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 We're going to start. Good morning.

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 Good morning.

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 Let's open up in a word of prayer, shall we?

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 Our Father in heaven,

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 Lord, great are your works, studied by all who delight in you.

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 Father, let us study your works, but ultimately we pray

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 that your Spirit would help us to delight in you,

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 the Lord of creation.

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 Father, and Jesus is the firstborn Son of a new creation.

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 Lord, help us to look to Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith.

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 And Lord, on this Reformation Day, Lord, we thank you for the Reformers

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 who recovered the Gospel, and for saints, men and women,

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 who have stood firm in the face of opposition

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 to declare your Gospel, the good news of what Christ has done.

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 May we be people like that, Lord, who stand on the truth of the Gospel.

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 We pray this in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 The Bible, as you might know, uses different imagery

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 to help us to understand our relationship with God.

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 Christ is the King.

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 If we trust in Christ, we are citizens of His kingdom.

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 Christ is the Husband, and the Church is His bride.

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 Jesus came to reclaim that bride.

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 He is the Good Shepherd.

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 We are the sheep.

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 And He leads His sheep into green pastures.

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 He is the farmer.

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 We are divine.

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 He is the warrior.

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 He goes to war to save His people.

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 He is that kinsman redeemer.

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 He redeems us out of slavery as His inheritance.

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 He is the rock and a solid foundation to build our lives.

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 He is our Savior.

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 And Jesus' name literally means Yahweh saves.

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 Jesus is our Savior.

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 He is our refuge and fortress

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 and an ever-present help in time of trouble.

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 He is a fire.

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 And He not only burns in wrath,

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 but He also purifies His people.

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 He is the firstborn from the dead,

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 and that's the start of the new creation.

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 And finally, He is a Father,

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 and we are His children,

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 where we can cry,

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 Abba, Father.

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 All these are profound images

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 that God gives us

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 to help us think about our relationship with Him.

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 Today, we'll be talking about the new creation,

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 which is a different way to describe

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 the same reality we discussed last week.

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 that God would establish

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 a truly just and righteous kingdom

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 in which He is the King.

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 And in week one,

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 we define the discipline of biblical theology

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 as understanding how the diverse parts of the Bible,

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 66 books in total,

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 fit together into one grand story

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 centered on Christ.

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 And when we talk about the major storyline arc

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 of the Scripture,

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 people often rightly say

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 the Bible can be summarized in four words.

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 All right?

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 Creation,

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 fall,

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 redemption,

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 and restoration.

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 So that's the storyline of the Bible,

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 and that's called a metanarrative.

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 It's a way of describing

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 that storyline.

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 So the Bible is bookended

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 by the creation in Genesis 1

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 and the new creation

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 at the end of Revelation.

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 So for this class,

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 we'll have five sections.

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 First,

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 we'll start at the new creation

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 in Revelation 21.

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 Second,

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 rewind to the original creation

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 in Genesis 1 and 2.

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 Third,

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 the fall and the effect of sin.

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 Fourth,

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 redemption

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 by looking at

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 the Exodus

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 and then the prophesied second Exodus

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 and God redeeming creation.

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 and then finally back

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 to the new creation.

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 So five parts.

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 So part one,

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 the new creation.

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 The new creation.

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 So turn to the end of the Bible

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 to Revelation 21.

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 Revelation 21,

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 verses 1 to 5.

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 John says this,

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 Then I saw a new heaven

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 and a new earth.

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 For the first heaven

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 and the first earth

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 had passed away

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 and the sea was no more.

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 And I saw the holy city,

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 a new Jerusalem,

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 coming down out of heaven

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 from God,

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 prepared as a bride

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 adorned for her husband.

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 And I heard a loud voice

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 from the throne saying,

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 Behold,

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 the dwelling place of God

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 is with man.

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 He will dwell with them

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 and they will be his people.

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 And God himself

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 will be with them

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 as their God.

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 He will wipe away

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 every tear from their eyes

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 and death shall be no more.

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 Neither shall there be mourning

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 nor crying

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 nor pain anymore

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 for the former things

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 have passed away.

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 And he who is seated

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 on the throne said,

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 Behold,

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 I am making all things new.

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 Right?

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 The Bible ends

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 with the new creation.

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 And our attention there

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 is drawn to a beautiful city

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 coming down out of heaven,

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 the new Jerusalem,

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 prepared as a bride

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 adorned for her husband.

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 And this isn't just

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 a holy land

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 located in the Middle East,

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 but a new heaven

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 and a new earth.

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 Every tear

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 will be wiped away

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 and God will again

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 dwell with his people

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 face to face.

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 And one of the glories

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 of this new creation

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 of heaven

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 will be that

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 we will never need

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 to say goodbye again.

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 We at Trinity

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 know the pain

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 of having to say goodbye.

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 Don't we?

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 Goodbye to saints

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 who have gone home

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 to be with the Lord

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 or goodbye to close friends

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 that have moved on elsewhere.

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 So perhaps the Lord

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 is whetting our appetite

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 here at Trinity

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 for the day

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 when we never need

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 to say goodbye again.

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 Right?

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 And this new creation

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 will be glorious.

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 God is concerned

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 with the renewal

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 of the entire world.

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 Creation itself

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 will be healed.

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 And this is a vision

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 John gives us

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 to show where

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 the Bible story ends.

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 The new heavens

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 and the new earth

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 is a great act

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 of new creation.

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 So if we trust in Christ,

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 this is our glorious future.

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 And John,

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 as you might have imagined

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 at this point

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 in our series

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 in biblical theology,

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 John is using imagery

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 that is similar

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 to another part

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 of the Bible.

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 The recreation

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 reminds us

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 of the original creation

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 going back

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 to the very beginning.

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 So turn with me

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 to Genesis 1.

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 So let's look

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 at the original creation.

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 God's original creation.

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 In Genesis 1,

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 familiar to us,

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 we read about

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 God creating the world.

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 He created the heavens

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 and the earth.

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 Right?

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 And then God created

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 Eden, the garden,

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 as a place for man

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 and God

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 to dwell together.

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 At the end

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 of the sixth day,

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 God saw all

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 that he had made

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 and it was very good.

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 From the smallest

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 subatomic particle

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 to the largest

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 galaxy in space,

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 everything was good

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 in God's creation.

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 Now, if you have questions

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 about how to understand

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 the creation account

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 in light of

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 scientific evidence,

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 Luke Batty,

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 Lord willing,

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 will be discussing this

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 in the next series.

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 So stay tuned

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 if you want to learn

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 more about the science

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 and creation.

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 But you know,

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 God didn't need

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 to create the world.

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 He didn't need

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 to create the world.

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 God was perfectly happy

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 in eternal bliss

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 before the world

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 was ever created.

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 God wasn't lonely.

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 No, he didn't need us.

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 He was perfectly happy

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 within the Trinity,

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 the Father,

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 Son, and Spirit.

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 So why did he do it?

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 Why did God

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 create the world

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 in the first place?

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 Well, God created

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 the world

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 for his own glory.

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 The heavens

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 declared the glory

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 of God

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 and the skies

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 proclaimed the work

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 of his hands,

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 Psalm 19 tells us.

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 Through Isaiah,

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 God says,

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 bring my sons

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 from afar

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 and my daughters

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 from the ends

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 of the earth,

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 everyone who is called

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 by my name,

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 whom I created

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 for my glory,

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 whom I formed

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 and made.

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 God created Israel

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 for his own glory

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 and God created

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 the world

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 for his own glory.

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 So creation exists

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 to show that

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 the author of creation

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 is absolutely glorious.

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 That's why he did it.

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 And Genesis 2

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 zooms in

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 and we see

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 the creation

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 of man and women,

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 the pinnacle

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 of God's creative work.

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 So if we were there,

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 we would have been

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 witnesses to the very

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 first marriage.

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 Adam and Eve,

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 a bride adorned

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 for her husband

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 and the husband

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 passionately loved

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 his bride.

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 Genesis 2.23

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 is the very first

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 love poem.

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 Adam said of Eve,

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 this is now

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 bone of my bone

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 and flesh of my flesh.

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 And so friends,

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 it is no accident,

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 right,

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 that we find marriage

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 in the beginning

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 and end of the Bible.

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 So when God

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 instituted marriage

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 in the account

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 of creation,

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 he was providing

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 the means by which

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 we might understand

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 the joy

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 of an exclusive

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 covenant love.

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 So throughout the Bible,

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 God frequently

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 addresses us

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 as people

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 in the language

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 of a husband.

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 Right?

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 And Paul says

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 marriage images

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 the relationship

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 between Christ

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 and his church.

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 And the marriage

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 ceremony in Genesis

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 is preparing us

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 for that great

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 marriage ceremony

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 that will happen

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 in Revelation 21

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 between Christ

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 and his people.

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 When Jesus came

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 to gather

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 to himself

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 the people of God,

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 he revealed himself

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 as the bridegroom,

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 come to claim

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 his church

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 as his bride.

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 In Revelation 21,

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 John sees that bride,

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 the church,

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 adorned for her husband

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 as Christ marries her.

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 So Jonathan Edwards

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 once said,

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 there may be

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 many ministers

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 in the church,

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 but the church

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 has only one husband.

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 A servant

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 who seeks to gain

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 attention to himself

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 is flirting

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 with Christ's bride.

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 Right?

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 You never flirt

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 with another person's spouse.

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 Right?

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 And rather,

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 servants of Christ

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 must point the bride

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 to the husband.

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 As John the Baptist

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 said of Jesus,

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 he must increase,

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 but I must decrease.

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 The best man

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 doesn't take attention

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 away from the groom

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 at the wedding.

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 Right?

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 And the church

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 is Christ's

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 beautiful bride.

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 Proverbs 31 says,

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 an excellent wife

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 who can find.

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 She is far more

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 precious than jewels.

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 Or Proverbs 12,

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 an excellent wife

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 is the crown

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 of her husband.

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 So if Solomon

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 could say that

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 about his wife,

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 how much more

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 does Christ love

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 his church?

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 Right?

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 So friend,

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 the church isn't perfect,

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 but it will be

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 once Christ returns.

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 You know,

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 perhaps when the church

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 doesn't live up

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 to its calling,

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 it should make us

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 more frustrated.

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 It's like seeing

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 our children misbehave.

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 Like, I love you

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 too much to see you

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 misbehave that way.

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 And perhaps you felt

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 that way about the church.

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 But let me ask you,

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 though,

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 do you love the church

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 the way Christ

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 loves his church?

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 The church is Christ's

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 beautiful bride.

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 He died for her.

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 He has an exclusive

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 covenant love

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 for his bride.

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 Friends,

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 do we love the church

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 that way,

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 the way Christ

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 sees the church?

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 And so that marriage

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 between Adam and Eve

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 is preparing us

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 for the joy

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 of that wedding celebration

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 on that last day

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 when Christ returns.

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 Come, Lord Jesus.

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 All right?

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 And Genesis 3.8

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 describes God

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 walking and talking

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 with Adam and Eve.

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 The dwelling place

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 of God is with man.

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 And both were to spread

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 that glory

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 to the ends of the earth,

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 filling the earth

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 with image bearers,

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 as we discussed last week.

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 That's paradise.

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 Everything's good.

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 Everything's perfect.

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 It's the pinnacle

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 of God's creative work.

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 But of course,

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 as we know,

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 tragedy strikes.

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 In the Bible,

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 Genesis 3,

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 tragically,

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 Adam and Eve

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 rebel against the God

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 who gave them

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 paradise and creation.

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 They are exiled,

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 exiled from the garden,

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 from God's very presence,

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 thrust into a deep darkness,

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 into a violent world.

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 So every good story

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 has a tension in it.

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 A problem must be resolved.

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 And what's the problem

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 in the Bible?

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 What's the first problem

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 that happens?

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 It's the devastating effects

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 of sin on creation

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 and God's original intention

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 in creation.

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 So because of sin,

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 all of creation

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 was subject to death

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 and pain.

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 The old creation

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 came into the world

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 through Adam's sin.

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 The old creation

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 was subject

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 to frustration

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 and futility

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 because of it.

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 all of creation groans.

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 Thorns,

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 thistles,

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 and pain

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 are the consequences

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 of sin.

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 Corruption

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 and death

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 characterizes it.

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 So in Tolkien,

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 the Lord of the Rings,

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 the two towers

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 were Saruman's

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 Isengard

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 and Sauron's

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 Mordor.

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 The two towers.

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 In the Bible,

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 death and sin

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 reign as the twin towers,

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 as cosmic powers

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 over the world.

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 So in Adam,

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 all die.

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 And because of Adam's

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 one sin,

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 all people enter the world

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 condemned spiritually dead

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 and as sinners,

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 as Paul says

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 in Ephesians 2.

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 Human beings

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 are not only subject

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 to sin,

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 in the old creation

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 they are slaves

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 to Satan,

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 who is the prince

00:13:30.620 --> 00:13:31.799
 of the power of the air.

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 As the sons and daughters

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 of Adam,

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 human beings

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 are by nature

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 children of wrath.

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 The root sin,

00:13:43.219 --> 00:13:44.639
 the most fundamental sin

00:13:44.639 --> 00:13:45.480
 in the old creation,

00:13:46.199 --> 00:13:47.319
 consists in the refusal

00:13:47.319 --> 00:13:48.419
 to give praise

00:13:48.419 --> 00:13:49.000
 and thanks

00:13:49.000 --> 00:13:50.019
 and glory to God.

00:13:51.699 --> 00:13:53.279
 Sin gives all glory

00:13:53.279 --> 00:13:53.799
 to self,

00:13:54.699 --> 00:13:55.480
 refusing to believe

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 in God's word,

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 trusting in our own wisdom.

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 Faith gives all glory

00:14:00.379 --> 00:14:00.919
 to God,

00:14:01.039 --> 00:14:01.699
 believing that he will

00:14:01.699 --> 00:14:02.679
 carry out what he promised.

00:14:03.439 --> 00:14:04.120
 And the symptom

00:14:04.120 --> 00:14:04.779
 of this sickness

00:14:04.779 --> 00:14:05.839
 of sin is boasting,

00:14:06.439 --> 00:14:07.519
 which is exalted

00:14:07.519 --> 00:14:09.019
 ourselves over God.

00:14:09.620 --> 00:14:10.899
 But that distorts reality,

00:14:11.019 --> 00:14:11.460
 doesn't it?

00:14:11.840 --> 00:14:12.960
 There is nothing falser

00:14:12.960 --> 00:14:14.519
 than exalting ourselves

00:14:15.139 --> 00:14:16.939
 over the creator God.

00:14:17.939 --> 00:14:18.399
 But Adam,

00:14:18.460 --> 00:14:19.079
 Eve did this,

00:14:19.579 --> 00:14:20.559
 you and I do this.

00:14:21.559 --> 00:14:22.639
 Pride or boasting

00:14:22.639 --> 00:14:23.259
 is the mark

00:14:23.259 --> 00:14:24.139
 of the old creation

00:14:24.139 --> 00:14:25.559
 with a refusal

00:14:25.559 --> 00:14:26.620
 to trust in God.

00:14:27.960 --> 00:14:28.379
 So nevertheless,

00:14:28.639 --> 00:14:29.679
 death is not the final word

00:14:29.679 --> 00:14:30.559
 in these opening chapters.

00:14:31.519 --> 00:14:31.620
 Right?

00:14:32.159 --> 00:14:33.539
 God gave that first

00:14:33.539 --> 00:14:34.399
 gospel promise

00:14:34.399 --> 00:14:35.600
 in Genesis 3.15.

00:14:35.600 --> 00:14:38.080
 The proto-evangelium

00:14:38.080 --> 00:14:39.580
 we discussed last week.

00:14:39.820 --> 00:14:40.560
 We see the promise

00:14:40.560 --> 00:14:41.000
 of victory

00:14:41.000 --> 00:14:41.700
 over the serpent.

00:14:42.639 --> 00:14:44.879
 The offspring of Eve

00:14:44.879 --> 00:14:46.379
 will crush the serpent.

00:14:46.899 --> 00:14:48.060
 The triumph over evil

00:14:48.060 --> 00:14:48.580
 is pledged

00:14:48.580 --> 00:14:49.440
 at the very beginning

00:14:49.440 --> 00:14:51.080
 in that gospel promise.

00:14:51.460 --> 00:14:52.519
 The chosen offspring

00:14:52.519 --> 00:14:52.960
 of Eve

00:14:52.960 --> 00:14:53.940
 will crush the serpent

00:14:53.940 --> 00:14:54.420
 one day.

00:14:55.740 --> 00:14:56.440
 And this is

00:14:56.440 --> 00:14:57.600
 the proto-evangelium.

00:14:58.720 --> 00:14:59.540
 In Genesis 3,

00:14:59.879 --> 00:15:00.980
 the new creation

00:15:00.980 --> 00:15:01.800
 is promised.

00:15:01.799 --> 00:15:04.859
 So it sets up

00:15:04.859 --> 00:15:05.919
 multiple conflicts

00:15:05.919 --> 00:15:08.379
 that propels

00:15:08.379 --> 00:15:09.319
 the narrative forward

00:15:09.319 --> 00:15:10.339
 in the Bible,

00:15:10.479 --> 00:15:11.459
 the proto-evangelium.

00:15:11.699 --> 00:15:12.759
 The first conflict

00:15:12.759 --> 00:15:13.240
 in this

00:15:13.240 --> 00:15:14.120
 is between Eve

00:15:14.120 --> 00:15:15.399
 and the serpent.

00:15:16.279 --> 00:15:16.500
 Right?

00:15:16.599 --> 00:15:17.240
 And that started

00:15:17.240 --> 00:15:19.159
 with the serpent's

00:15:19.159 --> 00:15:20.139
 deception of Eve.

00:15:21.019 --> 00:15:22.359
 The second conflict

00:15:22.359 --> 00:15:23.699
 is between

00:15:23.699 --> 00:15:25.779
 the woman's offspring

00:15:25.779 --> 00:15:27.120
 and the serpent's offspring.

00:15:27.699 --> 00:15:28.019
 Right?

00:15:28.179 --> 00:15:28.919
 Your offspring

00:15:28.919 --> 00:15:29.740
 and her offspring.

00:15:29.740 --> 00:15:32.259
 So all the offspring

00:15:32.259 --> 00:15:33.480
 of Adam and Eve

00:15:33.480 --> 00:15:34.299
 come into the world

00:15:34.299 --> 00:15:34.919
 as offspring

00:15:34.919 --> 00:15:35.659
 of the serpent.

00:15:37.139 --> 00:15:38.200
 But those who are

00:15:38.200 --> 00:15:39.379
 the offspring of Eve

00:15:39.379 --> 00:15:40.799
 are those who are

00:15:40.799 --> 00:15:42.139
 recipients of God's grace.

00:15:43.080 --> 00:15:44.100
 And the third conflict

00:15:44.100 --> 00:15:45.120
 is between

00:15:45.120 --> 00:15:46.820
 the specific offspring,

00:15:47.379 --> 00:15:48.759
 the male descendant

00:15:48.759 --> 00:15:49.700
 that will come.

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 And the heel

00:15:50.860 --> 00:15:51.560
 of the Savior

00:15:51.560 --> 00:15:53.180
 will be bruised,

00:15:53.299 --> 00:15:54.340
 but the Savior

00:15:54.340 --> 00:15:55.060
 shall crush

00:15:55.060 --> 00:15:55.860
 the serpent's head.

00:15:57.259 --> 00:15:58.759
 So from this point on

00:15:58.759 --> 00:15:59.279
 in Genesis,

00:15:59.740 --> 00:16:01.539
 Genesis depicts

00:16:01.539 --> 00:16:02.980
 two lines of seed

00:16:02.980 --> 00:16:04.180
 at war with each other.

00:16:04.899 --> 00:16:06.139
 The offspring of Satan

00:16:06.139 --> 00:16:07.320
 want to murder

00:16:07.320 --> 00:16:08.519
 the offspring of Eve.

00:16:09.120 --> 00:16:09.899
 And the offspring

00:16:09.899 --> 00:16:10.440
 of the serpent

00:16:10.440 --> 00:16:11.139
 are enemies

00:16:11.139 --> 00:16:12.820
 of the offspring of Eve.

00:16:13.779 --> 00:16:14.440
 So the point

00:16:14.440 --> 00:16:15.039
 isn't to say here

00:16:15.039 --> 00:16:15.580
 that Satan

00:16:15.580 --> 00:16:16.759
 physically conceived

00:16:16.759 --> 00:16:17.240
 these children.

00:16:17.840 --> 00:16:18.680
 The Bible is saying

00:16:18.680 --> 00:16:19.779
 the children of Satan

00:16:19.779 --> 00:16:22.080
 emulate his characteristics.

00:16:22.720 --> 00:16:24.220
 They share the same nature

00:16:24.220 --> 00:16:24.740
 as Satan,

00:16:24.860 --> 00:16:25.220
 the serpent.

00:16:26.220 --> 00:16:27.200
 And so this theme

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 of hostility

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 between the two lines

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 will now characterize

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 the biblical narrative

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 going forward.

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 So we begin to see

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 the rapid rise

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 of the serpent's offspring.

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 Eve said of Cain,

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 I have gotten a man

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 with the help

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 of the Lord.

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 This son, Cain,

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 is from the Lord.

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 What a hopeful beginning.

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 It seems that Eve

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 may have even thought

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 that her firstborn son,

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 Cain,

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 was that promised offspring

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 that would crush

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 the serpent.

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 Everything began

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 with a wonderful promise,

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 just like Judas.

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 But it doesn't take long

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 before Cain's character

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 is revealed to us.

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 As Shakespeare once wrote,

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 looks like the innocent flower,

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 but there's a serpent

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 under it.

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 In a plot twist,

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 Cain was the offspring

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 of the serpent

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 and murdered Abel.

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 And 1 John exhorts us,

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 do not be like Cain,

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 who belonged

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 to the evil one

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 and murdered his brother.

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 And why did he murder him?

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 Well, because his own

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 actions were evil

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 and his brothers

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 were righteous.

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 Cain belonged

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 to the serpent,

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 the evil one.

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 And why did he murder

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 his brother?

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 Cain murdered his brother

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 because Abel

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 was righteous.

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 Cain is marked

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 by the old creation

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 from the line

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 of the serpent,

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 someone who is proud

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 who hates the righteous,

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 the offspring of Eve.

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 In Genesis 4.11,

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 God cursed Cain

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 just like he had done

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 to the serpent.

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 God said to Cain

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 in Genesis 4.11,

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 and now you are cursed

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 from the ground

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 like father,

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 like son.

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 And later in Genesis 12,

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 anyone opposed to Abraham

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 will be cursed.

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 And the word curse

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 is the same word

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 that God uses

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 toward Cain

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 and the serpent.

