WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.020 So that's Genesis chapter 46 verses 1 to 7. 00:00:06.799 --> 00:00:09.919 So Israel set out with all that was his. 00:00:10.439 --> 00:00:15.500 ! And when he reached Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. 00:00:16.600 --> 00:00:24.000 And God spoke to Israel in a vision at night and said, Jacob, Jacob, here I am, he replied. 00:00:25.000 --> 00:00:27.760 I am God, the God of your father, he said. 00:00:27.760 --> 00:00:33.660 Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there. 00:00:34.380 --> 00:00:38.039 I will go down to Egypt with you, and I will surely bring you back again. 00:00:38.679 --> 00:00:41.980 And Joseph's own hand will close your eyes. 00:00:42.960 --> 00:00:53.219 Then Jacob left Beersheba, and Israel's son took their father Jacob and their children and their wives in the carts that Pharaoh had sent to transport them. 00:00:53.460 --> 00:00:57.380 So Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt. 00:00:57.759 --> 00:01:02.539 Taking with them their livestock and their possessions they had acquired in Canaan. 00:01:03.539 --> 00:01:11.340 Jacob brought with him to Egypt his sons and grandsons and his daughters and granddaughters, all his offspring. 00:01:11.939 --> 00:01:12.159 Amen. 00:01:12.159 --> 00:01:13.159 Great. 00:01:14.280 --> 00:01:16.799 Please do keep the passage open in front of you. 00:01:17.200 --> 00:01:20.759 We're going to go a little bit either side of it as well to explore what's happening. 00:01:20.959 --> 00:01:21.620 But why don't we pray? 00:01:21.799 --> 00:01:24.819 Let's ask for God's help as we turn to his word. 00:01:26.819 --> 00:01:28.479 Father, we thank you that it's Sunday. 00:01:28.640 --> 00:01:31.359 We thank you that it's a day when we can gather as your people. 00:01:31.359 --> 00:01:39.879 We can have your word open in front of us, and your spirit who inspired this word is the same spirit who will now speak and enable us to understand. 00:01:40.039 --> 00:01:45.239 So please equip us, help us to listen, and would you teach us great things in Jesus' name. 00:01:45.900 --> 00:01:46.099 Amen. 00:01:46.099 --> 00:01:52.159 Grace, we're dropping into a story. 00:01:52.259 --> 00:01:53.799 I realize this is slightly random for you. 00:01:53.899 --> 00:01:56.780 We're dropping into a story of this man, Jacob. 00:01:58.259 --> 00:02:01.259 And you may say, well, how could this possibly be relevant? 00:02:01.439 --> 00:02:03.159 I actually think this is hugely relevant. 00:02:03.879 --> 00:02:07.239 And the reason is largely because what we were just talking about with the children. 00:02:07.239 --> 00:02:13.639 I think one of the challenges of being human is learning to grow older. 00:02:14.400 --> 00:02:20.840 And learning to grow older and cope with the disappointing realities of life. 00:02:21.579 --> 00:02:27.579 I don't know this morning whether you find life disappointing, but I imagine at some point you will. 00:02:28.939 --> 00:02:32.340 I think when we're young, and some of you, I appreciate, are young. 00:02:32.340 --> 00:02:39.340 When we're young, we have huge expectation and huge dreams and ambitions and hopes. 00:02:40.420 --> 00:02:47.599 And many of us, we look forward to our lives and we think of all that we might do and all the things we'd love to achieve and all the things we'd love to have. 00:02:50.300 --> 00:02:57.460 But one of the problems of growing older is learning to cope with the disappointment when those things don't happen. 00:02:58.740 --> 00:03:02.080 The mismatched expectation and reality. 00:03:02.340 --> 00:03:06.759 And I think that's what's really true in the life of Jacob. 00:03:07.780 --> 00:03:09.920 See, Jacob is an interesting character. 00:03:10.120 --> 00:03:13.280 Just, okay, a very brief kind of summary of the whole book of Genesis. 00:03:15.340 --> 00:03:20.800 The book of Genesis is structured around a little phrase that comes up 10 times. 00:03:21.020 --> 00:03:25.500 If you go back to chapter 37 and verse 1, you'll see it. 00:03:26.159 --> 00:03:27.039 Actually, verse 2. 00:03:27.039 --> 00:03:32.799 This is the account of Jacob's family line. 00:03:33.359 --> 00:03:35.479 10 times in the book of Genesis, you get that phrase. 00:03:35.599 --> 00:03:38.620 This is the account of, and then you get a family line. 00:03:38.899 --> 00:03:43.139 The first one is, back in Genesis 2, this is the account of the heavens and the earth. 00:03:44.079 --> 00:03:49.039 And Genesis is based on these accounts of different stories, different families. 00:03:49.039 --> 00:03:52.599 And you go from Adam and to Noah and to Abraham. 00:03:52.699 --> 00:03:54.019 Not all the big characters. 00:03:54.179 --> 00:03:55.099 Abraham, Isaac. 00:03:56.299 --> 00:03:58.099 And the final one is Jacob. 00:03:58.859 --> 00:04:03.479 Jacob is the last big character of the book of Genesis. 00:04:03.479 --> 00:04:10.259 Which is odd, because most of Genesis 37 to 45 is about Joseph, not Jacob. 00:04:10.899 --> 00:04:13.799 But you've got to remember, actually, it's not about Joseph. 00:04:13.799 --> 00:04:15.099 It's all about Jacob. 00:04:15.759 --> 00:04:17.680 It's about God's promises to Jacob. 00:04:17.779 --> 00:04:20.079 So let's just think of Jacob for a second. 00:04:21.240 --> 00:04:24.959 Jacob, when he was a young man, was dubious. 00:04:25.980 --> 00:04:27.060 He was a trickster. 00:04:27.560 --> 00:04:28.459 He was a liar. 00:04:28.560 --> 00:04:29.300 He was a deceiver. 00:04:29.300 --> 00:04:34.120 He stole the blessing from his older brother. 00:04:34.840 --> 00:04:36.600 He deceived his father. 00:04:38.240 --> 00:04:42.420 Jacob was a, he liked to make things happen. 