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 So we're reading from verse 35, so Acts chapter 7,

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 starting partway through Stephen's speech,

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 which is his response to being accused of blaspheming Moses

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 and the temple.

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 This Moses, whom they rejected, saying,

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 Who made you a ruler and a judge?

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 This man God sent as both ruler and redeemer by the hand of the angel

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 who appeared to him in the bush.

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 This man led them out, performing wonders and signs in Egypt

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 and at the Red Sea and in the wilderness for 40 years.

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 This is the Moses who said to the Israelites,

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 God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brothers.

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 This is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness

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 with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai and with our fathers.

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 He received living oracles to give to us.

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 Our fathers refused to obey him but thrust him aside and in their hearts

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 they turned to Egypt, saying to Aaron,

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 Make for us gods who will go before us.

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 As for this Moses who led us out from the land of Egypt,

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 we do not know what has become of him.

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 And they made a calf in those days and offered a sacrifice to the idol

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 and were rejoicing in the works of their hands.

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 But God turned away and gave them over to worship the host of heaven

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 as it is written in the book of the prophets.

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 Did you bring to me slain beasts and sacrifices during the 40 years

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 in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

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 You took up the tent of Moloch and the star of your God, Rephan,

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 the images that you made to worship,

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 and I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.

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 Our fathers had the tent of witness in the wilderness

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 just as he who spoke to Moses directed him to make it

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 according to the pattern that he had seen.

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 Our fathers in turn brought it in with Joshua

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 when they dispossessed the nations that God drove out before our fathers.

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 So it was until the days of David who found favour in the sight of God

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 and asked to find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.

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 But it was Solomon who built a house for him.

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 Yet the Most High does not dwell in houses made by hands,

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 as the prophet says.

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 Heaven is my throne and the earth is my footstool.

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 What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord,

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 or what is the place of my rest?

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 Did not my hand make all these things?

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 You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears,

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 you always resist the Holy Spirit.

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 As your fathers did, so do you.

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 Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute?

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 And they killed those who announced beforehand

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 the coming of the Righteous One,

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 whom you have now betrayed and murdered,

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 you who received the law as delivered by angels

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 and did not keep it.

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 Now when they heard these things,

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 they were enraged and they ground their teeth at him.

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 But he, full of the Holy Spirit,

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 gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God

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 and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.

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 And he said,

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 Behold, I see the heavens opened

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 and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.

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 But they cried out with a loud voice

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 and stopped their ears and rushed together at him.

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 Then they cast him out of the city and stoned him.

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 And the witnesses laid down their garments

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 at the feet of a young man named Saul.

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 And as they were stoning Stephen,

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 he called out,

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 Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

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 And falling to his knees,

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 he cried out with a loud voice,

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 Lord, do not hold this sin against them.

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 And when he had said this,

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 he fell asleep.

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 Why don't we pray as we come to God's word?

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 Lord,

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 we always need your help to understand your word.

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 And Lord, I need your help to speak it truthfully and clearly.

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 So I pray for your help.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Well, our focus in Stephen's speech today

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 is about the temple.

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 Now, temple.

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 You might be thinking,

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 what on earth do I care about the temple

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 when I'm not sure

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 when my marriage feels like it's on the rocks,

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 when I feel like my family is falling apart,

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 work is just overwhelming and deeply unfulfilling,

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 and I feel like my mental health is failing me,

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 I feel like my body is failing me,

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 I fear for the health of my family.

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 What has an ancient Jewish building

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 got anything to do with what I'm struggling with today?

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 I'll forgive you if you're thinking that.

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 Em and I have been watching Grand Designs transformations.

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 I don't know if only a few people will be into this kind of show,

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 but these homeowners spend incredible amounts of money

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 going well over budget every time

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 and devoting more than a year of their life.

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 And like husbands and wives,

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 one of them was asked at the end,

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 it's like, well, we still like each other.

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 Like the stress they're under is enormous

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 that they're going through.

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 And what are they doing it for?

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 They're doing it for the beauty,

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 the permanence of a family home to dwell in

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 or something to retire in.

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 That perfect place to rest,

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 to thrive as a family.

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 Now that show, it is rated G or PG.

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 I don't know why it jumps up to PG sometimes,

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 but there's no swear words.

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 There's no violence in it,

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 unless you call knocking down a wall violence.

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 But there's nothing inappropriate.

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 But I reckon it's got to be one of the most dangerous shows.

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 It's feeding one of the biggest idols in our society.

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 I can just feel it.

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 Like I'm starting to look at my house differently.

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 We could put a fireplace.

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 It is dangerous.

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 It is fueling this desire for the perfect dwelling.

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 And then I came across this week that some new tech people know that Apple are releasing Vision Pro.

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 Reading the room here.

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 Okay, I got a few nods.

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 Okay, this illustration will benefit one or two of you.

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 So Silicon Valley is promising the capability to create your own rest and glory.

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 Like Vision Pro, you put on these goggles, you can create the perfect work environment.

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 You're not limited by your desk and a screen.

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 You can stretch it however big you want.

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 You can put it there.

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 You can put it wherever you want.

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 You can create your perfect place.

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 You can immerse yourself in movies and memories and you can go wherever you want.

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 You can...

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 The sound, it surrounds...

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 Technology is telling us we can create our own world.

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 I think there are two examples in our society with our own hands,

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 with our own capabilities, we want to create the blessings of the kingdom of God,

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 just without a king.

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 With our own hands, we can create Eden, just cast God out.

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 Even unbelievers, though, critique our attempts at creating rest or anything beautiful that lasts.

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 Some of you will know Woody Allen, filmmaker, actor, comedian.

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 Just think about his accomplishments in his field.

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 He's won four Academy Awards, ten BAFTAs, two Golden Globes and a Grammy and heaps of other nominations.

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 Pretty good.

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 And he said in an interview,

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 the fundamental thing behind all motivation and all activity

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 is the constant struggle against annihilation and against death.

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 It's absolutely stupefying in its terror.

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 It renders anyone's accomplishments meaningless.

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 I think he's right.

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 If, if there's no temple.

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 You're probably thinking, what's that got to do with temple?

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 We are...

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 He's right in the sense that we are.

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 Aren't we living in a broken world?

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 It's not just this constant struggle against a world that's under curse.

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 It's just this constant struggle.

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 We're all longing for rest and glory because we were made for it.

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 And this is where temple comes in.

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 We were made for it.

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 The opening pages of scripture,

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 God says the purpose of his creation on the seventh day,

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 the goal was rest.

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 God wants to rest with his people.

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 And we saw last year when we went through it,

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 Genesis 2 is this picture of rest and glory.

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 God living with us.

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 Safety.

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 Abundance.

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 Joyful obedience to God.

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 Harmony relationally.

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 Harmony with the world.

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 Everything in perfect order.

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 Eden.

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 Paradise.

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 The best thing about it is God is there.

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 That is what the temple pictures.

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 The temple says,

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 God is determined to redeem the rest and glory we were made for.

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 You'll read about Solomon's temple in 2 Chronicles.

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 Gold is everywhere.

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 It is everywhere.

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 It's the altar was gold.

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 The lampstands were gold.

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 The snuffers,

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 the snuff out the candles were gold.

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 Like you've got stainless steel tongs.

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 He had gold.

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 It's just everywhere.

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 Why?

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 Because it's picturing Eden.

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 Because Eden was just the place of abundance.

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 And gold is in,

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 is overflowing in that place.

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 It's picturing this Eden.

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 The curtain to the most holy place.

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 Purple and crimson,

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 royal colours,

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 embroidered with angelic cherubim.

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 The ark of the Lord brought in behind the curtain to the most holy place.

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 Why?

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 Because the king of heaven is present.

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 That's Eden.

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 He's here.

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 The palm trees engraved on the walls of the temple.

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 Picturing that garden,

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 remembering what was lost.

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 The fact that the temple is in the middle of Israel

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 and Israel encamped around it.

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 God is dwelling with his people.

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 He's redeeming paradise.

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 But it's not an easy way back.

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 And that's where the temple also pictures it.

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 But God is providing a way back.

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 The temple pictures the atonement we need,

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 the forgiveness,

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 the mediator we need

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 to bring us back to God.

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 We've been excluded from Eden

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 because we've all believed the lie that Adam and Eve believed

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 that we don't need to depend on him.

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 We can control our lives by our own wisdom.

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 We can create paradise without him.

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 The temple shows he's made a way back.

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 A sacrifice that will cleanse us of all that.

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 A high priest who will go into the holy place

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 and bring us in, represent us for him, for us.

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 When Solomon dedicates the temple,

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 the theme running through his Solomon speech

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 is that when they look to this place

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 that you, God, will hear and forgive.

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 The temple is a place of forgiveness.

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 Look to the temple and you will find forgiveness.

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 When Solomon finishes his prayer,

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 fire came down from heaven

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 and consumed the burnt offering

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 and the sacrifices.

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 And the glory of the Lord filled the temple.

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 And the priest could not enter the house of the Lord

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 because the glory of the Lord filled the Lord's house.

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 It's rest.

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 God is here.

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 He's accepted the sacrifice to bring us back.

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 Living in the presence of God,

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 restoring Eden,

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 restoring paradise.

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 This is the temple that Stephen is charged

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 with being against,

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 being blaspheming,

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 of saying that Jesus will destroy this place.

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 It is a serious accusation.

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 So as we come to Acts 7,

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 picture where Stephen is standing.

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 He is in the promised land.

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 He's in the holy place.

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 He's in Jerusalem,

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 the place where God has put his name,

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 where you can meet him.

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 They're either meeting in the temple

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 or very close to the temple.

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 And he's standing before the high priest,

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 the one God has chosen

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 to represent him to the people

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 and bring the people to him.

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 Stephen is standing on holy ground.

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 So is he blaspheming God's holy place?

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 Well, as we go through his speech,

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 and I'm just going to

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 very quick helicopter fly over here.

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 Is he blaspheming the holy place?

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 He believes that the God of glory

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 appeared to Abraham

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 in Mesopotamia.

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 The glory that filled the temple,

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 he believes.

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 The glory of God appeared to Abraham.

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 He believes the promise to Abraham

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 that he and his descendants

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 will be brought into this promised place.

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 And we're told in verse 7,

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 and the purpose of that,

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 they'll come out of Egypt

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 and worship me in this place.

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 He believes that.

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 He believes that God

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 is the God of Isaac and Jacob.

