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[0:00] Thank you for choosing to listen to today's message by Rev. Dr. David Entry. We know you will be blessed as you seek and serve God. We believe that this message will stir up a desire for more of God even as you listen.

[0:14] Be blessed. Father, open the scrolls. Let our hearts burn within us as we hear your word. Reveal yourself to us.

[0:26] Deposit yourself into us. And change our lives from within. We give you praise. We give you thanks. In the mighty name of Jesus.

[0:37] And everyone who believes shout amen. Hallelujah. Praise the Lord. For whoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

[0:52] Lord Jesus. Praise the Lord. Amen. Last week, I started to talk about the greatest of all blessings.

[1:03] And I didn't quite finish it. Because I focused more on the presence of the breasts and the womb.

[1:14] And I explained how Jacob had 12 sons. And Abraham had the promise.

[1:29] It's called the blessing of Abraham. It's the promise. In Hebrews chapter 6. Now let's go to verse 12. All right. Just to make sure. Don't be lazy. Okay. Follow those who through faith and patience.

[1:41] Look at verse 13. For when God made a promise to Abraham. Say promise to Abraham. Promise. When God made a promise to Abraham. Because he could swear. By no one greater.

[1:51] By no one greater. He swore by himself. He swore. Collateral. Collateral. Collateral. Collateral. Where you are going for a loan or something. You need a collateral. For instance. If someone had to guarantee. Be a guarantor for you for a job.

[2:03] They need someone who is credible. More credible than you. You. So when God made the promise to Abraham. But now the problem God had was. There's no one higher than him.

[2:15] Because. Because he could. Because he could swear by no one greater. He had to swear by himself. Because there's no one greater than him.

[2:25] So he said. I swear by myself. That I'll bless you. When he made. Watch this. He made a promise. But that promise came with a swear. He swore on that promise.

[2:37] That made it a covenant. Word. Promise. Covenant. Saying. Surely. Blessing. I'll bless you. And multiplying. I'll multiply you. So that God.

[2:47] And so. After. He patiently endured. He obtained the promise. Abraham obtained it. He swore. He patiently endured. Now go to the next verse. See.

[2:58] For men in this way. By greater. And an oath. An oath. For confirmation. Is for them. An end of all things. So when you sign. That means that. That's an oath.

[3:09] Which is different from the swearing. To say. Mayor will swear. I swear I'll do this. Now. So swearing. Swearing and an oath. They're kind of all declarations. So. When you sign an oath.

[3:20] It's confirmation that. Okay. You have agreed it. All right. The dispute is all settled. He said he'll pay it. He has agreed it. He signed it. Go to the next verse. That's God. Determining.

[3:31] How. Sorry. Determining to show. To show. More abundantly. The air of the promise. The air. No. So this one is more than Abraham. God is so interested in showing.

[3:42] The air. Those who are going to receive the promise. The immutability of his counsel. That sounds a very interesting word. How many of you know mutation? Something changing. So when they say something is immutable.

[3:55] That means it doesn't change. So the immutability of his counsel. What he has planned to do. It doesn't change. God was willing. To show the air of promise. That this thing.

[4:05] When I have planned. It won't change. He also confirmed it by an oath. So oath means that this thing won't change. And his promise actually is also unchangeable.

[4:18] So God gave two different things. Two things. That he promised. You can't change it. And he added an oath. That makes it even sure. Look at the next verse. That by two immutable things.

[4:31] What are the two immutable things? The promise and the oath. By two immutable things. In which it is not possible for God to lie. We. So the S of promise now is bringing us here.

[4:42] We. We. We. The promise was connected to us. He promised to Abraham. But now he. We. We might have strong consolation. Who have fled for refuge. To lay hold of the hope set before us.

[4:56] So there is a hope ahead of you. God has promised. I'm going to do for you. He said that. He has promised. And then. Now. Has swore. That if. This is what I'm going to do for you.

[5:07] So that. We. If you can put your. Confidence. In the. God's promise. And his oath. Nothing else. Because.

[5:18] That's the. Two. Those things cannot change. If your confidence in it. It doesn't matter what you are going through. You. Still have hope. Those of us.

[5:28] Who have fled for. We will have strong consolation. Otherwise. We are encouraged. It should be done. It should be done. Because God said it should be done. Now. So God called Abraham. And gave him the patriarchal blessing.

[5:42] He gave him the covenant blessing. He gave him the promise. But the promise was not meant for Abraham alone. But it was to Abraham and his descendants.

[5:53] Can you imagine? God comes to a man. Who that didn't. Who didn't have a child. And who couldn't father a child. And God said. I'm going to bless you. And your children.

[6:04] What are you talking about? I'm fatherless. And I can't father. And so Abraham actually got to a time. Told God. Now. In Genesis chapter 15. Now. You are blessed with all things. But see. I go childless. So.

[6:15] A foreigner. A foreigner. A loser of Damascus. Is going to be my heir. God said. What are you talking about? A foreigner will not be your heir. For one from your own lois. Shall be your heir. God knew what he was doing.

[6:27] He promised him. At the time. He didn't have a son. But the promise was unto Abraham. And to his seed. Now. Isaac shows up on the scene. And the promise becomes valid.

[6:39] In Isaac's life. After Abraham. Abraham passed it on to Isaac. Isaac. Then. Jacob comes on the scene. Isaac passes it on to Jacob. But now.

[6:50] Is that all? No. Now. It was. Jacob. So. These were all resident in individuals. Individuals. Individuals. Individuals. But the promise was not for an individual.

[7:02] The promise was for a corporate people. But what many people haven't realized is. The promise of God to Abraham.

[7:13] It's. It was. Going to culminate. It was going to end. Ultimately ending in something. The promise God gave to Abraham.

[7:24] Was ultimately going to end. In. What Abraham looked forward to. Hebrews chapter 11.

[7:35] Verse 10. Shall we all read it out from the screen? All right. Let's go. All right. No, no, no, no. It's. We don't start for he. Who is the he? Let's make sense of it.

[7:45] Let's go to verse 9. All right. Let's go. By faith he. Oh. This he has come again. Are you interested in who the he is? Verse 8. Abraham. By faith. Now he's to tell us by faith.

[7:56] All right. By faith. Abraham obeyed. When he told. To go out. To the place. Which he would receive. As an inheritance. And he went out. Not. Verse 9.

[8:09] By faith. He dwelt. In the land of promise. As in the foreign country. Dwelling his hand to Christ. And the jail. There to be. Yes. By faith.

[8:22] He dwelt. He dwelt. In the land of promise. How did he dwell. In the land of promise. No.

[8:33] No. No. No. In what manner. Us. Us. In a foreign country. He still have it unpacked. He lived in the land of promise.

[8:43] Us in a foreign country. But it's the land of promise. That's the land of promise. And you know what. It wasn't only he who behaved like that. Who else? Isaac also behaved like that.

[8:55] Who else? Jacob. How about the others? Bible didn't talk about the others. The way they behaved. So he dwelt. In the land of promise. Us in a foreign country. Dwelling in tents.

[9:06] With Isaac. And Jacob. The heirs of. The heirs with him. Of the same promise. They also. When it was their tent. They lived like people. Who were going somewhere. But this is the land God promised you.

[9:18] Why don't you settle. And build. And settle fully. But they were living like there was another one coming. Look at the next verse. Verse 10. That's what we started for.

[9:28] Why? For. He. Let's go. Let's go. For. He made it for the city. To church as foundations. To whose people that made that it's all. What?

