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 Crown Him with many crowns.

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 That's what the song we just sang together.

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! And this morning as we open up our scriptures to Matthew chapter 2,

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! That's going to be kind of the theme of our time together is Christ the King.

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 Worship the King.

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 Jesus as the Anointed One, the anticipated and promised King.

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 Here He comes.

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 I don't know if you've been following any of the news this past week,

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 but with the fall of Syria and the fall of Assad and his regime,

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 and now the Jews who are now coming into the Golan Heights

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 and now occupying this space that was kind of the demilitarized zone between Israel and Syria,

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 now there is this anticipation that is this growing anticipation of a coming King.

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 I was just watching some documentaries this past week,

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 and a rabbi who is speaking about some prophecies that were captured in the Mishnah.

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 The Mishnah, which was an oral tradition that was written down about 2000 years ago.

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 And in the Mishnah, as this rabbi was indicating, there was a promise, a prophecy,

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 in this Mishnah of the Messiah and his coming that would be aligned with the taking over of the northern part of Israel

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 and the pulling together of Israel in its unified way.

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 This growing sense of a coming Messiah harkens back to the same kind of enthusiasm and energy

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 that was present in the first century around the coming of the Messiah.

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 And of course, that Messiah did come.

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 His name was Jesus Christ, and we're going to learn about Him today.

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 And here we are as believers, looking at the world around us,

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 seeing some things unfold in the Scriptures that would make us wonder

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 if the second coming is right around the corner.

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 And here are Jews who, because of what's unfolding now in the Middle East,

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 and President Netanyahu, who is communicating not only to the people of Israel,

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 but to the people of the Middle East, this positive message of the fact that in his mind at least,

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 what is unfolding is the unifying of peace in that Middle Eastern region.

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 Which, by the way, is only possible when the Messiah comes.

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 We are on the cusp, really, of amazing days.

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 And the question that comes to us from this passage

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 perhaps brings that much more force to us,

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 and that is, how will we respond to the King?

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 Will you receive the King?

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 Matthew, who was an apostle of Jesus Christ,

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 inspired by the Holy Spirit,

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 is writing this gospel account.

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 The gospel of Matthew that we're studying

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 through the past several weeks and moving on to next week as well.

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 We refer to this as the gospel of Matthew

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 because it is preeminently about the life and ministry of Jesus.

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 This good news of what Jesus came to do

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 in terms of leading us to him

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 and making it possible through faith in Christ

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 to be forgiven of sin.

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 Matthew will demonstrate from the start

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 that his goal is to demonstrate

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 that Jesus is really the focal point of the message.

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 That Jesus as Savior,

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 but also, and more importantly,

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 Jesus as Christ, Messiah,

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 anointed one, and King.

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 The prominent feature of this genealogy

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 that begins this gospel record

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 captured for us in the first 17 verses

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 draws attention to that very fact.

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 It begins in verse 1 this way,

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 the book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ.

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 Then in verse 16,

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 we find Joseph,

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 the husband of Mary,

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 of whom Jesus was born,

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 who is called the Christ.

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 Then in verse 17,

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 speaking of the generations that existed,

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 the generations from Abram to David

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 were 14 generations.

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 From David to the deportation to Babylon,

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 14 generations.

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 From the deportation of Babylon to Christ,

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 14 generations.

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 Christ being preeminent,

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 the anointed one,

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 the King.

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 And what is interesting,

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 then, when we turn the page

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 to verse 18,

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 we see this interesting account

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 about how Jesus,

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 in his birth,

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 notice in verse 18,

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 now the birth of Jesus Christ

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 took place this way.

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 And yet,

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 as you read the account

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 from verses 18

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 to the end of the chapter,

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 there's almost nothing

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 about the birth itself.

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 The kind of human features

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 that we would want to know.

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 Those kinds of things

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 that we get from Luke,

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 the gospel of Luke,

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 the account that's there.

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 Of how Joseph and Mary

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 made their way to Bethlehem.

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 Of how Mary was great with child.

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 And she delivered.

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 And she wrapped this baby

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 in swaddling clothes.

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 She laid him in a manger.

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 Those are the kinds of details

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 we would expect

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 in a birthing account.

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 But none of that

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 is present in Matthew.

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 Why?

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 Because Matthew wants to draw attention

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 to Christ the King.

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 Jesus as the anointed one.

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 Jesus as the preeminent one.

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 Jesus as the promised king.

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 So the focus

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 of Matthew's narrative

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 is squarely

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 and supremely

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 on Jesus Christ.

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 Son of David.

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 Worthy of worship.

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 And all of this raises

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 the question for us this morning

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 that will come into view

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 is how will we respond

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 to the king?

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 Jesus is king.

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 How will we respond

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 to the king?

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 What will be the way

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 that you respond

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 and what will be the results

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 of this message

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 on your heart?

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 As we read through this passage,

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 we're going to find ourselves

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 in one of six groups.

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 These responses

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 that we'll see

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 as we work our way

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 through this passage today.

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 And I think

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 these six responses

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 kind of help

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 to encompass

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 the breadth

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 of potential responses

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 to Christ as king.

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 And we're going to just

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 walk through them

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 together this morning.

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 Beginning with

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 Joseph and Mary.

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 Joseph and Mary's response

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 that begins there

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 in chapter 1,

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 verse 18.

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 Moving through

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 chapter 2,

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 verse 1.

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 And we see

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 that Joseph and Mary

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 receive the king obediently.

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 Joseph and Mary

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 receive the king obediently.

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 obediently.

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 That really is

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 and must be

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 the first response

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 of every true follower

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 of Christ.

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 Every true subject

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 of Christ

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 is to receive

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 the king

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 humbly

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 and obediently.

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 we find in chapter 2,

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 verse 1,

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 it begins this way,

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 now after Jesus

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 was born in Bethlehem

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 of Judea

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 in the days of

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 Herod the king.

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 And our scene,

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 it changes drastically

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 from chapter 2,

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 from chapter 1

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 to chapter 2.

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 And if you are familiar

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 with this story,

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 you might be asking

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 yourself the question,

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 what in the world

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 just happened here?

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 We were in Nazareth.

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 Joseph received this word

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 from an angel

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 and now what has taken place?

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 How in the world

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 did we make our way

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 to Bethlehem?

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 And there's much

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 that happens

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 in transition,

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 but I just want to draw

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 your attention

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 to a few things,

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 both as a reminder

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 and as helping

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 to fill in

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 some of the white spaces

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 so that we can understand

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 the significance

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 of our response

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 to the king

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 that must align

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 with the hearts

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 of Joseph and Mary

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 and a desire to yield

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 and be obedient

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 to the king.

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 Last week,

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 we saw in verse 19

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 of chapter 1

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 that the character

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 of Joseph

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 that's described,

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 it says here

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 that Joseph,

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 being a just man

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 and unwilling

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 to put Mary to shame,

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 resolved to divorce

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 her quietly.

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 In his heart,

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 there was a desire

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 to align himself

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 with the patterns

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 that he saw

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 in the line,

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 the law,

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 to be consistent

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 with what he knew

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 about who God was

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 and at the same time

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 to echo God's heart.

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 That heart that we see

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 throughout the Old Testament,

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 this heart of mercy,

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 this heart of compassion,

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 this is the heart

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 that we see

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 and Joseph,

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 he wants to be obedient

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 to God's law,

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 but he wants to show

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 the compassion

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 of God's heart.

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 So what is he to do?

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 He's conflicted

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 and so an angel

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 shows up

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 to Joseph

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 and gives him

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 a word,

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 a word of confidence,

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 take Mary

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 to be your wife

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 and name

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 the child

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 Jesus

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 because he's going

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 to save his people

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 from their sins.

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 And then we find

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 Joseph's response there

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 in verses 24 and 25.

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 Notice,

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 when Joseph woke

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 from his sleep,

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 he did

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 as the angel

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 of the Lord

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 commanded him.

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 He took his wife.

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 He knew her not

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 until she had given birth

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 to a son

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 and he called

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 his name Jesus.

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 Joseph

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 obeyed

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 and yielded

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 without hesitation.

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 Joseph

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 obeyed

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 immediately.

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 He obeyed

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 completely.

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 He obeyed

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 uprightly

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 and justly.

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 There was this

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 consistent pattern

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 of his heart

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 to do what he was told.

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 He followed through.

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 Joseph was a man

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 who's obedient

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 and his obedience

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 to God

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 would mark

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 his life

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 as the adopted

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 father

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 But several months earlier,

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 Mary would also show

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 her compliant heart

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 as the angel Gabriel

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 will come to her

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 to explain the events

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 that will shortly

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 transpire for her.

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 We find that account

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 in Luke chapter 1.

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 I just want to briefly

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 draw your attention

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 to it.

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 Luke chapter 1

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 verses 30 to 33.

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 It says,

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 the angel said to her,

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 this is Gabriel,

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 do not be afraid,

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 Mary,

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 for you have found

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 favor with God.

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 And behold,

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 you will conceive

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 in your womb

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 and bear a son.

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 You shall call

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 his name Jesus.

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 He will be great,

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 will be called

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 the Son of the Most High

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 and the Lord God

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 will give him

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 the throne

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 of his father David

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 and he will reign

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 over the house

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 of Jacob forever

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 and of his kingdom

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 there will be no end.

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 And I'm sure Mary

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 as she's wondering,

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 how in the world

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 is this going to happen?

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 She actually asks

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 that question

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 in the next verse.

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 Mary says to the angel,

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 how will this be

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 since I am a virgin?

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 And the angel answers her,

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 the Holy Spirit

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 will come upon you.

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 The power of the Most High

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 will overshadow you.

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 Therefore,

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 the child to be born

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 will be called

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 holy,

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 the Son of God.

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 And then in verse 38,

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 one of my favorites

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 in the Gospel of Luke

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 says,

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 And Mary said,

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 Behold,

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 I am the servant

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 of the Lord.

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 Let it be to me

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 according to your word

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 and the angel

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 departed from her.

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 I am a servant

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 of the Lord.

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 I am God's subject.

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 I belong to Him.

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 And I will do

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 what God has told me to do.

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 My heart will yield.

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 I will be submissive.

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 I recognize Him as King.

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 He is in charge.

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 In the heart

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 of every true subject

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 of the King

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 has a compliant heart

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 like Joseph

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 and Mary

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 desire not only

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 to know

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 what the Word of God says,

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 but to follow through

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 and to do it

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 without hesitation.

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 I will do

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 what God has said.

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 I am a servant

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 of the Lord.

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 Let it be to me

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 according to your word.

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 And that is the testimony

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 of the obedient hearts,

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 the compliant hearts

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 of Mary and Joseph

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 that we find

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 in our account.

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 And that's how they

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 find their way

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 and make their way

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 to Bethlehem.

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 So when we come

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 to Matthew

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 chapter 2

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 verse 1,

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 that's what we see.

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 Jesus was born

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 in Bethlehem

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 of Judea.

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 How?

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 How was he

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 born there?

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 Well, he was born there

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 because there was

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 a decree,

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 those of you who know,

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 in Luke chapter 2,

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 a decree that went out

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 by Caesar Augustus

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 that all the world

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 would be registered.

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 And guess what?

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 Compliant hearts do.

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 Compliant hearts obey.

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 And when compliant hearts

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 obey,

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 compliant hearts

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 find themselves

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 exactly

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 where God

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 wants them to be.

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 And so they find

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 themselves

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 in Bethlehem,

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 exactly where

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 the scriptures

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 told them

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 to be.

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 But all of the events

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 that got them there

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 happened because

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 of obedience,

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 submission,

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 compliance,

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 recognizing God

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 as king.

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 He is king today.

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 He wasn't just king

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 2,000 years ago.

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 Jesus is king.

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 He's Christ,

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 the king.

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 Do we have hearts

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 that are willing

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 to submit,

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 comply,

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 and surrender

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 to God

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 as king,

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 subjects of him?

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 We make our way

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 then to this

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 second group

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 of individuals

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 who now

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 show up

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 in Bethlehem,

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 excuse me,

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 show up in Jerusalem.

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 These wise men

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 we're going to begin

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 to see in verses

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 1 and 2

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 and we're going to

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 find that these

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 wise men

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 seek the king

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 eagerly.

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 You might

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 use the word

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 earnestly.

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 You might use

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 the word

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 expectantly.

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 Whatever word

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 you want to put

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 there is up to you

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 but there is

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 this eager

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 anticipation,

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 expectancy

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 of the king

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 who is there.

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 Notice

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 it says

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 at the end

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 of verse 1,

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 behold wise men

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 from the east

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 came to Jerusalem

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 saying,

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 where is he

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 who has been

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 born king of the Jews?

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 For we saw

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 his star

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 when it rose

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 and have come

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 to worship him.

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 Now arriving

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 on the scene

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 is this group

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 of wise men

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 and by the way

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 that title

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 should sound

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 familiar to us

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 having just

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 finished a study

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 in Daniel.

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 There are only

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 two places

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 in the Old

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 Testament

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 where we find

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 reference to

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 wise men.

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 The first

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 is in the

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 Exodus

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 and wise men

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 that were present

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 in Egypt

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 there with Moses

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 and then

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 in Babylon

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 and Persia

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 wise men

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 were there

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 during the exile.

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 These wise men

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 are a title

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 that comes to us

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 and it serves

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 to describe

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 this group

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 of individuals

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 who had a

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 priestly function

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 and served

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 as representatives

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 within the

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 context of

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 authority

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 in an empire.

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 Babylon

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 and Persia

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 being one

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 of the prominent

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 places

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 that we find them.

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 This group

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 was known

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 for their attention

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 to astrological

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 kinds of things

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 and so

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 they already

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 have kind of

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 an awareness

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 of the stars

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 and of constellations

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 and those kinds

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 of things

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 so their hearts

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 are already

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 kind of fascinated

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 by that kind

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 of situation.

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 These are

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 those individuals

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 who in

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 media in Persia

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 already had

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 a sensitivity

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 to the fact

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 that built

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 in to

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 their understanding

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 was that when

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 new kind of

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 stars and

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 constellations

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 would happen

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 it would designate

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 in their minds

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 at least

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 the presence

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 of a new king.

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 But we also

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 get hints

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 from the Old

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 Testament

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 that there

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 was a

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 considerable

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 group

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 of exiles

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 that remained

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 back in Babylon

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 and back

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 in Persia

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 when those

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 exiles

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 the 50,000

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 exiles

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 that came

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 in the first

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 return

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 came to

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 Jerusalem.

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 In that

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 community

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 that remained

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 there was a

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 group of Jews

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 that had copies

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 of the law.

