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 Almighty who has the power to fulfill, to accomplish, to deliver on his word.

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 He is Yahweh, the covenant-keeping God,

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 who enters into relationship with his people.

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 And then he is my God, the psalmist says in verse 2.

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 He is my God, the one who created out of nothing.

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 The one who established the universe.

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 The one who is Alpha and Omega, beginning and end, ruler of all that there is.

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 He is personally connected to his people.

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 God is our shelter.

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 That's what's being promised here.

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 And it's being promised here in a very profound sense amidst the distress that Israel has been experiencing.

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 Psalm 91 is the second psalm in the fourth book of the Psalter.

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 The Psalter, I'm sure many of you know, is divided into five books.

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 And here is Psalm 91 in the fourth book.

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 A book that is in part an answer and a beginning of comfort for the people of God

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 in the midst of the terrible distress that they have experienced,

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 which is largely described for us in the third book of the Psalter.

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 We might think in particular of the anguished cries that we find in Psalm 79 from the third book of the Psalter,

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 which stand in such stark contrast to all of the promises that we read in this psalm, in the fourth book.

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 Listen to the beginning of Psalm 79.

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 Oh God, the nations have come into your inheritance.

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 They have defiled your holy temple.

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 They have laid Jerusalem in ruins.

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 They have given the bodies of your servants to the birds for food,

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 the flesh of your faithful to the beasts of the earth.

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 They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem,

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 and there was no one to bury them.

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 Here is difficulty that puts our difficulties to shame, doesn't it?

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 Here is calamity visited upon the people of God.

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 Jerusalem taken.

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 The temple defiled.

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 The people of God slaughtered in such number that there is no one left to bury the dead.

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 How does that relate to our psalm?

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 Aren't we promised in Psalm 91 that a thousand will fall on one side,

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 a thousand on another, but it will not come near you?

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 How do we hold these things together?

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 Although as Israel has experienced in her history,

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 they will lose capital.

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 They will lose land and temple and king.

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 They will not lose their God.

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 They may lose the habitation of the land filled with milk and honey.

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 They may lose the habitation of Jerusalem, the beautiful capital city.

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 They may lose even the presence of God manifested for them there in the temple.

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 They may lose the leadership of the king.

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 They may lose their lives in suffering.

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 And it may seem that all has gone to rack and ruin.

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 But what is the promise of Psalm 91?

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 The promise is they will not lose their God.

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 Psalm 90, which opens book four of the Psalter,

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 begins with that great declaration,

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 you, Lord, have been our dwelling place in all generations.

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 Long before any trouble, in fact.

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 From everlasting to everlasting, you are God.

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 And so Psalm 91 takes up that theme,

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 that theme of God, our dwelling place,

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 that he has made us for himself,

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 that he is near to us,

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 that he is with us.

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 That however difficult the circumstances of this life may be and become,

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 God will remain our dwelling.

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 That the people of God cannot be separated from him.

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 And it's in the context of God as shelter for his people

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 that this Psalm goes on to say,

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 and therefore you are safe in God.

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 The God who determines to keep you as his people

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 will protect you to accomplish the ends for which he sends you.

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 And though there may be dangers in this life,

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 we have very particular and personal dangers spelled out here.

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 The snare of the fowler,

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 a figure for the peril of one's life.

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 The hunter who goes out for birds,

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 but his arrow seems bent on hitting you.

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 Very particular and personal kinds of danger.

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 To expansive dangers of disease and warfare.

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 God says here, loved ones,

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 I am your God.

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 And I will give you all that you need.

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 You know, we are not guaranteed that when the earthquake comes,

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 the building won't fall on us.

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 That when disease comes,

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 it won't strike down heavily upon us.

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 That when affliction comes,

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 it won't bear upon us.

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 But we are guaranteed that when difficulty comes,

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 it will not separate us from the love of God.

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 It will not separate us from God,

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 who is our dwelling place,

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 our home,

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 our shelter,

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 our protection.

