Thank you. Ecclesiastes chapter
12. I did what I told you to do.
I read the whole book. I hope some of you did. It only
took about 20 minutes, didn't it? So profitable. So much wisdom. My, my. For every day, wisdom
for time and eternity. I know that we might read it
over and over again. I ask the Lord to bring these
things to our remembrance. Ecclesiastes, chapter 1, the
word means the preacher. The preacher. In verse 1, it
says the words of the preacher. And notice, preachers capitalize. son of David, King. King is a
small case. So the Lord, our God, puts more
importance on preaching than the ruler of the nation. And those of you who know the
truth know it so. Our God had one son, one begotten
well-beloved son. He came to this earth. His vocation,
his occupation was preacher. That's what he said, that's why
I came here unto my sin, to preach the gospel. So Ecclesiastes,
the words of the preacher given to him by God, wisdom of God,
the word of God, meaning of life here. It's all through this book. It's the meaning of life, the
way of life, every aspect of this life, every question you
could ask in this life, and the answers to them all. All the
answers we need, Eddie. What does that say about mankind
that he doesn't look at this book? The meaning of life and
everything we will face in life is in twelve chapters right here,
given to a man who is the wisest man to ever live. What does that
say about man, that he doesn't even read this? It's foolish. Foolish. And in the end, it begins
in chapter 1, verse 2, by saying, vanity of vanities, sayeth the
preacher. Vanity of vanities, all is vanity,
says that over and over again. Speaking of this life, everything
in it, it even refers to the years of our vanity. Vanity means
unsatisfactory, unfulfilling. It will not satisfy, it won't
fill you. And it talks throughout this
book of things, the eyes not satisfied with seeing, and the
ear with hearing, the mouth with tasting. Everything in this world,
it won't satisfy, it won't fill you up because number one, you
lose it. You lose it in the end. And that's
how it is in chapter 12, verse 8, the way it begins. Vanity,
a vanity, saith the preacher. All is vanity, empty, unsatisfactory,
unfulfilling. Look at the middle, chapter 5. Look right in the middle. And
this is why it's vanity and empty and unsatisfactory and unfulfilling. Chapter 5, verse 15. And, you
know, Job, the oldest book in the Bible, says this. You have
it? Chapter 5, verse 15. As he came
forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came. She'll take nothing of his labor.
He can't carry anything away. He came into this world with
nothing, and we're going to leave this world with nothing. What profit is there of anything
you do in this life or accumulate in this life or know in this
life? What profit was it to you? Because it's all gone in the
end. You lose it all. And then chapter 12 begins this
way. Remember your Creator. This is
the time. And we're going to look Wednesday
night at another portion of this, which I feel greatly impressed
to do so. Chapter 12, go over there. Chapter
12, Ecclesiastes, verse 8, Vanity of vanities saith the preacher,
all is vanity, and moreover, because The preacher was wise. He still taught the people knowledge. Yet he gave good heed, that is,
to God's Word and sought out and set in order many proverbs.
The preacher sought to find out acceptable words, good words. That which was written was upright,
words of truth, God's Word. The wisdom of this world is foolishness. Man says, get all you can. That's what man says. You've
seen this silly statement, he that dies with the most toys
wins. That's really what man, you've
got to get all you can. Why? You're going to lose it. Proverbs 8 says,
get wisdom. With all thy getting, get wisdom. That's what Proverbs 8 said.
But man's wisdom, you see, is foolish. Get all you can. Why? Our Lord says that some of those things are
going to rise up into judgment against people. So, verse 12, it says in chapter
12, verse 11, the words of the wise are as goads. These words are goads like a
cattle prod, that's what, to prod us, to drive us, to urge
us, to exhort us. Yeah, we have some things to
do in this life. And then it says there's nails,
goads and nails, nails by the masters of assembly, the one
who wrote this, given from one shepherd, nails to fasten us. John, you know, there is a nail
in a sure place, and everything hangs on Him. So that's the nail
I want to keep driving on, our Lord Jesus Christ. Verse 12,
Verse 12, By these, my son, be admonished. By these words, be
admonished. Now, of a making of many books, there's no end.
