If you'll take your Bibles now and turn back to the book of Revelation, chapter 15. We're going to read verses 1-4 this afternoon. So if you are able and you wouldn't mind, please stand with me as we read and we'll show respect for the public reading of God's Word in that way. Revelation chapter 15 verses 1 through 4. And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous. Seven angels having the seven last plagues. For in them is filled up the wrath of God. And I saw, as it were, a sea of glass mingled with fire, and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvelous are thy works, Lord God Almighty! Just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints! Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for Thou only art holy. For all nations shall come and worship before Thee, for Thy judgments are made manifest." Let's pray. Father, again we thank You for Your Word. We thank You for preserving it for us to this day. We thank You for Your judgments which You've made manifest in the earth Certainly you did in the first century, but you continue to do so through time and across nations. You show yourself to be the king of the earth. And so we pray that you would help us to see you as such this afternoon, that we would recognize the victory that goes beyond the grave. Help me to preach in a way that would help your church to be more grounded and rooted in the faith and love for you, of your power, your sovereignty, your care for your children. Anything I say that would be out of place or incorrect, let it be quickly forgotten and fall to the side. But let the Word of God stand forever. We ask this in Jesus' name. Amen. Thank you for standing. You can be seated. So the last time we were together here in this book, I told you that I believed that final grape harvest was talking about the final disillusion of Israel in that Roman-Jewish wars that spanned from 66 AD to about 136 AD. It just seems to fit the historical record of the blood up to the horse's nostrils and all of those kind of things. But now, as often happens in Revelation, we see God's work on earth and then it's like we get to peer into heaven. It's like the curtain is pulled back and we see what's going on behind the scenes that all of this flesh and blood and mechanical gears grinding within time and space that God has created and ordained has something behind it as well. That there is the working of God and His angels and the temple in heaven and all of these pictures that are there behind it. And so, we see this. The judgment of God is on the earth. The sickle has gone in. The grapes have been reaped. They've been thrown into the winepress of God and been trampled. And now we look up into heaven. There's another sign in heaven. And the sign that John sees is seven angels having the seven last plagues, for in them is filled up the wrath of God. That's what we're going to be talking about in the following several weeks and months as we look at these vials being poured out one after another. But the text here tells us that this is the fullness of God's wrath. This is the last of it. This is the end. Once these seven vials are poured out, God's wrath will be filled up, will be full as far as the judgments that we're talking about here. But it's interesting that as John sees these angels with the seven last plagues coming out, the response is that there's this congregation of those who've gotten victory over the beast, who begin to sing a song of praise to God and to the Lamb. It's as if God's judgments, His full wrath being poured out in this way, causes their hearts to well up and express their worship and adoration of this God. Now we often don't think of worship in that way. Most of the time, and we talked about this in Sunday school a little bit, it's the long-suffering of God, the mercy of God that He's expressed toward us that causes our hearts to well up in worship and praise and adoration to Him. But as I alluded to a few weeks ago, God is no less glorified in His wrath than He is in His mercy and in His salvation. These are both expressions of His character and His response to men on earth. And so here we see this group of people seeming to respond to God's wrath being filled up in these seven vials that are being carried out of the seven last plagues. When you are privileged, as I would assume everyone in this room has been, to be surrounded by a largely nominal Christian culture, where a lot of people express their love for Jesus, and even if it's not true, even if it's not heartfelt, even if they're not truly Christians, they recognize it's advantageous to be a Christian more than it is to be a Wiccan in this society. I mean, just generally speaking, if you say, I'm a Christian, everybody kind of, oh, okay, especially in this part of the country. But really, across this country, in large part, at least, Maybe it's waned quite a bit in the last 20 years, but at least 50 years ago, it was seen as a good thing to be a Christian. And when that's the case, perhaps it's harder for us to understand this kind of response of the judgments of God against the wicked. When we've largely seen wickedness restrained, when we've largely seen civil magistrates doing their duty to reward the good and punish the evil, then you read imprecatory Psalms, and you read Revelation, and things of this nature, and you