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 We're reading Narnia to Noah. We've just finished The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe.

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! And you know that story, don't you, for many of us. The four Pevensey children have travelled

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! to a home outside London during the war, where it's safer. And in that home they find

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 a large wardrobe. And here is how C.S. Lewis describes the scene of the novel. Looking into the inside

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 of the cupboard, she saw several coats hanging out. Mostly long fur coats. There is nothing

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 Lucy liked so much as the smell and feel of fur. She immediately stepped into the wardrobe.

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 This must be an enormous wardrobe, thought Lucy. Going still further in, she pushed the soft

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 folds of the coats by to make room for her. And she noticed that there was something crunching

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 under her feet. Stooping down to feel it with her hand, she felt something soft and powdery

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 and extremely cold.

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 This is very queer, she said, and went on a step or two further. Something cold and soft

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 was falling on her.

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 A moment later she found that she was standing in the middle of a wood at night time, with

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 snow at her feet and snowflakes falling through the air. She began to walk forward, crunch,

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 crunch over the snow, and through the snow towards the light. And in about ten minutes she reached

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 it and found that it was a lampurst. She stood looking at it, wondering why there was a lamp

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 post in the middle of a wood, and wondering what to do next. She heard the pitter patter of feet

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 coming toward her. Soon after that a very strange person stepped out from among the trees into the

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 light of the lamp post. It was of course at that moment as a fawn named, namely Mr. Tunness, that Lucy

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 realized she was not in England anymore. But she'd entered the magical world of Nadia.

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 There are a few scenes in literature as magical as that, are they? As that entrance by Lucy

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 through the wardrobe into that enchanting world of Nadia. Why does that resonate with so many of us?

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 Why does it resonate with millions of readers? And if you're not a reader maybe you saw the film.

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 Is it that in some way all of us have imagined ourselves to be a Lucy? Maybe not in a world like

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 Nadia, but definitely different from the world that we're in now. Indeed we don't just dream and

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 imagine about a different world, but we dream and imagine about a better world, don't we?

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 There is this deep longing inside every single one of us, and it is expressed in various ways.

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 You could say that whatever your politics are. Whether you are adamantly part of the Remain group,

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 or you are furiously part of the Brexit group. There is a desire, isn't there, in both of those,

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 whether it is Remain or Brexit, for a better world. Behind all the protests and all the arguments

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 that take place is a desire for a better world. You move from the political sphere to the secret

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 loins of our hearts. And the desire is still there, isn't it? You think about the struggles

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 in your life. The financial struggles. The health concerns. The employment pressures. The relationship

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 angst. And some of you, and some of us at some stage, will say, if only my life were different.

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 If only this world was different. And our minds start to dream, don't they, of a vision of a

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 better world. Well, here in Isaiah 11, the prophet provides such a vision, doesn't he? And if Narnia

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 was a complete contrast for Lucy to the war-torn world of England that she was used to, the vision

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 of a better world that Isaiah presents is even more of a contrast to the people of Judah at that time.

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 So you remember, we've been going through the early chapters of Isaiah, and we've seen for Judah,

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 judgment is coming, that is certain. It is coming from God, from forsaking God.

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 But the people, instead of trusting God, have forsaken him. Rather than trusting in him, they've forsaken

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 Judah. Judah has failed. And its kings have decided not to trust in the Lord God Almighty, the Lord of hosts,

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 but to trust in the superpower of Assyria, against the threat of neighbouring nations.

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 And Isaiah announces that God is not only going to bring judgment upon Judah through Assyria,

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 but then, as we saw in chapter 10, he's going to bring his wrath to bear against Assyria as well.

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 And so at the end of chapter 10, right before, right at the end of that section, can you see

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 verse 33 and 34 of chapter 10?

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 Behold, the Lord God of hosts will lock the bows with terrifying power.

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 The great in height, they'll be hewn down.

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 The lofty will be brought low.

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 He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an axe,

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 and Lebanon will fall by his majestic one.

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 God is going to cut down.

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 God is going to cut down the size of the king of Assyria.

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 And by implication, all those who have aligned themselves with Assyria,

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 which would actually include Judah.

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 But those who thought themselves high and mighty,

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 like the cedars, the tall trees of Lebanon,

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 they'll be cut down to stumps.

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 And from the perspective of the people of Judah,

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 it really couldn't have gone much worse.

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 But out of the darkness,

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 Isaiah wants to point again to the light,

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 which is what he does here in chapter 11.

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 Isaiah is going to point to the people,

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 to a world of rest,

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 ruled by a righteous king.

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 To a world of rest,

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 a world of peace,

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 ruled by a righteous king.

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 And I want to suggest to you,

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 what you find in Isaiah 11

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 is what everyone is looking for.

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 It's what you are looking for.

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 Whether you realise it or not.

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 It's what your Muslim neighbours,

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 it's what your Hindu friends,

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 it's what your non-religious colleagues

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 are looking for.

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 So first of all,

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 let's see the world of peace.

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 Isaiah points to the world of peace.

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 Look at verse 6

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 of Isaiah 11.

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 Verse 6

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 The wolf shall dwell with the lamb,

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 and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat,

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 and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together,

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 and a little child will lead them.

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 The cow and the bear shall graze,

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 their young shall lie down together,

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 and the lion shall eat straw like ox.

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 The nursing child shall play over the hold of the cobra,

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 and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adders down.

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 They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain.

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 For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord

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 as the waters cleverly see.

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 Now this passage,

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 it's got to ring bells for you, isn't it?

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 If you know your Bible at all,

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 it certainly points to a return to the Garden of Eden

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 prior to the fall.

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 But as you look at the images,

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 they are startling,

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 although you can have great fun with these images.

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 You've got this play of the wolf and the lamb.

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 The prey gives hospitality to the predator.

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 It's like the lamb says,

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 oh, come in, Mr. Wolf,

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 take a seat,

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 what can I get you for dinner?

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 It's like the wolf in the story of the three pigs,

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 he says,

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 I will huff and I will puff

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 and I will blow your house down.

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 Oh, please come in, Mr. Wolf,

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 what can we get you for your tea?

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 In the world we live in,

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 it is bizarre,

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 it is impossible.

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 Padres was a Roman writer at the time of Christ

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 who wrote fables in the tradition of Aesop.

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 And one of his fables,

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 probably the most famous one,

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 is of a wolf

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 who's standing upstream in a river

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 who accuses a lamb

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 who is downstream of muddying the waters.

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 And all of which leads to the wolf

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 seizing the lamb and killing it.

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 Now that is what you'd expect,

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 isn't it?

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 The wolf and the lamb,

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 they're not friends.

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 The wolf,

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 the predator,

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 kills the prey.

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 But here Isaiah says,

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 there is a world

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 in which a lamb

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 will offer hospitality

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 to the wolf.

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 He'll say,

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 come back to mine for lunch.

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 And Isaiah goes on

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 with these animal analogies.

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 And we realize

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 that this is not just

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 an upgraded version

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 of our world.

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 This is not iPhone 6

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 when you've been used to

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 iPhone 4S

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 for the last three years

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 or something like that.

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 No, this is radically different.

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 It's not an upgrade.

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 And some of you may be thinking,

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 well, no offense, Paul,

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 but when I think of a new world,

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 of a better world,

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 my mind doesn't exactly

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 run to animals

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 offering hospitality

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 to each other.

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 I want something much bigger.

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 But I grant that.

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 So let me take you

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 to the key picture

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 of the passage.

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 Can you see it?

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 It's right in the middle.

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 It's deliberately right

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 in the middle.

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 In verse 8,

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 you have this infant,

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 this young child

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 playing at the hole

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 of a cobra.

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 This tiny tot

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 playing with the viper.

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 And the reason

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 that is significant

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 is because Isaiah

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 is picking up

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 on the theme

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 that is back

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 in Genesis 3.

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 We read that

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 in the Garden of Eden,

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 the devil comes

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 in the form of a

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 serpent,

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 of a snake.

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 and he deceives

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 Adam and Eve

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 to rebel against God

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 and as a result,

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 God's curse

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 falls on Adam and Eve

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 and on the serpent.

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 And the world

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 has been under

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 the curse of God

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 ever since.

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 And you and I,

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 by nature,

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 are under that curse.

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 We are under

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 the stern

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 wrath

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 and judgment

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 of God

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 because of our

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 rebellion against Him.

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 so that everything

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 in your life

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 and my life,

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 everything in this world

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 is not as it's

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 meant to be.

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 And that can be

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 traced back

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 to the forehole.

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 Here is the

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 fundamental problem

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 that we deal with

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 in this world.

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 But Isaiah says,

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 on that day,

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 the infant

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 will play

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 without fear

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 near the cobra's

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 hole.

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 And the young

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 child

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 will treat

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 the viper

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 like a plaything.

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 He says,

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 this is the

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 peaceful kingdom.

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 It's a world

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 of peace.

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 And it's a world

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 of peace because

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 the curse

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 from the fall

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 has been removed.

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 All the effects

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 of the fall

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 are now gone

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 in this image

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 right there 11.

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 All the consequences

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 of sin

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 have been removed.

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 They've been

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 sucked out of the

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 world on that day.

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 That everything

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 you wish was

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 different about

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 your life right now

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 will be different

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 on that day.

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 And most importantly,

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 God's judgment

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 and wrath

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 which we fully

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 deserve

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 will be no more.

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 And the effects

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 will not just

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 be in your life

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 and in my life.

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 Isaiah says

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 they will be

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 worldwide.

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 They will be

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 cosmic.

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 You see,

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 salvation is not

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 just about you

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 and my personal

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 relationship

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 with the Lord.

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 God is the

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 cosmic God.

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 And salvation

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 is cosmic.

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 Because it says,

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 doesn't it,

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 the whole earth,

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 for the earth

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 shall be full

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 of the knowledge

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 of the Lord

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 as the waters

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 cover the sea.

