The Church of Compromised Loyalty: Part 6 - Revelation 2: 24-29

3:01I preach in this church, called this church the Church of Compromised Loyalty, a church that has compromised its loyalty to the world through compromise with the world and sexual immorality with the world. You know, years ago, I went to Washington, D.C., and I saw the Washington Monument. What is a monument? What is the purpose of a monument? Well, a monument testifies to an important event or an important person. Washington, D.C. is the land of monuments that tell the story of the acts and events and deeds of America. So monuments are like they immortalize or they testify to great events, great people or significant events. But what was happening that day that I visited the Washington Monument is that it was undergoing some reconstruction efforts. It had scaffolding all up and down the side of the monument, so you couldn't really even see the monument.

4:32So, what is scaffolding? Next question. You know what a monument is. Now, what's scaffolding? Well, scaffolding is that edifice made of things like wooden planks and metal poles by which the workers can build and repair or clean the monument. So, you have the monument, but then it's surrounded by this edifice of wooden planks and poles. The scaffolding was necessary not only to repair the monument, but to actually build the monument in the first place. And so, you can think of it like this: the scaffolding was necessary to create, to build, and maintain the monument. It's a testimony, the monument, the deeds of George Washington. The deeds, the actions, significant events of George Washington. It's to commemorate him. Well, in this passage, there is an emphasis upon deeds. Deeds. We can think of our deeds as monuments, whether little deeds, big deeds, every word we say, everything we do, our actions speak of who we are. There are deeds that testify. They are monuments to ourselves.

6:01Monuments to who we are, monuments to not only who we are, but who we believe God is, monuments to the one who we serve. Our deeds and our actions are monuments that testify whether we pursue good or evil. So think about our deeds and our actions and everything we leave behind as little monuments testifying to who we are and who we believe God is and testifying to what we think is good and what we think is evil.

6:43So those are the deeds. What about the scaffolding? Think about the scaffolding. Well, the scaffolding, we can think of the scaffolding as the motivations, the meditations, and the thoughts and the words and all the actions that go behind the monument itself. The scaffolding, you think of it as everything you do comes out of a motivation of some sort, comes out of some understanding of who you see God is, and comes out of some sort of evaluation of what you think is good and evil. Everything you do testifies to all of these things. And so think of your deeds as monuments. Think of the scaffolding as a monument. Motivations, meditations, and thoughts, and words, and actions behind your deeds.

7:36We go through life, we do things, we accomplish things, and they are living testaments of the motivations, thoughts, and actions of who we are. So, this morning, I'm going to pick up where we left off and continue looking at Christ's message to the faithful at thy retire, even though it was a church that had compromised, church-wide compromise, a church that had given in to what we would call gross denominational compromise. It was a church that had engaged in such church-wide compromise, it was taking place, and yet there were those among them who remained faithful, and Christ has a message to those who are in such situations, and he expects them to remain faithful. And so, we began looking at it last week, looking at the exhortations and promises that Christ gives to the faithful so that we can respond to the compromises in our times as well. First, we looked at, just by way of review, we looked at Jesus' exhortation to the faithful. There are four marks of the faithful we looked at last. They're marked by what they do not do. They do not hold to the teaching and progressive thought and compromise of their day. They did not hold to the teaching of Jezebel and her kind.

9:16Second, they were marked by their innocence. Verse 24, they have not known the deep things of Satan. They are not ones who are pushing the boundary, trying to go deeper into the things of Satan and his thinking and ways. Third, they are marked by the burden they carried. That is, they carry the burden of being identified with Christ, and Christ is not going to put any other burden upon them. They are like little lamps set on a lampstand in a dark place, and they carry the burden of being identified with Christ.

9:53Fourth mark of the faithful is that they are marked by what they do do, and that is the exhortation that Christ gives them. Nevertheless, verse 25, hold fast until I come. What you have, hold fast. They are those who are holding fast to the Christ revealed in Scripture, holding fast to the Christ that the apostles proclaimed. And this holding fast involves a mental confidence, a belief in the gospel. They have a firm grasp mentally and spiritually upon the Christ revealed. In Scripture, and His people want them, and Christ wants His people to hold on to who He is. And not just a holding on, like, okay, we're just by a thread, but increasing their grip, holding on, being more and more convinced of the beauty, and the grace, and the goodness, and the truth of the Christ revealed in Scripture.

