Well, take the word of God, please turn to the book of the Revelation, the chapter number two. The book of the Revelation, the chapter number two, you'll know that seven churches were written to here. And we're coming now to the central letter, letter number four, a letter that was written to the church in Thyatira. And so we're reading from the verse 18, Revelation chapter two, verse 18. Let's hear God's word. And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write these things. saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass. I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works, and the last to be more than the first. Notwithstanding, I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach, and to seduce my servants, to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols. And I give her space to repent of her fornication, and she repented not. Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. And I will kill her children with death, And all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts, and I will give unto every one of you according to your works. But unto you I say, and unto the rest, and Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak, I will put upon you none other burden, but that which ye have already. Hold fast till I come. And he that overcometh and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations. He shall rule them with a rod of iron, as the vassals of a potter shall they be broken to shivers. even as I receive of my Father, and I will give him the morning star, and he that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. Amen. And we'll conclude our reading there at the natural conclusion. And let's just briefly pray. Loving Father, Lord, we come now before Thee, we are before Thee. We're at Thy feet, as Mary. Lord, we sit at Thy feet to hear Thy word. Open our hearts and our ears, Lord, and speak into our souls. And bless us now and fill me with Thy Spirit. And give me help, Lord, to preach the word. I pray this in our Savior's great and precious name. Amen. If you can remember all the way back to the first Lord's Day of this new year, or this year, 2024, you'll remember that I preached a message that was based upon the words of our motto text, That motto text is found in Acts chapter 5 and the verse number 42, where we read these words, they cease not to teach and preach Jesus Christ. In light of those words, we then embarked upon a series of messages that focused on the names and the titles that are attributed to the Lord Jesus Christ in the scriptures of truth. You'll know that those messages were interrupted, or that series of messages was interrupted by two things, the summer holidays, and also by the election to the eldership of this church. Well, today I want to take up again this study with regard to these matters, with regard to these names and titles of the Lord Jesus Christ. Because what greater subject can a preacher preach upon than him. What more instructive, what more soul-thrilling message can a congregation listen to than that which is centered upon the person of the Lord Jesus Christ. On the last Lord's Day of June, that being the last time I addressed you on this particular subject matter, I mentioned that I had set myself a very ambitious target on that particular Lord's Day. I was planning to preach upon all of the titles and names given to Jesus Christ in the book of the Revelation. When I came to write it down and when I came to find myself trying to focus in on that particular target, I found that it was a target or an ambitious target that would not be accomplished in a single message. And so instead we concentrated on the titles given to Jesus Christ in Revelation chapter one. Well today I want us to move into the chapter number two. Here we come to hear our Savior speak. This is the one whose head, as we're told in chapter one, whose head is as, and his head, his hairs are as white as wool, as white as snow. This is the one whose eyes are as a flame of fire, and he begins to speak here, and in the verse number 16, or in the verse, sorry, in the verse number 28, I think I've even got that one wrong. In the verse number, yes, verse number 28, he speaks of himself here as the Morning Star, and I will give him the Morning Star. This is not the only time that this title is attributed to the Lord Jesus Christ. If you keep your hand here and turn to the final chapter of this book of the Revelation, The chapter 22 and the verse 16 will find, again, this particular statement given to us. Revelation 22 and the verse 16, I, Jesus, have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David and the bright and the morning star. From these words in chapter 22 then, we're left in no doubt as to who the morning star is here in the chapter number two. Scripture is the best commentary in Scripture. And so we find here that the identity of the morning star is none other than Jesus. I, Jesus, am the bright and the morning star. And so we want to think about this title, The Bright and Morning Star. We've been singing about it in our second hymn and third hymn. We thought about how he is the morning star. And so we're going to think about this particular title. As we think about Jesus Christ as being the morning