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Revelation 6: The Veil RemovedRevelation 6:12-17 Snug Gospel Chapel: April 9th, 2016

Good morning!

Well, once again, we’re delving into the book of evelation, and we’ll be contining thi"

morning with or "tdie" in chapter 6, looking at the breaking of the #r"t "i$ "eal" in that

chapter%

&o’ll recall what we’ve "tdied "o far' (ohn’" entrance into heaven, the evelation of the )ing,

the letter" to each of the "even chrche", the vi"ion of the throne room and the nveiling of

the *amb, and now of cor"e we’ve entered into that time period that +criptre refer" to a"

the -riblation., or the time of (acob’" -roble.% We’ve looked in "ome mea"re "o far at the

#r"t fve "eal", althogh the #fth / onl dealt with ver brie in m previo" "ermon% We will

come back to that "eal "omewhat in m ne$t "ermon, bt toda /’d like to look at the "i$th

"eal which man of or 3ible" will provide a title to, calling thi" the "eal of 4o"mic

5i"trbance".%

We’re going to look at that in "ome depth toda, and there will be a nmber of thing" that

ma "rpri"e o abot what take" place at thi" point, and e$actl wh it i" that the people of

the earth "ddenl "eem ver keenl aware of who the’re dealing with, and who"e dgment

the’re nder%

3efore we read God’" Word, however, let’" pra%

7ather, a" we come to or Word thi" morning, a" we "eek to learn more abot or incredible

plan for the *a"t 5a", we do thank o that o are the God who make" the end known from

the beginning% *ord, we recogni8e o a" the onl hope and "avior of mankind, and we give

o the glor a" or 4reator, edeemer and )ing%

We a"k thi" morning, 7ather, that o wold glorif or"elf among "% a or Word be the

lamp nto or feet, and the light to or path: that we might "ee where we are, and where o

wold have " go% a or +pirit convict, compel and empower " to move ever clo"er to

o, and ma the image of or +on, or beatifl ri"en *ord, be ever in or heart" and

mind", that we might be made more like ;im%

We a"k all the"e thing" in (e""’ name,

Amen%

-rn with me in or 3ible" plea"e to evelation chapter 6, beginning at ver"e 12%


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12 I looked when He opened the sixth seal and !ehold the"e was a g"eat ea"th#uake$ and the

sun !e%a&e !la%k as sa%k%loth o' hai" and the &oon !e%a&e like !lood( 13 )nd the sta"s o'

heaven 'ell to the ea"th as a fg t"ee d"ops its late fgs when it is shaken !* a &ight*

wind( 14 +hen the sk* "e%eded as a s%"oll when it is "olled up and eve"* &ountain and island

was &oved out o' its pla%e( 15 )nd the kings o' the ea"th the g"eat &en the "i%h &en the

%o&&ande"s the &ight* &en eve"* slave and eve"* '"ee &an hid the&selves in the %aves

and in the "o%ks o' the &ountains 16 and said to the &ountains and "o%ks ,all on us and

hide us '"o& the 'a%e o' Hi& who sits on the th"one and '"o& the w"ath o' the .a&!/ 17 o"

the g"eat da* o' His w"ath has %o&e and who is a!le to stand0

We’ve been "tding evelation for "ome time now, and throghot thi" "erie", we’ve "een

"ome ama8ing thing" "ome, like the evelation of the )ing, have been incredible an awe<

in"piring: other", like the per"ection at +mrna or the idolatr of the edieval 4hrch, havebeen di=clt and painfl% -he for hor"emen, here in thi" ver chapter, were terrifing, and

the con"e>ence" of their mini"trie" deva"tating%

;ere, however, at the breaking of the "i$th "eal, we "ee "omething new%

?er"e 12%

,I looked when He opened the sixth seal and !ehold the"e was a g"eat ea"th#uake$ and the

sun !e%a&e !la%k as sa%k-%loth o' hai" and the &oon !e%a&e like !lood(

7or the #r"t time, we "ee the "ign" of God’" dgment not onl pon the earth, bt in the

heaven" them"elve"% We’ll come back to that in a moment, bt the #r"t thing / want o to

notice here i"n’t the event" nor the drama that "rrond" them, bt the conte$t% @nce again,

we "ee the Apo"tle (ohn "a / looked.% -hi" i" not in"igni#cant, beca"e it indicate" to "

that (ohn’" per"pective i" "hifting% /n ever in"tance, in ever "eal, p to thi" point, (ohn ha"

ob"erved heavenl event" from a heavenl per"pective% We need to remember here that

each of the #r"t for "eal", with the avenging angel" "ent forth to e$ecte dgment, are

de"cribed a" event" occrring in heaven: and while their enactment i" no dobt on earth,

there i" actall no in"tance in which (ohn de"cribe" #r"t


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-he "igni#cance of thi" "holdn’t be lo"t on "% /’ve mentioned thi" before throghot thi"

