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 Well, good morning, church. Turn with me to the book of Joel. If you have a Bible,

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 if you're here in the sanctuary, the reading will also be on the screens.

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 We are looking at Joel chapter 2, verses 18 to 27. If you're looking in a Bible,

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 the book of Joel is a little book, and it's at the beginning of what's called the Minor Prophets,

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 which is the 12 shorter prophetical books at the end of the Old Testament.

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 So it's after Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and then Daniel, and then Hosea and Joel.

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 So we are looking at this short little book over the next couple of weeks.

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 We'll be looking at the...we've come to the second half of the book.

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 We'll be looking at the second half of the book over the next couple of weeks.

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 So Joel, I'm going to read chapter 2, beginning at verse 18.

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 Then the Lord became jealous for his land and had pity on his people.

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 The Lord answered and said to his people,

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 Behold, I am sending to you grain, wine, and oil, and you will be satisfied.

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 And I will no more make you a reproach among the nations.

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 I will remove the northerner far from you and drive him into a parched and desolate land,

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 his vanguard into the eastern sea and his rear guard into the western sea.

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 The stench and foul smell of him will rise, for he has done great things.

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 Fear not, O land, be glad and rejoice, for the Lord has done great things.

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 Fear not, you beasts of the field, for the pastures of the wilderness are green.

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 The tree bears its fruit, the fig tree and vine give their full yield.

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 Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God,

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 for he has given the early rain for your vindication.

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 He has poured down for you abundant rain, the early and the latter rain as before.

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 The threshing floor shall be full of grain, the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.

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 I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten,

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 the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter, my great army which I sent among you.

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 You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied,

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 and praise the name of the Lord your God who has dealt wondrously with you,

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 and my people shall never again be put to shame.

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 You shall know that I am in the midst of Israel,

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 and that I am the Lord your God, and there is none else,

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 and my people shall never again be put to shame.

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 So almost two weeks ago, my wife Jane came down with some sharp stomach pains.

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 We were driving home, and I said,

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 So how bad is it?

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 And she said,

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 Well, the only thing I can compare it to is childbirth.

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 Now, obviously, I don't really know what childbirth feels like,

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 but I've been there and seen it from the outside three times.

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 It's pretty intense.

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 And I don't think I've ever heard my wife compare any other pain to that.

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 So she went to the doctor.

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 Doctor said,

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 Well, let's do some blood work.

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 Maybe just a stomach, but it's maybe just a stomach virus.

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 We'll just wait and see if it passes.

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 Well, next day, the doctor calls back, says,

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 Your blood work came back.

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 You need to go to the hospital.

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 We think you have appendicitis.

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 Which was the case.

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 She had surgery that night.

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 They took it out.

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 She came home the next morning.

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 It all happened very quickly.

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 Jane's recovered very well.

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 She was here with my family last night at the outdoor service.

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 But we thank God for his provision and for his care for us

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 in a whole bunch of ways through that,

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 including many of you who prayed for us

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 and cared for us in some many practical ways.

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 You know, on a normal day,

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 none of us would choose to go under anesthesia,

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 get cut open,

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 have somebody we don't know

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 fiddling around with instruments inside our body,

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 and then have to recover afterwards.

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 Surgery can be scary and painful,

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 even, at times, dangerous.

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 But some things are even more dangerous,

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 including appendicitis.

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 When the appendix gets infected and inflamed,

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 if you don't do something quickly,

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 the infection will spread,

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 and it will get far more serious.

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 So in most cases,

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 surgery is the only way to health.

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 Back in 1535, Martin Luther wrote,

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 God wounds in order to heal.

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 He kills in order to make alive.

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 In other words,

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 God is like a skilled surgeon

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 who cuts us open in order to remove the infection,

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 but his ultimate purpose is not to destroy us,

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 but rather to heal us.

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 To put us back together again,

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 whole and complete

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 and fully alive

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 and functioning in him.

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 Now, Martin Luther wrote that

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 in his commentary on Galatians,

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 but he could have said the same thing

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 about the book of Joel.

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 God wounds in order to heal.

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 He kills in order to make alive.

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 Because the book of Joel,

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 as we've seen in the last two weeks,

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 began with a devastating loss,

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 a natural disaster,

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 a plague of locusts

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 who, like an invading army,

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 had laid waste the entire land.

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 And in the face of great loss,

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 we heard Joel's call to lament.

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 In other words,

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 to grieve in a direction,

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 to grieve toward the one true God.

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 And then last week,

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 Joel sounded the alarm

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 about a coming judgment of God

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 that would be even worse,

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 even more terrifying

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 than the locust invasion,

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 the day of the Lord,

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 a day of God's righteous

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 and final judgment.

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 And in the face of that coming judgment,

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 we heard Joel's call to repent,

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 to turn to the Lord

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 with all our hearts.

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 So far, the book of Joel

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 has been about present disaster

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 and future judgment,

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 a call to lament

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 and a call to repent.

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 But this week,

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 we come to the turning point

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 of the book.

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 And today,

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 we hear a message of joy

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 and hope

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 and restoration

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 and newness of life.

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 So this morning,

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 I want us to do three things

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 as we look at this passage.

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 First, I want us to see

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 God's heart

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 for restoration.

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 Second, I want us to hear

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 God's promise

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 of restoration.

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 And third,

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 I want us to consider

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 our response.

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 So first,

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 I want us to see

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 God's heart.

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 And we see God's heart

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 in verse 18.

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 Now, verse 18

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 marks the transition

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 between the first half of Joel

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 about the disaster

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 and lamenting

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 and repenting

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 and the second half of Joel

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 which is all about

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 restoration

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 and hope

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 and joy

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 and a glorious future

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 for the people of God.

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 Now, as with many

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 of the Old Testament prophets,

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 we don't know

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 whether,

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 exactly where and how

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 this message

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 was first delivered.

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 So we don't know

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 if the book of Joel

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 was one sermon

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 that Joel preached

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 all in one day,

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 all at one time,

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 or whether it was more

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 like a compilation

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 of messages

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 that he had given

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 throughout his lifetime.

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 Because in the book of Joel,

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 there's no narrator

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 that gives us

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 the historical context.

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 Right?

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 If you read the whole book

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 of Joel,

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 it's just Joel's speeches.

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 Except for this one verse.

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 Verse 18.

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 In verse 18,

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 it's not Joel speaking.

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 It's a narrator's voice

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 giving us a glimpse

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 into the very heart of God.

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 Then the Lord

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 was jealous

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 for his land

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 and had pity

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 on his people.

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 And this is the crucial

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 turning point of the book.

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 It's the bridge between

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 lamenting and repenting

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 and disaster

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 and judgment

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 and into joy

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 and hope

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 and restoration

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 and fulfillment.

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 You might say

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 verse 18 is the hinge

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 on which the whole book turns.

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 So I want to park here

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 and sort of sit on this bridge

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 for a little while.

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 What do we see in this verse?

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 Verse 18.

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 Well,

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 we see an indication

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 that the people

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 and their leaders

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 had taken

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 the first half of Joel

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 to heart.

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 They had heard

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 his call

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 to lament

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 and repent

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 and they had turned

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 to the Lord.

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 They had laid

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 everything else aside.

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 They had gathered together.

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 They had wept

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 and prayed

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 and cried out

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 to the Lord

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 for mercy.

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 And we'll see

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 in this passage

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 that God answers

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 the specific prayer

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 that Joel told them

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 to pray

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 in verse 17.

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 We'll see

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 as we go through

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 this passage.

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 He responds

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 directly

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 to that

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 exact

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 prayer.

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 But even more

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 in verse 18,

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 we see not just

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 an indication

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 of the people's response

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 but we see

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 God's heart

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 for his people.

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 The Lord's deep

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 feelings

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 for his people.

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 It says

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 the Lord became

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 jealous

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 for his land.

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 In other words,

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 we see

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 God's

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 zealous

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 love,

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 his passionate

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 concern,

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 his burning

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 dedication

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 to that

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 which is

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 his very own.

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 The Lord

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 saw his

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 land

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 overrun

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 by destructive

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 locusts.

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 Now on the one hand,

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 Joel says

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 very clearly

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 that God

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 sent

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 the locusts.

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 Verse 25,

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 the locusts

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 were my

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 great army

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 which I

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 sent among you.

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 The locust plague

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 was not an accident.

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 It didn't come

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 out of nowhere.

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 It wasn't a surprise

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 to God.

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 God had sent

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 the devastating

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 locusts

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 to discipline

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 his people

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 and to bring

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 them to repentance.

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 But on the other

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 hand,

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 God's desire

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 and God's plan

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 was never

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 to give

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 over his

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 land permanently

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 to the locusts.

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 God had sent

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 them for a time

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 but ultimately

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 the locusts

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 were trespassers

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 on God's land.

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 God had promised

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 his land

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 to his people,

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 to his children,

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 not to the locusts.

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 And the Lord

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 wanted his land

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 back.

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 He was jealous

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 for his land

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 and it says

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 he had pity

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 on his people.

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 Now this is

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 a direct answer

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 to the prayer

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 that was prayed

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 in verse 17.

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 If you look up

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 in verse 17,

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 the prayer

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 that Joel tells

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 him to pray

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 starts with

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 spare your people,

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 O Lord.

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 And this word

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 that's translated

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 have pity

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 can also be

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 translated

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 spare.

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 So Malachi 3.17

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 God says

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 they shall be mine.

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 He's referring

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 to his people.

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 They shall be mine

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 in the day

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 when I make up

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 my treasured

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 possession

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 and I will

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 spare them.

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 Same word

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 as a man

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 spares his son

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 who serves him.

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 You see,

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 the God of the Bible

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 is a God

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 of compassion

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 and mercy.

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 He is not

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 abstract and distant,

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 uninvolved

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 and uncaring.

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 He is not ruthless

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 and relentless

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 in his judgments.

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 No,

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 he has deep feelings

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 for his people.

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 The kind of feelings

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 that a good parent

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 has

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 for their very

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 own child.

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 And when we

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 turn back to him,

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 God spares us

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 from the punishment

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 that we rightly

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 deserve.

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 So brothers and

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 sisters,

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 do you see

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 God's heart

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 for you

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 and for us

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 as a church

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 in this verse?

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 Now Joel was

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 talking to the

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 ancient Israelites

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 who had experienced

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 the devastation

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 of a locust plague.

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 Our situation

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 is different

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 from theirs

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 in a whole bunch

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 of ways.

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 But whatever

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 the disappointment,

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 whatever the loss,

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 whatever the devastation

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 that you might

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 have experienced,

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 Joel's words

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 still speak to us

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 because the heart

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 of God

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 for his people

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 has not

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 changed.

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 God is still

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 jealous for all

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 that rightly

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 belongs to him.

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 In other words,

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 he wants us

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 to be his

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 and his alone.