[9:39] So. He got to the promised land. The land God promised for him. But do you know what he did there? Two ways. By faith. So.

[9:50] When he got to the promised land. He was living there like a foreign land. He only had to do that by faith. Right. Because everything was okay in the land. Why don't you just settle. But by faith.

[10:02] He didn't settle. You. So people. People saw him as. He settled. But he wasn't settled. By faith. He was looking. So. People were wondering.

[10:13] But why? Okay. Now build a house. Ah. Okay. So when you get close to you realize. The guy hasn't settled. But why would he settle? But this is the land. No. He knew by faith.

[10:24] That I can't settle. Because. So he was living there by faith. As in a foreign land. Right. Even though that was his land given. Why? Because. He. Verse 10 says that. He did.

[10:35] For. He waited for. The city which had. A witch. Which found. Which has foundations. Whose builder and maker. Is God. You will never find.

[10:46] Anywhere on earth. Any place like this. On earth. I don't know how many of you have been to New York City. You think. It was created like that. God never created any city.

[11:00] There's no city created by God. On earth. Hmm. No city. Show me. Show me. And I'll go there. Not even Jerusalem.

[11:13] Jerusalem was built by men. Under the influence of God. But Abraham was looking and. He actually waited though. He knew it's there.

[11:24] I was telling you something about the ultimate. Blessing. The blessing God gave to Abraham. That's why. That's why he waited for. He was waiting.

[11:35] The blessing. Crystallized. Or carbonates. Ultimately ends in a city. Is that. That. Kadabashaka. Tabata. Tabata. Tabata. It's the blessing of being.

[11:47] A part. Of being in a certain city. Which Abraham waited for. Isaac too. Got it. And he also waited for it. Jacob too. Got it. And he also waited for it. Look at verse 16.

[11:59] Verse 1. 6. But now. They desire. Okay. Let's do verse 15. So that at least it can make sense. And truly. If they had. If they had called to mind.

[12:11] That country from which they had come out. They would have had opportunity to return. All these people we are talking about. They all died in faith. Not having received their promise.

[12:24] Think about it. Abraham died in faith. I believe God for people who die in faith. Amen. Some people.

[12:35] They say. I won't sit down and die like that. I'm going to stop this. I'm going to help myself. I will prefer dying. Believing God. So the Bible says that.

[12:48] All these great people. Listen. Great people. We are reading about. They died in faith. Not having received the promise. When they were dying. They also. They knew that the promise is still there.

[12:59] One day I was saying. Ah. What is the promise you are waiting for? You are dying. It hasn't come. You still believe the promise is coming. No. That's the kind of faith we are talking about. Not the faith that is short lived.

[13:12] No. That has. A time clock on it. No. No. So. The. They all expired. Yeah, that's the one I was actually wondering. They died in faith, not having received the promise, but having seen them afar off, were assured of them, embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on where?

[13:35] So, the promise they were looking for, pilgrim. Did you see that they were what? Strangers and pilgrims. Who is a pilgrim?

[13:46] A traveler. So, actually, what they were looking for was not earthly. Because pilgrim, I'm a traveler on earth, not in town. On earth. On earth.

[13:58] What they were looking for was heavily. Heavily. So, they considered themselves as strangers on earth.

[14:11] As pilgrims on earth. And look at the next verse. Look at the next verse. For those who say such things declare plainly that they seek a homeland.

[14:22] So, if you say. So, when they say it like this. It tells you that they do not see this place as their own. They don't see this place.

[14:34] Well, others are fighting to see the place. They're coming. There are many, many people here.

[14:44] Second generation migrants. Second generation migrants. Your parents are relocated to their country. Even though they have British. BP. British passport. And British.

[14:55] There are people here. I remember. Daddy Okerefi. When he passed to be with the Lord. He told them that when I die, don't bury me here. No, no, no. The same thing Jacob also did.

[15:07] Yeah. Jacob said, carry my bones out of this place. But this is not my own. At all. At all. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. They called somewhere else. Not earth. So, people who speak like that.

[15:19] Plainly. Declare plainly that they seek a homeland. This is not their home. So, what he's trying to say is. Abraham was on earth. Had received the earthly promise. Physical promise in that land.

[15:31] But he still sought a homeland. Which is not earthly. So, that means the promise God gave him. Had within it a heavenly homeland.

[15:42] That's right. That's right. That's right. So, look at the next verse. And truly. If they had called to mind. That country from which they had come out.

[15:54] They would have had the opportunity to return. In other words. You say, oh. Like. You know. That's why they had the opportunity. If they. Where they are coming from. Is good enough.

[16:04] They would have said. Okay. Let me go back. And let me settle well. But look at the next verse. That's where I wanted us to come to. And I've gone all around. But now. They desire. They desire a better.

[16:15] That is. A heavenly country. Let's all say heavenly country. Heavenly country. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called. Dear God. For he has prepared. Eh. A city. You remember.

[16:26] Abraham's looked. Or sought for a city. Yeah. Foundations. It's foundational. Because. A city. Which had foundation. Which builder was God. So, that tells me.

[16:37] God is a builder. Of a certain city. But that city. Cannot be an earthly city. Yeah. That. That. That city. Cannot be an earthly city. So, Abraham.

[16:48] When God called him. And gave him the promise. He was walking with God. With his eyes. On a heavenly city. Then Isaac. Came on the scene. Walked with God. With his eyes. On a heavenly city.

[16:59] Even though they had so much physically. And then. Um. Jacob came on the scene. With his eyes. On a heavenly city. And then. Now.

[17:10] The promise. That Jacob was carrying. God gave it. Didn't. Give it to them. For a. One individual. He gave it to them. For a corporate individual.

[17:22] So, then. Jacob had. His 12 sons. Reuben. Simeon. Levi. Judah. And the rest.

[17:34] Joseph. And Benjamin. So, he was about to die. Bible said. He strengthened himself. Genesis chapter 49. Verse 1. Come and let me tell you. What will befall.

[17:45] What shall befall you. In the end. In the last days. What shall befall you. In the last days. So, from this time. Going. Let me tell you. What life is going to be like. He was the only one.

[17:57] Who can. Who could. Prophesy. The rest of. Human history. Into existence. Not Abraham. Not Isaac. But Jacob. Why? Because he worked with God.

[18:08] For so long. God dealt with him. So much. That by the time. He was dying. Eventually. He died. And when he was dying. Bible says that. He blessed them. Leaning on a staff.

[18:21] He blessed them. Leaning on a staff. Genesis 32. Verse 10. I am not worthy. Of the. Of the list. Of all the miracles. And all. The true. The true.

[18:32] All the truth. Which you have shown. Your servant. For I cross over this. That. He's praying to God. I cross over this Jordan. Was his prayer to God. But that's his. Jacob's declaration.

[18:43] For I cross over this Jordan. With a staff. And now. I have become. Two companies. So when he was going. He had. All he had. When he left home.

[18:53] Was a staff. Was a staff. Wow. All he had. When he was leaving home. Was what? A staff. Staff.

[19:04] No wonder God even had to. Break his tie. So that he can lean more on the staff. Wow. And then. When he was about. That he told Jacob. Come and put your hand on my.

[19:15] Under my tie. And bow to me. God. I am dying. I am dying. I told Joseph. And Joseph was a type of Christ. And. Bible says that. In Hebrew chapter.

[19:26] Eleven. Verse. I think verse 19. Cool. Verse 21. By faith. Jacob. When he was. Dying. Bless each of his sons. The sons of Joseph.

