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 I'd invite you to join with me in prayer as we begin.

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 The prophet Isaiah has you, O great God, recording these words.

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 You're the one who declares that you form the light and you create darkness.

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 You're the one who brings prosperity and you're the one who creates disaster.

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 You, O God, do all of these things.

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 Your word to us, Lord, is that you are the one whom we are to flee in your wrath,

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 but you are also the one to whom we are to flee too.

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 You are both the one who brings disaster and you are the refuge.

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 You are the one who causes the anguish and yet you are the one who provides the mercy.

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 Lord, you are more complex than any God that we could possibly formulate in our own minds,

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 offensive even to our own hearts.

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 And so as we come to your word, give us hearts that are tender to you,

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 that lay aside idolatry, false views of you,

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 and that we would see you as you are in this world as it is.

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 Particularly, Lord, we would pray that you would help us to see our sin

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 and Jesus Christ in the gospel as the resolution to that sin.

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 And we ask that you would work in our hearts today as we open your word.

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 Amen.

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 Friends, we have just marked the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks in the United States

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 on September 11, 2001.

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 Do you remember where you were when you first heard that news?

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 Do you remember how many people died on that day?

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 Something like 3,000 people.

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 Most of them were in the World Trade Centers in New York City.

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 As a shock as that was, and it's still marked into our memories,

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 is sadly one of just a small event, really,

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 in what some people have called the conveyor belt of corpses of human history,

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 of depravity and atrocities.

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 World War II, for instance,

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 resulted in the death of between 70 and 85 million people,

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 the majority of whom were civilians.

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 Tens of millions of people died due to genocides,

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 disease, starvation in those five years.

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 The Holocaust in Germany alone caused the death of 11 million Jews

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 between 1933 and 1945.

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 One and a half million Armenians died at the hands of the Turks

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 between 1915 and 1923,

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 as well as a further 750,000 Assyrians

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 and one million Greeks at the same time.

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 Three million casualties

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 as a result of the Cambodian genocide.

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 Another one million dead in Rwanda in 1994.

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 The Soviet slaughter of 250,000 Polish people

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 in 1937 and 1938,

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 another couple of hundred thousand Poles by the Ukrainians,

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 less than a decade later.

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 Between 1824 and 1908,

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 white settlers and mounted police in Queensland

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 murdered more than 10,000 Indigenous members of this country.

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 Do you remember?

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 Do you remember any of that?

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 Do you remember Stalin?

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 Idi Amin?

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 Pol Pot?

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 Hitler?

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 What about the 60 million lives

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 that were lost in the Mongolian massacre?

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 Do you remember any of that?

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 What about the latest atrocity that appears on the TV?

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 How do you respond?

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 How quickly it is over

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 as we move on to the next news event?

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 Then there are a multitude of man-made disasters

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 like Chernobyl.

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 Natural disasters like 250,000 lives lost

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 in a tsunami.

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 Or four and a half million deaths to COVID-19.

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 This world is a broken world.

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 No amount of freedom days

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 and being able to stand up in pubs and drink beers

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 and holiday destinations

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 can remove that fact.

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 It is a broken world.

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 And we should feel it.

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 We should feel the stunning reality

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 that each one of those lives is no longer with us.

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 Every time you go to a funeral,

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 it should be a stunning reality

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 that this is a life lost.

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 Gone.

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 That merry-go-round has ended.

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 Death is not good.

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 No matter how many great stories you tell at a funeral,

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 how many humorous antidotes,

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 death cannot be made to look good.

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 And eternal disaster is beyond comprehension.

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 Over 50 million people a year

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 slip into a Christless eternity

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 where there is no comfort.

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 There is just increasing anguish.

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 Lamentations is a book

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 that's designed to help us

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 into that space,

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 to feel it.

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 It's designed as a memorial.

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 It helps us to remember.

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 It helps us to process

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 and it helps us to go to God.

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 The source of all hope

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 in times of despair.

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 Now, if you've got the St. Paul's app,

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 I'd be grateful if you could go there now.

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 You'll see I've got three points here.

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 The lament,

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 the comfort,

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 and what does it mean to lament

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 and to be comforted as a Christian.

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 And Lamentations 1,

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 it'd be great if you could open up that.

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 Now, Lamentations

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 is a collection of five poems.

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 Each chapter

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 is a poem in itself.

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 And four of the five chapters

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 is composed

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 as an alphabetic acrostic,

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 which means

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 that each of the poems

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 is divided

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 into 22

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 separate sections.

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 You'll notice that

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 for most of the

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 Lamentations chapters,

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 they're all 22 verses,

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 except for the middle one,

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 which is 66.

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 But they're all broken

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 into 22 separate sections,

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 one

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 for each letter

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 of the

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 Hebrew alphabet.

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 And so if you like,

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 each one,

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 each verse

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 starts with the first letter of the Eve,

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 and then the next section,

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 the second letter,

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 and all the way through

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 for 22 verses,

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 or 22 sections.

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 So Lamentations,

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 if you like,

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 describes

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 the suffering

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 of God's people

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 from A to Z.

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 It's the

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 totality

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 of

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 human suffering.

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 Also,

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 Lamentations

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 is not just

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 simply

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 the cry

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 from the heart

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 of someone

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 who's

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 having a tough time

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 in life right now.

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 You know,

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 this is not

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 for the person

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 who's struggled

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 with four months

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 of lockdown

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 and they're feeling frustrated

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 and they're

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 waving their fist

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 to God.

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 That's not what

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 Lamentations is.

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 Now,

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 I don't want to minimize

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 that for you

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 if that is you.

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 I just

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 want us

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 to go

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 to a much

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 bigger picture

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 here

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 and to go

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 to a deeper

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 tragedy

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 than four months

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 of

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 lockdown.

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 Lamentations

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 is not

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 an emotional

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 outburst.

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 It is a

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 theodicy.

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 It's an attempt

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 to explain

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 the ways

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 of God

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 to humanity.

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 The writer

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 here is

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 doing so

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 much more

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 than just

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 venting

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 their emotions

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 and you

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 can see

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 that

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 because it

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 is so

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 structured.

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 it is

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 so clear

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 and thought

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 through

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 in the way

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 it's put

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 together.

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 This is not

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 just a

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 random

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 bunch

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 of ideas.

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 The writer

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 is seeking

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 to gain

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 perspective

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 on

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 suffering

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 and sharing

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 that perspective

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 with others.

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 lamentations.

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 The other

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 thing we

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 should know

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 is that

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 these five

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 poems

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 are

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 communal

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 rather

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 than

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 personal

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 laments.

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 And this

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 is what

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 makes

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 lamentations

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 a little

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 bit different

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 than Job.

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 The other

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 significance

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 between Job

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 and lamentations

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 is that Job

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 is about

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 the suffering

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 of a

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 righteous

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 man.

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 Lamentations

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 is about

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 deserved.

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 suffering.

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 It's about

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 deserved,

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 predicted

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 desolation.

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 And so

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 in a world

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 of overwhelming

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 human suffering

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 this book

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 gives voice

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 to the

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 deepest

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 agonies

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 of grief

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 with the

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 hope

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 that there

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 is some

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 comfort

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 when we

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 cry out

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 to God

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 for mercy.

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 Now

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 lamentations

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 is a

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 response

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 to the

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 events

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 that are

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 recorded

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 for us

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 in

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 2 Kings

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 verses

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 chapters

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 24 and

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 25

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 or as

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 Gary just

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 read to us

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 2 Chronicles

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 36.

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 It's a much

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 shorter version

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 of the

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 circumstances

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 that lay

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 behind

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 lamentations.

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 things 24

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 25

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 2 Chronicles

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 36

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 are the

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 facts

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 of the

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 event.

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 Lamentations

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 is the

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 reflections

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 on it

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 by someone

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 who was

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 there

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 and

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 experienced

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 it.

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 And the

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 scene

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 is the

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 fall of

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 Jerusalem

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 to the

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 Babylonian

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 army

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 between

00:11:51.120 --> 00:11:51.720
 588

00:11:51.720 --> 00:11:52.419
 and

00:11:52.419 --> 00:11:53.159
 587

00:11:53.159 --> 00:11:53.580
 BC.

00:11:54.379 --> 00:11:55.060
 Terrible

00:11:55.060 --> 00:11:56.879
 calamities

00:11:56.879 --> 00:11:57.700
 as we will

00:11:57.700 --> 00:11:58.299
 see as we go

00:11:58.299 --> 00:11:58.580
 through

00:11:58.580 --> 00:11:59.399
 lamentations

00:11:59.399 --> 00:12:00.460
 fell upon

00:12:00.460 --> 00:12:01.039
 the citizens

00:12:01.039 --> 00:12:01.860
 of Jerusalem

00:12:01.860 --> 00:12:02.539
 over that

00:12:02.539 --> 00:12:03.560
 18 month

00:12:03.560 --> 00:12:04.080
 period.

00:12:04.620 --> 00:12:04.759
 The

00:12:04.759 --> 00:12:05.399
 Babylonians

00:12:05.399 --> 00:12:06.200
 destroyed the

00:12:06.200 --> 00:12:06.560
 temple,

00:12:06.940 --> 00:12:07.480
 the palace,

00:12:07.620 --> 00:12:08.039
 the walls,

00:12:08.139 --> 00:12:08.580
 the city,

00:12:08.960 --> 00:12:09.460
 everything

00:12:09.460 --> 00:12:10.139
 eventually,

00:12:10.680 --> 00:12:11.100
 but the

00:12:11.100 --> 00:12:12.159
 process of

00:12:12.159 --> 00:12:12.639
 the people

00:12:12.639 --> 00:12:14.279
 slowly dying

00:12:14.279 --> 00:12:14.860
 up to that

00:12:14.860 --> 00:12:15.879
 point is

00:12:15.879 --> 00:12:16.480
 just

00:12:16.480 --> 00:12:17.519
 horrendous.

00:12:17.980 --> 00:12:18.259
 The

00:12:18.259 --> 00:12:19.240
 Babylonian

00:12:19.240 --> 00:12:19.699
 army,

00:12:19.860 --> 00:12:20.240
 they

00:12:20.240 --> 00:12:20.980
 plundered,

00:12:21.259 --> 00:12:21.959
 they pillaged

00:12:21.959 --> 00:12:22.439
 the city

00:12:22.439 --> 00:12:22.839
 and its

00:12:22.839 --> 00:12:23.480
 inhabitants.

00:12:24.319 --> 00:12:24.899
 The elite

00:12:24.899 --> 00:12:25.919
 of society

00:12:25.919 --> 00:12:27.240
 were forcibly

00:12:27.240 --> 00:12:27.699
 marched

00:12:27.699 --> 00:12:28.159
 down to

00:12:28.159 --> 00:12:28.480
 Babylon

00:12:28.480 --> 00:12:28.980
 some

00:12:28.980 --> 00:12:30.079
 1500

00:12:30.079 --> 00:12:30.819
 kilometers

00:12:30.819 --> 00:12:31.959
 away from

00:12:31.959 --> 00:12:32.519
 their home

00:12:32.519 --> 00:12:33.620
 as slaves.

00:12:35.159 --> 00:12:35.379
 And so

00:12:35.379 --> 00:12:36.039
 lamentations

00:12:36.039 --> 00:12:36.699
 is written

00:12:36.699 --> 00:12:37.819
 in response

00:12:37.819 --> 00:12:38.659
 to these

00:12:38.659 --> 00:12:39.919
 calamitous

00:12:39.919 --> 00:12:42.059
 catastrophic

00:12:42.059 --> 00:12:43.699
 historical

00:12:43.699 --> 00:12:44.259
 events.

00:12:44.279 --> 00:12:46.899
 you see

00:12:46.899 --> 00:12:47.100
 for the

00:12:47.100 --> 00:12:47.459
 people of

00:12:47.459 --> 00:12:47.980
 Israel

00:12:47.980 --> 00:12:48.539
 losing

00:12:48.539 --> 00:12:49.159
 Jerusalem

00:12:49.159 --> 00:12:50.120
 meant

00:12:50.120 --> 00:12:50.980
 losing

00:12:50.980 --> 00:12:52.019
 all that

00:12:52.019 --> 00:12:52.639
 represented

00:12:52.639 --> 00:12:53.059
 them as

00:12:53.059 --> 00:12:53.459
 a people.

00:12:54.159 --> 00:12:54.740
 Everything.

00:12:55.600 --> 00:12:55.819
 The

00:12:55.819 --> 00:12:56.240
 monarchy,

00:12:56.419 --> 00:12:56.939
 the ruling

00:12:56.939 --> 00:12:57.459
 line of

00:12:57.459 --> 00:12:57.919
 David,

00:12:58.319 --> 00:12:58.860
 the priests,

00:12:58.980 --> 00:12:59.679
 the sacrifices,

00:12:59.839 --> 00:13:00.220
 the temple,

00:13:00.339 --> 00:13:00.799
 the promised

00:13:00.799 --> 00:13:02.039
 land themselves,

00:13:02.699 --> 00:13:03.399
 losing the

00:13:03.399 --> 00:13:04.539
 land meant

00:13:04.539 --> 00:13:05.179
 that they

00:13:05.179 --> 00:13:06.980
 had lost

00:13:06.980 --> 00:13:07.299
 God's

00:13:07.299 --> 00:13:07.720
 promise

00:13:07.720 --> 00:13:09.659
 and losing

00:13:09.659 --> 00:13:10.319
 God's promise

00:13:10.319 --> 00:13:11.519
 meant they

00:13:11.519 --> 00:13:11.959
 lost their

00:13:11.959 --> 00:13:12.959
 special relationship

00:13:12.960 --> 00:13:13.560
 with God

00:13:13.560 --> 00:13:14.060
 who made

00:13:14.060 --> 00:13:14.580
 and defines

00:13:14.580 --> 00:13:15.139
 all things.

00:13:15.300 --> 00:13:15.920
 God is

00:13:15.920 --> 00:13:16.400
 gone

00:13:16.400 --> 00:13:17.840
 for them.

00:13:20.580 --> 00:13:20.900
 And so

00:13:20.900 --> 00:13:21.400
 this first

00:13:21.400 --> 00:13:21.740
 lament

00:13:21.740 --> 00:13:24.100
 is from

00:13:24.100 --> 00:13:24.720
 an eyewitness

00:13:24.720 --> 00:13:25.480
 perspective

00:13:25.480 --> 00:13:26.560
 and a

00:13:26.560 --> 00:13:27.120
 description

00:13:27.120 --> 00:13:27.700
 of the

00:13:27.700 --> 00:13:28.139
 terrible

00:13:28.139 --> 00:13:28.960
 desolation.

00:13:29.980 --> 00:13:30.560
 The poet

00:13:30.560 --> 00:13:31.019
 here

00:13:31.019 --> 00:13:32.519
 presents the

00:13:32.519 --> 00:13:33.500
 city of

00:13:33.500 --> 00:13:34.040
 Jerusalem

00:13:34.040 --> 00:13:35.060
 as a

00:13:35.060 --> 00:13:35.540
 woman

00:13:35.540 --> 00:13:36.700
 in the

00:13:36.700 --> 00:13:37.320
 deepest

00:13:37.320 --> 00:13:38.280
 depths of

00:13:38.280 --> 00:13:38.780
 mourning

00:13:38.779 --> 00:13:39.819
 and pain.

00:13:40.620 --> 00:13:41.059
 Lady

00:13:41.059 --> 00:13:41.600
 Zion.

00:13:43.220 --> 00:13:44.339
 She calls

00:13:44.339 --> 00:13:44.959
 out to

00:13:44.959 --> 00:13:45.439
 God.

00:13:45.959 --> 00:13:46.459
 She calls

00:13:46.459 --> 00:13:47.079
 out in

00:13:47.079 --> 00:13:47.639
 fact even

00:13:47.639 --> 00:13:48.079
 to the

00:13:48.079 --> 00:13:48.519
 nations

00:13:48.519 --> 00:13:49.539
 around her

00:13:49.539 --> 00:13:50.579
 to look

00:13:50.579 --> 00:13:51.360
 upon her

00:13:51.360 --> 00:13:52.039
 and see

00:13:52.039 --> 00:13:52.279
 her

00:13:52.279 --> 00:13:52.740
 suffering.