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 Just like a husband

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 and wife rightly

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 desire each other's

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 exclusive loyalty

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 and affection.

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 So God does not

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 rejoice

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 when our lives

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 are overrun

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 by things

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 that are not

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 of him.

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 by sinful

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 addictions

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 or destructive

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 temptations

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 or habits.

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 God does not

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 rejoice

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 when disaster

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 befalls us

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 and when we

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 cry out in pain.

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 Even when he

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 sent hard

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 things into

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 our lives

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 to call us

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 back to him.

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 God does not

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 rejoice

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 at those things.

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 No, he's

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 passionately

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 concerned for

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 the well-being

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 of his own

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 people who

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 belong to him

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 and who are

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 called by his

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 name and he

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 loves us

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 with a jealous

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 and zealous

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 love.

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 He won't

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 let us

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 go.

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 And you know

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 what?

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 He's still

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 compassionate

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 and merciful.

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 He spares us

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 from the punishment

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 that we deserve

00:13:02.840 --> 00:13:03.759
 through Jesus Christ

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 our great high priest.

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 God hears

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 and answers

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 our prayers

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 when we

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 come before

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 his throne

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 of grace

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 and cry out

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 for grace

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 and mercy

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 and help

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 in our time

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 of need.

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 The New Testament

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 says Jesus

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 is a merciful

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 and faithful

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 high priest

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 on our behalf.

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 God

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 this is the

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 God we

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 serve

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 and we

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 can approach

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 him with

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 confidence

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 because we

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 know he

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 hears

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 because we

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 know he

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 cares.

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 So that's

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 the heart

00:13:32.919 --> 00:13:33.440
 of God

00:13:33.440 --> 00:13:34.460
 that we

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 see in

00:13:34.779 --> 00:13:35.340
 verse 18.

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 That's our

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 first point.

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 But then

00:13:38.100 --> 00:13:38.560
 starting in

00:13:38.560 --> 00:13:39.139
 verse 19

00:13:39.139 --> 00:13:39.580
 we come to

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 our second

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 point.

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 We hear

00:13:40.820 --> 00:13:41.379
 God's

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 promise.

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 Now what

00:13:44.340 --> 00:13:44.620
 did God

00:13:44.620 --> 00:13:45.120
 promise

00:13:45.120 --> 00:13:46.159
 to the

00:13:46.159 --> 00:13:46.539
 people of

00:13:46.539 --> 00:13:46.759
 Israel

00:13:46.759 --> 00:13:47.340
 back then?

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 Well he

00:13:49.340 --> 00:13:49.879
 promised that

00:13:49.879 --> 00:13:50.840
 everything they

00:13:50.840 --> 00:13:51.659
 had lost

00:13:51.659 --> 00:13:52.319
 in the

00:13:52.319 --> 00:13:52.679
 locust

00:13:52.679 --> 00:13:53.279
 plague

00:13:53.279 --> 00:13:54.919
 would now

00:13:54.919 --> 00:13:55.600
 be restored.

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 What are

00:13:58.259 --> 00:13:58.799
 some examples

00:13:58.799 --> 00:13:59.179
 of things

00:13:59.179 --> 00:13:59.439
 that they

00:13:59.439 --> 00:13:59.839
 had lost

00:13:59.839 --> 00:14:00.439
 that God

00:14:00.439 --> 00:14:00.959
 was promising

00:14:00.959 --> 00:14:01.500
 to restore?

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 Well he

00:14:01.879 --> 00:14:02.459
 promises to

00:14:02.459 --> 00:14:03.019
 restore their

00:14:03.019 --> 00:14:03.500
 food.

00:14:04.659 --> 00:14:05.360
 Chapter 1

00:14:05.360 --> 00:14:05.899
 verse 10

00:14:05.899 --> 00:14:06.500
 and 12

00:14:06.500 --> 00:14:08.000
 Joel laments

00:14:08.000 --> 00:14:08.500
 the grain

00:14:08.500 --> 00:14:09.279
 is destroyed

00:14:09.279 --> 00:14:09.879
 the wine

00:14:09.879 --> 00:14:10.460
 dries up

00:14:10.460 --> 00:14:10.879
 the oil

00:14:10.879 --> 00:14:11.399
 languishes

00:14:11.399 --> 00:14:12.159
 and gladness

00:14:12.159 --> 00:14:12.700
 dries up

00:14:12.700 --> 00:14:12.980
 from the

00:14:12.980 --> 00:14:13.419
 children of

00:14:13.419 --> 00:14:13.779
 man.

00:14:15.340 --> 00:14:15.740
 But now

00:14:15.740 --> 00:14:16.299
 chapter 2

00:14:16.299 --> 00:14:17.019
 verse 19

00:14:17.019 --> 00:14:17.940
 the Lord

00:14:17.940 --> 00:14:18.500
 speaks and

00:14:18.500 --> 00:14:19.200
 says behold

00:14:19.200 --> 00:14:20.960
 look I'm

00:14:20.960 --> 00:14:21.419
 sending to

00:14:21.419 --> 00:14:22.000
 you grain

00:14:22.000 --> 00:14:22.700
 wine and

00:14:22.700 --> 00:14:23.120
 oil and

00:14:23.120 --> 00:14:23.500
 you will be

00:14:23.500 --> 00:14:24.139
 satisfied.

00:14:25.600 --> 00:14:26.139
 The threshing

00:14:26.139 --> 00:14:26.740
 floors verse

00:14:26.740 --> 00:14:27.539
 24 will be

00:14:27.539 --> 00:14:28.120
 full of

00:14:28.120 --> 00:14:28.500
 grain.

00:14:29.320 --> 00:14:29.700
 The vats

00:14:29.700 --> 00:14:30.320
 will overflow

00:14:30.320 --> 00:14:31.860
 with wine

00:14:31.860 --> 00:14:32.360
 and oil.

00:14:32.360 --> 00:14:34.779
 Many of us

00:14:34.779 --> 00:14:35.419
 don't fully

00:14:35.419 --> 00:14:36.300
 appreciate the

00:14:36.300 --> 00:14:37.019
 promises of

00:14:37.019 --> 00:14:37.899
 abundant food

00:14:37.899 --> 00:14:38.300
 in the

00:14:38.300 --> 00:14:38.620
 Bible.

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 Because for

00:14:40.519 --> 00:14:41.240
 some of us

00:14:41.240 --> 00:14:42.700
 we've always

00:14:42.700 --> 00:14:43.320
 had plenty of

00:14:43.320 --> 00:14:43.740
 food on the

00:14:43.740 --> 00:14:44.039
 table.

00:14:45.100 --> 00:14:45.820
 We've always

00:14:45.820 --> 00:14:46.300
 been able to

00:14:46.300 --> 00:14:46.680
 go to the

00:14:46.680 --> 00:14:47.159
 supermarket.

00:14:48.360 --> 00:14:48.740
 The shelves

00:14:48.740 --> 00:14:49.279
 have never been

00:14:49.279 --> 00:14:50.100
 completely bare.

00:14:50.800 --> 00:14:51.279
 There's always

00:14:51.279 --> 00:14:51.740
 plenty of

00:14:51.740 --> 00:14:52.080
 things to

00:14:52.080 --> 00:14:52.720
 choose from.

00:14:55.019 --> 00:14:55.779
 But people

00:14:55.779 --> 00:14:56.080
 who have

00:14:56.080 --> 00:14:56.659
 experienced

00:14:56.659 --> 00:14:58.100
 hunger or

00:14:58.100 --> 00:14:59.360
 famine or

00:14:59.360 --> 00:15:00.379
 extreme poverty

00:15:00.379 --> 00:15:01.019
 if you've been

00:15:01.019 --> 00:15:01.539
 through any of

00:15:01.539 --> 00:15:02.060
 those things

00:15:02.059 --> 00:15:02.699
 if you've not

00:15:02.699 --> 00:15:03.339
 known where

00:15:03.339 --> 00:15:03.799
 your next

00:15:03.799 --> 00:15:04.179
 meal is

00:15:04.179 --> 00:15:04.819
 coming from

00:15:04.819 --> 00:15:07.839
 you know

00:15:07.839 --> 00:15:08.379
 that food

00:15:08.379 --> 00:15:09.059
 isn't just

00:15:09.059 --> 00:15:09.579
 something that

00:15:09.579 --> 00:15:10.119
 we can take

00:15:10.119 --> 00:15:10.619
 for granted.

00:15:12.439 --> 00:15:13.319
 Food is a

00:15:13.319 --> 00:15:14.059
 gift from

00:15:14.059 --> 00:15:14.379
 God.

00:15:14.479 --> 00:15:15.039
 It's a daily

00:15:15.039 --> 00:15:15.839
 reminder of

00:15:15.839 --> 00:15:16.459
 his provision

00:15:16.459 --> 00:15:17.239
 and kindness

00:15:17.239 --> 00:15:17.779
 toward his

00:15:17.779 --> 00:15:18.199
 creatures.

00:15:19.619 --> 00:15:20.179
 And for the

00:15:20.179 --> 00:15:20.799
 Israelites in

00:15:20.799 --> 00:15:21.079
 the Old

00:15:21.079 --> 00:15:22.139
 Testament food

00:15:22.139 --> 00:15:22.939
 was also a

00:15:22.939 --> 00:15:24.019
 sign of their

00:15:24.019 --> 00:15:24.459
 covenant

00:15:24.459 --> 00:15:25.599
 relationship with

00:15:25.599 --> 00:15:26.179
 God because

00:15:26.179 --> 00:15:26.619
 God had

00:15:26.619 --> 00:15:27.179
 promised them

00:15:27.179 --> 00:15:27.799
 in Deuteronomy

00:15:27.799 --> 00:15:28.319
 that if they

00:15:28.319 --> 00:15:28.819
 would obey

00:15:28.819 --> 00:15:29.579
 his commands

00:15:29.579 --> 00:15:31.000
 that he would

00:15:31.000 --> 00:15:31.919
 send the

00:15:31.919 --> 00:15:32.659
 early rain

00:15:32.659 --> 00:15:33.000
 and the

00:15:33.000 --> 00:15:33.620
 later rain

00:15:33.620 --> 00:15:34.459
 and it

00:15:34.459 --> 00:15:34.879
 specifically

00:15:34.879 --> 00:15:35.379
 says he

00:15:35.379 --> 00:15:35.779
 would give

00:15:35.779 --> 00:15:36.179
 so they

00:15:36.179 --> 00:15:36.759
 could harvest

00:15:36.759 --> 00:15:37.740
 their grain

00:15:37.740 --> 00:15:38.399
 and wine

00:15:38.399 --> 00:15:39.019
 and oil

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 the sort

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 of staple

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 foods that

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 sustain them

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 throughout the

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 year.