[19:37] And worship. Leaning on the top. Of his staff. Ah. So when he was crossing. Jordan. He had had this staff. So he was dying. And when he was blessing.

[19:51] Do you know what he leaned on? His rich experience. With God. And he declared the blessing. On them. He leaned. By faith.

[20:01] On his. Rich. That's. The staff represented. His experience in life. And declared the blessings. On them. So. He poured. Out. Himself.

[20:12] Because he's worked with God. For so long. God has dealt with him. So many times. But now. He was constituted with God. And he started. He said. Come. Let me tell you. What will befall you.

[20:23] In the end time. And so. He called his sons forward. And he called them. Started with them. Ruben. Simon.

[20:38] Levi. Joseph. I'm sorry. Joseph. And. Benjamin. So. In between. Was. Zebulon. God.

[20:50] Naphtali. So. He started. With. The four. I call the four. Because the first four sons. Were very rough people. Rotten people.

[21:02] The first two. Had sexual problems. You know. The first one. And the fourth one. They were. Sexually not correct. The fourth one. Judah. Judah. He went to sleep with his.

[21:12] Daughter in law. And impregnated her. And she had twins. One was called Zara. One was called Zara. The other one. The other one was called Perez. And so.

[21:23] And then. Reuben. His own was serious. He likes his father's. Concubine. Concubine. Concubine. Yes. He went.

[21:34] He went. And. Took his father's. If I can use the word. Girlfriend. But not really girlfriend. Concubine. His wife. Something. His classified wife.

[21:45] Went and took him. And. Went to his father's bed. And the father's. I mean. That's a serious one. Serious one.

[21:57] Reuben. Serious one. And. Then you have. Simeon and Levi. Instruments of cruelty.

[22:08] Wicked guys. They. They. They. Killed in their anger. Some of us. We. We have the kind of. Spirit. When you are angry. You can kill things. It wasn't common.

[22:19] Those things are not common. In some other places. So. Where I grew up. Even when you are angry. You can't break a glass.

[22:30] Drinking glass. You won't break it. You won't. You will never break it. You won't break it. So.

[22:41] Instruments of cruelty. They were wicked. So that's. Instruments of cruelty. The first four sons. Bad guys. So he started with them.

[22:53] And see. The sons. Were. The reflection. And the representation. Of. God's people. They were the only ones. Who are going to contain.

[23:04] The blessing. That came from. Abraham. Isaac. And him. God. Listen. God was not looking for individuals. He was looking for people. Right. Right. He was looking for people.

[23:14] So it wasn't. Jacob and Esau. No. It wasn't. Isaac and Ishmael. Or the sons of Keturah. It was Isaac. Then God was working it. Then it came to Jacob. God.

[23:25] Perfected it. So it. It became so filled with God. And now. God. Emptied it into the people. That's why we have Israel. And from that time. Israel became the people of God.

[23:37] Generationally. Throughout the. The world. Throughout all history. So Israel. People of God. And so. We. The church. Are kind of called. Spiritual Israel. So when you see that.

[23:48] That. When you see the. Term. Israel. It means the people of God. And God was looking for a people. So. He got them.

[23:59] Through Jacob. But. You can. Where it starts from. Bad guys. Bad guys. So he started telling them. Telling them. So God starts. As I told you. Last week. God starts from. We.

[24:09] He picks us. Doesn't matter where you are. When he picks you. You either be. One of the categories. I'm telling you. You'll be somewhere. You'll be somewhere. He picks you. But then he ends with.

[24:21] The two. Wow. So he spoke about them. He spoke about them. Spoke about them. So that is. The Christian story. The Christian story. Is God picks you. From somewhere.

[24:32] Unpleasant. Because. By. You see. Don't tell me. I'm religious. I've been trying. No. No. I'm not talking about. You can be religious. But very rubbish. Before God.

[24:43] All right. So religion. Is not. How. Well behaved. Nobody can be so well behaved. That suddenly. Your. Human stool. Begins to.

[24:54] Like perfume. That tells you. You can't. You can't behave yourself. Out of the mess. Of humanity. You can't.

[25:04] Behave so well. That suddenly. You choose. You don't bath again. You behave so well. That now.

[25:15] Your good behavior. Has. Increased. Has accumulated. To become. Kind of. Impeccability. For you. So now. You are so perfect. Your body doesn't even need water again.

[25:26] You are. It can happen. Because it doesn't matter. How well you behave. You are still flawed. Flawed. And so. That's the Christians. And God picks you.

[25:37] To make. To make you flawless. In his eyes. That. That should make you very happy. Tell someone. If I'm. If you are born again. Tell someone. I'm flawless. In the eyes of God.

[25:47] I'm flawless. In the eyes of God. So. Now. He starts with this. Starts working on them. Started prophesying. This is what you. Started prophesying.

[25:58] And he's. Listen to what. Where I'm going. Is that. This whole thing. Is the description. Of God's plan. For humanity. And how. God. Everything is meant to end.

[26:10] So. It's not just. Individuals. You're speaking to. He was speaking. Across generations. And he was speaking. About the people of God. And how. The people of God. Are ultimately.

[26:20] Going to end. That is the greatest. Of all blessings. So. The greatest. Of all blessing. Is not just. Being called. To be born again. It's such. A great. Blessing. The greatest.

[26:31] Of all blessing. Is not the ability. To cast out devils. It's such. A wonderful blessing. The greatest. Of all blessings. Is not to walk. In divine health. It's such. A great blessing.

[26:42] But that's not. The greatest. Of all blessings. So. The greatest. Of all blessing. Is what. Abraham. Looked for. Okay. Because. Why would he. Settle for something.

[26:53] That. Lesser than the ultimate. Yeah. I don't like that. So. The greatest. Of all blessing. Was the ultimate. And that's what. Abraham. Looked out for. Isaac. Looked out for.

[27:04] Jacob. Looked out for. And Jacob. Professed it into his sons. So. Now. As I told you. Genesis chapter 49. Quickly. Verse.

[27:15] 22. 22. 22. Joseph. Is a fruitful. A fruitful. By a well. His branch. Is run over the wall. The archers.

[27:25] Have bitterly. Grieved him. Shot at him. And. So this is the father. Beginning to prophesy. And speaking. And he knew the story of Joseph. But he was prophesying. And blessing. The prophecy.

[27:36] Is blessing. At the same time. So he was speaking. He says. It's a fruitful. Bowl. And the archers. Have. Go on. Branch over the wall. Go. Go. The archers. The.

[27:46] The archers. Have bitterly. Grieved him. Shot at him. And hated him. The next one. But his. Bow. Remained. In strength. And. And the. Arms of his hands.

[27:56] Were made strong. By the hands. Of the mighty God. Of Jacob. All right. Go to the next verse. By the God. Of your. Father. Who will help you. And by the almighty God.

[28:07] Who will bless you. With blessings. Of heaven. I told you the blessings. Blessings. Of heaven. Of heaven above. Blessings. Of the deep. That lies beneath. Blessings.

[28:18] Blessings. Of the breasts. And blessings of the womb. That's the blessing of life. So. The blessings above and below. Breast and womb. The next one. The blessings of your. Of your. Of your father.

[28:29] Have excelled. The blessings of your ancestors. So even the blessing. From behind. The blessing that is coming on. Is more than the blessing. That has been. Before you. Time before you. And.

[28:41] Ancestors. Up to the uttermost bounds. Of the everlasting hills. Times ahead of you. And then. So. I told you last week. Is the. Actually. It's called the universal blessing.

[28:52] In every way. The blessing of all time. And the blessing of all space. The universal blessing. Joseph. Was blessed. With this blessing. Hallelujah. And then.