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 So the two lines

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 are going to be at war.

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 The line of Abraham's offspring

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 and the serpent

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 will be at war.

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 We see that early on

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 in Genesis.

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 Jesus would tell

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 the Pharisees

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 that they are the offspring

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 of the serpent

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 in John 8.44.

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 Remember that verse?

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 You are of your father

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 the devil

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 and your will

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 is due to your father's desires.

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 He was a murderer

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 from the beginning

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 and does not stand

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 in the truth

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 because there is no truth

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 in him.

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 When he lies,

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 he speaks out of

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 his own character

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 for he is a liar

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 and the father of lies.

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 Jesus is telling them

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 they, the Pharisees,

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 are the offspring serpent.

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 They are opposing him.

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 And John the Baptist

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 even calls them

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 a brood of vipers.

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 So the conflict

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 between the serpent's

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 offspring

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 and Eve's offspring

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 intensifies

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 in the New Testament

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 as Christ

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 now is actively battling

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 Satan face to face

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 in the wilderness.

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 And Judas, remember,

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 is possessed by Satan

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 and hands Jesus

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 over to be murdered.

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 So that ancient conflict

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 is unfolding

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 and intensifying

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 in the Gospels.

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 So it's not surprising

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 then, right,

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 when Jesus says,

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 if the world hates you,

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 know that it hated me

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 before it hated you.

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 If you are in Christ,

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 all the offspring

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 of the serpent

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 will hate you.

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 Just like in Genesis.

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 And so,

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 in the narrative

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 in Genesis,

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 it seems like

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 the offspring

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 of the serpent

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 were triumphing.

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 Cain goes on

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 to build an evil empire.

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 So that's the line

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 of Cain right there

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 in that Albi Seth.

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 The seventh generation

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 from Cain

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 is Lamech.

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 Right here.

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 Right here.

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 Who is the first

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 recorded polygamist

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 who even boasted

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 about killing a man

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 because the man

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 merely struck him.

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 So understanding

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 the narrative

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 between the two lines

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 helps us to guard

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 against us

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 from the era

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 of thinking

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 that polygamy

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 is acceptable

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 simply because

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 it's in the Bible

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 as people say.

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 Right,

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 the Bible is not

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 applauding polygamy

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 if you understand

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 how the story

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 is unfolding.

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 Lamech was a polygamist.

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 That doesn't mean

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 that God is approving

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 of polygamy.

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 So we have to understand

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 the narrative

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 of what's going on,

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 what's happening.

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 In Genesis 4.25

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 we read of the line

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 of the promise.

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 Eve bore a replacement

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 for righteous Abel

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 a son named Seth.

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 And to Seth

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 also a son was born

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 and he called

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 his name Enosh.

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 At that time,

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 verse 26,

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 chapter 4 says,

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 the people began

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 to call upon

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 the name of the Lord.

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 So there's the promised

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 line of the offspring

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 of Eve.

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 Seth's line

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 are the recipients

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 of God's grace.

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 in Genesis 1-11,

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 because of the offspring

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 of the serpent

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 were spreading so rapidly,

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 God had to destroy them

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 with a flood,

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 showing that God

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 rules and reigns

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 even when evil

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 seems to have

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 the upper hand.

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 So there is

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 a new beginning

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 of sorts

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 when God

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 destroyed the earth

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 in a flood,

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 a recreation

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 of sorts.

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 God hits

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 the reset button.

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 He gave them

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 away a covenant

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 showing that God

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 is committed

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 to his creation.

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 We discussed

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 the ins and outs

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 of the covenants

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 last week

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 if you're interested

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 in that.

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 He will not

00:21:17.420 --> 00:21:18.560
 destroy the earth

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 again by a flood.

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 But

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 the human race

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 fails

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 even after being

00:21:25.640 --> 00:21:27.220
 given a fresh start.

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 The Tower of Babel

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 is right around

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 the corner.

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 Humans continue

00:21:33.100 --> 00:21:34.519
 to demonically

00:21:34.519 --> 00:21:35.560
 reject God.

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 The reset button

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 did not solve

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 the problem

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 of the human heart.

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 So even with

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 an entirely

00:21:42.119 --> 00:21:43.079
 recreated world,

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 the human heart

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 had not changed

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 one bit.

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 So to solve

00:21:46.799 --> 00:21:47.319
 the problem

00:21:47.319 --> 00:21:47.960
 of this demonic

00:21:47.960 --> 00:21:48.940
 rejection of God,

00:21:49.220 --> 00:21:50.259
 we see early on

00:21:50.259 --> 00:21:51.740
 that this will not

00:21:51.740 --> 00:21:52.839
 come unless

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 humanity is given

00:21:53.879 --> 00:21:54.879
 a new heart.

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 That's the problem

00:21:56.919 --> 00:21:57.480
 the Bible is

00:21:57.480 --> 00:21:58.179
 presenting to us.

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 When Adam fell

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 in the garden,

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 the human heart

00:22:01.240 --> 00:22:02.079
 was profoundly,

00:22:02.299 --> 00:22:03.819
 profoundly polluted

00:22:03.819 --> 00:22:04.379
 by sin.

00:22:05.559 --> 00:22:06.740
 So Martin Lloyd

00:22:06.740 --> 00:22:07.700
 Jones once said,

00:22:08.279 --> 00:22:08.839
 our nature,

00:22:09.139 --> 00:22:09.859
 man's nature

00:22:09.859 --> 00:22:11.480
 is fallen.

00:22:12.159 --> 00:22:13.059
 Man is wrong

00:22:13.059 --> 00:22:13.639
 at the center

00:22:13.639 --> 00:22:14.259
 of his being

00:22:14.259 --> 00:22:14.839
 and therefore

00:22:14.839 --> 00:22:15.819
 everything is wrong.

00:22:16.779 --> 00:22:17.859
 He cannot be improved

00:22:17.859 --> 00:22:18.419
 for finally

00:22:18.419 --> 00:22:19.419
 nothing will suffice

00:22:19.419 --> 00:22:20.059
 but a radical

00:22:20.059 --> 00:22:21.079
 change,

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 a new nature.

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 Man loves darkness

00:22:24.179 --> 00:22:25.440
 and hates the light.

00:22:26.259 --> 00:22:27.279
 Man loves darkness

00:22:27.279 --> 00:22:28.059
 and hates the light.

00:22:28.700 --> 00:22:29.679
 As Martin Luther said,

00:22:29.879 --> 00:22:30.859
 there's a bondage

00:22:30.859 --> 00:22:31.339
 to sin,

00:22:31.419 --> 00:22:32.879
 a slavery to sin

00:22:32.879 --> 00:22:33.700
 that we all

00:22:33.700 --> 00:22:34.559
 inherit in Adam.

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 And that's the pattern

00:22:36.679 --> 00:22:37.299
 that's emerging.

00:22:38.500 --> 00:22:39.259
 Natural humans

00:22:39.259 --> 00:22:40.659
 love the darkness.

00:22:41.899 --> 00:22:42.759
 The fundamental

00:22:42.759 --> 00:22:44.079
 problem of the world

00:22:44.079 --> 00:22:45.500
 in Genesis 11

00:22:45.500 --> 00:22:46.839
 is within

00:22:46.839 --> 00:22:47.940
 the human heart.

00:22:48.700 --> 00:22:49.440
 Natural humanity

00:22:49.440 --> 00:22:50.379
 loves to sin.

00:22:50.799 --> 00:22:51.480
 It's not that they

00:22:51.480 --> 00:22:52.019
 just sin,

00:22:52.179 --> 00:22:52.879
 that we just sin.

00:22:53.379 --> 00:22:54.339
 It's that we love

00:22:54.339 --> 00:22:55.019
 to sin.

00:22:55.279 --> 00:22:55.940
 Our affections

00:22:55.940 --> 00:22:56.559
 are disordered.

00:22:57.099 --> 00:22:58.039
 And without Christ,

00:22:58.299 --> 00:22:59.500
 we love the darkness.

00:23:00.519 --> 00:23:01.339
 Jeremiah would say,

00:23:01.339 --> 00:23:02.459
 the heart is deceitful

00:23:02.459 --> 00:23:03.399
 above all things

00:23:03.399 --> 00:23:04.339
 and desperately sick.

00:23:05.379 --> 00:23:06.599
 From Genesis 3 to 11,

00:23:06.699 --> 00:23:07.559
 that's the pattern

00:23:07.559 --> 00:23:08.139
 that's emerging

00:23:08.139 --> 00:23:08.659
 in the narrative.

00:23:09.939 --> 00:23:10.839
 And I think this will

00:23:10.839 --> 00:23:12.299
 always be a pressure point

00:23:12.299 --> 00:23:13.959
 for hearers of the Bible.

00:23:14.779 --> 00:23:16.000
 Many reject the message

00:23:16.000 --> 00:23:16.639
 of the gospel

00:23:16.639 --> 00:23:17.879
 because it doesn't really

00:23:17.879 --> 00:23:18.919
 scratch an itch for us.

00:23:19.459 --> 00:23:20.099
 Why would I need

00:23:20.099 --> 00:23:20.779
 a savior to die

00:23:20.779 --> 00:23:21.319
 for my sin?

00:23:22.019 --> 00:23:22.839
 Why do I need

00:23:22.839 --> 00:23:23.439
 to be set free?

00:23:24.119 --> 00:23:25.139
 I'm really not that bad.

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 Really, come on.

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 I'm not bad.

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 And because we don't

00:23:29.119 --> 00:23:29.980
 understand the gravity

00:23:29.980 --> 00:23:30.700
 of the problem,

00:23:31.660 --> 00:23:32.579
 the gospel doesn't really

00:23:32.579 --> 00:23:33.500
 seem to apply to us.

00:23:34.259 --> 00:23:35.140
 But we know pride

00:23:35.140 --> 00:23:35.920
 is the deadliest

00:23:35.920 --> 00:23:37.039
 and most subtle form

00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:37.940
 of all sins.

00:23:38.799 --> 00:23:40.319
 Pride blinds us

00:23:40.319 --> 00:23:40.880
 to reality.

00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:42.160
 So if we don't think

00:23:42.160 --> 00:23:42.900
 we are lost

00:23:42.900 --> 00:23:43.740
 without Christ,

00:23:44.559 --> 00:23:45.480
 well, that's the clearest sign

00:23:45.480 --> 00:23:46.980
 that we actually are lost.

00:23:48.480 --> 00:23:49.339
 So Adam's sin

00:23:49.339 --> 00:23:50.099
 in Genesis

00:23:50.099 --> 00:23:50.759
 is like a virus

00:23:50.759 --> 00:23:51.519
 that has spread

00:23:51.519 --> 00:23:52.759
 to the entire human race.

00:23:53.460 --> 00:23:54.160
 So if our view

00:23:54.160 --> 00:23:55.440
 of sin is superficial,

00:23:55.960 --> 00:23:57.380
 then we will undoubtedly

00:23:57.380 --> 00:23:58.640
 have a superficial view

00:23:58.640 --> 00:23:59.200
 of salvation.

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 And that's what's happening

00:24:01.120 --> 00:24:02.620
 from Genesis 11.

00:24:02.940 --> 00:24:03.640
 And if we were there,

00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:04.700
 if we were in Genesis 11,

00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:05.760
 how in the world

00:24:05.760 --> 00:24:06.320
 are we going to get

00:24:06.320 --> 00:24:07.180
 to Revelation 21?

00:24:07.680 --> 00:24:08.600
 Where God's going to

00:24:08.600 --> 00:24:09.820
 wipe away every tear.

00:24:10.180 --> 00:24:11.180
 Where there is no longer

00:24:11.180 --> 00:24:11.740
 any sin.

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 How is God going to

00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:14.460
 recreate what was lost

00:24:14.460 --> 00:24:14.960
 by the fall?

00:24:16.080 --> 00:24:16.240
 So,

00:24:16.900 --> 00:24:19.940
 at this point,

00:24:20.680 --> 00:24:21.800
 there's a seed

00:24:21.800 --> 00:24:22.820
 of the new creation.

00:24:23.380 --> 00:24:24.780
 God will redeem creation

00:24:24.780 --> 00:24:26.020
 through a man,

00:24:26.400 --> 00:24:26.680
 Abraham.

00:24:27.380 --> 00:24:28.220
 At this point,

00:24:28.300 --> 00:24:28.920
 this one man,

00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:29.720
 in fact himself,

00:24:29.880 --> 00:24:31.000
 an idolater

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:32.460
 in an evil world,

00:24:32.980 --> 00:24:33.940
 God called this man

00:24:33.940 --> 00:24:34.560
 out of darkness

00:24:34.560 --> 00:24:36.140
 and promised him blessing.

00:24:37.020 --> 00:24:37.900
 He was called

00:24:37.900 --> 00:24:38.700
 out of darkness

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 into light.

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 And this man is Abraham

00:24:41.860 --> 00:24:42.900
 who we discussed last week.

00:24:43.500 --> 00:24:43.900
 So I just said,

00:24:43.980 --> 00:24:45.160
 Abraham is in respect

00:24:45.160 --> 00:24:46.000
 a new Adam.

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 And the land of Canaan

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 would be the new Eden.

00:24:50.200 --> 00:24:51.060
 Abraham's descendants

00:24:51.060 --> 00:24:52.520
 would be the promised

00:24:52.520 --> 00:24:53.420
 offspring of Eve.

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 The offspring

00:24:54.560 --> 00:24:55.900
 that God promised to Eve

00:24:55.900 --> 00:24:56.920
 will now be a descendant

00:24:56.920 --> 00:24:57.460
 of Abraham.

00:24:58.519 --> 00:25:00.380
 And God's new humanity

00:25:00.380 --> 00:25:02.000
 would spread to the entire world.

00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:03.540
 All the families

00:25:03.540 --> 00:25:04.000
 of the earth

00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:04.700
 shall be blessed

00:25:04.700 --> 00:25:05.460
 through you, Abraham.

00:25:05.920 --> 00:25:06.540
 So right there

00:25:06.540 --> 00:25:07.320
 in Genesis 12,

00:25:07.880 --> 00:25:08.580
 God is going to

00:25:08.580 --> 00:25:09.400
 recreate the world.

00:25:10.860 --> 00:25:11.680
 So last week,

00:25:11.740 --> 00:25:12.519
 we traced the promise

00:25:12.519 --> 00:25:13.780
 of God recreating

00:25:13.780 --> 00:25:14.960
 the kingdom that was lost

00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:15.519
 in the garden

00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:16.040
 through Abraham.

00:25:16.039 --> 00:25:17.740
 But the citizens

00:25:17.740 --> 00:25:18.680
 of this kingdom

00:25:18.680 --> 00:25:20.180
 will also be the creatures

00:25:20.180 --> 00:25:21.559
 of, will be the people

00:25:21.559 --> 00:25:22.299
 of the new creation.

00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:23.299
 Right?

00:25:23.420 --> 00:25:25.460
 Paul says in 2 Corinthians

00:25:25.460 --> 00:25:26.539
 5 or 17,

00:25:27.059 --> 00:25:27.579
 Therefore,

00:25:27.859 --> 00:25:28.519
 if anyone

00:25:28.519 --> 00:25:30.059
 is in Christ,

00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:31.720
 he is a new creation.

00:25:32.259 --> 00:25:33.579
 The old has passed away.

00:25:33.659 --> 00:25:34.000
 Behold,

00:25:34.079 --> 00:25:35.000
 the new has come.

00:25:35.599 --> 00:25:36.920
 So if you belong to Christ,

00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:38.159
 you are a new creation,

00:25:38.339 --> 00:25:38.519
 friend.

00:25:39.220 --> 00:25:39.940
 And the new creation

00:25:39.940 --> 00:25:40.859
 is a different way

00:25:40.859 --> 00:25:41.539
 of describing

00:25:41.539 --> 00:25:42.759
 the kingdom of God.

00:25:42.759 --> 00:25:44.839
 Both are just different ways

00:25:44.839 --> 00:25:45.299
 of describing

00:25:45.299 --> 00:25:46.240
 the same reality.

00:25:47.940 --> 00:25:49.240
 So that's biblical theology

00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:50.059
 lets each part

00:25:50.059 --> 00:25:51.019
 speak with its own voice,

00:25:51.140 --> 00:25:52.319
 but all these

00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:52.980
 different ways

00:25:52.980 --> 00:25:53.680
 of describing it

00:25:53.680 --> 00:25:54.500
 fit into the overall

00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:55.359
 choir of Scripture

00:25:55.359 --> 00:25:56.920
 of God's going to

00:25:56.920 --> 00:25:58.519
 redeem all of creation.

00:25:59.839 --> 00:26:00.779
 So how does the promise

00:26:00.779 --> 00:26:01.740
 of the new creation

00:26:01.740 --> 00:26:03.220
 unfold in the New Testament?

00:26:05.119 --> 00:26:05.559
 Well,

00:26:05.980 --> 00:26:07.480
 unexpectedly,

00:26:07.720 --> 00:26:09.680
 it might surprise you,

00:26:09.900 --> 00:26:10.879
 but in the Pentateuch,

00:26:11.319 --> 00:26:12.460
 we see the promise

00:26:12.460 --> 00:26:13.319
 of a new creation

00:26:13.319 --> 00:26:14.120
 and the Exodus

00:26:14.120 --> 00:26:15.860
 are related events.

00:26:16.759 --> 00:26:17.440
 The pattern

00:26:17.440 --> 00:26:18.440
 of our salvation

00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:19.900
 is established

00:26:19.900 --> 00:26:21.600
 in the Exodus.

00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:22.680
 How is that?

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:24.000
 How are they related?

00:26:25.140 --> 00:26:25.380
 Well,

00:26:26.180 --> 00:26:27.079
 God redeems

00:26:27.079 --> 00:26:27.480
 his people

00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:28.460
 out of slavery

00:26:28.460 --> 00:26:29.319
 and it leads

00:26:29.319 --> 00:26:30.779
 to the new creation.

00:26:31.880 --> 00:26:32.380
 The Lord

00:26:32.380 --> 00:26:33.799
 crushed Pharaoh,

00:26:34.440 --> 00:26:35.059
 that offspring

00:26:35.059 --> 00:26:35.579
 of the serpent

00:26:35.579 --> 00:26:36.160
 who attempted

00:26:36.160 --> 00:26:36.759
 to annihilate

00:26:36.759 --> 00:26:37.220
 the offspring

00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:37.799
 of Abraham.

00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:40.039
 And that pattern

00:26:40.039 --> 00:26:40.620
 will apply

00:26:40.620 --> 00:26:41.120
 in the New Testament

00:26:41.120 --> 00:26:41.559
 as well.

00:26:41.559 --> 00:26:42.419
 the Exodus

00:26:42.419 --> 00:26:44.159
 is the moment

00:26:44.159 --> 00:26:45.279
 in the Old Testament

00:26:45.279 --> 00:26:46.279
 which led

00:26:46.279 --> 00:26:47.419
 to the new creation

00:26:47.419 --> 00:26:48.059
 of the people

00:26:48.059 --> 00:26:48.659
 of Israel.

00:26:49.799 --> 00:26:50.659
 So the Exodus

00:26:50.659 --> 00:26:51.200
 is the moment

00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:52.019
 where God saves

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:52.299
 his people

00:26:52.299 --> 00:26:52.879
 out of Egypt

00:26:52.879 --> 00:26:53.980
 and brings them

00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:54.819
 to Mount Sinai

00:26:54.819 --> 00:26:56.220
 and constitutes

00:26:56.220 --> 00:26:56.740
 Israel

00:26:56.740 --> 00:26:58.099
 as a new nation

00:26:58.099 --> 00:26:58.980
 and begins

00:26:58.980 --> 00:26:59.819
 to dwell with them.

00:26:59.819 --> 00:27:02.960
 So before the cross

00:27:02.960 --> 00:27:04.240
 there was the Exodus.

00:27:05.059 --> 00:27:05.539
 So whereas

00:27:05.539 --> 00:27:06.200
 John Stott

00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:07.159
 wrote the cross

00:27:07.159 --> 00:27:07.759
 of Christ

00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:09.480
 in the Old Testament

00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:10.480
 the Jews

00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:11.159
 would be writing

00:27:11.159 --> 00:27:11.919
 books titled

00:27:11.919 --> 00:27:12.819
 The Exodus

00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:13.460
 of Yahweh

00:27:13.460 --> 00:27:15.119
 or C.J.

00:27:15.200 --> 00:27:15.839
 Mahaney's

00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:17.039
 The Cross-Centered Life

00:27:17.039 --> 00:27:18.339
 they'd write

00:27:18.339 --> 00:27:19.759
 The Exodus-Centered Life

00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:21.059
 something like that.

00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:21.720
 So today

00:27:21.720 --> 00:27:23.039
 if we talk

00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:23.599
 to a person

00:27:23.599 --> 00:27:24.279
 and we want to say

00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:25.240
 look God is a redeemer

00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:26.480
 a deliverer

00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:28.259
 a savior

00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:29.259
 we would point

00:27:29.259 --> 00:27:29.720
 that person

00:27:29.720 --> 00:27:30.420
 to the cross.

00:27:31.140 --> 00:27:32.120
 But in the Old Testament

00:27:32.120 --> 00:27:33.380
 when the psalmist

00:27:33.380 --> 00:27:34.480
 wanted to praise God

00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:35.259
 and tell of God's

00:27:35.259 --> 00:27:36.220
 majestic acts

00:27:36.220 --> 00:27:37.819
 as a savior to Israel

00:27:37.819 --> 00:27:38.700
 the psalmist

00:27:38.700 --> 00:27:39.599
 tells of the Exodus.

00:27:40.400 --> 00:27:41.279
 So Psalm 105

00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:43.799
 recounts

00:27:43.799 --> 00:27:44.400
 the verses

00:27:44.400 --> 00:27:45.200
 within the Exodus

00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:46.059
 the

00:27:46.059 --> 00:27:46.220
 the

00:27:46.220 --> 00:27:48.200
 the facts

00:27:48.200 --> 00:27:48.779
 of the Exodus.

00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:50.700
 The psalmist

00:27:50.700 --> 00:27:51.099
 says this

00:27:51.099 --> 00:27:51.839
 He sent Moses

00:27:51.839 --> 00:27:52.480
 his servant

00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:53.599
 and Aaron

00:27:53.599 --> 00:27:54.440
 whom he had chosen

00:27:54.440 --> 00:27:55.940
 they performed

00:27:55.940 --> 00:27:57.039
 his signs among them

00:27:57.039 --> 00:27:57.740
 and miracles

00:27:57.740 --> 00:27:58.759
 in the land of Ham.

00:27:59.200 --> 00:28:00.360
 He sent darkness

00:28:00.360 --> 00:28:01.960
 and made the land dark.