Do you have books in your home? We have a bunch of books. I mean,
they've accumulated over the years. I like books. I still
read books. I hate reading a computer. And I thought, I hate it. I don't
do it. I like books. I like to be able
to mark in them and write them and highlight them. And you can
still read a book when electricity goes out. You don't need man. God wrote
a book. Wrote a book for us to read. Why did I say that? Okay. The
making of many books is no end. You know, there's only one book
that we need. Right? And I'm of the opinion,
for what it's worth, that we don't need another book on any
subject. Oh, but this book. This book. And much studying is a weariness
of the flesh. It is. You know it's so, don't
you? And study is wearisome. I know, by experience. And you
do too. You try it. Hearing, this is
why the Lord says, Hear, and your soul shall live. I've done
the weary studying for you. So you come, you sit. This is
what a preacher's all about. He studies to show himself approved,
a workman that need not be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of
truth. Hearing is pleasant. Hearing is easy. Hearing is restful. Hearing is peaceful. Studying
is wearisome. It's enjoyable, but hearing is... You ladies like to cook, don't
you? Is cooking enjoyable? Well, I
mean, for the most part... Now, hold on. Don't nod your
head. It can be wearisome, can't it? It can be, oh, trying to
get all the food warm, trying to get everybody to sit down
when it's ready, and they're... No, no, no, no, no. Eating is
restful. Being served is restful, right? I love taking Mindy out to eat
because she gets to be served the food. I said, don't cook. Don't go to all that trouble.
Don't want to do dishes. Let somebody serve us. What a
blessing this is. Just come and dine. All things
are ready. If you're hungry or thirsty.
That's what the preacher's all about. All right, verse 1. Verse 1 begins this way, chapter
12. Remember now, today, right now, this is the time for us
to remember. Whatever we've forgotten, right
now, we need to remember. So many things today. Time to
be reminded. This is a good time to be reminded
how quickly we forget We can remember the most trivial and
useless and ridiculous things, can't we? We forget things that are vital.
You know, we will never really learn a lesson if we forget something
we haven't learned ever. And what poor creatures we are,
we usually have to be taught a painful lesson to remember. We need to be taught these lessons
that we won't forget. A lesson we won't forget. How quickly we forget. Malachi
3 says that the Lord, those that spake often one to another, like
we are doing right now, those that feared the Lord and thought
on His name, a book of remembrance was written. A book to remind
us. A book to bring to memory the
things that He's teaching us. Things of God. Things above.
Eternal things. That's why we're here. It's my
job to remind us. And Paul said in Philippians,
think what sort of things are pure, what sort of things are
just, what sort of things are true, what sort of things are
lovely, of good report. Think on these things, these
things. This is what we're brought back
here for, to be reminded of these things. We've heard them over
and over again. But to write the same thing, to preach the
same thing, for you to hear the same thing. It's not grievous,
is it? It's safe. It's life. Because we forget. We forget. No matter how old
we get, we haven't learned these lessons fully. Psalm 107 talks
about all the troubles that God's people get into. All of us. Why? Because they forgot. They quickly forgot God's Word. And they lusted, and God said,
lead us to their souls, and so on and so forth. Then they called
on the Lord, and He sent His Word, and it healed them, and
it brought them out of their troubles. Well, what happened?
They forgot, and they got right back into it. And in the end of that chapter,
Psalm 107, it says, So the Lord remembered for them. His covenants. You've forgotten, the Lord says,
but I'm going to remind you. I'm going to keep reminding you.
I'm going to keep teaching you until you learn. Isn't that what
you do with your children? Somebody said to a woman, I heard
you teach that, I heard you tell that child, I heard you tell
Josh something nine times. Why? She said, because he didn't
get it after eight. Oh Lord, keep teaching me. Don't let me completely forget. Don't let me fall away. Keep
reminding me that there's one thing I need for. Why? Because everything else It's
gone. It's all gone. People, things,
relationships, everything, everything in this world, in this life,
gone. Sad, isn't it? No, it doesn't have to be. No, it doesn't have to be. This
book, this book is not a morbid book. It's a wonderful book.
Please, you have to. Look at chapter 12, verse 1.
It says, Remember now, the Creator, in the days of thy youth. What
is youth? Well, you know, Forty's looking
pretty young now, isn't it? Margaret's. Isn't it? Robin. Fifty. Sixty. The Lord took Mac at sixty-two. Took Joe at sixty-two. That seems
real young now, doesn't it? Sixty-two. That's not young. It sure seems that way. To every
one of us, you know, 62, to my mother, you're way behind the
years. Youth. What is youth? Well, to our Lord, we're all
little children. That's what He addresses all
of His children, doesn't He? Well, youth is a wonderful time,
really. It's a good time. The Lord gives
us youth, those early days, and we're going to look at this.