00:13:54.659 --> 00:13:54.939
 Her

00:13:54.939 --> 00:13:55.379
 suffering

00:13:55.379 --> 00:13:56.179
 was great

00:13:56.179 --> 00:13:57.659
 and in

00:13:57.659 --> 00:13:58.519
 her mind

00:13:58.519 --> 00:13:59.659
 no one

00:13:59.659 --> 00:14:00.299
 was noticing.

00:14:02.139 --> 00:14:02.699
 God

00:14:02.699 --> 00:14:03.100
 was not

00:14:03.100 --> 00:14:03.559
 even looking

00:14:03.559 --> 00:14:04.019
 on her

00:14:04.019 --> 00:14:04.339
 and the

00:14:04.339 --> 00:14:04.819
 nations

00:14:04.819 --> 00:14:06.299
 ignored

00:14:06.299 --> 00:14:06.620
 her.

00:14:06.620 --> 00:14:08.480
 the very

00:14:08.480 --> 00:14:08.899
 verse

00:14:08.899 --> 00:14:09.759
 of

00:14:09.759 --> 00:14:10.600
 lamentations.

00:14:11.019 --> 00:14:11.299
 How

00:14:11.299 --> 00:14:12.039
 deserted

00:14:12.039 --> 00:14:12.840
 lies the

00:14:12.840 --> 00:14:13.159
 city

00:14:13.159 --> 00:14:14.779
 once so

00:14:14.779 --> 00:14:15.179
 full of

00:14:15.179 --> 00:14:15.600
 people.

00:14:17.080 --> 00:14:17.379
 We are

00:14:17.379 --> 00:14:18.100
 told she

00:14:18.100 --> 00:14:19.000
 who was

00:14:19.000 --> 00:14:19.580
 a queen

00:14:19.580 --> 00:14:20.460
 has become

00:14:20.460 --> 00:14:21.159
 a slave.

00:14:21.360 --> 00:14:21.860
 Verse 2

00:14:21.860 --> 00:14:22.840
 bitterly

00:14:22.840 --> 00:14:23.500
 she weeps.

00:14:23.659 --> 00:14:24.200
 All her

00:14:24.200 --> 00:14:24.860
 friends

00:14:24.860 --> 00:14:25.879
 have betrayed

00:14:25.879 --> 00:14:26.299
 her.

