[0:00] Welcome to our services and let us seek the Lord's blessing upon our worship this evening. Let us draw near to God in prayer.
[0:15] Eternal and ever-blessed Lord, as we draw near to Thee, we acknowledge Thine own sovereignty over us.
[0:27] We acknowledge, O Lord, that our times are in Thine own hands. We acknowledge that Thou art the ruler of heaven and on earth.
[0:42] And we seek, O Lord, that we would come before Thee in humility of mind, of heart and of spirit, and acknowledge our sinnership.
[0:56] And give Thee thanks, O Lord, for the provision that Thou hast made for such, through Thine own Son, that He is the fountain that has been opened for sin and for uncleanness.
[1:13] We give Thee thanks, O Lord, that He took our sins upon Himself and went to the cursed death of the cross in order to work out our righteousness that can be now imputed to us by faith so that we can have a righteous standing before Thee, our God, who is of purer eye than to look upon iniquity.
[1:51] We give Thee thanks, O Lord, for His continual ministry at Thine own right hand and the intercession that He makes on behalf of those given to Him by Thee in the covenant of redemption and those for whom He has purchased that righteousness.
[2:12] And we pray, O Lord, that we would indeed be as those who walk worthy of the gospel, O that we may be faithful witnesses for Thee in this world.
[2:29] that we would be an example to others. O Lord, an example in godliness, an example in Christ, that we would show the compassion and the mercy of Jesus Christ to those around us, that they may even be attracted to come and to hear the gospel, to come and to experience the gospel.
[3:04] O Lord, we pray that through the gospel that it would reach out and that its power would be demonstrated in the conversion of sinners.
[3:16] O Lord, we pray that I would bless Thy people. O pray, O Lord, that those who today may be feeling weak and weary in their body, those who may, O Lord, today be discouraged by a knowledge and a consciousness of their own imperfections, that they may look to Thee and to know that Thou art the one who is working in them and for them, and that Thou art the one that will bring that work to perfection in the day of Jesus Christ.
[3:57] We give Thee thanks, O Lord, that He became one like us so that we can become one like Him, that He suffered in our room and in our place so that we can share in His glory.
[4:18] We give Thee thanks, O Lord, for all the tokens of Thy goodness and kindness that Thou doth so abundantly outpour upon us every day.
[4:31] And we pray today, O Lord, that Thou would bless our homes and our families. Remember the careless, those who are indifferent to the claims of Thy word.
[4:45] O Lord, come in a day of Thy power, and turn the hearts of our people to Thyself. Bring us days of repentance. Bring us days when we would sorrow over us and days when we would confess that we have gone astray from our God.
[5:06] O Lord, return us, we pray Thee, to Thyself. Remember us as a nation. Have pity upon us. O Lord, that Thou would grant wisdom to those who are leaders over us, that they would remember that righteousness alone exalteth a nation, that sin is a reproach to Thee.
[5:29] O Lord, bless all Thy servants who proclaim Thy truth this day. Bless the gospel to the ends of the earth. And we pray, O Lord, that Thou would continue with us for the moments that we are together around Thy word.
[5:48] That it would please Thee, O Lord, to bless it to us, to lay it upon our hearts, all that it may bring forth evidence in our lives, that we may uphold in our conversation, in our walk, the dignity of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, that others would learn the gospel even through our walk in life, our conduct, and our behaviour in life.
[6:24] So often we know, O Lord, that Thy people is a Bible of the world. And so we pray that we may be indeed a good example to others.
[6:36] Go before us, we pray Thee. Bless Thy word to us and our meditation upon it. And forgive us for all our sins. In Jesus' name. Amen.
[6:50] We shall now read from the Old Testament and from the book of Psalms and Psalm 84. How aimable are Thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!
[7:06] My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. Yea, the sparrow hath found a house and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young.
[7:25] Even Thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God, blessed are they that dwell in Thy house. They will be still praising Thee, Selah.
[7:37] Blessed is the man whose strength is in Thee, in whose heart are the ways of them, who passing her out of the valley of Beka, make it a well. The rain also filleth the pools.
