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[4690.10 --> 4691.34] God comes alive
[4691.34 --> 4692.74] on the pages
[4692.74 --> 4694.50] of his revelation.
[4695.96 --> 4696.38] And likewise
[4696.38 --> 4697.62] in our worship
[4697.62 --> 4698.72] we gather
[4698.72 --> 4699.50] as believers
[4699.50 --> 4700.34] and disciples
[4700.34 --> 4701.74] to sing songs
[4701.74 --> 4702.38] and hymns
[4702.38 --> 4703.54] and spiritual songs
[4703.54 --> 4704.20] in praise
[4704.20 --> 4704.90] of our God
[4704.90 --> 4705.92] and to encourage
[4705.92 --> 4706.68] one another
[4706.68 --> 4707.42] with these things.
[4708.78 --> 4710.56] But as we do so
[4710.56 --> 4712.76] in a very real sense
[4712.76 --> 4715.08] we hear about this
[4715.08 --> 4715.96] in the book
[4715.96 --> 4716.58] of Revelations
[4716.58 --> 4717.60] chapter 4 and 5
[4717.60 --> 4719.10] as we come together
[4719.10 --> 4720.20] in our worship
[4720.20 --> 4721.62] we see that
[4721.62 --> 4723.02] we're participating
[4723.02 --> 4724.14] in the heavens
[4724.14 --> 4725.68] themselves opening up
[4725.68 --> 4726.94] and the angels
[4726.94 --> 4728.58] and the 24 elders
[4728.58 --> 4729.32] and the creatures
[4729.32 --> 4730.84] praising God.
[4731.52 --> 4732.86] In a very sense
[4732.86 --> 4734.36] our worship here
[4734.36 --> 4735.86] participates
[4735.86 --> 4737.28] in all of creation
[4737.28 --> 4739.18] giving glory to God
[4739.18 --> 4740.56] and in this act
[4740.56 --> 4741.46] of our voices
[4741.46 --> 4742.44] being lifted up
[4742.44 --> 4743.82] the stones themselves
[4743.82 --> 4744.92] are crying out
[4744.92 --> 4745.54] and the trees
[4745.54 --> 4746.10] of the field
[4746.10 --> 4747.54] are clapping their hands
[4747.54 --> 4748.08] and the sun
[4748.08 --> 4748.82] and the moon
[4748.82 --> 4749.44] and the stars
[4749.44 --> 4751.14] twinkle in praises
[4751.14 --> 4752.46] ushering forth
[4752.46 --> 4753.62] in glory to God.
[4753.70 --> 4754.48] We are joining
[4754.48 --> 4756.00] in all of that
[4756.00 --> 4757.28] here and now
[4757.28 --> 4757.98] together.
[4759.76 --> 4761.02] And here too
[4761.02 --> 4762.70] the image
[4762.70 --> 4763.56] of the church
[4763.56 --> 4764.46] that we get
[4764.46 --> 4765.36] in the New Testament
[4765.36 --> 4766.88] as a bride
[4766.88 --> 4768.28] who is being prepared
[4768.28 --> 4769.22] for the groom
[4769.22 --> 4770.28] who is Jesus
[4770.28 --> 4771.66] that when Jesus
[4771.66 --> 4772.96] returns one day
[4772.96 --> 4773.62] at the sound
[4773.62 --> 4774.14] of the trumpet
[4774.14 --> 4775.30] with the call
[4775.30 --> 4776.18] of the archangel
[4776.18 --> 4777.06] as he returns
[4777.06 --> 4777.80] to earth
[4777.80 --> 4779.02] he will receive
[4779.02 --> 4780.00] the prize
[4780.00 --> 4781.04] for which he died
[4781.04 --> 4782.06] and that is you
[4782.06 --> 4782.84] and me.
[4783.54 --> 4784.52] That is the church
[4784.52 --> 4785.18] Catholic
[4785.18 --> 4786.14] throughout all times
[4786.14 --> 4786.76] and places
[4786.76 --> 4788.02] and we are being
[4788.02 --> 4789.26] prepared as a bride
[4789.26 --> 4791.10] beautifully adorned
[4791.10 --> 4792.08] for the bridegroom.
[4793.34 --> 4794.86] That is we are set apart.
[4796.06 --> 4797.90] We are made holy.
[4798.64 --> 4799.60] That's what the word
[4799.60 --> 4800.78] holy means
[4800.78 --> 4801.84] to be set apart
[4801.84 --> 4802.84] for a purpose.
[4803.22 --> 4803.90] Peter says
[4803.90 --> 4805.28] you are a chosen people
[4805.28 --> 4806.56] a royal priesthood
[4806.56 --> 4808.16] a holy nation
[4808.16 --> 4810.92] a special possession.
[4812.32 --> 4814.36] We are made sacred
[4814.36 --> 4816.62] and so our gathering here
[4816.62 --> 4819.02] is a mark of that being made holy
[4819.02 --> 4820.00] and an expression