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 It's great to see you as always. Folks, I don't know if you've ever played the game of Guess Who.

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! It's one of my childhood favourites. In Guess Who, the idea of the game is to guess the identity of the character of your opponent from a selection of about 30 possible characters in the game.

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 So you use a process of elimination. You ask them questions about the appearance of their character. Do they have brown hair? Are they a man or a woman? Do they have a big nose or a small nose, big lips, small lips and so on.

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 So you work out their character before your opponent works out your character. It's a great game.

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 Now there's only really so far that you can push this analogy, but Mark's Gospel, it works a bit like a big game of Guess Who.

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 Except Mark, who wrote the Gospel, is absolutely terrible at playing it. In fact, he wants to let you win.

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 Because right from the beginning of his Gospel, he gives the game away in the first verse, doesn't he? Look at verse 1 there that Steve read.

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 Mark kicks it off, the beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

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 Mark reveals the identity of the main character of his book straight away.

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 It's the first thing that he says to us, isn't it?

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 He says to us, as the game begins, listen, my character is a man called Jesus, who is God's King, the Christ, the Son of God.

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 He gives the game away.

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 But actually he knows that with this particular character, you are going to need more help.

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 He gives us the answer straight away, but it won't mean we'll automatically win the game.

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 He tells us the answer by name, the identity of Jesus, but the problem still remains for us.

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 Will we work Jesus out?

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 Will we work him out?

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 Not just in name, but in his nature.

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 Guess who?

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 Mark says.

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 But you know, Mark isn't against us as he writes his book.

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 He wants to help us.

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 He wants us to win and to work Jesus out and to respond to him properly.

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 Do you remember, if you were here last week, Mark showed us the right response for Jesus.

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 If you look at verse 15, the last verse that Steve read there, Jesus comes out saying,

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 the time is fulfilled, the kingdom of God is at hand.

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 Repent and believe in the gospel.

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 That is Jesus' slogan.

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 And it shows us the response that Mark expects us to have towards Jesus.

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 But in his opening section here, Mark shows us a collection of voices and of people who say things about Jesus and do things with him

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 to help us to really work Jesus out.

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 Guess who he says?

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 So there are, I think, about six characters in this section who help us work Jesus out.

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 And I want to take you through three of the main characters, at least three of them.

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 And you may find it helpful to look on the back of your printed sheets that were in your Bibles

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 to see those characters as we move through.

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 So first of all, the first character that we see in this section is a messenger.

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 It's a messenger.

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 First of all, Jesus is the one announced by the messenger.

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 Now I think we can see a really important figure in Mark's opening passage here.

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 He's probably the most important, actually, if you look at verse 4.

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 If we read that.

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 John appeared, baptising in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

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 And what we've got with this appearance of this guy, John, is a phenomenon.

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 If you look at verse 4 to 8.

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 This man, John, appears, and it's absolutely remarkable what happens.

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 Look at verse 5.

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 All the country of Judea and Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptised by him in the river,

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 River Jordan, confessing their sins.

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 Now John was clothed with camel's hair and wore a leather belt round his waist

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 and ate locusts and wild honey.

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 Now this man, John, his appearance is slightly odd, isn't it?

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 To say the least.

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 I am not sure that I could pull off the camel's skin and leather belt look.

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 And he's eating locusts, isn't he?

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 And honey.

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 It sounds a bit like a stag do that has gone terribly, terribly wrong, doesn't it?

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 But actually for the crowds who are around, his costume and the things that he does are loaded with meaning.

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 They're bursting with meaning.

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 So Mark tells us he generates this massive crowd, doesn't he?

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 And his appearance reminds us of the appearance of Elijah,

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 who is in the Old Testament part of the Bible.

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 John is like a new Elijah.

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 Now Elijah in the Old Testament was one of God's most important messengers.

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 So he's like a new Elijah.

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 And we see as well that he's in the wilderness, don't we?

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 Around the River Jordan doing this baptism stuff.

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 And again, those places are loaded with meaning for John's listeners.

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 Do you remember way back in Exodus, in the story of Moses and the salvation from Egypt,

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 God's people are led through the wilderness, aren't they?

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 Through the desert.

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 And eventually they cross over the River Jordan into the Promised Land.

