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 Well, things really couldn't get much worse.

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 It's the end of a long, hard journey.

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 We've slogged through eight chapters of doom, gloom and judgment

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 with very little sign of hope.

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 We've read as Amos first brought messages to the surrounding nations,

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 condemning them for what they are doing.

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 And then we've read six long chapters of accusation and prophecy of coming judgment to Israel herself.

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 And as Graham says, each week the preacher has been saying,

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 hold on till chapter nine.

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 Things are going to get better.

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 So we're here now.

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 And I'm afraid to say it goes from bad to worse.

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 As I was looking at this passage, there was a piece of music that came to mind that seemed to fit well.

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 I did consider playing it to you, but I decided I'd spare your ears.

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 It's by the Polish composer Penderecki.

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 And it's called Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima.

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 If you look it up on YouTube, you'll find it.

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 It's horrific.

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 It's almost ten minutes of absolute wailing anguish.

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 An expression of complete terror.

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 And I think as we get into this passage,

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 you'll understand why I thought it was appropriate.

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 If nothing, the previous chapters almost seem tame in comparison.

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 Like all prophecy, it's difficult to tell what time period Amos is speaking about here.

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 Is it something immediate speaking about the coming exile?

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 Is it messianic about the coming of Jesus and everything that goes around that?

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 Or is it ultimately apocalyptic about final end times?

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 To be honest, I think the language leaves us in a position where we have to say all of the above.

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 The whole book has definitely been speaking about current events in Israel at the time.

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 But this chapter talks of both destruction and blessing

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 in ways that seem too complete and absolute

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 to just be some event in the middle of history.

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 And then there is a subtle but definite reference

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 to the coming of the Messiah in the middle of it.

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 Hopefully, that makes everything crystal clear.

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 So, we've read the passage in total,

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 but I'd like to, as we go through it,

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 read the relevant verses.

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 So, if you can keep your Bibles open in front of you,

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 that would be very useful.

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 As we move on to verses 1 to 4,

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 where Amos says,

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 I saw the Lord standing by the altar,

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 and he said,

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 Strike the tops of the pillars,

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 so that the thresholds shake.

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 Bring them down on heads of all the people.

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 Those who are left,

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 I will kill with the sword.

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 Not one will get away.

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 None will escape.

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 Though they dig down to the depths of the grave,

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 from there my hand will take them.

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 Though they climb up to the heavens,

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 from there I will bring them down.

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 Though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel,

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 there I will hunt them down and seize them.

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 Though they hide from me at the bottom of the sea,

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 there I will command the serpent to bite them.

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 Though they are driven into exile by their enemies,

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 there I will command the sword to slay them.

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 I will fix my eyes upon them,

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 for evil and not for good.

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 In fact, let's continue on.

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 The Lord,

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 the Lord Almighty,

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 he who touches the earth,

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 and it melts,

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 and all who live in it mourn.

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 The whole land rises like the Nile,

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 then sinks like the river of Egypt.

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 He who builds his lofty palace in the heavens,

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 and sets its foundation on the earth,

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 who calls for the waters of the sea,

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 and pours them out over the face of the land.

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 The Lord is his name.

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 And so in the first verses here,

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 we see the destruction of the temple,

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 commanded from the altar.

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 It's unclear here what temple is being spoken of.

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 Is it Solomon's temple in Jerusalem,

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 which will ultimately be destroyed?

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 Or is it one of the centers of corrupt worship

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 in Israel that Jeroboam had set up?

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 Chapter 3 suggests it might be the altar of Bethel,

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 where God says,

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 on the day I punish Israel for her sins,

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 I will destroy the altars at Bethel.

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 But either way,

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 it is complete top-to-bottom destruction.

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 From the capitals to the threshold,

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 this is not just a little reprimand.

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 This is total, complete demolition.

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 Throughout the book,

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 the repeated complaint

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 has been about their hypocritical worship.

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 They're bringing sacrifices.

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 They're bringing more sacrifices than they need to.

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 In fact, they're boasting about how many sacrifices they're bringing.

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 But there's no repentance.

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 There's no change.

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 They're still oppressing the poor and needy.

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 They think they can do whatever they want

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 and just bring sacrifices to settle the account with God.

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 I was recently reading a book set in medieval times

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 where one of the characters

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 had got things so nicely organised with the local priest

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 that he would go and get absolution

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 for the sins he was about to commit

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 and then go out and do them.

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 It sounds completely ridiculous to us.

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 Whether that happened in reality or just in fiction,

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 I don't know.

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 But do we risk taking God's mercy

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 for granted in the same way?

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 We think we can just go out

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 and do anything we want

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 because we will be forgiven.

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 We confess our sins

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 with barely any intention to change.

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 That's not repentance.

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 But God, we see,

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 will not accept any more of it.

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 The temple will be destroyed.

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 The sacrifices will end.

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 It almost looks here

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 as if there is no more mercy available.

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 And as we read on,

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 we see it's not just the temple that's being destroyed,

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 but it's all the people with it.

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 We read Psalm 139 at the beginning

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 and hopefully as we read this passage,

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 you'll have noticed a striking parallel between them.

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 In Psalm 139,

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 we read of God's inescapable presence

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 and largely it's reassuring.

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 It's comforting.

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 It's the sort of thing that we write on cards

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 to people who are leaving.

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 Yes, it is in a way challenging,

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 but still,

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 it's largely something positive.

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 But here,

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 it's totally different.

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 It is totally terrifying.

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 Wherever people could go,

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 there God is seeking them out,

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 hunting them down.

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 Even the grave will not protect them.

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 There's no escape from God.

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 As has been said several times through this series,

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 quoting Lucy from the Narnia books,

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 he is not a tame God.

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 And if before he has roared,

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 here he really goes in for the kill.

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 The interesting thing is we see God

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 personally active in judgment.

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 He's not just allowing things to happen.

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 In fact, we see God here directing it,

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 carrying out the judgment himself.

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 As we read in chapter 3, verse 6,

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 if disaster comes on a city,

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 has not the Lord caused it?

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 But that doesn't fit with our nice

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 21st century sensibilities.

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 God is love.

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 Even the man out there in the street

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 knows that if he knows anything about God.

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 So what is going on?

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 I think largely,

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 it comes down to a complete misunderstanding

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 of who God is.

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 Of his identity.

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 God is called by many titles

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 throughout this book.

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 Titles that emphasize power

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 and authority.

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 And there's several passages

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 like this one in verses 5 and 6

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 that give a description

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 of his majesty and power

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 and then say

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 something is his name.

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 Almost all of them

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 are basically a combination

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 of four Hebrew words.

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 Very wary of trying to

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 teach anything about a language

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 that I don't know at all.

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 Particularly when I'm aware

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 that there are people here who do.

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 However, I think

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 I'm on solid ground here.

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 It's essentially four words here.

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 There's Adonai.

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 There's Lord.

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 A title of status.

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 Of authority.

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 And then there's Elohim.

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 Which basically means God.

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 It's a title of divinity.

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 Then there's this word

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 Sabaoth

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 which

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 is sometimes translated

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 of hosts

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 or

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 almighty

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 or

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 the God of heaven's armies.

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 This is a title

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 of real power.

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 and then there's

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 this strange one

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 that goes under

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 various different names

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 and we're not really sure

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 how to pronounce it.

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 The Jews consider it

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 too holy to say

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 and they'll replace it

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 with Hashem

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 which means

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 the name.

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 It's generally written

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 in our English Bibles

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 as Lord

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 in capital letters.

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 we sometimes

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 we pronounce it

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 Yahweh

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 we sometimes

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 pronounce it

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 Jehovah

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 depending whether

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 you're trying to be

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 trendy or traditional.

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 It means

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 something like

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 I am

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 I am who I am

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 the self-existent

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 one

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 something

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 of that nature.

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 and it's really

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 the name

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 that God

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 reveals himself by.

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 But here we see

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 these four words

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 are put together

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 in all sorts

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 of different combinations

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 and we get

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 different titles

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 that are translated

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 as

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 Lord God Almighty

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 Sovereign Lord

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 The Lord

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 The Lord Almighty

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 Titles that express

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 great power

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 and divine authority.