00:04:46.600 --> 00:04:53.100 And Jacob, all the time, was trying to get the blessing, the blessing that God had promised to Abraham and to Isaac. 00:04:53.560 --> 00:04:55.920 Jacob was trying to get that blessing for himself. 00:04:55.920 --> 00:05:01.780 Now, alongside that, God also made promises to Jacob that it would be him. 00:05:03.000 --> 00:05:05.620 God met with Jacob several times and said to him, 00:05:06.560 --> 00:05:09.939 I am the God of your father, Abraham and Isaac, and I will give you the blessing. 00:05:10.680 --> 00:05:12.460 And I will give you this land. 00:05:12.580 --> 00:05:13.780 And I will give you offspring. 00:05:15.040 --> 00:05:17.220 But Jacob was trying to grab it for himself. 00:05:17.340 --> 00:05:20.960 He was trying to grasp it, rather than wait to be given it. 00:05:20.959 --> 00:05:25.879 And so Jacob's running around trying to fix things, trying to sort things out. 00:05:27.039 --> 00:05:29.339 And Jacob ends up with these 12 sons. 00:05:30.680 --> 00:05:32.519 And he has a favorite son, Joseph. 00:05:33.120 --> 00:05:35.639 And it causes great distress in his family. 00:05:35.759 --> 00:05:38.339 And his family, his sons are ripped apart by jealousy. 00:05:39.379 --> 00:05:42.019 Until eventually, the brothers decide to try and get rid of Joseph. 00:05:42.019 --> 00:05:47.159 And I want you to listen to what Jacob says. 00:05:47.699 --> 00:05:50.399 I want you to follow through Jacob's experience. 00:05:50.759 --> 00:05:52.079 Young man, I'm going to get it. 00:05:52.139 --> 00:05:52.639 I can do it. 00:05:52.699 --> 00:05:53.439 I can fix everything. 00:05:53.560 --> 00:05:55.079 I can grab the blessing for myself. 00:05:55.740 --> 00:05:57.659 Hear how he is now as an older man. 00:05:59.240 --> 00:06:00.079 This is what he says. 00:06:00.139 --> 00:06:01.099 Don't worry about turning to it. 00:06:01.979 --> 00:06:05.039 He's told that his son Joseph has been ripped apart by wild animals. 00:06:05.139 --> 00:06:06.939 That isn't true, but it's what he's been told. 00:06:06.939 --> 00:06:11.160 And Jacob says, he refuses to be comforted. 00:06:11.519 --> 00:06:14.939 I will continue to mourn until I join my son in the grave. 00:06:16.379 --> 00:06:17.620 Do you feel the pain? 00:06:20.279 --> 00:06:32.319 And then a bit later on, he says very similar things as he experiences the sorrow of all that's happened. 00:06:32.319 --> 00:06:43.139 And he says to the brothers, when they go back down to Egypt to get food, he says to them, look at all that's happened to me. 00:06:43.540 --> 00:06:44.600 All that's gone wrong. 00:06:46.980 --> 00:06:53.420 And eventually he says this very powerful line when he says, if I'm bereaved, then I'm bereaved. 00:06:55.659 --> 00:06:57.519 You can sense the disappointment, right? 00:06:57.519 --> 00:07:02.299 Here's the man who was so obsessed with the blessing of God, who God had promised blessing to. 00:07:02.579 --> 00:07:04.219 And he's like, I'm going to be the blessing. 00:07:04.299 --> 00:07:05.599 I'm trying to grab it for myself. 00:07:06.699 --> 00:07:08.139 All of that's been shattered. 00:07:09.219 --> 00:07:11.560 Been shattered by the brutal realities of life. 00:07:12.819 --> 00:07:17.199 And now he's, if I'm bereaved, I'm bereaved. 00:07:18.259 --> 00:07:20.560 My gray head will go down to the grave and sorry. 00:07:24.699 --> 00:07:25.759 It's a sad story. 00:07:25.759 --> 00:07:30.759 But what happens in chapter 46 is that Jacob is restored. 00:07:32.379 --> 00:07:33.719 This is why this is so beautiful. 00:07:34.240 --> 00:07:41.939 So if you're someone who knows anything of that disappointment, that this is how to find restoration in a world of disappointment. 00:07:42.800 --> 00:07:46.699 Well, you could call this sermon, how to die well. 00:07:47.639 --> 00:07:48.759 But that's a bit bleak. 00:07:50.620 --> 00:07:51.779 But that's really what's happening. 00:07:51.779 --> 00:07:57.579 Genesis 46 through to 50 is really about how Jacob is able to die in faith. 00:07:58.399 --> 00:07:59.479 It's very beautiful. 00:07:59.480 --> 00:08:02.360 So let's back up. 00:08:02.400 --> 00:08:05.600 I'm going to show you five things that happened that turned Jacob's experience around. 00:08:05.720 --> 00:08:11.520 And I hope that these things will resonate with you and be an encouragement to you. 00:08:12.060 --> 00:08:13.620 We're just going to dip back into chapter 45. 00:08:13.759 --> 00:08:16.280 So if you've got your Bibles open, please have this open. 00:08:16.360 --> 00:08:17.319 I've got nothing on the screen. 00:08:17.400 --> 00:08:17.879 So I apologize. 00:08:18.140 --> 00:08:20.240 I'm not as good as Steve. 00:08:20.240 --> 00:08:23.480 Here is the first thing. 00:08:24.680 --> 00:08:31.139 The first thing that changes is that Jacob receives news of a resurrection. 00:08:33.100 --> 00:08:34.220 Okay, so here he is. 00:08:34.820 --> 00:08:43.560 In Canaan, this land, he sent his brothers, the 11 remaining brothers, down to Egypt to try and get food in the famine that they're in. 00:08:43.559 --> 00:08:47.019 And while they're in Egypt, they meet Joseph. 00:08:47.079 --> 00:08:48.039 Joseph's not dead. 00:08:48.279 --> 00:08:50.459 He's been raised up. 00:08:52.819 --> 00:08:53.759 So this is what we read. 00:08:54.179 --> 00:08:55.979 Let's go from verse 25. 00:08:56.479 --> 00:09:00.719 So they went up out of Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan. 00:09:01.500 --> 00:09:04.979 They told him, Joseph is still alive. 00:09:05.259 --> 00:09:08.219 In fact, he is the ruler of all Egypt. 00:09:09.779 --> 00:09:10.919 Jacob was stunned. 00:09:11.479 --> 00:09:12.500 He did not believe them. 00:09:12.500 --> 00:09:22.080 But when they told him everything Joseph had said to them, when he saw the carts Joseph had sent to carry him back, the spirit of their father Jacob revived. 