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 So John the Baptist gets these great crowds together and it's like a revival, isn't it?

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 It's like a new Exodus.

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 A new salvation.

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 And it's all about to happen.

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 So it's amazing.

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 It's a phenomenon.

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 Now what is really surprising is what John then says in verse 7 and 8.

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 If you just glance down.

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 He preached saying,

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 After me comes he who is mightier than I,

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 the strap of whose sandals I'm not worthy to steep down and untie.

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 I've baptised you with water.

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 But he will baptise you with the Holy Spirit.

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 So all of this phenomenal activity, this new Exodus activity,

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 is just part of the build-up.

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 It turns out that John here isn't the main player.

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 He's just the messenger boy.

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 There is one coming, he says,

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 who won't just get you wet with water,

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 but he will baptise you with the Holy Spirit.

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 God's Spirit.

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 He will change you not just on the outside of your body,

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 but he will change you on the inside.

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 And he says to these folks around him,

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 you need to get ready for him.

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 Get ready.

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 Confess your sins.

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 Admit your need for forgiveness.

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 Get ready for him.

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 I've given you water,

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 but he will be the Spirit-giver.

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 So Jesus firstly is announced by this phenomenal messenger

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 who says, get ready for Jesus.

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 Second though,

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 Jesus is announced by another group of people,

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 the prophets.

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 He's announced by the prophets.

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 And the prophets hope in Jesus.

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 Just look at verse 2 and 3.

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 There's another group we hear from, isn't there?

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 As it is written in Isaiah the prophet,

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 Behold, I send my messenger before your face,

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 who will prepare your way.

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 The voice of one crying in the wilderness,

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 Prepare the way of the Lord.

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 Make his paths straight.

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 So Mark there quotes some prophets

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 from the Old Testament, doesn't he?

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 The prophet Isaiah.

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 And actually the prophet Malachi

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 is quoted in there as well.

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 So these prophets have said something in the past

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 which suddenly now

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 has a new resonance

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 in Mark's day.

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 You know, Emma and I have been watching

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 a new crime series

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 called Endeavour on ITV.

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 It's just finished.

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 It is a really great TV show.

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 It's about the life of Inspector Morse

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 when he was younger,

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 when he first started out.

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 It's really good.

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 But actually, you know,

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 the one annoying thing

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 at the end of the series

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 was that the producers

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 decided to leave the plot

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 on a ridiculous cliffhanger.

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 So Inspector Morse is left in prison.

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 He's falsely accused of murder.

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 All the good guys have been framed

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 for things that they didn't do.

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 And all of the bad guys

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 seem to have gotten away with it.

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 It's really annoying.

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 And you've got to watch,

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 you've got to wait for a whole year

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 to watch what happens.

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 You're left in suspense.

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 You're waiting for everything

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 to be resolved in the plot.

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 For things to be put right.

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 You really, really want

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 the next series to come.

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 And I guess that's why

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 it works, doesn't it?

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 But Mark's Gospel,

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 it comes at a point

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 in the whole Bible story

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 where there is a huge cliffhanger

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 still looming.

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 You know, it's been about 400 years

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 since anybody has spoken

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 God's word to the people.

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 Just turn with me, if you will,

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 to the last book in the Old Testament.

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 So it's just a couple of books

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 before Mark,

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 to Malachi.

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 Malachi.

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 Malachi, you can find it

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 on page 968

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 and 969.

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 So Malachi.

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 The last book in the Old Testament.

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 Page 969.

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 Let me just read to you

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 some words from Malachi

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 chapter 3

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 and verse 1.

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 Behold, I send my messenger

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 and he will prepare

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 the way before me.

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 And the Lord whom you seek

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 will suddenly come

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 to his temple.

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 The messenger of the covenant

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 in whom you delight.

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 Behold, he is coming,

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 says the Lord of hosts.

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 But who can endure

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 the day of his coming

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 and who can stand

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 when he appears?

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 For he is like a refiner's fire

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 and like fuller's soap.

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 He will sit as a refiner

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 and purifier of silver.

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 And he will purify

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 the sons of Levi

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 and refine them

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 like gold and silver.

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 And they will bring offerings

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 in righteousness

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 to the Lord.