star, I want you to consider, first of all, the prophetic significance of this title. The prophetic significance of this title. Belan. It's a very interesting character that we come to meet in the Old Testament Scriptures. Some have referred to Balaam as the epitome of an apostate. And they refer to Balaam in those words and in that way because Balaam knew the truth. Not only did Balaam know the truth, but Balaam, he also preached the truth. But we also find that Balaam sold the truth for temporal advantage and for worldly gain. And that is what the apostate does. That's what the apostate preacher does. He knows the truth, and even at times he preaches the truth, but then he comes to sell the truth. for worldly gain and for an easier life in this world. Well, Balaam was asked by Balak to curse the children of Israel. However, whenever Balaam came to curse Israel, instead what he came to do was that he blessed Israel because he came to understand that such was pleasing to the Lord. His prophetic utterance In that prophetic utterance he comes to speak about a descendant that would arise from the house of Jacob. You can read that there in Numbers chapter 24 if you want to turn there. In Numbers 24 we read these words in the verse number 15. And he took up his parable and said, this is Balaam speaking, Balaam, the son of Behor has said, and the man whose eyes are open has said, he has said which heard the words of the Lord and knew the knowledge of the Most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty falling into a trance, but having his eyes opened, I shall see him, but not now. I shall behold him, but not now. There shall come a star out of Jacob, and a scepter shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheol." Now we asked the question, who did Balaam see that day? It wasn't Israel. Israel was before him, the nation was encamped before him, before his physical eyes. No, it wasn't Israel that Balaam saw in that vision, but rather it was the Lord Jesus Christ, one of Jacob's descendants that he saw. And how does he come to describe this descendant of Jacob? How does he come to describe the blessed son of God? He describes him, he refers to him as a star. A star out of Jacob and a scepter out of Israel. The star that Balaam saw that day was Jesus Christ, the morning star. When Jesus Christ came into the world, He came to fulfill all prophetic utterances concerning Himself. And thus this prophecy, a prophecy that was given by Balaam, you think of that, a prophecy that came forth from the lips of an apostate preacher, of an unconverted man, found its fulfillment in the person of Jesus Christ. Because Jesus Christ said, I am the root and the offspring of who? Of David. the bright and the morning star. From Jacob's family, from the kingly tribe of Judah, Jacob's fourth son, a savior would be born as the star out of Jacob. It is a reminder to us, brethren and sisters and all who are gathered here today, that every prophecy concerning Jesus Christ will find its fulfillment someday. Many of those prophecies have already been fulfilled concerning our Lord and Savior. But we also think of the prophecies concerning the Savior's second coming that are yet to be fulfilled. Prophecies regarding the severing and the separating and the sifting process when the King of kings will return to this world in great power and in great glory. Let me ask you this question. When the bright and morning star appears, and I speak of Jesus Christ here, When the bright and morning star appears, will you welcome his appearance? Or will you be found among those who will mourn because of his coming? What will the appearance of the Son of God mean for you? Think of that. What will the appearance of the Son of God mean for you? What will the appearance of the star, the morning star, mean for you? Will it mean your promotion to glory? or will it mean your incarceration in hell? Oh, that today you would forgo your sin, if you knew not Christ, that you would run, run to the cross and trust in Christ, and what He did there for sinners when He died for sin upon the tree. And so there is a prophetic significance with regard to this statement, this morning star, there is a prophetic significance because it is a fulfillment of Scripture. Jesus Christ was the morning star. He was a star that came out of Jacob. Let's consider a second point and probably the most lengthy point today. I want us to think about the reasons why I believe that this title, The Morning Star, is most fitting to be ascribed to the Son of God. Why is he called the Morning Star? What is the significance with regard to this title concerning the lovely Lord Jesus Christ? Well, there are a number of reasons why I believe that this title, the Morning Star, is suitably attributed to the Son of God. The first reason is connected with the idea of governance. Governance. In the biblical record, the stars are spoken of in terms of ruling. The stars rule. You maybe never have thought of that, you've maybe never seen that in your reading of Scripture. But as you read through the Scripture, you'll find that the stars, they are attributed with this thought of ruling, this thought of governing. If you want to turn in your Scriptures, if you desire to do so, in Psalm 136, we'll