Now tonight, I want you to turn
in your Bibles to Revelation chapter 11. I'm going to deal with the last
part of this chapter. Where it begins in verse 14,
the second woe is past and behold, the third woe come quickly. You remember, that's the three
woes that were pronounced upon the earth by the angel. And now
we're coming to the sounding of the seventh trumpet. That's
the last trumpet. Seventh trumpet's the last one.
Seven completion. We've been studying these seven
trumpets, the opening of the seventh seal. Here's the last
trumpet. Let me introduce this message,
though, by reading another passage in Hebrews chapter nine. And
I want you to think about this. There's a special comfort and
peace and joy for the people of God in the reading of God's
Word, I believe. And the reason is because we
know that it leads us to take our solace and our rest in Christ. What I'm going to be talking
about tonight is the Second Coming of Christ and the Day of Judgment.
That's what the seventh trumpet sounds out, sounds forth. There's
a lot to be said about that subject. A lot of people like to talk
about it. Most preachers use it as a scare tactic. Christ
is coming again. What will you be doing if he
comes today, tonight? And people get to worrying about
that. And it's a good way to keep people in line, as they
say. But that's not what the Second Coming is all about to
the people of God. It's not a scare tactic. Now,
you who don't know Christ, we're going to talk about what the
Bible calls the terror of the Lord. For you who don't know
Christ, we who know Him, who follow Him and rest in Him, we
know the terror of the Lord. We know it. But those who don't
know Christ, those who have not fled to Him for refuge from the
wrath to come, it is a shameful terror that cannot be described. Look here in verse 27 of Hebrews
chapter 9. This expresses the theme of this
passage that we're going to deal with tonight. And as it is appointed
unto men once to die, now that's an appointment that we're going
to keep. We're not going to show up early
and we're not going to show up late. And those who are alive
when Christ comes again, this is still an appointment we will
keep. Now what I mean by that, you know, people talk about death,
physical death. Now listen to me, the Bible teaches
this now. This vile body must be changed. This corruptible must put on
incorruption. And that's the equivalent of
death for every one of God's children. So this is an appointment. Now, you look around our congregation,
and I will have been here three years in December, and there's
some people who were here, sitting in the pews, that are not here
now. They're in a better place. They're
better off than we are. And you don't know what a year
is going to bring, do you? Next year, if the Lord allows
me to live and allows me to stay here, there may be some of you
who are sitting here tonight who won't be here. But I know
this. Every man, every woman has a
life to live, a death to die, a judgment to face, and an eternity
to spend." Now, that's four things that are common to everybody.
So, as it is appointed. Now, who made that appointment?
You didn't make it. God did. It's in His hands. And it says, as it is appointed
unto men once to die, but after this, the judgment. There is
a judgment to face. Now, what is our hope in the
judgment? Look at verse 28. So, Christ was once offered offered
one time to bear the sins of many. How many? He knows, I don't. Christ knows how many. But he
bore the sins of many. He took their sins to the cross
and paid our debt. And unto them, now this is spoken
unto them that look for him. Now that's the look of expectation,
not the look of terror. but the look of expectation.
Who look for him shall he appear the second time without sin."
In other words, he won't be coming again bearing sins. He came once
and he bore our sins. The second time he will not come
to bear our sins. The second time he will come
to judge. And it says he will come the
second time without sin unto salvation. That's for his people.
Now look at Revelation 11. It says in verse 15, And the
seventh angel sounded, and there were great voices in heaven,
saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms
of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign for ever and
ever. Christ shall reign. And the four
and twenty elders, now that's the church, that's God's elect,
that's the redeemed, which sat before God on their seats, fell
upon their faces, and worshipped God. This is a time of worship. This is not a time to run and
hide, folks, for the people of God. This is a time of worship. And saying, we give thee thanks,
O Lord God Almighty. which art, and wast, and art
to come." Now that phrase there is the equivalent of, I am. I am. When God told Moses, I
am that I am. That is the fullness of God throughout
eternity right there. The God that was, the God that
is, the God that is to come. So we give thanks. O Lord God
Almighty, we give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art,
which wast, and art to come, the eternal, unchangeable, self-existent
God, because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and
hast reigned." It says in verse 18, Now the nations were angry,
and thy wrath is come. And the time of the dead, that
they should be judged, and thou shouldest give reward unto thy
servants, the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear
thy name, small and great, and shouldest destroy them which
destroy the earth." That word, that last destroy there is corrupt,
which corrupt the earth. You may see that in your concordance.