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 And I think also in this Psalm,

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 we are given a number of allusions to the Exodus.

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 Clear allusions in terms of plague and pestilence.

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 How could an Israelite read and sing about plague and pestilence

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 and not think about the Exodus

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 and the judgments God visited upon the people in Egypt,

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 bringing his own people out of bondage and slavery?

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 But there are subtler allusions here too.

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 The word abide in verse one,

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 I think has resonance with the Passover night.

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 The serpent in verse 13

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 has a certain kind of resonance.

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 Not the only reference,

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 but at least some resonance with Moses' staff

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 turned into a serpent.

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 Striking your foot against a stone

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 is the formula used for God striking Egypt.

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 And when Israel reads and sings

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 about seeing the recompense,

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 the punishment of the wicked,

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 how could they not look back to the Red Sea?

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 When Pharaoh and his hosts there

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 were plunged into the waters of the Red Sea,

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 and surely they beheld the recompense of the wicked.

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 You see, God is here assuring the safety for his people

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 in this essential way,

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 that they will remain his people.

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 Of all the promises here,

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 perhaps the most sweeping that we find in Psalm 91

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 is in verse 10.

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 No evil will be allowed to befall you.

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 Well, how can that be?

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 How can that be?

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 And yet, our Lord reiterates precisely that promise,

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 doesn't he,

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 in Luke chapter 10,

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 verses 19 and 20,

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 where Jesus there sends out the 72

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 to announce that the kingdom of God has come.

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 And we read,

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 Jesus saying to his disciples,

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 Behold,

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 I have given you authority

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 to tread on serpents and scorpions,

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 and over all the power of the enemy,

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 and nothing shall hurt you.

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 Nevertheless,

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 do not rejoice in this,

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 that spirits are subject to you,

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 but rejoice in this,

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 that your names are written in heaven.

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 To the extent that we can see our Lord there

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 providing a kind of commentary on Psalm 91,

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 what he's really saying to his disciples,

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 what really is the message of Psalm 91,

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 is that nothing shall harm you

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 in the performance of the calling

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 to which I have called you.

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 That is,

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 I will not fail to accomplish my purpose through you.

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 And in the accomplishing of my purpose,

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 no harm at all shall deflect you

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 from doing everything

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 that I have called you to do.

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 But do not ultimately rejoice in that,

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 as good as it is.

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 Do not ultimately rejoice

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 in the power of God to work in this way.

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 No, rejoice ultimately in the fact

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 that your names are written in heaven.

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 That God will forever remain your home

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 in Jesus Christ.

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 That is what this psalm is so assured about.

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 At the time of the Exodus,

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 Israel didn't have capital or land

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 or temple or king,

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 but God was their dwelling place.

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 God was their Lord.

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 God was their protector.

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 God accomplished his purpose through them.

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 Of course, this psalm, though,

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 doesn't only allude to the Exodus.

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 In many ways,

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 it's also an extended series of echoes,

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 a kind of fugue,

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 sort of meditation,

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 on its place in the Psalter

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 and in its imagery

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 on Deuteronomy 32 and 33.

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 Deuteronomy 32 and 33.

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 And that's so important

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 because Deuteronomy 32 and 33

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 come after Deuteronomy 31.

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 That's the kind of thing

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 we teach at seminary.

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 And Deuteronomy 31 says,

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 disaster will fall on the people

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 when they turn away from God.

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 That is the prophecy of Moses there.

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 But Deuteronomy 32 and 33 say,

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 after that suffering,

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 after loss,

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 after exile,

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 there shall come days

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 of great blessing for God's people.

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 I'll hear the words of Deuteronomy 33

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 from verse 27.

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 The eternal God is your dwelling place

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 and underneath are the everlasting arms.

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 And he, God, thrust out the enemy before you

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 and said,

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 destroy.

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 So Israel lived in safety.

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 Jacob lived alone,

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 that is, without enemies,

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 without suffering,

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 suffering,

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 in a land of grain and wine,

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 whose heavens drop down dew.

