Today we're in Revelation chapter 1. We're continuing a series. We just began in the book of Revelation We'll be looking at verses 9 through 20 And so I'll begin reading here in Revelation chapter 1 at verse 9 and Let's see I didn't didn't note to myself how far I'd take it again. I'll just read to verse 20 verses 9 through 20 John chapter 1 I John both your brother and companion in the tribulation in kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ Was on the island that is called Patmos For the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day and I heard behind me a loud voice as Of a trumpet saying I am the Alpha and the Omega the first and the last and what you see right in a Book send it to the seven churches which are in Asia to Ephesus To Smyrna to Pergamus to Thyatira to Sardis to Philadelphia to Laodicea and to Chino then Just seeing if you're listening then I turned To see the voice that spoke with me and having turned I saw seven golden lamp stands and in the midst of the seven lamp stands one like the son of man clothed with a garment down to the feet and Girded about the chest with a golden band his head and Hair were white like wool as white as snow his eyes Like a flame of fire his feet were like fine brass as if refined in a furnace his voice As the sound of many waters He had in his right hand seven stars out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword And his countenance was like the sun shining in its strength When I saw him I fell at his feet is dead But he laid his right hand on me saying Do not be afraid. I am the first and the last I am he who lives and was dead behold I am alive forevermore Amen, and I have the keys of Hades and of death write the things which you have seen And the things which are and the things which will take place after this The mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand in the seven golden lamp stands the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches and The seven lamp stands which you saw are the seven churches So last time we were together Let me lay a foundation for you before we enter into this portion by reminding you of the fact that last time we were together John reminded us that Jesus Christ is returning remember verse 7 how he had said behold these coming with clouds and every eye We'll see him even they who pierced him and all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of him even so Amen. He had said I am coming with the clouds Now I mentioned to you that when Jesus says behold when he hears the word rather behold That's a word that is is used a number of times I mentioned to you that behold is a word intended to draw our complete attention to something It's a word that encourages us to consider closely what is being said And it's a word that is mentioned often in scripture. You might find this interesting just that word behold is used around 581 times in the new king James version 25 times in the book of Revelation alone One of my favorite verses used in that word is found in 2nd Corinthians I mentioned this in the last time we were together in 2nd Corinthians 517 where where Paul had said if anyone's in crisis a new creation old things have passed away Behold all things are become new and so behold is intended to draw your attention and with that said John wrote behold he is coming with the clouds in other words This is something that is certain and that would mean you need to be prepared You need to be prepared now not next week not next month not next year But you need to be prepared now. That's the point. He's making he's coming soon You see the knowledge that crisis returning is intended to intended to cause us to be inspired Concerning the way that we're living we're to live in anticipation of seeing him We're to live in anticipation of being with him This word is intended to encourage us to be ready because he's coming soon in First John 3 2 and 3 John said it like this. He said beloved now We are children of God and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be but we know that when he is revealed We shall be like him for we shall see him as he is and everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself Just as he is pure you see his his return is to cause us to be Anticipating and ready to live a life that is holy and it's also intended to give us hope in First Thessalonians 4 16 through 18 it says the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout With the voice of an archangel with the trumpet of God the dead in Christ will rise first Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air And thus we shall always be with the Lord Therefore comfort one another with these words be prepared and be encouraged So when John writes the Holy's coming He's not speaking only of his return. He's also speaking of the one who is returning. He's speaking of Messiah When you read your Bible, you'll see various words that are used to speak of Jesus who is Messiah You'll see that he had different titles. He's called the prophet. He's called the branch He's called the Christ. He's called the bridegroom. He's the son of man But he is also called the coming one the word coming speaking of the expected one You see that in the gospel of Matthew the Messiah was also referred to as the coming one Because in Matthew John the Baptist was in prison and he sent disciples to question Jesus It's found in Matthew 11 2 through 3 and it says when John heard in prison about the works of Christ He sent two of his disciples and said to him. Are you the coming one? Or do we look for another? The coming one was another title for Messiah. So when they asked are you the coming one? Are you Messiah? So John uses his picture when he's speaking of Jesus coming with the clouds This is a reference to the Messiah to Jesus and his return This is something as mentioned earlier his return is referred to throughout the old as well as the New Testament It's spoken of often But there are those who reject that he'll ever do such a thing There are those who say he's never going to come back. He's been saying that for a long time He hasn't come yet. That's a sign that we're in the last days And second Peter 3 verses 3 and 4 it says most importantly I want to remind you that in the last days scoffers will come mocking the truth and following their own desires They will say what happened to the promise that Jesus is coming again From before the times of our ancestors everything has remained the same since the world was first created That's happening right now. I Mentioned to you that Approximately one out of every 25 New Testament verses promised the return of Christ Jesus repeatedly spoke of his return. He encouraged followers to be ready Matthew 16 27 the son of man will come in the glory of his father with his angels Then he'll reward each according to his works In Matthew 26 verse 64 Jesus said it is as you said nevertheless I say to you here after you will see the son of man sitting at the right hand of power coming on the clouds of heaven And so we were speaking concerning that he is coming with clouds every eye will see him Even they who pierced him all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of him They will mourn these tribes of the earth because it's too late Because he's returned and it's too late for them to be right with God Don't wait Don't wait until the last minute because you never know when that last minute is You never know when your last opportunity to receive Christ is and That's what's going on as we enter into verse 9 You see God has assured us of the return of his son and we had seen in verse 8 that he's the Alpha and the Omega He's the all-knowing one and that makes this promise solid and Seeing that he inhabits eternity He knows that this promise is certain and as he's made that promise John writes in verse 9 I John both your brother and companion in the tribulation and kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ Was on the island that is called Patmos for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ so this records his vision the vision of Jesus and it also records his commission to write to seven churches and These churches are enduring tribulation and persecution again Tribulation and persecution guys never forget this as Something that we believers have been prepared to expect Sometimes I think in our day we've forgotten that we think that somehow we're supposed to always have sunny days and no affliction or problems But in John 16 verse 33 Jesus said I've told you these things so that in me you may have peace In this world you'll have tribulation but take heart I have overcome the world So he speaks of himself here notice how he speaks of himself as a brother and companion in tribulation And he's on a place in an island called Patmos if you were looking at a map. It's in the Aegean sea It's it's off the Turkish coast about 30 or 40 miles He's on if this is happening he says on the Lord's day What day is that that's Sunday which was a customary way of speaking of Sunday? He's been arrested He's been exiled noticed because of the word of God and for his testimony And when it says that he's on the island called Patmos for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ By the end of the first century Christianity had already become a hated religion in Rome The faith of Christians was regarded as superstition It was It was something that was held fast to by the uneducated masses. Does that sound familiar? Because that's being said today that only the people who cling to bibles and their guns That's being said today guys. Some of you haven't noticed that but there is an antagonism To Jesus Christ and Christianity that is it the mask is being taken off even as i'm reading this to you Well, it was already a hated religion in Rome