But it goes by so quickly. Scripture says like a weaver's
shuttle. Brother John used to work at
J.P. Stevens. He took me there on a tour years
ago. You remember that? He was taking
me to John. Oh, man. How did you do that so long?
It was so deafening, the noise. But to watch, you know, to sew
the cloth and all that, you can't, you couldn't see it. It was so
fast, wasn't it? How many RPMs was that? It talks
about the years of our life like a Weaver shuttle, boom, gone.
Like a sleep. You wake up and it's gone. These
young people, these teenagers, we've got several in here, I
can't imagine being 30 years old. 30? I told you about Mike
Anderson. He went to the Army. It was the
Army Air Force. He went down there, we were 18,
18 years old, went down there and thought about joining up.
And the fellow was trying to talk him into, you know, joining
up for life. Was it 20 years? Yeah. And he
said, 20 years, I'll be 38. He said, my life is over. That was 30 years ago. 40 years
ago. 50. I believe in living. You can't
imagine that, can you? You're going to go to sleep at
16 or 20, and you're going to wake up at your 70. Right? Right, Ray? You wake up
and say, I can't believe this. Where did it go? What did I do? What have I learned? What have
I accumulated? What matters? What matters? So what's the use? Is that what
we're saying? What's the use? Just, you know,
you live, you die, it's over. What's the use? No, no, hang
on. Hang on. This whole book tells us that
God, our Creator, gives us this life to enjoy. Look at chapter
11, verse 7. This really shouldn't have been
a chapter division, but verse 7 of chapter 11 says, Truly the
light is sweet. It's a pleasant thing it is for
the eyes to behold the sun. You wake up in the morning, that
sun shines a new day. Isn't it wonderful? If you got
to sleep that night. Anyone. Every day is a day the
Lord made. And we should rejoice and be
glad in it. You know that? What a beautiful
day. That's why we ought to wake up.
Thank you. What a beautiful day. This is
a day the Lord hath made. David tells us to sing in our
beds. Sing. This is a day the Lord hath made. You know, here's what we're going
to look at. Only those who know the Lord
God, the Creator, really enjoy this life. You know that? You see it for what it is, short,
and you can really enjoy it as a gift from God. Only those that
know the Lord. You understand? Really enjoy
life. See it as a gift from God. If you don't know the Lord, it's
vanity. It's empty. It's fleeting. You want to hold
on to it. You can't. You can't. It doesn't fulfill.
But if you know the Lord, you realize time is so short. Every
little thing is just, this is good. This is a gift. Enjoy it
for what it is. Enjoy it while you can. And then
don't cry over it. It's gone. But it's from the
Lord. So, of His fullness. The Lord
giveth us all things richly to enjoy. All things. Families and
homes and all of these things. And this book tells us to enjoy
these things. But hang on. Remember. You all like that? And these things don't satisfy
no matter how much you have, no matter how much you accumulate,
you're going to lose it. It's gone. It's over in a flash. So one thing is neat. One you
need to know. One you need to have a relationship
with. Now, our Creator, the one that
gave you these things. And if we realize that God gave
us these things, richly to enjoy. And the whole earth is full of
His glory. You see that? The whole earth
is full of His glory. If you know the Lord, you can
wake up and say, God made that sign. You think about the sign,
don't you? Think about Him and the trees
and everything is a sermon that tells us of the glory of our
God and of His blessed Son, our Redeemer, doesn't it? And it's
beautiful. God has made all things beautiful
because there's such a picture of the Lord Jesus Christ. And
only those that know Him can really appreciate this time and
enjoy this time. The whole world is full of His
glory. Full of His glory. And of His
fullness have all we receive grace for grace. And so we should
wake up and live our lives to the praise of the glory of our
great Creator who gave us this time. It's the joy of the Lord's
your strength. It's a bad testimony to be in
a bad mood. It's a bad testimony to murmur
and complain. You're no better than the world. Oh Lord, teach us. Paul said
all things are yours. All things. We've met on a vacation
before, and they were calling for bad weather, and it sunshined
the whole time. Now, rain's good. Rain's wonderful. But we thought, the Lord did
this just for us. You think not? You think not? He said of Israel, I gave Egypt
for you. I agree with Ethiopia and Cebu
for you. The whole world exists for the
glory of God and the good of God's people. And when he's done
with it, he's going to fold it up like a vesture and take all
these people out of here. Everything is for God's glory
and God's people. Everything. That's the way we
need to face everything. This is good. Even the bad. It's good. All right? Look at verse 8. Now
he says to the young people, he says, truly the light is sweet,
but if a man live many years and rejoicing in them all, yet
let him remember the days of darkness, they shall be many. Days of light, you wake up, sun's
shining, everything's okay, and the next morning, things could
really change in a hurricane. Something can happen. The Lord
takes something. Oh, what a difference a day makes,
doesn't it? Well, who made that day, too?