00:14:27.899 --> 00:14:28.639
 As you

00:14:28.639 --> 00:14:29.039
 continue

00:14:29.039 --> 00:14:29.500
 through the

00:14:29.500 --> 00:14:30.019
 chapter we

00:14:30.019 --> 00:14:30.539
 see the

00:14:30.539 --> 00:14:30.980
 suffering,

00:14:31.180 --> 00:14:31.620
 the mourning,

00:14:32.100 --> 00:14:32.759
 the abandoned

00:14:32.759 --> 00:14:33.799
 religious practices,

00:14:34.039 --> 00:14:34.600
 the desolate

00:14:34.600 --> 00:14:35.080
 city,

00:14:35.519 --> 00:14:36.200
 pilgrims no

00:14:36.200 --> 00:14:37.360
 longer flock

00:14:37.360 --> 00:14:38.000
 there for

00:14:38.000 --> 00:14:38.700
 their feasts,

00:14:38.900 --> 00:14:39.560
 merchants no

00:14:39.560 --> 00:14:40.220
 longer walk

00:14:40.220 --> 00:14:40.640
 through the

00:14:40.640 --> 00:14:41.040
 gates,

00:14:41.400 --> 00:14:41.980
 her princes

00:14:41.980 --> 00:14:43.040
 have fleed

00:14:43.040 --> 00:14:43.759
 the city

00:14:43.759 --> 00:14:44.259
 and they

00:14:44.259 --> 00:14:44.740
 have been

00:14:44.740 --> 00:14:45.940
 pursued by

00:14:45.940 --> 00:14:46.620
 their attackers,

00:14:47.280 --> 00:14:47.860
 the palace

00:14:47.860 --> 00:14:48.620
 treasures have

00:14:48.620 --> 00:14:49.259
 been looted,

00:14:49.379 --> 00:14:49.840
 the temple

00:14:49.840 --> 00:14:50.280
 has been

00:14:50.280 --> 00:14:50.960
 violated,

00:14:51.280 --> 00:14:51.820
 in her

00:14:51.820 --> 00:14:52.540
 streets,

00:14:53.100 --> 00:14:53.700
 desperate

00:14:53.700 --> 00:14:55.280
 people negotiate

00:14:55.280 --> 00:14:55.820
 for their

00:14:55.820 --> 00:14:56.860
 very lives,

00:14:58.020 --> 00:14:59.560
 they are

00:14:59.560 --> 00:15:00.300
 concerned to

00:15:00.300 --> 00:15:00.840
 go out and

00:15:00.840 --> 00:15:01.660
 buy food,

00:15:01.840 --> 00:15:02.340
 to try and

00:15:02.340 --> 00:15:03.259
 scavenge for

00:15:03.259 --> 00:15:03.700
 food,

00:15:04.360 --> 00:15:04.940
 lest they

00:15:04.940 --> 00:15:06.060
 become food

00:15:06.060 --> 00:15:06.760
 for others,

00:15:08.340 --> 00:15:11.900
 her army

00:15:11.900 --> 00:15:12.640
 is defeated,

00:15:14.240 --> 00:15:15.460
 the princes

00:15:15.460 --> 00:15:15.920
 and the

00:15:15.920 --> 00:15:16.460
 leaders have

00:15:16.460 --> 00:15:17.120
 all perished

00:15:17.120 --> 00:15:17.480
 in their

00:15:17.480 --> 00:15:17.980
 search for

00:15:17.980 --> 00:15:18.360
 food,

00:15:19.560 --> 00:15:20.340
 we are

00:15:20.340 --> 00:15:20.980
 told Lady

00:15:20.980 --> 00:15:21.920
 Zion weeps

00:15:21.920 --> 00:15:22.480
 bitterly,

00:15:23.480 --> 00:15:25.960
 you can see

00:15:25.960 --> 00:15:26.680
 it's a little

00:15:26.680 --> 00:15:27.340
 bit more

00:15:27.340 --> 00:15:27.820
 than just

00:15:27.820 --> 00:15:28.420
 four months

00:15:28.420 --> 00:15:29.060
 of lockdown,

00:15:30.240 --> 00:15:31.420
 a greater

00:15:31.420 --> 00:15:32.280
 disaster is

00:15:32.280 --> 00:15:32.980
 happening here,

00:15:32.980 --> 00:15:34.740
 my goodness

00:15:34.740 --> 00:15:35.120
 I still

00:15:35.120 --> 00:15:35.560
 get cold

00:15:35.560 --> 00:15:36.019
 delivering

00:15:36.019 --> 00:15:36.379
 food to

00:15:36.379 --> 00:15:36.860
 my door,

00:15:39.860 --> 00:15:41.340
 verses 2,

00:15:41.800 --> 00:15:42.320
 9,

00:15:42.840 --> 00:15:43.639
 16,

00:15:43.920 --> 00:15:45.240
 17 and

00:15:45.240 --> 00:15:46.000
 21,

00:15:46.320 --> 00:15:47.080
 we have

00:15:47.080 --> 00:15:47.680
 the repetition

00:15:47.680 --> 00:15:48.340
 of a

00:15:48.340 --> 00:15:48.740
 statement

00:15:48.740 --> 00:15:50.300
 that forms

00:15:50.300 --> 00:15:51.700
 the anguish

00:15:51.700 --> 00:15:53.100
 of this

00:15:53.100 --> 00:15:53.720
 whole chapter,

00:15:54.279 --> 00:15:55.019
 there is

00:15:55.019 --> 00:15:55.700
 no one

00:15:55.700 --> 00:15:56.820
 to comfort

00:15:56.820 --> 00:15:57.139
 her,

00:15:57.139 --> 00:15:59.659
 she cries

00:15:59.659 --> 00:16:00.120
 out,

00:16:01.279 --> 00:16:02.279
 she reaches

00:16:02.279 --> 00:16:03.059
 out to

00:16:03.059 --> 00:16:03.720
 those who

00:16:03.720 --> 00:16:04.559
 pass by,

00:16:04.939 --> 00:16:05.799
 she groans

00:16:05.799 --> 00:16:07.019
 looking for

00:16:07.019 --> 00:16:07.699
 a comforter,

00:16:08.259 --> 00:16:09.340
 but there is

00:16:09.340 --> 00:16:09.879
 no comfort,

00:16:12.019 --> 00:16:12.600
 no one

00:16:12.600 --> 00:16:13.019
 will help

00:16:13.019 --> 00:16:13.279
 her,

00:16:14.179 --> 00:16:14.860
 no one

00:16:14.860 --> 00:16:15.519
 will restore

00:16:15.519 --> 00:16:15.899
 her,

00:16:16.299 --> 00:16:17.100
 all of her

00:16:17.100 --> 00:16:17.600
 friends,

00:16:17.819 --> 00:16:18.360
 all of her

00:16:18.360 --> 00:16:18.879
 lovers,

00:16:19.120 --> 00:16:19.819
 all of those

00:16:19.819 --> 00:16:20.080
 who are

00:16:20.080 --> 00:16:20.819
 associated

00:16:20.819 --> 00:16:21.559
 with her

00:16:21.559 --> 00:16:22.539
 have abandoned

00:16:22.539 --> 00:16:22.980
 her,

00:16:22.980 --> 00:16:27.759
 but she

00:16:27.759 --> 00:16:28.220
 should have

00:16:28.220 --> 00:16:28.659
 seen it

00:16:28.659 --> 00:16:29.060
 coming,

00:16:30.200 --> 00:16:31.740
 she should

00:16:31.740 --> 00:16:32.060
 have seen

00:16:32.060 --> 00:16:32.560
 it coming,

00:16:33.560 --> 00:16:34.180
 the prophet

00:16:34.180 --> 00:16:34.879
 Jeremiah,

00:16:35.080 --> 00:16:35.600
 the poet

00:16:35.600 --> 00:16:36.259
 behind

00:16:36.259 --> 00:16:37.300
 Lamentations

00:16:37.300 --> 00:16:38.759
 had warned,

00:16:38.879 --> 00:16:40.360
 warned Jerusalem

00:16:40.360 --> 00:16:41.600
 for decades

00:16:41.600 --> 00:16:43.779
 and for decades

00:16:43.779 --> 00:16:45.259
 the city

00:16:45.259 --> 00:16:47.000
 laughed him

00:16:47.000 --> 00:16:47.379
 off,

00:16:47.379 --> 00:16:51.840
 God's

00:16:51.840 --> 00:16:52.419
 word had

00:16:52.419 --> 00:16:53.059
 been cleared

00:16:53.059 --> 00:16:53.340
 of the

00:16:53.340 --> 00:16:53.639
 city

00:16:53.639 --> 00:16:54.320
 again

00:16:54.320 --> 00:16:55.100
 and again

00:16:55.100 --> 00:16:55.899
 and again

00:16:55.899 --> 00:16:56.600
 and again

00:16:56.600 --> 00:16:57.580
 tragedy

00:16:57.580 --> 00:16:58.460
 will befall

00:16:58.460 --> 00:16:58.860
 you,

00:16:59.379 --> 00:17:00.000
 turn,

00:17:00.360 --> 00:17:00.820
 turn

00:17:00.820 --> 00:17:01.320
 back to

00:17:01.320 --> 00:17:01.600
 the living

00:17:01.600 --> 00:17:02.019
 God,

00:17:03.019 --> 00:17:06.500
 so why

00:17:06.500 --> 00:17:07.079
 has this

00:17:07.079 --> 00:17:07.500
 tragedy

00:17:07.500 --> 00:17:07.980
 befallen,

00:17:08.119 --> 00:17:08.480
 what was

00:17:08.480 --> 00:17:09.279
 the essence

00:17:09.279 --> 00:17:10.420
 of

00:17:10.420 --> 00:17:11.380
 Jeremiah's

00:17:11.380 --> 00:17:11.960
 message,

00:17:14.359 --> 00:17:14.819
 William

00:17:14.819 --> 00:17:15.539
 Westmore's

00:17:15.539 --> 00:17:16.059
 story

00:17:16.059 --> 00:17:17.240
 was a

00:17:17.240 --> 00:17:20.120
 19th

00:17:20.120 --> 00:17:20.700
 century

00:17:20.700 --> 00:17:21.339
 American

00:17:21.339 --> 00:17:21.680
 who

00:17:21.680 --> 00:17:22.140
 carved

00:17:22.140 --> 00:17:22.420
 some

00:17:22.420 --> 00:17:23.079
 great

00:17:23.079 --> 00:17:23.620
 sculptures

00:17:23.620 --> 00:17:25.359
 and one

00:17:25.359 --> 00:17:25.680
 such

00:17:25.680 --> 00:17:26.819
 sculpture

00:17:26.819 --> 00:17:28.059
 is of

00:17:28.059 --> 00:17:28.660
 a woman

00:17:28.660 --> 00:17:30.400
 sitting

00:17:30.400 --> 00:17:31.680
 amongst

00:17:31.680 --> 00:17:32.000
 some

00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:32.640
 ruins

00:17:32.640 --> 00:17:34.900
 slumped

00:17:34.900 --> 00:17:35.299
 slightly

00:17:35.299 --> 00:17:35.779
 to one

00:17:35.779 --> 00:17:36.359
 side,

00:17:37.039 --> 00:17:37.599
 her elbow

00:17:37.599 --> 00:17:38.380
 rests on

00:17:38.380 --> 00:17:38.880
 the arm

00:17:38.880 --> 00:17:39.279
 of her

00:17:39.279 --> 00:17:39.880
 throne,

00:17:41.160 --> 00:17:42.079
 she gazes

00:17:42.079 --> 00:17:42.720
 downward

00:17:42.720 --> 00:17:43.240
 with a

00:17:43.240 --> 00:17:43.759
 resolute

00:17:43.759 --> 00:17:44.500
 frown,

00:17:45.880 --> 00:17:46.259
 she's

00:17:46.259 --> 00:17:47.160
 despondent

00:17:47.160 --> 00:17:48.980
 and engraved

00:17:48.980 --> 00:17:49.300
 on the

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 sculpture

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 is Jerusalem

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 in her

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 desolation,

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 it's a

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 fairly famous

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 sculpture,

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 the most

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 significant

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 detail

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 of the

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 sculpture

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 is almost

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 unnoticeable

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 to the

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 passing eye

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 when you

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 look at it,

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 it's this

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 down,

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 right at the

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 bottom of the

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 sculpture

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 near the

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 feet of

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 Lady Zion

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 is this

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 small

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 snake

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 slithering

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 along,

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 it represents

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 sin,

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 Jerusalem's

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 destruction

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 was because

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 of her

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 sin,

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 have a look

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 at verse

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 5,

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 the

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 Lord

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 has

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 brought

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 her

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 grief

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 because

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 of her

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 many

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 sins,

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 the

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 word used

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 for sins

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 in verse

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 5 is a

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 word that

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 actually suggests

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 outright

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 rebellion,

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 it's because

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 of her

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 outright

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 rebellion

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 against God

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 that she

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 has been

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 ruined,

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 grief has

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 come upon

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 her,

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 that is

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 what this

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 lament

00:19:05.539 --> 00:19:06.399
 tells us

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 is that

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 Jerusalem

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 got what

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 she

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 deserved

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 and in

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 fact Lady

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 Zion

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 herself

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 confesses

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 it in

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 verse

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 18,

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 the

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 Lord is

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 righteous

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 and yet

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 I

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 rebelled

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 against

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 his

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 command

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 and again

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 in verse

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 20,

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 see Lord

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 how distressed

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 I am,

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 I am in

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 torment

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 within

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 and in

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 my heart

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 I am

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 disturbed

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 for I

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 have been

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 most

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 rebellious

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 so if

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 you

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 want

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 one

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 understanding

00:19:41.340 --> 00:19:41.640
 if you

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 like of

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 the book

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 of

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 lamentations

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 is that

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 it's one

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 long

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 illustration

00:19:47.140 --> 00:19:48.680
 of the

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 eternal

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 principle

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 that a

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 person

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 reaps

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 what they

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 sow

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 the

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 Bible

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 gives

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 us