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 Happy are you, O Israel,

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 who is like you,

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 a people saved by the Lord,

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 the shield of your help,

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 the sword of your triumph.

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 Your enemies shall come fawning to you,

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 and you shall tread upon their backs.

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 And that is what we have in this psalm.

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 Extraordinary, personal,

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 wonderful promises of blessing

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 to God's people who are in need.

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 It's so interesting, isn't it,

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 how often we find in the scriptures

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 that we are called to consider the question,

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 what God is like our God?

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 Well, here we have a question to consider,

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 what people are like God's people?

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 What people are like us?

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 Because we belong to such a great God,

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 who does not leave us in our difficulty,

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 but will remember the promises that he has made.

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 That he made in the garden.

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 That he made to the nation of Israel.

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 That he made again,

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 and again,

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 and again.

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 that it is God himself

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 who brings forth the seed

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 who shall crush the head of the serpent.

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 Delivering us from evil.

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 Fulfilling the words of this psalm.

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 That in God,

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 in our Christ,

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 we too are more than conquerors.

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 For our names have been written

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 in the book of life.

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 What a God we have.

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 What a people he has made us to be.

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 In all circumstances then,

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 this psalm tells us

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 that God is our shelter,

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 that God is our safety,

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 and then at the end,

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 that God is our satisfaction.

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 Our satisfaction.

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 I think even when we know

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 the promises of God,

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 there are those times,

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 aren't there,

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 when they can seem like

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 they're just simply too good to be true.

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 Perhaps a little divorced from reality.

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 A little bit like daydreaming.

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 They don't exactly match our lives.

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 Certainly don't seem to match

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 every moment of our lives.

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 We don't always feel immune

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 from the terrors of the night.

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 We're not always free from sickness,

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 from distress,

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 from anguish.

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 And we can think,

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 well, maybe this is just

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 sort of nice poetry.

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 Maybe it's just a little bit

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 wishful thinking.

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 Sort of like the exaggerated words

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 of a teenage love song.

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 Maybe these things were true

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 then and there.

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 But we're modern people.

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 Maybe they don't have much

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 to say for us here and now.

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 When we're tempted to think that,

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 we should turn to the end

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 of Psalm 91.

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 Because in the last verses

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 of Psalm 91,

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 you'll notice there is a shift

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 in the psalm.

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 There is a new speaker

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 introduced to us in the text.

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 God himself comes to speak,

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 to address the psalmist directly.

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 To remind,

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 to comfort,

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 to remove doubts.

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 And he says to the psalmist,

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 and he says to us here

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 as his people,

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 don't you see,

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 don't you see that I am with you

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 in your trouble?

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 Don't you see that I am here

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 to protect you,

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 to deliver you,

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 that in your weakness

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 I am your strength?

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 That I am your dwelling place?

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 That I am your shelter?

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 That I am your safety?

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 And when you call on me,

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 I will answer.

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 When you call on me,

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 I will answer you.

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 Now that is a promise

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 worth holding on to,

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 isn't it?

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 That is a promise

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 worth committing to memory.

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 Because that is God's

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 covenantal pledge

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 to his people.

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 That he is our God

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 and we are his people.

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 That he has bound himself

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 to us by oath.

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 The mighty king,

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 the suzerain,

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 the great one,

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 enters into a covenant,

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 a relationship,

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 with a weak and needy people.

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 So you see,

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 God has entered

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 into a covenant with us.

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 The covenant of grace.

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 Promising salvation

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 when by grace

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 we call on him in faith.

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 And he says,

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 not only do I bid you

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 to call on me

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 in your distress,

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 but I give you

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 the very gift of faith

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 to do so.

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 Despite your failing,

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 despite your sin,

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 despite the chastisement

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 that shall fall upon you,

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 I am with you.

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 I am your satisfaction.

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 For I have made you

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 for myself.

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 And I'll give to you

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 great gifts of blessing,

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 of life in me,

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 of deliverance in my son.