Now, all that cometh is vanity. Verse 9, he says, Rejoice, O
young man, in thy youth. Let thy heart cheer thee in the
days of thy youth. Rejoice. Rejoice. But remember, he says, for all
these things God will bring thee into judgment. Put away evil from your flesh,
and childhood and youth are vanity. Oh, that they were wise, but
consider this. Remember their latter end. Teach
us to number our days, that we might apply our hearts to wisdom.
So he says in verse 1, Remember now thy Creator in the days of
thy youth. In the days of thy youth. Chapter
12, verse 1. Seek ye first the kingdom of
God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added
to you. Are you listening to him? Young people. Everybody under 80. Remember now. Seek ye first. Who said that? The Lord Jesus
Christ. In his Sermon on the Mount. Seek
ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness. What's that? How many people in the world
know what His righteousness is? How many people care? Do you? Oh, don't you though? Surely
shall one say, in the Lord have I righteousness. Because this
is what he says, John. Say ye to the righteous, it shall
be well with him, no matter what happens, no matter what the Lord
sends, no matter what he gives, no matter what he takes away.
Tell the righteous, it's good It shall be well with them. So what's it mean to be righteous?
Few people know this. How many people in the world
over are religious and trying to establish... There you go
again. Yes. Yes. This is the root of the matter,
isn't it? How many people are religious and think, if I just
be righteous, if I just be good, if I just quit my meanness, if
I just straighten up and fly right, if I just do right and
be right and I'll get right with God? No, you won't either. If
that's what it takes and Jesus Christ died in pain, He didn't
need to come. And that's what this whole book
is saying. How can He be cleanest born of
woman? God be just to justify unrighteous
people. How? How? How? One way. Christ
said, I have the way. He's our righteous. Seek ye first
the kingdom of God. That doesn't just mean you want
to go to heaven. That means the king and his dominion. The world
says, we will not have this man reign over us. Oh, pray. Ask
the Lord to reign over you. Please, call on the Lord, young
people. Call on the Lord. Come and reign. Come and take
hold of me before this world does. Oh, Lord God, take me captive
before this world holds me captive, and I may not ever get out of
its grasp. Like, you know, someone was going
to have a child and I said, oh my, I hope they belong to the
Lord. That should be our greatest concern. Well, it says in verse 1, before
the, remember in the days of thy youth, seek ye first the
kingdom of God. Seek Christ, seek to know Him.
And all these things will be added to you. You have anything
you need. If you have Christ, you have
all you need. He despaired not His Son, but
delivered Him up for us all. How shall He not, with that unspeakable
gift, freely give us all things? Oh, but my house payments. Your house payments? Are you serious? Christ made that blood payment,
and you're worried about those things? What's wrong with us? Our God is so much more merciful
and gracious and loving and kind than we are. He says, cast all
your care, whatever it is you care about, you're troubled about,
cast it all on Him. He's the one caring for you anyway. He says, now the evil days are
coming. Now, the evil days being old
age. Now, old age is not evil in itself,
but if you don't know the Lord, it is. This is why he's exhorting young
people and all of us to think on things above, to know our
God, call on the Lord. Whoever shall call on the name
of the Lord be saved from evil days. Evil days. You know, I'm a music
lover, always have been. a singer-songwriter in the 60s
and 70s, David Crosby. Stills and Nash. And he turned
80. He's 82 years old. And somebody was interviewing
him. They were going to celebrate
his birthday. And he said, this is sad. And he's old, white-headed, and
he's just old. He's dying. And he said, you
don't celebrate old age. He doesn't want to be old. You
know, God's people don't mind. God's people don't mind getting
old. As a matter of fact, it's kind of exciting. You're looking at me like I'm
crazy. It is. Why not? Going to my long
home. It's almost over. What's over?