think, man, that's harsh. That's hard. But when you begin to study what the world was like before Christianity began to invade the nations and the culture, and as you begin to see what in many ways is becoming a post-Christian culture, especially in Europe and now is definitely moving into America, the light seems to come on, at least for me. I can only speak for myself. I don't know if it's been that way for you. I remember everything that went on during the COVID hoopla, and the pastors being arrested, and abortion clinics staying open while churches were being closed, all of this stuff going on. And my heart began to well up with, God, are you going to let this injustice go on? And all of a sudden now I begin to read these passages where God's justice is poured out against his enemies, and my heart is in tune with his heart. My heart says, yes God, you are holy and just and good. This is right. The more that wicked men go on in their public displays of rebellion against God, the more extreme their acts of lewdness and manic hatred of Him, the more universal and unified their responses are against Him in this way, the more I understand and can sincerely sing and pray The heart of God expressed in imprecatory Psalms and Revelation and things of this nature. Now, if that was just my experience almost from the outside looking in, I wasn't arrested. I didn't go to jail because of that. It wasn't anything personal for me. How much more these first century Christians, who had been run through the mud, The accusations against them is that they were cannibals, is that they were atheists. The Romans and the Jews on both sides just severely persecuting, dragging them off into prisons. Nero lighting his gardens by burning them at night on torches, throwing them to the lions for the enjoyment and entertainment of the masses. We saw in Revelation chapter 6, the martyrs say, Holy and true. Are you going to allow this injustice to go on before you show yourself as powerful and holy and just and one who will not allow his name to forever be mocked? But what's interesting is that our text refers to them as the victors. These saints in heaven, there before the throne of God, on that sea of glass, we've already looked at the picturesque nature of what that represents and things of that nature, but it says, them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass having the harps of God. These people, some of them, are in heaven by way of martyrdom. Some of them are there on the sea of glass with the harps in their hands because, obviously we know God superintended all of this, and no one died before they ought to. We understand that. But physically speaking, they're there because they were martyred by the beast. The beast, from everyone on the earth's perspective, looked at them And they saw that the beast had shamed them, he had impoverished them, he had isolated them, he had imprisoned them, and he had killed them. And every material yardstick would tell you, well, I see who won that battle. I know who got the victory there. The beast got the victory. He won. He overcame them. But the Bible says, no. They got the victory over him. They stood firm in their refusal to say Caesar is Lord, and they would only say Jesus is Lord. They refused to bow the knee to either the beast of Rome or the beast of Israel, and they said, no, my allegiance is to the Lamb. I'll honor the Emperor, but I won't say Caesar is Lord. Turn over to Psalm chapter 73. This is a very famous Psalm. This theme is found throughout the book of Psalms, but it's really distilled down here in Psalm chapter 73. And it's David's cry to God for how long will the wicked prosper? How are you going to allow the ungodly to continue to have their eyes stand out with fatness? I mean, just everything they do turns to gold. Psalm 73, truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart. But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had well nigh slipped, for I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. David here is explaining the point in his life when he was measuring success by human yardsticks. By material measuring tapes, he was measuring success. For there are no bands in their death, but their strength is firm. They are not in trouble as other men, neither are they plagued like other men. Therefore pride compasses them about as a chain. Violence covers them as a garment. Their eyes stand out with fatness. They have more than heart could wish. They are corrupt and speak wickedly concerning oppression. They speak loftily. They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walks through the earth. Therefore his people return hither, and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them. And they say, How does God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High? Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world. They increase in riches. Verily, I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency. For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning. If I say, I will speak thus, behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children." When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me, until I went into the sanctuary of God. Then understood I their end. Surely Thou didst set them in slippery places. Thou castest them down into destruction. How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment they are utterly consumed with terrors. As a dream, when one awaketh, so, O Lord, when Thou awakest, Thou shalt despise their image. Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins. So foolish was I, and ignorant. I was as a beast before thee. Nevertheless, I am continually with thee. Thou hast holden me by my right hand. Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. Whom have I in heaven but Thee? And there is none upon earth that I desire beside Thee. My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. For lo, they that are far from Thee shall perish. Thou hast destroyed all them that go a-whoring from Thee. But it is good for me to draw near to God. I have put my trust in the Lord God that I may declare all Thy works. What a wonderful reminder to us that the ones who get the victory are not the ones who prosper in this world. That's not the measuring stick that the Christian should ever use. It's as if we take the secularist's mindset, the materialist's worldview, and imagine that what happens in this 80 to 100 years is what's counting. A blink in the eternity that we're going to spend with Christ in glory. How much do we really believe in heaven? How much do our actions and our speech reflect what we confess? that we believe that when we've been there 10,000 years, bright shining as the sun, we've no less days to sing His praise than when we first begun. How much do we believe that the hundred years here is not worthy to be compared to the glory that awaits? Do we actually believe what the Scriptures say that not only is the suffering of this life inconsequential compared to the eternity of glory, but it is the means by which God works some of that glory. In whatever way, He tells us that it is the afflictions of this short life that works for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. Again, I don't understand the mechanics of all that, but that's what the Scriptures say. The light momentary afflictions of this world are working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. It's as though we trust the return of the stock market more than the treasures in heaven. I know so many people who are proud of the fact that they've set aside a good retirement fund early in life, and they, you know, bought a house when interest rates were low, and they've done all... And those are all good things, if you're going to use them for the glory of God. But how much more ought we to be realizing the victory is not won by what we accumulate in this life, but by what our obedience to God in this life lays up for us in heaven. That's where the victory is gained. The victory in Jesus is not that we don't get sick or that we have a fast car or whatever these prosperity heretics are preaching. It's that faithfulness and obedience and love for Christ and following Him faithfully in this life were the victors in heaven. Even if, like David, we're afflicted and persecuted our whole time here on earth. Some look to their financial stability, some look to the health of their body. They talk about the sure returns of the gym. If you're really faithful, to really hit the gym hard every day and you work every body part, do every set faithfully, don't skip a day at the gym, you'll see those returns, man. Just keep hitting that gym and the returns are sure. But are we as convinced also that there's a promise that godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come? that there's a profit to be had in glory by exercising our faith here in this life? We look so much at what's right in front of us on flesh and blood, dollars in our hand or muscles on our body. You'll find disciples of Dave Ramsey's financial advice, and if you'll just follow his debt snowball and envelope system, and boy, they're just sold out for it. Man, that's the way to go. You're sure to get returns if you do that. You're sure to get the victory. But are we as convinced that we're sure to get the victory if we follow Jesus' plan? Give, and it shall be given unto you good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosoms. For with the same measure that you meet with all, it shall be measured to you again." The things we're asked to do by faith that maybe we don't have a math spreadsheet in front of us or a biology textbook to tell us exactly how those gains are going to be had, but instead we just have this textbook that promises Victory for those who follow the steps that God has laid out for us. I'm not attempting to get you to ignore your immediate earthly duties. Husbands and fathers, those who provide not for their own, especially those of their own house, have denied the faith and are worse than an infidel. You better be being financially wise with your money to make sure your family's taken care of. I'm not opposed to going to the gym. I'm disturbed by the obesity epidemic in this country and the diabetes and heart failure and all these things from the people who refuse to take care of their bodies. That's sad, but all of those things ought to be much less important to us. We ought to put less stock in the formula that the financial gurus and the health gurus are giving us than the advice that Jesus gave us, that the scriptures give us, that the ones who were whipped and beaten and stolen from and imprisoned and martyred in this life are the victors. They're the ones