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 It's a world

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 of peace

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 because it's a

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 world of peace

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 with God.

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 So here's my

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 first point.

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 Here's a world

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 of peace.

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 But secondly,

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 we see that it

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 is a world

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 of peace

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 that is inhabited

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 by a people

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 at rest.

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 It is a world

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 of peace

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 that is inhabited

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 by a people

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 at rest.

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 Look at verses

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 10 to 13.

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 In that day,

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 the root

00:12:14.599 --> 00:12:15.360
 of Jesse,

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 who shall stand

00:12:17.039 --> 00:12:17.839
 as a signal,

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 as a banner,

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 is a much

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 better translation,

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 as a rallying

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 point for the

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 peoples.

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 Of him shall

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 the nations

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 inquire,

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 and his resting

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 place shall be

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 glorious.

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 In that day,

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 the Lord will

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 extend his hand

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 yet a second

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 time to recover

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 the remnant

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 that remains of

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 his people

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 from Assyria,

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 from Egypt,

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 from Pathros,

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 from Cush,

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 from Elam,

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 from China,

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 from Hamath,

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 and from the

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 coastlands of the

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 sea.

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 He will raise

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 a signal,

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 a banner for

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 the nations,

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 and will assemble

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 the banished

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 people of Israel

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 and gather

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 the dispersed

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 of Judah

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 from the four

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 corners of the

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 earth.

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 And the jealousy

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 of Ephraim

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 will be cast,

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 and those who

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 harass Judah

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 will be cut

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 off,

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 and Ephraim

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 will not be

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 jealous of Judah,

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 and Judah

00:13:03.379 --> 00:13:04.199
 shall not harass

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 Ephraim.

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 Isaiah looks

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 to the future,

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 the future

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 day,

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 and he says

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 God is going to

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 rescue his people.

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 Can you see that

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 verse 11 for a

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 second time?

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 And if you're

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 unclear over what

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 was the first time

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 when God rescued

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 his people,

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 it's there in

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 verse 16.

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 the Lord will

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 utterly destroy the

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 town of the

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 sea of Egypt,

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 isn't it

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 beautiful language,

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 and will wave

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 his hand over

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 the river with

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 his scorching

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 breath,

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 and strike it

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 into seven

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 channels,

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 and he will

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 lead the people

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 across in

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 sandals.

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 It's got to be

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 a giveaway,

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 isn't it?

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 And there will

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 be a highway

00:13:40.539 --> 00:13:41.159
 for Assyria,

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 for the remnant

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 and the remains

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 of his people,

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 as there was

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 for Israel

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 when they came

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 up from the

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 land of Egypt.

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 There's going

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 to be a

00:13:49.600 --> 00:13:50.419
 reversal of

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 the curse.

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 But there's

00:13:53.240 --> 00:13:53.700
 also going to

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 be another

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 exodus.

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 There'll be

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 another Eden,

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 and there'll

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 be another

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 exodus.

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 There'll be

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 another

00:14:00.059 --> 00:14:00.679
 deliverance,

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 just as God

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 promised to

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 bring the

00:14:02.779 --> 00:14:03.080
 people to

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 the promised

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 land,

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 the first

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 land,

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 so now he's

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 going to

00:14:05.319 --> 00:14:05.980
 deliver them,

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 or a remnant

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 of them to

00:14:08.100 --> 00:14:08.580
 return to the

00:14:08.580 --> 00:14:09.120
 promised land.

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 There's going

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 to be a

00:14:11.919 --> 00:14:12.740
 reversal of the

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 curse of the

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 exile.

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 But this

00:14:20.700 --> 00:14:20.980
 time, the

00:14:20.980 --> 00:14:21.439
 deliverance is

00:14:21.439 --> 00:14:21.700
 not going to

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 be from Egypt,

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 it's not going

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 to be from one

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 part of the

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 world, it's

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 going to be a

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 wider exodus,

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 isn't it?

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 It's going to

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 be a worldwide

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 dispersion.

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 So with the

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 nations and

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 places that he

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 mentions, Isaiah

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 covers, doesn't

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 he, the four

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 points of the

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 compass.

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 From north,

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 from south,

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 from east,

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 from west,

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 that's where

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 those nations

00:14:41.240 --> 00:14:41.700
 are from,

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 to indicate that

00:14:42.779 --> 00:14:43.279
 God is going

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 to gather his

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 people from the

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 four corners of

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 the earth,

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 verse 12,

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 and wherever

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 they've been

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 scattered.

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 But once he's

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 gathered them,

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 look at verse

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 13, these

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 nations are

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 not going to

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 turn the same

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 as when they

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 left.

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 That is,

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 they departed

00:15:01.319 --> 00:15:02.179
 and strife with

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 each other,

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 but now they

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 are at peace.

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 The nations,

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 all jealousy

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 and hostility

00:15:08.219 --> 00:15:08.699
 will vanish

00:15:08.699 --> 00:15:09.360
 because God's

00:15:09.360 --> 00:15:09.819
 people will be

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 at peace with

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 each other.

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 It's a

00:15:12.399 --> 00:15:12.879
 wonderful,

00:15:12.879 --> 00:15:13.919
 wonderful picture

00:15:13.919 --> 00:15:15.120
 picture that

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 the fruit of

00:15:16.099 --> 00:15:16.879
 peace with

00:15:16.879 --> 00:15:18.559
 God is

00:15:18.559 --> 00:15:19.079
 peace with

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 each other.

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 We know that

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 in a small

00:15:23.299 --> 00:15:24.000
 little way in

00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:24.379
 the church

00:15:24.379 --> 00:15:26.079
 life, the

00:15:26.079 --> 00:15:26.519
 fruit of

00:15:26.519 --> 00:15:26.939
 peace with

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 God is

00:15:27.399 --> 00:15:28.059
 peace with

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 each other.

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 But in a

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 much greater

00:15:31.599 --> 00:15:32.539
 way, we

00:15:32.539 --> 00:15:33.099
 look forward

00:15:33.099 --> 00:15:33.639
 to that.

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 So it is a

00:15:36.579 --> 00:15:37.339
 world of peace

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 inhabited by a

00:15:38.199 --> 00:15:38.519
 people at

00:15:38.519 --> 00:15:38.839
 rest.

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 And the

00:15:40.200 --> 00:15:40.720
 question does

00:15:40.720 --> 00:15:41.120
 arise, who

00:15:41.120 --> 00:15:41.360
 are these

00:15:41.360 --> 00:15:41.740
 people that

00:15:41.740 --> 00:15:42.259
 Isaiah is

00:15:42.259 --> 00:15:42.740
 writing of?

00:15:43.019 --> 00:15:43.620
 And interestingly

00:15:43.620 --> 00:15:44.620
 we see at the

00:15:44.620 --> 00:15:45.320
 beginning of this

00:15:45.320 --> 00:15:46.139
 section that

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 these people at

00:15:46.720 --> 00:15:47.420
 rest are not

00:15:47.420 --> 00:15:48.040
 restricted to

00:15:48.040 --> 00:15:48.480
 one or two

00:15:48.480 --> 00:15:48.940
 nations.

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 But we get

00:15:50.000 --> 00:15:50.620
 verse 10,

00:15:52.580 --> 00:15:53.080
 In that day

00:15:53.080 --> 00:15:53.480
 the root of

00:15:53.480 --> 00:15:53.879
 Jesse will

00:15:53.879 --> 00:15:54.440
 stand as a

00:15:54.440 --> 00:15:55.040
 banner, as a

00:15:55.040 --> 00:15:56.360
 signal for the

00:15:56.360 --> 00:15:57.379
 peoples, for

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 the nations.

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 And of him

00:16:01.960 --> 00:16:02.379
 the nations

00:16:02.379 --> 00:16:03.500
 will inquire,

00:16:04.280 --> 00:16:04.800
 they will come

00:16:04.800 --> 00:16:05.560
 to him and his

00:16:05.560 --> 00:16:06.400
 resting place will

00:16:06.400 --> 00:16:07.220
 be glorious.

00:16:08.840 --> 00:16:09.560
 Do you see how

00:16:09.560 --> 00:16:10.460
 extensive this is?

00:16:10.720 --> 00:16:11.500
 Along with a

00:16:11.500 --> 00:16:12.220
 remnant, with a

00:16:12.220 --> 00:16:13.200
 part of ethnic

00:16:13.200 --> 00:16:15.480
 Israel, there

00:16:15.480 --> 00:16:15.840
 will be the

00:16:15.840 --> 00:16:16.280
 nations.

00:16:17.940 --> 00:16:18.680
 But it will be

00:16:18.680 --> 00:16:19.180
 just as the

00:16:19.180 --> 00:16:19.440
 book of

00:16:19.440 --> 00:16:20.379
 Revelation promises

00:16:20.379 --> 00:16:21.300
 that every tribe

00:16:21.300 --> 00:16:21.879
 and every tongue

00:16:21.879 --> 00:16:22.480
 and every people

00:16:22.480 --> 00:16:23.180
 and every nation

00:16:23.180 --> 00:16:23.759
 will be there.

00:16:25.040 --> 00:16:25.500
 And he says

00:16:25.500 --> 00:16:25.899
 there will be no

00:16:25.899 --> 00:16:26.340
 strife.

00:16:27.980 --> 00:16:28.680
 There will be no

00:16:28.680 --> 00:16:29.820
 ethnic animosities

00:16:29.820 --> 00:16:30.580
 anymore.

00:16:31.500 --> 00:16:32.360
 On a personal

00:16:32.360 --> 00:16:33.120
 level, there will

00:16:33.120 --> 00:16:33.780
 be no gossip.

00:16:34.759 --> 00:16:35.360
 There will be no

00:16:35.360 --> 00:16:36.160
 cold shouldering.