And it says, and the temple of God was opened in heaven. And
there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament. And
there were lightnings and voices and thunderings and an earthquake
and great hail. This is the day. What day? The day that the Apostle Paul
spoke of when he stood on Mars Hill in Acts chapter 17. And
he spoke those great words of truth concerning the God who
is judge of the quick and the dead. and the God who commands
all men everywhere to repent, because he hath appointed a day
in which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man,
the man, the man, whom he hath ordained, whereof he hath given
assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead."
That day. That day. This is the final judgment. This is the second coming of
Christ. The chapters that follow this give us some really instructive
and comforting truth for the people of God concerning the
wonder and the greatness and the sovereignty and the judgments
of our Lord. Let me tell you about this day,
this day of His reign. Number one, it's a day of total,
total victory for our Lord. The psalmist spoke of it quite
often. I spoke of it in the Psalms that Brother Joe read. Let me
read you just a few examples of that in the Psalms. In Psalm
93 and verse 1, it says, The Lord reigneth. He's clothed with
majesty. The Lord is clothed with strength.
Wherewith he hath girded himself, the world also established that
it cannot be moved. His reign cannot be destroyed
or even moved. Psalm 96 and verse 10 says, Say
among the heathen, that the Lord reigneth." This is a message
not just for God's people. Even those who are incensed against
Him are going to hear this. It says, "...the world also shall
be established, that it shall not be moved. He shall judge
the people righteously." We're going to see this later on. The
judgments of God are always according to truth. Now, you mark it down. In God's judgment, He's going
to do what's right. He'll never make a mistake. And
there'll be none who end up in eternal hell who do not deserve
to be there. And there'll be none who finally
end up in eternal bliss with Christ who do deserve to be there in ourselves. The reason we'll
be there is Christ and Him crucified. And we see that in In the passage,
there's Psalm 97, 1, listen to this, the Lord reigneth, let
the earth rejoice. God's in control. Christ is on
the throne. Let's rejoice. Let the multitude
of Isles be glad thereof. Psalm 99 in verse 1, the Lord
reigneth. Let the people tremble. He sitteth
between the cherubims. Let the earth be moved. His righteous
reign between the cherubims. That's a picture of the mercy
seat. The book of Zechariah, the prophet spoke of it in Zechariah
14 and verse 9, it said, and the Lord shall be king over all
the earth. In that day there shall be one
Lord and his name one. And then the opening that I read
there in Philippians chapter 2, I think is so significant
to this. It says there that at the name
of Jesus, every knee should bow. God has given him a name above
every name, exalted him. And at his name, every knee is
going to bow, and every tongue is going to confess that Jesus
Christ is Lord. It is a day of total victory.
Now let me say this. Turn to Acts chapter 2. Now first of all, this reign
that is being spoken of here is the manifestation and the
actual establishment of his universal reign as mediator. Because I
want you to see this. Now, Christ has always been and
always will be Lord. He didn't start out as one thing
and become another. He's always been Lord. He's always
been in control. This world has never been out
of God's control. Somebody said, well, it's out
of our control. It never was in our control. But it never
has been out of God's control. This world never has. Nothing
that's ever happened on this earth has ever taken God by surprise. Nothing's ever happened in the
universe. He created it for Himself. He created it for His glory.
His purposes and His power control it. He saved His people through
His Son, and that's the fulfillment of His sovereign purpose to glorify
Himself. And everything in this universe
that's ever taken place in history and now and in the future is
running that course that God set for it, and it's going to
end up right where He determined, not foresaw, but determined that
it's going to be. He's in control. Our God reigns.