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 We find

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 an example

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 of this

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 in Ezra

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 chapter 7

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 verse 10

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 where Ezra

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 will

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 80 years

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 later

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 bring another

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 group of

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 Jews

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 back from

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 Babylon

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 to Jerusalem

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 and we find

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 this about him

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 in Ezra

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 7.10

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 it says

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 Ezra was not

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 only

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 a scribe

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 familiar with

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 the scriptures

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 but it indicates

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 that he knew

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 the scriptures

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 well

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 and he knew

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 them in

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 totality.

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 Those scriptures

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 those copies

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 of the scriptures

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 that were present

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 there in Babylon

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 and accessible

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 to this

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 community

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 of exiles

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 who remained

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 behind.

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 We find

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 that Ezra

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 in his

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 return to

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 Jerusalem

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 will send

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 back word

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 to Babylon

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 and will ask

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 for several

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 individuals

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 who can trace

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 their lineage

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 back to Levi

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 so they can

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 actually serve

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 as priests

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 they can

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 serve as

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 Levites

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 and temple

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 servants

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 within the

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 temple setting

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 and they're able

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 to do this

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 because their

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 heritage was

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 still intact

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 even 150

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 years after

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 the original

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 conquest

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 of Jerusalem

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 so it's likely

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 that these men

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 that are represented

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 in our passage

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 today

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 are Gentiles

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 who have

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 in some

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 way

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 enjoyed

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 or experienced

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 some

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 experience

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 with this

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 community

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 and have

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 exposure

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 to the

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 scriptures

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 and have

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 been called

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 because of

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 the scriptures

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 to celebrate

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 this coming

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 king.

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 One prophecy

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 that's captured

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 in the Torah

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 it's in

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 Numbers

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 chapter 24

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 verse 17

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 speaks about

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 this star

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 and speaks

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 about this

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 future king

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 it says

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 I see him

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 but not now

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 I behold him

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 but not near

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 a star shall

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 come out of

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 Jacob

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 a scepter

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 shall rise

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 out of Israel

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 it shall crush

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 the forehead

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 of Moab

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 and break

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 down all

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 the sons

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 of Sheth

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 perhaps they

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 were reviewing

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 this passage

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 this is actually

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 a prophecy

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 of Balaam

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 he is

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 prophesying

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 over the people

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 of Israel

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 before they

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 make their way

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 into the promised

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 land

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 and yet

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 speaking for

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 God

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 and speaking

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 of this future

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 king

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 perhaps

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 this is

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 the star

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 that they

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 were thinking

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 about

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 familiar with

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 the Old Testament

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 these Gentile

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 strangers

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 these foreigners

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 making their way

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 into

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 Jerusalem

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 their expectant

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 hearts

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 this trip

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 that would have

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 covered

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 anywhere between

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 700 and 900

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 miles

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 something that

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 would have been

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 anywhere between

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 four to six months

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 this massive

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 investment

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 of time

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 as long as

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 a year's

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 investment

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 both there

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 and the return

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 trip

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 this was a

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 costly

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 endeavor

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 this was a

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 decision

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 marked by

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 faith

00:20:01.359 --> 00:20:02.399
 and anticipation

00:20:02.399 --> 00:20:04.099
 when they get

00:20:04.099 --> 00:20:04.639
 to Jerusalem

00:20:04.639 --> 00:20:05.240
 they encounter

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 some individuals

00:20:06.079 --> 00:20:06.759
 that's where we

00:20:06.759 --> 00:20:07.339
 get our next

00:20:07.339 --> 00:20:08.220
 response here

00:20:08.220 --> 00:20:09.079
 in verses

00:20:09.079 --> 00:20:09.819
 two and three

00:20:09.819 --> 00:20:11.039
 the people

00:20:11.039 --> 00:20:11.740
 who hear about

00:20:11.740 --> 00:20:12.259
 the king

00:20:12.259 --> 00:20:13.039
 hear about

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 the king

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 anxiously

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 you might also

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 say

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 nervously

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 that's our

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 third point

00:20:18.799 --> 00:20:19.240
 this morning

00:20:19.240 --> 00:20:19.839
 the people

00:20:19.839 --> 00:20:20.779
 who hear about

00:20:20.779 --> 00:20:21.259
 the king

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 anxiously

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 verse two

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 says

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 where is he

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 who has been

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 born king of

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 the Jews

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 for we saw

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 his star

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 when it rose

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 and have come

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 to worship

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 him

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 when Herod

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 the king

00:20:35.299 --> 00:20:35.960
 heard this

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 he was

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 troubled

00:20:36.639 --> 00:20:37.240
 in all

00:20:37.240 --> 00:20:38.019
 Jerusalem

00:20:38.019 --> 00:20:39.079
 with him

00:20:39.079 --> 00:20:40.679
 where is he

00:20:40.679 --> 00:20:41.700
 who has

00:20:41.700 --> 00:20:43.779
 been born

00:20:43.779 --> 00:20:44.620
 king of

00:20:44.620 --> 00:20:45.319
 the Jews

00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:46.559
 the wise

00:20:46.559 --> 00:20:46.799
 men

00:20:46.799 --> 00:20:47.200
 they make

00:20:47.200 --> 00:20:47.840
 their way

00:20:47.840 --> 00:20:48.640
 to Jerusalem

00:20:48.640 --> 00:20:50.019
 they begin

00:20:50.019 --> 00:20:51.640
 asking questions

00:20:51.640 --> 00:20:51.960
 here

00:20:51.960 --> 00:20:53.700
 and the result

00:20:53.700 --> 00:20:54.720
 of their

00:20:54.720 --> 00:20:55.340
 questioning

00:20:55.340 --> 00:20:56.940
 around Jerusalem

00:20:56.940 --> 00:20:57.660
 is a

00:20:57.660 --> 00:20:58.000
 trouble

00:20:58.000 --> 00:20:59.620
 trouble

00:20:59.620 --> 00:21:00.100
 which is

00:21:00.100 --> 00:21:00.580
 the word

00:21:00.580 --> 00:21:01.440
 terrified

00:21:01.440 --> 00:21:02.920
 it's the word

00:21:02.920 --> 00:21:03.779
 for turmoil

00:21:03.779 --> 00:21:04.980
 it's the word

00:21:04.980 --> 00:21:05.680
 for great

00:21:05.680 --> 00:21:06.480
 distress

00:21:06.480 --> 00:21:08.160
 that here

00:21:08.160 --> 00:21:08.819
 in first

00:21:08.819 --> 00:21:09.279
 century

00:21:09.279 --> 00:21:10.039
 while there

00:21:10.039 --> 00:21:10.700
 was still

00:21:10.700 --> 00:21:12.059
 this anticipation

00:21:12.059 --> 00:21:13.299
 and enthusiasm

00:21:13.299 --> 00:21:15.019
 and expectation

00:21:15.019 --> 00:21:16.480
 of a coming

00:21:16.480 --> 00:21:16.960
 Messiah

00:21:16.960 --> 00:21:18.720
 the questions

00:21:18.720 --> 00:21:19.960
 of this group

00:21:19.960 --> 00:21:21.160
 raise the

00:21:21.160 --> 00:21:21.700
 minds

00:21:21.700 --> 00:21:22.440
 fear

00:21:22.440 --> 00:21:23.860
 and anxiety

00:21:23.860 --> 00:21:24.900
 and turmoil

00:21:24.900 --> 00:21:26.759
 the Greek

00:21:26.759 --> 00:21:27.480
 construction

00:21:27.480 --> 00:21:29.000
 of this word

00:21:29.000 --> 00:21:29.680
 that they were

00:21:29.680 --> 00:21:30.220
 saying

00:21:30.220 --> 00:21:31.080
 or asking

00:21:31.080 --> 00:21:32.299
 these wise

00:21:32.299 --> 00:21:33.059
 men who come

00:21:33.059 --> 00:21:33.860
 saying

00:21:33.860 --> 00:21:34.720
 or asking

00:21:34.720 --> 00:21:36.180
 it's in the

00:21:36.180 --> 00:21:37.180
 it emphasizes

00:21:37.180 --> 00:21:38.140
 the continual

00:21:38.140 --> 00:21:38.700
 nature

00:21:38.700 --> 00:21:39.519
 of the

00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:39.980
 asking

00:21:39.980 --> 00:21:40.279
 that's

00:21:40.279 --> 00:21:40.500
 taking

00:21:40.500 --> 00:21:41.000
 place

00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:42.240
 you get

00:21:42.240 --> 00:21:42.740
 the impression

00:21:42.740 --> 00:21:43.380
 they make

00:21:43.380 --> 00:21:43.779
 their way

00:21:43.779 --> 00:21:44.299
 to Jerusalem

00:21:44.299 --> 00:21:44.960
 and whoever

00:21:44.960 --> 00:21:45.700
 they meet

00:21:45.700 --> 00:21:46.600
 they are

00:21:46.600 --> 00:21:47.160
 engaging

00:21:47.160 --> 00:21:47.660
 with this

00:21:47.660 --> 00:21:48.019
 question

00:21:48.019 --> 00:21:48.819
 where is

00:21:48.819 --> 00:21:49.220
 he who

00:21:49.220 --> 00:21:49.759
 is born

00:21:49.759 --> 00:21:50.140
 king of

00:21:50.140 --> 00:21:50.539
 the Jews

00:21:50.539 --> 00:21:51.200
 that's on

00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:51.799
 their minds

00:21:51.799 --> 00:21:52.580
 and all

00:21:52.580 --> 00:21:53.299
 of Jerusalem

00:21:53.299 --> 00:21:54.180
 is hearing

00:21:54.180 --> 00:21:55.340
 this question

00:21:55.340 --> 00:21:55.920
 being asked

00:21:55.920 --> 00:21:56.539
 over and

00:21:56.539 --> 00:21:57.640
 over again

00:21:57.640 --> 00:21:58.140
 by this

00:21:58.140 --> 00:21:58.500
 group of

00:21:58.500 --> 00:21:59.039
 wise men

00:21:59.039 --> 00:22:00.660
 we saw

00:22:00.660 --> 00:22:01.340
 his star

00:22:01.340 --> 00:22:02.059
 in the east

00:22:02.059 --> 00:22:03.360
 a great deal

00:22:03.360 --> 00:22:04.200
 of speculation

00:22:04.200 --> 00:22:04.799
 has happened

00:22:04.799 --> 00:22:05.160
 around

00:22:05.160 --> 00:22:05.900
 what was

00:22:05.900 --> 00:22:06.540
 that star

00:22:06.540 --> 00:22:06.880
 was it

00:22:06.880 --> 00:22:07.300
 some

00:22:07.300 --> 00:22:08.200
 angelic

00:22:08.200 --> 00:22:08.560
 body

00:22:08.560 --> 00:22:08.960
 was it

00:22:08.960 --> 00:22:09.740
 planets

00:22:09.740 --> 00:22:10.360
 aligning

00:22:10.360 --> 00:22:11.000
 was it

00:22:11.000 --> 00:22:11.160
 a

00:22:11.160 --> 00:22:11.640
 Halley's

00:22:11.640 --> 00:22:12.000
 comet

00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:13.200
 and a lot

00:22:13.200 --> 00:22:13.759
 of speculation

00:22:13.759 --> 00:22:14.940
 can happen

00:22:14.940 --> 00:22:16.500
 but what seems

00:22:16.500 --> 00:22:18.040
 clear about the text

00:22:18.040 --> 00:22:19.300
 especially in verse 9

00:22:19.300 --> 00:22:20.600
 is whatever they saw

00:22:20.600 --> 00:22:21.540
 was a supernatural

00:22:21.540 --> 00:22:22.100
 event

00:22:22.100 --> 00:22:24.160
 notice verse 9

00:22:24.160 --> 00:22:25.060
 the star that they had

00:22:25.060 --> 00:22:25.500
 seen

00:22:25.500 --> 00:22:27.040
 when it rose

00:22:27.040 --> 00:22:27.860
 before them

00:22:27.860 --> 00:22:29.620
 came until it rested

00:22:29.620 --> 00:22:30.340
 over the place

00:22:30.340 --> 00:22:30.900
 where the child

00:22:30.900 --> 00:22:31.380
 was

00:22:31.380 --> 00:22:33.720
 that light

00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:35.200
 and in the Hebrew

00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:36.140
 and in Greek

00:22:36.140 --> 00:22:37.840
 star is often used

00:22:37.840 --> 00:22:38.700
 synonymously

00:22:38.700 --> 00:22:39.640
 with light

00:22:39.640 --> 00:22:40.700
 whatever that light

00:22:40.700 --> 00:22:41.260
 was

00:22:41.260 --> 00:22:42.240
 seems to have

00:22:42.240 --> 00:22:43.120
 appeared once

00:22:43.120 --> 00:22:43.760
 when they were

00:22:43.760 --> 00:22:44.460
 in the east

00:22:44.460 --> 00:22:45.780
 and now after

00:22:45.780 --> 00:22:46.440
 they have

00:22:46.440 --> 00:22:47.960
 received word

00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:48.980
 we're going to see

00:22:48.980 --> 00:22:49.740
 in just a moment

00:22:49.740 --> 00:22:51.300
 from Herod

00:22:51.300 --> 00:22:52.280
 as to where

00:22:52.280 --> 00:22:53.780
 Jesus was born

00:22:53.780 --> 00:22:54.860
 now all of a sudden

00:22:54.860 --> 00:22:55.840
 this light shows again

00:22:55.840 --> 00:22:57.280
 and it settles

00:22:57.280 --> 00:22:58.620
 over one place

00:22:58.620 --> 00:22:59.240
 which makes it

00:22:59.240 --> 00:22:59.900
 very clear

00:22:59.900 --> 00:23:01.360
 where Jesus was

00:23:01.359 --> 00:23:03.719
 during this time

00:23:03.719 --> 00:23:04.959
 there was widespread

00:23:04.959 --> 00:23:06.159
 expectation

00:23:06.159 --> 00:23:07.559
 of a coming

00:23:07.559 --> 00:23:08.219
 king

00:23:08.219 --> 00:23:08.879
 and yet

00:23:08.879 --> 00:23:09.899
 the people

00:23:09.899 --> 00:23:11.579
 rather than

00:23:11.579 --> 00:23:12.759
 having their hearts

00:23:12.759 --> 00:23:13.719
 enlarged

00:23:13.719 --> 00:23:15.079
 are troubled

00:23:15.079 --> 00:23:15.899
 why?

