WEBVTT 00:00:00.260 --> 00:00:14.320 It's one word that sums up Christmas. One thing we all dream of. One idea that drives into the heart of who we are and what we were made for. 00:00:15.240 --> 00:00:29.359 ! We want to be together. Christmas every year is an attempt at something that we want to be true, to be capable of. Real friendship. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:41.799 Real togetherness. Gathering around the tree to know laughter with ones that we love. To sit around a table to exchange loving gifts. 00:00:42.380 --> 00:00:50.579 The hope of Christmas is to see a world even. A world at peace. A world together. 00:00:52.539 --> 00:00:57.240 What was God doing when he decided to send his son into the world? 00:00:57.240 --> 00:01:07.540 When God became a man. He was triggering the climax of the story of creation. The story of the human race. 00:01:08.159 --> 00:01:13.799 That God made us for fellowship. With him and with each other. 00:01:13.799 --> 00:01:17.679 What was he planning? What was he doing? 00:01:18.719 --> 00:01:22.899 How silently, how silently this wondrous gift was given. 00:01:23.560 --> 00:01:32.799 In a quiet, understated, and yet colossal mission, God was involved in a conspiracy of love. 00:01:32.799 --> 00:01:39.500 To forge a perfect partnership between God and man forever. 00:01:40.500 --> 00:01:42.700 Where God and man would join. 00:01:43.700 --> 00:01:47.759 Inseparably, mysteriously, and eternally bound. 00:01:48.859 --> 00:01:54.500 Where in Christ, God and man are together. 00:01:54.500 --> 00:02:01.519 This is where we've been heading in the first couple of chapters of Hebrews on Sunday mornings. 00:02:01.700 --> 00:02:10.280 And this is where the greatness of this salvation that we've been hearing about, revealed in the sun, that first Christmas shines. 00:02:11.719 --> 00:02:18.920 That the story of being together, God's world story, is finding its goal in Jesus. 00:02:18.919 --> 00:02:24.519 We're going to focus in on verse 5 to 9 of chapter 2 this morning. 00:02:24.639 --> 00:02:28.199 And then, if you're here next Sunday, we'll look at verse 10 to 18. 00:02:29.199 --> 00:02:34.519 And in these verses, the pastor of the Hebrews gives the why of the incarnation. 00:02:36.060 --> 00:02:39.219 He gives us an insight into the heart of God. 00:02:40.199 --> 00:02:42.299 He uses a quote from Psalm 8. 00:02:42.300 --> 00:02:48.740 He shows us the focus of God's mission to renew a partnership. 00:02:49.900 --> 00:02:51.900 Where creation is the stage. 00:02:52.400 --> 00:02:56.380 Where God says to man, let's do this together. 00:02:57.660 --> 00:03:00.540 Let's rule this creation together. 00:03:01.220 --> 00:03:04.939 You will rule human beings by my side. 00:03:05.960 --> 00:03:08.800 Let's enjoy togetherness. 00:03:08.800 --> 00:03:17.920 In Psalm 8 here, this quote he gives, he gives a flashback, first of all, to the beginnings of a beautiful friendship. 00:03:18.420 --> 00:03:20.900 The beginnings of a beautiful relationship. 00:03:21.560 --> 00:03:24.860 Where God made man in his own image. 00:03:25.460 --> 00:03:26.600 To share. 00:03:27.620 --> 00:03:31.820 To be together with him in his rule over the earth. 00:03:31.819 --> 00:03:38.799 Occasionally, in our confession of faith on a Sunday morning, we'll say the Nicene Creed. 00:03:39.780 --> 00:03:44.879 And that creed explains to us what happens in the incarnation and why it happens. 00:03:46.159 --> 00:03:50.579 For us and for our salvation, he came down from heaven. 00:03:51.039 --> 00:03:56.259 Was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary and became truly human. 00:03:56.259 --> 00:04:01.379 For us and for our salvation. 00:04:02.019 --> 00:04:04.340 The creed isn't embarrassed there, is it? 00:04:04.719 --> 00:04:09.060 Telling us that God did something for human beings. 00:04:09.219 --> 00:04:09.879 For us. 00:04:10.780 --> 00:04:12.699 It was for his glory, of course. 00:04:12.840 --> 00:04:15.539 But it was genuinely for us. 00:04:16.060 --> 00:04:17.480 For our benefit. 00:04:19.339 --> 00:04:21.219 But why do it? 00:04:21.220 --> 00:04:24.140 When we look at ourselves. 00:04:24.940 --> 00:04:26.920 Why should God bother? 00:04:27.840 --> 00:04:31.580 Why bother God with tiny little people like us? 00:04:32.800 --> 00:04:35.160 Try standing in front of the mirror. 00:04:35.740 --> 00:04:37.040 Naked, if you like. 00:04:37.280 --> 00:04:37.620 Tonight. 00:04:37.960 --> 00:04:39.040 And asking that question. 00:04:39.780 --> 00:04:40.880 Why do it? 00:04:41.820 --> 00:04:43.800 Why was I worth it? 00:04:43.840 --> 00:04:45.060 In all of my weakness. 00:04:45.960 --> 00:04:47.260 And in my smallness. 00:04:47.259 --> 00:04:52.199 Why should God, who can make a universe with a word. 00:04:52.699 --> 00:04:55.519 Who hold galaxies in a teacup. 00:04:56.439 --> 00:04:59.680 Bother doing anything for tiny little man and woman. 00:05:00.199 --> 00:05:03.860 And that's the question that Psalm 8 asks that he quotes there, isn't it? 00:05:04.180 --> 00:05:06.839 What is man that you are mindful of him? 00:05:07.920 --> 00:05:09.219 Why do it? 00:05:09.800 --> 00:05:10.279 God. 00:05:10.279 --> 00:05:13.819 Because right from the beginning. 