00:28:02.640 --> 00:28:03.460
 They did not rebel

00:28:03.460 --> 00:28:04.299
 against his words.

00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:06.080
 He turned their waters

00:28:06.080 --> 00:28:07.220
 into blood

00:28:07.220 --> 00:28:09.320
 and caused their fish

00:28:09.320 --> 00:28:10.160
 to die.

00:28:11.100 --> 00:28:11.860
 Their land

00:28:11.860 --> 00:28:13.320
 swarmed with frogs.

00:28:14.140 --> 00:28:15.120
 Even in the chambers

00:28:15.120 --> 00:28:16.180
 of their kings

00:28:16.180 --> 00:28:17.259
 he spoke

00:28:17.259 --> 00:28:18.340
 and there came

00:28:18.340 --> 00:28:19.380
 swarms of flies

00:28:19.380 --> 00:28:20.059
 and gnats

00:28:20.059 --> 00:28:20.880
 throughout their country.

00:28:21.340 --> 00:28:22.000
 He gave them

00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:22.880
 hail for rain

00:28:22.880 --> 00:28:24.019
 and fire and lightning bolts

00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:25.100
 through their lands

00:28:25.099 --> 00:28:26.139
 and skipping ahead

00:28:26.139 --> 00:28:27.240
 He struck down

00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:28.179
 all the firstborn

00:28:28.179 --> 00:28:28.819
 in their land

00:28:28.819 --> 00:28:29.500
 the firstfruits

00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:30.439
 of all their strength

00:28:30.439 --> 00:28:31.639
 so He brought

00:28:31.639 --> 00:28:32.240
 His people out

00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:32.719
 with joy

00:28:32.719 --> 00:28:34.099
 His chosen ones

00:28:34.099 --> 00:28:34.579
 with singing

00:28:34.579 --> 00:28:36.199
 and He gave them

00:28:36.199 --> 00:28:37.139
 the land of the nations

00:28:37.139 --> 00:28:38.459
 and they took possession

00:28:38.459 --> 00:28:39.119
 of the fruit

00:28:39.119 --> 00:28:40.319
 of the people's toil

00:28:40.319 --> 00:28:41.779
 that they might

00:28:41.779 --> 00:28:42.819
 keep His statutes

00:28:42.819 --> 00:28:44.359
 and observe His laws.

00:28:44.619 --> 00:28:45.379
 Praise the Lord.

00:28:45.579 --> 00:28:46.679
 God saved His people

00:28:46.679 --> 00:28:47.419
 through the Exodus

00:28:47.419 --> 00:28:49.399
 and in the Exodus

00:28:49.399 --> 00:28:50.359
 God demonstrated

00:28:50.359 --> 00:28:51.339
 His power

00:28:51.339 --> 00:28:52.339
 above all the other

00:28:52.339 --> 00:28:53.039
 false gods

00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:53.679
 in Egypt.

00:28:53.680 --> 00:28:54.980
 So taking on

00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:55.660
 all the other

00:28:55.660 --> 00:28:56.299
 false gods

00:28:56.299 --> 00:28:56.960
 of the Egyptians

00:28:56.960 --> 00:28:58.039
 God proved

00:28:58.039 --> 00:28:58.640
 His majesty

00:28:58.640 --> 00:28:59.299
 and supremacy

00:28:59.299 --> 00:29:00.759
 in every realm

00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:01.360
 of creation.

00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:03.340
 He shows His power

00:29:03.340 --> 00:29:04.120
 and there is no one

00:29:04.120 --> 00:29:05.180
 above Yahweh.

00:29:05.640 --> 00:29:06.220
 The immenseity

00:29:06.220 --> 00:29:06.759
 of His power

00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:07.580
 is on display

00:29:07.580 --> 00:29:09.080
 in the ten plagues.

00:29:09.600 --> 00:29:10.920
 But if you read carefully

00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:12.680
 there is an echo

00:29:12.680 --> 00:29:13.620
 of God's work

00:29:13.620 --> 00:29:14.660
 in creation itself

00:29:14.660 --> 00:29:15.920
 throughout God's

00:29:15.920 --> 00:29:16.500
 saving act

00:29:16.500 --> 00:29:17.000
 in the Exodus.

00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:18.539
 The escape

00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:19.120
 from slavery

00:29:19.120 --> 00:29:19.500
 in Egypt

00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:20.920
 is a new creation story.

00:29:21.480 --> 00:29:22.039
 Not the creation

00:29:22.039 --> 00:29:22.560
 of the universe

00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:23.579
 but the creation

00:29:23.579 --> 00:29:24.339
 of a new nation

00:29:24.339 --> 00:29:24.779
 Israel

00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:25.919
 of God's

00:29:25.919 --> 00:29:26.679
 new humanity.

00:29:27.339 --> 00:29:28.079
 So in the ten plagues

00:29:28.079 --> 00:29:28.419
 in Egypt

00:29:28.419 --> 00:29:29.980
 God is reversing

00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:30.799
 the order of creation

00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:32.019
 as God brings chaos

00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:32.579
 and judgment

00:29:32.579 --> 00:29:33.319
 in Egypt

00:29:33.319 --> 00:29:34.179
 where He rescues

00:29:34.179 --> 00:29:34.899
 the Hebrew people.

00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:36.179
 Water is being

00:29:36.179 --> 00:29:36.899
 turned to blood.

00:29:37.859 --> 00:29:38.319
 Instead of giving

00:29:38.319 --> 00:29:39.179
 life to animals

00:29:39.179 --> 00:29:40.559
 animals are dying.

00:29:41.379 --> 00:29:42.119
 Rather than light

00:29:42.119 --> 00:29:42.740
 appearing

00:29:42.740 --> 00:29:44.019
 God is bringing

00:29:44.019 --> 00:29:44.579
 darkness

00:29:44.579 --> 00:29:45.200
 in Egypt.

00:29:46.019 --> 00:29:46.720
 And the touchstone

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.899
 that God instituted

00:29:47.899 --> 00:29:48.940
 was the Passover meal

00:29:48.940 --> 00:29:49.740
 to remind them

00:29:49.740 --> 00:29:50.500
 how God

00:29:50.500 --> 00:29:51.140
 delivered them

00:29:51.140 --> 00:29:52.039
 the people

00:29:52.039 --> 00:29:52.680
 out of slavery.

00:29:53.720 --> 00:29:54.180
 And if the blood

00:29:54.180 --> 00:29:54.620
 of the lamb

00:29:54.620 --> 00:29:55.200
 was on the door

00:29:55.200 --> 00:29:56.480
 God's judgment

00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:57.460
 would not enter

00:29:57.460 --> 00:29:58.279
 but would pass

00:29:58.279 --> 00:30:00.180
 over the house.

00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:01.500
 The lamb

00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:02.819
 stood in place

00:30:02.819 --> 00:30:03.819
 of the firstborn son.

00:30:05.160 --> 00:30:06.240
 What a powerful image

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:07.259
 of God's saving power.

00:30:08.279 --> 00:30:08.700
 And Lord willing

00:30:08.700 --> 00:30:09.259
 Nick presently

00:30:09.259 --> 00:30:09.880
 will be walking us

00:30:09.880 --> 00:30:10.220
 through the theme

00:30:10.220 --> 00:30:10.880
 of sacrifice.

00:30:11.160 --> 00:30:11.539
 That lamb

00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:12.500
 the Passover lamb

00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:14.960
 is picturing

00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:16.400
 the lamb of God

00:30:16.400 --> 00:30:17.380
 who came

00:30:17.380 --> 00:30:17.960
 to take away

00:30:17.960 --> 00:30:18.720
 the sin of the world.

00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:20.779
 And then at the Red Sea

00:30:20.779 --> 00:30:22.539
 as chaos

00:30:22.539 --> 00:30:23.220
 and darkness

00:30:23.220 --> 00:30:24.140
 threatened

00:30:24.140 --> 00:30:24.680
 to engulf

00:30:24.680 --> 00:30:25.160
 the people

00:30:25.160 --> 00:30:26.319
 the dramatic

00:30:26.319 --> 00:30:27.299
 crossing of the Red Sea

00:30:27.299 --> 00:30:28.299
 echoes the ancient

00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:29.220
 creation account

00:30:29.220 --> 00:30:29.799
 itself.

00:30:30.420 --> 00:30:31.180
 In this chaos

00:30:31.180 --> 00:30:31.880
 the God

00:30:31.880 --> 00:30:32.539
 who made light

00:30:32.539 --> 00:30:33.360
 shine into darkness

00:30:33.360 --> 00:30:34.759
 who formed the land

00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:35.440
 and sea

00:30:35.440 --> 00:30:36.339
 will do so

00:30:36.339 --> 00:30:36.940
 once again.

00:30:37.480 --> 00:30:38.120
 So at the sea

00:30:38.120 --> 00:30:39.180
 the waters

00:30:39.180 --> 00:30:39.860
 are divided

00:30:39.860 --> 00:30:40.940
 so that dry land

00:30:40.940 --> 00:30:41.380
 appears.

00:30:42.059 --> 00:30:42.779
 And the word wind

00:30:42.779 --> 00:30:43.740
 the wind blows

00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:44.279
 over the sea

00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:45.039
 and that word wind

00:30:45.039 --> 00:30:45.860
 is the same word

00:30:45.860 --> 00:30:47.240
 used for the spirit

00:30:47.240 --> 00:30:48.259
 hovering over the waters

00:30:48.259 --> 00:30:49.079
 in Genesis 1.

00:30:49.720 --> 00:30:50.759
 So the crossing

00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:51.519
 of the Red Sea

00:30:51.519 --> 00:30:52.740
 is a new

00:30:52.740 --> 00:30:53.420
 creative act

00:30:53.420 --> 00:30:53.859
 of God.

00:30:54.420 --> 00:30:55.079
 An act that

00:30:55.079 --> 00:30:55.779
 creates the new

00:30:55.779 --> 00:30:56.539
 people of Israel.

00:30:57.119 --> 00:30:57.680
 So the Red Sea

00:30:57.680 --> 00:30:58.559
 marks the moment

00:30:58.559 --> 00:30:59.339
 that Israelites

00:30:59.339 --> 00:31:00.200
 escaped slavery

00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:00.740
 and became

00:31:00.740 --> 00:31:01.599
 the people of God.

00:31:02.700 --> 00:31:04.059
 So as Baptists

00:31:04.059 --> 00:31:05.720
 this imagery

00:31:05.720 --> 00:31:06.259
 should really

00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:07.079
 resonate with us.

00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:09.400
 So this same pattern

00:31:09.400 --> 00:31:10.200
 applies to us

00:31:10.200 --> 00:31:10.660
 doesn't it?

00:31:10.900 --> 00:31:11.440
 In Christ

00:31:11.440 --> 00:31:12.660
 God's new covenant

00:31:12.660 --> 00:31:13.579
 people are free

00:31:13.579 --> 00:31:14.259
 from slavery

00:31:14.259 --> 00:31:14.879
 to sin

00:31:14.879 --> 00:31:15.559
 and judgment

00:31:15.559 --> 00:31:17.019
 in the Red Sea

00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:18.059
 and we come out

00:31:18.059 --> 00:31:18.899
 as God's

00:31:18.899 --> 00:31:20.299
 new creations.

00:31:20.859 --> 00:31:21.500
 And the waters

00:31:21.500 --> 00:31:22.019
 of baptism

00:31:22.019 --> 00:31:22.639
 picture that.

00:31:23.159 --> 00:31:23.740
 We go down

00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:24.240
 with Christ

00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:24.740
 in judgment

00:31:24.740 --> 00:31:25.659
 and we are

00:31:25.659 --> 00:31:26.599
 raised to new

00:31:26.599 --> 00:31:26.980
 life.

00:31:27.720 --> 00:31:28.559
 So the crossing

00:31:28.559 --> 00:31:29.259
 of the Red Sea

00:31:29.259 --> 00:31:29.899
 as we discussed

00:31:29.899 --> 00:31:30.879
 is typology

00:31:30.879 --> 00:31:32.139
 for baptism.

00:31:32.679 --> 00:31:33.240
 It's typology.

00:31:33.619 --> 00:31:34.079
 Remember we said

00:31:34.079 --> 00:31:34.639
 in the first week

00:31:34.639 --> 00:31:35.399
 we need to understand

00:31:35.399 --> 00:31:36.460
 this idea of typology

00:31:36.460 --> 00:31:37.399
 to understand how

00:31:37.399 --> 00:31:38.839
 the New Testament

00:31:38.839 --> 00:31:40.519
 apostles interpreted

00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:42.139
 the Old Testament.

00:31:42.140 --> 00:31:43.680
 here is such an example.

00:31:44.660 --> 00:31:45.460
 Listen to what Paul

00:31:45.460 --> 00:31:46.220
 says to the church

00:31:46.220 --> 00:31:46.680
 at Corinth

00:31:46.680 --> 00:31:48.300
 in 1 Corinthians 10

00:31:48.300 --> 00:31:51.759
 and how he interprets

00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:52.200
 the crossing

00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:52.800
 of the Red Sea.

00:31:53.860 --> 00:31:54.720
 So this slide

00:31:54.720 --> 00:31:55.300
 is the most exciting

00:31:55.300 --> 00:31:55.740
 thing that's going

00:31:55.740 --> 00:31:56.240
 to happen in this

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:56.740
 class today

00:31:56.740 --> 00:31:57.640
 with the emojis.

00:32:00.280 --> 00:32:01.460
 For I do not want

00:32:01.460 --> 00:32:02.140
 you to be unaware

00:32:02.140 --> 00:32:02.640
 brothers

00:32:02.640 --> 00:32:03.940
 that our fathers

00:32:03.940 --> 00:32:04.720
 were all under

00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:05.259
 the cloud

00:32:05.259 --> 00:32:06.640
 and all passed

00:32:06.640 --> 00:32:07.240
 through the sea

00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:08.600
 and all were baptized

00:32:08.600 --> 00:32:09.560
 into Moses

00:32:09.560 --> 00:32:10.500
 in the cloud

00:32:10.500 --> 00:32:11.200
 and in the sea

00:32:11.200 --> 00:32:12.380
 and all ate

00:32:12.380 --> 00:32:13.580
 the same spiritual food

00:32:13.580 --> 00:32:14.279
 and all drank

00:32:14.279 --> 00:32:15.480
 the same spiritual drink.

00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:16.380
 Nevertheless

00:32:16.380 --> 00:32:17.920
 with most of them

00:32:17.920 --> 00:32:18.840
 God was not pleased

00:32:18.840 --> 00:32:19.680
 for they were

00:32:19.680 --> 00:32:20.380
 overthrown

00:32:20.380 --> 00:32:21.360
 in the wilderness.

00:32:23.059 --> 00:32:24.019
 So it seems

00:32:24.019 --> 00:32:25.259
 the church at Corinth

00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:27.000
 thought the act

00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:27.559
 of baptism

00:32:27.559 --> 00:32:28.259
 and partaking

00:32:28.259 --> 00:32:28.920
 the Lord's Supper

00:32:28.920 --> 00:32:30.039
 would save them

00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:31.259
 even if their lives

00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:31.680
 were filled

00:32:31.680 --> 00:32:32.420
 with idolatry

00:32:32.420 --> 00:32:33.880
 like some magic

00:32:33.880 --> 00:32:34.880
 antidote to poison.

00:32:35.620 --> 00:32:35.980
 So as long

00:32:35.980 --> 00:32:36.380
 as they show up

00:32:36.380 --> 00:32:36.840
 on Sundays

00:32:36.840 --> 00:32:37.779
 and take the elements

00:32:37.779 --> 00:32:39.080
 God's pleased with me

00:32:39.080 --> 00:32:39.279
 right?

00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:40.700
 No, that's not

00:32:40.700 --> 00:32:41.240
 how this works

00:32:41.240 --> 00:32:41.759
 Paul says.

00:32:42.420 --> 00:32:43.379
 Paul warns them

00:32:43.379 --> 00:32:45.700
 by explaining

00:32:45.700 --> 00:32:46.379
 the Israelites

00:32:46.379 --> 00:32:47.259
 had their own

00:32:47.259 --> 00:32:48.240
 form of baptism

00:32:48.240 --> 00:32:49.220
 and the Lord's Supper

00:32:49.220 --> 00:32:51.220
 right?

00:32:51.460 --> 00:32:51.899
 And nevertheless

00:32:51.899 --> 00:32:52.500
 they did not

00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:53.039
 please God

00:32:53.039 --> 00:32:53.599
 they were still

00:32:53.599 --> 00:32:54.220
 overthrown.

00:32:55.359 --> 00:32:56.220
 So typologically

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:57.279
 when crossing

00:32:57.279 --> 00:32:57.819
 the Red Sea

00:32:57.819 --> 00:32:58.339
 the Israelites

00:32:58.339 --> 00:32:58.920
 were baptized

00:32:58.920 --> 00:33:00.899
 and Paul is saying

00:33:00.899 --> 00:33:01.680
 Israel's version

00:33:01.680 --> 00:33:02.279
 of baptism

00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:03.039
 and the Lord's Supper

00:33:03.039 --> 00:33:03.859
 did not protect

00:33:03.859 --> 00:33:04.700
 them from judgment

00:33:04.700 --> 00:33:06.160
 and so likewise

00:33:06.160 --> 00:33:06.680
 the Corinthians

00:33:06.680 --> 00:33:07.700
 taking the elements

00:33:07.700 --> 00:33:10.340
 of taking the Lord's

00:33:10.340 --> 00:33:10.480
 Supper

00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:11.240
 and getting baptized

00:33:11.240 --> 00:33:12.080
 will not save

00:33:12.080 --> 00:33:12.779
 them from judgment

00:33:12.779 --> 00:33:13.559
 if they are not

00:33:13.559 --> 00:33:14.380
 repenting of sin

00:33:14.380 --> 00:33:15.299
 right?

00:33:15.340 --> 00:33:15.880
 And that warning

00:33:15.880 --> 00:33:16.920
 still applies to us.

00:33:17.380 --> 00:33:18.380
 So as we learn

00:33:18.380 --> 00:33:18.880
 to interpret

00:33:18.880 --> 00:33:19.480
 the Old Testament

00:33:19.480 --> 00:33:20.400
 the way the Apostles

00:33:20.400 --> 00:33:21.200
 did you see how

00:33:21.200 --> 00:33:22.380
 important typology

00:33:22.380 --> 00:33:22.779
 is.

00:33:23.700 --> 00:33:24.740
 Now some see

00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:25.519
 this typology

00:33:25.519 --> 00:33:28.180
 and say

00:33:28.180 --> 00:33:29.019
 just like Israel

00:33:29.019 --> 00:33:29.620
 was saved

00:33:29.620 --> 00:33:30.319
 by passing

00:33:30.319 --> 00:33:31.160
 through the waters

00:33:31.160 --> 00:33:31.840
 of the Red Sea

00:33:31.840 --> 00:33:33.680
 the waters of baptism

00:33:33.680 --> 00:33:35.100
 actually save us.

00:33:35.580 --> 00:33:36.259
 So that view

00:33:36.259 --> 00:33:36.660
 is called

00:33:36.660 --> 00:33:38.220
 baptismal regeneration.

00:33:39.220 --> 00:33:40.060
 So Roman Catholics

00:33:40.060 --> 00:33:40.720
 and Lutherans

00:33:40.720 --> 00:33:41.759
 would point to the Red Sea

00:33:41.759 --> 00:33:42.120
 and say

00:33:42.120 --> 00:33:42.480
 see

00:33:42.480 --> 00:33:43.920
 the waters of baptism

00:33:43.920 --> 00:33:44.580
 save us.

00:33:46.140 --> 00:33:46.640
 Lutherans

00:33:46.640 --> 00:33:47.799
 they have different

00:33:47.799 --> 00:33:49.120
 slightly different ways

00:33:49.120 --> 00:33:49.880
 of explaining that

00:33:49.880 --> 00:33:50.820
 but in the end

00:33:50.820 --> 00:33:51.200
 they think

00:33:51.200 --> 00:33:52.299
 the act of

00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:52.980
 the waters

00:33:52.980 --> 00:33:53.480
 and baptism

00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:54.060
 will save

00:33:54.060 --> 00:33:55.160
 the people.

00:33:55.820 --> 00:33:56.860
 So they are using

00:33:56.860 --> 00:33:58.360
 a typology based argument

00:33:58.360 --> 00:33:59.539
 and it's a big one.

00:34:00.160 --> 00:34:01.120
 And before we move on

00:34:01.120 --> 00:34:01.759
 I don't think

00:34:01.759 --> 00:34:02.220
 we should view

00:34:02.220 --> 00:34:03.380
 the waters of baptism

00:34:03.380 --> 00:34:03.960
 as a thing

00:34:03.960 --> 00:34:04.780
 that saves us.

00:34:05.580 --> 00:34:06.540
 So water alone

00:34:06.540 --> 00:34:08.079
 has no power to save.

00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:09.780
 God through his spirit

00:34:09.780 --> 00:34:10.640
 saves.

00:34:11.200 --> 00:34:12.000
 So water imagery

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:13.720
 is used elsewhere

00:34:13.720 --> 00:34:14.579
 to refer to the

00:34:14.579 --> 00:34:15.200
 sovereign work

00:34:15.200 --> 00:34:15.940
 of the Holy Spirit

00:34:15.940 --> 00:34:17.420
 to regenerate our hearts

00:34:17.420 --> 00:34:17.900
 and make us

00:34:17.900 --> 00:34:18.740
 into new creations.

00:34:19.380 --> 00:34:20.480
 So Titus 3.5

00:34:20.480 --> 00:34:21.119
 says

00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:22.099
 he saved us

00:34:22.099 --> 00:34:23.220
 not because of

00:34:23.220 --> 00:34:24.420
 works done by us

00:34:24.420 --> 00:34:24.920
 in righteousness

00:34:24.920 --> 00:34:26.260
 but according to

00:34:26.260 --> 00:34:27.019
 his own mercy

00:34:27.019 --> 00:34:28.460
 by the washing

00:34:28.460 --> 00:34:29.539
 of regeneration

00:34:29.539 --> 00:34:30.220
 and renewal

00:34:30.220 --> 00:34:31.019
 of the Holy Spirit.

00:34:31.019 --> 00:34:32.599
 So scripture

00:34:32.599 --> 00:34:33.280
 connects the work

00:34:33.280 --> 00:34:33.780
 of the spirit

00:34:33.780 --> 00:34:34.960
 with water.

00:34:35.659 --> 00:34:35.980
 So I think

00:34:35.980 --> 00:34:36.739
 we must ultimately

00:34:36.739 --> 00:34:37.300
 see the water

00:34:37.300 --> 00:34:37.860
 of baptism

00:34:37.860 --> 00:34:38.539
 as pointing

00:34:38.539 --> 00:34:39.139
 to the reality

00:34:39.139 --> 00:34:39.980
 of spiritual renewal

00:34:39.980 --> 00:34:40.739
 by the spirit.