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 the

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 Christian

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 faith

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 if you

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 like

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 gives

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 us

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 gives

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 the

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 world

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 the

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 bleakest

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 most

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 comprehensive

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 panoramic

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 picture

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 of the

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 human

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 condition

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 outside

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 of God

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 and what

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 we have

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 here in

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 Lamentations

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 1 is

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 a

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 microcosm

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 version of

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 that

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 of the

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 universal

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 human

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 condition

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 Jerusalem

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 lady

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 Zion

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 represents

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 our

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 position

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 outside

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 of God

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 Ephesians

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 chapter 2

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 in the

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 New Testament

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 makes it

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 real clear

00:20:40.460 --> 00:20:40.740
 for us

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 it's quite

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 blunt

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 but it

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 says very

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 clearly

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 we are

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 all

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 human

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 beings

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 every one

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 of us

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 are dead

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 in our

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 transgressions

00:20:46.920 --> 00:20:47.460
 and sins

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 as for

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 you

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 you were

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 dead

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 in your

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 transgressions

00:20:50.460 --> 00:20:50.940
 and sins

00:20:50.940 --> 00:20:51.500
 in which

00:20:51.500 --> 00:20:51.960
 you used

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 to live

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 when you

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 followed the

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 ways of

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 this world

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 and of the

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 rule of

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 the kingdom

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 of the

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 air

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 the spirit

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 who is

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 now at

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 work in

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 those who

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 are disobedient

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 all of

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 us

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 all of

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 us

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 lived

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 among them

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 at one

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 time

00:21:06.900 --> 00:21:08.600
 gratifying

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 the cravings

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 of our

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 flesh and

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 following its

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 desires and

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 our thoughts

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 and like the

00:21:14.240 --> 00:21:15.200
 rest we

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 were by

00:21:15.539 --> 00:21:16.019
 nature

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 deserving of

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 wrath

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 let's be

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 clear here

00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:21.480
 in Ephesians

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 2 death

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 is not a

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 figure of

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 speech

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 the state

00:21:26.140 --> 00:21:28.220
 of spiritual

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 death is

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 universal

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 Paul is

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 not describing

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 a segment

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 of society

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 a particular

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 group of

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 people

00:21:37.660 --> 00:21:38.580
 you know

00:21:38.580 --> 00:21:38.880
 who are

00:21:38.880 --> 00:21:39.400
 decadent

00:21:39.400 --> 00:21:40.320
 depraved

00:21:40.320 --> 00:21:42.200
 he's describing

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 all of

00:21:42.580 --> 00:21:43.039
 humanity

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 from

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 from bottom

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 to top

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 from the

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 so-called

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 unrighteousness

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 righteous to

00:21:47.740 --> 00:21:48.299
 the so-called

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 righteous

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 all of

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 us

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 and the

00:21:50.480 --> 00:21:51.100
 key idea

00:21:51.100 --> 00:21:51.640
 is in

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 verse 3

00:21:52.360 --> 00:21:52.620
 of

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 Ephesians 2

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 we are

00:21:55.480 --> 00:21:56.380
 gratifying the

00:21:56.380 --> 00:21:57.039
 cravings of

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 our flesh

00:21:57.700 --> 00:21:58.620
 and following

00:21:58.620 --> 00:21:59.279
 its desires

00:21:59.279 --> 00:21:59.779
 and thoughts

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 literally means

00:22:00.900 --> 00:22:01.320
 there

00:22:01.320 --> 00:22:02.519
 it refers

00:22:02.519 --> 00:22:03.000
 to

00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:04.320
 self-centered

00:22:04.320 --> 00:22:05.120
 human

00:22:05.120 --> 00:22:06.019
 nature

00:22:06.019 --> 00:22:08.039
 our hearts

00:22:08.039 --> 00:22:08.820
 inside

00:22:08.820 --> 00:22:09.759
 are

00:22:09.759 --> 00:22:11.360
 driving us

00:22:11.360 --> 00:22:12.039
 mastering

00:22:12.039 --> 00:22:12.400
 us

00:22:12.400 --> 00:22:13.299
 controlling

00:22:13.299 --> 00:22:13.840
 us

00:22:13.839 --> 00:22:15.220
 self-centeredness

00:22:15.220 --> 00:22:16.539
 making

00:22:16.539 --> 00:22:17.099
 ourselves

00:22:17.099 --> 00:22:17.980
 the world

00:22:17.980 --> 00:22:20.519
 according to

00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:20.939
 the bible

00:22:20.939 --> 00:22:21.539
 the reason

00:22:21.539 --> 00:22:21.859
 we are

00:22:21.859 --> 00:22:22.279
 dead in

00:22:22.279 --> 00:22:22.439
 our

00:22:22.439 --> 00:22:23.079
 transgressions

00:22:23.079 --> 00:22:23.500
 and sins

00:22:23.500 --> 00:22:24.139
 is because

00:22:24.139 --> 00:22:25.619
 every single

00:22:25.619 --> 00:22:26.159
 one of us

00:22:26.159 --> 00:22:27.379
 is profoundly

00:22:27.379 --> 00:22:28.799
 self-centered

00:22:28.799 --> 00:22:30.519
 the 16th

00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:30.940
 century

00:22:30.940 --> 00:22:32.019
 reformer

00:22:32.019 --> 00:22:32.759
 and theologian

00:22:32.759 --> 00:22:33.460
 Martin Luther

00:22:33.460 --> 00:22:34.680
 said that

00:22:34.680 --> 00:22:35.180
 the very

00:22:35.180 --> 00:22:35.799
 nature of

00:22:35.799 --> 00:22:36.259
 humanity

00:22:36.259 --> 00:22:36.919
 is so

00:22:36.919 --> 00:22:37.619
 deeply

00:22:37.619 --> 00:22:38.480
 curved

00:22:38.480 --> 00:22:39.119
 in

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 of itself

00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:40.919
 into

00:22:40.919 --> 00:22:41.440
 itself

00:22:41.440 --> 00:22:43.779
 he

00:22:43.779 --> 00:22:44.759
 wrote

00:22:44.759 --> 00:22:45.779
 we are

00:22:45.779 --> 00:22:46.599
 wickedly

00:22:46.599 --> 00:22:48.200
 curvedly

00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:48.859
 and

00:22:48.859 --> 00:22:50.099
 viciously

00:22:50.099 --> 00:22:51.619
 seek to

00:22:51.619 --> 00:22:52.419
 use all

00:22:52.419 --> 00:22:53.220
 things

00:22:53.220 --> 00:22:54.500
 even

00:22:54.500 --> 00:22:55.419
 God

00:22:55.420 --> 00:22:57.519
 for our

00:22:57.519 --> 00:22:57.920
 own

00:22:57.920 --> 00:22:58.279
 sake

00:22:58.279 --> 00:23:00.539
 the

00:23:00.539 --> 00:23:01.180
 framework

00:23:01.180 --> 00:23:02.840
 for every

00:23:02.840 --> 00:23:03.759
 human being

00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:04.640
 begins

00:23:04.640 --> 00:23:06.539
 with

00:23:06.539 --> 00:23:08.140
 is you

00:23:08.140 --> 00:23:09.440
 give your

00:23:09.440 --> 00:23:10.000
 life

00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:11.240
 for me

00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:13.120
 it's me

00:23:13.120 --> 00:23:13.539
 first

00:23:13.539 --> 00:23:16.440
 you

00:23:16.440 --> 00:23:17.160
 exist

00:23:17.160 --> 00:23:18.360
 for me

00:23:18.360 --> 00:23:20.340
 my

00:23:20.340 --> 00:23:20.680
 interest

00:23:20.680 --> 00:23:21.160
 first

00:23:21.160 --> 00:23:22.880
 and that

00:23:22.880 --> 00:23:23.460
 is even

00:23:23.460 --> 00:23:23.880
 how we

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 relate

00:23:24.440 --> 00:23:25.700
 to our

00:23:25.700 --> 00:23:26.120
 creator

00:23:26.120 --> 00:23:27.039
 our

00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:27.720
 sustainer

00:23:27.720 --> 00:23:28.559
 our

00:23:28.559 --> 00:23:29.000
 God

00:23:29.000 --> 00:23:30.059
 me

00:23:30.059 --> 00:23:30.559
 first

00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:31.059
 and if

00:23:31.059 --> 00:23:31.200
 you

00:23:31.200 --> 00:23:31.680
 do not

00:23:31.680 --> 00:23:32.180
 give me

00:23:32.180 --> 00:23:32.660
 the life

00:23:32.660 --> 00:23:33.019
 that I

00:23:33.019 --> 00:23:33.519
 want to

00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:33.920
 have

00:23:33.920 --> 00:23:35.500
 then

00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:35.880
 curse

00:23:35.880 --> 00:23:36.320
 be upon

00:23:36.320 --> 00:23:36.680
 you

00:23:36.680 --> 00:23:40.120
 and so

00:23:40.120 --> 00:23:40.259
 the

00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:40.920
 consequences

00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:41.320
 at the

00:23:41.320 --> 00:23:41.620
 end of

00:23:41.620 --> 00:23:42.460
 verse 3

00:23:42.460 --> 00:23:42.960
 of

00:23:42.960 --> 00:23:43.420
 Ephesians

00:23:43.420 --> 00:23:43.720
 2

00:23:43.720 --> 00:23:44.160
 is really

00:23:44.160 --> 00:23:44.559
 shocking

00:23:44.559 --> 00:23:44.900
 to our

00:23:44.900 --> 00:23:45.120
 modern

00:23:45.120 --> 00:23:45.820
 sensibilities

00:23:45.820 --> 00:23:47.019
 we are

00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:47.460
 not only

00:23:47.460 --> 00:23:50.620
 dead

00:23:50.620 --> 00:23:52.580
 but we

00:23:52.580 --> 00:23:52.980
 are also

00:23:52.980 --> 00:23:53.640
 condemned

00:23:53.640 --> 00:23:55.840
 it says

00:23:55.840 --> 00:23:56.280
 like the

00:23:56.280 --> 00:23:56.780
 rest we

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 were by

00:23:57.140 --> 00:23:57.560
 nature

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 deserving

00:23:58.240 --> 00:23:58.580
 of

00:23:58.580 --> 00:23:58.980
 wrath

00:23:58.980 --> 00:24:00.160
 that is

00:24:00.160 --> 00:24:00.600
 deserving

00:24:00.600 --> 00:24:01.680
 of God's

00:24:01.680 --> 00:24:02.280
 righteous

00:24:02.280 --> 00:24:02.900
 anger

00:24:02.900 --> 00:24:03.820
 see God's

00:24:03.820 --> 00:24:04.400
 anger is

00:24:04.400 --> 00:24:04.940
 not like

00:24:04.940 --> 00:24:05.280
 human

00:24:05.280 --> 00:24:05.720
 anger

00:24:05.720 --> 00:24:07.040
 it's not

00:24:07.040 --> 00:24:07.360
 bad

00:24:07.360 --> 00:24:08.080
 tempered

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 it's not

00:24:08.980 --> 00:24:10.080
 spiteful

00:24:10.080 --> 00:24:10.920
 it's not

00:24:10.920 --> 00:24:11.700
 malice

00:24:11.700 --> 00:24:13.280
 nor is it

00:24:13.280 --> 00:24:14.020
 animosity

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 nor is it

00:24:15.280 --> 00:24:16.020
 revenge

00:24:16.020 --> 00:24:16.780
 nor is it

00:24:16.780 --> 00:24:17.460
 arbitrary

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 it is

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 God's

00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:20.720
 personal

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 righteous

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 constant

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 hostility

00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:24.880
 towards

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 evil

00:24:25.559 --> 00:24:26.779
 injustice

00:24:26.779 --> 00:24:28.120
 and sin

00:24:28.120 --> 00:24:30.039
 it is

00:24:30.039 --> 00:24:30.279
 his

00:24:30.279 --> 00:24:31.340
 settled

00:24:31.340 --> 00:24:32.840
 refusal

00:24:32.840 --> 00:24:33.759
 to

00:24:33.759 --> 00:24:34.460
 compromise

00:24:34.460 --> 00:24:35.019