00:05:14.079 --> 00:05:16.039 The plan has always been. 00:05:16.259 --> 00:05:18.079 God and man. 00:05:18.679 --> 00:05:19.099 Together. 00:05:20.419 --> 00:05:20.979 United. 00:05:22.299 --> 00:05:26.259 And in creation we see the beginnings of that beautiful partnership. 00:05:27.479 --> 00:05:30.139 Human beings are the only ones. 00:05:30.539 --> 00:05:33.399 The only creatures God has ever said. 00:05:33.399 --> 00:05:37.279 Let us make man and woman in our image. 00:05:38.039 --> 00:05:39.059 Male and female. 00:05:40.279 --> 00:05:44.779 You can hear him in Genesis chapter 1 at the beginning of the Bible. 00:05:45.000 --> 00:05:47.239 Forging this partnership in creation. 00:05:48.139 --> 00:05:50.639 Let us make man in our image. 00:05:50.719 --> 00:05:52.099 After our likeness. 00:05:52.519 --> 00:05:55.159 And let them have dominion. 00:05:55.779 --> 00:05:57.239 Over the fish of the sea. 00:05:57.419 --> 00:05:58.759 Over the birds of the heavens. 00:05:58.899 --> 00:05:59.739 Over the livestock. 00:06:00.339 --> 00:06:03.539 Let them have dominion over all of the earth. 00:06:04.799 --> 00:06:05.979 In creation. 00:06:05.980 --> 00:06:07.480 He makes man. 00:06:08.160 --> 00:06:10.860 To partner in what God is doing. 00:06:11.020 --> 00:06:12.480 In what God is. 00:06:13.300 --> 00:06:14.020 His rule. 00:06:14.140 --> 00:06:14.860 His authority. 00:06:15.340 --> 00:06:16.500 His very image. 00:06:17.640 --> 00:06:18.600 Genesis 1. 00:06:18.660 --> 00:06:19.180 It repeats. 00:06:19.319 --> 00:06:21.080 So God created man. 00:06:21.140 --> 00:06:22.300 In his own image. 00:06:22.860 --> 00:06:24.960 In the image of God he created him. 00:06:25.080 --> 00:06:27.080 Male and female he created them. 00:06:27.079 --> 00:06:30.859 Man was made by God. 00:06:30.859 --> 00:06:32.579 To reflect God. 00:06:33.000 --> 00:06:35.439 In partnership with God. 00:06:36.759 --> 00:06:39.599 And so he crowns man with glory and honour. 00:06:40.539 --> 00:06:42.079 God as creator. 00:06:42.539 --> 00:06:45.120 And Adam the first man as king. 00:06:45.979 --> 00:06:49.139 Man as lord of God's world. 00:06:49.319 --> 00:06:50.079 With him. 00:06:50.860 --> 00:06:51.360 Together. 00:06:51.360 --> 00:06:51.560 Together. 00:06:53.160 --> 00:06:56.900 The world laughs at the creation account. 00:06:57.020 --> 00:06:57.400 Doesn't it? 00:06:57.460 --> 00:06:58.879 In Genesis chapter 1. 00:06:59.860 --> 00:07:03.280 It pours scorn on what God did then. 00:07:04.280 --> 00:07:05.439 So much so though. 00:07:05.520 --> 00:07:08.340 That it fails to hear God speaking there. 00:07:08.439 --> 00:07:10.980 The things that actually we long for. 00:07:12.120 --> 00:07:14.540 That creation was made. 00:07:14.699 --> 00:07:16.000 And at its pinnacle. 00:07:16.540 --> 00:07:18.240 Is a relationship. 00:07:18.240 --> 00:07:20.879 In creation. 00:07:21.100 --> 00:07:23.060 God says to little people. 00:07:23.060 --> 00:07:24.120 Like you and me. 00:07:24.319 --> 00:07:27.120 Let's do this whole thing together. 00:07:28.259 --> 00:07:29.840 Let's be together. 00:07:30.680 --> 00:07:31.920 Let's share. 00:07:32.939 --> 00:07:35.579 Let's rule my creation together. 00:07:37.199 --> 00:07:39.480 God walks with Adam in the garden. 00:07:39.660 --> 00:07:41.139 God talks with him there. 00:07:41.699 --> 00:07:43.400 God gives him Eve. 00:07:44.120 --> 00:07:46.780 Saying enjoy togetherness. 00:07:46.779 --> 00:07:48.779 Loving God. 00:07:48.919 --> 00:07:49.899 Loving their neighbour. 00:07:50.779 --> 00:07:52.159 A beautiful friendship. 00:07:53.819 --> 00:07:56.719 Together you will be on top of the world. 00:07:56.839 --> 00:07:57.719 He says to them. 00:07:58.239 --> 00:07:59.819 And by my side. 00:08:00.000 --> 00:08:02.219 You will rule my world. 00:08:04.659 --> 00:08:06.479 Now it's not that they're the same. 00:08:06.539 --> 00:08:06.819 Is it? 00:08:06.879 --> 00:08:07.759 God and man. 00:08:07.899 --> 00:08:08.819 They're not the same. 00:08:08.879 --> 00:08:09.559 Of course not. 00:08:09.559 --> 00:08:13.279 Isaiah speaks of God's uniqueness. 00:08:13.519 --> 00:08:15.439 As the one who creates the world. 00:08:15.439 --> 00:08:18.000 He created the heavens. 00:08:18.199 --> 00:08:19.300 He formed the earth. 00:08:19.360 --> 00:08:20.120 And made it. 00:08:20.819 --> 00:08:23.759 But he goes on in chapter 45 of Isaiah. 00:08:23.899 --> 00:08:24.259 To say. 00:08:24.660 --> 00:08:25.620 He established it. 00:08:25.660 --> 00:08:27.579 But he did not create it empty. 00:08:28.480 --> 00:08:30.660 He formed it to be inhabited. 00:08:32.539 --> 00:08:35.220 Even when God would have been perfectly happy. 00:08:35.220 --> 00:08:36.519 On his own. 00:08:36.600 --> 00:08:37.340 By himself. 00:08:37.460 --> 00:08:39.580 In the communion of the Trinity. 00:08:39.580 --> 00:08:41.580 He fills the world. 00:08:41.580 --> 00:08:43.300 He fills the world with people. 00:08:44.360 --> 00:08:45.620 For friendship. 00:08:46.139 --> 00:08:46.840 With him. 00:08:47.720 --> 00:08:50.100 A world for walking and talking. 00:08:50.360 --> 00:08:52.280 A world for eating and laughing. 