WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.840 Real Life presents the Jack Hibbs Podcast with intention and boldness to proclaim 2 00:00:05.840 --> 00:00:10.560 truth, equip the saints and impact our culture. Hey you guys we are going to be 3 00:00:10.560 --> 00:00:16.800 starting out today with looking at a response to questions that came to us when 4 00:00:16.800 --> 00:00:20.920 we asked what do you want to hear about and people said we want to hear about 5 00:00:20.920 --> 00:00:25.560 the rapture we want to know if it's real where is it at in the Bible if it is 6 00:00:25.560 --> 00:00:31.440 define it place it describe it so stay tuned we're gonna start diving into that 7 00:00:31.440 --> 00:00:40.040 right now you can get the outlines of this podcast by going to Jack Hibbs.com 8 00:00:40.040 --> 00:00:46.120 slash podcast today if this podcast lifts you up and encourages you to live a 9 00:00:46.120 --> 00:00:50.360 more fulfilled life in Christ then make sure you leave us one of those five star 10 00:00:50.360 --> 00:00:56.120 ratings to us that's like saying amen or yes then that rating will encourage 11 00:00:56.120 --> 00:01:01.680 others to listen now open your hearts to what God's word has to say to you here 12 00:01:01.680 --> 00:01:08.880 is Jack Hibbs. Hey everybody welcome to today's installment of our Jack Hibbs Podcast 13 00:01:08.880 --> 00:01:15.760 and first of all we're very excited and delighted that the magnitude and 14 00:01:15.760 --> 00:01:20.920 multitude of you who have been hitting subscribe and signing up and listening 15 00:01:20.920 --> 00:01:26.520 we get to see and I was just recently briefed on the the data behind the scenes 16 00:01:26.520 --> 00:01:31.800 on that the the listenership has been amazing so we are encouraged that's the 17 00:01:31.800 --> 00:01:36.400 greatest thing that you can do for us is to not only listen but to subscribe and 18 00:01:36.400 --> 00:01:41.080 to share and you can do that by of course just simply going to Jack Hibbs.com 19 00:01:41.080 --> 00:01:45.560 and telling other people about the content because that's how these things 20 00:01:45.560 --> 00:01:52.080 matter so we put out on Facebook I think it was the other day we asked you to 21 00:01:52.080 --> 00:02:02.080 provide topics that you or are concerned about are topics that most have come 22 00:02:02.080 --> 00:02:07.120 up in your conversations or ones that you're concerned about and so overwhelmingly 23 00:02:07.120 --> 00:02:12.800 justifiably so have been the questions regarding last day's events questions 24 00:02:12.800 --> 00:02:15.920 from the millennium we're going to talk about it great questions by the way 25 00:02:15.920 --> 00:02:22.160 about the millennium questions about the rapture what is it questions about who's 26 00:02:22.160 --> 00:02:27.880 the antichrist questions about does the Bible really predict the future what 27 00:02:27.880 --> 00:02:32.560 do I do if it does the world around me what's going on so we're not going to 28 00:02:32.560 --> 00:02:37.040 cover it all obviously in one session together right now which by the way 29 00:02:37.040 --> 00:02:40.600 for those of you who are viewing this you see this really awesome little 30 00:02:40.600 --> 00:02:43.920 sticker it says real life I just thought you know the real professional guys 31 00:02:43.920 --> 00:02:48.520 that do podcasts have these really cool things and it says like turning point 32 00:02:48.520 --> 00:02:54.200 USA or or something like that so so that's what we're doing right here for 33 00:02:54.200 --> 00:02:57.480 those of you who are just what are listening right now you have no idea what I'm 34 00:02:57.480 --> 00:03:03.840 talking about but this is real life and so we're pretty excited about that so 35 00:03:03.840 --> 00:03:09.600 here's a deal let's dive into this let's let's take the next several podcasts 36 00:03:09.600 --> 00:03:18.960 let's let's do this let's start from defining the rapture will define the 37 00:03:18.960 --> 00:03:25.480 rapture and then in our following podcast we will walk through the biblical 38 00:03:25.480 --> 00:03:30.400 chronology of end time events