00:23:17.419 --> 00:23:18.439
 well the reason why

00:23:18.439 --> 00:23:19.259
 is because you don't

00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:20.579
 come into Jerusalem

00:23:20.579 --> 00:23:22.639
 an occupied place

00:23:22.639 --> 00:23:24.319
 with Roman authority

00:23:24.319 --> 00:23:25.939
 and begin asking

00:23:25.939 --> 00:23:26.879
 questions about

00:23:26.879 --> 00:23:27.779
 a Jewish king

00:23:27.779 --> 00:23:29.659
 that is a recipe

00:23:29.659 --> 00:23:30.839
 for disaster

00:23:30.839 --> 00:23:32.639
 especially when

00:23:32.639 --> 00:23:33.459
 the nation

00:23:33.459 --> 00:23:34.879
 is under this

00:23:34.879 --> 00:23:36.919
 outside authority

00:23:36.919 --> 00:23:37.559
 and

00:23:37.559 --> 00:23:39.099
 the one who is

00:23:39.099 --> 00:23:39.759
 over you

00:23:39.759 --> 00:23:40.500
 Herod the Great

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:41.759
 we'll see in just a moment

00:23:41.759 --> 00:23:43.099
 was rash

00:23:43.099 --> 00:23:44.000
 and violent

00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:45.059
 and was like a

00:23:45.059 --> 00:23:45.779
 hair trigger

00:23:45.779 --> 00:23:47.059
 ready to go off

00:23:47.059 --> 00:23:49.179
 they knew the temperament

00:23:49.179 --> 00:23:49.959
 of King Herod

00:23:49.959 --> 00:23:51.539
 they knew their life

00:23:51.539 --> 00:23:52.500
 was in danger

00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:53.679
 they knew the violent

00:23:53.679 --> 00:23:56.199
 nature and temperament

00:23:56.200 --> 00:23:57.580
 of this king

00:23:57.580 --> 00:24:00.200
 but the desire

00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:02.580
 of the wise men

00:24:02.580 --> 00:24:03.460
 was to worship

00:24:03.460 --> 00:24:04.980
 their desire

00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:05.500
 was to come

00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:06.240
 we're going to see this

00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:06.740
 throughout

00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:08.299
 our passage today

00:24:08.299 --> 00:24:09.759
 the attention

00:24:09.759 --> 00:24:11.120
 to worship

00:24:11.120 --> 00:24:12.000
 the king

00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:14.360
 and while the people

00:24:14.360 --> 00:24:15.100
 of Jerusalem

00:24:15.100 --> 00:24:16.700
 should have heard

00:24:16.700 --> 00:24:17.380
 this news

00:24:17.380 --> 00:24:18.160
 and wondered

00:24:18.160 --> 00:24:19.680
 and the anticipation

00:24:19.680 --> 00:24:20.740
 in their own hearts

00:24:20.740 --> 00:24:21.420
 should have grown

00:24:21.420 --> 00:24:21.880
 instead

00:24:21.880 --> 00:24:23.420
 they think about

00:24:23.420 --> 00:24:24.380
 the consequences

00:24:24.380 --> 00:24:25.960
 of these outsiders

00:24:25.960 --> 00:24:26.940
 and their hearts

00:24:26.940 --> 00:24:27.600
 are troubled

00:24:27.600 --> 00:24:28.760
 rather than being

00:24:28.760 --> 00:24:29.420
 overjoyed

00:24:29.420 --> 00:24:32.000
 we move our way

00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:32.580
 to Herod

00:24:32.580 --> 00:24:34.140
 in his response

00:24:34.140 --> 00:24:35.960
 in verses 3 to 8

00:24:35.960 --> 00:24:37.600
 and if you're

00:24:37.600 --> 00:24:38.300
 depending upon

00:24:38.300 --> 00:24:38.940
 the version

00:24:38.940 --> 00:24:39.580
 of the notes

00:24:39.580 --> 00:24:40.240
 that you have

00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:43.300
 the numerical values

00:24:43.300 --> 00:24:44.320
 may be a little off

00:24:44.320 --> 00:24:46.220
 on 4, 5, and 6

00:24:46.220 --> 00:24:47.540
 so just bear with me

00:24:47.539 --> 00:24:50.619
 and use the notes

00:24:50.619 --> 00:24:51.319
 that we have

00:24:51.319 --> 00:24:52.359
 on the board here

00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:53.339
 Herod

00:24:53.339 --> 00:24:55.359
 he plots against

00:24:55.359 --> 00:24:56.359
 the king secretly

00:24:56.359 --> 00:24:57.200
 we're going to see that

00:24:57.200 --> 00:24:58.659
 in verses 3 to 8

00:24:58.659 --> 00:25:00.259
 it says

00:25:00.259 --> 00:25:01.500
 when Herod the king

00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:02.819
 heard this

00:25:02.819 --> 00:25:03.720
 he was troubled

00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:05.299
 and all of Jerusalem

00:25:05.299 --> 00:25:05.920
 with him

00:25:05.920 --> 00:25:07.240
 and assembling

00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:08.339
 all the chief priests

00:25:08.339 --> 00:25:08.980
 and the scribes

00:25:08.980 --> 00:25:09.519
 of the people

00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:11.460
 he inquired of them

00:25:11.460 --> 00:25:12.180
 where the Christ

00:25:12.180 --> 00:25:12.839
 was to be born

00:25:12.839 --> 00:25:14.119
 they told him

00:25:14.119 --> 00:25:15.299
 in Bethlehem of Judea

00:25:15.299 --> 00:25:16.759
 for so it is written

00:25:16.759 --> 00:25:17.480
 by the prophet

00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:18.860
 and you

00:25:18.860 --> 00:25:19.519
 O Bethlehem

00:25:19.519 --> 00:25:20.720
 in the land of Judah

00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:22.220
 are by no means

00:25:22.220 --> 00:25:23.200
 least among

00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:24.259
 the rulers of Judah

00:25:24.259 --> 00:25:25.900
 for from you

00:25:25.900 --> 00:25:27.019
 shall come a ruler

00:25:27.019 --> 00:25:28.099
 who will shepherd

00:25:28.099 --> 00:25:29.059
 my people Israel

00:25:29.059 --> 00:25:30.860
 then Herod

00:25:30.860 --> 00:25:31.759
 summoned

00:25:31.759 --> 00:25:32.620
 the wise men

00:25:32.620 --> 00:25:33.079
 secretly

00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:34.779
 and ascertained

00:25:34.779 --> 00:25:35.240
 from them

00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:35.880
 what time

00:25:35.880 --> 00:25:36.759
 the star

00:25:36.759 --> 00:25:37.539
 had appeared

00:25:37.539 --> 00:25:39.200
 and he sent

00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:40.539
 them to Bethlehem

00:25:40.539 --> 00:25:41.140
 saying

00:25:41.140 --> 00:25:42.740
 go and search

00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:43.240
 diligently

00:25:43.240 --> 00:25:44.680
 for the child

00:25:44.680 --> 00:25:45.519
 and when you

00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:46.880
 have found him

00:25:46.880 --> 00:25:48.400
 bring me word

00:25:48.400 --> 00:25:49.160
 that I too

00:25:49.160 --> 00:25:49.680
 may come

00:25:49.680 --> 00:25:50.460
 and worship him

00:25:50.460 --> 00:25:52.220
 Herod hears

00:25:52.220 --> 00:25:52.900
 the word

00:25:52.900 --> 00:25:54.380
 from the street

00:25:54.380 --> 00:25:55.020
 as it were

00:25:55.020 --> 00:25:56.340
 he hears

00:25:56.340 --> 00:25:57.660
 the cacophony

00:25:57.660 --> 00:25:59.080
 or the chorus

00:25:59.080 --> 00:26:00.220
 of individuals

00:26:00.220 --> 00:26:00.960
 who are now

00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:01.800
 coming to him

00:26:01.800 --> 00:26:02.880
 and bringing him

00:26:02.880 --> 00:26:03.520
 word about

00:26:03.520 --> 00:26:05.200
 these outsiders

00:26:05.200 --> 00:26:06.460
 who are curious

00:26:06.460 --> 00:26:07.180
 about a king

00:26:07.180 --> 00:26:09.260
 so Herod calls

00:26:09.260 --> 00:26:10.560
 these two private meetings

00:26:10.560 --> 00:26:11.560
 the first meeting

00:26:11.560 --> 00:26:12.480
 with the religious leaders

00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:14.160
 and the second secret meeting

00:26:14.160 --> 00:26:15.000
 that will take place

00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:16.900
 with the wise men

00:26:16.900 --> 00:26:17.559
 themselves

00:26:17.559 --> 00:26:19.120
 his goal

00:26:19.120 --> 00:26:20.200
 is ultimately

00:26:20.200 --> 00:26:21.140
 to eliminate

00:26:21.140 --> 00:26:21.779
 the threat

00:26:21.779 --> 00:26:23.259
 his goal

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:24.360
 is to plot

00:26:24.360 --> 00:26:25.460
 against

00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:26.180
 Jesus

00:26:26.180 --> 00:26:27.480
 his goal

00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:28.880
 is to exterminate

00:26:28.880 --> 00:26:30.220
 this future king

00:26:30.220 --> 00:26:31.480
 so there's no threat

00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:32.259
 to his power

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:34.220
 Herod the Crate

00:26:34.220 --> 00:26:36.360
 was a half Jew

00:26:36.360 --> 00:26:37.880
 and half Edomite

00:26:37.880 --> 00:26:39.200
 there were

00:26:39.200 --> 00:26:40.000
 seasons

00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:41.400
 in his reign

00:26:41.400 --> 00:26:42.299
 where he showed

00:26:42.299 --> 00:26:44.119
 great kindness

00:26:44.119 --> 00:26:44.859
 to the people

00:26:44.859 --> 00:26:46.319
 he was wealthy

00:26:46.319 --> 00:26:47.740
 he was politically

00:26:47.740 --> 00:26:48.539
 gifted

00:26:48.539 --> 00:26:50.400
 he seemed to be loyal

00:26:50.400 --> 00:26:51.559
 he was

00:26:51.559 --> 00:26:52.519
 a good

00:26:52.519 --> 00:26:53.700
 administrator

00:26:53.700 --> 00:26:55.000
 he

00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:56.900
 even during

00:26:56.900 --> 00:26:57.460
 a famine

00:26:57.460 --> 00:26:58.480
 he was

00:26:58.480 --> 00:26:59.240
 superb

00:26:59.240 --> 00:26:59.799
 at building

00:26:59.799 --> 00:27:00.519
 projects

00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:01.000
 and he

00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:01.720
 demonstrated

00:27:01.720 --> 00:27:02.480
 benevolence

00:27:02.480 --> 00:27:03.220
 to the people

00:27:03.220 --> 00:27:05.140
 but he loved

00:27:05.140 --> 00:27:05.579
 power

00:27:05.579 --> 00:27:06.799
 and he loved

00:27:06.799 --> 00:27:07.180
 power

00:27:07.180 --> 00:27:07.720
 especially

00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:08.460
 towards the

00:27:08.460 --> 00:27:10.100
 end of his life

00:27:10.100 --> 00:27:11.440
 and the

00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:12.480
 and the further

00:27:12.480 --> 00:27:12.980
 he got

00:27:12.980 --> 00:27:13.519
 or the closer

00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:13.960
 he got

00:27:13.960 --> 00:27:14.480
 to the end

00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:14.980
 of his life

00:27:14.980 --> 00:27:15.860
 the more paranoid

00:27:15.860 --> 00:27:16.980
 he would become

00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:18.920
 so that

00:27:18.920 --> 00:27:20.480
 the woman

00:27:20.480 --> 00:27:21.200
 that he would marry

00:27:21.200 --> 00:27:22.539
 who was

00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:23.079
 a Jew

00:27:23.079 --> 00:27:24.279
 he married her

00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:24.880
 in order to

00:27:24.880 --> 00:27:25.640
 be in the good

00:27:25.640 --> 00:27:26.100
 graces

00:27:26.100 --> 00:27:27.319
 of the Israelites

00:27:27.319 --> 00:27:28.980
 he felt threatened

00:27:28.980 --> 00:27:29.519
 by her

00:27:29.519 --> 00:27:30.759
 and he killed her

00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:32.100
 he killed two

00:27:32.100 --> 00:27:32.660
 of his sons

00:27:32.660 --> 00:27:33.100
 and then

00:27:33.100 --> 00:27:34.279
 towards the very

00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:35.460
 close proximity

00:27:35.460 --> 00:27:36.519
 of his death

00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:37.319
 he would kill

00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:37.640
 another

00:27:37.640 --> 00:27:38.480
 a third

00:27:38.480 --> 00:27:38.860
 son

00:27:38.860 --> 00:27:40.640
 Herod

00:27:40.640 --> 00:27:43.180
 was a man

00:27:43.180 --> 00:27:43.980
 who was known

00:27:43.980 --> 00:27:44.640
 for his

00:27:44.640 --> 00:27:45.640
 bloodthirstiness

00:27:45.640 --> 00:27:47.200
 his cruelty

00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:49.000
 distinguished

00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:49.680
 itself

00:27:49.680 --> 00:27:50.240
 among the

00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:50.720
 citizens

00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:52.060
 of Jerusalem

00:27:52.060 --> 00:27:53.620
 so that

00:27:53.620 --> 00:27:55.080
 towards the

00:27:55.080 --> 00:27:55.560
 end of his

00:27:55.560 --> 00:27:55.980
 life

00:27:55.980 --> 00:27:57.280
 he arrested

00:27:57.280 --> 00:27:58.540
 several of the

00:27:58.540 --> 00:27:59.040
 citizens

00:27:59.040 --> 00:28:00.680
 of Israel

00:28:00.680 --> 00:28:01.520
 and he

00:28:01.520 --> 00:28:02.120
 commanded

00:28:02.120 --> 00:28:03.040
 that they be

00:28:03.040 --> 00:28:03.780
 put to death

00:28:03.780 --> 00:28:04.560
 on the day

00:28:04.560 --> 00:28:05.440
 of his death

00:28:05.440 --> 00:28:06.720
 he didn't want

00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:07.500
 people in Jerusalem

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:08.100
 to celebrate

00:28:08.100 --> 00:28:09.360
 he wanted people

00:28:09.360 --> 00:28:10.039
 in Jerusalem

00:28:10.039 --> 00:28:10.700
 to mourn

00:28:10.700 --> 00:28:11.480
 and so by

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:12.339
 killing those

00:28:12.339 --> 00:28:13.220
 who were citizens

00:28:13.220 --> 00:28:14.180
 of Jerusalem

00:28:14.180 --> 00:28:15.440
 related to family

00:28:15.440 --> 00:28:16.700
 members in Jerusalem

00:28:16.700 --> 00:28:17.620
 he could ensure

00:28:17.620 --> 00:28:18.660
 that in fact

00:28:18.660 --> 00:28:19.779
 people would

00:28:19.779 --> 00:28:21.420
 sorrow and grieve

00:28:21.420 --> 00:28:22.279
 on that day

00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:23.640
 rather than

00:28:23.640 --> 00:28:25.140
 desire for that

00:28:25.140 --> 00:28:25.660
 day to come

00:28:25.660 --> 00:28:27.279
 so there's no wonder

00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:28.559
 why all of Jerusalem