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 Jacob, whom God appeared to,

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 if you remember that dream

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 that Jacob had,

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 where God met him

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 in the dream of the angels

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 ascending and descending

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 and in Bethel.

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 And he wakes up and he says,

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 surely the Lord is in this place

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 and I did not know it.

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 This is none other

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 than the house of God.

00:16:14.540 --> 00:16:15.940
 He believes in the God of Jacob.

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 He believes in the God of Moses,

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 that he appeared to Moses

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 at the burning bush.

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 Take off your sandals

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 from your feet

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 for the place where you are standing

00:16:27.700 --> 00:16:29.019
 is holy ground.

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 He believes God appeared to Moses.

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 Holy ground.

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 He believes,

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 verse 44 onwards,

00:16:38.759 --> 00:16:40.500
 that Moses set up the tabernacle

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 just as God commanded.

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 It was God's command

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 to set up the tabernacle.

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 He believes that God gave

00:16:49.100 --> 00:16:51.299
 the land to worship him in

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 through Joshua.

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 He recalls the history

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 in language of the covenant

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 with David,

00:16:59.680 --> 00:17:01.360
 verses 46 and 47.

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 David found favour

00:17:04.099 --> 00:17:04.960
 in the sight of God

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 and asked to find

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 a dwelling place for him.

00:17:07.740 --> 00:17:09.960
 So David had created peace

00:17:09.960 --> 00:17:10.400
 in the land.

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 He subdued all the enemies.

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 There's safety now.

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 And he looks at his house

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 of cedar

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 and looks at the tent.

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 The tabernacle was just a tent.

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 This isn't right.

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 God needs a permanent place

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 with his people.

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 He says,

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 God,

00:17:27.160 --> 00:17:27.860
 can I build you

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 a permanent house?

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 And God goes,

00:17:29.740 --> 00:17:30.039
 no,

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 I'm going to build you

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 a permanent house.

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 Your son,

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 he shall build a house

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 for my name

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 and I will establish

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 the throne

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 of his kingdom

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 forever.

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 The forever king

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 will create my house.

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 Stephen is no blasphemer

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 of the holy place.

00:17:56.339 --> 00:17:57.339
 He's no blasphemer

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 of the holy place.

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 I'm not fully sure

00:18:01.399 --> 00:18:02.740
 what this means

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 but even the council

00:18:04.879 --> 00:18:07.680
 they looked at Stephen

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 and they could see

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 that his face

00:18:10.519 --> 00:18:12.099
 was like the face

00:18:12.099 --> 00:18:12.680
 of an angel.

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 Whatever that looked like,

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 I'm not sure

00:18:17.740 --> 00:18:18.619
 what that looked like,

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 but everyone in that room

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 could even see

00:18:22.899 --> 00:18:23.619
 in Stephen

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 that God was showing up

00:18:25.440 --> 00:18:26.000
 right now

00:18:26.000 --> 00:18:27.259
 as Stephen speaks.

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 God was here

00:18:30.240 --> 00:18:32.440
 in this moment.

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 He's not blaspheming

00:18:36.900 --> 00:18:37.680
 the holy place.

00:18:38.680 --> 00:18:40.079
 God has set a place

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 for us to meet him.

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 That is the good news

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 of scripture.

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 I want to meet you.

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 a couple of years ago

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 Emma and I

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 or a number of years ago

00:18:56.760 --> 00:18:56.900
 now,

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 but Emma and I

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 had

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 the privilege

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 of going to London

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 and we went

00:19:01.660 --> 00:19:02.880
 to Westminster Abbey.

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 Beautiful cathedral.

00:19:06.039 --> 00:19:08.099
 the architecture

00:19:08.099 --> 00:19:09.420
 is just amazing.

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 It's designed

00:19:11.819 --> 00:19:12.940
 to feel like

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 you're connecting

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 with the transcendent,

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 really.

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 And we went

00:19:18.539 --> 00:19:19.500
 to Evening Song

00:19:19.500 --> 00:19:21.579
 where the choir

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 was singing

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 and in Latin

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 I didn't understand

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 a word

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 but wow,

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 wow,

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 it is beautiful.

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 It just felt like

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 it felt transcendent.

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 I think that's probably

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 something of the feeling

00:19:42.000 --> 00:19:44.119
 that Jews would have had

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 for the temple.

00:19:45.980 --> 00:19:47.519
 When you're in this place

00:19:47.519 --> 00:19:49.859
 you're connected with God.

00:19:55.200 --> 00:19:57.000
 From his very first words

00:19:57.000 --> 00:19:59.740
 Stephen exposes

00:19:59.740 --> 00:20:02.579
 their willful restriction

00:20:02.579 --> 00:20:04.500
 of where God's glory

00:20:04.500 --> 00:20:05.299
 is found.

00:20:07.299 --> 00:20:08.880
 The God of glory

00:20:08.880 --> 00:20:10.599
 appeared to our father Abraham

00:20:10.599 --> 00:20:13.920
 when he was in Mesopotamia.

00:20:16.380 --> 00:20:17.380
 You're saying

00:20:17.380 --> 00:20:18.539
 the glory of God

00:20:18.539 --> 00:20:19.519
 is found here.

00:20:21.160 --> 00:20:21.819
 Do you remember

00:20:21.819 --> 00:20:22.599
 our history?

00:20:23.059 --> 00:20:24.539
 He is not restricted

00:20:24.539 --> 00:20:25.579
 to this place.

00:20:25.940 --> 00:20:26.839
 He met Abraham

00:20:26.839 --> 00:20:27.559
 in Mesopotamia

00:20:27.559 --> 00:20:28.299
 near Babylon

00:20:28.299 --> 00:20:29.279
 of all places.

00:20:29.740 --> 00:20:33.539
 Was it the ground

00:20:33.539 --> 00:20:34.279
 of the burning bush?

00:20:34.380 --> 00:20:35.160
 Was it the dirt

00:20:35.160 --> 00:20:36.460
 that Moses was on

00:20:36.460 --> 00:20:37.180
 that made it holy?

00:20:37.400 --> 00:20:38.539
 Was it the dirt?

00:20:38.819 --> 00:20:39.740
 Of course it wasn't.

00:20:41.620 --> 00:20:42.720
 He was to take off

00:20:42.720 --> 00:20:43.519
 his sandals

00:20:43.519 --> 00:20:44.920
 to remind him

00:20:44.920 --> 00:20:46.140
 he is of the dirt

00:20:46.140 --> 00:20:47.539
 and he's in the presence

00:20:47.539 --> 00:20:48.380
 of the divine.

00:20:49.099 --> 00:20:50.779
 What made the ground holy

00:20:50.779 --> 00:20:52.620
 was God turned up there.

00:20:53.359 --> 00:20:54.460
 Wherever God turns up

00:20:54.460 --> 00:20:56.200
 that

00:20:56.200 --> 00:20:57.779
 is holy ground.

00:20:59.740 --> 00:21:04.839
 God's glory

00:21:04.839 --> 00:21:06.240
 was with Israel

00:21:06.240 --> 00:21:08.599
 in a tent

00:21:08.599 --> 00:21:10.980
 in the wilderness

00:21:10.980 --> 00:21:13.299
 all that time.

00:21:13.660 --> 00:21:14.519
 You're restricting it

00:21:14.519 --> 00:21:15.240
 to this place

00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:15.500
 but

00:21:15.500 --> 00:21:18.120
 God was with our people

00:21:18.120 --> 00:21:20.160
 all that time

00:21:20.160 --> 00:21:20.700
 in the wilderness.

00:21:23.200 --> 00:21:24.359
 Verse 48

00:21:24.359 --> 00:21:25.959
 the most high

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 does not dwell

00:21:26.839 --> 00:21:27.419
 in houses

00:21:27.419 --> 00:21:28.559
 made by hands.

00:21:30.240 --> 00:21:30.859
 When Solomon

00:21:30.859 --> 00:21:32.019
 dedicated his temple

00:21:32.019 --> 00:21:33.500
 he says in

00:21:33.500 --> 00:21:35.119
 2 Chronicles 6.18

00:21:35.119 --> 00:21:36.959
 Will God indeed

00:21:36.959 --> 00:21:37.839
 dwell with man

00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:38.319
 on the earth?

00:21:38.439 --> 00:21:38.979
 Behold

00:21:38.979 --> 00:21:39.539
 heaven

00:21:39.539 --> 00:21:40.459
 and the highest heaven

00:21:40.459 --> 00:21:41.419
 cannot contain you

00:21:41.419 --> 00:21:42.219
 how much less

00:21:42.219 --> 00:21:43.279
 this house

00:21:43.279 --> 00:21:44.699
 that I have built.

00:21:46.339 --> 00:21:47.119
 Even Solomon

00:21:47.119 --> 00:21:48.039
 knew that

00:21:48.039 --> 00:21:48.839
 God is not

00:21:48.839 --> 00:21:49.959
 restricted to here.

00:21:49.960 --> 00:21:53.980
 and he quotes

00:21:53.980 --> 00:21:55.400
 Isaiah 66

00:21:55.400 --> 00:21:57.840
 heaven is my throne

00:21:57.840 --> 00:22:00.259
 and the earth

00:22:00.259 --> 00:22:01.120
 is my footstool.

00:22:01.220 --> 00:22:02.059
 What kind of house

00:22:02.059 --> 00:22:03.200
 will you build for me

00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:04.360
 says the Lord

00:22:04.360 --> 00:22:05.240
 or what is the place

00:22:05.240 --> 00:22:05.940
 of my rest?

00:22:06.940 --> 00:22:07.960
 Did not my hand

00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:09.200
 make all these things?

00:22:09.200 --> 00:22:13.799
 I love Lockie's

00:22:13.799 --> 00:22:14.539
 picture of the Lego

00:22:14.539 --> 00:22:14.860
 like

00:22:14.860 --> 00:22:16.940
 a father

00:22:16.940 --> 00:22:17.799
 with his feet up

00:22:17.799 --> 00:22:18.640
 on a footstool

00:22:18.640 --> 00:22:18.920
 and

00:22:18.920 --> 00:22:20.480
 his son

00:22:20.480 --> 00:22:21.240
 creating this

00:22:21.240 --> 00:22:22.220
 little Lego house.

00:22:24.759 --> 00:22:25.519
 All our

00:22:25.519 --> 00:22:26.700
 beautiful cathedrals

00:22:26.700 --> 00:22:28.279
 they're like

00:22:28.279 --> 00:22:29.440
 Lego.