00:16:36.300 --> 00:16:36.840
 There will be no

00:16:36.840 --> 00:16:37.500
 animosity.

00:16:37.660 --> 00:16:38.200
 There will be no

00:16:38.200 --> 00:16:38.759
 jealousy.

00:16:38.840 --> 00:16:41.200
 There will be no

00:16:41.200 --> 00:16:42.580
 inferiority complexes.

00:16:43.740 --> 00:16:44.500
 Can you imagine

00:16:44.500 --> 00:16:44.840
 that?

00:16:45.060 --> 00:16:45.820
 Think of how much

00:16:45.820 --> 00:16:46.940
 of the stress and

00:16:46.940 --> 00:16:48.100
 anxiety of your

00:16:48.100 --> 00:16:49.080
 life is caused

00:16:49.080 --> 00:16:50.100
 by relationship

00:16:50.100 --> 00:16:50.800
 tensions.

00:16:53.600 --> 00:16:55.740
 Hurt that is

00:16:55.740 --> 00:16:56.379
 caused by

00:16:56.379 --> 00:16:57.680
 careless words.

00:16:59.600 --> 00:17:00.680
 Spiteful words.

00:17:02.040 --> 00:17:02.800
 Or having been

00:17:02.800 --> 00:17:04.319
 ignored or maligned

00:17:04.319 --> 00:17:05.100
 or misunderstood

00:17:05.100 --> 00:17:05.880
 or taken for

00:17:05.880 --> 00:17:06.220
 granted.

00:17:06.220 --> 00:17:09.420
 and in all our

00:17:09.420 --> 00:17:10.660
 lives, it's a huge

00:17:10.660 --> 00:17:11.620
 amount of stress to

00:17:11.620 --> 00:17:12.559
 deal with that, to

00:17:12.559 --> 00:17:13.420
 navigate that.

00:17:13.660 --> 00:17:14.880
 That in fact is,

00:17:15.140 --> 00:17:16.000
 particularly in

00:17:16.000 --> 00:17:17.240
 ministers, there's a

00:17:17.240 --> 00:17:17.779
 kind of theory at the

00:17:17.779 --> 00:17:18.259
 moment that actually

00:17:18.259 --> 00:17:19.759
 it's overwork kind of

00:17:19.759 --> 00:17:20.460
 causes ministers to

00:17:20.460 --> 00:17:20.720
 break down.

00:17:20.819 --> 00:17:21.480
 Actually, I don't

00:17:21.480 --> 00:17:22.339
 think that is true.

00:17:23.200 --> 00:17:24.059
 I think it is the

00:17:24.059 --> 00:17:25.440
 stress of broken

00:17:25.440 --> 00:17:26.819
 relationships that

00:17:26.819 --> 00:17:27.400
 causes that.

00:17:27.400 --> 00:17:28.400
 God's

00:17:28.400 --> 00:17:29.840
 for all the

00:17:29.840 --> 00:17:30.820
 angst that we

00:17:30.820 --> 00:17:31.880
 have with people.

00:17:33.560 --> 00:17:34.080
 One day, I

00:17:34.080 --> 00:17:35.180
 say, it will be

00:17:35.180 --> 00:17:35.740
 God.

00:17:36.480 --> 00:17:37.080
 It will be

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 God.

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 We're going to get

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 on famously.

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 We'll send emails to

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 each other and we'll

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 perfectly understand

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 those emails.

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 I pray there will

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 be no email in the

00:17:51.480 --> 00:17:51.980
 new creation.

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 But we will get

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 on famously.

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 It will be a world

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 of peace inhabited

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 by a people at

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 rest.

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 And I don't know

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 about you, that

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 sounds pretty good

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 to me.

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 I mean, who

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 wouldn't really

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 want a world like

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 that?

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 And yet some

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 people will say

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 today, Eucharist

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 is all pie in the

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 sky, it's all

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 make-believe.

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 In 1516, Sir

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 Thomas More wrote

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 a book called

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 Utopia.

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 I have not read

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 it, but I know

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 an illustration

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 about it.

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 And it was in

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 essence a critique

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 of England at the

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 time.

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 500 years later,

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 we still use the

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 term, not

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 we?

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 And then he

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 coined for his

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 title, Utopia.

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 And the way

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 that we commonly

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 use the word is

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 to refer to a

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 perfect place where

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 everything is the

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 way it should be

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 all the time.

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 But Sir

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 Thomas More

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 actually intended

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 it as a pun.

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 So sometimes in

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 the book he would

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 spell it with the

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 prefix, EU.

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 Because in

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 Greek that means

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 good, that means

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 it was a good

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 place.

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 But at other

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 times, Thomas More

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 would spell it

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 utopia, OU,

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 with the prefix

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 OU, which in

00:19:08.440 --> 00:19:09.440
 Greek means no.

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 Or not meaning.

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 Not a place.

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 And his point

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 was that there is

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 no such perfect

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 place.

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 But Isaiah says

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 there is a day

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 coming, one day,

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 such a perfect

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 place, such a

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 world of peace

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 inhabited by a

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 people at rest,

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 that it is

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 coming.

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 But it all

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 depends on one

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 person.

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 One person.

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 So third point,

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 this is a world

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 of peace

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 because it is

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 inhabited by

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 people at rest

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 and it is

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 ruled by a

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 righteous king.

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 It is ruled by a

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 righteous king.

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 Let's go back to

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 the start of the

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 chapter.

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 Verse 1.

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 Now do you

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 remember, at the

00:19:56.779 --> 00:19:57.480
 end of verse 34

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 there is a

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 massive great

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 tree that has

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 been cut down.

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 So there is a

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 stump in the

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 middle of the

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 field.

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 Get the picture.

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 There is a

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 massive great

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 tree stump.

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 And the tree

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 has been cut

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 down.

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 And then in

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 verse 1 there

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 shall come forth

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 a shoot.

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 A shoot from

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 the stump of

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 Jesse.

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 And a branch,

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 a little tiny

00:20:16.559 --> 00:20:17.440
 branch from

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 his roots shall

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 bear fruit.

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 The spirit of

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 the Lord shall

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 rest upon him.

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 See that?

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 It's a shoot.

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 It's a branch.

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 Verse 2.

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 It's a hem.

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 The spirit of

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 the Lord shall

00:20:29.200 --> 00:20:29.779
 rest upon him.

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 The spirit of

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 wisdom and

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 understanding.

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 The spirit of

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 counsel and

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 might.

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 The spirit of

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 knowledge and

00:20:33.500 --> 00:20:33.880
 the fear of

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 the Lord.

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 And his

00:20:35.360 --> 00:20:35.860
 delight shall

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 be in the

00:20:36.240 --> 00:20:36.680
 fear of the

00:20:36.680 --> 00:20:36.900
 Lord.

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 He shall not

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 judge by what

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 his eyes see

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 or decide

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 disputes by

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 what his

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 ears hear.

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 But with

00:20:42.079 --> 00:20:42.480
 righteousness

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 he will

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 judge the

00:20:43.259 --> 00:20:43.600
 poor and

00:20:43.600 --> 00:20:44.059
 decide with

00:20:44.059 --> 00:20:44.980
 equity for

00:20:44.980 --> 00:20:45.519
 the meek of

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 the earth.

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 And he shall

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 strike the

00:20:47.900 --> 00:20:48.340
 earth with the

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 rod of his

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 mouth.

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 With the

00:20:49.799 --> 00:20:50.259
 breath of his

00:20:50.259 --> 00:20:50.779
 lips he shall

00:20:50.779 --> 00:20:51.160
 kill the

00:20:51.160 --> 00:20:51.399
 wicked.

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 So we

00:20:55.779 --> 00:20:56.279
 saw earlier

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 at the end

00:20:56.799 --> 00:20:57.359
 of chapter 10

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 it ends

00:20:57.859 --> 00:20:58.379
 with a

00:20:58.379 --> 00:20:58.779
 judgment.

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 Judgment on

00:20:59.579 --> 00:21:00.099
 these proud

00:21:00.099 --> 00:21:00.500
 kings.

00:21:00.619 --> 00:21:00.799
 On the

00:21:00.799 --> 00:21:01.139
 high and

00:21:01.139 --> 00:21:01.399
 mighty.

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 The proud

00:21:01.839 --> 00:21:02.220
 kings of

00:21:02.220 --> 00:21:02.559
 Israel.

00:21:03.079 --> 00:21:03.639
 God chops

00:21:03.639 --> 00:21:03.980
 them down

00:21:03.980 --> 00:21:04.440
 like trees.

00:21:04.539 --> 00:21:04.859
 But here at

00:21:04.859 --> 00:21:05.119
 the beginning

00:21:05.119 --> 00:21:05.799
 of chapter 11

00:21:05.799 --> 00:21:06.279
 I told them

00:21:06.279 --> 00:21:06.579
 there's a

00:21:06.579 --> 00:21:07.299
 tiny shoot

00:21:07.299 --> 00:21:07.559
 that comes

00:21:07.559 --> 00:21:07.799
 up from

00:21:07.799 --> 00:21:08.119
 the stump

00:21:08.119 --> 00:21:08.519
 of Jesse.

00:21:09.859 --> 00:21:10.259
 And from

00:21:10.259 --> 00:21:10.740
 the roots

00:21:10.740 --> 00:21:11.059
 of that

00:21:11.059 --> 00:21:11.420
 shoot a

00:21:11.420 --> 00:21:11.759
 branch

00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:12.139
 will come

00:21:12.139 --> 00:21:12.339
 that will

00:21:12.339 --> 00:21:12.859
 bear fruit.

