This Present Time And Glory Which Shall Be Revealed - John Verstegen

a lot I think I think every every preacher of the seat this weekend has had had way too much information to go to that's just the way it is right so what I'm going to ask you to do then is open your Bibles to Romans 8 the other thing I'm going to ask you to do is turn your cell phones off okay so I better check mine by the way you know so that's pretty embarrassing you know I still remember several years ago we used to say at church the announcements who ever get up to the announcements he would say they would say you know please to turn please turn off your cell phones your noise making devices things like that and remember Tyler Maura he kind of raised his hand and said well does that include our kids you know that we can never we can all relate to we we enjoyed that okay I'm gonna have you open your Bibles then to Romans chapter number eight and to second Corinthians chapter number four Romans chapter number eight and second corinthians chapter 4 we're going to begin today by reading a lot of verses it's of course more important it's what's more important is what the Word of God says then what I have to say even what I have to say about the Word of God it's more important that what the verses actually say so we're going to spend the beginning of the message here introduction just reading the verses it's and we're going to read them out loud together interesting think about that thought faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of God scripture talks about it's not not into the eyes and the ears the hearing remember those two ways to get information into the heart right so we're going to read these extended passages together out loud we do want to welcome those listening by way of the internet as well and so let's pick up then you should have Romans 8 does anybody here know Romans 8:18 right yeah okay so we're going to read from Romans 8:18 and we're going to read all the way down to verse 25 we're going to begin there we'll read it out loud together for I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worth to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us for the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God for the creature was made subject to vanity not willingly but by reason of him who has subjected the same in hope because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God for we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now and not only they but ourselves also which have the firstfruits of the Spirit even we ourselves groan within ourselves waiting for the adoption to wit the redemption of our body for we are saved by hope but hope that is seen is not hope for what a man see if wide a Fiat hope for but if we hope for that we see not then do we with patience wait for it please put a marker there we're going to come right back go to second Corinthians chapter number four go to second Corinthians chapter number four and we're going to begin at verse 14 2nd corinthians 4 and again out loud together at verse 14 to 18 he says knowing that he was raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus and shall present us with you for all things are for your sakes that the abundant grace might through the Thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God for which cause we faint not but though our outward man perish yet the inward man is renewed day by day for our light affliction which is but for a moment worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory while we look not at the things which are seen but at the things which are not seen for the things which are seen or temporal but the things which are not seen are eternal let's you're not arts together in prayer gracious God and father were so thankful that we can take the time together to look into your word come away from the busyness of life here at beautiful day outside and we're here around your word seeking to gain edification and understanding and and enjoy the fellowship one with another and especially with you the fellowship that you called us into with the Lord Jesus Christ we ask God that you would take your word now the living the Living Word that's right here before us and at the power that is in it it would be released and we know it will be released as we believe it and so it is to that end that we have gathered and that we make this request to you in Christ's precious name we ask this amen okay well as you read those two passages there's a clear connection between the two the fact that the sufferings of this present time and the glory which shall be revealed I don't profess at all to say that we're by any means going to be able to get through all verse all those two passages that's not my point of I just want you in our minds to have put into our minds in our heart this morning to begin with those two extended passages of Scripture the main focus is going to be on the one in Romans chapter number eight but you always want to remember in your mind that as you're thinking through and reading through Romans 8:18 2:24 also have with it the passage in 2nd Corinthians 4 if we have some time to get over there we will but we likely will not let me begin then by asking a couple of questions how many of you when you woke up this morning had some form some degree some extent of pain maybe you know maybe that knee didn't quite work you know maybe that hit maybe the hip didn't quite you know when you I'm just gonna roll out of bed right you know you used to be able to think think about a little our grandkids about my grandkids okay you know you'll have grandkids you know three four or five six year old man in the morning they jump out of bed man they're just running you gotta just you stay in shape as a parent just trying to keep up with them right and then of course as you put a few more years on your frame that the idea of