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 It brings a lot to us that we get financial support,

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 and we really, really appreciate your prayer support as well.

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 And you can ask Kayla for her blog after church,

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 so you guys can all read it.

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 All right.

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 So, Psalm 87.

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 He has set his foundation on the holy mountain.

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 The Lord loves the gates of Zion

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 more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

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 Glorious things are said of you, O city of our God.

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 I will record Rahab and Babylon

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 among those who acknowledge me,

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 Philistia 2 and Tyre, along with Cush.

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 And will say, This one was born in Zion.

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 Indeed of Zion it will be said,

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 This one and that one were born in her,

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 and the Most High himself will establish her.

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 The Lord will write in the register of the peoples,

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 This one was born in Zion.

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 As they make music, they will sing,

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 All of my fountains are in you.

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 Thanks, Lucy.

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 Just on that note in terms of their trips overseas,

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 there's a little flyer at the back called Summer Service,

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 which just indicates all the different people

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 are serving in different ways,

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 how you can pray for them.

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 There's also a box at the back.

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 If you weren't able to give last week,

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 and you would like to be able to give,

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 in particular for those who are travelling overseas,

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 then you can do that as well this morning.

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 Well, Psalm 87,

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 not sure what page it is on the red-covered Bible.

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 5.8.6.

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 5.9.6, sorry.

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 And we're going to look at Psalm 87 together.

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 Before we do, we're going to pray and just ask for God's help.

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 So let's do that now.

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 Father, thank you for the Bible.

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 Thank you for your word.

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 That's been written down for us.

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 And we ask for the help of your Holy Spirit

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 to speak to us afresh through it,

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 that what was written hundreds of years ago

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 would be real and alive to us today.

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 Help us to understand it

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 and help us to work it out in our own lives

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 and to see what it is that you have called us to.

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 The great city of God.

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 Amen.

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 Well, if you've never been,

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 I'm sure we've all seen pictures

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 of some of the great cities of the world.

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 Think of a city like New York or Tokyo

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 with their towering skyscrapers

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 of businesses and banks.

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 It's a statement of wealth and success.

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 Or somewhere like Cape Town and Rio

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 with their awesome panoramic views,

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 golden beaches and sunsets.

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 It's an image of health and happiness.

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 Each year, hundreds of thousands of people

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 migrate to the great cities of the world

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 in search of a good life,

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 a better life.

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 In fact, by 2050,

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 seven out of every ten people on the planet

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 will be living in a city.

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 They offer everything that we all dream for.

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 Safety and security,

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 peace, prosperity,

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 joy and justice,

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 beauty and harmony.

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 These are all things that we want

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 and the city says,

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 we've got it for you.

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 However, reality paints a different picture.

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 Read your newspaper,

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 turn on the news.

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 Our cities are places of fear and violence.

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 A place where evil rules,

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 where injustice and greed reign.

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 On my recent trip to Mongolia,

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 I stayed in the capital of Ulaanbaatar.

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 That capital has a population of 1.5 million.

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 It's one of the fastest growing economies in the world

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 due to all the mining that's taking place in the country.

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 But almost half the population of that capital

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 live in dire conditions.

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 Temperatures reach to minus 40 in winter,

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 plus 30 in the summer.

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 And yet half that population live without running water,

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 electricity, sewage or drainage.

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 But yet still the people come running to the city

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 in search of a better and a good life.

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 Cities have always been a magnet

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 for the economically pressed

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 and the politically oppressed.

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 Whether it's New York or Cork City,

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 people always come looking for something better.

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 Well, in Psalm 87,

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 we're introduced to the city that we all dream about,

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 the city we all long for.

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 It's the ultimate city.

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 It's an eternal city

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 where its residents are loved and cared for.

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 It's a city of everlasting joy.

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 No sadness, no pain.

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 A place where her people are welcomed

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 and are filled and forever satisfied.

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 So let's have a look at this city.

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 First, we're introduced to the God of the city.

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 The city's builder and founder.

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 Look at verse 1.

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 He, that's God,

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 has set his foundation on the holy mountain.

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 This is no ordinary city.

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 This is a city that's been planned

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 way back in eternity past

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 and was founded and built and established by God.

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 So it has a sense of permanence.

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 It always has been

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 and it always will be.

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 Just like the very mountains

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 it is built upon.

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 We get the same idea

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 if you just hold your finger in Psalm 87

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 and go back to Psalm 48.

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 This is another psalm that talks about the city.

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 We read it earlier this morning.

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 Psalm 48.

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 Let's just read verses 1 to 3.

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 Talking again about the city.

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 Great is the Lord

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 and most worthy of praise

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 in the city of our God,

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 his holy mountain.

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 It is beautiful

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 in its loftiness,

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 in its greatness.

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 It's the joy

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 of the whole earth.

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 Like the utmost heights of Zaphon,

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 that great big mountain range,

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 is found Mount Zion,

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 which is the city

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 of the great king.

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 God is in her citadels,

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 in the great towers,

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 and he has shown himself

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 to be her fortress.

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 Now read verse 8.

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 As we have heard,

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 so we have seen,

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 in the city

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 of the Lord Almighty,

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 in the city

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 of our God,

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 God makes her

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 secure

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 forever.

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 I'm sure you've all seen

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 or perhaps read

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 Tolkien's

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 Lord of the Rings.

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 Well, picture

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 the image

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 of some of those

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 great cities,

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 Minas Tiris,

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 the heavily fortified

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 capital of Gandor,

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 which is built

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 into the mountain face.

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 It's a place

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 of rest

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 and refuge

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 from the evil forces

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 of Sauron.

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 Well, that's the imagery

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 that we have here

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 in Psalm 48

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 and Psalm 87.

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 It's like Minas Tirith,

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 this enormous city

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 built into the landscape

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 of the mountains

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 to endure forever

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 and ever,

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 a place of safety

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 and security.

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 But what makes

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 this city,

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 back to Psalm 87,

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 what makes this city

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 so unique?

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 It's not so much

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 its design

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 or its architecture,

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 but who lives there?

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 Verse 3,

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 Psalm 87,

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 glorious things

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 are said of you,

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 O city of God.

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 This city

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 is God's city,

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 it's the city

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 that he has chosen

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 to dwell in.

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 This is God's home,

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 if you like.

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 He's chosen

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 to reside here.

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 So it's not surprising

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 that God loves

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 this city.

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 Verse 2,

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 it tells us

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 that the Lord

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 loves the gates

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 of Zion.

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 Zion is another word

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 for God's city.

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 God loves the gates

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 of Zion

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 more than all

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 the dwellings

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 of his people.

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 and he loves

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 the city

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 because

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 this is where

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 people like you

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 and I

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 get to meet God.

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 Look at verse 2 again,

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 it says,

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 the Lord loves

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 the gates

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 of Zion.

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 The gates,

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 like any gates,

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 implies

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 this is the way in,

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 this is an entrance

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 into the city

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 because through

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 the gates

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 people get in

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 and God loves

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 the gates

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 because it means

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 people can come

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 into the city.

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 People can come

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 to God.

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 So this is

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 God's city.

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 It's a place

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 that he has founded

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 or that he has built

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 from eternity past

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 and this is where

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 he now dwells.

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 And it's the city

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 that God loves

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 because he gathers

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 people into the city

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 to find rest

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 and refuge,

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 safety

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 and security.

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 But we're also

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 introduced to

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 the people

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 of the city,

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 the residents

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 or the inhabitants.

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 Verse 4,

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 look at what it says

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 in verse 4.

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 He says,

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 I will record

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 Rahab.

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 Rahab was another

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 name for the,

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 for Egypt.

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 He says,

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 I will record

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 Rahab and Babylon

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 among those

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 who acknowledge me.

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 Philistia 2

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 and Tyre

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 along with Cush

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 and will say,

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 this one,

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 that country,

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 that place

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 was born

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 in Zion.

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 You see,

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 the people that are

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 in this city

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 are very diverse.

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 They're not all

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 from the same place.

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 They all come

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 from different nations.

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 They speak

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 different languages.

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 They have

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 different cultures.

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 But they're all

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 there in the one

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 city.

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 But there's a

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 surprise here.

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 There's a big

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 shock here.

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 They come from

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 places we would

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 think would be

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 excluded.

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 Look at some of

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 these names.

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 They're not

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 necessarily familiar

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 to us,

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 but let's explain.

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 Rahab or Egypt

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 and Babylon

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 were the great

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 enemies of God

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 and his people.

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 You remember

00:11:34.340 --> 00:11:35.180
 the stories of

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 Egypt.

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 They were the

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 people that

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 enslaved God's

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 people,

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 treated them

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 brutally and

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 harshly.

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 Babylon,

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 they invaded

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 God's people

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 and took them

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 off into

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 captivity.

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 Then there's

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 Philistia,

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 home of the

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 Philistines,

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 and Tyre.

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 They were

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 always attacking

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 and threatening

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 God's people.

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 Always at war

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 with them.

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 And then we've

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 got mention of

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 this place,

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 Cush.

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 Well, this is a

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 far-off,

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 unknown,

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 distant land,

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 a way out

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 there, a

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 Ballygo

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 backwards place.