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 You know

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 in the New

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 Testament food

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 is also a sign

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 of our covenant

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 with God when

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 we share the

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 Lord's Supper

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 when we eat

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 the bread

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 and drink the

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 cup

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 those are signs

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 that God

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 continues to

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 sustain us

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 and nourish

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 us physically

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 and spiritually

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 by his

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 grace.

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 But it's not

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 only their food

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 that God

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 promises to

00:16:09.740 --> 00:16:10.100
 restore,

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 God also

00:16:10.620 --> 00:16:11.220
 promises to

00:16:11.220 --> 00:16:11.779
 restore their

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 honor.

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 Again,

00:16:14.800 --> 00:16:15.519
 in chapter 1

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 and 2

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 they were

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 full of

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 shame.

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 Chapter 1

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 verse 11

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 Be ashamed

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 O tillers

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 of the soil

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 because the

00:16:20.960 --> 00:16:21.480
 harvest of

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 the field

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 has perished.

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 All their

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 work had

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 amounted to

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 nothing.

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 You know

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 for many

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 people we

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 can feel a

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 deep sense

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 of shame

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 when our

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 work seems

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 to amount

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 to nothing.

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 We feel like

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 we've got

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 nothing to

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 show for

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 ourselves,

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 nothing to

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 take pride

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 in.

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 You know

00:16:40.560 --> 00:16:40.720
 if you

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 found yourself

00:16:41.340 --> 00:16:41.800
 unemployed

00:16:41.800 --> 00:16:42.480
 for an

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 extended period

00:16:43.240 --> 00:16:43.840
 of time

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 or stuck

00:16:45.100 --> 00:16:45.700
 in a job

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 where your

00:16:46.040 --> 00:16:46.560
 efforts go

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 unrewarded

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 and unrecognized

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 it's not

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 uncommon to

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 also feel

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 worthlessness,

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 rejection,

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 anger,

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 depression.

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 Those are

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 manifestations

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 of shame.

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 And in

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 chapter 2

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 verse 17

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 we see it

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 wasn't just

00:17:06.120 --> 00:17:06.880
 the workers

00:17:06.880 --> 00:17:07.200
 who were

00:17:07.200 --> 00:17:07.839
 feeling shame

00:17:07.839 --> 00:17:08.180
 because they

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 had nothing

00:17:08.519 --> 00:17:08.920
 to show

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 for themselves.

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 The whole

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 nation was

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 on the brink

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 of utter

00:17:11.759 --> 00:17:13.360
 shame,

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 utter embarrassment.

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 And so they

00:17:15.900 --> 00:17:16.180
 pray,

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 make not your

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 heritage a

00:17:17.519 --> 00:17:18.200
 reproach,

00:17:18.740 --> 00:17:20.039
 a laughingstock,

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 a byword among

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 the nations.

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 Why should they

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 say among the

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 peoples,

00:17:23.079 --> 00:17:23.539
 where's their

00:17:23.539 --> 00:17:23.940
 God?

00:17:23.940 --> 00:17:24.000
 God?

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 They were

00:17:26.180 --> 00:17:26.820
 all feeling

00:17:26.820 --> 00:17:27.600
 completely

00:17:27.600 --> 00:17:28.820
 ashamed.

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 But look at

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 what God

00:17:30.880 --> 00:17:31.460
 says here.

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 Chapter 2

00:17:33.460 --> 00:17:34.080
 verse 19,

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 I will no

00:17:34.779 --> 00:17:35.299
 more make

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 you a

00:17:35.640 --> 00:17:36.299
 reproach

00:17:36.299 --> 00:17:37.200
 among the

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 nations.

00:17:38.759 --> 00:17:39.420
 Chapter 2

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 verse 26,

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 my people

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 shall never

00:17:41.640 --> 00:17:42.299
 again be

00:17:42.299 --> 00:17:43.080
 put to

00:17:43.080 --> 00:17:43.620
 shame.

00:17:43.720 --> 00:17:44.140
 He repeats

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 it again

00:17:44.580 --> 00:17:44.940
 at the end

00:17:44.940 --> 00:17:45.200
 of verse

00:17:45.200 --> 00:17:45.799
 27.

00:17:46.279 --> 00:17:46.720
 And this

00:17:46.720 --> 00:17:47.220
 is a promise

00:17:47.220 --> 00:17:47.580
 that the

00:17:47.580 --> 00:17:48.180
 New Testament

00:17:48.180 --> 00:17:48.779
 picks up

00:17:48.779 --> 00:17:49.120
 on.

00:17:50.320 --> 00:17:51.080
 Both Paul

00:17:51.079 --> 00:17:51.879
 and Peter

00:17:51.879 --> 00:17:52.579
 in their

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 letters to

00:17:53.159 --> 00:17:54.059
 early Christians

00:17:54.059 --> 00:17:55.359
 write this,

00:17:55.439 --> 00:17:56.740
 whoever trusts

00:17:56.740 --> 00:17:58.119
 in Jesus

00:17:58.119 --> 00:17:59.639
 will never

00:17:59.639 --> 00:18:00.559
 be put

00:18:00.559 --> 00:18:01.559
 to shame.

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 And why

00:18:04.779 --> 00:18:05.119
 is that

00:18:05.119 --> 00:18:05.439
 true?

00:18:06.639 --> 00:18:07.500
 It's because

00:18:07.500 --> 00:18:08.359
 everything that

00:18:08.359 --> 00:18:09.039
 belongs to

00:18:09.039 --> 00:18:09.619
 Jesus is

00:18:09.619 --> 00:18:10.519
 now ours.

00:18:11.599 --> 00:18:12.559
 And everything

00:18:12.559 --> 00:18:13.240
 that belongs

00:18:13.240 --> 00:18:13.819
 to us is

00:18:13.819 --> 00:18:14.439
 now his.

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 You see,

00:18:15.960 --> 00:18:16.559
 Jesus has

00:18:16.559 --> 00:18:17.179
 taken our

00:18:17.179 --> 00:18:17.799
 shame and

00:18:17.799 --> 00:18:18.379
 our regret,

00:18:18.679 --> 00:18:19.339
 our failure,

00:18:19.619 --> 00:18:20.379
 our futility,

00:18:20.380 --> 00:18:20.480
 glory.

00:18:21.680 --> 00:18:22.420
 And he

00:18:22.420 --> 00:18:23.160
 has included

00:18:23.160 --> 00:18:24.180
 us in his

00:18:24.180 --> 00:18:24.880
 accomplishment,

00:18:25.140 --> 00:18:25.560
 in his

00:18:25.560 --> 00:18:26.000
 victory,

00:18:26.140 --> 00:18:26.520
 in his

00:18:26.520 --> 00:18:27.080
 glory,

00:18:27.080 --> 00:18:27.640
 and in the

00:18:27.640 --> 00:18:28.180
 work of

00:18:28.180 --> 00:18:29.200
 his kingdom.

00:18:30.780 --> 00:18:32.080
 In Jesus,

00:18:32.480 --> 00:18:33.280
 we have

00:18:33.280 --> 00:18:34.180
 something to

00:18:34.180 --> 00:18:35.400
 rejoice and

00:18:35.400 --> 00:18:36.320
 be confident

00:18:36.320 --> 00:18:38.120
 in and

00:18:38.120 --> 00:18:39.100
 glory in

00:18:39.100 --> 00:18:41.460
 because of

00:18:41.460 --> 00:18:42.320
 our connection

00:18:42.320 --> 00:18:43.220
 to him.

00:18:44.980 --> 00:18:45.740
 So God

00:18:45.740 --> 00:18:46.240
 would restore

00:18:46.240 --> 00:18:46.880
 their food,

00:18:47.180 --> 00:18:47.380
 he would

00:18:47.380 --> 00:18:47.900
 restore their

00:18:47.900 --> 00:18:48.200
 honor,

00:18:48.280 --> 00:18:48.640
 he also

00:18:48.640 --> 00:18:49.240
 promises to

00:18:49.240 --> 00:18:50.040
 restore their

00:18:50.039 --> 00:18:50.500
 peace.

00:18:51.819 --> 00:18:52.599
 The locusts

00:18:52.599 --> 00:18:53.139
 were like an

00:18:53.139 --> 00:18:54.379
 enemy invasion.

00:18:55.579 --> 00:18:55.879
 In fact,

00:18:55.940 --> 00:18:56.319
 some people

00:18:56.319 --> 00:18:56.740
 wonder,

00:18:57.180 --> 00:18:57.960
 are the

00:18:57.960 --> 00:18:58.399
 locusts a

00:18:58.399 --> 00:18:59.000
 metaphor for

00:18:59.000 --> 00:18:59.299
 an enemy

00:18:59.299 --> 00:19:00.000
 invasion or

00:19:00.000 --> 00:19:00.259
 is an

00:19:00.259 --> 00:19:00.839
 enemy invasion

00:19:00.839 --> 00:19:01.220
 a metaphor

00:19:01.220 --> 00:19:01.559
 for the

00:19:01.559 --> 00:19:02.180
 locust plague?

00:19:03.359 --> 00:19:04.000
 Or is it

00:19:04.000 --> 00:19:04.339
 both?

00:19:04.579 --> 00:19:05.000
 Maybe they

00:19:05.000 --> 00:19:05.559
 were experiencing

00:19:05.559 --> 00:19:05.899
 some of

00:19:05.899 --> 00:19:06.220
 both.

00:19:07.279 --> 00:19:07.839
 Either way,

00:19:07.940 --> 00:19:08.299
 look at what

00:19:08.299 --> 00:19:08.759
 verse 20

00:19:08.759 --> 00:19:09.180
 says.

00:19:10.299 --> 00:19:10.559
 I will

00:19:10.559 --> 00:19:11.359
 remove the

00:19:11.359 --> 00:19:11.859
 northerner.

00:19:11.920 --> 00:19:12.299
 Perhaps the

00:19:12.299 --> 00:19:12.659
 locusts had

00:19:12.659 --> 00:19:13.000
 come from

00:19:13.000 --> 00:19:13.440
 the north.

00:19:13.859 --> 00:19:14.279
 Many of

00:19:14.279 --> 00:19:14.799
 Israel's enemies

00:19:14.799 --> 00:19:15.220
 came from

00:19:15.220 --> 00:19:15.579
 the north.

00:19:15.879 --> 00:19:16.099
 I will

00:19:16.099 --> 00:19:16.579
 remove the

00:19:16.579 --> 00:19:16.899
 northerner

00:19:16.899 --> 00:19:17.480
 far from

00:19:17.480 --> 00:19:17.759
 you and

00:19:17.759 --> 00:19:18.319
 drive him

00:19:18.319 --> 00:19:18.659
 into a

00:19:18.659 --> 00:19:19.119
 parched and

00:19:19.119 --> 00:19:19.799
 desolate land.