who got the victory. They're the one that for all eternity will be enjoying the glories with Jesus that He in His grace has given them. You know how clear hindsight is here on earth? Take some of these examples, you know how you look back and you either say, That was so dumb that I didn't start putting into a retirement account when I was 25. That would have made so much more sense than me waiting until I was 45 to start that. Why didn't I realize that? Or maybe you look back and say, man, I'm glad I started hitting the gym when I was 30 and I was able to kind of stay with it instead of trying to pick it up when I was 55. We look back and we recognize that was a good idea and that was a dumb idea. Imagine what we're going to be thinking with the clarity of a glorified body in heaven about what we did on this earth. Why was I so tied up with material success? Can't you imagine that's what we're going to be saying before the throne of God? Victors in Jesus. And we're going to look back and just shake our heads at the foolishness of the way we were so tied up with what happens in the 80 years that we're here on this earth. Or, how many times we'll look back and we'll say, thanks be to God that He gave me the faith and the grace and the foresight to put my treasures in heaven. and not on this earth. So these are the victors singing before the throne of God on that sea of glass. But they're singing a song, and it's called two songs. The song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb. I don't think it means to indicate to us here that there were two different songs that were being sung. But it's the Old Testament saints and the New Testament saints singing the same kind of song. God gets the victory over his enemies. is the concept here based on the context that we're reading here. Turn over to Exodus chapter 15, and you can see one of the songs of Moses. Moses had multiple songs, but there's one in Exodus chapter 15. that Moses sings after Pharaoh and his armies are destroyed in the sea. So you know the story. There's Pharaoh. Who is this Lord that I should let you go? Who is this God? I'm the God of Egypt. You'll do what I say. And he stands against God. He mocks the Lord. He's enslaved God's people now for hundreds of years. And God finally shows himself strong and destroys Pharaoh. As Romans tells us, he raised him up for that purpose, that he might make his power known through him. He's destroyed Pharaoh, he's destroyed the armies of Egypt in the sea, and Moses begins to sing a song. Exodus 15, Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously. The horse and his rider has he thrown into the sea. The Lord is my strength and song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will prepare Him in habitation. My Father is God, and I will exalt Him. The Lord is a man of war. The Lord is His name. Pharaoh's chariots and his host has he cast into the sea. His chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea. The depths have covered them. They sank into the bottom as a stone. Thy right hand, O Lord, has become glorious in power. Thy right hand, O Lord, has dashed in pieces the enemy. And in the greatness of thine excellency, thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee. Thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble. And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together. The flood stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea. The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil. My lust shall be satisfied upon them. I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. Thou didst blow with Thy wind, the sea covered them. They sank as lead in the mighty waters. Who is like unto Thee, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like Thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? Thou stretchest out Thy right hand, the earth swallowed them. Thou in Thy mercy hast led forth the people which Thou hast redeemed. Thou hast guided them in Thy strength unto Thy holy habitation. The people shall hear and be afraid. Sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina. Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed. The mighty men of Moab, trembling, shall take hold upon them. All the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away. Fear and dread shall fall upon them. By the greatness of Thine arm, they shall be as still as a stone. Till Thy people pass over, O Lord. Till the people pass over. which thou hast purchased. Thou shalt bring them in and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O Lord, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established. The Lord shall reign forever and ever. For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea. And the Lord brought again the waters of the sea upon them. But the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea." You see how appropriate that song would be for those saints in heaven to be singing? The Lord is a man of war. He's cast down his enemies. He's brought his people over. They're singing before the throne of God. You brought your purchased people over and you established them in your mountain. You've cast down and destroyed your enemies, O God. They sing the song of Moses. This is an appropriate song for the people of God to be singing. It says they also sing the song of the Lamb. We've already seen