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 Then the offering

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 of Judah in Jerusalem

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 will be pleasing

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 to the Lord

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 as in the days of old.

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 As in former days.

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 Now Malachi

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 wrote those words

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 about 400 years

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 before Mark

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 was around.

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 And we see there

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 that Malachi

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 has got this great hope

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 that things

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 are going to change.

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 They're going to change

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 significantly.

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 See what he says

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 in verse 4.

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 He gets a bit reminiscent,

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 doesn't he?

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 Nostalgic.

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 Ah, the good old days.

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 He says,

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 do you remember

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 those old days?

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 The days of old

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 where we offered

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 to God

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 in righteousness.

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 righteousness.

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 Where our relationship

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 with God

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 was right.

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 What a happy time

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 that was.

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 What a good time.

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 But the problem

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 of Malachi

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 is that's just

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 not how life

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 is now.

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 If you read

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 the short book

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 of Malachi,

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 it's maybe a 10 minute

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 job,

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 it's a great

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 thing to do.

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 Malachi

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 gives us

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 a sad story

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 of the total

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 breakdown

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 and disintegration

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 in the relationship

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 with God

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 and human beings.

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 Everything

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 has just

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 fallen apart.

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 There is this

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 cosmic barrier

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 there.

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 And things

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 are so bad

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 in Malachi's time

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 that actually

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 people don't

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 even realise

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 they're bad.

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 That is a bit

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 like today,

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 isn't it?

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 Things have

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 gotten so bad

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 between God

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 and human beings

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 we don't even

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 realise they're bad.

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 It's really

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 so sad.

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 It's really

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 so dangerous.

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 But Malachi's

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 hope is that

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 that will change.

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 And it will

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 change,

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 do you see,

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 in chapter 3

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 of Malachi

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 when a messenger

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 announces

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 the arrival

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 of the Lord.

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 And God

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 then

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 will himself

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 suddenly come.

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 we'll

00:14:08.159 --> 00:14:08.919
 know that

00:14:08.919 --> 00:14:09.399
 when the

00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:09.959
 Lord's

00:14:09.959 --> 00:14:10.519
 messenger

00:14:10.519 --> 00:14:11.839
 announces it.

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 Then the

00:14:13.299 --> 00:14:14.240
 Lord himself

00:14:14.240 --> 00:14:15.539
 will suddenly

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 come.

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 So Malachi

00:14:17.000 --> 00:14:17.439
 says,

00:14:17.620 --> 00:14:18.240
 watch out

00:14:18.240 --> 00:14:18.639
 for the

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 messenger.

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 When the

00:14:20.459 --> 00:14:20.899
 messenger

00:14:20.899 --> 00:14:21.659
 appears,

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 we know

00:14:22.620 --> 00:14:23.079
 that the

00:14:23.079 --> 00:14:23.579
 Lord is

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 coming.

00:14:24.719 --> 00:14:25.099
 He's

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 coming.

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 He's

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 coming.

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 He's

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 coming.

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 So back

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 to Mark.

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 Back to

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 Mark.

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 Mark quotes

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 the Old Testament

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 prophets,

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 doesn't he?

00:14:34.740 --> 00:14:35.899
 in verse 2

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 and 3.

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 As if to

00:14:37.279 --> 00:14:37.799
 say the

00:14:37.799 --> 00:14:38.700
 cliffhanger

00:14:38.700 --> 00:14:40.379
 is finally

00:14:40.379 --> 00:14:40.919
 over.

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 The silence

00:14:42.580 --> 00:14:43.299
 is finally

00:14:43.299 --> 00:14:43.840
 broken.

00:14:44.440 --> 00:14:45.200
 Malachi's

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 hope is

00:14:46.580 --> 00:14:47.220
 becoming a

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 reality.

00:14:48.700 --> 00:14:49.639
 In Malachi's

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 day it was

00:14:50.460 --> 00:14:51.279
 when the

00:14:51.279 --> 00:14:51.720
 messenger

00:14:51.720 --> 00:14:52.360
 appears,

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 the Lord

00:14:52.980 --> 00:14:53.680
 is coming.

00:14:54.299 --> 00:14:54.639
 He's

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 coming.

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 But in

00:14:56.500 --> 00:14:56.980
 Mark's

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 time it's

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 not like

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 that.

