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 Haggai chapter 2, beginning at verse 1.

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 In the seventh month, on the twenty-first day of the month, the word of the Lord came

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 by the hand of Haggai the prophet.

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 Speak now to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua, the son

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 of Jehoshadak, the high priest, and to all the remnant of the people, and say, who is

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 left among you who saw this house in its former glory?

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 How do you see it now?

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 Is it not as nothing in your eyes?

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 Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, declares the Lord.

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 Be strong, O Joshua, son of Jehoshadak, the high priest.

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 Be strong, all you people of the land, declares the Lord.

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 Work, for I am with you, declares the Lord of hosts.

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 According to the covenant that I made with you when you came out of Egypt, my spirit remains

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 in your midst.

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 Fear not.

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 For, thus says the Lord of hosts, yet once more in a little while I will shake the heavens

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 and the earth and the sea and the dry land, and I will shake all nations so that the treasure

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 of all nations shall come in.

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 And I will fill this house with glory, says the Lord of hosts.

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 The silver is mine and the gold is mine, declares the Lord of hosts.

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 The latter glory of this house shall be greater than the former, says the Lord of hosts.

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 And in this place I will give peace, declares the Lord of hosts.

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 On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the

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 Lord came by Haggai the prophet.

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 Thus says the Lord of hosts, ask the priests about the law.

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 If someone carries holy meat in the fold of his garment and touches with his fold bread

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 or stew or wine or oil or any kind of food, does it become holy?

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 The priest answered and said, no.

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 Then Haggai said, if someone who is unclean by contact with a dead body touches any of

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 these, does it become unclean?

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 The priest answered and said, it does become unclean.

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 Then Haggai answered and said, so is it with this people.

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 And with this nation before me, declares the Lord.

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 And so with every work of their hands and what they offer there is unclean.

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 Now then, consider from this day onward.

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 Before stone was placed upon stone in the temple of the Lord, how did you fare?

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 When one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten.

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 When one came to the wine vat to draw fifty measures, there were but twenty.

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 I struck you and all the products of your toil with blight and with mildew and with hail,

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 yet you did not turn to me, declares the Lord.

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 Consider from this day onward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month.

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 Since the day that the foundation of the Lord's temple was laid, consider, is the seed yet in the barn?

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 Indeed, the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have yielded nothing.

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 But from this day on, I will bless you.

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 The word of the Lord came a second time to Haggai on the twenty-fourth day of the month.

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 He speaks to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I am about to shake the heavens and the earth

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 and to overthrow the throne of kingdoms.

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 I am about to destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations

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 and overthrow the chariots and their riders and the horses and their riders shall go down,

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 every one by the sword of his brother.

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 On that day, declares the Lord of hosts,

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 I will take you, O Zerubbabel my servant, the son of Shealtiel, declares the Lord,

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 and make you like a signet ring, for I have chosen you, declares the Lord of hosts.

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 So last week, we looked at Haggai chapter 1 and saw two key phrases.

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 First, Haggai said, consider your ways.

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 This is chapter 1, verse 5 and 7.

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 We saw there that God confronts us about our misplaced priorities.

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 Haggai was prophesying to the people who had returned to Jerusalem from the exile in Babylon.

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 They had been back in Jerusalem for 18 years,

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 but the temple which the Babylonians had destroyed was still in ruins.

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 And Haggai confronted the people.

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 He said, you've repaired your own houses, you've rebuilt your own houses,

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 but the house of God is an abandoned construction site.

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 It looks terrible.

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 And it's an indication of how little you care about God.

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 Because He promised that He would dwell among you if you build a house for Him.

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 Your priorities have been out of whack,

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 and your life has not been going well as a result.

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 So consider.

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 But the second phrase we saw in chapter 1, verse 13, was a word of encouragement.

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 I am with you.

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 When we take His word to heart, God encourages us.

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 Now, unlike many other Old Testament prophets who were ignored or persecuted,

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 the people actually listened to Haggai.

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 They took His word to heart and they obeyed it.

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 And so God encouraged them and gave them energy from His word and from His spirit.

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 And they began this project of building the temple once again.

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 But building the temple was a massive multi-year project.

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 I wonder, have you ever begun a new habit?

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 Or started a big project?

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 Or embarked on a long journey?

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 For the first couple of days or even couple of weeks, it's exciting.

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 Because it's new.

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 But after a few days or a few weeks, the initial enthusiasm dies down.

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 And the difficulty of the project sets in.

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 You know, many people, perhaps you, have made a New Year's resolution to start going to the gym.

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 But according to one study, of all the people who bought gym memberships in December,

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 20% of them quit by June.

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 Another 20% quit by the following December.

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 And the reason why fitness clubs stay in business is only half the people who still have their gym membership

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 actually go regularly, twice a week or more.

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 At this point in the year, the holiday season has come and gone.

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 And we're facing two or three more months of short days, long nights, cold and sometimes dreary weather.

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 And it's easy to get discouraged and defeated.

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 And the same pattern can happen spiritually.

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 If you're planting a new church, or starting a new ministry, starting a new small group,

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 the first couple of months or even a year can be exciting.

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 But after some time, all kinds of challenges can come up.

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 Relational tensions, disagreements about strategy and priorities, disappointing lack of response.

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 And you can begin to wonder, was it really worth it anyway?

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 Maybe there was a time in your life when you had great energy for God.

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 Maybe as a young believer.

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 But now that energy and that drive that you once had has faded away.

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 And your life as a Christian feels like the gray skies on a bone-chilling, rainy New Haven day.

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 Now what we'll see in this chapter, in Haggai chapter 2, is that God not only encourages us in our new beginnings,

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 He encourages us at each step along the way as well.

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 What we're going to see is that God encourages us in three ways.

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 He encourages us despite slow progress in the past.

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 He encourages us despite, sorry, despite slow progress in the present.

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 Despite lingering defilements from the past.

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 And despite dim prospects for the future.

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 So we'll look at each of those in turn.

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 So first, God encourages us despite slow progress in the present.

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 This is verses 1 through 9.

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 The end of chapter 1 tells us it was the 24th day of the 6th month when the people began to work on the temple.

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 And God sent them a message of encouragement.

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 I'm with you.

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 And just four weeks later, 7th month, 21st day of the month, God sent Haggai to the people with another message of encouragement.

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 Actually the same, He says the same thing.

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 I'm with you.

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 It expands on it.

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 But the date is significant, 21st day of the 7th month, because the 21st day of the 7th month, which would be late October in our calendar, was the last day of the Feast of Tabernacles.

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 It was sort of the end of the major Israelite holiday season.

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 The 7th month began with the Feast of Trumpets.

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 And then there was a fasting and prayer day, the Day of Atonement.

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 And then there was a week-long Feast of Tabernacles from the 15th to the 21st.

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 And large numbers of visitors would come to Jerusalem for that great feast.

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 It was sort of like a national campout.

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 They'd camp out in tents for a week, remembering how when they came out of Egypt, God had sustained them in the wilderness, when they lived in tents or tabernacles, temporary dwellings.

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 And they would also remember, at that same time, how hundreds of years ago, the great King Solomon, at the height of Israelite history, had dedicated his magnificent temple to the Lord in Jerusalem at the end of the Feast of Tabernacles, on the exact same day.

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 And the glory of God had come down in a cloud to dwell in this temple.

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 So the feast was a reminder not only of the Exodus, but also of the glory days of Jerusalem.

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 But for the returned exiles, for the people of Haggai's time, those glory days were long gone.

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 The king was gone.

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 The temple, once glorious, had been plundered and destroyed by the Babylonians.

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 And there was only a foundation that hadn't been worked on for 15 years.

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 In verse 3, Haggai put into words what people were thinking and feeling.

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 He says, who's left among you who saw this house in its former glory?

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 How do you see it now?

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 Is it not as nothing in your eyes?

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 I mean, after four weeks of working on an abandoned construction site, even with modern tools, it doesn't look like much.

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 And Haggai acknowledged the discouragement that the people felt when they saw the slow progress of the work.

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 And it was beginning to sink in how long it was going to take to carry out this project.

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 They looked back to a glorious past that was long gone.

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 They saw slow progress in the present.

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 And they projected their present condition onto their vision for the future.

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 But Haggai acknowledged that.

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 He gave voice to their discouragement.

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 But he didn't stop there.

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 In verse 4, he continued.

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 He says, yet now, be strong, O Zerubbabel.

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 Be strong, O Joshua.

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 Be strong, all you people of the land.

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 Work, for I am with you.

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 Haggai drew on the words that the Lord had spoken to Joshua a long time ago.

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 When Joshua was leading the people of Israel from the wilderness,

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 where they had lived in tents into the promised land for the first time.

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 And they had nothing.

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 They had no king, no temple, no land.

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 Nothing except the clothes on their backs and the tents they were living in.

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 And the Lord said to Joshua, just as I was with Moses,

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 so I will be with you.

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 I will not leave you or forsake you.

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 Be strong and courageous.

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 Be strong and very courageous.

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 Have I not commanded you, be strong and courageous?

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 Three times he repeats, be strong.

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 Don't be frightened.

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 Don't be dismayed.

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 For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.

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 Haggai echoed those same words over 500 years later.

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 Three times he said, be strong.

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 To Zerubbabel, to Joshua, and to the people as a whole.

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 And he reassured them, I am with you.

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 God is with you just like he was when you came out of Egypt.

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 Remember what you were just celebrating in this Feast of Tabernacles,

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 that God was with you in the desert when you were living in tents,

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 when you had nothing,

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 and he led you with the pillar of cloud by day

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 and the pillar of fire by night,

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 the signs of his Holy Spirit dwelling among you.

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 He says, my spirit remains in your midst.