 with

00:24:35.019 --> 00:24:35.700
 sin

00:24:35.700 --> 00:24:37.160
 and his

00:24:37.160 --> 00:24:37.920
 resolve

00:24:37.920 --> 00:24:38.480
 to in

00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:38.680
 fact

00:24:38.680 --> 00:24:39.299
 condemn

00:24:39.299 --> 00:24:39.819
 all that

00:24:39.819 --> 00:24:40.259
 is evil

00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:43.140
 and so

00:24:43.140 --> 00:24:43.519
 we come

00:24:43.519 --> 00:24:43.660
 to

00:24:43.660 --> 00:24:44.299
 lamentations

00:24:44.299 --> 00:24:44.759
 one

00:24:44.759 --> 00:24:46.680
 and we

00:24:46.680 --> 00:24:47.160
 see this

00:24:47.160 --> 00:24:47.680
 played out

00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:48.099
 for lady

00:24:48.099 --> 00:24:48.519
 Zion

00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:51.920
 it led

00:24:51.920 --> 00:24:52.259
 to her

00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:52.859
 destruction

00:24:52.859 --> 00:24:55.079
 and it

00:24:55.079 --> 00:24:55.500
 will lead

00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:55.839
 to

00:24:55.839 --> 00:24:56.720
 ours

00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:57.140
 too

00:24:57.140 --> 00:24:59.500
 is it

00:24:59.500 --> 00:25:00.019
 any wonder

00:25:00.019 --> 00:25:00.700
 she cries

00:25:00.700 --> 00:25:01.359
 out is

00:25:01.359 --> 00:25:01.700
 there

00:25:01.700 --> 00:25:02.879
 anyone

00:25:02.879 --> 00:25:04.460
 anyone

00:25:04.460 --> 00:25:06.339
 to comfort

00:25:06.339 --> 00:25:06.779
 me

00:25:06.779 --> 00:25:09.160
 when the

00:25:09.160 --> 00:25:09.420
 sovereign

00:25:09.420 --> 00:25:09.720
 God

00:25:09.720 --> 00:25:09.879
 is

00:25:09.879 --> 00:25:10.160
 against

00:25:10.160 --> 00:25:11.039
 me

00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:15.940
 some

00:25:15.940 --> 00:25:16.319
 70

00:25:16.319 --> 00:25:16.799
 years

00:25:16.799 --> 00:25:17.579
 after the

00:25:17.579 --> 00:25:18.519
 devastation

00:25:18.519 --> 00:25:18.700
 of

00:25:18.700 --> 00:25:19.240
 Jerusalem

00:25:19.240 --> 00:25:21.579
 and after

00:25:21.579 --> 00:25:21.940
 Babylon

00:25:21.940 --> 00:25:22.639
 itself

00:25:22.639 --> 00:25:23.200
 had been

00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:23.579
 conquered

00:25:23.579 --> 00:25:24.799
 by the

00:25:24.799 --> 00:25:25.200
 Persian

00:25:25.200 --> 00:25:25.539
 empire

00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:26.079
 for its

00:25:26.079 --> 00:25:26.420
 sin

00:25:26.420 --> 00:25:28.319
 the Jews

00:25:28.319 --> 00:25:28.799
 made their

00:25:28.799 --> 00:25:29.259
 way back

00:25:29.259 --> 00:25:30.119
 to rebuild

00:25:30.119 --> 00:25:30.619
 the city

00:25:30.619 --> 00:25:31.359
 once again

00:25:31.359 --> 00:25:32.720
 lady

00:25:32.720 --> 00:25:33.180
 Zion

00:25:33.180 --> 00:25:33.740
 returns

00:25:33.740 --> 00:25:34.220
 home

00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:35.279
 they

00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:35.819
 promised

00:25:35.819 --> 00:25:36.220
 to

00:25:36.220 --> 00:25:37.200
 not make

00:25:37.200 --> 00:25:37.620
 the same

00:25:37.620 --> 00:25:38.019
 mistake

00:25:38.019 --> 00:25:38.339
 of their

00:25:38.339 --> 00:25:38.980
 forefathers

00:25:38.980 --> 00:25:39.539
 they promised

00:25:39.539 --> 00:25:40.079
 to walk

00:25:40.079 --> 00:25:40.600
 in obedience

00:25:40.600 --> 00:25:41.279
 to God

00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:43.019
 and yet

00:25:43.019 --> 00:25:43.559
 a mere

00:25:43.559 --> 00:25:44.279
 500

00:25:44.279 --> 00:25:45.120
 years

00:25:45.120 --> 00:25:45.600
 later

00:25:45.600 --> 00:25:46.380
 we see

00:25:46.380 --> 00:25:46.980
 nothing

00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:47.980
 has changed

00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:48.700
 for Jerusalem

00:25:48.700 --> 00:25:52.180
 Jesus

00:25:52.180 --> 00:25:52.900
 Christ

00:25:52.900 --> 00:25:53.600
 500

00:25:53.600 --> 00:25:54.240
 years

00:25:54.240 --> 00:25:54.799
 later

00:25:54.799 --> 00:25:56.980
 bursts

00:25:56.980 --> 00:25:57.640
 in on the

00:25:57.640 --> 00:25:58.140
 scenes

00:25:58.140 --> 00:25:58.680
 of the

00:25:58.680 --> 00:25:58.920
 Middle

00:25:58.920 --> 00:25:59.360
 East

00:25:59.360 --> 00:26:00.740
 and declares

00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:01.220
 himself

00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:01.700
 to be

00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:02.240
 God

00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:02.779
 himself

00:26:02.779 --> 00:26:03.240
 amongst

00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:03.660
 us

00:26:03.660 --> 00:26:05.160
 son of

00:26:05.160 --> 00:26:05.460
 God

00:26:05.460 --> 00:26:06.039
 dwelling

00:26:06.039 --> 00:26:06.420
 amongst

00:26:06.420 --> 00:26:06.659
 his

00:26:06.659 --> 00:26:07.119
 people

00:26:07.119 --> 00:26:09.259
 and he

00:26:09.259 --> 00:26:09.639
 backed

00:26:09.639 --> 00:26:10.019
 up

00:26:10.019 --> 00:26:10.379
 that

00:26:10.379 --> 00:26:11.399
 remarkable

00:26:11.399 --> 00:26:12.000
 claim

00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:15.220
 by living

00:26:15.220 --> 00:26:15.740
 a perfect

00:26:15.740 --> 00:26:16.259
 life

00:26:16.259 --> 00:26:17.019
 and performing

00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:18.700
 incredible

00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:19.420
 miracles

00:26:19.420 --> 00:26:21.139
 bringing hope

00:26:21.139 --> 00:26:21.899
 and healing

00:26:21.899 --> 00:26:23.539
 to thousands

00:26:23.539 --> 00:26:23.779
 thousands

00:26:23.779 --> 00:26:27.079
 and so

00:26:27.079 --> 00:26:27.259
 what

00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:27.680
 happens

00:26:27.680 --> 00:26:27.899
 when

00:26:27.899 --> 00:26:28.200
 God

00:26:28.200 --> 00:26:28.819
 himself

00:26:28.819 --> 00:26:30.119
 rocks

00:26:30.119 --> 00:26:30.339
 up

00:26:30.339 --> 00:26:30.500
 to

00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:31.059
 Jerusalem

00:26:31.059 --> 00:26:34.480
 Luke

00:26:34.480 --> 00:26:35.119
 19

00:26:35.119 --> 00:26:36.059
 we read

00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:36.359
 Jesus

00:26:36.359 --> 00:26:36.879
 approached

00:26:36.879 --> 00:26:37.440
 Jerusalem

00:26:37.440 --> 00:26:37.879
 he saw

00:26:37.879 --> 00:26:38.399
 the city

00:26:38.399 --> 00:26:39.799
 and he

00:26:39.799 --> 00:26:40.240
 wept

00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:42.759
 he wept

00:26:42.759 --> 00:26:43.399
 over it

00:26:43.399 --> 00:26:45.379
 and he

00:26:45.379 --> 00:26:45.599
 says

00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:46.420
 if you

00:26:46.420 --> 00:26:48.319
 even you

00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:49.299
 had known

00:26:49.299 --> 00:26:50.200
 only known

00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:50.579
 on this

00:26:50.579 --> 00:26:51.079
 day

00:26:51.079 --> 00:26:51.500
 what

00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:51.759
 could

00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:52.099
 bring

00:26:52.099 --> 00:26:52.299
 you

00:26:52.299 --> 00:26:52.859
 peace

00:26:52.859 --> 00:26:55.279
 or

00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:55.460
 what

00:26:55.460 --> 00:26:55.599
 could

00:26:55.599 --> 00:26:55.740
 bring

00:26:55.740 --> 00:26:55.859
 you

00:26:55.859 --> 00:26:56.339
 comfort

00:26:56.339 --> 00:26:59.699
 but

00:26:59.699 --> 00:26:59.960
 now

00:26:59.960 --> 00:27:00.279
 it is

00:27:00.279 --> 00:27:00.460
 hidden

00:27:00.460 --> 00:27:00.720
 from

00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:00.919
 your

00:27:00.919 --> 00:27:01.500
 eyes

00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:02.579
 the

00:27:02.579 --> 00:27:02.919
 days

00:27:02.919 --> 00:27:03.099
 will

00:27:03.099 --> 00:27:03.319
 come

00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:03.699
 upon

00:27:03.699 --> 00:27:04.059
 you

00:27:04.059 --> 00:27:04.439
 when

00:27:04.439 --> 00:27:04.699
 your

00:27:04.699 --> 00:27:05.119
 enemies

00:27:05.119 --> 00:27:05.720
 will

00:27:05.720 --> 00:27:07.059
 and

00:27:07.059 --> 00:27:07.539
 here's

00:27:07.539 --> 00:27:08.039
 a replay

00:27:08.039 --> 00:27:08.240
 of

00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:08.720
 history

00:27:08.720 --> 00:27:09.659
 will

00:27:09.659 --> 00:27:10.079
 build

00:27:10.079 --> 00:27:10.279
 an

00:27:10.279 --> 00:27:10.819
 embankment

00:27:10.819 --> 00:27:11.179
 against

00:27:11.179 --> 00:27:11.579
 you

00:27:11.579 --> 00:27:11.819
 they

00:27:11.819 --> 00:27:11.980
 will

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.639
 encircle

00:27:12.639 --> 00:27:12.919
 you

00:27:12.919 --> 00:27:13.119
 they

00:27:13.119 --> 00:27:13.299
 will

00:27:13.299 --> 00:27:13.519
 hem

00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:13.720
 you

00:27:13.720 --> 00:27:14.099
 in

00:27:14.099 --> 00:27:14.339
 on

00:27:14.339 --> 00:27:14.679
 every

00:27:14.679 --> 00:27:15.159
 side

00:27:15.159 --> 00:27:15.579
 they

00:27:15.579 --> 00:27:15.759
 will

00:27:15.759 --> 00:27:16.220
 dash

00:27:16.220 --> 00:27:16.399
 you

00:27:16.399 --> 00:27:16.559
 to

00:27:16.559 --> 00:27:16.740
 the

00:27:16.740 --> 00:27:17.199
 ground

00:27:17.200 --> 00:27:18.420
 you

00:27:18.420 --> 00:27:19.080
 and

00:27:19.080 --> 00:27:19.259
 the

00:27:19.259 --> 00:27:19.620
 children

00:27:19.620 --> 00:27:19.900
 within

00:27:19.900 --> 00:27:20.160
 your

00:27:20.160 --> 00:27:20.799
 walls

00:27:20.799 --> 00:27:22.400
 they

00:27:22.400 --> 00:27:22.559
 will

00:27:22.559 --> 00:27:22.779
 not

00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:23.279
 leave

00:27:23.279 --> 00:27:23.620
 one

00:27:23.620 --> 00:27:24.160
 stone

00:27:24.160 --> 00:27:24.400
 on

00:27:24.400 --> 00:27:24.720
 another

00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:25.039
 because

00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:25.539
 you

00:27:25.539 --> 00:27:25.880
 did

00:27:25.880 --> 00:27:26.180
 not

00:27:26.180 --> 00:27:27.100
 recognize

00:27:27.100 --> 00:27:27.580
 the

00:27:27.580 --> 00:27:28.100
 time

00:27:28.100 --> 00:27:28.299
 of

00:27:28.299 --> 00:27:28.600
 God's

00:27:28.600 --> 00:27:28.840
 coming

00:27:28.840 --> 00:27:29.059
 to

00:27:29.059 --> 00:27:29.460
 you

00:27:29.460 --> 00:27:33.740
 Jesus

00:27:33.740 --> 00:27:35.259
 laments

00:27:35.259 --> 00:27:35.700
 for

00:27:35.700 --> 00:27:36.299
 Jerusalem

00:27:36.299 --> 00:27:37.860
 God

00:27:37.860 --> 00:27:38.880
 laments

00:27:38.880 --> 00:27:39.100
 for

00:27:39.100 --> 00:27:39.620
 Jerusalem

00:27:39.620 --> 00:27:39.920
 and

00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:40.500
 predicts

00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:40.980
 again

00:27:40.980 --> 00:27:41.299
 its

00:27:41.299 --> 00:27:41.980
 destruction

00:27:41.980 --> 00:27:44.660
 Jerusalem

00:27:44.660 --> 00:27:44.920
 will

00:27:44.920 --> 00:27:45.140
 once

00:27:45.140 --> 00:27:45.720
 be

00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:46.360
 destroyed

00:27:46.359 --> 00:27:47.119
 because

00:27:47.119 --> 00:27:47.539
 they

00:27:47.539 --> 00:27:48.019
 did

00:27:48.019 --> 00:27:48.359
 not

00:27:48.359 --> 00:27:50.899
 recognize

00:27:50.899 --> 00:27:51.679
 the

00:27:51.679 --> 00:27:52.279
 time

00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:52.579
 of

00:27:52.579 --> 00:27:53.179
 God's

00:27:53.179 --> 00:27:54.599
 coming

00:27:54.599 --> 00:27:56.379
 that

00:27:56.379 --> 00:27:56.759
 is

00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:57.839
 God

00:27:57.839 --> 00:27:58.240
 turns

00:27:58.240 --> 00:27:58.599
 up

00:27:58.599 --> 00:27:58.759
 to

00:27:58.759 --> 00:27:58.959
 his

00:27:58.959 --> 00:27:59.199
 city

00:27:59.199 --> 00:27:59.779
 Jerusalem

00:27:59.779 --> 00:28:01.039
 and

00:28:01.039 --> 00:28:01.179
 they

00:28:01.179 --> 00:28:01.559
 reject

00:28:01.559 --> 00:28:01.839
 him

00:28:01.839 --> 00:28:04.199
 they

00:28:04.199 --> 00:28:04.740
 rejected

00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:05.000
 their

00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:05.299
 coming

00:28:05.299 --> 00:28:05.679
 king

00:28:05.679 --> 00:28:06.419
 they

00:28:06.419 --> 00:28:06.879
 rejected

00:28:06.879 --> 00:28:07.359
 Jesus

00:28:07.359 --> 00:28:08.139
 and

00:28:08.139 --> 00:28:08.419
 therefore

00:28:08.419 --> 00:28:08.779
 once

00:28:08.779 --> 00:28:09.179
 again

00:28:09.179 --> 00:28:10.399
 they

00:28:10.399 --> 00:28:10.759
 reject

00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:11.139
 God

00:28:11.139 --> 00:28:12.979
 and

00:28:12.979 --> 00:28:13.219
 this

00:28:13.219 --> 00:28:13.779
 rebellion

00:28:13.779 --> 00:28:14.119
 will

00:28:14.119 --> 00:28:14.479
 once

00:28:14.479 --> 00:28:14.899
 again

00:28:14.899 --> 00:28:15.339
 reap

00:28:15.339 --> 00:28:15.599
 its

00:28:15.599 --> 00:28:16.319
 consequences

00:28:16.319 --> 00:28:18.439
 now

00:28:18.439 --> 00:28:18.639
 that

00:28:18.639 --> 00:28:19.039
 seemed

00:28:19.039 --> 00:28:19.779
 totally

00:28:19.779 --> 00:28:20.720
 improbable

00:28:20.720 --> 00:28:21.700
 to the

00:28:21.700 --> 00:28:22.159
 inhabitants

00:28:22.159 --> 00:28:22.419
 of

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 Jerusalem

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 as it

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 did

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 in

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 Jeremiah's

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 day

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 even

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 those

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 who

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 were

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 so

00:28:27.099 --> 00:28:27.480
 close

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 to

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 Jesus

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 and

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 were

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 following

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 Jesus

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 were

00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:30.379
 proud

00:28:30.379 --> 00:28:30.619
 of

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 their

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 great

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 city

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 Jerusalem

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 and

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 they

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 were

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 especially

00:28:33.079 --> 00:28:33.500
 proud

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 of

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 their

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 temple

00:28:34.179 --> 00:28:35.439
 they

00:28:35.439 --> 00:28:35.879
 thought

00:28:35.879 --> 00:28:36.079
 that

00:28:36.079 --> 00:28:36.519
 because

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 they

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 had

00:28:37.019 --> 00:28:37.240
 their

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 temple

00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:38.700
 God

00:28:38.700 --> 00:28:38.919
 was

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 on

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 their

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 side

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 they

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 were

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 indestructible

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 they

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 had

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 forgotten

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 their

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 history

00:28:44.819 --> 00:28:48.000
 the

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 temple

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 was the

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 place

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 where

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 God

