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 5, which I think is on page 340, 1 Kings chapter 5.

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 What we've been doing over the last number of weeks is, our practices is to work through

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 a book of the Bible, and we've been looking at Kings, which, well, it's all about Kings.

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 And we're in chapter 5, we're going to look at chapter 5 to 7 this morning. We're just

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 going to follow along and see what the Bible, what Scripture, what God's Word has to say

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 to us and how it applies to us. And this morning, we're going to need to put on hard hats. So

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 if you've got hard hats and a trowel and working boots, because we're going to go into a construction

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 site. I don't know if there's any builders here, but we're going to go walking through

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 a construction site. And you go, well, that sounds a bit boring. Well, I'm going to do

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 my very best to show you that it is not boring, but very, very exciting. So let's pray and ask

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 for God's help as we look at God's Word, 1 Kings chapter 5 to 7. Let's pray and ask for

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 his help.

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 Father, we thank you for all that you provide, and we thank you that we have your Word, the

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 Bible, in our own language that we can read. Thank you that we have the freedom to meet

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 as we are right now in this building. And we ask that you would pour out and give to us

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 your Holy Spirit's power so that the words that we read and look at together would be life-giving

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 words, life-changing words. And help us to see the wonder that God lives with us and we can

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 live with God. We ask for your help in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Well, you may be familiar with the television program Grand Designs. It follows the stories

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 of those who plan to build their dream home. So whether it's a glass house in the middle of a forest

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 or a wooden dome that's perched on the edge of a cliff, we get to see the design and the

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 decor and then finally we get a visual tour through the finished construction. You see,

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 when the building is all done, the building becomes a home for a family. That was always

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 the plan. It might start off with measurements on paper, but it was always meant to be a home,

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 a place to live. Well, in 1 Kings chapters 5 to 7, which are really quite long and lengthy,

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 it might seem like an early version of Grand Designs. We even get to go through a visual tour

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 because Solomon, who's the king, is about to build a temple. Look at chapter 5, verse 5.

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 Solomon says, I intend therefore to build a temple for the name of the Lord my God.

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 And for three whole chapters we go into construction overload. We're even told all about the workforce.

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 So chapter 5, that's where it's got a big 5, and then to verse 15, little number 15.

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 It tells us there that Solomon had 70,000 carriers and 80,000 stonecutters in the hill,

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 as well as 3,300 foremen who supervised the project and directed the workers. What a lot of people

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 are, of course, of course, of course. And if we're not bored already, we get bamboozled with all kinds

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 of measurements. So look at chapter 6, verse 2. The temple that King Solomon built for the Lord was

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 60 cubits long and 20 wide and 30 high. Down at verse 6, the lowest floor was 5 cubits wide,

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 the middle floor 6 cubits, the third floor 7. He made offset ledges around the outside of the temple

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 so that nothing would be inserted into the temple walls. Still with me? And then the decorators arrived.

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 Look at verse 29 of chapter 6. On the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and the outer rooms,

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 he carved cherubim, which were like angels, palm trees and open flowers. And then he's getting

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 so excited and thinks everybody loves architecture that we get a detailed tour of the whole entrance

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 to the temple. So look at chapter 7, verse 15. Chapter 7, verse 15. He cast two bronze pillars,

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 each 18 cubits high and 12 cubits in circumference. Verse 18. He made pomegranates in two rows encircling

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 around these great big pillars. And then verse 21. He erected the pillars at the portico, that's at the

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 entrance of the temple. And then he gets really excited and really passionate because he starts giving

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 them names. The pillar to the south he named Jachin and the one to the north he named Boaz.

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 Well, if you've managed to get to chapter 5 and you're still awake, you're doing really well.

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 All this talk of cubits and cherubs and pillars and pomegranates, what's it all about?

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 Well, behind all the design and all the detail, we must not miss the purpose. When all the building

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 is done, it becomes a home. That was always the plan. It might start off with measurements,

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 but it was always meant to be a home, a place to live. Here's the first thing we're going to learn

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 about this great big construction. First, God longs to live with us. It's a promise to dwell

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 with his people. Let's go to chapter 6, verse 1. Chapter 6, verse 1. In the 480th year, after the

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 Israelites came out of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv,

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 anybody birthday here in Ziv? The second month, he began to build the temple of the Lord. Now, dates may

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 seem very unimportant and all may sound very tedious, but these dates act as promise reminders.

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 You see, 480 years ago, God had rescued the people of Israel from slavery and when he rescued them,

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 he made this promise. Here it is. You can read it on the screen. Here was God's promise. He said to the

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 people, let them make a sanctuary for me and I will dwell among them. This was God's desire, God's longing

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 to be with his people. He had delivered them from slavery so that he might dwell with them.

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 Now, we might be very familiar with the month of Ziv or have any anniversaries in Ziv,

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 but it's a reminder. It reminds us that God made a promise to live with his people and when God makes

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 a promise, he always keeps his promise. This might be a 480 year old promise, but it's a promise and God

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 keeps his promise to his people. So, under Solomon, God's dwelling place, the temple gets built.

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 So, it's a promise to dwell and therefore it's a place to live. Look at chapter 6, verse 2.

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 The temple that King Solomon built for the Lord was 60 cubits long, 20 wide and 30 high. Now, we'll come

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 back to that structure in a minute, but let's not miss the point of what verse 2 tells us. This was a

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 building, verse 2, for the Lord. A place for God to live. Could you imagine a house?

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 Where God could live? Now, that might cause us a little bit of difficulty. How could God live in a temple?

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 How do you squeeze God into a temple? Remember what God had said through the prophet Isaiah.

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 Again, you can read it on the screen. God said, heaven is my throne and earth is my footstool.

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 It's like you can picture God in his greatness, resting his feet, as it were, upon the world.

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 Where is the house that you would build for me? And where is my resting place be?

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 Has not my hand made all these things? I've made the world. I've created the world so that they come

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 into being. You see, it's actually impossible to contain the creator of the universe into a man-made temple.

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 You can't squeeze God down and push him into a box. God doesn't live in temples or in any other building.

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 So why on earth is Solomon building a place for God to live?

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 Well, it's God's means of making himself accessible to the people.

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 The redeeming God longs to reside with his people.

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 It's God's way of saying, I want to be with you.

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 It's like when we got married and Kirsty and I moved into our house together.

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 You can't get a stronger statement of saying, I want to be with you.

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 I want to live with you. I want to dwell with you.

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 You see, Jerusalem was at the very centre of Israel, the centre of the country.

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 And the temple was at the very centre of Jerusalem.

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 And God was setting up his home in the temple.

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 And it's like God is saying, I can't get close enough.

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 I long to live with my people.

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 So I'm going to have a temple made so I can dwell with my people.

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 So God longs to live with us.

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 That's the first thing we learn.

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 The second thing we're going to learn is that God's presence makes everything new.

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 So when God comes to live with us, he makes everything new.

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 First, eat and remember.

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 Let's go back and look at the design of the temple.

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 Chapter 6, verse 2.

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 Okay, they were told that Solomon built the temple.

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 It was 60 cubits long, 20 wide and 30 high.

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 So that's about 24 metres long, 9 metres wide and 14 metres high.

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 So we've actually got a visual.

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 I did it myself.

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 We've got a visual demonstration for you.

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 It's this building we're in right here.

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 I provided it for you.

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 Wasn't that good?

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 It's roughly, what, 24 metres long, give or take 9 metres wide, 14 metres high.

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 This is what the temple shape was kind of like.

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 And in terms of its dimensions, look at chapter 6, verse 3.

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 The portico, the entrance to the front of the main hall of the temple, extended the width of the temple.

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 So kind of think down that end.

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 The other side, you've got a great big entrance, which is about 9 metres wide and about 4 metres out.

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 So a lovely big entrance.

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 And inside the main hall, which is this area here, there was a smaller hall, which we read about in verse 19.

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 He prepared the inner sanctuary within the temple to set the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord.

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 The Ark of the Covenant was symbolic of God's presence.

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 So see where these screens are here.

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 This was kind of like the inner sanctuary, where the Ark was, which was symbolic of God's presence.

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 So this was the big temple, the outer hall, the inner hall.

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 This is what it was like.

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 But what I want us to do now is, I want us to look at the decor.

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 Look at the decoration of this temple.

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 Look at verse 19.

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 Sorry, verse 18.

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 Chapter 6, verse 18.

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 The inside of the temple was cedar.

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 Beautiful carved wood.

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 Carved with gourds.

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 Anybody grow any gourds?

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 You probably don't know what they are, but I think you do know what they are.

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 They're things like pumpkins and marrows and squash.

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 Those kinds of fruits and vegetables.

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 And open flowers.

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 Everything was cedar.

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 No stone was to be seen.

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 Now look down at verse 29.

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 On the walls, all around the temple, in both the inner and the outer rooms,

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 he carved cherubim, which were like little angels.

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 Palm trees and open flowers.

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 He also covered the floors of both the inner and the outer rooms of the temple with gold.

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 So here we are.

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 Can you imagine this room?

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 Covered in panels all the way around in beautiful cedar wood.

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 And everywhere you looked around inside this room,

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 there were these elaborate, beautiful carvings of fruit and vegetables and trees and flowers everywhere,

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 all over the place.

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 It was like an artistic garden show.

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 And then to display their full glory, it was all overlaid with gold.

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 And in case we miss the point, look at verse 31.

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 The entrance to the inner sanctuary, he made the doors out of olive wood.

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 Verse 32.

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 And on the two olive wooden doors, he carved more cherubim and palm trees and open flowers

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 and overlaid the cherubim and palm trees with hammered gold.

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 And he did the same with the main entrance.

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 Verse 35.

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 He carved more cherubim and palm trees and open flowers

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 and had them overlaid with gold hammered evenly over all the carvings.

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 It's a magnificent work of art.

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 You could imagine as you came to the entrance of this temple and all the carvings.

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 It was literally like walking into a garden.

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 And once you got inside, everything you saw, all the decoration, all the carvings,

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 was everything that you would find in a garden.

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 Trees, flowers, fruits.

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 All these open blossom flowers, all carved beautifully on the walls.

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 The beauty of creation on display.

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 It was just like the Garden of Eden where God first walked and dwelled with his people.

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 Paradise itself.

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 Now the Garden of Eden was not only a place of God's presence,

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 but the Garden of Eden was also a place of peace.

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 It was beauty and harmony.

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 There was no chaos and disorder in the Garden of Eden right at the very beginning.