Christians were already regarded as superstitious people. They were uneducated That's because the majority of those who are coming to faith in Christ Were of the common people many slaves and and and many people who were called common were coming to faith Paul mentioned that in 1st Corinthians 1 26 through 29 When he said you see your calling brethren that not many wise according to the flesh not many mighty Not many noble are called But god has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise And god has chosen the weak things of the world To put to shame the things which are mighty and the base things of the world And the things which are despised god has chosen And the things which are not to bring to nothing the things that are That no flesh should glory in his presence There are not many noble not many mighty not many people who are philosophers and all who are followers of Christ It was true then it's true today When you read your history the roman governor Pliny said christianity is a depraved and extravagant superstition The roman historian tacit has said christians are a class hated for their abomination Rome was opposed to christianity Romans considered believers disloyal because we would not acknowledge Caesar the government as all powerful Christians would not burn incense before his image and declare him to be a god And thus they were persecuted Christians met at night And because they met at night they were accused of plotting to overthrow government Christians were considered atheists because they rejected Rome's many gods Christians were falsely accused of cannibalism Because they had communion services remembering christ They were accused of incest Because they called each other brother and sister and therefore brothers were marrying sisters So their incestuous They were they they were persecuted for the disruption of business Because they interfered with the sales of idols They were anti-family Because they were loyal first to jesus christ. They were accused of causing natural disasters Because christians would not worship their idols and what bad things happen the christians were blamed And because believers did not attend festivals and other pagan events. They were anti-social does any of that sound familiar? Because that's what took place in the early church You see by the time of john persecution against christians had become common In revelation chapter 2 verse 13 will see antipas a faithful pastor had been martyred john had been imprisoned Under the emperor demission governmental persecution formally began And john was a victim of this persecution Paul had said in second timothy 3 verse 12 all who desired to live godly in christ jesus will suffer persecution And that's what takes place to those who love the lord And those who truly believe in him if you don't think so post something about christ on your facebook page And then wait for the trolls to come out It's true In verse 9 john says i john both your brother and companion in tribulation he said and in the kingdom I john this is the third time he refers to himself by name But he identifies himself as as a brother and a companion in tribulation. He's saying i'm suffering alongside of you But the suffering is for the word of god and it's for the testimony of jesus Suffering isn't something that should come as a surprise. That's what he's saying now in first peter 4 12 and 13 The apostle had said dear friends don't be surprised at the fiery trials You're going through as if something strange is happening to you instead be very glad For these trials make you partners with christ in his suffering So that you'll have the wonderful joy of seeing his glory When it's revealed to all the world instead of kicking against the prods and and wondering why i'm going through this He says realize it's preparing you as you see the lord jesus christ He speaks of the patience of jesus He's holding fast And he's enduring And he's not giving up This is not patience for jesus by the way This is not the patience of jesus It's the kind of patience that draws its life and endurance from jesus This is patience that jesus gives me strength to have And again in verse 9 he's on the island for the word of god and the testimony of jesus christ He's exiled because of his uncompromising stand for the gospel Now this persecution had a very early origin in the mission of the church In the book of acts chapter 3 verse chapter 3 and chapter 4 Peter and john were jailed for the healing of a crippled man at the beautiful gate In acts chapter 8 steven was martyred for preaching that jesus is messiah In acts chapter 12 king herod martyred james and imprisoned the apostle peter So very early in the history of the church the apostles were persecuted you see them being jailed In acts chapter 5 they had been ordered to cease teaching in the name of jesus they had been told you can't proclaim the name of christ And peter gave a classic response in acts 5 29 peter and the other apostles answered and said we ought to obey god rather than men That's why we're here right now by the way Because we ought to obey god Rather than men that's what we do And today amen Pastors need to continue preaching and teaching Even when threatened with jail We ought to why because we've been commanded To preach the gospel we've been commanded And we should expect Though we americans have been very spoiled and blessed by god But we should expect The things that are taking place right now. I see some pastors who are willing for their people to go to jail But i'm not sure that they're willing to go themselves But we need to be ready And we need to be prepared Because we've been called To preach the gospel of jesus christ and that's what happened to him. He was jailed or Exiled actually on the aisle called patmos for the word of god and the testimony of jesus christ Not because he was breaking some law that god had given to us But because he had been effective in his proclamation of the gospel and rome was upset with him And that's what he's speaking about And notice what he says in verse 10 when he says i was in the spirit on the lord's day I heard behind me a loud voice as of a trumpet So when he says i was in the spirit, that's another way of saying i'm under the spirits the holy spirits influence And this was on what he called the lord's day Which is for those who take notes, this is a minor thing you may think but it's really important There's many who argue we're supposed to be meeting on shabbat or sabbath But the lord's day speaks of sunday the first day of the week christsum was an arch bishop to constantanople In the fourth century and he said it is called the lord's day Because this is the day that the lord rose from the dead and was devoted to him So the church would meet on the first day of the week I remember a lady approaching me after a church service many years ago now and how she had said to me She said you know the lord is blessing this fellowship and i said amen amen He is and she said but he has a word for you that i'm to give to you and i says that right well speak on say on And she said she kind of cleared her throat a bit and she said thus say out the lord I am blessing you now, but if you met on saturday, I would bless you more I said god didn't say that you did Because that's not what the bible teaches You know and the church from the earliest would meet on the first day of the week This is what's taking place here where he's on this in the spirit on the lord's day the first day of the week The day of the resurrection of jesus christ And as this is taking place first tense he says i heard behind me a loud voice as of a trumpet It's not the actual trumpet. I want you to notice that it says as of a trumpet That's a picture. That's a picture of an announcement announcement of royalty And this is occurring During a time of prayer and worship and here's what the voice is speaking verse 11 I am the alpha And the omega the first and the last And what you see right in a book Send it to the seven churches Which are in asia To effaces to smirna to pergamos the thayatira To sardis to philadelphia and alea desia Notice how he says what you see right in a book Not just some loose notes I want you to write this in a book. I want it to be preserved This is another way of him saying this is scripture that i've given to you therefore preserve it And he says in verse 11 send it to the seven churches in asia Now when it speaks of asia, this is not the far east as we know it This is what has been called the roman provinces of asia minor And it speaks concerning seven churches for those who take notes Number seven is the number of completeness or perfection These seven churches are to represent all churches and each one of the churches as we'll see in chapters two and three Have a particular significance So he said write this and send it to these seven churches And I have had the opportunity of visiting the seven churches on two different occasions the first time I was able to to to visit the seven churches was with my pastor chuck smith About 30 years ago or so And he took us and gave us bible studies in each one of these churches It's a memory that i'll i'll never forget. It was a great time and i've shared this with you recently But i'll see it briefly it was one of the most enjoyable times i've ever had But it was raining it was raining every day And anybody here who's ever been in a bus for six or seven hours when it's raining And it's not a really comfortable thing as a matter of fact it gets a little boring because you're just kind of In the rain and you can't see anything you get off very briefly and get back on because we're driving From point a to point b visiting each one of these churches and it was taken uh a long time and so what happened is I and I was with