God's Plan Revealed: Hope Amidst Judgment

1) "So that's Revelation chapter 10. And to me, the most important thing in chapter 10 is this, is that this little scroll that was in the angel's hand, that scroll contains the following visions we're about to hear about, the following visions of the temple and the two witnesses that we're going to read about in Revelation 11. So it was contained. This scroll, it's kind of an unfolding story here." [09:56] (27 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


2) "The symbolic view is the idealist. They believe the two witnesses are symbolic for the church and its responsibility to witness and suffer during the church age. When I say the church age, just think, Jesus was first on the earth and in between when he returns, so today, basically. So they believe these two witnesses is a story. It's a metaphorical story that we can learn from. They represent the church and their responsibility to witness and also to suffer for the name of Jesus. That's how they interpret this story." [22:56] (39 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


3) "The darkness, that felt so good when I was by myself. Writing is different than speaking. Every time you choose to share the hope of Christ, to serve your neighbor in love, and to do what is right, the light shines through the darkness. Every time you choose to walk in your responsibility as a follower of Christ, to share the hope of Christ, share the message of hope, to love your neighbor, and to live with fairness and justice. It shines so much light no matter where you are, and it works in every environment in your life. And so the question I have for you today is, will you choose to be the light in the dark world?" [41:44] (46 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


4) "And then one more point is this. One more thing we can learn from the seventh trumpet, and this is a really good one, is the seventh trumpet echoes the whole message of Revelation, which is this. Jesus is coming soon. He's coming soon, and when he comes, he's going to rescue his people from evil. He's going to judge the world, and he's going to establish his kingdom on earth forever. And his kingdom is what you're looking for. And so when will this happen? No one knows the hour. No one knows the day. And soon is kind of annoying when you read soon in the Bible. It's like a day in a thousand years is the same to God. The Bible has been saying, people have been saying soon for two thousand years. And so soon could mean today, you better be ready, or it could be after your lifetime, but you still better be ready." [41:44] (51 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


5) "And so the frustrating question that you have to answer is, how do you prepare yourself for Jesus's return? How can you confidently say, I am ready for Jesus to come back soon in all his glory, when I don't know if he's going to come back today or a thousand years from now? I mean, this is a great concern. I've been like, you know, playing with this message, asking people just randomly at random occasions about different parts of it. And this is one that gets a lot of conversation. People like solid Christians, from my vantage point, they believe in Christ. Their forgiveness has been, or their sins have been forgiven. They're trying their best to follow Jesus. And I'm like, I think you're good. But when they talk about it, they're like, I don't know if I'm prepared for Christ. And my mind's like going, whoa, do you mean you don't know if you're saved? Or do you believe that you still have problems that you need to figure out before he returns? Like, what are you talking about? Because there's this like deep desire, like, am I really ready? And there's this fear that I might not be ready." [44:42] (68 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)