read a verse here that will point you in that direction, Psalm 136, and this is verse number 7. Psalm 136, the verses 7 through to 9, we're told here that we are those who should give thanks. So give thanks unto the Lord for he is good. Let's read from the verse number 7. To him that made great lights, this is who we're to give thanks to, for his mercy endureth forever. The son to rule by day, for his mercy endureth forever. Then notice the next verse, verse number nine, the moon and stars to rule by night, for his mercy endureth forever. Here we're told that the stars, they rule by night. In other words, they govern, they hold sway, they control the night seasons. It reminds us, folks, that creation knows nothing of anarchy. Creation knows nothing of disorder within it. No hour of the day is left without rule. The sun rules by day, but the moon and the stars, they also rule by night. I am told that in ancient literature, kings, rulers, and governors are referred to as stars. That's how the ancients referred to those who governed over them. They were known as stars. We think of this book of the Revelation, we read about those stars that are held in the hand of God and those stars are representatives of the ministers of those particular churches. God has in his hand the stars and how glad we are off that. He has the mystery of the seven stars. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, or the pastors. And the seven candlesticks, which I saw, are the seven churches. And what is one of the roles of the pastor, a minister in a congregation? It is to rule. There is a thought of rule, governance within the body of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ as the Morning Star, brethren and sisters, Jesus Christ rules over this vast creation. He upholds it. He preserves it. And He governs it for His own glory and for the good of His people. We're told by Isaiah the prophet that upon the shoulder of the Son of God there rests the government of the world, yea, the entire creation, the entire universe. He governs the universe. Of course He does. But He also governs His church as its head. And to bring it closer to home, He should govern His people. ruling them and defending them as the king, for that's what he does as he executes the offices of king. In our eyes, he governs us and he restrains all his and our enemies. I ask you this question today, have you submitted yourself to the rule of Christ? Have you submitted yourself to the governance of Christ or are you still a rebel? Are you a rebel? Are you unwilling to yield to him in the gospel? Oh, that today you would come under the gracious reign and the loving governance of Jesus Christ, who is the morning star. Oh, that Jesus Christ would put forth his power today in the gospel and claim the throne of your heart. And so there's the thought of governance with regard to him being the morning star. The second reason why I believe this title, The Morning Star, is fitting for Jesus Christ, has to do with the idea of brilliance. Or we could use another word, radiance. Radiance. You'll notice that in Revelation chapter 2, in the verse 28, that he's described as the morning star. But in Revelation chapter 22 and the verse 16, there is an adjective, a describing word that is placed before this statement, morning star. And we'll read it just again so it comes to your mind. I, Jesus, have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David and the bright, and the bright and morning star. The bright in the morning star. Now you'll be aware that our sun is our star. The sun is a star. It's called a yellow dwarf star. That's what the sun is, it's a yellow dwarf star. The brightness, now think of this. The brightness that emanates, the brightness that comes out of the sun is equivalent to the light of three octillion candles. I know that that's the amount of money that some of you men have in your bank accounts. Octillion. What is an octillion? I suggest that you look it up tomorrow in the will of God. I'm sure it's probably got eight octillion. I'm only thinking about eight zeros behind the name. Think about that again. Three octillion candles. The title of the brightest star in the universe doesn't go to our sun. But it belongs to the luminous blue variable star called Eta Carninae. This star is approximately 7,500 light years from Earth and is almost 5 million times brighter than our star. Brilliant, blinding. Blazing light comes from the stars. There's a brilliance, a radiance that emanates from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I'll show you that. An example in Scripture. I'm sure some of you know it. Apostle Paul, or at that point Saul of Tarsus, is traveling down the Damascus Road. And as he travels down that road, something marvellous, something miraculous, something divine, something supernatural happens to that man. He encounters the living Christ and later on he comes Paul now, standing before King Agrippa and he now says this in Acts chapter 28 as he recounts his conversion story, as he recounts his testimony, he tells Kinagripa how he saw in the way a light from heaven above the brightness of the sun. What did he see that day? It isn't what he saw, it is who he saw. I believe that he met Jesus Christ on that