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 Nobody ever

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 went on

00:12:10.060 --> 00:12:10.800
 holidays to

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 Cush.

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 But surprisingly,

00:12:14.480 --> 00:12:15.159
 all these

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 people from

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 all these

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 different nations

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 are all

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 present in

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 the city of

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 God.

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 And amazingly,

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 they are all

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 considered

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 citizens.

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 Look at the

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 end of verse

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 four.

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 God says,

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 of this one

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 I will say

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 they were

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 born in

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 Zion.

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 Well, how

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 could they be

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 born there if

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 they're not

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 from there?

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 Well, some of

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 you know that I

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 was born in

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 London.

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 A real

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 cockney I

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 am.

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 Not really,

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 but that's

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 where I was

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 born.

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 Lived there

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 for the first

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 six weeks of

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 my life.

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 life.

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 And then my

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 parents moved

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 to Ireland.

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 So I've

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 been here

00:12:56.840 --> 00:12:59.500
 99.99%

00:12:59.500 --> 00:13:00.240
 of my life.

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 I've studied

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 here.

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 I've worked

00:13:02.539 --> 00:13:02.960
 here.

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 I've paid my

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 taxes here.

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 I help out in

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 the community.

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 I love being

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 here.

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 But you know

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 what?

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 Because I

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 wasn't born

00:13:11.139 --> 00:13:12.720
 here, I'm

00:13:12.720 --> 00:13:13.539
 not actually a

00:13:13.539 --> 00:13:13.860
 citizen.

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 I'm not

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 legally Irish.

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 I hold a

00:13:17.960 --> 00:13:19.139
 British passport.

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 Shh.

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 But I

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 support Ireland.

00:13:23.500 --> 00:13:24.100
 You see, to

00:13:24.100 --> 00:13:26.299
 be Irish, to

00:13:26.299 --> 00:13:27.759
 be a citizen, I

00:13:27.759 --> 00:13:28.740
 must be born

00:13:28.740 --> 00:13:28.980
 here.

00:13:29.060 --> 00:13:29.580
 That's the only

00:13:29.580 --> 00:13:30.279
 way for me to

00:13:30.279 --> 00:13:30.860
 qualify.

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 And look at the

00:13:32.879 --> 00:13:33.700
 nations and the

00:13:33.700 --> 00:13:34.379
 people that are

00:13:34.379 --> 00:13:35.279
 mentioned here in

00:13:35.279 --> 00:13:35.860
 verse 4.

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 None of them

00:13:36.980 --> 00:13:37.519
 qualify.

00:13:38.320 --> 00:13:38.960
 None of them

00:13:38.960 --> 00:13:39.820
 have the right

00:13:39.820 --> 00:13:41.240
 papers or the

00:13:41.240 --> 00:13:42.539
 legal documents.

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 They're all

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 outsiders.

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 They should all

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 be kept

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 outside.

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 But look at

00:13:48.620 --> 00:13:49.419
 verse 5.

00:13:49.740 --> 00:13:52.320
 In deed of

00:13:52.320 --> 00:13:53.039
 Zion, of

00:13:53.039 --> 00:13:53.960
 God's city, it

00:13:53.960 --> 00:13:54.539
 will be said,

00:13:54.940 --> 00:13:55.840
 this one and

00:13:55.840 --> 00:13:56.720
 that one, the

00:13:56.720 --> 00:13:57.539
 enemy, the

00:13:57.539 --> 00:13:58.519
 outsider, the

00:13:58.519 --> 00:13:59.560
 excluded one,

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 they will all

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 be born in

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 her and the

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 Most High

00:14:04.379 --> 00:14:05.519
 himself will

00:14:05.519 --> 00:14:06.659
 establish her.

00:14:07.580 --> 00:14:08.539
 They will be

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 treated as if

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 they were born

00:14:11.299 --> 00:14:12.720
 in the city.

00:14:13.759 --> 00:14:14.360
 And that's

00:14:14.360 --> 00:14:14.799
 what it is

00:14:14.799 --> 00:14:15.620
 like for me

00:14:15.620 --> 00:14:16.700
 living here.

00:14:16.879 --> 00:14:17.799
 I am treated

00:14:17.799 --> 00:14:18.879
 as if I was

00:14:18.879 --> 00:14:19.799
 born here.

00:14:21.059 --> 00:14:21.939
 In fact, God

00:14:21.939 --> 00:14:22.899
 declares, he

00:14:22.899 --> 00:14:23.899
 says, you

00:14:23.899 --> 00:14:24.980
 were born

00:14:24.980 --> 00:14:25.480
 here.

00:14:26.679 --> 00:14:27.860
 Because God's

00:14:27.860 --> 00:14:28.580
 city is a

00:14:28.580 --> 00:14:29.620
 welcoming city.

00:14:30.740 --> 00:14:31.899
 God longs that

00:14:31.899 --> 00:14:32.679
 his city would

00:14:32.679 --> 00:14:33.679
 be filled with

00:14:33.679 --> 00:14:35.059
 people from

00:14:35.059 --> 00:14:36.139
 all kinds of

00:14:36.139 --> 00:14:37.519
 nations, even

00:14:37.519 --> 00:14:39.500
 people like you

00:14:39.500 --> 00:14:39.980
 and me.

00:14:41.559 --> 00:14:42.600
 And let's be

00:14:42.600 --> 00:14:43.840
 clear, the

00:14:43.840 --> 00:14:44.799
 residents, the

00:14:44.799 --> 00:14:45.840
 inhabitants of

00:14:45.840 --> 00:14:46.399
 this city.

00:14:47.240 --> 00:14:47.740
 They don't

00:14:47.740 --> 00:14:48.480
 get into the

00:14:48.480 --> 00:14:49.160
 city because

00:14:49.160 --> 00:14:50.000
 of their

00:14:50.000 --> 00:14:51.379
 race or

00:14:51.379 --> 00:14:52.120
 their particular

00:14:52.120 --> 00:14:52.759
 religion.

00:14:53.360 --> 00:14:54.019
 They are not

00:14:54.019 --> 00:14:54.580
 there because

00:14:54.580 --> 00:14:55.560
 they're superior.

00:14:56.360 --> 00:14:56.780
 They're not

00:14:56.780 --> 00:14:57.399
 there because

00:14:57.399 --> 00:14:58.540
 they're good

00:14:58.540 --> 00:14:59.600
 moral people and

00:14:59.600 --> 00:15:00.300
 they've lived a

00:15:00.300 --> 00:15:00.920
 good life and

00:15:00.920 --> 00:15:01.340
 they've never

00:15:01.340 --> 00:15:01.940
 done this and

00:15:01.940 --> 00:15:02.379
 they've never

00:15:02.379 --> 00:15:03.080
 done that.

00:15:03.980 --> 00:15:04.600
 No, they are

00:15:04.600 --> 00:15:05.379
 there simply

00:15:05.379 --> 00:15:06.100
 because God

00:15:06.100 --> 00:15:06.920
 has opened his

00:15:06.920 --> 00:15:07.720
 gates to them.

00:15:09.320 --> 00:15:09.680
 Look at

00:15:09.680 --> 00:15:10.379
 verse 6.

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 The Lord

00:15:12.399 --> 00:15:13.439
 will write in

00:15:13.439 --> 00:15:14.480
 the register

00:15:14.480 --> 00:15:15.720
 of the

00:15:15.720 --> 00:15:17.220
 peoples, this

00:15:17.220 --> 00:15:18.639
 one was born

00:15:18.639 --> 00:15:19.659
 in Zion.

00:15:19.779 --> 00:15:20.179
 It's like

00:15:20.179 --> 00:15:20.580
 there's a

00:15:20.580 --> 00:15:21.080
 kind of a

00:15:21.080 --> 00:15:21.600
 roll call.

00:15:21.720 --> 00:15:22.200
 He's got a

00:15:22.200 --> 00:15:22.799
 list and he's

00:15:22.799 --> 00:15:23.519
 writing their

00:15:23.519 --> 00:15:24.200
 names down

00:15:24.200 --> 00:15:24.480
 there and

00:15:24.480 --> 00:15:25.279
 say, you

00:15:25.279 --> 00:15:25.840
 were born

00:15:25.840 --> 00:15:26.279
 here.

00:15:28.320 --> 00:15:29.259
 We don't

00:15:29.259 --> 00:15:29.980
 get into the

00:15:29.980 --> 00:15:30.639
 city because

00:15:30.639 --> 00:15:31.059
 of our

00:15:31.059 --> 00:15:31.659
 ability.

00:15:32.480 --> 00:15:33.259
 We don't

00:15:33.259 --> 00:15:33.840
 get into the

00:15:33.840 --> 00:15:34.399
 city because

00:15:34.399 --> 00:15:34.720
 of our

00:15:34.720 --> 00:15:35.779
 gifting or

00:15:35.779 --> 00:15:36.399
 our particular

00:15:36.399 --> 00:15:37.320
 background or

00:15:37.320 --> 00:15:37.720
 because of

00:15:37.720 --> 00:15:38.039
 what our

00:15:38.039 --> 00:15:39.120
 parents believed

00:15:39.120 --> 00:15:39.840
 or anybody

00:15:39.840 --> 00:15:40.820
 else believes,

00:15:41.040 --> 00:15:41.860
 we get into

00:15:41.860 --> 00:15:42.860
 the city because

00:15:42.860 --> 00:15:44.340
 God writes

00:15:44.340 --> 00:15:45.879
 our name in

00:15:45.879 --> 00:15:47.080
 his book on

00:15:47.080 --> 00:15:47.840
 the registry.