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 And the temple that Solomon was building was to reflect it.

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 So outside the temple,

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 so if you can imagine here we are in the temple,

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 outside in the car park area,

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 was this huge basin of water.

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 Could you imagine like a mini swimming pool?

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 And it was called the sea.

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 Look at chapter 7, verse 23.

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 Chapter 7, verse 23.

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 He made the sea of cast metal,

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 circular in shape,

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 measuring 10 cubits from rim to rim,

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 5 cubits high.

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 And it took a line of 30 cubits to measure around it.

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 So you imagine this great big metal basin sitting outside there in the car park.

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 It goes 5 metres from one side to the other,

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 3 metres deep,

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 and 14 metres all the way around.

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 Now look at the end of verse 26.

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 We're told at the end of verse 26 that it held 2,000 baths.

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 That's a measurement.

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 That's about 44,000 litres of water.

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 So you can imagine it's like a swimming pool.

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 But no wonder it was called a sea,

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 because it was like a mini little sea.

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 But why on earth?

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 Just think about it.

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 Why would Solomon,

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 after he's built this temple,

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 then build this sea

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 out in the middle of the courtyard,

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 outside?

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 Why build a sea?

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 Well, the sea in the Bible

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 is often associated with evil forces of chaos and destruction.

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 And outside the temple,

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 the place of God's presence,

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 it's like the sea is now contained

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 in this great metal basin.

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 All the forces of destruction and chaos,

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 as it were,

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 have now been calmed.

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 That was the symbolism.

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 There was now peace.

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 You see,

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 the temple that Solomon was building

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 was to demonstrate

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 what life would be like

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 when God lives

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 and dwells with his people.

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 It will just be like what it was

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 in the Garden of Eden,

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 a beautiful new creation

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 where everything is wonderful and good.

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 The absence of all evil,

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 like paradise itself.

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 God's presence,

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 when he comes down to live with his people,

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 makes everything wonderfully new.

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 So God lives with us.

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 God's presence makes everything new.

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 But God has demands

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 when we're going to live with him.

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 He has demands if we're going to live with him.

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 Let's look at these conditions.

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 As we take this visual tour

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 through the temple,

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 God suddenly interrupts and speaks.

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 In fact,

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 over the course of these three chapters,

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 we don't see God directly speaking,

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 but only once.

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 And it comes in chapter 6,

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 verse 11.

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 Have a look in your Bible,

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 chapter 6, verse 11.

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 So we're getting all this construction design.

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 It's all very elaborate.

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 And then God suddenly speaks

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 into the middle of it.

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 Look what he says,

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 chapter 6, verse 11.

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 The word of the Lord came to Solomon.

00:22:09.460 --> 00:22:11.940
 As for this temple you are building,

00:22:12.660 --> 00:22:14.960
 if you follow my decrees,

00:22:15.259 --> 00:22:16.420
 observe my laws,

00:22:16.519 --> 00:22:17.820
 and keep all my commands,

00:22:17.900 --> 00:22:18.700
 and obey them,

00:22:19.200 --> 00:22:21.320
 I will fulfill through you

00:22:21.320 --> 00:22:23.840
 the promise I gave to David your father.

00:22:24.220 --> 00:22:24.900
 Here it is.

00:22:25.340 --> 00:22:28.660
 And I will live among the Israelites,

00:22:28.660 --> 00:22:31.840
 and I won't abandon my people Israel.

00:22:33.440 --> 00:22:36.060
 It's only a two-letter word,

00:22:37.140 --> 00:22:39.759
 but God's promise depends on it.

00:22:40.420 --> 00:22:44.019
 If you follow my decrees,

00:22:44.560 --> 00:22:46.880
 if you observe all my laws,

00:22:47.220 --> 00:22:49.279
 if you obey my commands,

00:22:49.279 --> 00:22:50.920
 if, if,

00:22:51.519 --> 00:22:55.040
 then I will live among you

00:22:55.039 --> 00:22:57.259
 and I will not abandon you.

00:22:57.799 --> 00:22:59.480
 It sounds so easy,

00:22:59.619 --> 00:23:00.200
 doesn't it?

00:23:01.399 --> 00:23:02.920
 Do what I say,

00:23:03.099 --> 00:23:03.819
 says God,

00:23:04.359 --> 00:23:07.279
 and you will experience my promise.

00:23:08.099 --> 00:23:09.319
 I will live with you

00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:10.839
 and I will dwell with you,

00:23:11.019 --> 00:23:13.099
 and everything will be put right.

00:23:13.759 --> 00:23:15.200
 Everything will be beautiful

00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:16.920
 and everything will be good.

00:23:17.779 --> 00:23:19.680
 Just simply obey.

00:23:19.940 --> 00:23:21.220
 Forget all the decor

00:23:21.220 --> 00:23:22.640
 and all the gold

00:23:22.640 --> 00:23:23.900
 and all the carvings.

00:23:24.299 --> 00:23:25.319
 Look at your heart.

00:23:26.019 --> 00:23:27.180
 Just obey me,

00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:27.920
 says God,

00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:31.160
 and you will experience my presence.

00:23:33.460 --> 00:23:34.720
 Sounds so easy.

00:23:35.660 --> 00:23:37.700
 Well, let's see how Solomon got on.

00:23:38.860 --> 00:23:41.299
 Look at chapter 6, verse 37.

00:23:42.019 --> 00:23:43.600
 Here we come to the end

00:23:43.600 --> 00:23:44.980
 of the building project.

00:23:47.860 --> 00:23:50.019
 Chapter 6, verse 37,

00:23:50.019 --> 00:23:51.599
 the foundation of the temple

00:23:51.599 --> 00:23:52.579
 of the Lord was laid

00:23:52.579 --> 00:23:53.420
 in the fourth year

00:23:53.420 --> 00:23:54.299
 in the month of Ziph,

00:23:54.619 --> 00:23:55.700
 in the eleventh year

00:23:55.700 --> 00:23:56.700
 in the month of Bull,

00:23:56.960 --> 00:23:57.859
 the eighth month,

00:23:58.000 --> 00:23:59.240
 the temple was finished.

00:23:59.940 --> 00:24:00.920
 Forget the dates,

00:24:01.039 --> 00:24:01.859
 we just want to know

00:24:01.859 --> 00:24:03.420
 that the temple is finished.

00:24:04.539 --> 00:24:05.879
 And all its details

00:24:05.879 --> 00:24:07.819
 according to its specifications.

00:24:08.579 --> 00:24:11.059
 He had spent seven years

00:24:11.059 --> 00:24:11.740
 building it.

00:24:11.920 --> 00:24:13.680
 What a mammoth construction.

00:24:14.180 --> 00:24:15.619
 Seven years.

00:24:16.539 --> 00:24:17.559
 All those people

00:24:17.559 --> 00:24:19.259
 building this great big temple.

00:24:20.019 --> 00:24:21.680
 But let's not stop there.

00:24:21.779 --> 00:24:22.920
 Let's keep reading.

00:24:23.500 --> 00:24:24.879
 Chapter 7, verse 1.

00:24:25.519 --> 00:24:26.660
 It took Solomon

00:24:26.660 --> 00:24:29.500
 13 years, however,

00:24:30.460 --> 00:24:32.519
 to complete the construction

00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:34.720
 of his palace.

00:24:37.099 --> 00:24:38.879
 Something doesn't seem right,

00:24:38.960 --> 00:24:39.460
 does it?

00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:42.200
 Seven years to build a home

00:24:42.200 --> 00:24:43.299
 for the Creator,

00:24:43.859 --> 00:24:45.359
 the Redeemer of the world,

00:24:45.359 --> 00:24:47.359
 and yet Solomon needed

00:24:47.359 --> 00:24:49.519
 13 years to build

00:24:49.519 --> 00:24:50.279
 his own home.

00:24:51.219 --> 00:24:52.419
 It says something

00:24:52.419 --> 00:24:53.719
 about his priorities,

00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:54.479
 doesn't it?

00:24:54.679 --> 00:24:55.639
 Look at verse 2

00:24:55.639 --> 00:24:56.579
 of chapter 7.

00:24:56.919 --> 00:24:57.959
 He built the palace.

00:24:58.339 --> 00:24:59.240
 What a wonderful

00:24:59.240 --> 00:25:00.779
 grand title

00:25:00.779 --> 00:25:01.659
 for your house.

00:25:02.199 --> 00:25:03.419
 The palace

00:25:03.419 --> 00:25:04.519
 of the forest

00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:05.259
 of Lebanon.

00:25:06.219 --> 00:25:07.419
 What a title.

00:25:07.599 --> 00:25:08.279
 What a place

00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:09.119
 this must have been.

00:25:09.459 --> 00:25:10.039
 We can look

00:25:10.039 --> 00:25:10.740
 at the measurements.

00:25:11.119 --> 00:25:12.699
 45 metres long,

00:25:12.700 --> 00:25:14.059
 23 metres wide,

00:25:14.360 --> 00:25:15.580
 14 metres high.

00:25:15.960 --> 00:25:16.539
 You know what?

00:25:16.580 --> 00:25:17.860
 It's double the size

00:25:17.860 --> 00:25:18.519
 of the temple

00:25:18.519 --> 00:25:19.819
 that he built for God.

00:25:21.120 --> 00:25:21.960
 And then we look

00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:22.779
 in verse 6.

00:25:23.360 --> 00:25:24.259
 The entrance

00:25:24.259 --> 00:25:25.120
 that he made

00:25:25.120 --> 00:25:26.019
 to his palace

00:25:26.019 --> 00:25:27.380
 was even bigger

00:25:27.380 --> 00:25:28.759
 than the temple itself.

00:25:30.160 --> 00:25:31.120
 It seems

00:25:31.120 --> 00:25:32.340
 that Solomon

00:25:32.340 --> 00:25:34.120
 is more interested

00:25:34.119 --> 00:25:35.379
 in building

00:25:35.379 --> 00:25:36.099
 a palace

00:25:36.099 --> 00:25:37.339
 for his name

00:25:37.339 --> 00:25:38.639
 and making

00:25:38.639 --> 00:25:40.000
 his name great

00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:41.859
 and God

00:25:41.859 --> 00:25:42.579
 is clearly

00:25:42.579 --> 00:25:44.459
 taking second place.

00:25:47.619 --> 00:25:49.099
 This reminds me

00:25:49.099 --> 00:25:49.979
 of all the many,

00:25:50.219 --> 00:25:50.899
 many promises

00:25:50.899 --> 00:25:52.059
 that I was made

00:25:52.059 --> 00:25:52.739
 as a kid.