00:09:22.659 --> 00:09:26.080 And Israel said, I'm convinced my son Joseph is still alive. 00:09:26.720 --> 00:09:28.360 I will go and see him before I die. 00:09:30.840 --> 00:09:36.159 Jacob has lived for 20 years, 25, however long, a long time. 00:09:36.159 --> 00:09:42.919 Jacob has lived with this painful reality that his favorite precious son Joseph is dead. 00:09:44.419 --> 00:09:47.659 And suddenly he's told, actually, he's alive. 00:09:50.860 --> 00:09:51.379 Resurrection. 00:09:53.600 --> 00:09:54.639 That's the hope. 00:09:56.419 --> 00:09:57.919 And what is Jacob's response? 00:09:58.199 --> 00:09:59.559 Please stick with this. 00:09:59.779 --> 00:10:00.179 Look at it. 00:10:00.179 --> 00:10:03.000 What is Jacob's response when he hears news of a resurrection? 00:10:03.459 --> 00:10:04.659 What is his first response? 00:10:06.739 --> 00:10:07.539 Doesn't believe it. 00:10:09.099 --> 00:10:10.620 He doesn't believe it can be true. 00:10:12.299 --> 00:10:13.259 Jacob was stunned. 00:10:13.399 --> 00:10:14.479 He did not believe them. 00:10:14.579 --> 00:10:15.639 In fact, this is interesting. 00:10:16.019 --> 00:10:21.019 That word stunned in the original, apparently it literally means his heart stopped. 00:10:22.719 --> 00:10:23.759 His heart stopped. 00:10:23.759 --> 00:10:27.819 It's as if he sort of dies. 00:10:30.019 --> 00:10:33.480 He can't believe the message that he's being told. 00:10:33.759 --> 00:10:37.539 He can't believe that his son who was dead is alive again. 00:10:38.179 --> 00:10:39.259 He can't understand it. 00:10:41.519 --> 00:10:43.879 And the brothers give Jacob the evidence. 00:10:44.240 --> 00:10:46.980 They tell him the things that Joseph had said. 00:10:47.439 --> 00:10:48.980 And they show him the carts. 00:10:48.980 --> 00:10:52.120 They bought all these carts from Egypt with good things on them. 00:10:53.759 --> 00:10:56.039 And then you get this beautiful phrase. 00:10:56.620 --> 00:11:00.819 When he saw these things, the spirit of their father, Jacob, revived. 00:11:01.899 --> 00:11:09.539 So the one whose heart stopped is now revived by the news of a resurrection. 00:11:11.419 --> 00:11:14.460 This is what turns Jacob's world around. 00:11:15.720 --> 00:11:18.419 It's a message he can hardly dare to believe. 00:11:20.039 --> 00:11:22.840 And yet this is the reality he's now confronted with. 00:11:22.840 --> 00:11:26.899 And he says, Israel is Jacob, by the way, the same person. 00:11:28.000 --> 00:11:30.800 I'm convinced my son Joseph is still alive. 00:11:30.940 --> 00:11:32.340 I will go and see him before I die. 00:11:35.200 --> 00:11:41.800 Now, I don't think it takes a genius to realize that this has parallels to the news of another resurrection. 00:11:41.799 --> 00:11:47.759 Another resurrection that was proclaimed on the first Easter Sunday morning. 00:11:48.019 --> 00:11:52.120 While it was still dark, the women went to the tomb and they saw the stone had been rolled away. 00:11:52.219 --> 00:11:54.839 And going in, they saw that the body was not there. 00:11:54.840 --> 00:12:02.220 And they came to the first disciples and they said, he's alive. 00:12:03.080 --> 00:12:04.740 And the disciples couldn't believe that. 00:12:04.740 --> 00:12:10.539 You see, to believe in resurrection in a world of death is so hard for us. 00:12:10.600 --> 00:12:13.919 It's so against all that we understand about this world. 00:12:14.080 --> 00:12:16.379 Everything in our world is heading towards death. 00:12:16.639 --> 00:12:18.740 That is why growing old is so hard. 00:12:18.860 --> 00:12:20.399 That is why our world is disappointing. 00:12:20.399 --> 00:12:22.000 Because everything is dying. 00:12:22.000 --> 00:12:25.139 You understand that? 00:12:25.419 --> 00:12:27.600 Everything in our world is dying. 00:12:28.039 --> 00:12:29.740 That's why we find it so painful. 00:12:32.019 --> 00:12:35.279 Because even the good things we enjoy, we know they don't last. 00:12:36.259 --> 00:12:38.899 Everything is heading towards death. 00:12:39.340 --> 00:12:44.799 So like, even the smallest little things that we enjoy, they're great, but they don't last. 00:12:44.899 --> 00:12:45.879 They're gone too soon. 00:12:47.360 --> 00:12:49.919 You know, that bowl of Haagen-Dazs ice cream, which I love so much. 00:12:50.539 --> 00:12:51.559 It's like, oh, this is so good. 00:12:51.559 --> 00:12:52.119 I love it. 00:12:52.179 --> 00:12:52.619 Oh, it's gone. 00:12:55.559 --> 00:12:59.939 And that disappointment in life is because everything heads towards death. 00:12:59.939 --> 00:13:04.539 And what turns everything around is when you are confronted with news of a resurrection. 00:13:05.559 --> 00:13:07.399 A resurrected son. 00:13:08.719 --> 00:13:13.059 A favored son who was dead and now is alive again. 00:13:15.139 --> 00:13:21.439 The message of resurrection, the message that Jesus rose from the dead, 00:13:21.559 --> 00:13:23.899 is our gospel. 00:13:23.899 --> 00:13:24.139 He's alive. 00:13:24.139 --> 00:13:26.500 He's alive. 00:13:26.500 --> 00:13:34.419 And because Jesus went from death to life, that changes everything. 00:13:34.419 --> 00:13:40.539 We're so used to living in a world that goes from life to death, life to death. 00:13:40.679 --> 00:13:46.159 But Jesus turns it around, reverses the curse and goes from death to life. 00:13:46.159 --> 00:13:55.179 And if you can understand the fact that Jesus is raised from the dead, it will begin to revive your soul. 00:13:55.179 --> 00:13:59.419 In a world of disappointment, it is the resurrection that will give you hope. 00:13:59.419 --> 00:14:04.879 And the danger is that what we do when we're faced with disappointment is we look for something else. 00:14:04.959 --> 00:14:06.339 We say, well, perhaps this will give me hope. 00:14:06.479 --> 00:14:11.240 But it will just lead to further disappointment because you're putting your hope in something that's still dying. 