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 And so even now

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 we hear the words

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 of this psalm,

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 also the words

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 of the prophet Zechariah,

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 fulfilled in our presence.

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 Zechariah 13, 9.

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 They will call on me

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 and I will answer them.

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 I will say,

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 this is my people.

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 And each one of them

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 will say,

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 the Lord is my God.

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 Or again in Psalm 145,

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 verse 18.

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 The Lord is near

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 to all who call upon him.

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 Or again in Joel 2, 32.

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 And Romans 10, 13.

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 All that call upon

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 the name of the Lord

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 shall be saved.

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 And so profoundly

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 is that displayed for us

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 in that great picture

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 of the new heavens

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 and the new earth

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 in Isaiah 65.

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 Before you call to me,

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 I will answer.

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 While you are yet speaking,

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 I will hear you.

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 That is the assurance.

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 That is the confidence

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 we have.

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 That God is so near

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 that he has bound himself

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 to us by oath.

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 A reality that the Israelites

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 knew only by type and shadow.

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 But we know it so much more fully

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 through our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 don't we?

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 Having been brought into

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 the new covenant

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 made by his blood.

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 As the Apostle Paul

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 thinks of this in Romans 8,

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 if God is for us,

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 if he did not spare

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 his own son

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 to deliver us,

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 but gave him up

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 for us all,

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 if we call on him

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 and he will answer us,

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 if nothing shall separate us

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 from the love of God

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 that is in Christ Jesus

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 our Lord,

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 what could possibly

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 be against us?

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 What could possibly

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 stand against us

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 as God's people?

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 If trouble,

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 if hardship,

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 if persecution,

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 if danger

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 comes to you

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 and loved ones,

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 these things will

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 come to you,

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 God shall remain

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 your dwelling place.

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 God shall remain

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 your dwelling place.

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 Because we have a city,

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 a home,

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 the new Jerusalem,

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 a city that doesn't

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 look altogether

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 like the cities

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 of this world

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 as we find them now.

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 All throughout history,

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 all throughout Scripture,

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 you see,

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 we have those

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 who want to build

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 their own cities,

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 who want to establish

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 their own homes,

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 who would raise

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 their own tower,

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 who would build

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 their own bridge

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 to find their way

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 to God,

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 to try to find

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 a dwelling place,

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 a point of fixed security

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 in this life.

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 This is the basic

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 instinct of us all,

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 all the way back

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 to the descendants

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 of Cain,

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 that ultimately

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 brings only futility.

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 And then there are

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 those who,

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 like Seth

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 in Genesis 4,

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 begin to call

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 upon the name

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 of the Lord.

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 And in that cry

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 for mercy,

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 for help,

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 God says to us,

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 not only have I

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 bridged the chasm

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 that you could not

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 in my son,

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 but I stoop down

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 to you

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 in your calamity.

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 I promise,

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 I vouchsafe to you

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 on my honor,

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 on my word,

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 so that if I go back

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 on my word,

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 I would not be God.

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 I shall give you

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 a home,

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 a dwelling place

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 with me in glory

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 forever.

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 That is what Eden

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 pointed to.

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 that is what

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 the glory cloud

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 pointed to.

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 That is what

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 the tabernacle

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 pointed to.

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 That is what

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 the temple

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 pointed to.

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 And so in verses

00:20:33.759 --> 00:20:35.379
 14 and 15

00:20:35.379 --> 00:20:35.959
 and 16

00:20:35.959 --> 00:20:36.899
 of this psalm,

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 Psalm 91,

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 here we find

00:20:39.059 --> 00:20:39.859
 some seven

00:20:39.859 --> 00:20:41.959
 glorious promises

00:20:41.959 --> 00:20:43.559
 in these verses.

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 And then God

00:20:45.819 --> 00:20:46.220
 says,

00:20:46.559 --> 00:20:47.359
 with long life,

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 I will satisfy

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 him.

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 I will satisfy

00:20:51.659 --> 00:20:52.119
 him.