Now, my friend, if that's not true, then you better look for
another God. That's true. Somebody said, well, it's not
God, it's fate. Well, who's He? Who is fate? The Muslims call
it kismet. What is that? It means nothing,
you say. But when you see that a sovereign
God is in control, the prime mover of all things, the controller
of all things to the people of God, that's a comfort. That's
a reason to worship and serve Him. Christ has always been and
always will be Lord. But look back here at Acts chapter
2 at verse 36. Now, he says here in verse 35
that God, the Father, is going to make His enemies the footstool
of Christ. And that's at that day when every
knee is going to bow and every tongue is going to confess that
He's Lord. And you know, the picture there of a footstool
is somebody that's being forced against their will. It's a forced
submission. You see, there'll be no repentance
in this day of judgment. There'll be no godly repentance
unto salvation, I should say. But there'll be sorrow, there'll
be gnashing of teeth, the scripture says. That's gritting the teeth.
And it'll be a forced submission. But it says in verse 36, this
is the end of Peter's sermon at Pentecost, he says, Therefore
let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God hath made
that same Jesus whom you crucify, both Lord and Christ. Now what
is that talking about? That's talking about his mediatorial
lordship as God-man. As our blessed and victorious
mediator and redeemer, he has acquired a lordship that men
have never seen before. First, when he conquered sin
and Satan and the world on the cross of Calvary and our justification. That's what Paul's talking about
there in Philippians chapter 2. When it says here that Christ
being formed in verse 8, being found rather in fashion as a
man, he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross. Wherefore, for that reason, God
also hath highly exalted him and given him a name above every
name. As God, he was always Lord. As God, he always had a name
above every name. But now, as God-man, Now, that's
something that we ought to be interested in now. You see, this
one who is God was made flesh and dwelt among us, and he's
highly exalted as God-man now. Now, the reason that we ought
to be interested in it is because that, my friend, is our salvation. Had he not become flesh and dwelt
among us, there'd be no salvation. If he had not come the first
time, to redeem us from our sins as God-men, to put away our sins,
to bear our sins that one time on the cross, then there'd be
no second coming, there'd be nothing but judgment. In fact,
really, if you think about it, if there'd been no purpose of
God to save his people through Christ, the God-man mediator,
the substitute, the redeemer, the moment Adam fell, we'd have
been snuffed out. Now, that's so. But when he conquered
sin and Satan and the world on the cross by justifying his people,
God highly exalted him, lifted him up, and gave him a name above
every name. That is the name of Jesus. And
then secondly here, back here in Revelation 11, when he comes
the second time to subdue all things unto himself and bring
this whole universe to realize what What they do not know, now,
that he's Lord, that he reigns, he's on the throne, he's in control.
That's total victory. He already has the victory. He
told his disciples, he said, don't fear the world, I've overcome
the world. He said, don't fear Satan. Now, don't be ignorant
of his wiles now. In talking about Satan, don't
be ignorant of his devices. But you don't have to be afraid
of Satan. I've taken care of him. I've taken care of him. You're in the world, but you're
not out of the world. But here is total victory of our Savior. Go back to Revelation 11. Now,
here's the second thing. This day is a great day of glory
and joy and worship and praise for the church. I'll tell you
what a day this is going to be. We sang that song. What a day
it will be. He says here, look, look back
at verse 16. Now he says, Christ shall reign
forever and ever. And then it talks about the four
and 20 elders. Now. You know, when he talks
about the final judgment and you know how most people think
of the judgment, how they sing about the judgment, they picture
the judgment of somebody coming before God and God just like
in some sort of a movie or something, just relating all their life,
everything they've ever done. And then God sort of just weighs
it out, you know, how many good works you've done, how many bad
works you've done. We'll see which one tips the scales, that
kind of thing. And either they believe that's
their salvation if they've got enough good works. But if they
don't believe that, they'll believe, well, at least we're going to
be rewarded based on our good works. And I heard one man said
he didn't want to be a street sweeper in heaven. He wanted
to live in a mansion. And you hear all that kind of mythology
revolving around the judgment. Let me tell you something about
the judgment. The judgment will not determine anything. In other
words, you won't be found at judgment to find out where you're
going to be after the judgment is already over. The judgment
is declarative. It's going to declare all things.