00:14:11.659 --> 00:14:13.199 Everything in our world is dying. 00:14:13.200 --> 00:14:16.800 And if you hope in dying things, then you will be disappointed. 00:14:17.340 --> 00:14:23.259 But if you can hope in the living one, then you will have a hope that lasts forever. 00:14:26.920 --> 00:14:31.900 So where we find ourselves disappointed, we need to hear the news of the resurrected son. 00:14:32.100 --> 00:14:33.640 We need to remind ourselves again. 00:14:33.740 --> 00:14:39.460 We need to hear again that the tomb was empty, that Jesus is raised, that death has been defeated, 00:14:39.460 --> 00:14:42.180 that darkness has been driven out, and that light has won. 00:14:43.200 --> 00:14:44.280 That's our hope. 00:14:46.180 --> 00:14:49.240 And Jacob says, I'm convinced. 00:14:50.879 --> 00:14:51.720 He's alive. 00:14:55.700 --> 00:14:56.620 So there it is. 00:14:56.780 --> 00:14:58.780 As the news of the resurrection, here's the second thing. 00:14:58.840 --> 00:14:59.320 That was the longest. 00:14:59.420 --> 00:15:00.020 We're going to go faster. 00:15:00.120 --> 00:15:05.040 Here's the second thing that takes Jacob from a place of disappointment to joy. 00:15:05.500 --> 00:15:07.780 The second thing is rekindled worship. 00:15:08.560 --> 00:15:11.800 Look what he does as he sets out in chapter 46, verse 1. 00:15:11.799 --> 00:15:14.639 So Israel, that's Jacob, set out with all that was his. 00:15:14.919 --> 00:15:19.759 And when he reached Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Isaac. 00:15:20.719 --> 00:15:22.919 He offered sacrifices. 00:15:23.719 --> 00:15:24.879 He worshipped. 00:15:24.879 --> 00:15:35.919 One of the striking things is that ever since Joseph was sold into Egypt and the betrayal, there's no evidence that Jacob worshipped. 00:15:36.000 --> 00:15:38.139 There's no evidence that Jacob offered any sacrifices. 00:15:38.139 --> 00:15:43.299 And yet here he is, back in the place of worship. 00:15:45.120 --> 00:15:47.500 And notice he's back in Beersheba. 00:15:47.679 --> 00:15:50.120 This is where his father Isaac had worshipped. 00:15:50.319 --> 00:15:55.759 And so he's reconnecting, he's rekindling a worship that goes back through the generations. 00:15:55.759 --> 00:16:02.840 Beersheba is the very southernmost point of Israel. 00:16:03.159 --> 00:16:08.899 This is as he makes his journey down to Egypt to go and visit Joseph in Egypt. 00:16:09.039 --> 00:16:11.019 He's about to leave the promised land. 00:16:11.279 --> 00:16:14.580 This is the point at which he leaves the promised land of Canaan. 00:16:14.799 --> 00:16:17.139 And so he offers this act of worship. 00:16:17.139 --> 00:16:29.399 And I want to say to us, in our disappointment and in our struggle and in our confusion, in our pain, is it possible that we forget to worship? 00:16:29.600 --> 00:16:39.559 Is it possible that we forget to lift our eyes and our hearts to the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of the generations, the God who's been faithful through countless generations? 00:16:41.580 --> 00:16:46.360 Some of you have grown up in homes where God has been worshipped. 00:16:47.139 --> 00:16:50.379 Some of you have generations of worship in your families. 00:16:53.500 --> 00:16:59.240 We need to remember that we're not isolated individuals who are trying to do our little bit of worship here on our own. 00:16:59.240 --> 00:17:03.259 We're connected to a great long story, a great history of worshippers. 00:17:05.099 --> 00:17:05.619 Abraham. 00:17:05.859 --> 00:17:08.039 You worship the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. 00:17:10.740 --> 00:17:15.680 And yet how quickly we become consumed with the things that are happening around us. 00:17:15.680 --> 00:17:19.320 How quickly we lose sight of the God who truly is above. 00:17:21.460 --> 00:17:26.539 So I wonder today whether God is saying to you, will you rekindle your worship? 00:17:26.840 --> 00:17:28.799 Will you act in worship again? 00:17:29.039 --> 00:17:30.740 Will you offer sacrifices? 00:17:31.560 --> 00:17:34.440 Offer a sacrifice of worship, a sacrifice of praise. 00:17:34.799 --> 00:17:37.160 Offer yourself as a sacrifice to God. 00:17:37.440 --> 00:17:39.100 And say, I want to worship you. 00:17:39.180 --> 00:17:40.320 I want to be a worshipper. 00:17:40.319 --> 00:17:44.299 I have forgotten to be a worshipper. 00:17:46.559 --> 00:17:52.519 So as you hear the news of this resurrected son, it rekindles within you a worship. 00:17:53.799 --> 00:17:56.379 An ancient worship. 00:17:57.299 --> 00:18:05.139 Not some new fangled novel thing, but a deep ancient historical worship of our God. 00:18:05.140 --> 00:18:14.360 And as worship is rekindled, I want you to notice that it's in that moment that God speaks. 00:18:16.300 --> 00:18:20.200 God has not spoken through the entire narrative of Joseph. 00:18:21.480 --> 00:18:27.200 God has not spoken audibly in this way to any of the brothers, to anything that's happened. 00:18:27.200 --> 00:18:33.360 But it's at this moment, when Jacob is at this crisis point, that God speaks. 00:18:33.720 --> 00:18:34.660 And here's the third thing. 00:18:34.740 --> 00:18:36.340 There is a reconnection with the promise. 00:18:38.680 --> 00:18:40.180 There's news of this resurrection. 00:18:40.380 --> 00:18:41.700 There's a rekindling of worship. 00:18:41.860 --> 00:18:45.039 Then there's a reconnection with the promise of God. 00:18:46.240 --> 00:18:47.519 God suddenly speaks. 00:18:47.620 --> 00:18:48.279 I love this. 00:18:49.039 --> 00:18:49.440 Jacob. 00:18:50.279 --> 00:18:50.660 Jacob. 