00:08:53.060 --> 00:08:54.820 A world for a passionate. 00:08:55.139 --> 00:08:56.259 Ruling partnership. 00:08:56.259 --> 00:08:57.460 Over his creation. 00:08:59.120 --> 00:09:00.800 So the pastor tells us. 00:09:00.840 --> 00:09:01.240 Doesn't he. 00:09:01.280 --> 00:09:02.100 In verse 5. 00:09:02.220 --> 00:09:03.420 This is why. 00:09:03.920 --> 00:09:05.480 God sent his son. 00:09:05.480 --> 00:09:07.980 Because God has a vested interest. 00:09:08.519 --> 00:09:09.759 In man and woman. 00:09:11.120 --> 00:09:13.740 Why is God mindful of man? 00:09:14.019 --> 00:09:15.259 Why save man? 00:09:17.139 --> 00:09:19.940 Remember the Hebrews obsession with angels. 00:09:20.200 --> 00:09:22.300 The most impressive things really. 00:09:22.300 --> 00:09:23.560 That God has created. 00:09:23.720 --> 00:09:24.620 When you look at them. 00:09:24.759 --> 00:09:25.300 You fear. 00:09:26.019 --> 00:09:27.480 You're filled with trembling. 00:09:27.480 --> 00:09:29.560 But the world. 00:09:29.800 --> 00:09:31.259 Wasn't made for them. 00:09:31.379 --> 00:09:31.920 He says. 00:09:32.740 --> 00:09:34.340 The world to come. 00:09:34.460 --> 00:09:34.940 Verse 5. 00:09:35.000 --> 00:09:37.379 Has not been subjected to them. 00:09:38.279 --> 00:09:39.740 The world that God made. 00:09:39.899 --> 00:09:41.519 Is not the place for God. 00:09:41.600 --> 00:09:42.460 And angels. 00:09:42.680 --> 00:09:43.980 To know this relationship. 00:09:45.200 --> 00:09:46.460 But for God. 00:09:46.560 --> 00:09:47.480 And man. 00:09:48.500 --> 00:09:48.899 Together. 00:09:50.399 --> 00:09:51.700 Now in God's mind. 00:09:51.820 --> 00:09:53.500 Angels aren't the big deal. 00:09:53.600 --> 00:09:55.180 Even though they're so impressive. 00:09:55.179 --> 00:09:56.959 He's already said. 00:09:57.059 --> 00:09:58.120 At the end of chapter 1. 00:09:58.199 --> 00:09:59.559 If you look in verse 14. 00:09:59.679 --> 00:10:00.279 They're angels. 00:10:00.439 --> 00:10:01.419 They're just ministers. 00:10:01.620 --> 00:10:02.019 They're just. 00:10:02.599 --> 00:10:03.739 Servants of the ones. 00:10:03.859 --> 00:10:05.279 Who will inherit salvation. 00:10:06.899 --> 00:10:08.599 My tiny little. 00:10:08.899 --> 00:10:09.819 Human beings. 00:10:11.339 --> 00:10:12.120 He desires. 00:10:12.259 --> 00:10:13.239 Not to be joined. 00:10:13.379 --> 00:10:14.179 With the angels. 00:10:14.459 --> 00:10:15.639 But with you. 00:10:16.419 --> 00:10:17.219 And with me. 00:10:18.359 --> 00:10:19.279 For us. 00:10:19.399 --> 00:10:20.679 And for our salvation. 00:10:21.779 --> 00:10:23.299 Because we are the ones. 00:10:23.299 --> 00:10:24.179 He has made. 00:10:24.179 --> 00:10:25.799 To share in his reign. 00:10:26.120 --> 00:10:27.179 He put everything. 00:10:27.179 --> 00:10:28.139 In subjection. 00:10:28.199 --> 00:10:29.239 Under Adam's feet. 00:10:29.359 --> 00:10:30.179 He made Adam. 00:10:30.299 --> 00:10:31.919 To be his covenant partner. 00:10:32.699 --> 00:10:34.019 In ruling the world. 00:10:35.039 --> 00:10:35.739 He gives. 00:10:35.879 --> 00:10:37.199 Tiny little man. 00:10:37.339 --> 00:10:38.579 Great big shoes. 00:10:38.679 --> 00:10:39.199 To fill. 00:10:39.359 --> 00:10:39.959 Doesn't he? 00:10:41.319 --> 00:10:42.599 Human beings. 00:10:43.839 --> 00:10:45.339 See how he is. 00:10:45.519 --> 00:10:46.719 Mindful of us. 00:10:46.859 --> 00:10:48.439 His partners in creation. 00:10:48.620 --> 00:10:49.299 And it's true. 00:10:49.339 --> 00:10:49.859 Isn't it? 00:10:50.740 --> 00:10:51.699 Human beings. 00:10:51.699 --> 00:10:53.699 We build skyscrapers. 00:10:54.179 --> 00:10:56.079 And we plant arboretums. 00:10:56.239 --> 00:10:58.059 We invent the microchip. 00:10:58.339 --> 00:10:59.859 And cure disease. 00:11:00.000 --> 00:11:01.239 We create family. 00:11:01.559 --> 00:11:02.159 And friendship. 00:11:02.699 --> 00:11:03.959 We rule. 00:11:04.319 --> 00:11:05.219 This earth. 00:11:06.339 --> 00:11:07.959 We were made to rule. 00:11:08.179 --> 00:11:08.739 Together. 00:11:09.739 --> 00:11:10.739 All together. 00:11:10.919 --> 00:11:11.620 With God. 00:11:11.739 --> 00:11:12.219 United. 00:11:13.359 --> 00:11:15.279 This was always the plan. 00:11:15.279 --> 00:11:15.339 man. 00:11:15.939 --> 00:11:18.519 And this is why he is mindful of man. 00:11:19.220 --> 00:11:21.159 Because of this beautiful friendship. 00:11:24.100 --> 00:11:26.579 It was the beginning of a beautiful friendship. 00:11:26.720 --> 00:11:27.199 Wasn't it? 00:11:28.319 --> 00:11:30.959 But now we see something else. 00:11:30.959 --> 00:11:32.019 Don't we in the world? 00:11:32.139 --> 00:11:34.240 We see not a beautiful friendship. 00:11:34.519 --> 00:11:36.959 But the waging of an ugly war. 00:11:36.960 --> 00:11:40.820 We see the waging of an ugly war. 00:11:41.940 --> 00:11:45.379 There's a word in verse 8 that we naturally question. 00:11:45.620 --> 00:11:48.040 I think if we're reading carefully. 00:11:49.100 --> 00:11:51.019 It's the word everything. 00:11:51.780 --> 00:11:52.340 Isn't it? 00:11:53.300 --> 00:11:57.139 Putting everything in subjection under his feet. 00:11:58.060 --> 00:11:59.900 Under mankind's control. 