some songs of the Lamb sung here in Revelation. Worthy art thou, O Lord, to receive honor and glory. For You've purchased us from all the nations of the earth unto Yourself. This is the theme of Revelation. Lord, we glorify and honor and praise You because You overthrow Your enemies, You cast them down, You destroy them, and You redeem and deliver Your people. This is the song of the church on earth, and this is the song of the saints in heaven. Because neither side of heaven ought the Christian to be measuring their success by whether God has given us material comforts. When we think about the length of eternity, it's so silly that we talk about a long life or a short life. Because against eternal life, What's the difference of dying at 40 or dying at 100? It means almost nothing. Again, to use a very material illustration, if you'd invested in Bitcoin at $1 or invested in Bitcoin at $5, it wouldn't matter to you at all when it was $60,000. But when it was $1 and when it was $5, you felt, man, I have 500% profit. I'm going to go ahead and take my profit. It doesn't matter in the big scheme of things. And that's how it is with our eternal life. This life, this very short moment of flesh is as grass, is the flower of the grass. It fades away. But forever we will be with the Lord, inheriting the gracious reward that He has laid up for us. This is not, as I said, this is not one of the specific songs of Moses that's worded here. It's not one of the 150 Psalms. But it is bits and pieces from all of Scripture. that's conglomerated here in Revelation chapter 15 that extols the virtue and the character of God. If you'll notice the song that they sing, there's no mention in there about how it made them feel. There's no mention in there about an anecdote in their life. It's about who God is. It's about His character and His worthiness to be praised by all people. If you're there in Revelation chapter 15, you can just look there at verses 3 and 4, and let me read some of these other verses from the Scriptures. We see that the song starts in verse 3 with, "...great and marvelous are thy works." Lord God Almighty. Now we just saw that the sign in heaven was great and marvelous, so it's appropriate that the saints respond with, great and marvelous are thy works, O Lord. Well, Psalm 92.5, O Lord, how great are thy works. and thy thoughts are very deep." Psalm 139.14, I will praise thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are thy works, and that my soul knoweth right well. So these saints begin to sing what saints have been singing at least as long as David's written the Psalter, and certainly before that, as the saints of God would sing praises to him, this would be one of the themes of the people of God. God, your works are great and marvelous. I see your providence in time and space. I see the way you work through history. I see what you do for your people. I see how you take care of them and how you overthrow your enemies. God, your works are great and marvelous. There's a song I like. It goes, what wisdom once devised the plan where all our sin and strife was laid upon the perfect Lamb who suffered, bled, and died? What wisdom is that? The power and the wisdom and the might of God goes beyond our comprehension and we ought to express it to Him as something that goes beyond our comprehension. The works you do, the marvelous works you do, the great works you do, oh God, goes beyond the smartest general could ever imagine. I was talking with Papa Scott about one of the great men in church history. He said he was smarter or greater than General MacArthur. God's greater than every general strategist that's ever lived. His plans, his wisdom, the works that he does are unbelievable. Just and true are thy ways, thou King of Saints." It's not just that he's a powerful God. It's not just that he's a strategic God. It's not just that his works are amazing and blow our mind, but they're just and they're true. Deuteronomy chapter 32 and verse 4, He is the rock. His work is perfect, for all His ways are judgment. A God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is He. These are His works. They're just. They're true. They're unimpeachable. There's nothing that God has ever done that man could question the rightness of it. The truth of it. Thou King of saints, who shall not fear Thee, O Lord, and glorify Thy name? This seems to come from Jeremiah chapter 10 and verse 7. Who would not fear Thee, O King of nations? For to Thee doth it appertain. For as much as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto Thee. If you would fear, a great and powerful king. You know, I remember there was a documentary that came out and, I forget when, 2010, something like that. I think it was called 2012 Obama's America. And the whole point of this documentary was, man, if Obama gets re-elected in 2012, the world's gonna end. You know, and now we hear the same thing. If Kamala gets elected, the destruction that's gonna be wrecked across this country, we're just not gonna be able to recover from. And at some point, that's going to be true. At some point, if America continues on the path it's on, it's going to be relegated to the dust heap of history. But if we would look at what some other, you know, Vladimir Putin, boy, he wants to overtake Europe and establish, you know, an empire over there. Kim Jong-un, boy, if