It's going to bring all things out in the open as they already
are. And it will declare the reality. of the standing and state of
all people. That's what the judgment's going
to do. And here's what it's going to declare. It's going to declare
whether you are justified or not justified before the law
of God. How do you stand before God's
law? And remember, God's judgments are always according to truth
and justice. He will by no means clear the
guilty. The soul that sins must surely
die. Lord, if thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, Psalm 130, verse
3, who shall stand? Now, where do you think it will
be in that judgment? In other words, if God accounts
sin to me or to you, who among us would stand? Somebody made
the statement one time. They said, at the judgment, I
don't want justice. I want mercy. Now, listen to
me. Too bad. Because the day of mercy
is over here. The day of mercy is over. You
know when the day of mercy is? Right now. Now is the day of
salvation. What do you think they call it?
Judgment day. It's a day of justice, not a day of mercy. The day of
mercy is over. Somebody says, well, then where
is our hope? How can there be any joy there?
How can there be any comfort, safety and peace? Well, I'm going
to tell you something. It'll be a day of glory and worship
and praise for God's people, the redeemed of the Lord, who've
been washed in the blood of Christ. They have no sins to lay to their
account. That's right. Me? A sinner? That's exactly right. Who shall
lay anything to the charge of God's elect? It's God that declared
you not guilty in Christ. It's God that declared you righteous,
and if God declared it and his judgments are always according
to truth, I'll guarantee you it is no legal fiction. He's
not just playing games there. When he looks at Ron Traybent
and he says, not guilty, you know what that means? That means
Ron Traybent's not guilty. And that's to the God who sees
your heart, sees your thoughts. How do I know that? Because I
have nothing to plead before God but Christ and Him crucified.
And that's what this is about here. Look at verse 16, the four
and twenty elders. Who is that? That's God's elect. That's the redeemed of the Lord.
That's those whose robes, it's said, have been washed white
in the blood of the Lamb. They've been justified. Who is
he that cannot be condemned? There's no possibility. That applies to every one of
God's people right now. In other words, that's not just
something that'll be true at the judgment. It's true right
now, folks, but it'll just be declared at the judgment. It'll
be declared unto all the universe. God's gonna vindicate his people.
He's gonna vindicate himself. It says they sat before God on
their seats. That's the redeemed. That's the
regenerated. That's the ones who have been
called unto the Lord. They fell upon their faces. They worshiped
God. And they said, we give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty,
the great I Am, which art and was and art to come. You remember
when God revealed that to Moses, it was just before he sent Moses
down into Egypt to redeem his people out of bondage. Who am
I going to say sent me? I am, Moses. Tell them, I am
that I am has sent me unto you. And the great I am came to this
earth. That's right, the great I am. He said it, I am the way, the
truth, and the life. No man cometh unto the Father
but by me. I am the resurrection and the
life. Martha, Martha, I am the resurrection
and the life. I am the bread of life. I am. Before Abraham was, he said,
I am. I was, I am, I will be the everlasting,
eternal God. That's the God of redemption.
That's the God of grace. And he says, it says here that
this, they give thanks to this great and almighty God of redemption,
because thou hast taken to thee thy great power and hast reigned. We glory in His reign. We glory
in His sovereignty. You tell me a child of God is
going to rebel at the thought of a sovereign God? Not so. We glory in it. We worship. We thank God He's sovereign.
Because a God who's not sovereign is no God at all. He couldn't
save me. He couldn't save you. And that's
the way they preach Him. He won't save you unless you
let Him. That's the way they preach Him. That's not the God
of the Bible, folks. Our God reigns. Christ is on
the throne and He reigns right now. And He shall reign over
this whole universe. That will be declared. It will
be a day of glory for all who are robed in His righteousness
imputed. Oh, my soul, you won't want to
be found at the King's wedding feast with your own garments
on. And these people talk about, well, God's going to find out
how many works you did. Don't wear that robe. Don't wear
that robe. Wear the one he provides. Wear
the one he gives. Because that's the one that pleases
him. And that'll declare before the universe. Now, it will be
a day of wrath and horror for all who are incensed against
Christ. Isaiah spoke of it. Isaiah 45, 24 says, Surely shall
one say, In the Lord have I righteousness and strength. Even to him shall
men come, and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.