00:19:19.859 --> 00:19:20.299
 Most likely

00:19:20.299 --> 00:19:20.639
 that's a

00:19:20.639 --> 00:19:21.039
 reference to

00:19:21.039 --> 00:19:21.500
 the south

00:19:21.500 --> 00:19:21.939
 of Judah,

00:19:22.259 --> 00:19:22.659
 which is a

00:19:22.659 --> 00:19:23.000
 desert.

00:19:23.419 --> 00:19:24.099
 His vanguard

00:19:24.099 --> 00:19:24.679
 into the

00:19:24.679 --> 00:19:25.419
 eastern sea,

00:19:25.819 --> 00:19:26.399
 the dead sea,

00:19:26.500 --> 00:19:26.939
 and his rear

00:19:26.939 --> 00:19:27.339
 guard into

00:19:27.339 --> 00:19:27.759
 the western

00:19:27.759 --> 00:19:28.019
 sea.

00:19:28.059 --> 00:19:28.319
 In other

00:19:28.319 --> 00:19:28.500
 words,

00:19:28.559 --> 00:19:29.399
 God clears

00:19:29.399 --> 00:19:29.779
 out the

00:19:29.779 --> 00:19:30.099
 enemy,

00:19:30.839 --> 00:19:31.339
 sort of like

00:19:31.339 --> 00:19:31.839
 sweeping

00:19:31.839 --> 00:19:32.579
 something out

00:19:32.579 --> 00:19:34.639
 down east

00:19:34.639 --> 00:19:35.359
 west,

00:19:35.899 --> 00:19:36.779
 clears out

00:19:36.779 --> 00:19:37.379
 the land

00:19:37.379 --> 00:19:38.759
 from these

00:19:38.759 --> 00:19:39.259
 destructive

00:19:39.259 --> 00:19:39.819
 enemies.

00:19:40.539 --> 00:19:41.079
 The stench

00:19:41.079 --> 00:19:41.500
 and foul

00:19:41.500 --> 00:19:42.079
 smell of

00:19:42.079 --> 00:19:42.399
 him will

00:19:42.399 --> 00:19:42.719
 rise.

00:19:42.839 --> 00:19:42.959
 In the

00:19:42.959 --> 00:19:43.459
 ancient world

00:19:43.459 --> 00:19:43.939
 it was well

00:19:43.939 --> 00:19:44.899
 known that

00:19:44.899 --> 00:19:46.339
 when locusts

00:19:46.339 --> 00:19:46.939
 came to

00:19:46.939 --> 00:19:47.279
 the end

00:19:47.279 --> 00:19:47.519
 of their

00:19:47.519 --> 00:19:48.000
 devouring

00:19:48.000 --> 00:19:49.159
 and they

00:19:49.159 --> 00:19:49.459
 would all

00:19:49.459 --> 00:19:49.899
 die,

00:19:50.779 --> 00:19:51.379
 their corpses

00:19:51.379 --> 00:19:52.659
 would stank

00:19:52.659 --> 00:19:53.220
 horribly.

00:19:54.099 --> 00:19:54.459
 So ancient

00:19:54.459 --> 00:19:55.139
 writers talk

00:19:55.139 --> 00:19:55.619
 about this.

00:19:55.699 --> 00:19:56.059
 It sometimes

00:19:56.059 --> 00:19:56.799
 even poisoned

00:19:56.799 --> 00:19:57.519
 the water

00:19:57.519 --> 00:19:58.459
 supply or

00:19:58.459 --> 00:19:59.379
 contaminated it

00:19:59.379 --> 00:20:00.539
 when they

00:20:00.539 --> 00:20:01.899
 all died

00:20:01.899 --> 00:20:02.559
 at the

00:20:02.559 --> 00:20:03.359
 edge of

00:20:03.359 --> 00:20:04.299
 a sea or

00:20:04.299 --> 00:20:04.799
 something like

00:20:04.799 --> 00:20:05.079
 that.

00:20:06.679 --> 00:20:07.439
 God promises

00:20:07.439 --> 00:20:08.299
 to drive away

00:20:08.299 --> 00:20:08.799
 the hostile

00:20:08.799 --> 00:20:09.319
 locusts and

00:20:09.319 --> 00:20:10.139
 restore peace

00:20:10.139 --> 00:20:11.220
 to their

00:20:11.220 --> 00:20:11.659
 land.

00:20:12.799 --> 00:20:13.319
 And finally,

00:20:13.419 --> 00:20:14.000
 God promises

00:20:14.000 --> 00:20:15.200
 in verse 25

00:20:15.200 --> 00:20:15.920
 to restore

00:20:15.920 --> 00:20:17.200
 their lost

00:20:17.200 --> 00:20:18.160
 years.

00:20:19.839 --> 00:20:20.500
 I will

00:20:20.500 --> 00:20:21.579
 restore to

00:20:21.579 --> 00:20:21.920
 you.

00:20:22.660 --> 00:20:23.220
 Literally the

00:20:23.220 --> 00:20:23.660
 word is I

00:20:23.660 --> 00:20:24.240
 will pay

00:20:24.240 --> 00:20:25.339
 you back

00:20:25.339 --> 00:20:25.799
 or I will

00:20:25.799 --> 00:20:26.440
 make up

00:20:26.440 --> 00:20:26.900
 to you

00:20:26.900 --> 00:20:27.660
 the years

00:20:27.660 --> 00:20:28.039
 that the

00:20:28.039 --> 00:20:28.440
 swarming

00:20:28.440 --> 00:20:28.880
 locusts

00:20:28.880 --> 00:20:29.220
 has eaten,

00:20:29.500 --> 00:20:30.000
 the hopper,

00:20:30.259 --> 00:20:30.940
 the destroyer,

00:20:31.000 --> 00:20:31.539
 and the cutter.

00:20:31.680 --> 00:20:32.059
 And again,

00:20:32.279 --> 00:20:32.819
 this echoes

00:20:32.819 --> 00:20:33.420
 chapter 1,

00:20:33.480 --> 00:20:33.900
 verse 4,

00:20:33.980 --> 00:20:34.339
 where those

00:20:34.339 --> 00:20:34.839
 four kinds

00:20:34.839 --> 00:20:35.279
 of locusts

00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:35.680
 are mentioned

00:20:35.680 --> 00:20:36.539
 in succession.

00:20:38.140 --> 00:20:38.759
 You see,

00:20:38.859 --> 00:20:39.299
 all that we

00:20:39.299 --> 00:20:39.559
 see,

00:20:39.680 --> 00:20:40.099
 all these

00:20:40.099 --> 00:20:40.500
 promises

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 in verses

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 18 to 27

00:20:41.839 --> 00:20:42.839
 are gradually

00:20:42.839 --> 00:20:43.799
 reversing all

00:20:43.799 --> 00:20:44.419
 the destruction

00:20:44.419 --> 00:20:44.799
 that we

00:20:44.799 --> 00:20:45.599
 saw in

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 chapters 1

00:20:46.139 --> 00:20:46.480
 and the

00:20:46.480 --> 00:20:47.180
 beginning of

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 chapter 2.

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 Everything

00:20:50.019 --> 00:20:50.480
 the people

00:20:50.480 --> 00:20:51.139
 had lost,

00:20:51.480 --> 00:20:51.859
 food,

00:20:52.180 --> 00:20:52.480
 honor,

00:20:52.759 --> 00:20:53.119
 peace,

00:20:53.339 --> 00:20:54.200
 years of

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 their lives

00:20:54.819 --> 00:20:55.319
 would be

00:20:55.319 --> 00:20:56.220
 restored.

00:20:58.440 --> 00:20:58.980
 Now,

00:20:59.079 --> 00:20:59.720
 notice that

00:20:59.720 --> 00:21:00.559
 this restoration

00:21:00.559 --> 00:21:01.500
 Joel promises

00:21:01.500 --> 00:21:02.200
 does not

00:21:02.200 --> 00:21:03.159
 happen instantly

00:21:03.159 --> 00:21:03.859
 all in one

00:21:03.859 --> 00:21:04.119
 day.

00:21:05.779 --> 00:21:06.240
 Joel seems

00:21:06.240 --> 00:21:06.779
 to be speaking

00:21:06.779 --> 00:21:07.440
 at least partly

00:21:07.440 --> 00:21:08.019
 about things

00:21:08.019 --> 00:21:08.619
 that have not

00:21:08.619 --> 00:21:09.180
 yet happened.

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 That's why

00:21:10.579 --> 00:21:12.139
 most translations

00:21:12.139 --> 00:21:13.319
 translate most

00:21:13.319 --> 00:21:13.779
 of the verbs

00:21:13.779 --> 00:21:14.279
 in the future

00:21:14.279 --> 00:21:14.639
 tense.

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 I will do

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 this.

00:21:15.679 --> 00:21:16.059
 You shall

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 have this.

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 But there's

00:21:18.899 --> 00:21:19.299
 an interesting

00:21:19.299 --> 00:21:20.439
 feature of

00:21:20.439 --> 00:21:20.919
 the Hebrew

00:21:20.919 --> 00:21:21.639
 verbs in

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 this section.

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 Now,

00:21:23.460 --> 00:21:23.839
 this gets a

00:21:23.839 --> 00:21:24.339
 little technical,

00:21:24.700 --> 00:21:25.319
 but it's worth

00:21:25.319 --> 00:21:25.899
 digging into.

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 Most of the

00:21:27.379 --> 00:21:28.099
 verbs in

00:21:28.099 --> 00:21:28.819
 verses 19

00:21:28.819 --> 00:21:29.439
 to 27

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 are in

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 what is

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 called

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 the perfect

00:21:31.659 --> 00:21:32.439
 tense.

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 So,

00:21:33.779 --> 00:21:34.339
 normally in

00:21:34.339 --> 00:21:34.579
 Hebrew,

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 the perfect

00:21:35.259 --> 00:21:35.779
 tense

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 refers to

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 an action

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 that is

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 seen

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 or portrayed

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 as a

00:21:40.379 --> 00:21:40.939
 completed

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 whole.

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 So,

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 it's not

00:21:42.940 --> 00:21:43.340
 describing

00:21:43.340 --> 00:21:43.779
 an action

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 that might

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 happen in

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 the future

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 or might

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 not.

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 It's not

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 describing

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 something

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 that's still

00:21:49.860 --> 00:21:50.460
 in process

00:21:50.460 --> 00:21:51.059
 and still

00:21:51.059 --> 00:21:51.640
 unfolding

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 and still

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 a little

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 up in

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 the air.

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 No,

00:21:54.360 --> 00:21:54.980
 it's describing

00:21:54.980 --> 00:21:55.600
 an action

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 in its

00:21:56.080 --> 00:21:56.920
 completeness,

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 in its

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 wholeness.

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 That's why

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 it's called

00:21:58.740 --> 00:21:59.340
 the perfect

00:21:59.340 --> 00:21:59.920
 tense.