00:21:13.200 --> 00:21:13.480
 And as

00:21:13.480 --> 00:21:13.700
 we've

00:21:13.700 --> 00:21:14.259
 seen Isaiah

00:21:14.259 --> 00:21:14.879
 do several

00:21:14.879 --> 00:21:15.700
 times again

00:21:15.700 --> 00:21:16.740
 we have in

00:21:16.740 --> 00:21:17.160
 the midst

00:21:17.160 --> 00:21:17.759
 of darkness

00:21:17.759 --> 00:21:18.220
 a glimmer

00:21:18.220 --> 00:21:18.720
 of hope.

00:21:18.720 --> 00:21:20.579
 And what

00:21:20.579 --> 00:21:21.160
 is interesting

00:21:21.160 --> 00:21:22.319
 here is that

00:21:22.319 --> 00:21:22.799
 the stump

00:21:22.799 --> 00:21:23.240
 comes from

00:21:23.240 --> 00:21:23.660
 the shoot

00:21:23.660 --> 00:21:24.740
 of Jesse.

00:21:25.220 --> 00:21:26.000
 The shoot

00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:26.360
 comes from

00:21:26.360 --> 00:21:26.680
 the stump

00:21:26.680 --> 00:21:27.059
 of Jesse.

00:21:28.019 --> 00:21:28.339
 You say

00:21:28.339 --> 00:21:28.920
 it was Jesse.

00:21:29.940 --> 00:21:30.420
 Well Jesse

00:21:30.420 --> 00:21:30.759
 was the

00:21:30.759 --> 00:21:31.120
 father of

00:21:31.120 --> 00:21:31.600
 King David.

00:21:32.680 --> 00:21:33.140
 And so the

00:21:33.140 --> 00:21:33.559
 question,

00:21:34.039 --> 00:21:34.480
 the obvious

00:21:34.480 --> 00:21:35.000
 question is

00:21:35.000 --> 00:21:35.460
 why does

00:21:35.460 --> 00:21:35.860
 Isaiah,

00:21:35.980 --> 00:21:36.339
 the shoot

00:21:36.339 --> 00:21:36.759
 come from

00:21:36.759 --> 00:21:37.100
 the stump

00:21:37.100 --> 00:21:37.660
 of David?

00:21:37.660 --> 00:21:39.720
 In the

00:21:39.720 --> 00:21:40.120
 Old Testament

00:21:40.120 --> 00:21:40.320
 and the

00:21:40.320 --> 00:21:40.680
 New Testament

00:21:40.680 --> 00:21:41.180
 David was

00:21:41.180 --> 00:21:41.540
 far more

00:21:41.540 --> 00:21:41.980
 important than

00:21:41.980 --> 00:21:42.220
 Jesse.

00:21:43.900 --> 00:21:44.259
 And we

00:21:44.259 --> 00:21:44.840
 usually make

00:21:44.840 --> 00:21:45.400
 the connection

00:21:45.400 --> 00:21:45.860
 don't we

00:21:45.860 --> 00:21:46.540
 between the

00:21:46.540 --> 00:21:47.220
 coming king,

00:21:47.340 --> 00:21:48.019
 King David's

00:21:48.019 --> 00:21:49.140
 greater son

00:21:49.140 --> 00:21:50.279
 and King

00:21:50.279 --> 00:21:50.740
 David.

00:21:51.580 --> 00:21:52.360
 Why does

00:21:52.360 --> 00:21:53.440
 Isaiah not

00:21:53.440 --> 00:21:54.420
 say there

00:21:54.420 --> 00:21:54.800
 shall come

00:21:54.800 --> 00:21:55.400
 forth a shoot

00:21:55.400 --> 00:21:55.700
 from the

00:21:55.700 --> 00:21:56.160
 stump of

00:21:56.160 --> 00:21:56.620
 David?

00:22:00.200 --> 00:22:00.880
 Well because

00:22:00.880 --> 00:22:01.320
 he wants

00:22:01.320 --> 00:22:02.120
 his audience

00:22:02.120 --> 00:22:02.820
 to understand,

00:22:02.920 --> 00:22:03.400
 he wants his

00:22:03.400 --> 00:22:03.880
 readers to

00:22:03.880 --> 00:22:05.019
 understand that

00:22:05.019 --> 00:22:05.540
 this is not

00:22:05.540 --> 00:22:06.360
 just another

00:22:06.360 --> 00:22:06.920
 king in the

00:22:06.920 --> 00:22:07.279
 line of

00:22:07.279 --> 00:22:07.519
 David.

00:22:08.960 --> 00:22:09.440
 There are

00:22:09.440 --> 00:22:09.879
 quite a few

00:22:09.879 --> 00:22:10.639
 kings mentioned

00:22:10.639 --> 00:22:11.000
 in the Old

00:22:11.000 --> 00:22:11.720
 Testament that

00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:12.639
 were sons of

00:22:12.639 --> 00:22:13.000
 David, they

00:22:13.000 --> 00:22:13.279
 were of

00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:13.759
 David's

00:22:13.759 --> 00:22:14.299
 lineage.

00:22:15.180 --> 00:22:15.599
 They were

00:22:15.599 --> 00:22:17.259
 from David.

00:22:18.139 --> 00:22:18.839
 Some did

00:22:18.839 --> 00:22:20.240
 quite well,

00:22:21.399 --> 00:22:21.859
 to put it

00:22:21.859 --> 00:22:22.359
 mildly,

00:22:22.680 --> 00:22:22.980
 some did

00:22:22.980 --> 00:22:24.279
 not so well,

00:22:24.720 --> 00:22:25.079
 some were

00:22:25.079 --> 00:22:25.399
 awful.

00:22:26.819 --> 00:22:27.500
 But Isaiah's

00:22:27.500 --> 00:22:28.000
 point is that

00:22:28.000 --> 00:22:28.819
 another David

00:22:28.819 --> 00:22:29.240
 is coming.

00:22:30.339 --> 00:22:31.279
 Another David

00:22:31.279 --> 00:22:31.759
 is coming.

00:22:32.420 --> 00:22:33.079
 In fact,

00:22:33.259 --> 00:22:33.879
 a greater

00:22:33.879 --> 00:22:34.460
 David is

00:22:34.460 --> 00:22:34.980
 coming from

00:22:34.980 --> 00:22:35.519
 the stump of

00:22:35.519 --> 00:22:35.839
 Jesse,

00:22:36.160 --> 00:22:36.599
 that the

00:22:36.599 --> 00:22:37.079
 golden

00:22:37.079 --> 00:22:37.579
 king of

00:22:37.579 --> 00:22:38.099
 the past

00:22:38.099 --> 00:22:38.539
 was just

00:22:38.539 --> 00:22:39.939
 a shadow

00:22:39.939 --> 00:22:40.759
 of the

00:22:40.759 --> 00:22:41.199
 true

00:22:41.199 --> 00:22:41.699
 God that

00:22:41.699 --> 00:22:42.000
 was still

00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:42.399
 to come.

00:22:43.720 --> 00:22:43.980
 And look

00:22:43.980 --> 00:22:44.319
 at how this

00:22:44.319 --> 00:22:44.939
 greater David

00:22:44.939 --> 00:22:45.519
 is described

00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:45.839
 in verses

00:22:45.839 --> 00:22:46.179
 2 and

00:22:46.179 --> 00:22:46.419
 3.

00:22:46.679 --> 00:22:47.399
 The spirit

00:22:47.399 --> 00:22:47.779
 of the

00:22:47.779 --> 00:22:48.220
 Lord will

00:22:48.220 --> 00:22:48.639
 rest on

00:22:48.639 --> 00:22:48.779
 him

00:22:48.779 --> 00:22:49.539
 permanently.

00:22:50.879 --> 00:22:51.179
 It will

00:22:51.179 --> 00:22:51.899
 never depart

00:22:51.899 --> 00:22:52.339
 from him.

00:22:53.439 --> 00:22:53.699
 And it

00:22:53.699 --> 00:22:54.179
 will give to

00:22:54.179 --> 00:22:54.480
 him these

00:22:54.480 --> 00:22:54.899
 gifts.

00:22:55.359 --> 00:22:55.799
 Wisdom.

00:22:56.079 --> 00:22:56.519
 Well what is

00:22:56.519 --> 00:22:56.779
 wisdom?

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 It is the

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 capacity to

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 have the

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 right judgment

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 in all

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 things.

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 What is

00:23:01.179 --> 00:23:01.839
 understanding?

00:23:02.960 --> 00:23:03.480
 Someone with

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 understanding has

00:23:04.439 --> 00:23:05.199
 the ability to

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 see to the

00:23:05.599 --> 00:23:06.079
 heart of the

00:23:06.079 --> 00:23:06.319
 issue.

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 They will

00:23:07.659 --> 00:23:07.980
 be able to

00:23:07.980 --> 00:23:08.619
 devise the

00:23:08.619 --> 00:23:09.119
 right course

00:23:09.119 --> 00:23:09.539
 of action.

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 They will

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 be able to

00:23:10.139 --> 00:23:10.659
 achieve it

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 perfectly.

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 He will

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 have knowledge.

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 That's not

00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:15.279
 just head

00:23:15.279 --> 00:23:15.839
 knowledge but

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 the enjoyment

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 of a personal

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 intimate

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 relationship with

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 a person and

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 in this context

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 with God.

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 And fear.

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 This person

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 will have

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 fear.

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 They will

00:23:25.759 --> 00:23:26.419
 live life in

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 complete conformity

00:23:28.460 --> 00:23:28.939
 to the will

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 of God.

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 In fact,

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 we're told,

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 aren't we,

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 this person

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 will delight,

00:23:32.579 --> 00:23:33.139
 verse 3,

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 as delight will

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 be the fear

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 of God.

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 And these

00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:36.939
 endowments,

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 they will

00:23:37.179 --> 00:23:37.720
 just come and

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 go.

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 The spirit of

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 the Lord is

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 upon him all

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 the time,

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 so he is

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 this all the

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 time.

