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Was gracious and loving God. We Rejoice that we had this opportunity to come together in your name. We pray that your loving Spirit would enter into each of our hearts and Minds capture our attention for yourself and help us do father to be drawn closer, run to you. And here is his together, we pray the fashion that Jesus told his followers, say Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on Earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day, our daily bread and forgive us our debts. As we forgive our debtors and lead us not into temptation, but Deliver Us from Evil 9 is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever.

Oh, well community. So beautiful. Lord today. Hope it's been a great week for you. I know it's starting to warm up a little bit feeling like summertime nothing. But hope you had a great time. As you can see, I knew Diane was going to be moving sometime soon but that wasn't sure if we win, but looks like it could be a week from

20th week from today that she's supposed to be loaded up and ready to go. So if you get a chance either give her a call or drop by or something. I'm sure she would welcome that too. Any encouraging words that you can give her? Are there any other announcements we need to make?

Thank you.

Today's scripture reading which is friend on the back of your boat to take him from portion of the fifth chapter of the Book of Daniel.

King belshazzar gave a great banquet for a thousand of his Nobles and drank wine with them. Well Belle, Chasse art was drinking his wine. He gave orders to bring you in the gold and silver goblets that Nebuchadnezzar. His grandfather had taken from the temple in Jerusalem. So that the king and his Nobles, his wives, and his concubines Bite drink from them. So they brought in to go garbage that had been taken from the temple of God in Jerusalem. And the King, and his Nobles, his wives, and his concubines drank from it. As they drink the one, they praise, the gods of gold and silver of bronze, Ironwood and Stone. That's the fingers of a human hand appeared in bloat on the plaster of the wall near the lampstand in the Royal Palace. The cave, watch the hand. Is it roped? His face turned pale and he was so frightened that his knees knocking together and his legs gave way. It's the Lord that his richest blessing to this reading of his words together by our faith and he is the Lord of all life. I believe that Jesus is the Christ, the son of the Living, God shall we pray?

Oh, Holy Night, he's gone. How important is your patience? You created all that. We see? as well as all that we are unable to see you or even visualize Did you give it to me and live in hair for free of charge? Did like Carefree squatters, we trash it. We go to war over it. We bargained. We break out all his windows. We squabble with our neighbors and the list goes on. Why Lord why has man charged with the responsibility of being the caretaker of this beautiful world? Why are we allowed Greed for wealth and power to control our actions?

Father, we pray for your love to blow out over this land, just as did the waters in the day of Noah? printing it and US of all of our evil desires and actions, Help us to see dramatic changes in the attitudes and actions of people of all Nations. Speaking truth and loving one. Another So make your peace and your love control. All that we say and all that we do. In Christ's name, we pray.

I don't know if you ever watch the shower water. I called it. I keep both her out to give up and maybe it was. I remember one episode when Archie and his son-in-law were arguing over, how you should put socks put socks and shoes on.

One of them said, you put both socks on and then both Jews and the other said, you put one shock, and one shoe, and then the other sock and the other s***.

I don't know who's right or do raw or which one they're quite sure. But yeah, sometimes when we get confused and over little simple things,

Jesus knew that the disciples were probably more or less human. And so it was the last night he had the opportunity to meet with me. he said from now on,

I want you to do something a little different. He said, you we've met every year to celebrate the Passover and our people lived on this for hundreds of years. from now on every time he didn't say once a year he didn't say it once every 6 months or once a quarter, he said every time You meet together, I want you to do two things. every time you break the unleavened bread, let it call to your memory. My body, which is going to be broken. For you. and every time you drink a cup of wine, I wanted to call to your memory.

That I buy blood has been shed for your sins.

I'm sure they thought he'd had too much wine already. But following the Gory crucifixion. And those beautiful Resurrection. It began to make sense. In fact, they said While they were gathered together behind the locked doors. They remembered what he had said. And they did it. I took the unleavened bread. They drink the cup and they said it seemed as though he was there with them. And so it became their practice every time two or more are gathered together, they would do this. Well, it's Lord's day when two or more of us are gathered together win by two or more to celebrate in this same way. Breaking the bread, taking the cup in remembrance of him.

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We pray over.

One important thing I forgot to mention while ago.

We have a little difference in today's church service and last Sunday church service.

We miss Dixie last week.

She chose to be off but not just vacation. She is a little bit under the weather so we missed you. Your blessing.

Had you been attending the Congregational Church in Northampton Massachusetts? On July 8th of 1741. Which problem is a none of you did.

You would have heard these words.