00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:54.759
 My parents

00:25:54.759 --> 00:25:55.699
 would say to me,

00:25:55.779 --> 00:25:56.059
 Johnny,

00:25:56.439 --> 00:25:57.879
 you can stay up

00:25:57.879 --> 00:25:58.299
 later

00:25:58.299 --> 00:25:59.899
 if you clean up

00:25:59.899 --> 00:26:00.399
 your room.

00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:01.559
 Johnny,

00:26:01.759 --> 00:26:03.259
 you can watch TV

00:26:03.259 --> 00:26:04.339
 if you first

00:26:04.339 --> 00:26:05.319
 do your homework.

00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:06.019
 Johnny,

00:26:06.140 --> 00:26:07.140
 you can have dessert

00:26:07.140 --> 00:26:08.579
 if you finish up

00:26:08.579 --> 00:26:09.460
 all your dinner.

00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:11.339
 But I never

00:26:11.339 --> 00:26:12.700
 got to experience

00:26:12.700 --> 00:26:14.440
 the promised blessings

00:26:14.440 --> 00:26:15.680
 because I could

00:26:15.680 --> 00:26:16.420
 never keep

00:26:16.420 --> 00:26:17.299
 the ifs.

00:26:18.099 --> 00:26:18.759
 And that's

00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:19.299
 what happened

00:26:19.299 --> 00:26:20.000
 to Solomon.

00:26:20.259 --> 00:26:21.259
 He messed up

00:26:21.259 --> 00:26:22.180
 his priority.

00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:23.480
 They were a sign

00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:24.779
 of the disobedience

00:26:24.779 --> 00:26:25.299
 to come.

00:26:25.640 --> 00:26:26.279
 He couldn't

00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:27.539
 keep the ifs.

00:26:28.680 --> 00:26:29.460
 And God

00:26:29.460 --> 00:26:30.799
 withdrew his presence

00:26:30.799 --> 00:26:32.039
 and as we read

00:26:32.039 --> 00:26:33.160
 on in the story,

00:26:33.259 --> 00:26:34.539
 in time to come,

00:26:34.859 --> 00:26:35.480
 the temple

00:26:35.480 --> 00:26:36.440
 would actually

00:26:36.440 --> 00:26:37.660
 get destroyed,

00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:38.960
 obliterated.

00:26:40.339 --> 00:26:41.079
 And instead

00:26:41.079 --> 00:26:41.859
 of everything

00:26:41.859 --> 00:26:43.160
 being made new,

00:26:43.440 --> 00:26:44.759
 it all descended

00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:45.839
 into chaos

00:26:45.839 --> 00:26:46.759
 and disorder.

00:26:47.900 --> 00:26:49.019
 God's promise

00:26:49.019 --> 00:26:49.819
 to be with

00:26:49.819 --> 00:26:50.500
 his people,

00:26:50.900 --> 00:26:52.460
 it didn't happen.

00:26:55.460 --> 00:26:56.480
 You see,

00:26:56.660 --> 00:26:58.180
 God has demands

00:26:58.180 --> 00:26:59.940
 when it comes

00:26:59.940 --> 00:27:00.599
 to knowing

00:27:00.599 --> 00:27:01.379
 and enjoying

00:27:01.380 --> 00:27:02.500
 his presence.

00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:03.880
 But the problem

00:27:03.880 --> 00:27:04.400
 is,

00:27:04.700 --> 00:27:05.600
 the same with

00:27:05.600 --> 00:27:06.060
 Solomon,

00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:06.980
 it's exactly

00:27:06.980 --> 00:27:08.060
 the same with us.

00:27:08.420 --> 00:27:09.800
 We've got hearts

00:27:09.800 --> 00:27:10.960
 that are more

00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:11.700
 interested

00:27:11.700 --> 00:27:13.500
 in building up

00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:14.860
 our own lives

00:27:14.860 --> 00:27:17.100
 and building up

00:27:17.100 --> 00:27:18.300
 our own name.

00:27:19.060 --> 00:27:19.760
 And God

00:27:19.760 --> 00:27:20.980
 comes a very,

00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:22.060
 very distant

00:27:22.060 --> 00:27:22.760
 second.

00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:24.980
 You see,

00:27:25.059 --> 00:27:26.099
 unless we love

00:27:26.099 --> 00:27:26.640
 and obey

00:27:26.640 --> 00:27:27.400
 God with

00:27:27.400 --> 00:27:28.299
 all our heart,

00:27:28.819 --> 00:27:30.019
 we will never

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:30.619
 ever get

00:27:30.619 --> 00:27:31.460
 to enjoy

00:27:31.460 --> 00:27:32.599
 his presence.

00:27:34.119 --> 00:27:34.960
 What are we

00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:35.579
 going to do?

00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:37.519
 Well,

00:27:37.920 --> 00:27:39.799
 the good news

00:27:39.799 --> 00:27:40.180
 is,

00:27:40.319 --> 00:27:41.180
 God makes

00:27:41.180 --> 00:27:41.920
 it possible

00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:43.259
 for people

00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:44.140
 like us

00:27:44.140 --> 00:27:45.299
 to live

00:27:45.299 --> 00:27:45.980
 with him.

00:27:45.980 --> 00:27:49.140
 look at

00:27:49.140 --> 00:27:49.860
 our history.

00:27:51.460 --> 00:27:52.279
 I want you

00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:52.920
 to imagine

00:27:52.920 --> 00:27:53.660
 for a minute,

00:27:54.039 --> 00:27:54.720
 put on your

00:27:54.720 --> 00:27:55.660
 thinking caps

00:27:55.660 --> 00:27:56.019
 here,

00:27:56.779 --> 00:27:57.559
 that you're

00:27:57.559 --> 00:27:58.539
 standing outside,

00:27:58.640 --> 00:27:59.120
 this is this

00:27:59.120 --> 00:27:59.579
 temple,

00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:00.960
 all the carvings,

00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:01.700
 all the gold,

00:28:01.880 --> 00:28:02.559
 all the beauty,

00:28:02.680 --> 00:28:03.339
 the big swimming

00:28:03.339 --> 00:28:04.120
 pool outside,

00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:05.339
 the sea out

00:28:05.339 --> 00:28:05.579
 there,

00:28:05.839 --> 00:28:06.559
 the entrance,

00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:07.240
 you're at the

00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:07.660
 entrance.

00:28:08.539 --> 00:28:09.140
 And as you

00:28:09.140 --> 00:28:09.700
 come up to

00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:10.380
 these great

00:28:10.380 --> 00:28:11.099
 big doors

00:28:11.099 --> 00:28:11.819
 to come into

00:28:11.819 --> 00:28:12.400
 the temple,

00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:13.299
 remember the

00:28:13.299 --> 00:28:14.039
 temple is where

00:28:14.039 --> 00:28:14.680
 God is,

00:28:14.680 --> 00:28:15.400
 where God's

00:28:15.400 --> 00:28:16.160
 presence is,

00:28:16.380 --> 00:28:16.880
 this is where

00:28:16.880 --> 00:28:17.519
 you come to

00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:18.400
 meet God.

00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:20.799
 The design

00:28:20.799 --> 00:28:22.039
 is so important.

00:28:22.640 --> 00:28:23.460
 As you come

00:28:23.460 --> 00:28:24.039
 up to the

00:28:24.039 --> 00:28:24.519
 temple,

00:28:27.080 --> 00:28:27.940
 you discover,

00:28:28.560 --> 00:28:29.200
 have a look at

00:28:29.200 --> 00:28:29.880
 chapter 7

00:28:29.880 --> 00:28:30.740
 verse 21,

00:28:32.039 --> 00:28:32.860
 you're reminded

00:28:32.860 --> 00:28:34.039
 that we need

00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:34.440
 to get our

00:28:34.440 --> 00:28:34.960
 heads around

00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:35.400
 this now,

00:28:35.440 --> 00:28:35.840
 a little bit

00:28:35.840 --> 00:28:36.420
 of thinking,

00:28:37.060 --> 00:28:37.700
 chapter 7

00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:38.440
 verse 21,

00:28:38.580 --> 00:28:38.960
 we're told

00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:39.519
 that one of

00:28:39.519 --> 00:28:39.960
 the pillars

00:28:39.960 --> 00:28:40.539
 is to the

00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:41.039
 south and

00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:41.539
 one is to

00:28:41.539 --> 00:28:42.140
 the north.

00:28:43.320 --> 00:28:44.259
 That simply

00:28:44.259 --> 00:28:45.000
 means that

00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:45.900
 the temple

00:28:45.900 --> 00:28:47.140
 is facing

00:28:47.140 --> 00:28:48.099
 in an

00:28:48.099 --> 00:28:48.859
 eastwardly

00:28:48.859 --> 00:28:49.640
 direction.

00:28:50.259 --> 00:28:50.579
 Now you're

00:28:50.579 --> 00:28:50.720
 going,

00:28:50.839 --> 00:28:51.039
 Johnny,

00:28:51.140 --> 00:28:51.619
 what are you

00:28:51.619 --> 00:28:52.039
 going on

00:28:52.039 --> 00:28:52.220
 about?

00:28:52.319 --> 00:28:52.779
 I've

00:28:52.779 --> 00:28:53.220
 followed you

00:28:53.220 --> 00:28:53.720
 so far,

00:28:53.779 --> 00:28:54.119
 but what's

00:28:54.119 --> 00:28:54.460
 all this

00:28:54.460 --> 00:28:55.259
 about the

00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:55.900
 temple being

00:28:55.900 --> 00:28:56.319
 in an

00:28:56.319 --> 00:28:57.000
 eastwardly

00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:57.599
 direction?

00:28:57.799 --> 00:28:58.240
 What's so

00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:59.059
 important about

00:28:59.059 --> 00:28:59.420
 that?

00:29:00.359 --> 00:29:00.559
 Well,

00:29:00.660 --> 00:29:01.299
 think back

00:29:01.299 --> 00:29:01.700
 to the

00:29:01.700 --> 00:29:02.259
 Garden of

00:29:02.259 --> 00:29:02.539
 Eden,

00:29:02.940 --> 00:29:03.839
 where God

00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:04.680
 walked and

00:29:04.680 --> 00:29:05.359
 talked and

00:29:05.359 --> 00:29:06.000
 dwelled with

00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:06.559
 the first

00:29:06.559 --> 00:29:07.059
 people,

00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:07.700
 Adam and

00:29:07.700 --> 00:29:08.000
 Eve.