The vanity. The emptiness. The troubles.
The heartaches. The sadness. Death. No more death. No more partying. We sing that
song. What a day that shall be. There'll be no more partying
over there. We'll have to attend one more funeral. It's all one
big wedding. Really. That's right. Evil days. It says that you have
no pleasure in these things, the things of this world. No
pleasure. Verse 2, it says, Before the
evil days come nigh, you have no pleasure in it. While the
sun is shining, while it's light, the moon and the stars are not
darkened. Clouds, no clouds after rain. Oh, I thought, Lord. And this is what Peter said.
I thought about our young people. Oh, so many. Peter said this. He said, you
do well to take heed unto this word that you're hearing because
it's a light that shineth in a dark place. And you take heed
and you listen until, hopefully, by God's mercy, by God's grace,
the day dawn and the day start rising in your hearts. Until
it dawn upon you. Until the truth dawn. Until the
Lord opened your blind eyes. Amen. That's my prayer. I don't want this to be interesting.
I want the Lord to hope and pray that the Lord will actually cause
someone to know their Creator, to know their Lord, to call on
Him. Verse 3 says, The days when the keepers of the house tremble. That's your hands. Strong men
shall bow themselves. That's your legs. hands, you
know, so many things. When I was young, there wasn't
anything I didn't think I could do, could not do. Anything I
didn't think I could not do. Now, a lot of that's pride. There's
lots of it. I learned more from error than success. But now, I'm not sure I can do anything.
I don't have much confidence at all anymore. Things just don't
work like they used to. That's why the scripture says,
let not the wise man glory in his wisdom. Let not the strong
man glory in his strength. Let not the beautiful glory in
his beauty. Let not the young athlete glory
in his athleticism. And you'll do well to just walk
without a limp. Grinders shall cease. Teeth gone. Those that look out
the window to be darkened, that's your eyes are dim. I remember
working with my father-in-law, Mindy's dad, we were working,
you know. I'm 30 years younger than him,
and he's got his bifocals out like, he's just, he's just, you
can't see. I can't see him. Poor old man. Here, I'll do that for you. Now,
here I am. I can't see that. It's coming. Luke, it's coming. The doors will be shut in the
street. The sound of the grinding is low. That's your hearing's
gone. Rise up at the voice of a bird. Sleep gone. You know,
teenagers, you have to wake them up. They'd sleep for 24 hours
if you didn't wake them up. Now you're just hoping you get
four hours of uninterrupted sleep. Daughters of music brought low
though. Verse 5, when they shall be afraid of that which is high,
I used to, well, I'm not going to tell you what I used to do.
I used to be pretty fearless, but not now. Fears
should be in the way. I remember when the Lord first
sent this plague. I remember being disappointed
in some older believers and fearfulness until I read this verse. until I was reminded of this
part. Fear is getting away. You think the older you get,
the more fearless you get, the more faith you get. You keep
getting older and older until finally you just have so much
faith you're not worried about anything. No. You start heading
back the other way. Right? Start getting like little
children. I became my father. Unbelievable,
Brother Steve. I became his father. My dad,
he was such a strong man. I've never known a man more brilliant
than him. In the last days, he looked to
me for wisdom. Unbelievable. Sad. Not sad for him. Oh no. This is why I say, when you see
all these things happening to you, it's not evil. Lift up your
head and your redemption draws nigh. Almond tree will flourish. There's
a bunch of almond trees in here. That's the hair. I've seen pictures
of this congregation from behind like 20 or 30 years ago. There
might be one white head in there. Take one now. They're everywhere. Grasshoppers shall be a burden.
The least little thing will upset you. Desires should fail. The Lord gives desires, puts
these desires in us. Often they're good, but it's
all going to fail. A man goes to his long home,
says the mourners go about the streets, the mourners. As I said a while ago, I can't
imagine being without these people I mentioned and so many others.