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 And then

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 Isaiah teases

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 it out,

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 doesn't he,

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 by saying he

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 will not judge

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 by what he

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 sees with his

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 eyes or decide

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 what he hears

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 with his ears.

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 And you

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 think to

00:23:51.519 --> 00:23:51.759
 yourself,

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 what kind

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 of judge is

00:23:52.919 --> 00:23:53.220
 that?

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 Do I

00:23:54.819 --> 00:23:55.700
 really want a

00:23:55.700 --> 00:23:56.099
 judge who's

00:23:56.099 --> 00:23:56.419
 not going to

00:23:56.419 --> 00:23:57.319
 use his eyes

00:23:57.319 --> 00:23:58.279
 and his ears

00:23:58.279 --> 00:23:59.279
 when he's

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 considering the

00:23:59.879 --> 00:24:00.159
 evidence?

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 Isn't that a

00:24:00.939 --> 00:24:01.519
 bit dodgy?

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 But you

00:24:03.279 --> 00:24:03.460
 see,

00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:04.240
 this judge,

00:24:04.379 --> 00:24:04.940
 this judge

00:24:04.940 --> 00:24:05.440
 doesn't have

00:24:05.440 --> 00:24:05.859
 to use his

00:24:05.859 --> 00:24:07.599
 eyes or his

00:24:07.599 --> 00:24:08.160
 ears because

00:24:08.160 --> 00:24:08.920
 he already

00:24:08.920 --> 00:24:09.379
 knows all

00:24:09.379 --> 00:24:09.839
 the evidence.

00:24:11.900 --> 00:24:12.920
 Isaiah seems

00:24:12.920 --> 00:24:14.059
 becoming awfully

00:24:14.059 --> 00:24:14.599
 close,

00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:15.139
 doesn't he?

00:24:16.279 --> 00:24:17.079
 If not up to

00:24:17.079 --> 00:24:18.240
 attributing deity

00:24:18.240 --> 00:24:19.119
 to this righteous

00:24:19.119 --> 00:24:19.480
 king.

00:24:20.799 --> 00:24:21.599
 Because in the

00:24:21.599 --> 00:24:22.579
 end, there is

00:24:22.579 --> 00:24:23.539
 only one who

00:24:23.539 --> 00:24:24.039
 can judge,

00:24:24.119 --> 00:24:24.480
 isn't that?

00:24:25.559 --> 00:24:26.039
 And it is

00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:26.740
 only God can

00:24:26.740 --> 00:24:27.059
 judge.

00:24:28.099 --> 00:24:28.980
 Only God can

00:24:28.980 --> 00:24:29.359
 judge without

00:24:29.359 --> 00:24:29.779
 seeing the

00:24:29.779 --> 00:24:30.059
 case.

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 And because

00:24:31.519 --> 00:24:32.019
 this righteous

00:24:32.019 --> 00:24:32.599
 king does

00:24:32.599 --> 00:24:33.200
 know all the

00:24:33.200 --> 00:24:33.500
 evidence,

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 we are told

00:24:34.059 --> 00:24:34.460
 he judges

00:24:34.460 --> 00:24:35.179
 all cases,

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 especially for

00:24:35.859 --> 00:24:36.299
 the needy

00:24:36.299 --> 00:24:36.720
 and poor,

00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:37.599
 with justice

00:24:37.599 --> 00:24:38.200
 and righteousness.

00:24:39.599 --> 00:24:40.119
 And part of

00:24:40.119 --> 00:24:40.639
 the injustice

00:24:40.639 --> 00:24:41.319
 of Judah at

00:24:41.319 --> 00:24:41.639
 that time

00:24:41.639 --> 00:24:42.179
 involved the

00:24:42.179 --> 00:24:42.700
 rich being

00:24:42.700 --> 00:24:43.220
 able to put

00:24:43.220 --> 00:24:43.579
 off the

00:24:43.579 --> 00:24:44.200
 judges in

00:24:44.200 --> 00:24:44.559
 order to

00:24:44.559 --> 00:24:45.500
 avoid justice.

00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:46.079
 And they

00:24:46.079 --> 00:24:46.579
 got away

00:24:46.579 --> 00:24:47.139
 with everything.

00:24:47.539 --> 00:24:47.799
 They could

00:24:47.799 --> 00:24:48.359
 pay off the

00:24:48.359 --> 00:24:48.659
 judges.

00:24:49.339 --> 00:24:49.960
 But Isaiah

00:24:49.960 --> 00:24:50.419
 says there

00:24:50.419 --> 00:24:50.899
 is a judge

00:24:50.899 --> 00:24:51.279
 who will not

00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:51.659
 be paid

00:24:51.659 --> 00:24:51.960
 off.

00:24:52.220 --> 00:24:52.639
 There is a

00:24:52.639 --> 00:24:52.940
 righteous

00:24:52.940 --> 00:24:53.839
 king who

00:24:53.839 --> 00:24:54.159
 will come

00:24:54.159 --> 00:24:54.740
 to judge with

00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:55.559
 perfect equity

00:24:55.559 --> 00:24:56.200
 for everyone.

00:24:56.619 --> 00:24:57.039
 And his

00:24:57.039 --> 00:24:57.659
 rule will not

00:24:57.659 --> 00:24:58.319
 simply be by

00:24:58.319 --> 00:24:58.940
 his word.

00:25:00.059 --> 00:25:01.940
 Sorry,

00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:03.019
 his rule will

00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:03.700
 simply be by

00:25:03.700 --> 00:25:04.159
 his word.

00:25:05.279 --> 00:25:05.960
 The rod of

00:25:05.960 --> 00:25:06.839
 his mouth

00:25:06.839 --> 00:25:08.200
 will be no

00:25:08.200 --> 00:25:08.919
 physical weapons.

00:25:09.539 --> 00:25:09.859
 They will be

00:25:09.859 --> 00:25:10.460
 needed because

00:25:10.460 --> 00:25:11.059
 the power of

00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:11.720
 his word will

00:25:11.720 --> 00:25:12.200
 be the weapon.

00:25:13.879 --> 00:25:14.299
 And you see

00:25:14.299 --> 00:25:14.980
 gradually through

00:25:14.980 --> 00:25:15.440
 these first

00:25:15.440 --> 00:25:16.240
 11 chapters of

00:25:16.240 --> 00:25:16.559
 Isaiah,

00:25:16.659 --> 00:25:17.139
 Isaiah has

00:25:17.139 --> 00:25:17.619
 been leaking

00:25:17.619 --> 00:25:18.139
 clues,

00:25:18.220 --> 00:25:18.599
 hasn't he,

00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:20.119
 about somebody

00:25:20.119 --> 00:25:20.440
 who is going

00:25:20.440 --> 00:25:20.940
 to come and

00:25:20.940 --> 00:25:21.960
 fix this world.

00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:23.920
 chapter 7

00:25:23.920 --> 00:25:24.579
 he is described

00:25:24.579 --> 00:25:25.240
 as a child

00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:25.840
 born to a

00:25:25.840 --> 00:25:26.500
 virgin called

00:25:26.500 --> 00:25:26.960
 Emmanuel.

00:25:27.440 --> 00:25:27.940
 He is God

00:25:27.940 --> 00:25:28.440
 with us.

00:25:29.180 --> 00:25:29.900
 In chapter 9

00:25:29.900 --> 00:25:30.360
 I told him

00:25:30.360 --> 00:25:31.279
 of a light

00:25:31.279 --> 00:25:31.779
 that is coming

00:25:31.779 --> 00:25:32.380
 into the deep

00:25:32.380 --> 00:25:32.880
 darkness.

00:25:33.039 --> 00:25:33.400
 I told him

00:25:33.400 --> 00:25:33.840
 of a son

00:25:33.840 --> 00:25:34.440
 that is born

00:25:34.440 --> 00:25:34.900
 for us who

00:25:34.900 --> 00:25:35.460
 is a wonderful

00:25:35.460 --> 00:25:36.140
 counsellor,

00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:37.600
 who is mighty

00:25:37.600 --> 00:25:38.519
 God, everlasting

00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:39.420
 father, prince of

00:25:39.420 --> 00:25:39.700
 peace.

00:25:40.079 --> 00:25:40.819
 And now we see

00:25:40.819 --> 00:25:41.460
 this one who is

00:25:41.460 --> 00:25:41.960
 coming, this

00:25:41.960 --> 00:25:42.720
 righteous king,

00:25:43.240 --> 00:25:43.740
 who Isaiah

00:25:43.740 --> 00:25:44.400
 says is the

00:25:44.400 --> 00:25:45.860
 greater David,

00:25:46.819 --> 00:25:47.500
 is endowed

00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:48.120
 with divine

00:25:48.120 --> 00:25:48.600
 ability.

00:25:48.599 --> 00:25:50.639
 that here is

00:25:50.639 --> 00:25:51.459
 one who can

00:25:51.459 --> 00:25:52.000
 and will

00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:52.779
 deliver us

00:25:52.779 --> 00:25:53.719
 to a world

00:25:53.719 --> 00:25:54.159
 of peace

00:25:54.159 --> 00:25:54.939
 inhabited by

00:25:54.939 --> 00:25:55.399
 a people of

00:25:55.399 --> 00:25:55.740
 rest.