00:29:08.599 --> 00:29:09.319
 But because

00:29:09.319 --> 00:29:09.839
 of their

00:29:09.839 --> 00:29:10.759
 disobedience,

00:29:10.859 --> 00:29:11.420
 what happened?

00:29:11.420 --> 00:29:13.300
 they got

00:29:13.300 --> 00:29:14.259
 removed from

00:29:14.259 --> 00:29:14.840
 the garden,

00:29:14.980 --> 00:29:15.340
 they got

00:29:15.340 --> 00:29:16.279
 removed from

00:29:16.279 --> 00:29:17.160
 God's presence

00:29:17.160 --> 00:29:18.180
 and this is

00:29:18.180 --> 00:29:18.779
 what it says

00:29:18.779 --> 00:29:19.380
 in Genesis,

00:29:19.539 --> 00:29:20.039
 you can read

00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:20.519
 it here on

00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:21.080
 the screen.

00:29:21.740 --> 00:29:22.900
 After God

00:29:22.900 --> 00:29:23.640
 drove the

00:29:23.640 --> 00:29:24.300
 man out,

00:29:24.860 --> 00:29:25.580
 he placed

00:29:25.580 --> 00:29:26.580
 on the

00:29:26.580 --> 00:29:29.060
 east side

00:29:29.060 --> 00:29:29.480
 of the

00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:30.140
 Garden of

00:29:30.140 --> 00:29:30.600
 Eden

00:29:30.600 --> 00:29:32.060
 cherubim

00:29:32.060 --> 00:29:32.960
 and a

00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:33.940
 flaming sword

00:29:33.940 --> 00:29:34.840
 flashing back

00:29:34.840 --> 00:29:35.420
 and forth

00:29:35.420 --> 00:29:36.240
 to guard

00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:36.660
 the way

00:29:36.660 --> 00:29:37.060
 to the

00:29:37.060 --> 00:29:37.500
 tree of

00:29:37.500 --> 00:29:37.900
 life.

00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:40.100
 So God

00:29:40.100 --> 00:29:40.660
 was saying

00:29:40.660 --> 00:29:41.100
 to them,

00:29:41.420 --> 00:29:42.200
 because you've

00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:42.680
 rebelled

00:29:42.680 --> 00:29:43.360
 against me,

00:29:43.440 --> 00:29:43.960
 you can't

00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:44.279
 be in

00:29:44.279 --> 00:29:44.980
 my presence,

00:29:45.100 --> 00:29:45.539
 you can't

00:29:45.539 --> 00:29:45.920
 be with

00:29:45.920 --> 00:29:46.140
 me,

00:29:46.360 --> 00:29:46.960
 you can't

00:29:46.960 --> 00:29:47.680
 enjoy me,

00:29:47.940 --> 00:29:48.480
 you can't

00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:49.019
 know me.

00:29:51.700 --> 00:29:52.460
 Now go

00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:53.600
 back to

00:29:53.600 --> 00:29:54.279
 the temple

00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:56.400
 that we

00:29:56.400 --> 00:29:56.940
 were thinking

00:29:56.940 --> 00:29:57.279
 about.

00:29:57.380 --> 00:29:57.740
 There you

00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:58.320
 are at

00:29:58.320 --> 00:29:59.039
 the entrance

00:29:59.039 --> 00:29:59.940
 and as

00:29:59.940 --> 00:30:00.380
 you come

00:30:00.380 --> 00:30:00.880
 from the

00:30:00.880 --> 00:30:01.220
 east,

00:30:01.360 --> 00:30:01.519
 you're

00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:02.039
 coming up

00:30:02.039 --> 00:30:02.400
 to the

00:30:02.400 --> 00:30:02.779
 temple

00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:03.840
 and on

00:30:03.840 --> 00:30:04.560
 these great

00:30:04.560 --> 00:30:05.200
 big double

00:30:05.200 --> 00:30:05.740
 doors,

00:30:06.080 --> 00:30:06.440
 what's

00:30:06.440 --> 00:30:07.100
 carved on

00:30:07.100 --> 00:30:07.600
 the doors,

00:30:07.720 --> 00:30:07.880
 do you

00:30:07.880 --> 00:30:08.300
 remember?

00:30:09.220 --> 00:30:09.860
 Cherubi.

00:30:09.859 --> 00:30:11.799
 Those angels

00:30:11.799 --> 00:30:13.159
 and you're

00:30:13.159 --> 00:30:13.699
 reminded

00:30:13.699 --> 00:30:16.500
 you cannot

00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:17.299
 enter the

00:30:17.299 --> 00:30:18.019
 presence of

00:30:18.019 --> 00:30:18.399
 God,

00:30:18.599 --> 00:30:19.139
 you're not

00:30:19.139 --> 00:30:19.879
 allowed in.

00:30:20.399 --> 00:30:20.859
 Everywhere

00:30:20.859 --> 00:30:21.719
 all over

00:30:21.719 --> 00:30:22.259
 the door

00:30:22.259 --> 00:30:22.979
 are these

00:30:22.979 --> 00:30:23.459
 symbols,

00:30:23.639 --> 00:30:24.419
 these cherubim

00:30:24.419 --> 00:30:24.819
 which is

00:30:24.819 --> 00:30:25.319
 telling you

00:30:25.319 --> 00:30:26.219
 you can't

00:30:26.219 --> 00:30:26.740
 get in,

00:30:27.719 --> 00:30:28.539
 you can't

00:30:28.539 --> 00:30:29.099
 live with

00:30:29.099 --> 00:30:29.559
 God,

00:30:29.859 --> 00:30:30.479
 you can't

00:30:30.479 --> 00:30:30.799
 be in

00:30:30.799 --> 00:30:31.459
 his presence.

00:30:33.599 --> 00:30:34.319
 Now we

00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:34.939
 mightn't have

00:30:34.939 --> 00:30:35.839
 any cherubim

00:30:35.839 --> 00:30:36.379
 as you came

00:30:36.379 --> 00:30:37.019
 in the doors

00:30:37.019 --> 00:30:37.740
 this morning

00:30:37.740 --> 00:30:38.980
 but you

00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:39.460
 know what?

00:30:40.019 --> 00:30:40.400
 It's

00:30:40.400 --> 00:30:41.019
 telling us

00:30:41.019 --> 00:30:41.539
 the same

00:30:41.539 --> 00:30:41.960
 thing.

00:30:42.279 --> 00:30:42.740
 This is

00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:43.539
 our history,

00:30:43.960 --> 00:30:44.339
 this is

00:30:44.339 --> 00:30:45.240
 our story.

00:30:45.779 --> 00:30:46.220
 God has

00:30:46.220 --> 00:30:46.660
 made it

00:30:46.660 --> 00:30:47.519
 crystal clear

00:30:47.519 --> 00:30:48.420
 that when

00:30:48.420 --> 00:30:48.980
 we turn

00:30:48.980 --> 00:30:49.740
 against him

00:30:49.740 --> 00:30:50.720
 we cannot

00:30:50.720 --> 00:30:51.460
 live with

00:30:51.460 --> 00:30:51.819
 him and

00:30:51.819 --> 00:30:52.720
 enjoy his

00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:53.299
 presence.

00:30:55.299 --> 00:30:56.200
 So how

00:30:56.200 --> 00:30:56.740
 do we?

00:30:58.220 --> 00:30:58.620
 Well,

00:30:59.539 --> 00:31:00.960
 it's all

00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:01.579
 because of

00:31:01.579 --> 00:31:02.180
 God's

00:31:02.180 --> 00:31:02.720
 stubborn

00:31:02.720 --> 00:31:03.880
 grace.

00:31:05.620 --> 00:31:06.420
 Go to

00:31:06.420 --> 00:31:07.360
 chapter 7

00:31:07.360 --> 00:31:08.600
 verse 21

00:31:08.600 --> 00:31:09.000
 again.

00:31:09.120 --> 00:31:09.440
 There we

00:31:09.440 --> 00:31:09.700
 are,

00:31:09.860 --> 00:31:10.100
 picture

00:31:10.100 --> 00:31:10.700
 yourself

00:31:10.700 --> 00:31:11.600
 at the

00:31:11.600 --> 00:31:11.960
 temple

00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:12.580
 doors,

00:31:13.019 --> 00:31:13.160
 the

00:31:13.160 --> 00:31:13.800
 cherubim

00:31:13.800 --> 00:31:14.400
 telling you

00:31:14.400 --> 00:31:14.960
 you can't

00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:15.300
 come in,

00:31:15.340 --> 00:31:15.840
 you can't

00:31:15.840 --> 00:31:16.240
 come into

00:31:16.240 --> 00:31:16.700
 God's

00:31:16.700 --> 00:31:17.180
 presence

00:31:17.180 --> 00:31:18.100
 and then

00:31:18.100 --> 00:31:18.700
 either side,

00:31:18.779 --> 00:31:19.039
 what's

00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:19.620
 either side

00:31:19.620 --> 00:31:19.880
 of the

00:31:19.880 --> 00:31:20.200
 doors?

00:31:21.220 --> 00:31:21.539
 These

00:31:21.539 --> 00:31:22.340
 enormous

00:31:22.340 --> 00:31:23.340
 great big

00:31:23.340 --> 00:31:23.800
 pillars,

00:31:25.120 --> 00:31:25.880
 eight metres

00:31:25.880 --> 00:31:26.400
 high,

00:31:27.060 --> 00:31:27.779
 five and a

00:31:27.779 --> 00:31:28.440
 half metres

00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:29.300
 in circumference,

00:31:29.660 --> 00:31:30.580
 huge big

00:31:30.580 --> 00:31:31.620
 pillars supporting

00:31:31.620 --> 00:31:32.340
 the entrance.

00:31:32.339 --> 00:31:35.559
 But you

00:31:35.559 --> 00:31:36.000
 see what

00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:36.199
 they're

00:31:36.199 --> 00:31:36.599
 called,

00:31:37.119 --> 00:31:37.399
 they're

00:31:37.399 --> 00:31:38.199
 given names

00:31:38.199 --> 00:31:38.519
 aren't

00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:38.740
 they?

00:31:39.759 --> 00:31:40.319
 The pillar

00:31:40.319 --> 00:31:40.779
 to the

00:31:40.779 --> 00:31:42.039
 south is

00:31:42.039 --> 00:31:42.359
 named

00:31:42.359 --> 00:31:43.740
 Jachin and

00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:44.079
 the one

00:31:44.079 --> 00:31:44.480
 to the

00:31:44.480 --> 00:31:44.980
 north is

00:31:44.980 --> 00:31:45.459
 called

00:31:45.459 --> 00:31:46.500
 Boaz.