00:18:53.180 --> 00:18:53.900 Here I am. 00:18:53.900 --> 00:18:53.900 00:18:57.200 --> 00:18:58.819 Isn't it incredible? 00:18:59.420 --> 00:19:00.200 Just stop, right? 00:19:00.299 --> 00:19:00.900 Just for a second. 00:19:01.460 --> 00:19:05.580 The creator God of the whole universe calls this one individual by name. 00:19:07.840 --> 00:19:09.200 And it's not the only time. 00:19:10.400 --> 00:19:11.920 This is echoing Abraham. 00:19:12.160 --> 00:19:12.600 Abraham. 00:19:13.440 --> 00:19:16.940 In Genesis 22, when Abraham's about to sacrifice his son Isaac. 00:19:17.660 --> 00:19:19.600 And God says, Abraham, Abraham, here I am. 00:19:23.600 --> 00:19:26.440 Perhaps even more poignantly, it echoes Mary. 00:19:27.200 --> 00:19:27.960 Mary. 00:19:31.420 --> 00:19:33.319 God calls to us. 00:19:34.259 --> 00:19:38.240 Calls us by name to reconnect with the promise. 00:19:39.360 --> 00:19:40.600 God is speaking. 00:19:40.740 --> 00:19:41.660 He has spoken. 00:19:42.080 --> 00:19:44.360 And he says again to Jacob. 00:19:44.480 --> 00:19:44.940 Listen to this. 00:19:45.080 --> 00:19:46.039 I am God. 00:19:46.860 --> 00:19:48.299 The God of your forefather. 00:19:48.299 --> 00:19:51.899 The answer to our solutions. 00:19:52.319 --> 00:19:58.079 The answer to our problems is not an understanding of all of the answers to our questions. 00:19:58.079 --> 00:20:01.220 Instead is a re-clarification of who God is. 00:20:01.379 --> 00:20:02.579 I am God. 00:20:03.700 --> 00:20:05.099 The God of your father. 00:20:05.099 --> 00:20:10.659 And then he offers Jacob this extraordinary promise. 00:20:10.819 --> 00:20:12.419 Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt. 00:20:12.939 --> 00:20:15.399 For I will make you into a great nation there. 00:20:16.199 --> 00:20:18.059 I will go down to Egypt with you. 00:20:18.179 --> 00:20:20.079 And I will surely bring you back again. 00:20:20.579 --> 00:20:22.439 And Joseph's own hand will close your eyes. 00:20:22.440 --> 00:20:26.900 This is slightly weird. 00:20:26.900 --> 00:20:27.420 Right? 00:20:27.420 --> 00:20:33.900 Jacob is on his way down to Egypt to meet Joseph. 00:20:34.259 --> 00:20:38.920 Egypt, by any stretch of the imagination, if you know anything about the Bible, is bad news. 00:20:38.920 --> 00:20:42.860 Abraham went to Egypt. 00:20:43.019 --> 00:20:44.000 That ended badly. 00:20:45.360 --> 00:20:47.120 Isaac was told, don't go to Egypt. 00:20:47.279 --> 00:20:48.880 Again and again, don't go to Egypt. 00:20:49.140 --> 00:20:52.800 But here is Jacob being told, no, do go to Egypt. 00:20:53.120 --> 00:20:54.660 And I will make you a great nation there. 00:20:56.360 --> 00:20:58.519 Here is the heart of God's covenant promise. 00:20:59.279 --> 00:21:02.740 God's covenant promise is not about the stuff that he will give you. 00:21:02.860 --> 00:21:05.420 It is about his presence to be with you. 00:21:06.320 --> 00:21:07.620 I will be with you. 00:21:08.139 --> 00:21:10.859 Jacob, as you go to Egypt, I'm not abandoning you. 00:21:11.159 --> 00:21:14.239 Don't think that I'm constrained to one little bit of the world. 00:21:14.479 --> 00:21:16.379 Instead, I will go with you. 00:21:16.479 --> 00:21:19.739 And I will make you into a great nation in Egypt. 00:21:20.519 --> 00:21:21.539 Even in Egypt. 00:21:23.619 --> 00:21:24.959 Jacob, don't panic. 00:21:26.559 --> 00:21:27.399 Don't fear. 00:21:28.459 --> 00:21:30.539 There is a bigger story going on. 00:21:31.039 --> 00:21:32.659 And I am faithful to that story. 00:21:35.299 --> 00:21:35.599 And I am faithful to that story. 00:21:38.239 --> 00:21:41.119 God had already told Abraham that they were going to go to Egypt. 00:21:41.199 --> 00:21:42.459 Do you know how long they're going to be in Egypt for? 00:21:44.879 --> 00:21:46.039 400 years. 00:21:49.979 --> 00:21:52.279 This is the moment at which they leave the promised land. 00:21:52.819 --> 00:21:54.119 They go down to Egypt. 00:21:54.119 --> 00:21:59.199 God has already told Abraham, your people will be slaves for 400 years in Egypt. 00:22:00.939 --> 00:22:02.359 And then I will bring you back. 00:22:03.739 --> 00:22:05.500 400 years. 00:22:07.879 --> 00:22:12.059 400 years ago was 1625. 00:22:12.059 --> 00:22:20.319 Can you imagine being given promises that were about 400 years time? 00:22:22.460 --> 00:22:25.099 It just reminds us that God's timescale is not the same as ours. 00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:27.559 We want everything to happen now. 00:22:27.639 --> 00:22:28.000 Now, now, now. 00:22:28.419 --> 00:22:29.319 But God says, no, no. 00:22:29.359 --> 00:22:30.599 I will take you down to Egypt. 00:22:30.740 --> 00:22:32.159 I will make you into a great nation. 00:22:33.700 --> 00:22:38.139 Then when the time comes, I will bring you back up out of Egypt. 00:22:38.140 --> 00:22:40.460 And I will give you this land. 00:22:43.720 --> 00:22:50.320 It is a promise to Jacob that the great covenant that God made with Abraham has not failed. 00:22:51.040 --> 00:22:52.740 The covenant still stands. 00:22:54.000 --> 00:23:01.759 And Jacob needs to reconnect and commit and find himself completely secure within that covenant promise of God. 00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:08.700 God says, don't forget the covenant that I've made with you. 00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:12.720 And then there's this beautiful touch. 00:23:12.859 --> 00:23:15.079 And Joseph's own hand will close your eyes. 00:23:17.359 --> 00:23:19.339 Jacob, you're going to die in Egypt. 00:23:21.059 --> 00:23:23.980 I will bring the nation back, but you are going to die in Egypt. 00:23:23.980 --> 00:23:28.160 But here is my promise to you. 00:23:29.180 --> 00:23:32.500 Your own son, Joseph, his hands will close your eyes. 00:23:34.059 --> 00:23:35.819 You will have comfort in death. 