[29:03] It said. It said. The hill. They shall be upon the head of Joseph. And the head of. Now. Let's look at Deuteronomy 33 verse 16. Let's run. So this is the blessing. I took my time to explain it. And.

[29:13] And. Deuteronomy 33 verse 16. Read it. Verse 16. With the precious things of the earth. And its fullness. And the favor of him who dwelt in the bush. Ah.

[29:24] Remember that. The favor of the one who dwelt. Monday. I took my time to talk more. About. The. Him who dwells in the bush. The bush there. Is. I think.

[29:34] S-E-N-E-H. The. The Hebrew word. Which actually means. Thorn bush. As well. Thorn bush. Thorn. And. According to Genesis chapter. Three. From verse 17.

[29:45] When man fell. God told man that. The earth will produce thorns. For your sake. Okay. So. It says that. Cairns be the ground. For your sake. And in Torsha.

[29:55] Verse. Verse 8. The next verse. It said. Both thorns and thistles. It shall bring forth for you. So. Originally. Bible said. God made everything else. Good grow up from the ground.

[30:05] But now. Because. Of the fall. Falling humanity. Was entitled to thorns. And thistles. That's why when. We couldn't sleep. That's why when Jesus was on the cross. When Jesus was on the cross.

[30:18] They put thorns on his head. It's. It's. It's. It's. It symbolizes. The. The cares of the fall. All right. So. Man.

[30:29] Represents. Thorns. In the Bible. Represents. The. Falling humanity. Okay. Falling humanity. And in. Moses's days.

[30:40] When God called Moses. This is in Exodus chapter 3 verse 2. Bible says that Moses saw. A thorn bush. That's. It's a bush. But. The Hebrew word is thorn bush. The angel of the Lord called.

[30:52] Appeared to him. In a. In a flame of fire. From the midst of thorn bush. The. The fire was on the thorn bush. And the thorn bush was not being consumed.

[31:04] And I explained that. The reason why wood consumes. In. Burns in fire. Is so the fire will continue. So. For fire to continue. It needs some substance.

[31:14] To keep it aflame. Yeah. That's why. If you put. Paper. Or a book. In fire. It will burn. Until the paper runs out. Paper is turning to ashes. Then the fire also runs out.

[31:26] Because there's nothing to keep the fire burning. But here. The fire was on the thorn bush. The. Thorn bush. The. The thorn bush was not being consumed. Being burned.

[31:37] And yet. The fire was also still burning. That blazing. Which means that. The fire was not depending on the thorn bush. For it to blaze. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

[31:47] Well most of us think that. We think more about the thorn bush. Burning out. Or. Being consumed. But we didn't. We don't think about how. But if the thorn bush is not being consumed.

[31:58] How come the fire is still burning? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So I explained that God does not. The thorn bush stands for humanity. The prayer stands for. The glory of God's holiness. Wow. All right.

[32:09] And. On humanity. And God does not need you. To keep his work going. Yeah. God does not need. Human. Human energy. To fulfill what he wants to do.

[32:21] So. The. It says that may God bless you. With the. The good will. Or the favor of him. Who dwells in the bush. That's talking about God. The blessing of him.

[32:32] Who dwells in the bush. Because. That's. At that time now. Watch this. This is very important. Put it back. Verse 16. I think we have to all look at. But. So when God. When. Joseph was being blessed.

[32:42] His father spoke these blessings upon him. And then Moses. The. The. Leader of God's people. The first leader. They were formed in Egypt. And then Moses was the one God sent him to.

[32:54] Sent to bring them out of Egypt. When he was about to die. He blessed them. Yeah. This. This time. Even though it wasn't the same individuals. Joseph was already dead.

[33:05] Okay. Yeah. They were all dead already. It is years later. Look at verse 1. Of chapter. Chapter. 33. Now. This is the blessing which Moses.

[33:16] The man of God. Blessed the children of Israel. Before his death. Verse. Verse 2. And he said. And. And he said. And.

[33:26] Verse 6. Rather. Okay. Okay. Versus. Let. Now. Now. It started with Reuben. It said. It said. Let Reuben live. And let him not die. His father said. You amount to nothing. Moses said.

[33:37] Because. You need Reuben to live. To make the tribe complete. His father didn't say you will die. But his father said. You will not increase. You will not increase. So.

[33:48] Moses. Under the influence of God. Said. Let Reuben live. And not die. Let. Let. Let. Let his man be few.

[33:59] Because he was not supposed to increase. Yeah. Wow. So. God. Had to. Endorse. His father spoke. Prophetically. But Moses. Had to speak prophetically. Under the influence of God.

[34:10] Because of the message of God. So. Let Reuben. So. It started by Reuben. But Reuben. Listen. Reuben was dead already. Yeah. Reuben was dead. It's possible.

[34:21] Moses didn't even meet Reuben. Yeah. More of them was dead. So. Reuben was the. This is representing. The tribe of Reuben. The tribe of Simeon.

[34:32] The tribe of Levi. So. The Levi. The tribe of Levi. We call the. The Levites. They have the Levitical priesthood. So. They. They didn't have a land. But theirs. Was priesthood.

[34:43] So. You can't be a priest. If you are not born a Levite. That's why when Hebrews says that Jesus is a priest. He said. Ah. But. Jesus is not from the tribe. Hebrews chapter 9.

[34:54] I think verse 14. Nah. Nah. Nah. No. It can't be chapter 9. Chapter 7. Chapter 7. I think verse 14. Look at. Hebrews 7. 14. For. For it is evident that our Lord arose from Judah. Of which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood.

[35:09] So. Why is Jesus a priest then? Because Judah is for royalty. Kinship. Why is. Jesus a priest. He said no. His priest is not from Levitical priesthood.

[35:19] He's from Melchizedekan priesthood. That one is higher than Moses the Israelites one. So Jesus his priesthood is not the normal. The normal. Normal. Israelite priesthood.

[35:30] His priesthood predates Abraham. Hey. When Abraham met Melchizedek. Melchizedek was the first priest who showed up in the Bible. The priest of the Lord. And he was the first man to bless anybody in the Bible.

[35:43] Melchizedek. And the Bible said Jesus Christ. His priesthood is from that man. Not Levi. Levi is Abraham's descendant. But Jesus is above Abraham. So.

[35:54] So. Moses spoke about all these people. Are you following what I'm saying? Yeah. Moses spoke about all these people. And said the blessing. The blessing. The blessing. And then he got to Joseph. And he said.

[36:05] Back to Genesis. He spoke about the blessing of Joseph. Exodus. I'm sorry. Deuteronomy 33. And he spoke Deuteronomy 33. He spoke about earlier on from verse 13.

[36:16] That's it. And. And of Joseph he said. Blessed of the Lord is his land. With the precious things of heaven. With the dew. And the deep. And the deep line beneath.

[36:27] You see. The same thing the father spoke about. Go to the next verse. 14. With the precious fruits of the sun. With the precious fruits of the months. With the. With the best things of the ancient mountains.

[36:39] With the precious things of the everlasting hills. Isn't it not the same thing. And then. Verse. 16. With the precious things of the earth. And its. Fullness.

[36:50] And the favor of him. Or the. The good week. Of him. That dwells in the bush. Let the blessing come upon the head of Jacob. Now. That's how I ended. The favor of him that dwells in the bush.

[37:01] That's what I want to. So. When he was speaking all the blessing. Now. With Moses. Joseph was the. When he was blessing Joseph. He spoke about. Being blessed. With the favor of him that dwells in the bush.