00:22:30.740 --> 00:22:31.420
 What are you

00:22:31.420 --> 00:22:31.840
 going to build

00:22:31.840 --> 00:22:32.380
 for God?

00:22:32.440 --> 00:22:33.220
 He made it all.

00:22:33.940 --> 00:22:35.000
 Not even heaven

00:22:35.000 --> 00:22:35.799
 the highest heaven

00:22:35.799 --> 00:22:36.799
 can contain God.

00:22:39.200 --> 00:22:43.480
 Stephen is saying

00:22:43.480 --> 00:22:45.340
 you're the one

00:22:45.340 --> 00:22:46.779
 against the prophets

00:22:46.779 --> 00:22:48.940
 by saying

00:22:48.940 --> 00:22:49.519
 that God

00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:50.200
 is restricted

00:22:50.200 --> 00:22:51.480
 to this place.

00:22:51.860 --> 00:22:52.680
 He is not

00:22:52.680 --> 00:22:53.220
 restricted

00:22:53.220 --> 00:22:54.080
 to this place.

00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:56.779
 He's never

00:22:56.779 --> 00:22:57.360
 been restricted

00:22:57.360 --> 00:22:57.960
 to the temple

00:22:57.960 --> 00:22:58.580
 or the land.

00:23:03.059 --> 00:23:03.940
 He met

00:23:03.940 --> 00:23:04.620
 Ezekiel.

00:23:06.120 --> 00:23:06.700
 Remember

00:23:06.700 --> 00:23:07.539
 Ezekiel's vision.

00:23:07.539 --> 00:23:09.960
 Those in exile

00:23:09.960 --> 00:23:10.480
 that God

00:23:10.480 --> 00:23:11.359
 turned up

00:23:11.359 --> 00:23:13.180
 he is not

00:23:13.180 --> 00:23:13.599
 restricted.

00:23:14.500 --> 00:23:15.079
 You're the one

00:23:15.079 --> 00:23:15.599
 not listening

00:23:15.599 --> 00:23:16.259
 to the prophets.

00:23:18.599 --> 00:23:18.839
 Now

00:23:18.839 --> 00:23:19.539
 that is

00:23:19.539 --> 00:23:20.759
 such an

00:23:20.759 --> 00:23:21.559
 obvious truth.

00:23:22.460 --> 00:23:23.019
 Why

00:23:23.019 --> 00:23:23.559
 didn't

00:23:23.559 --> 00:23:24.399
 these experts

00:23:24.399 --> 00:23:25.180
 in God's word

00:23:25.180 --> 00:23:25.720
 why didn't

00:23:25.720 --> 00:23:26.399
 they believe it?

00:23:26.519 --> 00:23:26.879
 Surely

00:23:26.879 --> 00:23:29.220
 surely

00:23:29.220 --> 00:23:29.819
 they understood

00:23:29.819 --> 00:23:30.220
 this.

00:23:34.539 --> 00:23:34.920
 I think

00:23:34.920 --> 00:23:35.059
 we

00:23:35.059 --> 00:23:37.639
 Stephen

00:23:37.639 --> 00:23:40.159
 very cleverly

00:23:40.159 --> 00:23:40.559
 I suppose

00:23:40.559 --> 00:23:41.139
 inspired

00:23:41.139 --> 00:23:41.740
 by the Holy

00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:42.059
 Spirit

00:23:42.059 --> 00:23:42.539
 of course

00:23:42.539 --> 00:23:44.399
 he

00:23:44.399 --> 00:23:45.159
 plays on

00:23:45.159 --> 00:23:45.599
 the words

00:23:45.599 --> 00:23:45.819
 of

00:23:45.819 --> 00:23:47.079
 the works

00:23:47.079 --> 00:23:47.440
 of their

00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:47.899
 hands.

00:23:48.039 --> 00:23:48.579
 They seem

00:23:48.579 --> 00:23:49.099
 to be

00:23:49.099 --> 00:23:49.899
 rejoicing

00:23:49.899 --> 00:23:50.480
 in the work

00:23:50.480 --> 00:23:50.759
 of their

00:23:50.759 --> 00:23:51.139
 hands.

00:23:53.119 --> 00:23:53.599
 All their

00:23:53.599 --> 00:23:54.220
 temple worship

00:23:54.220 --> 00:23:55.099
 appears religious

00:23:55.099 --> 00:23:55.460
 but

00:23:55.460 --> 00:23:56.700
 he's

00:23:56.700 --> 00:23:57.339
 subtly

00:23:57.339 --> 00:23:58.220
 charging them

00:23:58.220 --> 00:23:59.079
 with idolatry.

00:23:59.079 --> 00:24:03.099
 So back

00:24:03.099 --> 00:24:03.419
 in verse

00:24:03.419 --> 00:24:03.819
 41

00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:04.079
 their

00:24:04.079 --> 00:24:04.460
 fathers

00:24:04.460 --> 00:24:04.919
 were out

00:24:04.919 --> 00:24:05.039
 in

00:24:05.039 --> 00:24:05.399
 Egypt

00:24:05.399 --> 00:24:06.539
 they

00:24:06.539 --> 00:24:06.659
 were

00:24:06.659 --> 00:24:06.899
 out

00:24:06.899 --> 00:24:07.000
 of

00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:07.220
 Egypt

00:24:07.220 --> 00:24:07.419
 they

00:24:07.419 --> 00:24:07.539
 were

00:24:07.539 --> 00:24:07.980
 saved

00:24:07.980 --> 00:24:08.939
 but

00:24:08.939 --> 00:24:09.759
 their

00:24:09.759 --> 00:24:10.059
 hearts

00:24:10.059 --> 00:24:10.199
 were

00:24:10.199 --> 00:24:10.439
 still

00:24:10.439 --> 00:24:10.839
 there

00:24:10.839 --> 00:24:11.579
 because

00:24:11.579 --> 00:24:12.319
 verse

00:24:12.319 --> 00:24:12.740
 41

00:24:12.740 --> 00:24:13.859
 they

00:24:13.859 --> 00:24:14.139
 made

00:24:14.139 --> 00:24:14.299
 a

00:24:14.299 --> 00:24:14.679
 calf

00:24:14.679 --> 00:24:14.839
 in

00:24:14.839 --> 00:24:15.059
 those

00:24:15.059 --> 00:24:15.480
 days

00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:16.339
 and

00:24:16.339 --> 00:24:16.699
 offered

00:24:16.699 --> 00:24:17.000
 a

00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:17.639
 sacrifice

00:24:17.639 --> 00:24:18.819
 to

00:24:18.819 --> 00:24:19.000
 the

00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:19.439
 idol

00:24:19.439 --> 00:24:21.019
 while

00:24:21.019 --> 00:24:21.359
 Moses

00:24:21.359 --> 00:24:21.779
 was up

00:24:21.779 --> 00:24:21.899
 the

00:24:21.899 --> 00:24:22.220
 mountain

00:24:22.220 --> 00:24:23.159
 and

00:24:23.159 --> 00:24:23.319
 were

00:24:23.319 --> 00:24:24.019
 rejoicing

00:24:24.019 --> 00:24:24.359
 in the

00:24:24.359 --> 00:24:24.759
 works

00:24:24.759 --> 00:24:24.899
 of

00:24:24.899 --> 00:24:25.059
 their

00:24:25.059 --> 00:24:25.599
 hands.