road, on that particular day. Christ dwells in light unapproachable. He dwells in light. He is light. I am the light of the world. John spoke about that light. He said he wasn't that light, but he came to declare concerning the light of the world, the Lord Jesus Christ. Hebrews 1, verse 3, Jesus Christ is described there as being what? The brightness of his Father's glory. Unutterably bright in his deity. but he's also unquestionably bright in his humanity, dwelling in light which no man can approach unto, the brilliance, the radiance that comes from the Lord Jesus Christ. I wonder today, does today find you in the gross darkness of your sin? Then look away to Christ, the bright in the morning star, That dark night of sin can, thank God, be turned into a dawn of salvation for you today. As Isaiah predicted in Isaiah 9 verse 2, the people that walked in darkness have seen a great light, and they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined. He was speaking about the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son who was given. Thank God for him. And so there is a thought of brilliance, radiance. There is a thought of governance. And the third reason why I believe this title, The Morning Star, is fitting for Jesus Christ is connected with the idea of transcendence. Transcendence. Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky, twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are. That children's nursery rhyme reminds us of the stars. They're far suspended, far above us in the night sky. If the brilliance of that far star is five million times brighter than our sun, our star, I for one am glad that those stars are transcendent. that they're far above us. You know, the Bible has a lot to say about stars. Elipaz has something to say about these stars. If you want to turn to Job chapter 22, if you don't just listen, I can read it for you. Job chapter 22, Elipaz is speaking here in the verse number 12. Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold, behold the height of the stars. How high they are! How high they are! I find stars and the universe, I find it mind-blowing. It's something I really don't study, but I think I could maybe get into it, to study it. I was doing a little research. The closest star to Earth, after our sun. The closest star to Earth, is called Proxima Centauri. Now it's only 4.21 light years away. Now light year, the speed of light travels at 670 million miles per hour. And that's only 4.2 light years away. The farthest star, the farthest star was found in 2022 by NASA and it's called Ir Endel. Now this is interesting. You'll not know this. Maybe you will. Do you know what year Endel is in Old English? Morning star. That's what they've called it. Morning star. Do you know how far that is away from us? 28 million, billion. Sorry, 28 billion light years away. That means if you travel 28 billion Years at the speed of light, 670 million miles per hour, you'll eventually get to that star. I don't suggest you start after this meeting because you'll be long dead before that. It is an obvious statement to make, but I make it anyway. The stars transcend us. And in this way we see the title, The Morning Star, is most suitable for the Son of God because he transcends us. In other words, He's far above us. Boys and girls, God is far above you. God is greater than man. He transcends man in whatever metric you take. Whatever metric you take, God transcends man, whether it's wisdom, power, beauty, glory, wealth, holiness, justice, mercy, love. Christ transcends all others. There is none, none, none like Him. He is fairer than the children of men. He is the chiefest among ten thousands. And yet, now think of this, though He transcends us, Yet he is not so far above us that he cannot be found by us. In Psalm 138, verse 6, we read, Though the Lord be high, yes, even higher than the stars, yet hath he respect unto the lowly, but the proud he knoweth afar off. In the gospel, This transcendent God stooped down from heaven's lofty heights in the person of his Son in order to help and to raise up the lowly. Did you know that he who stooped to become a man in order that he might die for sin upon the cross is well able to reach down where you are today and to pick you up and to lift you up? Yes, God is high. higher than even the stars. And yet he hath respect unto the lonely. I thought about those stars. I thought about how they're unaffected by what happens on earth. They're above earth's commotion. Of course they are. Do you think that something on earth causes something to happen to the stars in heaven? No. They just keep on shining in the sky. And so it is with Christ. He's above the commotion. He's above the chaos of this world. Nothing on earth is going to affect the morning star, just the same way as nothing on earth affects these celestial bodies. Because He is the transcendent God. He's above your storm, child of God. He's above it, far above it today. Oh, look to him. The fourth reason why I believe this title, The Morning Star, is fitting for Jesus Christ is connected with the idea of guidance. You'll know that the stars were often used before any kind of technological guidance devices. I think that came out right. The stars were used by travelers on sea and