[37:12] Who is the one who dwells in the bush. Now. When we talk about the one who dwells in the bush. We are talking. Watch this. Watch this. Why would God be in the bush. He doesn't have a house. At the time he was calling Moses.

[37:25] He didn't have a house. You think he had a house. No. Why would he be living in the bush. If he had a house. So. Genesis. Exodus chapter. Chapter 3 verse 2. And the Bible said.

[37:37] And the angel of the Lord. When you see. Most of the time. When you read the. The Old Testament. And you come across the word. The angel of the Lord. When you come across the word. The angel of the Lord. Most of the time means God. The Old Testament.

[37:47] Okay. So. And the angel of the Lord. Appeared to him in a flame of. In a flame of fire. From the midst of the bush. So he looked. And behold. The bush was burning with fire. But was not consumed.

[37:59] Look at this. I think verse 5. Verse 5. Look at verse 5. Verse 5. Then he said. Do not draw near. Ah. Who said. This God talking. He was. The angel of the Lord is talking. Do not draw near.

[38:10] Take off your sandals. For the. Verse 6. Verse 6. Moreover he said. I am the God of your. Ah. But it's the angel of the Lord. So just to let you know. Sometimes when you see the angel of the Lord.

[38:20] It means God himself. Okay. It's different from an angel from God. Okay. The angel of the Lord. Different from an angel from God. Okay. Let's quickly go to. Back to verse 2. So. The one who. God spoke to him from the bush.

[38:32] So when God was speaking to Moses. He spoke to him from the bush. Why? Because at that time. He had not found a dwelling place yet. On earth. He created man to dwell within man. But man missed it.

[38:43] So at that time. He was waiting. Looking for a dwelling place. They would build an altar. And then meet up with him. But he didn't have a dwelling place. Abraham built an altar. Noah had a communication with him.

[38:54] He didn't have a dwelling place. Abraham built. Isaac built. Jacob built. They were building altars to meet God. And then. Now. The children of Israel. They became a group of people. They became a nation.

[39:05] And that was where God's eyes was. So. They became a nation. And watch this. They became a nation. And. God was about to call them out of Egypt. So he went to Moses.

[39:16] But where did Moses meet him? He goes in the bush. Why was he in the bush? Because he was looking. Waiting for his house to be ready. Wow. And. So when he. He spoke to Moses from the bush.

[39:27] Now. He told them go to. The promised land. When they go to the promised land. In the wilderness. They built a tabernacle. In Numbers chapter 9. Verse 15 and 16. They built a tabernacle. It was a tabernacle.

[39:38] It's a tent like structure. To accommodate the presence of God. In the midst of his people. Because you can't say we are the people of God. Without having God in your midst. That's why I don't understand. How we can go to church. And not have God.

[39:48] And we think we have. We've had some nice music. You must encounter God. Yes. Yes. We must encounter God. Listen. If you're going to church. And you are not meeting God. There's a problem with you.

[39:59] Or the church. There's a problem with you. There's a problem with you. On the day that the tabernacle was raised up. The cloud covered the tabernacle.

[40:10] The tent of the. The tabernacle. The tent of the testimony. From. Evening until morning. It was above the tabernacle. Like the appearance of fire. Remember the fire. The fire in the bush.

[40:22] Now when they built the tabernacle. It moved and came on the tabernacle. The fire. And then on the day of Pentacles. The fire came and settled on the believers. God has fire.

[40:34] His holiness. But that fire doesn't consume things. God's fire doesn't consume things. Monday. Try and get Monday's message. I spoke a lot about that. So. So. God.

[40:44] So. So. So. So. When they built. He came. And. Like he was in their midst. But he hasn't really. Stephen. In. Acts chapter. Seven. Verse.

[40:56] I think. Forty. Forty-four. Forty-six. Somewhere there. God does not dwell. In. Tents. Or building. Temples made by hands. Acts chapter seven.

[41:08] Acts seven. Forty-seven. That's for everyone. Put it on the screen quickly. Forty-eight. Yes. Start from 47. Okay. But Solomon built him a house. However. The most high.

[41:19] Does not dwell. In temples made by hands. As the prophet says. All right. So. God doesn't dwell. So if you build him something. He can. He told them. Let them.

[41:29] Watch this. This is very interesting. Say. This is very interesting. Exodus chapter 25. Verse eight. He said. Let them build me a house. Watch this. And let them make me a sanctuary.

[41:41] That I may dwell amongst them. But God doesn't dwell amongst things. That we have built. But. When they were in the wilderness. And in. In the Kenan land. He needed a temporal structure.

[41:52] That can accommodate him. Apart from the outside of the bush. So he had to leave the bush. Because people were not living in a bush too. He had to leave the bush. And he told them.

[42:03] Just build a structure. On. On which I can be. Within which I can be. So I can be amongst you. And that. Anyone can come to me. And consult me. Or. So I can speak to you. From that place.

[42:14] Not from the bush. Yeah. Because when God called Moses. He spoke to Moses. From the bush. But in Numbers chapter one. Verse one. Numbers one. Verse one. Now look at this.

[42:25] Now the Lord spoke to Moses. In. In the wilderness of sinners. In the tabernacle of meeting. On the first. So now. You are speaking to him. From the tabernacle. From the first.

[42:35] Numbers chapter one. Verse one. Look at it again. Numbers chapter one. Verse one. Now the Lord called. To Moses. And spoke to him. From the tabernacle of meeting. Not from the bush.

[42:47] So. They had to. Build the tabernacle for him. So that he can be amongst them. And speak to them from there. But that wasn't there. That wasn't where he was looking for.

[42:59] That wasn't where. So. And then. They eventually built a temple. Tabernacle was like a tent. A temple is a permanent structure. It's called the temple of Solomon. So they built a temple.

[43:11] That's what Stephen is saying. That but God does not dwell. You think it's the temple. Solomon's temple. Acts 7 verse 47. Solomon built him a temple. But God does not dwell.

[43:21] In houses. Made by man. In human hands. So then that's not a temple. Then Jesus comes. Bible says that. He tabernacles. John chapter one verse four.

[43:32] He tabernacles amongst us. So Jesus came as actually. Emmanuel. God with us. Remember. God with us. Matthew chapter one verse 23. His name shall be called.

[43:42] Emmanuel means God with us. So Jesus came as God with us. So he. According to John chapter one verse 14. And the word became flesh. And tabernacle.

[43:53] The word dwell. Don't forget about this word dwell. Okay. And dwell amongst us. That original Greek means. He tabernacled. So now. The tabernacle that Moses built.

[44:04] The temple that Solomon built. An original version has come. Because God does not dwell. In temples. Or buildings. Bait by hands. So he actually came. And tabernacle amongst us.

[44:16] Himself. In the person of Christ. Now watch this. So. They told Jesus Christ that. What sign. Do you give us. To show us to believe.

[44:28] He said. Destroy this temple. John chapter two. From verse 19. And Jesus answered. And said to them. Destroy this temple. And in three days. I will raise it up. The next verse.

[44:39] Let's go to 21. But he was speaking. Of the temple of his body. So he was actually. The temple of God. In our midst. But guess what. That was not enough.

[44:51] What's the meaning of Emmanuel. God with us. I can't hear you. God with us. Do you see it in the Bible. Is there. Yeah. Matthew chapter one verse 23. Behold.

[45:02] A virgin shall be. Shall be with child. And bear a son. And shall call his name Emmanuel. Which means. Translated. God with us. What's the meaning of Emmanuel. God with us. Louder.