[7:50] They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God. O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer. Give ear, O God of Jacob, Selah.
[8:03] Behold, O God, our shield, and look upon the face of Thine Anointed. For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand. I'd rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
[8:17] For the Lord God is a sun and shield. The Lord will give grace and glory. No good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly. O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in Thee.
[8:33] May the Lord bless unto us the reading of that portion of His word. Now, seeking the Lord's help and blessing, let us turn back to Psalm 84 and read from the beginning.
[8:50] How amable are Thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts! My soul longeth, yet even fainteth for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
[9:04] Yet the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself. Where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God. Blessed are they that dwell in Thy house, they will be still praising Thee.
[9:19] Salem. We shall, this evening, meditate upon these verses of Psalm 84, verse 1 to 4.
[9:31] The Book of Psalms are a collection of works that has been produced by various authors or writers, and cover a long period of Jewish history of Jewish history, about 900 years, from the time of Moses to the time of the return from the Babylonian exile.
[9:52] The Book of Psalms in the Hebrew text has five sections. There is no explanation of how this five-fold division came into being, or why.
[10:05] Some suggest that there seems to be some sort of arrangement with the five-fold division of the Pentateuch. For instance, they try and form comparison between Book 1, which comprises of Psalm 1 to 41, and the Book of Genesis.
[10:21] Book 2, which includes Psalm 42 to 72, and the Book of Exodus. Book 3, which includes Psalm 73 to 89, with the Book of Leviticus.
[10:35] Book 4, Psalms 90 to 106, with the Book of Numbers. And Book 5, Psalm 107 to 150, with the Book of Deuteronomy.
[10:48] However, each Psalm has relevance, it has application and blessing for us all. And Psalm 84 belongs to Book 3 of the Hebrew five-fold division.
[11:03] And Psalm 84 is structured with three sections set apart by the word Selah. And each section is defined by a statement of blessing.
[11:15] In the first and third section the blessing is at the end, but in the second section it is at the beginning. At the end of verse 4 is presented to us the blessedness of the person that dwells in God's house.
[11:33] Blessed are they that dwell in thy house, they will be still praising thee. In verse 5, the blessedness of the person who is walking the path that leads to God's house.
[11:46] Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee and whose heart are the ways of them. And in verse 12, the blessedness of the person who trusts in the Lord while walking the path that ends in glory.
[12:00] O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee. Now tonight we are going to look at the first section as I've said, verse 1 to 4.
[12:14] How amable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
[12:28] The psalm expresses a longing for the Lord. We have already seen in our study of Paul's letter to the Philippians that this was one of the tokens of marks that belongs to a Christian, a longing for the Lord, to know the Lord more and more.
[12:51] It's not just an intellectual or head knowledge but a personal experience of communion and fellowship with the Lord.
[13:02] Lord. We are not told who wrote this psalm. It could have been written by David or by someone who was with David. In verse 9 we read, Behold, O God, our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed, that is, the anointed king.
[13:25] However, the title to the psalm is, to the chief musician upon Gidtheth a psalm for the sons of Korah. Now, what Gidtheth means, we are not sure.
[13:37] It could be a special tune. It could be a musical instrument in one of the ancient Jewish writings that explains scripture.
[13:49] It is paraphrased in this way, on the harp which David brought from Gath. But the truth is that we just do not know what the word really means.
[14:01] However, we are told that it is a psalm for the sons of Korah. Now, here it could be translated that it was written for or by the sons of Korah.
[14:18] But what is interesting for us here is who was Korah or who were the sons of Korah? Well, we find out about Korah and his rebellion against Moses and Aaron in the book of Numbers and chapter 16.
[14:37] Following him and his rebellion were 250 princes described as men of renown. Of course, there were not men of renown before God, but there were men of renown before men.
[14:49] and Korah and these princes gathered together and said, ye take too much upon you, saying all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them.
[15:02] Wherefore, then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the Lord. This rebellion was caused by jealousy of leadership.
[15:13] Korah and his followers indicated that the leadership of Moses and Aaron was no longer needed. They were of the opinion that any one of the Israelites was just as qualified as Moses and Aaron to lead to the people.