00:15:49.080 --> 00:15:50.139
 So here's

00:15:50.139 --> 00:15:50.780
 the people of

00:15:50.780 --> 00:15:51.300
 the city,

00:15:52.320 --> 00:15:53.100
 diverse,

00:15:53.960 --> 00:15:54.399
 shocking,

00:15:54.680 --> 00:15:55.440
 surprising.

00:15:56.399 --> 00:15:57.280
 Outsiders

00:15:57.280 --> 00:15:58.480
 are welcomed

00:15:58.480 --> 00:15:59.720
 in and now

00:15:59.720 --> 00:16:01.200
 treated as

00:16:01.200 --> 00:16:02.180
 residents to

00:16:02.180 --> 00:16:03.180
 share in

00:16:03.180 --> 00:16:04.440
 and enjoy

00:16:04.440 --> 00:16:05.700
 all that God

00:16:05.700 --> 00:16:06.400
 has to give

00:16:06.400 --> 00:16:07.340
 them from

00:16:07.340 --> 00:16:07.879
 the city.

00:16:09.840 --> 00:16:10.500
 So there

00:16:10.500 --> 00:16:10.680
 are the

00:16:10.680 --> 00:16:11.100
 people.

00:16:11.500 --> 00:16:12.080
 We're also

00:16:12.080 --> 00:16:12.600
 shown the

00:16:12.600 --> 00:16:13.639
 life of the

00:16:13.639 --> 00:16:14.600
 city, what

00:16:14.600 --> 00:16:15.160
 it's actually

00:16:15.160 --> 00:16:16.420
 like to

00:16:16.420 --> 00:16:17.139
 live there.

00:16:17.860 --> 00:16:18.500
 Verse 7.

00:16:21.080 --> 00:16:21.840
 As they

00:16:21.840 --> 00:16:22.680
 make music,

00:16:22.840 --> 00:16:23.180
 they will

00:16:23.180 --> 00:16:24.680
 sing, all

00:16:24.680 --> 00:16:25.680
 my fountains

00:16:25.680 --> 00:16:27.019
 are in you.

00:16:28.360 --> 00:16:29.259
 This is a

00:16:29.259 --> 00:16:30.180
 city that's

00:16:30.180 --> 00:16:31.560
 full of

00:16:31.560 --> 00:16:33.320
 joy, true

00:16:33.320 --> 00:16:34.560
 joy and

00:16:34.560 --> 00:16:35.180
 fulfillment.

00:16:35.580 --> 00:16:36.400
 The music and

00:16:36.400 --> 00:16:36.860
 the singing,

00:16:37.040 --> 00:16:37.379
 well, you

00:16:37.379 --> 00:16:38.019
 might be very

00:16:38.019 --> 00:16:38.740
 musical, you

00:16:38.740 --> 00:16:39.439
 might play an

00:16:39.439 --> 00:16:40.059
 instrument or

00:16:40.059 --> 00:16:40.559
 you mightn't

00:16:40.559 --> 00:16:41.319
 sing, but

00:16:41.319 --> 00:16:41.879
 it's all

00:16:41.879 --> 00:16:42.559
 imagery.

00:16:43.679 --> 00:16:44.079
 And the

00:16:44.079 --> 00:16:44.699
 singing and

00:16:44.699 --> 00:16:45.419
 the playing of

00:16:45.419 --> 00:16:46.139
 instruments are

00:16:46.139 --> 00:16:47.240
 all signs of

00:16:47.240 --> 00:16:48.439
 this new,

00:16:48.899 --> 00:16:50.179
 vibrant and

00:16:50.179 --> 00:16:51.240
 eternal life

00:16:51.240 --> 00:16:51.960
 that God has

00:16:51.960 --> 00:16:52.559
 to give.

00:16:53.740 --> 00:16:54.199
 Look at the

00:16:54.199 --> 00:16:54.720
 end of verse

00:16:54.720 --> 00:16:55.600
 7, he says,

00:16:56.319 --> 00:16:56.879
 all my

00:16:56.879 --> 00:16:58.699
 fountains are

00:16:58.699 --> 00:16:59.360
 in you.

00:17:00.699 --> 00:17:01.840
 The city is a

00:17:01.840 --> 00:17:02.980
 source of

00:17:02.980 --> 00:17:03.539
 life.

00:17:04.079 --> 00:17:04.339
 You know

00:17:04.339 --> 00:17:04.680
 what a

00:17:04.680 --> 00:17:05.359
 fountain is

00:17:05.359 --> 00:17:06.000
 like, it's

00:17:06.000 --> 00:17:06.700
 bubbling up,

00:17:06.700 --> 00:17:08.180
 it's overflowing,

00:17:08.340 --> 00:17:09.059
 it's abundant,

00:17:09.299 --> 00:17:09.920
 it's full,

00:17:10.019 --> 00:17:10.799
 it's fresh.

00:17:11.980 --> 00:17:12.480
 Well, this is

00:17:12.480 --> 00:17:13.279
 again imagery,

00:17:13.440 --> 00:17:13.960
 it's saying this

00:17:13.960 --> 00:17:14.799
 is what God's

00:17:14.799 --> 00:17:15.580
 city is like,

00:17:15.640 --> 00:17:17.160
 it's overflowing

00:17:17.160 --> 00:17:18.900
 with life in

00:17:18.900 --> 00:17:19.360
 all its

00:17:19.360 --> 00:17:19.799
 fullness.

00:17:20.500 --> 00:17:21.460
 It's life the

00:17:21.460 --> 00:17:21.940
 way God

00:17:21.940 --> 00:17:22.980
 intended it to

00:17:22.980 --> 00:17:24.140
 be, without

00:17:24.140 --> 00:17:24.920
 pain or

00:17:24.920 --> 00:17:25.799
 suffering, without

00:17:25.799 --> 00:17:27.160
 tragedy, without

00:17:27.160 --> 00:17:28.080
 crime, without

00:17:28.080 --> 00:17:28.860
 things going

00:17:28.860 --> 00:17:29.380
 wrong.

00:17:30.100 --> 00:17:31.360
 The city is

00:17:31.360 --> 00:17:32.680
 the fountain of

00:17:32.680 --> 00:17:33.559
 true life.

00:17:33.559 --> 00:17:33.700
 life.

00:17:34.819 --> 00:17:35.379
 This is where

00:17:35.379 --> 00:17:36.279
 salvation is

00:17:36.279 --> 00:17:37.179
 found.

00:17:38.659 --> 00:17:39.559
 Whatever we

00:17:39.559 --> 00:17:40.899
 believe right

00:17:40.899 --> 00:17:42.039
 now, whatever

00:17:42.039 --> 00:17:43.019
 our background

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 is, this is

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 the kind of

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 city we dream

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 of and long

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 for.

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 A place where

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 people from all

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 kinds of

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 backgrounds are

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 all together,

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 and there's no

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 fighting, there's

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 no war.

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 Everybody's filled

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 and everybody's

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 satisfied.

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 A place of

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 beauty and

00:18:02.619 --> 00:18:04.799
 harmony, joy

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 and justice.

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 Nobody's left

00:18:07.979 --> 00:18:08.379
 out.

00:18:08.699 --> 00:18:09.339
 There's peace,

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 there's prosperity

00:18:10.319 --> 00:18:11.139
 and abundance,

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 safety and

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 security.

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 This is the

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 perfect city.

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 It's the

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 ultimate city.

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 It's what films

00:18:20.799 --> 00:18:21.359
 are written

00:18:21.359 --> 00:18:22.459
 about, and

00:18:22.459 --> 00:18:23.439
 books are

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 written about.

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 We all want

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 this kind of

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 city.

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 Which is all

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 great to read

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 and to think

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 about it.

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 But I want

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 us to think

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 through very

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 briefly three

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 important

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 questions.

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 First, it

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 would be a

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 good thing to

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 know where

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 the city is.

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 How am I

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 going to get

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 there?

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 Do I need to

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 jump on a

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 plane or drive

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 in my car?

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 I want to get

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 to the city.

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 How am I

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 going to get

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 there?

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 Where is it?

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 Well, let me

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 say this.

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 It is

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 something

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 future and

00:19:01.319 --> 00:19:02.599
 it is

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 something

00:19:02.940 --> 00:19:03.500
 present.

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 It's

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 something

00:19:04.639 --> 00:19:06.019
 future and

00:19:06.019 --> 00:19:06.420
 something

00:19:06.420 --> 00:19:07.000
 present.