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 So this is not

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 some

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 nice

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 tame

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 friendly

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 God

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 This is an

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 awesome

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 great

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 powerful

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 authority

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 and we read

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 in these verses

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 of his power

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 to create

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 and to destroy

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 He only needs

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 to speak

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 and it's created

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 He only needs

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 to touch

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 and the earth

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 melts

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 as he sends

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 volcanoes

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 earthquakes

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 floods

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 and other

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 disasters

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 So we see

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 that this is a

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 God

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 who created

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 the whole

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 universe

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 to which

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 the whole

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 universe owes

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 absolute allegiance

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 and who will

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 do whatever

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 it takes

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 to destroy

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 evil

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 and to restore

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 all things

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 to glorious

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 perfection

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 I think

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 in fact

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 it was quite

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 revealing

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 something that

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 was said

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 by Ava

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 in the

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 children's talk

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 this morning

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 Comment about

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 who her

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 favourite

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 superhero was

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 was

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 Spider-Man

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 because he is

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 good at

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 catching bad

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 people

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 Is there

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 something that

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 children innately

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 feel and know

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 the need

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 for a

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 powerful

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 figure

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 who will

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 destroy

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 evil

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 that we

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 in our

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 supposedly

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 sophisticated

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 adult

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 ideas

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 slightly

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 struggle

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 with

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 but if

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 that is

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 who God

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 is

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 we read

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 on about

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 who his

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 people are

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 let's read

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 verse 7

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 are not

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 you

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 Israelites

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 the same

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 to me

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 as the

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 Cushites

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 declares

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 the Lord

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 did I

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 not bring

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 Israel

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 up from

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 Egypt

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 the

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 Philistines

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 from

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 Kaphtor

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 the

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 Arameans

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 from

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 Kerr

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 and

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 basically

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 here

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 God

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 says

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 provocatively

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 do you

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 think

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 you're

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 special

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 why do

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 you think

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 you're

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 immune

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 to my

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 anger

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 but of

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 course

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 yes

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 God

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 did

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 have a

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 special

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 place

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 for

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 Israel

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 but what

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 they're

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 not

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 realizing

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 is

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 it was

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 nothing

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 to do

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 with

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 them

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 they

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 had

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 been

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 chosen

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 although

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 they

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 were

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 nothing

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 so

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 that

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 God

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 might

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 show

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 his

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 glory

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 among

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 the

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 nations

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 through

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 them

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 and

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 they're

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 not

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 living

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 up

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 to

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 their

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 calling

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 but

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 they're

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 also

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 not

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 recognizing

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 that

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 God

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 was

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 active

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 in

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 other

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 nations

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 he's

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 talking

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 here

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 about

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 how

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 he's

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 brought

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 other

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 nations

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 from

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 where

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 they

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 originated

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 to

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 their

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 current

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 location

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 he was

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 not

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 just

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 a

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 local

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 tribal

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 deity

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 and

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 is

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 something

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 that we

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 maybe

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 often

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 forget

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 when we're

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 looking at

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 the

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 Bible

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 we sort

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 of

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 read

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 here

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 about

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 Israel

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 and we

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 think

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 that

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 God

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 is

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 only

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 active

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 in

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 Israel

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 but

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 we see

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 that

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 God

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 is

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 actually

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 directing

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 the

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 affairs

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 of

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 all

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 nations

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 and

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 we

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 occasionally

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 catch

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 glimpses

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 of how

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 other

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 people

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 recognize

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 this

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 we see

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 Melchizedek

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 who we're

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 not really

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 sure

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 where he

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 comes

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 from

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 we see

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 Jethro

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 the priest

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 of

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 Midian

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 who

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 appears

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 to be

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 worshipping

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 the same

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 God

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 as

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 Moses

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 and we

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 see

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 the wise

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 men

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 of the

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 nativity

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 pagan

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 astrologers

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 that

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 appear

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 to know

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 more

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 about

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 the

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 identity

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 of

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 Jesus

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 than

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 anyone

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 in

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 his

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 own

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 country

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 but

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 also

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 Israel

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 must

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 not

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 think

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 that

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 their

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 position

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 gives

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 them

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 immunity

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 in

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 fact

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 as

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 we

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 were

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 reminded

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 in

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 chapter

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 3

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 you

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 have

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 I

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 chosen

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 therefore

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 I

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 will

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 punish

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 you

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 it's

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 because

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 they

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 have

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 been

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 chosen

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 that

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 the

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 standard

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 they're

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 held

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 to

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 is

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 higher

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 and

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 I

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 think

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 there's

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 a

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 real

00:16:06.399 --> 00:16:06.899
 challenge

00:16:06.899 --> 00:16:07.120
 to

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 us

00:16:07.320 --> 00:16:07.580
 here

00:16:07.580 --> 00:16:10.379
 I

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 wonder

00:16:10.659 --> 00:16:10.980
 how

00:16:10.980 --> 00:16:11.299
 many

00:16:11.299 --> 00:16:11.580
 of

00:16:11.580 --> 00:16:11.919
 us

00:16:11.919 --> 00:16:13.580
 could