00:12:00.019 --> 00:12:03.519 He says he left nothing outside of his control. 00:12:03.519 --> 00:12:07.480 This was Adam in partnership together with God. 00:12:08.139 --> 00:12:09.799 But we question that word. 00:12:09.960 --> 00:12:10.419 Everything? 00:12:11.579 --> 00:12:12.120 Really? 00:12:13.480 --> 00:12:15.240 As we look at the world today. 00:12:15.360 --> 00:12:17.159 We see that's just not the case. 00:12:17.159 --> 00:12:17.620 Is it? 00:12:18.620 --> 00:12:20.500 And he agrees. 00:12:20.799 --> 00:12:21.299 The pastor. 00:12:21.519 --> 00:12:22.059 He says no. 00:12:22.159 --> 00:12:23.159 At present actually. 00:12:23.340 --> 00:12:25.240 We do not see everything. 00:12:25.759 --> 00:12:27.559 In subjection to man. 00:12:28.740 --> 00:12:30.620 What we do see though. 00:12:30.759 --> 00:12:33.220 Is the degeneration of man's power. 00:12:34.519 --> 00:12:36.879 Instead of him subduing the earth. 00:12:37.039 --> 00:12:38.980 The earth subdues him. 00:12:39.079 --> 00:12:39.720 Doesn't it? 00:12:40.079 --> 00:12:42.279 It swallows him in the dust. 00:12:42.539 --> 00:12:42.899 Literally. 00:12:44.720 --> 00:12:47.159 And while there is much human advancement. 00:12:47.539 --> 00:12:49.939 We are not rulers of the earth. 00:12:50.539 --> 00:12:52.240 As God intended us to be. 00:12:52.399 --> 00:12:54.480 We are slaves to this earth. 00:12:55.659 --> 00:12:56.779 All around us. 00:12:56.860 --> 00:12:57.799 Our dominion. 00:12:58.079 --> 00:12:59.480 Our everything is weak. 00:12:59.480 --> 00:13:01.879 God makes us for partnership. 00:13:02.159 --> 00:13:03.500 To rule over his world. 00:13:03.860 --> 00:13:06.320 But as much as we love doing things together. 00:13:06.820 --> 00:13:08.759 As much as we long for that. 00:13:08.899 --> 00:13:10.700 There is something in us that defaults. 00:13:11.680 --> 00:13:13.159 Not to us. 00:13:13.840 --> 00:13:15.180 But to me. 00:13:16.940 --> 00:13:18.220 God says. 00:13:18.420 --> 00:13:20.019 Let's do this together. 00:13:21.300 --> 00:13:22.480 But our reply. 00:13:23.300 --> 00:13:24.379 No God. 00:13:24.379 --> 00:13:24.779 God. 00:13:24.779 --> 00:13:26.139 Not we. 00:13:27.019 --> 00:13:28.059 But me. 00:13:29.159 --> 00:13:30.000 He says. 00:13:30.220 --> 00:13:30.779 Together. 00:13:31.580 --> 00:13:32.879 We say. 00:13:33.500 --> 00:13:34.019 Apart. 00:13:35.439 --> 00:13:38.720 And we try to be lone rulers of this earth. 00:13:39.600 --> 00:13:42.439 We've broken that partnership with God. 00:13:42.580 --> 00:13:44.899 We've broken our covenant with him. 00:13:44.899 --> 00:13:48.100 And we've waged war with God. 00:13:49.579 --> 00:13:53.159 And surely this is what the incarnation reveals to us. 00:13:53.179 --> 00:13:53.659 Doesn't it? 00:13:54.019 --> 00:13:56.459 That when God comes into the world. 00:13:56.720 --> 00:13:58.259 What is our response? 00:13:59.779 --> 00:14:04.620 He does not come into a world that welcomes him with arms open wide. 00:14:05.500 --> 00:14:08.299 He enters a world of hostility. 00:14:09.740 --> 00:14:14.059 He doesn't enter a humanity that loves their God. 00:14:14.059 --> 00:14:18.859 He enters a humanity that raises daggers at him. 00:14:19.639 --> 00:14:21.519 Slams the door on him. 00:14:23.019 --> 00:14:27.779 Who pierces him with the cold steel of a spear. 00:14:28.500 --> 00:14:30.139 And thorns and nails. 00:14:30.919 --> 00:14:33.919 He doesn't come to visit his good old friends. 00:14:35.059 --> 00:14:36.239 But rebels. 00:14:37.000 --> 00:14:38.519 Who spit on him. 00:14:39.279 --> 00:14:40.859 Who mock him and kill him. 00:14:41.519 --> 00:14:42.739 God is dead. 00:14:42.899 --> 00:14:43.500 We cry. 00:14:44.919 --> 00:14:46.139 Not together. 00:14:47.339 --> 00:14:47.899 Apart. 00:14:49.639 --> 00:14:55.219 I wonder if you can sense just something of that animosity in your own heart towards God. 00:14:55.359 --> 00:15:00.319 Just the difficulty we have in praying is a sign of that, isn't it? 00:15:00.320 --> 00:15:03.180 That there is some barrier there. 00:15:04.420 --> 00:15:06.440 Paul says to the Ephesian Christians. 00:15:06.440 --> 00:15:10.320 We have become children of wrath from God. 00:15:10.320 --> 00:15:18.580 And in all of this we have proven what became true when Adam rebelled in the garden that first time. 00:15:18.660 --> 00:15:24.680 We have proven to ourselves that we cannot be the people of God apart from God. 00:15:24.679 --> 00:15:31.179 We cannot be the rulers of God's world apart from him. 00:15:31.699 --> 00:15:39.219 We can't wear our crown with glory and honour in ourselves apart from him. 00:15:39.220 --> 00:15:44.560 We cannot though fight God's design for the world. 00:15:44.560 --> 00:15:51.460 For we must live and rule only together with God. 00:15:51.460 --> 00:15:52.460 Apart. 00:15:52.460 --> 00:15:53.460 Apart. 00:15:53.460 --> 00:15:53.460 00:15:53.460 --> 00:15:53.460 00:15:53.460 --> 00:15:57.340 We have never successfully subdued this earth. 00:15:58.540 --> 00:15:59.080 Apart. 00:15:59.460 --> 00:16:04.900 We build skyscrapers and we knock them down and we destroy them. 00:16:05.860 --> 00:16:06.379 Apart. 00:16:06.660 --> 00:16:09.660 We build cities but then we burn them down. 00:16:10.639 --> 00:16:11.060 Apart. 