Would you join me as we pray? Lord, will I answer to you this morning be yes, Lord.

Yes, that we are here for a reason, Lord, and that's to receive your word, Lord, from your word.

Your living and active word, Lord.

So would you speak through pastor as he takes us to the book of Revelation chapter 20, Lord?

Would you give us clarification and understanding, Lord, that we may not leave here

the same as we enter, Lord. So we praise your name. We give you all the glory. We ask these things

in Jesus' name. We pray. Amen. Amen. And amen. And good morning and welcome. You can be seated.

So glad you're here. Okay, well anyway.

Those of you online, we're glad you're online too. So, hey, let's get right to it.

We're getting down to business. No messing around. Revelation 20, I love God's timing.

So you understand that we turned a very important corner, as it were in completing chapter 19 and in so doing

completing the seven-year tribulation oh thank you Jesus that alone right

there and so we're turning a corner out from the seven-year

tribulation and into the millennium. So we're going to take a slow. Don't rush me.

Chapter 20 is about the kingdom age, the millennial reign,

1,000 years. And as I inquired of the Lord in preparation for today,

it was very strongly, that's probably not proper sentence structure,

impressed upon my heart that the first three verses were

extremely important and foundational in order to understand what the rest of the chapter records. So we're just going to do the first three verses. And if you're able, no worries if not,

I'll ask you to stand for the reading of God's word.

If not, where you're seated is fine.

But John is continuing to write that which he was told to write about what he has seen.

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