[45:12] God with us. Oh come on. Can't you say it. God with us. I'm shouting louder than you. God with us. As you say it. May that be your testimony. God with us.

[45:23] God with us. What's the meaning of Emmanuel. God with us. Emmanuel means God with us. But God. God's ultimate purpose was not to be with us.

[45:37] Just to be with us. You got it. Now watch this. How many of you agree with me. That there's a difference between having. Maybe. God with us.

[45:49] There's a difference within a food being with you. And food being in you. Yeah. That's right. There's a difference. So God's ultimate plan was not just to be with us.

[46:02] His ultimate plan is to be in us. And not just to be in us. You are about to be shocked to find out. The greatest of all the blessings is not just for God to be in us.

[46:17] Can I finish this? So. So. So. He. He. He said. I'm. The tabernacle. So he had to die.

[46:28] So when he was going to die. Listen to this. John chapter 14 verse 1. He said. Let not your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me. Verse 2.

[46:39] Let's all read it out loud. Let's go. One more time. In my father's house.

[46:55] The first thing that as I grew up. I realized. Let's establish what my father's house is. If we establish what my father's house is. It will save us a lot of confusion.

[47:06] I'm surprised many people don't know who God's house is. God's house is not heaven. Read your Bible. The house of the living God.

[47:18] Is according to first Timothy chapter. Three verse 15. Look at this. First Timothy chapter three verse 15. Thank you Jesus. But if I delay.

[47:29] I write so that you know how you ought to. Conduct yourself in where? The house. Where? The house of God. Some of you are not with me. Where? The house of God. And to leave you in.

[47:41] Not in uncertainty. He said. Which is what? The church. So what is the house of God? The church. Jesus said that. Where I'm going you can't come.

[47:52] I have to go. Don't be worried. So they asked him. Where are you going where we can't come? Just. And in fact. Thomas said. Just show us the way. And it will be now for us.

[48:03] And Jesus said. He said. Have I been with you all this time? John chapter 14 verse 8 or so. And you don't know me. He who has seen me has seen the father. And I told. Verse five says. Show us the way. And he said.

[48:14] I am the way. The truth and the life. Verse six. No one comes to the father. But. He said. So where am I going? I'm the way. I'm the way. And he said. I'm going somewhere. And he said. That if I go.

[48:24] Verse two. We'll look at verse two again. In my father's house. There are many mansions. If it was not so. I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. I'm going to prepare a place for you.

[48:36] So. His plan. Watch this. His plan. Was to bring us into God. But first of all. It was going to start with bringing God. Now. Not with us. But into us.

[48:47] And so. Look at. Verse 23. I will always teach this. For people to realize this. Jesus answered. And said to him. If anyone loves me. He will keep my word.

[48:59] And my father will love him. And we will come to him. And make our home. That word home. Is the same word. Translated. Mansions. Okay.

[49:09] Oh. So when he said. There are many mansions. There are many abodes. There are many dwellings. It's not talking about your dwelling per se. It's talking about the dwelling of God.

[49:20] So in my father's house. And in the church. Look at this gentleman. Yeah. He's a dwelling of God. He's a dwelling of God. If you are born again.

[49:30] You are dwelling. We are. There are many. Many. Many dwellings of God. And we all make the house of God. But. That could not have ever been. Without him dying. So when he died.

[49:40] And resurrected. God has always been looking for a house. He that dwells in the bush. Because God does not live in. Temples. Made by hands. Remember that. So. So. When he died. And when he resurrected. From the cross.

[49:51] Do you know. From the dead. Do you know the first thing he did. He came to his disciples. And he says. He breathed on him. He said. Receive you the Holy Spirit. He received the Holy Spirit. And so right from there.

[50:02] The entrance of God. The first time God left the temple. The presence of God left the temple. And entered into man. Because without the cross. That couldn't have happened. And that was why.

[50:13] He created man. That's what Adam missed out. He put Adam in the middle of the garden. To eat from the tree of life. So that the life of God. Can check into Adam. But Adam missed it.

[50:24] So when he says. Resurrected from the dead. He came back. So that. He came back. So that. Life. Can enter. Into man. Wow. Wow. Now watch this.

[50:36] I'm going somewhere. Are you getting it? Yes. Or is it. Is it getting to. Get to. It looks like just the people. On the first two rows. Are fine.

[50:47] But I think I'm missing. Are you sure. We are okay. Should I take my time. To explain something. Or we should go ahead. We can go ahead. Okay. I'm about to finish. Are you sure you are getting it? Alright.

[50:58] So. He said. He said. That. So Jesus Christ. Came. And. Brought God. Into us. As individuals. My father's house. My father's house.

[51:09] We are God's house. Isn't that good news? Isn't that good news? We are the house of God. Because. God does not dwell. In temples made by hands. Were you.

[51:21] Are you man made? No. Now. This brings me. To the ultimate house of God. The ultimate. People. Heaven. Heaven is real. But.

[51:32] I saw something about heaven. That. Was kind of. Interesting. In. Revelation chapter 21. Hey. What has this got to do with the blessing of Jacob?

[51:47] You will find out very soon. I believe it. Jacob. The blessing on Joseph. Was the universal blessing. But the blessing on Benjamin.

[51:58] I haven't told you yet. The blessing on Benjamin. I haven't told you. No. Unless the last two. Let's go into Benjamin's blessing and come. By Moses.

[52:09] His father said that Benjamin is a lion's wolf. Sorry. A ravenous wolf. Yeah. Signifying how Christ. Destroyed the enemy's plans. But.

[52:20] Moses. What did Moses say about Benjamin? In 33 chapter. Did you remember me? 33 verse 12. Okay. Interesting. He spoke about Benjamin before. Moses spoke about Benjamin before. Now. Listen. Listen. Can we.

[52:31] Can we already? Let's go. Let's go. Now. You see.

[52:46] He. He. His. The beloved of the Lord. Started talking about the dwelling. Benjamin's blessing has to do with the dwelling by the Lord. Talking about the mutual.

[52:57] Dwelling. So. We are going to live. The ultimate blessing. Is. You living in the presence of God. And God.

[53:08] Living in you. Is called mutual. Dwelling. So. It's interesting that it says. John chapter 15. Verse. Five. John 15.

[53:19] It says that. Abide in me. If you abide in me. And I in you. Verse. Yeah. Five. I'm the vine. You are the branches. He who abides in me. And I in him.

[53:31] Did you see that? Yeah. So. Who is abiding in who? God is in us. And we are him. What. Verse seven. What does the verse seven say? If you abide in me.

[53:42] And my words abide in you. You. You ask. Whatever you want. But. Verse five says that. Whoever abides in me. And I. It's a mutual abiding. God is in us.

[53:53] And we are in God. Thank you. Now. I was. I'm just coming to tell you about heaven. So that I can wrap it up. Because. Heaven. Say heaven. Heaven. Say new Jerusalem. New Jerusalem.

[54:04] Is there any difference? Genesis chapter. I'm sorry. Revelation chapter 21 verse one. That's what I said earlier. Remember. The Bible starts from Genesis.

[54:15] Genesis tells us how it all began. Revelation tells us how it all ended. So Genesis chapter one. You can't understand the Bible and understand life.

[54:25] If you marginalize Genesis chapter one. Wow. Genesis chapter one and chapter two are so essential. Revelation chapter 21 and 22 are so pivotal.

[54:40] Now I saw a new heaven and. Ah. New one. Yeah. Last week I spoke about. New. Yeah. Yep. Yep. Yep. Yep. The difference so long as God is concerned.

