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And now, unleashing God's truth one verse at a time, here is

Grace to you Bible teacher John MacArthur. As you know, we are currently in a series in the

book of Revelation. And I would invite you to turn in your Bible to Chapter 8, Revelation Chapter 8.

You may have noticed the title of the message today, and it's a pretty dramatic title,

but it is far short of the drama that this text will unfold for us.

I googled this week, Save the Earth, save the planet, and I found an endless array

of ways to do just that, five ways to save the planet, 10 ways to

save the planet, 15 ways, 25 ways, 50 ways, 100 ways to save the planet, all the while

realizing that God is about to destroy it.

And that is absolutely certain.

And while we will do well to be stewards of the planet. The purpose for our stewardship is to preserve

the treasures that God has built into this planet. And he put them there to enrich the life of humanity so that mankind would give him thanks

and give him glory.

We are basically given this planet as a treasure house, as a storehouse, as a reservoir of all kinds of marvelous

things which we now experience in this particular generation.

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