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 John,

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 the

00:15:01.559 --> 00:15:02.100
 messenger

00:15:02.100 --> 00:15:03.159
 arrives,

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 and so

00:15:04.439 --> 00:15:05.100
 now for

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 Mark,

00:15:06.179 --> 00:15:06.779
 the Lord

00:15:06.779 --> 00:15:07.759
 has come.

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 The Lord

00:15:09.279 --> 00:15:10.019
 has come.

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 Jesus is

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 announced by

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 the messenger,

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 and so

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 Jesus is

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 the hope

00:15:16.860 --> 00:15:17.759
 of the

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 prophets.

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 But there's

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 a third

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 character in

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 this opening

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 section of

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 Mark.

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 We also

00:15:25.620 --> 00:15:26.539
 see that

00:15:26.539 --> 00:15:28.079
 Jesus is

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 the one

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 affirmed

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 by the

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 Father,

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 by God

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 the Father.

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 Have a

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 little look

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 down at

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 verse 9

00:15:35.160 --> 00:15:35.800
 there.

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 So Mark

00:15:37.520 --> 00:15:37.820
 says,

00:15:37.920 --> 00:15:38.360
 in those

00:15:38.360 --> 00:15:39.040
 days Jesus

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 came from

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 Nazareth of

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 Galilee,

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 and was

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 baptised by

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 John in

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 the Jordan.

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 So at the

00:15:46.700 --> 00:15:47.120
 beginning of

00:15:47.120 --> 00:15:47.480
 Mark's

00:15:47.480 --> 00:15:47.920
 Gospel we

00:15:47.920 --> 00:15:48.400
 don't get

00:15:48.400 --> 00:15:49.120
 Mary and

00:15:49.120 --> 00:15:49.540
 Joseph,

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 do we?

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 We don't

00:15:51.840 --> 00:15:53.259
 get any

00:15:53.259 --> 00:15:53.940
 stories of

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 mangers,

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 there are

00:15:55.580 --> 00:15:57.300
 no genealogies,

00:15:57.299 --> 00:15:58.519
 there is

00:15:58.519 --> 00:15:59.459
 no childhood

00:15:59.459 --> 00:16:00.859
 of Jesus.

00:16:01.979 --> 00:16:02.479
 Mark

00:16:02.479 --> 00:16:03.179
 introduces

00:16:03.179 --> 00:16:03.859
 Jesus in

00:16:03.859 --> 00:16:04.259
 a really

00:16:04.259 --> 00:16:05.299
 abrupt way

00:16:05.299 --> 00:16:05.939
 doesn't he?

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 It's as if

00:16:06.719 --> 00:16:07.359
 Jesus just

00:16:07.359 --> 00:16:08.039
 appears out

00:16:08.039 --> 00:16:08.579
 of nowhere,

00:16:09.639 --> 00:16:10.019
 and he

00:16:10.019 --> 00:16:10.459
 comes and

00:16:10.459 --> 00:16:10.919
 he's almost

00:16:10.919 --> 00:16:11.819
 like everyone

00:16:11.819 --> 00:16:12.500
 else isn't

00:16:12.500 --> 00:16:12.740
 he,

00:16:12.899 --> 00:16:13.299
 being

00:16:13.299 --> 00:16:14.259
 baptised

00:16:14.259 --> 00:16:15.139
 by John.

00:16:16.120 --> 00:16:16.679
 But what

00:16:16.679 --> 00:16:17.339
 happens at

00:16:17.339 --> 00:16:18.059
 his baptism

00:16:18.059 --> 00:16:19.539
 really distinguishes

00:16:19.539 --> 00:16:21.159
 Jesus from

00:16:21.159 --> 00:16:22.179
 everybody else

00:16:22.179 --> 00:16:23.120
 around him.

00:16:23.120 --> 00:16:24.799
 as he's

00:16:24.799 --> 00:16:25.840
 baptised by

00:16:25.840 --> 00:16:26.320
 John,

00:16:26.879 --> 00:16:27.519
 he comes

00:16:27.519 --> 00:16:28.019
 out of the

00:16:28.019 --> 00:16:28.419
 water,

00:16:28.560 --> 00:16:29.060
 doesn't he?