00:24:25.599 --> 00:24:28.859
 They

00:24:28.859 --> 00:24:29.579
 exchange

00:24:29.579 --> 00:24:29.819
 the

00:24:29.819 --> 00:24:30.259
 glory

00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:30.839
 of

00:24:30.839 --> 00:24:31.500
 the

00:24:31.500 --> 00:24:31.919
 immortal

00:24:31.919 --> 00:24:32.359
 God

00:24:32.359 --> 00:24:34.059
 who's

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 above

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 the

00:24:35.579 --> 00:24:36.039
 ravages

00:24:36.039 --> 00:24:36.299
 of

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 death

00:24:36.679 --> 00:24:36.859
 and

00:24:36.859 --> 00:24:37.240
 decay

00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:37.679
 and

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 they

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 prefer

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 a

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 calf

00:24:38.639 --> 00:24:39.399
 something

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 mortal

00:24:39.799 --> 00:24:40.219
 something

00:24:40.219 --> 00:24:40.559
 they can

00:24:40.559 --> 00:24:40.980
 control

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 They

00:24:44.059 --> 00:24:44.500
 exchange

00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:44.659
 the

00:24:44.659 --> 00:24:45.000
 glory

00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:45.199
 of

00:24:45.199 --> 00:24:45.339
 the

00:24:45.339 --> 00:24:45.740
 invisible

00:24:45.740 --> 00:24:46.159
 God

00:24:46.159 --> 00:24:46.480
 beyond

00:24:46.480 --> 00:24:46.740
 any

00:24:46.740 --> 00:24:47.259
 limitations

00:24:47.259 --> 00:24:47.639
 and

00:24:47.639 --> 00:24:47.799
 they

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 prefer

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 something

00:24:48.379 --> 00:24:48.579
 they

00:24:48.579 --> 00:24:48.719
 can

00:24:48.719 --> 00:24:49.279
 see

00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:51.740
 worship

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 the

00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:52.599
 stars

00:24:52.599 --> 00:24:53.599
 and

00:24:55.599 --> 00:24:57.359
 he

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 quotes

00:24:57.619 --> 00:24:57.819
 the

00:24:57.819 --> 00:24:58.079
 prophet

00:24:58.079 --> 00:24:58.619
 Amos

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 there

00:25:00.459 --> 00:25:00.819
 was a

00:25:00.819 --> 00:25:01.099
 lot

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 of

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 offerings

00:25:01.819 --> 00:25:02.159
 going

00:25:02.159 --> 00:25:02.459
 on

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 but

00:25:03.399 --> 00:25:03.799
 God

00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:04.639
 says

00:25:04.639 --> 00:25:04.879
 through

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 Amos

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 was it

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 really

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 for

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 me

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 was it

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 God

00:25:13.199 --> 00:25:13.500
 can't

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 be

00:25:13.639 --> 00:25:14.679
 mocked

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 he

00:25:17.599 --> 00:25:18.079
 knows

00:25:18.079 --> 00:25:18.299
 that

00:25:18.299 --> 00:25:19.459
 from

00:25:19.459 --> 00:25:19.719
 day

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 one

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 their

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 fathers

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 were

00:25:22.339 --> 00:25:22.899
 worshipping

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 created

00:25:25.259 --> 00:25:25.660
 things

00:25:25.660 --> 00:25:28.660
 why

00:25:28.660 --> 00:25:28.859
 did

00:25:28.859 --> 00:25:29.099
 God

00:25:29.099 --> 00:25:29.680
 send

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 Israel

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 into

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 Babylon

00:25:33.140 --> 00:25:33.960
 why

00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:34.220
 did

00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:34.460
 God

00:25:34.460 --> 00:25:35.039
 destroy

00:25:35.039 --> 00:25:35.680
 Solomon's

00:25:35.680 --> 00:25:36.019
 temple

00:25:36.019 --> 00:25:37.579
 because

00:25:37.579 --> 00:25:38.000
 Solomon

00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:38.420
 led

00:25:38.420 --> 00:25:38.839
 the

00:25:38.839 --> 00:25:39.099
 people

00:25:39.099 --> 00:25:39.339
 into

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 idolatry

00:25:40.079 --> 00:25:42.140
 king

00:25:42.140 --> 00:25:42.460
 after

00:25:42.460 --> 00:25:42.819
 king

00:25:42.819 --> 00:25:42.960
 there

00:25:42.960 --> 00:25:43.180
 was a

00:25:43.180 --> 00:25:43.339
 few

00:25:43.339 --> 00:25:43.680
 kings

00:25:43.680 --> 00:25:43.819
 who

00:25:43.819 --> 00:25:44.079
 tried

00:25:44.079 --> 00:25:44.259
 to

00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:44.700
 reform

00:25:44.700 --> 00:25:45.000
 but

00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:45.480
 it

00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:45.559
 was

00:25:45.559 --> 00:25:45.779
 never

00:25:45.779 --> 00:25:46.059
 enough

00:25:46.059 --> 00:25:46.240
 it

00:25:46.240 --> 00:25:46.359
 was

00:25:46.359 --> 00:25:46.619
 just

00:25:46.619 --> 00:25:48.119
 trajectory

00:25:48.119 --> 00:25:49.019
 into

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 idolatry

00:25:49.740 --> 00:25:53.200
 the

00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.640
 exile

00:25:53.640 --> 00:25:54.480
 proves

00:25:54.480 --> 00:25:55.859
 that

00:25:55.859 --> 00:25:56.180
 Israel

00:25:56.180 --> 00:25:56.960
 repeatedly

00:25:56.960 --> 00:25:57.660
 turned

00:25:57.660 --> 00:25:57.980
 back

00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:58.180
 to

00:25:58.180 --> 00:25:58.660
 rejoice

00:25:58.660 --> 00:25:58.900
 in

00:25:58.900 --> 00:25:59.039
 the

00:25:59.039 --> 00:25:59.279
 work

00:25:59.279 --> 00:25:59.400
 of

00:25:59.400 --> 00:25:59.519
 their

00:25:59.519 --> 00:25:59.740
 own

00:25:59.740 --> 00:25:59.980
 him

00:25:59.980 --> 00:26:03.819
 lots

00:26:03.819 --> 00:26:03.980
 of

00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:04.240
 worship

00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:04.559
 going

00:26:04.559 --> 00:26:04.859
 on

00:26:04.859 --> 00:26:06.259
 but

00:26:06.259 --> 00:26:06.339
 if

00:26:06.339 --> 00:26:06.480
 it's

00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:06.680
 not

00:26:06.680 --> 00:26:07.160
 listening

00:26:07.160 --> 00:26:07.380
 to

00:26:07.380 --> 00:26:07.680
 God's

00:26:07.680 --> 00:26:07.920
 word

00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:08.279
 then

00:26:08.279 --> 00:26:09.940
 it's

00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:10.539
 idolatry

00:26:10.539 --> 00:26:19.259
 he

00:26:19.259 --> 00:26:19.759
 quotes

00:26:19.759 --> 00:26:20.539
 Isaiah

00:26:20.539 --> 00:26:21.119
 66

00:26:21.119 --> 00:26:21.500
 at the

00:26:21.500 --> 00:26:21.759
 end

00:26:21.759 --> 00:26:23.200
 and the

00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:23.659
 context

00:26:23.659 --> 00:26:24.019
 there

00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:24.700
 if you

00:26:24.700 --> 00:26:24.899
 keep

00:26:24.899 --> 00:26:25.180
 reading

00:26:25.180 --> 00:26:25.519
 Isaiah

00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:25.980
 66

00:26:25.980 --> 00:26:27.159
 is that

00:26:27.159 --> 00:26:27.480
 God

00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:28.039
 is making

00:26:28.039 --> 00:26:28.460
 all

00:26:28.460 --> 00:26:28.779
 things

00:26:28.779 --> 00:26:29.119
 new

00:26:29.119 --> 00:26:31.299
 their

00:26:31.299 --> 00:26:32.059
 idolatry

00:26:32.059 --> 00:26:32.839
 shows

00:26:32.839 --> 00:26:33.359
 that he's

00:26:33.359 --> 00:26:33.779
 going to

00:26:33.779 --> 00:26:33.980
 have to

00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:34.119
 do

00:26:34.119 --> 00:26:34.359
 something

00:26:34.359 --> 00:26:34.740
 new

00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:35.119
 something

00:26:35.119 --> 00:26:35.639
 special

00:26:35.639 --> 00:26:38.339
 and it

00:26:38.339 --> 00:26:38.639
 goes on

00:26:38.639 --> 00:26:38.960
 to say

00:26:38.960 --> 00:26:39.500
 he who

00:26:39.500 --> 00:26:40.119
 slaughters

00:26:40.119 --> 00:26:40.759
 an ox

00:26:40.759 --> 00:26:42.819
 is like

00:26:42.819 --> 00:26:43.299
 one who

00:26:43.299 --> 00:26:43.659
 kills

00:26:43.659 --> 00:26:44.139
 a man

00:26:44.139 --> 00:26:47.339