how about that you see why do it that way because if 39 00:03:30.400 --> 00:03:37.360 we define the rapture it covers several views we'll look at and it's appropriate 40 00:03:37.360 --> 00:03:42.600 that when we lay down that foundation of biblical definition to the rapture then 41 00:03:42.600 --> 00:03:49.920 we're going to be able to place it in the right place or argue why it's in this 42 00:03:49.920 --> 00:03:52.760 particular place you're going to disagree some of you are going to 43 00:03:52.760 --> 00:03:59.080 disagree that's totally cool but no why we disagree we're going to have 44 00:03:59.080 --> 00:04:04.440 some fun though together because I got to tell you the reason why I was saved at 45 00:04:04.440 --> 00:04:08.360 Calvary Chapel Costa Mason under Chuck Smith and he taught pre-tribulation 46 00:04:08.360 --> 00:04:13.200 rapture I believed it as a new believer because he believed it and he taught it 47 00:04:13.200 --> 00:04:17.640 and then I started studying other things and I drifted away from a pre-tribulation 48 00:04:17.640 --> 00:04:25.000 rapture view and I stopped being a pre-tribulational rapture person and I 49 00:04:25.000 --> 00:04:30.360 was I held that position for probably three to five years I would think and 50 00:04:30.360 --> 00:04:36.680 yet studying it studying it studying it more and more and more I not only came 51 00:04:36.680 --> 00:04:40.560 back to a pre-tribulation rapture view but I came back to a pre-tribulation 52 00:04:40.560 --> 00:04:46.760 rapture view with some word of it with some we have a sanctified vengeance or 53 00:04:46.760 --> 00:04:54.560 passion I should say because I understand both sides I get both sides and one 54 00:04:54.560 --> 00:05:00.680 is have to tell you one takes a lot of faith and one takes a lot of discipline 55 00:05:00.680 --> 00:05:07.120 and one takes a big burden off your shoulders and one really sets a fire 56 00:05:07.120 --> 00:05:12.240 under you to be ready every day and to be obedient every day the other one 57 00:05:12.240 --> 00:05:18.520 causes you to be waiting for other things to happen waiting for looking for 58 00:05:18.520 --> 00:05:25.600 other things to take place and it's quite interesting to realize that if there 59 00:05:25.600 --> 00:05:34.320 is a concept or a construct regarding the Lord's rapture it matters how and what 60 00:05:34.320 --> 00:05:38.480 you believe about it because it's translated in what you get involved in 61 00:05:38.480 --> 00:05:44.120 regarding your day-to-day life so we're gonna iron all this stuff out and we'll 62 00:05:44.120 --> 00:05:47.960 have some fun so the first thing I want you to do if you're taking notes and 63 00:05:47.960 --> 00:05:52.360 all and forgive me you know I don't usually have my computer here but I want to 64 00:05:52.360 --> 00:05:56.360 make sure that I step through some verses and some arguments that are going to 65 00:05:56.360 --> 00:06:02.400 be quite fun so number one write this down please one of the great questions that 66 00:06:02.400 --> 00:06:07.720 was asked was how can you believe in the rapture when the word rapture is not 67 00:06:07.720 --> 00:06:12.660 even in the Bible and I understand the question but for those of you who 68 00:06:12.660 --> 00:06:19.640 speak Latin or read Latin my grandson's learning Latin right now so he knows 69 00:06:19.640 --> 00:06:26.960 he knows the meaning of this word in the Latin Bible the word rapture appears 70 00:06:26.960 --> 00:06:34.680 rapture or raptus or what what we would just simply say rapture that's the 71 00:06:34.680 --> 00:06:40.260 conversation that we use in our English in the Latin Bible it is the word 72 00:06:40.260 --> 00:06:47.840 rapture okay so if you have a Latin Bible it's there and so the question 73 00:06:47.840 --> 00:06:55.400 comes from our Western American English position I don't see the word 74 00:06:55.400 --> 00:07:00.720 rapture in the Bible so I can't believe in it well the word Bible is not in 75 00:07:00.720 --> 00:07:04.560 the Bible but you believe in the Bible right I mean there's a lot of things 76 00:07:04.560 --> 00:07:10.320 like that so if you have a Latin Bible the word