready? If you don't have a Bible, you can read

along with us right up here. And immediately

while he was still speaking, Judas came, one

of the twelve, and with him a crowd with swords

and clubs from the chief priests and the scribes

and the elders. Now the betrayer had given them

a sign, saying, the one I will kiss is the man

seize him and lead him away under guard and When

he came he went up to him at once and said rabbi

and he kissed him and they laid hands on him

and seized him but one of those who stood by

drew his sword and struck the servant of the

high priests and cut off his ear and Jesus said

to them Have you come out as against a robber

with swords and clubs to capture me? Day after

day I was with you in the temple teaching and

you did not seize me But let the scriptures be

fulfilled and they all left him and fled Verse

51 and a young man followed him with nothing

But a linen cloth about his body and they seized

him, but he left the linen cloth and ran away

naked All right If you're taking notes, I've

only got two points First point is this, the

first true revolution. The first true revolution.

These two kingdoms that we're talking about,

the kingdom of the world, the kingdom of God,

they have priorities and values and right now

they now will dramatically meet in the garden.

We see these two kingdoms are now clashing. And

last week we began with Jesus asking for the

cup to pass from him. And now we move forward

into the story as Judas arrives and betrays Jesus

with a kiss. You guys know the saying, the kiss

of death, a kiss of death? It's in our dictionaries.

I didn't know this until now, but kiss of death,

because like I always hear when I hear, when

I say it out loud, when I read it, I hear Cy

Robertson from Duck Dynasty who's like, give

them the kiss of death, like when they're hunting

beavers. So that's what I hear. I didn't realize

that kiss of death, literally from our pop culture

to our dictionary, it comes from this. It comes

from Judas. So it refers to, write this down.

It refers to an intimacy with something that

ultimately causes your destruction. Think about

that for a moment. It refers to an intimacy with

something that ultimately causes your destruction.

As soon as I saw that in the dictionary, I immediately

thought of, and if one of you are in this room,

more power to you, I just don't understand you.

People that raise venomous snakes and spiders,

I'm like, it's coming. Kiss of death is coming

one day. Those aren't meant to be played with.

But here's what's interesting about that definition

when we think about Judas. It obviously shows

us that Judas wasn't intimate with Jesus. Don't

be thinking of this Don't be thinking of the

word intimate in a way that is sexual. Think

about it in a way that is learning, that is a

spiritual father and a spiritual son. Think of

it as a father and a son. Think of it in that

way, knowing each other well, not in a sexual

way. So it's obvious that Judas didn't know Jesus

very well. Would you agree? Because if he did,

There would be no such thing as the kiss of death,

but there would be a such thing as the kiss of

life Because Jesus brings life but Judas's problem

is is he was very intimate with the kiss of death

because he was more intimate with swords and

clubs than he was with life and surrender But

here's something that we've got to discuss for

a moment Why did Judas betray Jesus with a kiss

to begin with? Why not simply just point him

out and go, that's him, right there, arrest him,

the bearded guy. You ever thought about that?

Because then everybody would have known he was

betrayed. He was trying to hide his betrayal.

Yeah. I think when he walked up with a bunch

of people with swords and clubs, they kind of

knew in the moment. But it's one of those things

where But I don't disagree. But there is something

about the subterfuge of it all, right? I think

that Judas was expecting a resistance. I think

Judas was expecting a resistance, and so therefore

he shows up with some Roman soldiers, with the

high priest guards. and they've all got swords

and clubs. And you honestly, can you really expect

Judas to think differently? Because I want you

to think for a moment. We just read that somebody

had a sword on him. If you read the other Gospels,

we know who that was, right? Peter. But there's

another person in their party that doesn't get

a lot of talk, but his name is also Simon. Simon

the Zealot. Do you know what zealots were? Assassins.