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 met

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 with

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 the

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 people

00:28:50.599 --> 00:28:50.799
 met

00:28:50.799 --> 00:28:50.980
 with

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 God

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 and

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 God

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 met

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 with

00:28:51.879 --> 00:28:52.000
 the

00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:52.359
 people

00:28:52.359 --> 00:28:52.619
 and

00:28:52.619 --> 00:28:53.000
 their

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:53.539
 sins

00:28:53.539 --> 00:28:53.720
 were

00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:54.099
 forgiven

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 they

00:28:54.619 --> 00:28:54.779
 thought

00:28:54.779 --> 00:28:54.919
 they

00:28:54.919 --> 00:28:55.079
 could

00:28:55.079 --> 00:28:55.359
 live

00:28:55.359 --> 00:28:55.759
 any way

00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:55.939
 they

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 like

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 from

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 Monday

00:28:56.699 --> 00:28:56.899
 to

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 Saturday

00:28:57.259 --> 00:28:57.720
 turn

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 up

00:28:57.919 --> 00:28:58.059
 to

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 the

00:28:58.619 --> 00:28:59.000
 temple

00:28:59.000 --> 00:28:59.199
 and

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 it's

00:28:59.319 --> 00:28:59.500
 all

00:28:59.500 --> 00:28:59.879
 done

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 God

00:29:00.319 --> 00:29:00.799
 relationship

00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:00.980
 with

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 God

00:29:01.199 --> 00:29:01.339
 is

00:29:01.339 --> 00:29:01.480
 all

00:29:01.480 --> 00:29:01.919
 good

00:29:01.920 --> 00:29:07.279
 one

00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:07.519
 day

00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:07.820
 Jesus

00:29:07.820 --> 00:29:08.039
 was

00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:08.300
 walking

00:29:08.300 --> 00:29:08.640
 past

00:29:08.640 --> 00:29:08.820
 that

00:29:08.820 --> 00:29:09.180
 temple

00:29:09.180 --> 00:29:10.759
 in

00:29:10.759 --> 00:29:11.220
 Jerusalem

00:29:11.220 --> 00:29:11.560
 and

00:29:11.560 --> 00:29:11.860
 those

00:29:11.860 --> 00:29:12.039
 who

00:29:12.039 --> 00:29:12.259
 with

00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:12.380
 him

00:29:12.380 --> 00:29:12.519
 were

00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:12.720
 just

00:29:12.720 --> 00:29:13.240
 admired

00:29:13.240 --> 00:29:13.460
 how

00:29:13.460 --> 00:29:13.840
 great

00:29:13.840 --> 00:29:14.039
 that

00:29:14.039 --> 00:29:14.380
 building

00:29:14.380 --> 00:29:14.840
 was

00:29:14.840 --> 00:29:15.100
 see

00:29:15.100 --> 00:29:15.259
 the

00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:15.560
 great

00:29:15.560 --> 00:29:16.140
 stones

00:29:16.140 --> 00:29:16.279
 and

00:29:16.279 --> 00:29:16.380
 the

00:29:16.380 --> 00:29:16.560
 way

00:29:16.560 --> 00:29:16.680
 it's

00:29:16.680 --> 00:29:16.840
 put

00:29:16.840 --> 00:29:17.279
 together

00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:19.380
 Jesus

00:29:19.380 --> 00:29:19.759
 said

00:29:19.759 --> 00:29:20.360
 it's

00:29:20.360 --> 00:29:20.480
 going

00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:20.680
 to be

00:29:20.680 --> 00:29:20.920
 torn

00:29:20.920 --> 00:29:21.360
 down

00:29:21.360 --> 00:29:22.100
 and

00:29:22.100 --> 00:29:22.259
 I'm

00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:22.340
 going

00:29:22.340 --> 00:29:22.440
 to

00:29:22.440 --> 00:29:22.779
 rebuild

00:29:22.779 --> 00:29:22.920
 it

00:29:22.920 --> 00:29:23.039
 in

00:29:23.039 --> 00:29:23.259
 three

00:29:23.259 --> 00:29:23.680
 days

00:29:23.680 --> 00:29:25.060
 it's

00:29:25.060 --> 00:29:25.160
 going

00:29:25.160 --> 00:29:25.220
 to

00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:25.320
 be

00:29:25.320 --> 00:29:25.800
 destroyed

00:29:25.800 --> 00:29:26.740
 and

00:29:26.740 --> 00:29:26.940
 I'll

00:29:26.940 --> 00:29:27.259
 rebuild

00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:27.759
 it

00:29:27.759 --> 00:29:30.220
 impossible

00:29:30.220 --> 00:29:31.259
 what a

00:29:31.259 --> 00:29:31.560
 joke

00:29:31.559 --> 00:29:33.139
 impossible

00:29:33.139 --> 00:29:34.980
 how

00:29:34.980 --> 00:29:35.339
 is that

00:29:35.339 --> 00:29:35.519
 going

00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:35.639
 to

00:29:35.639 --> 00:29:35.980
 happen

00:29:35.980 --> 00:29:38.839
 Jesus

00:29:38.839 --> 00:29:39.139
 was

00:29:39.139 --> 00:29:39.500
 referring

00:29:39.500 --> 00:29:39.679
 to

00:29:39.679 --> 00:29:39.819
 his

00:29:39.819 --> 00:29:40.039
 death

00:29:40.039 --> 00:29:40.139
 and

00:29:40.139 --> 00:29:40.279
 his

00:29:40.279 --> 00:29:40.740
 resurrection

00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:43.359
 let me

00:29:43.359 --> 00:29:43.519
 just

00:29:43.519 --> 00:29:43.799
 take you

00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:44.059
 back to

00:29:44.059 --> 00:29:44.539
 Lamentations

00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:44.740
 1

00:29:44.740 --> 00:29:44.980
 really

00:29:44.980 --> 00:29:45.339
 briefly

00:29:45.339 --> 00:29:47.240
 it's

00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:47.740
 interesting

00:29:47.740 --> 00:29:48.240
 that the

00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:48.720
 structural

00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:49.440
 and

00:29:49.440 --> 00:29:50.119
 theological

00:29:50.119 --> 00:29:50.799
 center

00:29:50.799 --> 00:29:51.779
 of

00:29:51.779 --> 00:29:52.599
 Lamentations

00:29:52.599 --> 00:29:53.119
 1

00:29:53.119 --> 00:29:54.139
 is the

00:29:54.139 --> 00:29:54.579
 end

00:29:54.579 --> 00:29:54.859
 of

00:29:54.859 --> 00:29:55.099
 verse

00:29:55.099 --> 00:29:55.500
 11

00:29:55.500 --> 00:29:56.139
 and

00:29:56.139 --> 00:29:56.579
 verse

00:29:56.579 --> 00:29:57.200
 12

00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:58.480
 look

00:29:58.480 --> 00:29:59.960
 look

00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:00.879
 Lord

00:30:00.880 --> 00:30:01.700
 and

00:30:01.700 --> 00:30:02.420
 consider

00:30:02.420 --> 00:30:03.600
 for

00:30:03.600 --> 00:30:03.980
 I

00:30:03.980 --> 00:30:04.380
 am

00:30:04.380 --> 00:30:06.000
 despised

00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:08.060
 this

00:30:08.060 --> 00:30:08.180
 is

00:30:08.180 --> 00:30:08.420
 ladies

00:30:08.420 --> 00:30:08.680
 iron

00:30:08.680 --> 00:30:09.020
 speaking

00:30:09.020 --> 00:30:09.300
 look

00:30:09.300 --> 00:30:09.460
 to

00:30:09.460 --> 00:30:09.600
 me

00:30:09.600 --> 00:30:09.820
 Lord

00:30:09.820 --> 00:30:10.140
 look

00:30:10.140 --> 00:30:10.340
 and

00:30:10.340 --> 00:30:10.600
 look

00:30:10.600 --> 00:30:10.760
 at

00:30:10.760 --> 00:30:10.960
 me

00:30:10.960 --> 00:30:11.420
 I

00:30:11.420 --> 00:30:11.580
 am

00:30:11.580 --> 00:30:12.700
 despised

00:30:12.700 --> 00:30:14.180
 is it

00:30:14.180 --> 00:30:14.560
 nothing

00:30:14.560 --> 00:30:15.280
 to you

00:30:15.280 --> 00:30:15.900
 as well

00:30:15.900 --> 00:30:16.100
 the

00:30:16.100 --> 00:30:16.500
 nations

00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:16.860
 as you

00:30:16.860 --> 00:30:17.220
 pass

00:30:17.220 --> 00:30:17.680
 by

00:30:17.680 --> 00:30:18.800
 look

00:30:18.800 --> 00:30:19.020
 on

00:30:19.020 --> 00:30:19.340
 me

00:30:19.340 --> 00:30:20.200
 look

00:30:20.200 --> 00:30:20.800
 around

00:30:20.800 --> 00:30:21.120
 and

00:30:21.120 --> 00:30:21.740
 see

00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:22.460
 is

00:30:22.460 --> 00:30:22.920
 any

00:30:22.920 --> 00:30:23.560
 suffering

00:30:23.560 --> 00:30:23.920
 like

00:30:23.920 --> 00:30:24.300
 my

00:30:24.300 --> 00:30:24.880
 suffering

00:30:24.880 --> 00:30:25.700
 that

00:30:25.700 --> 00:30:25.900
 was

00:30:25.900 --> 00:30:26.460
 inflicted

00:30:26.460 --> 00:30:26.640
 on

00:30:26.640 --> 00:30:27.100
 me

00:30:27.099 --> 00:30:28.859
 that

00:30:28.859 --> 00:30:29.000
 the

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:29.219
 Lord

00:30:29.219 --> 00:30:29.480
 brought

00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:29.659
 on

00:30:29.659 --> 00:30:29.899
 me

00:30:29.899 --> 00:30:30.139
 in

00:30:30.139 --> 00:30:30.299
 the

00:30:30.299 --> 00:30:30.619
 day

00:30:30.619 --> 00:30:30.740
 of

00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:30.879
 his

00:30:30.879 --> 00:30:31.480
 fierce

00:30:31.480 --> 00:30:32.139
 anger

00:30:32.139 --> 00:30:36.500
 now

00:30:36.500 --> 00:30:36.639
 the

00:30:36.639 --> 00:30:37.559
 crucifixion

00:30:37.559 --> 00:30:39.279
 is a

00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:40.559
 oratorio

00:30:40.559 --> 00:30:41.519
 composed

00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:42.079
 by

00:30:42.079 --> 00:30:42.459
 John

00:30:42.459 --> 00:30:43.000
 Stainer

00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:43.959
 in

00:30:43.959 --> 00:30:45.519
 1887

00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:46.859
 in

00:30:46.859 --> 00:30:47.119
 one of

00:30:47.119 --> 00:30:47.339
 the

00:30:47.339 --> 00:30:47.740
 movements

00:30:47.740 --> 00:30:48.159
 of

00:30:48.159 --> 00:30:48.399
 this

00:30:48.399 --> 00:30:49.139
 composition

00:30:49.139 --> 00:30:50.859
 Stainer

00:30:50.859 --> 00:30:51.099
 puts

00:30:51.099 --> 00:30:51.319
 the

00:30:51.319 --> 00:30:51.759
 words

00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:51.939
 of

00:30:51.939 --> 00:30:52.659
 Lamentations

00:30:52.659 --> 00:30:53.179
 1

00:30:53.179 --> 00:30:53.819
 19

00:30:53.819 --> 00:30:54.539
 into

00:30:54.539 --> 00:30:54.759
 the

00:30:54.759 --> 00:30:55.019
 mouth

00:30:55.019 --> 00:30:55.240
 of

00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:55.579
 Jesus

00:30:55.579 --> 00:30:56.000
 on

00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:56.159
 the

00:30:56.159 --> 00:30:56.539
 cross

00:30:56.539 --> 00:30:58.639
 is

00:30:58.639 --> 00:30:58.779
 it

00:30:58.779 --> 00:30:59.039
 nothing

00:30:59.039 --> 00:30:59.279
 to

00:30:59.279 --> 00:30:59.700
 you

00:30:59.700 --> 00:31:00.819
 all

00:31:00.819 --> 00:31:01.039
 who

00:31:01.039 --> 00:31:01.460
 pass

00:31:01.460 --> 00:31:01.940
 by

00:31:01.940 --> 00:31:04.680
 you

00:31:04.680 --> 00:31:04.839
 see

00:31:04.839 --> 00:31:05.200
 no

00:31:05.200 --> 00:31:05.619
 one

00:31:05.619 --> 00:31:05.940
 on

00:31:05.940 --> 00:31:06.159
 that

00:31:06.159 --> 00:31:06.500
 day

00:31:06.500 --> 00:31:06.859
 just

00:31:06.859 --> 00:31:07.420
 outside

00:31:07.420 --> 00:31:07.639
 the

00:31:07.639 --> 00:31:07.980
 city

00:31:07.980 --> 00:31:08.339
 walls

00:31:08.339 --> 00:31:08.500
 of

00:31:08.500 --> 00:31:09.059
 Jerusalem

00:31:09.059 --> 00:31:10.139
 recognized

00:31:10.139 --> 00:31:10.700
 what

00:31:10.700 --> 00:31:10.899
 was

00:31:10.899 --> 00:31:11.119
 being

00:31:11.119 --> 00:31:11.680
 accomplished

00:31:11.680 --> 00:31:12.379
 on

00:31:12.379 --> 00:31:12.559
 the

00:31:12.559 --> 00:31:13.000
 cross

00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:13.920
 namely

00:31:13.920 --> 00:31:14.500
 the

00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:15.159
 redemption

00:31:15.159 --> 00:31:16.519
 of

00:31:16.519 --> 00:31:17.519
 sin

00:31:17.519 --> 00:31:19.019
 for

00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:19.220
 the

00:31:19.220 --> 00:31:19.619
 world

00:31:19.619 --> 00:31:23.059
 people

00:31:23.059 --> 00:31:23.980
 passed

00:31:23.980 --> 00:31:24.500
 by

00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:25.359
 members

00:31:25.359 --> 00:31:25.899
 of

00:31:25.900 --> 00:31:26.600
 Jerusalem

00:31:26.600 --> 00:31:27.700
 passed

00:31:27.700 --> 00:31:28.040
 by

00:31:28.040 --> 00:31:28.280
 the

00:31:28.280 --> 00:31:28.820
 cross

00:31:28.820 --> 00:31:29.480
 and

00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:29.700
 they

00:31:29.700 --> 00:31:30.320
 considered

00:31:30.320 --> 00:31:31.000
 Jesus

00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:32.040
 nothing

00:31:32.040 --> 00:31:33.259
 Matthew

00:31:33.259 --> 00:31:34.060
 27

00:31:34.060 --> 00:31:35.120
 verse 39

00:31:35.120 --> 00:31:35.519
 and 40

00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:36.120
 tells us

00:31:36.120 --> 00:31:37.060
 those who

00:31:37.060 --> 00:31:37.420
 passed

00:31:37.420 --> 00:31:37.820
 by

00:31:37.820 --> 00:31:39.420
 insults

00:31:39.420 --> 00:31:39.700
 at him

00:31:39.700 --> 00:31:40.300
 they shook

00:31:40.300 --> 00:31:41.019
 their heads

00:31:41.019 --> 00:31:41.580
 and they

00:31:41.580 --> 00:31:41.880
 said

00:31:41.880 --> 00:31:42.620
 you

00:31:42.620 --> 00:31:43.440
 you

00:31:43.440 --> 00:31:43.880
 who were

00:31:43.880 --> 00:31:44.380
 going to

00:31:44.380 --> 00:31:44.880
 destroy

00:31:44.880 --> 00:31:45.480
 the temple

00:31:45.480 --> 00:31:46.100
 and build

00:31:46.100 --> 00:31:46.440
 it again

00:31:46.440 --> 00:31:46.780
 in three

00:31:46.780 --> 00:31:47.200
 days

00:31:47.200 --> 00:31:47.920
 save

00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:48.480
 yourself

00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:49.860
 ha

00:31:49.859 --> 00:31:54.139
 come

00:31:54.139 --> 00:31:54.439
 down

00:31:54.439 --> 00:31:54.679
 the

00:31:54.679 --> 00:31:55.240
 cross

00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:55.479
 if

00:31:55.479 --> 00:31:55.659
 you

00:31:55.659 --> 00:31:56.119
 are

00:31:56.119 --> 00:31:56.359
 the

00:31:56.359 --> 00:31:56.559
 son

00:31:56.559 --> 00:31:56.719
 of

00:31:56.719 --> 00:31:57.099
 God

00:31:57.099 --> 00:32:04.059
 and

00:32:04.059 --> 00:32:04.219
 it's

00:32:04.219 --> 00:32:04.479
 because

00:32:04.479 --> 00:32:04.799
 he is

00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:04.939
 the

00:32:04.939 --> 00:32:05.099
 son

00:32:05.099 --> 00:32:05.219
 of

00:32:05.219 --> 00:32:05.399
 God

00:32:05.399 --> 00:32:05.539
 that

00:32:05.539 --> 00:32:05.639
 he

00:32:05.639 --> 00:32:05.799
 could

00:32:05.799 --> 00:32:05.979
 not

00:32:05.979 --> 00:32:06.179
 come

00:32:06.179 --> 00:32:06.359
 down

00:32:06.359 --> 00:32:06.519
 from

00:32:06.519 --> 00:32:06.639
 the

00:32:06.639 --> 00:32:06.939
 cross

00:32:06.939 --> 00:32:09.379
 like

00:32:09.379 --> 00:32:10.099
 Jerusalem

00:32:10.099 --> 00:32:12.479
 lady

00:32:12.479 --> 00:32:12.939
 Zion

00:32:12.939 --> 00:32:13.419
 before

00:32:13.419 --> 00:32:13.899
 him

00:32:13.900 --> 00:32:15.540
 Jesus

00:32:15.540 --> 00:32:16.060
 was not

00:32:16.060 --> 00:32:16.300
 only

00:32:16.300 --> 00:32:17.120
 despised

00:32:17.120 --> 00:32:17.420
 and

00:32:17.420 --> 00:32:17.900
 rejected

00:32:17.900 --> 00:32:18.860
 but

00:32:18.860 --> 00:32:19.120
 he was

00:32:19.120 --> 00:32:19.700
 also

00:32:19.700 --> 00:32:20.660
 ignored

00:32:20.660 --> 00:32:22.640
 lady

00:32:22.640 --> 00:32:23.759
 Zion

00:32:23.759 --> 00:32:24.120
 cries

00:32:24.120 --> 00:32:24.400
 out

00:32:24.400 --> 00:32:24.640
 is

00:32:24.640 --> 00:32:25.040
 any

00:32:25.040 --> 00:32:25.700
 suffering

00:32:25.700 --> 00:32:26.040
 like

00:32:26.040 --> 00:32:26.380
 my

00:32:26.380 --> 00:32:26.940
 suffering

00:32:26.940 --> 00:32:27.259
 that is

00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:27.720
 inflicted

00:32:27.720 --> 00:32:28.180
 on me

00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:28.860
 and the

00:32:28.860 --> 00:32:29.480
 answer

00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:30.740
 of the

00:32:30.740 --> 00:32:30.920
 New

00:32:30.920 --> 00:32:31.400
 Testament

00:32:31.400 --> 00:32:31.840
 is

00:32:31.840 --> 00:32:32.420
 yes

00:32:32.420 --> 00:32:33.200
 the

00:32:33.200 --> 00:32:33.500
 answer

00:32:33.500 --> 00:32:33.800
 of the

00:32:33.800 --> 00:32:34.200
 gospel

00:32:34.200 --> 00:32:34.620
 is

00:32:34.620 --> 00:32:35.320
 yes

00:32:35.320 --> 00:32:37.519
 Jesus

00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:38.040
 suffering

00:32:38.040 --> 00:32:38.340
 on the