00:16:11.379 --> 00:16:14.639 We make friendships but we break friendships. 00:16:16.100 --> 00:16:16.700 Apart. 00:16:16.700 --> 00:16:16.780 Apart. 00:16:16.900 --> 00:16:17.780 There is love. 00:16:18.500 --> 00:16:21.060 But there is also much hate in the world. 00:16:22.400 --> 00:16:28.600 And we've proven haven't we beyond doubt that we cannot keep the crown that God has placed on our own heads. 00:16:28.600 --> 00:16:31.220 When we deny the crown that is on his. 00:16:32.520 --> 00:16:34.400 Breaking covenant with God. 00:16:34.500 --> 00:16:35.980 Apart from him. 00:16:36.740 --> 00:16:39.280 Our dominion over the world is weak. 00:16:40.560 --> 00:16:43.680 Because we were supposed to be doing it together. 00:16:44.840 --> 00:16:45.800 With him. 00:16:46.700 --> 00:16:50.640 And it all culminates for Adam doesn't it? 00:16:50.680 --> 00:16:51.420 And for us. 00:16:51.560 --> 00:16:52.280 In death. 00:16:53.379 --> 00:16:55.759 Death shows that the pastor is right. 00:16:56.960 --> 00:16:59.420 That eventually we all succumb to it. 00:16:59.480 --> 00:17:00.379 The reign of death. 00:17:00.740 --> 00:17:02.520 A sign of covenant curse. 00:17:03.860 --> 00:17:06.100 In death God says to us doesn't he? 00:17:06.100 --> 00:17:08.660 You want to be apart from me. 00:17:09.400 --> 00:17:10.660 So be it. 00:17:11.900 --> 00:17:12.420 Goodbye. 00:17:12.420 --> 00:17:15.400 We are not together. 00:17:16.400 --> 00:17:18.980 And death screams that we're not friends of God. 00:17:19.039 --> 00:17:20.660 And we're not friends of the earth. 00:17:21.700 --> 00:17:23.180 We are at war. 00:17:24.100 --> 00:17:26.720 And the ground is cursed because of us. 00:17:27.060 --> 00:17:29.960 And one day it will swallow each one of us up. 00:17:31.240 --> 00:17:35.360 No he says we do not see everything in subjection to man. 00:17:35.359 --> 00:17:38.899 So what was God planning? 00:17:39.539 --> 00:17:40.979 What was he up to? 00:17:42.019 --> 00:17:45.599 We see the beginnings of a beautiful relationship. 00:17:46.659 --> 00:17:49.319 We see though the ugly war. 00:17:50.299 --> 00:17:53.639 But he closes this section in verse 9 doesn't he? 00:17:53.640 --> 00:17:57.180 But now we see him. 00:17:58.140 --> 00:17:59.440 Namely Jesus. 00:18:01.120 --> 00:18:05.200 Because we see lastly a new union forged. 00:18:06.060 --> 00:18:07.820 A new union forged. 00:18:08.020 --> 00:18:10.100 And this is the good news of the incarnation. 00:18:10.680 --> 00:18:12.120 In its great mystery. 00:18:13.140 --> 00:18:14.600 That in Jesus. 00:18:15.980 --> 00:18:17.040 The partnership. 00:18:17.840 --> 00:18:19.200 The togetherness. 00:18:19.860 --> 00:18:22.320 Finds an even greater reality. 00:18:22.319 --> 00:18:25.579 We see the old humanity don't we? 00:18:25.619 --> 00:18:27.679 Apart from God at war. 00:18:28.079 --> 00:18:30.519 But now we see Jesus. 00:18:31.960 --> 00:18:34.659 God and man are eternally. 00:18:35.700 --> 00:18:36.460 Mysteriously. 00:18:37.379 --> 00:18:38.460 Inseparably. 00:18:39.220 --> 00:18:40.960 Not simply together. 00:18:41.679 --> 00:18:42.659 Or as partners. 00:18:43.980 --> 00:18:45.559 But in union. 00:18:49.859 --> 00:18:50.460 Inexplicably. 00:18:50.460 --> 00:18:52.000 Fused. 00:18:52.000 --> 00:18:52.079 Fused. 00:18:52.420 --> 00:18:54.640 By the power of the Holy Spirit. 00:18:54.819 --> 00:18:55.259 Forever. 00:18:55.620 --> 00:18:57.059 God and man. 00:18:57.240 --> 00:18:58.259 Combined. 00:19:00.440 --> 00:19:02.039 Notice the pastor uses. 00:19:02.680 --> 00:19:04.180 His human name. 00:19:04.340 --> 00:19:05.380 For the first time. 00:19:05.460 --> 00:19:06.579 In the letter of the Hebrews. 00:19:07.600 --> 00:19:08.279 Jesus. 00:19:09.860 --> 00:19:10.620 God. 00:19:11.000 --> 00:19:13.000 Has a man's name. 00:19:14.460 --> 00:19:16.120 This tiny man. 00:19:16.779 --> 00:19:18.000 Can now fill. 00:19:18.120 --> 00:19:19.200 The big shoes. 00:19:19.200 --> 00:19:20.000 Of humanity. 00:19:20.000 --> 00:19:20.120 Of humanity. 00:19:21.319 --> 00:19:22.539 He is. 00:19:22.539 --> 00:19:23.700 The union. 00:19:24.240 --> 00:19:25.660 Of God and man. 00:19:25.840 --> 00:19:27.140 In his one person. 00:19:28.279 --> 00:19:29.340 This man. 00:19:29.480 --> 00:19:31.140 Is God's perfect image. 00:19:31.819 --> 00:19:33.180 And so he does what Adam. 00:19:33.180 --> 00:19:34.039 Failed to do. 00:19:34.100 --> 00:19:34.460 Doesn't he? 00:19:34.519 --> 00:19:35.819 Notice in verse 9. 00:19:35.900 --> 00:19:36.720 The repetition. 00:19:37.380 --> 00:19:38.420 Of Psalm 8. 00:19:39.220 --> 00:19:40.080 We see him. 00:19:40.180 --> 00:19:41.319 Who for a little while. 00:19:41.720 --> 00:19:43.519 Was made lower than the angels. 00:19:43.720 --> 00:19:44.539 He repeats. 00:19:44.680 --> 00:19:45.799 Adam's mandate. 00:19:45.799 --> 00:19:46.339 Yet again. 00:19:46.339 --> 00:19:48.180 He lives out. 00:19:48.779 --> 00:19:49.539 This union. 00:19:49.720 --> 00:19:50.720 In all he does. 00:19:51.980 --> 00:19:53.339 This man says. 00:19:53.859 --> 00:19:54.339 Us. 00:19:55.099 --> 00:19:56.299 Not me. 00:19:57.460 --> 00:19:58.700 Together with God. 00:19:59.460 --> 00:20:00.500 Not apart. 