They're religious assassins. Their entire thing

is they want to bring down the government. So

Simon the Zealot has been training under the

guise of religion and doing this for God that

he is going to take out Rome. So if you know

that you have a former Assassin and a guy who

already has a sword and probably all of them

have some sort of daggers because if you Recall

Jesus would tell them when he sent them out Right

to have a weapon on you So so it's not exactly

wrong of Judas to be like yeah, they're definitely

gonna there's gonna be a resistance, right? I

mean, I probably would I probably would be going

in thinking I'm going to have to fight So you

can't really blame him, but Jesus points out

to him what? What does he say? Yeah, yeah, am

I am you have been with me for years now Judas

You guys he starts pointing at the Pharisees

and the high priest in the garden you guys have

seen me you had every chance You guys know what

I'm about and yet you come You approach me with

swords and with clubs as if I am some sort of

criminal But Jesus is like this isn't about political

power Jesus essentially says what I've written

down is is do you think I'm leading some kind

of armed rebellion? Do you think I'm declaring

guerrilla warfare to overthrow the existing order?

Jesus is saying, in effect, you come at me with

swords because you think I will retaliate with

swords, and that shows you, you don't understand

the kingdom I am from. The kingdom of God is

different from every kingdom of this world. But

they were aware that Jesus was starting a revolution,

right? But he was starting a revolution unlike

any revolution. the world had seen. I want you

to think about revolutions of this world that

have happened. I want you to think about administrations,

how they come and go. Political parties, how

they rise and fall. Leaders are replaced, the

language changes, the methods change, but the

values at the top of the list often remain the

same. I already said them earlier. Money, power,

and politics. The faces change. The political

powers change back and forth, but the one thing

that never changes are those three points. The

faces change, but the fundamental pursuit of

power remains. Other revolutions may bring about

a new group of people into power, but Jesus isn't

simply bringing a new group of people to the

top. Write this down. He is bringing an entirely

different administration of reality the kingdom

of God Jesus is not a revolutionary you can stop

with swords because his revolution isn't about

the sword But Judas isn't the only one who doesn't

understand Who else doesn't understand Peter

yeah Peter so Peter and let's just Let's think

about this for a second. Peter draws a sword,

Malkus who, that is the high priest's guard,

he guards the high priest. Malkus is just standing

there with his sword out and Peter's like, yeah,

and he just chops this dude's ear off, right?

Think about it for a moment. How wild it would

be That everyone's everyone's like got the sword,

right? You know, I mean and all the sudden Peter's

like I'll go he just cuts this dude ear off and

then it's like And then Jesus is like He just

goes up and he's like, hey man, I'm sorry about

that Right literally I would be like I would

be like hey We should probably like if I malcus

I would look at the high priest be like hey we

should probably rethink our priorities because

I Didn't have an ear and now I have an ear again,

and it didn't require any stitches or doctors

or hospital visits But like no like nobody's

nobody's freaked out by this I mean I would be

I would still be like hey Can we go back to the

part where the the ear went back on? Like, it's

nuts, but what is Jesus saying when he literally

just reaches down, picks the ear up, and he puts

it back on Malchus? What is he saying in that

moment just by doing that? I'm God. I'm fully

in control of this moment. It has to go this

way, Peter. We're not going to create a revolution

and people's lives aren't going to be changed

by you doing that. By the way Mark it down share

it don't care. This is what I'm gonna tell you.

This is why Islam does not work It's forceful

conversion it's also why when we look at When

when the Catholics were literally killing people

for not converting to Christianity it didn't

work Force conversion doesn't work and that's

what Jesus is saying in this moment. We're not

forcing anybody We're not doing this by weapons

What you have to see and what you have to know

Peter is the way this revolution comes about

is by full surrender and resting and the sovereignty

of the father I Don't know if you guys feel like

this, but I definitely do I I when I read anytime

I see Peter Putting his foot in his mouth doing

something ridiculous where he acts out of anger

and and and Zealousness I so identify with Peter

in that moment every time Now I can feel the

questions in your minds going So pastor Logan,

are you saying that we should be pacifist? Nope

Are you saying that we shouldn't have jails military

not saying that either? What I am saying is those

institutions they have legitimate purposes Myself

and other men and women in this room have served

in the military. We've got sheriff highway patrol

We support all of those things But here's the

difference though Those things have legitimate

purposes in a fallen world But they can only

go so far Here's what I'm saying The systems

of this world, even when they restrain evil,

because that's what they're supposed to do, and

pursue justice, can never bring about the true

justice and peace that humanity ultimately needs.