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 I promised that I would never leave you nor forsake you,

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 and I haven't and I won't.

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 So fear not.

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 Now in one sense, it's right to fear the Lord.

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 When Haggai confronted the people in chapter 1

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 about their misplaced priorities,

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 verse 12 says they responded by fearing the Lord.

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 In other words, with a reverential awe

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 that motivated them to listen and obey

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 because they realized who was speaking to them.

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 That's a right kind of fear.

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 But in chapter 2, verse 5,

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 Haggai warned them against a wrong kind of fear,

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 a paralyzing, faithless, debilitating fear.

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 He said, if you stand in awe of the Lord,

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 you don't need to be terrified by anything else,

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 and you will never be alone.

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 My spirit remains among you, fear not.

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 When we feel discouraged and defeated,

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 when we face long-term challenges

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 and see little or no progress in the present,

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 God mercifully speaks.

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 He speaks into our despondency and our depression,

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 and he speaks to us about his sufficiency

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 and his faithfulness.

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 Three times, Haggai reminded the people

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 who is speaking to them,

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 declares the Lord, declares the Lord,

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 declares the Lord of hosts.

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 That means the Lord of the armies of heaven.

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 When you're discouraged,

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 it's good to acknowledge

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 the source of the discouragement, to name it.

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 It's right to acknowledge our own feelings,

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 whether that's sadness or anger or disappointment

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 or whatever they may be,

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 but Haggai says, don't stop there.

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 Yet now hear the word of the Lord.

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 You see, it's very easy to focus in

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 on our present troubles

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 and our present lack of progress

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 and project that,

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 our present experience, into the future.

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 But Haggai says no.

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 Instead, you must fix your eyes

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 on what God has certainly promised to do

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 in the future

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 and let God's future promises

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 shape your present experience

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 rather than the other way around.

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 Verse 6 begins with the word for.

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 It's an important word.

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 Fear not for,

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 because thus does the Lord of hosts

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 yet once more in a little while

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 I will shake

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 the heavens and the earth

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 and the sea and the dry land.

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 And he promised

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 that one day he would fill

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 that house,

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 he would fill his temple

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 with glory

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 and peace.

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 God says you can know

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 that I'm with you now

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 despite the slow progress

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 because I'm telling you in advance

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 what I've resolved to do

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 in the future

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 with this.

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 Haggai said to the people,

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 I'm going to make

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 this temple more glorious

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 than it ever was.

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 More glorious

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 than when King Solomon

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 built it with gold

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 and silver

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 and bronze

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 and cedar

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 when he was the richest

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 and wisest man in the world

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 and all kinds of people

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 from all over the nations

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 as far away

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 as the Queen of Sheba

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 came to give tribute

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 to honor

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 this great king

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 and this great God.

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 Now you might ask,

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 did that ever really happen?

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 Did the temple

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 that they were building

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 actually become

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 that glorious?

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 Well in one sense

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 it did.

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 According to Ezra chapter 6

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 in Haggai's own lifetime

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 the Persian emperor Darius

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 paid the construction costs

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 for the rebuilt temple

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 in Jerusalem.

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 The treasures

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 from the treasury

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 of another nation

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 that built up

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 the house of the Lord.

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 And a few centuries later

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 the temple was expanded

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 and adorned by King Herod.

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 Treasures from a few

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 other nations

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 were brought into the temple

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 but only a few.

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 And it was never

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 a place

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 of lasting peace.

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 But in the New Testament

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 we see God

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 beginning to fulfill

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 Haggai's prophecy

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 in an even greater way.

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 We see God

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 beginning to shake

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 the heavens and the earth

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 to bring in the treasures

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 from all nations

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 and fill his house

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 with glory.

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 You see in the New Testament

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 the New Testament

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 shows us

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 that in the person

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 of Jesus

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 God was establishing

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 a greater temple.

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 A place where his glory

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 would dwell on earth.

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 Where God

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 and humanity

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 would meet

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 and be reconciled

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 for all eternity.

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 Jesus said in John chapter 2

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 he said destroy this temple

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 and in three days

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 I will raise it up.

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 And the people

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 couldn't figure out

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 what he meant.

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 But John says

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 he was speaking

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 about the temple

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 of his own body.

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 At Jesus' baptism

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 the heavens were torn open

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 and the glory of God

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 descended

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 in the form of a dove

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 on Jesus.

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 At Jesus' crucifixion

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 the earth shook.

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 And after his resurrection

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 we see Jesus

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 the risen Lord

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 breathing peace

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 on his disciples.

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 sending his spirit

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 upon them

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 sending them out

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 to the ends of the earth

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 to gather in people

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 from all nations.

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 You see the New Testament

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 says that

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 we who believe in Jesus

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 are God's temple.

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 That God now lives in us

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 by his spirit.

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 But the temple

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 isn't a physical building

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 but it's a community

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 of people

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 who are filled

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 with the spirit of God.

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 Through Jesus

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 we have peace

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 with God

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 we're now his ambassadors

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 extending that grace

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 and peace to the world.

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 And the book of Revelation

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 speaks of a future day.

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 It says there'll be a day

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 when there'll be

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 a great multitude

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 that no one can count

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 from every tribe

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 and every language

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 and every nation

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 and every people

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 who will stand before

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 the throne of God

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 and of the Lamb King Jesus.

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 And this Jesus

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 will one day

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 make all things new.

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 And God will dwell

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 with us forever

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 and wipe every tear

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 away from our eyes

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 and the new Jerusalem

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 will be a temple

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 filled with the glory

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 of God.

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 The kings of the earth

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 will bring their glory

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 and honor into it

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 and a river of life

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 will run through it.

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 And on either side

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 of the river

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 the tree of life

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 and the leaves of the tree

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 are for the healing

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 of the nations.

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 And it says

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 we will see his face

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 and there will be

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 no more night

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 for the Lord God

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 will be our light

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 and we will reign

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 with him forever

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 and ever.

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 God says

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 this is what

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 I'm going to do

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 with you in the future.

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 This is why

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 you can be confident

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 that I'm with you

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 in the present

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 as you build

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 the house of the Lord

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 even if it looks

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 small and shabby

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 right now.

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 God said

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 I'm committed

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 to building

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 a glorious temple

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 with my treasured

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 possession

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 my people

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 from all the nations

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 of the earth

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 for all eternity.

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 So if you're making

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 slow progress

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 in your life

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 as a Christian

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 if you're discouraged

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 by slow progress

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 in the church

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 in loving one another

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 and building one another up

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 in sharing

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 the hope

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 of Jesus Christ

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 with our city

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 and our world

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 if you're discouraged

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 by slow progress

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 don't project

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 your present circumstances

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 onto the future

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 and remain

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 despondent

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 and apathetic

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 but listen to what

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 God has promised

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 to do

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 for you

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 through you

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 to you

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 with you

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 let God's future promises

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 shape your present experience

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 and the New Testament

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 says this too

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 1 John chapter 3

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 he says

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 beloved

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 we are God's children now

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 and what we will be

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 has not yet appeared

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 but we know

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 that when he appears

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 we shall be like him

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 because we shall see him

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 as he is

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 and everyone

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 who has this hope

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 in him

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 purifies themselves

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 just as he

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 is pure

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 I urge the people

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 be strong

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 and work

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 on the temple

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 in Jerusalem

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 because that temple

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 was a physical sign

00:21:22.339 --> 00:21:23.079
 of God's promise

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 to one day

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 fill his temple

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 with glory and peace

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 and as followers

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 of Jesus

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 our job is not

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 to build a physical temple

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 our job is to build up

00:21:33.059 --> 00:21:33.960
 the people of God

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 and even though

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 that's sometimes

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 a slow and difficult process