"erie", bt if o ever had an dobt that the "eal dgment" are in fact the dgment of the

*amb pon a rebellio" world, thi" fact alone "hold tterl di"pel it% -he wrath of God doe"

not begin at the "i$th "eal, nor at an later point in the -riblation% -he fact that all of the

"eal" prior to thi" point are prel heavenl event" make" that abndantl clear% /n fact, /

wold go "o far a" to "gge"t to o that the ;ol +pirit ha" written thi" chapter with an

incredible preci"ion, in anticipation of the argment" that wold en"e% A" alwa", ;i"

"ignatre, ;i" "tamp, and ;i" wi"dom i" written behind the te$t for tho"e who are willing to

look for it%

With all of that in mind, thi" "i$th "eal "tand" ot a" being markedl diEerent% 7or the #r"t

time, (ohn i" not looking inward at heavenl event", bt otward, at ph"ical one": and while

ever dgment prior to thi" point ha" aEected the people on earth, thi" i" the #r"t time (ohnactall de"cribe" #r"take" are not alien to or e$perience, and o cold arge that the are "omething

that we’re becoming increa"ingl familiar with% -he internet i" littered with chart" that "how

an e$ponential increa"e in "igni#cant earth>ake" over the pa"t hndred or "o ear"% +his

earth>ake i" diEerent% -he event" we’re "eeing now in thi" world are warning "ign": the

earth>ake (ohn de"cribe" it i" of a magnitde and "everit that the world ha" never "een

before% Allow me to elaborate on that% -rn with me to /"aiah 2F%

/"aiah 2F, beginning at ver"e 1%

,ea" and the pit and the sna"e

)"e upon *ou inha!itant o' the ea"th(

18 )nd it shall !e

+hat he who 3ees '"o& the noise o' the 'ea"

Shall 'all into the pit

)nd he who %o&es up '"o& the &idst o' the pit

Shall !e %aught in the sna"e$

o" the windows '"o& on high a"e open

)nd the 'oundations o' the ea"th a"e shaken(

19 +he ea"th is violentl* !"oken

+he ea"th is split open


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+he ea"th is shaken ex%eedingl*(

20 +he ea"th shall "eel to and '"o like a d"unka"d

)nd shall totte" like a hut$

Its t"ansg"ession shall !e heav* upon it

)nd it will 'all and not "ise again(

&o can "ee the parallel" with evelation 6, can’t o% -he people of the earth are eeing with

fear: falling into pit" and looking to cave" for "afet% -he window" on high are opened, and

the fondation" of the earth are "haken% -he earth "plit" open, i" "haken e$ceedingl, and

begin" to reel to and fro like a drnkard% -hi" i" "ome prett dramatic langage, and it atte"t"

to the "everit of thi" dgment%

*et’" pt thi" in "ome conte$t% / think mo"t of " wold remember the earth>ake (apan

"Eered in 2011% -hat >ake, which mea"red 9%0 on the ichter +cale, ca"ed a ma""ivet"nami that "wamped the cit of 7k"hima and led to a nclear cata"trophe there%

According to HA+A, thi" earth>ake wa" "o large that it "hortened the length of the da,

moved the earth oE it" a$i", and ca"ed the earth to wobble% How, / nder"tand that that all

"ond" ver dramatic, bt allow me to pt tho"e fact" in "ome conte$t% -he da wa"

"hortened b "t 1%I micro"econd": the earth wa" "hifted arond 1 centimeter" oE it" a$i",

and the wobble created wa" "o minor that it wa" onl noticeable to the mo"t "en"itive

in"trmentation%

-hi" i" not what we "ee in evelation, nor the pictre we "ee in /"aiah% A" horri#c a" the (apan

Darth>ake and it" afterake that will "plit continent"% bt there’" more than that here, i"n’t