00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:48.259
 Now these

00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:48.639
 aren't the

00:31:48.639 --> 00:31:49.099
 names of

00:31:49.099 --> 00:31:49.559
 his pet

00:31:49.559 --> 00:31:50.099
 hamsters.

00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:52.359
 This is

00:31:52.359 --> 00:31:53.699
 God's

00:31:53.699 --> 00:31:54.579
 stubborn

00:31:54.579 --> 00:31:55.959
 grace.

00:31:56.919 --> 00:31:57.220
 You know

00:31:57.220 --> 00:31:57.939
 what Jachin

00:31:57.939 --> 00:31:58.359
 means?

00:31:58.480 --> 00:31:58.819
 You might

00:31:58.819 --> 00:31:59.199
 have a little

00:31:59.199 --> 00:32:00.000
 footnote in

00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:00.519
 your Bible.

00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:01.359
 it means

00:32:01.359 --> 00:32:02.299
 God

00:32:02.299 --> 00:32:04.000
 establishes.

00:32:04.940 --> 00:32:05.359
 And you

00:32:05.359 --> 00:32:05.680
 know what

00:32:05.680 --> 00:32:06.139
 Boaz

00:32:06.139 --> 00:32:06.579
 means?

00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:08.559
 God is

00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:09.779
 strength.

00:32:10.440 --> 00:32:11.079
 So as you

00:32:11.079 --> 00:32:11.799
 look at one

00:32:11.799 --> 00:32:12.519
 pillar, it

00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:13.359
 reminds us of

00:32:13.359 --> 00:32:13.960
 what God

00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:14.440
 said he

00:32:14.440 --> 00:32:14.960
 will do.

00:32:15.359 --> 00:32:16.440
 I will

00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:17.599
 establish my

00:32:17.599 --> 00:32:18.879
 promise to

00:32:18.879 --> 00:32:19.519
 live with

00:32:19.519 --> 00:32:20.339
 my people.

00:32:21.160 --> 00:32:21.759
 And they

00:32:21.759 --> 00:32:22.259
 look at the

00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:22.859
 other pillar

00:32:22.859 --> 00:32:23.480
 and it

00:32:23.480 --> 00:32:24.139
 reminds them

00:32:24.139 --> 00:32:24.819
 of how God

00:32:24.819 --> 00:32:25.220
 will do

00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:25.400
 it.

00:32:25.740 --> 00:32:26.359
 I will

00:32:26.359 --> 00:32:27.660
 fulfil my

00:32:27.660 --> 00:32:28.980
 promise by

00:32:28.980 --> 00:32:29.940
 my power.

00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:31.960
 So in

00:32:31.960 --> 00:32:32.539
 the face

00:32:32.539 --> 00:32:33.019
 of all

00:32:33.019 --> 00:32:33.680
 the rebellion

00:32:33.680 --> 00:32:34.180
 that is

00:32:34.180 --> 00:32:34.920
 going on,

00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:35.920
 we have

00:32:35.920 --> 00:32:36.639
 God's

00:32:36.639 --> 00:32:37.180
 stubborn

00:32:37.180 --> 00:32:37.900
 grace as

00:32:37.900 --> 00:32:38.420
 if God

00:32:38.420 --> 00:32:39.579
 is digging

00:32:39.579 --> 00:32:40.339
 his heels

00:32:40.339 --> 00:32:40.799
 in and

00:32:40.799 --> 00:32:41.299
 he's saying

00:32:41.299 --> 00:32:42.599
 I will

00:32:42.599 --> 00:32:43.359
 dwell with

00:32:43.359 --> 00:32:44.119
 my people

00:32:44.119 --> 00:32:45.240
 and not

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:46.440
 even sin

00:32:46.440 --> 00:32:47.259
 is going

00:32:47.259 --> 00:32:48.180
 to stop

00:32:48.180 --> 00:32:48.920
 it or

00:32:48.920 --> 00:32:49.400
 get in

00:32:49.400 --> 00:32:49.839
 the way.

00:32:50.359 --> 00:32:50.660
 My

00:32:50.660 --> 00:32:51.400
 promise

00:32:51.400 --> 00:32:52.379
 to live

00:32:52.379 --> 00:32:53.359
 with my

00:32:53.359 --> 00:32:53.920
 people

00:32:53.920 --> 00:32:55.160
 will be

00:32:55.160 --> 00:32:55.779
 fulfilled

00:32:55.779 --> 00:32:56.960
 by my

00:32:56.960 --> 00:32:57.519
 power.

00:32:57.519 --> 00:33:03.639
 well we

00:33:03.639 --> 00:33:04.119
 are living

00:33:04.119 --> 00:33:04.779
 a long

00:33:04.779 --> 00:33:05.160
 long

00:33:05.160 --> 00:33:05.700
 ways

00:33:05.700 --> 00:33:06.160
 from the

00:33:06.160 --> 00:33:06.519
 temple

00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:06.779
 of

00:33:06.779 --> 00:33:07.180
 Solomon

00:33:07.180 --> 00:33:07.559
 aren't

00:33:07.559 --> 00:33:07.799
 we?

00:33:09.180 --> 00:33:10.019
 How does

00:33:10.019 --> 00:33:10.759
 this promise

00:33:10.759 --> 00:33:11.440
 ever come

00:33:11.440 --> 00:33:11.799
 about?

00:33:13.079 --> 00:33:13.819
 Well the

00:33:13.819 --> 00:33:14.799
 beauty is

00:33:14.799 --> 00:33:16.559
 God's

00:33:16.559 --> 00:33:17.259
 promise

00:33:17.259 --> 00:33:18.559
 to live

00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:19.200
 with his

00:33:19.200 --> 00:33:19.779
 people

00:33:19.779 --> 00:33:20.900
 becomes

00:33:20.900 --> 00:33:21.819
 a reality

00:33:21.819 --> 00:33:23.059
 with the

00:33:23.059 --> 00:33:23.759
 coming of

00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:24.819
 Jesus Christ.

00:33:24.819 --> 00:33:25.639
 through

00:33:25.639 --> 00:33:26.240
 Jesus

00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:26.879
 God

00:33:26.879 --> 00:33:27.619
 now

00:33:27.619 --> 00:33:28.379
 lives

00:33:28.379 --> 00:33:29.399
 with us.

00:33:30.759 --> 00:33:31.379
 Let me

00:33:31.379 --> 00:33:32.119
 show you

00:33:32.119 --> 00:33:32.639
 I want to

00:33:32.639 --> 00:33:33.279
 show you

00:33:33.279 --> 00:33:34.099
 as we

00:33:34.099 --> 00:33:34.779
 bring this

00:33:34.779 --> 00:33:35.179
 to a

00:33:35.179 --> 00:33:35.779
 conclusion

00:33:35.779 --> 00:33:37.579
 how we

00:33:37.579 --> 00:33:37.819
 can

00:33:37.819 --> 00:33:39.000
 experience

00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:40.279
 God's

00:33:40.279 --> 00:33:40.980
 presence

00:33:40.980 --> 00:33:42.079
 ourself.

00:33:42.299 --> 00:33:42.779
 Have a

00:33:42.779 --> 00:33:43.079
 look at

00:33:43.079 --> 00:33:43.779
 Ephesians

00:33:43.779 --> 00:33:45.039
 chapter 2

00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:45.460
 it's in

00:33:45.460 --> 00:33:45.759
 the New

00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:46.259
 Testament

00:33:46.259 --> 00:33:48.179
 Galatians

00:33:48.179 --> 00:33:48.859
 Ephesians

00:33:48.859 --> 00:33:49.639
 if somebody's

00:33:49.639 --> 00:33:50.279
 got a page

00:33:50.279 --> 00:33:50.700
 number

00:33:50.700 --> 00:33:51.939
 please shout

00:33:51.939 --> 00:33:52.559
 it out for

00:33:52.559 --> 00:33:53.039
 me loud

00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:53.619
 and clear

00:33:53.619 --> 00:33:54.699
 Ephesians

00:33:54.699 --> 00:33:55.799
 chapter 2

00:33:55.799 --> 00:34:01.419
 thank you

00:34:01.419 --> 00:34:02.019
 very much

00:34:02.019 --> 00:34:02.879
 1 1

00:34:02.879 --> 00:34:04.359
 7 4

00:34:04.359 --> 00:34:05.699
 Ephesians

00:34:05.699 --> 00:34:06.819
 chapter 2

00:34:06.819 --> 00:34:09.779
 and we're

00:34:09.779 --> 00:34:10.000
 going to

00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:10.299
 look at

00:34:10.299 --> 00:34:11.339
 verse 21

00:34:11.339 --> 00:34:17.099
 1 1

00:34:17.099 --> 00:34:17.900
 7 4

00:34:17.900 --> 00:34:18.239
 is that

00:34:18.239 --> 00:34:18.519
 right?