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 it's all worth it

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 because God has promised

00:21:41.180 --> 00:21:42.240
 us a glorious future

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 so God encourages us

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 despite our slow progress

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 in the present

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 that's the first thing

00:21:48.299 --> 00:21:48.799
 second

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 we see that God

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 encourages us

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 despite our lingering

00:21:51.359 --> 00:21:52.559
 defilements

00:21:52.559 --> 00:21:53.420
 from the past

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 this is verse 10

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 through 19

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 verse 10

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 through 14

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 Haggai had a dialogue

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 with some of the priests

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 it might seem confusing

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 at first

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 like some obscure

00:22:05.180 --> 00:22:05.920
 bible trivia

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 but the basic point

00:22:08.960 --> 00:22:09.560
 is this

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 contamination

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 spreads

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 purity

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 doesn't

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 if you have

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 Ebola virus

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 you are a danger

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 to anyone

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 that you come

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 in close contact with

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 if you are in good health

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 unfortunately

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 you can't pass that on

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 just by touching

00:22:27.580 --> 00:22:28.180
 someone else

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 but the point

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 is what he said

00:22:30.420 --> 00:22:31.220
 in verse 14

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 he says

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 the people

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 were spiritually

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 contaminated

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 they were polluted

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 they were defiled

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 they were unclean

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 in their hearts

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 and so everything

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 they did

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 was contaminated

00:22:41.559 --> 00:22:43.979
 by their idolatry

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 by their sin

00:22:44.679 --> 00:22:46.379
 their work

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 was contaminated

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 their worship

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 offerings

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 were contaminated

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 nothing they did

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 was pure

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 because their hearts

00:22:51.819 --> 00:22:52.239
 weren't right

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 with God

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 it's the same thing

00:22:55.019 --> 00:22:56.019
 he said in chapter 1

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 he said

00:22:57.299 --> 00:22:57.919
 your priorities

00:22:57.919 --> 00:22:58.699
 are out of whack

00:22:58.699 --> 00:23:00.899
 you've disobeyed

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 God's command

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 and to build a temple

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 and it shows

00:23:03.339 --> 00:23:04.239
 how little you care

00:23:04.239 --> 00:23:04.799
 about him

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 verse 15

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 through 17

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 he reminded them

00:23:08.579 --> 00:23:09.399
 how their misplaced

00:23:09.399 --> 00:23:09.960
 priorities

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 has resulted

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 in frustration

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 and curse

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 sent by God

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 himself

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 but then in verse 18

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 and 19

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 Haggai unexpectedly

00:23:19.659 --> 00:23:20.700
 turns a corner

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 he says

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 consider

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 from this day

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 onward

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 it's the same word

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 that he used

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 back in chapter 1

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 when he said

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 consider your ways

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 consider your misplaced

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 priorities

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 consider how your life

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 is not going well

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 because your priorities

00:23:37.800 --> 00:23:38.600
 are not right

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 but then he says

00:23:42.500 --> 00:23:42.980
 consider

00:23:42.980 --> 00:23:46.060
 God's priorities

00:23:46.060 --> 00:23:48.320
 consider from this day

00:23:48.320 --> 00:23:48.880
 onward

00:23:48.880 --> 00:23:50.420
 consider

00:23:50.420 --> 00:23:52.080
 verse 19

00:23:52.080 --> 00:23:53.140
 from this day on

00:23:53.140 --> 00:23:54.120
 I will bless you

00:23:54.120 --> 00:23:56.220
 it's a strike

00:23:56.220 --> 00:23:56.460
 see

00:23:56.460 --> 00:23:57.600
 the book of Haggai

00:23:57.600 --> 00:23:58.420
 is not just about

00:23:58.420 --> 00:23:59.680
 our priorities

00:23:59.680 --> 00:24:01.560
 it's also about

00:24:01.560 --> 00:24:02.920
 God's priorities

00:24:02.920 --> 00:24:03.840
 and God is saying

00:24:03.840 --> 00:24:04.799
 my priority

00:24:04.799 --> 00:24:05.720
 is to bless

00:24:05.720 --> 00:24:06.360
 you

00:24:06.360 --> 00:24:08.720
 to care for you

00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:10.299
 to restore you

00:24:10.299 --> 00:24:12.480
 it's a striking

00:24:12.480 --> 00:24:13.039
 transition

00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:14.259
 in this section

00:24:14.259 --> 00:24:14.960
 from confronting

00:24:14.960 --> 00:24:15.440
 the people

00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:16.140
 about how

00:24:16.140 --> 00:24:16.580
 spiritually

00:24:16.580 --> 00:24:17.140
 contaminated

00:24:17.140 --> 00:24:17.880
 they are

00:24:17.880 --> 00:24:19.980
 and how devastating

00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:20.480
 the effects

00:24:20.480 --> 00:24:20.880
 of that

00:24:20.880 --> 00:24:21.680
 is

00:24:21.680 --> 00:24:23.060
 to promising

00:24:23.060 --> 00:24:23.680
 from this day

00:24:23.680 --> 00:24:23.900
 on

00:24:23.900 --> 00:24:24.640
 I will bless you

00:24:24.640 --> 00:24:27.860
 they had begun

00:24:27.860 --> 00:24:28.720
 rebuilding the temple

00:24:28.720 --> 00:24:30.380
 they had begun

00:24:30.380 --> 00:24:31.380
 responding in obedience

00:24:31.380 --> 00:24:32.080
 to God's word

00:24:32.080 --> 00:24:32.700
 but they were still

00:24:32.700 --> 00:24:33.259
 dealing with

00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:34.060
 the lingering

00:24:34.060 --> 00:24:34.960
 pollution

00:24:34.960 --> 00:24:37.320
 from their past

00:24:37.320 --> 00:24:40.460
 can you identify

00:24:40.460 --> 00:24:40.980
 with that

00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:42.560
 are you haunted

00:24:42.560 --> 00:24:44.020
 by lingering

00:24:44.020 --> 00:24:44.680
 defilement

00:24:44.680 --> 00:24:45.460
 from your past

00:24:45.460 --> 00:24:47.480
 do you look back

00:24:47.480 --> 00:24:47.980
 to a time

00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:48.360
 when you were

00:24:48.360 --> 00:24:48.780
 a slave

00:24:48.780 --> 00:24:49.480
 to addiction

00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:51.540
 deceiving

00:24:51.540 --> 00:24:52.759
 and being deceived

00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:54.779
 hated by others

00:24:54.779 --> 00:24:55.940
 and hating

00:24:55.940 --> 00:24:56.500
 one another

00:24:56.500 --> 00:24:58.440
 being foolish

00:24:58.440 --> 00:24:59.460
 and disobedient

00:24:59.460 --> 00:25:00.299
 and led astray

00:25:00.299 --> 00:25:01.940
 and even if you're

00:25:01.940 --> 00:25:03.000
 not using anymore

00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:03.420
 do you feel

00:25:03.420 --> 00:25:03.920
 discouraged

00:25:03.920 --> 00:25:04.579
 and defeated

00:25:04.579 --> 00:25:05.700
 and despairing

00:25:05.700 --> 00:25:06.099
 when you look

00:25:06.099 --> 00:25:06.799
 at the wreckage

00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:07.799
 caused by your

00:25:07.799 --> 00:25:09.099
 past life

00:25:09.099 --> 00:25:11.799
 or are you

00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:12.480
 living in shame

00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:12.920
 because

00:25:12.920 --> 00:25:14.440
 you've defiled

00:25:14.440 --> 00:25:14.940
 your body

00:25:14.940 --> 00:25:17.240
 you've secretly

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:18.299
 indulged in behavior