00:28:28.559 --> 00:28:29.579
 was troubled

00:28:29.579 --> 00:28:30.860
 they knew the

00:28:30.860 --> 00:28:31.319
 rashness

00:28:31.319 --> 00:28:31.839
 they knew the

00:28:31.839 --> 00:28:32.399
 violence

00:28:32.399 --> 00:28:33.399
 of King

00:28:33.399 --> 00:28:33.759
 Herod

00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:35.200
 this was a

00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:35.759
 recipe

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:36.939
 for disaster

00:28:36.939 --> 00:28:37.519
 and Herod

00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:38.519
 was intent

00:28:38.519 --> 00:28:39.779
 on exterminating

00:28:39.779 --> 00:28:40.480
 his threat

00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:41.240
 and he would

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:41.619
 do it

00:28:41.619 --> 00:28:42.299
 privately

00:28:42.299 --> 00:28:43.119
 he would do

00:28:43.119 --> 00:28:43.799
 it secretly

00:28:43.799 --> 00:28:44.539
 he would do

00:28:44.539 --> 00:28:45.259
 it deceptively

00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:46.960
 so he calls

00:28:46.960 --> 00:28:47.799
 in these

00:28:47.799 --> 00:28:48.460
 religious leaders

00:28:48.460 --> 00:28:49.299
 we find their

00:28:49.299 --> 00:28:49.960
 response in

00:28:49.960 --> 00:28:51.139
 verses 4 to 6

00:28:51.139 --> 00:28:51.939
 kind of captured

00:28:51.939 --> 00:28:52.759
 within the

00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:53.679
 greater context

00:28:53.679 --> 00:28:54.159
 of Herod

00:28:54.159 --> 00:28:55.139
 the religious

00:28:55.139 --> 00:28:55.779
 leaders who

00:28:55.779 --> 00:28:56.899
 speak about

00:28:56.899 --> 00:28:57.460
 the king

00:28:57.460 --> 00:28:58.379
 carelessly

00:28:58.379 --> 00:28:59.619
 what I mean

00:28:59.619 --> 00:29:00.359
 by carelessly

00:29:00.359 --> 00:29:01.359
 is without

00:29:01.359 --> 00:29:02.099
 concern

00:29:02.099 --> 00:29:03.359
 they couldn't

00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:04.519
 care less

00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:05.659
 about the

00:29:05.659 --> 00:29:06.439
 information that

00:29:06.439 --> 00:29:07.039
 they were giving

00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:08.919
 Herod calls

00:29:08.919 --> 00:29:09.459
 for them in

00:29:09.459 --> 00:29:10.099
 verse 6

00:29:10.099 --> 00:29:10.879
 excuse me

00:29:10.879 --> 00:29:11.479
 verse 4

00:29:11.479 --> 00:29:12.379
 it says he

00:29:12.379 --> 00:29:13.439
 assembles all

00:29:13.439 --> 00:29:14.639
 the chief priests

00:29:14.639 --> 00:29:15.679
 and the scribes

00:29:15.679 --> 00:29:17.259
 he is interested

00:29:17.259 --> 00:29:18.159
 in making sure

00:29:18.159 --> 00:29:18.959
 that he wasn't

00:29:18.959 --> 00:29:19.699
 leaving anything

00:29:19.699 --> 00:29:20.459
 to chance

00:29:20.459 --> 00:29:21.739
 Herod

00:29:21.739 --> 00:29:23.099
 assembles the

00:29:23.099 --> 00:29:24.139
 best and the

00:29:24.139 --> 00:29:24.500
 brightest

00:29:24.500 --> 00:29:25.879
 he makes sure

00:29:25.879 --> 00:29:26.379
 that they're all

00:29:26.379 --> 00:29:26.839
 present

00:29:26.839 --> 00:29:28.599
 this job description

00:29:28.599 --> 00:29:29.379
 these guardians

00:29:29.380 --> 00:29:30.100
 of the law

00:29:30.100 --> 00:29:31.380
 these who knew

00:29:31.380 --> 00:29:31.940
 the law

00:29:31.940 --> 00:29:33.740
 inside and out

00:29:33.740 --> 00:29:34.600
 they were the

00:29:34.600 --> 00:29:35.480
 experts as it

00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:35.680
 were

00:29:35.680 --> 00:29:36.600
 the Cambridge

00:29:36.600 --> 00:29:37.580
 the Harvard

00:29:37.580 --> 00:29:38.240
 the Yale

00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:38.960
 of the day

00:29:38.960 --> 00:29:40.100
 they were those

00:29:40.100 --> 00:29:40.720
 kinds of

00:29:40.720 --> 00:29:43.020
 mental scholars

00:29:43.020 --> 00:29:43.940
 of the law

00:29:43.940 --> 00:29:46.120
 Herod questions

00:29:46.120 --> 00:29:46.480
 them

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:47.920
 and they

00:29:47.920 --> 00:29:50.140
 provide a response

00:29:50.140 --> 00:29:51.340
 and the response

00:29:51.340 --> 00:29:51.980
 is telling

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:54.080
 they quote from

00:29:54.080 --> 00:29:55.000
 Micah chapter 5

00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:55.520
 verse 2

00:29:55.520 --> 00:29:57.080
 the response

00:29:57.080 --> 00:29:57.600
 is clear

00:29:57.600 --> 00:29:58.260
 it's direct

00:29:58.260 --> 00:29:59.020
 it's confident

00:29:59.019 --> 00:30:00.680
 it's immediate

00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:02.299
 they speak

00:30:02.299 --> 00:30:03.019
 of that

00:30:03.019 --> 00:30:03.420
 which is

00:30:03.420 --> 00:30:03.859
 according

00:30:03.859 --> 00:30:04.660
 to the law

00:30:04.660 --> 00:30:06.059
 they have

00:30:06.059 --> 00:30:06.920
 certainty

00:30:06.920 --> 00:30:08.000
 in the scriptures

00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:09.139
 they have

00:30:09.139 --> 00:30:09.720
 knowledge

00:30:09.720 --> 00:30:10.500
 of the word

00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:11.039
 of God

00:30:11.039 --> 00:30:12.139
 they follow

00:30:12.139 --> 00:30:12.460
 through

00:30:12.460 --> 00:30:13.119
 they come

00:30:13.119 --> 00:30:13.579
 through

00:30:13.579 --> 00:30:14.200
 with the

00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:14.599
 answer

00:30:14.599 --> 00:30:16.019
 they know

00:30:16.019 --> 00:30:16.639
 the answer

00:30:16.639 --> 00:30:17.220
 they know

00:30:17.220 --> 00:30:17.839
 the chapter

00:30:17.839 --> 00:30:18.400
 they know

00:30:18.400 --> 00:30:18.879
 the verse

00:30:18.879 --> 00:30:19.480
 they can

00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:20.099
 quote it

00:30:20.099 --> 00:30:21.059
 by heart

00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:23.200
 and yet

00:30:23.200 --> 00:30:24.660
 while they

00:30:24.660 --> 00:30:25.240
 know the

00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:25.660
 scriptures

00:30:25.660 --> 00:30:27.080
 there seems

00:30:27.080 --> 00:30:27.360
 to be

00:30:27.360 --> 00:30:28.000
 no follow

00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:28.300
 through

00:30:28.300 --> 00:30:28.700
 in their

00:30:28.700 --> 00:30:28.980
 heart

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:30.740
 they have

00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:31.200
 all the

00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:31.600
 knowledge

00:30:31.600 --> 00:30:32.340
 of the word

00:30:32.340 --> 00:30:32.720
 of God

00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:33.140
 in their

00:30:33.140 --> 00:30:33.460
 head

00:30:33.460 --> 00:30:34.320
 but it

00:30:34.320 --> 00:30:34.580
 hasn't

00:30:34.580 --> 00:30:35.340
 changed

00:30:35.340 --> 00:30:36.120
 the way

00:30:36.120 --> 00:30:36.940
 they live

00:30:36.940 --> 00:30:37.980
 no follow

00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:38.279
 up

00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:39.279
 no inquiry

00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:40.019
 no trip

00:30:40.019 --> 00:30:40.779
 to Bethlehem

00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:42.220
 no wondering

00:30:42.220 --> 00:30:44.100
 or inquisition

00:30:44.100 --> 00:30:45.019
 and asking

00:30:45.019 --> 00:30:45.660
 questions

00:30:45.660 --> 00:30:46.560
 about these

00:30:46.560 --> 00:30:47.640
 outsiders

00:30:47.640 --> 00:30:48.500
 these strangers

00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:48.860
 who have

00:30:48.860 --> 00:30:49.240
 come

00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:51.220
 for all

00:30:51.220 --> 00:30:51.799
 the knowledge

00:30:51.799 --> 00:30:52.099
 of the

00:30:52.099 --> 00:30:52.440
 scriptures

00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:53.140
 they have

00:30:53.140 --> 00:30:53.779
 there is

00:30:53.779 --> 00:30:54.319
 zero

00:30:54.319 --> 00:30:54.920
 action

00:30:54.920 --> 00:30:56.440
 there is

00:30:56.440 --> 00:30:56.900
 zero

00:30:56.900 --> 00:30:57.500
 interest

00:30:57.500 --> 00:30:58.380
 in this

00:30:58.380 --> 00:30:58.720
 king

00:30:58.720 --> 00:31:00.940
 Matthew

00:31:00.940 --> 00:31:02.160
 plainly

00:31:02.160 --> 00:31:02.519
 says

00:31:02.519 --> 00:31:03.480
 that Jesus

00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:04.140
 was

00:31:04.140 --> 00:31:04.779
 the Messiah

00:31:04.779 --> 00:31:07.000
 and these

00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:07.839
 wise men

00:31:07.839 --> 00:31:08.440
 that come

00:31:08.440 --> 00:31:09.759
 will express

00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:10.079
 it

00:31:10.079 --> 00:31:10.839
 he who is

00:31:10.839 --> 00:31:11.599
 born

00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:12.359
 king of the

00:31:12.359 --> 00:31:12.620
 Jews

00:31:12.620 --> 00:31:13.440
 not just

00:31:13.440 --> 00:31:14.420
 to become

00:31:14.420 --> 00:31:15.220
 king of the

00:31:15.220 --> 00:31:15.460
 Jews

00:31:15.460 --> 00:31:16.279
 but he was

00:31:16.279 --> 00:31:16.720
 in fact

00:31:16.720 --> 00:31:17.220
 king of the

00:31:17.220 --> 00:31:17.480
 Jews

00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:18.319
 the moment

00:31:18.319 --> 00:31:18.940
 he was

00:31:18.940 --> 00:31:19.220
 born

00:31:19.220 --> 00:31:22.200
 so Herod

00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:22.840
 now summons

00:31:22.840 --> 00:31:23.259
 the wise

00:31:23.259 --> 00:31:23.500
 men

00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:25.279
 those wise

00:31:25.279 --> 00:31:25.900
 men he says

00:31:25.900 --> 00:31:26.600
 in verse 7

00:31:26.600 --> 00:31:27.620
 come secretly

00:31:27.620 --> 00:31:28.840
 and he

00:31:28.840 --> 00:31:29.640
 ascertains

00:31:29.640 --> 00:31:30.200
 from them

00:31:30.200 --> 00:31:31.019
 what time

00:31:31.019 --> 00:31:31.480
 this star

00:31:31.480 --> 00:31:31.960
 had appeared

00:31:31.960 --> 00:31:32.660
 why would

00:31:32.660 --> 00:31:32.940
 he do

00:31:32.940 --> 00:31:33.200
 that

00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:33.740
 well because

00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:34.799
 Herod

00:31:34.799 --> 00:31:35.279
 has begun

00:31:35.279 --> 00:31:36.700
 to narrow

00:31:36.700 --> 00:31:37.660
 in on

00:31:37.660 --> 00:31:38.500
 the answer

00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:39.759
 he's seeking

00:31:39.759 --> 00:31:40.440
 to focus

00:31:40.440 --> 00:31:41.299
 in on

00:31:41.299 --> 00:31:42.140
 his target

00:31:42.140 --> 00:31:43.279
 he knows

00:31:43.279 --> 00:31:43.880
 that the

00:31:43.880 --> 00:31:44.700
 dawning

00:31:44.700 --> 00:31:45.240
 of this

00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:45.940
 star

00:31:45.940 --> 00:31:47.019
 it will

00:31:47.019 --> 00:31:48.019
 coincide

00:31:48.019 --> 00:31:48.400
 with the

00:31:48.400 --> 00:31:48.820
 birth

00:31:48.819 --> 00:31:49.839
 of Jesus

00:31:49.839 --> 00:31:50.460
 Christ

00:31:50.460 --> 00:31:52.799
 so he

00:31:52.799 --> 00:31:53.139
 calls

00:31:53.139 --> 00:31:53.919
 for these