00:20:01.980 --> 00:20:03.559 The maker of the angels. 00:20:03.759 --> 00:20:05.119 He bows himself here. 00:20:05.180 --> 00:20:05.480 Doesn't he? 00:20:05.480 --> 00:20:06.379 He stoops. 00:20:06.460 --> 00:20:07.720 He empties himself. 00:20:08.180 --> 00:20:09.559 Lower than the angels. 00:20:09.559 --> 00:20:10.639 As a man. 00:20:11.759 --> 00:20:13.559 And it's as if humanity now. 00:20:13.639 --> 00:20:14.819 Has a second chance. 00:20:14.819 --> 00:20:15.339 In him. 00:20:15.480 --> 00:20:17.480 Where this beautiful friendship. 00:20:17.480 --> 00:20:18.539 Can find. 00:20:18.659 --> 00:20:19.619 A new beginning. 00:20:21.279 --> 00:20:22.619 As George Whitefield. 00:20:22.679 --> 00:20:23.139 Puts it. 00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:24.559 Jesus was God. 00:20:24.639 --> 00:20:25.299 And man. 00:20:25.419 --> 00:20:26.759 In one person. 00:20:27.240 --> 00:20:28.759 That God and man. 00:20:28.759 --> 00:20:29.740 Might be happy. 00:20:29.740 --> 00:20:30.919 Together again. 00:20:30.920 --> 00:20:33.440 This union. 00:20:33.620 --> 00:20:34.360 He brings. 00:20:35.200 --> 00:20:37.039 Not just for himself. 00:20:38.000 --> 00:20:39.340 But for his people. 00:20:39.660 --> 00:20:41.440 He comes as a new Adam. 00:20:41.600 --> 00:20:43.380 As a new head of humanity. 00:20:44.660 --> 00:20:46.519 And entering the world. 00:20:46.660 --> 00:20:48.140 He enters the hostility. 00:20:48.680 --> 00:20:50.620 He enters and exhausts. 00:20:50.620 --> 00:20:52.000 All of the ugliness. 00:20:52.080 --> 00:20:52.900 Of the war. 00:20:54.080 --> 00:20:55.500 He experiences. 00:20:55.500 --> 00:20:56.920 The separation. 00:20:57.700 --> 00:20:59.279 That we ask for. 00:20:59.900 --> 00:21:00.740 From God. 00:21:01.380 --> 00:21:02.519 He is swallowed. 00:21:02.519 --> 00:21:03.660 Into the ground. 00:21:03.860 --> 00:21:05.480 He feels the hostility. 00:21:05.480 --> 00:21:06.560 Of the earth. 00:21:07.259 --> 00:21:08.200 He is buried. 00:21:08.460 --> 00:21:09.279 And he returns. 00:21:09.279 --> 00:21:10.160 To the dust. 00:21:10.820 --> 00:21:11.800 To rise again. 00:21:14.220 --> 00:21:15.160 In Europe. 00:21:15.259 --> 00:21:16.120 There was speculation. 00:21:16.120 --> 00:21:17.360 During the middle ages. 00:21:17.360 --> 00:21:18.360 About whether there was. 00:21:18.360 --> 00:21:19.259 A sea route. 00:21:19.440 --> 00:21:20.100 To India. 00:21:20.920 --> 00:21:22.100 Away to the land. 00:21:22.100 --> 00:21:23.240 Of spices. 00:21:23.240 --> 00:21:24.720 Around the southern tip. 00:21:25.080 --> 00:21:25.860 Of Africa. 00:21:26.279 --> 00:21:27.580 No one could be sure. 00:21:27.700 --> 00:21:28.360 Many believed. 00:21:28.360 --> 00:21:29.420 There was a route. 00:21:29.420 --> 00:21:30.980 But attempts. 00:21:30.980 --> 00:21:32.340 At sailing around. 00:21:32.340 --> 00:21:33.080 That route. 00:21:33.080 --> 00:21:33.820 Had failed. 00:21:35.259 --> 00:21:36.380 It was called. 00:21:36.380 --> 00:21:38.380 The Cape of Storms. 00:21:38.380 --> 00:21:39.620 It became notorious. 00:21:41.060 --> 00:21:42.160 But one sailor. 00:21:42.160 --> 00:21:42.980 Was determined. 00:21:42.980 --> 00:21:44.640 To try once more. 00:21:45.519 --> 00:21:46.580 One sailor. 00:21:46.580 --> 00:21:47.340 Came to. 00:21:48.019 --> 00:21:48.740 Overpower. 00:21:49.240 --> 00:21:50.400 The seas. 00:21:51.060 --> 00:21:51.980 One man. 00:21:51.980 --> 00:21:53.180 To pull anchor. 00:21:53.320 --> 00:21:54.060 At the harbor. 00:21:54.059 --> 00:21:55.440 And one man. 00:21:55.440 --> 00:21:56.519 To succeed. 00:21:56.519 --> 00:21:57.399 In rounding. 00:21:57.399 --> 00:21:58.059 The Cape. 00:21:58.059 --> 00:21:59.379 And reaching the east. 00:22:00.659 --> 00:22:01.659 Ever since. 00:22:01.980 --> 00:22:02.899 Vasco da Gama. 00:22:03.059 --> 00:22:04.379 Sailed back to Lisbon. 00:22:04.460 --> 00:22:05.000 In triumph. 00:22:05.359 --> 00:22:07.039 It's been impossible now. 00:22:07.599 --> 00:22:08.200 To doubt. 00:22:08.319 --> 00:22:08.819 That a way. 00:22:08.919 --> 00:22:09.500 To the east. 00:22:09.619 --> 00:22:10.220 Exists. 00:22:11.220 --> 00:22:11.759 A way. 00:22:11.919 --> 00:22:13.339 Through the dark waters. 00:22:14.519 --> 00:22:15.079 Around. 00:22:15.319 --> 00:22:15.940 What is now. 00:22:16.059 --> 00:22:16.759 Not called. 00:22:16.899 --> 00:22:18.519 The Cape of Storms. 00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:19.779 But the Cape. 00:22:19.839 --> 00:22:21.059 Of good hope. 00:22:21.059 --> 00:22:23.779 We see. 00:22:24.099 --> 00:22:24.700 Jesus. 00:22:25.659 --> 00:22:27.000 One man. 00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:28.579 Sailing. 00:22:28.899 --> 00:22:29.779 Humanity. 00:22:30.500 --> 00:22:31.500 Through the storm. 00:22:31.559 --> 00:22:32.159 Of death. 00:22:33.079 --> 00:22:33.919 He tastes. 00:22:34.119 --> 00:22:34.519 Death. 00:22:35.179 --> 00:22:35.839 For everyone. 00:22:37.419 --> 00:22:38.220 He sails. 00:22:38.339 --> 00:22:39.179 Into God's. 00:22:39.419 --> 00:22:40.220 Throne room. 00:22:41.339 --> 00:22:42.379 And in Jesus. 00:22:42.700 --> 00:22:43.139 God. 00:22:43.240 --> 00:22:44.099 And man. 00:22:44.759 --> 00:22:45.799 Are ruling. 