00:16:13.580 --> 00:16:13.919
 start

00:16:13.919 --> 00:16:14.100
 our

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 testimonies

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 with

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 the

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 cliched

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 line

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 I

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 grew

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 up

00:16:17.159 --> 00:16:17.259
 in

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 a

00:16:17.379 --> 00:16:17.659
 Christian

00:16:17.659 --> 00:16:18.019
 home

00:16:18.019 --> 00:16:19.740
 in

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 fact

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 let's

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 take

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 a

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 quick

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 survey

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 put

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 up

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 your

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 hand

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 if

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 you

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 could

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 start

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 your

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 testimony

00:16:24.359 --> 00:16:24.659
 with

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 the

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 line

00:16:25.079 --> 00:16:25.579
 I

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 grew

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 up

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 in

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 a

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 Christian

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 home

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 I

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 can

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 maybe

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 count

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 about

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 three

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 or

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 four

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 who

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 didn't

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 put

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 up

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 their

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 hands

00:16:35.739 --> 00:16:36.000
 there

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 there's

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 a

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 real

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 challenge

00:16:39.599 --> 00:16:39.839
 for

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 us

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 there

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 to

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 not

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 take

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 our

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 position

00:16:41.759 --> 00:16:41.979
 for

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 granted

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 as

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 I

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 was

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 told

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 by

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 godly

00:16:45.459 --> 00:16:45.739
 men

00:16:45.739 --> 00:16:46.039
 growing

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 up

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 God

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 has

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 no

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 grandchildren

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 and

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 this

00:16:51.820 --> 00:16:52.000
 is

00:16:52.000 --> 00:16:52.560
 particularly

00:16:52.560 --> 00:16:53.019
 relevant

00:16:53.019 --> 00:16:54.000
 for those

00:16:54.000 --> 00:16:54.200
 who have

00:16:54.200 --> 00:16:54.480
 never

00:16:54.480 --> 00:16:55.180
 really

00:16:55.180 --> 00:16:55.659
 got to

00:16:55.659 --> 00:16:56.000
 the point

00:16:56.000 --> 00:16:56.120
 of

00:16:56.120 --> 00:16:56.539
 deciding

00:16:56.539 --> 00:16:57.080
 that

00:16:57.080 --> 00:16:57.279
 this

00:16:57.279 --> 00:16:57.399
 is

00:16:57.399 --> 00:16:57.560
 for

00:16:57.560 --> 00:16:57.840
 them

00:16:57.840 --> 00:16:59.779
 it

00:16:59.779 --> 00:17:00.300
 probably

00:17:00.300 --> 00:17:01.039
 might be

00:17:01.039 --> 00:17:01.519
 particularly

00:17:01.519 --> 00:17:01.940
 relevant

00:17:01.940 --> 00:17:02.379
 for some

00:17:02.379 --> 00:17:02.580
 of the

00:17:02.580 --> 00:17:02.740
 new

00:17:02.740 --> 00:17:03.139
 students

00:17:03.139 --> 00:17:03.740
 among us

00:17:03.740 --> 00:17:04.480
 who are

00:17:04.480 --> 00:17:04.880
 away from

00:17:04.880 --> 00:17:05.279
 home for

00:17:05.279 --> 00:17:05.599
 the first

00:17:05.599 --> 00:17:05.980
 time

00:17:05.980 --> 00:17:06.819
 and having

00:17:06.819 --> 00:17:07.420
 to think

00:17:07.420 --> 00:17:08.759
 is this

00:17:08.759 --> 00:17:09.140
 what I

00:17:09.140 --> 00:17:09.559
 believe

00:17:09.559 --> 00:17:10.460
 or is

00:17:10.460 --> 00:17:10.880
 this just

00:17:10.880 --> 00:17:11.240
 what my

00:17:11.240 --> 00:17:11.559
 parents

00:17:11.559 --> 00:17:12.059
 believed

00:17:12.059 --> 00:17:15.240
 but it's

00:17:15.240 --> 00:17:16.019
 not just

00:17:16.019 --> 00:17:17.099
 for those

00:17:17.099 --> 00:17:17.299
 that are

00:17:17.299 --> 00:17:17.599
 in that

00:17:17.599 --> 00:17:18.059
 position

00:17:18.059 --> 00:17:20.319
 how much

00:17:20.319 --> 00:17:20.619
 of our

00:17:20.619 --> 00:17:21.039
 identity

00:17:21.039 --> 00:17:21.339
 as

00:17:21.339 --> 00:17:21.759
 Christians

00:17:21.759 --> 00:17:23.279
 is

00:17:23.279 --> 00:17:23.799
 essentially

00:17:23.799 --> 00:17:24.339
 cultural

00:17:24.339 --> 00:17:27.259
 and how

00:17:27.259 --> 00:17:27.740
 much of

00:17:27.740 --> 00:17:28.000
 it is

00:17:28.000 --> 00:17:28.220
 about

00:17:28.220 --> 00:17:28.619
 being

00:17:28.619 --> 00:17:29.200
 in

00:17:29.200 --> 00:17:29.659
 Christ

00:17:29.659 --> 00:17:31.839
 how

00:17:31.839 --> 00:17:32.139
 much

00:17:32.139 --> 00:17:32.480
 of it

00:17:32.480 --> 00:17:32.639
 is

00:17:32.639 --> 00:17:33.000
 just

00:17:33.000 --> 00:17:33.500
 an

00:17:33.500 --> 00:17:33.879
 act

00:17:33.879 --> 00:17:35.579
 that

00:17:35.579 --> 00:17:36.039
 seems

00:17:36.039 --> 00:17:36.319
 to

00:17:36.319 --> 00:17:36.779
 convince

00:17:36.779 --> 00:17:37.179
 most

00:17:37.179 --> 00:17:37.519
 people

00:17:37.519 --> 00:17:37.799
 most

00:17:37.799 --> 00:17:38.000
 of the

00:17:38.000 --> 00:17:38.259
 time

00:17:38.259 --> 00:17:40.519
 and how

00:17:40.519 --> 00:17:40.759
 much

00:17:40.759 --> 00:17:40.940
 is

00:17:40.940 --> 00:17:41.220
 real

00:17:41.220 --> 00:17:44.759
 are there

00:17:44.759 --> 00:17:45.220
 any of

00:17:45.220 --> 00:17:45.380
 us

00:17:45.380 --> 00:17:45.660
 who as

00:17:45.660 --> 00:17:46.160
 Ian warned

00:17:46.160 --> 00:17:46.779
 this morning

00:17:46.779 --> 00:17:47.620
 actually the

00:17:47.620 --> 00:17:48.120
 whole thing

00:17:48.120 --> 00:17:48.880
 is just

00:17:48.880 --> 00:17:49.339
 an act

00:17:49.339 --> 00:17:51.259
 we may be

00:17:51.259 --> 00:17:51.680
 convincing

00:17:51.680 --> 00:17:52.180
 everyone

00:17:52.180 --> 00:17:53.059
 pretty well

00:17:53.059 --> 00:17:54.339
 but we're

00:17:54.339 --> 00:17:54.940
 not convincing

00:17:54.940 --> 00:17:55.400
 God

00:17:55.400 --> 00:17:59.120
 but also

00:17:59.120 --> 00:17:59.519
 there's a

00:17:59.519 --> 00:18:00.259
 challenge here

00:18:00.259 --> 00:18:01.180
 to not

00:18:01.180 --> 00:18:01.660
 exclude

00:18:01.660 --> 00:18:02.079
 any

00:18:02.079 --> 00:18:03.700
 to

00:18:03.700 --> 00:18:04.460
 recognise

00:18:04.460 --> 00:18:05.779
 God

00:18:05.779 --> 00:18:06.240
 was

00:18:06.240 --> 00:18:06.880
 at work

00:18:06.880 --> 00:18:07.500
 in

00:18:07.500 --> 00:18:07.860
 Aram

00:18:07.860 --> 00:18:08.539
 in

00:18:08.539 --> 00:18:09.180
 Philistia

00:18:09.180 --> 00:18:10.259
 he's

00:18:10.259 --> 00:18:10.599
 even

00:18:10.599 --> 00:18:11.259
 at work

00:18:11.259 --> 00:18:11.799
 in

00:18:11.799 --> 00:18:12.200
 pagan

00:18:12.200 --> 00:18:13.259
 idolatrous

00:18:13.259 --> 00:18:14.000
 complacent

00:18:14.000 --> 00:18:14.420
 Edinburgh

00:18:14.420 --> 00:18:15.119
 today

00:18:15.119 --> 00:18:17.779
 are we

00:18:17.779 --> 00:18:18.279
 excluding

00:18:18.279 --> 00:18:18.599
 any

00:18:18.599 --> 00:18:18.879
 that we

00:18:18.879 --> 00:18:19.279
 think

00:18:19.279 --> 00:18:21.299
 no

00:18:21.299 --> 00:18:22.980
 this is

00:18:22.980 --> 00:18:23.339
 not for

00:18:23.339 --> 00:18:23.599
 them

00:18:23.599 --> 00:18:24.180
 they would

00:18:24.180 --> 00:18:24.420
 never

00:18:24.420 --> 00:18:24.940
 accept

00:18:24.940 --> 00:18:25.359
 this

00:18:25.359 --> 00:18:27.559
 I think

00:18:27.559 --> 00:18:28.000
 that's

00:18:28.000 --> 00:18:29.500
 a challenge

00:18:29.500 --> 00:18:29.819
 we have

00:18:29.819 --> 00:18:30.400
 to consider

00:18:30.400 --> 00:18:35.120
 but then

00:18:35.120 --> 00:18:36.460
 let's

00:18:36.460 --> 00:18:37.000
 read on

00:18:37.000 --> 00:18:37.700
 to verses

00:18:37.700 --> 00:18:39.320
 from verse

00:18:39.320 --> 00:18:39.660
 8

00:18:39.660 --> 00:18:42.320
 surely

00:18:42.320 --> 00:18:43.360
 the eyes

00:18:43.360 --> 00:18:43.700
 of the

00:18:43.700 --> 00:18:43.980
 sovereign

00:18:43.980 --> 00:18:44.440
 lord

00:18:44.440 --> 00:18:45.720
 are on

00:18:45.720 --> 00:18:46.180
 the sinful

00:18:46.180 --> 00:18:46.680
 kingdom

00:18:46.680 --> 00:18:48.140
 I will

00:18:48.140 --> 00:18:48.920
 destroy it

00:18:48.920 --> 00:18:49.259
 from the

00:18:49.259 --> 00:18:49.580
 face of

00:18:49.580 --> 00:18:49.960
 the earth

00:18:49.960 --> 00:18:51.100
 yet

00:18:51.100 --> 00:18:52.100
 I will

00:18:52.100 --> 00:18:52.420
 not

00:18:52.420 --> 00:18:52.920
 totally

00:18:52.920 --> 00:18:53.420
 destroy

00:18:53.420 --> 00:18:53.800
 the house

00:18:53.800 --> 00:18:54.360
 of Jacob

00:18:54.360 --> 00:18:55.120
 declares

00:18:55.120 --> 00:18:55.620
 the lord

00:18:55.619 --> 00:18:57.319
 for I

00:18:57.319 --> 00:18:57.759
 will give

00:18:57.759 --> 00:18:58.359
 the command

00:18:58.359 --> 00:19:00.159
 and I

00:19:00.159 --> 00:19:00.679
 will shake

00:19:00.679 --> 00:19:01.059
 the house

00:19:01.059 --> 00:19:01.519
 of Israel

00:19:01.519 --> 00:19:02.299
 among all

00:19:02.299 --> 00:19:02.879
 the nations

00:19:02.879 --> 00:19:04.239
 as grain

00:19:04.239 --> 00:19:04.839
 is shaken

00:19:04.839 --> 00:19:05.439
 in a sieve

00:19:05.439 --> 00:19:06.919
 and not a

00:19:06.919 --> 00:19:07.199
 pebble

00:19:07.199 --> 00:19:07.679
 will reach

00:19:07.679 --> 00:19:08.199
 the ground

00:19:08.199 --> 00:19:10.139
 all the

00:19:10.139 --> 00:19:10.500
 sinners

00:19:10.500 --> 00:19:11.239
 among my

00:19:11.239 --> 00:19:11.599
 people

00:19:11.599 --> 00:19:12.559
 will die

00:19:12.559 --> 00:19:12.979
 by the

00:19:12.979 --> 00:19:13.339
 sword

00:19:13.339 --> 00:19:14.779
 all those

00:19:14.779 --> 00:19:15.259
 who say

00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:16.319
 disaster

00:19:16.319 --> 00:19:17.339
 will not

00:19:17.339 --> 00:19:17.959
 overtake

00:19:17.959 --> 00:19:18.339
 or meet

00:19:18.339 --> 00:19:18.659
 us

00:19:18.659 --> 00:19:22.179
 and so

00:19:22.179 --> 00:19:22.859
 the end

00:19:22.859 --> 00:19:23.319
 has come

00:19:23.319 --> 00:19:25.579
 the nation

00:19:25.579 --> 00:19:26.200
 of Israel

00:19:26.200 --> 00:19:27.539
 that's the

00:19:27.539 --> 00:19:28.259
 northern kingdom

00:19:28.259 --> 00:19:29.179
 is to be

00:19:29.179 --> 00:19:29.740
 completely

00:19:29.740 --> 00:19:30.359
 destroyed

00:19:30.359 --> 00:19:32.159
 wiped off

00:19:32.159 --> 00:19:32.700
 the face

00:19:32.700 --> 00:19:33.119
 of the earth

00:19:33.119 --> 00:19:34.740
 God will

00:19:34.740 --> 00:19:35.139
 put up

00:19:35.139 --> 00:19:35.579
 with them

00:19:35.579 --> 00:19:36.740
 no more

00:19:36.740 --> 00:19:38.079
 there will

00:19:38.079 --> 00:19:38.879
 be no

00:19:38.879 --> 00:19:39.179
 more

00:19:39.179 --> 00:19:39.659
 second

00:19:39.659 --> 00:19:40.139
 chances

00:19:40.139 --> 00:19:42.899
 but then

00:19:42.899 --> 00:19:43.220
 there is

00:19:43.220 --> 00:19:43.700
 that little

00:19:43.700 --> 00:19:44.099
 word

00:19:44.099 --> 00:19:44.859
 yet

00:19:44.859 --> 00:19:47.599
 yet

00:19:47.599 --> 00:19:48.059
 I will

00:19:48.059 --> 00:19:48.439
 not

00:19:48.439 --> 00:19:49.179
 totally

00:19:49.179 --> 00:19:49.859
 destroy

00:19:49.859 --> 00:19:50.519
 the house

00:19:50.519 --> 00:19:51.019
 of Jacob

00:19:51.019 --> 00:19:52.779
 yes

00:19:52.779 --> 00:19:53.460
 this nation

00:19:53.460 --> 00:19:53.839
 will be

00:19:53.839 --> 00:19:54.299
 destroyed

00:19:54.299 --> 00:19:56.279
 but out

00:19:56.279 --> 00:19:56.559
 of the

00:19:56.559 --> 00:19:56.940
 ashes

00:19:56.940 --> 00:19:58.139
 a remnant

00:19:58.139 --> 00:19:58.619
 of the

00:19:58.619 --> 00:19:58.960
 people

00:19:58.960 --> 00:19:59.639
 will be

00:19:59.639 --> 00:20:00.200
 preserved

00:20:00.200 --> 00:20:01.859
 we've seen

00:20:01.859 --> 00:20:02.779
 little glimpses

00:20:02.779 --> 00:20:03.319
 of this hope

00:20:03.319 --> 00:20:03.920
 throughout the

00:20:03.920 --> 00:20:04.200
 book

00:20:04.200 --> 00:20:05.700
 in chapter

00:20:05.700 --> 00:20:06.319
 three we

00:20:06.319 --> 00:20:06.759
 read of

00:20:06.759 --> 00:20:07.619
 the two

00:20:07.619 --> 00:20:08.319
 leg bones

00:20:08.319 --> 00:20:08.859
 or a piece

00:20:08.859 --> 00:20:09.399
 of an ear

00:20:09.399 --> 00:20:10.180
 saved from

00:20:10.180 --> 00:20:10.700
 the lion's

00:20:10.700 --> 00:20:11.099
 mouth

00:20:11.099 --> 00:20:13.319
 in chapter

00:20:13.319 --> 00:20:14.039
 five of

00:20:14.039 --> 00:20:15.279
 only ten

00:20:15.279 --> 00:20:15.819
 left

00:20:15.819 --> 00:20:17.559
 not complete

00:20:17.559 --> 00:20:18.079
 destruction

00:20:18.079 --> 00:20:18.440
 there

00:20:18.440 --> 00:20:20.799
 the call

00:20:20.799 --> 00:20:21.279
 to seek

00:20:21.279 --> 00:20:21.799
 me and

00:20:21.799 --> 00:20:22.200
 live

00:20:22.200 --> 00:20:25.340
 perhaps

00:20:25.340 --> 00:20:26.180
 the lord

00:20:26.180 --> 00:20:26.940
 god almighty

00:20:26.940 --> 00:20:27.660
 will have

00:20:27.660 --> 00:20:28.200
 mercy on

00:20:28.200 --> 00:20:28.640
 the remnant

00:20:28.640 --> 00:20:29.180
 of Jacob

00:20:29.180 --> 00:20:31.000
 and in

00:20:31.000 --> 00:20:31.240
 chapter

00:20:31.240 --> 00:20:31.740
 seven

00:20:31.740 --> 00:20:33.140
 twice we

00:20:33.140 --> 00:20:33.460
 read

00:20:33.460 --> 00:20:34.180
 so the

00:20:34.180 --> 00:20:34.500
 lord

00:20:34.500 --> 00:20:35.140
 relented

00:20:35.140 --> 00:20:38.140
 and now

00:20:38.140 --> 00:20:38.880
 even when

00:20:38.880 --> 00:20:39.980
 final destruction

00:20:39.980 --> 00:20:40.360
 has been

00:20:40.360 --> 00:20:41.039
 prophesied

00:20:41.039 --> 00:20:42.620
 there is

00:20:42.620 --> 00:20:43.019
 still

00:20:43.019 --> 00:20:44.400
 that hope

00:20:44.400 --> 00:20:45.860
 I will

00:20:45.860 --> 00:20:46.340
 not

00:20:46.340 --> 00:20:47.180
 totally

00:20:47.180 --> 00:20:48.120
 destroy

00:20:48.120 --> 00:20:50.120
 in the

00:20:50.120 --> 00:20:50.600
 midst of

00:20:50.600 --> 00:20:51.100
 his anger

00:20:51.099 --> 00:20:51.959
 God

00:20:51.959 --> 00:20:52.980
 the great

00:20:52.980 --> 00:20:53.839
 almighty

00:20:53.839 --> 00:20:54.299
 God

00:20:54.299 --> 00:20:54.740
 we thought

00:20:54.740 --> 00:20:54.939
 about

00:20:54.939 --> 00:20:55.359
 earlier

00:20:55.359 --> 00:20:56.740
 is still

00:20:56.740 --> 00:20:57.679
 holding out

00:20:57.679 --> 00:20:58.119
 grace

00:20:58.119 --> 00:21:01.519
 because we're

00:21:01.519 --> 00:21:02.939
 told that

00:21:02.939 --> 00:21:04.039
 Israel will be

00:21:04.039 --> 00:21:04.859
 shaken among

00:21:04.859 --> 00:21:05.379
 all the

00:21:05.379 --> 00:21:05.819
 nations

00:21:05.819 --> 00:21:07.079
 as grain

00:21:07.079 --> 00:21:07.699
 is shaken

00:21:07.699 --> 00:21:08.039
 in a

00:21:08.039 --> 00:21:08.319
 sieve

00:21:08.319 --> 00:21:10.700
 in

00:21:10.700 --> 00:21:11.159
 hindsight

00:21:11.159 --> 00:21:12.480
 it's probably

00:21:12.480 --> 00:21:13.379
 reasonably easy

00:21:13.379 --> 00:21:13.839
 for us to

00:21:13.839 --> 00:21:14.519
 get part

00:21:14.519 --> 00:21:15.059
 of that

00:21:15.059 --> 00:21:16.359
 of Israel

00:21:16.359 --> 00:21:17.679
 among the

00:21:17.679 --> 00:21:18.099
 nations

00:21:18.099 --> 00:21:18.539
 we see

00:21:18.539 --> 00:21:19.019
 Israel

00:21:19.019 --> 00:21:19.960
 scattered

00:21:19.960 --> 00:21:21.319
 as a

00:21:21.319 --> 00:21:21.879
 diaspora

00:21:21.879 --> 00:21:22.460
 all around

00:21:22.460 --> 00:21:22.980
 the world

00:21:22.980 --> 00:21:23.960
 that

00:21:23.960 --> 00:21:25.720
 since that

00:21:25.720 --> 00:21:26.159
 time

00:21:26.159 --> 00:21:27.399
 they have

00:21:27.399 --> 00:21:28.079
 never really

00:21:28.079 --> 00:21:28.519
 been

00:21:28.519 --> 00:21:29.439
 together

00:21:29.439 --> 00:21:30.159
 in one

00:21:30.159 --> 00:21:30.579
 place

00:21:30.579 --> 00:21:31.099
 yes there

00:21:31.099 --> 00:21:32.279
 was a

00:21:32.279 --> 00:21:32.700
 bit of a

00:21:32.700 --> 00:21:33.299
 return after

00:21:33.299 --> 00:21:33.879
 the exile

00:21:33.879 --> 00:21:34.779
 yes there

00:21:34.779 --> 00:21:35.159
 was a bit

00:21:35.159 --> 00:21:35.679
 of a return

00:21:35.679 --> 00:21:35.980
 in the

00:21:35.980 --> 00:21:36.839
 20th century

00:21:36.839 --> 00:21:39.459
 but still

00:21:39.459 --> 00:21:40.319
 the majority

00:21:40.319 --> 00:21:41.759
 of the

00:21:41.759 --> 00:21:42.179
 Jews are

00:21:42.179 --> 00:21:42.599
 not a

00:21:42.599 --> 00:21:42.899
 nation

00:21:42.899 --> 00:21:44.199
 they're

00:21:44.199 --> 00:21:44.720
 distributed

00:21:44.720 --> 00:21:45.220
 throughout

00:21:45.220 --> 00:21:45.779
 the nations

00:21:45.779 --> 00:21:46.059
 of the

00:21:46.059 --> 00:21:46.419
 world

00:21:46.419 --> 00:21:49.039
 but then

00:21:49.039 --> 00:21:49.319
 we get

00:21:49.319 --> 00:21:49.679
 this

00:21:49.679 --> 00:21:50.439
 about being

00:21:50.439 --> 00:21:51.099
 sifted

00:21:51.099 --> 00:21:52.379
 like grain

00:21:52.380 --> 00:21:54.780
 I assume

00:21:54.780 --> 00:21:55.680
 the description

00:21:55.680 --> 00:21:56.220
 of grain

00:21:56.220 --> 00:21:56.760
 being

00:21:56.760 --> 00:21:57.200
 sifted

00:21:57.200 --> 00:21:57.640
 would be

00:21:57.640 --> 00:21:59.140
 fairly

00:21:59.140 --> 00:21:59.600
 familiar

00:21:59.600 --> 00:22:00.620
 to Amos'

00:22:00.860 --> 00:22:01.860
 original

00:22:01.860 --> 00:22:02.440
 audience

00:22:02.440 --> 00:22:03.760
 it would

00:22:03.760 --> 00:22:04.080
 have been

00:22:04.080 --> 00:22:04.940
 a normal

00:22:04.940 --> 00:22:05.420
 part of

00:22:05.420 --> 00:22:05.800
 life

00:22:05.800 --> 00:22:07.760
 unfortunately

00:22:07.760 --> 00:22:08.380
 for us

00:22:08.380 --> 00:22:08.840
 today

00:22:08.840 --> 00:22:10.040
 it's

00:22:10.040 --> 00:22:10.560
 distant

00:22:10.560 --> 00:22:12.260
 and every

00:22:12.260 --> 00:22:12.840
 commentator

00:22:12.840 --> 00:22:13.220
 seems to

00:22:13.220 --> 00:22:13.380
 have a

00:22:13.380 --> 00:22:13.640
 different

00:22:13.640 --> 00:22:14.260
 understanding

00:22:14.260 --> 00:22:14.600
 of how

00:22:14.600 --> 00:22:14.760
 you

00:22:14.760 --> 00:22:14.920
 sift

00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:15.200
 grain

00:22:15.200 --> 00:22:18.299
 the way

00:22:18.299 --> 00:22:18.819
 that the

00:22:18.819 --> 00:22:20.140
 authorised

00:22:20.140 --> 00:22:20.460
 version

00:22:20.460 --> 00:22:21.019
 translates

00:22:21.019 --> 00:22:21.279
 it

00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:21.640
 it talks

00:22:21.640 --> 00:22:21.940
 about

00:22:21.940 --> 00:22:22.720
 even

00:22:22.720 --> 00:22:22.940
 the

00:22:22.940 --> 00:22:23.400
 smallest

00:22:23.400 --> 00:22:23.980
 grain

00:22:23.980 --> 00:22:24.799
 being

00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:25.080
 kept

00:22:25.080 --> 00:22:25.420
 in the

00:22:25.420 --> 00:22:25.680
 sieve

00:22:25.680 --> 00:22:27.480
 so we're

00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:27.759
 thinking

00:22:27.759 --> 00:22:28.200
 here of

00:22:28.200 --> 00:22:28.420
 the

00:22:28.420 --> 00:22:29.039
 chaff

00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:29.400
 and the

00:22:29.400 --> 00:22:29.700
 dirt

00:22:29.700 --> 00:22:30.480
 falling

00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:30.860
 through

00:22:30.860 --> 00:22:31.180
 but

00:22:31.180 --> 00:22:32.759
 not a

00:22:32.759 --> 00:22:33.059
 single

00:22:33.059 --> 00:22:33.380
 grain

00:22:33.380 --> 00:22:33.880
 not even

00:22:33.880 --> 00:22:34.380
 the smallest

00:22:34.380 --> 00:22:34.819
 grain

00:22:34.819 --> 00:22:36.039
 being lost

00:22:36.039 --> 00:22:38.259
 that's

00:22:38.259 --> 00:22:38.799
 nice

00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:39.980
 and simple

00:22:39.980 --> 00:22:41.000
 and true

00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:44.380
 but unfortunately