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 We're going

00:19:08.720 --> 00:19:09.139
 to jump

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 forward to

00:19:09.839 --> 00:19:10.139
 the book

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 of Hebrews

00:19:10.700 --> 00:19:13.740
 because this

00:19:13.740 --> 00:19:14.460
 whole theme

00:19:14.460 --> 00:19:15.180
 of the city,

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 it's introduced

00:19:16.379 --> 00:19:17.519
 here in

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 Psalm 87,

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 but it's

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 picked up the

00:19:20.279 --> 00:19:20.660
 whole way

00:19:20.660 --> 00:19:21.000
 through the

00:19:21.000 --> 00:19:21.460
 Bible and

00:19:21.460 --> 00:19:21.779
 we're just

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 going to

00:19:22.359 --> 00:19:23.240
 pick up on

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 some of the

00:19:23.759 --> 00:19:24.579
 themes of

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 this city.

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 Hebrews chapter

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 11 and

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 if somebody's

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 got a page

00:19:29.579 --> 00:19:30.000
 number,

00:19:30.440 --> 00:19:30.840
 that'll be

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 helpful for

00:19:31.460 --> 00:19:32.079
 me and I

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 can shout

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 it out.

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 1-2-0-9.

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 Page 1-2-0-9.

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 Hebrews chapter

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 11.

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 So it's

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 something

00:19:45.240 --> 00:19:46.980
 future and

00:19:46.980 --> 00:19:47.600
 something

00:19:47.600 --> 00:19:48.299
 present.

00:19:48.819 --> 00:19:49.600
 Hebrews chapter

00:19:49.600 --> 00:19:51.720
 11 and

00:19:51.720 --> 00:19:52.100
 we're going to

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 start at

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 verse 8.

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 Abraham,

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 well he

00:19:55.460 --> 00:19:55.779
 must be

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 one of

00:19:56.039 --> 00:19:56.420
 the oldest

00:19:56.420 --> 00:19:57.200
 guys that

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 we know

00:19:58.119 --> 00:19:59.660
 about way,

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 way,

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 way back

00:20:00.440 --> 00:20:01.160
 long time

00:20:01.160 --> 00:20:01.539
 ago.

00:20:04.660 --> 00:20:05.559
 By faith

00:20:05.559 --> 00:20:06.059
 we're told

00:20:06.059 --> 00:20:06.799
 verse 8 that

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 Abraham when

00:20:07.619 --> 00:20:08.400
 called to go

00:20:08.400 --> 00:20:09.259
 to a place

00:20:09.259 --> 00:20:10.299
 he would

00:20:10.299 --> 00:20:11.400
 later receive

00:20:11.400 --> 00:20:11.859
 as his

00:20:11.859 --> 00:20:12.680
 inheritance,

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 obeyed and

00:20:14.059 --> 00:20:14.819
 went even

00:20:14.819 --> 00:20:15.180
 though he

00:20:15.180 --> 00:20:15.559
 didn't know

00:20:15.559 --> 00:20:15.859
 where he

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 was going.

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 Would you

00:20:18.339 --> 00:20:18.799
 go where

00:20:18.799 --> 00:20:19.099
 you didn't

00:20:19.099 --> 00:20:19.400
 know where

00:20:19.400 --> 00:20:19.640
 you were

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 going?

00:20:20.140 --> 00:20:20.500
 Abraham

00:20:20.500 --> 00:20:20.960
 did.

00:20:21.960 --> 00:20:22.619
 Verse 10.

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 He was

00:20:25.119 --> 00:20:26.019
 looking forward

00:20:26.019 --> 00:20:27.259
 to the

00:20:27.259 --> 00:20:29.259
 city with

00:20:29.259 --> 00:20:31.000
 foundations whose

00:20:31.000 --> 00:20:31.859
 architect and

00:20:31.859 --> 00:20:32.579
 builder is God.

00:20:32.739 --> 00:20:33.219
 He was

00:20:33.219 --> 00:20:33.819
 looking for the

00:20:33.819 --> 00:20:34.399
 city we've

00:20:34.399 --> 00:20:34.879
 just read

00:20:34.879 --> 00:20:35.439
 about in

00:20:35.439 --> 00:20:36.379
 Psalm 87.

00:20:37.419 --> 00:20:38.099
 Where does

00:20:38.099 --> 00:20:38.799
 he find it?

00:20:38.919 --> 00:20:39.439
 How does he

00:20:39.439 --> 00:20:40.139
 get to it?

00:20:40.839 --> 00:20:41.219
 Look at

00:20:41.219 --> 00:20:42.119
 verse 16.

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 It wasn't

00:20:45.419 --> 00:20:46.239
 any physical

00:20:46.239 --> 00:20:47.199
 place on

00:20:47.199 --> 00:20:47.719
 earth.

00:20:48.399 --> 00:20:49.099
 Verse 16.

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 Instead they

00:20:49.980 --> 00:20:50.519
 were longing

00:20:50.519 --> 00:20:51.799
 for a

00:20:51.799 --> 00:20:52.119
 better

00:20:52.119 --> 00:20:52.779
 country,

00:20:53.779 --> 00:20:54.459
 a heavenly

00:20:54.459 --> 00:20:54.879
 one.

00:20:56.419 --> 00:20:56.939
 Therefore

00:20:56.939 --> 00:20:57.899
 God is not

00:20:57.899 --> 00:20:58.539
 ashamed to

00:20:58.539 --> 00:20:59.000
 be called

00:20:59.000 --> 00:20:59.639
 their God

00:20:59.639 --> 00:21:00.159
 for he

00:21:00.159 --> 00:21:01.039
 has prepared

00:21:01.039 --> 00:21:02.259
 a city

00:21:02.259 --> 00:21:03.480
 for them.

00:21:04.439 --> 00:21:04.879
 You see

00:21:04.879 --> 00:21:05.319
 we won't

00:21:05.319 --> 00:21:05.899
 find the

00:21:05.899 --> 00:21:06.459
 city we've

00:21:06.459 --> 00:21:06.899
 just read

00:21:06.899 --> 00:21:07.699
 about here

00:21:07.699 --> 00:21:08.099
 on earth.

00:21:08.179 --> 00:21:08.519
 It's not

00:21:08.519 --> 00:21:09.059
 found in

00:21:09.059 --> 00:21:09.859
 Cork City.

00:21:10.279 --> 00:21:10.899
 It's not

00:21:10.899 --> 00:21:11.459
 found in

00:21:11.459 --> 00:21:11.859
 New York.

00:21:11.939 --> 00:21:12.240
 We may

00:21:12.240 --> 00:21:12.679
 love the

00:21:12.679 --> 00:21:13.259
 cities but

00:21:13.259 --> 00:21:13.819
 we won't

00:21:13.819 --> 00:21:14.480
 find it

00:21:14.480 --> 00:21:14.879
 here.

00:21:16.179 --> 00:21:17.299
 Because it's

00:21:17.299 --> 00:21:18.139
 a heavenly

00:21:18.139 --> 00:21:18.719
 city.

00:21:19.099 --> 00:21:20.079
 This is

00:21:20.079 --> 00:21:20.779
 what Abraham

00:21:20.779 --> 00:21:21.819
 and all

00:21:21.819 --> 00:21:22.219
 God's

00:21:22.219 --> 00:21:22.519
 people

00:21:22.519 --> 00:21:22.899
 throughout

00:21:22.899 --> 00:21:23.500
 time

00:21:23.500 --> 00:21:24.719
 long for

00:21:24.719 --> 00:21:25.539
 and wait

00:21:25.539 --> 00:21:25.980
 for.

00:21:27.359 --> 00:21:28.679
 Here in

00:21:28.679 --> 00:21:29.319
 the heavenly

00:21:29.319 --> 00:21:29.919
 city,

00:21:30.919 --> 00:21:31.819
 heaven itself,

00:21:32.379 --> 00:21:32.819
 we will

00:21:32.819 --> 00:21:33.539
 experience

00:21:33.539 --> 00:21:35.199
 life as

00:21:35.199 --> 00:21:36.079
 God intended

00:21:36.079 --> 00:21:36.759
 it to be

00:21:36.759 --> 00:21:37.619
 in all its

00:21:37.619 --> 00:21:38.759
 beauty and

00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:39.119
 all its

00:21:39.119 --> 00:21:39.679
 perfection.

00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:42.079
 We read

00:21:42.079 --> 00:21:42.539
 about it

00:21:42.539 --> 00:21:43.139
 later don't

00:21:43.139 --> 00:21:43.659
 we where we

00:21:43.659 --> 00:21:44.439
 see that God

00:21:44.439 --> 00:21:45.259
 dwells with

00:21:45.259 --> 00:21:46.019
 his people

00:21:46.019 --> 00:21:46.599
 in the

00:21:46.599 --> 00:21:46.939
 city.

00:21:47.599 --> 00:21:48.019
 There's no

00:21:48.019 --> 00:21:48.639
 tears,

00:21:48.640 --> 00:21:49.660
 no sadness,

00:21:50.100 --> 00:21:50.500
 there's no

00:21:50.500 --> 00:21:51.440
 funerals,

00:21:51.740 --> 00:21:52.320
 nobody gets

00:21:52.320 --> 00:21:52.920
 sick.