rapture is there if you have a 77 00:07:10.320 --> 00:07:18.800 Greek Bible the word Harpazzo is there for rapture okay if you have an 78 00:07:18.800 --> 00:07:28.280 English Bible in a newer translation it may not or most often says cut up 79 00:07:28.280 --> 00:07:34.760 two words two English words to describe one word rapture cut up the word 80 00:07:34.760 --> 00:07:40.120 rapture means to actually be quite suddenly and violently removed it means to be 81 00:07:40.120 --> 00:07:46.360 taken out of or taken away from imagine this in your mind being grabbed and 82 00:07:46.360 --> 00:07:49.800 like pulled off the train tracks because maybe you're walking down the train 83 00:07:49.800 --> 00:07:54.120 tracks and you're in your death you can't hear that the train's coming and it's 84 00:07:54.120 --> 00:07:58.200 coming from behind you to get raptured off the tracks is to be violently 85 00:07:58.200 --> 00:08:05.480 grabbed and taken away before the train destroys you okay so let's look at 86 00:08:05.480 --> 00:08:12.480 this let's look at what how is the rapture defined in scripture and so we know 87 00:08:12.480 --> 00:08:18.560 number one that it is a what we're not talking about when it is let's just 88 00:08:18.560 --> 00:08:25.840 lay the foundation that it is it is an event in scripture so what is it so 89 00:08:25.840 --> 00:08:30.880 let's define what it is and I want to give you some scriptures so I hope that 90 00:08:30.880 --> 00:08:35.520 you guys can either write these down or if you're driving or flying or whatever 91 00:08:35.520 --> 00:08:43.320 you're doing you can look at it later but the rapture is specifically mentioned 92 00:08:43.320 --> 00:08:50.360 in scripture and context is everything that it's specifically mentioned in 93 00:08:50.360 --> 00:08:55.760 scripture regarding the church in our New Testament setting see why do you put 94 00:08:55.760 --> 00:09:01.920 it that way because there's been individual raptures that have happened 95 00:09:01.920 --> 00:09:09.960 Elijah was taken up into heaven that's a that's a description of a rapture 96 00:09:09.960 --> 00:09:17.320 Enoch is a great picture of God translating Enoch from earth right up into 97 00:09:17.320 --> 00:09:24.680 heaven that's a type of rapture listen the Bible tells us that Philip in a 98 00:09:24.680 --> 00:09:29.600 in a limited fashion remember Philip in the book of Acts he was preaching and 99 00:09:29.600 --> 00:09:33.880 people were accepting the Lord and he was preaching to to the Ethiopian 100 00:09:33.880 --> 00:09:41.160 Enoch and God's using Philip and then he is lifted and taken by the Holy Spirit 101 00:09:41.160 --> 00:09:44.560 and he finds himself suddenly in a different place in the book of Acts I mean 102 00:09:44.560 --> 00:09:50.800 that's crazy amazing right so do keep that in mind that the rapture is not an 103 00:09:50.800 --> 00:09:57.360 odd thing there are hints of it throughout scripture Isaiah 26 verses 19 to 104 00:09:57.360 --> 00:10:03.800 21 is a pretty cool thing to look at in the Old Testament but the rapture is 105 00:10:03.800 --> 00:10:09.360 the removal of the church that's its function okay we'll talk more about that 106 00:10:09.360 --> 00:10:15.160 later we may not get to it all in today's podcast but we'll get to it but I'm 107 00:10:15.160 --> 00:10:21.280 gonna ask you to write these verses down the the number one overwhelming 108 00:10:21.280 --> 00:10:26.640 rapture verse in the scriptures regarding you and I you ready comes from Jesus 109 00:10:26.640 --> 00:10:34.280 himself Jesus is the first one to tell us about the rapture I'm gonna ask you 110 00:10:34.280 --> 00:10:40.240 to put these puzzle pieces together number one Jesus in John 14 verse one 111 00:10:40.240 --> 00:10:45.360 Jesus said to his disciples just before he returned in the greatest 112 00:10:45.360 --> 00:10:49.760 sentient of Christ back to heaven he said let not your heart be troubled you 113 00:10:49.760 --> 00:10:55.320 believe in God believe also in me in my father's house are many mansions and if 114 00:10:55.320 --> 00:11:00.440 we're not so I I would tell you I would have told you I go to prepare a