00:22:44.380 --> 00:22:45.319
 it seems

00:22:45.319 --> 00:22:45.759
 that most

00:22:45.759 --> 00:22:46.180
 people

00:22:46.180 --> 00:22:47.400
 agree

00:22:47.400 --> 00:22:47.720
 that

00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:48.240
 better

00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:48.799
 translation

00:22:48.799 --> 00:22:49.160
 is

00:22:49.160 --> 00:22:49.900
 pebble

00:22:49.900 --> 00:22:50.660
 rather than

00:22:50.660 --> 00:22:50.980
 small

00:22:50.980 --> 00:22:51.440
 grain

00:22:51.440 --> 00:22:53.660
 which people

00:22:53.660 --> 00:22:54.380
 then try and

00:22:54.380 --> 00:22:55.119
 explain about

00:22:55.119 --> 00:22:55.819
 a way of

00:22:55.819 --> 00:22:56.799
 sieving grain

00:22:56.799 --> 00:22:57.440
 that seems to

00:22:57.440 --> 00:22:58.180
 need quite a lot

00:22:58.180 --> 00:22:58.660
 of skill

00:22:58.660 --> 00:23:00.299
 that involves

00:23:00.299 --> 00:23:01.839
 shaking it

00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:02.460
 in a particular

00:23:02.460 --> 00:23:02.880
 way

00:23:02.880 --> 00:23:04.619
 the grain

00:23:04.619 --> 00:23:05.079
 and the

00:23:05.079 --> 00:23:05.440
 pebbles

00:23:05.440 --> 00:23:06.359
 both stay

00:23:06.359 --> 00:23:06.980
 in the sieve

00:23:06.980 --> 00:23:08.440
 but as you

00:23:08.440 --> 00:23:08.980
 shake it

00:23:08.980 --> 00:23:09.940
 the densities

00:23:09.940 --> 00:23:10.980
 separation

00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:11.440
 out

00:23:11.440 --> 00:23:12.900
 everything is

00:23:12.900 --> 00:23:13.579
 still there

00:23:13.579 --> 00:23:14.240
 in that

00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:14.900
 one sieve

00:23:14.900 --> 00:23:16.039
 but they

00:23:16.039 --> 00:23:16.700
 become

00:23:16.700 --> 00:23:17.319
 separated

00:23:17.319 --> 00:23:19.740
 so the

00:23:19.740 --> 00:23:20.220
 more it's

00:23:20.220 --> 00:23:20.980
 shaken

00:23:20.980 --> 00:23:22.160
 the more

00:23:22.160 --> 00:23:22.680
 distinct

00:23:22.680 --> 00:23:23.620
 the groups

00:23:23.620 --> 00:23:24.019
 become

00:23:24.019 --> 00:23:25.880
 as we were

00:23:25.880 --> 00:23:26.420
 being reminded

00:23:26.420 --> 00:23:27.079
 this morning

00:23:27.079 --> 00:23:29.240
 it's often

00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:30.039
 when the church

00:23:30.039 --> 00:23:30.860
 is in crisis

00:23:30.860 --> 00:23:32.360
 that its true

00:23:32.360 --> 00:23:32.920
 colours are

00:23:32.920 --> 00:23:33.200
 seen

00:23:33.200 --> 00:23:34.559
 when its

00:23:34.559 --> 00:23:35.019
 distinctive

00:23:35.019 --> 00:23:35.539
 nature

00:23:35.539 --> 00:23:36.160
 from the

00:23:36.160 --> 00:23:36.759
 world around

00:23:36.759 --> 00:23:37.079
 it

00:23:37.079 --> 00:23:38.460
 is most

00:23:38.460 --> 00:23:38.880
 clear

00:23:38.880 --> 00:23:42.920
 but either

00:23:42.920 --> 00:23:43.220
 way

00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:45.500
 the

00:23:45.500 --> 00:23:46.380
 obvious

00:23:46.380 --> 00:23:47.320
 simple

00:23:47.320 --> 00:23:47.700
 bit

00:23:47.700 --> 00:23:48.320
 is

00:23:48.320 --> 00:23:48.980
 the sieve

00:23:48.980 --> 00:23:49.300
 has been

00:23:49.300 --> 00:23:49.980
 used to

00:23:49.980 --> 00:23:50.600
 separate the

00:23:50.600 --> 00:23:50.920
 grain

00:23:50.920 --> 00:23:52.360
 from everything

00:23:52.360 --> 00:23:52.740
 else

00:23:52.740 --> 00:23:56.100
 but we'll

00:23:56.100 --> 00:23:57.000
 discover later

00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:57.800
 that it's

00:23:57.800 --> 00:23:58.680
 slightly surprising

00:23:58.680 --> 00:23:59.220
 what actually

00:23:59.220 --> 00:23:59.760
 comes out of

00:23:59.760 --> 00:24:00.140
 the sieve

00:24:00.140 --> 00:24:04.120
 but even

00:24:04.120 --> 00:24:05.100
 with all of

00:24:05.100 --> 00:24:05.500
 this going

00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:05.980
 on

00:24:05.980 --> 00:24:07.280
 with all

00:24:07.280 --> 00:24:07.680
 of this

00:24:07.680 --> 00:24:08.280
 destruction

00:24:08.280 --> 00:24:08.759
 with all

00:24:08.759 --> 00:24:09.040
 of this

00:24:09.040 --> 00:24:09.520
 shaking

00:24:09.520 --> 00:24:12.460
 we still

00:24:12.460 --> 00:24:13.520
 see in

00:24:13.520 --> 00:24:14.180
 verse 10

00:24:14.180 --> 00:24:15.400
 the arrogant

00:24:15.400 --> 00:24:16.240
 confidence

00:24:16.240 --> 00:24:16.940
 of some

00:24:16.940 --> 00:24:19.280
 they still

00:24:19.280 --> 00:24:19.880
 think they're

00:24:19.880 --> 00:24:20.140
 immune

00:24:20.140 --> 00:24:22.900
 they still

00:24:22.900 --> 00:24:23.360
 think

00:24:23.360 --> 00:24:24.120
 that what

00:24:24.120 --> 00:24:24.480
 has been

00:24:24.480 --> 00:24:24.880
 written

00:24:24.880 --> 00:24:25.520
 is written

00:24:25.520 --> 00:24:25.900
 to other

00:24:25.900 --> 00:24:26.180
 people

00:24:26.180 --> 00:24:26.560
 not to

00:24:26.560 --> 00:24:26.820
 them

00:24:26.819 --> 00:24:28.559
 they think

00:24:28.559 --> 00:24:29.000
 they'll be

00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:29.339
 okay

00:24:29.339 --> 00:24:32.439
 except

00:24:32.439 --> 00:24:32.839
 it's

00:24:32.839 --> 00:24:33.379
 specifically

00:24:33.379 --> 00:24:33.819
 them

00:24:33.819 --> 00:24:34.639
 that God

00:24:34.639 --> 00:24:35.079
 says he's

00:24:35.079 --> 00:24:35.379
 after

00:24:35.379 --> 00:24:36.879
 it's

00:24:36.879 --> 00:24:37.179
 them

00:24:37.179 --> 00:24:38.019
 who will

00:24:38.019 --> 00:24:38.379
 die by

00:24:38.379 --> 00:24:38.819
 the sword

00:24:38.819 --> 00:24:41.099
 but even

00:24:41.099 --> 00:24:41.659
 after all

00:24:41.659 --> 00:24:41.980
 that has

00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:42.379
 happened

00:24:42.379 --> 00:24:43.220
 they're

00:24:43.220 --> 00:24:43.639
 unwilling

00:24:43.639 --> 00:24:44.159
 to

00:24:44.159 --> 00:24:45.879
 give up

00:24:45.879 --> 00:24:46.879
 their self

00:24:46.879 --> 00:24:47.399
 deception

00:24:47.399 --> 00:24:47.899
 their self

00:24:47.899 --> 00:24:48.500
 reliance

00:24:48.500 --> 00:24:49.659
 and throw

00:24:49.659 --> 00:24:50.079
 themselves

00:24:50.079 --> 00:24:50.579
 in God's

00:24:50.579 --> 00:24:50.939
 mercy

00:24:50.939 --> 00:24:53.220
 because

00:24:53.220 --> 00:24:53.639
 there still

00:24:53.639 --> 00:24:54.000
 is

00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:54.779
 mercy

00:24:54.779 --> 00:24:55.259
 available

00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:56.200
 if only

00:24:56.200 --> 00:24:56.620
 they looked

00:24:56.620 --> 00:24:57.140
 for it

00:24:57.140 --> 00:25:01.200
 but then

00:25:01.200 --> 00:25:01.700
 let's

00:25:01.700 --> 00:25:02.660
 read on

00:25:02.660 --> 00:25:04.740
 verses

00:25:04.740 --> 00:25:06.319
 11

00:25:06.319 --> 00:25:07.720
 to 15

00:25:07.720 --> 00:25:08.140
 so 11

00:25:08.140 --> 00:25:08.460
 to the

00:25:08.460 --> 00:25:08.779
 end

00:25:08.779 --> 00:25:11.500
 in that

00:25:11.500 --> 00:25:11.779
 day

00:25:11.779 --> 00:25:13.480
 I will

00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:14.019
 restore

00:25:14.019 --> 00:25:15.019
 David's

00:25:15.019 --> 00:25:15.240
 fallen

00:25:15.240 --> 00:25:15.720
 tent

00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:17.340
 I will

00:25:17.340 --> 00:25:17.759
 repair

00:25:17.759 --> 00:25:18.039
 its

00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:18.360
 broken

00:25:18.360 --> 00:25:18.920
 places

00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:20.319
 restore

00:25:20.319 --> 00:25:20.559
 its

00:25:20.559 --> 00:25:20.920
 ruins

00:25:20.920 --> 00:25:21.740
 and build

00:25:21.740 --> 00:25:22.019
 it

00:25:22.019 --> 00:25:22.759
 as it

00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:22.960
 used

00:25:22.960 --> 00:25:23.340
 to be

00:25:23.340 --> 00:25:25.220
 so that

00:25:25.220 --> 00:25:25.559
 they may

00:25:25.559 --> 00:25:25.879
 possess

00:25:25.879 --> 00:25:26.319
 the

00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:26.740
 remnant

00:25:26.740 --> 00:25:26.960
 of

00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:27.259
 Edom

00:25:27.259 --> 00:25:28.379
 and all

00:25:28.379 --> 00:25:28.559
 the

00:25:28.559 --> 00:25:28.940
 nations

00:25:28.940 --> 00:25:29.200
 that

00:25:29.200 --> 00:25:29.419
 bear

00:25:29.419 --> 00:25:29.679
 my

00:25:29.679 --> 00:25:30.039
 name

00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:31.319
 declares

00:25:31.319 --> 00:25:31.579
 the

00:25:31.579 --> 00:25:31.899
 Lord

00:25:31.899 --> 00:25:32.119
 who

00:25:32.119 --> 00:25:32.279
 will

00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:32.460
 do

00:25:32.460 --> 00:25:32.759
 these

00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:33.159
 things

00:25:33.159 --> 00:25:34.819
 the

00:25:34.819 --> 00:25:35.079
 days

00:25:35.079 --> 00:25:35.220
 are

00:25:35.220 --> 00:25:35.599
 coming

00:25:35.599 --> 00:25:36.119
 declares

00:25:36.119 --> 00:25:36.339
 the

00:25:36.339 --> 00:25:36.659
 Lord

00:25:36.659 --> 00:25:37.419
 when

00:25:37.419 --> 00:25:37.579
 the

00:25:37.579 --> 00:25:37.899
 reaper

00:25:37.899 --> 00:25:38.679
 will be

00:25:38.679 --> 00:25:39.279
 overtaken

00:25:39.279 --> 00:25:39.639
 by the

00:25:39.639 --> 00:25:40.039
 plowman

00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:41.220
 and the

00:25:41.220 --> 00:25:41.679
 planter

00:25:41.679 --> 00:25:42.000
 by the

00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:42.179
 one

00:25:42.179 --> 00:25:42.579
 treading

00:25:42.579 --> 00:25:43.099
 grapes

00:25:43.099 --> 00:25:43.899
 new

00:25:43.899 --> 00:25:44.240
 wine

00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:44.460
 will

00:25:44.460 --> 00:25:44.720
 drip

00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:44.940
 from

00:25:44.940 --> 00:25:45.099
 the

00:25:45.099 --> 00:25:45.519
 mountains

00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:46.059
 and

00:25:46.059 --> 00:25:46.419
 flow

00:25:46.419 --> 00:25:46.679
 from

00:25:46.679 --> 00:25:46.839
 all

00:25:46.839 --> 00:25:47.000
 the

00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:47.379
 hills

00:25:47.380 --> 00:25:48.900
 I

00:25:48.900 --> 00:25:49.060
 will

00:25:49.060 --> 00:25:49.360
 bring

00:25:49.360 --> 00:25:49.700
 back

00:25:49.700 --> 00:25:49.940
 my

00:25:49.940 --> 00:25:50.380
 exiled

00:25:50.380 --> 00:25:50.820
 people

00:25:50.820 --> 00:25:51.260
 Israel

00:25:51.260 --> 00:25:52.220
 they

00:25:52.220 --> 00:25:52.380
 will

00:25:52.380 --> 00:25:52.860
 rebuild

00:25:52.860 --> 00:25:53.140
 the

00:25:53.140 --> 00:25:53.340
 ruined

00:25:53.340 --> 00:25:53.820
 cities

00:25:53.820 --> 00:25:54.480
 and

00:25:54.480 --> 00:25:54.700
 live

00:25:54.700 --> 00:25:54.860
 in

00:25:54.860 --> 00:25:55.060
 them

00:25:55.060 --> 00:25:56.120
 they