[15:31] Now, Korah was the grandson of Koheth, and as a Kohethite, Korah was one of those responsible for transporting the items in the tabernacle, including the Ark of the Covenant from place to place.
[15:45] But obviously he was very jealous and resentful of his lower position. He was trying to say that they could all be leaders.
[15:59] There was a jealousy of leadership, and very often that causes problems and splits and divisions. There are many lessons for us in this episode in the history of Israel, among which is a vital truth about the seriousness of sin and rebellion against God's chosen leaders.
[16:26] Korah and his followers fail to realise that their position among the Israelites was appointed by God, and that they were and should be content in that position.
[16:37] we must remember that God has placed each one of us in his body, the church, to perform specific functions, and we need each other, and we must work together properly if we are to honour God.
[16:55] Let us be content with the position that God has placed us. the awfulness of their sin can be measured by the penalty God inflicted on them, and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them up and their houses, and all the men that are pertained to Korah and all their goods.
[17:14] However, Psalm 84 brings to us a happier note. Here we have the descendants of Korah, and they have found favour in God's eyes.
[17:31] Seven generations after Korah died, the prophet Samuel arose from the line of Korah. The Korah writes, according to 1 Chronicles chapter 9, verse 19 to 21, became doorkeepers and custodians for the tabernacle.
[17:50] One group of the Korahites, according to 1 Chronicles 12, joined King David in various military exploits, and won the reputation of being expert warriors.
[18:02] And during the time of King David, the sons of Korah became the leaders in leading the music in the tabernacle. Among the Psalms, 11, attributed to the sons of Korah, Psalm 42, 44 to 49, 84 and 85 and 87 and 88.
[18:25] And what we have here is a demonstration for us in the sons of Korah of the grace of God, of the grace of God. Reading there in verse 10, verse 10, is a verse of contentment in the position in which God has placed them.
[19:00] well, whether the psalm was written by David or the sons of Korah or someone else, the fact is that they are apart from the house of God.
[19:11] They have been isolated from the house of God, from the courts of the Lord, and they have a longing in their hearts for the ordinances of the Lord.
[19:22] How amable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts. Now the longing of the psalmist was not just for familiar surroundings, but his longing was for the Lord himself.
[19:38] He longed to be in the place of the Lord's appointment, where the Lord reveals himself through his appointed ordinances. And we too ought to long for the ordinances of God.
[19:54] And we ought to have that longing for those appointed acts of worship, that God uses to make himself known to us. At the heart of the Old Testament, the appointed worship that was appointed by God was the service of the tabernacle.
[20:13] And later in the history of Israel, the tabernacle gave way for the temple. And the psalmist here longs for God's ordinances of worship because he loved and longed for God.
[20:29] We find the same sentiment and emotion demonstrated by David when he was in the wilderness of Judah fleeing from King David, rather, sorry, from King Saul.
[20:41] David fleeing from King Saul. In Psalm 63 we read, O God, thou art my God, early will I seek thee, my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land where no water is, to see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary, because thy love and kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.
[21:09] Here, as it were, he envies the birds that are around the tabernacle. He envies the sparrow and the swallow that are able to nest in the eaves of the tabernacle.
[21:25] Yea, he says, the sparrow hath found a house and the swallow a nest for herself where she may lay her young even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God.
[21:37] Blessed are they that dwell in thy house. They will be still praising thee, Selah. He longed to be with the people worshipping the Lord.
[21:50] Do we count it as a blessing to be able to congregate with those who have gathered to worship the Lord? Well, here is a person who longs to congregate with those who are worshipping the Lord.
[22:11] How do I and you stand with the principle of Scripture, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together as a manner of samus, but exalting one another and so much the more as you see the day approaching.
[22:27] Maybe the psalmist values those things much more now than he had. than he had. He is now deprived of them and maybe he values them more than he did when he had free access to them.
[22:42] As the lockdown and the months have been deprived of coming together to worship the Lord change my attitude and your attitude towards the corporate worship of God.