rawl were all recent and ron wilkins and randy walls and several of us who were about Nine or ten pastors in the very back of this huge bus We were in the very back and it was a big old bus. It was so big. It even had a bathroom In in the bus. That's how big it was and and chuck was up there in the very front and And and the tour guy was sharing about different things about turkey because that's where all of this takes place and We got kind of bored and we started laughing with one another and before you know it We were making a commotion didn't realize it, but we were laughing so much And and it was very fun And then so we got on the bus again on the next day on tuesday And we started up very early just laughing and laughing and laughing because we we were bored Now it's the third day and karen johnson jeff johnson from calvary downy karen johnson came and said chuck wants you up in the front And she did it like the angry mother, you know the scolding kind of thing Chuck wants you up in the front And we go oh man. We're in trouble. We're in trouble dad wants us in the front And so we all had to go up in the front of the bus And so there's chuck right here right he was one row in front of me. Raul was right next to me And then a couple of the other guys were all around there. We all had to sit there and everybody was quiet nobody was saying anything and Raul opened up his bible And when raul reads opened up his bible I looked at him and chuck was right here and I looked at raul and he said that's the first time Raul, that's the first time you've opened your bible all week You don't read that and you know it. You're just trying to make chuck impressed with your spirituality Chuck starts laughing and before you know it. We're laughing with chuck for three days Telling stories laughing crying with one another You had a great time and it's okay.  He wasn't mad He wanted to laugh with you and he could hear you laughing in the back and it bothered him He wasn't part of it And that's how that worked, you know So I this one of my fond memories of my time with my pastor all the time I thought that he was mad at us when in fact he wanted to laugh at us Which he did and she said that is the best trip they'd ever taken before But we've been there these seven churches. I've seen them I've walked on the grounds where the churches used to be in the different cities These if you looked at a map these seven churches are in about between 30 and 50 miles apart in a circular route And uh, they were postal districts They were the central points for disseminating information and that's why he's speaking to the seven churches And so he sees these seven now notice He says I turned verse 12 to see the voice that spoke to me and having turned I saw seven golden lamp stands And in the midst of the seven lamp stands one like the son of man Clothed with a garment down to the feet and girded about the chest with a golden band Seven golden lamp stands These are seven lamp stands that are forming a circle The seven lamp stands are the seven churches Again seven Representing completeness That would speak of the churches throughout the world And god is speaking concerning and I want you to see this there seven lamp stands of gold golden lamp stands Gold reveals the value that god places on the church in other words Though our government may not consider us essential god does And he says these are seven golden lamp stands because they have a value The church is the most valuable community on earth because this church has been paid for with the blood of jesus christ And these represent the kinds of churches that exist throughout church history We'll see that in chapters two and three and we're going to look at each one of those individually Now it speaks of the lamp stand the lamp stand is the menorah It's a symbol of israel the light of the world in the old testament In isaia 42 verse 6 it says i the lord have have called you in righteousness and and will hold your hand I will keep you and give you as a covenant to the people as a light to the gentiles The menorah was a light that was to represent god It was representing god and it represents israel who is the light so Somebody wrote the sages emphasize that light is not a violent force israel is to Accomplish its mission by setting an example and not by using force So this symbol Spiritually represents the church as jesus taught us in matthew 5 14 When he said you are the light of the world the city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden That's what paul made clear in philippines 2 when he wrote in verse 15 That you may become blameless and harmless children of god without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation Among whom you shine as lights in the world Or first aslonians 5 5 when he said you're all sons of light and sons of the day We are not of the night nor of darkness And so he begins to speak concerning that now notice verse 13 in the midst of the seven lamp stands One like the son of man Clothed with a garment down to the feet girded about the chest with a golden band In the midst of the seven lamp stands in the midst of the church He's not walking about it At this moment. He's standing still It emphasizes his constant action in the midst of his church And he is the son of man The term son of man is what is called a messianic title It's first used in daniel chapter 7 verse 13 The son of man is used twice here And then later on in chapter 14 verse 14 The son of man a title of messiah emphasizes his humanity as well as him being messiah And so i'm gonna I'm gonna introduce this as in a moment I'm gonna share some things that we find in these these verses of description, but let's let's begin by asking a question When you Think of jesus In your mind When I say jesus And you have in your mind not an idolatrous image, but when you have a thought about christ What is it about him that you think he might have looked like not necessarily facially? But what what do you think he may have looked like see when I when I think of jesus very often I think of him as he looked on the cross. I I in in my heart I I see a broken and and bloody man. That's that's that's what I think of Isiah 52 14 Just as many were astonished at you So his visage was marred more than any man his form More than the sons of man I think I think of isiah 53 verse 2 he shall Grow up before him as a tender plant as a a root out of a dry ground He has no form or comeliness when we see him there is no beauty that we should desire him So very often when I I I meditate on the lord I I remember his death for me and and the fact that he was He suffered in such a way So I can think of him that way, but many think of him as Yes, he was as he ministered Amongst the people a soft gentle kind of man Sometimes they may even think of him in the pictures you get in parables and stories That he's like carrying a lamb in his arms We think of him as as as meek and we think of him as mild Like isiah 40 verse 11 says concerning messiah he will feed his flock like a shepherd He will gather the lambs with his arm and carry them in his bosom Gently lead those who are with young for some may think of christ They may think of christ as the one who died on a cross for others They may think of jesus as that gentle loving teacher that that cared for people held children in his In his hands that that john could rest his head upon his bosom They may think of him in that way And and these these thoughts of christ, of course are accurate Jesus is gentle and jesus is kind and and jesus is loving And jesus also laid his life down for us as the lamb of god and and that's accurate also But we we can forget that that he's also holy And and we can forget that he's also the righteous judge of the whole earth We can forget that though. He gently held children.  It's like erin the high priest robes the first high priest of israel In exodus 28 verse 2 it says make sacred garments for your brother erin to give him dignity and honor And that's what you see with christ You see dignity and honor it speaks of the golden girdle the girdle is a belt It's like the girdle of the high priest This belt was worn by the high priest to remind him that he was a servant So jesus christ this great one still came and gave us life for all Notice verse 14 his his head and his hair were white Like wool as white as snow his eyes like a flame And this is the risen christ It's a picture of majesty of glory holiness It's reminiscent of the transfiguration remember in matthew 17 when jesus is up on this hill and Is with some of his men matthew 17 verse 2 says he was transfigured before them his face shown like the sun His clothes became as white as light And so he's seeing something he didn't see on earth Remember in john 17 verse 5 jesus had prayed and he had said father glorify me together with yourself with the glory Which i had with you before the world was In john 17 24 father i desired that they also whom you gave me may be with me where i am That they may behold my glory Which you have given me for you loved me before the foundation of the world and john is seeing something He's seeing jesus's purity. He's seeing his holiness. He's seeing his eternality It reveals that jesus christ is the judge. He's the judge of the whole earth as it says in psalm 9 verse 8 He shall judge the world in righteousness. He shall administer judgment for the people in uprightness Is like daniel 7 verse 9 as i look thrones were set in place The ancient of days took his seat his clothing was as white as snow The hair of his head was white like wool his throne was flaming with fire And its wheels were all ablaze when you think of jesus you need to remember that that he was the lamb of god But he is also the lion of the tribe of juda And we fail to realize