00:25:56.120 --> 00:25:56.260
 will

00:25:56.260 --> 00:25:56.600
 plant

00:25:56.600 --> 00:25:57.100
 vineyards

00:25:57.100 --> 00:25:57.860
 and

00:25:57.860 --> 00:25:58.140
 drink

00:25:58.140 --> 00:25:58.340
 their

00:25:58.340 --> 00:25:58.640
 wine

00:25:58.640 --> 00:25:59.660
 they

00:25:59.660 --> 00:25:59.800
 will

00:25:59.800 --> 00:26:00.040
 make

00:26:00.040 --> 00:26:00.580
 gardens

00:26:00.580 --> 00:26:01.260
 and

00:26:01.260 --> 00:26:01.420
 eat

00:26:01.420 --> 00:26:01.620
 their

00:26:01.620 --> 00:26:02.000
 fruit

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:03.220
 I

00:26:03.220 --> 00:26:03.360
 will

00:26:03.360 --> 00:26:03.740
 plant

00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:04.160
 Israel

00:26:04.160 --> 00:26:04.720
 in

00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:04.880
 their

00:26:04.880 --> 00:26:05.140
 own

00:26:05.140 --> 00:26:05.540
 land

00:26:05.540 --> 00:26:06.540
 never

00:26:06.540 --> 00:26:07.040
 again

00:26:07.040 --> 00:26:07.500
 to be

00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:07.980
 uprooted

00:26:07.980 --> 00:26:08.540
 from

00:26:08.540 --> 00:26:08.700
 the

00:26:08.700 --> 00:26:09.040
 land

00:26:09.040 --> 00:26:09.260
 I

00:26:09.260 --> 00:26:09.400
 have

00:26:09.400 --> 00:26:09.660
 given

00:26:09.660 --> 00:26:09.980
 them

00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:10.920
 says

00:26:10.920 --> 00:26:11.100
 the

00:26:11.100 --> 00:26:11.500
 Lord

00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:12.380
 your

00:26:12.380 --> 00:26:12.800
 God

00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:15.379
 and

00:26:15.379 --> 00:26:15.519
 so

00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:15.700
 now

00:26:15.700 --> 00:26:15.899
 we

00:26:15.899 --> 00:26:16.059
 get

00:26:16.059 --> 00:26:16.399
 into

00:26:16.399 --> 00:26:16.899
 the

00:26:16.899 --> 00:26:17.099
 good

00:26:17.099 --> 00:26:17.440
 news

00:26:17.440 --> 00:26:17.879
 proper

00:26:17.879 --> 00:26:18.879
 what

00:26:18.879 --> 00:26:19.039
 you've

00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:19.159
 been

00:26:19.159 --> 00:26:19.440
 waiting

00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:19.819
 for

00:26:19.819 --> 00:26:20.319
 all

00:26:20.319 --> 00:26:20.539
 this

00:26:20.539 --> 00:26:20.859
 time

00:26:20.859 --> 00:26:22.980
 we

00:26:22.980 --> 00:26:23.460
 started

00:26:23.460 --> 00:26:23.779
 the

00:26:23.779 --> 00:26:24.159
 chapter

00:26:24.159 --> 00:26:25.259
 with

00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:25.399
 the

00:26:25.399 --> 00:26:25.859
 destruction

00:26:25.859 --> 00:26:27.139
 of

00:26:27.139 --> 00:26:27.279
 a

00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:27.519
 stone

00:26:27.519 --> 00:26:27.960
 building

00:26:27.960 --> 00:26:29.980
 but

00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:30.180
 here

00:26:30.180 --> 00:26:30.399
 we

00:26:30.399 --> 00:26:31.259
 read

00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:31.419
 of

00:26:31.419 --> 00:26:31.599
 the

00:26:31.599 --> 00:26:32.139
 restoration

00:26:32.139 --> 00:26:33.379
 of

00:26:33.379 --> 00:26:33.500
 a

00:26:33.500 --> 00:26:33.740
 broken

00:26:33.740 --> 00:26:34.279
 tent

00:26:34.279 --> 00:26:35.659
 it's

00:26:35.659 --> 00:26:36.099
 small

00:26:36.099 --> 00:26:37.039
 it's

00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:37.399
 weak

00:26:37.399 --> 00:26:38.359
 it's

00:26:38.359 --> 00:26:38.720
 humble

00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:39.839
 it's

00:26:39.839 --> 00:26:40.099
 not

00:26:40.099 --> 00:26:40.379
 what

00:26:40.379 --> 00:26:40.519
 the

00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:40.779
 world

00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:41.039
 would

00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:41.419
 consider

00:26:41.419 --> 00:26:41.759
 to be

00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:42.119
 greatness

00:26:42.119 --> 00:26:44.039
 but

00:26:44.039 --> 00:26:44.139
 it

00:26:44.139 --> 00:26:44.219
 will

00:26:44.219 --> 00:26:44.339
 be

00:26:44.339 --> 00:26:44.799
 restored

00:26:44.799 --> 00:26:45.359
 and

00:26:45.359 --> 00:26:45.439
 it

00:26:45.439 --> 00:26:45.519
 will

00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:45.619
 be

00:26:45.619 --> 00:26:46.059
 repaired

00:26:46.059 --> 00:26:47.019
 by

00:26:47.019 --> 00:26:47.239
 God

00:26:47.239 --> 00:26:47.679
 himself

00:26:47.679 --> 00:26:50.419
 but

00:26:50.419 --> 00:26:50.539
 we

00:26:50.539 --> 00:26:50.799
 also

00:26:50.799 --> 00:26:51.039
 see

00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:51.219
 that

00:26:51.219 --> 00:26:51.419
 it's

00:26:51.419 --> 00:26:52.019
 David's

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:52.539
 tent

00:26:52.539 --> 00:26:53.219
 that

00:26:53.219 --> 00:26:53.359
 is

00:26:53.359 --> 00:26:53.799
 restored

00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:55.619
 Israel

00:26:55.619 --> 00:26:55.859
 had

00:26:55.859 --> 00:26:56.239
 completely

00:26:56.239 --> 00:26:56.839
 rejected

00:26:56.839 --> 00:26:57.479
 the

00:26:57.479 --> 00:26:57.739
 line

00:26:57.739 --> 00:26:57.879
 of

00:26:57.879 --> 00:26:58.239
 David

00:26:58.239 --> 00:26:58.859
 when

00:26:58.859 --> 00:26:58.979
 they

00:26:58.979 --> 00:26:59.219
 broke

00:26:59.219 --> 00:26:59.579
 away

00:26:59.579 --> 00:27:01.379
 but

00:27:01.379 --> 00:27:01.519
 the

00:27:01.519 --> 00:27:01.919
 restoration

00:27:01.919 --> 00:27:03.059
 will

00:27:03.059 --> 00:27:03.399
 come

00:27:03.399 --> 00:27:04.179
 through

00:27:04.179 --> 00:27:04.599
 David

00:27:04.599 --> 00:27:06.419
 the

00:27:06.419 --> 00:27:06.719
 past

00:27:06.719 --> 00:27:07.179
 rebellion

00:27:07.179 --> 00:27:08.059
 will

00:27:08.059 --> 00:27:08.199
 be

00:27:08.199 --> 00:27:08.619
 forgotten

00:27:08.619 --> 00:27:10.319
 there

00:27:10.319 --> 00:27:10.459
 will

00:27:10.459 --> 00:27:10.799
 once

00:27:10.799 --> 00:27:11.119
 more

00:27:11.119 --> 00:27:11.739
 be a

00:27:11.739 --> 00:27:12.059
 single

00:27:12.059 --> 00:27:12.579
 people

00:27:12.579 --> 00:27:14.619
 if

00:27:14.619 --> 00:27:14.759
 they

00:27:14.759 --> 00:27:15.059
 want

00:27:15.059 --> 00:27:15.259
 to

00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:15.539
 return

00:27:15.539 --> 00:27:15.740
 to

00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:16.039
 God

00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:16.619
 they

00:27:16.619 --> 00:27:16.779
 have

00:27:16.779 --> 00:27:16.919
 to

00:27:16.919 --> 00:27:17.039
 do

00:27:17.039 --> 00:27:17.159
 it

00:27:17.159 --> 00:27:17.339
 under

00:27:17.339 --> 00:27:17.539
 his

00:27:17.539 --> 00:27:17.919
 terms

00:27:17.919 --> 00:27:20.639
 they

00:27:20.639 --> 00:27:21.000
 can't

00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:21.480
 continue

00:27:21.480 --> 00:27:22.079
 with

00:27:22.079 --> 00:27:22.200
 their

00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:22.659
 rebellion

00:27:22.659 --> 00:27:23.559
 and yet

00:27:23.559 --> 00:27:24.019
 come back

00:27:24.019 --> 00:27:24.200
 to

00:27:24.200 --> 00:27:24.500
 God

00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:27.579
 but

00:27:27.579 --> 00:27:27.960
 although

00:27:27.960 --> 00:27:29.720
 this

00:27:29.720 --> 00:27:30.119
 restored

00:27:30.119 --> 00:27:30.559
 people

00:27:30.559 --> 00:27:31.440
 is

00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:31.899
 small

00:27:31.899 --> 00:27:32.559
 and

00:27:32.559 --> 00:27:32.919
 weak

00:27:32.919 --> 00:27:34.940
 we

00:27:34.940 --> 00:27:35.119
 see

00:27:35.119 --> 00:27:35.299
 that

00:27:35.299 --> 00:27:35.399
 it

00:27:35.399 --> 00:27:35.559
 will

00:27:35.559 --> 00:27:36.179
 possess

00:27:36.179 --> 00:27:36.619
 the

00:27:36.619 --> 00:27:37.240
 remnant

00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:38.139
 of

00:27:38.139 --> 00:27:38.359
 all

00:27:38.359 --> 00:27:38.980
 nations

00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:40.039
 that

00:27:40.039 --> 00:27:40.240
 bear

00:27:40.240 --> 00:27:40.599
 God's

00:27:40.599 --> 00:27:40.920
 name

00:27:40.920 --> 00:27:43.319
 what's

00:27:43.319 --> 00:27:43.440
 been

00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:43.700
 talked

00:27:43.700 --> 00:27:43.920
 about

00:27:43.920 --> 00:27:44.240
 here

00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:46.160
 is

00:27:46.160 --> 00:27:46.299
 this

00:27:46.299 --> 00:27:46.440
 a

00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:46.700
 nation

00:27:46.700 --> 00:27:46.860
 that

00:27:46.860 --> 00:27:46.960
 will

00:27:46.960 --> 00:27:47.240
 conquer

00:27:47.240 --> 00:27:47.440
 its

00:27:47.440 --> 00:27:47.700
 neighbors

00:27:47.700 --> 00:27:50.420
 let's

00:27:50.420 --> 00:27:50.599
 just

00:27:50.599 --> 00:27:50.839
 leave

00:27:50.839 --> 00:27:51.039
 that

00:27:51.039 --> 00:27:51.440
 question

00:27:51.440 --> 00:27:51.759
 hanging

00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:52.120
 for a

00:27:52.120 --> 00:27:52.339
 bit

00:27:52.339 --> 00:27:52.740
 and

00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:52.860
 we'll

00:27:52.860 --> 00:27:53.039
 come

00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:53.259
 back

00:27:53.259 --> 00:27:53.420
 to

00:27:53.420 --> 00:27:53.539
 it

00:27:53.539 --> 00:27:53.839
 later

00:27:53.839 --> 00:27:55.939
 because

00:27:55.939 --> 00:27:56.319
 then we

00:27:56.319 --> 00:27:56.579
 move

00:27:56.579 --> 00:27:56.879
 on

00:27:56.879 --> 00:27:58.000
 and

00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:58.179
 see

00:27:58.179 --> 00:27:58.379
 how

00:27:58.379 --> 00:27:58.539
 the

00:27:58.539 --> 00:27:58.899
 prophecy

00:27:58.899 --> 00:27:59.439
 ends

00:27:59.439 --> 00:28:00.079
 with

00:28:00.079 --> 00:28:00.220
 the

00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:00.639
 description

00:28:00.639 --> 00:28:00.959
 of

00:28:00.959 --> 00:28:01.559
 the

00:28:01.559 --> 00:28:01.859
 coming

00:28:01.859 --> 00:28:02.399
 days

00:28:02.399 --> 00:28:04.839
 the

00:28:04.839 --> 00:28:05.099
 same

00:28:05.099 --> 00:28:05.679
 caveats

00:28:05.679 --> 00:28:05.919
 about

00:28:05.919 --> 00:28:06.480
 timescale

00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:06.779
 apply

00:28:06.779 --> 00:28:07.139
 here

00:28:07.139 --> 00:28:09.879
 but

00:28:09.879 --> 00:28:11.299
 there

00:28:11.299 --> 00:28:11.679
 seems

00:28:11.679 --> 00:28:11.959
 a

00:28:11.959 --> 00:28:12.500
 finality

00:28:12.500 --> 00:28:12.839
 in the

00:28:12.839 --> 00:28:13.220
 description

00:28:13.220 --> 00:28:13.639
 here

00:28:13.639 --> 00:28:14.319
 that

00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:14.740
 suggests