place 115 00:11:00.440 --> 00:11:07.440 for you that where I am oh and if I go to prepare a place for you I will come 116 00:11:07.440 --> 00:11:12.560 again and receive you to myself that where I am there you may be also so let's 117 00:11:12.560 --> 00:11:18.000 march through this for a second Jesus said don't let your heart experience 118 00:11:18.000 --> 00:11:24.760 seismology seismos don't have an earthquake of worry and a fear why because if 119 00:11:24.760 --> 00:11:31.360 you believe in God believe also in me that's the gospel in my father's house are 120 00:11:31.360 --> 00:11:36.000 many mansions we'll talk about what that means in other forthcoming podcasts 121 00:11:36.000 --> 00:11:44.880 about mansions what are these dwelling places well whatever entails Jesus said if 122 00:11:44.880 --> 00:11:50.960 it were not so I would have told you I'm not kidding I'm not fooling around Jesus is saying 123 00:11:50.960 --> 00:12:00.000 this is incredibly happily profoundly serious I go to prepare a place for you so 124 00:12:00.000 --> 00:12:06.260 whatever the rapture event that he's describing it's defined this way I'm 125 00:12:06.260 --> 00:12:14.920 giving you this promise I'm leaving I'm going somewhere my father's house because 126 00:12:14.920 --> 00:12:20.980 I'm going to prepare a place for you in Texas they would say for you all that's 127 00:12:20.980 --> 00:12:31.840 really good and if I go to a place for you I'm going to come again and receive you to 128 00:12:31.840 --> 00:12:45.220 myself qualifier that where I am there you may be also get that right now everybody take 129 00:12:45.220 --> 00:12:51.180 a deep breath and take it in Jesus says I'm going where you going Jesus to my father's 130 00:12:51.180 --> 00:12:57.520 house I'm going to go prepare a place for you there's a awesome dwelling place is there 131 00:12:57.520 --> 00:13:02.360 for you I'm going to go prepare it what does that mean we have no idea except that he's 132 00:13:02.360 --> 00:13:09.320 a contractor Jesus was a contractor when he was living under Joseph's roof in Nazareth 133 00:13:09.320 --> 00:13:14.360 that's pretty cool what is this contractor building we don't have a clue but it's going 134 00:13:14.360 --> 00:13:20.240 to be amazing but when he's done and when his father says to him go he's going to come 135 00:13:20.240 --> 00:13:26.360 and he's going to get you and I or whoever and he's going to take us to where he's been 136 00:13:26.360 --> 00:13:32.840 working he's going to take us to where he's been preparing you get it he's going to take 137 00:13:32.840 --> 00:13:38.520 us to where he's been building mansions again I'm not going to get into what mansions mean 138 00:13:38.520 --> 00:13:45.360 right now is it an actual dwelling is it an apartment is it your body is it is it a is 139 00:13:45.360 --> 00:13:50.640 it a city is it we'll talk about that later but the awesome thing is is that Jesus makes 140 00:13:50.640 --> 00:13:58.600 it very clear I got to go to go prepare I'm going to come back grab you and take you 141 00:13:58.600 --> 00:14:05.280 to where I have been preparing so friends listen if you believe in a post tribulation 142 00:14:05.280 --> 00:14:13.040 rapture view as I used to that makes it really tough because in a post rapture view at the 143 00:14:13.040 --> 00:14:17.320 end of the tribulation period you've got the church going up into the atmosphere meeting Jesus 144 00:14:17.320 --> 00:14:23.080 and coming back down to establish the kingdom how in the world you ever get John 14 fulfilled if 145 00:14:23.080 --> 00:14:30.560 that's the if that's the truth doesn't work I look I already did all the gymnastics on this and 146 00:14:30.560 --> 00:14:36.600 you just tie yourself in a knot among many other problems but listen I love you anyway so I'm 147 00:14:36.600 --> 00:14:43.480 a pre-tribble radical radically so you'll you'll see this but here's one of the reasons why remember 148 00:14:43.480 --> 00:14:52.200 we're defining what is the rapture so forget about the placement if you're pre pre-rath mid-trib post 149 00:14:52.200 --> 00:15:01.760 trip doesn't matter this is what it is revelation 