that sometimes In verse 15 his feet were like fine brass as if refined in a furnace Brass is a picture in scripture that is a symbol of judgment. It's also bronze And the old testament the brazen or the brass altar was connected with sacrifice for sin In exodus 38 30 they used it to make basis for the entrance to the tent of meeting The bronze altar with its bronze grading in all its utensils So it's a picture of judgment That's reminiscent of what you read in isaas 63 their messiah's question as to why his garments are so red In isaas 63 verses 3 through 6 he says i've trodden the winepress alone And from the peoples no one was with me i have troddened them in my anger trampled them in my fury Their blood has sprinkled upon my garments and i have stained all my robes For the day of vengeance is in my heart And the year of my redeemed has come i looked but there was no one to help and i wondered that there was no one to uphold Therefore my own arm brought salvation for me And my own fury it sustained me i've troddened down the peoples in my anger Made them drunk in my fury and brought down their strength to the earth That's not the picture of meek and mild jesus is it that most of us are used to His voice according to verse 10 is the sound of many waters It's a voice of depth authority It's a voice that's important for all to hear. That's what the trump represents and that's what the waters represent His voice is not going to calm a troubled sea It will call down judgment on the wicked In verse 16 He had in his right hand seven stars Out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword And his countenance was like the sun shining in its strength So in his hand he had seven stars again seven stars Speak of the messengers the angels of the churches. You'll see that it says it in verse 20 Notice he is holding on to them That means that the pastors are under his security and his protection What is it that gives you strength and gives you courage today? What gives me courage is the fact that i'm held by jesus That i'm in his hand and he has said that he holds us in his hand and that no one can take us from his hand So it gives us a sense of security and it gives me a sense of protection The lord is on my side In verse 16 he says out of his mouth when a sharp two-edged sword When it speaks of a two-edger or double-edged sword it's speaking of his word Out of his mouth goes his word. Hebrews 4 12 the word of god is living powerful Sharper than any two-edged sword piercing even to the division of soul and spirit of joints and moral Is the discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart Ephesians 6 17 says take the sword of the spirit, which is the word of god So god's word is going to be active when he brings divine judgment What takes place is exactly what he said is going to take place and there will be no excuses You know when when the lord brought judgment on the earth and Closed the the door of that ark so that none could enter in I think that people don't realize that when god brings his judgment. It's going to be sudden. It's going to be final And this is the picture that jesus we're getting introduced to in the first chapter of revelation That jesus is bringing judgment and and it's it's a sure thing the word of god is sure and his judgment is sure He has declared it It says in revelation 19 verse verse 15 out of his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of god almighty It says his countenance was like the sun shining in its strength which speaks of his brilliant Glory now. How do you think you would act if you were brushing your teeth? And jesus was behind you and you saw this Well, what did he do verse 17? When I saw him I found that his feet is dead He laid his right hand on me saying do not be afraid For I am the first and the last no longer Is john just kind of palling around with jesus No longer is he placing his head on jesus's bosom to listen to the heartbeat of god No longer is he comfortable Because glory has been revealed and I want you to see this in verse 17 Because this vision caused him great fear. Why he saw the glory of jesus christ And he has a fear. It's a holy fear It's a fear that causes you To resist sin It's like when isaias said woe is me. I am ruined I'm a man of unclean lips. I live among the people of unclean lips for my eyes have seen the king The lord of hosts You know, there have been times when I don't do this anymore. I don't watch these channels anymore But there was a time when I would watch what was called christian tv and you would have some Uh evangelist normally some Some person who liked to stir up the emotions and passions of people with stories and things and And I I've heard these things and I've read these things where people have said like for example somebody was speaking to a well-known pastor and and he said to him Uh every morning when I'm shaving he says jesus appears to me And uh, we have a conversation And he told this to this well-known pastor and he said to the well-known pastor. Do you uh, Do you believe this? He says every morning when I'm shaving jesus appears to me and we have a conversation And he said do you believe this and the well-known pastor says no, I don't but what makes me afraid is I think you do you know because Because we have taken the holiness of god and we have cheapened it We've taken the glory of god And we've cheapened it you have to understand something and it'll help us here as we get into revelation john knew jesus for a long time Jesus was john's cousin He knew him over a lifetime john ministered alongside of jesus on earth. He he heard his teachings He had as mentioned a moment ago. He had laid his head on his bosom He knew him. He was familiar with him But now he sees him For who he really is By the eye of faith. He had seen him. He knew christ was messiah But now he's seeing him He's seeing him and it causes humility to come Which represents a deep faith You see he had seen jesus when jesus was was on that cross. He had seen jesus when He was taken off and and when jesus was buried he'd seen jesus when jesus was resurrected He saw jesus when jesus ascended. He has seen all of these things, but he hadn't seen this He had a familiarity with christ over a lifetime He had ministry experience for the three three and a half years or so that he walked with him He saw the ascension of christ. He knew who he was He was there at the at the mount transfiguration and for a moment when christ was was transfigured before him And the conversation was was taking place in all that he was overhearing. He saw all of that But now he sees him for who he is Listen when you get a glimpse of jesus for who he is humility occurs in your life One of the things that you this is so important and i can't say it properly I know i can't one of the things That you will see you will know and this can also and i i don't mind you applying this to me When you're listening to someone talk about jesus christ Not only are there words to be accurate and true they are to be accurate and true But what is the attitude of the person giving you those words be careful about that because arrogance And pride is not of the lord And the person who's been in the presence of god is going to have a different demeanor than the one who just likes to talk about Keep that in mind because sometimes you'll put on the tv and you'll see some guy parading up and down that platform Telling you stories of glory. He's usually the hero Giving you stories of glory what he's done what he's seen who he is And if you don't walk out of that Church service or you don't walk out Turn the tv off and walk out of that room saying i know jesus better than you got to know something you don't need to know The one you need to know Please understand me when i say this i know it's not making sense to some Is not that pastor or not that preacher The one you need to get a glimpse of is jesus christ That's who you need to see Understand that that's why i have what's behind me That's why look at the the dove and look above the dove. We would see jesus Pastors come and go but he lives forever the one that you want is jesus christ Keep that in mind and you don't need Heroism and you don't need a heroic pastors. You already have a hero and that's my that's our lord And that's our savior and remember this john knew him very well Of course he did But now he sees him And now as he sees him He gets a glimpse of that glory and when he sees him he sees himself and when you see god, that's that's by the way That's the root of of humility is you want to have humility? You see when you see jesus you see yourself in comparison that humbles you and that's what happens And so the lord has to speak to him and the lord has to say do not be afraid. I am the first and the last I am the one who lives verse 18 was dead behold. I live forevermore amen I'm the one who once was alive and is now alive, but I have always been alive I'm alive And I give life to all who trust in me. I have the keys to hades and death Hades is the invisible world. I have authority over it And and death has been defeated. I am sovereign over death and I am sovereign over existence after death I am the lord is what jesus is saying and the king of over all things I am the one who was alive I'm the one who died, but i'm alive forevermore I have the keys of hades and of death. I'm the one who stripped death of its power I'm the one who died was resurrected and I give life to those who have relationship with me and therefore Write verse 19 write the things that you have seen the things which are the things which will take place after this Write those things which have you have seen which are contained here in in these verses Write which the things which are which we're going to see in chapters two and three