00:21:54.400 --> 00:21:55.080
 It's a life

00:21:55.080 --> 00:21:55.920
 without sin

00:21:55.920 --> 00:21:56.920
 or evil,

00:21:57.040 --> 00:21:57.620
 the absence

00:21:57.620 --> 00:21:58.160
 of all

00:21:58.160 --> 00:21:58.900
 suffering and

00:21:58.900 --> 00:21:59.320
 pain.

00:22:00.259 --> 00:22:01.100
 That's the

00:22:01.100 --> 00:22:02.080
 eternal city

00:22:02.080 --> 00:22:03.000
 we long

00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:03.380
 for.

00:22:04.540 --> 00:22:05.480
 So it is

00:22:05.480 --> 00:22:05.860
 something

00:22:05.860 --> 00:22:07.740
 future but

00:22:07.740 --> 00:22:08.420
 I also want

00:22:08.420 --> 00:22:08.920
 us to see

00:22:08.920 --> 00:22:09.460
 that it is

00:22:09.460 --> 00:22:09.860
 something

00:22:09.860 --> 00:22:10.560
 present.

00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:14.000
 Jump forward

00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:14.599
 to Hebrews

00:22:14.599 --> 00:22:15.700
 chapter 12

00:22:15.700 --> 00:22:18.500
 verse 22.

00:22:20.500 --> 00:22:21.019
 Hebrews

00:22:21.019 --> 00:22:22.160
 chapter 12

00:22:22.160 --> 00:22:23.400
 verse 22.

00:22:26.019 --> 00:22:26.779
 And again

00:22:26.779 --> 00:22:27.200
 look at the

00:22:27.200 --> 00:22:28.519
 words that he

00:22:28.519 --> 00:22:29.400
 uses here to

00:22:29.400 --> 00:22:30.279
 describe the

00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:30.660
 city.

00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:32.220
 Hebrews 12

00:22:32.220 --> 00:22:33.039
 verse 22.

00:22:34.059 --> 00:22:34.480
 He says

00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:35.079
 but you have

00:22:35.079 --> 00:22:35.640
 come to

00:22:35.640 --> 00:22:36.700
 Mount Zion,

00:22:37.140 --> 00:22:37.779
 another word

00:22:37.779 --> 00:22:38.440
 for God's

00:22:38.440 --> 00:22:39.039
 city, to the

00:22:39.039 --> 00:22:39.359
 heavenly

00:22:39.359 --> 00:22:40.019
 Jerusalem,

00:22:40.619 --> 00:22:41.319
 that eternal

00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:42.299
 city, the

00:22:42.299 --> 00:22:43.599
 city of

00:22:43.599 --> 00:22:44.180
 the living

00:22:44.180 --> 00:22:44.799
 God.

00:22:45.899 --> 00:22:46.500
 You have

00:22:46.500 --> 00:22:46.960
 come to

00:22:46.960 --> 00:22:47.899
 thousands upon

00:22:47.899 --> 00:22:48.759
 thousands of

00:22:48.759 --> 00:22:49.899
 angels in

00:22:49.899 --> 00:22:50.539
 the joyful

00:22:50.539 --> 00:22:51.339
 assembly.

00:22:53.240 --> 00:22:54.240
 Where's that?

00:22:54.779 --> 00:22:55.139
 Look at

00:22:55.139 --> 00:22:55.859
 verse 23.

00:22:56.379 --> 00:22:56.819
 To the

00:22:56.819 --> 00:22:58.339
 church of

00:22:58.339 --> 00:22:59.119
 the firstborn

00:22:59.119 --> 00:22:59.759
 whose names

00:22:59.759 --> 00:23:00.339
 are written

00:23:00.339 --> 00:23:01.740
 in heaven.

00:23:02.599 --> 00:23:02.940
 You see

00:23:02.940 --> 00:23:03.659
 he's moved

00:23:03.659 --> 00:23:04.339
 from thinking

00:23:04.339 --> 00:23:04.839
 about the

00:23:04.839 --> 00:23:05.819
 eternal city

00:23:05.819 --> 00:23:07.119
 to talking

00:23:07.119 --> 00:23:08.200
 about the

00:23:08.200 --> 00:23:08.799
 church.

00:23:09.799 --> 00:23:10.659
 We're waiting

00:23:10.659 --> 00:23:11.180
 for the

00:23:11.180 --> 00:23:12.079
 eternal city

00:23:12.079 --> 00:23:13.079
 but in

00:23:13.079 --> 00:23:13.740
 the meantime

00:23:13.740 --> 00:23:16.059
 we've come

00:23:16.059 --> 00:23:16.480
 to the

00:23:16.480 --> 00:23:17.059
 church.

00:23:18.460 --> 00:23:19.299
 The church

00:23:19.299 --> 00:23:19.679
 isn't a

00:23:19.679 --> 00:23:20.220
 building we're

00:23:20.220 --> 00:23:20.980
 meeting here

00:23:20.980 --> 00:23:22.619
 yes but

00:23:22.619 --> 00:23:23.079
 it's not a

00:23:23.079 --> 00:23:23.439
 church.

00:23:23.559 --> 00:23:24.059
 The people

00:23:24.059 --> 00:23:24.500
 are the

00:23:24.500 --> 00:23:25.019
 church.

00:23:25.519 --> 00:23:26.039
 God's

00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:26.500
 family.

00:23:28.019 --> 00:23:28.539
 And the

00:23:28.539 --> 00:23:29.139
 church,

00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:30.699
 the people

00:23:30.699 --> 00:23:31.240
 here,

00:23:32.740 --> 00:23:33.519
 is a

00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:35.339
 taste of

00:23:35.339 --> 00:23:36.119
 the eternal

00:23:36.119 --> 00:23:36.839
 city to

00:23:36.839 --> 00:23:37.299
 come.

00:23:38.119 --> 00:23:39.199
 Every local

00:23:39.199 --> 00:23:39.899
 church,

00:23:39.900 --> 00:23:39.960
 church,

00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:41.259
 and I

00:23:41.259 --> 00:23:41.580
 want us

00:23:41.580 --> 00:23:41.900
 to get

00:23:41.900 --> 00:23:42.140
 this,

00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:42.560
 every

00:23:42.560 --> 00:23:42.940
 little

00:23:42.940 --> 00:23:43.560
 church

00:23:43.560 --> 00:23:45.180
 is like

00:23:45.180 --> 00:23:45.660
 a mini

00:23:45.660 --> 00:23:46.180
 city.

00:23:47.800 --> 00:23:48.680
 We're the

00:23:48.680 --> 00:23:49.900
 residents of

00:23:49.900 --> 00:23:50.440
 the city.

00:23:50.780 --> 00:23:51.340
 We're to

00:23:51.340 --> 00:23:52.500
 reflect God's

00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:53.540
 eternal city,

00:23:53.900 --> 00:23:54.740
 a reflection of

00:23:54.740 --> 00:23:55.360
 all that God

00:23:55.360 --> 00:23:55.920
 has promised.

00:23:56.780 --> 00:23:57.660
 Because in the

00:23:57.660 --> 00:23:58.380
 church what do

00:23:58.380 --> 00:23:58.940
 we find?

00:23:59.240 --> 00:23:59.780
 People.

00:24:00.680 --> 00:24:01.500
 People from

00:24:01.500 --> 00:24:02.259
 all kinds of

00:24:02.259 --> 00:24:02.980
 nations and

00:24:02.980 --> 00:24:03.700
 cultures and

00:24:03.700 --> 00:24:04.420
 languages and

00:24:04.420 --> 00:24:05.680
 backgrounds and

00:24:05.680 --> 00:24:06.200
 they've all been

00:24:06.200 --> 00:24:06.759
 welcomed.

00:24:06.759 --> 00:24:08.440
 and it

00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:08.920
 should be a

00:24:08.920 --> 00:24:09.359
 place of

00:24:09.359 --> 00:24:10.879
 rest and

00:24:10.879 --> 00:24:12.039
 refuge, a

00:24:12.039 --> 00:24:12.680
 place where we

00:24:12.680 --> 00:24:13.779
 receive grace

00:24:13.779 --> 00:24:14.980
 and peace,

00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:15.700
 where we

00:24:15.700 --> 00:24:16.920
 experience joy

00:24:16.920 --> 00:24:17.740
 in the support

00:24:17.740 --> 00:24:18.500
 of one another.

00:24:19.799 --> 00:24:20.799
 We receive

00:24:20.799 --> 00:24:21.619
 all the things

00:24:21.619 --> 00:24:22.220
 that we long

00:24:22.220 --> 00:24:23.200
 for, forgiveness.

00:24:24.859 --> 00:24:25.259
 And when

00:24:25.259 --> 00:24:26.279
 things mess up

00:24:26.279 --> 00:24:27.259
 we have people

00:24:27.259 --> 00:24:27.700
 who are there

00:24:27.700 --> 00:24:28.680
 to help us.

00:24:30.619 --> 00:24:31.359
 So the

00:24:31.359 --> 00:24:33.599
 church is a

00:24:33.599 --> 00:24:34.259
 taste of the

00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:34.960
 city we all

00:24:34.960 --> 00:24:35.440
 long for.

00:24:35.440 --> 00:24:36.080
 It's like a

00:24:36.080 --> 00:24:36.779
 mini city.