jumping out of bed the mind will do it the flesh is weak right it is doesn't work like that anymore so when I ask the question how many of us got up this morning and maybe you experienced some physical pain I can see the young folks in the crowd they're saying what is this dude talking about that no they got no pain at all yeah just just hang around okay just just just you know but there are folks that would love to be here physically present with us right now but they're not here because in the listen on the internet we want to welcome them by the way but they also are experiencing pain and suffering and there's some here right today that I know we kind of make light of the idea if you had a little pain when you got up this morning but some right here today you have continued ongoing pain in affliction and what disappears what does that do to your psyche what does that do to you what can it do to you just your emotion it can be kind of discouraging right it can be kind of tough and you've heard what's that yes we and we could recite this as well Romans eight which is why we recited this yeah you've heard it said before that growing old is not for sissies not for wimps right kind of a concept now why is why is that why is I mean even even in the secular world out there they understand that kind of a concept what what's that what they mean by that yeah there's there's a common denominator that we all share saved and lost and that is given enough time body just it breaks down it wears out and so what what comes along with the idea of of adding years to your life is the fact the physical experiences of in this passes what Paul is speaking about is the sufferings of this present time and usually when we think about the idea of sufferings we mostly tend to not always but mostly tend to think of it in relationship to say physical affliction and physical infirmities the Apostle Paul actually told Timothy he says drink no longer water but use a little wine by the way the operative word there's little right use a little wine for thy stomachs sake and I what he says like often and interesting Timothy had often infirmities in relationship to his stomach and his digestion and things like that think about the physical infirmities the Apostle Paul had he says at the end of book of the book of Galatians he says I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus he had physical marks in his body from when they stoned him and so forth so he for the whole entire rest of his life and the think about he talks about that thrice was I the shipwreck beaten with rods stoned all that kind of stuff so what he writes about here he writes from personal experience experiencing the sufferings of the split of this present time the other thing that you want to realize too about the sufferings of this present time is the fact that it is not limited to physical infirmities what other kind of infirmities as believers can you experience in this life what other cut yeah the mental the emotional oh yeah yeah so therefore emotional she says like rejection is there so you got emotional oh look trauma of that type of thing all right when when you look down at your in chapter 8 there right when he says at verse 24 I'm just kind of jumping ahead here but he says this for we are saved by hope and remember the word saved you always sa from what when he says we're safe the saved in that verse is saved from like the discouragement the despair that often comes with experiencing affliction over a long period of time I want to be saved from those stuff and it's the Word of God that does that okay so what we're going to talk about this morning in the brief time that we have here is God the Holy Spirit through the pen of the Apostle Paul has conveyed information in this section of Scripture not not just these verses he English in Romans five as well but he's conveyed some some details in this passage of Scripture that are the spiritual prescription as at war to strengthen the inner man so that even if the outer man continues to experience pain suffering affliction rejection saw and the emotional ups and downs that there's an inner man stability that we by faith can expect to receive from the Word of God I recently heard a guy say and and I say this way he said that there's that the that the greatest this is not necessarily a believer who sent his father away but he said the greatest painkiller in the world you know what it is adrenalin think about that these are guys the racing motocross you guys know like I love motocross ok anyway so that's all racing they're broken and hurt and heat up and everything and they all said men the greatest the greatest pain killer whose adrenalin you man when that gate drops you forget about all the pain you're going kind of a concept well there's something greater than adrenaline as it wore right when it comes to what can stabilize and strengthen the inner man and that's that's the the words here the very scripture here that God the Holy Spirit when when when God breathed into Adam the breath of life why did he breathed into Adam the breath of life how come because that's what came out of him and that's what's in the these words came out of the mouth of God the breath of life it's right here in the word right in the scriptures so as we're going through whatever those afflictions are how important is it for us to remember to go back to the verses if you've read them a hundred times it you see when I read those verses a hundred times I mean we kind of mention these verses view times in our local ministry right I know pastor Jordan does Pastor Rick does Dave does is what you guys write but you keep going back you keep going back to these verses okay okay so let's do this help me fill out a chart here if you would we're gonna go and want to do this quickly because we festival speak now okay and then over here we have ages to come okay so think