00:34:19.319 --> 00:34:19.519
 Yep

00:34:19.519 --> 00:34:20.199
 1 1 7

00:34:20.199 --> 00:34:20.460
 4

00:34:20.460 --> 00:34:20.920
 Ephesians

00:34:20.920 --> 00:34:21.699
 chapter 2

00:34:21.699 --> 00:34:23.879
 and again

00:34:23.879 --> 00:34:24.239
 okay

00:34:24.239 --> 00:34:24.859
 don't take

00:34:24.859 --> 00:34:25.219
 off your

00:34:25.219 --> 00:34:26.000
 hard hats

00:34:26.000 --> 00:34:26.779
 put them

00:34:26.779 --> 00:34:27.259
 back on

00:34:27.259 --> 00:34:27.579
 again

00:34:27.579 --> 00:34:28.019
 put on

00:34:28.019 --> 00:34:28.179
 your

00:34:28.179 --> 00:34:28.619
 building

00:34:28.619 --> 00:34:29.059
 shoes

00:34:29.059 --> 00:34:29.419
 and your

00:34:29.419 --> 00:34:29.980
 trowels

00:34:29.980 --> 00:34:30.859
 because there's

00:34:30.859 --> 00:34:31.619
 more building

00:34:31.619 --> 00:34:32.279
 going on

00:34:32.279 --> 00:34:32.599
 here

00:34:32.599 --> 00:34:33.019
 okay

00:34:33.019 --> 00:34:33.839
 it all

00:34:33.839 --> 00:34:34.399
 fits in

00:34:34.399 --> 00:34:34.739
 with the

00:34:34.739 --> 00:34:35.159
 imagery

00:34:35.159 --> 00:34:37.559
 verse 21

00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:40.000
 in him

00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:40.939
 that is

00:34:40.939 --> 00:34:41.480
 it's talking

00:34:41.480 --> 00:34:42.339
 about Jesus

00:34:42.339 --> 00:34:43.599
 in Jesus

00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:45.819
 the whole

00:34:45.819 --> 00:34:46.719
 building

00:34:46.719 --> 00:34:48.319
 is joined

00:34:48.319 --> 00:34:49.000
 together

00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:50.599
 and rises

00:34:50.599 --> 00:34:51.400
 to become

00:34:51.400 --> 00:34:52.159
 a holy

00:34:52.159 --> 00:34:52.699
 temple

00:34:52.699 --> 00:34:53.779
 in the

00:34:53.779 --> 00:34:54.139
 Lord

00:34:54.139 --> 00:34:55.299
 so what

00:34:55.299 --> 00:34:55.839
 it's telling

00:34:55.839 --> 00:34:56.360
 us here

00:34:56.360 --> 00:34:56.900
 is that

00:34:56.900 --> 00:34:57.460
 Jesus

00:34:57.460 --> 00:34:58.219
 has come

00:34:58.219 --> 00:34:59.839
 and Jesus

00:34:59.839 --> 00:35:00.480
 is now

00:35:00.480 --> 00:35:01.159
 himself

00:35:01.159 --> 00:35:01.940
 is like

00:35:01.940 --> 00:35:02.619
 the builder

00:35:02.619 --> 00:35:03.920
 and Jesus

00:35:03.920 --> 00:35:04.699
 is building

00:35:04.699 --> 00:35:05.460
 a new

00:35:05.460 --> 00:35:06.139
 temple

00:35:06.139 --> 00:35:07.380
 not a

00:35:07.380 --> 00:35:07.960
 physical

00:35:07.960 --> 00:35:08.539
 temple

00:35:08.539 --> 00:35:09.219
 made of

00:35:09.219 --> 00:35:09.699
 wood

00:35:09.699 --> 00:35:10.940
 and stone

00:35:10.940 --> 00:35:12.599
 but Jesus

00:35:12.599 --> 00:35:13.480
 is building

00:35:13.480 --> 00:35:14.920
 a living

00:35:14.920 --> 00:35:15.639
 temple

00:35:15.639 --> 00:35:16.940
 a temple

00:35:16.940 --> 00:35:17.880
 whose

00:35:17.880 --> 00:35:18.679
 stones

00:35:18.679 --> 00:35:20.559
 are people

00:35:20.559 --> 00:35:22.099
 people

00:35:22.099 --> 00:35:23.019
 like you

00:35:23.019 --> 00:35:23.720
 and me

00:35:23.720 --> 00:35:24.420
 look at

00:35:24.420 --> 00:35:25.340
 verse 22

00:35:25.340 --> 00:35:26.700
 and in

00:35:26.700 --> 00:35:27.300
 him

00:35:27.300 --> 00:35:28.740
 in Jesus

00:35:28.740 --> 00:35:30.740
 you too

00:35:30.740 --> 00:35:31.820
 are being

00:35:31.820 --> 00:35:32.400
 built

00:35:32.400 --> 00:35:33.079
 together

00:35:33.079 --> 00:35:34.200
 to become

00:35:34.200 --> 00:35:34.920
 a dwelling

00:35:34.920 --> 00:35:35.960
 in which

00:35:35.960 --> 00:35:37.139
 God lives

00:35:37.139 --> 00:35:38.200
 by his

00:35:38.200 --> 00:35:38.740
 spirit

00:35:38.740 --> 00:35:40.800
 so here's

00:35:40.800 --> 00:35:41.320
 the picture

00:35:41.320 --> 00:35:41.700
 that I

00:35:41.700 --> 00:35:42.120
 want us

00:35:42.120 --> 00:35:42.560
 to get

00:35:42.560 --> 00:35:43.640
 as we

00:35:43.640 --> 00:35:44.360
 come to

00:35:44.360 --> 00:35:44.880
 Jesus

00:35:44.880 --> 00:35:47.240
 as we

00:35:47.240 --> 00:35:47.880
 repent

00:35:47.880 --> 00:35:48.360
 of our

00:35:48.360 --> 00:35:48.760
 sin

00:35:48.760 --> 00:35:49.160
 and our

00:35:49.160 --> 00:35:49.700
 rebellion

00:35:49.700 --> 00:35:50.580
 as we

00:35:50.580 --> 00:35:51.460
 trust in

00:35:51.460 --> 00:35:51.860
 Jesus

00:35:51.860 --> 00:35:52.800
 as we

00:35:52.800 --> 00:35:53.640
 build our

00:35:53.640 --> 00:35:54.280
 life on

00:35:54.280 --> 00:35:55.280
 the foundation

00:35:55.280 --> 00:35:56.160
 of Jesus

00:35:56.160 --> 00:35:56.840
 Christ

00:35:56.840 --> 00:35:58.340
 he takes

00:35:58.340 --> 00:35:58.760
 us

00:35:58.760 --> 00:35:59.519
 and he

00:35:59.519 --> 00:36:00.240
 builds

00:36:00.240 --> 00:36:00.600
 us

00:36:00.600 --> 00:36:01.220
 together

00:36:01.220 --> 00:36:02.820
 to be

00:36:02.820 --> 00:36:03.519
 a dwelling

00:36:03.519 --> 00:36:04.200
 place

00:36:04.200 --> 00:36:05.220
 in which

00:36:05.220 --> 00:36:06.320
 God lives

00:36:06.320 --> 00:36:07.240
 by his

00:36:07.240 --> 00:36:07.740
 spirit

00:36:07.740 --> 00:36:08.700
 he takes

00:36:08.700 --> 00:36:09.480
 all our

00:36:09.480 --> 00:36:09.960
 mess

00:36:09.960 --> 00:36:10.880
 and all

00:36:10.880 --> 00:36:11.079
 our

00:36:11.079 --> 00:36:11.940
 brokenness

00:36:11.940 --> 00:36:12.720
 and as

00:36:12.720 --> 00:36:13.400
 he died

00:36:13.400 --> 00:36:13.880
 on the

00:36:13.880 --> 00:36:14.360
 cross

00:36:14.360 --> 00:36:15.240
 he takes

00:36:15.240 --> 00:36:15.980
 the blame

00:36:15.980 --> 00:36:16.380
 for the

00:36:16.380 --> 00:36:16.920
 things that

00:36:16.920 --> 00:36:17.340
 we have

00:36:17.340 --> 00:36:17.980
 done wrong

00:36:17.980 --> 00:36:18.720
 and he

00:36:18.720 --> 00:36:19.260
 makes us

00:36:19.260 --> 00:36:20.079
 wonderfully

00:36:20.079 --> 00:36:20.740
 new

00:36:20.740 --> 00:36:21.380
 people

00:36:21.380 --> 00:36:22.559
 and he

00:36:22.559 --> 00:36:23.220
 builds

00:36:23.220 --> 00:36:23.480
 us

00:36:23.480 --> 00:36:24.059
 together

00:36:24.059 --> 00:36:24.900
 piece

00:36:24.900 --> 00:36:25.880
 by piece

00:36:25.880 --> 00:36:27.340
 so that

00:36:27.340 --> 00:36:28.079
 God

00:36:28.079 --> 00:36:29.099
 could dwell

00:36:29.099 --> 00:36:30.480
 and live

00:36:30.480 --> 00:36:31.500
 amongst

00:36:31.500 --> 00:36:32.240
 his

00:36:32.240 --> 00:36:33.000
 people

00:36:33.000 --> 00:36:38.179
 so as

00:36:38.179 --> 00:36:38.400
 the

00:36:38.400 --> 00:36:38.920
 temple

00:36:38.920 --> 00:36:39.599
 and that

00:36:39.599 --> 00:36:39.980
 is what

00:36:39.980 --> 00:36:40.179
 we're

00:36:40.179 --> 00:36:40.780
 looking at

00:36:40.780 --> 00:36:41.079
 here

00:36:41.079 --> 00:36:41.699
 right now

00:36:41.699 --> 00:36:42.559
 not the

00:36:42.559 --> 00:36:43.159
 concrete

00:36:43.159 --> 00:36:43.679
 walls

00:36:43.679 --> 00:36:44.440
 around us

00:36:44.440 --> 00:36:44.760
 here

00:36:44.760 --> 00:36:45.579
 but the

00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:46.159
 people

00:36:46.159 --> 00:36:47.340
 the temple

00:36:47.340 --> 00:36:47.800
 are the

00:36:47.800 --> 00:36:48.320
 people

00:36:48.320 --> 00:36:49.360
 those who

00:36:49.360 --> 00:36:50.199
 trust in

00:36:50.199 --> 00:36:50.599
 Jesus

00:36:50.599 --> 00:36:51.280
 Christ

00:36:51.280 --> 00:36:52.539
 God

00:36:52.539 --> 00:36:53.420
 is

00:36:53.420 --> 00:36:54.219
 here

00:36:54.219 --> 00:36:55.239
 the

00:36:55.239 --> 00:36:55.900
 creator

00:36:55.900 --> 00:36:56.960
 of the

00:36:56.960 --> 00:36:57.480
 universe

00:36:57.480 --> 00:36:59.360
 is present