00:16:29.139 --> 00:16:29.759
 And Mark

00:16:29.759 --> 00:16:30.500
 uses a

00:16:30.500 --> 00:16:31.460
 word that

00:16:31.460 --> 00:16:31.940
 is only

00:16:31.940 --> 00:16:32.560
 used in

00:16:32.560 --> 00:16:33.299
 his Gospel

00:16:33.299 --> 00:16:33.779
 and he

00:16:33.779 --> 00:16:34.500
 only uses

00:16:34.500 --> 00:16:35.279
 it twice.

00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:36.299
 Look at

00:16:36.299 --> 00:16:37.060
 verse 10.

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 When he

00:16:38.360 --> 00:16:39.240
 came up out

00:16:39.240 --> 00:16:39.460
 of the

00:16:39.460 --> 00:16:39.820
 water,

00:16:40.000 --> 00:16:40.480
 immediately

00:16:40.480 --> 00:16:41.340
 he saw

00:16:41.340 --> 00:16:42.259
 the heavens

00:16:42.259 --> 00:16:43.200
 opening,

00:16:43.860 --> 00:16:44.419
 and the

00:16:44.419 --> 00:16:44.759
 spirit

00:16:44.759 --> 00:16:45.379
 descended

00:16:45.379 --> 00:16:46.480
 on him

00:16:46.480 --> 00:16:47.100
 like a

00:16:47.100 --> 00:16:47.500
 dove.

00:16:47.500 --> 00:16:49.259
 Now the

00:16:49.259 --> 00:16:49.600
 word

00:16:49.600 --> 00:16:50.240
 opening

00:16:50.240 --> 00:16:51.720
 there is

00:16:51.720 --> 00:16:52.220
 more like

00:16:52.220 --> 00:16:52.840
 the word

00:16:52.840 --> 00:16:53.679
 torn.

00:16:54.360 --> 00:16:54.899
 The heavens

00:16:54.899 --> 00:16:55.879
 were torn,

00:16:56.419 --> 00:16:56.840
 open.

00:16:57.799 --> 00:16:58.379
 That's the

00:16:58.379 --> 00:16:59.240
 unique word

00:16:59.240 --> 00:16:59.659
 there.

00:17:00.679 --> 00:17:01.399
 As Jesus

00:17:01.399 --> 00:17:02.200
 appears from

00:17:02.200 --> 00:17:02.960
 this baptism,

00:17:03.200 --> 00:17:03.559
 something

00:17:03.559 --> 00:17:04.720
 unprecedented,

00:17:05.779 --> 00:17:06.140
 something

00:17:06.140 --> 00:17:07.579
 truly cosmic

00:17:07.579 --> 00:17:09.039
 occurs there.

00:17:09.920 --> 00:17:10.680
 The heavens

00:17:10.680 --> 00:17:11.839
 are torn,

00:17:12.559 --> 00:17:13.039
 open.

00:17:13.900 --> 00:17:14.900
 As Jesus

00:17:14.900 --> 00:17:15.579
 appears from

00:17:15.579 --> 00:17:16.200
 the baptism,

00:17:16.720 --> 00:17:17.259
 it's almost

00:17:17.259 --> 00:17:17.759
 like the

00:17:17.759 --> 00:17:18.579
 twitch in

00:17:18.579 --> 00:17:19.259
 the curtains

00:17:19.259 --> 00:17:20.359
 between

00:17:20.359 --> 00:17:20.900
 heaven and

00:17:20.900 --> 00:17:21.299
 earth,

00:17:21.700 --> 00:17:22.879
 suddenly opens,

00:17:22.980 --> 00:17:23.379
 doesn't it,

00:17:23.460 --> 00:17:24.240
 momentarily.

00:17:24.879 --> 00:17:25.559
 It twitches

00:17:25.559 --> 00:17:25.799
 open,

00:17:25.900 --> 00:17:26.460
 they're torn

00:17:26.460 --> 00:17:26.819
 open.