00:25:18.299 --> 00:25:18.879
 that you know

00:25:18.879 --> 00:25:19.519
 is not pleasing

00:25:19.519 --> 00:25:20.019
 to God

00:25:20.019 --> 00:25:20.859
 and some days

00:25:20.859 --> 00:25:21.319
 in your mind

00:25:21.319 --> 00:25:21.759
 you may try

00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:22.599
 to justify it

00:25:22.599 --> 00:25:23.059
 other days

00:25:23.059 --> 00:25:23.519
 you may try

00:25:23.519 --> 00:25:23.939
 to forget

00:25:23.939 --> 00:25:24.419
 about it

00:25:24.419 --> 00:25:25.319
 but deep down

00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:26.079
 you still feel

00:25:26.079 --> 00:25:26.419
 dirty

00:25:26.419 --> 00:25:28.740
 and when Paul

00:25:28.740 --> 00:25:29.319
 says present

00:25:29.319 --> 00:25:29.959
 your bodies

00:25:29.959 --> 00:25:31.000
 as a living

00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:31.659
 sacrifice

00:25:31.659 --> 00:25:32.240
 holy and

00:25:32.240 --> 00:25:32.879
 acceptable to

00:25:32.879 --> 00:25:33.179
 God

00:25:33.179 --> 00:25:34.099
 that seems

00:25:34.099 --> 00:25:34.480
 like an

00:25:34.480 --> 00:25:35.019
 impossible

00:25:35.019 --> 00:25:35.899
 demand

00:25:35.899 --> 00:25:37.939
 instead of

00:25:37.939 --> 00:25:38.359
 a joyful

00:25:38.359 --> 00:25:38.919
 response

00:25:38.919 --> 00:25:40.219
 to God's

00:25:40.219 --> 00:25:40.879
 liberating

00:25:40.879 --> 00:25:41.599
 mercy

00:25:41.599 --> 00:25:43.799
 friends if

00:25:43.799 --> 00:25:44.240
 that's you

00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:45.879
 if you're

00:25:45.879 --> 00:25:46.419
 haunted by

00:25:46.419 --> 00:25:46.759
 lingering

00:25:46.759 --> 00:25:47.399
 defilement

00:25:47.399 --> 00:25:47.699
 from the

00:25:47.699 --> 00:25:48.059
 past

00:25:48.059 --> 00:25:48.599
 there is

00:25:48.599 --> 00:25:49.539
 good news

00:25:49.539 --> 00:25:50.079
 for you

00:25:50.079 --> 00:25:51.619
 the Bible

00:25:51.619 --> 00:25:52.019
 says that

00:25:52.019 --> 00:25:52.739
 Jesus Christ

00:25:52.739 --> 00:25:53.039
 is the

00:25:53.039 --> 00:25:53.459
 atoning

00:25:53.459 --> 00:25:54.500
 sacrifice

00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:56.519
 who has

00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:57.039
 taken our

00:25:57.039 --> 00:25:57.839
 sin and guilt

00:25:57.839 --> 00:25:58.379
 and shame

00:25:58.379 --> 00:25:59.099
 upon himself

00:25:59.099 --> 00:25:59.799
 and carried

00:25:59.799 --> 00:26:00.699
 it away

00:26:00.699 --> 00:26:03.679
 in his

00:26:03.679 --> 00:26:04.139
 death on the

00:26:04.139 --> 00:26:04.519
 cross

00:26:04.519 --> 00:26:05.719
 and now he

00:26:05.719 --> 00:26:06.559
 stands as the

00:26:06.559 --> 00:26:07.239
 risen and

00:26:07.239 --> 00:26:08.139
 victorious Lord

00:26:08.139 --> 00:26:08.979
 who promises to

00:26:08.979 --> 00:26:09.739
 all who turn to

00:26:09.739 --> 00:26:10.500
 him from this

00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:12.039
 day forward

00:26:12.039 --> 00:26:14.539
 I will bless you

00:26:14.539 --> 00:26:16.219
 you see Jesus

00:26:16.219 --> 00:26:17.539
 Christ is a

00:26:17.539 --> 00:26:18.639
 rebuilder of

00:26:18.640 --> 00:26:19.460
 broken lives

00:26:19.460 --> 00:26:20.820
 he's the

00:26:20.820 --> 00:26:21.700
 redeveloper

00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:23.040
 who loves to

00:26:23.040 --> 00:26:23.920
 buy boarded up

00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:24.940
 houses in bad

00:26:24.940 --> 00:26:25.420
 neighborhoods

00:26:25.420 --> 00:26:26.560
 not so he can

00:26:26.560 --> 00:26:27.600
 move far away

00:26:27.600 --> 00:26:28.840
 and make lots of

00:26:28.840 --> 00:26:29.660
 money by renting

00:26:29.660 --> 00:26:30.620
 out substandard

00:26:30.620 --> 00:26:31.460
 apartments as an

00:26:31.460 --> 00:26:32.500
 absentee landlord

00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:34.460
 but so he can

00:26:34.460 --> 00:26:35.200
 move in

00:26:35.200 --> 00:26:37.160
 and renovate

00:26:37.160 --> 00:26:37.900
 them personally

00:26:37.900 --> 00:26:39.820
 and reside in

00:26:39.820 --> 00:26:40.500
 them himself

00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:42.259
 and shine light

00:26:42.259 --> 00:26:42.900
 into the whole

00:26:42.900 --> 00:26:43.360
 neighborhood

00:26:43.360 --> 00:26:44.440
 as a result

00:26:44.440 --> 00:26:45.040
 that's what he's

00:26:45.040 --> 00:26:45.340
 done

00:26:45.339 --> 00:26:46.699
 with you

00:26:46.699 --> 00:26:47.500
 and me

00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:49.019
 with anyone

00:26:49.019 --> 00:26:50.079
 who turns to

00:26:50.079 --> 00:26:50.579
 Jesus in

00:26:50.579 --> 00:26:50.939
 faith

00:26:50.939 --> 00:26:52.980
 he's bought

00:26:52.980 --> 00:26:53.359
 us

00:26:53.359 --> 00:26:54.419
 with his

00:26:54.419 --> 00:26:54.919
 very own

00:26:54.919 --> 00:26:55.339
 blood

00:26:55.339 --> 00:26:57.059
 he's come to

00:26:57.059 --> 00:26:57.639
 live in us

00:26:57.639 --> 00:26:58.459
 by his spirit

00:26:58.459 --> 00:26:59.220
 personally

00:26:59.220 --> 00:27:00.199
 so that we

00:27:00.199 --> 00:27:00.539
 might be

00:27:00.539 --> 00:27:01.079
 channels of

00:27:01.079 --> 00:27:01.659
 his blessing

00:27:01.659 --> 00:27:02.819
 to the world

00:27:02.819 --> 00:27:03.379
 and so that we

00:27:03.379 --> 00:27:04.000
 might be part

00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:05.419
 of the eternal

00:27:05.419 --> 00:27:05.859
 city

00:27:05.859 --> 00:27:07.139
 that he is

00:27:07.139 --> 00:27:07.439
 building

00:27:07.439 --> 00:27:09.359
 yes

00:27:09.359 --> 00:27:10.779
 the road ahead

00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:11.419
 may be long

00:27:11.419 --> 00:27:13.500
 you may still

00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:14.099
 be reaping

00:27:14.099 --> 00:27:14.939
 painful results

00:27:14.940 --> 00:27:15.380
 of what you

00:27:15.380 --> 00:27:15.759
 have sown

00:27:15.759 --> 00:27:16.580
 in the past

00:27:16.580 --> 00:27:18.580
 Haggai

00:27:18.580 --> 00:27:19.380
 acknowledged this

00:27:19.380 --> 00:27:20.820
 verse 19

00:27:20.820 --> 00:27:22.720
 he was speaking

00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:23.620
 exactly three

00:27:23.620 --> 00:27:24.080
 months

00:27:24.080 --> 00:27:25.160
 after they

00:27:25.160 --> 00:27:25.920
 started rebuilding

00:27:25.920 --> 00:27:26.380
 the temple

00:27:26.380 --> 00:27:27.259
 on the 24th

00:27:27.259 --> 00:27:27.620
 day of the

00:27:27.620 --> 00:27:28.200
 ninth month

00:27:28.200 --> 00:27:30.019
 and he said

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:30.480
 is the seed

00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:30.900
 in the barn

00:27:30.900 --> 00:27:31.140
 yet

00:27:31.140 --> 00:27:33.880
 none of your

00:27:33.880 --> 00:27:34.299
 trees have

00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:34.940
 yielded anything

00:27:34.940 --> 00:27:36.820
 in other words

00:27:36.820 --> 00:27:37.140
 the people

00:27:37.140 --> 00:27:37.700
 had obeyed

00:27:37.700 --> 00:27:38.279
 God for three

00:27:38.279 --> 00:27:38.720
 months

00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:40.200
 and on the

00:27:40.200 --> 00:27:40.720
 outside

00:27:40.720 --> 00:27:42.559
 nothing seemed

00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:42.920
 to have got

00:27:42.920 --> 00:27:43.420
 better in their

00:27:43.420 --> 00:27:43.840
 life

00:27:43.839 --> 00:27:46.459
 that Haggai

00:27:46.459 --> 00:27:46.879
 said just

00:27:46.879 --> 00:27:47.240
 wait

00:27:47.240 --> 00:27:48.699
 you see

00:27:48.699 --> 00:27:49.000
 Haggai

00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:49.539
 was speaking

00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:51.179
 in December

00:27:51.179 --> 00:27:52.980
 the ninth

00:27:52.980 --> 00:27:53.439
 month

00:27:53.439 --> 00:27:55.220
 of the

00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:55.740
 Israelite

00:27:55.740 --> 00:27:56.119
 calendar

00:27:56.119 --> 00:27:57.319
 and in the

00:27:57.319 --> 00:27:57.839
 agricultural

00:27:57.839 --> 00:27:58.500
 rhythm of

00:27:58.500 --> 00:27:59.279
 ancient Israel

00:27:59.279 --> 00:28:01.220
 they would

00:28:01.220 --> 00:28:01.980
 sow the seed

00:28:01.980 --> 00:28:02.319
 for the

00:28:02.319 --> 00:28:03.099
 following year

00:28:03.099 --> 00:28:03.779
 in October

00:28:03.779 --> 00:28:04.399
 and November

00:28:04.399 --> 00:28:05.819
 after the

00:28:05.819 --> 00:28:06.480
 harvest in

00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:07.039
 August and

00:28:07.039 --> 00:28:07.419
 September

00:28:07.419 --> 00:28:09.000
 and from

00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:09.379
 December

00:28:09.379 --> 00:28:10.119
 through February

00:28:10.119 --> 00:28:10.779
 they were the

00:28:10.779 --> 00:28:11.659
 cold months

00:28:11.660 --> 00:28:12.580
 and the seed

00:28:12.580 --> 00:28:12.980
 would lie

00:28:12.980 --> 00:28:13.600
 dormant in

00:28:13.600 --> 00:28:14.160
 the ground

00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:16.480
 and only in

00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:16.880
 March and

00:28:16.880 --> 00:28:17.880
 April and

00:28:17.880 --> 00:28:18.580
 after that

00:28:18.580 --> 00:28:19.519
 would they

00:28:19.519 --> 00:28:19.820
 see the

00:28:19.820 --> 00:28:20.300
 result

00:28:20.300 --> 00:28:21.680
 Haggai was

00:28:21.680 --> 00:28:22.540
 saying just

00:28:22.540 --> 00:28:23.740
 wait God

00:28:23.740 --> 00:28:24.380
 is determined

00:28:24.380 --> 00:28:25.519
 to bless you

00:28:25.519 --> 00:28:26.220
 and a plentiful

00:28:26.220 --> 00:28:27.560
 harvest is to

00:28:27.560 --> 00:28:27.860
 come

00:28:27.860 --> 00:28:30.640
 the apostle Paul

00:28:30.640 --> 00:28:31.220
 says the same

00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:32.220
 thing in Galatians

00:28:32.220 --> 00:28:33.540
 he says if we

00:28:33.540 --> 00:28:34.160
 sow to the

00:28:34.160 --> 00:28:35.660
 spirit we

00:28:35.660 --> 00:28:36.519
 will from the

00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:37.500
 spirit reap

00:28:37.500 --> 00:28:38.700
 eternal life

00:28:38.700 --> 00:28:40.700
 he says so

00:28:40.700 --> 00:28:41.120
 let us not

00:28:41.120 --> 00:28:41.740
 become weary

00:28:41.740 --> 00:28:42.700
 in doing

00:28:42.700 --> 00:28:43.980
 good for

00:28:43.980 --> 00:28:44.779
 in due

00:28:44.779 --> 00:28:46.400
 season we

00:28:46.400 --> 00:28:46.920
 will reap

00:28:46.920 --> 00:28:48.480
 a harvest of

00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:49.779
 holiness if

00:28:49.779 --> 00:28:50.200
 we do not

00:28:50.200 --> 00:28:50.860
 give up

00:28:50.860 --> 00:28:53.440
 see God

00:28:53.440 --> 00:28:54.360
 encourages us

00:28:54.360 --> 00:28:55.259
 despite our

00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:56.340
 slow progress

00:28:56.340 --> 00:28:57.000
 in the present

00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:58.460
 despite our

00:28:58.460 --> 00:28:59.600
 lingering defilements

00:28:59.600 --> 00:29:00.220
 from the past

00:29:00.220 --> 00:29:00.920
 and finally God

00:29:00.920 --> 00:29:01.640
 encourages us

00:29:01.640 --> 00:29:02.319
 despite our

00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:03.400
 dim prospects

00:29:03.400 --> 00:29:04.759
 for the future

00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:06.680
 this is the end

00:29:06.680 --> 00:29:07.160
 of the chapter

00:29:07.160 --> 00:29:07.860
 verses 20

00:29:07.860 --> 00:29:08.480
 through 23

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:10.960
 Haggai concludes

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:12.200
 with a word to

00:29:12.200 --> 00:29:12.640
 Zerubbabel

00:29:12.640 --> 00:29:14.019
 who was the

00:29:14.019 --> 00:29:14.519
 governor of

00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:14.779
 Judah

00:29:14.779 --> 00:29:16.319
 and Zerubbabel

00:29:16.319 --> 00:29:17.059
 had a glorious

00:29:17.059 --> 00:29:17.819
 lineage in the

00:29:17.819 --> 00:29:18.440
 past he was

00:29:18.440 --> 00:29:19.380
 descended from

00:29:19.380 --> 00:29:20.500
 King David

00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:22.120
 the grandson

00:29:22.120 --> 00:29:23.200
 of King

00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:23.779
 Jehoiachin

00:29:23.779 --> 00:29:24.099
 one of the

00:29:24.099 --> 00:29:24.740
 last kings of

00:29:24.740 --> 00:29:25.299
 Israel he had

00:29:25.299 --> 00:29:26.299
 survived the

00:29:26.299 --> 00:29:27.380
 Babylonian exile

00:29:27.380 --> 00:29:29.519
 but his

00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:30.339
 personal prospects