00:34:41.699 --> 00:34:42.639
 And a second point

00:34:42.639 --> 00:34:44.659
 for anyone

00:34:44.659 --> 00:34:45.019
 inclined

00:34:45.019 --> 00:34:45.840
 for the view

00:34:45.840 --> 00:34:46.480
 of baptismal

00:34:46.480 --> 00:34:46.840
 regeneration

00:34:46.840 --> 00:34:47.820
 I think the Bible

00:34:47.820 --> 00:34:48.699
 clearly saves

00:34:48.699 --> 00:34:50.900
 clearly says

00:34:50.900 --> 00:34:52.159
 faith saves us.

00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:53.059
 Ephesians 2.8

00:34:53.059 --> 00:34:53.639
 By faith

00:34:53.639 --> 00:34:54.719
 you have been saved.

00:34:54.719 --> 00:34:56.539
 So if baptism

00:34:56.539 --> 00:34:57.239
 regeneration

00:34:57.239 --> 00:34:58.059
 were true

00:34:58.059 --> 00:34:58.799
 what saves us?

00:34:58.879 --> 00:34:59.439
 Is it faith

00:34:59.439 --> 00:35:00.879
 or is it

00:35:00.879 --> 00:35:01.379
 the waters

00:35:01.379 --> 00:35:01.859
 of baptism?

00:35:02.779 --> 00:35:03.439
 And of course

00:35:03.439 --> 00:35:04.259
 one can have faith

00:35:04.259 --> 00:35:05.119
 before being baptized.

00:35:06.059 --> 00:35:06.519
 So I think

00:35:06.519 --> 00:35:07.179
 baptism should

00:35:07.179 --> 00:35:07.879
 best be understood

00:35:07.879 --> 00:35:08.579
 as an outward

00:35:08.579 --> 00:35:09.980
 event that

00:35:09.980 --> 00:35:10.739
 depicts an

00:35:10.739 --> 00:35:11.839
 internal reality

00:35:11.839 --> 00:35:12.339
 where we are

00:35:12.339 --> 00:35:12.980
 already united

00:35:12.980 --> 00:35:13.519
 with Christ

00:35:13.519 --> 00:35:14.059
 in his burial

00:35:14.059 --> 00:35:14.919
 and in his resurrection.

00:35:15.959 --> 00:35:16.719
 So you see

00:35:16.719 --> 00:35:17.519
 how typology

00:35:17.519 --> 00:35:18.359
 based arguments

00:35:18.359 --> 00:35:19.359
 become important

00:35:19.359 --> 00:35:20.939
 and in fact

00:35:20.939 --> 00:35:22.819
 you can go

00:35:22.819 --> 00:35:23.339
 off the rails

00:35:23.339 --> 00:35:24.000
 with typology.

00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:25.659
 The Catholic Church

00:35:25.659 --> 00:35:26.260
 will use a lot

00:35:26.260 --> 00:35:28.059
 of typological

00:35:28.059 --> 00:35:28.519
 arguments

00:35:28.519 --> 00:35:29.019
 to argue

00:35:29.019 --> 00:35:30.460
 for the supremacy

00:35:30.460 --> 00:35:31.079
 of the Pope

00:35:31.079 --> 00:35:32.139
 for baptismal

00:35:32.139 --> 00:35:32.519
 regeneration

00:35:32.519 --> 00:35:34.460
 so it's important

00:35:34.460 --> 00:35:35.280
 that we understand

00:35:35.280 --> 00:35:36.079
 how they're

00:35:36.079 --> 00:35:36.639
 kind of constructing

00:35:36.639 --> 00:35:37.239
 these arguments

00:35:37.239 --> 00:35:38.360
 and you know

00:35:38.360 --> 00:35:39.380
 it can get

00:35:39.380 --> 00:35:41.139
 off the tracks

00:35:41.139 --> 00:35:42.179
 if we're not careful.

00:35:43.199 --> 00:35:44.320
 So what are we

00:35:44.320 --> 00:35:45.139
 meant to see

00:35:45.139 --> 00:35:46.659
 getting back

00:35:46.659 --> 00:35:47.039
 to Exodus

00:35:47.039 --> 00:35:48.300
 what are we

00:35:48.300 --> 00:35:49.000
 meant to see

00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:50.920
 by the intertwining

00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:51.579
 of the theme

00:35:51.579 --> 00:35:52.099
 of the Exodus

00:35:52.099 --> 00:35:52.739
 and creation?

00:35:52.739 --> 00:35:54.779
 So in the Exodus

00:35:54.779 --> 00:35:56.119
 we're meant to see

00:35:56.119 --> 00:35:56.959
 that through God's

00:35:56.959 --> 00:35:58.059
 salvation in the Exodus

00:35:58.059 --> 00:35:59.599
 God means to make

00:35:59.599 --> 00:36:00.539
 the new creation.

00:36:00.899 --> 00:36:01.899
 The pattern is established.

00:36:02.739 --> 00:36:03.839
 Salvation in the Exodus

00:36:03.839 --> 00:36:05.399
 will lead to the new creation.

00:36:06.339 --> 00:36:06.879
 So after the people

00:36:06.879 --> 00:36:07.259
 are saved

00:36:07.259 --> 00:36:07.899
 the Lord commanded

00:36:07.899 --> 00:36:08.299
 the people

00:36:08.299 --> 00:36:10.119
 to construct a tabernacle

00:36:10.119 --> 00:36:10.779
 showing that God

00:36:10.779 --> 00:36:11.379
 is now beginning

00:36:11.379 --> 00:36:12.579
 to dwell with his people again.

00:36:13.019 --> 00:36:13.799
 Not face to face

00:36:13.799 --> 00:36:14.379
 but in a tent.

00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:15.419
 So the people

00:36:15.419 --> 00:36:15.859
 are entering

00:36:15.859 --> 00:36:16.799
 into a new Eden.

00:36:17.719 --> 00:36:18.279
 A new Eden.

00:36:18.399 --> 00:36:19.019
 The land of Canaan

00:36:19.019 --> 00:36:20.279
 would be a new Eden.

00:36:20.280 --> 00:36:22.000
 So the song

00:36:22.000 --> 00:36:22.540
 of the sea

00:36:22.540 --> 00:36:24.500
 that Israel sings

00:36:24.500 --> 00:36:25.400
 after being rescued

00:36:25.400 --> 00:36:26.200
 shows this.

00:36:27.060 --> 00:36:28.000
 The song of the sea

00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:29.040
 is like a national anthem

00:36:29.040 --> 00:36:30.380
 written at the birth

00:36:30.380 --> 00:36:30.880
 of a nation.

00:36:31.460 --> 00:36:32.360
 This was Israel's

00:36:32.360 --> 00:36:33.019
 national anthem

00:36:33.019 --> 00:36:33.540
 they would sing.

00:36:34.380 --> 00:36:34.840
 And the Israelites

00:36:34.840 --> 00:36:35.800
 sing about how

00:36:35.800 --> 00:36:37.080
 Yahweh rescued them

00:36:37.080 --> 00:36:37.680
 from slavery

00:36:37.680 --> 00:36:38.540
 will lead them

00:36:38.540 --> 00:36:39.240
 through the desert

00:36:39.240 --> 00:36:40.280
 and into the land

00:36:40.280 --> 00:36:40.740
 of Canaan.

00:36:42.460 --> 00:36:42.960
 And God

00:36:42.960 --> 00:36:44.060
 will plant Israel

00:36:44.060 --> 00:36:45.040
 on his own mountain.

00:36:46.420 --> 00:36:47.120
 The place

00:36:47.120 --> 00:36:47.580
 O Lord

00:36:47.580 --> 00:36:48.300
 which you have made

00:36:48.300 --> 00:36:49.060
 for your abode.

00:36:51.100 --> 00:36:52.320
 So Ezekiel 28

00:36:52.320 --> 00:36:53.380
 will pick up

00:36:53.380 --> 00:36:54.200
 on this language

00:36:54.200 --> 00:36:56.300
 to describe

00:36:56.300 --> 00:36:57.039
 the Garden of Eden.

00:36:58.380 --> 00:36:58.960
 In the Exodus

00:36:58.960 --> 00:36:59.940
 Yahweh

00:36:59.940 --> 00:37:00.920
 would lead Israel

00:37:00.920 --> 00:37:01.860
 into a new Eden.

00:37:03.900 --> 00:37:04.240
 And

00:37:04.240 --> 00:37:05.480
 the prophets

00:37:05.480 --> 00:37:06.340
 Isaiah will pick up

00:37:06.340 --> 00:37:07.200
 on Exodus 15

00:37:07.200 --> 00:37:07.740
 as well

00:37:07.740 --> 00:37:09.420
 to show the promise

00:37:09.420 --> 00:37:10.200
 of Exodus 15

00:37:10.200 --> 00:37:11.460
 was not fully realized

00:37:11.460 --> 00:37:13.380
 once they were exiled.

00:37:14.519 --> 00:37:15.420
 The prophets

00:37:15.420 --> 00:37:16.220
 used the language

00:37:16.220 --> 00:37:17.340
 this language

00:37:17.340 --> 00:37:17.640
 now

00:37:17.639 --> 00:37:18.179
 to describe

00:37:18.179 --> 00:37:18.980
 a second Exodus

00:37:18.980 --> 00:37:19.379
 that would need

00:37:19.379 --> 00:37:19.779
 to happen.

00:37:21.279 --> 00:37:21.679
 So

00:37:21.679 --> 00:37:22.980
 we'll get into that.

00:37:23.079 --> 00:37:23.920
 That's just a preview

00:37:23.920 --> 00:37:24.679
 of what's going to happen.

00:37:25.339 --> 00:37:25.859
 But the Exodus

00:37:25.859 --> 00:37:26.440
 is the meaning

00:37:26.440 --> 00:37:27.179
 in the new creation

00:37:27.179 --> 00:37:28.819
 would be the end,

00:37:29.099 --> 00:37:29.679
 God's goal.

00:37:30.480 --> 00:37:31.239
 In the new creation

00:37:31.239 --> 00:37:31.659
 God

00:37:31.659 --> 00:37:33.559
 with his people

00:37:33.559 --> 00:37:35.000
 would be

00:37:35.000 --> 00:37:35.400
 there would be

00:37:35.400 --> 00:37:36.659
 an entirely new humanity

00:37:36.659 --> 00:37:37.279
 in the garden

00:37:37.279 --> 00:37:38.719
 in the land of Canaan.

00:37:39.619 --> 00:37:40.019
 God

00:37:40.019 --> 00:37:41.400
 leads the Israelites

00:37:41.400 --> 00:37:42.359
 to Mount Sinai

00:37:42.359 --> 00:37:43.359
 where God

00:37:43.359 --> 00:37:43.980
 gives the people

00:37:43.980 --> 00:37:44.679
 a set of laws

00:37:44.679 --> 00:37:45.219
 to live

00:37:45.219 --> 00:37:46.739
 by in the land of Canaan.

00:37:46.739 --> 00:37:47.639
 The law

00:37:47.639 --> 00:37:48.279
 was like a family

00:37:48.279 --> 00:37:49.399
 code

00:37:49.399 --> 00:37:49.919
 as God's

00:37:49.919 --> 00:37:50.699
 new creation.

00:37:51.759 --> 00:37:52.179
 So if you flip

00:37:52.179 --> 00:37:52.939
 the Deuteronomy

00:37:52.939 --> 00:37:53.899
 it's amazing.

00:37:55.139 --> 00:37:55.819
 Right before

00:37:55.819 --> 00:37:56.419
 Moses gives

00:37:56.419 --> 00:37:57.259
 the Ten Commandments

00:37:57.259 --> 00:37:58.439
 he recounts

00:37:58.439 --> 00:37:58.819
 the Exodus.

00:37:59.679 --> 00:38:00.259
 I am the Lord

00:38:00.259 --> 00:38:00.719
 your God

00:38:00.719 --> 00:38:01.299
 who brought you

00:38:01.299 --> 00:38:02.199
 up out of the land

00:38:02.199 --> 00:38:02.659
 of Egypt

00:38:02.659 --> 00:38:03.379
 out of the house

00:38:03.379 --> 00:38:03.919
 of slavery

00:38:03.919 --> 00:38:04.699
 therefore

00:38:04.699 --> 00:38:05.799
 live this way.

00:38:06.399 --> 00:38:07.339
 I have saved you

00:38:07.339 --> 00:38:08.419
 and I'll be a people

00:38:08.419 --> 00:38:09.399
 who obey my commandments.

00:38:10.399 --> 00:38:11.319
 So in the Bible

00:38:11.319 --> 00:38:11.719
 salvation

00:38:11.719 --> 00:38:12.759
 always comes

00:38:12.759 --> 00:38:13.679
 before obedience

00:38:13.679 --> 00:38:15.419
 or the indicatives

00:38:15.419 --> 00:38:16.039
 come before

00:38:16.039 --> 00:38:16.799
 the imperatives.

00:38:17.440 --> 00:38:17.919
 So it's amazing

00:38:17.919 --> 00:38:18.859
 to see how the Exodus

00:38:18.859 --> 00:38:20.500
 frames how Israel

00:38:20.500 --> 00:38:21.739
 would live

00:38:21.739 --> 00:38:23.359
 in the land of Canaan.

00:38:24.139 --> 00:38:24.659
 They would be

00:38:24.659 --> 00:38:25.599
 a kingdom of priests

00:38:25.599 --> 00:38:26.359
 and a holy nation

00:38:26.359 --> 00:38:27.299
 because the God

00:38:27.299 --> 00:38:27.919
 who saved them

00:38:27.919 --> 00:38:28.359
 was holy.

00:38:29.440 --> 00:38:30.419
 And in this new creation

00:38:30.419 --> 00:38:30.839
 there would be

00:38:30.839 --> 00:38:31.839
 a new people

00:38:31.839 --> 00:38:32.799
 meant to live

00:38:32.799 --> 00:38:33.440
 under God

00:38:33.440 --> 00:38:34.119
 and his word.

00:38:34.919 --> 00:38:35.679
 God is remaking

00:38:35.679 --> 00:38:36.359
 what was lost

00:38:36.359 --> 00:38:36.819
 in the garden.

00:38:37.919 --> 00:38:38.679
 So even as the Jews

00:38:38.679 --> 00:38:39.199
 looked back

00:38:39.199 --> 00:38:40.259
 at God's salvation

00:38:40.259 --> 00:38:40.879
 in the Exodus

00:38:40.880 --> 00:38:43.260
 it pointed forward

00:38:43.260 --> 00:38:45.320
 to an implied promise

00:38:45.320 --> 00:38:46.640
 of a new creation

00:38:46.640 --> 00:38:47.900
 a new humanity

00:38:47.900 --> 00:38:49.200
 God would create

00:38:49.200 --> 00:38:50.480
 where the people

00:38:50.480 --> 00:38:50.980
 are dwelling

00:38:50.980 --> 00:38:51.920
 with God once again.

00:38:53.680 --> 00:38:54.579
 But as we talked

00:38:54.579 --> 00:38:55.099
 about last week

00:38:55.099 --> 00:38:55.700
 there's a defect

00:38:55.700 --> 00:38:56.260
 in the laws

00:38:56.260 --> 00:38:57.119
 at Mount Sinai

00:38:57.119 --> 00:38:58.160
 or the Mosaic Covenant.

00:38:59.099 --> 00:38:59.900
 God gave the people

00:38:59.900 --> 00:39:00.960
 a set of moral rules

00:39:00.960 --> 00:39:02.079
 as God's covenant people

00:39:02.079 --> 00:39:03.140
 but not the power

00:39:03.140 --> 00:39:04.140
 to obey those rules.

00:39:04.940 --> 00:39:05.740
 So most Israelites

00:39:05.740 --> 00:39:07.180
 left Egypt unsaved

00:39:07.180 --> 00:39:08.900
 physically delivered

00:39:08.900 --> 00:39:10.420
 from slavery

00:39:10.420 --> 00:39:11.480
 but not spiritually.

00:39:12.059 --> 00:39:12.800
 Spiritually they were

00:39:12.800 --> 00:39:13.940
 still enslaved to sin.

00:39:15.460 --> 00:39:16.099
 And God would need

00:39:16.099 --> 00:39:18.599
 to do a supernatural work

00:39:18.599 --> 00:39:19.880
 in the people's hearts

00:39:19.880 --> 00:39:21.119
 to bring this about.

00:39:22.039 --> 00:39:23.619
 To truly be a new humanity

00:39:23.619 --> 00:39:25.960
 God would need to give us

00:39:25.960 --> 00:39:27.260
 new spiritual life.

00:39:28.300 --> 00:39:29.579
 Deuteronomy chapter 30

00:39:29.579 --> 00:39:31.099
 The Lord your God

00:39:31.099 --> 00:39:32.440
 must circumcise your hearts

00:39:32.440 --> 00:39:32.900
 and the hearts

00:39:32.900 --> 00:39:33.519
 of your descendants

00:39:33.519 --> 00:39:35.360
 to love the Lord your God

00:39:35.360 --> 00:39:36.139
 with all your heart

00:39:36.139 --> 00:39:37.039
 and all your soul

00:39:37.039 --> 00:39:38.460
 so that you may live.

00:39:38.900 --> 00:39:41.000
 To truly be a new creation

00:39:41.000 --> 00:39:42.320
 the people would need

00:39:42.320 --> 00:39:43.700
 to experience conversion

00:39:43.700 --> 00:39:45.360
 a sovereign work

00:39:45.360 --> 00:39:46.240
 of the Holy Spirit

00:39:46.240 --> 00:39:47.980
 or as Jesus would say

00:39:47.980 --> 00:39:48.700
 in John 3

00:39:48.700 --> 00:39:50.119
 to see the kingdom

00:39:50.119 --> 00:39:51.740
 you must be born again

00:39:51.740 --> 00:39:52.260
 from above.

00:39:54.059 --> 00:39:55.519
 So we see the pattern

00:39:55.519 --> 00:39:56.220
 is established

00:39:56.220 --> 00:39:56.820
 Exodus

00:39:56.820 --> 00:39:58.079
 new creation

00:39:58.079 --> 00:40:00.400
 and the rest of Israel's history

00:40:00.400 --> 00:40:01.599
 is marked by

00:40:01.599 --> 00:40:03.360
 repeated disobedience

00:40:03.360 --> 00:40:04.400
 and a refusal

00:40:04.400 --> 00:40:05.599
 to do the will of the Lord.

00:40:06.420 --> 00:40:07.579
 Israel desperately needed

00:40:07.579 --> 00:40:08.480
 sin to be forgiven

00:40:08.480 --> 00:40:09.759
 for God to give him

00:40:09.759 --> 00:40:10.619
 a new heart

00:40:10.619 --> 00:40:12.340
 and without conversion

00:40:12.340 --> 00:40:13.500
 the promise

00:40:13.500 --> 00:40:15.039
 the promise

00:40:15.039 --> 00:40:16.079
 to Abraham

00:40:16.079 --> 00:40:17.819
 to be a blessing

00:40:17.819 --> 00:40:18.480
 to the nations

00:40:18.480 --> 00:40:19.940
 would never be theirs.

00:40:20.940 --> 00:40:22.039
 So now we're going to look

00:40:22.039 --> 00:40:22.900
 at the second Exodus.

00:40:24.279 --> 00:40:25.340
 The second Exodus.

00:40:26.500 --> 00:40:28.179
 Because of the continued rebellion

00:40:28.179 --> 00:40:30.119
 God exiled the people

00:40:30.119 --> 00:40:31.059
 from the promised land.

00:40:31.699 --> 00:40:32.599
 The old saying

00:40:32.599 --> 00:40:33.759
 history doesn't repeat itself

00:40:33.760 --> 00:40:34.820
 but it often rhymes.

00:40:35.340 --> 00:40:35.980
 Like Adam

00:40:35.980 --> 00:40:36.940
 was exiled

00:40:36.940 --> 00:40:37.460
 from the garden

00:40:37.460 --> 00:40:38.740
 because of his disobedience

00:40:38.740 --> 00:40:40.140
 the Israelites

00:40:40.140 --> 00:40:40.780
 were again

00:40:40.780 --> 00:40:41.780
 exiled from the land

00:40:41.780 --> 00:40:43.320
 because of their disobedience.

00:40:44.120 --> 00:40:44.900
 The glory of God

00:40:44.900 --> 00:40:45.520
 left the temple.

00:40:45.880 --> 00:40:46.620
 Their people now

00:40:46.620 --> 00:40:47.320
 were in darkness.

00:40:48.740 --> 00:40:49.740
 They were in darkness.

00:40:50.760 --> 00:40:51.900
 But in the darkness

00:40:51.900 --> 00:40:52.720
 of the exile

00:40:52.720 --> 00:40:54.180
 the prophets

00:40:54.180 --> 00:40:55.680
 began to prophesy

00:40:55.680 --> 00:40:56.800
 about a second Exodus

00:40:56.800 --> 00:40:57.780
 that would need to happen

00:40:57.780 --> 00:40:58.680
 that would happen.

00:40:59.680 --> 00:41:00.660
 In the future

00:41:00.660 --> 00:41:01.760
 God was going

00:41:01.760 --> 00:41:02.540
 to do something

00:41:02.540 --> 00:41:03.700
 to redeem his people.

00:41:04.340 --> 00:41:05.220
 A second Exodus

00:41:05.220 --> 00:41:06.360
 where God

00:41:06.360 --> 00:41:07.100
 would lead his people

00:41:07.100 --> 00:41:08.040
 into an extraordinary

00:41:08.040 --> 00:41:09.880
 new Jerusalem.

00:41:10.440 --> 00:41:11.400
 A new heavens

00:41:11.400 --> 00:41:12.540
 and a new earth.

00:41:13.820 --> 00:41:14.760
 So during the exile

00:41:14.760 --> 00:41:15.640
 the people

00:41:15.640 --> 00:41:16.540
 we would say

00:41:16.540 --> 00:41:18.420
 wrote with an eschatological hope.

00:41:19.080 --> 00:41:19.460
 That just means

00:41:19.460 --> 00:41:20.420
 God was going to do something

00:41:20.420 --> 00:41:20.980
 in the future

00:41:20.980 --> 00:41:22.340
 to redeem his people.

00:41:23.260 --> 00:41:23.820
 And the prophets

00:41:23.820 --> 00:41:24.860
 told God's people

00:41:24.860 --> 00:41:26.000
 that there

00:41:26.000 --> 00:41:27.060
 would be a Messiah

00:41:27.060 --> 00:41:28.440
 like Moses

00:41:28.440 --> 00:41:30.800
 who would lead

00:41:30.800 --> 00:41:31.660
 another Exodus.