think through the passage he says that I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the what the glory which shall be revealed in us right okay what what's that you know we should make that sufferings that's a very good point there okay but he says that are the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared he says the sufferings of what this what present time compared to what eternal right and then you've got Laurie right okay he says I'd reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that shall be revealed and s so you've got obviously something that's in contrast with the mount of the Chou he says for the earnest expectation the creature it waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God right well why is it waiting for that well because the creature was made subject to vanity so we've got what here we've gotten vanity here right and the creature was made subject to the vanity not willingly not because of its own but by reason of him that have subjected the same in hope so someone they had the ability and capacity to subject the creature to vanity he did it for a reason what would the opposite of vanity mean what would be over here in glory instead that that is something what useless purposeless it seems like it has no intention right so over here you've got a purpose what you say you are the oh yes you've got purpose right okay and he when he says down there he says because the creature itself also shall be delivered so we're going to put delivered over here right okay it's gonna be delivered from what so here we've got bondage okay what's the opposite of what would the contrast of bondage be Liberty is exactly right so here we've got Liberty okay and over here it's not just see you can be in bondage and it doesn't necessarily be bondage of corruption so over here we've got corruption right so what would once that corruption is gone what do you have if connection with Liberty Glory what do you have you you have your freedom right you've got immortality it would be a great one okay what's the concept of corruption what's what's happening in corruption everything is what breaking it's decaying so over the opposite of decaying be growing okay stability and actually not just maintaining but truly did you say growing yeah so if you just go freedom you go a growing okay okay and it's going to be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious let's do that over here let's go glorious and then he says liberty of the children of God right and he says also that for we know that the whole all creation what's it doing it's groaning okay what what the opposite of groaning be over here yeah rejoicing is exactly what I would have had okay but over here as that should mean are there it's it's groaneth and travaileth okay well what would once you're no longer travailing now what are you doing over here what's that you've got complete utter victory eternal right so I'm out of room over here but let's just put victory okay over here we're groaning and travailing in pain right what we can put over here how about how about you've got peace you've got so much said with comfort there you go you've got joy you've got comfort all right if something going on here what's going on there see the Apostle Paul says in this passage he says I reckon I reckon that's the word reckon that's an accounting word it's when he uses that word reckon he's saying we meet when we're gonna add up our checkbook and so forth okay we're gonna add up our account we're going to use God's method of reckoning God's method of when he adds this and subtracts this and multiplies that and divides that God says here's what my conclusion is remember back in Romans chapter 6 he says reckon yourselves also to be what dead indeed understand but alive unto God he said when you add when God says when when he adds up what it means that we were baptized not with water or in water but when we were baptized into the very death burial and resurrection of Christ he resulted in a number of things but in particular Romans chapter number six he says we were made dead to sin and alive unto God so God says it when he takes and adds up his juster of all those that are in Christ God says his accounting system says dead to sin and alive unto me God says that's what I see Paul uses that same word here reckon in Rome and say God says this God says he thinks about the sufferings that we experience right now he said there's this what I did just here on the chart he said don't even do it that way you know why because why because he said it's not even worth putting up with each other it's not even worth being compared okay so let's so let's just make some observations and think about some things here the sufferings of this present time are they real how do you know that's how you know check my medicine cabinet right to check all the prescriptions kind of a concept there if this is if these are real then does the glory have to be real now I'm going to use really bad English here does it have to be real or okay be cut no my wife's not listening right she's not but there are a lot of other teachers here that are like John know that if if this is real God's Word says that that glory that is in the ages to come that's not only more real it's just not even worthy to be compared what does it mean to say that something is not even worthy to be compared let me give you a real quick example that last year I went and had my eyes checked and this that so you know how they dilate the eyes but first they check their visions can you you'll see kind of a concept and remember so they put these these kind of big you know what you call those things whatever these big goggles on well they can switch the lenses you know and so they try to dial in your vision so you can see in everything so they still doing one eye at a time so they do one lens and say okay how does your how's