310 Jesus says because you have kept my command 150 00:15:01.760 --> 00:15:11.240 to persevere I also will keep you from the hour which shall come upon the world the word implies 151 00:15:11.240 --> 00:15:19.120 the entire globe the entire world to test those who dwell on the earth that's an amazing statement 152 00:15:19.120 --> 00:15:24.920 that was given to the church at Philadelphia book of Revelation Jesus says I'm going to keep you 153 00:15:24.920 --> 00:15:30.440 from an hour that is going to come upon the earth that will test all those who are earth dwellers 154 00:15:30.440 --> 00:15:36.840 that's a cool thing because we're not earth dwellers you and I we have our citizenship in heaven says 155 00:15:36.840 --> 00:15:43.440 the Bible we're only here working right now for Jesus we're working for company God to spread 156 00:15:43.440 --> 00:15:49.520 the gospel to tell us many women boys men boys and girls the gospel and then we plan on getting 157 00:15:49.520 --> 00:15:57.040 out of here so that's that's wonderful again we're talking about defining it okay we're not 158 00:15:57.040 --> 00:16:03.600 talking about the placement we're not even talking about yet the why of it so Revelation 4 begin 159 00:16:03.600 --> 00:16:11.440 in verse 1 this is very fun so when you look at the book of Revelation which is key the book of 160 00:16:11.440 --> 00:16:22.720 Revelation gives you a perfect breakdown of the book when John is told John write this down 161 00:16:23.280 --> 00:16:32.320 write down the things that were the things that are and the things that are about to come so the 162 00:16:32.320 --> 00:16:39.960 book of Revelation chapter 1 gives an announcement that it's broken up into three chronological we'll 163 00:16:39.960 --> 00:16:45.520 just call it dispensations I know the word dispensation drives people crazy but just calm down for a 164 00:16:45.520 --> 00:16:52.240 moment don't worry about it dispensations are three let's three epics or how about this if we go to 165 00:16:52.240 --> 00:17:02.480 LA and we go to a play or we go to a musical and we're watching Les Miserables they may have three 166 00:17:02.480 --> 00:17:09.200 different breaks for the entire three-hour presentation of that musical are you with me think of it 167 00:17:09.200 --> 00:17:18.160 that way there are three breaks that which was John the messenger says John write write that down 168 00:17:19.760 --> 00:17:26.320 and so what was was the revelation of Jesus Christ write down the things that are the letters to 169 00:17:26.320 --> 00:17:32.720 the seven churches he writes those down and the things that shall be and that starts in chapter 4 170 00:17:33.200 --> 00:17:39.040 are you ready here it goes revelation for what after these things the word in Greek is meta 171 00:17:39.840 --> 00:17:50.720 touta meta touta is the word meta touta these things after these things of the first compartment the 172 00:17:50.720 --> 00:17:55.760 revelation of Jesus Christ this is who he is and by the way go ahead and read it it's awesome 173 00:17:56.480 --> 00:18:01.200 it's the book of revelation is all about Jesus Christ it's not about the church it's not 174 00:18:01.200 --> 00:18:07.120 about the Jews it's not about the Antichrist it's all about Jesus Christ it is the revelation of Jesus 175 00:18:07.120 --> 00:18:16.080 Christ okay so it's so amazing because it tells you they're in chapter 1 that he is the one who 176 00:18:16.080 --> 00:18:23.360 lived he came lived died and lives again revelation chapter 1 verses 17 and 18 177 00:18:23.760 --> 00:18:29.920 revelation chapter 2 somewhere around verses 4 through 8 it tells you that it's he who was dead 178 00:18:29.920 --> 00:18:38.000 and behold he's alive forever more that awesome it's about him and revelation chapter 1 2 and 3 179 00:18:38.640 --> 00:18:46.000 also carry with it the descriptions and attributes of the Lord in the Old Testament 180 00:18:47.120 --> 00:18:51.200 that's why you read about we're not even going to make it I'm looking at the time clock you guys 181 00:18:51.280 --> 00:18:56.000 it's like we've been talking for 18 minutes already this is ridiculous we haven't