00:41:31.760 --> 00:41:34.020
 Listen to Isaiah 11

00:41:34.020 --> 00:41:37.480
 verses 10 to 12.

00:41:39.480 --> 00:41:40.460
 In that day

00:41:40.460 --> 00:41:41.680
 the root of Jesse

00:41:41.680 --> 00:41:42.840
 who shall stand

00:41:42.840 --> 00:41:43.380
 as a signal

00:41:43.380 --> 00:41:44.040
 for the peoples

00:41:44.040 --> 00:41:44.900
 of him

00:41:44.900 --> 00:41:46.400
 shall the nations inquire

00:41:46.400 --> 00:41:48.180
 and his resting place

00:41:48.180 --> 00:41:49.540
 shall be glorious.

00:41:50.540 --> 00:41:51.160
 In that day

00:41:51.160 --> 00:41:52.000
 the Lord

00:41:52.000 --> 00:41:53.060
 will extend his hand

00:41:53.060 --> 00:41:55.140
 yet a second time

00:41:55.140 --> 00:41:56.520
 to recover

00:41:56.520 --> 00:41:57.060
 the remnant

00:41:57.060 --> 00:41:57.660
 the remains

00:41:57.660 --> 00:41:58.220
 of his people

00:41:58.220 --> 00:41:58.980
 from Assyria

00:41:58.980 --> 00:42:00.059
 from Egypt

00:42:00.059 --> 00:42:01.320
 from Pathros

00:42:01.320 --> 00:42:02.059
 from Cush

00:42:02.059 --> 00:42:02.880
 from Elam

00:42:02.880 --> 00:42:03.599
 from Shinar

00:42:03.599 --> 00:42:04.440
 from Hamath

00:42:04.440 --> 00:42:05.519
 and from the coastlands

00:42:05.519 --> 00:42:06.000
 of the sea.

00:42:06.000 --> 00:42:07.139
 He will raise

00:42:07.139 --> 00:42:07.639
 a signal

00:42:07.639 --> 00:42:08.340
 for the nations

00:42:08.340 --> 00:42:09.199
 and he will

00:42:09.199 --> 00:42:09.579
 assemble

00:42:09.579 --> 00:42:10.840
 the banished

00:42:10.840 --> 00:42:11.320
 of Israel

00:42:11.320 --> 00:42:12.500
 and gather

00:42:12.500 --> 00:42:13.139
 the dispersed

00:42:13.139 --> 00:42:13.559
 of Judah

00:42:13.559 --> 00:42:14.820
 from the four corners

00:42:14.820 --> 00:42:15.400
 of the earth.

00:42:16.320 --> 00:42:17.079
 So the prophets

00:42:17.079 --> 00:42:17.860
 were telling people

00:42:17.860 --> 00:42:18.699
 there would be a Messiah

00:42:18.699 --> 00:42:19.619
 like Moses

00:42:19.619 --> 00:42:20.559
 who would lead

00:42:20.559 --> 00:42:21.420
 another Exodus.

00:42:22.699 --> 00:42:23.219
 Something

00:42:23.219 --> 00:42:24.440
 will shoot out

00:42:24.440 --> 00:42:24.960
 of the stump

00:42:24.960 --> 00:42:25.380
 of Jesse.

00:42:26.440 --> 00:42:27.280
 And so the image

00:42:27.280 --> 00:42:28.239
 the prophets use

00:42:28.239 --> 00:42:29.299
 is of a tree

00:42:29.299 --> 00:42:30.299
 that is devastated

00:42:30.299 --> 00:42:31.579
 but only a stump

00:42:31.579 --> 00:42:32.079
 remains.

00:42:32.839 --> 00:42:33.599
 David's line

00:42:33.599 --> 00:42:34.759
 will decline

00:42:34.759 --> 00:42:35.399
 to the brink

00:42:35.399 --> 00:42:36.279
 of extermination

00:42:36.279 --> 00:42:37.919
 but out of that stump

00:42:37.919 --> 00:42:38.639
 will come a king

00:42:38.639 --> 00:42:39.639
 who will lead

00:42:39.639 --> 00:42:40.399
 to second Exodus

00:42:40.399 --> 00:42:41.699
 where he saves

00:42:41.699 --> 00:42:42.519
 his people

00:42:42.519 --> 00:42:43.659
 not just from Egypt

00:42:43.659 --> 00:42:45.559
 but from the four corners

00:42:45.559 --> 00:42:46.039
 of the earth.

00:42:47.879 --> 00:42:48.799
 So now at one level

00:42:48.799 --> 00:42:50.219
 called the first

00:42:50.219 --> 00:42:51.179
 order fulfillment

00:42:51.179 --> 00:42:52.339
 the second Exodus

00:42:52.339 --> 00:42:53.779
 was fulfilled

00:42:53.779 --> 00:42:55.079
 when the people

00:42:55.079 --> 00:42:56.099
 returned from exile

00:42:56.099 --> 00:42:57.219
 and rebuilt

00:42:57.219 --> 00:42:57.939
 the temple

00:42:57.939 --> 00:42:58.859
 in Ezra and Nehemiah.

00:42:59.439 --> 00:43:00.939
 But in another horizon

00:43:00.939 --> 00:43:02.179
 the prophets

00:43:02.179 --> 00:43:03.719
 foresaw another Exodus

00:43:03.719 --> 00:43:04.939
 that would eclipse

00:43:04.939 --> 00:43:06.119
 even the Exodus

00:43:06.119 --> 00:43:06.719
 from Egypt.

00:43:07.599 --> 00:43:08.579
 So listen to what

00:43:08.579 --> 00:43:09.299
 Isaiah says

00:43:09.299 --> 00:43:10.279
 immediately before

00:43:10.279 --> 00:43:11.000
 the passage

00:43:11.000 --> 00:43:12.459
 in this one

00:43:12.459 --> 00:43:14.119
 in Isaiah chapter 11.

00:43:16.539 --> 00:43:18.739
 There shall come forth

00:43:18.739 --> 00:43:19.219
 a shoot

00:43:19.219 --> 00:43:20.000
 from the stump

00:43:20.000 --> 00:43:20.459
 of Jesse

00:43:20.459 --> 00:43:21.659
 and a branch

00:43:21.659 --> 00:43:22.639
 from his roots

00:43:22.639 --> 00:43:23.739
 shall bear fruit.

00:43:24.899 --> 00:43:25.859
 The spirit

00:43:25.859 --> 00:43:26.379
 of the Lord

00:43:26.379 --> 00:43:26.959
 shall rest

00:43:26.960 --> 00:43:27.460
 upon him

00:43:27.460 --> 00:43:28.340
 the spirit

00:43:28.340 --> 00:43:28.880
 of wisdom

00:43:28.880 --> 00:43:29.720
 and understanding

00:43:29.720 --> 00:43:30.440
 the spirit

00:43:30.440 --> 00:43:30.960
 of counsel

00:43:30.960 --> 00:43:31.400
 and might

00:43:31.400 --> 00:43:32.440
 the spirit

00:43:32.440 --> 00:43:32.980
 of knowledge

00:43:32.980 --> 00:43:33.440
 and the fear

00:43:33.440 --> 00:43:33.880
 of the Lord.

00:43:34.480 --> 00:43:34.980
 The wolf

00:43:34.980 --> 00:43:35.940
 shall dwell

00:43:35.940 --> 00:43:36.599
 with the lamb

00:43:36.599 --> 00:43:37.720
 and the leopard

00:43:37.720 --> 00:43:38.900
 shall lie down

00:43:38.900 --> 00:43:39.659
 with the young goat

00:43:39.659 --> 00:43:40.559
 and the calf

00:43:40.559 --> 00:43:41.059
 and the lion

00:43:41.059 --> 00:43:42.139
 and the fattened calf

00:43:42.139 --> 00:43:42.519
 together

00:43:42.519 --> 00:43:44.079
 and a little child

00:43:44.079 --> 00:43:44.880
 shall lead them

00:43:44.880 --> 00:43:46.000
 the cow

00:43:46.000 --> 00:43:46.800
 and the bear

00:43:46.800 --> 00:43:47.659
 shall graze

00:43:47.659 --> 00:43:48.699
 their young

00:43:48.699 --> 00:43:49.639
 shall lie down

00:43:49.639 --> 00:43:50.059
 together

00:43:50.059 --> 00:43:51.699
 and the lion

00:43:51.699 --> 00:43:52.420
 shall eat straw

00:43:52.420 --> 00:43:53.119
 like the ox

00:43:53.119 --> 00:43:54.460
 the nursing child

00:43:54.460 --> 00:43:55.119
 shall play over

00:43:55.119 --> 00:43:55.460
 the hole

00:43:55.460 --> 00:43:55.960
 of the cobra

00:43:55.960 --> 00:43:57.319
 and the weaned

00:43:57.319 --> 00:43:58.119
 child shall put

00:43:58.119 --> 00:43:59.259
 his hand

00:43:59.259 --> 00:44:00.159
 on the adder's den

00:44:00.159 --> 00:44:01.619
 they shall not hurt

00:44:01.619 --> 00:44:02.440
 or destroy

00:44:02.440 --> 00:44:03.500
 in all my holy mountain

00:44:03.500 --> 00:44:04.659
 for the earth

00:44:04.659 --> 00:44:05.739
 shall be as full

00:44:05.739 --> 00:44:07.679
 of the knowledge

00:44:07.679 --> 00:44:08.099
 of the Lord

00:44:08.099 --> 00:44:08.799
 as the waters

00:44:08.799 --> 00:44:09.539
 cover the sea.

00:44:11.000 --> 00:44:11.639
 So we see

00:44:11.639 --> 00:44:12.319
 the Messiah

00:44:12.319 --> 00:44:13.359
 from David's line

00:44:13.359 --> 00:44:14.179
 will not only

00:44:14.179 --> 00:44:14.960
 save his people

00:44:14.960 --> 00:44:15.980
 in the second exodus

00:44:15.980 --> 00:44:17.380
 that eclipses

00:44:17.380 --> 00:44:18.059
 the first one

00:44:18.059 --> 00:44:19.960
 but will bring about

00:44:19.960 --> 00:44:20.679
 the new creation

00:44:20.679 --> 00:44:23.679
 even the animals

00:44:23.679 --> 00:44:25.259
 would be healed

00:44:25.259 --> 00:44:26.239
 in the new creation.

00:44:27.559 --> 00:44:28.679
 Isaiah chapter 35

00:44:28.679 --> 00:44:29.279
 talks about

00:44:29.279 --> 00:44:29.859
 in that day

00:44:29.859 --> 00:44:31.099
 God will open

00:44:31.099 --> 00:44:32.179
 the eyes of the blind

00:44:32.179 --> 00:44:34.019
 and unstop the ears

00:44:34.019 --> 00:44:34.559
 of the deaf.

00:44:36.179 --> 00:44:37.119
 Isaiah is using

00:44:37.119 --> 00:44:37.819
 different images

00:44:37.819 --> 00:44:38.480
 and themes

00:44:38.480 --> 00:44:38.940
 to describe

00:44:38.940 --> 00:44:39.719
 the same reality.

00:44:40.480 --> 00:44:41.579
 Through the Messiah

00:44:41.579 --> 00:44:42.839
 God will save

00:44:42.839 --> 00:44:43.179
 his people

00:44:43.179 --> 00:44:44.079
 in another exodus

00:44:44.079 --> 00:44:45.079
 and he will bring

00:44:45.079 --> 00:44:46.019
 about the new creation.

00:44:48.519 --> 00:44:50.379
 So this is prophecy.

00:44:50.679 --> 00:44:51.119
 Right?

00:44:51.579 --> 00:44:52.359
 And we'll see

00:44:52.359 --> 00:44:52.940
 in the New Testament

00:44:52.940 --> 00:44:54.199
 Jesus too

00:44:54.199 --> 00:44:55.079
 saves his people

00:44:55.079 --> 00:44:56.079
 through an exodus.

00:44:56.899 --> 00:44:58.159
 Jesus is the promised

00:44:58.159 --> 00:44:58.699
 Messiah

00:44:58.699 --> 00:44:59.679
 who would deliver

00:44:59.679 --> 00:45:00.179
 his people

00:45:00.179 --> 00:45:01.879
 from a slave master

00:45:01.879 --> 00:45:03.159
 worse than the Egyptians.

00:45:04.119 --> 00:45:05.139
 As the story

00:45:05.139 --> 00:45:06.139
 unfolds

00:45:06.139 --> 00:45:07.419
 Christ will accomplish

00:45:07.419 --> 00:45:09.619
 that second exodus

00:45:09.619 --> 00:45:10.539
 and rescue his people

00:45:10.539 --> 00:45:11.579
 from sin and judgment

00:45:11.579 --> 00:45:12.619
 and bring the church

00:45:12.619 --> 00:45:13.659
 into the promised land

00:45:13.659 --> 00:45:14.219
 of rest.

00:45:14.899 --> 00:45:15.619
 So that promise

00:45:15.619 --> 00:45:16.179
 is fulfilled

00:45:16.179 --> 00:45:17.199
 in and through the church.

00:45:18.779 --> 00:45:20.259
 But we should notice

00:45:20.260 --> 00:45:20.800
 something here.

00:45:21.180 --> 00:45:22.580
 And how can we say

00:45:22.580 --> 00:45:23.280
 the new creation

00:45:23.280 --> 00:45:24.800
 arrives when Christ arrives

00:45:24.800 --> 00:45:26.200
 if these promises

00:45:26.200 --> 00:45:27.420
 of restored creation

00:45:27.420 --> 00:45:28.860
 haven't been fully realized?

00:45:29.860 --> 00:45:30.880
 So reading Isaiah

00:45:30.880 --> 00:45:31.720
 is often puzzling

00:45:31.720 --> 00:45:32.440
 because Isaiah

00:45:32.440 --> 00:45:33.520
 is often prophesying

00:45:33.520 --> 00:45:34.540
 about heaven,

00:45:35.180 --> 00:45:35.840
 the new heavens,

00:45:35.920 --> 00:45:36.280
 the new earth,

00:45:36.360 --> 00:45:37.120
 and the arrival

00:45:37.120 --> 00:45:37.540
 of the Messiah

00:45:37.540 --> 00:45:38.300
 at the same time

00:45:38.300 --> 00:45:39.020
 in the same sentence.

00:45:40.480 --> 00:45:41.420
 So you could spend

00:45:41.420 --> 00:45:42.800
 30 years in Isaiah

00:45:42.800 --> 00:45:44.360
 and you're going to have

00:45:44.360 --> 00:45:45.460
 more questions about it.

00:45:46.020 --> 00:45:47.060
 Someone described it.

00:45:47.059 --> 00:45:48.139
 It's like trying

00:45:48.139 --> 00:45:49.659
 to explain to someone

00:45:49.659 --> 00:45:50.320
 who's never seen

00:45:50.320 --> 00:45:51.039
 a snow leopard

00:45:51.039 --> 00:45:51.739
 what a snow leopard

00:45:51.739 --> 00:45:52.299
 looks like.

00:45:54.039 --> 00:45:55.320
 Isaiah is going

00:45:55.320 --> 00:45:56.159
 all over the place

00:45:56.159 --> 00:45:57.519
 but it's a profound book.

00:45:58.900 --> 00:45:59.340
 And you could spend

00:45:59.340 --> 00:46:00.299
 30 years in Isaiah

00:46:00.299 --> 00:46:00.860
 but we don't have

00:46:00.860 --> 00:46:01.519
 that amount of time

00:46:01.519 --> 00:46:02.920
 right now.

00:46:03.759 --> 00:46:04.759
 So someone wants

00:46:04.759 --> 00:46:05.199
 to explain it

00:46:05.199 --> 00:46:06.679
 this way to me.

00:46:07.039 --> 00:46:07.739
 The prophets

00:46:07.739 --> 00:46:09.860
 looked at the future

00:46:09.860 --> 00:46:11.860
 the way we might look

00:46:11.860 --> 00:46:12.779
 at a mountain range.

00:46:13.360 --> 00:46:14.940
 There are distant mountains

00:46:14.940 --> 00:46:16.300
 and nearer mountains

00:46:16.300 --> 00:46:18.079
 but they all look

00:46:18.079 --> 00:46:19.480
 like one mountain range.

00:46:20.440 --> 00:46:21.240
 Isaiah saw only

00:46:21.240 --> 00:46:22.179
 one mountain range

00:46:22.179 --> 00:46:23.139
 describing the events

00:46:23.139 --> 00:46:23.720
 of the coming

00:46:23.720 --> 00:46:24.300
 of the Messiah

00:46:24.300 --> 00:46:26.320
 but as the story unfolds

00:46:26.320 --> 00:46:27.260
 we know that

00:46:27.260 --> 00:46:28.519
 part of the prophecy

00:46:28.519 --> 00:46:29.159
 is fulfilled

00:46:29.159 --> 00:46:30.200
 in Jesus' first coming

00:46:30.200 --> 00:46:31.280
 and the rest

00:46:31.280 --> 00:46:31.700
 is fulfilled

00:46:31.700 --> 00:46:32.800
 in Jesus' second coming

00:46:32.800 --> 00:46:33.860
 when he consummates

00:46:33.860 --> 00:46:34.280
 the kingdom

00:46:34.280 --> 00:46:35.280
 and renews

00:46:35.280 --> 00:46:36.059
 the entire earth.

00:46:37.220 --> 00:46:37.980
 The Messiah

00:46:37.980 --> 00:46:39.240
 would set us free

00:46:39.240 --> 00:46:41.400
 and creation free

00:46:41.400 --> 00:46:42.519
 from its bondage

00:46:42.519 --> 00:46:43.460
 of decay and corruption.

00:46:43.460 --> 00:46:45.699
 So as the Old Testament

00:46:45.699 --> 00:46:46.139
 closes

00:46:46.139 --> 00:46:48.000
 it does so

00:46:48.000 --> 00:46:49.139
 with the minor prophets

00:46:49.139 --> 00:46:50.159
 and a note of anticipation

00:46:50.159 --> 00:46:51.300
 about the Messiah

00:46:51.300 --> 00:46:52.679
 in the second Exodus

00:46:52.679 --> 00:46:54.199
 that would renew

00:46:54.199 --> 00:46:55.179
 creation itself

00:46:55.179 --> 00:46:56.139
 and that would bring

00:46:56.139 --> 00:46:56.699
 the people

00:46:56.699 --> 00:46:57.760
 to dwell with God

00:46:57.760 --> 00:46:58.260
 once again.

00:46:59.699 --> 00:47:00.619
 So in the New Testament

00:47:00.619 --> 00:47:02.720
 the true redemption

00:47:02.720 --> 00:47:03.539
 to which the Exodus

00:47:03.539 --> 00:47:04.539
 pointed toward

00:47:04.539 --> 00:47:05.079
 comes.

00:47:05.699 --> 00:47:06.380
 So the New Testament

00:47:06.380 --> 00:47:07.280
 opens up

00:47:07.280 --> 00:47:08.320
 on a note of fulfillment.

00:47:09.320 --> 00:47:10.720
 When Jesus arrives

00:47:10.720 --> 00:47:11.619
 it doesn't take long

00:47:11.619 --> 00:47:12.220
 for the New Testament

00:47:12.219 --> 00:47:13.159
 writers to start

00:47:13.159 --> 00:47:13.959
 picking up on these

00:47:13.959 --> 00:47:14.899
 themes of an Exodus.

00:47:16.259 --> 00:47:17.239
 So in Matthew 2

00:47:17.239 --> 00:47:18.359
 verses 13 to 15

00:47:18.359 --> 00:47:20.339
 Jesus is transported

00:47:20.339 --> 00:47:21.159
 down to Egypt

00:47:21.159 --> 00:47:22.239
 by his mother

00:47:22.239 --> 00:47:23.000
 and Joseph

00:47:23.000 --> 00:47:24.419
 escaping the wrath

00:47:24.419 --> 00:47:24.939
 of Herod

00:47:24.939 --> 00:47:25.739
 and eventually

00:47:25.739 --> 00:47:26.519
 he returns

00:47:26.519 --> 00:47:28.059
 from Egypt.

00:47:28.379 --> 00:47:28.819
 After this

00:47:28.819 --> 00:47:29.299
 we are told

00:47:29.299 --> 00:47:30.079
 fulfills the words

00:47:30.079 --> 00:47:30.859
 out of Egypt

00:47:30.859 --> 00:47:31.980
 I call my son.

00:47:32.599 --> 00:47:33.799
 Referring to Hosea

00:47:33.799 --> 00:47:34.579
 verse 11

00:47:34.579 --> 00:47:35.879
 chapter 11

00:47:35.879 --> 00:47:36.339
 verse 1.

00:47:36.340 --> 00:47:38.039
 So the first

00:47:38.039 --> 00:47:38.559
 reference

00:47:38.559 --> 00:47:39.840
 in Hosea

00:47:39.840 --> 00:47:41.100
 there is clearly

00:47:41.100 --> 00:47:41.600
 to Israel

00:47:41.600 --> 00:47:42.420
 looking backward.

00:47:43.200 --> 00:47:43.740
 Exodus 4

00:47:43.740 --> 00:47:44.160
 22

00:47:44.160 --> 00:47:45.079
 God says

00:47:45.079 --> 00:47:45.900
 during the Exodus

00:47:45.900 --> 00:47:47.019
 Israel is my

00:47:47.019 --> 00:47:47.880
 firstborn son

00:47:47.880 --> 00:47:48.720
 and I say to you

00:47:48.720 --> 00:47:49.740
 let my son go

00:47:49.740 --> 00:47:50.960
 that he may serve me.

00:47:51.500 --> 00:47:52.360
 Centuries later

00:47:52.360 --> 00:47:53.600
 Hosea records

00:47:53.600 --> 00:47:54.320
 God's words

00:47:54.320 --> 00:47:55.320
 out of Egypt

00:47:55.320 --> 00:47:56.420
 I called my son

00:47:56.420 --> 00:47:57.260
 looking back

00:47:57.260 --> 00:47:57.820
 on the event.

00:47:59.039 --> 00:48:00.280
 So at this point

00:48:00.280 --> 00:48:01.220
 it's confusing

00:48:01.220 --> 00:48:01.539
 right?

00:48:01.640 --> 00:48:02.480
 Many might feel

00:48:02.480 --> 00:48:02.960
 the New Testament

00:48:02.960 --> 00:48:03.760
 writers are

00:48:03.760 --> 00:48:04.559
 misquoting the

00:48:04.559 --> 00:48:05.000
 Old Testament.