your site with that one compared to that one y'all remember that concept okay and so when they dial it in critic pretty close pretty soon you should say why I don't know I can't really see the difference but when that burst says it's not worthy to compare it's not like the atomic trust that's taken those done that one can bear that one I can't tell the difference God says there's a difference here huge it's not even worthy to be compared so the next time that we find ourselves experiencing it could be right now while you're sitting listening to this message maybe your back hurts right I don't know what it is but next time you experience the sufferings of this present time just allow the verse to remind you that you know what as intense as this is you know dad's probably watching every day non-stop intense neck and headache pain every day no it's not for how many years now since 2015 I mean that can get you down every day having to deal with that but the verse the promise of the scripture is this that the sufferings of this present time they are real but they're not even worried to be compared with the glory that shall be revealed in us now if we agree with God in these verses and of course we should how does that help does it take the pain away does it make the pain less so what does it do what good is it then quickly what yeah that's right hope is gigantic it's powerful and it's something that these verses can come along to the inner man and they strengthen the inner man the outer man paraschiv ii couldn't remember but the errand or man is renewed rick said it the other day and his message you know what day by day you know you get into word of god once a week or once a month that the medicines the scripture the medicine the scripture is not going to help you so much okay day by day day by day get in there get in there this was a two Sundays ago we talked about how people can get involved in various addictions and so forth and we want to become what what kind of addicts scripture addicts right like wake up in the morning I've got to get my fix man where's my Bible correct man let me go check that bag let me get some more Bible in right and verses like these are just so powerful especially when you're in the midst of some kind he says the sufferings of this present time so he acknowledged the Bible tells us life like it really yes they don't sugarcoat things when you hear the preachers out there the the health wealth prosperity utter nonsense forget that stuff Paul says the sufferings of this present time Paul did not preach health wealth prosperity nonsense he preached you know what sufferings he was he had needs and his the glory was going to be in the future kind of a concept he says the sufferings of this present time they're not even worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us in order for that verse right there to have its impact on our soul what do we need to do with that verse we need to believe it we need to consciously think through like every word in that verse and in particular think through the reality of the glory the shall be revealed in us think about Ephesians chapter number two that in the ages to come what's he gonna do came by show not just the riches of His grace and that would be wonderful but he might show the exceeding riches of His grace it's like God is going to open up the vault of His grace of His grace assets and he's gonna open up that vault and in each age he's gonna bring out a new aspect that's at war of His grace he's gonna his kindness toward us which one of us deserved any of this which one of us is worth any of this if it's the grace of God it has nothing to do with our deserving it or our being worthy of it it has to do with who God is in his nature his desire to give his desire to love his desire to manifest how impressed he is with Jesus Christ in you and me as believers I think I read years ago or heard all the arrows of God point out but all the arrows of man we want we point it to ourselves God the exceeding riches of His grace in his kindness God is kind that's kindness to us through Christ Jesus look at what Paul goes on to say here he said elaborates quite quite detailed verse 19 he says for the earnest expectation rich Rick talked the other day about a great definition of the word hope right it's an anchor for the soul right look at those two words that's an the earnest expectation when you think of the word hope think of those two words right there earnest expectation earnest is what guarantee you God promised us something it's guaranteed trying to come to pass it's just a matter of time you know what none of you won the lottery you did way better than that the the wealth of the lottery even if you want it would only be limited to the sufferings of this present time and it's not going to extend your life some very famous popular people were world famous people last year in the beginning of this year they passed away very prominent people they had wealth they had Fame they had popularity they had skill their technical knowledge just just command of their life as at war and death still Gotham you can win the lottery physically that's still limited to the sufferings of this present time but in the Lord Jesus Christ we did so much more than when the lottery because truly we're blessed with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ and God is going to take and reveal the extent of the riches of His grace in Christ Jesus connected to his kindness towards us at Calvary and he's gonna do it and the ages to come but I help how long you gonna live yeah you're gonna live as long as the ages last you're gonna live as long as God lives you're gonna live as long as God's holiness is upheld and you're going to be put on display as as God manifesting - you mean the riches of His grace II he says this he says at verse 19 he says the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God