 he who

00:26:47.339 --> 00:26:47.959
 sacrifices

00:26:47.959 --> 00:26:48.539
 a lamb

00:26:48.539 --> 00:26:49.079
 like one

00:26:49.079 --> 00:26:49.699
 who breaks

00:26:49.699 --> 00:26:50.279
 a dog's

00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:50.619
 neck

00:26:50.619 --> 00:26:54.000
 he who

00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:54.379
 presents

00:26:54.379 --> 00:26:54.839
 a grain

00:26:54.839 --> 00:26:55.179
 offering

00:26:55.179 --> 00:26:55.739
 like one

00:26:55.739 --> 00:26:56.179
 who offers

00:26:56.179 --> 00:26:56.679
 pig's

00:26:56.679 --> 00:26:56.979
 blood

00:26:56.979 --> 00:27:01.439
 these

00:27:01.439 --> 00:27:01.979
 have chosen

00:27:01.979 --> 00:27:02.439
 their own

00:27:02.439 --> 00:27:02.879
 ways

00:27:02.879 --> 00:27:04.119
 and their

00:27:04.119 --> 00:27:04.379
 soul

00:27:04.379 --> 00:27:05.139
 delights

00:27:05.139 --> 00:27:06.339
 their

00:27:06.339 --> 00:27:07.179
 abominations

00:27:07.179 --> 00:27:08.819
 but this

00:27:08.819 --> 00:27:09.119
 is the

00:27:09.119 --> 00:27:09.599
 one to whom

00:27:09.599 --> 00:27:09.899
 I will

00:27:09.899 --> 00:27:10.199
 look

00:27:10.199 --> 00:27:11.139
 he who

00:27:11.139 --> 00:27:11.819
 is humble

00:27:11.819 --> 00:27:12.659
 and contrite

00:27:12.659 --> 00:27:13.119
 in spirit

00:27:13.119 --> 00:27:13.879
 and trembles

00:27:13.879 --> 00:27:14.259
 at my

00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:14.879
 word

00:27:14.879 --> 00:27:17.399
 God is

00:27:17.399 --> 00:27:17.659
 saying

00:27:17.659 --> 00:27:19.079
 through Isaiah

00:27:19.079 --> 00:27:19.759
 I'm going

00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:20.259
 to make

00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:21.339
 all things

00:27:21.339 --> 00:27:21.839
 new

00:27:21.839 --> 00:27:22.219
 and in

00:27:22.219 --> 00:27:22.779
 that day

00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:24.259
 to keep

00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:24.740
 clinging

00:27:24.740 --> 00:27:25.159
 to the

00:27:25.159 --> 00:27:25.519
 old

00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:28.480
 is

00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:29.339
 idolatry

00:27:29.339 --> 00:27:33.240
 do you

00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:33.679
 listen to

00:27:33.679 --> 00:27:34.319
 my word

00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:36.119
 do you

00:27:39.599 --> 00:27:40.799
 and so

00:27:40.799 --> 00:27:41.240
 Stephen

00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:41.859
 charges

00:27:41.859 --> 00:27:43.579
 even the

00:27:43.579 --> 00:27:44.240
 high priest

00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:44.899
 before him

00:27:44.899 --> 00:27:46.319
 your worship

00:27:46.319 --> 00:27:46.839
 of this

00:27:46.839 --> 00:27:47.399
 temple

00:27:47.399 --> 00:27:48.259
 that your

00:27:48.259 --> 00:27:48.839
 own hands

00:27:48.839 --> 00:27:49.319
 have made

00:27:49.319 --> 00:27:49.819
 with all

00:27:49.819 --> 00:27:50.459
 the offerings

00:27:50.459 --> 00:27:50.819
 that your

00:27:50.819 --> 00:27:51.399
 own hands

00:27:51.399 --> 00:27:51.859
 are bringing

00:27:51.859 --> 00:27:53.679
 all the

00:27:53.679 --> 00:27:54.099
 garments

00:27:54.099 --> 00:27:54.519
 that your

00:27:54.519 --> 00:27:55.099
 own hands

00:27:55.099 --> 00:27:55.480
 are putting

00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:55.859
 on

00:27:55.859 --> 00:27:58.399
 it's

00:27:58.399 --> 00:27:58.779
 it's

00:27:58.779 --> 00:27:59.459
 abomination

00:27:59.459 --> 00:28:00.279
 in God's

00:28:00.279 --> 00:28:00.759
 sight because

00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:01.179
 he's done

00:28:01.179 --> 00:28:02.000
 something new

00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:04.779
 you're not

00:28:04.779 --> 00:28:05.359
 listening to

00:28:05.359 --> 00:28:05.960
 the prophets

00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:08.319
 who predicted

00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:09.079
 these days

00:28:09.079 --> 00:28:12.660
 you're not

00:28:12.660 --> 00:28:13.140
 looking to

00:28:13.140 --> 00:28:13.680
 the true

00:28:13.680 --> 00:28:14.140
 son of

00:28:14.140 --> 00:28:14.400
 David

00:28:14.400 --> 00:28:14.779
 it's not

00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:15.380
 Solomon

00:28:15.380 --> 00:28:15.980
 who gave

00:28:15.980 --> 00:28:16.339
 us the

00:28:16.339 --> 00:28:16.740
 temple

00:28:16.740 --> 00:28:19.319
 remember the

00:28:19.319 --> 00:28:19.619
 end of

00:28:19.619 --> 00:28:20.099
 Solomon's

00:28:20.099 --> 00:28:20.500
 life

00:28:20.500 --> 00:28:22.539
 it's the

00:28:22.539 --> 00:28:23.160
 true son

00:28:23.160 --> 00:28:23.579
 of David

00:28:23.579 --> 00:28:23.920
 who would

00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:24.759
 lead his

00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:25.400
 people in

00:28:25.400 --> 00:28:26.279
 worship

00:28:26.279 --> 00:28:26.880
 in spirit

00:28:26.880 --> 00:28:27.460
 and truth

00:28:27.460 --> 00:28:28.019
 and he

00:28:28.019 --> 00:28:28.519
 uses a

00:28:28.519 --> 00:28:28.940
 phrase

00:28:28.940 --> 00:28:31.600
 that must

00:28:31.600 --> 00:28:31.880
 have just

00:28:31.880 --> 00:28:32.200
 got to

00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:32.660
 the heart

00:28:32.660 --> 00:28:32.980
 of these

00:28:32.980 --> 00:28:33.259
 people

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:33.700
 you are

00:28:33.700 --> 00:28:35.059
 uncircumcised

00:28:35.059 --> 00:28:35.840
 in heart

00:28:35.840 --> 00:28:36.600
 and ears

00:28:36.600 --> 00:28:38.660
 you are

00:28:38.660 --> 00:28:39.640
 not God's

00:28:39.640 --> 00:28:40.420
 people because

00:28:40.420 --> 00:28:41.080
 your heart

00:28:41.080 --> 00:28:41.539
 and ears

00:28:41.539 --> 00:28:41.900
 you're not

00:28:41.900 --> 00:28:42.700
 listening to

00:28:42.700 --> 00:28:43.160
 God's

00:28:43.160 --> 00:28:43.580
 prophets

00:28:43.580 --> 00:28:48.620
 you're

00:28:48.620 --> 00:28:49.039
 rejecting

00:28:49.039 --> 00:28:49.720
 what God's

00:28:49.720 --> 00:28:50.180
 hands have

00:28:50.180 --> 00:28:50.519
 made

00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:54.660
 take off

00:28:54.660 --> 00:28:55.299
 your sandals

00:28:55.299 --> 00:28:55.820
 and remember

00:28:55.820 --> 00:28:56.480
 you are

00:28:56.480 --> 00:28:57.000
 of the

00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:57.400
 dust

00:28:57.400 --> 00:29:01.720
 well Peter

00:29:01.720 --> 00:29:02.160
 had already

00:29:02.160 --> 00:29:02.920
 pointed this

00:29:02.920 --> 00:29:03.900
 counsel to

00:29:03.900 --> 00:29:04.440
 what God's

00:29:04.440 --> 00:29:04.800
 hands have

00:29:04.800 --> 00:29:05.100
 made

00:29:05.100 --> 00:29:08.040
 if you want

00:29:08.040 --> 00:29:08.280
 to just

00:29:08.280 --> 00:29:08.700
 listen or

00:29:08.700 --> 00:29:08.920
 you can

00:29:08.920 --> 00:29:09.420
 flick back

00:29:09.420 --> 00:29:10.180
 to chapter

00:29:10.180 --> 00:29:10.900
 4 verse

00:29:10.900 --> 00:29:11.280
 11

00:29:11.280 --> 00:29:15.940
 this Jesus

00:29:15.940 --> 00:29:18.660
 is the

00:29:18.660 --> 00:29:19.759
 stone that

00:29:19.759 --> 00:29:20.480
 was rejected

00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:21.480
 by you

00:29:21.480 --> 00:29:22.220
 the builders

00:29:22.220 --> 00:29:23.580
 which has

00:29:23.580 --> 00:29:24.780
 become the

00:29:24.780 --> 00:29:25.460
 cornerstone

00:29:25.460 --> 00:29:33.160
 the

00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:33.759
 capstone

00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:34.279
 the

00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:34.880
 capstone

00:29:34.880 --> 00:29:36.059
 wasn't

00:29:36.059 --> 00:29:37.440
 what I've

00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:37.740
 read about

00:29:37.740 --> 00:29:38.100
 it isn't

00:29:38.100 --> 00:29:38.380
 about

00:29:38.380 --> 00:29:39.279
 it wasn't

00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:39.579
 weight

00:29:39.579 --> 00:29:39.960
 bearing

00:29:39.960 --> 00:29:40.480
 it was

00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:41.900
 picking the

00:29:41.900 --> 00:29:42.380
 perfect

00:29:42.380 --> 00:29:42.860
 stone

00:29:42.860 --> 00:29:44.079
 perfectly

00:29:44.079 --> 00:29:44.559
 shaped

00:29:44.559 --> 00:29:44.960
 and putting

00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:45.240
 it in

00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:45.400
 the

00:29:45.400 --> 00:29:45.759
 perfect

00:29:45.759 --> 00:29:46.240
 position

00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:47.000
 so that

00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:47.400
 the rest

00:29:47.400 --> 00:29:47.640
 of the

00:29:47.640 --> 00:29:47.940
 building

00:29:47.940 --> 00:29:48.519
 could take

00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:48.700
 its

00:29:48.700 --> 00:29:49.100