10:59You see, because inevitably, such commitment involves sacrifice, it can be costly. When a person turns to Jesus Christ, he must often turn away from certain relationships, even some that are very important. Like in Thyratira, there was the whole professional world, the trade guilds. You are expected to sacrifice to the God of your trade guild and take place in the whole immoral activities associated with temple worship to the little patron gods of each of the trade guilds or the little professions. You were to bow to the God of the profession and partake in the immorality. So, good lessons for the workplace. You're not to bow to the God of the age or the immorality associated with the workplace. Place. Such was the message to this church. And it was costly.

12:10Sometimes even the closest friends will disinherit you. And so this was the burden. This is who they are. So what we want to do today is look at the promises to the faithful. That's where we've been. But God, or Christ, rewards the faithful. He makes some promises to the faithful. And that's where we want to pick up in verse 26. Who are the faithful? First of all, look at verse 26. Who were the faithful? Look at verse 26, the beginning. He who overcomes and he who keeps my deeds until the end.

12:59He who is overcoming. Literal reading would be, and the one who is overcoming and the one who is keeping my deeds to the end, to the works of me, to the conclusion, the idea. The one who is overcoming is the one who is keeping the deeds of Christ all the way to the end. So what does overcoming Satan look like in this context? Well, there's an emphasis. Upon deeds. The big emphasis in this letter is deeds. Look back at verse 22. And notice, there were those who were doing Jezebel's deeds. Behold, I will throw her on a bed of sickness and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of her deeds. So there is a on one end of the spectrum, there is her deeds.

14:02Not just doing their own deeds, they are doing her deeds in step with her thinking and her manner. But then, notice also in this verse 26, he who overcomes and he who keeps my deeds. So there is a contrast between her deeds and Christ's deeds. And the one who is overcoming is the one who continues amidst all the opposition doing the things that Christ does. Deeds. They're active in doing the things that Christ does versus doing the things that the world does.

14:44This is the one who is overcoming Satan. How about you? Are you overcoming Satan? Are you on a trajectory of overcoming? Let me ask you about your works. Are you progressing? The kind of works that Jesus does, or are you finding excuses and reasons to pursue the ways of this world? The faithful in Thyratira are also the overcomers at Thyratira. What was Jesus's works? What did the things he do? Well, he did things that pleased his heavenly Father.

15:30That was the motivation. You want to know the scaffolding behind Jesus? And his deeds, it was out of motivation of pleasing the Father. It was out of sacrificial love. He was always good. He was always kind, helpful, generous, built other people up. He was not arrogant, not proud. All these were the works. And the faithful at Thyratira are the ones who are overcoming at Thyratira, who are keeping doing the things that Christ does. Their life is a reflection of the deeds of Christ. And they do this to the end. You notice that the one who keeps my deeds into the end, to the terminus, to the conclusion of the age, to all the way through that, they persevere. This is the one who is overcoming. This is how Christ describes the faithful, the ones who are overcoming. Overcoming, Satan are the ones who keep doing his deeds despite the opposition. But he gives two rewards. He promises two rewards to those who keep doing the deeds of Christ. And I hope you'll find a great motivation here to focus on doing the deeds of Christ.

16:55That's why he gives it. First is authority. Authority. Look back at verse 26. He who overcomes and he who keeps my deeds into the end, to him, to this him, I will give authority over the nations, and he shall rule them with a rod of iron as the vessels of the potter are broken to pieces. I also, as I also, have received authority from my Father. Pay attention here. This statement of what Jesus says here will rock your world if you really understand what he is saying. It will give you a glimpse of the judgment to come. It will give you a glimpse into your participation in the judgment to come, not just as one who is being judged, but one who participates in judging.

18:00It's an incredible statement, what Jesus says here. Let's just walk through it. To him I will give authority. Authority. Ruling power. The freedom to choose. This is what the word means. A right to act. A right to decide. The power to decide. I will give him jurisdiction. To the one who is overcoming and the one keeping my deeds to the end. To him I will give ruling power. That's the authority. Authority over what? Over the nations. This is what he gives. He gives authority over the nations.