the creature is waiting for something the creature knows it's going to be delivered it's waiting to find out who the sons of God are brother Jordan increments is something that's not that was really powerful about when you mentioned Lucifer and the creation and so forth it yet God is in the creation he wants in a sense of not gender but in the sense of adults the sense of who will take God's will God's Word and serve him out of the wisdom of God the creation is waiting to find out who the sons of God are outcome because the first son of God failed and the creation is right in here I want to find out who's going to run the show because whoever's running the show now well Said's the god of this world and the creation about us is experiencing pain and suffering so ever it's the day of man right now and it's all going to be changed one day and that verse says this for the creature was made subject to vanity so if you subject something to vanity what do you do to it if you subject something to vanity what you do to it you limited its capacity to do something right and you put in it that it appears as though it has no purpose right that that verse says for the creature was made subject to vanity not willingly so in other words none of its own choice when when Adam sinned the deer and the fish and the whales and the birds they didn't say well I wade out of the way what do you think about what you're doing while we're into this and Earth didn't stop and say Adam and Eve well I don't eat at all and so the creature about us it was made subject to vanity not willing it not of its will but by reason of him who has subjected the same at home who's the him that's God God subjected this creation to vanity he he on purpose made it look like that in the end since everything decays and dies then in the end there's really no purpose God did that on purpose why would God do death to the crazy why would God take the creation and subject the creation to vanity he did it really for at least a couple of reasons one at the fall that's when he crazy at him why did he create it out Adam was to be the monarch of the planet right the adversary comes along he defeats man takes the crown so now who he's got control of the earth the adversary Satan does it's like God says this in fact when he says to Adam he says cursed is the ground for thy sake he says you know what I created that ground and I put you in charge of it you a beaut you advocated your responsibility and I am NOT gonna let the ground I'm not gonna let the earth produce to the glory of the rebellion look I'm gonna restrict its capacity to bring forth glory to the interpreter touch one reason he's subject to manty but he did it for another reason that's this that there was a last Adam that was going to come there was another man it was going to come and he was going to be victorious and it's like you said when that man comes man I'm going to take the restraints off and then the creation is going to be liberated from the bondage of corruption and this creation is going to break forth into singing as it were it's going to demonstrate its capacity to glorify the Lord in its production capacity as it were it's going to demonstrate its capacity to praise God in what it does it's all going to produce to the glory of God so now the reason why I did this he says because the creature itself also that were also really significant there because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption again think about that phrase bond is what do you think of when you think of bondage change hints what else limitation prison what's that oppression and not and bondage of what corruption just one thing to be in bondage there's nothing to be and have that bonds described as corruption when you take those two and you what what's the picture you get to the bondage of corruption what's that the bond description what do you see what's happening growing old me okay what helps the newspaper he says okay the bondage of corruption what happens has anyone here ever bought a new car relatively a new car and so you drive it for a few years and I mean it always keeps that new car smell it always keeps that new car filled and drive no matter no know what happens to it even your car breaks down your house break how many of y'all in a house is that a great investment or what it depends right right you buy that thing and immediately you find out after you bought it that don't you tried to do everything to preserve that you had a massive army that's working against you you know what they're called they're called termites they're eaten that they're eaten you investment up that is the cane the bondage of corruption that's what's happening that verse says this says because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into not just the Liberty but the glorious Liberty question what does our future look like in that verse right there what does it look like what's it look like it's glorious Liberty that's how he describes it they're the glorious liberty of the children of God he says for we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now can you know what here relate to those groaning and travailing and pain anybody hear it all relate to that until right now I know so the question comes up that wait a minute if we've been saved by the blood of the Lamb which we have if we belong to Christ if we're blessed with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ Jesus which we are if we're made accepted in the blood before a complete in Christ if we've been raised up and set with him in heavenly places if we've been forgiven of all of our trespasses mothering is any of that true all that was true then why do we suffer because why yeah yeah guess what the glory the glorification hasn't happened yet as long as it is the present dispensation of grace and it still is by the way so it's not the