00:25:56.799 --> 00:25:57.319
 And Isaiah

00:25:57.319 --> 00:25:57.879
 isn't finished

00:25:57.879 --> 00:25:58.399
 yet, look at

00:25:58.399 --> 00:25:58.899
 his description

00:25:58.899 --> 00:25:59.759
 in verse 10

00:25:59.759 --> 00:26:00.639
 and in that

00:26:00.639 --> 00:26:01.019
 day the

00:26:01.019 --> 00:26:01.679
 root of

00:26:01.679 --> 00:26:02.119
 Jesse,

00:26:02.779 --> 00:26:04.659
 the root

00:26:04.659 --> 00:26:05.240
 of Jesse

00:26:05.240 --> 00:26:05.939
 who shall

00:26:05.939 --> 00:26:06.599
 stand as a

00:26:06.599 --> 00:26:07.039
 signal for

00:26:07.039 --> 00:26:07.419
 the peoples

00:26:07.419 --> 00:26:07.759
 of him

00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:08.119
 shall the

00:26:08.119 --> 00:26:08.439
 nations

00:26:08.439 --> 00:26:09.079
 inquire and

00:26:09.079 --> 00:26:09.579
 his resting

00:26:09.579 --> 00:26:10.179
 place will

00:26:10.179 --> 00:26:11.000
 be glorious.

00:26:11.919 --> 00:26:12.299
 Now can

00:26:12.299 --> 00:26:12.779
 you see the

00:26:12.779 --> 00:26:13.379
 difference between

00:26:13.379 --> 00:26:14.000
 verse 1 and

00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:14.559
 verse 10?

00:26:18.599 --> 00:26:20.240
 what's he

00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:20.919
 described of

00:26:20.919 --> 00:26:21.599
 in verse 1?

00:26:23.159 --> 00:26:23.639
 Can you see

00:26:23.639 --> 00:26:23.779
 it?

00:26:25.119 --> 00:26:25.859
 What is he in

00:26:25.859 --> 00:26:26.759
 verse 1 of

00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:27.039
 Jesse?

00:26:27.500 --> 00:26:28.039
 He's the

00:26:28.039 --> 00:26:28.919
 shoot.

00:26:29.379 --> 00:26:30.099
 Verse 10,

00:26:30.179 --> 00:26:30.579
 what is he?

00:26:31.779 --> 00:26:32.480
 He's the root.

00:26:33.359 --> 00:26:34.199
 How on earth

00:26:34.199 --> 00:26:34.740
 does that work?

00:26:36.379 --> 00:26:37.459
 He is saying,

00:26:38.259 --> 00:26:38.959
 and this is so

00:26:38.959 --> 00:26:39.639
 wonderful isn't

00:26:39.639 --> 00:26:40.459
 it, that the

00:26:40.459 --> 00:26:41.019
 one who will

00:26:41.019 --> 00:26:41.819
 come from

00:26:41.819 --> 00:26:43.439
 Jesse is the

00:26:43.439 --> 00:26:43.980
 one from whom

00:26:43.980 --> 00:26:44.659
 Jesse came.

00:26:45.299 --> 00:26:45.699
 Can you get

00:26:45.699 --> 00:26:45.959
 that?

00:26:46.219 --> 00:26:46.859
 Write that down.

00:26:47.899 --> 00:26:48.419
 The one

00:26:48.420 --> 00:26:49.720
 who will

00:26:49.720 --> 00:26:50.779
 come from

00:26:50.779 --> 00:26:52.400
 Jesse is

00:26:52.400 --> 00:26:53.259
 the one from

00:26:53.259 --> 00:26:53.960
 whom Jesse

00:26:53.960 --> 00:26:54.560
 came.

00:26:57.279 --> 00:26:58.240
 The one who

00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:59.620
 entered into

00:26:59.620 --> 00:27:00.759
 creation

00:27:00.759 --> 00:27:02.720
 was the one

00:27:02.720 --> 00:27:03.539
 by whom all

00:27:03.539 --> 00:27:04.019
 of creation

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:04.620
 was made.

00:27:06.080 --> 00:27:07.259
 The word

00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:09.160
 became

00:27:09.160 --> 00:27:10.180
 flesh.

00:27:13.200 --> 00:27:13.560
 And Isaiah

00:27:13.560 --> 00:27:14.060
 says this

00:27:14.060 --> 00:27:14.660
 root of

00:27:14.660 --> 00:27:15.160
 Jesse will

00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:15.640
 now stand

00:27:15.640 --> 00:27:16.100
 as a banner

00:27:16.100 --> 00:27:16.380
 to the

00:27:16.380 --> 00:27:16.779
 nations and

00:27:16.779 --> 00:27:17.140
 the nations

00:27:17.140 --> 00:27:17.560
 will run

00:27:17.560 --> 00:27:17.920
 to it.

00:27:18.420 --> 00:27:19.420
 But this

00:27:19.420 --> 00:27:19.720
 righteous

00:27:19.720 --> 00:27:20.140
 king will

00:27:20.140 --> 00:27:20.400
 be a

00:27:20.400 --> 00:27:20.740
 gathering

00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:21.080
 place.

00:27:21.160 --> 00:27:21.259
 He'll

00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:21.460
 be a

00:27:21.460 --> 00:27:21.820
 place of

00:27:21.820 --> 00:27:22.100
 rest,

00:27:22.180 --> 00:27:22.279
 a

00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:22.539
 promised

00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:22.900
 land,

00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:23.160
 a

00:27:23.160 --> 00:27:23.720
 sanctuary.

00:27:27.320 --> 00:27:27.720
 There will

00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:28.200
 literally be

00:27:28.200 --> 00:27:28.740
 glory for

00:27:28.740 --> 00:27:29.039
 those who

00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:29.259
 come.

00:27:30.120 --> 00:27:30.519
 There is

00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:30.980
 utopia.

00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:32.060
 There is

00:27:32.060 --> 00:27:33.180
 EU-topia.

00:27:34.600 --> 00:27:35.200
 There is a

00:27:35.200 --> 00:27:35.700
 good place.

00:27:36.460 --> 00:27:36.920
 There is a

00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:37.360
 world of

00:27:37.360 --> 00:27:37.860
 peace, but

00:27:37.860 --> 00:27:38.340
 it depends

00:27:38.340 --> 00:27:38.740
 upon a

00:27:38.740 --> 00:27:39.100
 person.

00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:41.900
 And it is

00:27:41.900 --> 00:27:42.460
 Jesus, if

00:27:42.460 --> 00:27:42.779
 you've not

00:27:42.779 --> 00:27:43.259
 guessed it.

00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:45.380
 Jesus, who

00:27:45.380 --> 00:27:45.820
 when he was

00:27:45.820 --> 00:27:46.460
 told by his

00:27:46.460 --> 00:27:46.980
 disciples,

00:27:47.340 --> 00:27:47.680
 Philip and

00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:48.180
 Andrew came

00:27:48.180 --> 00:27:48.380
 to him,

00:27:48.420 --> 00:27:48.720
 they said

00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:48.880
 there are

00:27:48.880 --> 00:27:49.400
 some Greeks

00:27:49.400 --> 00:27:49.759
 that want

00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:50.100
 to see

00:27:50.100 --> 00:27:50.380
 you.

00:27:51.100 --> 00:27:51.900
 Some Greeks,

00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:52.340
 they are not

00:27:52.340 --> 00:27:52.680
 Jews.

00:27:53.640 --> 00:27:54.039
 Well, they are

00:27:54.039 --> 00:27:54.620
 people from the

00:27:54.620 --> 00:27:55.220
 Gentiles.

00:27:55.579 --> 00:27:56.299
 They are Gentiles

00:27:56.299 --> 00:27:56.819
 who want to

00:27:56.819 --> 00:27:57.299
 see you,

00:27:57.380 --> 00:27:57.640
 Jesus.

00:27:58.759 --> 00:27:59.259
 And Jesus

00:27:59.259 --> 00:27:59.920
 says these

00:27:59.920 --> 00:28:00.680
 words, he

00:28:00.680 --> 00:28:01.360
 says, when I

00:28:01.360 --> 00:28:02.259
 am lifted up

00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:02.640
 from the

00:28:02.640 --> 00:28:03.039
 earth, I

00:28:03.039 --> 00:28:03.539
 will draw

00:28:03.539 --> 00:28:04.559
 all men,

00:28:04.759 --> 00:28:05.400
 all people

00:28:05.400 --> 00:28:06.079
 to myself.

00:28:06.620 --> 00:28:07.000
 And we

00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:07.720
 read that,

00:28:08.259 --> 00:28:08.880
 and maybe it's

00:28:08.880 --> 00:28:09.140
 not the

00:28:09.140 --> 00:28:09.600
 clearest thing

00:28:09.600 --> 00:28:10.340
 in our minds,

00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:11.660
 what Jesus is

00:28:11.660 --> 00:28:12.240
 talking about.

00:28:12.539 --> 00:28:12.819
 And it

00:28:12.819 --> 00:28:13.079
 wouldn't have

00:28:13.079 --> 00:28:13.319
 been the

00:28:13.319 --> 00:28:13.840
 clearest thing

00:28:13.839 --> 00:28:14.439
 in the

00:28:14.439 --> 00:28:14.839
 minds of

00:28:14.839 --> 00:28:15.539
 his audience.

00:28:16.379 --> 00:28:16.720
 Because

00:28:16.720 --> 00:28:17.139
 immediately

00:28:17.139 --> 00:28:17.659
 after having

00:28:17.659 --> 00:28:18.019
 quoted

00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:18.720
 Jesus, John

00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:19.319
 writes this,

00:28:19.599 --> 00:28:20.339
 Jesus said

00:28:20.339 --> 00:28:20.980
 this to show

00:28:20.980 --> 00:28:21.359
 the kind

00:28:21.359 --> 00:28:21.779
 of death

00:28:21.779 --> 00:28:22.079
 that he's

00:28:22.079 --> 00:28:22.319
 going to

00:28:22.319 --> 00:28:22.659
 die.

00:28:23.579 --> 00:28:24.199
 I, when

00:28:24.199 --> 00:28:24.480
 I am

00:28:24.480 --> 00:28:25.039
 lifted up

00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:25.299
 from the

00:28:25.299 --> 00:28:25.659
 earth, will

00:28:25.659 --> 00:28:26.659
 draw all

00:28:26.659 --> 00:28:27.159
 men to

00:28:27.159 --> 00:28:27.759
 myself.