00:36:59.360 --> 00:37:00.280
 by his

00:37:00.280 --> 00:37:01.119
 holy spirit

00:37:01.119 --> 00:37:01.920
 now as

00:37:01.920 --> 00:37:02.400
 you come

00:37:02.400 --> 00:37:02.960
 here into

00:37:02.960 --> 00:37:03.880
 this temple

00:37:03.880 --> 00:37:04.940
 of God's

00:37:04.940 --> 00:37:05.380
 people

00:37:05.380 --> 00:37:06.159
 as you

00:37:06.159 --> 00:37:06.599
 look around

00:37:06.599 --> 00:37:07.000
 you're not

00:37:07.000 --> 00:37:07.259
 going to

00:37:07.259 --> 00:37:08.159
 see carved

00:37:08.159 --> 00:37:08.559
 wood

00:37:08.559 --> 00:37:09.679
 and trees

00:37:09.679 --> 00:37:10.859
 and cherubim

00:37:10.859 --> 00:37:11.719
 and gourds

00:37:11.719 --> 00:37:12.859
 and pomegranates

00:37:12.859 --> 00:37:13.719
 and all of

00:37:13.719 --> 00:37:14.339
 this stuff

00:37:14.339 --> 00:37:15.179
 but you know

00:37:15.179 --> 00:37:15.599
 what you're

00:37:15.599 --> 00:37:15.859
 going to

00:37:15.859 --> 00:37:16.179
 see

00:37:16.179 --> 00:37:16.900
 you're going

00:37:16.900 --> 00:37:17.239
 to see

00:37:17.239 --> 00:37:18.219
 new people

00:37:18.219 --> 00:37:19.819
 new creations

00:37:19.819 --> 00:37:21.420
 people who

00:37:21.420 --> 00:37:21.980
 are being

00:37:21.980 --> 00:37:23.139
 restored and

00:37:23.139 --> 00:37:23.880
 made more

00:37:23.880 --> 00:37:24.259
 and more

00:37:24.259 --> 00:37:24.839
 like the

00:37:24.839 --> 00:37:25.500
 Lord Jesus

00:37:25.500 --> 00:37:26.019
 Christ

00:37:26.019 --> 00:37:27.199
 that is the

00:37:27.199 --> 00:37:28.039
 new creation

00:37:28.039 --> 00:37:28.739
 that God

00:37:28.739 --> 00:37:29.319
 is bringing

00:37:29.319 --> 00:37:29.759
 about

00:37:29.759 --> 00:37:30.679
 and God

00:37:30.679 --> 00:37:31.219
 is saying

00:37:31.219 --> 00:37:32.399
 I am

00:37:32.399 --> 00:37:32.859
 living

00:37:32.859 --> 00:37:33.619
 amongst

00:37:33.619 --> 00:37:34.000
 you

00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:34.419
 and I

00:37:34.419 --> 00:37:34.639
 am

00:37:34.639 --> 00:37:35.159
 dwelling

00:37:35.159 --> 00:37:36.019
 amongst

00:37:36.019 --> 00:37:36.480
 you

00:37:36.480 --> 00:37:41.259
 but there's

00:37:41.259 --> 00:37:42.059
 one last

00:37:42.059 --> 00:37:43.159
 piece of

00:37:43.159 --> 00:37:43.859
 construction

00:37:43.859 --> 00:37:45.460
 that I

00:37:45.460 --> 00:37:46.039
 must show

00:37:46.039 --> 00:37:46.419
 you

00:37:46.419 --> 00:37:48.079
 because even

00:37:48.079 --> 00:37:48.639
 as we

00:37:48.639 --> 00:37:49.159
 dwell

00:37:49.159 --> 00:37:49.960
 together

00:37:49.960 --> 00:37:51.179
 and God

00:37:51.179 --> 00:37:51.919
 is present

00:37:51.919 --> 00:37:52.619
 by his

00:37:52.619 --> 00:37:53.039
 spirit

00:37:53.039 --> 00:37:54.940
 there is

00:37:54.940 --> 00:37:55.960
 still chaos

00:37:55.960 --> 00:37:56.739
 and disorder

00:37:56.739 --> 00:37:57.480
 around this

00:37:57.480 --> 00:37:57.839
 world

00:37:57.839 --> 00:37:58.399
 isn't there

00:37:58.399 --> 00:37:59.519
 there's still

00:37:59.519 --> 00:38:00.659
 broken lives

00:38:00.659 --> 00:38:01.619
 there's still

00:38:01.619 --> 00:38:02.359
 things that

00:38:02.359 --> 00:38:03.079
 go wrong

00:38:03.079 --> 00:38:04.079
 but one

00:38:04.079 --> 00:38:04.960
 day God

00:38:04.960 --> 00:38:05.659
 has promised

00:38:05.659 --> 00:38:06.920
 that he

00:38:06.920 --> 00:38:07.759
 will come

00:38:07.759 --> 00:38:08.420
 again

00:38:08.420 --> 00:38:09.420
 and we

00:38:09.420 --> 00:38:09.839
 will be

00:38:09.839 --> 00:38:10.339
 able to

00:38:10.339 --> 00:38:10.980
 enjoy the

00:38:10.980 --> 00:38:11.899
 fullness of

00:38:11.899 --> 00:38:12.639
 his presence

00:38:12.639 --> 00:38:13.679
 for all

00:38:13.679 --> 00:38:14.299
 eternity

00:38:14.299 --> 00:38:15.699
 go to the

00:38:15.699 --> 00:38:16.399
 very last

00:38:16.399 --> 00:38:16.839
 book of

00:38:16.839 --> 00:38:17.480
 your Bible

00:38:17.480 --> 00:38:18.559
 Revelation

00:38:18.559 --> 00:38:20.179
 chapter 21

00:38:20.179 --> 00:38:21.559
 and here's

00:38:21.559 --> 00:38:22.659
 where all

00:38:22.659 --> 00:38:23.980
 this construction

00:38:23.980 --> 00:38:24.739
 that we've

00:38:24.739 --> 00:38:25.359
 looked at

00:38:25.359 --> 00:38:26.480
 comes to

00:38:26.480 --> 00:38:27.319
 its finished

00:38:27.319 --> 00:38:28.059
 design

00:38:28.059 --> 00:38:29.559
 and wonderful

00:38:29.559 --> 00:38:30.619
 conclusion

00:38:30.619 --> 00:38:32.820
 it's a

00:38:32.820 --> 00:38:33.279
 building

00:38:33.279 --> 00:38:33.840
 project

00:38:33.840 --> 00:38:34.420
 that is

00:38:34.420 --> 00:38:35.340
 still going

00:38:35.340 --> 00:38:36.019
 on as it

00:38:36.019 --> 00:38:36.299
 were

00:38:36.299 --> 00:38:37.279
 but one

00:38:37.279 --> 00:38:38.480
 day we

00:38:38.480 --> 00:38:38.980
 will get

00:38:38.980 --> 00:38:39.920
 to experience

00:38:39.920 --> 00:38:41.059
 it and

00:38:41.059 --> 00:38:42.239
 we will

00:38:42.239 --> 00:38:42.799
 know it

00:38:42.799 --> 00:38:43.980
 fully and

00:38:43.980 --> 00:38:44.559
 completely

00:38:44.559 --> 00:38:45.360
 Revelation

00:38:45.360 --> 00:38:47.039
 chapter 21

00:38:47.039 --> 00:38:47.779
 at the very

00:38:47.779 --> 00:38:48.400
 end of your

00:38:48.400 --> 00:38:48.820
 Bible

00:38:48.820 --> 00:38:51.639
 let me read

00:38:51.639 --> 00:38:52.900
 Revelation 21

00:38:52.900 --> 00:38:53.820
 verse 1

00:38:53.820 --> 00:38:56.019
 it's like

00:38:56.019 --> 00:38:57.039
 a picture

00:38:57.039 --> 00:38:58.900
 of Eden

00:38:58.900 --> 00:39:00.200
 Eden

00:39:00.200 --> 00:39:01.000
 restored

00:39:01.000 --> 00:39:02.080
 everything

00:39:02.080 --> 00:39:02.960
 put right

00:39:02.960 --> 00:39:05.280
 here's the

00:39:05.280 --> 00:39:05.740
 picture

00:39:05.740 --> 00:39:07.100
 then I saw

00:39:07.100 --> 00:39:07.980
 a new

00:39:07.980 --> 00:39:08.559
 heaven and

00:39:08.559 --> 00:39:08.940
 a new

00:39:08.940 --> 00:39:09.360
 earth

00:39:09.360 --> 00:39:10.059
 for the

00:39:10.059 --> 00:39:10.960
 first heaven

00:39:10.960 --> 00:39:11.320
 and the

00:39:11.320 --> 00:39:12.000
 first earth

00:39:12.000 --> 00:39:12.559
 had passed

00:39:12.559 --> 00:39:13.019
 away

00:39:13.019 --> 00:39:13.880
 and there

00:39:13.880 --> 00:39:14.400
 was no

00:39:14.400 --> 00:39:14.860
 longer

00:39:14.860 --> 00:39:15.400
 any

00:39:15.400 --> 00:39:16.120
 what

00:39:16.120 --> 00:39:17.340
 any

00:39:17.340 --> 00:39:17.900
 sea

00:39:17.900 --> 00:39:19.580
 the chaos

00:39:19.580 --> 00:39:20.840
 the disorder

00:39:20.840 --> 00:39:21.880
 the evil

00:39:21.880 --> 00:39:22.760
 the destruction

00:39:22.760 --> 00:39:23.680
 it's all

00:39:23.680 --> 00:39:24.100
 gone

00:39:24.100 --> 00:39:24.900
 it's no

00:39:24.900 --> 00:39:25.300
 longer

00:39:25.300 --> 00:39:25.820
 there

00:39:25.820 --> 00:39:27.780
 and verse

00:39:27.780 --> 00:39:28.060
 2

00:39:28.060 --> 00:39:28.540
 I saw

00:39:28.540 --> 00:39:29.080
 the holy

00:39:29.080 --> 00:39:29.520
 city

00:39:29.520 --> 00:39:30.040
 the new

00:39:30.040 --> 00:39:30.640
 Jerusalem

00:39:30.640 --> 00:39:31.420
 now we're

00:39:31.420 --> 00:39:32.240
 talking temple

00:39:32.240 --> 00:39:33.040
 language again

00:39:33.040 --> 00:39:34.000
 coming down

00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:34.580
 from heaven

00:39:34.580 --> 00:39:35.220
 from God

00:39:35.220 --> 00:39:36.080
 prepared as a

00:39:36.080 --> 00:39:36.940
 bride beautifully

00:39:36.940 --> 00:39:37.680
 dressed for her

00:39:37.680 --> 00:39:38.000
 husband

00:39:38.000 --> 00:39:39.480
 and I heard a

00:39:39.480 --> 00:39:40.280
 loud voice

00:39:40.280 --> 00:39:40.980