tribulation period yet that's that's after the rapture it's clearly not the millennial reign of Christ everybody understand that you see the people drive around their cars they have the bumper sticker it says my God reigns I need to I need to we need to make one that responds back and says he's not doing a good job because the god of this earth has not yet taken up the reins of this planet and when he does it'll be obvious we live in the dispensation of grace and the nature of the dispensation of grace is God's manifesting in his long finish it suffering that's the attribute of God that he's making known today one of the attributes of God he's making known thing is this capacity to tolerate to put up with to suffer with the rebellion and hatred of man against him for a long period of time and then to manifest that in the believer as we take his word unless were quick work in us and then we to experience the sufferings of this present time but is this what it's going to look like forever yes no how do you know because the verses say so don't say well I feel in my heart forget it if you're sick tomorrow you won't feel so good in your heart make a choice you're going to believe it because it's what the verse say and when your flesh argues with it when you argue with it just tell your flesh and tell you to sit up and shut down and be quiet because God has spoken and it's settled and let's find peace and rest in what he says not the chatter that goes on our mind just it's not the authority anymore that chatter going on you - never told you the truth about what's really going on then he says this 23 and not only they but it's not only they but ourselves also which have the firstfruits of the Spirit what's this here we've got I'm just going to go I'm out of room here we're going to go eff yeah that's firstfruits of the Spirit okay that's what we have right now we have the first fruits but first fruits implies what they're more coming so what's coming what's what he says he says the verse 23 and not only they but ourselves also which have the firstfruits of the Spirit so we have the Holy Spirit already guess what even we ourselves groan within ourselves what's the next word there and that's that's the challenge isn't there okay he says waiting for what so over here we have the adoption see that we have the firstfruits which is the guarantee of the adoption and it says we're waiting for the adoption and then how does he describe that to it what the redemption of our what can anyone here use yeah I was gonna use have some other questions but you know there's a particular type of surgery over the last 20 years it's become really popular you know it's called yeah plastic surgery why are we doing that we want to look better and feel better because we want people he impressed with how we look and feel the kind of concept you know it still doesn't work you go and check out the testimonies to the people that got all he said who was the very famous act actress it just well she's not the one I was thinking about was someone just recent like a month ago they said I'm getting no more surgeries I'm done with it all they've had like 30 and you know didn't work he said who it was yeah something like that it's all just temporary what's that we're same fun let's hear less abstain fine they're you know had all of them in you know it still didn't work you know listen you're going to get a brand new body one day according to the gore to God this is not fantasy you're not gonna have to go to the surgeon to pay your your mic God is gonna do this quickly if you would go with me over to Philippians chapter number one Philippians chapter number one I'm sorry not nothing not one on one chapter three you guys knew that flippy in chapter three here look just think about these verses here Philippians chapter 3 look at what he says says for our conversation three 2320 he says for our conversation is we're so so where's our home all weekend we've been talking where's our home say heavenly places we're ambassadors of Christ so our home is in heaven earth is not our long home we're just we're just temporary down here right that persists for our conversation is in heaven from whence also we look for the Savior and who's the Savior what's the rest of the verse say the Lord Jesus that's who the Savior is he's up there we're down here we're looking for him from there and guess what he's gonna do who shall change our what kind of body that's interesting the words vile it's even worse than you thought he says yeah think of all the things that we do me too by the way I try to stay healthy I try to eat right into everything I don't always do that but to think about the use of the word vile body you know we wake up in the morning look at America oh who's that and then you got you know you paint it up fix it up inhale you look pretty good so far now look way better 10 minutes ago kind of a concept but it's no matter how much you fixed it up painted that but it is still vile how come because it's part of the corruption of this present time that's why it's a vile body Sam has been condemned in the flesh he says he's going to change our vile body that it may be what you've heard me say before about that god is good you're all gonna walk the catwalk in heaven was that really awful to say yeah God is going to put the body of Christ on display he's gave all the Angels coming sitting around with the cameras and everything or all their magazines are going to publish in the church the body of Christ is going to be walking by and their bodies going to be fashioned like the glorious resurrection body of the Lord Jesus Christ angels are going to go wow this is amazing was that over the top well maybe not so much because our bodies are going to be fashioned like unto his glorious body and he's going to do that according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue what all things were