he gets nuclear weapons, watch out. The kings of the earth, there's none like God. There's none like Jehovah. There's none like King Jesus. Who would not fear thee? You ought to fear Him, O King of nations. He's the King of kings. Every one of those world leaders, willingly or not, will bow their knee to King Jesus. He alone is holy. Verse 4 says, For thou only art holy. Psalm 22.3, But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. The idea of holiness is not synonymous with righteousness. Many times we think about holiness as being this purity, and it is to some degree that, but the idea of holiness at its essence is otherliness, separateness, different, uniqueness. And this is God. He's completely separate. He's completely unique. He's completely different. It's not like He's a more powerful, Kim Jong-un, a more powerful Vladimir Putin, a more powerful king. He's different than any of them. He is in and of himself, as we teach our children in catechism. God is a spirit and hath not a body like man. He's other than us. He's separate than us. We ought to fear him. His works are marvelous because he's more than us. He will have all nations worshiping before him. for thou only art holy, for all nations shall come and worship before thee." Now we've already seen twice already in this book that it's people from every tribe and tongue and nation that are there worshiping before the throne of King Jesus. As we saw in our sermon this morning. The promises to them that are afar off. God opens salvation. He opens the gates of heaven to all the world. All the nations flowing in and coming to worship Him. All these nationalities and all these kings that we fear. Talk about India having the biggest population, and China having the most advanced technology, and whatever other armies but the armies of God are of all nations. As Jesus builds His church and the gates of hell don't prevail against it, His power invades beyond geographical boundaries, and He receives subjects from every nation of the earth, every tongue. Now obviously, I'm not post-millennial, so I don't interpret this as meaning that there's going to be nominal Christianity at some point in history all over the earth. But certainly, His kingdom will advance and spread in every nation on the earth. Lastly, it says, His judgments will be made manifest to the world. for thy judgments are made manifest." 1 Chronicles chapter 16 and verse 14. He is the Lord our God. His judgments are in all the earth. So this is the song that the saints in heaven are singing. It's perfectly in line with the kind of song that Moses sang when Pharaoh was overthrown. It's perfectly in line with what the throngs of heaven are seeing as the enemies of God are cast down and His judgments are made known over all the earth. And it's a song extolling the attributes and the virtue and the character of God. His worthiness to be feared. His power, His sovereignty, His kingship. The conclusion of these four verses for me is that as the judgments and the wrath of God is seen on the earth in the judgments of His enemies, we ought to turn our gaze in wonder and awe at His perfection of character and timing and power. We ought not fear what it would look like for God to judge an apostate, rebellious, ungodly nation. Oh no, it would be so awful, it would be so terrible. No, the victory is ours. We're God's people. As God judged Egypt, He delivered Israel. Now yes, we may receive some of the collateral damage from that, of living in that kind of a country, but God is not against us. He's for us. He loves us. He cares for us. We ought to consider that victory is not gained by any achievement that we can measure during our life or even after our life on this earth. It's not about how long someone remembers your name or for how many generations your sermons are quoted. It's not about wealth we leave to great-great-great-grandchildren or scientific advancements that we leave to the world around us. All those are good and God uses them as people do their duty before Him. But the victory is in Christ Jesus. Obedience and loyalty in life and death to Him. To the end. Our allegiance to King Jesus and our eternal home with Him will cause every achievement that we're able to establish materially to seem almost inconsequential. Again, the way that the scriptures say it is a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory that awaits us. So let's be faithful with what God has put before us. Let's do our duty in the roles and spheres of jurisdiction where God has placed us. But let us ever keep an on the fact that this is not an order to have a good result in 20 years. This is an order to have a good result in 10 trillion years. In eternity. With Jesus, what is this decision that I'm making now going to look like? And be found faithful unto death. Let's pray. Father, we thank You for Your Word. We thank You for the faith of our fathers, for these that have gone before us, that the Scriptures preserve for us, as well as those we can see in history. who have had an eye that pierced beyond the veil of the grave to see the glories of heaven with Christ. May we be found faithful as well. For Christ's sake we ask these things. Amen. God bless you. I will see you back here Wednesday night if you can be here. Don't forget to sign up for the event this weekend if you've not done so yet.