00:22:46.599 --> 00:22:47.079 Together. 00:22:47.299 --> 00:22:47.819 Again. 00:22:48.460 --> 00:22:49.299 In union. 00:22:49.299 --> 00:22:49.539 In. 00:22:51.359 --> 00:22:52.079 We've proven. 00:22:52.079 --> 00:22:52.759 To ourselves. 00:22:52.899 --> 00:22:53.519 We can't be. 00:22:53.659 --> 00:22:54.379 The right rulers. 00:22:54.379 --> 00:22:55.059 Of the world. 00:22:55.200 --> 00:22:56.159 Apart from God. 00:22:56.279 --> 00:22:56.879 We can't even. 00:22:56.980 --> 00:22:57.960 Run our own lives. 00:22:58.079 --> 00:22:58.419 Properly. 00:22:58.460 --> 00:22:58.919 Can we? 00:22:59.359 --> 00:23:00.240 Apart from him. 00:23:01.079 --> 00:23:02.059 Try as we may. 00:23:02.180 --> 00:23:03.139 We can't do that. 00:23:03.220 --> 00:23:04.139 Apart from him. 00:23:05.379 --> 00:23:06.200 But now. 00:23:06.339 --> 00:23:06.720 We see. 00:23:06.879 --> 00:23:07.279 Jesus. 00:23:08.319 --> 00:23:09.359 And we see. 00:23:09.579 --> 00:23:10.059 Man. 00:23:10.159 --> 00:23:11.500 As he should be. 00:23:12.460 --> 00:23:13.319 We see. 00:23:13.460 --> 00:23:13.740 Man. 00:23:13.819 --> 00:23:14.299 As he. 00:23:14.839 --> 00:23:15.339 Could be. 00:23:15.480 --> 00:23:16.220 And we see. 00:23:16.460 --> 00:23:16.819 Man. 00:23:16.919 --> 00:23:18.339 As he will be. 00:23:18.339 --> 00:23:20.059 Amongst his people. 00:23:21.799 --> 00:23:23.279 John Henry Newman. 00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:24.279 Wrote in his. 00:23:24.539 --> 00:23:24.819 Carol. 00:23:24.919 --> 00:23:25.879 About the incarnation. 00:23:26.579 --> 00:23:27.959 A wisest love. 00:23:28.099 --> 00:23:28.779 That flesh. 00:23:28.959 --> 00:23:29.439 And blood. 00:23:29.439 --> 00:23:30.240 Which did. 00:23:30.399 --> 00:23:30.859 In Adam. 00:23:31.059 --> 00:23:31.459 Fail. 00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:33.319 Should strive. 00:23:33.319 --> 00:23:33.839 Afresh. 00:23:34.559 --> 00:23:35.659 Against the foe. 00:23:36.119 --> 00:23:36.980 Should strive. 00:23:37.139 --> 00:23:38.039 And should prevail. 00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:38.859 We see. 00:23:39.019 --> 00:23:39.559 Jesus. 00:23:41.220 --> 00:23:41.619 It's why. 00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:42.439 One of Paul. 00:23:42.559 --> 00:23:43.459 The apostle Paul's. 00:23:43.519 --> 00:23:43.959 Favorite. 00:23:44.119 --> 00:23:44.679 Descriptions. 00:23:44.679 --> 00:23:45.679 Of a Christian. 00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:46.740 Is. 00:23:47.400 --> 00:23:47.840 Somebody. 00:23:48.060 --> 00:23:48.299 Who is. 00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:49.360 In Christ. 00:23:50.620 --> 00:23:51.539 Though we are. 00:23:51.620 --> 00:23:51.940 Many. 00:23:52.060 --> 00:23:52.460 He says. 00:23:52.539 --> 00:23:52.860 We are. 00:23:53.000 --> 00:23:53.740 One body. 00:23:54.140 --> 00:23:55.160 In Christ. 00:23:55.980 --> 00:23:56.840 And individually. 00:23:57.039 --> 00:23:58.080 Members of one another. 00:23:59.279 --> 00:23:59.940 He says. 00:24:00.019 --> 00:24:00.720 To the Galatians. 00:24:00.820 --> 00:24:01.360 There is neither. 00:24:01.360 --> 00:24:02.320 Jew nor grief. 00:24:02.400 --> 00:24:02.840 There is neither. 00:24:02.840 --> 00:24:03.860 Slave nor free. 00:24:03.960 --> 00:24:04.519 There is neither. 00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:05.779 Male nor female. 00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:06.980 For you are all. 00:24:07.180 --> 00:24:07.580 One. 00:24:07.799 --> 00:24:08.720 In Christ. 00:24:08.920 --> 00:24:09.460 Jesus. 00:24:10.759 --> 00:24:11.740 It's always. 00:24:11.740 --> 00:24:12.060 Been. 00:24:12.140 --> 00:24:12.720 The plan. 00:24:12.720 --> 00:24:14.680 That God. 00:24:14.819 --> 00:24:15.480 And man. 00:24:15.600 --> 00:24:16.500 Would unite. 00:24:17.220 --> 00:24:18.579 In Christ. 00:24:19.400 --> 00:24:21.100 That we would unite. 00:24:21.360 --> 00:24:22.120 In Christ. 00:24:23.240 --> 00:24:25.440 This is the dream of Christmas. 00:24:25.440 --> 00:24:26.480 Come true. 00:24:27.460 --> 00:24:28.100 Together. 00:24:28.779 --> 00:24:29.400 Again. 00:24:31.700 --> 00:24:32.600 I know. 00:24:32.860 --> 00:24:34.100 Many of you. 00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:35.299 Are going to feel. 00:24:35.460 --> 00:24:36.779 The pain of Christmas. 00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:39.720 The pain of separation. 00:24:39.720 --> 00:24:42.539 Separated from those. 00:24:42.640 --> 00:24:43.319 That we love. 00:24:44.059 --> 00:24:44.519 And somehow. 00:24:44.640 --> 00:24:44.960 Christmas. 00:24:45.160 --> 00:24:46.100 Just brings that. 00:24:46.480 --> 00:24:47.120 Back to us. 00:24:47.160 --> 00:24:47.539 Doesn't it. 00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:49.480 Separated by death. 00:24:50.819 --> 00:24:51.339 Remembering. 00:24:51.420 --> 00:24:51.880 Old. 00:24:52.059 --> 00:24:52.660 Unions. 00:24:52.860 --> 00:24:53.259 Broken. 00:24:54.600 --> 00:24:55.180 Because. 00:24:55.180 --> 00:24:56.079 We do not. 00:24:56.200 --> 00:24:56.440 Yet. 00:24:56.440 --> 00:24:56.880 See. 00:24:56.880 --> 00:24:57.440 Everything. 