 pattern

00:29:49.100 --> 00:29:49.620
 from it

00:29:49.620 --> 00:29:49.960
 and be

00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:50.319
 built

00:29:50.319 --> 00:29:50.920
 from that

00:29:50.920 --> 00:29:51.279
 point

00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:51.500
 on

00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:53.599
 but

00:29:53.599 --> 00:29:54.339
 this

00:29:54.339 --> 00:29:54.680
 picture

00:29:54.680 --> 00:29:55.019
 is

00:29:55.019 --> 00:29:56.880
 they

00:29:56.880 --> 00:29:57.240
 looked at

00:29:57.240 --> 00:29:57.440
 this

00:29:57.440 --> 00:29:57.779
 stone

00:29:57.779 --> 00:29:58.180
 Jesus

00:29:58.180 --> 00:29:58.519
 and

00:29:58.519 --> 00:30:00.259
 it

00:30:00.259 --> 00:30:00.480
 just

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:00.839
 isn't

00:30:00.839 --> 00:30:01.000
 the

00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:01.259
 shape

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:01.440
 they

00:30:01.440 --> 00:30:01.559
 were

00:30:01.559 --> 00:30:02.019
 expecting

00:30:02.019 --> 00:30:02.259
 or

00:30:02.259 --> 00:30:02.619
 wanting

00:30:02.619 --> 00:30:04.319
 it's

00:30:04.319 --> 00:30:04.779
 jagged

00:30:04.779 --> 00:30:05.059
 edge

00:30:05.059 --> 00:30:05.759
 it's

00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:06.059
 not

00:30:06.059 --> 00:30:06.559
 the

00:30:06.559 --> 00:30:07.000
 Messiah

00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:07.279
 we're

00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:07.539
 looking

00:30:07.539 --> 00:30:07.799
 for

00:30:07.799 --> 00:30:08.059
 and so

00:30:08.059 --> 00:30:08.200
 they

00:30:08.200 --> 00:30:08.440
 throw

00:30:08.440 --> 00:30:08.559
 it

00:30:08.559 --> 00:30:08.779
 away

00:30:08.779 --> 00:30:08.980
 but

00:30:08.980 --> 00:30:10.059
 even

00:30:10.059 --> 00:30:10.220
 the

00:30:10.220 --> 00:30:10.640
 prophets

00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:11.460
 this

00:30:11.460 --> 00:30:11.640
 is

00:30:11.640 --> 00:30:12.000
 quoting

00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:12.539
 Psalm

00:30:12.539 --> 00:30:14.059
 118

00:30:14.059 --> 00:30:16.519
 said

00:30:16.519 --> 00:30:16.720
 this

00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:16.859
 would

00:30:16.859 --> 00:30:17.179
 happen

00:30:17.179 --> 00:30:18.700
 those

00:30:18.700 --> 00:30:18.899
 whom

00:30:18.899 --> 00:30:19.019
 they

00:30:19.019 --> 00:30:19.480
 rejected

00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:20.000
 God

00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:20.200
 has

00:30:20.200 --> 00:30:20.579
 made

00:30:20.579 --> 00:30:21.059
 the

00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:21.599
 capstone

00:30:21.599 --> 00:30:22.099
 his

00:30:22.099 --> 00:30:22.440
 whole

00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:22.779
 house

00:30:22.779 --> 00:30:22.960
 is

00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:23.339
 built

00:30:23.339 --> 00:30:23.619
 on

00:30:23.619 --> 00:30:23.980
 this

00:30:23.980 --> 00:30:25.559
 rejected

00:30:25.559 --> 00:30:25.899
 one

00:30:25.899 --> 00:30:27.639
 his

00:30:27.639 --> 00:30:28.220
 resurrection

00:30:28.220 --> 00:30:28.899
 proves it

00:30:28.899 --> 00:30:35.159
 as we

00:30:35.159 --> 00:30:35.500
 look at

00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:35.940
 Stephen

00:30:35.940 --> 00:30:36.619
 and how

00:30:36.619 --> 00:30:36.919
 he

00:30:36.919 --> 00:30:37.539
 responds

00:30:37.539 --> 00:30:40.319
 we see

00:30:40.319 --> 00:30:40.619
 what the

00:30:40.619 --> 00:30:40.919
 Lord's

00:30:40.919 --> 00:30:41.179
 hand

00:30:41.179 --> 00:30:41.659
 has made

00:30:41.659 --> 00:30:42.259
 in Stephen

00:30:42.259 --> 00:30:43.039
 because of

00:30:43.039 --> 00:30:43.399
 Jesus

00:30:43.400 --> 00:30:45.500
 we see

00:30:45.500 --> 00:30:46.019
 the rest

00:30:46.019 --> 00:30:46.620
 and glory

00:30:46.620 --> 00:30:47.220
 that Stephen

00:30:47.220 --> 00:30:47.620
 has

00:30:47.620 --> 00:30:49.340
 he's

00:30:49.340 --> 00:30:49.860
 losing

00:30:49.860 --> 00:30:51.560
 everything

00:30:51.560 --> 00:30:52.000
 visible

00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:52.420
 everything

00:30:52.420 --> 00:30:53.000
 external

00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:55.100
 his own

00:30:55.100 --> 00:30:55.500
 brothers

00:30:55.500 --> 00:30:56.220
 and fathers

00:30:56.220 --> 00:30:57.620
 are gnashing

00:30:57.620 --> 00:30:58.160
 their teeth

00:30:58.160 --> 00:30:58.500
 at him

00:30:58.500 --> 00:31:02.480
 he's

00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:02.920
 losing

00:31:02.920 --> 00:31:03.780
 the land

00:31:03.780 --> 00:31:04.180
 he's

00:31:04.180 --> 00:31:05.340
 out of

00:31:05.340 --> 00:31:05.759
 the city

00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:07.280
 he's

00:31:07.280 --> 00:31:07.820
 excluded

00:31:07.820 --> 00:31:08.259
 from the

00:31:08.259 --> 00:31:08.600
 temple

00:31:08.600 --> 00:31:10.160
 and he's

00:31:10.160 --> 00:31:10.540
 about to

00:31:10.540 --> 00:31:10.840
 lose

00:31:10.840 --> 00:31:11.200
 his own

00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:11.519
 body

00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:12.519
 he's

00:31:12.519 --> 00:31:12.800
 losing

00:31:12.800 --> 00:31:13.300
 everything

00:31:13.299 --> 00:31:16.240
 and in

00:31:16.240 --> 00:31:16.859
 that moment

00:31:16.859 --> 00:31:17.379
 of death

00:31:17.379 --> 00:31:18.359
 and annihilation

00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:19.339
 he could

00:31:19.339 --> 00:31:19.919
 access

00:31:19.919 --> 00:31:20.299
 heaven

00:31:20.299 --> 00:31:20.759
 itself

00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:24.579
 he could

00:31:24.579 --> 00:31:24.940
 look

00:31:24.940 --> 00:31:26.899
 and see

00:31:26.899 --> 00:31:27.759
 the glory

00:31:27.759 --> 00:31:28.299
 of God

00:31:28.299 --> 00:31:28.740
 and Jesus

00:31:28.740 --> 00:31:29.419
 standing at

00:31:29.419 --> 00:31:29.799
 the right

00:31:29.799 --> 00:31:30.220
 hand

00:31:30.220 --> 00:31:30.859
 of God

00:31:30.859 --> 00:31:33.799
 he believed

00:31:33.799 --> 00:31:34.339
 he was in

00:31:34.339 --> 00:31:34.720
 the holy

00:31:34.720 --> 00:31:35.299
 of holies

00:31:35.299 --> 00:31:38.440
 he believed

00:31:38.440 --> 00:31:39.139
 he had a high

00:31:39.139 --> 00:31:39.819
 priest who was

00:31:39.819 --> 00:31:40.379
 standing at

00:31:40.379 --> 00:31:40.839
 God's right

00:31:40.839 --> 00:31:41.119
 hand

00:31:41.119 --> 00:31:41.879
 not in a

00:31:41.879 --> 00:31:42.259
 man-made

00:31:42.259 --> 00:31:42.579
 temple

00:31:42.579 --> 00:31:43.000
 but in

00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:43.219
 heaven

00:31:43.219 --> 00:31:43.679
 itself

00:31:43.679 --> 00:31:45.439
 he believed

00:31:45.439 --> 00:31:46.539
 that the

00:31:46.539 --> 00:31:46.879
 one who

00:31:46.879 --> 00:31:47.399
 was rejected

00:31:47.399 --> 00:31:48.139
 his sacrifice

00:31:48.139 --> 00:31:48.579
 is all

00:31:48.579 --> 00:31:49.039
 he needs

00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:52.679
 he prays

00:31:52.679 --> 00:31:53.039
 towards

00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:53.639
 Jesus

00:31:53.639 --> 00:31:55.759
 Lord Jesus

00:31:55.759 --> 00:31:56.579
 receive my

00:31:56.579 --> 00:31:56.979
 spirit

00:31:56.979 --> 00:31:58.039
 Jesus is the

00:31:58.039 --> 00:31:58.339
 one who

00:31:58.339 --> 00:31:59.039
 receives prayer

00:31:59.039 --> 00:31:59.639
 now not the

00:31:59.639 --> 00:31:59.959
 temple

00:31:59.959 --> 00:32:03.159
 he's praying

00:32:03.159 --> 00:32:04.059
 towards Jesus

00:32:04.059 --> 00:32:04.779
 knowing that

00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:05.439
 the father

00:32:05.439 --> 00:32:06.000
 hears him

00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:09.380
 the glory

00:32:09.380 --> 00:32:09.799
 that appeared

00:32:09.799 --> 00:32:10.440
 to Abraham

00:32:10.440 --> 00:32:11.819
 he sees it

00:32:11.819 --> 00:32:13.660
 I can see

00:32:13.660 --> 00:32:14.079
 the glory

00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:14.579
 of God

00:32:14.579 --> 00:32:19.200
 when Solomon's

00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:19.640
 temple was

00:32:19.640 --> 00:32:20.099
 filled with

00:32:20.099 --> 00:32:20.440
 glory

00:32:20.440 --> 00:32:20.880
 no one

00:32:20.880 --> 00:32:21.220
 could go

00:32:21.220 --> 00:32:21.400
 in

00:32:21.400 --> 00:32:21.759
 not even

00:32:21.759 --> 00:32:22.200
 the priest

00:32:22.200 --> 00:32:23.619
 Stephen

00:32:23.619 --> 00:32:24.220
 has a glory

00:32:24.220 --> 00:32:24.559
 of God

00:32:24.559 --> 00:32:25.339
 filling him

00:32:25.339 --> 00:32:27.700
 by the

00:32:27.700 --> 00:32:28.400
 Holy Spirit

00:32:28.400 --> 00:32:34.140
 and yet

00:32:34.140 --> 00:32:34.600
 he's losing

00:32:34.600 --> 00:32:35.000
 everything

00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:35.660