00:48:05.000 --> 00:48:06.960
 Hosea

00:48:06.960 --> 00:48:07.900
 clearly is referring

00:48:07.900 --> 00:48:09.179
 back to the Exodus

00:48:09.179 --> 00:48:10.199
 not looking forward

00:48:10.199 --> 00:48:11.280
 to Mary's

00:48:11.280 --> 00:48:11.860
 and Joseph's

00:48:11.860 --> 00:48:12.619
 flight from Egypt.

00:48:13.179 --> 00:48:13.940
 So where is

00:48:13.940 --> 00:48:14.980
 Matthew getting

00:48:14.980 --> 00:48:15.420
 this from?

00:48:17.400 --> 00:48:18.400
 So this

00:48:18.400 --> 00:48:19.119
 we would say

00:48:19.119 --> 00:48:19.840
 is a biblical

00:48:19.840 --> 00:48:21.039
 theological reading

00:48:21.039 --> 00:48:21.900
 of the scripture.

00:48:22.420 --> 00:48:23.260
 Matthew is doing

00:48:23.260 --> 00:48:24.159
 biblical theology

00:48:24.159 --> 00:48:25.639
 when he quotes

00:48:25.639 --> 00:48:26.440
 and he's a profound

00:48:26.440 --> 00:48:26.940
 thinker

00:48:26.940 --> 00:48:27.920
 and the more we

00:48:27.920 --> 00:48:28.800
 study the New Testament

00:48:28.800 --> 00:48:29.539
 and see the way

00:48:29.539 --> 00:48:30.460
 the authors

00:48:30.460 --> 00:48:31.599
 understood the Old Testament

00:48:31.599 --> 00:48:33.320
 and it really shows

00:48:33.320 --> 00:48:34.099
 that they were inspired

00:48:34.099 --> 00:48:34.699
 by the Spirit

00:48:34.699 --> 00:48:35.419
 to record this

00:48:35.419 --> 00:48:35.879
 for us.

00:48:36.559 --> 00:48:37.779
 Matthew is picking up

00:48:37.779 --> 00:48:38.599
 on a stream

00:48:38.599 --> 00:48:39.799
 of biblical theology

00:48:39.799 --> 00:48:41.319
 about the theme

00:48:41.319 --> 00:48:41.919
 of the Exodus

00:48:41.919 --> 00:48:44.000
 and the implied promise

00:48:44.000 --> 00:48:44.679
 that God would

00:48:44.679 --> 00:48:46.199
 establish his people

00:48:46.199 --> 00:48:47.399
 into the new garden

00:48:47.399 --> 00:48:48.419
 as his new creation.

00:48:49.460 --> 00:48:50.019
 The Exodus

00:48:50.019 --> 00:48:51.460
 had not been successful

00:48:51.460 --> 00:48:52.759
 in establishing

00:48:52.759 --> 00:48:53.599
 the new creation

00:48:53.599 --> 00:48:55.559
 and because the people

00:48:55.559 --> 00:48:57.039
 left spiritually unchanged

00:48:57.039 --> 00:48:58.319
 a greater Exodus

00:48:58.319 --> 00:48:59.139
 needed to come

00:48:59.139 --> 00:49:00.319
 to truly free

00:49:00.319 --> 00:49:00.759
 the people

00:49:00.759 --> 00:49:01.679
 out of slavery

00:49:01.679 --> 00:49:02.399
 the slavery

00:49:02.399 --> 00:49:03.059
 within the heart.

00:49:03.059 --> 00:49:04.820
 So Jesus

00:49:04.820 --> 00:49:06.519
 in the Gospels

00:49:06.519 --> 00:49:06.980
 in Matthew

00:49:06.980 --> 00:49:08.480
 is the true Israel

00:49:08.480 --> 00:49:09.579
 because he's

00:49:09.579 --> 00:49:10.500
 the true son of God.

00:49:11.539 --> 00:49:12.139
 What Israel

00:49:12.139 --> 00:49:12.920
 was meant to be

00:49:12.920 --> 00:49:14.059
 Jesus is.

00:49:15.000 --> 00:49:16.000
 Israel is the shadow

00:49:16.000 --> 00:49:16.900
 the type

00:49:16.900 --> 00:49:18.639
 Jesus is the fulfillment

00:49:18.639 --> 00:49:19.440
 the anti-type.

00:49:20.440 --> 00:49:21.440
 So right away

00:49:21.440 --> 00:49:21.900
 in Matthew

00:49:21.900 --> 00:49:23.380
 Jesus begins

00:49:23.380 --> 00:49:24.539
 to retrace

00:49:24.539 --> 00:49:25.840
 Israel's footsteps

00:49:25.840 --> 00:49:25.960
 footsteps

00:49:25.960 --> 00:49:28.340
 which is strange

00:49:28.340 --> 00:49:28.780
 isn't it?

00:49:29.140 --> 00:49:30.100
 But it's telling us

00:49:30.100 --> 00:49:31.579
 it's the second Exodus

00:49:31.579 --> 00:49:32.579
 that's starting

00:49:32.579 --> 00:49:33.300
 during his ministry.

00:49:34.200 --> 00:49:34.600
 So remember

00:49:34.600 --> 00:49:35.260
 our principles

00:49:35.260 --> 00:49:36.079
 for typology

00:49:36.079 --> 00:49:37.200
 are historical correspondence

00:49:37.200 --> 00:49:38.840
 and the intensifying

00:49:38.840 --> 00:49:39.440
 of the pattern.

00:49:40.640 --> 00:49:41.380
 In Matthew 4

00:49:41.380 --> 00:49:42.660
 Jesus is led

00:49:42.660 --> 00:49:43.240
 into the desert

00:49:43.240 --> 00:49:43.960
 by the Spirit

00:49:43.960 --> 00:49:44.920
 to be tempted

00:49:44.920 --> 00:49:45.460
 by Satan.

00:49:46.740 --> 00:49:47.800
 He's retracing

00:49:47.800 --> 00:49:48.280
 the footsteps.

00:49:49.280 --> 00:49:50.380
 This is a far

00:49:50.380 --> 00:49:51.620
 more intense

00:49:51.620 --> 00:49:53.340
 temptation

00:49:53.340 --> 00:49:54.480
 than Israel

00:49:54.480 --> 00:49:55.619
 ever faced.

00:49:56.440 --> 00:49:57.039
 Jesus quotes

00:49:57.039 --> 00:49:57.619
 Deuteronomy

00:49:57.619 --> 00:49:58.119
 he says

00:49:58.119 --> 00:49:59.440
 man shall not live

00:49:59.440 --> 00:50:00.240
 by bread alone

00:50:00.240 --> 00:50:01.380
 but by every word

00:50:01.380 --> 00:50:02.039
 that comes

00:50:02.039 --> 00:50:03.079
 from the mouth of God.

00:50:04.079 --> 00:50:04.940
 Israel heard

00:50:04.940 --> 00:50:05.480
 these words

00:50:05.480 --> 00:50:06.940
 but valued bread

00:50:06.940 --> 00:50:07.780
 over the words

00:50:07.780 --> 00:50:08.740
 of God

00:50:08.740 --> 00:50:09.240
 and the rulers.

00:50:09.960 --> 00:50:10.460
 But Jesus

00:50:10.460 --> 00:50:11.260
 the true Israel

00:50:11.260 --> 00:50:12.260
 refuses bread

00:50:12.260 --> 00:50:12.780
 from Satan

00:50:12.780 --> 00:50:13.699
 and instead

00:50:13.699 --> 00:50:14.860
 worships God alone.

00:50:16.659 --> 00:50:17.740
 That must have been

00:50:17.740 --> 00:50:18.960
 the hardest thing

00:50:18.960 --> 00:50:19.320
 for Jesus

00:50:19.320 --> 00:50:20.000
 to have said no.

00:50:20.340 --> 00:50:21.000
 Satan said

00:50:21.000 --> 00:50:21.960
 here's a crown

00:50:21.960 --> 00:50:23.119
 but no cross.

00:50:23.740 --> 00:50:24.400
 Just worship

00:50:24.400 --> 00:50:24.660
 me.

00:50:25.019 --> 00:50:25.460
 Bow down

00:50:25.460 --> 00:50:25.820
 and worship

00:50:25.820 --> 00:50:26.420
 me Jesus.

00:50:27.039 --> 00:50:27.700
 I'll give you

00:50:27.700 --> 00:50:28.059
 a crown

00:50:28.059 --> 00:50:28.460
 but you don't

00:50:28.460 --> 00:50:29.000
 have to go

00:50:29.000 --> 00:50:29.740
 to the cross.

00:50:31.720 --> 00:50:32.579
 Why is Jesus

00:50:32.579 --> 00:50:33.220
 doing this?

00:50:33.619 --> 00:50:34.400
 Why is he going

00:50:34.400 --> 00:50:35.019
 into the desert

00:50:35.019 --> 00:50:35.599
 to be tempted?

00:50:36.260 --> 00:50:36.920
 Because he's

00:50:36.920 --> 00:50:37.559
 beginning the second

00:50:37.559 --> 00:50:37.920
 exodus.

00:50:39.320 --> 00:50:40.420
 Or in Luke 9

00:50:40.420 --> 00:50:42.320
 at the scene

00:50:42.320 --> 00:50:43.619
 of the transfiguration

00:50:43.619 --> 00:50:44.619
 Luke uses

00:50:44.619 --> 00:50:45.460
 the word exodus

00:50:45.460 --> 00:50:46.680
 when describing

00:50:46.680 --> 00:50:48.099
 Jesus departing

00:50:48.099 --> 00:50:48.780
 to Jerusalem.

00:50:50.079 --> 00:50:50.599
 Luke is telling

00:50:50.599 --> 00:50:51.260
 us that Christ

00:50:51.260 --> 00:50:52.320
 has come to bring

00:50:52.320 --> 00:50:53.099
 the second exodus

00:50:53.099 --> 00:50:54.019
 by going

00:50:54.019 --> 00:50:55.039
 to Jerusalem.

00:50:55.579 --> 00:50:56.099
 Something's going

00:50:56.099 --> 00:50:56.400
 to happen

00:50:56.400 --> 00:50:57.000
 in Jerusalem.

00:50:58.079 --> 00:50:58.659
 Jesus is heading

00:50:58.659 --> 00:50:58.920
 there.

00:50:59.940 --> 00:51:00.639
 The second exodus

00:51:00.639 --> 00:51:01.460
 the great event

00:51:01.460 --> 00:51:02.039
 of salvation

00:51:02.039 --> 00:51:02.599
 will happen

00:51:02.599 --> 00:51:03.420
 in Jerusalem.

00:51:04.380 --> 00:51:05.119
 So as D.A. Carson

00:51:05.119 --> 00:51:05.539
 said

00:51:05.539 --> 00:51:06.940
 everything that is

00:51:06.940 --> 00:51:07.500
 said and done

00:51:07.500 --> 00:51:08.480
 all the parables

00:51:08.480 --> 00:51:09.579
 all the miracles

00:51:09.579 --> 00:51:10.880
 everything that is

00:51:10.880 --> 00:51:11.299
 said and done

00:51:11.299 --> 00:51:11.940
 is under the

00:51:11.940 --> 00:51:12.440
 impending

00:51:12.440 --> 00:51:14.279
 anticipated exodus.

00:51:15.039 --> 00:51:15.739
 His travel to

00:51:15.739 --> 00:51:16.179
 Jerusalem

00:51:16.179 --> 00:51:17.219
 means he's

00:51:17.219 --> 00:51:17.860
 heading for the

00:51:17.860 --> 00:51:18.279
 cross

00:51:18.279 --> 00:51:19.319
 the resurrection

00:51:19.320 --> 00:51:20.440
 and the ascension.

00:51:21.539 --> 00:51:22.100
 His exodus

00:51:22.100 --> 00:51:22.820
 as the true

00:51:22.820 --> 00:51:23.260
 Israel

00:51:23.260 --> 00:51:23.920
 taking his

00:51:23.920 --> 00:51:24.240
 people

00:51:24.240 --> 00:51:24.960
 as it were

00:51:24.960 --> 00:51:26.100
 in triumphant

00:51:26.100 --> 00:51:26.780
 array into

00:51:26.780 --> 00:51:27.360
 the new heaven

00:51:27.360 --> 00:51:27.840
 and the new

00:51:27.840 --> 00:51:28.140
 earth.

00:51:29.640 --> 00:51:30.240
 So on the way

00:51:30.240 --> 00:51:30.940
 toward Jerusalem

00:51:30.940 --> 00:51:32.380
 we see a

00:51:32.380 --> 00:51:32.680
 glimmer

00:51:32.680 --> 00:51:34.019
 it's a glimmer

00:51:34.019 --> 00:51:34.460
 of that new

00:51:34.460 --> 00:51:35.039
 creation that

00:51:35.039 --> 00:51:35.760
 God promised

00:51:35.760 --> 00:51:36.080
 through the

00:51:36.080 --> 00:51:36.720
 second exodus

00:51:36.720 --> 00:51:38.019
 through Jesus

00:51:38.019 --> 00:51:39.460
 healing ministry.

00:51:40.280 --> 00:51:40.660
 The beginning

00:51:40.660 --> 00:51:41.480
 signs of the

00:51:41.480 --> 00:51:42.019
 new creation

00:51:42.019 --> 00:51:42.600
 dimension in

00:51:42.600 --> 00:51:42.920
 the second

00:51:42.920 --> 00:51:43.360
 exodus

00:51:43.360 --> 00:51:45.019
 were shown

00:51:45.019 --> 00:51:45.680
 when Jesus

00:51:45.680 --> 00:51:46.280
 healed the

00:51:46.280 --> 00:51:46.580
 people.

00:51:47.600 --> 00:51:47.940
 Jesus went

00:51:47.940 --> 00:51:48.340
 through all

00:51:48.340 --> 00:51:48.780
 the cities

00:51:48.780 --> 00:51:49.300
 and villages

00:51:49.300 --> 00:51:50.159
 teaching in

00:51:50.159 --> 00:51:50.760
 their synagogues

00:51:50.760 --> 00:51:51.340
 and proclaiming

00:51:51.340 --> 00:51:51.740
 the gospel

00:51:51.740 --> 00:51:52.220
 of the kingdom

00:51:52.220 --> 00:51:52.720
 and healing

00:51:52.720 --> 00:51:53.380
 every disease

00:51:53.380 --> 00:51:53.740
 and every

00:51:53.740 --> 00:51:54.139
 affliction.

00:51:55.300 --> 00:51:55.820
 And we see

00:51:55.820 --> 00:51:56.300
 the same

00:51:56.300 --> 00:51:56.780
 connection to

00:51:56.780 --> 00:51:57.159
 the ministry

00:51:57.159 --> 00:51:57.720
 of the twelve

00:51:57.720 --> 00:51:58.240
 disciples.

00:51:58.840 --> 00:51:59.360
 Jesus instructs

00:51:59.360 --> 00:52:00.119
 them proclaim

00:52:00.119 --> 00:52:00.639
 as you go

00:52:00.639 --> 00:52:01.039
 saying the

00:52:01.039 --> 00:52:01.500
 kingdom of

00:52:01.500 --> 00:52:01.980
 heaven is at

00:52:01.980 --> 00:52:02.300
 hand.

00:52:02.700 --> 00:52:03.079
 Heal the

00:52:03.079 --> 00:52:03.300
 sick,

00:52:03.599 --> 00:52:04.000
 raise the

00:52:04.000 --> 00:52:04.220
 dead,

00:52:04.380 --> 00:52:04.639
 cleanse

00:52:04.639 --> 00:52:05.019
 leopards,

00:52:05.200 --> 00:52:05.639
 cast out

00:52:05.639 --> 00:52:05.980
 demons.

00:52:07.679 --> 00:52:08.300
 So the

00:52:08.300 --> 00:52:08.920
 new creation

00:52:08.920 --> 00:52:10.240
 is starting

00:52:10.240 --> 00:52:10.980
 in Jesus

00:52:10.980 --> 00:52:11.340
 coming.

00:52:12.460 --> 00:52:13.079
 But it is

00:52:13.079 --> 00:52:13.579
 not our own

00:52:13.579 --> 00:52:14.460
 efforts that

00:52:14.460 --> 00:52:15.079
 bring us into

00:52:15.079 --> 00:52:15.360
 the new

00:52:15.360 --> 00:52:15.740
 creation.

00:52:16.700 --> 00:52:17.139
 But it is

00:52:17.139 --> 00:52:17.619
 those that

00:52:17.619 --> 00:52:18.059
 Jesus says

00:52:18.059 --> 00:52:19.019
 are those

00:52:19.019 --> 00:52:19.259
 who are

00:52:19.259 --> 00:52:19.679
 raised from

00:52:19.679 --> 00:52:20.880
 death who

00:52:20.880 --> 00:52:21.819
 enjoy life.

00:52:22.079 --> 00:52:22.420
 Must be

00:52:22.420 --> 00:52:23.440
 raised from

00:52:23.440 --> 00:52:23.960
 the dead.

00:52:24.980 --> 00:52:25.380
 And how

00:52:25.380 --> 00:52:26.759
 does Jesus,

00:52:26.960 --> 00:52:27.179
 how does

00:52:27.179 --> 00:52:27.380
 the new

00:52:27.380 --> 00:52:27.659
 creation

00:52:27.659 --> 00:52:28.079
 come?

00:52:29.940 --> 00:52:30.579
 What's the

00:52:30.579 --> 00:52:31.059
 means by

00:52:31.059 --> 00:52:32.420
 which Jesus

00:52:32.420 --> 00:52:33.059
 brings about

00:52:33.059 --> 00:52:33.339
 the new

00:52:33.339 --> 00:52:33.699
 creation?

00:52:34.719 --> 00:52:35.420
 Well, it's

00:52:35.420 --> 00:52:35.779
 his word,

00:52:35.839 --> 00:52:36.219
 isn't it?

00:52:36.980 --> 00:52:37.719
 That scene

00:52:37.719 --> 00:52:38.319
 in Ezekiel

00:52:38.319 --> 00:52:39.799
 where God

00:52:39.799 --> 00:52:40.259
 tells Ezekiel,

00:52:40.380 --> 00:52:41.019
 prophesy out of

00:52:41.019 --> 00:52:41.460
 these dry,

00:52:41.579 --> 00:52:42.119
 dead bones.

00:52:42.579 --> 00:52:42.940
 And as he

00:52:42.940 --> 00:52:43.659
 prophesies,

00:52:43.779 --> 00:52:45.539
 as he preaches,

00:52:46.219 --> 00:52:46.799
 new life

00:52:46.800 --> 00:52:47.740
 starts coming

00:52:47.740 --> 00:52:49.140
 to these

00:52:49.140 --> 00:52:49.640
 dead bones.

00:52:49.740 --> 00:52:50.120
 And Jesus,

00:52:51.260 --> 00:52:51.539
 he says,

00:52:51.640 --> 00:52:52.100
 Lazarus,

00:52:52.180 --> 00:52:52.580
 come out of

00:52:52.580 --> 00:52:52.960
 that tomb.

00:52:53.700 --> 00:52:54.100
 Why did

00:52:54.100 --> 00:52:54.460
 Jesus have

00:52:54.460 --> 00:52:54.660
 to use

00:52:54.660 --> 00:52:55.180
 his words

00:52:55.180 --> 00:52:56.280
 to raise

00:52:56.280 --> 00:52:57.280
 Lazarus

00:52:57.280 --> 00:52:57.620
 from death

00:52:57.620 --> 00:52:58.060
 to life?

00:52:58.600 --> 00:52:59.100
 Well, it's

00:52:59.100 --> 00:52:59.560
 the pattern

00:52:59.560 --> 00:53:00.360
 of God

00:53:00.360 --> 00:53:00.880
 brings about

00:53:00.880 --> 00:53:01.180
 the new

00:53:01.180 --> 00:53:01.600
 creation

00:53:01.600 --> 00:53:02.560
 through the

00:53:02.560 --> 00:53:03.039
 proclamation

00:53:03.039 --> 00:53:03.620
 of his

00:53:03.620 --> 00:53:03.920
 word.

00:53:06.120 --> 00:53:07.039
 So Matthew

00:53:07.039 --> 00:53:09.140
 describes the

00:53:09.140 --> 00:53:09.500
 kingdom of

00:53:09.500 --> 00:53:11.300
 God that we

00:53:11.300 --> 00:53:11.519
 talked about

00:53:11.519 --> 00:53:11.880
 last week,

00:53:11.940 --> 00:53:12.519
 but John

00:53:12.519 --> 00:53:13.740
 is describing

00:53:13.740 --> 00:53:14.060
 the new

00:53:14.060 --> 00:53:14.640
 creation that

00:53:14.639 --> 00:53:15.299
 Christ brings.

00:53:16.199 --> 00:53:16.900
 So there's

00:53:16.900 --> 00:53:17.440
 different ways

00:53:17.440 --> 00:53:17.920
 of talking

00:53:17.920 --> 00:53:18.480
 about this

00:53:18.480 --> 00:53:18.900
 new thing

00:53:18.900 --> 00:53:19.299
 God is

00:53:19.299 --> 00:53:19.559
 doing.

00:53:20.319 --> 00:53:21.379
 So Jesus

00:53:21.379 --> 00:53:21.940
 would say

00:53:21.940 --> 00:53:22.480
 in John

00:53:22.480 --> 00:53:22.879
 14,

00:53:23.119 --> 00:53:23.539
 I am the

00:53:23.539 --> 00:53:23.960
 way and

00:53:23.960 --> 00:53:24.319
 the truth

00:53:24.319 --> 00:53:24.559
 and the

00:53:24.559 --> 00:53:24.920
 life.

00:53:25.619 --> 00:53:25.900
 No one

00:53:25.900 --> 00:53:26.159
 will come

00:53:26.159 --> 00:53:26.440
 to the

00:53:26.440 --> 00:53:26.699
 Father

00:53:26.699 --> 00:53:27.079
 except

00:53:27.079 --> 00:53:27.759
 through me.

00:53:28.480 --> 00:53:29.179
 My sheep

00:53:29.179 --> 00:53:29.739
 hear my

00:53:29.739 --> 00:53:30.259
 voice and

00:53:30.259 --> 00:53:30.559
 I know

00:53:30.559 --> 00:53:30.799
 them.

00:53:30.980 --> 00:53:31.219
 And they

00:53:31.219 --> 00:53:31.779
 follow me

00:53:31.779 --> 00:53:32.359
 and I

00:53:32.359 --> 00:53:32.799
 give on

00:53:32.799 --> 00:53:33.019
 to them

00:53:33.019 --> 00:53:33.359
 eternal

00:53:33.359 --> 00:53:34.099
 life and

00:53:34.099 --> 00:53:34.400
 they shall

00:53:34.400 --> 00:53:34.699
 never

00:53:34.699 --> 00:53:35.239
 perish.