And and write concerning the things to come which we'll see in chapters four through 22 And then he finally says the mystery verse 20 of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand and the seven golden lamp stands The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches the seven lamp stands which you saw are the seven churches He explains once again what these are now One last thought for you When you read the book of revelation the book of revelation contains references or illusions from um around 28 out of the 39 old testament books in other words there 28 of the 39 old testament books are referred to in the book of revelation There are over five hundred and five citations Some say as many as 635 That are contained in 404 verses of this book Around 325 are from prophetic books of the old testament. Isaiah Jeremiah Ezekiel and Daniel The minor prophets references to Zechariah Joel Amos and Hosea are most common The books of the first five of the books of the pen it took the first five books of the old testament The greatest use is made of exodus and the poetics sections The the greatest use is found in the book of psalms and and the reason i'm saying that to you is if you want to understand Revelation somebody said this and i liked what they said Then then you need to know the old testament you need to read your old testament Because you can read the newspaper and you'll see that things today are unfolding just as scripture says But the better way to understand is to compare scripture with scripture What did god say in the old testament because in the new testament you're seeing the things god said in the old Would be fulfilled. You're seeing it now revealed in the book of revelation in other books of the new testament I like to look at the at the news Sometimes they fast from it.  So i'll tell maria if I want bad news i'll read one of my books know Where's the good news come from? comes from scripture Because if you only see what appears to be taking place right now then you would think That we end up losing But if you read through the book read the last chapter read the last couple verses We win because in jesus christ we're more than conquerors We're on the winning side During world war two the the japanese had a Woman by the name of tokyo rose some of you have heard of this who was a propagandist Who would come on and she would speak to the gis and she'd say Japan has taken this island japan has taken this place here And she would say you need to give up joe you need to give up because You're losing it was total propaganda the things she was saying were not true But it began to to despair it the the gis And so when you heard tokyo rose Saying the things that she was saying it caused the men to lose hope Listen don't listen to the voice of of the enemy Don't listen to the voice of the enemy. I I I don't want to hear his voice I want to hear the voice of the spirit And john john was in the spirit on the lord's day and jesus spoke to him I want to be in his word because through his word. He speaks to me through his word He he communicates when I pray I speak to him. But when I read his word, he speaks to me And as I read his word He gives me hope If I read the newspaper or watch the news That gives me despair I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that jesus christ is lord and I have no doubt in my mind that the church is Triumphant that the gates of hell shall not prevail against the church And I know that jesus christ is the conqueror and the victor and so I keep my mind on him because in christ I am more than a conqueror in christ I am a victor white because he has won and I am on his side And so as you read this Keep that in mind when john saw jesus he fell at his feet as one who is dead This is a man who knew christ from the time he was a he was a little boy. He walked with christ He before jesus announced himself as messiah. He knew who jesus was his mother was jesus's sister He grew up with him But when jesus revealed himself as messiah for those three years or so he walked with him He heard things that had never been said before He saw things that had never been done before he saw jesus walk on water He saw jesus raise the dead. He saw jesus cast out demons He's heard the words that were marvelous things that that people would wonder where did this man learn such things He's never gone to seminary. Where did he get all of this information? The rabbis would come and debate with christ and jesus would shut him down. He called him hypocrites White wash tombs. You don't know go and learn what moses meant when he said this that was jesus He walked with this man and yet he had not seen him in glory And the first time he sees him in glory he hears this voice of many waters the sound of a trumpet And write these things down and he sees jesus and when he sees the glorified christ, that's it for him That ought to be it for us too. Don't you think?  We have the power of the holy spirit dwelling in us. So we have no reason to fear We have no reason to fear. Why what's the worst thing that can happen to me? I go to heaven. Is that bad? Is that bad? I go to heaven. Oh, that's you christians.  Okay, that's fine That's fine But until that moment i'm still blessed And I still have joy and if you if you think i'm a fool, that's fine join me be a fool for christ too Because you know what in christ, I have hope And without christ there is no hope I have hope in christ He conquered the grave He is the risen lord and he dwells in us the church and in him we have victory What house could you want? What house could you want? And so we'll be looking at this as we go through revelation Those are your introductions. We'll move into chapter two this next week


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You want to know more it takes a bit of study But it's sure worth it right amateur radio Newington, Connecticut 06 111 This is Lorne Green Used to be that's how you began a tale of the far west with the sound of horses hoof beats pounding across the dry blowing sand a Clean sound to be blown away in the wind and leave no rude tracks to mar the golden sands of time No more Now in the new west a different breed of men ride a different breed of horse This is something ain't it You and me and nothing but sand and sky everywhere you look Like we're lost on the moon or someplace, you know it's like the edge of the universe all right Don't look like nobody's been here before us No off-roaders and nobody I don't look like it ain't no tracks, but the ones we're making Here's where we make our mark on the world old buddy Let's go Looks like maybe we aren't the only ones ever been here after all still don't see no tracks anywhere Let's have a look all right. Why not man. He left a nice cold beer in the fridge, right? me This ain't no more than a few boards nailed together Not fit shelter for a coyote hardly anybody ever lived here. He ain't likely to find him alive Me and my pal here. We were just riding by. We didn't think anybody really lived here. You didn't know Figured this was unexplored territory. Did you know like my own skin? I'm old Land's old We're out here together. 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I know that's what we're asking let him be What does matter anyway?   You'd be riding straight into a sandstorm Don't seem to me staying here under this pile of boards that make much difference shoot yourself Been out here a lot longer than we have maybe we better listen to you don't have to listen to me You just listen to that wind coming up Yeah, I think he's right. We'd better lay over a while, but then it'll be getting dark You mean stay here all night if we have to Day or night don't matter pretty soon.  Did you you ought to try riding one sometime old man?  You're welcome to join me if your stomach ain't particular What's in it? Don't remember Got a milky way in my pocket It'll do me fine. I'll have some of you stew old man. Don't look like it's done you any harm Cheers What'd you say he said old bones? Well, what about him? He asked what was in this too? Oh You want to split my milky way? How can you tell we haven't seen the Sun for hours when I feel like turning in it's night you want At least boys He was blankets. Oh looks like we're stuck here for the night. All right better than being stuck out there someplace Could have ended up in the old man stew. Oh, yeah, I remember I Remember Can't you asleep exactly winds letting up long we can leave soon as it's light, right? Long time ago that old man Never stops talking even in his sleep. I guess maybe he's dreaming Of the way it was wait. What was the way? The old way. Yeah. Well, he can have the way it was horse manure and flies give me a chopper any time Yeah, I hope ours weathered that sandstorm. Okay, maybe we ought to go out and take a look Nuggets buried treasure. Hey, man, you hear what he just said bury my buried treasure. Yeah That old man's got a treasure buried someplace nuggets. He said well, it figures he was an old prospector Maybe had a strike once and buried Right out here someplace. 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Yeah, I heard him, but he didn't say where bet you it's right here Right around this old shack someplace Hey, man, it's gonna be light any minute.  You know that nobody has to listen But it might do somebody some good if they did. Hey all these holes you're making. What do you figure?  There's some place. I don't want dug up. There is huh? There is what good is something you got buried way out here ever gonna do you whatever does somebody good There's nobody else's business providing that don't do nobody else no harm Who's talking about doing anybody any harm old man. Nobody is that's right And then why don't we all have some breakfast? Well, what do you got always got some stew and what did I tell you? There's someplace. You don't want us to dig all we have to do is find out where You decide on some I couldn't resist some more of that stew of yours.  