00:28:28.179 --> 00:28:28.740
 I will

00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:29.879
 be a

00:28:29.879 --> 00:28:30.879
 signal for

00:28:30.879 --> 00:28:31.419
 the peoples.

00:28:31.579 --> 00:28:32.220
 I'll be a

00:28:32.220 --> 00:28:32.779
 banner for

00:28:32.779 --> 00:28:33.279
 the peoples.

00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:37.159
 And suddenly

00:28:37.159 --> 00:28:37.500
 it comes

00:28:37.500 --> 00:28:37.919
 together.

00:28:39.439 --> 00:28:39.919
 But as I

00:28:39.919 --> 00:28:40.339
 was speaking

00:28:40.339 --> 00:28:40.759
 of a world

00:28:40.759 --> 00:28:41.139
 of peace

00:28:41.139 --> 00:28:41.819
 inhabited by

00:28:41.819 --> 00:28:42.439
 a people of

00:28:42.439 --> 00:28:43.099
 rest, ruled

00:28:43.099 --> 00:28:43.500
 by a

00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:43.779
 sovereign

00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:44.740
 king, and

00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:45.299
 the sovereign

00:28:45.299 --> 00:28:46.219
 king is the

00:28:46.219 --> 00:28:47.159
 crucified one.

00:28:49.179 --> 00:28:49.480
 And the

00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:49.980
 nations come,

00:28:50.059 --> 00:28:50.899
 we come this

00:28:50.899 --> 00:28:51.639
 morning to the

00:28:51.639 --> 00:28:52.339
 one lifted up,

00:28:52.399 --> 00:28:52.879
 we come to

00:28:52.879 --> 00:28:53.859
 the banner, we

00:28:53.859 --> 00:28:54.419
 come to the

00:28:54.419 --> 00:28:55.339
 signal over the

00:28:55.339 --> 00:28:55.799
 nations.

00:28:56.859 --> 00:28:57.559
 And you say,

00:28:57.779 --> 00:28:58.599
 who would

00:28:58.599 --> 00:28:59.459
 rally to a

00:28:59.459 --> 00:29:00.500
 crucified person

00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:01.240
 on a cross?

00:29:01.659 --> 00:29:02.019
 And the

00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:02.619
 answer is those

00:29:02.619 --> 00:29:03.039
 who come to

00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:03.319
 Jesus.

00:29:08.099 --> 00:29:08.719
 And for

00:29:08.719 --> 00:29:09.459
 any of us to

00:29:09.459 --> 00:29:10.019
 enter that

00:29:10.019 --> 00:29:10.719
 world of peace

00:29:10.719 --> 00:29:11.439
 which we all

00:29:11.439 --> 00:29:12.000
 desire, we

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:12.319
 need a

00:29:12.319 --> 00:29:12.699
 champion.

00:29:13.539 --> 00:29:14.139
 We need a

00:29:14.139 --> 00:29:14.519
 king who

00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:15.039
 will crush

00:29:15.039 --> 00:29:15.599
 the serpent.

00:29:16.639 --> 00:29:17.079
 We need a

00:29:17.079 --> 00:29:17.339
 king who

00:29:17.339 --> 00:29:17.799
 will defeat

00:29:17.799 --> 00:29:18.399
 sin and

00:29:18.399 --> 00:29:18.859
 death that

00:29:18.859 --> 00:29:19.419
 entered into

00:29:19.419 --> 00:29:19.919
 this world

00:29:19.919 --> 00:29:20.179
 of the

00:29:20.179 --> 00:29:20.399
 fallen.

00:29:20.539 --> 00:29:20.759
 You and

00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:21.199
 I cannot

00:29:21.199 --> 00:29:21.599
 do it.

00:29:21.639 --> 00:29:21.980
 You cannot.

00:29:23.480 --> 00:29:24.019
 And you

00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:24.980
 cannot create

00:29:24.980 --> 00:29:25.779
 your perfect

00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:26.179
 world.

00:29:26.359 --> 00:29:26.859
 You cannot

00:29:26.859 --> 00:29:27.359
 and God

00:29:27.359 --> 00:29:27.959
 will not let

00:29:27.959 --> 00:29:28.439
 you do it.

00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:31.099
 And you

00:29:31.099 --> 00:29:32.099
 and I are

00:29:32.099 --> 00:29:32.519
 under the

00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:32.759
 judgment

00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:33.399
 ourselves and

00:29:33.399 --> 00:29:33.799
 we cannot

00:29:33.799 --> 00:29:34.319
 fix the

00:29:34.319 --> 00:29:34.579
 problem.

00:29:34.719 --> 00:29:35.039
 We need

00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:35.519
 someone to

00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:36.039
 come in

00:29:36.039 --> 00:29:37.019
 who is not

00:29:37.019 --> 00:29:37.439
 under the

00:29:37.439 --> 00:29:37.719
 judgment.

00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:37.880
 God.

00:29:38.880 --> 00:29:39.299
 And this

00:29:39.299 --> 00:29:39.839
 king comes

00:29:39.839 --> 00:29:40.279
 into this

00:29:40.279 --> 00:29:40.759
 world of

00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:41.039
 sin and

00:29:41.039 --> 00:29:41.420
 he turns

00:29:41.420 --> 00:29:42.000
 the weapons

00:29:42.000 --> 00:29:42.319
 of the

00:29:42.319 --> 00:29:42.880
 devil on

00:29:42.880 --> 00:29:43.440
 himself.

00:29:45.039 --> 00:29:45.440
 Death

00:29:45.440 --> 00:29:46.700
 itself and

00:29:46.700 --> 00:29:47.380
 in his own

00:29:47.380 --> 00:29:47.940
 death he

00:29:47.940 --> 00:29:48.400
 takes the

00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:48.880
 wrath and

00:29:48.880 --> 00:29:49.319
 the judgment

00:29:49.319 --> 00:29:49.740
 of God

00:29:49.740 --> 00:29:50.019
 that was

00:29:50.019 --> 00:29:50.440
 ours to

00:29:50.440 --> 00:29:50.740
 take.

00:29:50.740 --> 00:29:53.039
 you see

00:29:53.039 --> 00:29:54.019
 Isaiah wants

00:29:54.019 --> 00:29:54.400
 you to know

00:29:54.400 --> 00:29:54.720
 that there

00:29:54.720 --> 00:29:55.380
 was a world

00:29:55.380 --> 00:29:55.920
 of peace but

00:29:55.920 --> 00:29:56.599
 you cannot

00:29:56.599 --> 00:29:57.400
 you will

00:29:57.400 --> 00:29:57.700
 not.

00:29:57.839 --> 00:29:58.319
 God will

00:29:58.319 --> 00:29:58.799
 not let

00:29:58.799 --> 00:29:59.319
 you create

00:29:59.319 --> 00:29:59.940
 that world.

00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:01.000
 You get

00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:01.400
 what you

00:30:01.400 --> 00:30:01.920
 want.

00:30:02.539 --> 00:30:02.960
 You get

00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:03.599
 that partner.

00:30:03.779 --> 00:30:04.160
 You get

00:30:04.160 --> 00:30:04.859
 that child.

00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:05.380
 You get

00:30:05.380 --> 00:30:06.120
 that home.

00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:07.259
 You get

00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:07.960
 that job.

00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:08.480
 It will

00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:09.140
 never be the

00:30:09.140 --> 00:30:09.500
 world that

00:30:09.500 --> 00:30:09.940
 you want.

00:30:10.140 --> 00:30:10.599
 It never

00:30:10.599 --> 00:30:10.940
 will.

00:30:12.420 --> 00:30:13.140
 You win

00:30:13.140 --> 00:30:13.759
 the lottery.

00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:15.759
 And it

00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:16.579
 will not be

00:30:16.579 --> 00:30:16.880
 the world

00:30:16.880 --> 00:30:17.140
 that you

00:30:17.140 --> 00:30:17.519
 want.

00:30:19.160 --> 00:30:19.640
 But Isaiah

00:30:19.640 --> 00:30:20.099
 wants you to

00:30:20.099 --> 00:30:20.440
 know there

00:30:20.440 --> 00:30:20.880
 is a world

00:30:20.880 --> 00:30:21.360
 of peace

00:30:21.360 --> 00:30:22.059
 in which

00:30:22.059 --> 00:30:22.420
 people are

00:30:22.420 --> 00:30:22.920
 at rest.

00:30:24.200 --> 00:30:24.680
 But the

00:30:24.680 --> 00:30:25.259
 only way

00:30:25.259 --> 00:30:26.200
 into that

00:30:26.200 --> 00:30:27.039
 world is

00:30:27.039 --> 00:30:27.500
 to stand

00:30:27.500 --> 00:30:27.900
 under the

00:30:27.900 --> 00:30:28.299
 banner of

00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:28.820
 the crucified

00:30:28.820 --> 00:30:29.460
 root of

00:30:29.460 --> 00:30:29.720
 Jesse.

00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:31.259
 It's to

00:30:31.259 --> 00:30:31.759
 stand under

00:30:31.759 --> 00:30:32.120
 the banner

00:30:32.120 --> 00:30:32.600
 of Jesus.

00:30:34.100 --> 00:30:34.539
 And those

00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:34.980
 that rally

00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:35.340
 to that

00:30:35.340 --> 00:30:35.759
 banner are

00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:36.220
 those that

00:30:36.220 --> 00:30:36.660
 say, we

00:30:36.660 --> 00:30:37.000
 do say

00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:37.180
 don't we

00:30:37.180 --> 00:30:37.299
 as

00:30:37.299 --> 00:30:37.620
 Christians,

00:30:37.779 --> 00:30:38.220
 we long

00:30:38.220 --> 00:30:38.519
 for a

00:30:38.519 --> 00:30:39.039
 better world

00:30:39.039 --> 00:30:39.580
 don't we?