land. Brought them to their desired destination long before modern navigational devices. Joshua Shulkin. I'm sure you've heard of him. Joshua Shulkin. He used star navigation to determine his geographical position during his three-year voyage around the world at the end of the 19th century. It was the first recorded, single-handed circumnavigation of the world. And what did he use? He used the stars. When the wise men traveled from their homeland in the Oriental East to find the King of the Jews, they followed a celestial navigational device that God provided for them. You'll read of that natural navigational device in Matthew 2. Standing before King Herod, the wise men reported that they had come from the east to find the king of the Jews because they had seen his star. They had seen his star in the east and they were come to worship him. Having conversed with Herod and been told that they would find the Christ child in Bethlehem, the wise men continued to follow the star until they found themselves right outside the house where Jesus Christ was living with his earthly parents. Matthew 2 verses 9 and 10 says, And when they had heard the king, they departed. And though the star which they saw in the east went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. And when they saw the star, They rejoiced with exceeding great joy. The wise men followed the star. The wise men following the star led them to Jesus Christ. Can I say that you'll not go far wrong? No, no. Let me rephrase that. You'll never go wrong in your Christian life if you follow after Christ, the morning star. Now, brethren and sisters, he's the pole star. The pole star was a star that navigators would use, set their eyes upon, following the pole star. All other stars around it were forgotten about, but him, he was the pole star. And brethren and sisters, he is the pole star. He is the one that we should all be following. We should be following his example. We should be walking in his footsteps. Maybe you're an individual, a believer here today. You're seeking guidance. In your life, let me encourage you to follow the counsel that the Morning Star has given you in His Word. Allow Him to guide you in the way that you should go. Don't chart your own pathway through this world. Let the Morning Star guide you in the way that you should go. To follow that star will, I say, will keep you from many a quicksand and from many a dangerous reef on the sea of life. And even in your darkest night, follow the morning star. Because in the darkest night, the morning star still shines. R. Jones, he said this, Jesus the star, Jesus the star is a star that guilds the dark night of affliction with the blessings of his spiritual presence. Oh, if you're not a Christian, can I encourage you to follow the morning star? And if you do that, he'll lead you to life. He'll lead you to peace, He'll lead you to assurance, He'll lead you to hope, He'll lead you to blessing, and finally, He'll lead you into heaven itself. Oh, you follow the world stars, the sporting stars, you follow them, and you follow the television stars, and the movie stars, I and the music stars in this world, but they'll lead you all to hell. But if you follow the morning star, He'll lead you to the cross. He'll lead you to Christ. One final thought, and I need to go quickly. This thought of the morning star, it has the thought, this idea, it has the thought of endurance, endurance. The morning star is the last star to disappear in the sky when the sun rises. As a star, it still continues to shine when the rays of the sun have overwhelmed every other light in the sky. And in this it is a beautiful picture of the Lord Jesus Christ. I read a preacher with regard to this and I couldn't put it any better, so I'm just going to quote him here. Concerning Jesus Christ, he is the pattern of consistency. 10,000 changes have been wrought since the world began, but the stars have not changed. There they remain. So with our Lord Jesus. He is the same yesterday and today and forever. apostles saw in him we can see in him and what he was to them he is to us and shall be to generations yet unborn hundreds of us may be looking at the same star at the same time without knowing it there is a meeting place for many eyes so wherever we may be we may look to the same Christ Jesus Christ is still the same the same to all his people the same in all of his places, the same forever and ever. Well, therefore, he said, may he be compared to those bright stars that shine now as they did of old and change not. The stars have endured since their creation. The Savior is no shooting star. I've only ever saw a shooting star once. was on the Killing East Road many, many, many years ago, and I saw this bright light passing the sky. I only saw a shooting star ever once in my life. But Jesus Christ is no shooting star. He's the living star. He's the bright. He's not the evening star. He's the morning star, the morning star. The stars have endured since their creation, and so Christ, the morning star, he endures on changing on. In fact, when the estimated 200 billion trillion stars fall from our universe, that's how many stars they believe is in our universe, 200 billion trillion stars. When those stars fall from the sky at the end