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verse number Where was I? Let's start reading verse number 14 the sons also of them that afflicted thee So this is about about the the Christians your believers being afflicted shall come bending unto thee So though you know the people that were afflicting you now their children are going to be basically serving you and all they that despise thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet and They shall call thee the city of the Lord the Zion of the Holy One of Israel Whereas thou has been forsaken and hated so that no man went through thee. I will make thee an eternal Excellency a joy of many generations Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles and shalt suck the breasts of kings and thou shalt know That I the Lord am thy Savior in thy Redeemer the mighty one of Jacob for brass I will bring gold and for iron I will bring silver and for wood brass and for stones iron I will also make thy officers peace and thine exactors righteousness Violence shall no more be heard in thy land Wasting nor destruction within thy borders, but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation in thy gates praise what a glorious place to live Right, what do we have happening around us now, especially recently the violence the destruction the looting the thievery the you know the injustice the killing Not during this time Not even a thought to this to what we're experiencing right now day to day All the injustices all the violence all the bad things are happening not gonna happen anymore This is reality folks, this is why this is why we ought to keep our eyes focused on the spiritual things on the New Jerusalem on the millennial reign and Stay in the fight and don't get beaten down when you get trampled get back up again. Stay in the fight Don't let it knock you out because there's a day coming Our day is coming. It's not here now stay in it though Stay faithful unto death and he will give thee a crown of life Verse number 19 the Sun shall be no more thy light by day neither for brightness shall the moon Give light unto thee but the Lord shall be unto thee and everlasting light and thy God thy glory Thy son shall no more go down neither shall thy moon Withdraw itself for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light and the days of thy mourning shall be ended in mourning They're not mourning like the Sun rising mourning of being sad, right? Just just being Sorrowful and in mourning is going to be Ended thy people also Shall be all righteous They shall inherit the land forever the branch of my planting the work of my hands that I may be glorified a Little one shall become a thousand and a small one a strong nation and I the Lord will hasten it in his time Great place to look forward to now the last point I want to make back regarding Psalm 24 because this is this is an awesome picture of what's to come and You know, the Lord is a Lord of glory, but I kind of want to just just step back just for one There's a last point. I'm going to make a shorter sermon tonight Regarding the gates the everlasting gates and the doors being opened unto the Lord because while I do believe this is Describing something physical. It's also there For for a symbolic reason as well, right and and we ought to have our you know The doors are the gates of our hearts Opened unto the Lord so that the Lord can come in and Dwell with us in our hearts and not have our doors shut to him and have our doors open for everlasting You know because gates are designed to guard and to keep those out that would hurt you Right when you think about the gates of the city, they're designed as a defense. They're designed to to keep people out The gates to our heart though, we need you know, you may want to keep them close to some people But we need to keep them wide open unto the Lord Let him come in and be a part of that generation that seeks him right that wants to be with him that is desiring to be with the Lord and we can look and Join together and be in unity for that great day that's going to come and you know what? I'd rather be be trying to rack up for myself You know, just just more eternal rewards. It's gonna be great already Imagine what more God can do and the Bible says that I have not seen their ear heard You know the the things that God has prepared for them that that love him for them that seek him that we you know We're trying to seek him and it's you can't even imagine how God will reward you We have little bits and pieces of it in Scripture But if you think about the the greatness of the Lord's mercy and just reason with me for just a second We're going to close on this How extensive is the mercy of the Lord Every individual can think about every single sin that you've ever committed in your life every wrong that you've done Every bad thought every time you've you've you know been just had a bad attitude You weren't right with God every single time that you've just been dead wrong To whatever degree that may be between you and the Lord and The forgiveness that God has granted you Over all of that From what we deserve and eternal torture, but and he's given that to you as a free gift now That is extreme love extreme forgiveness and And just awesome to think that God can would even do that for us Okay, take that same Feeling of gratitude and just just immense relief that God has had mercy on us and how he's given so much and now think about what he may do for Those who not only just accept a free gift, I mean it what a what a great reward You receive for doing nothing What how will God reward you for actually doing something for him