00:17:28.180 --> 00:17:28.539
 And it's

00:17:28.539 --> 00:17:29.039
 the same

00:17:29.039 --> 00:17:29.559
 word that

00:17:29.559 --> 00:17:30.259
 Mark uses

00:17:30.259 --> 00:17:30.759
 at the

00:17:30.759 --> 00:17:31.519
 end of

00:17:31.519 --> 00:17:32.240
 his Gospel

00:17:32.240 --> 00:17:32.960
 when Jesus

00:17:32.960 --> 00:17:33.680
 dies on

00:17:33.680 --> 00:17:34.319
 the cross.

00:17:35.319 --> 00:17:35.799
 When the

00:17:35.799 --> 00:17:38.220
 temple curtain

00:17:38.220 --> 00:17:39.700
 is torn

00:17:39.700 --> 00:17:40.460
 from top

00:17:40.460 --> 00:17:41.119
 to bottom.

00:17:41.960 --> 00:17:42.700
 The curtain

00:17:42.700 --> 00:17:43.599
 that divides

00:17:43.599 --> 00:17:44.440
 man from

00:17:44.440 --> 00:17:45.500
 God is

00:17:45.500 --> 00:17:46.019
 torn.

00:17:46.019 --> 00:17:46.119
 heaven.

00:17:47.119 --> 00:17:48.259
 So Jesus

00:17:48.259 --> 00:17:49.059
 appears,

00:17:49.779 --> 00:17:50.299
 and he

00:17:50.299 --> 00:17:50.680
 is the

00:17:50.680 --> 00:17:51.240
 one to

00:17:51.240 --> 00:17:52.200
 break down

00:17:52.200 --> 00:17:52.500
 that

00:17:52.500 --> 00:17:53.079
 dividing

00:17:53.079 --> 00:17:53.619
 wall.

00:17:54.500 --> 00:17:54.879
 He will

00:17:54.879 --> 00:17:55.900
 tear open

00:17:55.900 --> 00:17:56.639
 the cosmic

00:17:56.639 --> 00:17:57.740
 divide between

00:17:57.740 --> 00:17:59.319
 man and

00:17:59.319 --> 00:18:00.339
 between God.

00:18:01.619 --> 00:18:02.299
 And a voice

00:18:02.299 --> 00:18:02.839
 comes from

00:18:02.839 --> 00:18:03.359
 heaven at that

00:18:03.359 --> 00:18:03.639
 point,

00:18:03.740 --> 00:18:04.079
 doesn't it,

00:18:04.099 --> 00:18:04.539
 in verse

00:18:04.539 --> 00:18:05.000
 11.

00:18:05.799 --> 00:18:06.599
 You are my

00:18:06.599 --> 00:18:07.740
 beloved son,

00:18:08.480 --> 00:18:09.460
 with you I

00:18:09.460 --> 00:18:10.059
 am well

00:18:10.059 --> 00:18:10.740
 pleased.

00:18:10.740 --> 00:18:10.900
 Christ.

00:18:11.940 --> 00:18:12.779
 The heavens

00:18:12.779 --> 00:18:13.880
 tear open

00:18:13.880 --> 00:18:15.120
 as Jesus

00:18:15.120 --> 00:18:15.680
 appears,

00:18:15.880 --> 00:18:16.140
 and the

00:18:16.140 --> 00:18:16.680
 Spirit of

00:18:16.680 --> 00:18:17.579
 God descends

00:18:17.579 --> 00:18:18.140
 on him

00:18:18.140 --> 00:18:19.319
 like a

00:18:19.319 --> 00:18:19.680
 dove.

00:18:20.460 --> 00:18:20.980
 And this

00:18:20.980 --> 00:18:21.640
 voice from

00:18:21.640 --> 00:18:21.980
 heaven,

00:18:22.140 --> 00:18:22.579
 God the

00:18:22.579 --> 00:18:23.059
 Father,

00:18:23.680 --> 00:18:24.640
 booms out.

00:18:25.980 --> 00:18:26.799
 It reminds

00:18:26.799 --> 00:18:28.380
 us of the

00:18:28.380 --> 00:18:29.120
 anointing

00:18:29.120 --> 00:18:30.400
 ceremonies of

00:18:30.400 --> 00:18:32.319
 kings in

00:18:32.319 --> 00:18:33.599
 Malachi's good

00:18:33.599 --> 00:18:34.740
 old days.