 external

00:32:35.660 --> 00:32:38.880
 that is

00:32:38.880 --> 00:32:39.420
 incredible

00:32:39.420 --> 00:32:40.019
 rest

00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:42.660
 and peace

00:32:42.660 --> 00:32:45.560
 and safety

00:32:45.560 --> 00:32:46.720
 even in the

00:32:46.720 --> 00:32:47.080
 face of

00:32:47.080 --> 00:32:47.440
 loss

00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:48.700
 that's what

00:32:48.700 --> 00:32:49.400
 God's hand

00:32:49.400 --> 00:32:49.980
 has made

00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:50.860
 Jesus

00:32:50.860 --> 00:32:53.700
 you can

00:32:53.700 --> 00:32:54.620
 lose all

00:32:54.620 --> 00:32:55.440
 the externals

00:32:55.440 --> 00:32:56.200
 and still have

00:32:56.200 --> 00:32:57.280
 rest and glory

00:32:57.279 --> 00:32:58.259
 with the

00:32:58.259 --> 00:32:58.839
 promise of

00:32:58.839 --> 00:32:59.399
 so much

00:32:59.399 --> 00:32:59.819
 more to

00:32:59.819 --> 00:33:00.160
 come

00:33:00.160 --> 00:33:02.180
 wow

00:33:02.180 --> 00:33:09.660
 that's what

00:33:09.660 --> 00:33:10.339
 God's hands

00:33:10.339 --> 00:33:10.799
 have made

00:33:10.799 --> 00:33:14.579
 so did

00:33:14.579 --> 00:33:15.579
 Jesus say

00:33:15.579 --> 00:33:16.019
 he would

00:33:16.019 --> 00:33:16.500
 destroy

00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:17.440
 this temple

00:33:17.440 --> 00:33:20.019
 he did

00:33:20.019 --> 00:33:20.700
 speak about

00:33:20.700 --> 00:33:23.500
 this temple

00:33:23.500 --> 00:33:23.759
 but

00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:25.119
 the main

00:33:25.119 --> 00:33:25.619
 thing he said

00:33:25.619 --> 00:33:25.940
 was in

00:33:25.940 --> 00:33:26.480
 John chapter

00:33:26.480 --> 00:33:26.839
 2

00:33:26.839 --> 00:33:28.439
 destroy

00:33:28.439 --> 00:33:29.359
 this temple

00:33:29.359 --> 00:33:30.019
 and in

00:33:30.019 --> 00:33:30.799
 three days

00:33:30.799 --> 00:33:31.399
 I'll raise

00:33:31.399 --> 00:33:31.779
 it up

00:33:31.779 --> 00:33:34.720
 but he was

00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:35.299
 speaking about

00:33:35.299 --> 00:33:35.740
 the temple

00:33:35.740 --> 00:33:36.459
 of his body

00:33:36.459 --> 00:33:37.439
 John tells

00:33:37.439 --> 00:33:37.699
 us

00:33:37.699 --> 00:33:41.500
 he was the

00:33:41.500 --> 00:33:41.779
 one who

00:33:41.779 --> 00:33:42.000
 would be

00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:42.459
 destroyed

00:33:42.459 --> 00:33:44.980
 so that

00:33:44.980 --> 00:33:45.279
 we can

00:33:45.279 --> 00:33:45.839
 come in

00:33:45.839 --> 00:33:51.639
 Solomon's

00:33:51.639 --> 00:33:52.159
 temple was

00:33:52.159 --> 00:33:52.599
 built on

00:33:52.599 --> 00:33:53.000
 the mountain

00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:53.259
 where

00:33:53.259 --> 00:33:53.819
 Abraham

00:33:53.819 --> 00:33:55.079
 almost

00:33:55.079 --> 00:33:55.879
 sacrifice

00:33:55.879 --> 00:33:56.339
 his

00:33:56.339 --> 00:33:57.539
 only son

00:33:57.539 --> 00:33:58.059
 Isaac

00:33:58.059 --> 00:33:59.460
 as

00:33:59.460 --> 00:34:00.159
 Abraham

00:34:00.159 --> 00:34:00.679
 reached

00:34:00.679 --> 00:34:01.019
 for the

00:34:01.019 --> 00:34:01.399
 knife

00:34:01.399 --> 00:34:03.319
 the angel

00:34:03.319 --> 00:34:04.019
 told him

00:34:04.019 --> 00:34:04.519
 to stop

00:34:04.519 --> 00:34:05.559
 then he

00:34:05.559 --> 00:34:06.099
 sees the

00:34:06.099 --> 00:34:06.460
 ram

00:34:06.460 --> 00:34:06.919
 bought

00:34:06.919 --> 00:34:08.500
 in the bush

00:34:08.500 --> 00:34:09.360
 and that

00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:09.699
 place

00:34:09.699 --> 00:34:14.340
 and that

00:34:14.340 --> 00:34:15.579
 place

00:34:15.579 --> 00:34:17.800
 that's

00:34:17.800 --> 00:34:18.059
 where the

00:34:18.059 --> 00:34:18.300
 temple

00:34:18.300 --> 00:34:18.800
 was built

00:34:18.800 --> 00:34:22.860
 I like how

00:34:22.860 --> 00:34:23.360
 Tim Keller

00:34:23.360 --> 00:34:23.800
 puts it

00:34:23.800 --> 00:34:24.360
 let me quote

00:34:24.360 --> 00:34:24.599
 him

00:34:24.599 --> 00:34:25.659
 the knife

00:34:25.659 --> 00:34:26.179
 of God's

00:34:26.179 --> 00:34:26.619
 justice

00:34:26.619 --> 00:34:27.380
 that did

00:34:27.380 --> 00:34:28.039
 not come

00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:28.440
 down on

00:34:28.440 --> 00:34:28.699
 Isaac

00:34:28.699 --> 00:34:30.400
 and later

00:34:30.400 --> 00:34:31.019
 came down

00:34:31.019 --> 00:34:31.780
 on animal

00:34:31.780 --> 00:34:33.280
 after animal

00:34:33.280 --> 00:34:34.900
 after animal

00:34:34.900 --> 00:34:36.660
 finally came

00:34:36.660 --> 00:34:37.260
 down on

00:34:37.260 --> 00:34:37.559
 God's

00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:37.860
 son

00:34:37.860 --> 00:34:41.720
 that's

00:34:41.720 --> 00:34:41.880
 the

00:34:41.880 --> 00:34:42.480
 sacrifice

00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:42.960
 we need

00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:48.900
 many

00:34:48.900 --> 00:34:49.460
 priests

00:34:49.460 --> 00:34:50.039
 were told

00:34:50.039 --> 00:34:50.980
 did turn

00:34:50.980 --> 00:34:51.519
 to Jesus

00:34:51.519 --> 00:34:53.300
 but

00:34:53.300 --> 00:34:54.000
 this

00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:54.559
 council

00:34:54.559 --> 00:34:56.240
 they couldn't

00:34:56.240 --> 00:34:56.800
 let go

00:34:56.800 --> 00:34:57.320
 of what

00:34:57.320 --> 00:34:57.800
 their own

00:34:57.800 --> 00:34:58.180
 hands

00:34:58.180 --> 00:34:58.720
 have made

00:34:58.720 --> 00:35:02.460
 their whole

00:35:02.460 --> 00:35:03.059
 identity

00:35:03.059 --> 00:35:03.780
 and purpose

00:35:03.780 --> 00:35:04.300
 would have

00:35:04.300 --> 00:35:04.620
 to come

00:35:04.620 --> 00:35:04.980
 crashing

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:05.440
 down

00:35:05.440 --> 00:35:08.160
 they blocked

00:35:08.160 --> 00:35:08.840
 their ears

00:35:08.840 --> 00:35:09.560
 they drowned

00:35:09.560 --> 00:35:10.240
 out God's

00:35:10.240 --> 00:35:10.600
 word

00:35:10.600 --> 00:35:14.700
 with their

00:35:14.700 --> 00:35:15.400
 own voices

00:35:15.400 --> 00:35:17.260
 they were

00:35:17.260 --> 00:35:18.140
 unwilling to

00:35:18.140 --> 00:35:18.519
 go into

00:35:18.519 --> 00:35:19.480
 eternal life

00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:20.620
 empty handed

00:35:20.620 --> 00:35:24.260
 I think we

00:35:24.260 --> 00:35:24.820
 see in their

00:35:24.820 --> 00:35:25.480
 example that

00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:26.360
 we can only

00:35:26.360 --> 00:35:27.080
 share

00:35:27.080 --> 00:35:28.620
 in the

00:35:28.620 --> 00:35:29.019
 peace

00:35:29.019 --> 00:35:29.440
 and the

00:35:29.440 --> 00:35:29.780
 rest

00:35:29.780 --> 00:35:30.120
 and the

00:35:30.120 --> 00:35:30.400
 hope

00:35:30.400 --> 00:35:32.360
 the glory

00:35:32.360 --> 00:35:32.820
 of God

00:35:32.820 --> 00:35:33.300
 if we

00:35:33.300 --> 00:35:33.740
 first

00:35:33.739 --> 00:35:34.319
 confess

00:35:34.319 --> 00:35:34.639
 that

00:35:34.639 --> 00:35:36.079
 we

00:35:36.079 --> 00:35:36.479
 like

00:35:36.479 --> 00:35:36.759
 them

00:35:36.759 --> 00:35:37.339
 prefer

00:35:37.339 --> 00:35:37.599
 what

00:35:37.599 --> 00:35:37.779
 our

00:35:37.779 --> 00:35:37.979
 own

00:35:37.979 --> 00:35:38.279
 hands

00:35:38.279 --> 00:35:38.419
 have

00:35:38.419 --> 00:35:38.819
 made

00:35:38.819 --> 00:35:41.799
 aren't

00:35:41.799 --> 00:35:42.039
 I

00:35:42.039 --> 00:35:42.500
 great

00:35:42.500 --> 00:35:43.119
 because

00:35:43.119 --> 00:35:43.599
 of

00:35:43.599 --> 00:35:45.239
 blah blah

00:35:45.239 --> 00:35:45.459
 blah blah

00:35:45.459 --> 00:35:46.199
 whatever

00:35:46.199 --> 00:35:46.699
 you fill

00:35:46.699 --> 00:35:47.059
 that in

00:35:47.059 --> 00:35:49.639
 we've got

00:35:49.639 --> 00:35:50.099
 to confess

00:35:50.099 --> 00:35:50.459
 that

00:35:50.459 --> 00:35:51.539
 our hearts

00:35:51.539 --> 00:35:51.919
 are prone

00:35:51.919 --> 00:35:52.379
 to that

00:35:52.380 --> 00:35:58.360
 God

00:35:58.360 --> 00:35:58.840
 why would

00:35:58.840 --> 00:35:59.400
 we cling

00:35:59.400 --> 00:35:59.860
 to what

00:35:59.860 --> 00:36:00.260
 we know

00:36:00.260 --> 00:36:00.720
 will one

00:36:00.720 --> 00:36:01.140
 day be

00:36:01.140 --> 00:36:01.700
 destroyed

00:36:01.700 --> 00:36:02.840
 God

00:36:02.840 --> 00:36:03.760
 offers us

00:36:03.760 --> 00:36:04.240
 a place

00:36:04.240 --> 00:36:04.579
 in his

00:36:04.579 --> 00:36:04.920
 house

00:36:04.920 --> 00:36:12.900
 and we

00:36:12.900 --> 00:36:13.380
 see in

00:36:13.380 --> 00:36:13.740
 Stephen

00:36:13.740 --> 00:36:14.599
 a new

00:36:14.599 --> 00:36:15.079
 passion

00:36:15.079 --> 00:36:15.340
 that

00:36:15.340 --> 00:36:15.740
 drives

00:36:15.740 --> 00:36:16.000
 him

00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:18.340
 this

00:36:18.340 --> 00:36:19.880
 peace

00:36:19.880 --> 00:36:20.820
 this rest