The wrath of God is like Great Waters that are dammed up for the present. they increase more and more and Rise, higher and higher killing Outlet is given The longer the stream is stopped, the more rapid and Mighty Is its course. Wanted to let loose. It is true that judgment against your evil Works. Have been had not been executed here there too. The floods of God's Vengeance have been withheld. But your guilt in the meantime is constantly increasing and your everyday treasuring up more rat. The waters are constantly rising and waxing, more and more mighty. There is nothing but the mere pleasure of God that holds the waters back. Waters, that are unwilling to be stuffed and press hard to go forward. If God should only withdraw his hand from The Floodgate, it would immediately fly opened and the fiery floods of the fierceness. And wrath of God would rushforth with inconceivable Fury and would come up on you, with All Nippon power. and if you're straight or ten thousand times greater than it is, yeah, you ten thousand times greater than the strength of the stoutest sturdiest devil in hell, there would be nothing to miss stand for in Durand.

Those words were contained in a seal famous sermon preached by Jonathan Edwards entitled sinners in the hands of an Angry God. He among several Protestant ministers, including George Wytheville. Where's the tools that God used to begin the first Great, Awakening in America. A time that had mostly left God out of their lives. now personally, Prefer to think of myself as a sinner in the hands of a loving, God knowing full well that there are times it.

We all do things that I'm sure provoked displeasure from God.

But I would hate to have thought of myself sitting under the tutelage of Jonathan Edwards and others of that era. I cannot imagine it. But let me tell you that one of those other times taken from scripture. There's an action scripture that I read to you today. That story actually began 2607 years ago. Which was pretty good. Well in 586 BC. Time when God had exhausted, his patients with the southern Kingdom of Judah. It is been a hundred and thirty-six years since the Northern Kingdom of Israel had been taken over by the powers of Assyria. now, you know what, they were guilty of and that Kingdom never was restored member at the time that Assyria Carried off, all of the the more promising I guess I'm not sure what their criteria it was. But they carried off the more a leader leading citizens of that time. And not only did they get rid of it, the better people, but they also brought in a bunch of people from other nations and purpose to intermix the languages and cultures, and so forth. So I'm more or less to destroy them as a people.

Now, one would think that such an event would make an impression on their southern Kinfolk. And I'm sure did for a while but after a while they forgot and thanks began to deteriorate.

Some of the changes. think about that. Of time ago here in the America. The last hundred and thirty-six years. Have things changed a little bit. Well slightly.

That was the year that Grover Cleveland was elected, president of the United States. and maybe, you know, who the vice president, was that served with Grover Cleveland in 18 of 85. I have never heard of a guy. Man, by the name of Thomas Hendricks.

Thomas Hendricks, probably great claim to fame. As far as I'm concerned, I'm certain all the historian. But they took office in Actually March of that year and he died in December of that year. So he served as vice president for about 9 months.

And they completed the term without a vice president and I just saw their need for one.

Which would be fine. I guess, at least it was for that time. And interesting.

Time to begin. But think about since that time 936 years, that's the southern Kingdom had to had the opportunity after the warning of what happens in the northern kingdom and 136 years there to get the message and improved. And instead, they went the other way, What's happened in the last hundred and thirty-six years in America?

Well, of course I don't have time to chat. You nor do, I know all the things, but Prince's we've been involved in six major Wars. World Wars 1 and 2.

There should be two of them happened during that time that took many. Today claimed course, never happened is just a figment of someone's imagination. But those three Vance together World War, 1, 2, and the Holocaust claim, something like a hundred and fifty million life.

During that time. We've seen the invention and the use of nuclear weapons and I guess his list could go on and on the things that have happened are we any better today? They were were a hundred and thirty-six years ago. Have we learned valuable lessons from the past? Or have we like those judeans forgotten, the valuable lesson that they should have learned.

Is America better today? Then it was 136 years ago.

What you did was overrun. By Fabolous. At that time. Nebuchadnezzar was king over babbling and apparently a Bridget border. He had fought many battles and had been Victorious, mighty warrior historians say.

They had defeated those those vicious Assyrians.

and now, they've ruled both the northern and southern part of what has been

Israel.

At one of those days. They also practiced of taking the elite of a nation and carrying them back to their Homeland and they didn't intermix the races of people like the Assyrians dead as far as I know. But they didn't take the elite and the teach them how to be good. Babylonian among those was a young man about 15 years old, but then they look Daniel. now not only did they carry off the lady Simpsons but they they destroyed A lot of the city walls around Jerusalem. And did as much damage as they could to the temple. And stole. All of the precious golden. Articles that take it fine there in the in the temple and some say that's what happened to the Ark of the Covenant. I don't know. Nobody seems to know but there are those who claim that that's when it was stolen. so, Nebuchadnezzar, despise the Jews.

And certainly their God because in his eyes, he was gone.

About 70 years later. After that, even had a car. Back home in Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar one night after 3.

And it frightens you.

He was terribly, perplexed and scared. And didn't have a clue as to what it meant. so, he sent for his Wise man is astrologers and his fortune tellers. I guess, whoever he has his advisers to come in and try to tell them what it meant. he told them what he could remember of his drink, if you can remember what you dream,

occasionally, I may be a little fragment or something, but that parody. He'd remembered enough to sell it. They can make a better impression on him than I do on me.

and all of these people couldn't figure out what in the world, the dream was about Now, one of them.