00:30:42.100 --> 00:30:42.820
 But now

00:30:42.820 --> 00:30:43.360
 I see that

00:30:43.360 --> 00:30:43.820
 the greatest

00:30:43.820 --> 00:30:44.620
 obstacle to

00:30:44.620 --> 00:30:45.340
 that world

00:30:45.340 --> 00:30:46.059
 is

00:30:46.059 --> 00:30:47.980
 sin.

00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:49.440
 Including

00:30:49.440 --> 00:30:49.980
 my sin.

00:30:50.440 --> 00:30:51.559
 so that

00:30:51.559 --> 00:30:51.900
 my only

00:30:51.900 --> 00:30:52.279
 hope for

00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:52.420
 that

00:30:52.420 --> 00:30:52.660
 better

00:30:52.660 --> 00:30:52.920
 world

00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:53.240
 is to

00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:53.680
 trust in

00:30:53.680 --> 00:30:54.000
 the one

00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:54.160
 who

00:30:54.160 --> 00:30:54.580
 defeated

00:30:54.580 --> 00:30:55.059
 sin.

00:30:56.700 --> 00:30:57.080
 Jesus,

00:30:57.240 --> 00:30:57.480
 I'm going

00:30:57.480 --> 00:30:58.039
 to stand

00:30:58.039 --> 00:30:58.600
 under the

00:30:58.600 --> 00:30:59.039
 banner of

00:30:59.039 --> 00:30:59.559
 your cross

00:30:59.559 --> 00:31:00.180
 which promises

00:31:00.180 --> 00:31:00.720
 me a

00:31:00.720 --> 00:31:01.259
 world of

00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:01.539
 peace

00:31:01.539 --> 00:31:02.019
 inhabited

00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:02.480
 by a

00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:02.840
 people of

00:31:02.840 --> 00:31:03.220
 rest.

00:31:03.220 --> 00:31:04.220
 hope.

00:31:04.220 --> 00:31:04.559
 Because only

00:31:04.559 --> 00:31:05.100
 under that

00:31:05.100 --> 00:31:05.600
 banner is

00:31:05.600 --> 00:31:05.900
 hope.

00:31:08.400 --> 00:31:08.900
 I read

00:31:08.900 --> 00:31:09.160
 an

00:31:09.160 --> 00:31:09.539
 obituary

00:31:09.539 --> 00:31:10.220
 this week

00:31:10.220 --> 00:31:10.539
 and in

00:31:10.539 --> 00:31:10.680
 that

00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:11.019
 obituary

00:31:11.019 --> 00:31:11.259
 there was

00:31:11.259 --> 00:31:11.420
 a

00:31:11.420 --> 00:31:11.620
 critic,

00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:11.880
 I don't

00:31:11.880 --> 00:31:12.200
 know her,

00:31:12.460 --> 00:31:12.779
 Judith

00:31:12.779 --> 00:31:13.360
 Shulevitz

00:31:13.360 --> 00:31:14.100
 observed that

00:31:14.100 --> 00:31:14.980
 life unlike

00:31:14.980 --> 00:31:16.160
 fiction has

00:31:16.160 --> 00:31:16.940
 neither crisp

00:31:16.940 --> 00:31:18.420
 beginnings nor

00:31:18.420 --> 00:31:19.120
 redemptive

00:31:19.120 --> 00:31:19.660
 endings.

00:31:19.819 --> 00:31:19.980
 Is that

00:31:19.980 --> 00:31:20.200
 brilliant?

00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:22.340
 life is

00:31:22.340 --> 00:31:23.220
 messier than

00:31:23.220 --> 00:31:23.660
 fiction.

00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:26.559
 And life

00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:27.460
 doesn't look

00:31:27.460 --> 00:31:27.940
 like it has

00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:28.660
 a redemptive

00:31:28.660 --> 00:31:29.080
 end.

00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:31.460
 the great

00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:31.839
 news of

00:31:31.839 --> 00:31:32.339
 Isaiah is

00:31:32.339 --> 00:31:32.659
 that under

00:31:32.659 --> 00:31:33.039
 the banner

00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:33.519
 of Jesus,

00:31:33.779 --> 00:31:34.119
 under the

00:31:34.119 --> 00:31:34.460
 root of

00:31:34.460 --> 00:31:34.799
 Jesse,

00:31:35.079 --> 00:31:35.899
 life ultimately

00:31:35.899 --> 00:31:36.779
 does have a

00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:37.339
 redemptive

00:31:37.339 --> 00:31:37.599
 ending.

00:31:38.659 --> 00:31:39.099
 It is a

00:31:39.099 --> 00:31:39.980
 glorious ending

00:31:39.980 --> 00:31:41.179
 and it is a

00:31:41.179 --> 00:31:41.839
 resting place

00:31:41.839 --> 00:31:42.720
 called glory.

00:31:44.299 --> 00:31:44.799
 And that is

00:31:44.799 --> 00:31:45.199
 the world that

00:31:45.199 --> 00:31:45.539
 you and I

00:31:45.539 --> 00:31:46.259
 dream of and

00:31:46.259 --> 00:31:46.720
 because at

00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:47.419
 its centre is

00:31:47.419 --> 00:31:48.000
 Jesus the

00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:48.599
 righteous king,

00:31:48.679 --> 00:31:48.960
 it is a

00:31:48.960 --> 00:31:49.839
 world that

00:31:49.839 --> 00:31:50.240
 when we

00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:50.819
 enter it,

00:31:50.899 --> 00:31:51.179
 it will

00:31:51.179 --> 00:31:52.000
 only get

00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:52.519
 better.

00:31:56.439 --> 00:31:57.039
 It will

00:31:57.039 --> 00:31:57.519
 only get

00:31:57.519 --> 00:31:57.799
 better.

00:31:59.079 --> 00:32:02.480
 So in

00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:02.879
 that sense

00:32:02.879 --> 00:32:03.079
 it is a

00:32:03.079 --> 00:32:03.319
 little bit

00:32:03.319 --> 00:32:03.939
 like Narnia,

00:32:05.619 --> 00:32:06.339
 the final

00:32:06.339 --> 00:32:06.799
 volume of

00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:07.240
 the series,

00:32:07.359 --> 00:32:07.740
 The Last

00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:08.079
 Battle,

00:32:08.159 --> 00:32:08.579
 where Lewis

00:32:08.579 --> 00:32:09.000
 writes,

00:32:10.439 --> 00:32:11.119
 this is the

00:32:11.119 --> 00:32:11.579
 end of all

00:32:11.579 --> 00:32:12.159
 the stories

00:32:12.159 --> 00:32:13.919
 and we

00:32:13.919 --> 00:32:14.299
 can most

00:32:14.299 --> 00:32:14.960
 truly say

00:32:14.960 --> 00:32:15.259
 that they

00:32:15.259 --> 00:32:15.839
 all lived

00:32:15.839 --> 00:32:16.659
 happily ever

00:32:16.659 --> 00:32:17.059
 after.

00:32:20.419 --> 00:32:21.039
 But for

00:32:21.039 --> 00:32:21.480
 them it was

00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:21.960
 only the

00:32:21.960 --> 00:32:22.439
 beginning of

00:32:22.439 --> 00:32:22.819
 the real

00:32:22.819 --> 00:32:23.259
 story.

00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:25.619
 All their

00:32:25.619 --> 00:32:26.179
 life in

00:32:26.179 --> 00:32:26.799
 this world

00:32:26.799 --> 00:32:28.460
 and all

00:32:28.460 --> 00:32:28.639
 their

00:32:28.639 --> 00:32:29.059
 adventures

00:32:29.059 --> 00:32:29.879
 in Narnia

00:32:29.879 --> 00:32:31.119
 had only

00:32:31.119 --> 00:32:31.619
 been the

00:32:31.619 --> 00:32:32.299
 cover and

00:32:32.299 --> 00:32:32.759
 the title

00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:33.240
 page.

00:32:34.639 --> 00:32:35.139
 And now

00:32:35.139 --> 00:32:35.720
 at last

00:32:35.720 --> 00:32:36.039
 they were

00:32:36.039 --> 00:32:36.379
 beginning

00:32:36.379 --> 00:32:37.299
 chapter one

00:32:37.299 --> 00:32:37.759
 of the

00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:38.599
 great story

00:32:38.599 --> 00:32:40.359
 which no

00:32:40.359 --> 00:32:40.700
 one on

00:32:40.700 --> 00:32:41.119
 earth has

00:32:41.119 --> 00:32:41.500
 read,

00:32:43.079 --> 00:32:43.740
 which goes

00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:44.359
 on forever,

00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:45.839
 in which

00:32:45.839 --> 00:32:46.919
 every chapter

00:32:46.919 --> 00:32:48.200
 is better

00:32:48.200 --> 00:32:48.639
 than the one

00:32:48.639 --> 00:32:49.019
 before.

00:32:51.819 --> 00:32:52.419
 Because

00:32:52.419 --> 00:32:54.240
 it's a

00:32:54.240 --> 00:32:54.559
 world of

00:32:54.559 --> 00:32:54.839
 peace

00:32:54.839 --> 00:32:56.879
 inhabited

00:32:56.879 --> 00:32:57.359
 by a

00:32:57.359 --> 00:32:57.859
 people at

00:32:57.859 --> 00:32:58.219
 rest

00:32:58.219 --> 00:33:00.379
 ruled by

00:33:00.379 --> 00:33:00.500
 a

00:33:00.500 --> 00:33:00.779
 righteous

00:33:00.779 --> 00:33:01.119
 king.

00:33:01.119 --> 00:33:03.359
 Let's

00:33:03.359 --> 00:33:03.559
 pray.