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there% ?er"e 20 "a" that the earth "hall reel to and fro like a drnkard, and "hall totter like a

ht.%

-he "ame eEect" that ca"ed alteration" in the earth’" gravit, "hifted the earth oE it" a$i"

and ca"ed the planet to wobble. in the 2011 earth>ake in (apan are pre"ent in the

earth>ake of evelation 6% -he di"tinction, of cor"e, i" one of magnitde% -he (apane"e

earth>ake had relativel minor eEect" on the earth: the >ake that i" to come will ca"e it to

reel to and fro like a drnkard% -hi" i" a catacl"m great enogh not onl to "hake the earth,

bt to "plit it open%

-he trama doe"n’t "top there, thogh% -rn with me back to evelation 6%

?er"e 12%

,4and the sun !e%a&e !la%k as sa%k-%loth o' hai" and the &oon !e%a&e like !lood(

-hi" ver"e ha" a parallel that ha" been "ed for a nmber of diEerent prpo"e" in the pa"t few

ear"% -ho"e of " who are intere"ted in prophec will be familiar with the L3lood oon’

phenomenon, and all the hpe that ha" "rronded it, particlarl "ince 201F% /n (oel chapter

2 and ver"e" M0ake" and

volcanic activit tend to go hand


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,)nd the sta"s o' heaven 'ell to the ea"th as a fg t"ee d"ops its late fgs when it is shaken !*

a &ight* wind(

We’ve "een alread in the book of evelation what L"tar"’ repre"ent in #grative term"% -hi"

image wa" "ed in chapter 1 to indicate angel" and indeed that "ame metaphor i" "ed

throghot +criptre% /’d "gge"t to o that what we’re "eeing here in evelation 6,

however, i" far more literal% -here i" indeed a point in the book of evelation where +atan

and hi" fallen angel" are ca"t down to the earth: that i" et to come, and we’ll "ee that once

we reach chapter 12 JGod willingK% What we’re "eeing here i" what the title in or 3ible" ma

de"cribe a" a Lco"mic di"trbance’ and one wherein heavenl bodie" "treak toward the

earth% /t’" important that we’re not thrown oE b the "e of the word L"tar"’ in the te$t here:

thi" i" the Greek word La"tare’, which i" "ed to de"cribe vario" heavenl bodie", from

comet" to meteor", "tar" and planet": and, e", angel" too% bt it’" the literal meaning

being emploed here% Bt "impl, what thi" mean" i" that there are meteor "hower" that areob"ervable from the earth% ;owever, the wa that thi" pa""age nfold" wold "gge"t that

there i" a connection between the meteor "hower and the earth>ake in fact, the eEect" of

the earth>ake are detailed frther in ver"e 1F after the falling "tar" are de"cribed here in

ver"e 1M% +o what i" it that cold tie the"e thing" togetherN Well, there i" more than one

potential an"wer here, and there are nmero" conectre" among "cholar" who have "tdied

the"e pa""age"% /’m not going to go into great detail on thi", bt / will pre"ent one potential

"cenario to o, and o can make p or own mind"%

/t i" >ite po""ible that all of the event" in the "i$th "eal are ca"ed b a comet who"e path

take" it into direct conict with the earth% /t obvio"l doe"n’t st"ike the earth, a" there i" no

indication of that here bt if, for e$ample, a comet were to pa"" clo"e enogh to the earth to

force " to pa"" throgh the debri" #eld it leave" in it" wake, that wold e$plain the volme

and >antit of the meteor" "een here in evelation 6% -he gravitational eEect of "ch a clo"e

pa""ake "igni#cant enogh to "plit the earth open, and ca"e

the planet to wobble to and fro like a drnkard.% /f thi" were the ca"e, the "b"e>ent

dgment" de"cribed in evelation I, in which hail and #re. fall from heaven, mingled with

blood., and "omething like a great montain, brning with #re, wa" thrown into the "ea.,

cold ver well be the periodic retrn of or planet to that "ame debri" #eld at a later time in

or orbit arond the "n%

-he idea of a comet leaving a trail of meteor" in it" wake cold al"o e$plain the third trmpet

dgment in evelation I, in which ,a g"eat sta" 'ell '"o& heaven !u"ning like a to"%h and it

'ell on a thi"d o' the "ive"s and on the sp"ings o' wate"( +he na&e o' the sta" is o"&wood( )

thi"d o' the wate"s !e%a&e wo"&wood and &an* &en died '"o& the wate" !e%ause it was