of the age, Jesus Christ, the morning star, will be still in the sky. He will still endure. Christ will remain unchanged and unaffected by that cosmic upheaval. As the enduring star, he is the one who can then be depended upon in every season of life. He is the enduring. He is the unchanging Christ. Let me close with one final thought, the significance of Christ being the morning star. The day star or the morning star was the name that the Greeks gave to the planet Venus, which is the brightest object in the sky apart from the sun and the moon by the naked eye. Because of the orbit of Venus, because that orbit is inside the orbit of Earth, Venus rises in the morning a few hours before the sun. It appears that the sun is trailed. It's trailed forwards by Venus as night turns into day. In other words, this morning star, it takes the lead. And as it takes the lead, as it trails, as it were, the sun out of, as it were, the dark night and into the glorious dawn of the day, it appears that the sun is being forwarded, it is being brought forward by the morning star. It's an indication, brethren and sisters, that the morning's about to break. The morning's on the way. The bright and the morning star, it heralds the coming of the day. And thank God Christ, in his appearing, he is the herald that says to the child of God, there is a better day dawning. There is the eternal day, there is the glorious day, the dawning of the eternal day for the child of God. Jesus Christ is the forerunner of the perfect day. He is the morning star. And at His appearing, Christ, the morning star, will gather all believers into that perfect and eternal day, a day when all of earth's foreboding shadows will flee away. Are you looking forward to the day? Are you anticipating that day? Are you looking for that day, child of God? I trust you are, and I trust that you're living in light of the day. that you're living a godly life, a God-fearing life, an honest life, a biblically commissioned and directed life. I trust you're looking forward to the day. Oh, how different will be the response of the sinner at the appearing of Christ the morning star. For that appearing will signal the beginning of their eternal night in which no beaming or gladdening beam of light will penetrate the blackness of darkness into which they will be forever banished. before that day appears, before the morning star appears at the close of time, or death transports your soul into eternity, let me encourage you, an unconverted person, let me encourage you to have put your faith and trust in Jesus Christ. As the hymn writer put it, turn and believe this very hour. Trust in the Savior's grace and power. Then, then will your joyous answer be saved throughout all eternity. He says, I am the bright and the morning star. Oh, that all other stars, all other personalities, even ministers, even preachers, May they all fade in light of his radiance and in light of his glory. I am the bright and the morning star. Oh, may this word have thrilled your heart today if you're a child of God. Let's bow our heads in prayer together. Appreciate you listening. Can I say, if you're not a Christian and you know not Jesus Christ, oh, that today that you'll come to the Savior, that you'll follow the star, the star of God's word, as it were, bring you to Christ. Oh, may you today find you at the cross. If I can help you even in this afternoon service, you stay behind, stay in your place, sit in the pew. I'll be back in again. Don't even rise from the pew, because I tell you, whenever you rise from the pew, it's easier to walk on, isn't it? Stay in your pew. I'll speak with you in confidence. May God bring you to himself, even now, for Christ's sake. Let's bow our heads now in prayer. I have found a friend in Jesus. He's everything to me, He's the fairest of 10,000 to my soul. The lily of the valley in Him alone I see, all I need to cleanse and fully make me whole. We thank Thee that He is the bright and the morning star. We rejoice in our Lord and Savior. O God, we bless Thee that He is above all things, as all the stars are. We rejoice, Lord, in His glory and His beauty. Oh, we think of the beauty of a star. and know what beauties there are in our Savior. The half has not been told us of all of the beauties that are found in our Savior. Oh, to know Him more, to hear of Him more. Oh, grant dear God a hungering now after our Savior. Oh, may we study this out ourselves. May we find other gems of truth. May we share them with others. May we share the Word with others today. Oh God, may we talk of these things and not the things of this world. Save us from that, Lord. Make us spiritually minded people, and Lord, give us a burden and give us a desire to hear of our Savior and what he has done for us even in the gospel tonight. Oh, grant, Lord, that many will follow this star, Christ himself. Part us now with thy fear, and may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God and the fellowship of God the Holy Spirit be with us now and forevermore, all those who have trusted in Christ, for this is their portion and only their portion. This is not the portion of the ungodly. Oh, may they run to Christ, whom to know is life eternal. We offer prayer in and through your Savior's great name.