Happened to remember. That sometime in the past. He had been confused about somebody's. Problem. And he had gotten advice from a young man or an old man. Now, I thought the name of Daniel Daniel had been up become a more less full pledge Babylonian by this time. And no. So, he told the king, that maybe Daniel could interpret his dream for it. So they sent for Daniel. and when he came, he repeated the dream today and Daniel said, oh, that's easy boss. God, just telling you that he's going to wear you down to size. Unless you change your voice.

Well, of course, Nebuchadnezzar being the king of the world at that time. They first of all there is a God of than me. And second, even if there was, I'm stronger, God, so it didn't bother him, a great deal.

A few days later, he was walking through his garden ever heard of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. What are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World? Well, that's where I neberkenezer live and he and one of his advisers walking through in merienda gardens. and he said to the end, something like Isn't this the greatest Kingdom. That you've ever seen. I have established. This by by Mighty powers for the glory of my matches.

It was at that moment. That he was struck. Hey, down with insanity. And he became like a wild animal. He fell down and started eating grass.

and for the red danger of his life, which I forget how long was

He was like this wild grass eating animals. He never regained his sanity.

After a while, they gave up on him.

And appointing his grandson. Young man of the name of belshazzar to become the key.

Well. I don't know. Hello Val shalizaar was, but he thought this is quite an honor and I ought to give myself a party to celebrate So he invited a few of his friends about a thousand. to bring their wives and whoever to come to this great party to celebrate, Him.

and believe it or not, they became somewhat inebriated.

They love that. Why not yet?

And after awhile, the the fun kind of died down. What can we do now to pick up the tempo of this celebration? And Hebron member. Years ago. Grandpa.

Raided the temple, back in back in the Jerusalem. And he stole all of these golden items. That people thought were wholly.

And he told his service. Go get go. Get those golden cups.

Don't get anything you can and let's show them that. There is no God other than me.

and while they were celebrating and drinking their wine from these golden cups,

a giant hand appeared on the side of the wall. And started riding with his finger.

Well, now that would get your attention.

And it even got their attention is inebriated as they were.

But it was written in the language. They didn't understand.

show it now, if you were belshazzar, You had all of these. People at your command, he sent for his advisors, again, his soothsayers. And then all these confessors or whoever And you brought to him and he said that out, what does that say?

They couldn't read it either. They had no idea.

Now, whether it was the same young man, or not, I don't know, but one of them remembered or Daniel. and said, Daniel was able to interpret your grandfather's dream. I wonder if he could. Could read this. So they said / /. Daniel Angel came. He looked at it. And he said walking this is what it says. God has numbered your days. And brought them to an end. You have been weighed in the balance and found wanting. Your kingdom is going to be divided. And given over to the medes and the Persians.

If that doesn't for the wet blanket on your party. I don't know about it, would but these people who have been so inebriated and so caught up in celebrating Sunday,

Lost their there. Partying mood. They didn't know what to think, but it sounded like a dire message. Until the party broke up. People with their own ways. Now. They felt some blood secure there. Because the city of Babylon was surrounded by a wall. That was 320 ft tall.

He was 80 feet thick. And the wall has a gate where of solid bronze.

Which sounded pretty secure. They even had their natural water supply. The Euphrates River, read? Right through the middle of town. So they felt there was no danger from Outsiders getting in.

Well, The Outsiders just happened to realize. If they could Wade that River. And they walked in. While everyone was in their drunken stupor.

and believe it or not King, belshazzar was killed in his bed that night and the save was taken over.

With no Violet. No shots fired.

They say, play yoga ball.

They've been warned.

Yo, a 1961, neighbors, reported. I don't know, it's true. It was reported that the Russian Premier Nikita, Khrushchev said,

We do not have to destroy America with missiles. America will destroy itself from within

Now, whether or not be ready, made that statement, I don't know. but if you think about it, It seems there's more truth to it then take action. It happened to the nation of babbling.

Could it happen to the nation of the United States? Are we in America today? So drawn away from God and the church.

They were we're going to incur his wrath, just like those favors people members. They were his chosen people.

Or can we focus our attention back on. The one who gave us life? And paid the penalty for our sins. It's up to us.

I hope we make the right choice. Let's pray. Most gracious and loving God. Why do we know that we're human? that we make this, a You didn't make us where everything we did would be perfect. You gave Adam and Eve Choice. Eat that Apple you give us choices. To choose, right? Or wrong, good or evil. But father, we sure prayed that you would help us to make more good choices then badly. We pray for our nation. Father, where certain they no longer has a nation that we were in the beginning? We're no longer the nation that were when we won our independence. We're no longer the nation that has withstood. All of these years. under your guidance pledging, our allegiance to the We need your forgiveness. We need to get back on the right track. So help us all father-to-be your people to serve you in your good time. Rescued in Christ's name.

Are closing here. The number 292. That's standard. We sing the first worst. Number 292.

the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be very

May the Lord lift up.

They give you peace. Now, it's forever more.