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 Full

00:20:53.019 --> 00:20:54.240
 satisfaction

00:20:54.240 --> 00:20:55.119
 for the people

00:20:55.119 --> 00:20:55.659
 of God.

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 That is what

00:20:57.679 --> 00:20:58.839
 God promises us.

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 That is what

00:20:59.799 --> 00:21:01.099
 God wants us

00:21:01.099 --> 00:21:01.879
 to go forward

00:21:01.879 --> 00:21:02.279
 knowing.

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 That God

00:21:03.279 --> 00:21:04.019
 will satisfy

00:21:04.019 --> 00:21:04.960
 us with a

00:21:04.960 --> 00:21:05.339
 fullness

00:21:05.339 --> 00:21:06.740
 in his promises.

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 With the

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 fulfillment of

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 hope.

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 With provision.

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 With rest.

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 with peace.

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 The goal

00:21:16.720 --> 00:21:17.539
 of Emmanuel,

00:21:18.320 --> 00:21:18.700
 God

00:21:18.700 --> 00:21:19.740
 with us,

00:21:20.480 --> 00:21:20.920
 forfeited

00:21:20.920 --> 00:21:21.600
 by Adam,

00:21:22.200 --> 00:21:22.640
 forfeited

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 by Israel,

00:21:24.140 --> 00:21:24.519
 God's

00:21:24.519 --> 00:21:24.900
 intimate

00:21:24.900 --> 00:21:25.460
 presence

00:21:25.460 --> 00:21:25.900
 with his

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 people will

00:21:26.500 --> 00:21:27.140
 be fulfilled

00:21:27.140 --> 00:21:27.660
 for us

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 in the

00:21:27.900 --> 00:21:28.400
 Lord Jesus

00:21:28.400 --> 00:21:29.000
 Christ.

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 Think of

00:21:33.779 --> 00:21:34.380
 the refrain

00:21:34.380 --> 00:21:35.180
 of Revelation

00:21:35.180 --> 00:21:36.200
 chapter 21

00:21:36.200 --> 00:21:36.960
 verse 3.

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 Behold,

00:21:39.980 --> 00:21:40.559
 the dwelling

00:21:40.559 --> 00:21:41.660
 place of God

00:21:41.660 --> 00:21:42.680
 is with man.

00:21:44.400 --> 00:21:45.000
 The

00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:45.640
 consummation

00:21:45.640 --> 00:21:46.080
 of all

00:21:46.080 --> 00:21:46.759
 things where

00:21:46.759 --> 00:21:47.340
 we dwell

00:21:47.340 --> 00:21:48.279
 with our

00:21:48.279 --> 00:21:48.920
 Father in

00:21:48.920 --> 00:21:50.040
 heaven through

00:21:50.040 --> 00:21:50.480
 our Lord

00:21:50.480 --> 00:21:51.380
 Jesus Christ

00:21:51.380 --> 00:21:52.940
 forever in

00:21:52.940 --> 00:21:53.340
 glory.

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 So Psalm

00:21:56.560 --> 00:21:57.860
 91 then is a

00:21:57.860 --> 00:21:58.680
 psalm of great

00:21:58.680 --> 00:21:59.820
 assurance for

00:21:59.820 --> 00:22:00.540
 us as

00:22:00.540 --> 00:22:01.279
 pilgrims,

00:22:01.740 --> 00:22:02.880
 as sojourners

00:22:02.880 --> 00:22:03.820
 who have not

00:22:03.820 --> 00:22:04.980
 yet arrived at

00:22:04.980 --> 00:22:05.580
 that home,

00:22:05.820 --> 00:22:07.140
 but we have a

00:22:07.140 --> 00:22:08.140
 passport to it.

00:22:08.259 --> 00:22:08.740
 We have

00:22:08.740 --> 00:22:09.980
 guaranteed entry

00:22:09.980 --> 00:22:10.400
 to it.