No, I ain't hungry. Oh, I wouldn't say that I'd say you strike me as a hungry man You mean greedy don't you oh Green now that's something to watch your step about it's like a snake with 16 rattles That's right old man better watch your step. Don't you worry? I've killed my share of rattlers in my day your day was the day before yesterday old man You ain't looked lately. It's already the day after tomorrow. I don't count my time by days no more Speaking of time we're wasting hours come on Bob time you and me made tracks leave this old man Out here all alone no telling what could happen to him Who know the difference? There was nothing left but a pile of old bones drying in the wind none of us ain't gonna come to more than that Anyway, the only difference is some of us are gonna come to it sooner than others Where is this place?  There wasn't nothing could make him let it go nothing And I learned to be just like him Ain't nobody can be more stubborn than an old man Especially a crazy old man. Where is it? You sure you don't want to try some of my stoop? Where is it? I asked you give it up man. There's no way you could make him tell if you don't want to oh, yes There is You feel like telling me yet have me a burrow stubborner than any little old bulldog I Learned from him.    No you ain't we're in this together. I ain't in anything.     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I'll just replace that window glass like I used to Whatever you do learn to do it better Send for your free catalog just write consumer catalog Pueblo, Colorado 8109 Francine send for their publication on first aid address Pueblo, Colorado 8109 Gingerly feels the raw swollen place on his left cheek or distance away His youngest salient painfully extricates himself from under his fallen mechanized horse There has been a confrontation between the old and the new and so far it appears both are the worst for it Hey, you smashed up your leg pretty bad. All right Just help me up on my other one. Okay You think you can ride on my shoulder back to the old man's place. I'll see to your bike later Okay, okay. All right. I just hang on. I'll walk easy for a damn sure I just hold on a minute now. We're almost there. We got some trouble out here My pals been hurt. He hurt his leg pretty bad. She's horse. Did you have to shoot it? Look can we come inside see what we can do don't put yourself out in that old man.   Whiskey. Where'd you get that? I saved things for when they're needed. Of course, this may sting a little Yeah, and resetting this bone ain't gonna feel so good either Couple of drops of that whiskey on the inside might be a good idea. He's right Take a good swig man.  He's had enough to do him. I told you I save things for when they're needed Listen to strips while I find something that'll do is a splint got young bones You ought to heal pretty quick not quick enough for us to get out of here for a while Unless I ride out and bring back some kind of help. Yeah, wait a bit now. Yeah, pretty, but maybe you'll do the job Guess you figure I owe you some kind of thanks for all this Yeah, just as soon you wouldn't found me a skunk caught in a trap once a pride him loose Fixed him up, and you know what kind of thank you he gives me.   No Seems like I'm stuck with the old man stew Where is he by the way? I don't know Not off somewhere again. I guess Look, I bet it do like I said right out of here and come back as soon as I can with my pickup I can fix you up a bed in the back of it so she can make the trip out.   Are you sure ain't no shape to go hunting for it? I ain't but you are Next time he wanders off you follow him and see what he's up to okay Well, I can't think of much else. I could be doing as long as I'm here I'm still here And I still remember and that That's what matters Nobody can make the world turn around and go backwards ain't asking it to Can't bring back something that's dead and gone Want to With somebody ought to always be around who ain't forgot important What do you hear about looks like it's me? I'm here And I remember seeing nothing like this country before No, son, I never Can't hardly believe I'm seeing it now You think maybe I'll I'll get so used to it. I'll forget how it looked the first time. I don't know son Some things stay with us forever There's no telling what things are gonna be Great golden who we flew across the land you and me Josh Lily Said you I Remember to Josh ain't nobody called me by my Christian name in a long time little I remember to Josh But you ain't here no more Lily. I'm here Josh. It's a long time ago.  What are you doing out here? Oh? Got just as much as right as you well. Yeah, I suppose you do Didn't know you was having some kind of private meeting and didn't stop your none from buttoning did it Who's that you was talking to your old sweetie? I guess maybe you thought you was really something was no man you and that pal yours. I Suppose you think you're the only ones who was every young Whoever loved the woman Whoever felt the call of this land. No But it's our time now Your time is over time It don't matter As long as you remember All right, oh man, I'll leave you alone with your memories Since that's all you got left See you back at the shack Long as I'm alive.  It's having himself a secret rendezvous with an old girlfriend.  Oh, you should have heard him standing out there talking with her Thinking they was all alone just the two of them. I Mean they didn't know I was there listening to them the whole time wait a minute You better write out of here first thing tomorrow for your other one of needs help instead of me Okay, and I come back with a pickup.  Right and leave the old guy in peace. That's right Berry treasure or no berry treasure. Well now your little errand of mercy is gonna take you a while, isn't it? knows Maybe by then the old man and I will have worked something out One way or another Clinging jerseys tight satin tops.  Maybe you should try counting sheets. 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Don't concern yourself about me young fella. I've been taking care of myself so long It's got to be a habit I'll see you pal watch out for boulders Looks like it's just you and me never did to hear tell of it before. What's that a desert rat hold up with a rattler And survive in the experience What are you fixing to do now old man go wandering off again? Figure old sweetheart still waiting out there for you. You want to eat don't you?  It's swollen twice its size.  Don't start your rambling again about things. It don't matter things that are past They're done with all dead and gone old man. You understand Lily You're old sweetheart. She's dead and gone to understand. It's all right Josh I'm here and even if she wasn't she wouldn't have no more use for an old broken-down heap of bones like you old man Can you hear me Josh? I'm right here I'm tired little do I know I told you old man. There ain't no Lil here. There's only me It'll be over soon Josh the pain and all It ain't so bad a little Nothing's bad As long as you're here. It's just a fever old man.  Do you remember how it was Josh? I'm trying to little But it's getting hard. I Told you old man.  It was beautiful Josh Remember You were beautiful Snap out of it old man. Do you hear me? You still are a beautiful lily Hair like the sun Eyes like they clean blue western sky even if your sweetheart was here She'd be just as old and gray and broken down now as you old man. I love you Josh. I Love you little stop it old man. You hear me. She ain't here. I said If you are here Go away Leave the old man alone. Yes now Josh Don't worry. I'll stay right here. I Won't leave you I've never leave you anymore. Oh, I I know that now Lily.  That's right? I Remember that's what I was after gold and you found it too. Didn't you old man? I come out here to the desert. I was I was all Then that sweetheart of yours Lily then she didn't stick by after all. No, no I wasn't all alone not once you struck gold. You wasn't nobody's alone once he's got himself a fistful of gold nuggets It's right. I ain't forgotten you ain't forgot what you've done with him right old man. Were you buried? No, no I ain't forgot right next to this this old shack of mine by that old barrel cactus Now old man, that's more like it. I'll get you another drink of water on that one. Here you go old man All we have to do now is wait for my pal to come back I am about to be rescued And thanks to you Me and my pal are going out of here a lot richer than when we came in leg, you know me I ain't hardly been offered how come where's the old man in here that he ain't good for much just now What's the matter with him rattlesnake bite? Don't look at me. It was a real rattler. Ask the old man.  This is where he said it was alright right by this old barrel cactus How come he finally told you I wonder?  Yeah, that must have been before he told you where his treasure was hid, right? I did all I could after that there wasn't anything else anybody could have done. Yeah Well, I guess it don't matter anymore. The old man's dead Nothing gonna change that that's right. He's dead And he ain't got no use for gold anymore, but we're alive, and we sure as hell have so get back to digging will you? I think I've hit something. I told you man. Well, don't stop now. I wish I could take over that shovel relax, man Digging up this desert as fast as I can There was under here. I'm going anywhere. You found it. Yeah, I Found it. Well lift it out. Let's see. There's nothing to see. What are you talking about? You just said some old bones That's all there is just just some old bones. Are you sure? But you you heard the old man mumbling about his buried treasure nuggets. He said remember. Yeah, I Remember Nuggets is all he said. He didn't say nothing about any gold. I talked about his buried treasure, didn't he? Yeah, and we just naturally assumed that had to mean gold. I sure didn't figure nuggets meant some old bones I remember I followed him out on the desert that time the old man talked about a horse. He had once He called them spurs. So what's that supposed to mean? Look at these bones you can see with some kind of animal So maybe the old man another horse wants a horse called nuggets or a burrow maybe When he was prospecting that's it. I bet you Nuggets it's a great name for a burrow.   