00:28:14.740 --> 00:28:14.980
 this

00:28:14.980 --> 00:28:15.179
 is

00:28:15.179 --> 00:28:15.879
 ultimate

00:28:15.879 --> 00:28:16.839
 final

00:28:16.839 --> 00:28:17.399
 blessing

00:28:17.399 --> 00:28:21.480
 and

00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:21.599
 we

00:28:21.599 --> 00:28:21.939
 see

00:28:21.940 --> 00:28:23.779
 that

00:28:23.779 --> 00:28:24.180
 God

00:28:24.180 --> 00:28:24.940
 yes

00:28:24.940 --> 00:28:25.600
 has sent

00:28:25.600 --> 00:28:26.019
 famine

00:28:26.019 --> 00:28:26.900
 he's sent

00:28:26.900 --> 00:28:27.259
 drought

00:28:27.259 --> 00:28:27.720
 he's sent

00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:28.259
 destruction

00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:29.059
 to get

00:28:29.059 --> 00:28:29.620
 his people's

00:28:29.620 --> 00:28:30.039
 attention

00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:31.460
 but now

00:28:31.460 --> 00:28:32.700
 he's restored

00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:33.240
 them to a

00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:33.640
 land of

00:28:33.640 --> 00:28:34.080
 plenty

00:28:34.080 --> 00:28:37.200
 in fact

00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:37.640
 the land

00:28:37.640 --> 00:28:38.620
 is described

00:28:38.620 --> 00:28:39.080
 as being

00:28:39.080 --> 00:28:40.000
 so fertile

00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:41.360
 that growth

00:28:41.360 --> 00:28:42.140
 is so fast

00:28:42.140 --> 00:28:42.500
 that the

00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:42.900
 crops are

00:28:42.900 --> 00:28:43.400
 almost ready

00:28:43.400 --> 00:28:43.680
 to be

00:28:43.680 --> 00:28:44.120
 harvested

00:28:44.120 --> 00:28:44.779
 before

00:28:44.779 --> 00:28:45.019
 they've

00:28:45.019 --> 00:28:45.140
 been

00:28:45.140 --> 00:28:45.500
 planted

00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:48.140
 there is

00:28:48.140 --> 00:28:48.840
 wine

00:28:48.840 --> 00:28:49.500
 flowing

00:28:49.500 --> 00:28:50.080
 in

00:28:50.080 --> 00:28:50.700
 plentiful

00:28:50.700 --> 00:28:51.400
 supply

00:28:51.400 --> 00:28:52.220
 there is

00:28:52.220 --> 00:28:52.580
 joy

00:28:52.580 --> 00:28:52.920
 there is

00:28:52.920 --> 00:28:53.580
 celebration

00:28:53.580 --> 00:28:55.580
 this is

00:28:55.580 --> 00:28:56.280
 great

00:28:56.280 --> 00:28:56.860
 blessing

00:28:56.860 --> 00:28:58.720
 but it's

00:28:58.720 --> 00:28:59.420
 not just

00:28:59.420 --> 00:28:59.700
 these

00:28:59.700 --> 00:29:00.220
 plentiful

00:29:00.220 --> 00:29:00.740
 crops

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:01.500
 that they're

00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:01.860
 blessed

00:29:01.860 --> 00:29:02.220
 with

00:29:02.220 --> 00:29:03.900
 following

00:29:03.900 --> 00:29:04.700
 their exile

00:29:04.700 --> 00:29:05.200
 following

00:29:05.200 --> 00:29:05.940
 their scattering

00:29:05.940 --> 00:29:06.620
 and wandering

00:29:06.620 --> 00:29:08.420
 they're to be

00:29:08.420 --> 00:29:08.980
 once more

00:29:08.980 --> 00:29:09.720
 established

00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:10.940
 and settled

00:29:10.940 --> 00:29:12.160
 permanently

00:29:12.160 --> 00:29:14.320
 the curses

00:29:14.320 --> 00:29:14.820
 that have been

00:29:14.820 --> 00:29:15.500
 pronounced on

00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:16.120
 them before

00:29:16.120 --> 00:29:16.940
 will be

00:29:16.940 --> 00:29:17.460
 reversed

00:29:17.460 --> 00:29:19.680
 in chapter

00:29:19.680 --> 00:29:20.200
 five

00:29:20.200 --> 00:29:20.860
 we read

00:29:20.860 --> 00:29:22.140
 though you

00:29:22.140 --> 00:29:22.620
 have built

00:29:22.620 --> 00:29:23.059
 stone

00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:23.660
 mansions

00:29:23.660 --> 00:29:24.240
 you will

00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:24.740
 not live

00:29:24.740 --> 00:29:25.079
 in them

00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:26.319
 though you

00:29:26.319 --> 00:29:26.880
 have planted

00:29:26.880 --> 00:29:27.779
 lush vineyards

00:29:27.779 --> 00:29:28.840
 you will

00:29:28.840 --> 00:29:29.400
 not drink

00:29:29.400 --> 00:29:29.880
 their wine

00:29:29.880 --> 00:29:31.660
 here instead

00:29:31.660 --> 00:29:32.340
 we read

00:29:32.340 --> 00:29:33.559
 of an

00:29:33.559 --> 00:29:33.960
 exiled

00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:34.500
 people that

00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:35.019
 have returned

00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:36.600
 of ruined

00:29:36.600 --> 00:29:37.120
 cities

00:29:37.120 --> 00:29:37.960
 that are

00:29:37.960 --> 00:29:38.340
 rebuilt

00:29:38.340 --> 00:29:39.759
 and lived

00:29:39.759 --> 00:29:40.039
 in

00:29:40.039 --> 00:29:41.680
 of vineyards

00:29:41.680 --> 00:29:41.940
 that are

00:29:41.940 --> 00:29:42.400
 planted

00:29:42.400 --> 00:29:43.600
 and the

00:29:43.600 --> 00:29:43.860
 wine

00:29:43.860 --> 00:29:44.340
 drunk

00:29:44.339 --> 00:29:45.699
 gardens

00:29:45.699 --> 00:29:46.000
 that are

00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:46.279
 made

00:29:46.279 --> 00:29:46.519
 under

00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:46.980
 fruit

00:29:46.980 --> 00:29:47.599
 eaten

00:29:47.599 --> 00:29:49.559
 and

00:29:49.559 --> 00:29:50.139
 ultimately

00:29:50.139 --> 00:29:51.379
 that Israel

00:29:51.379 --> 00:29:52.059
 will be

00:29:52.059 --> 00:29:52.500
 planted

00:29:52.500 --> 00:29:53.559
 in their

00:29:53.559 --> 00:29:54.019
 land

00:29:54.019 --> 00:29:55.699
 permanently

00:29:55.699 --> 00:29:56.399
 established

00:29:56.399 --> 00:29:57.759
 never

00:29:57.759 --> 00:29:58.720
 again

00:29:58.720 --> 00:29:59.099
 to be

00:29:59.099 --> 00:29:59.579
 uprooted

00:29:59.579 --> 00:30:04.419
 so we've

00:30:04.419 --> 00:30:04.740
 seen

00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:05.579
 clearly

00:30:05.579 --> 00:30:06.039
 in these

00:30:06.039 --> 00:30:06.419
 verses

00:30:06.419 --> 00:30:08.139
 that God

00:30:08.139 --> 00:30:08.899
 is an

00:30:08.899 --> 00:30:09.319
 almighty

00:30:09.319 --> 00:30:09.779
 God

00:30:09.779 --> 00:30:10.779
 we've

00:30:10.779 --> 00:30:11.099
 seen

00:30:11.099 --> 00:30:11.679
 that he

00:30:11.679 --> 00:30:12.119
 brings

00:30:12.119 --> 00:30:13.199
 terrifying

00:30:13.199 --> 00:30:13.679
 judgment

00:30:13.680 --> 00:30:15.980
 and we've

00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:16.240
 seen

00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:16.980
 he brings

00:30:16.980 --> 00:30:17.460
 glorious

00:30:17.460 --> 00:30:17.920
 hope

00:30:17.920 --> 00:30:20.039
 but where

00:30:20.039 --> 00:30:20.440
 does the

00:30:20.440 --> 00:30:21.080
 division lie

00:30:21.080 --> 00:30:21.660
 between them

00:30:21.660 --> 00:30:23.180
 on what

00:30:23.180 --> 00:30:23.720
 grounds are

00:30:23.720 --> 00:30:23.960
 some

00:30:23.960 --> 00:30:24.480
 destroyed

00:30:24.480 --> 00:30:26.100
 and some

00:30:26.100 --> 00:30:26.620
 restored

00:30:26.620 --> 00:30:29.340
 I hope

00:30:29.340 --> 00:30:29.720
 we'll find

00:30:29.720 --> 00:30:30.259
 an explanation

00:30:30.259 --> 00:30:30.840
 if we go

00:30:30.840 --> 00:30:31.340
 back to

00:30:31.340 --> 00:30:32.039
 verses 11

00:30:32.039 --> 00:30:32.600
 and 12

00:30:32.600 --> 00:30:33.480
 that we

00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:34.000
 passed on

00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:34.420
 earlier

00:30:34.420 --> 00:30:36.620
 unfortunately

00:30:36.620 --> 00:30:37.360
 this is one

00:30:37.360 --> 00:30:37.960
 case where we

00:30:37.960 --> 00:30:38.680
 don't have to

00:30:38.680 --> 00:30:39.680
 come up with

00:30:39.680 --> 00:30:39.960
 our own

00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:40.480
 interpretation

00:30:40.480 --> 00:30:41.580
 we don't

00:30:41.580 --> 00:30:42.360
 even have to

00:30:42.360 --> 00:30:43.060
 look to the

00:30:43.060 --> 00:30:43.660
 commentators

00:30:43.660 --> 00:30:44.340
 to see what

00:30:44.340 --> 00:30:44.759
 they say

00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:45.220
 on it

00:30:45.220 --> 00:30:46.360
 instead

00:30:46.360 --> 00:30:46.880
 we can

00:30:46.880 --> 00:30:47.660
 look and

00:30:47.660 --> 00:30:48.080
 see what

00:30:48.080 --> 00:30:48.519
 James

00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:49.580
 said about

00:30:49.580 --> 00:30:49.900
 it

00:30:49.900 --> 00:30:50.540
 in the

00:30:50.540 --> 00:30:50.960
 council of

00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:51.440
 Jerusalem

00:30:51.440 --> 00:30:52.100
 in Acts

00:30:52.100 --> 00:30:52.600
 15

00:30:52.600 --> 00:30:55.840
 where

00:30:55.840 --> 00:30:57.700
 they've been

00:30:57.700 --> 00:30:58.420
 reporting to

00:30:58.420 --> 00:30:59.040
 the council

00:30:59.040 --> 00:31:00.480
 about the

00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:01.180
 Gentiles

00:31:01.180 --> 00:31:01.940
 that are

00:31:01.940 --> 00:31:02.580
 being saved

00:31:02.580 --> 00:31:04.060
 and there's

00:31:04.060 --> 00:31:04.800
 this uncertainty

00:31:04.800 --> 00:31:05.759
 about how

00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:06.300
 they should be

00:31:06.300 --> 00:31:07.000
 included into

00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:07.620
 the church

00:31:07.620 --> 00:31:10.120
 it says

00:31:10.120 --> 00:31:10.540
 in verse

00:31:10.540 --> 00:31:10.980
 12

00:31:10.980 --> 00:31:11.880
 the whole

00:31:11.880 --> 00:31:12.380
 assembly

00:31:12.380 --> 00:31:13.480
 became silent

00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:14.120
 as they

00:31:14.120 --> 00:31:14.620
 listened to

00:31:14.620 --> 00:31:15.160
 Barnabas

00:31:15.160 --> 00:31:15.680
 and Paul

00:31:15.680 --> 00:31:16.900
 telling about

00:31:16.900 --> 00:31:17.539
 the miraculous

00:31:17.539 --> 00:31:18.200
 signs and

00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:18.599
 wonders

00:31:18.599 --> 00:31:19.960
 that God

00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:20.420
 had done

00:31:20.420 --> 00:31:20.960
 among the

00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:21.500
 Gentiles

00:31:21.500 --> 00:31:22.099
 through them

00:31:22.099 --> 00:31:23.680
 when they

00:31:23.680 --> 00:31:24.140
 finished

00:31:24.140 --> 00:31:25.019
 James spoke

00:31:25.019 --> 00:31:25.380
 up

00:31:25.380 --> 00:31:26.559
 brothers

00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:28.279
 listen to

00:31:28.279 --> 00:31:28.680
 me

00:31:28.680 --> 00:31:30.360
 Simon

00:31:30.360 --> 00:31:30.620
 has

00:31:30.620 --> 00:31:31.039
 described

00:31:31.039 --> 00:31:31.380
 to us

00:31:31.380 --> 00:31:31.880