00:29:30.339 --> 00:29:30.980
 for the future

00:29:30.980 --> 00:29:31.640
 would have seemed

00:29:31.640 --> 00:29:32.279
 dim

00:29:32.279 --> 00:29:34.400
 he was not the

00:29:34.400 --> 00:29:35.860
 king of an

00:29:35.860 --> 00:29:36.599
 independent nation

00:29:36.599 --> 00:29:37.599
 he was the

00:29:37.599 --> 00:29:37.940
 governor

00:29:37.940 --> 00:29:39.519
 of a minor

00:29:39.519 --> 00:29:40.480
 outlying

00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:41.279
 province in

00:29:41.279 --> 00:29:41.740
 the Persian

00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:42.220
 empire

00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:44.220
 he had no

00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:44.799
 empire to

00:29:44.799 --> 00:29:45.100
 rule

00:29:45.100 --> 00:29:46.779
 no palace

00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:47.420
 to reign

00:29:47.420 --> 00:29:47.779
 from

00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:48.860
 no fortified

00:29:48.860 --> 00:29:49.380
 city to

00:29:49.380 --> 00:29:49.759
 defend

00:29:49.759 --> 00:29:50.080
 he was

00:29:50.080 --> 00:29:50.900
 responsible for

00:29:50.900 --> 00:29:51.440
 governing a

00:29:51.440 --> 00:29:51.799
 bunch of

00:29:51.799 --> 00:29:52.360
 refugees

00:29:52.360 --> 00:29:53.860
 and rural

00:29:53.860 --> 00:29:54.660
 poor people

00:29:54.660 --> 00:29:55.380
 who were

00:29:55.380 --> 00:29:56.660
 periodically harassed

00:29:56.660 --> 00:29:56.960
 by their

00:29:56.960 --> 00:29:57.740
 northern neighbors

00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:58.600
 and he was

00:29:58.600 --> 00:29:59.259
 subject at any

00:29:59.259 --> 00:29:59.940
 time to the

00:29:59.940 --> 00:30:00.759
 shifting demands

00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:01.360
 of his Persian

00:30:01.360 --> 00:30:02.160
 superiors

00:30:02.160 --> 00:30:03.400
 it wasn't

00:30:03.400 --> 00:30:04.180
 exactly an

00:30:04.180 --> 00:30:05.320
 enviable job

00:30:05.320 --> 00:30:07.720
 but Haggai

00:30:07.720 --> 00:30:08.779
 spoke his

00:30:08.779 --> 00:30:09.380
 final words

00:30:09.380 --> 00:30:09.940
 directly to

00:30:09.940 --> 00:30:10.440
 this man

00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:13.740
 verses 21

00:30:13.740 --> 00:30:14.259
 and 22

00:30:14.259 --> 00:30:14.620
 he says

00:30:14.620 --> 00:30:15.019
 to Rebabel

00:30:15.019 --> 00:30:15.560
 I want you

00:30:15.560 --> 00:30:16.000
 to know

00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:17.180
 that I'm

00:30:17.180 --> 00:30:17.480
 going to

00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:18.040
 bring judgment

00:30:18.040 --> 00:30:18.940
 on this

00:30:18.940 --> 00:30:19.660
 wicked world

00:30:19.660 --> 00:30:21.820
 he uses

00:30:21.820 --> 00:30:22.220
 the same

00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:22.680
 language

00:30:22.680 --> 00:30:24.240
 that was

00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:25.400
 used back

00:30:25.400 --> 00:30:25.640
 in the

00:30:25.640 --> 00:30:26.120
 exodus

00:30:26.120 --> 00:30:27.259
 about when

00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:27.740
 Pharaoh and

00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:28.160
 his armies

00:30:28.160 --> 00:30:28.800
 were and

00:30:28.800 --> 00:30:29.580
 their horses

00:30:29.580 --> 00:30:30.220
 and chariots

00:30:30.220 --> 00:30:30.680
 and riders

00:30:30.680 --> 00:30:31.259
 were pursuing

00:30:31.259 --> 00:30:31.920
 the Israelites

00:30:31.920 --> 00:30:34.579
 to capture

00:30:34.579 --> 00:30:34.940
 them and

00:30:34.940 --> 00:30:35.360
 enslave

00:30:35.360 --> 00:30:35.700
 them

00:30:35.700 --> 00:30:37.400
 and they

00:30:37.400 --> 00:30:38.539
 were drowned

00:30:38.539 --> 00:30:38.799
 in the

00:30:38.799 --> 00:30:39.200
 Red Sea

00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:41.779
 God says

00:30:41.779 --> 00:30:42.200
 I will bring

00:30:42.200 --> 00:30:42.559
 judgment

00:30:42.559 --> 00:30:43.579
 on this

00:30:43.579 --> 00:30:44.140
 wicked world

00:30:44.140 --> 00:30:44.460
 but he

00:30:44.460 --> 00:30:44.660
 said

00:30:44.660 --> 00:30:45.519
 verse 23

00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:45.940
 on that

00:30:45.940 --> 00:30:46.240
 day

00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:47.299
 I will

00:30:47.299 --> 00:30:47.839
 take you

00:30:47.839 --> 00:30:50.440
 my servant

00:30:50.440 --> 00:30:51.900
 and make you

00:30:51.900 --> 00:30:52.600
 like a signet

00:30:52.600 --> 00:30:53.220
 ring for I

00:30:53.220 --> 00:30:53.740
 have chosen

00:30:53.740 --> 00:30:54.339
 you

00:30:54.339 --> 00:30:55.660
 he says

00:30:55.660 --> 00:30:56.019
 to Rebabel

00:30:56.019 --> 00:30:56.860
 your personal

00:30:56.860 --> 00:30:57.600
 prospects for

00:30:57.600 --> 00:30:58.059
 the future

00:30:58.059 --> 00:30:58.559
 may look

00:30:58.559 --> 00:30:58.860
 dim

00:30:58.860 --> 00:30:59.400
 but in

00:30:59.400 --> 00:30:59.740
 God's

00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:00.120
 great

00:31:00.119 --> 00:31:00.719
 redemptive

00:31:00.719 --> 00:31:01.039
 plan

00:31:01.039 --> 00:31:01.339
 you have

00:31:01.339 --> 00:31:01.879
 a glorious

00:31:01.879 --> 00:31:02.939
 destiny

00:31:02.939 --> 00:31:05.679
 just like

00:31:05.679 --> 00:31:05.979
 I took

00:31:05.979 --> 00:31:06.339
 David

00:31:06.339 --> 00:31:07.719
 from the

00:31:07.719 --> 00:31:08.059
 humble

00:31:08.059 --> 00:31:09.159
 obscure

00:31:09.159 --> 00:31:10.019
 task of

00:31:10.019 --> 00:31:10.599
 tending

00:31:10.599 --> 00:31:10.979
 sheep

00:31:10.979 --> 00:31:11.219
 in the

00:31:11.219 --> 00:31:11.379
 middle

00:31:11.379 --> 00:31:11.519
 of

00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:11.959
 nowhere

00:31:11.959 --> 00:31:12.619
 to become

00:31:12.619 --> 00:31:12.959
 a great

00:31:12.959 --> 00:31:13.139
 king

00:31:13.139 --> 00:31:13.279
 of

00:31:13.279 --> 00:31:13.619
 Israel

00:31:13.619 --> 00:31:13.979
 I

00:31:13.979 --> 00:31:14.159
 will

00:31:14.159 --> 00:31:14.559
 take

00:31:14.559 --> 00:31:15.359
 you

00:31:15.359 --> 00:31:16.539
 as

00:31:16.539 --> 00:31:16.739
 my

00:31:16.739 --> 00:31:17.000
 own

00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:18.699
 just

00:31:18.699 --> 00:31:18.919
 like

00:31:18.919 --> 00:31:19.039
 I

00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:19.299
 called

00:31:19.299 --> 00:31:19.639
 David

00:31:19.639 --> 00:31:19.919
 my

00:31:19.919 --> 00:31:20.419
 servant

00:31:20.419 --> 00:31:20.799
 you

00:31:20.799 --> 00:31:21.000
 too

00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:21.159
 will

00:31:21.159 --> 00:31:21.419
 be

00:31:21.419 --> 00:31:22.519
 my

00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:23.019
 servant

00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:24.559
 I

00:31:24.559 --> 00:31:24.679
 will

00:31:24.679 --> 00:31:24.879
 make

00:31:24.879 --> 00:31:25.000
 you