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 But here's

00:22:01.740 --> 00:22:02.019
 the thing.

00:22:02.080 --> 00:22:02.519
 The Old

00:22:02.519 --> 00:22:02.880
 Testament

00:22:02.880 --> 00:22:03.539
 prophets,

00:22:04.140 --> 00:22:04.559
 including

00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:05.319
 Joel here,

00:22:05.740 --> 00:22:06.840
 sometimes use

00:22:06.840 --> 00:22:07.539
 the perfect

00:22:07.539 --> 00:22:08.140
 tense

00:22:08.140 --> 00:22:09.360
 to refer

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 to events

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 that have

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 not yet

00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:12.180
 happened.

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 But God

00:22:13.620 --> 00:22:14.160
 promises

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 that they

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 will.

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 And why

00:22:18.360 --> 00:22:18.600
 do they

00:22:18.600 --> 00:22:19.080
 do this?

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 The point

00:22:20.259 --> 00:22:20.700
 they're making

00:22:20.700 --> 00:22:21.480
 is even

00:22:21.480 --> 00:22:22.100
 though these

00:22:22.100 --> 00:22:22.759
 events have

00:22:22.759 --> 00:22:23.320
 not yet

00:22:23.320 --> 00:22:24.240
 unfolded

00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:25.060
 in history,

00:22:26.020 --> 00:22:26.880
 God has

00:22:26.880 --> 00:22:27.640
 promised that

00:22:27.640 --> 00:22:28.140
 they will

00:22:28.140 --> 00:22:29.100
 happen and

00:22:29.100 --> 00:22:29.720
 so they

00:22:29.720 --> 00:22:30.160
 are as

00:22:30.160 --> 00:22:30.860
 sure and

00:22:30.860 --> 00:22:31.680
 certain and

00:22:31.680 --> 00:22:32.680
 complete as

00:22:32.680 --> 00:22:33.200
 if they had

00:22:33.200 --> 00:22:33.620
 already

00:22:33.620 --> 00:22:34.020
 happened.

00:22:34.019 --> 00:22:35.839
 you can

00:22:35.839 --> 00:22:36.259
 be as

00:22:36.259 --> 00:22:36.819
 sure and

00:22:36.819 --> 00:22:37.240
 certain that

00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:37.779
 these things

00:22:37.779 --> 00:22:38.359
 will come

00:22:38.359 --> 00:22:39.200
 to pass as

00:22:39.200 --> 00:22:39.619
 you can be

00:22:39.619 --> 00:22:40.420
 sure about

00:22:40.420 --> 00:22:40.940
 what happened

00:22:40.940 --> 00:22:41.480
 yesterday.

00:22:44.259 --> 00:22:45.059
 Joel never

00:22:45.059 --> 00:22:45.660
 lays out a

00:22:45.660 --> 00:22:46.539
 definite timeline,

00:22:47.099 --> 00:22:47.339
 but he

00:22:47.339 --> 00:22:48.660
 promises that

00:22:48.660 --> 00:22:49.500
 everything the

00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:49.980
 people had

00:22:49.980 --> 00:22:51.740
 lost would

00:22:51.740 --> 00:22:52.259
 one day be

00:22:52.259 --> 00:22:52.720
 restored.

00:22:54.900 --> 00:22:55.599
 Now, of

00:22:55.599 --> 00:22:55.900
 course, we

00:22:55.900 --> 00:22:56.379
 need to ask,

00:22:56.519 --> 00:22:57.019
 how does

00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:57.960
 this promise

00:22:57.960 --> 00:22:59.119
 apply to

00:22:59.119 --> 00:23:00.160
 us today?

00:23:00.160 --> 00:23:03.759
 Well, in

00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:04.040
 the New

00:23:04.040 --> 00:23:05.060
 Testament, the

00:23:05.060 --> 00:23:06.019
 main principle

00:23:06.019 --> 00:23:07.400
 still holds.

00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:08.980
 Because the

00:23:08.980 --> 00:23:09.440
 New Testament

00:23:09.440 --> 00:23:10.200
 tells us that

00:23:10.200 --> 00:23:11.040
 Jesus Christ

00:23:11.040 --> 00:23:12.019
 came into the

00:23:12.019 --> 00:23:12.519
 world to

00:23:12.519 --> 00:23:14.400
 restore everything

00:23:14.400 --> 00:23:15.140
 that had been

00:23:15.140 --> 00:23:16.000
 damaged and

00:23:16.000 --> 00:23:16.920
 destroyed by

00:23:16.920 --> 00:23:17.320
 sin.

00:23:18.580 --> 00:23:19.240
 And if you

00:23:19.240 --> 00:23:20.100
 have come and

00:23:20.100 --> 00:23:20.680
 placed your

00:23:20.680 --> 00:23:21.400
 faith and

00:23:21.400 --> 00:23:22.220
 trust in Jesus

00:23:22.220 --> 00:23:22.720
 as your

00:23:22.720 --> 00:23:23.320
 Savior and

00:23:23.320 --> 00:23:24.560
 Lord, every

00:23:24.560 --> 00:23:25.480
 part of your

00:23:25.480 --> 00:23:26.100
 life is

00:23:26.100 --> 00:23:27.320
 included in

00:23:27.320 --> 00:23:28.259
 that promise

00:23:28.259 --> 00:23:29.400
 of restoration.

00:23:30.160 --> 00:23:32.180
 every hunger

00:23:32.180 --> 00:23:32.900
 and thirst

00:23:32.900 --> 00:23:33.259
 you have

00:23:33.259 --> 00:23:34.040
 experienced,

00:23:34.620 --> 00:23:35.740
 every rejection

00:23:35.740 --> 00:23:36.840
 and defeat,

00:23:37.759 --> 00:23:38.800
 every attack

00:23:38.800 --> 00:23:39.580
 and betrayal,

00:23:39.840 --> 00:23:40.360
 all the

00:23:40.360 --> 00:23:40.920
 squandered

00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:41.700
 opportunities

00:23:41.700 --> 00:23:42.640
 and all the

00:23:42.640 --> 00:23:43.160
 devoured

00:23:43.160 --> 00:23:43.980
 years.

00:23:44.980 --> 00:23:45.800
 Jesus Christ

00:23:45.800 --> 00:23:46.860
 is big enough

00:23:46.860 --> 00:23:47.820
 to redeem

00:23:47.820 --> 00:23:49.920
 all those.

00:23:51.400 --> 00:23:52.300
 If you are

00:23:52.300 --> 00:23:52.740
 a Christian,

00:23:53.000 --> 00:23:53.420
 what Martin

00:23:53.420 --> 00:23:53.940
 Luther said

00:23:53.940 --> 00:23:54.660
 is true for

00:23:54.660 --> 00:23:54.900
 you.

00:23:55.060 --> 00:23:55.940
 God wounds

00:23:55.940 --> 00:23:56.740
 in order to

00:23:56.740 --> 00:23:57.060
 heal.

00:23:57.900 --> 00:23:58.800
 He kills

00:23:58.800 --> 00:23:59.560
 in order to

00:23:59.560 --> 00:24:00.100
 make alive.

00:24:00.160 --> 00:24:00.500
 on the

00:24:00.500 --> 00:24:01.140
 other side

00:24:01.140 --> 00:24:01.640
 of every

00:24:01.640 --> 00:24:02.440
 death and

00:24:02.440 --> 00:24:03.140
 every loss

00:24:03.140 --> 00:24:03.460
 that you

00:24:03.460 --> 00:24:05.060
 experience in

00:24:05.060 --> 00:24:05.720
 union with

00:24:05.720 --> 00:24:07.880
 Jesus is a

00:24:07.880 --> 00:24:08.620
 resurrection and

00:24:08.620 --> 00:24:09.019
 a renewal.

00:24:12.360 --> 00:24:13.140
 Now, some of

00:24:13.140 --> 00:24:13.400
 you have

00:24:13.400 --> 00:24:13.900
 experienced

00:24:13.900 --> 00:24:15.300
 devastating loss,

00:24:15.400 --> 00:24:16.180
 traumatic loss,

00:24:16.220 --> 00:24:16.820
 with long-term

00:24:16.820 --> 00:24:17.440
 consequences,

00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:18.400
 and you can't

00:24:18.400 --> 00:24:18.960
 see how you

00:24:18.960 --> 00:24:19.380
 could fully

00:24:19.380 --> 00:24:19.759
 recover.

00:24:21.940 --> 00:24:22.640
 Some of you

00:24:22.640 --> 00:24:23.320
 are in the

00:24:23.320 --> 00:24:24.040
 middle of loss.

00:24:24.180 --> 00:24:24.660
 You're reeling.

00:24:25.000 --> 00:24:25.759
 You're overwhelmed.

00:24:25.900 --> 00:24:26.420
 You're depressed.

00:24:26.420 --> 00:24:27.440
 You can't

00:24:27.440 --> 00:24:28.360
 see a way

00:24:28.360 --> 00:24:28.840
 forward,

00:24:29.440 --> 00:24:29.900
 or can

00:24:29.900 --> 00:24:30.440
 hardly see a

00:24:30.440 --> 00:24:30.860
 way forward,

00:24:30.940 --> 00:24:31.380
 much less a

00:24:31.380 --> 00:24:31.820
 way through.

00:24:32.860 --> 00:24:33.300
 That's

00:24:33.300 --> 00:24:33.779
 normal.

00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:37.060
 When you're

00:24:37.060 --> 00:24:37.539
 in the middle

00:24:37.539 --> 00:24:38.259
 of a loss,

00:24:38.500 --> 00:24:39.320
 you can't

00:24:39.320 --> 00:24:40.180
 see what

00:24:40.180 --> 00:24:40.820
 the resurrection

00:24:40.820 --> 00:24:41.240
 is going to

00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:41.800
 look like on

00:24:41.800 --> 00:24:42.120
 the other

00:24:42.120 --> 00:24:42.560
 side.

00:24:44.880 --> 00:24:45.420
 You know,

00:24:45.460 --> 00:24:45.920
 when Jesus

00:24:45.920 --> 00:24:47.080
 Christ died

00:24:47.080 --> 00:24:47.900
 on the cross

00:24:47.900 --> 00:24:49.039
 and his

00:24:49.039 --> 00:24:49.759
 followers took

00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:50.340
 his body

00:24:50.340 --> 00:24:51.680
 and wrapped

00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:52.220
 it up and

00:24:52.220 --> 00:24:52.820
 laid it in a

00:24:52.820 --> 00:24:53.160
 tomb,

00:24:53.759 --> 00:24:54.600
 they had no

00:24:54.599 --> 00:24:55.299
 idea what

00:24:55.299 --> 00:24:55.980
 to expect.