00:24:57.600 --> 00:24:58.460 In subjection. 00:24:58.579 --> 00:24:58.799 To. 00:24:59.440 --> 00:25:00.039 Man. 00:25:00.980 --> 00:25:01.860 But God. 00:25:01.940 --> 00:25:02.660 Is mindful. 00:25:02.660 --> 00:25:03.299 Of that. 00:25:04.380 --> 00:25:04.960 God. 00:25:05.059 --> 00:25:05.819 Is mindful. 00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:06.559 Of man. 00:25:07.539 --> 00:25:08.360 And in his. 00:25:08.559 --> 00:25:09.000 Memory. 00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:09.619 In his. 00:25:09.859 --> 00:25:10.420 Mind. 00:25:11.019 --> 00:25:12.299 This is the goal. 00:25:12.299 --> 00:25:13.019 Of the world. 00:25:13.160 --> 00:25:13.640 Story. 00:25:13.859 --> 00:25:14.240 Man. 00:25:14.359 --> 00:25:15.400 Is the object. 00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:15.960 Of his. 00:25:16.079 --> 00:25:16.559 Desire. 00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:17.579 Not the angels. 00:25:19.279 --> 00:25:20.460 What was he doing? 00:25:20.579 --> 00:25:21.420 What was he planning? 00:25:22.359 --> 00:25:23.539 That humanity. 00:25:23.539 --> 00:25:24.799 Would be united. 00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:26.440 With him. 00:25:26.579 --> 00:25:27.680 In his son. 00:25:27.880 --> 00:25:28.220 Jesus. 00:25:30.539 --> 00:25:31.099 That. 00:25:31.220 --> 00:25:32.259 As Paul says. 00:25:32.339 --> 00:25:33.420 In Ephesians 1. 00:25:34.059 --> 00:25:34.960 All things. 00:25:34.960 --> 00:25:35.440 Would be. 00:25:35.559 --> 00:25:36.759 According to his purpose. 00:25:36.900 --> 00:25:38.140 Set forth in Christ. 00:25:38.140 --> 00:25:38.759 As a plan. 00:25:38.840 --> 00:25:39.400 For the fullness. 00:25:39.400 --> 00:25:40.020 Of time. 00:25:40.480 --> 00:25:40.980 To unite. 00:25:41.140 --> 00:25:41.880 All things. 00:25:41.980 --> 00:25:42.460 In him. 00:25:42.580 --> 00:25:43.160 Whether things. 00:25:43.280 --> 00:25:43.680 In heaven. 00:25:44.120 --> 00:25:44.720 Or things. 00:25:44.780 --> 00:25:45.220 On earth. 00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:46.180 And that is the dream. 00:25:46.220 --> 00:25:46.740 Of Christmas. 00:25:47.060 --> 00:25:48.180 It is a world. 00:25:48.580 --> 00:25:49.640 In union. 00:25:51.840 --> 00:25:52.600 Dream on. 00:25:52.780 --> 00:25:53.240 We think. 00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:55.020 As we look at the world. 00:25:55.120 --> 00:25:55.600 Don't we. 00:25:56.780 --> 00:25:57.280 But the. 00:25:57.360 --> 00:25:58.560 The pastor tells us. 00:25:58.780 --> 00:25:59.960 We can dream. 00:26:00.640 --> 00:26:01.680 We can dream. 00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:02.240 Of this. 00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:03.579 Because it is. 00:26:03.579 --> 00:26:04.799 It is now. 00:26:04.900 --> 00:26:05.579 A reality. 00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:06.339 In. 00:26:06.900 --> 00:26:07.220 Jesus. 00:26:08.079 --> 00:26:09.359 And we see him. 00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:10.640 With the eyes of faith. 00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:11.500 And one day. 00:26:11.599 --> 00:26:12.720 When he returns. 00:26:12.880 --> 00:26:13.759 Our hope. 00:26:14.299 --> 00:26:16.180 Will be a felt reality. 00:26:17.339 --> 00:26:18.180 In Jesus. 00:26:18.620 --> 00:26:19.039 God. 00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:20.200 And his people. 00:26:20.960 --> 00:26:22.019 Are forever. 00:26:22.380 --> 00:26:22.960 United. 00:26:24.299 --> 00:26:24.839 Together. 00:26:26.079 --> 00:26:26.980 Let's pray. 00:26:27.420 --> 00:26:27.559 Let's pray. 00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:27.559 00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:27.559 00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:27.559 00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:27.559 00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:27.559 00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:27.559 00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:27.559 00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:27.559 00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:27.559 00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:27.559 00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:27.559 00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:27.559 00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:27.559 00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:27.559 00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:27.559 00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:27.559 00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:27.559 00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:27.559 00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:27.559 00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:27.559 00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:27.559 00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:27.559 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