[54:52] What's the difference between new and old? Anything that has God in it is new. Yeah. Anything that has not God in it is old. Hmm. So he said if anyone be in Christ.

[55:03] He is a new creation. Ah. This one. He said old is gone because there is no God in that one. When you are in Christ. Because in fact verse. I think verse five of Revelation chapter 21. He said behold. I make all things.

[55:14] I think five, six or seven. He said behold. I make all things new. It's God who makes it new. Wow. Not when it was made. It's God who makes.

[55:24] How can you. An old woman like you. An old man like you. Be a new creature. It is the God inside you that makes you new. Amen. Amen. So now.

[55:36] Watch this. Revelation 21 verse one. He said behold. I saw a new heaven and a new earth. For the first heaven and the first earth had passed away.

[55:47] I was reading my Bible. I found out that it looks like God has some issues with first. Revelation. Exodus 12.

[55:58] 12 tells you that. He said I'm going to wipe out the first born amongst me. For I'll pass through the land of the Egyptians tonight. And I'll strike all first born. Oh. In the land. Both male and beast.

[56:10] And against all the gods of Egypt. So first. God was going to deal with first. He said. Hebrews chapter eight verse seven. And there's something about second.

[56:23] For if the first covenant had been faultless. Then no place would have been sought for the second. Very interesting.

[56:35] Very interesting. In first Corinthians chapter 15 verse 47. First Corinthians 15 verse 47. In fact we should have gone to verse 13.

[56:46] But before then. The first. Say first. The first. The first man. Was of the earth. Made of dust. The second man. Is. There's something about second.

[56:57] Hebrews chapter. Eight verse 13. In that. He says. A new covenant. He has made the first obsolete. Now.

[57:08] Now. What is becoming obsolete. And growing old. Is. Ready to vanish away. So God had to deal with first. So they can bring. So. In Revelation chapter 21 verse 1.

[57:18] He said. I saw a new heaven and a new earth. Because. Why? For the first earth. Had passed away. The first. The first heaven and the first earth. Had passed away. Oh man.

[57:30] And you know what's special about this? Let's read the last bit. Louder. There was no more sea. There was no more sea.

[57:40] Louder. There was no more sea. Isn't it interesting why he said there was no more sea? Is there something about the sea? In Genesis chapter 1.

[57:53] Verse 1. Said. In the beginning. God created the heavens and the earth. Verse 2. Verse 2. And the earth was without form. And void. And darkness.

[58:03] So what was on the earth? Darkness on the face of the deep. And what again? And the spirit of the Lord who bears upon the face of what? The waters. So there were waters on the earth.

[58:14] Darkness. There was waters. Say waters. Waters. Look at verse 9. Verse 9. Verse 9. Verse 9. Then God said. Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place.

[58:29] And let the dry land appear. And it also. So the waters that was on the earth. The one. It has covered the dry land.

[58:40] So God said. This waters that has made everything null and void. That let it gather into one place. Watch this. I'm about to show you something. So God said. Hold him.

[58:51] Water. So water has covered everything. Everything. And the face of the deep. And the Holy Spirit. The spirit of God moved on the face of the waters. And then God said.

[59:04] Verse 9. Verse 9 again. God said. Let. Let the waters under the heavens. Verse 8. He separated the water. There was all water. So. Firmaments.

[59:15] Go. And then the water on earth. So now. He comes. He said that. Let the water under the heavens. Be gathered together into one place. And let the dry ground appear.

[59:27] Well. We didn't see any ground. Look at verse 10. Look at verse 10. Let's go. Let's read that. Let's go. And God's water. Dry land. Earth. And the gathering together of the waters.

[59:37] Of the sea. And God's. And then. And the gathering together of the waters. What did you call? The sea.

[59:48] Where was the sea? The sea was always there covering the earth. When the earth was without form and void. Wow. So now he shifted the sea back. And gave him a boundary. Don't come close to the earth. Yes.

[59:59] Woo. Jeremiah chapter 5 verse 22. See. Do you not fail me, sir. The Lord. Do you not fail me? Do you not fail me? Who have placed the sun and the earth of the sea?

[60:13] By the perpetual decree. And it cannot pass beyond. Do you not fail me? Do you not fail me? Do you not fail me? Do you not fail me? He commanded the sea. Stay there. Don't come back. The sea.

[60:25] Watch this. The sea was reflective of the evil that was already present on the earth. The demons that are falling. And so you remember in Matthew chapter 8 verse 29.

[60:38] A certain man. Full of demons. Come. And then he said. Jesus. What demons said. Jesus. Jesus. What have you got to do with you? Leave us alone. Jesus said. No. He said. Don't cast us out. He said. Go.

[60:49] And then they went into. And he said. Go. So. They. When they come out. They went into the head of swine. And suddenly. The whole head of swine. Violently drowned. And went into the sea.

[61:01] There is something about the sea. There's salt waters. Something. So when he said. He made a new heaven and a new earth. He said. There was no more sea. Didn't you see it in your Bible?

[61:16] Revelation chapter 21 verse 1. He says that. Revelation 21 verse 1. Now. I saw a new heaven and a new earth. For the first heaven and the first earth had passed away.

[61:29] Also there was no more sea. The question here. The first heaven and the first earth. So. God. If God lives in heaven. Which this heaven. That has passed away.

[61:40] Because. The earth on which we are. One day. According to. Second Peter chapter 3. Verse 10 to 13. Everything will be melt away. Everything will be melt away.

[61:54] But the day of the Lord will come. As a thief in the night. In which the heavens. Will pass away. With a great noise. And the elements will melt. With fervent heat. Both the earth and the works.

[62:05] That are in it. Will be bent up. Go to the next verse. Therefore. Since all these things will be dissolved. What manner of persons ought you to.

[62:16] To be in. Holy conduct and godliness. The next verse. Looking for. And hastening the. Coming of the day of the Lord. Because of which.

[62:27] Because of which. The heavens will be dissolved. Being on fire. And the elements melt. With fervent heat. Verse 13. Nevertheless. We. According to his.

[62:38] Promise. Look for new heaven. And the new earth. In which the righteous. Only the righteous. Will dwell. There's a new heaven. And a new earth coming. So.

[62:49] Does it make sense. When Abraham arrived. In the promised land. He was still looking for a city. And he said. The city. The builder. Is God. Now finally.

[63:00] I saw. A new heaven. And a new earth. For this. Old heaven. And the old earth. Has passed away. Verse 2. And he says. What? Then I.

[63:11] Job. Saw. Saw what? The holy. I saw what? The holy. I saw what? The holy city. What did I see about the holy city? The holy city. Then I.

[63:22] Job. I saw the holy city. What's the name of the holy city? The new Jerusalem. The new Jerusalem. Coming out. Of heaven.

[63:34] From God. Is this not the city. Abraham was looking forward to. A city. Which had a foundation. Whose maker. Was God.

[63:45] This is not a city. Built with hands. It is called. The new Jerusalem. Coming down. Or coming down. Out of heaven. From God. Prepared as a bride.

[63:55] Adorned for her husband. Look at the next verse. The next verse is amazing. And I heard. A loud. Voice. From heaven.

[64:06] Saying. Behold. Let's all read. Let's. Okay. Let's all read. Let's go. Behold. The tabernacle of God. Some of you are not reading. Let's all read it from the beginning. Let's go. And I heard a loud voice from heaven.

[64:19] Saying. Behold. The tabernacle of God is with man. And he will dwell with them. And they shall be his people. God himself will be with them. And be.