 how God

00:31:31.880 --> 00:31:32.400
 at first

00:31:32.400 --> 00:31:33.220
 showed his

00:31:33.220 --> 00:31:33.700
 concern

00:31:33.700 --> 00:31:34.680
 by taking

00:31:34.680 --> 00:31:35.059
 from the

00:31:35.059 --> 00:31:35.720
 Gentiles

00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:36.620
 a people

00:31:36.619 --> 00:31:37.619
 for himself

00:31:37.619 --> 00:31:39.619
 the words

00:31:39.619 --> 00:31:39.919
 of the

00:31:39.919 --> 00:31:40.239
 prophets

00:31:40.239 --> 00:31:40.599
 are in

00:31:40.599 --> 00:31:41.019
 agreement

00:31:41.019 --> 00:31:41.799
 with this

00:31:41.799 --> 00:31:42.639
 as it

00:31:42.639 --> 00:31:43.199
 is written

00:31:43.199 --> 00:31:45.139
 after this

00:31:45.139 --> 00:31:46.419
 I will

00:31:46.419 --> 00:31:46.899
 return

00:31:46.899 --> 00:31:47.899
 and rebuild

00:31:47.899 --> 00:31:48.619
 David's

00:31:48.619 --> 00:31:49.379
 fallen tent

00:31:49.379 --> 00:31:51.639
 its ruins

00:31:51.639 --> 00:31:52.079
 I will

00:31:52.079 --> 00:31:52.500
 rebuild

00:31:52.500 --> 00:31:53.699
 and I will

00:31:53.699 --> 00:31:54.399
 restore it

00:31:54.399 --> 00:31:55.619
 that the

00:31:55.619 --> 00:31:56.019
 remnant

00:31:56.019 --> 00:31:56.479
 of men

00:31:56.479 --> 00:31:57.379
 may seek

00:31:57.379 --> 00:31:57.899
 the Lord

00:31:57.899 --> 00:31:59.099
 and all

00:31:59.099 --> 00:31:59.819
 the Gentiles

00:31:59.819 --> 00:32:00.259
 who bear

00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:00.899
 my name

00:32:00.899 --> 00:32:02.079
 says the

00:32:02.079 --> 00:32:02.459
 Lord

00:32:02.459 --> 00:32:03.159
 who does

00:32:03.159 --> 00:32:03.919
 these things

00:32:03.919 --> 00:32:04.639
 that have

00:32:04.639 --> 00:32:05.079
 been known

00:32:05.079 --> 00:32:05.819
 for ages

00:32:05.819 --> 00:32:08.700
 and so

00:32:08.700 --> 00:32:09.159
 it becomes

00:32:09.159 --> 00:32:09.659
 clear

00:32:09.659 --> 00:32:11.939
 when God

00:32:11.939 --> 00:32:12.399
 shakes

00:32:12.399 --> 00:32:12.919
 Israel

00:32:12.919 --> 00:32:14.019
 among the

00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:14.439
 nations

00:32:14.439 --> 00:32:14.779
 in the

00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:15.119
 sieve

00:32:15.119 --> 00:32:17.159
 it's not

00:32:17.159 --> 00:32:17.720
 just

00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:18.799
 the good

00:32:18.799 --> 00:32:19.200
 grain

00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:19.879
 of Israel

00:32:19.879 --> 00:32:20.839
 that is

00:32:20.839 --> 00:32:21.359
 separated

00:32:21.359 --> 00:32:21.819
 out

00:32:21.819 --> 00:32:22.839
 and preserved

00:32:22.839 --> 00:32:23.579
 for blessing

00:32:23.579 --> 00:32:25.220
 instead

00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:26.139
 God shakes

00:32:26.139 --> 00:32:26.619
 Israel

00:32:26.619 --> 00:32:27.779
 in the

00:32:27.779 --> 00:32:28.099
 sieve

00:32:28.099 --> 00:32:28.839
 with all

00:32:28.839 --> 00:32:29.000
 the

00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:29.399
 nations

00:32:29.399 --> 00:32:31.819
 and he

00:32:31.819 --> 00:32:32.379
 brings out

00:32:32.379 --> 00:32:32.859
 of it

00:32:32.859 --> 00:32:33.819
 a people

00:32:33.819 --> 00:32:34.579
 for himself

00:32:34.579 --> 00:32:35.419
 from among

00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:35.920
 the Jews

00:32:35.920 --> 00:32:36.600
 and the

00:32:36.600 --> 00:32:37.160
 Gentiles

00:32:37.160 --> 00:32:39.840
 and that's

00:32:39.840 --> 00:32:40.800
 why we

00:32:40.800 --> 00:32:42.100
 all these

00:32:42.100 --> 00:32:42.779
 years later

00:32:42.779 --> 00:32:44.500
 started

00:32:44.500 --> 00:32:45.140
 tonight

00:32:45.140 --> 00:32:46.180
 by reading

00:32:46.180 --> 00:32:46.560
 a psalm

00:32:46.560 --> 00:32:47.039
 of David

00:32:47.039 --> 00:32:49.060
 while we're

00:32:49.060 --> 00:32:49.440
 studying

00:32:49.440 --> 00:32:50.060
 prophecies

00:32:50.060 --> 00:32:50.519
 written to

00:32:50.519 --> 00:32:50.860
 Israel

00:32:50.860 --> 00:32:52.680
 while we're

00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:53.100
 singing

00:32:53.100 --> 00:32:54.620
 about the

00:32:54.620 --> 00:32:55.000
 God of

00:32:55.000 --> 00:32:55.300
 Abraham

00:32:55.300 --> 00:32:55.720
 Isaac

00:32:55.720 --> 00:32:56.259
 and Jacob

00:32:56.259 --> 00:32:59.100
 because we

00:32:59.100 --> 00:32:59.680
 see that

00:32:59.680 --> 00:33:00.560
 David's

00:33:00.560 --> 00:33:01.560
 fallen tent

00:33:01.560 --> 00:33:02.580
 has been

00:33:02.580 --> 00:33:02.960
 restored

00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:04.880
 by none

00:33:04.880 --> 00:33:05.200
 other

00:33:05.200 --> 00:33:06.640
 than the

00:33:06.640 --> 00:33:07.000
 son of

00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:07.360
 David

00:33:07.360 --> 00:33:08.500
 great

00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:09.019
 David's

00:33:09.019 --> 00:33:09.360
 greater

00:33:09.360 --> 00:33:09.740
 son

00:33:09.740 --> 00:33:12.279
 in fact

00:33:12.279 --> 00:33:12.600
 we see

00:33:12.600 --> 00:33:13.340
 no suggestion

00:33:13.340 --> 00:33:13.799
 in this

00:33:13.799 --> 00:33:14.259
 passage

00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:15.600
 that there

00:33:15.600 --> 00:33:16.420
 was a

00:33:16.420 --> 00:33:16.779
 remnant

00:33:16.779 --> 00:33:17.120
 that in

00:33:17.120 --> 00:33:17.480
 any way

00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:17.840
 deserved

00:33:17.840 --> 00:33:18.160
 to be

00:33:18.160 --> 00:33:18.420
 saved

00:33:18.420 --> 00:33:20.059
 the

00:33:20.059 --> 00:33:20.759
 condemnation

00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:21.559
 seems to

00:33:21.559 --> 00:33:21.860
 be

00:33:21.860 --> 00:33:23.400
 pretty much

00:33:23.400 --> 00:33:24.779
 universal

00:33:24.779 --> 00:33:27.299
 we see

00:33:27.299 --> 00:33:27.879
 instead

00:33:27.879 --> 00:33:28.759
 the grace

00:33:28.759 --> 00:33:29.079
 of a

00:33:29.079 --> 00:33:29.440
 God

00:33:29.440 --> 00:33:31.299
 who will

00:33:31.299 --> 00:33:31.740
 ransom

00:33:31.740 --> 00:33:33.019
 and redeem

00:33:33.019 --> 00:33:33.500
 a people

00:33:33.500 --> 00:33:34.480
 to be

00:33:34.480 --> 00:33:34.759
 called

00:33:34.759 --> 00:33:35.220
 by his

00:33:35.220 --> 00:33:35.559
 name

00:33:35.559 --> 00:33:37.759
 the

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:38.180
 glorious

00:33:38.180 --> 00:33:38.740
 blessings

00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:39.299
 promised

00:33:39.299 --> 00:33:41.180
 are not

00:33:41.180 --> 00:33:41.599
 just

00:33:41.599 --> 00:33:42.519
 for some

00:33:42.519 --> 00:33:43.559
 obscure

00:33:43.559 --> 00:33:44.200
 nation

00:33:44.200 --> 00:33:46.480
 they're for

00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:46.920
 all

00:33:46.920 --> 00:33:47.480
 who would

00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:47.759
 follow

00:33:47.759 --> 00:33:48.039
 him

00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:50.579
 but

00:33:50.579 --> 00:33:51.960
 I think

00:33:51.960 --> 00:33:52.500
 as we

00:33:52.500 --> 00:33:52.740
 come

00:33:52.740 --> 00:33:53.960
 to the

00:33:53.960 --> 00:33:54.159
 end

00:33:54.159 --> 00:33:54.639
 of this

00:33:54.639 --> 00:33:57.119
 as we

00:33:57.119 --> 00:33:58.059
 look forward

00:33:58.059 --> 00:33:58.399
 with

00:33:58.399 --> 00:33:59.119
 anticipation

00:33:59.119 --> 00:34:00.240
 to these

00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:00.899
 great blessings

00:34:00.899 --> 00:34:01.180
 that are

00:34:01.180 --> 00:34:01.599
 promised

00:34:01.599 --> 00:34:03.039
 we should

00:34:03.039 --> 00:34:03.539
 be careful

00:34:03.539 --> 00:34:04.200
 to note

00:34:04.200 --> 00:34:05.159
 the warning

00:34:05.159 --> 00:34:05.619
 in chapter

00:34:05.619 --> 00:34:06.139
 5

00:34:06.139 --> 00:34:08.719
 woe to

00:34:08.719 --> 00:34:09.059
 you

00:34:09.059 --> 00:34:09.840
 who long

00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:10.279
 for the

00:34:10.279 --> 00:34:10.539
 day of

00:34:10.539 --> 00:34:10.960
 the Lord

00:34:10.960 --> 00:34:13.779
 yes

00:34:13.779 --> 00:34:14.840
 it will

00:34:14.840 --> 00:34:15.659
 be a day

00:34:15.659 --> 00:34:16.099
 of great

00:34:16.099 --> 00:34:16.460
 blessing

00:34:16.460 --> 00:34:18.179
 but it will

00:34:18.179 --> 00:34:18.780
 also be a

00:34:18.780 --> 00:34:19.199
 day of

00:34:19.199 --> 00:34:19.480
 great

00:34:19.480 --> 00:34:20.039
 destruction

00:34:20.039 --> 00:34:21.539
 and terror

00:34:21.539 --> 00:34:24.880
 firstly I

00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:25.179
 would say

00:34:25.179 --> 00:34:25.619
 this is a

00:34:25.619 --> 00:34:26.079
 warning to

00:34:26.079 --> 00:34:26.440
 us

00:34:26.440 --> 00:34:28.079
 to make

00:34:28.079 --> 00:34:28.800
 sure of

00:34:28.800 --> 00:34:29.340
 what we

00:34:29.340 --> 00:34:29.800
 are trusting

00:34:29.800 --> 00:34:30.280
 in to

00:34:30.280 --> 00:34:30.840
 save us

00:34:30.840 --> 00:34:33.480
 as an

00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:33.960
 old hymn

00:34:33.960 --> 00:34:34.240
 that we

00:34:34.240 --> 00:34:34.699
 sometimes

00:34:34.699 --> 00:34:35.720
 sing at

00:34:35.720 --> 00:34:36.159
 the communion

00:34:36.159 --> 00:34:36.619
 service

00:34:36.619 --> 00:34:37.139
 says

00:34:37.139 --> 00:34:39.519
 meeting

00:34:39.519 --> 00:34:40.380
 in the

00:34:40.380 --> 00:34:40.800
 Saviour's

00:34:40.800 --> 00:34:41.099
 name

00:34:41.099 --> 00:34:42.360
 breaking

00:34:42.360 --> 00:34:42.960
 bread by

00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:43.199
 his

00:34:43.199 --> 00:34:43.760
 command

00:34:43.760 --> 00:34:45.340
 to the

00:34:45.340 --> 00:34:45.980
 world we

00:34:45.980 --> 00:34:46.300
 thus

00:34:46.300 --> 00:34:46.760
 proclaim

00:34:46.760 --> 00:34:47.580
 on what

00:34:47.580 --> 00:34:48.019
 ground

00:34:48.019 --> 00:34:49.200
 we hope

00:34:49.200 --> 00:34:49.900
 to stand

00:34:49.900 --> 00:34:50.539
 when the

00:34:50.539 --> 00:34:51.140
 Lord shall

00:34:51.140 --> 00:34:51.519
 come

00:34:51.519 --> 00:34:52.640
 with clouds

00:34:52.640 --> 00:34:53.900
 joined by

00:34:53.900 --> 00:34:54.400
 heaven's

00:34:54.400 --> 00:34:54.900
 exulting

00:34:54.900 --> 00:34:55.420
 crowds

00:34:55.420 --> 00:34:58.360
 are we

00:34:58.360 --> 00:34:59.080
 basing our

00:34:59.080 --> 00:34:59.400
 hope

00:34:59.400 --> 00:35:00.500
 on the

00:35:00.500 --> 00:35:00.940
 completed

00:35:00.940 --> 00:35:01.840
 work of

00:35:01.840 --> 00:35:02.260
 Christ

00:35:02.260 --> 00:35:04.100
 or are we

00:35:04.100 --> 00:35:04.680
 somehow

00:35:04.680 --> 00:35:05.600
 still

00:35:05.600 --> 00:35:07.039
 believing that

00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:07.700
 there's something