&ade !itte"(


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4omet" are tpicall compo"ed primaril of rock, d"t, ice, and fro8en ga"e"% /n addition,

however, the al"o contain organic compond" like methanol, formaldehde, and hdrogen

canide% /t’" thi" la"t compond that #t" the bill' hdrogen canide i" not onl bitter, bt al"o

incredibl deadl, even in ver "mall >antitie"% Were a chnk of a comet to fall to the earth,

pon river" and "pring" of water, it wold certainl ca"e the kind of bitterne"" and death that

thi" pa""age de"cribe"%

All of the"e thing" wold certainl add p to an ab"oltel cata"trophic "cenario, bt it’" what

happen" ne$t that / believe trl terri#e" the people of the earth%

*et’" read on% ?er"e 1F%

,+hen the sk* "e%eded as a s%"oll when it is "olled up and eve"* &ountain and island was

&oved out o' its pla%e( )nd the kings o' the ea"th the g"eat &en the "i%h &en the%o&&ande"s the &ight* &en eve"* slave and eve"* '"ee &an hid the&selves in the %aves

and in the "o%ks o' the &ountains and said to the &ountains and "o%ks

,all on us and hide us '"o& the 'a%e o' Hi& who sits on the th"one and '"o& the w"ath o'

the .a&!/ o" the g"eat da* o' His w"ath has %o&e and who is a!le to stand0

-he #r"t thing / think we need to acknowledge here i" that thi" i" a prett incredible event

and one that we have ab"oltel no frame of reference for% -he "k receded a" a "croll when

it i" rolled p, and ever montain and i"land wa" moved ot of it" place%. Ho matter how we

choo"e to look at thi" or interpret it, thi" i" nlike anthing that an of " have ever

e$perienced% /n fact, the fear of the nknown alone cold e$plain the reaction of tho"e who

remain on earth and o’d be hard pre""ed to view tho"e reaction" a" anthing other than

"heer terror, a" the call ot for the rock" and montain" to hide them from the wrath of the

*amb% 3t there’" an i""e here, and it’" one that reall "tand" ot in the la"t ver"e of thi"

chapter% / nder"tand completel that people are terri#ed% After all, the event" of thi"

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/ have to be hone"t with o, / don’t think "o% ore than that, / think the"e ver"e" actall

give " a prett concrete rea"on wh the"e people are reacting the wa that the are and

it’" both ama8ing and dramatic% Allow me to elaborate%

7ir"t, let me remind o of what we read in /"aiah 2F% -hi" i" ver"e" 1I to 20%

,+he windows '"o& on high a"e open

)nd the 'oundations o' the ea"th a"e shaken(

+he ea"th is violentl* !"oken(

-he window" from on high are open.% -hat’" an n"al phra"e, bt a" with everthing in

+criptre, it i" preci"e, and meaningfl%

-he clo"e"t parallel that we have to thi" phra"e i" fond in the book of Gene"i", wherein the*ord opened the window" of heaven. in order to ca"e rain to fall on the earth at the time of

the Great 7lood% /n thi" in"tance, it i" a reference to the JpartialK removal of a protective laer

of water from or atmo"phere% How, if that’" what /"aiah i" referring to, we’d e$pect to "ee a

"igni#cant amont of rain, followed b a ma""ive "pike in the amont of radiation reaching

the earth% -hi" wold lead to both droght and famine, and wold dramaticall redce the life

"pan of everthing on earth% /t might even e$plain wh men "eek "helter beneath rock" and

montain"% At the ver lea"t, thi" i" pla"ible%

bt /’d like to "gge"t to o that there’" more than a merel ph"ical dgment occrring

here% /’m going to take o throgh a few ver"e" el"ewhere in +criptre that "hed "ome more

light on thi", and "hare with o m thoght" on what i" happening% *et’" "tart with /"aiah%

/"aiah C1 ver"e 6 "a" thi"'

,.i't up *ou" e*es to the heavens

)nd look on the ea"th !eneath(

o" the heavens will vanish awa* like s&oke

+he ea"th will g"ow old like a ga"&ent

)nd those who dwell in it will die in like &anne"

&o can "ee here that the inection i" diEerent% -hi" i"n’t "t window" opening: /"aiah "a"

-he heaven" will vani"h awa like "moke.% bt how literal i" thi"N /" /"aiah actall

impling that the heaven" will di"appearN Well e"% ;e i" and not "t /"aiah, bt the

writer of ;ebrew", too% *i"ten to ;ebrew", chapter 12, and ver"e" 2C to 2'


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See that *ou do not "e'use Hi& who speaks( o" i' the* did not es%ape who "e'used Hi& who

spoke on ea"th &u%h &o"e shall we not es%ape i' we tu"n awa* '"o& Hi& who speaks '"o&

heaven 26 whose voi%e then shook the ea"th$ !ut now He has p"o&ised sa*ing ,et on%e