Would you agree? They operate within a world

still governed by the old values of power, force,

and self -preservation. The kingdom of Christ

operates according to a completely different

set of values. true justice, peace, humility,

integrity, sacrifice, and love. And this is where

it gets really personal. Too often, we settle

for the kiss of death. We react in ways that

demands retribution right now. And by the way,

you're not wrong for wanting justice. If someone

is murdered or... Something happens and you want

retribution. You're not wrong for wanting that.

You want to know why? Because you're made in

the image of God. God demands justice too. But

typically, sometimes you can go too far in wanting

retribution and you try to take things into your

own hands. But when we respond by simply adopting

the values of the kingdom of this world, we aren't

participating in the revolution that Christ began.

We're just slapping a new coat of paint on the

same old kingdom. And Jesus' revolution is completely

different. He says, I will put others ahead of

myself. I will love my enemies. I will serve

and sacrifice for others. I will not repay evil

with evil. I will overcome evil with... I will

give up my power. I will give up my life. Weakness,

poverty, suffering, and rejection. are not at

the top of the list. His revolution comes without,

are now at the top of the list, sorry. His revolution

comes without the sword. And this is the first

true revolution. And I wanna say this, as I told

you guys, I'm not saying that wealth is bad.

I'm not saying it's better to be poor. I'm not

saying cops or soldiers are bad. That's not the

point of what I'm trying to dig into. The question

is much deeper than that. When your first instinct

is to put yourself first, to protect your power,

to demand your rights, to get even, or to make

sure you come out on top, you need to stop and

ask yourself this. It should be right here. Which

kingdom am I actually living in? Because, The

revolution of Jesus doesn't simply change who's

on top. It changes what we think belongs at the

top in the first place. Is it warm in here? Because

I'm sweating up a storm. Okay. I want to believe

it's just because I'm preaching my guts out.

So once you're done writing that down, give me

the big thumbs up. We'll move on to the second

point. Are we good? All right, let's do it. Second

point, the inversion of the revolution. The inversion

of the revolution. So what did everyone do once

Jesus was arrested? What did it say they did?

Peace, see ya. Like the cartoons when they would

leave really quick and it just showed the outline

of dust. So it says that all of them deserted

him. They all ran and hid. Peter, the man who

just moments ago, hacking a dude's ear off and

said he would never betray Jesus. He would never

go against Jesus. He's pulling a Chuck Norris.

And then this guy turns from that and in a moment

he takes off. Again, I totally identify with

Peter. When the real test came, everyone pieced

out. And then we have this strange little detail

in the text when it says one young man, right?

He had his linens on, they tried to grab him

and he's like, no sir, right? They pull his linens

off and he just like takes off running naked,

right? That's kind of a weird part to put in

there you guys agree Who is that guy? It's mark

many scholars believe that it's mark in this

and there's a reason why mark puts himself in

here because remember who is mark writing through

Because he wasn't there for all these accounts.

So who was mark getting his information from?

Peter So why is now Mark putting himself into

the story? Because he was there, by the way.

He was there for this. So why now? Why is he

all of a sudden putting himself there? That's

what we've got to figure out. Remember how I've

pointed out how much Mark goes back to Genesis

and Exodus? So much. So think about this. What

does nakedness? represent in Genesis you guys

remember Shame right shame Okay, so we've got

nakedness and mark 14 51 through 52. We've got

shame But we also have something else that's

very familiar Where are they at? in a garden

So now We've got some little parallels that Mark

is giving us. So this is Mark's account. And

as I said, many scholars believe this is the

moment where Mark is giving us something from

his own experience. It's as if Mark is saying,

I was there and I was as bad as everybody else.