even gotten into 182 00:18:56.000 --> 00:19:02.880 this remember when Jesus says in Revelation I walked through the midst of the seven lamp stands 183 00:19:03.600 --> 00:19:10.080 not eight not nine seven not six seven and the seven lamp stands are the seven churches 184 00:19:11.360 --> 00:19:16.000 those were seven churches in Asia Minor which is Turkey today you can go right now by the way 185 00:19:16.000 --> 00:19:21.840 you can fly there and take and go visit those archaeological sites they're there for real they're not 186 00:19:21.840 --> 00:19:26.960 made up when Jesus as I walked through the midst of the seven lamp stands it tells you in the Bible 187 00:19:26.960 --> 00:19:32.640 that the lamp stands are the churches and that Jesus walks through the midst of them what's 188 00:19:32.640 --> 00:19:41.040 amazing about that is that the seven lamp stands in the book of Revelation is the seven lamp stands 189 00:19:41.360 --> 00:19:47.760 given to Moses in the book of Exodus and the Vedicus regarding the lamps the menorah and you don't 190 00:19:47.760 --> 00:19:56.720 hear anything about it until you have Genesis well you have Exodus and the Vedicus Genesis of course 191 00:19:56.720 --> 00:20:03.280 the first five books the Pentateuch's given given two Moses by God mentioning the menorah that was 192 00:20:03.280 --> 00:20:08.720 in the wilderness and the menorah that was in the temple later on with the kings with David and all 193 00:20:09.600 --> 00:20:16.720 then you don't hear about it until book of Revelation if you read Genesis to Malachi because you're 194 00:20:16.720 --> 00:20:22.320 Jewish skip the entire New Testament and read the book of Revelation you'll be shocked 195 00:20:22.320 --> 00:20:28.160 as a Jew to see how well you understand the book of Revelation no one's going to understand the 196 00:20:28.160 --> 00:20:34.160 book of Revelation without reading the Old Testament it's almost like a test the book of Revelation 197 00:20:34.160 --> 00:20:41.840 book of Revelation judges you and I it basically says this hello hi excuse me have you read your 198 00:20:41.840 --> 00:20:46.720 Old Testament because don't even start reading here until you go and read the Old Testament because 199 00:20:46.720 --> 00:20:56.400 you're not going to get it the dragon the kingdom all the stuff that's the the descriptions of the 200 00:20:56.400 --> 00:21:02.720 heavenly and demonic entities you got to go to the book of the Old Testament to understand all that 201 00:21:03.440 --> 00:21:10.960 so when it says after these things I looked at John says and behold a door standing open in heaven 202 00:21:11.840 --> 00:21:18.480 notice a door is open in heaven John is the last apostle to have lived John 203 00:21:19.600 --> 00:21:24.480 he's the author of the book of Revelation he's the pen I should say he's the quill he's the pen 204 00:21:25.920 --> 00:21:31.120 the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet like a trumpet it means it wasn't a trumpet 205 00:21:31.760 --> 00:21:39.920 it was like a trumpet speaking to me saying come up here and I will show you things which must take 206 00:21:39.920 --> 00:21:47.840 place after this after what after you're up here isn't that great think of this walk just listen 207 00:21:47.840 --> 00:21:55.600 how this goes out immediately John says I was in the spirit and behold a throne set in heaven 208 00:21:55.680 --> 00:22:04.000 and one sat on the throne and he who sat there was like a jasper and a sardis stone in appearance 209 00:22:04.000 --> 00:22:10.880 and there was a rainbow around the throne in the appearance like an emerald I have no idea what that 210 00:22:10.880 --> 00:22:16.240 means but I think of rainbows I think of the rainbows that you see in on a rainy day 211 00:22:17.040 --> 00:22:26.400 this is a rainbow behind the throne of God that is in some way shape or form resembles an 212 00:22:26.400 --> 00:22:33.120 emerald I don't know that's weird to me but that's amazing it's going to be incredible around 213 00:22:33.120 --> 00:22:42.880 the throne were 24 thrones and on the thrones I saw 24 elders sitting clothed in white robes 214 00:22:42.880 --> 00:22:48.080 that's important and on the thrones I saw 24 elders sitting clothed in white robes 215 00:22:48.080 --> 00:22:55.760 and they had crowns of gold on their heads and from the throne proceeded lightnings and 216 00:22:55.760 --> 00:23:03.920 thunderings and voices seven lamps of fire were burning before the throne which are the seven 217 00:23:03.920 --> 00:23:09.680 spirits of God you said I thought there was one holy spirit there is one holy spirit but the 218 00:23:09.680 --> 00:23:16.800 seven spirits of God is answered in Isaiah chapter 11 verses one and two you can read that later 219 00:23:16.800 --> 00:23:21.520 but you'll hear about the spirit of the Lord the spirit of wisdom the spirit of might the spirit 220 00:23:21.520 --> 00:23:30.080 of power and it goes on and it gives you the the list there in Isaiah chapter 11 by the way the 221 00:23:30.080 --> 00:23:36.720 thrones the 24 elders the 24 thrones we know who these guys are we don't have to guess and we'll 222 00:23:36.720 --> 00:23:42.800 find that out later you can read ahead if you want but check it out from all of this it takes place 223 00:23:42.800 --> 00:23:47.920 the seven lamb stands are burning which are the seven spirits of God verse six revelation four 224 00:23:47.920 --> 00:23:54.720 verse six before the throne there was a sea of glass like crystal and in the midst of the throne 225 00:23:54.720 --> 00:24:01.680 and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back 226 00:24:02.640 --> 00:24:10.000 that's beyond description of my opinion you should look at some of the the ancients drew some 227 00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:16.080 pencil or chalk drawings or charcoal drawings of how they viewed that and quite frankly to 228 00:24:16.080 --> 00:24:21.440 scare your pants off it's freaky there's all kinds of angelic creatures before the throne of God 229 00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:27.200 they don't all look the same they have different orders different authority different functions 230 00:24:27.280 --> 00:24:34.000 different looks and one of these four living creatures if you look at just one of them they have 231 00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:39.360 they have eyes all around them by the way we know this for a fact you say how do we know 232 00:24:40.080 --> 00:24:46.320 because it doesn't say it they had something that looked like eyes that's typology 233 00:24:47.200 --> 00:24:52.640 John's that would be John trying to describe something that he can't figure out no John says 234 00:24:53.520 --> 00:24:59.280 the four living creatures were full of eyes in the front and in the back 235 00:25:01.840 --> 00:25:07.680 the first living creature was like a lion this is so cool the second living creature like a calf 236 00:25:08.240 --> 00:25:12.240 my granddaughter asked me about this last night was it last night or this morning last night 237 00:25:13.680 --> 00:25:18.320 the third living creature like the face of a man and the fourth living creature was like a flying 238 00:25:18.320 --> 00:25:23.840 eagle there's a reason for that so each of these things each of these angelic creatures have one 239 00:25:23.840 --> 00:25:32.800 head and they have four faces one head four faces and the four faces represent listen the four 240 00:25:32.800 --> 00:25:40.880 faces described here each of these creatures are the symbol types known in scripture that refer to 241 00:25:40.960 --> 00:25:48.560 the four gospels they're related to the four gospels those images of those faces for example I'll 242 00:25:48.560 --> 00:25:55.840 give you I don't want to spend time on it yet later but we're at a time is one is a face of a man 243 00:25:56.560 --> 00:26:03.600 Luke's gospel is Jesus Christ the son of man okay that's just a hint for next time around so 244 00:26:03.600 --> 00:26:09.200 you guys like usually if you attend the church here you listen much I didn't get through hardly 245 00:26:09.200 --> 00:26:14.800 anything um but we're gonna keep going on this because you've asked some great questions we're 246 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