[64:30] Did you see. The blessing. The blessing. And the good will of him that dwells in the bush. The tabernacle of God is now with man. And he says.

[64:41] God will dwell with them. And they will be with him. It is called. Watch this. The new Jerusalem. Is a city. Where God.

[64:52] And his people. Are going to co-dwell. So. See. When you are talking about heaven. I don't know. But the new Jerusalem. Is coming from heaven. From the new heaven.

[65:05] Onto the new earth. And then. On that new earth. We are going to have the city. Which is not built by man. But it's built by God. And. God is going to be there.

[65:18] His people are going to be there. And all of us. Are going to inhabit. Together. It's called. It's going to be. A mutual habitation. Of God. And man.

[65:28] And that is the ultimate blessing. The ultimate blessing. The greatest of all blessings. Is when we and God. Are dwelling together. In God's presence. God is in that.

[65:39] God. So when people are making noise. About blessings. Please. Listen. People. I'm getting worried about. Preachers. Who project. Going to heaven. To go and ride Mercedes Benz.

[65:50] I want to go and live in. I was asking. I said. But who is going to build that mansion for you? Think about it. Who told you there is a house anywhere?

[66:02] The house of God we know. Is not in heaven. It's actually on earth. Yes. It's only the earth that requires houses. Yeah. Yeah. So the house of God.

[66:13] As we know. Is on earth. The problem is. We are. Hey. The problem is. I listen. Please. Please. I beg you. I beg you. The problem is. We have projected human desires.

[66:24] Onto things of God. So most of us. I expect it. That's how some people can become crazy. Because of their lust for sex. They are believing that they will go to heaven and have seven women.

[66:41] Seven virgins. What would you want seven women for if you're a man? Think about it. It's only. It's only the desire for sex.

[66:51] And not only women. Virgins. Virgin. Who is a virgin? A woman who has never had sex. So. For you to emphasize on virginity.

[67:03] It means. There's something about sex. Some people are hoping. That when they go to heaven. They will use the best cars.

[67:16] They will use. They will wear. Yesterday I said. You are believing God will go to heaven. Wear Louis Vuitton. It's an insult to God. It's an insult to God.

[67:28] Because. When. Watch this. Watch this. The problem is. What I'm trying to draw to our attention is. We have given. Accredited. Man-made things. That we desire so much.

[67:38] We have projected it into heaven. Hoping that when I go to heaven. I'm going to continue. Enjoying the things that are enjoyable on earth. But really. Heaven. What is going to be the enjoyable thing in heaven.

[67:49] Is God himself. God himself. God himself. God himself. Having God is enough. Having God is enough.

[68:00] God wants to be our joy. He wants to be our enjoyment. That's why. You can. You can never be a genuine Christian worshiper without joy.

[68:12] Jesus. Come on. You can never. If you are Christian and you lack joy in the things of God. I doubt your Christianity. Wow. That's right.

[68:23] Because. Because. The essence. Listen to this. The essence of. Thank you Jesus. The essence of Christianity is enjoying God. It's not having money to buy new shoes.

[68:36] It's not having money to buy other wigs. It's not having a man to marry you. It's not having a woman to marry you. But I'm telling you. There are ladies in this building. Who are very happy in Christ.

[68:47] And I know you're married. But they're enjoying Christ. They're enjoying. And there are ladies here. Who are busily married. And are endlessly frustrated.

[68:59] And yet. There are men. And ladies here. Who are also married. And their marriage is so turbulent. But because of their relation with God.

[69:10] Life is still meaningful. Life is still enjoyable. Life. When we talk about the enjoyment of life. I'm not talking about human ecstasies.

[69:22] Partying. Eating. Drinking. That is natural. That is mundane. That is earthly. That is human. Heavenly things. The heavenly joy.

[69:33] The heavenly enjoyment. It's different. I was telling them yesterday. That when people go to hell. They think it's the fire that is going to torture them. No. The fire is not bad enough.

[69:45] It's the holiness of God. When God appears. You know when you go to a party. And you are messing up. And you see your pastor. Hey. Oh. Or.

[69:59] Or you are. Listen. Or you are a church. A church leader. And. You went to the bank. You are a church leader. Like. You don't know a lot of people.

[70:09] Because I don't even know people. You know. A lot of people. And. You go to the bank. And the lady is serving you at the bank. And then. You find her so gorgeous. And you are giving her a wink. And then.

[70:20] When you are in the queue. Then when you get there. Say. Oh. Hello pastor. Hey.

[70:31] Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Brother in trouble. So. Sometimes you are. You are doing some things. And then when someone.

[70:42] Watch this. When someone. Brings the God. Things of God around. It begins to make you feel very. Uncomfortable. So when Peter. When they caught fish. And they realized that.

[70:52] Jesus has made them caught fish. It should have. A Jewish man would have said. Let's get into an agreement. And start a business. But the Jewish man said. Please. Leave us and go. I'm a sinful man. Leave us and go. Leave us.

[71:03] When you see the holiness of God. The natural human reaction. Is we shudder. We don't want it. We don't want it. And in hell. It's not the fire. It's the holiness of God. That will show up on.

[71:14] Godless and Christless humanity. They can't stand it. They can't stand it. They can't stand it. On the other hand. In the presence of God. Those of us who have Christ in us.

[71:26] Those of us who have Christ in us. Those of us who have Christ in us. He is our joy. He is our peace. He is our enjoyment. He is our everything. Because we love Jesus.

[71:38] We love Jesus. We love Jesus. We love Jesus. Shout hallelujah. Please be seated.

[71:54] We love Jesus. So. I don't know how many of you have heard this before. But I was saying yesterday. Sometimes. Since you became born again.

[72:04] Sometimes you are reading your Bible. And you feel that. This is so good for me. You still don't have a job. You still haven't solved the problem. But.

[72:15] Something is happening to you. You're reading. I don't know how many of you. Sometimes you are home. And you are down. But you play some preaching. Or some music. And you. Suddenly.

[72:26] The love for God. Begins to build up again. The love for God. Begins to build up. It's the eternal blessing. Do you know what it is? God. God becoming our full enjoyment.

[72:37] And watch this. And we becoming his full enjoyment. So he's enjoying us. And we are enjoying him. And that's what Abraham was looking forward to. That is the city Isaac was looking forward to.

[72:50] That is the city that Jacob was looking forward to. And Jacob prophesied over his children. And ended in that city. That is the city of God. It's called the new Jerusalem.

[73:01] The tabernacle of God is with men. And we will be enjoying him. And he will be enjoying us. He will be our satisfaction. And will be his satisfaction. How can you have this in mind.

[73:15] And be thinking about. Riding Rolls Royce in heaven. Man made thing. There's no man made thing in heaven. Everything is natural.

[73:26] The gold. The pearl. The precious stones. Everything is natural. No man made things. Why do we project man made things?

[73:36] It's a reflection of the hunger. And the greed of materialism. In our heart. We are expecting that we are going to continue it in heaven. But heaven all we will have is God.

[73:48] In the new Jerusalem. All we have is God. And some of you are living here on earth. But you are experiencing heaven on earth.

[73:59] Because you may not have all the money. You may not have all the houses. You may not have all the cars. But you have joy. You have joy. You have joy.

[74:11] You have the joy of the Lord. It's my strength. I might have lost my job. I might have lost my health. I might have lost a relationship. But I've got God.

[74:22] The Lord. It's my enjoyment. I enjoy God. And we are complete in Him. We thank God for using the servant. Reverend Dr. David Entry.

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