Everyone failed Jesus and I was so desperate

to save myself that I actually literally left

naked. Like he's telling us how much shame he

felt, because I'm pretty sure I would leave that

part out of the story if I'm like sharing. So

think about the parallels. In Genesis, we have

a garden, there's a test, there's shame, there's

failure. Centuries later, there's another garden,

there's another test, and more failure. Some

failed by waving swords around, others failed

by running away in shame. But there's something

slightly different about this garden experience

than the other. What do you think it is? What's

different? Write this down. Jesus is in the garden

and he is not failing. He is passing the test.

He is righting the wrong that Adam and Eve has

done. And he's righting the wrong of all those

centuries, and he's righting the wrong of all

those who have dispersed. He's righting all those

wrongs. So when everyone else is fleeing the

swords of men, Jesus stands firm. And he is facing

something far worse than the swords of the world.

As we talked about last week, he is facing the

what? What did the cup represent? The wrath of

God. So if you think back to Genesis, when Adam

and Eve were expelled from the garden, they turned

around and saw what keeping them from going back?

Do you remember? A flaming sword, right? An angel

holding a flaming sword. What does that flaming

sword represent? Do you know? I said it last

week. Divine justice. So, just as Adam and Eve

were expelled from the garden and they turned

and saw a flaming sword guarding the way back

into the presence of God. Their sin had separated

them from God and there was no way back unless

someone went under the sword and that's exactly

what Jesus does in the garden. He stands firm

and faces the ultimate sword of divine justice.

He doesn't run, he doesn't fight, he doesn't

call down an army. He willingly submits to the

Father's plan and goes towards the cross for

Adam and Eve, for Mark, for Peter, and for you

and for me. And so that is the inversion of the

revolution. The world says power means protecting

yourself, preserving your position, and making

sure you come out on top. And Jesus shows us

a different kind of power. He gives himself away.

He lays down his life and through his apparent

defeat. He accomplishes the greatest victory

in history And when you realize that you are

made righteous by his grace and not by your achievements

and that you were loved in Jesus Christ It changes

the way you look at power money and status Because

they don't control you anymore I'm closing with

this If you found out tomorrow now, I know many

of you guys are business owners But just imagine

with me for a moment that you were not a business

owner. You work a job work for somebody else

Imagine with me that you find out that tomorrow

you are going to lose your job How do you respond

How do you respond if you found out that tomorrow,

when you come in, somebody sends you an email

and says, hey, just so you know, when you come

in tomorrow, boss is going to be letting you

go? How do you respond? Fear, angry. Would you,

let me ask you this. Would you consider trying

to save your job? What do you think you'd be

willing to do to save your job? Why? Would you

be willing to steal money from the business in

order just to protect your financial future?

I got kids to provide for. Would you do all you

can to protect yourself and your reputation and

do everything to in anger, begin to tell the

boss what's wrong with him, tell him what's wrong

with his business, tell him what's wrong with

all these jerks you work with, right? That would

be Logan Merrick's way. And my wife will tell

you, in my worst ways, I've done that before.

Would you do any of that? Because if you would,

even entertain any of that, then you have to

ask yourself, What revolution, what kingdom am

I a part of? Or would you be able to come to

grips with it pretty quickly because you know

your true treasure and your true identity are

secure in Christ? If you're living for yourself,

spending all your money on yourself, striving

for power, and building your reputation, you

may be having a wonderful party now. But according

to the Bible, that kingdom is going to be inverted.

The values of this world will not be the final

word. The days of that kingdom are numbered,

amen? And that doesn't frighten me at all. Write

this down. It doesn't frighten me to know that

the kingdoms of this world of money, power, politics,

that those days are numbered, it fills me with

joy and anticipation. Because the revolution

Jesus began didn't end when Judas kissed him.

It didn't end when the disciples ran. It didn't

end when Jesus was nailed to the cross, and it

didn't end when he was buried. The revolution

continues because the King who willingly went

under the sword of divine justice rose again

and is seated at the right hand of the Father

at this very moment. And one day, every kingdom

of this world that has ever exalted power, money,

status, pride, and self will come to an end and

the King of Kings will still be standing. And

that's the revolution that you and I belong to.

Let's pray.