00:31:53.919 --> 00:31:54.319
 wise men

00:31:54.319 --> 00:31:54.779
 quietly

00:31:54.779 --> 00:31:56.259
 not known

00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:56.759
 publicly

00:31:56.759 --> 00:31:58.099
 his desire

00:31:58.099 --> 00:31:58.460
 is not

00:31:58.460 --> 00:31:58.939
 to create

00:31:58.939 --> 00:31:59.439
 a scene

00:31:59.439 --> 00:32:00.059
 not to

00:32:00.059 --> 00:32:01.000
 spark

00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:02.000
 a movement

00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:02.639
 among the

00:32:02.639 --> 00:32:03.039
 people

00:32:03.039 --> 00:32:04.579
 verse 8

00:32:04.579 --> 00:32:05.399
 he sent

00:32:05.399 --> 00:32:06.539
 them to

00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:06.919
 Bethlehem

00:32:06.919 --> 00:32:07.259
 saying

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:08.639
 go and

00:32:08.639 --> 00:32:09.000
 search

00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:09.559
 diligently

00:32:09.559 --> 00:32:10.159
 for the

00:32:10.159 --> 00:32:10.539
 child

00:32:10.539 --> 00:32:11.619
 and when

00:32:11.619 --> 00:32:11.960
 you have

00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:12.679
 found him

00:32:12.679 --> 00:32:13.399
 bring me

00:32:13.399 --> 00:32:13.720
 word

00:32:13.720 --> 00:32:14.279
 that I

00:32:14.279 --> 00:32:14.859
 may come

00:32:14.859 --> 00:32:15.740
 and worship

00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:16.339
 him

00:32:16.339 --> 00:32:18.139
 of course

00:32:18.139 --> 00:32:18.399
 this is

00:32:18.399 --> 00:32:18.699
 just a

00:32:18.699 --> 00:32:18.959
 ploy

00:32:18.959 --> 00:32:20.039
 to discover

00:32:20.039 --> 00:32:20.659
 the location

00:32:20.659 --> 00:32:21.500
 of Jesus

00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:22.500
 this

00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:24.059
 deceptive

00:32:24.059 --> 00:32:26.519
 coercing

00:32:26.519 --> 00:32:27.319
 of these

00:32:27.319 --> 00:32:27.980
 wise men

00:32:27.980 --> 00:32:28.980
 to gain

00:32:28.980 --> 00:32:30.039
 knowledge

00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:31.199
 to send

00:32:31.199 --> 00:32:31.559
 the wise

00:32:31.559 --> 00:32:31.859
 men to

00:32:31.859 --> 00:32:32.179
 do his

00:32:32.179 --> 00:32:32.480
 bidding

00:32:32.480 --> 00:32:33.419
 and then

00:32:33.419 --> 00:32:33.819
 once the

00:32:33.819 --> 00:32:34.379
 target is

00:32:34.379 --> 00:32:34.919
 identified

00:32:34.919 --> 00:32:35.779
 then he

00:32:35.779 --> 00:32:36.299
 can enact

00:32:36.299 --> 00:32:36.879
 his plan

00:32:36.879 --> 00:32:37.399
 which we'll

00:32:37.399 --> 00:32:38.319
 see next

00:32:38.319 --> 00:32:38.659
 week

00:32:38.660 --> 00:32:40.080
 the next

00:32:40.080 --> 00:32:40.779
 phrase is

00:32:40.779 --> 00:32:41.220
 amazing

00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:42.300
 it says

00:32:42.300 --> 00:32:42.860
 they went

00:32:42.860 --> 00:32:43.480
 on their

00:32:43.480 --> 00:32:44.000
 way

00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:45.060
 and behold

00:32:45.060 --> 00:32:46.259
 the star

00:32:46.259 --> 00:32:46.560
 that they

00:32:46.560 --> 00:32:47.040
 had seen

00:32:47.040 --> 00:32:47.680
 went before

00:32:47.680 --> 00:32:48.100
 them

00:32:48.100 --> 00:32:48.840
 until it

00:32:48.840 --> 00:32:49.600
 came to

00:32:49.600 --> 00:32:50.040
 rest

00:32:50.040 --> 00:32:51.100
 over the

00:32:51.100 --> 00:32:51.500
 place

00:32:51.500 --> 00:32:51.800
 where the

00:32:51.800 --> 00:32:52.560
 child was

00:32:52.560 --> 00:32:53.540
 and that

00:32:53.540 --> 00:32:54.140
 leads us

00:32:54.140 --> 00:32:55.019
 to the

00:32:55.019 --> 00:32:55.779
 final response

00:32:55.779 --> 00:32:56.060
 from the

00:32:56.060 --> 00:32:56.540
 wise men

00:32:56.540 --> 00:32:57.440
 the wise

00:32:57.440 --> 00:32:57.860
 men who

00:32:57.860 --> 00:32:58.340
 worship

00:32:58.340 --> 00:32:59.220
 the king

00:32:59.220 --> 00:33:00.019
 joyfully

00:33:00.019 --> 00:33:01.460
 they worship

00:33:01.460 --> 00:33:02.300
 the king

00:33:02.300 --> 00:33:03.220
 joyfully

00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:04.720
 verse 9

00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:05.960
 after listening

00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:06.600
 to the king

00:33:06.600 --> 00:33:07.440
 they went

00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:07.640
 on their

00:33:07.640 --> 00:33:07.960
 way and

00:33:07.960 --> 00:33:08.420
 behold the

00:33:08.420 --> 00:33:08.720
 star

00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:09.360
 they had

00:33:09.360 --> 00:33:09.680
 seen

00:33:09.680 --> 00:33:10.000
 when it

00:33:10.000 --> 00:33:10.840
 rose

00:33:10.840 --> 00:33:11.620
 went before

00:33:11.620 --> 00:33:12.000
 them

00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:12.779
 it came

00:33:12.779 --> 00:33:13.220
 to rest

00:33:13.220 --> 00:33:13.600
 over the

00:33:13.600 --> 00:33:13.840
 place

00:33:13.840 --> 00:33:14.080
 where the

00:33:14.080 --> 00:33:14.800
 child was

00:33:14.800 --> 00:33:15.620
 when they

00:33:15.620 --> 00:33:16.320
 saw the

00:33:16.320 --> 00:33:16.720
 star

00:33:16.720 --> 00:33:17.539
 they rejoiced

00:33:17.539 --> 00:33:18.240
 exceedingly

00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:19.160
 with great

00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:19.640
 joy

00:33:19.640 --> 00:33:21.200
 and going

00:33:21.200 --> 00:33:21.500
 into the

00:33:21.500 --> 00:33:21.759
 house

00:33:21.759 --> 00:33:22.200
 they saw

00:33:22.200 --> 00:33:22.660
 the child

00:33:22.660 --> 00:33:23.100
 with Mary

00:33:23.100 --> 00:33:23.600
 his mother

00:33:23.600 --> 00:33:24.779
 they fell

00:33:24.779 --> 00:33:25.259
 down and

00:33:25.259 --> 00:33:25.700
 worshipped

00:33:25.700 --> 00:33:26.039
 him

00:33:26.039 --> 00:33:27.519
 then opening

00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:28.160
 their treasures

00:33:28.160 --> 00:33:28.840
 they offered

00:33:28.840 --> 00:33:29.720
 him gifts

00:33:29.720 --> 00:33:30.759
 of gold

00:33:30.759 --> 00:33:31.900
 and frankincense

00:33:31.900 --> 00:33:33.779
 and myrrh

00:33:33.779 --> 00:33:34.240
 do you find

00:33:34.240 --> 00:33:34.840
 it fascinating

00:33:34.840 --> 00:33:35.700
 that once

00:33:35.700 --> 00:33:36.420
 they receive

00:33:36.420 --> 00:33:37.580
 this news

00:33:37.579 --> 00:33:38.559
 from king

00:33:38.559 --> 00:33:38.960
 herod

00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:39.819
 that now

00:33:39.819 --> 00:33:40.659
 finally

00:33:40.659 --> 00:33:41.319
 the star

00:33:41.319 --> 00:33:42.119
 reappears

00:33:42.119 --> 00:33:43.259
 that now

00:33:43.259 --> 00:33:43.799
 finally

00:33:43.799 --> 00:33:44.539
 that star

00:33:44.539 --> 00:33:45.720
 will shine

00:33:45.720 --> 00:33:46.339
 and will

00:33:46.339 --> 00:33:47.079
 direct them

00:33:47.079 --> 00:33:48.379
 straight to

00:33:48.379 --> 00:33:48.939
 Bethlehem

00:33:48.939 --> 00:33:49.779
 and to

00:33:49.779 --> 00:33:51.019
 the precise

00:33:51.019 --> 00:33:51.879
 house where

00:33:51.879 --> 00:33:52.919
 Jesus and

00:33:52.919 --> 00:33:53.639
 his family

00:33:53.639 --> 00:33:54.379
 are staying

00:33:54.379 --> 00:33:55.740
 which means

00:33:55.740 --> 00:33:56.559
 that this trip

00:33:56.559 --> 00:33:57.139
 that would go

00:33:57.139 --> 00:33:58.419
 through Jerusalem

00:33:58.419 --> 00:33:59.539
 was by design

00:33:59.539 --> 00:34:01.480
 it was by design

00:34:01.480 --> 00:34:02.339
 because of the

00:34:02.339 --> 00:34:03.299
 things that we're

00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:03.839
 going to see

00:34:03.839 --> 00:34:04.519
 next week

00:34:04.519 --> 00:34:05.819
 will set in

00:34:05.819 --> 00:34:06.599
 motion the

00:34:06.599 --> 00:34:07.359
 prophecies

00:34:07.359 --> 00:34:08.019
 that will help

00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:08.779
 to confirm

00:34:08.779 --> 00:34:09.779
 that Jesus

00:34:09.779 --> 00:34:10.599
 in fact

00:34:10.599 --> 00:34:11.219
 is the

00:34:11.219 --> 00:34:11.619
 Messiah

00:34:11.619 --> 00:34:13.380
 this flight

00:34:13.380 --> 00:34:14.420
 into Egypt

00:34:14.420 --> 00:34:15.779
 from Joseph

00:34:15.779 --> 00:34:16.400
 and Mary

00:34:16.400 --> 00:34:17.599
 and Jesus

00:34:17.599 --> 00:34:19.000
 this

00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:20.699
 extermination

00:34:20.699 --> 00:34:21.659
 of the children

00:34:21.659 --> 00:34:22.539
 two years

00:34:22.539 --> 00:34:23.000
 and under

00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:23.559
 that's taking

00:34:23.559 --> 00:34:24.480
 place in

00:34:24.480 --> 00:34:25.039
 Bethlehem

00:34:25.039 --> 00:34:26.039
 according to

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:27.059
 the prophecies

00:34:27.059 --> 00:34:27.480
 that have been

00:34:27.480 --> 00:34:27.800
 written

00:34:27.800 --> 00:34:29.019
 and then finally

00:34:29.019 --> 00:34:29.980
 the movement

00:34:29.980 --> 00:34:30.880
 of the family

00:34:30.880 --> 00:34:31.800
 back to

00:34:31.800 --> 00:34:32.240
 Nazareth

00:34:32.240 --> 00:34:33.100
 all of those

00:34:33.100 --> 00:34:33.840
 things that

00:34:33.840 --> 00:34:34.480
 were set in

00:34:34.480 --> 00:34:35.240
 motion because

00:34:35.240 --> 00:34:36.519
 God had sent

00:34:36.519 --> 00:34:37.280
 them to

00:34:37.280 --> 00:34:38.140
 Jerusalem to

00:34:38.140 --> 00:34:38.620
 start

00:34:38.620 --> 00:34:40.500
 to Herod

00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:41.140
 in particular

00:34:41.140 --> 00:34:42.480
 and that would

00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:43.160
 set in motion

00:34:43.160 --> 00:34:43.720
 all of the

00:34:43.720 --> 00:34:44.460
 other prophecies

00:34:44.460 --> 00:34:45.560
 related to

00:34:45.560 --> 00:34:46.580
 Jesus in the

00:34:46.580 --> 00:34:47.480
 beginnings of

00:34:47.480 --> 00:34:47.980
 his life

00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:49.380
 but when

00:34:49.380 --> 00:34:50.920
 these magi

00:34:50.920 --> 00:34:51.480
 when these

00:34:51.480 --> 00:34:52.220
 wise men

00:34:52.220 --> 00:34:53.260
 see the

00:34:53.260 --> 00:34:53.660
 star

00:34:53.660 --> 00:34:53.940
 they're

00:34:53.940 --> 00:34:54.580
 overwhelmed

00:34:54.580 --> 00:34:57.440
 one commentator

00:34:57.440 --> 00:34:57.740
 says

00:34:57.739 --> 00:34:58.299
 puts it

00:34:58.299 --> 00:34:58.719
 this way

00:34:58.719 --> 00:35:00.119
 he says

00:35:00.119 --> 00:35:00.479
 quote

00:35:00.479 --> 00:35:01.519
 the magi

00:35:01.519 --> 00:35:02.539
 were overwhelmed

00:35:02.539 --> 00:35:03.379
 that the

00:35:03.379 --> 00:35:04.359
 special star

00:35:04.359 --> 00:35:04.919
 appeared to

00:35:04.919 --> 00:35:05.179
 them

00:35:05.179 --> 00:35:06.339
 it seems

00:35:06.339 --> 00:35:07.259
 almost as if

00:35:07.259 --> 00:35:07.839
 Matthew

00:35:07.839 --> 00:35:08.759
 were at a

00:35:08.759 --> 00:35:09.399
 loss for

00:35:09.399 --> 00:35:09.979
 words to

00:35:09.979 --> 00:35:10.519
 describe

00:35:10.519 --> 00:35:11.699
 their ecstasy

00:35:11.699 --> 00:35:13.199
 and when

00:35:13.199 --> 00:35:13.679
 they saw

00:35:13.679 --> 00:35:14.299
 the star