00:32:38.340 --> 00:32:38.680
 cross

00:32:38.680 --> 00:32:39.340
 was

00:32:39.340 --> 00:32:40.480
 more

00:32:40.480 --> 00:32:41.019
 than

00:32:41.019 --> 00:32:41.340
 lady

00:32:41.340 --> 00:32:41.800
 Zion

00:32:41.800 --> 00:32:42.380
 suffered

00:32:42.380 --> 00:32:43.759
 suffered

00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:44.359
 physically

00:32:44.359 --> 00:32:45.200
 emotionally

00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:45.980
 relationally

00:32:45.980 --> 00:32:46.460
 spiritually

00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:47.259
 because

00:32:47.259 --> 00:32:47.660
 he

00:32:47.660 --> 00:32:47.940
 was

00:32:47.940 --> 00:32:48.519
 innocent

00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:48.980
 of

00:32:48.980 --> 00:32:49.440
 sin

00:32:49.440 --> 00:32:50.859
 he

00:32:50.859 --> 00:32:51.099
 did

00:32:51.099 --> 00:32:51.460
 not

00:32:51.460 --> 00:32:51.920
 sin

00:32:51.920 --> 00:32:52.480
 and yet

00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:52.640
 he

00:32:52.640 --> 00:32:53.079
 carried

00:32:53.079 --> 00:32:53.299
 the

00:32:53.299 --> 00:32:53.640
 sin

00:32:53.640 --> 00:32:54.039
 of

00:32:54.039 --> 00:32:54.980
 Jerusalem

00:32:54.980 --> 00:32:55.579
 of

00:32:55.579 --> 00:32:56.000
 our

00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:56.619
 rebellion

00:32:56.619 --> 00:32:57.279
 to

00:32:57.279 --> 00:32:57.480
 the

00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:57.940
 cross

00:32:57.940 --> 00:32:58.359
 he

00:32:58.359 --> 00:32:58.579
 bore

00:32:58.579 --> 00:32:58.720
 the

00:32:58.720 --> 00:32:59.259
 sin

00:32:59.259 --> 00:32:59.859
 of

00:32:59.859 --> 00:33:00.079
 the

00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:00.700
 world

00:33:00.700 --> 00:33:04.619
 lady

00:33:04.619 --> 00:33:05.059
 Zion

00:33:05.059 --> 00:33:06.240
 declares

00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:06.839
 her

00:33:06.839 --> 00:33:07.359
 suffering

00:33:07.359 --> 00:33:07.599
 is

00:33:07.599 --> 00:33:08.019
 because

00:33:08.019 --> 00:33:08.279
 the

00:33:08.279 --> 00:33:08.539
 Lord

00:33:08.539 --> 00:33:08.920
 brought

00:33:08.920 --> 00:33:09.339
 on me

00:33:09.339 --> 00:33:09.539
 the

00:33:09.539 --> 00:33:09.900
 day

00:33:09.900 --> 00:33:10.559
 of

00:33:10.559 --> 00:33:10.799
 his

00:33:10.799 --> 00:33:11.180
 fierce

00:33:11.180 --> 00:33:11.619
 anger

00:33:11.619 --> 00:33:13.000
 and

00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:13.160
 the

00:33:13.160 --> 00:33:13.500
 suffering

00:33:13.500 --> 00:33:13.720
 of

00:33:13.720 --> 00:33:14.140
 God

00:33:14.140 --> 00:33:15.660
 brought

00:33:15.660 --> 00:33:15.960
 on

00:33:15.960 --> 00:33:16.440
 Jesus

00:33:16.440 --> 00:33:17.000
 the

00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:17.240
 son

00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:17.400
 of

00:33:17.400 --> 00:33:17.759
 God

00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:18.560
 was

00:33:18.560 --> 00:33:18.740
 the

00:33:18.740 --> 00:33:19.060
 ultimate

00:33:19.060 --> 00:33:19.580
 day

00:33:19.580 --> 00:33:19.840
 of

00:33:19.840 --> 00:33:20.040
 his

00:33:20.040 --> 00:33:20.440
 fierce

00:33:20.440 --> 00:33:20.960
 anger

00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:22.420
 Jesus

00:33:22.420 --> 00:33:22.860
 was

00:33:22.860 --> 00:33:23.700
 devastated

00:33:23.700 --> 00:33:24.460
 he

00:33:24.460 --> 00:33:24.779
 was

00:33:24.779 --> 00:33:25.700
 demolished

00:33:25.700 --> 00:33:26.240
 for

00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:26.620
 our

00:33:26.620 --> 00:33:27.120
 sin

00:33:27.120 --> 00:33:28.160
 Jesus

00:33:28.160 --> 00:33:29.440
 turned

00:33:29.440 --> 00:33:29.980
 God's

00:33:29.980 --> 00:33:30.400
 righteous

00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:30.980
 anger

00:33:30.980 --> 00:33:31.700
 away

00:33:31.700 --> 00:33:32.300
 from

00:33:32.300 --> 00:33:32.600
 his

00:33:32.600 --> 00:33:32.940
 city

00:33:32.940 --> 00:33:33.640
 Jerusalem

00:33:33.640 --> 00:33:35.380
 away

00:33:35.380 --> 00:33:35.960
 from

00:33:35.960 --> 00:33:36.160
 the

00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:36.580
 members

00:33:36.580 --> 00:33:36.820
 the

00:33:36.820 --> 00:33:37.140
 people

00:33:37.140 --> 00:33:37.580
 there

00:33:37.580 --> 00:33:38.200
 those

00:33:38.200 --> 00:33:38.380
 who

00:33:38.380 --> 00:33:39.080
 despised

00:33:39.080 --> 00:33:39.259
 him

00:33:39.259 --> 00:33:39.460
 the

00:33:39.460 --> 00:33:39.800
 sinners

00:33:39.800 --> 00:33:40.019
 the

00:33:40.019 --> 00:33:40.560
 rebellious

00:33:40.560 --> 00:33:41.180
 away

00:33:41.180 --> 00:33:41.480
 from

00:33:41.480 --> 00:33:41.779
 you

00:33:41.779 --> 00:33:42.340
 and me

00:33:42.339 --> 00:33:42.559
 from

00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:42.959
 all

00:33:42.959 --> 00:33:43.119
 of

00:33:43.119 --> 00:33:43.679
 humanity

00:33:43.679 --> 00:33:44.639
 he

00:33:44.639 --> 00:33:45.079
 took

00:33:45.079 --> 00:33:45.679
 that

00:33:45.679 --> 00:33:46.279
 sin

00:33:46.279 --> 00:33:46.699
 and

00:33:46.699 --> 00:33:47.039
 rather

00:33:47.039 --> 00:33:47.259
 than

00:33:47.259 --> 00:33:47.819
 Jerusalem

00:33:47.819 --> 00:33:48.240
 being

00:33:48.240 --> 00:33:48.799
 destroyed

00:33:48.799 --> 00:33:49.619
 he

00:33:49.619 --> 00:33:49.899
 was

00:33:49.899 --> 00:33:50.459
 destroyed

00:33:50.459 --> 00:33:53.799
 Jesus

00:33:53.799 --> 00:33:54.359
 is

00:33:54.359 --> 00:33:54.839
 rejected

00:33:54.839 --> 00:33:55.599
 and we

00:33:55.599 --> 00:33:55.939
 are

00:33:55.939 --> 00:33:56.399
 adopted

00:33:56.399 --> 00:33:57.519
 Jesus

00:33:57.519 --> 00:33:57.919
 is

00:33:57.919 --> 00:33:58.519
 cursed

00:33:58.519 --> 00:33:59.279
 so that

00:33:59.279 --> 00:33:59.579
 we

00:33:59.579 --> 00:34:00.099
 could

00:34:00.099 --> 00:34:00.399
 be

00:34:00.399 --> 00:34:01.199
 blessed

00:34:01.199 --> 00:34:03.879
 Jesus

00:34:03.879 --> 00:34:04.839
 despaired

00:34:04.839 --> 00:34:05.159
 that we

00:34:05.159 --> 00:34:05.599
 might have

00:34:05.599 --> 00:34:06.000
 hope

00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:07.579
 Jesus

00:34:07.579 --> 00:34:07.939
 was

00:34:07.939 --> 00:34:08.500
 taken

00:34:08.500 --> 00:34:08.960
 so that

00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:09.159
 we

00:34:09.159 --> 00:34:09.360
 could

00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:09.579
 live

00:34:09.579 --> 00:34:10.019
 forever

00:34:10.019 --> 00:34:10.480
 ever

00:34:10.480 --> 00:34:11.500
 Jesus

00:34:11.500 --> 00:34:11.820
 was

00:34:11.820 --> 00:34:12.119
 cut

00:34:12.119 --> 00:34:12.599
 off

00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:13.360
 from

00:34:13.360 --> 00:34:13.559
 the

00:34:13.559 --> 00:34:13.980
 father

00:34:13.980 --> 00:34:15.059
 and he

00:34:15.059 --> 00:34:15.900
 experienced

00:34:15.900 --> 00:34:16.179
 the

00:34:16.179 --> 00:34:16.800
 agony

00:34:16.800 --> 00:34:18.639
 that we

00:34:18.639 --> 00:34:18.800
 would

00:34:18.800 --> 00:34:19.420
 experience

00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:19.800
 if we

00:34:19.800 --> 00:34:20.179
 were cut

00:34:20.179 --> 00:34:20.519
 off from

00:34:20.519 --> 00:34:20.800
 God

00:34:20.800 --> 00:34:21.199
 for all

00:34:21.199 --> 00:34:21.320
 of

00:34:21.320 --> 00:34:21.800
 eternity

00:34:21.800 --> 00:34:26.960
 sin

00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:28.440
 is

00:34:28.440 --> 00:34:28.940
 where we

00:34:28.940 --> 00:34:29.300
 put

00:34:29.300 --> 00:34:30.059
 ourselves

00:34:30.059 --> 00:34:30.759
 where only

00:34:30.759 --> 00:34:31.280
 God

00:34:31.280 --> 00:34:31.719
 deserves

00:34:31.719 --> 00:34:32.259
 to be

00:34:32.259 --> 00:34:33.519
 and that's

00:34:33.519 --> 00:34:33.759
 on the

00:34:33.759 --> 00:34:34.039
 throne

00:34:34.039 --> 00:34:34.360
 of our

00:34:34.360 --> 00:34:34.860
 lives

00:34:34.860 --> 00:34:36.620
 salvation

00:34:36.620 --> 00:34:38.480
 is

00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:39.280
 God

00:34:39.280 --> 00:34:40.340
 putting

00:34:40.340 --> 00:34:40.900
 himself

00:34:40.900 --> 00:34:41.800
 where only

00:34:41.800 --> 00:34:42.640
 we

00:34:42.640 --> 00:34:43.099
 deserve

00:34:43.099 --> 00:34:43.599
 to be

00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:44.840
 and that

00:34:44.840 --> 00:34:45.320
 is under

00:34:45.320 --> 00:34:45.820
 his

00:34:45.820 --> 00:34:46.460
 just

00:34:46.460 --> 00:34:47.280
 condemnation

00:34:47.280 --> 00:34:47.780
 for sin

00:34:47.780 --> 00:34:51.440
 the very

00:34:51.440 --> 00:34:52.059
 next words

00:34:52.059 --> 00:34:52.700
 in Ephesians

00:34:52.700 --> 00:34:53.559
 chapter 2

00:34:53.559 --> 00:34:54.740
 after telling

00:34:54.740 --> 00:34:55.320
 us in verse

00:34:55.320 --> 00:34:55.920
 3 that we

00:34:55.920 --> 00:34:56.519
 are deserving

00:34:56.519 --> 00:34:57.099
 of God's

00:34:57.099 --> 00:34:57.519
 wrath

00:34:57.519 --> 00:34:59.260
 we read

00:34:59.260 --> 00:34:59.940
 but because

00:34:59.940 --> 00:35:00.280
 of his

00:35:00.280 --> 00:35:01.019
 great love

00:35:01.019 --> 00:35:01.559
 for us

00:35:01.559 --> 00:35:02.300
 God who

00:35:02.300 --> 00:35:02.780
 is rich

00:35:02.780 --> 00:35:03.360
 in mercy

00:35:03.360 --> 00:35:04.300
 made us

00:35:04.300 --> 00:35:05.180
 alive

00:35:05.180 --> 00:35:06.420
 with

00:35:06.420 --> 00:35:07.539
 Christ

00:35:07.539 --> 00:35:09.880
 even

00:35:09.880 --> 00:35:10.380
 when we

00:35:10.380 --> 00:35:11.019
 are dead

00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:11.440
 in our

00:35:11.440 --> 00:35:12.380
 transgressions

00:35:12.380 --> 00:35:13.579
 it is by

00:35:13.579 --> 00:35:14.400
 grace that

00:35:14.400 --> 00:35:14.700
 you've been

00:35:14.700 --> 00:35:15.160
 saved

00:35:15.160 --> 00:35:16.140
 that my

00:35:16.140 --> 00:35:16.660
 friends

00:35:16.660 --> 00:35:17.500
 right there

00:35:17.500 --> 00:35:17.980
 is the

00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:18.640
 hope of

00:35:18.640 --> 00:35:19.220
 humanity

00:35:19.220 --> 00:35:20.019
 freedom

00:35:20.019 --> 00:35:20.420
 day

00:35:20.420 --> 00:35:20.900
 released

00:35:20.900 --> 00:35:21.140
 from

00:35:21.140 --> 00:35:22.019
 restrictions

00:35:22.019 --> 00:35:23.120
 the ability

00:35:23.120 --> 00:35:23.800
 to travel

00:35:23.800 --> 00:35:24.400
 internationally

00:35:24.400 --> 00:35:24.660
 on a

00:35:24.660 --> 00:35:24.940
 holiday

00:35:24.940 --> 00:35:26.440
 is not

00:35:26.440 --> 00:35:26.880
 the hope

00:35:26.880 --> 00:35:27.460
 of humanity

00:35:27.460 --> 00:35:28.220
 and it's

00:35:28.220 --> 00:35:28.880
 not your

00:35:28.880 --> 00:35:29.280
 hope

00:35:29.280 --> 00:35:33.260
 this is

00:35:33.260 --> 00:35:33.960
 your hope

00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:35.300
 come to

00:35:35.300 --> 00:35:35.960
 Christ

00:35:35.960 --> 00:35:37.380
 he is

00:35:37.380 --> 00:35:37.900
 your hope

00:35:37.900 --> 00:35:38.180
 in the

00:35:38.180 --> 00:35:38.620
 moment of

00:35:38.620 --> 00:35:38.980
 despair

00:35:38.980 --> 00:35:39.640
 he's the

00:35:39.640 --> 00:35:40.300
 only one

00:35:40.300 --> 00:35:40.580
 who can

00:35:40.580 --> 00:35:41.160
 fix your

00:35:41.160 --> 00:35:41.580
 heart

00:35:41.580 --> 00:35:47.400
 in a

00:35:47.400 --> 00:35:48.140
 very broken

00:35:48.140 --> 00:35:48.900
 and sinful

00:35:48.900 --> 00:35:49.400
 world

00:35:49.400 --> 00:35:50.320
 Jesus is

00:35:50.320 --> 00:35:50.519
 your

00:35:50.519 --> 00:35:51.060
 comforter

00:35:51.060 --> 00:35:53.640
 God the

00:35:53.640 --> 00:35:54.300
 father as we

00:35:54.300 --> 00:35:54.840
 told in the

00:35:54.840 --> 00:35:55.160
 new

00:35:55.160 --> 00:35:56.120
 testament

00:35:56.119 --> 00:35:57.380
 the God

00:35:57.380 --> 00:35:57.699
 of all

00:35:57.699 --> 00:35:58.239
 compassion

00:35:58.239 --> 00:35:59.519
 the God

00:35:59.519 --> 00:35:59.799
 of all

00:35:59.799 --> 00:36:00.239
 comfort

00:36:00.239 --> 00:36:01.839
 he is your

00:36:01.839 --> 00:36:02.239
 comforter

00:36:02.239 --> 00:36:03.839
 the destroyer

00:36:03.839 --> 00:36:04.799
 is your

00:36:04.799 --> 00:36:05.539
 comforter

00:36:05.539 --> 00:36:07.719
 Jesus

00:36:07.719 --> 00:36:08.779
 is your

00:36:08.779 --> 00:36:09.519
 comforter

00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:13.839
 now friends

00:36:13.839 --> 00:36:14.599
 where does

00:36:14.599 --> 00:36:15.179
 this fit

00:36:15.179 --> 00:36:15.719
 for the

00:36:15.719 --> 00:36:16.039
 Christian

00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:16.460
 where does

00:36:16.460 --> 00:36:18.059
 lament

00:36:18.059 --> 00:36:19.420
 and comfort

00:36:19.420 --> 00:36:20.400
 where does

00:36:20.400 --> 00:36:20.799
 it work

00:36:20.799 --> 00:36:21.099
 for the

00:36:21.099 --> 00:36:21.480
 Christian

00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:23.480
 as a

00:36:23.480 --> 00:36:23.960
 pastor

00:36:23.960 --> 00:36:25.599
 for

00:36:25.599 --> 00:36:27.119
 over a

00:36:27.119 --> 00:36:27.500
 quarter of

00:36:27.500 --> 00:36:27.900
 a century

00:36:27.900 --> 00:36:28.380
 now

00:36:28.380 --> 00:36:29.539
 I've got

00:36:29.539 --> 00:36:29.839
 to tell

00:36:29.839 --> 00:36:30.299
 you I've

00:36:30.299 --> 00:36:30.659
 had the

00:36:30.659 --> 00:36:31.299
 front row

00:36:31.299 --> 00:36:32.539
 seat to

00:36:32.539 --> 00:36:33.299
 significant

00:36:33.299 --> 00:36:34.000
 grief and

00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:34.500
 tragedy

00:36:34.500 --> 00:36:35.699
 over that

00:36:35.699 --> 00:36:36.099
 time

00:36:36.099 --> 00:36:38.839
 all of

00:36:38.839 --> 00:36:39.119
 those

00:36:39.119 --> 00:36:39.779
 moments

00:36:39.779 --> 00:36:40.960
 are

00:36:40.960 --> 00:36:41.699
 incredibly

00:36:41.699 --> 00:36:42.339
 sad

00:36:42.339 --> 00:36:44.360
 and also

00:36:44.360 --> 00:36:45.960
 instructive

00:36:45.960 --> 00:36:48.579
 I often

00:36:48.579 --> 00:36:49.799
 will leave

00:36:49.799 --> 00:36:50.480
 a funeral

00:36:50.480 --> 00:36:53.440
 yearning

00:36:53.440 --> 00:36:54.019
 for death

00:36:54.019 --> 00:36:54.339
 to be

00:36:54.339 --> 00:36:54.759
 defeated

00:36:54.760 --> 00:36:57.560
 reflected

00:36:57.560 --> 00:36:58.100
 on how

00:36:58.100 --> 00:36:58.420
 much

00:36:58.420 --> 00:36:59.880
 brokenness

00:36:59.880 --> 00:37:00.400
 there is

00:37:00.400 --> 00:37:00.980
 in this

00:37:00.980 --> 00:37:01.560
 world

00:37:01.560 --> 00:37:02.540
 how much

00:37:02.540 --> 00:37:03.240
 grief and

00:37:03.240 --> 00:37:03.860
 loss there

00:37:03.860 --> 00:37:04.320
 is in

00:37:04.320 --> 00:37:04.980
 this world

00:37:04.980 --> 00:37:06.840
 and how

00:37:06.840 --> 00:37:07.640
 grateful I

00:37:07.640 --> 00:37:08.160
 am at the

00:37:08.160 --> 00:37:09.060
 same time

00:37:09.060 --> 00:37:10.100
 for the

00:37:10.100 --> 00:37:10.580
 cross

00:37:10.580 --> 00:37:13.300
 that because

00:37:13.300 --> 00:37:13.600
 of the

00:37:13.600 --> 00:37:14.200
 cross I'm

00:37:14.200 --> 00:37:14.560
 in a right

00:37:14.560 --> 00:37:15.060
 relationship

00:37:15.060 --> 00:37:15.760
 with God

00:37:15.760 --> 00:37:16.920
 and because

00:37:16.920 --> 00:37:17.200
 of the

00:37:17.200 --> 00:37:17.560
 cross and

00:37:17.560 --> 00:37:17.860
 because of

00:37:17.860 --> 00:37:18.400
 the resurrection

00:37:18.400 --> 00:37:19.040
 of Jesus

00:37:19.040 --> 00:37:21.080
 he guarantees

00:37:21.080 --> 00:37:21.980
 my future

00:37:21.980 --> 00:37:22.600
 resurrection

00:37:22.599 --> 00:37:23.860
 my life

00:37:23.860 --> 00:37:24.259
 forever

00:37:24.259 --> 00:37:25.440
 in his

00:37:25.440 --> 00:37:25.940
 perfect

00:37:25.940 --> 00:37:26.460
 presence

00:37:26.460 --> 00:37:27.219
 where

00:37:27.219 --> 00:37:28.380
 the end

00:37:28.380 --> 00:37:29.059
 story

00:37:29.059 --> 00:37:29.579
 the end

00:37:29.579 --> 00:37:29.799
 of the

00:37:29.799 --> 00:37:30.119
 game

00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:30.839
 is there

00:37:30.839 --> 00:37:31.400
 is no

00:37:31.400 --> 00:37:31.940
 tears

00:37:31.940 --> 00:37:33.699
 no more

00:37:33.699 --> 00:37:33.980
 death

00:37:33.980 --> 00:37:34.519
 no more

00:37:34.519 --> 00:37:35.079
 crying

00:37:35.079 --> 00:37:36.079
 no more

00:37:36.079 --> 00:37:36.599
 pain

00:37:36.599 --> 00:37:39.940
 the good

00:37:39.940 --> 00:37:40.639
 news of

00:37:40.639 --> 00:37:41.019
 Jesus

00:37:41.019 --> 00:37:41.719
 Christ

00:37:41.719 --> 00:37:42.400
 and what

00:37:42.400 --> 00:37:43.159
 he has

00:37:43.159 --> 00:37:43.659
 accomplished

00:37:43.659 --> 00:37:44.319
 for me

00:37:44.319 --> 00:37:46.179
 is a