And we're going to mourn. Brother John Sheasley, his body
lies here. He sat in there like, I don't
look forward to that. Well, you know what? A few years
will come and go. is forgotten by all but just
a few people. It's sad. Brother John Chapman
brought this up in Wisdom. He says, you see, a person's
life, the date of their birth and their death behind their
name, like an author of something, 1948 and then dash 19 or 2010,
okay, that dash, that's life. a dot, a blip, and Psalm 103
says, the place thereof shall know it no more. Like, everybody
will, your dearest friend will forget you. Because life goes on. But there's a friend. who sticketh
closer than a brother. And here's what you need to say,
like the thief. Lord, remember me when you come
into your kingdom. And it doesn't matter who knew
you, if he knows you. Right? Then life starts afresh, anew. And there's no dash. No end. No sadness. Really? Really? The Lord Jesus Christ sits there. Solomon was a wise man, wisest
man to ever live. The Lord made him so. The Lord
made him a farmer. The Lord made him a doctor, a
lawyer, a scientist, a botanist, a poet, a musician, an anatomist. He wrote, this is like parables,
and hidden to the silver cord, the golden bowl, the pitcher,
the fountain, the wheel, what's all that talking about? The spinal
cord, the brain quits working. The heart stops. Blood stops
pumping. The cistern quits. The wheel
stops working. I don't know what it does. Verse 7, the dust shall return
to the earth as it was. Dust. That's all we are. Dust and ashes. It began that
way in the garden, didn't it? God created man out of the dust
of the earth and formed him, okay? And then when he sinned,
God said, Dust you are, dust you'll return. And people stand
at the grave, and preachers wax all eloquent and all that, and
they say, Dearly beloved, we're gathered here. Dust to dust and
ashes to ashes. And nobody takes it down. It's
just so many words. That's what everything goes back
to. Everything. Dusts. Dusts. You blow it away. It's
gone. Scripture says we lay everything
into balance. It's like the dust. Empty. So. So, soul goes back to spirit,
goes back to God who gave it. So, vanity of vanity. Vanity
of vanity. Now, verse 13. Let's hear the
conclusion of the whole matter. Okay, let's conclude this thing.
What have we learned here? Is there anything, anything in
this life that eternally matters? Anything. Anyone. Anything. One
thing. Fear God. Know your Lord. Call upon the Lord. Whosoever
shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Lord, I
want to know you. Lord, reveal yourself to me.
For no man knows the things of God, so the Spirit of God reveal
them. Lord, reveal yourself to me. If you fear God, did you
read that little quote by Spurgeon? Wasn't that good? Somebody, an
anonymous person said, those that don't fear God need to fear
everything. If you don't fear God, you need to fear everything. You need to wear a shield. You need to go somewhere and
hide out. But I'm here to tell you, He still won't protect you.
But Spurgeon said, those who fear God, Need not fear anybody. Why? They know. God did this. That in Him I live and move and
have my being. He's the God in whose hands my
breath is and all my ways. The Lord gave and I take it away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.
The Lord let me enjoy this and He took it away. The Lord killeth. This is what Hannah prayed, didn't
she? Don't talk so proudly now, all of you. The Lord maketh rich.
The Lord maketh poor. The Lord bringeth down. The Lord
raiseth up. The Lord killeth and the Lord maketh alive. What's
that give us? Fear of the Lord. Call on the
Lord. Repentance. Faith. Belief. Trust. Peace, hope, confidence. How
could you live in this world if you didn't know the God who
made it? How could you live in it? How
could you cope? How could you get by all these
things? It's all going to happen awfully. How can you endure these
things? How do people get through this? Hoping in luck and chance and
hoping it doesn't happen to me. I hope I'm lucky. No, but if you know the Lord,
you can lie down and go to sleep and come what may. You know, He said it, and it's
good. I don't understand, but it's
good. I'm going to trust Him. I'll wait and see. I'm going
to just wait and see. And I'm going to see the goodness
of the Lord in all of them. Keep His commandment. Do what
He says. Yes, that's what it means. It's the whole duty of
man. God bring every work into judgment,
every secret thing, good or evil, all written in the books. Everything's
written in the books. Everything concerning us, everything
that has happened, is happening, shall happen, is all written,
predestined and written in the books. Now, here's what you need
to know. Here's what you need. hope for
and pray for that your name is written in the Lamb's Book of
Life. If so, I'm here to tell you it is happily ever after. Happily
ever after. Okay.