00:24:57.000 --> 00:24:57.879
 And all of

00:24:57.879 --> 00:24:58.659
 their expectations

00:24:58.659 --> 00:24:59.019
 would have

00:24:59.019 --> 00:24:59.579
 been wrong.

00:25:01.099 --> 00:25:01.839
 But three

00:25:01.839 --> 00:25:02.579
 days later,

00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:03.759
 Jesus rose up

00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:04.079
 from the

00:25:04.079 --> 00:25:04.559
 grave.

00:25:05.740 --> 00:25:06.519
 And if he

00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:07.259
 can do that,

00:25:07.719 --> 00:25:08.759
 he can restore

00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:09.740
 and heal

00:25:09.740 --> 00:25:10.500
 and renew

00:25:10.500 --> 00:25:11.279
 us in ways

00:25:11.279 --> 00:25:11.679
 that we

00:25:11.679 --> 00:25:12.359
 would never

00:25:12.359 --> 00:25:12.799
 have thought

00:25:12.799 --> 00:25:13.299
 possible.

00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:18.559
 You see,

00:25:18.639 --> 00:25:18.879
 when you're

00:25:18.879 --> 00:25:19.619
 in the middle

00:25:19.619 --> 00:25:20.779
 of loss

00:25:20.779 --> 00:25:21.779
 and pain

00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:22.919
 and hurt

00:25:22.920 --> 00:25:24.600
 and shame

00:25:24.600 --> 00:25:25.560
 and all

00:25:25.560 --> 00:25:26.080
 of this,

00:25:26.680 --> 00:25:27.500
 sometimes all

00:25:27.500 --> 00:25:27.980
 you can do

00:25:27.980 --> 00:25:28.660
 is hold

00:25:28.660 --> 00:25:29.259
 on to

00:25:29.259 --> 00:25:30.140
 Jesus one

00:25:30.140 --> 00:25:31.080
 day at a

00:25:31.080 --> 00:25:31.519
 time.

00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:34.100
 You must

00:25:34.100 --> 00:25:34.980
 not determine

00:25:34.980 --> 00:25:35.759
 in your own

00:25:35.759 --> 00:25:37.000
 mind how

00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:37.480
 and when

00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:38.080
 God must

00:25:38.080 --> 00:25:38.980
 fix things.

00:25:39.900 --> 00:25:40.920
 Because God

00:25:40.920 --> 00:25:42.539
 works in

00:25:42.539 --> 00:25:42.940
 his own

00:25:42.940 --> 00:25:43.500
 way and in

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:43.840
 his own

00:25:43.840 --> 00:25:44.360
 time and

00:25:44.360 --> 00:25:44.800
 some of

00:25:44.800 --> 00:25:45.400
 our healing

00:25:45.400 --> 00:25:46.060
 and restoration

00:25:46.060 --> 00:25:46.640
 will come

00:25:46.640 --> 00:25:46.960
 in this

00:25:46.960 --> 00:25:47.380
 life and

00:25:47.380 --> 00:25:47.759
 some of

00:25:47.759 --> 00:25:48.740
 it will

00:25:48.740 --> 00:25:49.220
 be granted

00:25:49.220 --> 00:25:49.539
 in the

00:25:49.539 --> 00:25:49.880
 age to

00:25:49.880 --> 00:25:50.160
 come.

00:25:50.160 --> 00:25:52.540
 You know,

00:25:52.580 --> 00:25:52.860
 when you're

00:25:52.860 --> 00:25:53.580
 recovering from

00:25:53.580 --> 00:25:54.040
 surgery,

00:25:54.360 --> 00:25:55.720
 you have to

00:25:55.720 --> 00:25:56.259
 follow the

00:25:56.259 --> 00:25:56.720
 doctor's

00:25:56.720 --> 00:25:57.360
 instructions

00:25:57.360 --> 00:25:58.519
 and not

00:25:58.519 --> 00:25:59.620
 trust your

00:25:59.620 --> 00:26:00.500
 own feelings

00:26:00.500 --> 00:26:01.340
 and instincts.

00:26:02.040 --> 00:26:02.580
 Because when

00:26:02.580 --> 00:26:03.040
 you're recovering

00:26:03.040 --> 00:26:03.580
 from surgery,

00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:04.140
 some days you

00:26:04.140 --> 00:26:04.900
 feel horrible

00:26:04.900 --> 00:26:06.180
 and you want

00:26:06.180 --> 00:26:06.660
 to stay in

00:26:06.660 --> 00:26:07.580
 bed all day.

00:26:07.840 --> 00:26:08.340
 But the

00:26:08.340 --> 00:26:09.000
 doctor's orders

00:26:09.000 --> 00:26:09.960
 are do

00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:11.140
 physical therapy.

00:26:12.180 --> 00:26:12.940
 Get up,

00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:13.860
 move around,

00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:14.940
 exercise your

00:26:14.940 --> 00:26:16.019
 muscles because

00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:16.740
 that's the only

00:26:16.740 --> 00:26:17.120
 way you're

00:26:17.120 --> 00:26:17.620
 going to heal.

00:26:18.519 --> 00:26:19.060
 And other

00:26:19.059 --> 00:26:19.579
 days you

00:26:19.579 --> 00:26:20.299
 feel great

00:26:20.299 --> 00:26:20.799
 and the

00:26:20.799 --> 00:26:21.279
 doctor's

00:26:21.279 --> 00:26:22.059
 orders are

00:26:22.059 --> 00:26:22.819
 take it

00:26:22.819 --> 00:26:23.259
 slow,

00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:24.339
 don't lift

00:26:24.339 --> 00:26:25.000
 anything,

00:26:25.679 --> 00:26:26.839
 and don't

00:26:26.839 --> 00:26:27.679
 overdo it.

00:26:29.259 --> 00:26:30.039
 And in the

00:26:30.039 --> 00:26:30.720
 same way,

00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:31.440
 when we're

00:26:31.440 --> 00:26:32.399
 recovering from

00:26:32.399 --> 00:26:33.200
 loss, we

00:26:33.200 --> 00:26:33.960
 need to not

00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:34.500
 let our

00:26:34.500 --> 00:26:35.279
 feelings and

00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:36.079
 instincts be

00:26:36.079 --> 00:26:36.359
 in the

00:26:36.359 --> 00:26:36.859
 driver's seat.

00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:37.359
 Our feelings

00:26:37.359 --> 00:26:37.740
 and instincts

00:26:37.740 --> 00:26:38.279
 are always

00:26:38.279 --> 00:26:38.559
 going to be

00:26:38.559 --> 00:26:38.919
 in the car

00:26:38.919 --> 00:26:39.359
 with us.

00:26:40.259 --> 00:26:40.700
 You can't

00:26:40.700 --> 00:26:40.960
 throw them

00:26:40.960 --> 00:26:41.200
 out the

00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:41.460
 window,

00:26:42.279 --> 00:26:42.519
 right?

00:26:42.579 --> 00:26:42.859
 They're always

00:26:42.859 --> 00:26:43.200
 going to be

00:26:43.200 --> 00:26:43.480
 there.

00:26:43.740 --> 00:26:44.399
 But don't

00:26:44.399 --> 00:26:44.819
 let them

00:26:44.819 --> 00:26:45.359
 be in the

00:26:45.359 --> 00:26:46.059
 driver's seat.

00:26:47.000 --> 00:26:47.980
 Let God's

00:26:47.980 --> 00:26:49.120
 word be

00:26:49.120 --> 00:26:49.500
 in the

00:26:49.500 --> 00:26:50.000
 driver's

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:50.180
 seat.

00:26:52.339 --> 00:26:53.480
 Trust his

00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:54.880
 commands.

00:26:56.620 --> 00:26:57.259
 Again, what

00:26:57.259 --> 00:26:57.599
 did Jesus'

00:26:57.779 --> 00:26:58.279
 followers do

00:26:58.279 --> 00:26:58.640
 when they

00:26:58.640 --> 00:26:59.259
 laid him

00:26:59.259 --> 00:26:59.480
 in the

00:26:59.480 --> 00:26:59.940
 grave?

00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:00.759
 When they

00:27:00.759 --> 00:27:01.259
 were grieving,

00:27:01.360 --> 00:27:01.680
 they thought

00:27:01.680 --> 00:27:02.259
 the whole

00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:02.680
 thing has

00:27:02.680 --> 00:27:03.480
 ended in

00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:03.839
 failure.

00:27:05.120 --> 00:27:05.680
 What did

00:27:05.680 --> 00:27:06.000
 they do?

00:27:06.579 --> 00:27:07.380
 They rested

00:27:07.380 --> 00:27:07.900
 on the

00:27:07.900 --> 00:27:08.420
 Sabbath day.

00:27:09.420 --> 00:27:10.079
 Because guess

00:27:10.079 --> 00:27:10.620
 what God had

00:27:10.620 --> 00:27:11.059
 told the

00:27:11.059 --> 00:27:11.559
 Israelites to

00:27:11.559 --> 00:27:11.940
 do in the

00:27:11.940 --> 00:27:12.420
 Old Testament?

00:27:12.900 --> 00:27:13.440
 Rest on

00:27:13.440 --> 00:27:13.839
 the Sabbath

00:27:13.839 --> 00:27:14.160
 day.

00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:14.519
 It was

00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:14.980
 clear.

00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:16.480
 That was the

00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:16.839
 only thing

00:27:16.839 --> 00:27:17.079
 they could

00:27:17.079 --> 00:27:17.179
 do.

00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:17.539
 So they

00:27:17.539 --> 00:27:18.039
 stopped.

00:27:18.539 --> 00:27:18.720
 They

00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:19.059
 didn't do

00:27:19.059 --> 00:27:19.559
 anything

00:27:19.559 --> 00:27:20.059
 for a

00:27:20.059 --> 00:27:20.339
 day.

00:27:20.679 --> 00:27:20.839
 They

00:27:20.839 --> 00:27:21.459
 observed

00:27:21.459 --> 00:27:21.659
 the

00:27:21.659 --> 00:27:21.919
 Sabbath

00:27:21.919 --> 00:27:22.259
 as they

00:27:22.259 --> 00:27:22.519
 normally

00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:22.939
 would have.

00:27:23.240 --> 00:27:23.519
 And then

00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:24.119
 after that,

00:27:24.179 --> 00:27:24.599
 they went

00:27:24.599 --> 00:27:24.839
 to the

00:27:24.839 --> 00:27:25.119
 tomb.

00:27:25.439 --> 00:27:25.699
 And then

00:27:25.699 --> 00:27:26.079
 Jesus was

00:27:26.079 --> 00:27:26.480
 resurrected.

00:27:26.859 --> 00:27:27.159
 And then

00:27:27.159 --> 00:27:27.359
 it was

00:27:27.359 --> 00:27:27.699
 crazy.

00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:27.879
 And it

00:27:27.879 --> 00:27:28.199
 was great.

00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:28.359
 And it

00:27:28.359 --> 00:27:28.819
 was amazing.