00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:25.199
 like

00:31:25.199 --> 00:31:25.399
 a

00:31:25.399 --> 00:31:25.779
 signet

00:31:25.779 --> 00:31:26.399
 ring

00:31:26.399 --> 00:31:27.079
 for I

00:31:27.079 --> 00:31:27.219
 have

00:31:27.219 --> 00:31:27.639
 chosen

00:31:27.639 --> 00:31:28.259
 you

00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:28.479
 a

00:31:28.479 --> 00:31:28.819
 signet

00:31:28.819 --> 00:31:29.119
 ring

00:31:29.119 --> 00:31:29.459
 bore

00:31:29.460 --> 00:31:29.680
 the

00:31:29.680 --> 00:31:30.220
 owner's

00:31:30.220 --> 00:31:30.600
 name

00:31:30.600 --> 00:31:30.799
 and

00:31:30.799 --> 00:31:31.220
 mark

00:31:31.220 --> 00:31:32.539
 it

00:31:32.539 --> 00:31:33.000
 signified

00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:33.160
 a

00:31:33.160 --> 00:31:33.559
 close

00:31:33.559 --> 00:31:34.779
 relationship

00:31:34.779 --> 00:31:35.259
 even a

00:31:35.259 --> 00:31:35.740
 bestowal

00:31:35.740 --> 00:31:35.980
 of the

00:31:35.980 --> 00:31:36.340
 owner's

00:31:36.340 --> 00:31:36.860
 authority

00:31:36.860 --> 00:31:39.299
 two

00:31:39.299 --> 00:31:39.740
 generations

00:31:39.740 --> 00:31:40.259
 back

00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:41.559
 the prophet

00:31:41.559 --> 00:31:42.059
 Jeremiah

00:31:42.059 --> 00:31:42.340
 had

00:31:42.340 --> 00:31:42.640
 pronounced

00:31:42.640 --> 00:31:43.079
 God's

00:31:43.079 --> 00:31:43.440
 judgment

00:31:43.440 --> 00:31:44.860
 on

00:31:44.860 --> 00:31:45.420
 Zerubbabel's

00:31:45.420 --> 00:31:45.980
 grandfather

00:31:45.980 --> 00:31:46.779
 Jehoiachin

00:31:46.779 --> 00:31:48.100
 for his

00:31:48.100 --> 00:31:48.740
 wickedness

00:31:48.740 --> 00:31:49.779
 and

00:31:49.779 --> 00:31:50.039
 Jeremiah

00:31:50.039 --> 00:31:50.400
 said

00:31:50.400 --> 00:31:52.340
 though

00:31:52.340 --> 00:31:52.900
 Jehoiachin

00:31:52.900 --> 00:31:53.200
 were the

00:31:53.200 --> 00:31:53.840
 signet ring

00:31:53.840 --> 00:31:54.180
 on my

00:31:54.180 --> 00:31:54.720
 right hand

00:31:54.720 --> 00:31:55.039
 I would

00:31:55.039 --> 00:31:55.460
 tear you

00:31:55.460 --> 00:31:55.860
 off

00:31:55.859 --> 00:31:57.240
 and

00:31:57.240 --> 00:31:57.519
 give you

00:31:57.519 --> 00:31:57.679
 into

00:31:57.679 --> 00:31:57.839
 the

00:31:57.839 --> 00:31:58.039
 hand

00:31:58.039 --> 00:31:58.159
 of

00:31:58.159 --> 00:31:58.379
 those

00:31:58.379 --> 00:31:58.539
 who

00:31:58.539 --> 00:31:58.740
 seek

00:31:58.740 --> 00:31:58.879
 your

00:31:58.879 --> 00:31:59.259
 life

00:31:59.259 --> 00:32:00.459
 Jehoiachin

00:32:00.459 --> 00:32:00.699
 was

00:32:00.699 --> 00:32:01.599
 removed

00:32:01.599 --> 00:32:01.939
 from his

00:32:01.939 --> 00:32:02.279
 position

00:32:02.279 --> 00:32:02.419
 of

00:32:02.419 --> 00:32:02.799
 authority

00:32:02.799 --> 00:32:03.000
 and

00:32:03.000 --> 00:32:03.219
 taken

00:32:03.219 --> 00:32:03.439
 into

00:32:03.439 --> 00:32:03.899
 exile

00:32:03.899 --> 00:32:05.579
 but

00:32:05.579 --> 00:32:05.759
 here

00:32:05.759 --> 00:32:06.079
 Haggai

00:32:06.079 --> 00:32:06.439
 says

00:32:06.439 --> 00:32:07.659
 that

00:32:07.659 --> 00:32:07.979
 judgment

00:32:07.979 --> 00:32:08.419
 is now

00:32:08.419 --> 00:32:08.859
 reversed

00:32:08.859 --> 00:32:10.879
 the

00:32:10.879 --> 00:32:11.199
 exile

00:32:11.199 --> 00:32:11.579
 was

00:32:11.579 --> 00:32:11.939
 God's

00:32:11.939 --> 00:32:12.240
 judgment

00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:12.599
 on the

00:32:12.599 --> 00:32:12.819
 wicked

00:32:12.819 --> 00:32:13.240
 kings

00:32:13.240 --> 00:32:13.519
 and the

00:32:13.519 --> 00:32:14.079
 rebellious

00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:14.399
 people

00:32:14.399 --> 00:32:14.539
 of

00:32:14.539 --> 00:32:14.779
 Israel

00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:14.959
 but

00:32:14.959 --> 00:32:15.099
 it

00:32:15.099 --> 00:32:15.240
 was

00:32:15.240 --> 00:32:15.399
 a

00:32:15.399 --> 00:32:15.919
 temporary

00:32:15.919 --> 00:32:16.799
 judgment

00:32:16.799 --> 00:32:18.199
 and

00:32:18.199 --> 00:32:18.379
 not

00:32:18.379 --> 00:32:18.519
 a

00:32:18.519 --> 00:32:18.899
 final

00:32:18.899 --> 00:32:20.039
 one

00:32:20.039 --> 00:32:21.019
 in

00:32:21.019 --> 00:32:21.179
 other

00:32:21.179 --> 00:32:21.359
 words

00:32:21.359 --> 00:32:21.539
 he's

00:32:21.539 --> 00:32:21.759
 saying

00:32:21.759 --> 00:32:22.079
 God's

00:32:22.079 --> 00:32:22.279
 not

00:32:22.279 --> 00:32:22.679
 done

00:32:22.679 --> 00:32:22.979
 with

00:32:22.979 --> 00:32:23.259
 you

00:32:23.259 --> 00:32:23.879
 yet

00:32:23.880 --> 00:32:25.120
 despite

00:32:25.120 --> 00:32:25.700
 appearances

00:32:25.700 --> 00:32:26.080
 I'm

00:32:26.080 --> 00:32:26.340
 not

00:32:26.340 --> 00:32:26.780
 done

00:32:26.780 --> 00:32:27.300
 with

00:32:27.300 --> 00:32:27.440
 the

00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:27.700
 royal

00:32:27.700 --> 00:32:28.080
 line

00:32:28.080 --> 00:32:28.220
 of

00:32:28.220 --> 00:32:28.500
 David

00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:28.760
 because

00:32:28.760 --> 00:32:28.920
 I

00:32:28.920 --> 00:32:29.320
 promised

00:32:29.320 --> 00:32:29.440
 to

00:32:29.440 --> 00:32:29.580
 him

00:32:29.580 --> 00:32:29.860
 long

00:32:29.860 --> 00:32:30.100
 ago

00:32:30.100 --> 00:32:30.300
 that

00:32:30.300 --> 00:32:30.460
 his

00:32:30.460 --> 00:32:30.700
 throne

00:32:30.700 --> 00:32:30.840
 would

00:32:30.840 --> 00:32:30.940
 be

00:32:30.940 --> 00:32:31.360
 established

00:32:31.360 --> 00:32:31.780
 forever

00:32:31.780 --> 00:32:32.180
 and

00:32:32.180 --> 00:32:32.320
 I

00:32:32.320 --> 00:32:32.560
 don't

00:32:32.560 --> 00:32:32.920
 go back

00:32:32.920 --> 00:32:33.180
 on my

00:32:33.180 --> 00:32:33.640
 promises

00:32:33.640 --> 00:32:36.820
 even if

00:32:36.820 --> 00:32:38.180
 it appears

00:32:38.180 --> 00:32:38.880
 that I

00:32:38.880 --> 00:32:39.120
 do

00:32:39.120 --> 00:32:40.040
 I

00:32:40.040 --> 00:32:40.300
 will

00:32:40.300 --> 00:32:40.960
 not

00:32:40.960 --> 00:32:42.620
 now

00:32:42.620 --> 00:32:43.040
 Zerubbabel

00:32:43.040 --> 00:32:43.340
 didn't

00:32:43.340 --> 00:32:43.600
 become

00:32:43.600 --> 00:32:43.940
 king

00:32:43.940 --> 00:32:45.580
 in fact

00:32:45.580 --> 00:32:45.680
 we're

00:32:45.680 --> 00:32:45.800
 not

00:32:45.800 --> 00:32:46.000
 quite

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:46.140
 sure

00:32:46.140 --> 00:32:46.320
 what

00:32:46.320 --> 00:32:46.600
 happened

00:32:46.600 --> 00:32:46.720
 to

00:32:46.720 --> 00:32:46.880
 him

00:32:46.880 --> 00:32:47.120
 after

00:32:47.120 --> 00:32:47.280
 the

00:32:47.280 --> 00:32:47.500
 temple

00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:47.660
 was

00:32:47.660 --> 00:32:48.000
 rebuilt

00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:49.500
 but

00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:49.620
 he

00:32:49.620 --> 00:32:49.760
 did

00:32:49.760 --> 00:32:49.920
 have