00:18:34.740 --> 00:18:36.480
 the great

00:18:36.480 --> 00:18:37.019
 kings of

00:18:37.019 --> 00:18:37.460
 Israel,

00:18:37.599 --> 00:18:38.140
 like King

00:18:38.140 --> 00:18:38.680
 David,

00:18:39.440 --> 00:18:39.859
 who were

00:18:39.859 --> 00:18:40.480
 anointed

00:18:40.480 --> 00:18:41.380
 with oil,

00:18:42.039 --> 00:18:42.460
 and the

00:18:42.460 --> 00:18:43.039
 Spirit of

00:18:43.039 --> 00:18:43.799
 God rushed

00:18:43.799 --> 00:18:44.500
 upon them.

00:18:45.980 --> 00:18:46.380
 It's

00:18:46.380 --> 00:18:46.799
 Jesus'

00:18:47.099 --> 00:18:48.180
 anointing

00:18:48.180 --> 00:18:49.519
 as God's

00:18:49.519 --> 00:18:50.319
 king here.

00:18:51.099 --> 00:18:51.819
 The Spirit

00:18:51.819 --> 00:18:52.640
 falls upon

00:18:52.640 --> 00:18:52.940
 him,

00:18:53.059 --> 00:18:53.660
 and God

00:18:53.660 --> 00:18:54.200
 the Father

00:18:54.200 --> 00:18:54.779
 says,

00:18:55.480 --> 00:18:56.440
 I'm delighted

00:18:56.440 --> 00:18:57.299
 in you,

00:18:57.940 --> 00:18:58.779
 my son,

00:18:59.519 --> 00:19:00.380
 my king.

00:19:01.539 --> 00:19:02.359
 Jesus is

00:19:02.359 --> 00:19:03.359
 affirmed

00:19:03.359 --> 00:19:04.480
 by God

00:19:04.480 --> 00:19:05.140
 the Father.

00:19:06.460 --> 00:19:07.339
 So everything

00:19:07.339 --> 00:19:08.120
 comes to a

00:19:08.120 --> 00:19:08.360
 head,

00:19:08.420 --> 00:19:08.759
 doesn't it,

00:19:08.759 --> 00:19:09.059
 at the

00:19:09.059 --> 00:19:10.319
 baptism of

00:19:10.319 --> 00:19:10.720
 Jesus.

00:19:11.160 --> 00:19:11.660
 The one

00:19:11.660 --> 00:19:12.140
 whom the

00:19:12.140 --> 00:19:12.579
 messenger

00:19:12.579 --> 00:19:13.380
 announces

00:19:13.380 --> 00:19:14.759
 is the

00:19:14.759 --> 00:19:15.339
 one who

00:19:15.339 --> 00:19:16.019
 the prophets

00:19:16.019 --> 00:19:16.900
 hoped for.

00:19:17.400 --> 00:19:18.140
 The Spirit

00:19:18.140 --> 00:19:19.460
 giver is

00:19:19.460 --> 00:19:19.839
 here.

00:19:20.440 --> 00:19:21.019
 So it

00:19:21.019 --> 00:19:21.559
 isn't he

00:19:21.559 --> 00:19:22.319
 is coming

00:19:22.319 --> 00:19:23.579
 anymore,

00:19:24.059 --> 00:19:25.039
 it is most

00:19:25.039 --> 00:19:26.039
 certainly he

00:19:26.039 --> 00:19:27.099
 has come.

00:19:27.940 --> 00:19:28.700
 Malachi's

00:19:28.700 --> 00:19:30.259
 dream has

00:19:30.259 --> 00:19:30.960
 come true.

00:19:31.160 --> 00:19:31.519
 He's the

00:19:31.519 --> 00:19:32.339
 Spirit giver

00:19:32.339 --> 00:19:33.480
 come to

00:19:33.480 --> 00:19:34.200
 change us

00:19:34.200 --> 00:19:34.600
 from the

00:19:34.600 --> 00:19:35.220
 inside.

00:19:36.160 --> 00:19:36.620
 God's

00:19:36.620 --> 00:19:37.360
 pleasing,

00:19:37.600 --> 00:19:38.140
 delightful

00:19:38.140 --> 00:19:38.720
 son,

00:19:39.400 --> 00:19:40.059
 his king.