00:27:28.939 --> 00:27:29.119
 And all

00:27:29.119 --> 00:27:29.500
 the healing

00:27:29.500 --> 00:27:30.559
 and restoration

00:27:30.559 --> 00:27:31.059
 began.

00:27:32.099 --> 00:27:32.539
 But in

00:27:32.539 --> 00:27:33.079
 the meantime,

00:27:33.459 --> 00:27:33.819
 they just

00:27:33.819 --> 00:27:34.399
 had to

00:27:34.399 --> 00:27:34.939
 obey what

00:27:34.939 --> 00:27:35.279
 God had

00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:35.679
 told them,

00:27:35.779 --> 00:27:36.259
 even though

00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:36.779
 they didn't

00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:37.379
 understand.

00:27:41.019 --> 00:27:41.539
 Jesus

00:27:41.539 --> 00:27:42.220
 Christ has

00:27:42.220 --> 00:27:42.639
 blazed

00:27:42.639 --> 00:27:43.500
 away from

00:27:43.500 --> 00:27:44.339
 death and

00:27:44.339 --> 00:27:45.119
 loss and

00:27:45.119 --> 00:27:46.299
 devastation into

00:27:46.299 --> 00:27:46.819
 resurrection.

00:27:46.839 --> 00:27:47.599
 life and

00:27:47.599 --> 00:27:47.980
 power.

00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:48.480
 His

00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:48.980
 resurrection

00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:49.559
 from the

00:27:49.559 --> 00:27:50.039
 grave is

00:27:50.039 --> 00:27:50.879
 greater than

00:27:50.879 --> 00:27:51.759
 your most

00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:52.399
 devastating

00:27:52.399 --> 00:27:52.939
 losses.

00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:53.799
 His healing

00:27:53.799 --> 00:27:54.459
 hands are

00:27:54.459 --> 00:27:54.959
 more than

00:27:54.959 --> 00:27:55.819
 able to

00:27:55.819 --> 00:27:56.339
 mend your

00:27:56.339 --> 00:27:56.759
 deepest

00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:57.519
 fractures.

00:27:57.740 --> 00:27:58.240
 His voice

00:27:58.240 --> 00:27:58.980
 continues to

00:27:58.980 --> 00:27:59.899
 speak honor

00:27:59.899 --> 00:28:01.419
 and hope in

00:28:01.419 --> 00:28:02.159
 the place of

00:28:02.159 --> 00:28:03.019
 shame and

00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:03.539
 despair.

00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:04.859
 Even though

00:28:04.859 --> 00:28:05.659
 it hasn't yet

00:28:05.659 --> 00:28:06.179
 happened,

00:28:06.279 --> 00:28:07.119
 his promise is

00:28:07.119 --> 00:28:07.939
 as good as

00:28:07.939 --> 00:28:08.720
 if it already

00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:09.199
 had.

00:28:09.399 --> 00:28:10.480
 I am making

00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:11.639
 all things

00:28:11.639 --> 00:28:12.059
 new.

00:28:12.059 --> 00:28:14.200
 God is

00:28:14.200 --> 00:28:14.819
 speaking to

00:28:14.819 --> 00:28:15.700
 God's

00:28:15.700 --> 00:28:16.700
 God's

00:28:16.700 --> 00:28:17.700
 God's

00:28:17.700 --> 00:28:18.299
 promise.

00:28:20.299 --> 00:28:21.200
 That brings

00:28:21.200 --> 00:28:21.559
 us to our

00:28:21.559 --> 00:28:22.079
 third point.

00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:23.940
 We've seen

00:28:23.940 --> 00:28:24.619
 God's heart,

00:28:25.159 --> 00:28:25.639
 we've heard

00:28:25.639 --> 00:28:26.460
 God's promise,

00:28:26.819 --> 00:28:27.379
 and finally,

00:28:27.599 --> 00:28:28.559
 let's consider

00:28:28.559 --> 00:28:29.359
 our response.

00:28:30.839 --> 00:28:31.519
 Verses 21

00:28:31.519 --> 00:28:32.539
 to 23 call

00:28:32.539 --> 00:28:32.839
 us to

00:28:32.839 --> 00:28:33.940
 respond to

00:28:33.940 --> 00:28:34.659
 the Lord's

00:28:34.659 --> 00:28:35.339
 promise.

00:28:36.879 --> 00:28:37.279
 And

00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:37.720
 interestingly,

00:28:37.919 --> 00:28:38.399
 these verses

00:28:38.399 --> 00:28:39.500
 are sandwiched in

00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:40.220
 the middle of

00:28:40.220 --> 00:28:40.980
 God's promises.

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:41.779
 So God is

00:28:41.779 --> 00:28:42.279
 speaking to

00:28:42.279 --> 00:28:42.720
 his people,

00:28:42.839 --> 00:28:43.380
 verse 19

00:28:43.380 --> 00:28:43.920
 through 20,

00:28:44.160 --> 00:28:44.860
 and verse 24

00:28:44.860 --> 00:28:45.500
 to 27,

00:28:45.620 --> 00:28:46.200
 God speaks to

00:28:46.200 --> 00:28:46.559
 his people,

00:28:46.640 --> 00:28:47.039
 and the first

00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:47.360
 person,

00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:47.680
 he says,

00:28:47.799 --> 00:28:48.279
 I will do

00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:48.660
 this for

00:28:48.660 --> 00:28:48.900
 you.

00:28:50.380 --> 00:28:51.819
 I will make

00:28:51.819 --> 00:28:52.299
 this happen

00:28:52.299 --> 00:28:52.819
 for you.

00:28:53.700 --> 00:28:54.319
 But then in

00:28:54.319 --> 00:28:54.779
 the middle of

00:28:54.779 --> 00:28:55.420
 verses 21

00:28:55.420 --> 00:28:56.059
 to 23,

00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:56.559
 there's a

00:28:56.559 --> 00:28:57.140
 call to

00:28:57.140 --> 00:28:57.779
 respond.

00:28:59.079 --> 00:28:59.480
 And it's

00:28:59.480 --> 00:29:00.100
 actually addressed

00:29:00.100 --> 00:29:00.600
 to the whole

00:29:00.600 --> 00:29:01.039
 creation,

00:29:01.160 --> 00:29:01.900
 to the land,

00:29:02.120 --> 00:29:03.000
 to the animals,

00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:03.960
 and finally to

00:29:03.960 --> 00:29:04.640
 the children of

00:29:04.640 --> 00:29:05.259
 Zion, to the

00:29:05.259 --> 00:29:06.339
 people of

00:29:06.339 --> 00:29:06.920
 God.

00:29:08.319 --> 00:29:09.100
 The fate of

00:29:09.100 --> 00:29:09.759
 all creation

00:29:09.759 --> 00:29:11.119
 ultimately hangs

00:29:11.119 --> 00:29:11.579
 together.

00:29:12.819 --> 00:29:13.299
 Right?

00:29:13.379 --> 00:29:13.879
 The land, the

00:29:13.879 --> 00:29:14.359
 animals, and

00:29:14.359 --> 00:29:15.200
 then the

00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:16.180
 central piece,

00:29:16.279 --> 00:29:16.839
 the people of

00:29:16.839 --> 00:29:17.240
 God, who

00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:18.460
 God's image

00:29:18.460 --> 00:29:19.079
 bearers.

00:29:21.099 --> 00:29:21.960
 But what's the

00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:22.660
 response that

00:29:22.660 --> 00:29:23.680
 Joel calls for?

00:29:25.299 --> 00:29:26.200
 He says two

00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:26.619
 things.

00:29:27.119 --> 00:29:28.400
 Fear not.

00:29:30.119 --> 00:29:30.960
 This is repeated

00:29:30.960 --> 00:29:31.680
 in verse 21

00:29:31.680 --> 00:29:32.460
 and verse 22.

00:29:33.319 --> 00:29:34.220
 And second,

00:29:35.859 --> 00:29:36.420
 rejoice.

00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:38.279
 Be glad.

00:29:38.279 --> 00:29:39.579
 Verse 21 and

00:29:39.579 --> 00:29:40.180
 verse 23.

00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:40.799
 Sometimes God

00:29:40.799 --> 00:29:41.960
 repeats things in

00:29:41.960 --> 00:29:42.399
 the scripture

00:29:42.399 --> 00:29:43.220
 because we need

00:29:43.220 --> 00:29:43.619
 to hear them

00:29:43.619 --> 00:29:44.299
 over and over.

00:29:45.359 --> 00:29:45.660
 And these

00:29:45.660 --> 00:29:46.319
 commands to

00:29:46.319 --> 00:29:47.420
 fear not and

00:29:47.420 --> 00:29:48.160
 to rejoice in

00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:49.000
 the Lord are

00:29:49.000 --> 00:29:50.099
 repeated over and

00:29:50.099 --> 00:29:50.899
 over to God's

00:29:50.899 --> 00:29:51.480
 people in the

00:29:51.480 --> 00:29:52.319
 Old Testament and

00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:52.660
 in the New

00:29:52.660 --> 00:29:53.039
 Testament.

00:29:54.819 --> 00:29:55.639
 On the night

00:29:55.639 --> 00:29:56.240
 that Jesus was

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:56.920
 born, what was

00:29:56.920 --> 00:29:57.539
 the message the

00:29:57.539 --> 00:29:58.279
 angel brought to

00:29:58.279 --> 00:29:58.839
 the shepherds?

00:29:58.960 --> 00:30:01.180
 Fear not, for I

00:30:01.180 --> 00:30:01.879
 bring you good

00:30:01.879 --> 00:30:03.000
 news of great joy

00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:03.559
 that will be for

00:30:03.559 --> 00:30:04.299
 all the people.

00:30:05.379 --> 00:30:06.139
 Because unto you

00:30:06.140 --> 00:30:07.640
 this day in the

00:30:07.640 --> 00:30:08.500
 city of David is

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:09.280
 born a Savior,

00:30:09.720 --> 00:30:10.960
 Christ the Lord.

00:30:12.200 --> 00:30:12.540
 And the

00:30:12.540 --> 00:30:13.960
 Apostle Paul in

00:30:13.960 --> 00:30:14.660
 his letter to the

00:30:14.660 --> 00:30:15.780
 Romans picks up

00:30:15.780 --> 00:30:16.800
 these same themes.

00:30:16.920 --> 00:30:17.840
 He says, fear not

00:30:17.840 --> 00:30:19.060
 if God is for us,

00:30:19.100 --> 00:30:19.940
 who can be against

00:30:19.940 --> 00:30:20.400
 us?

00:30:21.400 --> 00:30:22.500
 If God did not

00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:23.220
 spare his own

00:30:23.220 --> 00:30:25.160
 son for us, how

00:30:25.160 --> 00:30:26.220
 will he not also

00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:27.320
 graciously give us

00:30:27.320 --> 00:30:28.060
 all things?