00:23:36.539 --> 00:23:48.360 This is how to die well, to die trusting the promises of God, to die not panicking, not trying to fight, but to die knowing God's purposes are being fulfilled. 00:23:49.940 --> 00:23:52.019 Jacob is part of a story that's bigger than him. 00:23:52.019 --> 00:23:56.180 Jacob is part of a narrative that will outlast him. 00:23:59.859 --> 00:24:07.639 Suddenly, the disappointments and the frustrations of this world are put in their place as they're reconnected to the great covenant promise of God. 00:24:09.720 --> 00:24:11.339 Look, please let me say this. 00:24:11.539 --> 00:24:15.700 This doesn't mean that our struggles and our disappointments and our pain don't matter. 00:24:15.819 --> 00:24:16.319 They do. 00:24:17.599 --> 00:24:19.200 But they're not the big story. 00:24:19.200 --> 00:24:22.240 There is a greater story. 00:24:22.400 --> 00:24:23.200 There is a greater promise. 00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:25.519 A greater covenant. 00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:33.200 A greater covenant that came all the way through to Jesus who said, this blood is the new covenant in my blood. 00:24:34.100 --> 00:24:37.519 Jesus is the one who's bringing this great covenant story. 00:24:37.860 --> 00:24:41.460 Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, all the way through to Jesus. 00:24:41.460 --> 00:24:45.019 And we take up our little part in that great story. 00:24:45.160 --> 00:24:50.539 We need to be reconnected to the promises of God that help us to put our lives into perspective. 00:24:50.779 --> 00:24:52.160 This is not all there is. 00:24:54.519 --> 00:24:56.480 There's a way greater story. 00:24:56.480 --> 00:25:02.360 And one day, if Jesus doesn't come first, someone will close my eyes in death. 00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:06.599 But the story is bigger than that. 00:25:09.299 --> 00:25:10.480 See, here's the fourth thing. 00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:16.900 News of a resurrection, which rekindles worship, reconnects to the great promise of God. 00:25:16.900 --> 00:25:21.720 The fourth thing is an all in obedience. 00:25:22.920 --> 00:25:23.800 I want you to notice. 00:25:24.220 --> 00:25:32.680 Then Jacob left Beersheba and Israel's sons took their father, Jacob, and their children and their wives in the carts that Pharaoh had sent to transport him. 00:25:33.160 --> 00:25:38.759 So Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt, taking with them their livestock and their possessions they'd acquired in Canaan. 00:25:39.700 --> 00:25:45.860 Jacob brought with him to Egypt his sons, grandsons and his daughters and granddaughters, all his offspring. 00:25:45.859 --> 00:25:51.259 Old people don't like moving. 00:25:52.579 --> 00:25:54.559 It's generally my experience of life. 00:25:55.959 --> 00:26:01.240 Old people, seems to me, once they're settled in a place, like, no, that's it, I'll die here. 00:26:03.919 --> 00:26:05.439 It is a remarkable thing. 00:26:05.679 --> 00:26:09.379 At this point, Jacob is older than anybody you know. 00:26:10.819 --> 00:26:14.559 He's at least 140 years old at this point in the story. 00:26:15.859 --> 00:26:22.299 And he's settled in Canaan and he's got a nice life and he's got a family and he's got some staff. 00:26:23.859 --> 00:26:25.639 And God says, I want you to go to Egypt. 00:26:26.859 --> 00:26:30.679 And you notice that Jacob takes everything with him. 00:26:32.299 --> 00:26:34.000 He trusts God's word. 00:26:34.539 --> 00:26:36.479 There is an all in obedience. 00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:40.019 He doesn't leave some of his family in Canaan. 00:26:40.120 --> 00:26:41.539 He doesn't leave some of his possessions. 00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:43.500 He knows he's not going back. 00:26:44.400 --> 00:26:45.420 It's very moving. 00:26:46.579 --> 00:26:51.920 He leaves this place of promise to go to Egypt. 00:26:51.920 --> 00:26:55.460 This is all in obedience. 00:26:57.360 --> 00:27:00.580 This isn't a man who's sitting on the fence with a foot in both camps. 00:27:00.660 --> 00:27:06.200 This isn't a man who's trying to deceive and trick his way to what's most advantageous for him. 00:27:06.279 --> 00:27:08.039 This is a man who says, I'm all in. 00:27:09.539 --> 00:27:10.500 What else have I got? 00:27:11.060 --> 00:27:11.740 I'm all in. 00:27:11.740 --> 00:27:19.500 And in a world where things often feel disappointing and often feel frustrating, you know what? 00:27:19.740 --> 00:27:26.299 Often what God is calling us to is not a half-hearted kind of, oh, fine, I'll try a little bit. 00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:31.220 What God is calling us to is, he says, look, the world is so disappointing. 00:27:32.099 --> 00:27:33.779 The world will fail you. 00:27:33.779 --> 00:27:38.900 It's a dying world that can at best give you a brief moment of joy. 00:27:38.900 --> 00:27:44.740 And what God is calling us to do is to say, why choose that? 00:27:47.220 --> 00:27:52.120 When all in obedience with God is what will lead to lasting, eternal joy. 00:27:55.620 --> 00:27:57.140 Jacob holds nothing back. 00:27:57.800 --> 00:28:03.259 Jacob's going to use the old years of his life, the final years of his life, to be all in for God. 00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:05.920 God, what do you want me to do? 00:28:06.060 --> 00:28:07.759 How do you want me to live? 00:28:07.759 --> 00:28:10.279 How do you want me to bless the future generations? 00:28:15.680 --> 00:28:20.319 And maybe that's a challenge for some, I'm sure it's a challenge for all of us sitting here today, right? 