00:24:38.059 --> 00:24:38.799
 And we're the

00:24:38.799 --> 00:24:39.880
 residents of

00:24:39.880 --> 00:24:40.460
 the city,

00:24:41.259 --> 00:24:42.559
 awaiting our

00:24:42.559 --> 00:24:43.500
 future home.

00:24:44.559 --> 00:24:45.299
 So where is

00:24:45.299 --> 00:24:45.700
 the city?

00:24:46.400 --> 00:24:47.200
 It's something

00:24:47.200 --> 00:24:48.200
 to look forward

00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:49.860
 to, but it's

00:24:49.860 --> 00:24:50.600
 something we can

00:24:50.600 --> 00:24:51.980
 begin to enjoy

00:24:51.980 --> 00:24:53.160
 now through

00:24:53.160 --> 00:24:54.380
 the life of

00:24:54.380 --> 00:24:55.200
 God's people.

00:24:58.200 --> 00:24:58.940
 That's the

00:24:58.940 --> 00:24:59.640
 first question.

00:24:59.740 --> 00:25:00.140
 The second

00:25:00.140 --> 00:25:00.820
 question is

00:25:00.820 --> 00:25:01.160
 this.

00:25:01.299 --> 00:25:01.900
 Okay, we know

00:25:01.900 --> 00:25:02.559
 where it is,

00:25:03.700 --> 00:25:04.440
 but how do we

00:25:04.440 --> 00:25:05.160
 get into the

00:25:05.160 --> 00:25:05.420
 city?

00:25:05.640 --> 00:25:06.200
 How can I

00:25:06.200 --> 00:25:07.019
 be part of

00:25:07.019 --> 00:25:07.279
 it?

00:25:08.860 --> 00:25:09.620
 Well, look at

00:25:09.620 --> 00:25:10.120
 the rest of

00:25:10.120 --> 00:25:11.420
 Hebrews chapter

00:25:11.420 --> 00:25:13.120
 12 verse 23

00:25:13.120 --> 00:25:14.080
 again.

00:25:14.940 --> 00:25:15.779
 Hebrews 12

00:25:15.779 --> 00:25:16.519
 verse 23.

00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:17.720
 We've come to

00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:18.519
 the church of

00:25:18.519 --> 00:25:19.200
 the firstborn

00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:20.140
 whose names

00:25:20.140 --> 00:25:21.220
 are written

00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:21.820
 in heaven.

00:25:22.620 --> 00:25:23.259
 You have

00:25:23.259 --> 00:25:23.720
 come to

00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:25.060
 God, the

00:25:25.060 --> 00:25:25.640
 judge of

00:25:25.640 --> 00:25:26.500
 all people,

00:25:26.900 --> 00:25:27.440
 to the

00:25:27.440 --> 00:25:28.220
 spirits of

00:25:28.220 --> 00:25:28.759
 the righteous

00:25:28.759 --> 00:25:29.480
 men or

00:25:29.480 --> 00:25:30.220
 righteous people

00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:30.820
 made perfect.

00:25:30.940 --> 00:25:31.400
 So those are

00:25:31.400 --> 00:25:31.920
 those who are

00:25:31.920 --> 00:25:32.560
 in heaven.

00:25:32.559 --> 00:25:33.899
 verse 24,

00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:35.000
 to Jesus,

00:25:36.159 --> 00:25:37.220
 the mediator

00:25:37.220 --> 00:25:38.359
 of a new

00:25:38.359 --> 00:25:38.740
 covenant.

00:25:40.440 --> 00:25:40.839
 Do you see

00:25:40.839 --> 00:25:41.440
 again how he

00:25:41.440 --> 00:25:42.159
 moves through

00:25:42.159 --> 00:25:42.419
 it?

00:25:42.419 --> 00:25:43.480
 To come to

00:25:43.480 --> 00:25:44.099
 the city,

00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:45.759
 he says,

00:25:45.899 --> 00:25:46.720
 is the same

00:25:46.720 --> 00:25:48.819
 as coming

00:25:48.819 --> 00:25:49.919
 to Jesus.

00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:51.460
 If we want

00:25:51.460 --> 00:25:52.139
 to get into

00:25:52.139 --> 00:25:52.720
 the city,

00:25:53.519 --> 00:25:54.779
 if we want

00:25:54.779 --> 00:25:55.519
 to enjoy

00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:56.460
 and experience

00:25:56.460 --> 00:25:57.460
 this city,

00:25:57.879 --> 00:25:58.940
 we must come,

00:25:59.039 --> 00:25:59.679
 verse 24,

00:25:59.680 --> 00:26:01.380
 to Jesus,

00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:02.480
 the mediator.

00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:03.240
 He's the

00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:03.720
 entrance,

00:26:03.940 --> 00:26:04.299
 he's the

00:26:04.299 --> 00:26:04.680
 gate,

00:26:04.960 --> 00:26:05.360
 he's the

00:26:05.360 --> 00:26:06.120
 way into

00:26:06.120 --> 00:26:06.680
 the city.

00:26:08.860 --> 00:26:09.539
 How is

00:26:09.539 --> 00:26:10.160
 Jesus the

00:26:10.160 --> 00:26:10.660
 way in?

00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:12.120
 How is

00:26:12.120 --> 00:26:12.420
 he a

00:26:12.420 --> 00:26:12.700
 gate?

00:26:12.880 --> 00:26:13.140
 Well,

00:26:13.580 --> 00:26:14.000
 look at

00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:14.340
 Hebrews

00:26:14.340 --> 00:26:15.420
 chapter 13

00:26:15.420 --> 00:26:16.180
 verse 12.

00:26:16.580 --> 00:26:17.019
 Try and

00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:17.640
 keep this

00:26:17.640 --> 00:26:19.019
 logic going.

00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:19.580
 How are we

00:26:19.580 --> 00:26:20.100
 getting into

00:26:20.100 --> 00:26:20.480
 the city?

00:26:20.600 --> 00:26:20.920
 We go

00:26:20.920 --> 00:26:21.660
 through Jesus.

00:26:21.880 --> 00:26:22.259
 He's the

00:26:22.259 --> 00:26:22.519
 gate,

00:26:22.700 --> 00:26:23.680
 he's the

00:26:23.680 --> 00:26:24.240
 entrance.

00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:25.980
 How is

00:26:25.980 --> 00:26:26.519
 that so?

00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:27.560
 Chapter 13

00:26:27.560 --> 00:26:28.480
 verse 12.

00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:32.100
 Look what

00:26:32.100 --> 00:26:32.519
 we read

00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:33.180
 about Jesus

00:26:33.180 --> 00:26:33.620
 here.

00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:36.460
 Chapter 13

00:26:36.460 --> 00:26:37.180
 verse 12.

00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:39.060
 So Jesus

00:26:39.060 --> 00:26:40.700
 also suffered

00:26:40.700 --> 00:26:42.860
 outside the

00:26:42.860 --> 00:26:43.799
 city gate

00:26:43.799 --> 00:26:46.019
 to make

00:26:46.019 --> 00:26:46.519
 the people

00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:47.160
 holy

00:26:47.160 --> 00:26:48.640
 through his

00:26:48.640 --> 00:26:49.120
 blood.

00:26:50.180 --> 00:26:50.660
 That's

00:26:50.660 --> 00:26:51.100
 through his

00:26:51.100 --> 00:26:51.460
 death.

00:26:51.820 --> 00:26:52.519
 Let us

00:26:52.519 --> 00:26:53.240
 then go

00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:53.880
 to him

00:26:53.880 --> 00:26:55.160
 outside the

00:26:55.160 --> 00:26:55.759
 camp or

00:26:55.759 --> 00:26:56.560
 outside the

00:26:56.560 --> 00:26:56.960
 city,

00:26:57.900 --> 00:26:58.460
 bearing the

00:26:58.460 --> 00:26:59.120
 disgrace

00:26:59.119 --> 00:27:00.039
 he bore.

00:27:00.359 --> 00:27:01.199
 For here

00:27:01.199 --> 00:27:01.779
 on this

00:27:01.779 --> 00:27:02.319
 earth we

00:27:02.319 --> 00:27:02.859
 do not

00:27:02.859 --> 00:27:03.299
 have an

00:27:03.299 --> 00:27:03.759
 enduring

00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:04.439
 city,

00:27:04.959 --> 00:27:06.039
 but we

00:27:06.039 --> 00:27:06.500
 are looking

00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:06.959
 for the

00:27:06.959 --> 00:27:08.279
 city that

00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:08.639
 is to

00:27:08.639 --> 00:27:09.019
 come.

00:27:10.639 --> 00:27:11.179
 You see,

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:13.019
 Jesus took

00:27:13.019 --> 00:27:13.879
 on himself

00:27:13.879 --> 00:27:15.879
 all of our

00:27:15.879 --> 00:27:16.619
 disgrace,

00:27:16.899 --> 00:27:17.419
 all of our

00:27:17.419 --> 00:27:17.799
 sin,

00:27:18.199 --> 00:27:18.699
 all of our

00:27:18.699 --> 00:27:19.299
 guilt,

00:27:19.459 --> 00:27:19.799
 and all of

00:27:19.799 --> 00:27:20.279
 our shame.