[22:55] the oneness and togetherness of being bodily present with each other to worship the Lord. Now I know that we don't need to be bodily present together to worship the Lord and I'm sure that the psalmist was worshipping the Lord as many do who are because of various reasons isolated from the house of God.
[23:18] But there is a biblical principle of corporate worship of being bodily present that has been appointed by God and for this the psalmist longed for.
[23:32] He valued it because he loved the Lord and he loved whatever the Lord has appointed. He longed and loved to be in the company of God's people bodily or physically.
[23:49] His emotions so much expressed by Psalm 122 which reads I was glad when they said unto me let us go into the house of the Lord our feet shall stand within thy gates O Jerusalem.
[24:06] We are thankful to the Lord for the means that he has given to us for the continual preaching of the word. Although our many activities have ceased he has made sure that the preaching of the word would continue.
[24:24] And we are thankful for the way in which he can bring us together in this manner because of technology but our technology is no substitute for the principle of being together in a bodily or physical sense around the appointed ordinances of God.
[24:48] God. The tabernacle and later on the temple where the appointed place of worship for Israel.
[25:02] And although we don't have in the New Testament such appointed places by God for worship and that sadly leads some people to have a pious excuse or argument against attending a place of worship.
[25:15] Nevertheless there can be no pious excuse or argument against what we have and that is an appointed day the first day of the week and we have appointed ordinances and we have the principle of corporate worship.
[25:32] How can we say that we love and long for God and not use his appointed means? When the heart is right with God his ordinances along with God's covenant people becomes a delight.
[25:49] I wonder what we have missed during lockdown. How we miss the company of God's people? How we miss being together as a corporate body of worshipers?
[26:04] Or do we just miss the activities? The psalmists miss the corporate worship. And in his isolation he cries out, How aimable are thy tabernacles?
[26:20] In the metrical version of the psalm we have, How lovely is thy dwelling place. What leaves the tabernacle so lovely?
[26:32] Well, we have already touched on at least two reasons. It is the place of worship appointed by God where he dwells in an incredibly special way.
[26:46] He told Moses, And let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them. And it is also the place where God's people assemble together.
[26:58] They draw near to God at the tabernacle. The tabernacle was the place where the people were taught through God's appointed ordinances.
[27:12] Here he says, My soul longeth yet even fainteth for the courts of the Lord. And verse 3 he speaks there of the altars of the Lord.
[27:25] God's appointed place of worship. God's appointed ordinances of worship. Where God's covenant people come to gather physically bodily to worship the Lord.
[27:42] Here is a psalmist and he is in isolation. He is apart from such meetings and his soul longs to be part of that gathering.
[28:00] Well, what did the courts of the tabernacle teach? he long so much that even he fainteth for the courts of the Lord?
[28:12] He says, my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. Well, what did the courts of the tabernacle teach? Well, as we enter the outer court, the first object that meets our eye is a huge altar, always burning and blood always streaming from it which we call the altar of burnt offering or the brazen altar.
[28:35] Now, although we do not have a material altar, we have that which the brazen altar dimly shadowed forth. We have the cross of Christ on which was once offered the Son of God, Jesus Christ, the just for the unjust to bring us back to God.
[28:56] And the psalmist longs to get back to the course of the tabernacle where he is taught in shadowy form through, but nevertheless taught of Jesus Christ and him crucified.
[29:12] Where he is taught of his sin and of the atoning work of the promised seed of the woman, Jesus Christ. Such a place was his delight.
[29:24] And surely such a place ought to be my delight and your delight. The place that teaches us about our sin and that teaches us about the atoning work of Jesus Christ.
[29:41] That place where we come to know Jesus more and more in the corporate worship of God where we come together to worship the Lord and to know more and more of Jesus Christ.
[29:58] To know more of ourselves and to know more of him. The position and prominence of this altar teaches us the prominence that we are to give in our worship to the doctrine of the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ.
[30:15] Surely it is a delight for us to be found which such is being taught. As we contemplate in the court upon the bracing altar and its sacrifice we cannot but be aware of its relation to every other part of the tabernacle.