I pray the Lord my soul to keep Amen There's your prayer old man. I guess it'll do It'll do. Let's get my bike on the truck get out of here in a minute Well, what are you gonna do now? I thought I thought I put up a grave marker a grave marker What for nobody'll ever see it. They're just the same It was there ought to be something to show that that old man was here Sandstorm will just come along cover it up.  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Now for those of you that have been around here for a while, y'all know if there's one thing that I absolutely do not like at all, and that is answering questions on lists.  But one thing that I do like is looking at other people's lists. I don't mind reviewing into other people's lists and seeing what their top five this and top five that are, and that's the case with Bleacher Report. Now of course they came out with a very unique list. It is very ESPN-ish, no, it's actually very off-season-ish, because it's the off-season, things are moving a bit slow, everybody just trying to make it to the draft. So ESPN, I mean, excuse me, no Bleacher Report, they came up with this list of the top 25 players that are under the age of 25, and we're going to go through it. But before we go through it, I got to say that I love y'all and I appreciate y'all. Thank you for supporting the way that you do, because you could support, and I know all of us support different people and different creators and whatnot and different just people in our lives period, but it's the way that you support them that makes a big difference. Just to see the positivity that you all display in the comments section, the love, and I ain't talking about for me, I mean like with each other, and just the positive vibe and the positive energy man, it makes a big difference and I really, really appreciate that from y'all. So thank you for that. Now, getting into this list, number 25, Saquon Barclay, the five master himself from the New York Giants. Self-explanatory, y'all already know about him. That dude is nasty. Hopefully this year he gets healthy. He can come back and not only come back, but stay healthy, because last season, it just seemed like not even that there were more injuries than ever, but more injuries to significant players more than ever. And that's always unfortunate, but I mean, it happens every single year, but with Saquon Barclay, it's just terrible. But he's number 25. Number 24 is Frank Ragnar, center from the Detroit Lions. So he must be an excellent blocker. I don't know anything about him, and I'm not going to act like I do. Number 23, oh, Marshawn Lattimore from the New Orleans Saints. Wow. I did not know that he was under the age of 25. I really didn't. He's good, and he's great when he guards Mike Evans. He usually shuts Mike Evans down, you know what I mean? He is worried. Anyway, number 22, Jesse Bates from the Cincinnati Bengals. Oh, I like that. This was the guy that said, hey, if as long as we cover number 15 and number 89 for the Ravens, then we'll take care of it. And they still end up losing big time. But hey, he's a great individual player. Number 21, Quentin Williams from the New York Jets. All right, pressure guy. What was he like, the number two overall pick a couple years back? But yeah, he's been delivering for the Jets. And once they get their new quarterback, we'll see if things change under Roberts a lot. Anyway, number 20, Brian Burns, edge guy from the Carolina Panthers. He's somebody else I did not know was under the age of 25. Man, a lot of these players are a lot younger than I thought they were. Number 19, Joe Burrow from the Bengals. OK, well, I mean, Joe Burrow, he did look good at times last year. And but he was a rookie. Because I know often with Joe Burrow, I see with him that what I saw from him is that he played a lot of hero ball, but he was a young guy. That was his first year. So hey, it is what it is, man. He was just trying to make something happen. So we'll see how he continues to do that moving forward. But with this one, interesting, but it does say this ranking has as much to do with what could be as what was. So it's more like a future project. It's a mix of a future projection and what he's done in his rookie season, too. Number 18 is Raquon Smith inside linebacker for the Chicago Bears. OK, cool. I don't seem to make a few plays here and there. Not too familiar with his game, but all right, that's cool. Number 17, Tristan worse from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. And he made an immediate impact for the Bucs and he helped protect Mr. Tom Brady on their way to the Super Bowl. Like, how does that got to feel? You get drafted by the Bucs and or Tom Brady was already signed by the Bucs by that time. But you get drafted by the Bucs and then you get you get the you're going to be blocking for Tom Brady. Like, you got to have like so many different emotions running through your body. Like, oh, my goodness, like, wow. And then you block all the way for him to a Super Bowl. That's that's crazy, man. Anyway, next number 16, Minka Fitzpatrick. He's nice. I remember when the Dolphins were getting ready to trade him. I wanted the Ravens to make that move. I really did. It's worked out for the Steelers, though. He's been a playmaker for Pittsburgh Steelers, even though Hollywood got the random twice in one year for two different teams. That was fun. But yeah, he's been a playmaker for Pittsburgh Steelers. So he's been pretty good. Number every time I want to come out here, they always want to start getting windy. It's like, man, it's like it is what it is, though. Anyway, number 15. Oh, this I would have had this guy ranked a lot higher. Justin Jefferson. I would have had him ranked like way higher than this. Justin Jefferson from the Minnesota Vikings. He, man, he was amazing, man. He was amazing. I remember last year going into the draft and I tell y'all this story all the time. But it is around draft season, so I get reminded of it all the time more recently. But I was I fell in love with with Henry Ruggs, the Jerry Judy and the C.D. Lamb, more so Jerry Judy and C.D. Lamb, but Ruggs, I liked him a lot, too. And I was just thinking of all these envisioning all these scenarios with the Ravens with drafts, one of those three. I didn't think it was going to happen, but I really did hope it would happen. And it didn't happen. And it kind of broke my heart. But then somebody else I really liked, too, was Justin Jefferson when I watched him. And one of the biggest things I liked about him was his quickness and his route running. He looked very he looked sharp, sharp. His route running was on point and his hands were good, too. And he was really good after the catch as well. And all of that translated to the NFL boom in the first year right away. It wasn't no old year. The rookie Walt knew that translated right away.  He has his own shoes to feel because they he's came in right away and he set the bar high. I love this guy, love his game. And I just, man, he's been great. So shout out to him. I think he should be way higher. And I don't even know who 14 through. Well, I know who number one is, but I don't even know who 14 through number two are. But I feel like Justin Jefferson, regardless, should be way higher. Anyway, next up, Devon White inside linebacker for the Bucks. Oh, yeah. OK. Well, he's nice with it. And another Super Bowl champion here. Wow, there is a B that's on the tripod right now for the camera. So I might have to take a little break and get rid of this thing. So shout out to Devon White and shout out to that B because I tried to step on it and I missed it and it flew away. So hopefully I don't get stung in the process of making this video. Next up, number 13 is AJ Brown. This dude is a certified beast. He is a monster. The Titans, they selected Corey Davis with the number five overall pick back in 2017. What's the 17? All right, I forgot when. But they selected Corey Davis and Corey Davis supposed to be that guy. AJ Brown comes along and he says I was number five overall pick, but I will certainly give you more production than that guy. And he certainly did. This dude is big. He is fast. He is just a monster. Very, very physical. He's a physical, fast, wide receiver. And that is a beautiful combination. He makes stuff happen. He ain't afraid. He just he's nice, man. I like AJ Brown. So this is a good one, man. Number 12, Fred. I ain't no friend. Warner was under 20. He's under 25. Wow. Playmaker though. Playmaker for sure. I had no idea he was under 25. Even his name alone. He got one of the old school names. Hey, I'm Fred Warner. But his name just sounded over. But I didn't think he was under 25. That's cool, man. Good for him. Number 11, Nick Bosa.  