00:28:20.500 --> 00:28:24.759 How are we going to be all in in our obedience of God? 00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:31.400 I think when we're young, we can tend to be quite all in, you know? 00:28:32.119 --> 00:28:33.779 Yeah, Jesus, I'll do anything for you. 00:28:34.019 --> 00:28:35.480 Yeah, I'm going to change the world. 00:28:35.640 --> 00:28:36.379 I'm going to be amazing. 00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:37.059 I'm going to be awesome. 00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:38.480 I'm going to do incredible things for you. 00:28:38.740 --> 00:28:42.200 And then you get a bit jaded, a bit old, and a bit disappointed, and you settle down. 00:28:42.799 --> 00:28:43.940 And you go, okay, I'll just be mediocrity. 00:28:44.299 --> 00:28:44.759 That's fine. 00:28:44.759 --> 00:28:48.400 Is that you? 00:28:53.339 --> 00:28:55.460 It's been interesting watching my mum and dad get old. 00:28:55.460 --> 00:28:59.819 I love my mum and dad very much, and they've been a great example to me. 00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:02.579 My mum and dad were really good parents. 00:29:04.440 --> 00:29:08.059 They did a good job, largely speaking. 00:29:08.640 --> 00:29:11.940 And they pointed us to Jesus, and they read the Bible with us, and they taught us about Jesus. 00:29:13.079 --> 00:29:20.900 I don't think I look back on my mum and dad as kind of like crazy, all-out-for-Jesus kind of Christians. 00:29:20.900 --> 00:29:22.280 My dad was a school teacher. 00:29:22.700 --> 00:29:23.540 They were faithful, right? 00:29:23.580 --> 00:29:24.640 They were great. 00:29:26.140 --> 00:29:28.680 Here's what I think is the most cool thing about my mum and dad. 00:29:29.500 --> 00:29:33.860 They are more excited about Jesus now than they have ever been in their life. 00:29:36.840 --> 00:29:44.480 When they came up to retirement, they took retirement, and they were like, well, we're not dead. 00:29:44.540 --> 00:29:44.980 What should we do? 00:29:46.800 --> 00:29:48.280 They went to Uganda for two years. 00:29:48.279 --> 00:29:51.240 Because there were some churches that they could go and serve. 00:29:53.019 --> 00:29:54.279 They didn't need any support. 00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:55.500 They got plenty. 00:29:55.639 --> 00:29:56.779 You know, they had the money they needed. 00:29:56.879 --> 00:29:57.480 They could just go. 00:29:58.440 --> 00:29:59.899 So they moved to Uganda for two years. 00:29:59.940 --> 00:30:00.899 It was a massive cost. 00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:01.799 It was really hard. 00:30:03.059 --> 00:30:04.319 They were like, we want to do something. 00:30:04.379 --> 00:30:05.240 We want to do something. 00:30:06.420 --> 00:30:17.480 And I've got to say, as a dad, with my children, one of the greatest things for my children to see was old people. 00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:19.680 They were saying, come on, we could do something. 00:30:20.759 --> 00:30:21.720 Let's do something. 00:30:22.660 --> 00:30:25.160 Let's not just sit around and wait to die. 00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:26.180 Let's do something. 00:30:27.220 --> 00:30:29.680 Let's think about how we could use our retirement. 00:30:29.799 --> 00:30:31.680 Let's think about how we could use our lives. 00:30:31.680 --> 00:30:38.700 And here's Jacob saying, okay, I'll go to Egypt. 00:30:38.880 --> 00:30:40.600 If that's where you tell me to go, I'll go. 00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:45.000 Now, I'm not saying that everybody should move to Egypt or everybody should move to Uganda. 00:30:46.039 --> 00:30:48.600 I think for all of us, what would it look like to be all in? 00:30:49.259 --> 00:30:51.259 What would it look like to hold nothing back? 00:30:51.340 --> 00:30:52.660 What would it look like to say, right, that's it. 00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:53.680 I'm placing all... 00:30:53.680 --> 00:30:54.180 Oh, no. 00:30:54.400 --> 00:30:55.660 Betting analogies are bad, aren't they? 00:30:56.120 --> 00:30:57.779 I'm putting all my chips on Jesus. 00:30:57.779 --> 00:30:59.500 You know, I'm putting everything on Jesus. 00:30:59.619 --> 00:31:01.559 I'm banking everything on him. 00:31:05.220 --> 00:31:06.680 And holding nothing back. 00:31:08.359 --> 00:31:09.720 That's Jacob. 00:31:12.059 --> 00:31:15.899 He's been a terrible dad and a terrible man up until this point. 00:31:15.940 --> 00:31:19.119 But at last, at this point, he's going to live in obedience. 00:31:19.119 --> 00:31:22.199 Which brings us to one final thing. 00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:22.799 Well done. 00:31:22.859 --> 00:31:23.359 Is everyone all right? 00:31:23.479 --> 00:31:23.939 Everyone happy? 00:31:24.219 --> 00:31:25.000 One final thing. 00:31:25.819 --> 00:31:30.019 The news of the resurrection leads to rekindled worship, a reconnection with the promise, and all in obedience. 00:31:32.299 --> 00:31:37.639 And then you get this list of names, which I didn't ask Jen to read. 00:31:38.319 --> 00:31:39.699 Because I thought that would be unkind. 00:31:40.879 --> 00:31:42.399 But it is very important. 00:31:42.400 --> 00:31:45.600 There's a list of 70 names. 00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:49.200 And all of them are Jacob's descendants. 00:31:50.880 --> 00:31:55.560 You see, what begins to become very clear is that the offspring are what matter. 00:31:55.840 --> 00:32:00.519 The future of the promise, the future of the world depends on these offspring. 00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:13.019 And so Jacob becomes consumed with his offspring being the family of the blessing who will bring God's blessing to the world. 