18:47And what will they do with that power? They shall rule them. And he shall rule him. Who? He. Who is the he? The one who overcomes. The one who is keeping his deeds to the end. The one to whom Christ gives authority. He will tend. He will lead. He will rule. So it's a word for shepherd. He will shepherd. But the word rule is probably good here because of what comes next. He will rule them with a rod of iron as the vessels of the potter are broken. He will rule. He's not merely going to protect. Yes, he's going to protect.

19:29But protect. Protection is just an aspect of ruling over. You know what Jesus does? He quotes a portion of Psalm 2. Let me read to you part of that Psalm as soon as I can find it. Is that in the Old Testament and the New Testament? It's a joke. Just kidding. Psalm 2. It's fascinating what Jesus does. He quotes Psalm 2. But let me read it to you. Because Psalm 2 is all about him. It's not about his disciples. I think you'll pick that up. Psalm 2, verse 1: Why are the nations in an uproar and the peoples devising a vain thing? The kings of the earth take their stand, and the rulers take counsel together against the Lord and against his anointed, saying, Let us tear their fetters apart and cast away their cords from us. In other words, we don't want the Lord ruling over us. We don't want his anointed ruling over us. Let us take our stand against him and let us cast their cords from us.

20:49Verse 4: He who sits in the heavens laughs. The Lord scoffs at them. Then he will speak to them in his anger and terrify them. Them in his fury, saying, But as for me, I have installed my king upon Zion, my holy mountain. So even though the nations rage, the leaders, the earth take their stand against, heaven laughs, and then he's going to terrify him. I have installed my king. Verse 7, I will surely tell of the decree of the Lord. He said to me, You are my son. Today I have begotten you. Ask of me, and I will surely give the nations as your inheritance, and the very ends of the earth as your possession. This is speaking to the Son.

21:40And what will the Son do? You shall break them with a rod of iron. You shall shatter them like earthenware. That's what Christ is going to do to the nations. This is what Psalm 2 is saying, Christ is going to do to the nations. Verse 10 says, Now, therefore, O kings, O kings, show discernment. Take warning, O judges of the earth. Worship the Lord in reverence, and worship and rejoice with trembling. Do homage to the Son, that he may not become angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath may soon be kindled. How blessed are all who take refuge in him. That's Psalm 2. It's all about the Messiah and what he will do. And yet, Jesus takes this scripture and he applies it to his faithful followers.

22:41It's a scripture that's all about Jesus and His rule. And now Jesus is clearly referring to this text and saying, this is what's going to happen. This is the promise I give to my faithful followers. What's happening? What's going on here? Well, Jesus makes it clear that he is going to break the nations through the agency of his faithful, at least in part. There's no other way around it. Just in case you miss it, get what he's saying. To him I will give authority over the nation. To the one who's overcoming, I will give him authority over the nations, and he shall rule them.

23:32Not I shall rule them. He shall rule them with a rod of iron. This in a clay pot is no match for a rod of iron. Let's just think about this for a moment. What do these earthen vessels represent? Oh, clearly the nations. What is broken to pieces mean? Oh, certainly severed, union. The severed unions and systems that are hostile to Christ. What is a nation? What is our nation? You think about it, well, it's just a big system that is connected to a core set of values, a core set of ideas, and our government has come out of that, and we share this in common, this union.

24:24And the image of breaking a vessel, think about a vessel, a pot that belongs to the potter. It's good for holding water, it's good for a function. But when you break that vessel, what happens? It's not fit to hold or to do whatever it was designed to do. I think the image here is that breaking of a vessel is breaking down of those unions or those unholy unions among people and reforming them to conformity with Christ and His works and His deeds. You think about, well, this is a good plug for attending the joy of pottery. You'll see a lot about pottery being made and so women, be part of that. But here's a picture of in this image here of the breaking of these nations and the unions that hold them together. That's what defines a nation.

25:33And then shepherding, stewarding in such a way that reforms the nation, the national unions, to carry on works that are consistent with Christ rather than hostile to Christ. Wouldn't it be great if all of our systems, all of our laws, and everything, all of our government and everything was promoted to one event, one goal, exalting the Christ revealed in Scripture, to doing the things in every circumstance that honored him? Well, that's what he's going to do. He's going to, those who overcome, he's going to break the nations through the agency of his faithful. And like I said, at least in part.