00:19:40.759 --> 00:19:41.299
 So it's

00:19:41.299 --> 00:19:42.080
 good news.

00:19:42.860 --> 00:19:43.140
 It is

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 good news.

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 But you

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 know,

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 as we

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 finish this

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 afternoon,

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 Mark changes

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 the mood

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 in the last

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 few verses

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 that we

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 read.

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 Guess who?

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 He says to

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 us.

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 Even though

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 Mark wants

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 us to win,

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 he knows we

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 are going to

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 need more

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 help to

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 work Jesus

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 out.

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 Because the

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 Lord Jesus

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 has come,

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 but not in

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 the way that

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 we'd expect.

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 Look with me

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 at verse 12

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 to 15

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 there.

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 After the

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 baptism,

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 the Spirit

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 immediately

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 drove Jesus

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 out into

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 the wilderness.

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 And he

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 was in the

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 wilderness

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 40 days,

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 being tempted

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 by Satan.

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 He was with

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 the wild

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 animals,

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 and the

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 angels were

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 ministering to

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 him.

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 Now after

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 John was

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 arrested,

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 Jesus came

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 into Galilee

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 proclaiming the

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 gospel of

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 God and

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 saying,

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 the time is

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 fulfilled,

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 and the

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 kingdom of

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 God is at

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 hand.

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 Repent and

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 believe in

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 the gospel.

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 There are a

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 few more

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 characters here,

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 aren't we,

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 that we see.

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 With this

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 new exodus

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 salvation that

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 Jesus brings

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 in, did you

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 notice that the

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 job of the

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 appearing Lord,

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 he finally

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 comes,

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 but it

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 starts not

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 with glory

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 and power

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 and might,

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 but with a

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 trip to the

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 desert, a

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 trip to the

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 wilderness.

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 He's led by

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 the Spirit of

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 God to be

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 alone.

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 He's driven

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 out by the

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 Spirit of

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 God to face

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 Satan, and

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 he's opposed

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 by the devil,

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 and he's

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 tempted by

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 him for

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 40 days.

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 He's with

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 the wild

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 animals, he

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 is threatened.

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 And the

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 phenomenal

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 king's

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 messenger boy

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 in verse

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 14 is

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 arrested.

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 He's

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 opposed by

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 the authorities.

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 So when

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 the Lord

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 arrives, he

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 doesn't arrive

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 with open

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 arms, does

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 he?

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 But Mark

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 there gives

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 us a hint

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 that as the

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 Lord tears

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 the heavens

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 open, he

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 himself must

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 be torn by

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 opposition.

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 And he

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 must face

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 temptation, he

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 must face

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 our greatest

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 enemy.

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 You know,

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 verse 12

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 and 14

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 seem like bad

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 news, don't

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 they, if it

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 weren't for

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 verse 15.

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 Because after

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 the temptation,

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 after the

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 arrest, the

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 Lord Jesus

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 again emerges

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 into Galilee.

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 He turns what

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 we think we

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 need from the

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 Lord on

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 its head.

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 He's led

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 by the

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 Spirit to

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 face Satan.

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 And it's

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 only getting

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 through

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 opposition

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 and evil

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 and temptation

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 and to

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 emerge on

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 the other

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 side that

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 Jesus can

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 show us

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 that he

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 is Lord.

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 Then and

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 only then

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 does he

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 and can he

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 say of

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 himself that

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 the time is

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 fulfilled and

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 the kingdom

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 of God is

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 at hand.

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 Repent and

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 believe in

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 the gospel.

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 So it

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 really isn't

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 the Lord is

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 coming, the

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 Lord is

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 coming.

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 Jesus says

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 about himself

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 that the

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 Lord has

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 come.

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 Only

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 though by

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 emerging from

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 temptation

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 and opposition

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 can he

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 truly say

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 that.

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 Jesus

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 hoped in

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 the

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 prophets

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 announced

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 by the

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 messenger

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 affirmed

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 by the

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 father

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 led by

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 the

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 spirit

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 tempted

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 by the

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 devil

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 and

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 then

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 and

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 only

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 then

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 emerging

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 as

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 self-pronounced

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 king.

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 Guess who

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 Mark says

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 have you

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 worked him

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 out?

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 Let's pray.

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 Let's종

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