 from the throne

00:39:40.980 --> 00:39:41.820
 saying look

00:39:41.820 --> 00:39:43.640
 God's dwelling

00:39:43.640 --> 00:39:44.380
 place

00:39:44.380 --> 00:39:45.780
 is now

00:39:45.780 --> 00:39:46.540
 among the

00:39:46.540 --> 00:39:47.060
 people

00:39:47.060 --> 00:39:48.120
 and he will

00:39:48.120 --> 00:39:48.960
 dwell with

00:39:48.960 --> 00:39:49.280
 them

00:39:49.280 --> 00:39:50.100
 and they

00:39:50.100 --> 00:39:50.840
 will be his

00:39:50.840 --> 00:39:51.260
 people

00:39:51.260 --> 00:39:51.900
 and God

00:39:51.900 --> 00:39:52.420
 himself

00:39:52.420 --> 00:39:52.840
 will be

00:39:52.840 --> 00:39:53.420
 with them

00:39:53.420 --> 00:39:54.840
 and be

00:39:54.840 --> 00:39:55.940
 their God

00:39:55.940 --> 00:39:56.680
 and he

00:39:56.680 --> 00:39:57.380
 will wipe

00:39:57.380 --> 00:39:58.099
 away every

00:39:58.099 --> 00:39:58.980
 tear from

00:39:58.980 --> 00:39:59.780
 their eyes

00:39:59.780 --> 00:40:01.340
 and there

00:40:01.340 --> 00:40:02.019
 will be no

00:40:02.019 --> 00:40:03.139
 more death

00:40:03.139 --> 00:40:04.720
 or mourning

00:40:04.720 --> 00:40:06.460
 or crying

00:40:06.460 --> 00:40:07.619
 or pain

00:40:07.619 --> 00:40:08.840
 for the old

00:40:08.840 --> 00:40:09.880
 order of things

00:40:09.880 --> 00:40:10.539
 has passed

00:40:10.539 --> 00:40:11.000
 away

00:40:11.000 --> 00:40:11.900
 and he

00:40:11.900 --> 00:40:12.360
 who is

00:40:12.360 --> 00:40:13.079
 seated on

00:40:13.079 --> 00:40:13.579
 the throne

00:40:13.579 --> 00:40:14.800
 said I

00:40:14.800 --> 00:40:15.940
 am making

00:40:15.940 --> 00:40:17.079
 everything

00:40:17.079 --> 00:40:18.119
 new

00:40:18.119 --> 00:40:21.119
 the finished

00:40:21.119 --> 00:40:22.440
 construction

00:40:22.440 --> 00:40:23.679
 project

00:40:23.679 --> 00:40:25.579
 of God's

00:40:25.579 --> 00:40:26.659
 new world

00:40:26.659 --> 00:40:28.839
 where we

00:40:28.839 --> 00:40:29.940
 can dwell

00:40:29.940 --> 00:40:30.739
 with him

00:40:30.739 --> 00:40:31.659
 forever

00:40:31.659 --> 00:40:32.980
 and forever

00:40:32.980 --> 00:40:34.940
 this is

00:40:34.940 --> 00:40:35.740
 God's

00:40:35.740 --> 00:40:36.780
 stubborn

00:40:36.780 --> 00:40:37.920
 grace

00:40:37.920 --> 00:40:39.380
 he made

00:40:39.380 --> 00:40:40.159
 a promise

00:40:40.159 --> 00:40:41.240
 I will

00:40:41.240 --> 00:40:41.659
 dwell

00:40:41.659 --> 00:40:42.219
 with my

00:40:42.219 --> 00:40:42.699
 people

00:40:42.699 --> 00:40:43.500
 he has

00:40:43.500 --> 00:40:44.159
 done that

00:40:44.159 --> 00:40:44.500
 through

00:40:44.500 --> 00:40:45.039
 Christ

00:40:45.039 --> 00:40:45.800
 and his

00:40:45.800 --> 00:40:46.360
 promise

00:40:46.360 --> 00:40:46.860
 keeping

00:40:46.860 --> 00:40:47.420
 power

00:40:47.420 --> 00:40:48.719
 will ensure

00:40:48.719 --> 00:40:49.619
 that if we

00:40:49.619 --> 00:40:50.579
 trust in him

00:40:50.579 --> 00:40:52.079
 we will

00:40:52.079 --> 00:40:53.059
 live with him

00:40:53.059 --> 00:40:53.920
 forever

00:40:53.920 --> 00:40:55.240
 and forever

00:40:55.240 --> 00:40:56.500
 and forever

00:40:56.500 --> 00:40:59.659
 do you

00:40:59.659 --> 00:41:00.480
 know God's

00:41:00.480 --> 00:41:00.900
 presence

00:41:00.900 --> 00:41:01.539
 with you

00:41:01.539 --> 00:41:02.039
 today

00:41:02.039 --> 00:41:04.940
 are you

00:41:04.940 --> 00:41:05.579
 sure

00:41:05.579 --> 00:41:06.900
 that you

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 will dwell

00:41:07.480 --> 00:41:08.099
 with him

00:41:08.099 --> 00:41:09.500
 for all

00:41:09.500 --> 00:41:10.139
 eternity

00:41:10.139 --> 00:41:12.079
 in God's

00:41:12.079 --> 00:41:12.760
 new heaven

00:41:12.760 --> 00:41:14.039
 and new

00:41:14.039 --> 00:41:14.440
 earth

00:41:14.440 --> 00:41:15.960
 what an

00:41:15.960 --> 00:41:16.679
 amazing

00:41:16.679 --> 00:41:18.000
 prospect

00:41:18.000 --> 00:41:19.760
 that lies

00:41:19.760 --> 00:41:20.519
 ahead for

00:41:20.519 --> 00:41:21.219
 all who

00:41:21.219 --> 00:41:22.099
 love him

00:41:22.099 --> 00:41:24.199
 let's pray

00:41:24.199 --> 00:41:36.179
 father

00:41:36.179 --> 00:41:36.199
 father

00:41:36.199 --> 00:41:36.219
 father

00:41:36.219 --> 00:41:36.639
 god

00:41:36.639 --> 00:41:37.279
 we thank

00:41:37.279 --> 00:41:37.919
 you for

00:41:37.919 --> 00:41:38.859
 that promise

00:41:38.859 --> 00:41:40.779
 that god

00:41:40.779 --> 00:41:41.619
 would dwell

00:41:41.619 --> 00:41:43.299
 and live

00:41:43.299 --> 00:41:44.139
 with his

00:41:44.139 --> 00:41:44.699
 people

00:41:44.699 --> 00:41:46.539
 and we

00:41:46.539 --> 00:41:47.259
 thank you

00:41:47.259 --> 00:41:47.960
 that because

00:41:47.960 --> 00:41:48.759
 of jesus

00:41:48.759 --> 00:41:50.039
 we can

00:41:50.039 --> 00:41:50.639
 say

00:41:50.639 --> 00:41:52.419
 that god

00:41:52.419 --> 00:41:53.599
 is present

00:41:53.599 --> 00:41:54.139
 here

00:41:54.139 --> 00:41:54.900
 now by

00:41:54.900 --> 00:41:55.799
 his spirit

00:41:55.799 --> 00:41:57.039
 with his

00:41:57.039 --> 00:41:57.559
 people

00:41:57.559 --> 00:41:59.679
 and yet

00:41:59.679 --> 00:42:00.400
 we long

00:42:00.400 --> 00:42:00.839
 for that

00:42:00.839 --> 00:42:01.159
 day

00:42:01.159 --> 00:42:01.639
 we look

00:42:01.639 --> 00:42:02.119
 forward

00:42:02.119 --> 00:42:02.579
 to that

00:42:02.579 --> 00:42:02.940
 day

00:42:02.940 --> 00:42:04.799
 when god

00:42:04.799 --> 00:42:05.420
 will come

00:42:05.420 --> 00:42:05.980
 again in

00:42:05.980 --> 00:42:06.819
 all his

00:42:06.819 --> 00:42:07.199
 fullness

00:42:07.199 --> 00:42:08.900
 and we

00:42:08.900 --> 00:42:09.480
 will dwell

00:42:09.480 --> 00:42:09.980
 with him

00:42:09.980 --> 00:42:10.299
 in the

00:42:10.299 --> 00:42:10.559
 new

00:42:10.559 --> 00:42:11.219
 creation

00:42:11.219 --> 00:42:13.980
 father

00:42:13.980 --> 00:42:14.879
 keep us

00:42:14.879 --> 00:42:16.199
 until that

00:42:16.199 --> 00:42:16.719
 day we

00:42:16.719 --> 00:42:17.099
 pray

00:42:17.099 --> 00:42:18.579
 in jesus

00:42:18.579 --> 00:42:19.059
 name

00:42:19.059 --> 00:42:20.480
 amen

00:42:20.480 --> 00:42:23.800
 we're

00:42:23.800 --> 00:42:24.079
 going to

00:42:24.079 --> 00:42:24.420
 sing

00:42:24.420 --> 00:42:27.019
 name

00:42:27.019 --> 00:42:27.440
 of all

00:42:27.440 --> 00:42:27.940
 majesty

00:42:27.940 --> 00:42:29.079
 there's a

00:42:29.079 --> 00:42:29.559
 line in

00:42:29.559 --> 00:42:30.039
 it somewhere

00:42:30.039 --> 00:42:30.599
 if i could

00:42:30.599 --> 00:42:31.300
 find it

00:42:31.300 --> 00:42:33.500
 savior of

00:42:33.500 --> 00:42:34.320
 calvary

00:42:34.320 --> 00:42:35.980
 costliest

00:42:35.980 --> 00:42:36.719
 victory

00:42:36.719 --> 00:42:37.480
 darkness

00:42:37.480 --> 00:42:38.300
 defeated

00:42:38.300 --> 00:42:40.079
 and eden

00:42:40.079 --> 00:42:40.860
 restored

00:42:40.860 --> 00:42:41.800
 born as a

00:42:41.800 --> 00:42:42.639
 man to die

00:42:42.639 --> 00:42:43.139
 nailed

00:42:43.139 --> 00:42:44.260
 to a cross

00:42:44.260 --> 00:42:44.820
 on high

00:42:44.820 --> 00:42:46.139
 cold in the

00:42:46.139 --> 00:42:47.019
 grave to lie

00:42:47.019 --> 00:42:48.679
 jesus is

00:42:48.679 --> 00:42:49.139
 lord

00:42:49.139 --> 00:42:50.619
 this is our

00:42:50.619 --> 00:42:51.739
 wonderful truth

00:42:51.739 --> 00:42:53.000
 that we can

00:42:53.000 --> 00:42:53.480
 sing about

00:42:53.480 --> 00:42:54.199
 let's stand

00:42:54.199 --> 00:42:54.699
 together

00:42:54.699 --> 00:42:55.900
 as we sing

00:42:55.900 --> 00:43:05.880
 music

00:43:05.880 --> 00:43:08.440
 so

00:43:08.440 --> 00:43:11.599
 you