00:30:30.160 --> 00:30:30.920
 And Paul says,

00:30:31.020 --> 00:30:31.800
 rejoice in the

00:30:31.800 --> 00:30:31.940
 Lord.

00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:32.900
 He says, we rejoice

00:30:32.900 --> 00:30:34.600
 in the hope of the

00:30:34.599 --> 00:30:36.000
 glory of God.

00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:37.319
 In other words,

00:30:37.399 --> 00:30:38.000
 Paul says, we

00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:38.959
 don't just rejoice

00:30:38.959 --> 00:30:39.959
 in what we already

00:30:39.959 --> 00:30:41.240
 have and what we

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:42.259
 already experience in

00:30:42.259 --> 00:30:42.500
 full.

00:30:42.619 --> 00:30:43.679
 We've tasted the

00:30:43.679 --> 00:30:44.559
 goodness in Jesus

00:30:44.559 --> 00:30:45.319
 that we're going to

00:30:45.319 --> 00:30:46.339
 experience for all

00:30:46.339 --> 00:30:47.599
 eternity and there's

00:30:47.599 --> 00:30:48.659
 joy in the

00:30:48.659 --> 00:30:49.679
 anticipation.

00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:51.959
 Because God's

00:30:51.959 --> 00:30:53.379
 promises can be

00:30:53.379 --> 00:30:54.339
 counted on.

00:30:58.059 --> 00:30:58.980
 One Christian

00:30:58.980 --> 00:30:59.740
 writer said, in

00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:00.659
 earthly terms,

00:31:00.799 --> 00:31:01.899
 hope is certainty

00:31:01.899 --> 00:31:03.819
 of time and

00:31:03.819 --> 00:31:04.939
 uncertainty of

00:31:04.939 --> 00:31:05.439
 event.

00:31:06.619 --> 00:31:07.439
 So we say, I

00:31:07.439 --> 00:31:09.179
 hope it will be a

00:31:09.179 --> 00:31:10.279
 pleasant day tomorrow

00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:12.019
 and we can have a

00:31:12.019 --> 00:31:12.879
 picnic in the park.

00:31:13.779 --> 00:31:14.419
 Guess what?

00:31:14.559 --> 00:31:15.099
 Tomorrow's going to

00:31:15.099 --> 00:31:15.379
 come.

00:31:16.419 --> 00:31:17.359
 It might or might not

00:31:17.359 --> 00:31:18.279
 be a nice day.

00:31:20.059 --> 00:31:20.859
 Certainty of time,

00:31:20.980 --> 00:31:21.720
 uncertainty of event.

00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:22.359
 But he says in the

00:31:22.359 --> 00:31:23.539
 Bible, it's the

00:31:23.539 --> 00:31:23.980
 reverse.

00:31:25.059 --> 00:31:26.700
 Hope is uncertainty

00:31:26.700 --> 00:31:27.539
 of time,

00:31:28.559 --> 00:31:29.779
 certainty of event.

00:31:29.779 --> 00:31:29.839
 event.

00:31:31.720 --> 00:31:34.039
 I will make all

00:31:34.039 --> 00:31:35.220
 things new.

00:31:37.480 --> 00:31:38.000
 Right?

00:31:38.200 --> 00:31:39.180
 Certainty of event.

00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:41.019
 Jesus doesn't tell us

00:31:41.019 --> 00:31:41.460
 the time.

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 But we can be

00:31:43.399 --> 00:31:44.059
 confident in his

00:31:44.059 --> 00:31:44.460
 promise.

00:31:47.399 --> 00:31:48.339
 Finally, the book of

00:31:48.339 --> 00:31:49.259
 Hebrews echoes these

00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:50.940
 themes in chapter 12

00:31:50.940 --> 00:31:52.299
 when it says that God

00:31:52.299 --> 00:31:53.559
 disciplines those he

00:31:53.559 --> 00:31:53.899
 loves.

00:31:53.960 --> 00:31:54.579
 In other words, God

00:31:54.579 --> 00:31:57.279
 trains us even

00:31:57.279 --> 00:31:58.500
 through painful

00:31:58.500 --> 00:31:59.440
 trials.

00:32:00.759 --> 00:32:01.059
 He says,

00:32:01.119 --> 00:32:02.000
 discipline is always

00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:02.720
 painful in the

00:32:02.720 --> 00:32:03.079
 moment.

00:32:03.460 --> 00:32:04.039
 But on the other

00:32:04.039 --> 00:32:04.879
 side of it, there's a

00:32:04.879 --> 00:32:05.980
 harvest of righteousness

00:32:05.980 --> 00:32:07.480
 and peace for those

00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:08.319
 who have been trained

00:32:08.319 --> 00:32:09.019
 by it.

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:09.799
 You know, some of you

00:32:09.799 --> 00:32:10.960
 have done these sort

00:32:10.960 --> 00:32:11.799
 of crazy workouts.

00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:12.420
 Maybe you've done

00:32:12.420 --> 00:32:13.619
 CrossFit or those

00:32:13.619 --> 00:32:14.639
 insanity workouts.

00:32:15.079 --> 00:32:15.740
 Maybe you've trained

00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:17.440
 for a 5K or a

00:32:17.440 --> 00:32:18.019
 half marathon.

00:32:18.379 --> 00:32:18.639
 Right?

00:32:18.700 --> 00:32:19.399
 It's hard.

00:32:19.599 --> 00:32:20.819
 It's painful in the

00:32:20.819 --> 00:32:21.559
 short term.

00:32:22.279 --> 00:32:22.960
 When you're in the

00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:24.240
 middle, especially when

00:32:24.240 --> 00:32:25.160
 you just start those

00:32:25.160 --> 00:32:25.660
 routines.

00:32:28.080 --> 00:32:29.940
 But there's satisfaction

00:32:29.940 --> 00:32:31.700
 on the other side.

00:32:33.259 --> 00:32:35.460
 There's joy on the

00:32:35.460 --> 00:32:35.940
 end of it.

00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:37.700
 And Hebrews is saying,

00:32:37.700 --> 00:32:40.180
 yes, there's pain in

00:32:40.180 --> 00:32:41.140
 the short term.

00:32:41.940 --> 00:32:42.900
 But on the other side,

00:32:42.980 --> 00:32:44.019
 there's a harvest of

00:32:44.019 --> 00:32:45.279
 righteousness and peace

00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:48.380
 that God works in us.

00:32:48.920 --> 00:32:50.600
 Even when he brings us

00:32:50.600 --> 00:32:52.060
 through hard seasons,

00:32:52.279 --> 00:32:53.960
 through loss,

00:32:53.960 --> 00:32:55.400
 pain,

00:32:56.660 --> 00:32:58.600
 and even devastation,

00:32:58.980 --> 00:33:01.420
 but he's bringing us

00:33:01.420 --> 00:33:04.240
 into hope and restoration

00:33:04.240 --> 00:33:05.819
 and a future with him.

00:33:07.100 --> 00:33:09.120
 Let me close by reading

00:33:09.120 --> 00:33:09.940
 the last two verses

00:33:09.940 --> 00:33:14.840
 and hear this promise

00:33:14.840 --> 00:33:18.860
 from God to us.

00:33:18.860 --> 00:33:20.200
 You shall eat in plenty

00:33:20.200 --> 00:33:21.100
 and be satisfied

00:33:21.100 --> 00:33:23.019
 and praise the name

00:33:23.019 --> 00:33:24.900
 of the Lord your God

00:33:24.900 --> 00:33:25.900
 who has dealt

00:33:25.900 --> 00:33:26.980
 wondrously with you.

00:33:27.660 --> 00:33:28.519
 And my people

00:33:28.519 --> 00:33:29.420
 shall never again

00:33:29.420 --> 00:33:30.240
 be put to shame.

00:33:30.940 --> 00:33:31.720
 You shall know

00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:32.960
 that I am in the midst

00:33:32.960 --> 00:33:33.880
 of you and that I

00:33:33.880 --> 00:33:34.720
 am the Lord your God

00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:36.120
 and there is no one else.

00:33:36.920 --> 00:33:37.580
 And my people

00:33:37.580 --> 00:33:38.460
 shall never again

00:33:38.460 --> 00:33:39.819
 be put to shame.

00:33:40.259 --> 00:33:40.940
 Let's pray.

00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:44.620
 Father God,

00:33:44.680 --> 00:33:45.200
 we thank you

00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:46.880
 for these promises

00:33:46.880 --> 00:33:49.059
 of restoration

00:33:49.059 --> 00:33:52.160
 and this call

00:33:52.160 --> 00:33:53.180
 to rejoice in you.

00:33:54.580 --> 00:33:55.519
 We thank you

00:33:55.519 --> 00:33:57.080
 for sending your son Jesus

00:33:57.080 --> 00:33:58.940
 to accomplish this work

00:33:58.940 --> 00:33:59.819
 of restoration

00:33:59.819 --> 00:34:00.539
 and healing

00:34:00.539 --> 00:34:01.299
 on our behalf

00:34:01.299 --> 00:34:02.100
 through his death,

00:34:02.200 --> 00:34:03.460
 taking on our sins

00:34:03.460 --> 00:34:04.120
 upon himself

00:34:04.120 --> 00:34:05.340
 and through his resurrection,

00:34:05.880 --> 00:34:07.039
 granting and bestowing

00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:08.659
 upon us his life

00:34:08.659 --> 00:34:09.980
 forevermore.

00:34:09.980 --> 00:34:13.900
 We pray that we would

00:34:13.900 --> 00:34:15.159
 take hold of these promises.

00:34:15.480 --> 00:34:16.280
 We pray that we would

00:34:16.280 --> 00:34:17.360
 be able to taste

00:34:17.360 --> 00:34:18.840
 the joy

00:34:18.840 --> 00:34:20.559
 and healing

00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:21.179
 and restoration

00:34:21.179 --> 00:34:22.059
 that you promised.

00:34:22.159 --> 00:34:22.800
 We pray that we would

00:34:22.800 --> 00:34:23.659
 experience that

00:34:23.659 --> 00:34:24.420
 more and more

00:34:24.420 --> 00:34:27.059
 even in our daily lives,

00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:28.219
 even in the present age,

00:34:28.300 --> 00:34:29.360
 even as we look forward

00:34:29.360 --> 00:34:30.199
 to the completion

00:34:30.199 --> 00:34:30.800
 of that

00:34:30.800 --> 00:34:32.420
 in the age to come

00:34:32.420 --> 00:34:33.780
 when you return.

00:34:35.780 --> 00:34:36.840
 We pray all these things

00:34:36.840 --> 00:34:37.559
 in Jesus' name.

00:34:38.719 --> 00:34:39.000
 Amen.

00:34:39.980 --> 00:34:40.980
 Amen.