00:53:36.900 --> 00:53:37.239
 So now

00:53:37.239 --> 00:53:37.799
 every great

00:53:37.799 --> 00:53:38.539
 story has

00:53:38.539 --> 00:53:38.980
 an amazing

00:53:38.980 --> 00:53:39.599
 unexpected

00:53:39.599 --> 00:53:40.299
 plot twist

00:53:40.300 --> 00:53:42.800
 that no

00:53:42.800 --> 00:53:43.539
 one expected.

00:53:44.440 --> 00:53:44.720
 So one

00:53:44.720 --> 00:53:45.240
 would expect

00:53:45.240 --> 00:53:46.120
 Jesus to

00:53:46.120 --> 00:53:46.680
 sit again

00:53:46.680 --> 00:53:47.039
 on the

00:53:47.039 --> 00:53:47.440
 throne of

00:53:47.440 --> 00:53:47.660
 David,

00:53:48.340 --> 00:53:48.720
 take his

00:53:48.720 --> 00:53:49.080
 place as

00:53:49.080 --> 00:53:49.320
 king,

00:53:49.860 --> 00:53:50.300
 and begin

00:53:50.300 --> 00:53:50.820
 to rule

00:53:50.820 --> 00:53:51.360
 his subjects

00:53:51.360 --> 00:53:52.400
 wisely and

00:53:52.400 --> 00:53:52.720
 be that

00:53:52.720 --> 00:53:53.220
 king everyone

00:53:53.220 --> 00:53:53.700
 hoped for.

00:53:54.140 --> 00:53:54.740
 So if I

00:53:54.740 --> 00:53:54.980
 were the

00:53:54.980 --> 00:53:55.360
 author of

00:53:55.360 --> 00:53:55.780
 the story,

00:53:56.200 --> 00:53:57.240
 that's how

00:53:57.240 --> 00:53:57.600
 I'd write

00:53:57.600 --> 00:53:57.780
 it.

00:53:58.980 --> 00:53:59.660
 But that

00:53:59.660 --> 00:53:59.920
 doesn't

00:53:59.920 --> 00:54:00.220
 happen,

00:54:00.300 --> 00:54:00.580
 does it?

00:54:01.060 --> 00:54:01.440
 Instead,

00:54:01.740 --> 00:54:02.100
 the author

00:54:02.100 --> 00:54:02.700
 of history,

00:54:02.900 --> 00:54:03.220
 Jesus,

00:54:03.820 --> 00:54:04.420
 triumphantly

00:54:04.420 --> 00:54:05.280
 enters Jerusalem

00:54:05.280 --> 00:54:06.160
 on a donkey,

00:54:06.700 --> 00:54:07.060
 but instead

00:54:07.060 --> 00:54:07.980
 of being crowned

00:54:07.980 --> 00:54:08.920
 as a king,

00:54:09.360 --> 00:54:09.820
 he is

00:54:09.820 --> 00:54:10.680
 crucified on

00:54:10.680 --> 00:54:10.960
 a Roman

00:54:10.960 --> 00:54:11.460
 cross.

00:54:13.580 --> 00:54:14.480
 But Jesus

00:54:14.480 --> 00:54:15.280
 said he

00:54:15.280 --> 00:54:15.900
 lays his

00:54:15.900 --> 00:54:16.460
 life down

00:54:16.460 --> 00:54:16.840
 for his

00:54:16.840 --> 00:54:17.140
 sheep.

00:54:17.920 --> 00:54:18.640
 The first

00:54:18.640 --> 00:54:19.180
 Adam in

00:54:19.180 --> 00:54:19.660
 the garden

00:54:19.660 --> 00:54:20.660
 threw his

00:54:20.660 --> 00:54:21.440
 bride under

00:54:21.440 --> 00:54:21.780
 the bus

00:54:21.780 --> 00:54:22.240
 the first

00:54:22.240 --> 00:54:22.620
 chance he

00:54:22.620 --> 00:54:22.860
 got,

00:54:23.600 --> 00:54:23.840
 saying,

00:54:24.120 --> 00:54:24.380
 it was a

00:54:24.380 --> 00:54:24.720
 woman you

00:54:24.720 --> 00:54:25.120
 gave me,

00:54:25.220 --> 00:54:25.420
 God.

00:54:26.460 --> 00:54:27.300
 But Christ,

00:54:27.360 --> 00:54:27.680
 the second

00:54:27.680 --> 00:54:28.039
 Adam,

00:54:28.420 --> 00:54:28.940
 he climbs

00:54:28.940 --> 00:54:29.360
 the cross

00:54:29.360 --> 00:54:29.820
 to die

00:54:29.820 --> 00:54:30.120
 for the

00:54:30.120 --> 00:54:30.420
 bride,

00:54:30.940 --> 00:54:31.440
 his bride,

00:54:31.519 --> 00:54:31.900
 the church.

00:54:33.220 --> 00:54:33.880
 No one

00:54:33.880 --> 00:54:34.480
 is expecting

00:54:34.480 --> 00:54:34.840
 this to

00:54:34.840 --> 00:54:35.160
 happen.

00:54:35.860 --> 00:54:36.400
 No one

00:54:36.400 --> 00:54:36.900
 is expecting

00:54:36.900 --> 00:54:38.160
 the king

00:54:38.160 --> 00:54:38.700
 to be

00:54:38.700 --> 00:54:39.080
 crucified.

00:54:39.820 --> 00:54:40.400
 And the

00:54:40.400 --> 00:54:40.640
 murderer

00:54:40.640 --> 00:54:41.180
 Barabbas

00:54:41.180 --> 00:54:41.519
 was set

00:54:41.519 --> 00:54:41.900
 free,

00:54:42.260 --> 00:54:42.440
 and the

00:54:42.440 --> 00:54:42.700
 righteous

00:54:42.700 --> 00:54:43.059
 king

00:54:43.059 --> 00:54:43.620
 was condemned

00:54:43.620 --> 00:54:44.420
 as a murderer.

00:54:45.000 --> 00:54:45.680
 The Holy

00:54:45.680 --> 00:54:46.360
 One of Israel,

00:54:46.460 --> 00:54:47.100
 the thrice

00:54:47.100 --> 00:54:47.840
 Holy One,

00:54:47.940 --> 00:54:48.480
 is condemned

00:54:48.480 --> 00:54:49.100
 as a murderer.

00:54:50.220 --> 00:54:51.039
 The serpent

00:54:51.039 --> 00:54:52.220
 has won

00:54:52.220 --> 00:54:52.980
 that ancient

00:54:52.980 --> 00:54:53.480
 conflict.

00:54:54.039 --> 00:54:54.620
 He's finally

00:54:54.620 --> 00:54:55.039
 and forever

00:54:55.039 --> 00:54:55.740
 destroyed that

00:54:55.740 --> 00:54:56.400
 promised male

00:54:56.400 --> 00:54:57.019
 descendant of

00:54:57.019 --> 00:54:57.539
 the offspring

00:54:57.539 --> 00:54:58.059
 of Eve.

00:54:59.360 --> 00:54:59.940
 But thank God

00:54:59.940 --> 00:55:00.260
 that's not where

00:55:00.260 --> 00:55:00.880
 the story ends.

00:55:01.640 --> 00:55:02.080
 So remember the

00:55:02.080 --> 00:55:02.740
 opening chapters

00:55:02.740 --> 00:55:03.200
 of Genesis.

00:55:03.700 --> 00:55:04.100
 The Lord,

00:55:04.200 --> 00:55:04.780
 not Satan,

00:55:04.880 --> 00:55:05.380
 will have the

00:55:05.380 --> 00:55:06.019
 final victory.

00:55:06.960 --> 00:55:07.420
 Where does

00:55:07.420 --> 00:55:08.059
 the victory come?

00:55:08.059 --> 00:55:08.480
 How does

00:55:08.480 --> 00:55:09.599
 Christ crush

00:55:09.599 --> 00:55:10.059
 the serpent

00:55:10.059 --> 00:55:11.119
 finally?

00:55:11.960 --> 00:55:12.119
 Well,

00:55:12.139 --> 00:55:12.480
 that victory

00:55:12.480 --> 00:55:12.779
 is the

00:55:12.779 --> 00:55:13.199
 resurrection

00:55:13.199 --> 00:55:13.639
 from the

00:55:13.639 --> 00:55:13.799
 dead,

00:55:13.840 --> 00:55:14.139
 isn't it?

00:55:14.920 --> 00:55:15.519
 It's interesting

00:55:15.519 --> 00:55:16.039
 that God

00:55:16.039 --> 00:55:16.559
 used the

00:55:16.559 --> 00:55:17.039
 serpent to

00:55:17.039 --> 00:55:17.500
 reverse the

00:55:17.500 --> 00:55:18.299
 devastation the

00:55:18.299 --> 00:55:18.799
 serpent helped

00:55:18.799 --> 00:55:19.279
 cause in the

00:55:19.279 --> 00:55:19.820
 first place.

00:55:20.400 --> 00:55:20.940
 It's the great

00:55:20.940 --> 00:55:21.779
 reversal in the

00:55:21.779 --> 00:55:22.119
 story.

00:55:23.079 --> 00:55:23.559
 In the second

00:55:23.559 --> 00:55:23.900
 Exodus,

00:55:24.039 --> 00:55:24.759
 the great act

00:55:24.759 --> 00:55:25.380
 of salvation

00:55:25.380 --> 00:55:26.360
 was accomplished

00:55:26.360 --> 00:55:27.079
 at Calvary.

00:55:28.199 --> 00:55:28.639
 And now the

00:55:28.639 --> 00:55:29.159
 new creation

00:55:29.159 --> 00:55:29.679
 has arrived

00:55:29.679 --> 00:55:30.139
 when Jesus

00:55:30.139 --> 00:55:31.039
 is resurrected

00:55:31.039 --> 00:55:31.519
 from the

00:55:31.519 --> 00:55:31.759
 dead.

00:55:32.460 --> 00:55:32.880
 The Lamb

00:55:32.880 --> 00:55:33.239
 of God

00:55:33.239 --> 00:55:33.920
 was slain,

00:55:34.279 --> 00:55:34.799
 but praise God

00:55:34.799 --> 00:55:35.079
 the Lamb

00:55:35.079 --> 00:55:35.400
 of God

00:55:35.400 --> 00:55:36.000
 was raised

00:55:36.000 --> 00:55:37.199
 again.

00:55:38.019 --> 00:55:38.380
 The Exodus

00:55:38.380 --> 00:55:39.099
 is God's

00:55:39.099 --> 00:55:40.279
 great act

00:55:40.279 --> 00:55:40.880
 of salvation

00:55:40.880 --> 00:55:41.340
 that leads

00:55:41.340 --> 00:55:41.579
 to the

00:55:41.579 --> 00:55:42.279
 new creation.

00:55:42.980 --> 00:55:43.259
 And the

00:55:43.259 --> 00:55:44.500
 cross is

00:55:44.500 --> 00:55:44.819
 what the

00:55:44.819 --> 00:55:45.079
 Exodus

00:55:45.079 --> 00:55:45.400
 narrative

00:55:45.400 --> 00:55:46.079
 points to.

00:55:47.099 --> 00:55:47.739
 So 1 Corinthians

00:55:47.739 --> 00:55:48.759
 15 says this,

00:55:49.179 --> 00:55:50.119
 For as in

00:55:50.119 --> 00:55:50.739
 Adam all

00:55:50.739 --> 00:55:51.119
 die,

00:55:51.699 --> 00:55:52.340
 so also in

00:55:52.340 --> 00:55:53.239
 Christ shall

00:55:53.239 --> 00:55:53.940
 all be made

00:55:53.940 --> 00:55:54.400
 alive,

00:55:54.799 --> 00:55:55.219
 be each in

00:55:55.219 --> 00:55:55.500
 his own

00:55:55.500 --> 00:55:55.719
 order,

00:55:55.900 --> 00:55:56.340
 Christ the

00:55:56.340 --> 00:55:56.880
 firstfruits.

00:55:57.440 --> 00:55:57.980
 Then it is

00:55:57.980 --> 00:55:58.619
 coming those

00:55:58.619 --> 00:55:59.279
 who belong to

00:55:59.279 --> 00:55:59.639
 Christ.

00:56:00.259 --> 00:56:01.179
 Christ is the

00:56:01.179 --> 00:56:02.119
 firstfruits,

00:56:02.460 --> 00:56:03.139
 the beginning

00:56:03.139 --> 00:56:03.719
 of the harvest

00:56:03.719 --> 00:56:04.319
 season where

00:56:04.320 --> 00:56:04.820
 many come

00:56:04.820 --> 00:56:05.280
 to life.

00:56:06.240 --> 00:56:06.760
 If anyone

00:56:06.760 --> 00:56:07.039
 is in

00:56:07.039 --> 00:56:07.280
 Christ,

00:56:07.380 --> 00:56:07.720
 he is a

00:56:07.720 --> 00:56:08.680
 new creation,

00:56:08.840 --> 00:56:09.180
 she is a

00:56:09.180 --> 00:56:09.800
 new creation.

00:56:10.480 --> 00:56:10.900
 So there's

00:56:10.900 --> 00:56:11.380
 an already

00:56:11.380 --> 00:56:12.100
 but not yet

00:56:12.100 --> 00:56:12.700
 period to

00:56:12.700 --> 00:56:13.539
 the dimension

00:56:13.539 --> 00:56:13.820
 of this

00:56:13.820 --> 00:56:14.340
 new creation.

00:56:14.920 --> 00:56:15.400
 Jesus'

00:56:15.760 --> 00:56:16.120
 resurrection

00:56:16.120 --> 00:56:16.920
 demonstrates

00:56:16.920 --> 00:56:17.820
 that even

00:56:17.820 --> 00:56:18.039
 though the

00:56:18.039 --> 00:56:20.200
 age to come

00:56:20.200 --> 00:56:20.580
 has not

00:56:20.580 --> 00:56:21.500
 fully arrived,

00:56:22.320 --> 00:56:22.920
 the new

00:56:22.920 --> 00:56:23.539
 creation is

00:56:23.539 --> 00:56:24.019
 here right

00:56:24.019 --> 00:56:24.340
 now.

00:56:24.980 --> 00:56:25.320
 Christians

00:56:25.320 --> 00:56:25.680
 in the

00:56:25.680 --> 00:56:26.100
 church are

00:56:26.100 --> 00:56:26.539
 that new

00:56:26.539 --> 00:56:27.039
 creation.

00:56:28.019 --> 00:56:28.420
 And that

00:56:28.420 --> 00:56:28.980
 new creation,

00:56:29.100 --> 00:56:29.539
 the promised

00:56:29.539 --> 00:56:30.260
 circumcision of

00:56:30.260 --> 00:56:30.620
 the heart

00:56:30.620 --> 00:56:31.280
 becomes a

00:56:31.280 --> 00:56:31.720
 reality.

00:56:32.559 --> 00:56:32.900
 God has

00:56:32.900 --> 00:56:33.360
 created a

00:56:33.360 --> 00:56:34.220
 new humanity

00:56:34.219 --> 00:56:34.339
 creation.

00:56:34.500 --> 00:56:35.019
 The church

00:56:35.019 --> 00:56:35.939
 is meant to

00:56:35.939 --> 00:56:36.359
 be an

00:56:36.359 --> 00:56:37.079
 outpost of

00:56:37.079 --> 00:56:37.359
 the new

00:56:37.359 --> 00:56:38.119
 creation people

00:56:38.119 --> 00:56:39.419
 of God in

00:56:39.419 --> 00:56:39.779
 the midst of

00:56:39.779 --> 00:56:40.079
 the old

00:56:40.079 --> 00:56:40.500
 creation.

00:56:41.959 --> 00:56:42.639
 Sunday is the

00:56:42.639 --> 00:56:43.119
 first day of

00:56:43.119 --> 00:56:44.079
 the week because

00:56:44.079 --> 00:56:44.759
 it's the first

00:56:44.759 --> 00:56:45.379
 day of a new

00:56:45.379 --> 00:56:45.859
 creation.

00:56:46.439 --> 00:56:47.299
 We gather on

00:56:47.299 --> 00:56:48.000
 Sundays as a

00:56:48.000 --> 00:56:49.139
 church and we

00:56:49.139 --> 00:56:49.739
 have a dress

00:56:49.739 --> 00:56:50.819
 rehearsal of what

00:56:50.819 --> 00:56:51.339
 we'll be doing

00:56:51.339 --> 00:56:52.079
 forever in

00:56:52.079 --> 00:56:52.839
 eternity, giving

00:56:52.839 --> 00:56:53.319
 thanks and

00:56:53.319 --> 00:56:54.019
 praise to God.

00:56:54.699 --> 00:56:55.359
 And as we live

00:56:55.359 --> 00:56:56.000
 our lives the

00:56:56.000 --> 00:56:56.559
 rest of the week

00:56:56.559 --> 00:56:57.319
 as new creation

00:56:57.319 --> 00:56:57.899
 in the midst of

00:56:57.899 --> 00:56:58.539
 the old creation.

00:56:58.879 --> 00:56:59.500
 So we come here

00:56:59.500 --> 00:57:00.019
 the first day of

00:57:00.019 --> 00:57:01.099
 the week reminded

00:57:01.099 --> 00:57:02.359
 about God's new

00:57:02.359 --> 00:57:03.339
 creation and then

00:57:03.340 --> 00:57:03.920
 we go out and

00:57:03.920 --> 00:57:04.519
 live as new

00:57:04.519 --> 00:57:05.200
 creations in the

00:57:05.200 --> 00:57:05.380
 old.

00:57:07.539 --> 00:57:08.260
 Now we can

00:57:08.260 --> 00:57:09.559
 both overestimate

00:57:09.559 --> 00:57:11.000
 and underestimate

00:57:11.000 --> 00:57:11.880
 the new creation

00:57:11.880 --> 00:57:13.440
 in us.

00:57:13.960 --> 00:57:15.760
 So we need to

00:57:15.760 --> 00:57:16.620
 read Romans 7

00:57:16.620 --> 00:57:17.140
 and 8 to

00:57:17.140 --> 00:57:17.640
 balance our

00:57:17.640 --> 00:57:18.460
 understanding about

00:57:18.460 --> 00:57:19.320
 the new creation

00:57:19.320 --> 00:57:20.600
 in us right

00:57:20.600 --> 00:57:20.880
 now.

00:57:21.680 --> 00:57:22.800
 But Christ has

00:57:22.800 --> 00:57:23.480
 promised us

00:57:23.480 --> 00:57:24.360
 eternal life in

00:57:24.360 --> 00:57:25.000
 the new creation.

00:57:25.600 --> 00:57:26.300
 The new creation

00:57:26.300 --> 00:57:28.180
 will be perfected.

00:57:28.840 --> 00:57:29.780
 God has broke the

00:57:29.780 --> 00:57:30.960
 power of sin and

00:57:30.960 --> 00:57:32.320
 one day he will

00:57:32.320 --> 00:57:33.220
 wipe away the

00:57:33.220 --> 00:57:34.220
 very presence of

00:57:34.220 --> 00:57:34.460
 sin.

00:57:35.460 --> 00:57:36.079
 And that's where

00:57:36.079 --> 00:57:36.940
 Revelation 21

00:57:36.940 --> 00:57:37.360
 ends.

00:57:38.940 --> 00:57:39.900
 So my favorite

00:57:39.900 --> 00:57:40.699
 book besides the

00:57:40.699 --> 00:57:40.980
 Bible.

00:57:41.679 --> 00:57:42.880
 So in John Bunyan's

00:57:42.880 --> 00:57:44.159
 classic Pilgrim's

00:57:44.159 --> 00:57:46.500
 Progress, Christian

00:57:46.500 --> 00:57:47.320
 and his companion

00:57:47.320 --> 00:57:48.320
 Hopeful approached

00:57:48.320 --> 00:57:49.220
 the celestial city.

00:57:50.059 --> 00:57:51.000
 Both had looked to

00:57:51.000 --> 00:57:51.599
 the Son of Man

00:57:51.599 --> 00:57:52.320
 lifted up on a

00:57:52.320 --> 00:57:53.400
 cross and saw

00:57:53.400 --> 00:57:55.300
 him by faith like

00:57:55.300 --> 00:57:56.800
 Israel gazing to

00:57:56.800 --> 00:57:57.780
 Moses' serpent lifted

00:57:57.780 --> 00:57:58.440
 up in the wilderness.

00:57:58.940 --> 00:57:59.760
 The burdens on their

00:57:59.760 --> 00:58:00.860
 backs came sliding

00:58:00.860 --> 00:58:02.559
 off and fell away

00:58:02.559 --> 00:58:03.640
 forever as they

00:58:03.640 --> 00:58:04.220
 gained the right

00:58:04.220 --> 00:58:05.280
 into the celestial

00:58:05.280 --> 00:58:05.760
 city.

00:58:06.320 --> 00:58:06.900
 So at the end of

00:58:06.900 --> 00:58:07.860
 his journey, as

00:58:07.860 --> 00:58:09.019
 Christian drew near

00:58:09.019 --> 00:58:10.680
 to that city, the

00:58:10.680 --> 00:58:11.579
 angels came and

00:58:11.579 --> 00:58:13.519
 told him, you are

00:58:13.519 --> 00:58:14.780
 going now to the

00:58:14.780 --> 00:58:15.680
 paradise of God

00:58:15.680 --> 00:58:17.120
 wherein you shall

00:58:17.120 --> 00:58:17.960
 see the tree of

00:58:17.960 --> 00:58:19.860
 life and eat of the

00:58:19.860 --> 00:58:20.980
 never fading fruits

00:58:20.980 --> 00:58:21.480
 thereof.

00:58:22.039 --> 00:58:22.860
 You shall have

00:58:22.860 --> 00:58:23.940
 white robes given

00:58:23.940 --> 00:58:25.079
 you and your walk

00:58:25.079 --> 00:58:26.140
 and talk shall be

00:58:26.140 --> 00:58:26.920
 every day with the

00:58:26.920 --> 00:58:28.780
 king, even all the

00:58:28.780 --> 00:58:29.460
 days of eternity.

00:58:29.460 --> 00:58:31.740
 The men then asked,

00:58:32.159 --> 00:58:33.280
 what must we do in

00:58:33.280 --> 00:58:34.079
 this holy place?

00:58:35.019 --> 00:58:35.780
 To whom it was

00:58:35.780 --> 00:58:36.940
 answered, you must

00:58:36.940 --> 00:58:37.720
 there receive the

00:58:37.720 --> 00:58:38.800
 comforts of all your

00:58:38.800 --> 00:58:40.420
 toil and have joy for

00:58:40.420 --> 00:58:41.300
 all your sorrow.