&o"e I shake not onl* the ea"th !ut also heaven( 27 8ow this ,et on%e &o"e indi%ates the

"e&oval o' those things that a"e !eing shaken as o' things that a"e &ade that the things

whi%h %annot !e shaken &a* "e&ain(

How, Bal’" making a diEerent point to what / am here, bt the trth remain" that ;e "peak",

a" if it i" alread nder"tood, even, that God will "hake not onl the earth, !ut heaven and

that thi" phra"e indicate" the "e&oval o' those things that a"e !eing shaken%

-hi" ha" an ltimate fl#lment in evelation 20, of cor"e, when heaven and earth ee awa

from the face of God, and the apo"tle (ohn "ee" a new heaven and a new earth < bt here, at

thi" point in the timeline of the -riblation, what we’re "eeing i" more than "t the ph"icalalteration of or atmo"phere: what evelation 6 portra" i" the removal of a literal veil

"tretched ot between heaven and earth% and when God tear" that veil awa, the people of

earth are "ddenl, powerfll, tramaticall e$po"ed to a vi"ion of the )ing of )ing", hol

and mae"tic and righteo", poring ot ;i" wrath from on high% -he veil that "eparate" the

ph"ical world from the "pirital world i" torn a"ide, and "t a" the Apo"tle (ohn entered

heaven throgh a door in evelation 1, now the people of earth are able to "ee directl into

the throne room of God a" the window" of heaven are opened. and God Almight i" revealed%

-hi" i" what *ke mean" when he "a" in chapter 21 that men’" heart" Owold beP failing

them for fear in e$pectation of tho"e thing" which are coming on the earth.% /t’" not that the

people of the world have "ddenl gained an nder"tanding of what +criptre "a" will

happen in the la"t da" it i" that tho"e thing" that are coming pon the earth are literall

manife"t before their ver ee", and a" the veil between heaven and earth i" torn a"ide, men,

women and children are driven to their knee" b a vi"ion of the )ing "o terrifing, "o angr, "o

con"med b righteo" dgment that the ee to the rock" and hill" to hide% bt a" (onah

learned, all of heaven and earth i" not enogh to hide a man from the face of God: and "o it i"

that when the veil that "eparate" or ph"ical realit from God’" "pirital realm i" rolled p

like a "croll, the evelation of the )ing, (e"" 4hri"t, the wrath


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-hi" i", / think, what we’d like to think of all hmanit' that if we cold onl make them "ee, if

we cold "omehow pll back the veil and "how thi" world a tre and powerfl vi"ion of the

*ord (e"" 4hri"t, that people wold fall pon their knee", confe"" ;im a" *ord and )ing, and

believe%

bt that’" not the pictre that +criptre paint" of the "tate of men’" heart"% and a" we "ee

here in the"e ver"e", there i" an entirel diEerent reaction% -here i" no repentance here%

When the world i" cr"hed before Almight God, when earth>ake" rage and blood and #re

and pillar" of "moke erpt from the "hattered earth: when the "k break" down and the veil i"

torn apart, people still will not repent%

&o "ee, the 3ible ha" a ver diEerent view on hmanit to the one we "o often hold%

en don’t ref"e God beca"e the don’t know ;im% -he ref"e God beca"e the love their "in, and want to contine living in it% -hi" i" what

(e"" made clear in (ohn chapter M, "aing -hi" i" the condemnation' that light ha" come into

the world, bt men loved darkne"" rather than light, beca"e their deed" were evil%.

/t i" for thi" rea"on that oman" "a" that the wrath of God i" revealed from heaven again"t

all ngodline"" and nrighteo"ne"" of men, who "ppre"" the trth in nrighteo"ne"",

beca"e what ma be known of God i" manife"t in them, for God ha" "hown it to them ObtP

althogh the knew God, the did not glorif ;im a" God, nor were the thankfl, bt became

ftile in their thoght" and their fooli"h heart" were darkened%.

and "o it i" here, in evelation 6, when the trth that ha" for "o long been "ppre""ed in the

heart" of men i" made ndeniabl clear, when not "t the knowledge of God i" manife"t, bt

the ver )ing of )ing" ;im"elf appear" before the ee" of all the world, God’" wrath, pored

ot from heaven again"t all ngodline"" and nrighteo"ne"" of men, i" entirel "ti#ed

beca"e "till, men ref"e to repent%

*ook again at ver"e" 1C and 16% -here i" no denial here% Ho conf"ion abot what i"

happening, or where the"e dgment" are coming from% and a" / "aid la"t week, there are

no athei"t" in evelation 6% bt there i" no repentance, either%

,)nd the kings o' the ea"th the g"eat &en the "i%h &en the %o&&ande"s the &ight* &en

eve"* slave and eve"* '"ee &an hid the&selves in the %aves and in the "o%ks o' the