those all things pastor Jordan taught us that last night in great one that amazing great detail God's plan to reconcile all things to Jesus Christ includes a plan to change your body and make it like the glorious body of the Lord Jesus Christ when we experience these afflictions and sufferings it can bring depression discouragement Paulson's you know I keep thinking about these verses and we're saved by hope say from the despair now I want to wrap this up by doing this we're going to look at a couple of few Old Testament passage passage of scriptures by way of illustration these passages we're talking about are primarily going to be speaking about the earth and the great change that the scripture predicts is going to happen in relationship to the physical creation the earth and we're going to look at those and allow those verses to help us see wow if that's the extent of the change on the earth then what's it going to be like in the ages to come when you when when the rebellion is completely destroyed out of the heavenly places when the darkness is is removed from the heavenly places and when the glorious liberty of the children of God is put on display into heavenly places you see why we're gonna do this okay so watch this let's begin then look over to Ezekiel 35 we're just gonna we're gonna TenPoint just a few verses here some phrases in anticipation of the great change that's going to happen when he lifts the curse from this earth when the Lord Jesus Christ establishes his kingdom reign on this earth I want Ezekiel chapter 35 good actually what did I say okay I just want to look at the phrase and then I had so many verses here Psalm 78 did get a sequel 35 and go to Psalm 78 here well let me find let me do a different one here go to a Zico 35 look at this passage here and I'm hunting a different one I thought it wrote it down but I didn't ok 48 so I'm 48 what's this first what's this for Zico 35 what's verse 14 Ezekiel 35 verse 14 and it says this thus saith the Lord God everybody with me when the whole earth rejoices and then he says I will make the desolate now I'm not so much focusing on the part of I'll make the desolate but I'm focusing on the part it says when the whole earth does what what's the whole earth doing right now it's suffering growing in pain so does something have to change how extensive is the change going to be the whole earth that verse says when the whole earth does what do you see in the verse it demands that there's going to be a dramatic just a complete cataclysmic change of what the earth itself is experiencing and what it will be manifesting the whole earth is going to be rejoicing at some point in the future and this is in connection with the return of Christ by the way look at another passage Psalms 48 Psalms 48 look at this verse arms 48 verse 1 Psalms 48 1 great is the Lord now who's saying that today by the way only believers are saying that today but this is a prophecy of what people are going to say in the future Psalm 48 one says this great is the Lord and greatly to be praised in the city of our God in the mountain of his holiness now watch the description what beautiful for situation it's it's very orientation to and on the earth the way it's situated well all people on the earth are gonna be able to look at that city and admire it they say well now that's beautiful that verse says beautiful for situation the joy of the whole earth [Music] are things gonna change when the city shows up his mount sign and it's on the side north and guess what it's the city of the Great King see that all nations are gonna flow on him because of its beauty its V it's beauty is gonna have the very capacity to attract like light attracts a darkness attracts Mawson things like that that fascinating look at a couple of others here if you would go with me this time to Ezekiel 36 we should have just stay there I suppose Ezekiel 36 what's this here Ezekiel 36 Ezekiel 36 look at verse 35 we're just looking at a couple of phrases here Ezekiel 3036 I'm gonna start at verse 32 he says not for your sakes do i this saith the Lord God be it known unto you be ashamed and confounded for your own ways o house of Israel thus saith the Lord God in the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities I will also cause you to up to dwell cause you your own cities and in the way shall be builded and the desolate land shall be tilled and where as it lay desolate in the sight of all the pests by now watch for a certified and they shall see so people are going to be passing by and looking at this and they shall say this land that was guess so get that picture in your mind but just a desolate dry land it appears to be totally useless and unable to do anything that verse says that they're going to say this land that was desolate has become guess what like the Garden of Eden is there a change that's gonna happen right now it's under the bondage of corruption but when this first comes to pass the corruption is gonna that bond is gonna be completely lifted so much so that the earth is going to be set free to glorify God think about when the Lord I'm running out times like a little more quickly think about when the Lord Jesus Christ this is so cool and Luke the Lord comes riding in fulfilling Zechariah he comes running about donkey to present himself to Israel as their as Hosanna and blessed is he that comes in the name of look minute and he goes to the temple and and he casts out the money changers and cleanses the temple and heals people in the temple demonstrating everything that the prophets said that he would do he comes in and puts it on display for them to see you know the fairy by the way the people say men hope this looks like our guy but the Pharisee said because they reject him and they come to Christ and say this do you not hear what the people say you know Christ said he says listen if they held their peace the