26:23But this tells us something about Jesus. Jesus received authority. Jesus the Christ, Son of David, Son of Man, received authority. And guess what? He gives this authority to his faithful. He gives what he has received. He does not hoard, he gives. He even shares his authority. Yeah, there are certain aspects of his being he doesn't share because. Because we call those the incommunicable attributes of God. He doesn't communicate his omniscience, because that is, as Son of God, that is who he is. He doesn't communicate, but as Son of Man, Christ, He shares His throne.

27:18Look at what He says in 3, verse 21. He who overcomes, I will grant to Him to sit down with me on my throne, as I overcame and sat down with my Father on His throne. Yes. John 5:22, listen to what the Father gives to the Son. Jesus said, For not even the Father judges anyone, but He has given all judgment to the Son, so that all will honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. Jesus clearly makes it known that the Father isn't going to judge anybody. He has given all judgment over to the Son so that all would honor him. Now, listen to what happens in Luke 22, verse 28. This is what the Son gives to His disciples. He says to them, You are those who have stood by me in my trials. And just as my Father has granted me a kingdom, I grant you, that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom. Kingdom, and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. What a promise that Jesus makes to his disciples. You will sit on thrones, and you will judge the twelve tribes of Israel. Now, is Jesus just blowing smoke there?

28:51No. They're asking him, what is there for us? We've left everything to follow you. He says, let me tell you. And he goes on to say, you'll receive more houses and lands and family and all that. But this aspect, he says, you will sit on thrones judging the 12 tribes of Israel. That's a promise that Christ makes to his most intimate followers. Jesus seems to want all to honor his people just as they honor him. You see the connection? Just as the Father gave authority to the Son so that all would honor the Son, guess what? Jesus gives judging authority to his disciples so that all will honor his people just as they honor him.

29:44A good question to ask. When will this judgment happen? It's a good question. When? When is this going to happen? Well, I can make several observations. It's like as we walk through the scriptures, we look at little pieces, like a big puzzle piece. Think about a great big old puzzle that you're building. You're understanding what is God revealed in Scripture. It's like a big puzzle. And you come to little texts, and little sections are pieces to the puzzle. And as you go through Scripture, you want to get the big picture, some picture, you can start getting the idea of the outline. Okay, we understand God, we understand sin, we understand redemption, we understand judgment, we understand these things in a big, broad fashion. But then, as we go through individual texts like this, they're like little pieces, we've got to fit them together. And then you can start getting, oh, so that's what judgment is going to be like. Or here is an aspect.

30:55So, what, when will this judgment happen? Well, let's start. I'd say, number one, I'll make three observations, and you can get an idea, the time frame. It's very valid. It's not just that it will happen, it's when it will happen because the scripture emphasizes both. Number one, it must occur during the time and place when there is a need for judgment. Doesn't that make sense? If they're going to be judging the 12 tribes of Israel, and as Christ has promised, the church at Thyratira, the one who over. Overcomes, will be ruling over the nations. There's going to be a time when there is a need for such judgment.

31:40And therefore, it must happen before the new heavens and the new earth and the new Jerusalem in chapters 21 and 22. After judgment is done, guess what happens? The healing of the nations, the eternal state. So, when is his disciples going to be sitting on a throne judging? Well, sometime before the new heavens and the new earth. And Satan is cast. Sometime before that. Revelation 21:1 speaks of a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea. Verse 2, and I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. And in verse 26, they will bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it, and nothing unclean, and no one who practices abomination, lying, shall ever come into it, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's Book of Life. Then he showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, coming from the throne of God and the Lamb, and in the middle of its street, on either side of the river, was the tree of life, bearing twenty. 12 kinds of fruit yielding its fruit every month, and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. It's a time for the healing of the nations, not judgment. So that's observation number one. When will it happen? Number two, second observation. It's clear from Scripture that it is not already, it has not already happened, nor is it currently happening. The promise is clearly in the future tense. I will give.