&ountains 16and said to the &ountains and "o%ks ,all on us and hide us '"o& the 'a%e o'

Hi& who sits on the th"one and '"o& the w"ath o' the .a&!/


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5o o "ee itN -here’" no grieving for "in: no wor"hip: no all


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even over "ome among " thi" morning that leave" " blinded to the trth of the go"pel%

-hat’" #grative langage, of cor"e bt where 4orinthian" i" #grative, evelation i" literal%

-he veil i" removed, men are withot e$c"e, and the hol dgment of the *amb, made

manife"t in wrath pon a "infl world, por" forth%

bt li"ten to tho"e ver"e" from 4orinthian" again%

,5ut we all with unveiled 'a%e !eholding as in a &i""o" the glo"* o' the .o"d a"e !eing

t"ans'o"&ed into the sa&e i&age '"o& glo"* to glo"* ;ust as !* the Spi"it o' the .o"d(

We have a tendenc, don’t we, to "piritali8e the"e thing"% /n fact, the 4hrch ha" "pent the

better part of 2,000 ear" doing "o, in eEect #nding wa" to e$c"e or own powerle""ne"" b

"gge"ting that God didn’t reall, literall mean what ;e "aid that it’" merel a "pirital

trth, not a literal trth% When we "a the"e thing", we rob "ch ver"e" of their power% *ookat what +criptre "a"! -he veil between God and man wa" torn a"ide in 4hri"t, and we

behold ;i" glor 'a%e to 'a%e! /" thi" the realit of or walk with 4hri"tN Are o being

tran"formed into ;i" likene"", from glor to glorN ;ow man of " live defeated 4hri"tian

live" while thi" trth "tare" " in the faceN -hi" i" God’" will for o in 4hri"t! -he veil i"

ripped a"ide, and o, 4hri"tian, are e$po"ed to the ;ol of ;olie", where the Glor of God

;im"elf "hine" with an ine$pre""ible power, radiant and pre and bright how then can we

possi!l* remain nchanged, or contine living a life that doe" not reect the re"plendent glor

of ;i" graceN

3e tran"formed b the renewing of or mind! -hi" i" the realit of or walk now, and or

de"tin in (e"" 4hri"t' that o "hold be conformed to the likene"" of God’" @nl +on% "o

if o’re living a life that doe" not reect the calling o’ve received, if the"e thing" come to

o a" a rebke rather than an encoragement, look to 4hri"t! *ook to +criptre! +eek ot

the athor and perfector of or faith for it i" He that ha" the power to tran"form o into

the likene"" of the *amb%

5on’t mi"nder"tand me' / get it / reall do% We’re all hman, we all fail, we’re all fallible% /

am painfll inade>ate in the light of m calling and the image of (e"" 4hri"t% bt thi"

work begin" and end" with Hi&% @r "ole re"pon"ibilit i" to keep or ee" on 4hri"t, and

follow where ;e lead", with the con#dence and conviction that ;e will #ni"h what ;e ha"

"tarted in "% A" Bhilippian" 1'6 "a", o can be con#dent of thi"' -hat ;e who began a

good work in o will carr it throgh to completion in the da of 4hri"t (e""%.

We do not toil in thi" life alone% /t wa" (e"" 4hri"t who began a good work in o% /n ;i"

Hame, o are beond the veil% &o are living a life, here and now, in the pre"ence of the

)ing, wa"hed in the blood of the *amb, and clothed in the righteo"ne"" of 4hri"t%


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-rn with me to ;ebrew" chapter 10, a" we clo"e%

;ebrew" 10, ver"e 19%

,+he"e'o"e !"eth"en having !oldness to ente" the Holiest !* the !lood o'


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/f it i" then +criptre "a" o’re lo"t% All the goodne"" in the world i"n’t enogh% +ermon"

and "inging and chrch attendance aren’t enogh% &o don’t need cleaning p and o’re

not enogh alone% @nl one ha" paid the debt to wa"h or "in awa% &o need 4hri"t%

&o need the *amb that wa" "lain before the fondation of the world%

*et’" pra%

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6.5 The Veil Removed