stones would cry out and he was not exaggerating it's like the rocks and the stones they're having a voice but remembering it went when Cain slew Abel the Lord says thy brother's blood cries from the ground the ground is crying to be liberated from the bondage of corruption because it knows it will and at that time when Jesus Christ came right then they're saying okay it's here for seven years away as it well they did this couldn't wait because it changed it was gonna happen look with me if you would over to psalms 96 psalms 96 just just a few more quickly here it's psalms 96 what's this look at Psalms 96 11 what's this now 96 11 says this let the heavens do what and let the earth do what what are they doing now they're moaning and groaning in pain together until now he says let the earth that the heavens rejoice but the earth began let the sea roar but that's more in the sense of rejoicing and the full myself that the feel be joyful and all that is therein then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice Isaiah 55 says the trees of the field are gonna clap their hands there's something been predicted here look with me to Psalms 98 Psalm 98 hope I got the right one let's see here let's just read down through this watch this Psalms 98 this is a prophecy it says this verse 1 sing unto the Lord a new song what is what's the song that the creation is singing now woe is me pain and agony despair that's the song it singing now but they're gonna sing a new song one day singing the Lord a new song for he hath done marvelous things Keith Wright his right hand and his his holy arm have gotten him the victory the LORD hath made known his salvation his righteousness at the Oh we showed in the side of the he met then that's the second coming to Christ and God is gonna put on display his righteousness his righteousness to defeat the Antichrist and his armies his righteousness to fulfill his promise to the descendants of Abraham Isaac and Jacob Israel redeemed them purge them sanctify them set them in the kingdom and lift the curse not only that he has remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of God they're going to see witness that make a joyful noise unto the Lord all the earth make a loud noise rejoice and sing praise sing unto the Lord with the harp with the with the harp and with the voice of a psalm with trumpets and sound of corner can't you just picture and hear the celebration the joy the partying in a good sense verse 7 let their sea roar and this fullness thereof the world and they that dwell therein let the floods clap their hands let the hills its clap their clapping in the unison of victory worshiping its creator who set them free who delivered them from the bondage of corruption and they are clapping their hands did you know how did you notice how often the word left appears through these both passages what does that imply what's that allow it's like the creation is crying out Lord are you going to deliver us now when Jesus Christ came in those rocks were ready for to be delivered Lord let it be so I go to those passages to say this that if we can in these verses allow these verses to in our mind help us see the reality of what the glorious Liberty is going to look like on this earth for even the earth is gonna be shouting for joy when those last several chapters of The Book of Psalms they say it says let everything that has breath do what give God praise you understand the idea of giving God praise it's not simply saying praise the look are you gonna stand there saying praise the Lord praise the Lord praise Lord for a billion years no the way they're gonna praise the Lord is that they're gonna demonstrate what they're gonna do and look like when the curse is lifted o creation is gonna praise the Lord these verses here they focus on the earth but you know you can't help but wonder about those verses in Psalms one more what's this Psalms 19 let's finish here Psalms 19 Psalms 19 Psalms 19 verse 1 look at this verse so I'm thanking one I understand the revelation the mystery was completely a mystery back here in the Old Testament and they'd never knew anything about the body Christ at all it never revealed until first revealed to you above all right we all understand that but but maybe God just made provision a little opportunity for something back here I'm not saying the mystery is back here it's not but it isn't the mind of God look at these verses Psalms 19 the heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament showeth his handiwork doesn't Paul say in Ephesians that we are looked like the handiwork of God day unto day uttereth speech night and tonight so it's not you know that verse is it is a prophecy about the fact that not only God is going to release the Earth's earth from the body he's gonna deliver the earth but he's gonna do something in the heavens that verse doesn't tell you what he was going to do in Heaven's and that verse doesn't tell you anything about how or who he was going to put up there to do those verses when that verse says day and today others knowledge how about ages to come others knowledge God is going to put the church about he's gonna put you on display out there in the heavenly places and truly the heavens are going to declare the glory of God let's pray our gracious God and father we thank you we could spend some time this morning looking at these verses and God all of us here today they do excite us a little bit and they should and in so doing so it it really does help take our mind off the sufferings of this present time whether they're physical emotional whatever they might be and by doing so it reminds us of your faithfulness your intention to completely and utterly fulfill to the detail everything you say in your word well thank you for this in Christ's precious name alright we are going to take about

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