00:35:14.299 --> 00:35:15.939
 they rejoiced

00:35:15.939 --> 00:35:16.819
 exceedingly

00:35:16.819 --> 00:35:17.619
 with great

00:35:17.619 --> 00:35:18.119
 joy

00:35:18.119 --> 00:35:19.679
 the original

00:35:19.679 --> 00:35:20.719
 text piles

00:35:20.719 --> 00:35:21.159
 up

00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:22.279
 superlatives

00:35:22.279 --> 00:35:23.339
 to emphasize

00:35:23.339 --> 00:35:24.419
 the extent

00:35:24.419 --> 00:35:24.819
 of their

00:35:24.819 --> 00:35:25.659
 exhilaration

00:35:25.659 --> 00:35:27.319
 they felt

00:35:27.319 --> 00:35:28.420
 thus

00:35:28.420 --> 00:35:29.059
 indicating

00:35:29.059 --> 00:35:30.219
 to us

00:35:30.219 --> 00:35:30.819
 their

00:35:30.819 --> 00:35:31.440
 uniquely

00:35:31.440 --> 00:35:32.099
 strong

00:35:32.099 --> 00:35:32.579
 interest

00:35:32.579 --> 00:35:33.239
 in this

00:35:33.239 --> 00:35:33.639
 great

00:35:33.639 --> 00:35:34.099
 event

00:35:34.099 --> 00:35:34.719
 end quote

00:35:34.719 --> 00:35:35.980
 Matthew

00:35:35.980 --> 00:35:36.539
 helps to

00:35:36.539 --> 00:35:37.019
 capture

00:35:37.019 --> 00:35:38.099
 for us

00:35:38.099 --> 00:35:38.480
 through the

00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:39.059
 inspiration

00:35:39.059 --> 00:35:39.539
 of the

00:35:39.539 --> 00:35:39.920
 spirit

00:35:39.920 --> 00:35:40.480
 the

00:35:40.480 --> 00:35:41.299
 electricity

00:35:41.299 --> 00:35:42.500
 that ignited

00:35:42.500 --> 00:35:43.139
 their hearts

00:35:43.139 --> 00:35:44.039
 that the joy

00:35:44.039 --> 00:35:44.579
 that they

00:35:44.579 --> 00:35:45.139
 experienced

00:35:45.139 --> 00:35:45.699
 was almost

00:35:45.699 --> 00:35:46.339
 too much

00:35:46.339 --> 00:35:47.099
 for words

00:35:47.099 --> 00:35:49.299
 they see

00:35:49.299 --> 00:35:49.920
 this star

00:35:49.920 --> 00:35:50.199
 this

00:35:50.199 --> 00:35:50.860
 confirmation

00:35:50.860 --> 00:35:51.779
 that they

00:35:51.779 --> 00:35:52.319
 had seen

00:35:52.319 --> 00:35:52.759
 in the

00:35:52.759 --> 00:35:53.139
 east

00:35:53.139 --> 00:35:53.980
 the confirmation

00:35:53.980 --> 00:35:54.639
 of both

00:35:54.639 --> 00:35:55.239
 general

00:35:55.239 --> 00:35:56.380
 and special

00:35:56.380 --> 00:35:56.960
 revelation

00:35:56.960 --> 00:35:58.059
 the star

00:35:58.059 --> 00:35:58.380
 that they

00:35:58.380 --> 00:35:58.960
 saw in the

00:35:58.960 --> 00:35:59.360
 sky

00:35:59.360 --> 00:35:59.980
 and the

00:35:59.980 --> 00:36:00.440
 word that

00:36:00.440 --> 00:36:00.759
 they had

00:36:00.759 --> 00:36:01.239
 read from

00:36:01.239 --> 00:36:01.739
 the scriptures

00:36:01.739 --> 00:36:02.460
 and now

00:36:02.460 --> 00:36:03.159
 coupled with

00:36:03.159 --> 00:36:03.779
 this new

00:36:03.779 --> 00:36:04.579
 revelation

00:36:04.579 --> 00:36:05.360
 this word

00:36:05.360 --> 00:36:05.900
 of God

00:36:05.900 --> 00:36:06.839
 this prophecy

00:36:06.839 --> 00:36:07.639
 from Micah

00:36:07.639 --> 00:36:08.380
 and now

00:36:08.380 --> 00:36:09.019
 here again

00:36:09.019 --> 00:36:09.900
 this general

00:36:09.900 --> 00:36:10.440
 revelation

00:36:10.440 --> 00:36:11.440
 of this star

00:36:11.440 --> 00:36:12.639
 standing over

00:36:12.639 --> 00:36:13.360
 the very house

00:36:13.360 --> 00:36:13.759
 where Jesus

00:36:13.759 --> 00:36:14.299
 was

00:36:14.299 --> 00:36:16.079
 God was in

00:36:16.079 --> 00:36:16.480
 this

00:36:16.480 --> 00:36:17.480
 and when

00:36:17.480 --> 00:36:17.860
 they come

00:36:17.860 --> 00:36:18.099
 to the

00:36:18.099 --> 00:36:18.320
 house

00:36:18.320 --> 00:36:18.880
 it says

00:36:18.880 --> 00:36:19.820
 they fell

00:36:19.820 --> 00:36:20.019
 down

00:36:20.019 --> 00:36:20.599
 and worshipped

00:36:20.599 --> 00:36:22.500
 this expression

00:36:22.500 --> 00:36:24.320
 of devotion

00:36:24.320 --> 00:36:25.079
 to this

00:36:25.079 --> 00:36:25.420
 king

00:36:25.420 --> 00:36:27.019
 this

00:36:27.019 --> 00:36:28.480
 expression

00:36:28.480 --> 00:36:29.119
 of worship

00:36:29.119 --> 00:36:29.820
 that notice

00:36:29.820 --> 00:36:30.460
 it's not to

00:36:30.460 --> 00:36:30.760
 Mary

00:36:30.760 --> 00:36:31.760
 but they bowed

00:36:31.760 --> 00:36:32.039
 down

00:36:32.039 --> 00:36:32.820
 and worshipped

00:36:32.820 --> 00:36:33.300
 him

00:36:33.300 --> 00:36:34.400
 they worshipped

00:36:34.400 --> 00:36:35.139
 Christ

00:36:35.139 --> 00:36:36.019
 they worshipped

00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:36.619
 the king

00:36:36.619 --> 00:36:38.059
 and their

00:36:38.059 --> 00:36:38.460
 worship

00:36:38.460 --> 00:36:39.860
 that has been

00:36:39.860 --> 00:36:41.260
 sacrificial

00:36:41.260 --> 00:36:42.000
 up to this

00:36:42.000 --> 00:36:42.320
 point

00:36:42.320 --> 00:36:43.059
 in terms

00:36:43.059 --> 00:36:43.420
 of their

00:36:43.420 --> 00:36:43.920
 time

00:36:43.920 --> 00:36:45.099
 and the

00:36:45.099 --> 00:36:45.900
 potential

00:36:45.900 --> 00:36:46.519
 risk

00:36:46.519 --> 00:36:47.139
 of this

00:36:47.139 --> 00:36:47.500
 trip

00:36:47.500 --> 00:36:48.400
 now

00:36:48.400 --> 00:36:49.420
 demonstrates

00:36:49.420 --> 00:36:49.980
 itself

00:36:49.980 --> 00:36:50.340
 in this

00:36:50.340 --> 00:36:50.920
 outflow

00:36:50.920 --> 00:36:51.440
 of gifts

00:36:51.440 --> 00:36:52.180
 of gold

00:36:52.180 --> 00:36:53.420
 and frankincense

00:36:53.420 --> 00:36:54.440
 and myrrh

00:36:54.440 --> 00:36:55.680
 valuable

00:36:55.680 --> 00:36:56.599
 and costly

00:36:56.599 --> 00:36:57.079
 gifts

00:36:57.079 --> 00:36:58.539
 that were

00:36:58.539 --> 00:37:00.019
 true gifts

00:37:00.019 --> 00:37:00.840
 for a king

00:37:00.840 --> 00:37:02.660
 we find

00:37:02.660 --> 00:37:03.300
 in verse 12

00:37:03.300 --> 00:37:03.900
 they were warned

00:37:03.900 --> 00:37:04.519
 in a dream

00:37:04.519 --> 00:37:05.539
 not to return

00:37:05.539 --> 00:37:06.099
 to Herod

00:37:06.099 --> 00:37:07.019
 so they

00:37:07.019 --> 00:37:07.420
 departed

00:37:07.420 --> 00:37:08.240
 to their own

00:37:08.240 --> 00:37:08.660
 country

00:37:08.660 --> 00:37:09.500
 by another way

00:37:09.500 --> 00:37:10.680
 God's

00:37:10.680 --> 00:37:11.260
 preserving

00:37:11.260 --> 00:37:11.980
 hand

00:37:11.980 --> 00:37:12.579
 over

00:37:12.579 --> 00:37:13.579
 his son

00:37:13.579 --> 00:37:14.340
 the king

00:37:14.340 --> 00:37:16.920
 we see

00:37:16.920 --> 00:37:18.059
 in our

00:37:18.059 --> 00:37:18.440
 passage

00:37:18.440 --> 00:37:19.000
 this morning

00:37:19.000 --> 00:37:19.660
 a number

00:37:19.660 --> 00:37:20.539
 of responses

00:37:20.539 --> 00:37:20.920
 and I

00:37:20.920 --> 00:37:22.059
 wonder where

00:37:22.059 --> 00:37:22.500
 you might

00:37:22.500 --> 00:37:23.380
 fit yourself

00:37:23.380 --> 00:37:24.300
 in terms

00:37:24.300 --> 00:37:24.800
 of your

00:37:24.800 --> 00:37:25.320
 response

00:37:25.320 --> 00:37:25.600
 to the

00:37:25.600 --> 00:37:25.900
 king

00:37:25.900 --> 00:37:28.340
 back in

00:37:28.340 --> 00:37:28.780
 Jeremiah

00:37:28.780 --> 00:37:29.559
 chapter 29

00:37:29.559 --> 00:37:31.120
 we find

00:37:31.120 --> 00:37:31.720
 a word

00:37:31.720 --> 00:37:32.280
 that God

00:37:32.280 --> 00:37:33.079
 gives to

00:37:33.079 --> 00:37:34.220
 the exiles

00:37:34.220 --> 00:37:35.059
 who are

00:37:35.059 --> 00:37:35.960
 in Babylon

00:37:35.960 --> 00:37:37.800
 and while

00:37:37.800 --> 00:37:38.240
 they are

00:37:38.240 --> 00:37:38.900
 experiencing

00:37:38.900 --> 00:37:39.860
 the consequences

00:37:39.860 --> 00:37:40.400
 of their

00:37:40.400 --> 00:37:40.740
 sin

00:37:40.740 --> 00:37:41.700
 and it

00:37:41.700 --> 00:37:42.140
 appears

00:37:42.140 --> 00:37:42.840
 as if

00:37:42.840 --> 00:37:43.880
 that perhaps

00:37:43.880 --> 00:37:44.900
 God may

00:37:44.900 --> 00:37:45.539
 have abandoned

00:37:45.539 --> 00:37:45.940
 them

00:37:45.940 --> 00:37:46.559
 there is

00:37:46.559 --> 00:37:47.200
 a hope

00:37:47.200 --> 00:37:47.780
 that is

00:37:47.780 --> 00:37:48.280
 given by

00:37:48.280 --> 00:37:48.800
 the prophet

00:37:48.800 --> 00:37:49.260
 Jeremiah

00:37:49.260 --> 00:37:50.000
 during this

00:37:50.000 --> 00:37:50.360
 time

00:37:50.360 --> 00:37:51.320
 of how

00:37:51.320 --> 00:37:51.620
 they are

00:37:51.620 --> 00:37:52.440
 to respond

00:37:52.440 --> 00:37:53.320
 to

00:37:53.320 --> 00:37:54.160
 the king

00:37:54.160 --> 00:37:56.079
 for I know

00:37:56.079 --> 00:37:56.480
 the plans

00:37:56.480 --> 00:37:56.820
 I have

00:37:56.820 --> 00:37:57.160
 for you

00:37:57.160 --> 00:37:57.599
 declares

00:37:57.599 --> 00:37:58.039
 the Lord

00:37:58.039 --> 00:37:59.340
 plans for

00:37:59.340 --> 00:37:59.700
 welfare

00:37:59.700 --> 00:38:00.019
 and not

00:38:00.019 --> 00:38:00.559
 for evil

00:38:00.559 --> 00:38:01.260
 to give

00:38:01.260 --> 00:38:01.500
 you a

00:38:01.500 --> 00:38:01.840
 future

00:38:01.840 --> 00:38:02.079
 and a

00:38:02.079 --> 00:38:02.400
 hope

00:38:02.400 --> 00:38:03.599
 then you

00:38:03.599 --> 00:38:04.019
 will call

00:38:04.019 --> 00:38:04.620
 upon me

00:38:04.620 --> 00:38:05.099
 and come

00:38:05.099 --> 00:38:05.400
 and pray

00:38:05.400 --> 00:38:05.700
 to me

00:38:05.700 --> 00:38:06.200
 and I

00:38:06.200 --> 00:38:06.599
 will hear

00:38:06.599 --> 00:38:06.900
 you

00:38:06.900 --> 00:38:07.940
 you

00:38:07.940 --> 00:38:08.119
 will

00:38:08.119 --> 00:38:08.480
 seek

00:38:08.480 --> 00:38:08.760
 me

00:38:08.760 --> 00:38:09.360
 and find

00:38:09.360 --> 00:38:09.720
 me

00:38:09.720 --> 00:38:10.320
 when you

00:38:10.320 --> 00:38:10.780
 seek

00:38:10.780 --> 00:38:11.280
 with all

00:38:11.280 --> 00:38:11.420
 your

00:38:11.420 --> 00:38:11.660
 heart

00:38:11.660 --> 00:38:12.440
 I

00:38:12.440 --> 00:38:12.760
 will

00:38:12.760 --> 00:38:12.960
 be

00:38:12.960 --> 00:38:13.280
 found

00:38:13.280 --> 00:38:13.720
 by you

00:38:13.720 --> 00:38:14.059
 declares

00:38:14.059 --> 00:38:14.440
 the Lord

00:38:14.440 --> 00:38:14.940
 and I

00:38:14.940 --> 00:38:15.320
 will

00:38:15.320 --> 00:38:15.820
 restore

00:38:15.820 --> 00:38:16.039
 your

00:38:16.039 --> 00:38:16.680
 fortunes

00:38:16.680 --> 00:38:17.420
 and gather

00:38:17.420 --> 00:38:17.800
 you

00:38:17.800 --> 00:38:18.300
 from all

00:38:18.300 --> 00:38:18.980
 the nations

00:38:18.980 --> 00:38:19.599
 and all

00:38:19.599 --> 00:38:20.260
 the places

00:38:20.260 --> 00:38:20.800
 where I

00:38:20.800 --> 00:38:20.960
 have

00:38:20.960 --> 00:38:21.559
 driven

00:38:21.559 --> 00:38:21.800
 you

00:38:21.800 --> 00:38:22.200
 declares

00:38:22.200 --> 00:38:22.539
 the Lord

00:38:22.539 --> 00:38:23.200
 and I

00:38:23.200 --> 00:38:24.079
 will bring

00:38:24.079 --> 00:38:24.360
 you

00:38:24.360 --> 00:38:24.840
 back

00:38:24.840 --> 00:38:25.240
 to the

00:38:25.240 --> 00:38:25.660
 place

00:38:25.660 --> 00:38:26.300
 from which

00:38:26.300 --> 00:38:26.579
 I

00:38:26.579 --> 00:38:26.960
 sent

00:38:26.960 --> 00:38:27.180
 you

00:38:27.180 --> 00:38:28.300
 this

00:38:28.300 --> 00:38:28.519
 is

00:38:28.519 --> 00:38:28.720
 the

00:38:28.720 --> 00:38:29.180
 promise

00:38:29.180 --> 00:38:29.700
 of God

00:38:29.700 --> 00:38:30.059
 to his

00:38:30.059 --> 00:38:30.400
 people

00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:31.059
 if you

00:38:31.059 --> 00:38:31.500
 seek