00:58:41.960 --> 00:58:43.280
 You must reap what you

00:58:43.280 --> 00:58:45.119
 have sown, even the

00:58:45.119 --> 00:58:45.740
 fruit of all your

00:58:45.740 --> 00:58:47.559
 prayers and tears and

00:58:47.559 --> 00:58:48.380
 sufferings for the

00:58:48.380 --> 00:58:49.179
 king by the way.

00:58:50.260 --> 00:58:51.639
 In that place, you

00:58:51.639 --> 00:58:52.720
 must wear crowns of

00:58:52.720 --> 00:58:54.360
 gold and enjoy the

00:58:54.360 --> 00:58:55.320
 perpetual sight and

00:58:55.320 --> 00:58:56.039
 vision of the Holy

00:58:56.039 --> 00:58:56.320
 One.

00:58:56.320 --> 00:58:57.860
 For there you shall

00:58:57.860 --> 00:58:59.360
 see him as he is.

00:59:00.500 --> 00:59:02.100
 There also you shall

00:59:02.100 --> 00:59:03.080
 serve him continually

00:59:03.080 --> 00:59:03.860
 with praise, with

00:59:03.860 --> 00:59:04.800
 shouting and

00:59:04.800 --> 00:59:05.800
 thanksgiving, whom

00:59:05.800 --> 00:59:06.880
 you desire to serve

00:59:06.880 --> 00:59:08.120
 in the world, though

00:59:08.120 --> 00:59:09.019
 with much difficulty

00:59:09.019 --> 00:59:10.180
 because of the

00:59:10.180 --> 00:59:10.900
 infirmity of your

00:59:10.900 --> 00:59:11.300
 flesh.

00:59:11.880 --> 00:59:13.680
 There your eyes shall

00:59:13.680 --> 00:59:14.760
 be delighted with

00:59:14.760 --> 00:59:15.720
 seeing, and your

00:59:15.720 --> 00:59:16.740
 ears with hearing the

00:59:16.740 --> 00:59:17.700
 pleasant voice of the

00:59:17.700 --> 00:59:18.160
 Mighty One.

00:59:18.800 --> 00:59:19.820
 There you shall enjoy

00:59:19.820 --> 00:59:20.720
 your friends again

00:59:20.720 --> 00:59:21.920
 that are gone there

00:59:21.920 --> 00:59:22.559
 before you.

00:59:23.340 --> 00:59:23.820
 And so Bunyan

00:59:23.820 --> 00:59:25.320
 describes them going

00:59:25.320 --> 00:59:26.140
 into this heavenly

00:59:26.140 --> 00:59:26.960
 city through the

00:59:26.960 --> 00:59:27.280
 gates.

00:59:28.200 --> 00:59:28.960
 And lo, as they

00:59:28.960 --> 00:59:29.980
 entered, they were

00:59:29.980 --> 00:59:31.860
 transfigured, and they

00:59:31.860 --> 00:59:32.960
 had clothing put on

00:59:32.960 --> 00:59:34.100
 that shone like gold.

00:59:34.740 --> 00:59:36.000
 All the bells in the

00:59:36.000 --> 00:59:37.019
 city rang again for

00:59:37.019 --> 00:59:38.700
 joy, and it was said

00:59:38.700 --> 00:59:40.980
 unto them, enter into

00:59:40.980 --> 00:59:42.080
 the joy of your Lord.

00:59:42.940 --> 00:59:43.680
 I love that.

00:59:44.760 --> 00:59:46.039
 There, as John

00:59:46.039 --> 00:59:47.700
 Owen said, as a man

00:59:47.700 --> 00:59:49.039
 sees his neighbor face

00:59:49.039 --> 00:59:52.100
 to face, so shall we

00:59:52.100 --> 00:59:53.340
 see the Lord Christ in

00:59:53.340 --> 00:59:53.780
 his glory.

00:59:55.039 --> 00:59:55.940
 Isn't that glorious?

00:59:56.500 --> 00:59:57.760
 The second creation is

00:59:57.760 --> 00:59:58.960
 better than the first.

00:59:59.760 --> 01:00:00.600
 It's restored.

01:00:01.320 --> 01:00:02.000
 But in the second

01:00:02.000 --> 01:00:03.539
 creation, we will see

01:00:03.539 --> 01:00:04.360
 the glory of Christ

01:00:04.360 --> 01:00:04.660
 there.

01:00:05.800 --> 01:00:06.920
 And the land will be

01:00:06.920 --> 01:00:08.380
 all the glory in that

01:00:08.380 --> 01:00:08.980
 new creation.

01:00:11.559 --> 01:00:12.000
 Amen.

01:00:13.860 --> 01:00:15.980
 So God is remaking

01:00:15.980 --> 01:00:17.460
 a perfect creation,

01:00:17.579 --> 01:00:18.300
 making it even better

01:00:18.300 --> 01:00:19.160
 in the new creation.

01:00:19.660 --> 01:00:21.400
 So to close, I want us

01:00:21.400 --> 01:00:23.360
 to sing a song that

01:00:23.360 --> 01:00:25.000
 we all know and love,

01:00:26.000 --> 01:00:27.000
 And Can It Be.

01:00:27.539 --> 01:00:28.440
 So this is a song

01:00:28.440 --> 01:00:30.160
 recognizing, recognizes

01:00:30.160 --> 01:00:31.880
 how God brought us

01:00:31.880 --> 01:00:33.440
 from death to new life.

01:00:34.519 --> 01:00:35.780
 So once again, I'll start,

01:00:36.559 --> 01:00:38.980
 and join me in singing,

01:00:39.119 --> 01:00:39.400
 please.

01:00:39.400 --> 01:00:46.360
 And can it be that I should

01:00:46.360 --> 01:00:56.559
 gain an interest in the Savior's blood?

01:00:56.559 --> 01:01:05.159
 Died he for me, who caused his pain?

01:01:05.159 --> 01:01:13.039
 For me, who in to death pursue?

01:01:13.039 --> 01:01:21.639
 Amazing love, how can it be?

01:01:21.639 --> 01:01:30.860
 That thou, my God, shouldst die for me?

01:01:30.860 --> 01:01:39.519
 Amazing love, how can it be?

01:01:39.519 --> 01:01:50.000
 That thou, my God, should die for me?

01:01:50.000 --> 01:01:58.860
 He left his Father's throne above,

01:01:59.480 --> 01:02:07.699
 so free, so infinite his grace.

01:02:07.699 --> 01:02:16.719
 Empty himself of all but love,

01:02:16.719 --> 01:02:26.119
 And bled for Adam's helpless race.

01:02:26.119 --> 01:02:34.559
 Tis mercy all immense and free,

01:02:34.559 --> 01:02:43.559
 For all my God, he found out me.

01:02:43.559 --> 01:02:52.559
 Tis amazing love, how can it be?

01:02:52.559 --> 01:03:02.559
 That thou, my God, should die for me?

01:03:02.559 --> 01:03:11.559
 Long my imprisoned spirit lay,

01:03:11.559 --> 01:03:21.840
 Fast bound in sin and nature's night.

01:03:21.840 --> 01:03:29.559
 Thine I diffused a quickening ray,

01:03:29.559 --> 01:03:39.559
 I woke the dungeon flamed with light.

01:03:39.559 --> 01:03:47.559
 My chains fell off, my heart was free.

01:03:47.559 --> 01:03:57.559
 I rose, went forth, and followed thee.

01:03:57.559 --> 01:04:06.559
 My chains fell off, my heart was free.

01:04:06.559 --> 01:04:16.559
 I rose, went forth, and followed thee.

01:04:16.559 --> 01:04:17.559
 Verse 5.

01:04:17.559 --> 01:04:26.559
 No condemnation now I dread,

01:04:26.559 --> 01:04:35.559
 Jesus and all in him is mine.

01:04:35.559 --> 01:04:44.559
 Alive in him, my living hand,

01:04:44.559 --> 01:04:54.559
 And clothed in righteousness divine.

01:04:54.559 --> 01:05:03.559
 Bold I approached the eternal throne,

01:05:03.559 --> 01:05:12.559
 And claimed the crown through Christ my own.

01:05:12.559 --> 01:05:34.559
 Amen.

01:05:34.559 --> 01:05:35.559
 Amen.

01:05:35.559 --> 01:05:36.559
 Let me pray.

01:05:36.559 --> 01:05:44.559
 Father in heaven, Lord, we thank you for the great work of salvation accomplished for us once for all at Calvary.

01:05:44.559 --> 01:05:51.559
 And that Jesus died for sins and now he sat down at your right hands.

01:05:51.559 --> 01:05:57.559
 And his work has been perfected to those of us who trust in him forever.

01:05:57.559 --> 01:06:00.559
 And a sufficient sacrifice.

01:06:00.559 --> 01:06:02.559
 Thank you for that truth, Lord.

01:06:02.559 --> 01:06:05.559
 Help us to live into that today and the rest of this week.

01:06:05.559 --> 01:06:06.559
 In Jesus name.

01:06:06.559 --> 01:06:07.559
 Amen.

01:06:07.559 --> 01:06:08.559
 Amen.

01:06:08.559 --> 01:06:09.559
 All right.

01:06:09.559 --> 01:06:14.559
 So we have about five, maybe ten minutes of questions.

01:06:14.559 --> 01:06:21.559
 So this today, we did principles of biblical theology,

01:06:21.559 --> 01:06:24.559
 Kingdom through the Covenants, creation, new creation,

01:06:24.559 --> 01:06:29.559
 and the Lord willing, we'll have Nick Pesanti talk, walk us through God's people in the church,

01:06:29.559 --> 01:06:31.559
 and then the theme of sacrifice.

01:06:31.559 --> 01:06:34.559
 So, that's the plan.

01:06:34.559 --> 01:06:36.559
 Any questions?

01:06:36.559 --> 01:06:41.559
 Matt.

01:06:41.559 --> 01:06:50.559
 As we have things like Cain and,

01:06:51.559 --> 01:06:54.559
 evil being born,

01:06:54.559 --> 01:06:56.559
 and then that doesn't work out well.

01:06:56.559 --> 01:07:00.559
 The, you know, things go from bad to worse,

01:07:00.559 --> 01:07:02.559
 and so God starts again with the flood.

01:07:02.559 --> 01:07:09.559
 That doesn't end up, you know, producing the results on it.

01:07:09.559 --> 01:07:14.559
 And so, you have a repeating pattern, a new start.

01:07:14.559 --> 01:07:22.559
 From the viewpoint of biblical theology, you know, is there an idea of,

01:07:22.559 --> 01:07:27.559
 well, yeah, we haven't reached the, you know, the new heaven and the new earth yet,

01:07:27.559 --> 01:07:31.559
 but there's progress being made.

01:07:31.559 --> 01:07:32.559
 Hmm.

01:07:32.559 --> 01:07:41.559
 So, as the storyline unfolds, is there more image bearers that are reflecting,

01:07:41.559 --> 01:07:43.559
 following God as the king?

01:07:43.559 --> 01:07:46.559
 Do we see progress in that manner?

01:07:46.559 --> 01:07:47.559
 Is that your question?

01:07:47.559 --> 01:07:54.559
 Are we seeing progress in that image bearers are now following God more and more,

01:07:54.559 --> 01:07:58.559
 versus what we saw in Genesis 1 through to 11?

01:07:58.559 --> 01:08:00.559
 In that sense?

01:08:00.559 --> 01:08:04.559
 As individuals, you know, we see that happening, or as a group.

01:08:04.559 --> 01:08:05.559
 Okay.

01:08:05.559 --> 01:08:09.559
 Like, in what ways is the church superior to the church?

01:08:09.559 --> 01:08:10.559
 Oh, I see.

01:08:10.559 --> 01:08:11.559
 But both.

01:08:11.559 --> 01:08:12.559
 Yeah.

01:08:12.559 --> 01:08:13.559
 Yeah, I see.

01:08:13.559 --> 01:08:17.559
 Or, kind of like the judges.

01:08:17.559 --> 01:08:18.559
 Hmm.

01:08:18.559 --> 01:08:22.559
 You know, the cycle continues, and there just seems to be no progress.

01:08:22.560 --> 01:08:25.560
 So, it's the same old, same old.

01:08:25.560 --> 01:08:29.560
 I think we have the spirit now in dwelling believers.

01:08:29.560 --> 01:08:32.560
 In the Old Testament, I, people differ on this.

01:08:32.560 --> 01:08:37.560
 I think the spirit dwelled in the temple, and people wanted to go to the temple.

01:08:37.560 --> 01:08:41.560
 But now, we are many temples, we have the spirit indwelling us.

01:08:42.560 --> 01:08:47.560
 So, in that respect, we are able to follow the Shema,

01:08:47.560 --> 01:08:50.560
 love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength.

01:08:50.560 --> 01:08:56.560
 Not perfectly, but we now have the spirit who is able to,

01:08:56.560 --> 01:09:01.560
 we can keep the law of Christ, which is the law of love for him and neighbor.

01:09:01.560 --> 01:09:05.560
 So, I think the church now is different than the old Israel.

01:09:05.560 --> 01:09:10.560
 However, I do think there is a pattern where, you know,

01:09:10.560 --> 01:09:12.560
 God has to revive his people again.

01:09:12.560 --> 01:09:15.560
 There has to be, I mean, it happened in the Reformation.

01:09:15.560 --> 01:09:20.560
 I think the gospel is going forth in power.

01:09:20.560 --> 01:09:25.560
 And maybe it's because we don't see, the history books don't record for us,

01:09:25.560 --> 01:09:28.560
 the faithful people who proclaim the gospel.

01:09:28.560 --> 01:09:33.560
 But God does have to do a sort of reviving work again in his church.

01:09:33.560 --> 01:09:37.560
 I think that that's the same way as in Israel.

01:09:37.560 --> 01:09:41.560
 But I do think we now have, it is better than it was before.

01:09:41.560 --> 01:09:46.560
 There are not only eight people in the entire world that are following God.

01:09:46.560 --> 01:09:47.560
 Amen.

01:09:47.560 --> 01:09:48.560
 Yeah.

01:09:48.560 --> 01:09:49.560
 So, God...

01:09:49.560 --> 01:09:50.560
 Yeah.

01:09:50.560 --> 01:09:59.560
 I think a really, another through line in biblical theology that can be traced is remnant theology,

01:09:59.560 --> 01:10:02.560
 where God always preserves his people.

01:10:02.560 --> 01:10:06.560
 No matter how bad things seem to be.

01:10:06.560 --> 01:10:07.560
 Mm-hmm.

01:10:07.560 --> 01:10:09.560
 Talking about the shoots from the stone.

01:10:09.560 --> 01:10:14.560
 Every time God promises to keep the line going.

01:10:14.560 --> 01:10:21.560
 And so that once we get to Paul, he's commissioning those who have the gospel after him,

01:10:21.560 --> 01:10:24.560
 not because he thinks the gospel is going to die out.

01:10:24.560 --> 01:10:26.560
 He's certain that he will.

01:10:26.560 --> 01:10:31.560
 But that, again, the indignities come before the indignities.

01:10:31.560 --> 01:10:34.560
 He's like, I want you to do these things.

01:10:34.560 --> 01:10:37.560
 Just know that this is how God's life.

01:10:37.560 --> 01:10:38.560
 Yeah.

01:10:38.560 --> 01:10:39.560
 I agree.

01:10:39.560 --> 01:10:40.560
 I agree.

01:10:40.560 --> 01:10:49.560
 And it's amazing in Hebrews 11 that the second half, we get all the, the hall of faith of Moses and Enoch and Abraham.

01:10:49.560 --> 01:10:52.560
 But then it says, those were sawn in half.

01:10:52.560 --> 01:10:53.560
 Like, we don't get their names.

01:10:53.560 --> 01:10:58.560
 They're just Christians that have lived faithfully and died for the Lord.

01:10:58.560 --> 01:11:07.560
 As we see, they were persecuted by the world, but also by faithless Israel.

01:11:07.560 --> 01:11:11.560
 So there was that remnant in Israel, God's faithful.

01:11:11.560 --> 01:11:18.560
 And then they were persecuted by even the people, the elders of Israel who were meant to lead Israel.

01:11:18.560 --> 01:11:21.560
 They were the ones who were persecuted, the persecutors of God.

01:11:21.560 --> 01:11:23.560
 And we see that thread line.

01:11:23.560 --> 01:11:26.560
 The Pharisees now are killing the Creator.

01:11:26.560 --> 01:11:27.560
 Yeah.

01:11:27.560 --> 01:11:32.560
 So God preserves a remnant for his people.

01:11:32.560 --> 01:11:33.560
 Matt.

01:11:33.560 --> 01:11:34.560
 Yeah.

01:11:34.560 --> 01:11:35.560
 Matt.

01:11:35.560 --> 01:11:44.560
 And it just occurred to me as we were talking that you do have this narrowing down to Abraham.

01:11:44.560 --> 01:11:51.560
 And then the promise that, you know, the victory would expand out to all nations.

01:11:51.560 --> 01:12:00.560
 And that's the way in which the church is declaring the glory of God in a way that Israel did not.

01:12:00.560 --> 01:12:09.560
 And then there's this narrowing down from, like, all of humanity.

01:12:09.560 --> 01:12:10.560
 Okay, Noah.

01:12:10.560 --> 01:12:13.560
 Okay, Abraham.

01:12:13.560 --> 01:12:17.560
 Okay, Judah, the Davidic line.

01:12:17.560 --> 01:12:18.560
 Jesus.

01:12:18.560 --> 01:12:19.560
 Yeah.

01:12:19.560 --> 01:12:22.560
 And now everyone in Jesus.

01:12:22.560 --> 01:12:23.560
 And then just sort of explodes out there.

01:12:23.560 --> 01:12:41.560
 Now the narrowing, when we talk about the narrowing, are we going back to the original story where, like, you know, the, you have evil and, you know, that comes out in the, you know, the, you know, in Genesis story.

01:12:41.560 --> 01:12:42.560
 Mm-hmm.

01:12:42.560 --> 01:12:58.560
 Are the changes, a progression of the good line versus the evil line or is it more of an over time that more than evil converts to, you know, hopefully, you know, the good line?

01:12:58.560 --> 01:13:02.560
 I, it's, so, it kind of goes back to what we talked about last week.

01:13:02.560 --> 01:13:09.560
 So the promise that God made to Genesis 3.15 of a, provide an offspring of a savior is fulfilled, will be a descendant of Abraham.

01:13:09.560 --> 01:13:16.560
 And now, and then we learn that, that descendant will be of the line of the house of David.

01:13:16.560 --> 01:13:28.560
 And so God is, God is getting, he's promising a people and he's building a kingdom that will be truly a righteous nation.

01:13:28.560 --> 01:13:35.560
 And once we get to David, once we get to Jesus, now that those promises of being an international blessing are now being fulfilled.

01:13:35.560 --> 01:13:49.280
 So I would say there's, there was a remnant, like we're saying, between Genesis 3 to Jesus, that God has, God has saved the people in the midst of an unregenerate Israel.

01:13:49.280 --> 01:13:52.080
 And now he's, he's fulfilled that through Christ.

01:13:52.600 --> 01:13:59.480
 So I think there, I don't know how many, I can't quantify how many believers were in Israel at this time and that time.

01:13:59.620 --> 01:14:00.380
 I think the Lord knows.

01:14:00.380 --> 01:14:14.380
 But my question is, is the conversion from, just a, you're changing everybody, good and evil, or is it more of a more good people or good mind liberating?

01:14:14.380 --> 01:14:17.300
 And then, do you answer what I'm saying?

01:14:17.300 --> 01:14:18.300
 Yeah, I...

01:14:18.300 --> 01:14:21.380
 So the narrowing isn't about morality.

01:14:23.060 --> 01:14:26.619
 It's, who is, who is God's people?

01:14:26.619 --> 01:14:33.460
 I think, Nick, when you cover, like, the people of God in the church, I think that will kind of help play our lives.

01:14:34.659 --> 01:14:35.099
 Yeah.

01:14:35.399 --> 01:14:35.800
 Yeah.

01:14:36.300 --> 01:14:38.279
 By Abraham, we're saved by faith.

01:14:38.599 --> 01:14:38.880
 Right.

01:14:39.000 --> 01:14:42.479
 In Genesis 15, he believed the Lord and he accounted to him as righteousness.

01:14:43.220 --> 01:14:47.019
 And every believer, from beginning to end, have been saved by faith.

01:14:47.359 --> 01:14:49.279
 So it's faith in Yahweh.

01:14:49.279 --> 01:14:55.259
 So I don't think the Lord, saved by morality here, and now we're saved by faith over here.

01:14:56.399 --> 01:15:00.119
 So I think there's a continual way in which God relates to his people.

01:15:01.079 --> 01:15:02.559
 And we'll see that.

01:15:03.019 --> 01:15:07.340
 But in terms of how many, I think now the church is universal.

01:15:07.479 --> 01:15:10.699
 The universal church comprises of every tongue, tribe, and nation.

01:15:11.380 --> 01:15:18.059
 In the Old Testament, the church, well, Israel was exclusively ethnic Israel with some Gentiles sprinkled in.

01:15:18.060 --> 01:15:21.760
 But now that worldwide blessing has now come to pass through Christ.

01:15:22.300 --> 01:15:24.080
 So we do live in that progressive revelation.

01:15:24.220 --> 01:15:25.140
 The light's brighter now.

01:15:25.580 --> 01:15:28.100
 We can see that God is saving every nation.

01:15:28.660 --> 01:15:34.320
 And he wants the Great Commission to go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

01:15:35.700 --> 01:15:37.080
 So we get to live in the privilege.

01:15:37.240 --> 01:15:42.200
 I mean, 1 Peter says, like concerning the salvation, the angels long to see what we see now.

01:15:42.400 --> 01:15:46.380
 It really is a privilege to be able to see Christ and what he's doing in the world.

01:15:46.380 --> 01:15:49.560
 So they long to see what we see.

01:15:49.699 --> 01:15:52.079
 Like we have the privilege of a fuller revelation.

01:15:53.539 --> 01:15:55.800
 But once we get to heaven, you know, well, boom.

01:15:55.920 --> 01:15:59.279
 Like we're going to see.

01:15:59.520 --> 01:16:01.880
 We see dimly now, but we'll see clearly then.

01:16:05.079 --> 01:16:06.900
 All right.

01:16:07.180 --> 01:16:08.440
 Well, thank you all.

01:16:08.439 --> 01:16:10.859
 I can just stop there.

01:16:11.359 --> 01:16:13.159
 If you have any more questions, I'm happy to answer it.

01:16:13.159 --> 01:16:13.880
 So I don't...

01:16:13.880 --> 01:16:14.859
 Just...

01:16:14.859 --> 01:16:32.779
 But...