00:27:20.599 --> 00:27:21.199
 If this is

00:27:21.199 --> 00:27:22.000
 me here,

00:27:22.239 --> 00:27:22.779
 and this is

00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:23.439
 Jesus here,

00:27:23.539 --> 00:27:24.419
 and all my

00:27:24.419 --> 00:27:24.859
 mess,

00:27:24.939 --> 00:27:25.399
 and all my

00:27:25.399 --> 00:27:25.959
 failures,

00:27:26.079 --> 00:27:26.379
 and there's

00:27:26.379 --> 00:27:26.959
 lots of

00:27:26.960 --> 00:27:27.160
 them,

00:27:27.360 --> 00:27:27.960
 just talk

00:27:27.960 --> 00:27:28.340
 to my

00:27:28.340 --> 00:27:28.759
 family,

00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:29.220
 they'll

00:27:29.220 --> 00:27:29.720
 tell you

00:27:29.720 --> 00:27:30.059
 what they

00:27:30.059 --> 00:27:30.519
 all are.

00:27:31.779 --> 00:27:32.500
 Jesus has

00:27:32.500 --> 00:27:33.259
 taken all

00:27:33.259 --> 00:27:33.579
 of that

00:27:33.579 --> 00:27:34.180
 disgrace,

00:27:34.440 --> 00:27:34.720
 all of

00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:35.240
 that sin

00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:35.740
 and guilt,

00:27:36.100 --> 00:27:36.779
 and he's

00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:37.240
 taken it

00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:37.940
 on himself.

00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:39.819
 And he

00:27:39.819 --> 00:27:40.360
 was put

00:27:40.360 --> 00:27:41.559
 outside the

00:27:41.559 --> 00:27:41.900
 city.

00:27:43.059 --> 00:27:43.799
 He went

00:27:43.799 --> 00:27:44.799
 outside the

00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:45.660
 city and

00:27:45.660 --> 00:27:46.340
 suffered and

00:27:46.340 --> 00:27:46.860
 died for

00:27:46.860 --> 00:27:47.299
 us in

00:27:47.299 --> 00:27:48.420
 our place.

00:27:49.200 --> 00:27:49.700
 He was

00:27:49.700 --> 00:27:50.519
 abandoned,

00:27:50.700 --> 00:27:50.980
 he was

00:27:50.980 --> 00:27:51.579
 pushed out,

00:27:51.779 --> 00:27:52.340
 he was the

00:27:52.340 --> 00:27:53.360
 one excluded

00:27:53.360 --> 00:27:53.940
 from the

00:27:53.940 --> 00:27:54.279
 city,

00:27:54.279 --> 00:27:55.980
 because he

00:27:55.980 --> 00:27:56.420
 took our

00:27:56.420 --> 00:27:56.680
 sin,

00:27:56.740 --> 00:27:57.160
 he couldn't

00:27:57.160 --> 00:27:57.619
 get in,

00:27:58.639 --> 00:27:59.619
 so that

00:27:59.619 --> 00:28:01.519
 we might

00:28:01.519 --> 00:28:01.859
 be,

00:28:02.019 --> 00:28:02.460
 look at

00:28:02.460 --> 00:28:03.180
 verse 12,

00:28:03.379 --> 00:28:03.639
 the end

00:28:03.639 --> 00:28:04.299
 of verse 12,

00:28:05.119 --> 00:28:06.440
 made holy

00:28:06.440 --> 00:28:07.879
 through his

00:28:07.879 --> 00:28:08.240
 blood,

00:28:08.639 --> 00:28:09.519
 made right

00:28:09.519 --> 00:28:10.559
 before God

00:28:10.559 --> 00:28:11.359
 through his

00:28:11.359 --> 00:28:11.700
 death,

00:28:11.819 --> 00:28:12.759
 so that we

00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:13.139
 could be

00:28:13.139 --> 00:28:14.240
 welcomed into

00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:14.839
 the city,

00:28:15.740 --> 00:28:16.579
 and never

00:28:16.579 --> 00:28:17.200
 be thrown

00:28:17.200 --> 00:28:18.059
 out of the

00:28:18.059 --> 00:28:18.359
 city.

00:28:19.879 --> 00:28:20.740
 Jesus was

00:28:20.740 --> 00:28:21.500
 pushed out

00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:23.319
 so that we

00:28:23.319 --> 00:28:23.779
 might be

00:28:23.779 --> 00:28:24.859
 welcomed in.

00:28:27.359 --> 00:28:27.960
 That's how

00:28:27.960 --> 00:28:28.619
 we get into

00:28:28.619 --> 00:28:29.200
 the city.

00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:30.879
 It's through

00:28:30.879 --> 00:28:31.319
 Jesus.

00:28:34.099 --> 00:28:34.720
 And the

00:28:34.720 --> 00:28:35.619
 final question,

00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:37.079
 we know

00:28:37.079 --> 00:28:37.579
 where it is,

00:28:37.599 --> 00:28:38.180
 it's something

00:28:38.180 --> 00:28:39.180
 future, but

00:28:39.180 --> 00:28:39.539
 it's also

00:28:39.539 --> 00:28:40.519
 something present,

00:28:40.819 --> 00:28:41.579
 we know how

00:28:41.579 --> 00:28:42.099
 we get in,

00:28:42.160 --> 00:28:42.759
 we go through

00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:43.379
 Jesus,

00:28:44.639 --> 00:28:45.319
 but who?

00:28:45.639 --> 00:28:46.460
 Who can get

00:28:46.460 --> 00:28:46.639
 in?

00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:47.379
 Who's welcomed?

00:28:48.740 --> 00:28:49.240
 Well, think

00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:49.779
 back to what

00:28:49.779 --> 00:28:50.359
 we looked at

00:28:50.359 --> 00:28:50.700
 in the

00:28:50.700 --> 00:28:51.200
 psalm.

00:28:51.920 --> 00:28:52.700
 God welcomes

00:28:52.700 --> 00:28:53.799
 all people.

00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:54.980
 He's opened

00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:55.580
 his gates

00:28:55.580 --> 00:28:56.980
 wide to

00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:58.580
 his enemies.

00:28:59.860 --> 00:29:00.720
 That means

00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:01.640
 to sinful

00:29:01.640 --> 00:29:02.460
 rebels like

00:29:02.460 --> 00:29:02.940
 you and

00:29:02.940 --> 00:29:03.259
 me.

00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:05.900
 Psalm 87

00:29:05.900 --> 00:29:06.559
 verse 4

00:29:06.559 --> 00:29:06.900
 says,

00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:07.400
 I will

00:29:07.400 --> 00:29:08.220
 record

00:29:08.220 --> 00:29:09.720
 Rahab

00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:10.759
 and Babylon,

00:29:11.120 --> 00:29:11.700
 the enemy,

00:29:11.880 --> 00:29:12.640
 the outsider,

00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:13.299
 the ones who

00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:13.860
 should never

00:29:13.860 --> 00:29:14.319
 get in,

00:29:14.580 --> 00:29:14.960
 the people

00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:15.259
 who should

00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:16.059
 be excluded.

00:29:16.700 --> 00:29:17.380
 I'm going

00:29:17.380 --> 00:29:17.920
 to make it

00:29:17.920 --> 00:29:18.600
 possible for

00:29:18.600 --> 00:29:18.960
 them to

00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:19.779
 come in.

00:29:19.779 --> 00:29:22.460
 those who

00:29:22.460 --> 00:29:23.379
 acknowledge

00:29:23.379 --> 00:29:24.799
 me, I

00:29:24.799 --> 00:29:25.460
 will record.

00:29:25.579 --> 00:29:25.879
 I'm going

00:29:25.879 --> 00:29:26.420
 to write

00:29:26.420 --> 00:29:27.019
 their names

00:29:27.019 --> 00:29:27.619
 down and

00:29:27.619 --> 00:29:28.160
 make sure

00:29:28.160 --> 00:29:28.559
 that they're

00:29:28.559 --> 00:29:28.799
 going to

00:29:28.799 --> 00:29:29.259
 be there.

00:29:31.379 --> 00:29:31.920
 You know,

00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:32.819
 to acknowledge

00:29:32.819 --> 00:29:34.759
 God is

00:29:34.759 --> 00:29:35.180
 not just

00:29:35.180 --> 00:29:35.819
 giving some

00:29:35.819 --> 00:29:36.940
 intellectual nod

00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:37.279
 and say,

00:29:37.379 --> 00:29:38.379
 yep, I

00:29:38.379 --> 00:29:38.839
 know God

00:29:38.839 --> 00:29:39.599
 exists and

00:29:39.599 --> 00:29:40.319
 that's fine.

00:29:41.599 --> 00:29:41.980
 No, it

00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:42.480
 means to

00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:43.059
 trust him

00:29:43.059 --> 00:29:43.359
 with your

00:29:43.359 --> 00:29:44.059
 whole life.