00:36:20.820 --> 00:36:21.860
 and the

00:36:21.860 --> 00:36:22.280
 hope of

00:36:22.280 --> 00:36:22.639
 glory

00:36:22.639 --> 00:36:23.200
 he doesn't

00:36:23.200 --> 00:36:23.720
 just keep

00:36:23.720 --> 00:36:23.980
 it to

00:36:23.980 --> 00:36:24.280
 himself

00:36:24.280 --> 00:36:25.000
 it creates

00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:25.440
 something

00:36:25.440 --> 00:36:26.639
 new in

00:36:26.639 --> 00:36:26.900
 him

00:36:26.900 --> 00:36:29.079
 Jesus

00:36:29.079 --> 00:36:29.639
 creates

00:36:29.639 --> 00:36:30.280
 a kingdom

00:36:30.280 --> 00:36:30.539
 of

00:36:30.539 --> 00:36:31.280
 priests

00:36:31.280 --> 00:36:33.180
 I'm

00:36:33.180 --> 00:36:33.440
 sure if

00:36:33.440 --> 00:36:33.720
 you think

00:36:33.720 --> 00:36:34.180
 of yourself

00:36:34.180 --> 00:36:34.700
 as a

00:36:34.700 --> 00:36:35.059
 priest

00:36:35.059 --> 00:36:36.260
 you're a

00:36:36.260 --> 00:36:36.539
 believer

00:36:36.539 --> 00:36:39.059
 but that's

00:36:39.059 --> 00:36:39.420
 how the

00:36:39.420 --> 00:36:39.880
 New Testament

00:36:39.880 --> 00:36:40.440
 describes

00:36:40.440 --> 00:36:40.720
 us

00:36:40.720 --> 00:36:42.500
 what does

00:36:42.500 --> 00:36:42.800
 a priest

00:36:42.800 --> 00:36:43.099
 do

00:36:43.099 --> 00:36:45.300
 they go

00:36:45.300 --> 00:36:45.639
 into the

00:36:45.639 --> 00:36:46.420
 holy place

00:36:46.420 --> 00:36:47.240
 not for

00:36:47.240 --> 00:36:47.579
 their own

00:36:47.579 --> 00:36:47.980
 sake but

00:36:47.980 --> 00:36:48.480
 on behalf

00:36:48.480 --> 00:36:48.980
 of others

00:36:48.980 --> 00:36:52.240
 they bring

00:36:52.240 --> 00:36:52.800
 people in

00:36:52.800 --> 00:36:53.240
 to God

00:36:53.239 --> 00:36:57.819
 we see

00:36:57.819 --> 00:36:58.119
 that in

00:36:58.119 --> 00:36:58.439
 Stephen

00:36:58.439 --> 00:36:59.119
 even while

00:36:59.119 --> 00:36:59.739
 he's losing

00:36:59.739 --> 00:37:01.239
 all the

00:37:01.239 --> 00:37:01.839
 externals

00:37:01.839 --> 00:37:02.479
 he's so

00:37:02.479 --> 00:37:03.479
 sure that

00:37:03.479 --> 00:37:03.899
 he's got

00:37:03.899 --> 00:37:04.659
 rest and

00:37:04.659 --> 00:37:05.059
 peace

00:37:05.059 --> 00:37:05.839
 and glory

00:37:05.839 --> 00:37:07.419
 and he

00:37:07.419 --> 00:37:07.739
 knows he's

00:37:07.739 --> 00:37:07.899
 going to

00:37:07.899 --> 00:37:08.419
 get much

00:37:08.419 --> 00:37:08.719
 more

00:37:08.719 --> 00:37:09.239
 very very

00:37:09.239 --> 00:37:09.639
 soon

00:37:09.639 --> 00:37:11.019
 matter of

00:37:11.019 --> 00:37:11.339
 minutes

00:37:11.339 --> 00:37:11.759
 for him

00:37:11.759 --> 00:37:14.059
 what does

00:37:14.059 --> 00:37:14.359
 that do

00:37:14.359 --> 00:37:14.659
 in him

00:37:14.659 --> 00:37:16.419
 it creates

00:37:16.419 --> 00:37:17.779
 a priestly

00:37:17.779 --> 00:37:18.299
 spirit

00:37:18.299 --> 00:37:19.639
 he prays

00:37:19.639 --> 00:37:21.359
 on their

00:37:21.359 --> 00:37:21.739
 behalf

00:37:21.739 --> 00:37:22.459
 Lord do

00:37:22.459 --> 00:37:22.959
 not hold

00:37:22.960 --> 00:37:23.360
 this sin

00:37:23.360 --> 00:37:23.699
 against

00:37:23.699 --> 00:37:23.940
 them

00:37:23.940 --> 00:37:24.740
 he wants

00:37:24.740 --> 00:37:25.119
 them

00:37:25.119 --> 00:37:25.900
 forgiven

00:37:25.900 --> 00:37:27.039
 he wants

00:37:27.039 --> 00:37:27.519
 them in

00:37:27.519 --> 00:37:31.659
 he doesn't

00:37:31.659 --> 00:37:32.360
 hold this

00:37:32.360 --> 00:37:32.820
 peace to

00:37:32.820 --> 00:37:33.260
 himself

00:37:33.260 --> 00:37:33.780
 he says

00:37:33.780 --> 00:37:35.440
 behold

00:37:35.440 --> 00:37:36.059
 look

00:37:36.059 --> 00:37:38.699
 look at

00:37:38.699 --> 00:37:39.099
 Jesus

00:37:39.099 --> 00:37:40.760
 he got

00:37:40.760 --> 00:37:41.440
 arrested in

00:37:41.440 --> 00:37:41.800
 the first

00:37:41.800 --> 00:37:42.340
 place because

00:37:42.340 --> 00:37:43.099
 he just

00:37:43.099 --> 00:37:43.460
 kept

00:37:43.460 --> 00:37:44.860
 annoying

00:37:44.860 --> 00:37:45.440
 people

00:37:45.440 --> 00:37:46.480
 by trying

00:37:46.480 --> 00:37:47.179
 wanting them

00:37:47.179 --> 00:37:47.720
 to come

00:37:47.720 --> 00:37:48.199
 into the

00:37:48.199 --> 00:37:48.679
 rest and

00:37:48.679 --> 00:37:49.360
 glory he's

00:37:49.360 --> 00:37:49.740
 found

00:37:49.739 --> 00:37:56.019
 he goes

00:37:56.019 --> 00:37:56.559
 into the

00:37:56.559 --> 00:37:57.279
 holy place

00:37:57.279 --> 00:37:58.159
 on behalf

00:37:58.159 --> 00:37:58.639
 of even

00:37:58.639 --> 00:37:59.139
 those who

00:37:59.139 --> 00:37:59.679
 condemn him

00:37:59.679 --> 00:38:00.739
 that's the

00:38:00.739 --> 00:38:01.219
 kind of

00:38:01.219 --> 00:38:02.319
 people that

00:38:02.319 --> 00:38:02.579
 Jesus

00:38:02.579 --> 00:38:03.099
 creates

00:38:03.099 --> 00:38:05.199
 that's what

00:38:05.199 --> 00:38:06.099
 rest and

00:38:06.099 --> 00:38:07.199
 glory creates

00:38:07.199 --> 00:38:08.639
 priestly kind

00:38:08.639 --> 00:38:09.119
 of spirit

00:38:09.119 --> 00:38:12.239
 in the context

00:38:12.239 --> 00:38:13.479
 of Isaiah 66

00:38:13.479 --> 00:38:14.199
 that he quotes

00:38:14.199 --> 00:38:16.399
 God says

00:38:16.399 --> 00:38:17.139
 the sacrifices

00:38:17.139 --> 00:38:17.739
 he wants

00:38:17.739 --> 00:38:18.339
 once he

00:38:18.339 --> 00:38:18.639
 creates

00:38:18.639 --> 00:38:18.980
 everything

00:38:18.980 --> 00:38:19.319
 new

00:38:19.319 --> 00:38:20.960
 he says

00:38:20.960 --> 00:38:21.399
 they shall

00:38:21.399 --> 00:38:22.099
 bring all

00:38:22.099 --> 00:38:22.659
 your brothers

00:38:22.659 --> 00:38:23.319
 from all the

00:38:23.319 --> 00:38:24.119
 nations as an

00:38:24.119 --> 00:38:24.759
 offering to the

00:38:24.759 --> 00:38:26.219
 Lord just as

00:38:26.219 --> 00:38:26.719
 the Israelites

00:38:26.719 --> 00:38:27.259
 bring their

00:38:27.259 --> 00:38:27.899
 grain offering

00:38:27.899 --> 00:38:28.460
 in a clean

00:38:28.460 --> 00:38:29.739
 vessel for the

00:38:29.739 --> 00:38:31.339
 house of the

00:38:31.339 --> 00:38:31.599
 Lord

00:38:31.599 --> 00:38:32.679
 they're the

00:38:32.679 --> 00:38:33.259
 sacrifices

00:38:33.260 --> 00:38:39.680
 so I think

00:38:39.680 --> 00:38:40.200
 Woody Allen

00:38:40.200 --> 00:38:40.820
 was wrong

00:38:40.820 --> 00:38:45.580
 brothers and

00:38:45.580 --> 00:38:46.820
 sisters who

00:38:46.820 --> 00:38:47.340
 trust in

00:38:47.340 --> 00:38:48.160
 Jesus even

00:38:48.160 --> 00:38:49.860
 in loss and

00:38:49.860 --> 00:38:51.220
 perhaps especially

00:38:51.220 --> 00:38:54.540
 in loss you

00:38:54.540 --> 00:38:55.020
 can point

00:38:55.020 --> 00:38:55.780
 people to the

00:38:55.780 --> 00:38:56.840
 rest and glory

00:38:56.840 --> 00:38:57.440
 you've found

00:38:57.440 --> 00:39:02.220
 and in doing

00:39:02.220 --> 00:39:02.560
 that

00:39:02.559 --> 00:39:06.420
 God uses

00:39:06.420 --> 00:39:07.099
 us as

00:39:07.099 --> 00:39:07.739
 instruments

00:39:07.739 --> 00:39:09.739
 to create

00:39:09.739 --> 00:39:10.400
 a building

00:39:10.400 --> 00:39:10.860
 a living

00:39:10.860 --> 00:39:11.460
 temple that

00:39:11.460 --> 00:39:11.980
 will never

00:39:11.980 --> 00:39:12.619
 be destroyed

00:39:12.619 --> 00:39:16.259
 will you pray

00:39:16.259 --> 00:39:16.559
 with me

00:39:16.559 --> 00:39:17.099
 let's pray

00:39:17.099 --> 00:39:23.279
 Lord I

00:39:23.279 --> 00:39:24.820
 pray that

00:39:24.820 --> 00:39:27.699
 all the

00:39:27.699 --> 00:39:29.279
 blessings you've

00:39:29.279 --> 00:39:29.880
 given us

00:39:29.880 --> 00:39:31.980
 because of what

00:39:31.980 --> 00:39:32.599
 you have done

00:39:32.599 --> 00:39:33.079
 in Jesus

00:39:33.079 --> 00:39:33.719
 I pray that

00:39:33.719 --> 00:39:34.440
 you might

00:39:34.440 --> 00:39:36.219
 press those

00:39:36.219 --> 00:39:37.880
 blessings into

00:39:37.880 --> 00:39:39.559
 whatever each of

00:39:39.559 --> 00:39:40.179
 us are struggling

00:39:40.179 --> 00:39:40.980
 with right now

00:39:40.980 --> 00:39:43.260
 so that we

00:39:43.260 --> 00:39:45.539
 won't look to

00:39:45.539 --> 00:39:46.420
 what the world

00:39:46.420 --> 00:39:48.940
 promises to

00:39:48.940 --> 00:39:50.579
 comfort whatever

00:39:50.579 --> 00:39:51.619
 sorrows we're

00:39:51.619 --> 00:39:52.420
 struggling with

00:39:52.420 --> 00:39:54.340
 but so that we

00:39:54.340 --> 00:39:55.119
 would be filled

00:39:55.119 --> 00:39:56.260
 with peace and

00:39:56.260 --> 00:39:57.780
 hope and joy

00:39:57.780 --> 00:39:59.920
 that we

00:39:59.920 --> 00:40:00.300
 might

00:40:00.300 --> 00:40:02.620
 even see

00:40:02.620 --> 00:40:02.980
 what we're

00:40:02.980 --> 00:40:03.540
 going through

00:40:03.540 --> 00:40:05.180
 as a way

00:40:05.180 --> 00:40:05.680
 to point

00:40:05.680 --> 00:40:06.160
 people to

00:40:06.160 --> 00:40:06.720
 you and

00:40:06.720 --> 00:40:07.200
 life in

00:40:07.200 --> 00:40:07.519
 you

00:40:07.519 --> 00:40:09.820
 pray this in

00:40:09.820 --> 00:40:10.360
 Jesus name

00:40:10.360 --> 00:40:10.860
 amen

00:40:10.860 --> 00:40:22.360
 so

00:40:22.360 --> 00:40:22.980
 you