00:22:10.660 --> 00:22:11.519
 We participate

00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:12.140
 in that

00:22:12.140 --> 00:22:12.700
 home life

00:22:12.700 --> 00:22:13.620
 even now

00:22:13.620 --> 00:22:14.579
 by the

00:22:14.579 --> 00:22:15.039
 power of

00:22:15.039 --> 00:22:15.539
 the Spirit.

00:22:18.920 --> 00:22:19.700
 It's a

00:22:19.700 --> 00:22:20.319
 psalm for

00:22:20.319 --> 00:22:20.759
 those who

00:22:20.759 --> 00:22:21.620
 find themselves

00:22:21.620 --> 00:22:22.220
 in the midst

00:22:22.220 --> 00:22:23.059
 of difficulties,

00:22:23.720 --> 00:22:25.279
 but who have a

00:22:25.279 --> 00:22:26.200
 great God who

00:22:26.200 --> 00:22:27.039
 shall satisfy

00:22:27.039 --> 00:22:27.420
 them,

00:22:28.099 --> 00:22:29.259
 who shall bring

00:22:29.259 --> 00:22:29.960
 them through the

00:22:29.960 --> 00:22:30.740
 terrors of the

00:22:30.740 --> 00:22:31.960
 night to be

00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:33.039
 with them as

00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:33.539
 their dwelling

00:22:33.539 --> 00:22:34.099
 place.

00:22:36.099 --> 00:22:36.720
 And so as we

00:22:36.720 --> 00:22:37.360
 go out this

00:22:37.360 --> 00:22:38.460
 evening and

00:22:38.460 --> 00:22:39.019
 into the new

00:22:39.019 --> 00:22:40.019
 week, go out

00:22:40.019 --> 00:22:40.539
 with these

00:22:40.539 --> 00:22:43.100
 promises, that

00:22:43.100 --> 00:22:43.720
 God is our

00:22:43.720 --> 00:22:44.539
 dwelling place,

00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:46.519
 that God will

00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:47.579
 remain our

00:22:47.579 --> 00:22:48.500
 dwelling place,

00:22:49.120 --> 00:22:50.279
 and that God

00:22:50.279 --> 00:22:51.259
 will protect us

00:22:51.259 --> 00:22:51.840
 from every

00:22:51.840 --> 00:22:53.079
 danger for the

00:22:53.079 --> 00:22:54.019
 accomplishment of

00:22:54.019 --> 00:22:54.819
 the calling to

00:22:54.819 --> 00:22:55.480
 which he has

00:22:55.480 --> 00:22:58.340
 called us, and

00:22:58.340 --> 00:22:58.920
 that God will

00:22:58.920 --> 00:22:59.740
 give us everlasting

00:22:59.740 --> 00:23:00.940
 life in Jesus

00:23:00.940 --> 00:23:01.640
 Christ our

00:23:01.640 --> 00:23:01.960
 Savior.

00:23:04.259 --> 00:23:04.860
 Amen.

00:23:05.600 --> 00:23:06.180
 Let's pray

00:23:06.180 --> 00:23:06.539
 together.

00:23:08.460 --> 00:23:16.180
 O Lord, our

00:23:16.180 --> 00:23:16.960
 God, our

00:23:16.960 --> 00:23:17.920
 Heavenly Father, we

00:23:17.920 --> 00:23:18.700
 thank you that

00:23:18.700 --> 00:23:20.460
 you are our

00:23:20.460 --> 00:23:21.860
 help in times

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 of need, that

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 you are our

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 satisfaction, that

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 you have provided

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 your Son to be

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 our Savior, the

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 Lord Jesus

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 Christ.

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 And we ask that

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 you would give us

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 hearts to receive

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 all of your

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 promises, to live

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 obedient lives of

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 gratitude for such

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 a great salvation.

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 We ask this in

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 Christ's name.

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 Amen.

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 Would you please

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 stand with me as

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 we sing our

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 final song of

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 praise, A Mighty

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 Fortress?

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 forward to

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 will Useэn real

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 prayer to

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 learn

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 tales to

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 love

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 And this is