00:38:31.500 --> 00:38:31.840
 me

00:38:31.840 --> 00:38:32.500
 with all

00:38:32.500 --> 00:38:32.660
 your

00:38:32.660 --> 00:38:33.000
 heart

00:38:33.000 --> 00:38:33.400
 you

00:38:33.400 --> 00:38:33.559
 will

00:38:33.559 --> 00:38:33.860
 find

00:38:33.860 --> 00:38:34.220
 me

00:38:34.220 --> 00:38:35.820
 primarily

00:38:35.820 --> 00:38:36.460
 to those

00:38:36.460 --> 00:38:36.940
 who were

00:38:36.940 --> 00:38:37.880
 of the

00:38:37.880 --> 00:38:38.119
 Jewish

00:38:38.119 --> 00:38:38.659
 community

00:38:38.659 --> 00:38:39.880
 those

00:38:39.880 --> 00:38:40.119
 who were

00:38:40.119 --> 00:38:40.659
 exiles

00:38:40.659 --> 00:38:41.280
 especially

00:38:41.280 --> 00:38:42.500
 those

00:38:42.500 --> 00:38:42.820
 who were

00:38:42.820 --> 00:38:43.119
 driven

00:38:43.119 --> 00:38:43.559
 out

00:38:43.559 --> 00:38:43.880
 because

00:38:43.880 --> 00:38:44.199
 of their

00:38:44.199 --> 00:38:44.539
 sin

00:38:44.539 --> 00:38:44.740
 the

00:38:44.740 --> 00:38:45.480
 promise

00:38:45.480 --> 00:38:46.619
 of God's

00:38:46.619 --> 00:38:47.420
 forgiving

00:38:47.420 --> 00:38:48.519
 and loyal

00:38:48.519 --> 00:38:49.720
 steadfast

00:38:49.720 --> 00:38:50.500
 love

00:38:50.500 --> 00:38:51.000
 to his

00:38:51.000 --> 00:38:51.400
 people

00:38:51.400 --> 00:38:52.099
 he will

00:38:52.099 --> 00:38:52.559
 keep

00:38:52.559 --> 00:38:53.019
 his

00:38:53.019 --> 00:38:53.539
 promises

00:38:53.539 --> 00:38:54.420
 for those

00:38:54.420 --> 00:38:55.079
 who seek

00:38:55.079 --> 00:38:55.400
 him

00:38:55.400 --> 00:38:56.039
 like

00:38:56.039 --> 00:38:56.639
 these

00:38:56.639 --> 00:38:57.400
 wise men

00:38:57.400 --> 00:38:58.039
 sought

00:38:58.039 --> 00:38:58.679
 after the

00:38:58.679 --> 00:38:58.960
 Lord

00:38:58.960 --> 00:39:00.000
 but what

00:39:00.000 --> 00:39:00.500
 about us

00:39:00.500 --> 00:39:01.179
 most of us

00:39:01.179 --> 00:39:01.679
 in this

00:39:01.679 --> 00:39:02.019
 room

00:39:02.019 --> 00:39:02.780
 perhaps

00:39:02.780 --> 00:39:03.099
 would

00:39:03.099 --> 00:39:05.059
 qualify

00:39:05.059 --> 00:39:05.699
 as

00:39:05.699 --> 00:39:06.619
 outsiders

00:39:06.619 --> 00:39:07.079
 not

00:39:07.079 --> 00:39:07.279
 not

00:39:07.279 --> 00:39:07.900
 a part

00:39:07.900 --> 00:39:08.440
 of the

00:39:08.440 --> 00:39:09.119
 commonwealth

00:39:09.119 --> 00:39:09.799
 of Israel

00:39:09.799 --> 00:39:10.199
 not

00:39:10.199 --> 00:39:10.539
 not a

00:39:10.539 --> 00:39:10.779
 part

00:39:10.779 --> 00:39:11.039
 of the

00:39:11.039 --> 00:39:11.380
 Jewish

00:39:11.380 --> 00:39:11.980
 community

00:39:11.980 --> 00:39:12.279
 what

00:39:12.279 --> 00:39:12.559
 about

00:39:12.559 --> 00:39:13.079
 us

00:39:13.079 --> 00:39:13.719
 well

00:39:13.719 --> 00:39:13.860
 the

00:39:13.860 --> 00:39:14.119
 hope

00:39:14.119 --> 00:39:14.539
 from us

00:39:14.539 --> 00:39:14.679
 is

00:39:14.679 --> 00:39:15.320
 bound

00:39:15.320 --> 00:39:15.779
 up

00:39:15.779 --> 00:39:16.059
 in

00:39:16.059 --> 00:39:16.460
 the

00:39:16.460 --> 00:39:16.940
 wise

00:39:16.940 --> 00:39:17.219
 men

00:39:17.219 --> 00:39:17.380
 and

00:39:17.380 --> 00:39:17.619
 the

00:39:17.619 --> 00:39:18.059
 same

00:39:18.059 --> 00:39:18.980
 anticipation

00:39:18.980 --> 00:39:19.639
 that they

00:39:19.639 --> 00:39:19.880
 had

00:39:19.880 --> 00:39:20.779
 of pursuing

00:39:20.779 --> 00:39:21.420
 the king

00:39:21.420 --> 00:39:22.920
 we find

00:39:22.920 --> 00:39:23.460
 in Isaiah

00:39:23.460 --> 00:39:24.079
 chapter

00:39:24.079 --> 00:39:24.579
 55

00:39:24.579 --> 00:39:25.400
 a word

00:39:25.400 --> 00:39:25.719
 to

00:39:25.719 --> 00:39:26.099
 the

00:39:26.099 --> 00:39:26.639
 outsiders

00:39:26.639 --> 00:39:27.139
 when it

00:39:27.139 --> 00:39:27.420
 says

00:39:27.420 --> 00:39:27.880
 in Isaiah

00:39:27.880 --> 00:39:28.840
 55

00:39:28.840 --> 00:39:29.099
 verse

00:39:29.099 --> 00:39:29.500
 3

00:39:29.500 --> 00:39:31.139
 incline

00:39:31.139 --> 00:39:31.679
 your

00:39:31.679 --> 00:39:32.219
 ear

00:39:32.219 --> 00:39:32.800
 and

00:39:32.800 --> 00:39:33.239
 come

00:39:33.239 --> 00:39:33.539
 to

00:39:33.539 --> 00:39:33.940
 me

00:39:33.940 --> 00:39:35.059
 hear

00:39:35.059 --> 00:39:35.800
 that

00:39:35.800 --> 00:39:35.960
 your

00:39:35.960 --> 00:39:36.420
 soul

00:39:36.420 --> 00:39:36.659
 may

00:39:36.659 --> 00:39:37.039
 live

00:39:37.039 --> 00:39:37.340
 and

00:39:37.340 --> 00:39:37.800
 I

00:39:37.800 --> 00:39:38.300
 will

00:39:38.300 --> 00:39:38.739
 make

00:39:38.739 --> 00:39:38.960
 with

00:39:38.960 --> 00:39:39.260
 you

00:39:39.260 --> 00:39:39.440
 an

00:39:39.440 --> 00:39:39.980
 everlasting

00:39:39.980 --> 00:39:40.480
 covenant

00:39:40.480 --> 00:39:41.179
 my

00:39:41.179 --> 00:39:42.000
 steadfast

00:39:42.000 --> 00:39:42.360
 love

00:39:42.360 --> 00:39:43.219
 sure

00:39:43.219 --> 00:39:44.079
 love

00:39:44.079 --> 00:39:44.400
 for

00:39:44.400 --> 00:39:44.760
 David

00:39:44.760 --> 00:39:45.199
 there

00:39:45.199 --> 00:39:45.519
 we are

00:39:45.519 --> 00:39:46.320
 the

00:39:46.320 --> 00:39:46.699
 Davidic

00:39:46.699 --> 00:39:46.960
 covenant

00:39:46.960 --> 00:39:47.199
 the

00:39:47.199 --> 00:39:47.840
 promise

00:39:47.840 --> 00:39:48.260
 of

00:39:48.260 --> 00:39:48.539
 God

00:39:48.539 --> 00:39:48.699
 that

00:39:48.699 --> 00:39:49.179
 extends

00:39:49.179 --> 00:39:49.739
 not

00:39:49.739 --> 00:39:50.360
 only

00:39:50.360 --> 00:39:50.699
 to

00:39:50.699 --> 00:39:50.980
 his

00:39:50.980 --> 00:39:51.380
 people

00:39:51.380 --> 00:39:51.860
 but

00:39:51.860 --> 00:39:52.699
 includes

00:39:52.699 --> 00:39:53.099
 the

00:39:53.099 --> 00:39:53.719
 outsiders

00:39:53.719 --> 00:39:54.400
 notice

00:39:54.400 --> 00:39:54.699
 in

00:39:54.699 --> 00:39:54.880
 verse

00:39:54.880 --> 00:39:55.579
 5

00:39:55.579 --> 00:39:55.739
 to

00:39:55.739 --> 00:39:56.059
 7

00:39:56.059 --> 00:39:57.519
 behold

00:39:57.519 --> 00:39:58.639
 you

00:39:58.639 --> 00:39:58.860
 shall

00:39:58.860 --> 00:39:59.300
 call

00:39:59.300 --> 00:39:59.820
 a

00:39:59.820 --> 00:40:00.320
 nation

00:40:00.320 --> 00:40:00.920
 that

00:40:00.920 --> 00:40:01.100
 you

00:40:01.100 --> 00:40:01.360
 do

00:40:01.360 --> 00:40:01.600
 not

00:40:01.600 --> 00:40:02.039
 know

00:40:02.039 --> 00:40:02.960
 in

00:40:02.960 --> 00:40:03.080
 a

00:40:03.080 --> 00:40:03.380
 nation

00:40:03.380 --> 00:40:03.539
 that

00:40:03.539 --> 00:40:03.660
 did

00:40:03.660 --> 00:40:03.860
 not

00:40:03.860 --> 00:40:04.140
 know

00:40:04.140 --> 00:40:04.500
 you

00:40:04.500 --> 00:40:05.320
 shall

00:40:05.320 --> 00:40:05.620
 run

00:40:05.620 --> 00:40:05.820
 to

00:40:05.820 --> 00:40:06.120
 you

00:40:06.120 --> 00:40:06.460
 because

00:40:06.460 --> 00:40:06.840
 of

00:40:06.840 --> 00:40:07.000
 the

00:40:07.000 --> 00:40:07.300
 Lord

00:40:07.300 --> 00:40:07.500
 your

00:40:07.500 --> 00:40:08.019
 God

00:40:08.019 --> 00:40:08.960
 and

00:40:08.960 --> 00:40:09.080
 of

00:40:09.080 --> 00:40:09.240
 the

00:40:09.240 --> 00:40:09.519
 Holy

00:40:09.519 --> 00:40:09.760
 One

00:40:09.760 --> 00:40:09.880
 of

00:40:09.880 --> 00:40:10.340
 Israel

00:40:10.340 --> 00:40:11.000
 for

00:40:11.000 --> 00:40:11.140
 he

00:40:11.140 --> 00:40:11.280
 has

00:40:11.280 --> 00:40:11.920
 glorified

00:40:11.920 --> 00:40:12.280
 you

00:40:12.280 --> 00:40:13.960
 seek

00:40:13.960 --> 00:40:14.460
 the

00:40:14.460 --> 00:40:14.920
 Lord

00:40:14.920 --> 00:40:15.560
 while

00:40:15.560 --> 00:40:15.960
 he

00:40:15.960 --> 00:40:16.300
 may

00:40:16.300 --> 00:40:16.460
 be

00:40:16.460 --> 00:40:16.940
 found

00:40:16.940 --> 00:40:17.800
 call

00:40:17.800 --> 00:40:18.240
 upon

00:40:18.240 --> 00:40:18.680
 him

00:40:18.680 --> 00:40:19.200
 while

00:40:19.200 --> 00:40:19.420
 he

00:40:19.420 --> 00:40:19.580
 is

00:40:19.580 --> 00:40:19.960
 near

00:40:19.960 --> 00:40:21.180
 let

00:40:21.180 --> 00:40:21.320
 the

00:40:21.320 --> 00:40:21.539
 wicked

00:40:21.539 --> 00:40:22.060
 forsake

00:40:22.060 --> 00:40:22.280
 their

00:40:22.280 --> 00:40:22.600
 way

00:40:22.600 --> 00:40:23.380
 and

00:40:23.380 --> 00:40:23.519
 the

00:40:23.519 --> 00:40:24.180
 unrighteous

00:40:24.180 --> 00:40:24.620
 man

00:40:24.620 --> 00:40:24.880
 his

00:40:24.880 --> 00:40:25.260
 thoughts

00:40:25.260 --> 00:40:25.539
 let

00:40:25.539 --> 00:40:25.700
 him

00:40:25.700 --> 00:40:26.200
 return

00:40:26.200 --> 00:40:26.680
 to

00:40:26.680 --> 00:40:26.840
 the

00:40:26.840 --> 00:40:27.160
 Lord

00:40:27.160 --> 00:40:27.160


00:40:27.160 --> 00:40:27.660
 that

00:40:27.659 --> 00:40:28.039
 he

00:40:28.039 --> 00:40:28.399
 may

00:40:28.399 --> 00:40:28.799
 have

00:40:28.799 --> 00:40:29.440
 compassion

00:40:29.440 --> 00:40:29.879
 on

00:40:29.879 --> 00:40:30.239
 him

00:40:30.239 --> 00:40:30.920
 and

00:40:30.920 --> 00:40:31.139
 to

00:40:31.139 --> 00:40:31.379
 our

00:40:31.379 --> 00:40:31.759
 God

00:40:31.759 --> 00:40:32.139
 for

00:40:32.139 --> 00:40:32.599
 he

00:40:32.599 --> 00:40:33.099
 will

00:40:33.099 --> 00:40:33.739
 abundantly

00:40:33.739 --> 00:40:34.399
 pardon

00:40:34.399 --> 00:40:35.299
 that

00:40:35.299 --> 00:40:36.099
 is a

00:40:36.099 --> 00:40:36.420
 word

00:40:36.420 --> 00:40:37.179
 for us

00:40:37.179 --> 00:40:38.759
 a word

00:40:38.759 --> 00:40:39.440
 for us

00:40:39.440 --> 00:40:40.299
 of God

00:40:40.299 --> 00:40:41.199
 who beckons

00:40:41.199 --> 00:40:41.719
 us

00:40:41.719 --> 00:40:42.559
 who calls

00:40:42.559 --> 00:40:42.879
 us

00:40:42.879 --> 00:40:43.579
 as king

00:40:43.579 --> 00:40:44.679
 to enjoy

00:40:44.679 --> 00:40:45.159
 the

00:40:45.159 --> 00:40:45.699
 benefits

00:40:45.699 --> 00:40:47.419
 the

00:40:47.419 --> 00:40:47.940
 benefits

00:40:47.940 --> 00:40:48.159
 of

00:40:48.159 --> 00:40:48.739
 salvation

00:40:48.739 --> 00:40:49.259
 Jesus

00:40:49.259 --> 00:40:49.980
 as

00:40:49.980 --> 00:40:50.319
 savior

00:40:50.319 --> 00:40:50.659
 it

00:40:50.659 --> 00:40:51.199
 happens

00:40:51.199 --> 00:40:51.739
 as

00:40:51.739 --> 00:40:51.899
 we

00:40:51.899 --> 00:40:52.139
 come

00:40:52.139 --> 00:40:52.319
 to

00:40:52.319 --> 00:40:52.739
 terms

00:40:52.739 --> 00:40:53.199
 with

00:40:53.199 --> 00:40:53.379
 our

00:40:53.379 --> 00:40:53.839
 sin

00:40:53.839 --> 00:40:54.299
 and

00:40:54.299 --> 00:40:54.539
 we

00:40:54.539 --> 00:40:54.980
 come

00:40:54.980 --> 00:40:55.460
 and

00:40:55.460 --> 00:40:56.039
 ask

00:40:56.039 --> 00:40:56.239
 for

00:40:56.239 --> 00:40:56.679
 forgiveness

00:40:56.679 --> 00:40:57.059
 from

00:40:57.059 --> 00:40:57.639
 God

00:40:57.639 --> 00:40:58.039
 himself

00:40:58.039 --> 00:40:58.819
 and

00:40:58.819 --> 00:40:59.059
 we

00:40:59.059 --> 00:40:59.739
 embrace

00:40:59.739 --> 00:41:00.059
 him

00:41:00.059 --> 00:41:00.559
 not

00:41:00.559 --> 00:41:01.019
 only

00:41:01.019 --> 00:41:01.319
 as

00:41:01.319 --> 00:41:01.719
 savior

00:41:01.719 --> 00:41:01.980
 but

00:41:01.980 --> 00:41:02.480
 also

00:41:02.480 --> 00:41:02.839
 as

00:41:02.839 --> 00:41:03.239
 king

00:41:03.239 --> 00:41:03.739
 as

00:41:03.739 --> 00:41:04.219
 lord

00:41:04.219 --> 00:41:04.639
 as

00:41:04.639 --> 00:41:05.179
 master

00:41:05.179 --> 00:41:05.480
 and

00:41:05.480 --> 00:41:05.639
 we

