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Well, let's open our Bibles. Grace to you Bible Teacher John MacArthur.

Well let's open our Bibles to the scripture for this morning.

It is the 8th chapter of the book of revelation.

Revelation. of the book of revelation.

Revelation chapter 8.

And I've entitled this, final judgment launched

because in simple words that's what we find in this text.

I was thinking about it even this morning that people are so worried about what's going to happen to the

planet. They are obsessing about that. They are taking all kinds of angles and supposed precautions

to save the planet. What they ought to be afraid of is what's going to happen to them.

To them. And that is why the word of God gives us so many warnings about divine judgment.

So many warnings.

But this one in the 8th chapter of revelation is really the launch

point of final judgment, final judgment on this world before Christ returns and takes over and rules and

reigns in his kingdom.

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