33:31He is not saying that he has given or is giving authority over the nations, but will give. Paul says the same thing. He says the same thing. It's still future. Listen to what he says. This is in the context of 1 Corinthians 6, where Paul is talking about having lawsuits with one another among the church. And listen to what he says. Verse 1, does any one of you, when he has a case against his neighbor, dare to go to law before the unrighteous and not before the saints? Verse 2, or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? So Paul's thinking, yeah, the saints are going to judge the world. What's that going to look like? Then he goes on, If the world is judged by you, are you not competent to constitute the smallest law courts? Verse 3. Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the matters of this life?

34:38Have you judged an angel lately? No, still future. Second, when will this happen? Well, it clearly has to happen at a time when there's a need for judgment. It hasn't happened already, nor is it currently happening. It's going to happen in the future. And number three, it must happen after Peter and the others are resurrected. It must happen after the time Peter and the others are resurrected. Listen to Matthew 19:27. Then Peter said to him, Behold, we have left everything and followed you. What then will there be for us? And Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, that you who have followed me in the regeneration, when the Son of Man will sit on his glorious throne, you also will sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. Hear that. When? Truly I say to you that you have followed me in the regeneration. And he's speaking to the twelve.

35:56When the Son of Man will sit on his throne, His glorious throne. This verse implies that there is a throne, a glorious throne that Jesus is not currently sitting on. The Son of Man. Yeah, he's Son of God. He's at the right hand of God with all power, all authority. But as man, he does not sit upon a throne, but he promises, in the regeneration, when the Son of Man will sit on his glorious throne, you shall also sit upon twelve thrones. This verse implies that there is a glorious throne that Christ is not yet sitting upon and yet will sit upon as man upon the earth.

36:44He is certainly at the right hand of God with all authority, but the earth doesn't see him as such, but they will. They will see the Son of Man, Jesus Himself, exalted and seated on his glorious throne, and his people, including the twelve, sitting upon thrones as well. When does it happen? In the regeneration. In the regeneration. When is the regeneration? The word's only used twice in the New Testament. Philo speaks of it, the renewal of the world after the flood. Josephus speaks of it for the return of the nation from exile. The Stoics regenerates. Used this word to talk about the beginning of a new cycle in the cosmic processes. The Jews used it for the end of the universe as we know it and the beginning of a new era.

37:42The regeneration begins. It's not the new heavens and the earth, but it begins before that. It begins when he resurrects and when he renews and he seats and he takes his judgment seat. I could say so much more about this. And I don't want to end like I did to you last time. But here's the conclusion: it must happen after the saints are resurrected, but before the eternal state. Peter has to be resurrected to judge. And the new heavens and the new earth, there is no judgment.

38:33There is a period. Revelation 20, verse 4 speaks of thrones being set up in the thousand years, in the millennium. Some would see that as literal. I see it as literal. Some would see it as symbolic. Nevertheless, it is a period of time for the fulfillment of this. Thrones will be set up. But here's maybe even the bigger question: Why is such judgment given to the saints? Why? Well, simply stated, the saints have come to understand the difference between good and evil from the perspective of good.

39:19They know the difference. They know when something isn't right. They have learned that skill in distinguishing. And it's through faithfulness to Christ and being identified with Him in a hostile world that you are being prepared to distinguish between good and evil and judge angels. So don't waste your tempting situations. Don't waste your trying circumstances or your trying situations. God wants us to go through them. And He wants us to go through them for many reasons. And I don't pretend to know all the reasons. But no matter what situation you're in, no matter how complex, no matter how convoluted it is, whether it's a job situation, whether it's a relationship situation, or whatever it is, it's a church situation, whatever it is, there is always the most Christ-like step to take. There is always the most Christ-like word. Word to say, action to do, thought to think.

40:35Let that be your deed. In whatever the circumstance, let our deeds reflect His deeds. We need to move on. Jesus promises to the faithful authority, but He also promises glory. Look back at verse 28, and I will give him the morning star. I will give him the morning star. Look at it. A couple. A few weeks ago, I just happened to be on the Sea of Galilee. Now, COVID really messed everything up, and usually we're staying on the east side of the Sea of Galilee, and I can see beautiful sunsets. But because of COVID, we happened to be on the west side of the Sea of Galilee, right on the water, and that gave me an exciting view of the sunrise. And since I like to get up early in the morning, long before the sun comes up, I had this most beautiful scene right out my window of the morning star. Over the Sea of Galilee. It's far more prominent over there. I don't know if it's just time of year or the location, but that morning star just lit up the sky. And it overshadowed every other star by a large margin. In fact, I could hardly even see, I couldn't see any stars near it.