Look over at Romans chapter 2. This notion of judgment, people
are so confused about it, so ignorant of it. Look at verse
1 of Romans 2. The Apostle Paul, by the power of the Holy Spirit,
sets it in order here. He's talking here about the religious
Jews who judged themselves to be righteous and despised others
or judged others to be lost. Based on what? What was their
standard? Well, their standard was their religion. It was their
morality, their sincerity, their works. And he says in verse 1,
Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whoever thou art that
judges. Now, he's not talking about all
judgment there. You know, some people say, well,
we're not supposed to judge. Now, hold on. Now, we are to
judge. We're commanded to judge. I'll
prove it to you. In Matthew 7 and verse 1, when
he says, judge not that you be not judged, what's he talking
about there? He's talking about self-righteous judgment. That's
the same thing he's talking about here. John 7 and verse 24, he
commanded his disciples, he said, judge not by outward appearance,
but judge righteous judgment. Now, how can we who are sinners
judge righteously? By the word of God. That's how. Now, that doesn't mean we set
ourselves up as judges over other people's hearts or anything like
that. But whenever we hear a man preach, the Bible says, test
the spirit. Don't believe everything you
hear. You make sure what you're hearing is according to this
book, according to God's word, that it exalts Christ, that it
puts sinners in the dust where they belong, where we belong,
and exalts Christ as the one and only mediator. Be like the
noble Bereans who went and searched these things out to see if Peter
and Paul and James and John, the apostles, were telling them
the truth. Now, that's the way it is. But
all judgment that is self-righteous is forbidden. And that's what
he's talking about here. Look at verse one again. For
wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself. For
thou that judgest doest the same things. In other words, these
Pharisees, they look at a person, they say, well, I know that person's
lost because they're a sinner. Well, you are too. I'm a sinner
too. What's that say? Well, it means
we're all goners then. If that's the standard. He says
in verse 2, but we are sure that the judgment of God is according
to truth against them which commit such things. And thinkest thou
this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest
the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God? You say,
well, that man's lost because he's a sinner. Well, you're a
sinner too. What makes you think you're going to escape God's
judgment? What makes you think that you're going to escape that
wrath when it comes? When that overflowing scourge
comes through, you say, well, now it's going to get that fellow
over there, but it's not going to get me. Why? Upon what basis do you make such
a statement? Listen to me, people of God,
can't we say that? If we can't, then the second
coming of Christ will be a day of terror for us, too. Can't
we say that the judgment And the wrath of God against our
sins will not come upon us, yes, but upon what basis? On what
ground? You see what I'm saying? Well,
I've done what I'm supposed to do. Wrong. You say, well, I've
been a pretty good boy all my life. I'm not perfect, but I'm
not as bad as old so-and-so back there. No, no, that won't get
it in. You say, well, I walked in on,
got baptized. Will that do it? Will that remove
God's wrath? Will that bring about forgiveness of sins? Will
that justify a sinner before God? You say, well, I've never
missed a day of Sunday school. Got my pen right here. Will that
do it? Will that remove God's wrath?
Will that bring you in at judgment in a right standing before God?
You say, well, I'm a Baptist. Will that do it? No, sir. My
friend, there's not but one thing and one thing alone. that'll
justify a sinner before God, and that's the blood of the Lord
Jesus Christ. Revelation 12 talks about that
quite a bit. When Satan comes along and accuses
the brethren, how is he turned back? By the blood of the Lamb. You see, you're not going to
turn Satan back by pleading what you've accomplished. You're not
going to turn Satan back by pleading what you've been enabled to do
and what you're so proud of. You're not going to turn Satan
back by your ceremonies and your religion and your sincerity.
All he's going to do when you plead that is embrace you. Say,
pal, we're together. But you plead the blood of the
Lamb. You plead the righteousness of God's Son. You'll turn him
back every time. And that's the issue of judgment.