00:32:49.920 --> 00:32:50.040
 a

00:32:50.040 --> 00:32:50.240
 royal

00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:50.680
 destiny

00:32:50.680 --> 00:32:51.960
 in

00:32:51.960 --> 00:32:52.280
 God's

00:32:52.280 --> 00:32:52.560
 great

00:32:52.560 --> 00:32:53.040
 redemptive

00:32:53.039 --> 00:32:53.359
 plan

00:32:53.359 --> 00:32:53.519
 he

00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:53.799
 became

00:32:53.799 --> 00:32:53.940
 an

00:32:53.940 --> 00:32:54.359
 ancestor

00:32:54.359 --> 00:32:54.659
 of

00:32:54.659 --> 00:32:54.960
 Jesus

00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:55.619
 himself

00:32:55.619 --> 00:32:57.859
 Matthew

00:32:57.859 --> 00:32:58.159
 chapter

00:32:58.159 --> 00:32:58.500
 one

00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:59.539
 he's

00:32:59.539 --> 00:32:59.740
 right

00:32:59.740 --> 00:33:00.079
 there

00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:01.119
 in

00:33:01.119 --> 00:33:01.240
 the

00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:01.799
 genealogy

00:33:01.799 --> 00:33:01.960
 of

00:33:01.960 --> 00:33:02.379
 Jesus

00:33:02.379 --> 00:33:03.740
 in

00:33:03.740 --> 00:33:03.899
 that

00:33:03.899 --> 00:33:04.339
 line

00:33:04.339 --> 00:33:05.180
 leading

00:33:05.180 --> 00:33:05.779
 up

00:33:05.779 --> 00:33:06.200
 to

00:33:06.200 --> 00:33:06.339
 the

00:33:06.339 --> 00:33:06.779
 promised

00:33:06.779 --> 00:33:07.440
 king

00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:07.819
 the

00:33:07.819 --> 00:33:08.279
 promised

00:33:08.279 --> 00:33:08.940
 savior

00:33:08.940 --> 00:33:09.139
 the

00:33:09.139 --> 00:33:09.420
 promised

00:33:09.420 --> 00:33:10.500
 deliverer

00:33:10.500 --> 00:33:12.519
 maybe

00:33:12.519 --> 00:33:12.720
 your

00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:13.059
 personal

00:33:13.059 --> 00:33:13.519
 prospects

00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:13.839
 for the

00:33:13.839 --> 00:33:14.079
 future

00:33:14.079 --> 00:33:14.319
 looked

00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:14.539
 in

00:33:14.539 --> 00:33:16.099
 maybe

00:33:16.099 --> 00:33:16.220
 you're

00:33:16.220 --> 00:33:16.299
 in

00:33:16.299 --> 00:33:16.399
 a

00:33:16.399 --> 00:33:16.559
 dead

00:33:16.559 --> 00:33:16.720
 end

00:33:16.720 --> 00:33:17.099
 job

00:33:17.099 --> 00:33:18.980
 subject

00:33:18.980 --> 00:33:19.159
 to

00:33:19.159 --> 00:33:19.680
 unpredictable

00:33:19.680 --> 00:33:20.240
 demands

00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:20.440
 from

00:33:20.440 --> 00:33:20.599
 your

00:33:20.599 --> 00:33:21.240
 supervisors

00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:23.460
 in

00:33:23.460 --> 00:33:23.700
 charge

00:33:23.700 --> 00:33:23.839
 of

00:33:23.839 --> 00:33:24.099
 people

00:33:24.099 --> 00:33:24.359
 with

00:33:24.359 --> 00:33:24.940
 lots

00:33:24.940 --> 00:33:25.059
 of

00:33:25.059 --> 00:33:25.359
 difficult

00:33:25.359 --> 00:33:25.980
 problems

00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:27.420
 maybe

00:33:27.420 --> 00:33:27.599
 your

00:33:27.599 --> 00:33:27.900
 hopes

00:33:27.900 --> 00:33:28.059
 and

00:33:28.059 --> 00:33:28.420
 ideals

00:33:28.420 --> 00:33:28.579
 of

00:33:28.579 --> 00:33:28.700
 a

00:33:28.700 --> 00:33:29.000
 family

00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:29.200
 have

00:33:29.200 --> 00:33:29.400
 fallen

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 to

00:33:29.579 --> 00:33:29.859
 pieces

00:33:29.859 --> 00:33:32.099
 maybe

00:33:32.099 --> 00:33:32.259
 you're

00:33:32.259 --> 00:33:32.579
 literally

00:33:32.579 --> 00:33:32.799
 a

00:33:32.799 --> 00:33:33.140
 refugee

00:33:33.140 --> 00:33:33.599
 struggling

00:33:33.599 --> 00:33:33.839
 to

00:33:33.839 --> 00:33:34.240
 survive

00:33:34.240 --> 00:33:34.400
 in

00:33:34.400 --> 00:33:34.519
 a

00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:34.759
 foreign

00:33:34.759 --> 00:33:35.240
 land

00:33:35.240 --> 00:33:37.460
 maybe

00:33:37.460 --> 00:33:37.620
 you're

00:33:37.620 --> 00:33:37.920
 facing

00:33:37.920 --> 00:33:38.220
 death

00:33:38.220 --> 00:33:38.740
 itself

00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:40.319
 but

00:33:40.319 --> 00:33:40.539
 brothers

00:33:40.539 --> 00:33:40.759
 and

00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:41.120
 sisters

00:33:41.120 --> 00:33:42.160
 in

00:33:42.160 --> 00:33:42.460
 God's

00:33:42.460 --> 00:33:42.720
 great

00:33:42.720 --> 00:33:43.220
 redemptive

00:33:43.220 --> 00:33:43.640
 plan

00:33:43.640 --> 00:33:45.700
 you have

00:33:45.700 --> 00:33:45.799
 a

00:33:45.799 --> 00:33:46.140
 glorious

00:33:46.140 --> 00:33:46.700
 destiny

00:33:46.700 --> 00:33:48.519
 because

00:33:48.519 --> 00:33:48.700
 in

00:33:48.700 --> 00:33:48.920
 Jesus

00:33:48.920 --> 00:33:49.259
 Christ

00:33:49.259 --> 00:33:49.500
 God

00:33:49.500 --> 00:33:49.680
 says

00:33:49.680 --> 00:33:49.860
 I've

00:33:49.860 --> 00:33:50.240
 chosen

00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:50.900
 you

00:33:50.900 --> 00:33:51.660
 to

00:33:51.660 --> 00:33:51.779
 be

00:33:51.779 --> 00:33:52.019
 my

00:33:52.019 --> 00:33:52.480
 servant

00:33:52.480 --> 00:33:53.299
 you're

00:33:53.299 --> 00:33:53.600
 precious

00:33:53.600 --> 00:33:53.840
 to

00:33:53.840 --> 00:33:54.080
 me

00:33:54.080 --> 00:33:54.500
 and

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:54.620
 I

00:33:54.620 --> 00:33:54.880
 love

00:33:54.880 --> 00:33:55.140
 you

00:33:55.140 --> 00:33:56.779
 I've

00:33:56.779 --> 00:33:57.059
 placed

00:33:57.059 --> 00:33:57.360
 my

00:33:57.360 --> 00:33:58.000
 signet

00:33:58.000 --> 00:33:58.340
 ring

00:33:58.340 --> 00:33:59.039
 my

00:33:59.039 --> 00:33:59.460
 name

00:33:59.460 --> 00:34:00.100
 my

00:34:00.100 --> 00:34:00.559
 image

00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:00.960
 my

00:34:00.960 --> 00:34:01.360
 mark

00:34:01.360 --> 00:34:01.700
 on

00:34:01.700 --> 00:34:01.940
 you

00:34:01.940 --> 00:34:03.340
 this

00:34:03.340 --> 00:34:03.460
 is

00:34:03.460 --> 00:34:03.600
 the

00:34:03.600 --> 00:34:03.960
 word

00:34:03.960 --> 00:34:04.819
 of

00:34:04.819 --> 00:34:04.940
 the

00:34:04.940 --> 00:34:05.259
 Lord

00:34:05.259 --> 00:34:05.920
 of

00:34:05.920 --> 00:34:06.380
 hosts

00:34:06.380 --> 00:34:08.179
 so

00:34:08.179 --> 00:34:08.340
 to

00:34:08.340 --> 00:34:08.599
 begin

00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:08.800
 this

00:34:08.800 --> 00:34:08.960
 new

00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:09.159
 year

00:34:09.159 --> 00:34:09.420
 brothers

00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:09.619
 and

00:34:09.619 --> 00:34:09.840
 sisters

00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:10.079
 let

00:34:10.079 --> 00:34:10.179
 us

00:34:10.179 --> 00:34:10.320
 be

00:34:10.320 --> 00:34:10.840
 encouraged

00:34:10.840 --> 00:34:11.800
 be

00:34:11.800 --> 00:34:12.360