00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:45.139
 It means

00:29:45.139 --> 00:29:45.539
 to say,

00:29:45.899 --> 00:29:46.460
 he is the

00:29:46.460 --> 00:29:46.779
 king of

00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:47.200
 the city

00:29:47.200 --> 00:29:47.619
 and I'll

00:29:47.619 --> 00:29:48.000
 live to

00:29:48.000 --> 00:29:48.559
 serve him

00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:48.919
 and I'll

00:29:48.919 --> 00:29:49.839
 live under

00:29:49.839 --> 00:29:50.299
 him.

00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:51.940
 It means

00:29:51.940 --> 00:29:52.339
 that without

00:29:52.339 --> 00:29:53.399
 him, we

00:29:53.399 --> 00:29:53.779
 will never

00:29:53.779 --> 00:29:54.319
 get into

00:29:54.319 --> 00:29:54.819
 the city.

00:29:57.519 --> 00:29:58.259
 It all

00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:58.799
 comes down

00:29:58.799 --> 00:29:59.480
 to grace.

00:30:00.819 --> 00:30:01.619
 Not because

00:30:01.619 --> 00:30:02.079
 of anything

00:30:02.079 --> 00:30:02.919
 we have

00:30:02.919 --> 00:30:03.419
 done.

00:30:04.299 --> 00:30:04.799
 Not because

00:30:04.799 --> 00:30:05.259
 of anything

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:05.639
 that I

00:30:05.639 --> 00:30:06.200
 could ever

00:30:06.200 --> 00:30:07.960
 do that

00:30:07.960 --> 00:30:08.279
 will get

00:30:08.279 --> 00:30:08.720
 me into

00:30:08.720 --> 00:30:09.179
 the city.

00:30:09.379 --> 00:30:09.980
 It's all

00:30:09.980 --> 00:30:10.500
 because of

00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:10.980
 what God

00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:11.440
 has done

00:30:11.440 --> 00:30:12.619
 for me.

00:30:13.240 --> 00:30:13.779
 It's because

00:30:13.779 --> 00:30:14.099
 of his

00:30:14.099 --> 00:30:15.440
 kindness and

00:30:15.440 --> 00:30:16.139
 his mercy.

00:30:16.740 --> 00:30:17.299
 This is a

00:30:17.299 --> 00:30:17.839
 city where

00:30:17.839 --> 00:30:18.779
 God brings

00:30:18.779 --> 00:30:19.980
 undeserving

00:30:19.980 --> 00:30:20.759
 outsiders

00:30:20.759 --> 00:30:22.299
 in and

00:30:22.299 --> 00:30:23.119
 he blesses

00:30:23.119 --> 00:30:23.399
 them.

00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:26.039
 And let

00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:26.379
 me just

00:30:26.379 --> 00:30:26.939
 leave us

00:30:26.939 --> 00:30:27.639
 with this

00:30:27.639 --> 00:30:29.359
 final thought.

00:30:30.859 --> 00:30:31.539
 We've got

00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:32.299
 three questions.

00:30:32.439 --> 00:30:32.799
 Where the

00:30:32.799 --> 00:30:33.379
 city is,

00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:34.419
 how we get

00:30:34.419 --> 00:30:34.859
 into the

00:30:34.859 --> 00:30:35.319
 city and

00:30:35.319 --> 00:30:35.720
 who can

00:30:35.720 --> 00:30:36.079
 come.

00:30:37.379 --> 00:30:38.139
 If God

00:30:38.139 --> 00:30:38.740
 has welcomed

00:30:38.740 --> 00:30:39.259
 you and

00:30:39.259 --> 00:30:40.119
 me and

00:30:40.119 --> 00:30:40.439
 you have

00:30:40.439 --> 00:30:41.079
 trusted in

00:30:41.079 --> 00:30:41.619
 Jesus and

00:30:41.619 --> 00:30:42.539
 you know

00:30:42.539 --> 00:30:43.019
 you're going

00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:43.419
 to that

00:30:43.419 --> 00:30:44.000
 city and

00:30:44.000 --> 00:30:44.240
 you're

00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:44.619
 welcomed

00:30:44.619 --> 00:30:45.259
 into that

00:30:45.259 --> 00:30:45.679
 city,

00:30:45.680 --> 00:30:48.519
 then we

00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:49.720
 should bring

00:30:49.720 --> 00:30:50.340
 that same

00:30:50.340 --> 00:30:52.500
 welcome to

00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:53.340
 other people

00:30:53.340 --> 00:30:54.200
 and say to

00:30:54.200 --> 00:30:55.120
 them also,

00:30:55.680 --> 00:30:57.779
 you too are

00:30:57.779 --> 00:30:58.480
 welcomed into

00:30:58.480 --> 00:30:58.940
 the city.

00:30:59.180 --> 00:30:59.700
 That's the

00:30:59.700 --> 00:31:00.660
 message that

00:31:00.660 --> 00:31:01.820
 you guys and

00:31:01.820 --> 00:31:02.460
 everybody else

00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:02.779
 who's going to

00:31:02.779 --> 00:31:03.500
 be involved in

00:31:03.500 --> 00:31:03.980
 Kinsale.

00:31:04.180 --> 00:31:04.660
 That's what

00:31:04.660 --> 00:31:05.060
 you're saying

00:31:05.060 --> 00:31:05.580
 to the people

00:31:05.580 --> 00:31:06.140
 of Kinsale.

00:31:06.400 --> 00:31:07.299
 You are

00:31:07.299 --> 00:31:08.440
 welcome into

00:31:08.440 --> 00:31:09.660
 the city of

00:31:09.660 --> 00:31:10.060
 God.

00:31:10.059 --> 00:31:11.059
 God's

00:31:11.059 --> 00:31:11.740
 and here's

00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:12.819
 how you

00:31:12.819 --> 00:31:13.099
 can be

00:31:13.099 --> 00:31:13.639
 part of

00:31:13.639 --> 00:31:13.919
 it.

00:31:15.319 --> 00:31:16.119
 We can

00:31:16.119 --> 00:31:17.000
 never exclude

00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:17.419
 anybody.

00:31:17.579 --> 00:31:17.960
 That's not

00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:18.579
 our job.

00:31:19.460 --> 00:31:21.059
 Our job is

00:31:21.059 --> 00:31:21.599
 to give the

00:31:21.599 --> 00:31:22.980
 invite and

00:31:22.980 --> 00:31:23.559
 to welcome

00:31:23.559 --> 00:31:24.720
 so that they

00:31:24.720 --> 00:31:25.559
 may enjoy

00:31:25.559 --> 00:31:26.859
 all that God

00:31:26.859 --> 00:31:28.019
 has to give.

00:31:29.179 --> 00:31:30.220
 So that is

00:31:30.220 --> 00:31:30.899
 the eternal

00:31:30.899 --> 00:31:31.379
 city.

00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:33.460
 It's the city

00:31:33.460 --> 00:31:34.319
 we all dream

00:31:34.319 --> 00:31:34.919
 of and all

00:31:34.919 --> 00:31:35.480
 long for.

00:31:36.220 --> 00:31:36.940
 But it's a

00:31:36.940 --> 00:31:38.700
 reality through

00:31:38.700 --> 00:31:39.500
 Jesus Christ.

00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:40.180
 let's pray.

00:31:47.319 --> 00:31:48.160
 Father we

00:31:48.160 --> 00:31:49.099
 thank you for

00:31:49.099 --> 00:31:51.059
 this wonderful

00:31:51.059 --> 00:31:52.200
 picture and

00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:53.660
 image of the

00:31:53.660 --> 00:31:54.500
 great city.

00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:56.859
 Thank you

00:31:56.859 --> 00:31:58.099
 that it is

00:31:58.099 --> 00:31:58.740
 everything that

00:31:58.740 --> 00:31:59.440
 we ever dream

00:31:59.440 --> 00:31:59.759
 of.

00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:00.660
 Thank you

00:32:00.660 --> 00:32:01.220
 that it's all

00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:02.099
 possible through

00:32:02.099 --> 00:32:02.500
 Jesus.

00:32:04.839 --> 00:32:05.599
 Thank you

00:32:05.599 --> 00:32:06.059
 that you've

00:32:06.059 --> 00:32:06.900
 welcomed us.

00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:11.599
 and please

00:32:11.599 --> 00:32:12.680
 help us if

00:32:12.680 --> 00:32:13.980
 we are not

00:32:13.980 --> 00:32:14.640
 there yet

00:32:14.640 --> 00:32:17.220
 that we

00:32:17.220 --> 00:32:17.799
 would trust

00:32:17.799 --> 00:32:18.279
 you and

00:32:18.279 --> 00:32:19.200
 know that

00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:19.660
 we can be

00:32:19.660 --> 00:32:20.460
 part of it.

00:32:23.259 --> 00:32:24.019
 We ask

00:32:24.019 --> 00:32:24.400
 this in

00:32:24.400 --> 00:32:25.059
 Jesus name.

00:32:26.119 --> 00:32:26.579
 Amen.

00:32:26.579 --> 00:32:31.220
 Well we're

00:32:31.220 --> 00:32:31.439
 going to

00:32:31.439 --> 00:32:31.759
 sing

00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:33.519
 our

00:32:34.200 --> 00:32:34.519
 God

00:32:34.519 --> 00:32:37.559
 God