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Isaiah chapter 66 verse 18.

God says, for I know their works and their thoughts and the time is coming to gather all nations

and tongues and they shall come and see my glory.

This is a picture that God gives us of where all of history is headed toward the day when all

nations and tongues shall gather together and see his glory.

It's the end of Isaiah and it's also the end of the Bible.

This is Revelation Chapter 5, this is Revelation Chapter 7, a multitude that no one can count from every nation

tribe tongue and people so the whole picture here nations and tongues all gathered together and revelation 7 they'll sing

salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne and to the lamb the lamb being

Jesus will see and know the glory of God all nations and tongues. So this is where all of history is headed.

So when we pray, then we pray for the fulfillment of that vision. We pray for the

glory and the grace and the salvation of God to be made known among all

peoples and all nations. Not only do we pray for that but we give toward that end,

we use our resources toward that end. We use our gifts and talents toward that end, we use our resources toward that end. We use our gifts and

talents toward that end. We want our lives to play whatever part God wants us

to play and seeing his grace, grace his glory his salvation known among all

nations because we know that's where all of history is headed so I want to

encourage you I mentioned at various points in this podcast about praying for people groups, nations in the world

that have yet to hear about the name of Jesus. I want to encourage you to incorporate that

into your praying whenever possible. So today I want to lead us to pray for the

the Hmong people in Vietnam a million and a half of them, very few of them

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