Let me show you that. Here in Romans chapter 2 he talks
about the Gentiles who don't have the law of Moses. He says,
but they've got the law on their conscience. Verse 15 shows the
work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience, also
bearing witness in their thoughts the mean while accusing or else
excusing one another. Verse 16 says this. I want you
to read this. Go back to verse 12. He says,
verse 11, for there is no respect of persons with God. You see,
it doesn't matter who you are, where you come from, or what
you've accomplished. God is no respecter of persons. Verse 12,
for as many as have sinned without law, that is, without the law
of Moses, like the Jews, or like the Gentiles, shall also perish
without the law. They have a law, they have their
conscience, you see. And as many as have sinned in
the law, like the Jews, shall be judged by the law, now jump
down to verse 16, there's a parenthesis there, in the day. When God shall
judge the secrets of men by what? By who? Jesus Christ, according
to my gospel. There's your key. There's the
judgment. Go back to Revelation 11. So this day will be a great day
of joy for those who are in Christ, who are found in him. He is what
turns back God's wrath from his people. Thirdly, it's going to
be a day of great terror and wrath for all who are without
Christ. Look at verse 18. And the nations were angry, and
thy wrath is come in the time of the dead, that they should
be judged, and that thou shouldst give reward unto thy servants
the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name,
small and great, and should destroy them which destroy or corrupt
the earth. What he's showing here is this, all who are without
Christ shall be damned. All who are in Christ shall live
eternally with him. There is no hope at the judgment
without Christ, without his blood and his righteousness. Here's
the great division between all people without exception right
here. Over in 2 Corinthians chapter 5, the apostle spoke of this
when he said, we preach the gospel. Our whole mission on earth is
to preach the glory of Christ, and it says in verse 10 of 2
Corinthians 5, we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ,
that everyone may receive the things done in his body according
to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. Now, what
is going to determine whether it's good or bad? Christ and
him crucified. How do you stand before God in
relationship to Christ? All who stand washed in His blood,
in Him, that's the goodness that God's judgment will declare.
Not their own goodness, not their own righteousness, but His. All
who stand without Christ, bad. And then Paul said in verse 11,
knowing therefore the terror of the Lord. Now, what is the
terror of the Lord? The terror of the Lord is to
stand before God at judgment without Christ. We know that. Can you think of anything more
terrible? Can you think of anything more horrible than to come to
God's judgment without Christ? Shudder to think about it. And
we know that. So what do we do? We persuade men. We preach. We beg. We beseech, Paul said. Come to Him. Don't wait another
moment. You say, well, what if I'm not
around when He comes back? Well, you may go out of this
life before. Come to Christ. Christ said it. Come unto me, all you that labor
and are heavy laden. I'll give you rest. There's peace
with Him. You see, to stand before God at judgment and be accepted,
you need righteousness. You don't have it, but He does.
And we know the terror of the Lord without Him. Paul said we're
made manifest unto God, and I trust also we're made manifest in your
eyes. Look at the last verse here back
in Revelation 11. Now, here's the last. This day
is a day of beginnings. Now look at this. He says, And
the temple of God, verse 19, was opened in heaven, and there
was seen in his temple the ark of his testament. You know what
that's talking about. That's talking about the person
and work of Christ in behalf of his people. And this is a
day of beginnings for all who have him, for all who are in
Christ by faith in him. all who are clothed in his righteousness,
washed in his blood. It's the beginning, this is a
day of beginning of a perfect, sinless, uninterrupted fellowship
and communion with God in Christ. Perfect peace, perfect joy forever
in God's glorious presence. But hold on. It says, and there
were lightnings and voices and thunderings and an earthquake
and great hail. For all who are found without
Christ, it's a day of beginning too. It's the beginning of eternal
death and eternal banishment from God. What a day. What a day. Now, our only hope
now and forever is to turn to Him whom to know is life eternal.
That's it. And the day of judgment, we have
no other way, no other hope. And these subsequent verses are
going to show that in clear technicolor, using very graphic language.
My friend, the most terrible thing that I can imagine for
any sinner is to come before God at judgment without a mediator,
without a substitute, without a savior. Can you imagine anything
worse? And I, you know, back at the
meeting we had, we heard some singers talking about heaven.
And they were singing about streets of gold and all that. And, you
know, you have symbolic language in Revelation like that, you
know. But, you know, it is symbolic. You know what, in heaven, that
gold coin's not going to be worth a grain of sand. Do you know
that? That diamond, you girls like
diamonds so much. When you get to heaven, I'm going
to tell you, they're not going to be worth anything to you. You
see, heaven's not in literal gold and diamonds, streaks like
that, and pearl and all that. Heaven is to be with Christ. That's what all that means. That
gold represents the glory of His person. That diamond, that's
the many-faceted glory of Christ, our mediator. All of that is
representative of Christ, you see. That's heaven. That's heaven.
And that's what John was talking about. We'll see him as he is. And we'll be made like him. And
what a day that will be. All right.