00:35:07.700 --> 00:35:08.780
 good in us

00:35:08.780 --> 00:35:09.580
 that will

00:35:09.580 --> 00:35:10.280
 save us

00:35:10.280 --> 00:35:13.320
 but if

00:35:13.320 --> 00:35:13.640
 that's a

00:35:13.640 --> 00:35:14.160
 warning for

00:35:14.160 --> 00:35:14.540
 us

00:35:14.540 --> 00:35:16.260
 the second

00:35:16.260 --> 00:35:16.660
 part of

00:35:16.660 --> 00:35:17.120
 the warning

00:35:17.120 --> 00:35:18.080
 is for

00:35:18.080 --> 00:35:18.340
 others

00:35:18.340 --> 00:35:19.120
 around us

00:35:19.120 --> 00:35:22.440
 early in

00:35:22.440 --> 00:35:22.920
 the series

00:35:22.920 --> 00:35:23.640
 John asked

00:35:23.640 --> 00:35:23.940
 us to

00:35:23.940 --> 00:35:24.320
 pray for

00:35:24.320 --> 00:35:24.880
 his brother

00:35:24.880 --> 00:35:25.580
 Ed

00:35:25.580 --> 00:35:27.460
 and we

00:35:27.460 --> 00:35:28.320
 all have

00:35:28.320 --> 00:35:28.680
 those

00:35:28.680 --> 00:35:29.820
 family and

00:35:29.820 --> 00:35:30.320
 friends

00:35:30.320 --> 00:35:31.560
 around us

00:35:31.560 --> 00:35:33.680
 who will

00:35:33.680 --> 00:35:34.040
 say

00:35:34.040 --> 00:35:34.960
 disaster

00:35:34.960 --> 00:35:35.760
 will not

00:35:35.760 --> 00:35:36.460
 overtake or

00:35:36.460 --> 00:35:36.920
 meet us

00:35:36.920 --> 00:35:38.380
 who believe

00:35:38.380 --> 00:35:38.700
 that they

00:35:38.700 --> 00:35:39.200
 have nothing

00:35:39.200 --> 00:35:39.820
 to fear

00:35:39.820 --> 00:35:42.480
 and so it's

00:35:42.480 --> 00:35:43.519
 right for us

00:35:43.519 --> 00:35:44.079
 to long for

00:35:44.079 --> 00:35:44.539
 his coming

00:35:44.539 --> 00:35:47.000
 as another

00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:47.780
 hymn says

00:35:47.780 --> 00:35:48.599
 oh Lord

00:35:48.599 --> 00:35:49.280
 Jesus how

00:35:49.280 --> 00:35:50.220
 long how

00:35:50.220 --> 00:35:51.220
 long till we

00:35:51.220 --> 00:35:51.920
 sing the glad

00:35:51.920 --> 00:35:53.059
 song Christ

00:35:53.059 --> 00:35:53.780
 returneth

00:35:53.780 --> 00:35:55.920
 and while we

00:35:55.920 --> 00:35:56.960
 would long

00:35:56.960 --> 00:35:57.900
 for that coming

00:35:57.900 --> 00:35:58.820
 day of

00:35:58.820 --> 00:35:59.200
 glorious

00:35:59.200 --> 00:35:59.760
 blessing

00:35:59.760 --> 00:36:01.320
 we would

00:36:01.320 --> 00:36:02.159
 also long

00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:02.840
 that would

00:36:02.840 --> 00:36:03.320
 be many

00:36:03.320 --> 00:36:04.380
 more that

00:36:04.380 --> 00:36:04.780
 would be

00:36:04.780 --> 00:36:05.700
 included

00:36:05.700 --> 00:36:06.620
 among that

00:36:06.620 --> 00:36:07.180
 remnant

00:36:07.180 --> 00:36:09.940
 and if we

00:36:09.940 --> 00:36:10.420
 really

00:36:10.420 --> 00:36:11.980
 believe the

00:36:11.980 --> 00:36:12.560
 words of the

00:36:12.560 --> 00:36:13.160
 prophecy that

00:36:13.160 --> 00:36:13.460
 we've been

00:36:13.460 --> 00:36:13.820
 reading

00:36:13.820 --> 00:36:15.740
 both the

00:36:15.740 --> 00:36:17.420
 joy and

00:36:17.420 --> 00:36:17.920
 the terror

00:36:17.920 --> 00:36:20.800
 are we going

00:36:20.800 --> 00:36:21.560
 to sit back

00:36:21.560 --> 00:36:22.480
 complacently and

00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:23.720
 say I'm

00:36:23.720 --> 00:36:25.040
 okay I've

00:36:25.040 --> 00:36:25.320
 got it

00:36:25.320 --> 00:36:25.620
 sorted

00:36:25.620 --> 00:36:28.380
 or is it

00:36:28.380 --> 00:36:28.760
 going to

00:36:28.760 --> 00:36:29.380
 spur us

00:36:29.380 --> 00:36:30.340
 kick us

00:36:30.340 --> 00:36:30.820
 out of our

00:36:30.820 --> 00:36:31.500
 complacency

00:36:31.500 --> 00:36:33.600
 that we

00:36:33.600 --> 00:36:34.060
 might tell

00:36:34.060 --> 00:36:34.580
 others

00:36:34.579 --> 00:36:35.579
 of the

00:36:35.579 --> 00:36:36.079
 glorious

00:36:36.079 --> 00:36:36.759
 blessing

00:36:36.759 --> 00:36:37.239
 there is

00:36:37.239 --> 00:36:37.799
 in Christ

00:36:37.799 --> 00:36:39.460
 and the

00:36:39.460 --> 00:36:39.980
 terrifying

00:36:39.980 --> 00:36:40.500
 judgment

00:36:40.500 --> 00:36:41.019
 there is

00:36:41.019 --> 00:36:41.719
 outside of

00:36:41.719 --> 00:36:41.900
 him

00:36:41.900 --> 00:36:44.099
 I know

00:36:44.099 --> 00:36:44.699
 for myself

00:36:44.699 --> 00:36:45.279
 I'm not

00:36:45.279 --> 00:36:45.759
 at all

00:36:45.759 --> 00:36:46.119
 good at

00:36:46.119 --> 00:36:46.420
 that

00:36:46.420 --> 00:36:47.420
 I'm sure

00:36:47.420 --> 00:36:48.519
 many of

00:36:48.519 --> 00:36:48.799
 us would

00:36:48.799 --> 00:36:49.179
 say the

00:36:49.179 --> 00:36:49.500
 same

00:36:49.500 --> 00:36:52.340
 but Keith

00:36:52.340 --> 00:36:52.960
 Green put

00:36:52.960 --> 00:36:53.400
 it in one

00:36:53.400 --> 00:36:53.679
 of his

00:36:53.679 --> 00:36:54.099
 songs

00:36:54.099 --> 00:36:55.819
 I really

00:36:55.819 --> 00:36:57.199
 only want

00:36:57.199 --> 00:36:57.819
 just to

00:36:57.819 --> 00:36:58.239
 see you

00:36:58.239 --> 00:36:58.559
 there

00:36:58.559 --> 00:37:03.340
 and so

00:37:03.340 --> 00:37:03.739
 just to

00:37:03.739 --> 00:37:04.139
 finish

00:37:04.139 --> 00:37:06.199
 as next

00:37:06.199 --> 00:37:06.519
 week

00:37:06.519 --> 00:37:07.820
 we go

00:37:07.820 --> 00:37:08.059
 into

00:37:08.059 --> 00:37:08.559
 Advent

00:37:08.559 --> 00:37:10.500
 as we

00:37:10.500 --> 00:37:10.739
 think

00:37:10.739 --> 00:37:11.219
 towards

00:37:11.219 --> 00:37:11.420
 the

00:37:11.420 --> 00:37:11.659
 coming

00:37:11.659 --> 00:37:12.000
 of the

00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:12.400
 Messiah

00:37:12.400 --> 00:37:13.960
 both in

00:37:13.960 --> 00:37:14.539
 the past

00:37:14.539 --> 00:37:16.519
 and ultimately

00:37:16.519 --> 00:37:17.199
 in the future

00:37:17.199 --> 00:37:18.279
 as he comes

00:37:18.279 --> 00:37:19.340
 in both

00:37:19.340 --> 00:37:19.940
 terrifying

00:37:19.940 --> 00:37:20.440
 judgment

00:37:20.440 --> 00:37:22.179
 and to

00:37:22.179 --> 00:37:23.019
 bring glorious

00:37:23.019 --> 00:37:23.579
 hope and

00:37:23.579 --> 00:37:23.980
 restoration

00:37:23.980 --> 00:37:25.159
 to the

00:37:25.159 --> 00:37:25.539
 remnant

00:37:25.539 --> 00:37:25.920
 that bear

00:37:25.920 --> 00:37:26.440
 his name

00:37:26.440 --> 00:37:28.900
 it seems

00:37:28.900 --> 00:37:29.380
 appropriate

00:37:29.380 --> 00:37:30.780
 to finish

00:37:30.780 --> 00:37:31.639
 with the

00:37:31.639 --> 00:37:32.320
 words of

00:37:32.320 --> 00:37:32.719
 one of the

00:37:32.719 --> 00:37:33.480
 great carols

00:37:33.480 --> 00:37:34.820
 that looks

00:37:34.820 --> 00:37:35.139
 to the

00:37:35.139 --> 00:37:35.480
 coming

00:37:35.480 --> 00:37:36.480
 of the

00:37:36.480 --> 00:37:36.880
 rod of

00:37:36.880 --> 00:37:37.260
 Jesse

00:37:37.260 --> 00:37:38.260
 the son

00:37:38.260 --> 00:37:38.900
 of David

00:37:38.900 --> 00:37:40.380
 where it

00:37:40.380 --> 00:37:40.659
 says

00:37:40.659 --> 00:37:41.299
 O come

00:37:41.299 --> 00:37:42.639
 thou

00:37:42.639 --> 00:37:43.199
 rod of

00:37:43.199 --> 00:37:43.639
 Jesse

00:37:43.639 --> 00:37:44.699
 free

00:37:44.699 --> 00:37:45.139
 thine

00:37:45.139 --> 00:37:45.420
 own

00:37:45.420 --> 00:37:45.699
 from

00:37:45.699 --> 00:37:46.279
 Satan's

00:37:46.279 --> 00:37:46.619
 tyranny

00:37:46.619 --> 00:37:47.879
 from

00:37:47.879 --> 00:37:48.259
 depths

00:37:48.259 --> 00:37:48.480
 of

00:37:48.480 --> 00:37:48.799
 hell

00:37:48.799 --> 00:37:49.719
 thy

00:37:49.719 --> 00:37:50.079
 people

00:37:50.079 --> 00:37:50.519
 save

00:37:50.519 --> 00:37:51.679
 and give

00:37:51.679 --> 00:37:51.960
 them

00:37:51.960 --> 00:37:52.599
 victory

00:37:52.599 --> 00:37:53.519
 o'er the

00:37:53.519 --> 00:37:53.940
 grave

00:37:53.940 --> 00:37:55.500
 rejoice

00:37:55.500 --> 00:37:57.159
 rejoice

00:37:57.159 --> 00:37:58.839
 Emmanuel

00:37:58.839 --> 00:37:59.779
 shall

00:37:59.779 --> 00:38:00.079
 come

00:38:00.079 --> 00:38:00.599
 to thee

00:38:00.599 --> 00:38:01.519
 O

00:38:01.519 --> 00:38:01.980
 Israel

00:38:01.980 --> 00:38:03.440
 Amen