00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:17.000 And so we get the names of them all listed here. 00:32:18.799 --> 00:32:22.460 Names of the people who are the direct descendants of Jacob. 00:32:22.460 --> 00:32:31.420 Because remember, Abraham to Isaac to Jacob, now to the 12 tribes of Jacob, now on to the sons and the daughters of them. 00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:35.200 You see, now the nation is growing and there's 70 of them. 00:32:37.980 --> 00:32:42.860 It's a direct parallel, I think, to Genesis 10 where you get a list of 70 nations. 00:32:44.480 --> 00:32:50.140 And what we're being told is that the hope for the 70 nations is the people of God. 00:32:50.140 --> 00:32:55.060 The only hope for our world is the people of God, the people of the promise. 00:32:57.220 --> 00:32:59.000 How is God going to reach the world? 00:32:59.100 --> 00:33:00.820 How is God going to bring blessing to the world? 00:33:01.020 --> 00:33:02.580 Through the offspring of Jacob. 00:33:03.580 --> 00:33:04.160 Here they are. 00:33:05.700 --> 00:33:11.860 It's through the offspring of Jacob that God will continue the story and continue it all the way through down to Jesus. 00:33:13.720 --> 00:33:19.080 The great offspring, the seed through whom God brings blessing to the world. 00:33:20.140 --> 00:33:26.540 And so the story is not about Jacob. 00:33:26.700 --> 00:33:28.860 It's about the bigger thing that God is doing. 00:33:28.859 --> 00:33:47.519 And as we finish this morning, I want to ask that God would rekindle in us a confidence, the joy in what he is doing beyond us. 00:33:49.199 --> 00:33:50.459 Bigger than us. 00:33:50.460 --> 00:33:51.460 Bigger than us. 00:33:51.460 --> 00:33:52.460 Bigger than us. 00:33:52.460 --> 00:33:56.299 That we would play our tiny part in God's great plan. 00:33:56.340 --> 00:33:57.640 So here's my final question for you. 00:33:57.640 --> 00:34:10.619 If you had a choice, would you rather be a really big part of something small or a small part of something massive? 00:34:10.619 --> 00:34:17.099 Because we live in a culture that says the most important thing is be a big part. 00:34:18.179 --> 00:34:19.159 Be the main character. 00:34:19.339 --> 00:34:20.500 Be the main energy. 00:34:20.699 --> 00:34:22.599 Be the big thing that's going on. 00:34:24.639 --> 00:34:27.119 Make sure you've got everything you need. 00:34:27.219 --> 00:34:28.099 Make sure everything's about you. 00:34:28.199 --> 00:34:29.319 Make sure that your name is known. 00:34:29.420 --> 00:34:30.359 Make sure you've got a legacy. 00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:31.639 Make sure everything's in place. 00:34:31.960 --> 00:34:32.940 Make sure you're impressive. 00:34:32.940 --> 00:34:34.400 And we want to be a big part. 00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:36.619 But reality is we're a big part of something tiny. 00:34:39.019 --> 00:34:40.500 And God says, no, no, no. 00:34:40.639 --> 00:34:42.460 I want you to be a tiny part. 00:34:42.720 --> 00:34:45.559 One name in a list of billions. 00:34:46.059 --> 00:34:47.599 A tiny part of something massive. 00:34:50.280 --> 00:34:52.900 If you live your lives trying to be a big part of something small, 00:34:54.179 --> 00:34:55.780 then you will be disappointed. 00:34:58.059 --> 00:35:00.519 Because it will never give you the joy that you long for. 00:35:01.079 --> 00:35:02.200 It will never last. 00:35:03.900 --> 00:35:10.519 But if you can instead can see that God is calling you to be a tiny part of something massive, 00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:14.079 something eternal, something glorious, something that goes on forever and ever, 00:35:14.380 --> 00:35:16.079 something that will last beyond you, 00:35:16.200 --> 00:35:20.740 something that is about offspring and generations that will fall down and worship. 00:35:21.200 --> 00:35:25.019 I'm so glad we sang that song, a thousand generations falling down in worship. 00:35:25.019 --> 00:35:25.599 That's right. 00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:32.019 A thousand generations falling down in worship to worship Jesus. 00:35:32.940 --> 00:35:35.639 The son who was dead but is alive again. 00:35:35.639 --> 00:35:39.920 So there we go. 00:35:40.559 --> 00:35:46.779 Why don't we pray that we would know God transforming us as he did for Jacob, 00:35:47.779 --> 00:35:52.359 meeting us in our disappointments and finding hope in him. 00:35:53.099 --> 00:35:53.480 Shall I pray? 00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:59.960 Heavenly Father, we ask this morning that you would please help us to see you as you truly are. 00:36:01.380 --> 00:36:04.559 Father, we confess that we live in a world which often is disappointing. 00:36:04.559 --> 00:36:08.340 And we ask that you would refresh us and renew us. 00:36:09.179 --> 00:36:10.400 And that you give us hope. 00:36:11.119 --> 00:36:12.639 Father, thank you that Jesus is risen. 00:36:13.679 --> 00:36:15.079 Thank you that your promise is true. 00:36:15.079 --> 00:36:20.420 And thank you that the generations of offspring that will worship you will go on forever. 00:36:21.559 --> 00:36:23.299 Lord, we want to give our lives for this. 00:36:23.759 --> 00:36:24.920 And we ask it in Jesus' name. 00:36:25.679 --> 00:36:25.900 Amen. 00:36:25.900 --> 00:36:26.039 Amen. 00:36:26.039 --> 00:36:26.039 00:36:26.039 --> 00:36:26.039 00:36:26.039 --> 00:36:26.039 00:36:26.039 --> 00:36:26.039 00:36:26.039 --> 00:36:26.039 00:36:26.039 --> 00:36:26.039 00:36:26.039 --> 00:36:26.039 00:36:26.039 --> 00:36:28.039 Amen. 00:36:28.039 --> 00:36:28.039 00:36:28.039 --> 00:36:28.039 00:36:28.039 --> 00:36:30.039 Amen. 00:36:30.039 --> 00:36:30.039