So he missed a big chunk of the year. But he's nice with it, man. He is a very, very good pass rusher. Very, very consistent pass rusher. I guess when it comes to being a bosa, bosa is just they just really good pass rushers, period, man. They got it in their blood. So no surprise that he's on this list. Number 10, Christian McCaffrey. Somebody, I think he only played like three or five games last year. Another guy that got injured. Christian McCaffrey, again, offensive playmaker. He's a running back. He's a receiver. You could put him in the slot. You could have him catch pass out of the backfield. You could put him in on returns. You could do so much stuff with Christian McCaffrey. He is just the definition of a baller, a straight-up baller. And not everybody is like that. Some people, not everybody is like that. Some people are like that. There's certain positions, but there's some people that can just do everything. And Christian McCaffrey, he's definitely one of those. Oh, number nine, Orlando Brown, Jr. OK, OK, OK. What more needs to be said, man? This guy, he came in. He should have been starting from jump his rookie season, but it took the Ravens a little while. But he's been starting ever since his rookie season, since like midway through his rookie season. Hey, he's been doing this thing. He played on the right tackle for the majority of his career. Obviously, last year with Ronnie Stanley going down, they switched him over to the left side. He did this thing over there. And so he's got two pro bowls. And I guess Bleacher Report is trying to help the Ravens sort of boost up his value as a player. But this is a good reminder of his value as a player. And when the Ravens, with them trading him in the near future because he is so young, he's young and he's experienced now on both sides. And he's been very, very healthy, too. So his value is through the roof. Thanks, by the way, Bleacher Report. We appreciate your number eight. Oh, another Raven guy. What a coincidence. Marlon Humphrey, Marlon Humphrey. Oh, now I see two bees out here. Well, those are actually wasps. OK, I'm going to be watching my legs now, extra close. But Marlon Humphrey, he comes in at number eight. And we know about Marlon Humphrey. Now, one thing about him, he, I think, he was in second place for giving up the most target, or the most targeted cornerback last year. I forgot who was in first. But I believe Marlon was in second. For either the most targeted or giving up the most catches, I forgot what it was. But Marlon Humphrey, he is a playmaker. And hopefully for the Ravens sake, for Marlon Humphrey's sake, he can get back to playing outside corner rather than slot corner because slot corner, that's not his position. He only gets thrown there. And he still does this thing there, but it's better outside corner. But he, because of Tavon Young, because of Tavon Young's injury problems, Marlon Humphrey ends up having to take his spot. And Ravens still have Jimmy Smith and Marcus Peters to be the outside guys. And so hopefully Tavon Young will be healthy this year. So Marlon Humphrey can really, I think he'll be much better on the outside than the inside because, again, that's where he belongs. He's outside corner. But nice to see him on this list. Number seven, Chase Young. Chase Young. Oh, I was disappointed, especially as a Ravens fan, when we played the Washington football team last year and Chase Young was hurt, especially because Chase Young talked about how he was looking forward to sacking Lamar Jackson. That's the, they asked him, who's the guy that you want to get a sack on the most? And he said it's Lamar Jackson. So I was looking forward to seeing just that Washington football team pass rush with Chase Young, Montez, Sweat. What is the name? Leonite? I forgot what his name is. And there's another guy that I'm forgetting. Oh, Ryan Kerrigan. He was on there too. So that would have been nice. But Chase Young did this thing last year. I think I actually do think Patrick Queen probably should have got rookie of the year. Because when you look at the numbers, I think with Chase Young, you just knew he was going to get rookie of the year. And if Joe Burrow would have finished the season, he was going to get rookie of the year. Even though Justin Herbert, I think he really deserved it. But you just, I think they gave both of those guys, well, more so Chase Young. I think they gave him rookie of the year more so because of his status. Like, oh, he was the number two overall pick. And I just thought I should have went somewhere else. But anyway, not a big deal. Number six, Justin. Oh, Justin Herbert. Just was talking about Justin Herbert. And boom, he pops up on the list. So I really, really like Justin Herbert a lot. A lot, man. This dude, he is going to be really, really good, man. Like, really, really good. He already got weapons. They just need to build up their offensive line. Hey, maybe Orlando Brown, Jr. to the charge. But he is really, really good. I love his game. I love the way he plays. He can do it all. Every single throw. He got the big arm. He could throw off his back foot. He could throw on the move. He is going to be nice. Love Justin Herbert. Love him.  Number five is DK Metcalf. Straight beast, man. Beast. He is like a bigger, faster AJ Brown. And that's not a diss to AJ Brown because AJ Brown is big and he's fast. But DK Metcalf is like a bigger, faster version of him. Physical guy. He has some knocks on him coming out of college. A lot of people thought he looked a little bit stiff and whatnot. But he has shut all of that down. And he has done his thing at a very, very high level. Shout out to DK Metcalf and the Seahawks for making that move to draft him. Ooh, next up, Jair Alexander, number four. I love Jair Alexander. Always mess with my guy, KDG, who's a Packers fan. And I always talk to him about Jair Alexander coming to the Ravens and not resigning with the Packs when his contract is up. I know it's not going to happen, but I just like messing with him. Jair Alexander, definition of lockdown. He is a lockdown corner. So him being where he is on this list, I'm with it. And I see that the bird, they agree as well. Next up, Kyla Murray. Oh, OK. Number three, Kyla Murray. Kyla Murray is nice. I mean, I wouldn't think he would be at number three on this list. But oh, I guess the bird, they agree with him being at number three. But it's all good. But I didn't think I would think he would be that high. But he's good.  Like they need to fix that offensive line, though. But they put him in a position to where they're like, OK, Kyla, we're going to keep providing for you. I love how they're giving him no excuse but to succeed. Because he had Larry Fitzgerald and DeAndre Hopkins and Christian Kirk and Isabella last year. Now, this year, Larry Fitzgerald is in limbo. But the Cardinals were like, we're not waiting on you. They went and signed AJ Green. They still have DeHop. They still have Kirk. They still have Isabella. They still providing for him, man. So that's a beautiful thing. Number two, Josh Allen. OK, I'm not mad at this one at all. Josh Allen is nice. And it get with him. Same thing as Kyla Murray. The Beals. And I listened to a podcast that had Brandon Bean on there. The Beals GM, the Huddling Flow podcast. Listen to it if you get a chance to. And it's with Steve White. But they were interviewing Brandon Bean. And they were like, man, Brandon Bean was talking about how with Josh Allen, the year that they had when they first signed John Brown and Cole Beasley, those were Josh Allen's top targets. But he said they wanted to trade for Emmanuel Sanders. And they wanted to trade for Stefan Diggs. But it just didn't happen. They said he said there was two guys that they really liked. And this was even after having John Brown and Cole Beasley. But then after that season passed, Brandon Bean was like, you know what? That's not enough. That's not enough. Those two guys, we need more. We just really need more. So he went and he hit up the Vikings about Stefan Diggs. But it was like, oh, no, they're not really doing anything right now. Then he said that he got worried about Stefan Diggs tweeting something. And he said, well, Stefan Diggs tweeted. That led him to believe that, OK, maybe this relationship ain't so pretty now. And then he said he went out and got him. I was like, man. So they really taken care of Josh Allen. Then they drafted Gabe Davis, who was really nice too. And they just really provided Josh Allen weapons. And you saw his game go from here to there, just like that with having that guy at wide receiver. So I love how the bills really provided for Josh Allen. They really just invested in their quarterback. And that leads us to number one, which is Mr. Lamar Jackson. And I'm hoping that the Ravens, they follow suit and really invest like crazy in Lamar Jackson because it's coming up to where they're going to pick up the fifth year option any day now. They have until May 3rd to do it. So expect that announcement literally any day. You know, Ravens, a lot of times when it comes to these deadline announcements, they wait until the last minute to announce stuff. But that's cool. But I expect them any day now, any day, but probably a lot closer to May 3rd. But Lamar Jackson, he has just been amazing. Everything Ravens goes through him. Everything Ravens goes by him. Everything Ravens is just him. It's Lamar all day. But now I would just love to see where they really invested him and really provide him weapons and options and more receivers and higher quality of offensive line. They just really go all in for Lamar Jackson. So because he, man, he does so much for the team. He spoils the Ravens, spoils them. So it's Ravens turn to really spoil him. Really go all in with this guy, man.  Do it, because it just makes too much sense. Team Keep It Clean, I love y'all. Thank you Bleacher Report for this very fun list. This was fun. See, I told y'all, I like reviewing the list, but I don't like making my own. So I love y'all, I appreciate y'all, and we out.


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