[30:36] It was the most important part of the whole tabernacle. It is like a root to a tree or a foundation to a building. It was on which every other part of the structure depended and from which every other part derived its value.
[30:54] The tabernacle structure itself could not be entered nor any part of its furniture made use of till it had been sprinkled with the blood that was shed at the bracing altar.
[31:06] Take the bracing altar away and every part of the tabernacle however splendid it may be would have been useless and so he says my soul longeth yet even fainteth for the courts of the Lord.
[31:27] Paul said to the Corinthians for I deter not to know anything among you save Jesus Christ and him crucified.
[31:41] It is a delight to enter into the courts of God's house and it is a delight to be taught of the atoning work of Jesus Christ.
[31:55] Christ our whole salvation is determined by the atoning work of Jesus Christ.
[32:09] But beyond the brazen altar stood another part of the furniture that made up the seven pieces of the tabernacle and that was the laver.
[32:22] the laver filled with water taught of the need of the purity on the part of all who drew nigh to God.
[32:34] The absolute necessity of the need to wash from all our daily impurities. What does this mean for me and you as we come into the courts of the house of God?
[32:48] We are not only taught of the need of the brazen altar but we are told of the need of what we call progressive sanctification.
[33:00] That is what we have been studying from Paul's letter to the Philippians in recent weeks. How these great lessons were taught by the brazen altar and the laver lessons we are taught by the ordinances of the Lord in God's house.
[33:20] Some parts of the tabernacle furniture were hidden from public gates like the candlestick. We are all familiar with the use of light in scripture as being expressive of the character of God.
[33:38] John writes God is light and in him is no darkness at all. One of the Boner brothers wrote this about the properties of light.
[33:53] He said the light is ever pure no art of man can rob it of its beauty nor stain its unpolluted heavenliness. It is the fairest purest thing in nature a fair type of that fair heaven where all is pure and to which no evil thing can enter where darkness comes not where no shadow falls where night and sin can have no dwelling place.
[34:25] Well in the courts of the tabernacle the worshipper was taught of the unseen character of God the candlestick brought before us the unseen character of God that God is light.
[34:42] But hidden from public gaze also over against the candlestick was the table of showbread on which was placed the twelve loaves of unleavened bread representing the twelve tribes of Israel.
[34:57] Reminding us that no part of God's covenant people were overlooked or neglected. Reminding us of Jesus who said I am the bread of life.
[35:08] Christ the true bread is sufficient for us all. The renewing of this bread by an ordinance of God was to be done weekly on the Sabbath day.
[35:21] It's a reminder to us that Jesus is sufficient for us all. The one who said I am the bread of life.
[35:32] And hidden from public gaze was another altar much smaller than the brazen altar was called the altar of incense. It was connected with the burning of sweet spices and the rising cloud of fragrance a fragrant smell shadowing forth the intercession of Christ.
[35:58] Now it is interesting how these two altars of the tabernacle are related to one another. The golden altar of incense owed all the worth of its service to the sprinkling upon it of the blood that had been shed upon the brazen altar.
[36:13] And the fire which caused the incense to send out its cloud of fragrant smell was kindled from the coals which had been consumed the sacrifice which had consumed the sacrifice on the brazen altar.
[36:27] So we are taught much about the connection between the cross and the present ministry of Jesus Christ. Romans chapter 8 who is he that condemneth.