 encouraged

00:34:12.360 --> 00:34:13.920
 despite

00:34:13.920 --> 00:34:14.260
 slow

00:34:14.260 --> 00:34:14.659
 progress

00:34:14.659 --> 00:34:14.920
 in the

00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:15.199
 present

00:34:15.199 --> 00:34:15.380
 be

00:34:15.380 --> 00:34:15.840
 encouraged

00:34:15.840 --> 00:34:16.240
 despite

00:34:16.239 --> 00:34:16.839
 lingering

00:34:16.839 --> 00:34:17.399
 defilements

00:34:17.399 --> 00:34:17.659
 from the

00:34:17.659 --> 00:34:17.939
 past

00:34:17.939 --> 00:34:18.119
 be

00:34:18.119 --> 00:34:18.559
 encouraged

00:34:18.559 --> 00:34:18.939
 despite

00:34:18.939 --> 00:34:19.139
 dim

00:34:19.139 --> 00:34:19.559
 prospects

00:34:19.559 --> 00:34:19.919
 for the

00:34:19.919 --> 00:34:20.179
 future

00:34:20.179 --> 00:34:20.619
 because

00:34:20.619 --> 00:34:22.739
 God

00:34:22.739 --> 00:34:22.879
 is

00:34:22.879 --> 00:34:23.079
 with

00:34:23.079 --> 00:34:23.439
 us

00:34:23.439 --> 00:34:25.979
 and

00:34:25.979 --> 00:34:26.079
 we

00:34:26.079 --> 00:34:26.179
 have

00:34:26.179 --> 00:34:26.259
 a

00:34:26.259 --> 00:34:26.500
 glorious

00:34:26.500 --> 00:34:26.899
 destiny

00:34:26.899 --> 00:34:27.079
 in

00:34:27.079 --> 00:34:27.259
 Jesus

00:34:27.259 --> 00:34:27.599
 Christ

00:34:27.599 --> 00:34:27.879
 let's

00:34:27.879 --> 00:34:28.099
 pray

00:34:28.099 --> 00:34:32.539
 a

00:34:32.539 --> 00:34:32.699
 prayer

00:34:32.699 --> 00:34:32.979
 for the

00:34:32.979 --> 00:34:33.119
 new

00:34:33.119 --> 00:34:33.439
 year

00:34:33.439 --> 00:34:35.379
 oh

00:34:35.379 --> 00:34:35.739
 Lord

00:34:35.739 --> 00:34:38.319
 length

00:34:38.319 --> 00:34:38.599
 of

00:34:38.599 --> 00:34:39.039
 days

00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:40.239
 does

00:34:40.239 --> 00:34:40.419
 not

00:34:40.419 --> 00:34:40.739
 profit

00:34:40.739 --> 00:34:41.039
 me

00:34:41.039 --> 00:34:42.679
 except

00:34:42.679 --> 00:34:42.879
 the

00:34:42.879 --> 00:34:43.079
 days

00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:43.219
 are

00:34:43.219 --> 00:34:43.639
 passed

00:34:43.639 --> 00:34:44.539
 in

00:34:44.539 --> 00:34:44.659
 your

00:34:44.659 --> 00:34:45.159
 presence

00:34:45.159 --> 00:34:45.739
 in

00:34:45.739 --> 00:34:45.899
 your

00:34:45.899 --> 00:34:46.339
 service

00:34:46.339 --> 00:34:46.819
 to

00:34:46.819 --> 00:34:46.960
 your

00:34:46.960 --> 00:34:47.319
 glory

00:34:47.319 --> 00:34:48.659
 give

00:34:48.659 --> 00:34:48.920
 me

00:34:48.920 --> 00:34:49.440
 your

00:34:49.440 --> 00:34:49.899
 grace

00:34:49.899 --> 00:34:51.219
 that

00:34:51.219 --> 00:34:51.420
 goes

00:34:51.420 --> 00:34:51.799
 before

00:34:51.799 --> 00:34:52.099
 me

00:34:52.099 --> 00:34:53.319
 that

00:34:53.319 --> 00:34:53.699
 follows

00:34:53.699 --> 00:34:54.059
 me

00:34:54.059 --> 00:34:54.839
 that

00:34:54.839 --> 00:34:55.199
 guides

00:34:55.199 --> 00:34:56.299
 sustains

00:34:56.299 --> 00:34:57.859
 sanctifies

00:34:57.859 --> 00:34:58.759
 and helps

00:34:58.759 --> 00:34:58.980
 me

00:34:58.980 --> 00:34:59.279
 every

00:34:59.279 --> 00:34:59.619
 hour

00:34:59.619 --> 00:35:01.219
 that I

00:35:01.219 --> 00:35:01.539
 might not

00:35:01.539 --> 00:35:02.039
 live one

00:35:02.039 --> 00:35:02.659
 moment apart

00:35:02.659 --> 00:35:03.159
 from you

00:35:03.159 --> 00:35:03.539
 but may

00:35:03.539 --> 00:35:04.099
 rely on

00:35:04.099 --> 00:35:04.239
 your

00:35:04.239 --> 00:35:04.679
 spirit

00:35:04.679 --> 00:35:06.399
 to supply

00:35:06.399 --> 00:35:06.699
 every

00:35:06.699 --> 00:35:07.039
 thought

00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:08.159
 speak

00:35:08.159 --> 00:35:08.519
 in every

00:35:08.519 --> 00:35:08.899
 word

00:35:08.899 --> 00:35:10.159
 direct

00:35:10.159 --> 00:35:10.399
 every

00:35:10.399 --> 00:35:10.819
 step

00:35:10.819 --> 00:35:12.039
 prosper

00:35:12.039 --> 00:35:12.300
 every

00:35:12.300 --> 00:35:12.739
 work

00:35:12.739 --> 00:35:13.759
 build

00:35:13.759 --> 00:35:13.960
 up

00:35:13.960 --> 00:35:14.300
 every

00:35:14.300 --> 00:35:15.179
 mustard

00:35:15.179 --> 00:35:15.460
 seed

00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:15.619
 of

00:35:15.619 --> 00:35:15.980
 faith

00:35:15.980 --> 00:35:17.259
 and give

00:35:17.259 --> 00:35:17.500
 me a

00:35:17.500 --> 00:35:17.820
 desire

00:35:17.820 --> 00:35:18.239
 to show

00:35:18.239 --> 00:35:18.539
 forth

00:35:18.539 --> 00:35:18.699
 your

00:35:18.699 --> 00:35:19.159
 praise

00:35:19.159 --> 00:35:19.800
 and testify

00:35:19.800 --> 00:35:20.099
 your

00:35:20.099 --> 00:35:20.360
 love

00:35:20.360 --> 00:35:20.840
 and advance

00:35:20.840 --> 00:35:21.039
 your

00:35:21.039 --> 00:35:21.340
 kingdom

00:35:21.340 --> 00:35:23.300
 I launch

00:35:23.300 --> 00:35:23.759
 my boat

00:35:23.759 --> 00:35:25.019
 on the

00:35:25.019 --> 00:35:25.360
 unknown

00:35:25.360 --> 00:35:25.820
 waters

00:35:25.820 --> 00:35:26.239
 of this

00:35:26.239 --> 00:35:26.539
 year

00:35:26.539 --> 00:35:27.980
 with you

00:35:27.980 --> 00:35:28.199
 oh

00:35:28.199 --> 00:35:28.519
 father

00:35:28.519 --> 00:35:28.940
 as my

00:35:28.940 --> 00:35:29.279
 harbor

00:35:29.279 --> 00:35:30.519
 with you

00:35:30.519 --> 00:35:30.800
 oh

00:35:30.800 --> 00:35:31.159
 son

00:35:31.159 --> 00:35:31.619
 as my

00:35:31.619 --> 00:35:32.039
 helm

00:35:32.039 --> 00:35:32.860
 with you

00:35:32.860 --> 00:35:33.059
 oh

00:35:33.059 --> 00:35:33.300
 holy

00:35:33.300 --> 00:35:33.659
 spirit

00:35:33.659 --> 00:35:34.039
 filling

00:35:34.039 --> 00:35:34.380
 my

00:35:34.380 --> 00:35:34.920
 sails

00:35:34.920 --> 00:35:36.279
 guide me

00:35:36.279 --> 00:35:36.679
 to heaven

00:35:36.679 --> 00:35:37.880
 with my

00:35:37.880 --> 00:35:38.159
 lamp

00:35:38.159 --> 00:35:38.519
 burning

00:35:38.519 --> 00:35:39.679
 my ear

00:35:39.679 --> 00:35:40.179
 open to

00:35:40.179 --> 00:35:40.679
 your call

00:35:40.679 --> 00:35:41.219
 my heart

00:35:41.219 --> 00:35:41.599
 full of

00:35:41.599 --> 00:35:41.920
 love

00:35:41.920 --> 00:35:42.500
 my soul

00:35:42.500 --> 00:35:42.940
 free

00:35:42.940 --> 00:35:44.279
 give me

00:35:44.279 --> 00:35:44.799
 your grace

00:35:44.799 --> 00:35:45.559
 to sanctify

00:35:45.559 --> 00:35:45.900
 me

00:35:45.900 --> 00:35:47.699
 your comforts

00:35:47.699 --> 00:35:48.179
 to cheer

00:35:48.179 --> 00:35:49.480
 your wisdom

00:35:49.480 --> 00:35:49.980
 to teach

00:35:49.980 --> 00:35:50.400
 your right

00:35:50.400 --> 00:35:50.799
 hand to

00:35:50.799 --> 00:35:51.099
 guide

00:35:51.099 --> 00:35:51.679
 your counsel

00:35:51.679 --> 00:35:52.440
 to instruct

00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:53.599
 your law

00:35:53.599 --> 00:35:54.279
 to judge

00:35:54.279 --> 00:35:55.839
 your presence

00:35:55.839 --> 00:35:56.539
 to stabilize

00:35:56.539 --> 00:35:58.400
 may your fear

00:35:58.400 --> 00:35:59.279
 be my awe

00:35:59.279 --> 00:36:01.019
 and your triumphs

00:36:01.019 --> 00:36:02.139
 my joy

00:36:02.139 --> 00:36:04.420
 amen