00:37:46.179 --> 00:37:46.920
 comfort

00:37:46.920 --> 00:37:47.759
 deep in

00:37:47.759 --> 00:37:48.699
 my heart

00:37:48.699 --> 00:37:50.500
 even as

00:37:50.500 --> 00:37:50.920
 I'm

00:37:50.920 --> 00:37:52.940
 leading a

00:37:52.940 --> 00:37:53.420
 funeral

00:37:53.420 --> 00:37:55.460
 in tragic

00:37:55.460 --> 00:37:56.179
 circumstances

00:37:56.179 --> 00:38:02.179
 you see

00:38:02.179 --> 00:38:02.799
 because of

00:38:02.799 --> 00:38:03.359
 that hope

00:38:03.359 --> 00:38:03.940
 there is a

00:38:03.940 --> 00:38:04.199
 certain

00:38:04.199 --> 00:38:04.699
 because of

00:38:04.699 --> 00:38:04.940
 Jesus

00:38:04.940 --> 00:38:05.259
 what he's

00:38:05.259 --> 00:38:05.440
 done

00:38:05.440 --> 00:38:05.819
 because of

00:38:05.819 --> 00:38:06.279
 the gospel

00:38:06.279 --> 00:38:06.839
 there is

00:38:06.839 --> 00:38:07.299
 a certain

00:38:07.299 --> 00:38:07.699
 hope

00:38:07.699 --> 00:38:10.000
 the hope

00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:11.440
 that life's

00:38:11.440 --> 00:38:12.679
 final chapter

00:38:12.679 --> 00:38:15.719
 has not

00:38:15.719 --> 00:38:16.339
 been written

00:38:16.339 --> 00:38:18.919
 although it

00:38:18.919 --> 00:38:19.279
 has been

00:38:19.279 --> 00:38:19.699
 revealed

00:38:19.699 --> 00:38:20.739
 it's not

00:38:20.739 --> 00:38:21.199
 written yet

00:38:21.199 --> 00:38:21.579
 but it has

00:38:21.579 --> 00:38:22.139
 been revealed

00:38:22.139 --> 00:38:24.119
 there is a

00:38:24.119 --> 00:38:25.000
 great day

00:38:25.000 --> 00:38:25.440
 on the

00:38:25.440 --> 00:38:25.960
 horizon

00:38:25.960 --> 00:38:29.300
 but not

00:38:29.300 --> 00:38:29.920
 every tear

00:38:29.920 --> 00:38:30.260
 has yet

00:38:30.260 --> 00:38:30.760
 been wiped

00:38:30.760 --> 00:38:31.240
 away

00:38:31.240 --> 00:38:33.059
 not every

00:38:33.059 --> 00:38:33.699
 pain has

00:38:33.699 --> 00:38:34.519
 been removed

00:38:34.519 --> 00:38:37.659
 on this

00:38:37.659 --> 00:38:38.139
 side of

00:38:38.139 --> 00:38:38.679
 that great

00:38:38.679 --> 00:38:39.139
 day

00:38:39.139 --> 00:38:40.800
 the Christian

00:38:40.800 --> 00:38:41.679
 must lament

00:38:41.679 --> 00:38:44.940
 and I want

00:38:44.940 --> 00:38:45.519
 to take you

00:38:45.519 --> 00:38:46.119
 theologically

00:38:46.119 --> 00:38:47.280
 higher than

00:38:47.280 --> 00:38:49.119
 complaining

00:38:49.119 --> 00:38:49.780
 about

00:38:49.780 --> 00:38:51.119
 lockdowns

00:38:51.119 --> 00:38:53.800
 friends if

00:38:53.800 --> 00:38:54.019
 you're

00:38:54.019 --> 00:38:54.740
 someone who

00:38:54.740 --> 00:38:55.119
 trusts in

00:38:55.119 --> 00:38:55.380
 the Lord

00:38:55.380 --> 00:38:55.720
 Jesus

00:38:55.719 --> 00:38:56.699
 you must

00:38:56.699 --> 00:38:57.319
 lament

00:38:57.319 --> 00:38:57.980
 sin

00:38:57.980 --> 00:39:00.679
 you must

00:39:00.679 --> 00:39:01.019
 lament

00:39:01.019 --> 00:39:01.500
 your own

00:39:01.500 --> 00:39:01.779
 sin

00:39:01.779 --> 00:39:02.239
 I believe

00:39:02.239 --> 00:39:02.799
 the apostle

00:39:02.799 --> 00:39:03.599
 Paul does

00:39:03.599 --> 00:39:03.939
 that

00:39:03.939 --> 00:39:05.439
 in Romans

00:39:05.439 --> 00:39:06.919
 oh what a

00:39:06.919 --> 00:39:07.379
 wretched man

00:39:07.379 --> 00:39:07.779
 I am

00:39:07.779 --> 00:39:08.159
 who can

00:39:08.159 --> 00:39:08.839
 rescue me

00:39:08.839 --> 00:39:10.759
 thanks be to

00:39:10.759 --> 00:39:11.079
 the Lord

00:39:11.079 --> 00:39:11.859
 Jesus Christ

00:39:11.860 --> 00:39:12.360
 lament

00:39:12.360 --> 00:39:15.740
 we must

00:39:15.740 --> 00:39:16.380
 lament

00:39:16.380 --> 00:39:16.460
 lament

00:39:16.460 --> 00:39:16.840
 the

00:39:16.840 --> 00:39:17.740
 destructiveness

00:39:17.740 --> 00:39:18.480
 of sin

00:39:18.480 --> 00:39:18.940
 in this

00:39:18.940 --> 00:39:19.280
 world

00:39:19.280 --> 00:39:20.200
 the scale

00:39:20.200 --> 00:39:21.900
 human depravity

00:39:21.900 --> 00:39:22.720
 in this

00:39:22.720 --> 00:39:23.099
 world

00:39:23.099 --> 00:39:24.700
 is incalculable

00:39:24.700 --> 00:39:27.240
 lamentation

00:39:27.240 --> 00:39:28.559
 is for us

00:39:28.559 --> 00:39:29.460
 a memorial

00:39:29.460 --> 00:39:30.579
 that helps us

00:39:30.579 --> 00:39:31.079
 remember

00:39:31.079 --> 00:39:31.760
 and to feel

00:39:31.760 --> 00:39:32.360
 the weight

00:39:32.360 --> 00:39:33.579
 of tragedy

00:39:33.579 --> 00:39:36.220
 the smoldering

00:39:36.220 --> 00:39:37.180
 ruins

00:39:37.180 --> 00:39:38.160
 of Jerusalem

00:39:38.160 --> 00:39:39.019
 we get an

00:39:39.019 --> 00:39:39.519
 insight

00:39:39.519 --> 00:39:40.239
 we feel

00:39:40.239 --> 00:39:40.420
 it

00:39:40.420 --> 00:39:40.800
 as we

00:39:40.800 --> 00:39:41.039
 come

00:39:41.039 --> 00:39:41.259
 into

00:39:41.259 --> 00:39:42.259
 lamentations

00:39:42.259 --> 00:39:46.480
 they were

00:39:46.480 --> 00:39:47.719
 a message

00:39:47.719 --> 00:39:50.320
 to not

00:39:50.320 --> 00:39:50.679
 just the

00:39:50.679 --> 00:39:51.119
 inhabitants

00:39:51.119 --> 00:39:51.880
 of Jerusalem

00:39:51.880 --> 00:39:53.519
 who survived

00:39:53.519 --> 00:39:54.820
 but the

00:39:54.820 --> 00:39:56.360
 smoldering ruins

00:39:56.360 --> 00:39:56.980
 of Jerusalem

00:39:56.980 --> 00:39:57.719
 were a message

00:39:57.719 --> 00:39:58.320
 to Babylon

00:39:58.320 --> 00:39:59.960
 to Egypt

00:39:59.960 --> 00:40:01.019
 to the whole

00:40:01.019 --> 00:40:01.619
 world

00:40:01.619 --> 00:40:07.619
 and the

00:40:07.619 --> 00:40:07.980
 cross of

00:40:07.980 --> 00:40:08.239
 Christ

00:40:08.239 --> 00:40:08.579
 is the

00:40:08.579 --> 00:40:08.739
 same

00:40:08.739 --> 00:40:09.279
 for us

00:40:09.279 --> 00:40:15.059
 it's a

00:40:15.059 --> 00:40:15.900
 warning sign

00:40:15.900 --> 00:40:19.839
 that

00:40:19.839 --> 00:40:20.880
 is what

00:40:20.880 --> 00:40:21.259
 sin

00:40:21.259 --> 00:40:22.599
 deserves

00:40:22.599 --> 00:40:27.000
 those

00:40:27.000 --> 00:40:27.440
 who do

00:40:27.440 --> 00:40:27.920
 not take

00:40:27.920 --> 00:40:28.659
 refuge

00:40:28.659 --> 00:40:30.759
 in the

00:40:30.759 --> 00:40:31.139
 suffering

00:40:31.139 --> 00:40:31.779
 Christ

00:40:31.779 --> 00:40:35.319
 will

00:40:35.319 --> 00:40:36.579
 one day

00:40:36.579 --> 00:40:38.319
 take his

00:40:38.319 --> 00:40:38.839
 place

00:40:38.839 --> 00:40:40.059
 in suffering

00:40:40.059 --> 00:40:40.759
 for their

00:40:40.759 --> 00:40:41.039
 sin

00:40:41.039 --> 00:40:45.199
 forever

00:40:45.199 --> 00:40:47.539
 and that

00:40:47.539 --> 00:40:47.799
 is a

00:40:47.799 --> 00:40:48.159
 tragedy

00:40:48.159 --> 00:40:49.079
 my friends

00:40:49.079 --> 00:40:50.719
 which is

00:40:50.719 --> 00:40:51.400
 incalculable

00:40:51.400 --> 00:40:55.000
 it is a

00:40:55.000 --> 00:40:55.599
 holocaust

00:40:55.599 --> 00:40:55.960
 beyond

00:40:55.960 --> 00:40:56.740
 comprehension

00:40:56.740 --> 00:40:57.760
 to which

00:40:57.760 --> 00:40:58.840
 50 million

00:40:58.840 --> 00:40:59.800
 people a

00:40:59.800 --> 00:41:00.220
 year

00:41:00.220 --> 00:41:01.720
 move into

00:41:01.720 --> 00:41:03.940
 it's

00:41:03.940 --> 00:41:04.619
 lamentable

00:41:04.619 --> 00:41:06.260
 I want to

00:41:06.260 --> 00:41:06.940
 ask you

00:41:06.940 --> 00:41:08.440
 do you

00:41:08.440 --> 00:41:09.220
 lament that

00:41:09.220 --> 00:41:09.619
 as a

00:41:09.619 --> 00:41:09.980
 Christian

00:41:09.980 --> 00:41:13.039
 the lesson

00:41:13.039 --> 00:41:13.940
 of lamentations

00:41:13.940 --> 00:41:14.420
 one

00:41:14.420 --> 00:41:15.660
 is that

00:41:15.660 --> 00:41:16.400
 God is

00:41:16.400 --> 00:41:16.660
 long

00:41:16.660 --> 00:41:17.240
 suffering

00:41:17.239 --> 00:41:18.719
 he is

00:41:18.719 --> 00:41:19.359
 merciful

00:41:19.359 --> 00:41:20.599
 but

00:41:20.599 --> 00:41:21.219
 rebellion

00:41:21.219 --> 00:41:21.879
 against

00:41:21.879 --> 00:41:22.219
 his

00:41:22.219 --> 00:41:22.719
 rule

00:41:22.719 --> 00:41:23.159
 has

00:41:23.159 --> 00:41:23.479
 its

00:41:23.479 --> 00:41:24.279
 consequences

00:41:24.279 --> 00:41:26.279
 those

00:41:26.279 --> 00:41:26.939
 who

00:41:26.939 --> 00:41:27.559
 sow

00:41:27.559 --> 00:41:28.299
 the

00:41:28.299 --> 00:41:28.859
 wind

00:41:28.859 --> 00:41:29.759
 of

00:41:29.759 --> 00:41:30.719
 sin

00:41:30.719 --> 00:41:32.799
 reap

00:41:32.799 --> 00:41:33.059
 the

00:41:33.059 --> 00:41:33.719
 whirlwind

00:41:33.719 --> 00:41:35.039
 of

00:41:35.039 --> 00:41:35.379
 eternal

00:41:35.379 --> 00:41:35.939
 destruction

00:41:35.939 --> 00:41:39.599
 God

00:41:39.599 --> 00:41:40.119
 is in

00:41:40.119 --> 00:41:40.479
 control

00:41:40.479 --> 00:41:41.139
 of history

00:41:41.139 --> 00:41:42.199
 and he

00:41:42.199 --> 00:41:42.679
 will not

00:41:42.679 --> 00:41:44.239
 be mocked

00:41:44.239 --> 00:41:46.699
 four months

00:41:46.699 --> 00:41:47.439
 of lockdown

00:41:47.439 --> 00:41:49.500
 is just

00:41:49.500 --> 00:41:49.959
 God's

00:41:49.959 --> 00:41:50.459
 mercy

00:41:50.459 --> 00:41:51.179
 to us

00:41:51.179 --> 00:41:52.819
 like

00:41:52.819 --> 00:41:53.159
 the

00:41:53.159 --> 00:41:53.819
 prophecy

00:41:53.819 --> 00:41:54.079
 of

00:41:54.079 --> 00:41:54.419
 Jeremiah

00:41:54.419 --> 00:41:55.059
 was to

00:41:55.059 --> 00:41:55.599
 Jerusalem

00:41:55.599 --> 00:41:57.199
 that we're

00:41:57.199 --> 00:41:57.539
 not in

00:41:57.539 --> 00:41:57.899
 control

00:41:57.899 --> 00:41:58.279
 just a

00:41:58.279 --> 00:41:58.599
 reminder

00:41:58.599 --> 00:41:58.819
 we're

00:41:58.819 --> 00:41:59.099
 not in

00:41:59.099 --> 00:41:59.559
 control

00:41:59.559 --> 00:41:59.959
 this

00:41:59.959 --> 00:42:00.259
 world

00:42:00.259 --> 00:42:00.599
 is not

00:42:00.599 --> 00:42:00.879
 what it

00:42:00.879 --> 00:42:01.079
 should

00:42:01.079 --> 00:42:01.799
 be

00:42:01.799 --> 00:42:03.899
 lamentations

00:42:03.899 --> 00:42:04.159
 one

00:42:04.159 --> 00:42:04.819
 reminds

00:42:04.819 --> 00:42:05.119
 us

00:42:05.119 --> 00:42:05.339
 that

00:42:05.339 --> 00:42:05.899
 sin

00:42:05.899 --> 00:42:06.919
 is

00:42:06.919 --> 00:42:07.139
 in

00:42:07.139 --> 00:42:07.359
 fact

00:42:07.359 --> 00:42:07.659
 that

00:42:07.659 --> 00:42:08.299
 bad

00:42:08.299 --> 00:42:09.159
 and

00:42:09.159 --> 00:42:09.359
 that

00:42:09.359 --> 00:42:09.919
 God

00:42:09.919 --> 00:42:10.679
 is

00:42:10.679 --> 00:42:10.919
 in

00:42:10.919 --> 00:42:11.139
 fact

00:42:11.139 --> 00:42:11.399
 that

00:42:11.399 --> 00:42:11.779
 holy

00:42:11.780 --> 00:42:12.880
 the

00:42:12.880 --> 00:42:13.340
 effect

00:42:13.340 --> 00:42:13.640
 of

00:42:13.640 --> 00:42:13.840
 our

00:42:13.840 --> 00:42:14.360
 collective

00:42:14.360 --> 00:42:15.120
 treason

00:42:15.120 --> 00:42:15.740
 is the

00:42:15.740 --> 00:42:16.300
 groaning

00:42:16.300 --> 00:42:17.160
 of creation

00:42:17.160 --> 00:42:18.240
 under its

00:42:18.240 --> 00:42:18.960
 brokenness

00:42:18.960 --> 00:42:19.740
 the

00:42:19.740 --> 00:42:20.220
 Christians

00:42:20.220 --> 00:42:20.640
 should

00:42:20.640 --> 00:42:21.500
 understand

00:42:21.500 --> 00:42:21.760
 that

00:42:21.760 --> 00:42:22.280
 beneath

00:42:22.280 --> 00:42:23.120
 every

00:42:23.120 --> 00:42:24.220
 single

00:42:24.220 --> 00:42:25.160
 painful

00:42:25.160 --> 00:42:25.920
 aspect

00:42:25.920 --> 00:42:26.400
 of our

00:42:26.400 --> 00:42:26.980
 humanity

00:42:26.980 --> 00:42:27.780
 is the

00:42:27.780 --> 00:42:28.300
 reality

00:42:28.300 --> 00:42:29.140
 of sin

00:42:29.140 --> 00:42:32.700
 more

00:42:32.700 --> 00:42:33.220
 than just

00:42:33.220 --> 00:42:33.660
 providing

00:42:33.660 --> 00:42:34.220
 comfort

00:42:34.220 --> 00:42:36.240
 and help

00:42:36.240 --> 00:42:36.920
 in times

00:42:36.920 --> 00:42:37.460
 of trouble

00:42:37.460 --> 00:42:38.640
 the gift

00:42:38.640 --> 00:42:39.480
 of lament

00:42:39.480 --> 00:42:40.540
 helps us

00:42:40.539 --> 00:42:41.460
 to tune

00:42:41.460 --> 00:42:41.960
 our

00:42:41.960 --> 00:42:42.679
 heart

00:42:42.679 --> 00:42:44.599
 to the

00:42:44.599 --> 00:42:44.840
 pain

00:42:44.840 --> 00:42:45.360
 of others

00:42:45.360 --> 00:42:46.579
 and to

00:42:46.579 --> 00:42:46.739
 the

00:42:46.739 --> 00:42:47.199
 fundamental

00:42:47.199 --> 00:42:47.900
 truths

00:42:47.900 --> 00:42:48.460
 of God

00:42:48.460 --> 00:42:49.179
 and his

00:42:49.179 --> 00:42:49.759
 world

00:42:49.759 --> 00:42:51.039
 and his

00:42:51.039 --> 00:42:51.519
 eternal

00:42:51.519 --> 00:42:52.239
 reality

00:42:52.239 --> 00:42:53.840
 as

00:42:53.840 --> 00:42:54.239
 American

00:42:54.239 --> 00:42:54.739
 pastor

00:42:54.739 --> 00:42:55.159
 Mark

00:42:55.159 --> 00:42:55.559
 Deaver

00:42:55.559 --> 00:42:56.820
 has said

00:42:56.820 --> 00:42:57.759
 we watch

00:42:57.759 --> 00:42:58.619
 the news

00:42:58.619 --> 00:43:00.139
 so we

00:43:00.139 --> 00:43:00.579
 know how

00:43:00.579 --> 00:43:01.119
 to pray

00:43:01.119 --> 00:43:04.199
 in a way

00:43:04.199 --> 00:43:05.360
 what lament

00:43:05.360 --> 00:43:06.079
 does for the

00:43:06.079 --> 00:43:06.480
 Christian

00:43:06.480 --> 00:43:07.139
 is it

00:43:07.139 --> 00:43:07.800
 wakens

00:43:07.800 --> 00:43:09.019
 our souls

00:43:09.019 --> 00:43:10.860
 from apathy

00:43:10.860 --> 00:43:12.780
 and our

00:43:12.780 --> 00:43:13.300
 own sin

00:43:13.300 --> 00:43:17.519
 we live

00:43:17.519 --> 00:43:18.219
 with people

00:43:18.219 --> 00:43:19.639
 we are

00:43:19.639 --> 00:43:20.519
 surrounded by

00:43:20.519 --> 00:43:21.079
 a community

00:43:21.079 --> 00:43:22.380
 that exists

00:43:22.380 --> 00:43:23.360
 in a world

00:43:23.360 --> 00:43:24.280
 that is

00:43:24.280 --> 00:43:24.739
 on a

00:43:24.739 --> 00:43:25.079
 collision

00:43:25.079 --> 00:43:25.659
 course

00:43:25.659 --> 00:43:26.679
 with its

00:43:26.679 --> 00:43:27.099
 creator

00:43:27.099 --> 00:43:27.559
 God

00:43:27.559 --> 00:43:28.559
 the

00:43:28.559 --> 00:43:29.480
 devastation

00:43:29.480 --> 00:43:30.559
 the

00:43:30.559 --> 00:43:31.280
 desolation

00:43:31.280 --> 00:43:32.219
 the desolation

00:43:32.219 --> 00:43:32.840
 and the

00:43:32.840 --> 00:43:33.259
 loneliness

00:43:33.259 --> 00:43:33.940
 and the

00:43:33.940 --> 00:43:34.699
 anguish

00:43:34.699 --> 00:43:35.400
 on that

00:43:35.400 --> 00:43:35.900
 day

00:43:35.900 --> 00:43:36.519
 will be

00:43:36.519 --> 00:43:37.159
 eternal

00:43:37.159 --> 00:43:38.699
 not just

00:43:38.699 --> 00:43:39.179
 for 70

00:43:39.179 --> 00:43:39.639
 years

00:43:39.639 --> 00:43:39.879
 as it

00:43:39.879 --> 00:43:40.239
 was for

00:43:40.239 --> 00:43:40.759
 Jerusalem

00:43:40.759 --> 00:43:44.179
 the comfort

00:43:44.179 --> 00:43:44.920
 is now

00:43:44.920 --> 00:43:46.819
 and you

00:43:46.819 --> 00:43:47.460
 embrace that

00:43:47.460 --> 00:43:48.199
 comfort now

00:43:48.199 --> 00:43:48.619
 and you

00:43:48.619 --> 00:43:49.299
 will embrace

00:43:49.299 --> 00:43:49.799
 it for all

00:43:49.799 --> 00:43:50.319
 of eternity

00:43:50.319 --> 00:43:51.519
 you reject

00:43:51.519 --> 00:43:52.139
 it now

00:43:52.139 --> 00:43:52.719
 and on that

00:43:52.719 --> 00:43:53.219
 day there

00:43:53.219 --> 00:43:53.839
 will be no

00:43:53.839 --> 00:43:54.279
 comfort

00:43:54.279 --> 00:43:56.859
 we will cry

00:43:56.859 --> 00:43:57.399
 out

00:43:57.399 --> 00:43:59.159
 to even

00:43:59.159 --> 00:43:59.799
 the stones

00:43:59.799 --> 00:44:00.420
 to fall

00:44:00.420 --> 00:44:01.000
 on us

00:44:01.000 --> 00:44:03.019
 there will

00:44:03.019 --> 00:44:03.399
 be no

00:44:03.399 --> 00:44:03.779
 comfort

00:44:03.779 --> 00:44:04.119
 there will

00:44:04.119 --> 00:44:04.420
 be no

00:44:04.420 --> 00:44:04.980
 place to

00:44:04.980 --> 00:44:05.379
 turn

00:44:05.380 --> 00:44:07.099
 lament

00:44:07.099 --> 00:44:07.119
 lament

00:44:07.119 --> 00:44:07.599
 is a

00:44:07.599 --> 00:44:07.760
 gift

00:44:07.760 --> 00:44:08.240
 from God

00:44:08.240 --> 00:44:08.840
 to connect

00:44:08.840 --> 00:44:09.619
 our hearts

00:44:09.619 --> 00:44:10.140
 with his

00:44:10.140 --> 00:44:10.420
 heart

00:44:10.420 --> 00:44:10.800
 for his

00:44:10.800 --> 00:44:11.200
 world

00:44:11.200 --> 00:44:12.680
 a heart

00:44:12.680 --> 00:44:13.539
 that desires

00:44:13.539 --> 00:44:14.980
 not

00:44:14.980 --> 00:44:15.940
 the death

00:44:15.940 --> 00:44:16.599
 of a sinner

00:44:16.599 --> 00:44:17.599
 but that

00:44:17.599 --> 00:44:18.280
 all should

00:44:18.280 --> 00:44:18.740
 be saved

00:44:18.740 --> 00:44:19.380
 from death

00:44:19.380 --> 00:44:21.360
 and find

00:44:21.360 --> 00:44:22.140
 life forever

00:44:22.140 --> 00:44:24.260
 in their

00:44:24.260 --> 00:44:24.780
 comforter

00:44:24.780 --> 00:44:25.880
 Jesus

00:44:25.880 --> 00:44:26.500
 Christ

00:44:26.500 --> 00:44:27.400
 Amen