00:41:05.639 --> 00:41:06.079
 worship

00:41:06.079 --> 00:41:06.559
 him

00:41:06.559 --> 00:41:07.599
 we

00:41:07.599 --> 00:41:08.059
 fall

00:41:08.059 --> 00:41:08.599
 before

00:41:08.599 --> 00:41:08.839
 him

00:41:08.839 --> 00:41:09.019
 we

00:41:09.019 --> 00:41:09.299
 we

00:41:09.299 --> 00:41:09.639
 have

00:41:09.639 --> 00:41:10.199
 hearts

00:41:10.199 --> 00:41:10.559
 that

00:41:10.559 --> 00:41:10.679
 are

00:41:10.679 --> 00:41:11.279
 inclined

00:41:11.279 --> 00:41:11.519
 to

00:41:11.519 --> 00:41:12.059
 obedience

00:41:12.059 --> 00:41:12.679
 and

00:41:12.679 --> 00:41:13.239
 submission

00:41:13.239 --> 00:41:13.559
 to

00:41:13.559 --> 00:41:13.719
 our

00:41:13.719 --> 00:41:14.059
 king

00:41:14.059 --> 00:41:15.840
 we

00:41:15.840 --> 00:41:16.019
 lay

00:41:16.019 --> 00:41:16.139
 it

00:41:16.139 --> 00:41:16.420
 down

00:41:16.420 --> 00:41:17.019
 and

00:41:17.019 --> 00:41:17.119
 we

00:41:17.119 --> 00:41:17.559
 recognize

00:41:17.559 --> 00:41:18.179
 his

00:41:18.179 --> 00:41:18.759
 authority

00:41:18.759 --> 00:41:19.559
 that is

00:41:19.559 --> 00:41:19.920
 over

00:41:19.920 --> 00:41:20.380
 us

00:41:20.380 --> 00:41:21.139
 and

00:41:21.139 --> 00:41:21.259
 we

00:41:21.259 --> 00:41:21.719
 recognize

00:41:21.719 --> 00:41:22.199
 the

00:41:22.199 --> 00:41:23.000
 wonder

00:41:23.000 --> 00:41:23.619
 and

00:41:23.619 --> 00:41:23.779
 the

00:41:23.779 --> 00:41:24.099
 beauty

00:41:24.099 --> 00:41:24.619
 of

00:41:24.619 --> 00:41:24.759
 his

00:41:24.759 --> 00:41:25.279
 invitation

00:41:25.279 --> 00:41:26.340
 to

00:41:26.340 --> 00:41:26.980
 join

00:41:26.980 --> 00:41:27.380
 with

00:41:27.380 --> 00:41:27.699
 us

00:41:27.699 --> 00:41:27.960
 in

00:41:27.960 --> 00:41:28.400
 fellowship

00:41:28.400 --> 00:41:29.059
 for

00:41:29.059 --> 00:41:29.400
 those

00:41:29.400 --> 00:41:29.559
 who

00:41:29.559 --> 00:41:29.860
 come

00:41:29.860 --> 00:41:30.039
 to

00:41:30.039 --> 00:41:30.340
 him

00:41:30.340 --> 00:41:30.799
 in

00:41:30.799 --> 00:41:31.139
 faith

00:41:31.139 --> 00:41:31.519
 I

00:41:31.519 --> 00:41:31.880
 wonder

00:41:31.880 --> 00:41:32.159
 this

00:41:32.159 --> 00:41:32.500
 morning

00:41:32.500 --> 00:41:33.179
 do

00:41:33.179 --> 00:41:33.279
 you

00:41:33.279 --> 00:41:33.440
 know

00:41:33.440 --> 00:41:33.820
 Jesus

00:41:33.820 --> 00:41:34.880
 and

00:41:34.880 --> 00:41:35.039
 not

00:41:35.039 --> 00:41:35.219
 just

00:41:35.219 --> 00:41:35.500
 know

00:41:35.500 --> 00:41:35.699
 him

00:41:35.699 --> 00:41:36.259
 intellectually

00:41:36.259 --> 00:41:37.119
 like

00:41:37.119 --> 00:41:37.480
 the

00:41:37.480 --> 00:41:38.039
 Pharisees

00:41:38.039 --> 00:41:38.239
 did

00:41:38.239 --> 00:41:38.400
 like

00:41:38.400 --> 00:41:38.599
 the

00:41:38.599 --> 00:41:39.199
 scribes

00:41:39.199 --> 00:41:39.539
 like

00:41:39.539 --> 00:41:39.659
 the

00:41:39.659 --> 00:41:39.920
 religious

00:41:39.920 --> 00:41:40.340
 leaders

00:41:40.340 --> 00:41:40.799
 who

00:41:40.799 --> 00:41:41.420
 knew

00:41:41.420 --> 00:41:42.480
 everything

00:41:42.480 --> 00:41:43.079
 they

00:41:43.079 --> 00:41:43.380
 needed

00:41:43.380 --> 00:41:43.579
 to

00:41:43.579 --> 00:41:43.860
 know

00:41:43.860 --> 00:41:44.220
 about

00:41:44.220 --> 00:41:44.420
 the

00:41:44.420 --> 00:41:44.640
 law

00:41:44.640 --> 00:41:44.980
 but

00:41:44.980 --> 00:41:45.140
 it

00:41:45.140 --> 00:41:45.559
 didn't

00:41:45.559 --> 00:41:46.200
 change

00:41:46.200 --> 00:41:46.400
 their

00:41:46.400 --> 00:41:46.980
 heart

00:41:46.980 --> 00:41:48.900
 oh may

00:41:48.900 --> 00:41:49.500
 God help

00:41:49.500 --> 00:41:50.039
 us

00:41:50.039 --> 00:41:51.300
 those of

00:41:51.300 --> 00:41:51.720
 us who

00:41:51.720 --> 00:41:52.360
 know the

00:41:52.360 --> 00:41:52.900
 word of

00:41:52.900 --> 00:41:53.640
 God so

00:41:53.640 --> 00:41:54.059
 well

00:41:54.059 --> 00:41:54.700
 and yet

00:41:54.700 --> 00:41:55.440
 it doesn't

00:41:55.440 --> 00:41:56.200
 do anything

00:41:56.200 --> 00:41:57.000
 to change

00:41:57.000 --> 00:41:57.880
 the trajectory

00:41:57.880 --> 00:41:58.280
 of our

00:41:58.280 --> 00:41:58.700
 life

00:41:58.700 --> 00:42:00.640
 may God help

00:42:00.640 --> 00:42:01.800
 us to bow

00:42:01.800 --> 00:42:02.440
 before the

00:42:02.440 --> 00:42:02.780
 king

00:42:02.780 --> 00:42:03.920
 this holiday

00:42:03.920 --> 00:42:04.340
 season

00:42:04.340 --> 00:42:04.980
 and that

00:42:04.980 --> 00:42:05.780
 that bowing

00:42:05.780 --> 00:42:06.300
 before the

00:42:06.300 --> 00:42:06.940
 king would

00:42:06.940 --> 00:42:07.720
 be perpetual

00:42:07.720 --> 00:42:08.720
 and not just

00:42:08.720 --> 00:42:09.519
 for the

00:42:09.519 --> 00:42:10.400
 Christmas season

00:42:10.400 --> 00:42:11.140
 but would go

00:42:11.140 --> 00:42:12.039
 on and continue

00:42:12.039 --> 00:42:12.679
 and that

00:42:12.679 --> 00:42:12.860
 our

00:42:12.860 --> 00:42:13.279
 life

00:42:13.279 --> 00:42:14.079
 would be

00:42:14.079 --> 00:42:15.519
 a beacon

00:42:15.519 --> 00:42:16.199
 of light

00:42:16.199 --> 00:42:16.539
 that would

00:42:16.539 --> 00:42:17.779
 call others

00:42:17.779 --> 00:42:18.360
 to the same

00:42:18.360 --> 00:42:18.840
 kind of

00:42:18.840 --> 00:42:19.239
 worship

00:42:19.239 --> 00:42:20.460
 the same

00:42:20.460 --> 00:42:20.779
 kind of

00:42:20.779 --> 00:42:21.440
 experience

00:42:21.440 --> 00:42:22.219
 and enjoying

00:42:22.219 --> 00:42:23.159
 the benefits

00:42:23.159 --> 00:42:23.639
 of what we

00:42:23.639 --> 00:42:24.340
 see here

00:42:24.340 --> 00:42:25.059
 in Isaiah

00:42:25.059 --> 00:42:25.980
 chapter 55

00:42:25.980 --> 00:42:27.800
 seek the

00:42:27.800 --> 00:42:28.219
 Lord

00:42:28.219 --> 00:42:28.820
 while he

00:42:28.820 --> 00:42:29.139
 may be

00:42:29.139 --> 00:42:29.460
 found

00:42:29.460 --> 00:42:30.619
 call upon

00:42:30.619 --> 00:42:31.000
 him

00:42:31.000 --> 00:42:32.119
 while he

00:42:32.119 --> 00:42:32.619
 is near

00:42:32.619 --> 00:42:33.900
 may God

00:42:33.900 --> 00:42:34.960
 help us

00:42:34.960 --> 00:42:36.159
 as God's

00:42:36.159 --> 00:42:36.519
 people

00:42:36.519 --> 00:42:38.039
 to see

00:42:38.039 --> 00:42:39.199
 and know

00:42:39.199 --> 00:42:40.460
 and love

00:42:40.460 --> 00:42:41.360
 and worship

00:42:41.360 --> 00:42:42.280
 the king

00:42:42.280 --> 00:42:44.179
 oh God

00:42:44.179 --> 00:42:44.739
 we praise

00:42:44.739 --> 00:42:45.099
 you

00:42:45.099 --> 00:42:46.860
 for the

00:42:46.860 --> 00:42:47.340
 example

00:42:47.340 --> 00:42:48.340
 of the

00:42:48.340 --> 00:42:48.800
 wise men

00:42:48.800 --> 00:42:50.900
 thank you

00:42:50.900 --> 00:42:51.440
 that even

00:42:51.440 --> 00:42:53.239
 with limited

00:42:53.239 --> 00:42:53.880
 knowledge

00:42:53.880 --> 00:42:55.360
 even with a

00:42:55.360 --> 00:42:56.400
 broken view

00:42:56.400 --> 00:42:57.860
 of astrology

00:42:57.860 --> 00:42:59.259
 and looking

00:42:59.259 --> 00:43:00.079
 for signs

00:43:00.079 --> 00:43:00.679
 in the heavens

00:43:00.679 --> 00:43:02.119
 that you

00:43:02.119 --> 00:43:03.039
 by your

00:43:03.039 --> 00:43:03.559
 kindness

00:43:03.559 --> 00:43:04.159
 and your

00:43:04.159 --> 00:43:04.699
 grace

00:43:04.699 --> 00:43:06.039
 still drew

00:43:06.039 --> 00:43:06.579
 them to

00:43:06.579 --> 00:43:07.099
 yourself

00:43:07.099 --> 00:43:08.419
 and gave

00:43:08.419 --> 00:43:08.799
 them

00:43:08.799 --> 00:43:09.699
 the joy

00:43:09.699 --> 00:43:10.039
 the

00:43:10.039 --> 00:43:11.379
 exploding

00:43:11.379 --> 00:43:12.559
 exuberant

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 overflowing

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 of seeing

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 and encountering

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 yourself

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 there in

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 Bethlehem

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 and worshiping

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 the king

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 God may we

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 not have

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 the sterile

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 carefree

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 careless

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 knowledge

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 of the

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 scribes

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 and Pharisees

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 just knowing

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 the answers

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 knowing the

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 scriptures

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 quoting the

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 verses

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 but may

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 the word

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 that we

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 know

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 the scripture

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 itself

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 change our

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 hearts

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 change our

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 affections

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 and may

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 the change

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 that people

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 see in us

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 draw attention

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 to the wonder

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 of our king

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 and may our

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 lives shine

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 as stars

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 as lights

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 as well

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 as we seek

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 to testify

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 to the wonder

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 of the true light

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 the great light

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 the only light

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 God himself

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 we pray in

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 Jesus name

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 amen

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 God bless you

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 have a great

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 week

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