42:23And certainly, as the morning came, you couldn't see any star but that morning star. What is that saying? What is that saying? It's an interpretive issue. What does it mean that God will give us the morning star? I'm going to tell you up front, it's difficult to be certain. But I think if we think through the image itself and some relevant verses, we might get a ballpark, a glorious ballpark of what this is saying. First of all, I can say about the morning star is it has prominence in the sky of darkness. Prominence.

43:12It is an exalted place. There is not a star with more glory in the morning sky or night sky than the morning star. But it is also the herald of the day. It heralds the day. It is coming. We think about the morning star. Some relevant verses come to mind. Isaiah 14, 12 speaks of the fall of a glorious being. Oh, how you have fallen from heaven, O star of the morning. This reference to Lucifer, fall of Satan, son of the dawn. You have been cut down to the earth, you who have weakened the nations. But you said in your heart, I will ascend to heaven. I will rise my throne. I will raise my throne above the stars of God, and I will sit on the mount of assembly. I will ascend above the heights of the clouds. I will make myself like the Most High. It was the fall of this angelic, glorious being who was laid low because of the pride of his heart. And he rises up and he says, I will exalt myself above all the other stars.

44:44He became intoxicated with his own beauty. And he fell. The morning star, fallen. In Daniel 12, there are those who are faithful. Are promised to shine brightly in the expanse of heaven. They are the ones who lead many to righteousness like the stars forever and heaven, ever. Some see this as a depiction of Christ Himself, who calls Himself, I am the bright and morning star in Revelation 22:16. The thing is, it can't just be Christ Himself.

45:40How would Christ give Himself to His faithful in another way that He hasn't already given them? Yes, He has given Himself, He's already given Himself. Seems to be an indication that He is going to share His glory and His prominence with His people. So, when you think of the star, you think of the morning star, prominence, Glory, heralds of a new era. And then, even the question: how can we handle it? How can we not come? How can we not become like this being that fell because it's so intoxicated? It's a high and exalted position. How can we handle it? Well, the truth of the matter is we have learned dependence upon Him. We've passed through this world. We understand sin. We understand our failure. We understand the need for. A Savior. We understand what death is. We understand that unless the life giver gives us life, we will remain forever alienated from him. And we understand that Satan's craft is great, his power is great, and yet it is only through Christ's wisdom that he can be defeated. Even after the thousand years have run their course and the saints have made all their judgments and you've seen everything happen, Satan is released and he still goes and deceives the whole world.

47:00And then he is judged. So, in context, it's important to understand we are not to be a people primarily motivated by reward. That was Judas. We are to be a people motivated by pleasing Christ and serving him. But Christ wants to make it very clear that he is going to reward his faithful and encourage them to continue in faithfulness. Oh, my time is out. I actually do have one verse left, and we will pick that up next time.

47:45Heavenly Father, we give you thanks. We give you thanks. Father, as we survey our works, we see the compromises in our Own lives. Father, it is our desire to be about your works and your doing. Father, we don't understand all that's going to come with the judgment. But Father, we understand just by a simple reading of these words that you are going to give us profound authority and unspeakable glory, such that we do not deserve, such that we could never achieve, and such that we could never hold on to.

48:38And yet, as we come face to face with the simple truths that are declared in this passage, we see it is so. We are humbled. And Father, because of this, we want to be among the faithful. We want to purpose and focus our lives on doing your works, not our own. Forgive us, Father, where our works testify to ourselves. Forgive us of our motivations and our thoughts and intentions that are all about us. Father, we want our works to be living monuments, testaments to your great name and your great glory, not because you promise such great reward, but simply because you are worthy and we love you.

49:32Be with us now. Help us to get right with you in every manner, for you are truly worthy of it all. In Christ's name, amen.