[36:39] It is Christ that died yea rather that is risen again who is even at the right hand of God who also maketh intercessions for us. And as Hebrews chapter 7 puts it, wherefore he is able to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
[37:02] No wonder then that the psalmist says how lovely is thy dwelling place how aimable are thy tabernacles O Lord of hosts my soul longeth yea even fainteth for the course of the Lord my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God yea the sparrow hath found her house and the swallow and nest for herself where she may lay her young even thine altars O Lord of hosts my King and my God he was taught so much so much about himself as a sinner and he was taught so much about the atoning work of Jesus Christ and he was taught also about the character of God he was taught of the sufficiency of Jesus Christ and he was taught of the intercession of
[38:02] Jesus Christ but then we have the ark of the covenant and the mercy seat they were in the most holy place and the holy place was the candlestick the table of showbread and the golden altar but here in the most holy place the sole object of interest and attraction is the ark and the mercy seat in our study upon Paul we have seen how his life was so Christ centred as our lives should be but as we know there are many objects that takes our focus away but the day is coming when in heaven there is nothing on which the eye will rest and nothing that our souls can eat but what is in Christ our whole focus will be upon Christ there will be no object there that will take our focus away from
[39:05] Christ in the outer court the altar and the laver was lightened by the light of the sun and the holy place the three objects the candlestick and table of showbread and the golden altar was lightened from the rays of the candlestick but in the most holy place the ark and the mercy sea was lightened by the mysterious Shekinah glory that encircled and hovered over the ark that special presence of God what a sweet shadowing of heavenly realities we have here no wonder the psalmist wrote in psalm 73 whom have I in the heaven but thee and there is none upon earth that I decide besides thee oh how lovely is thy dwelling place oh lord of host to me as I stand in God's house all I see is Christ Christ
[40:06] Christ Christ in the grace Christ Christ Christ Christ in the golden altar and Christ in the midst of the throne the rest of heaven is rest in Christ the righteousness of heaven is righteousness in Christ the joy of heaven is joy in Christ the light of heaven is light in Christ the title to heaven is a title in Christ and the glory of heaven is glory in Christ yes it is Christ all and in all and as he stood in the courts of the Lord's house all he saw was Christ Christ Christ but finally let us note the names that we have here given to
[41:10] God Lord of hosts the word Lord as we have it here and elsewhere in scripture is capitalized showing us that it refers to Yahweh the self existent God the name by which God committed himself to Israel as the I am that I am I am the covenant keeping God the word hostess is a translation from a Hebrew word meaning armies that's another way of saying Lord of hosts God of the armies of heaven and then he says my king and my God my king and my God the shorter catechism and answer to the question how does Christ execute the office of a king it answers Christ execute the office of a king and subduing us to himself and rolling and defending us and in restraining and conquering all his and our enemies
[42:18] Paul says the psalmist he is my king and he is my God God we have this personal possessive pronoun that we've spoken about over these weeks how important it is the little word my my king and my God well is your king and your God do you have this longing desire to be with God's covenant people in God's house what does the courts of God's house mean for you tonight for the psalmist it was his delight he is isolated he is apart from the courts of God's house but his thoughts are going towards the tabernacle of God where God's people have assembled together and he remembers what he is taught there he is taught much about himself he is taught much about his need he is taught much about the atoning work of
[43:30] Christ he is told much about the sufficiency of the atoning work of Christ to meet with his need yes it is in a shadowy forum yes it is in types it is in pictures but it is there but for me and you we have the light of the gospel we don't have it anymore in shadowy form we have the light of the gospel we are taught of our need we are taught of the sufficiency of the atoning work of Christ to meet with our need as sinners through the gospel surely then it is our delight to come together to the appointed ordinances of God to know Christ more and more and more can we have that sentiment of the psalmist who says how aimable are thy tabernacles
[44:41] O Lord of hosts my soul longeth yea even fainteth for the courts of the Lord O blessed are they that dwell in thy house there will be still praise in thee Salem may the Lord bless our thoughts upon his word let us pray we give thanks unto thee O Lord that thou hast made for us the courts of thy house to be a delight for us that thou hast made for us the company of thy people thine own redeemed people to be a delight for us we give thee thanks O Lord for all the things that we have been taught in the courts of the Lord of our own need as sinners and of the sufficiency of Christ to meet with our need of the atoning work of
[45:41] Christ of the character of God of the intercession the present ministry of Jesus on behalf of his people and we give thee thanks O Lord that the gospel teaches us that there is a day coming when we shall all be glorified when thy people will be made like into the image of the son when they shall share in his glory O whom have I in heaven but thee and there is none upon earth that I decide beside thee O how lovely is thy dwelling place O Lord of hosts to me and we pray O Lord that thy blessing would accompany thy word and that thy blessing would accompany thy people may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the
[46:42] Holy Spirit be with you all now and forever more Amen