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 will you pray with me

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 Lord we ask you this morning

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 that by your grace

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 Lord you would help us

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 to hear

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 and obey your word

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 Lord may the words of my mouth

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 and the meditations of my heart

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 be acceptable in your sight

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 oh Lord

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 our rock and our redeemer

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 Lord would you make us all

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 have soft hearts

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 and ears that are alert

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 Lord help us to be

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 those who listen

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 and are changed by your word

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 oh Jesus be with us this morning we pray

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 in Jesus name

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 Amen

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 are we good Stephanie

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 okay

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 I can do this if you'd rather

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 yeah

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 let's do that

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 all right

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 is this better

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 all right good

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 so

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 question I want to ask you this morning is

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 what do you celebrate

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 and what does it look like

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 it was with great joy

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 that I watched the U.S.

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 women's national soccer team

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 celebrate their world cup championship

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 though not all of it was

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 perhaps the most God glorifying

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 there was wonderful celebration

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 of

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 their hard work and dedication

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 and their victory

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 in New York City

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 with a ticker tape parade

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 and

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 great celebration

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 crowds

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 and throngs of people

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 came

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 to celebrate

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 in this past month

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 we celebrated

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 the 4th of July

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 the founding of our country

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 and

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 the joy

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 of

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 living in a country

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 that does have

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 all of the blessings

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 that we have

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 in this country

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 it's also

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 July is a big

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 celebration month

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 in my family

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 there are celebrations

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 of birthdays

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 my daughter

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 turned 9

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 this

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 past month

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 as well as

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 other family members

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 and I know

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 there have been a few

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 weddings around here as well

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 and those are fun

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 celebrations

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 just to think about

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 all the different kinds

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 of celebrations

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 we have

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 big or small

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 there are things

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 that are common

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 to them all

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 people gather

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 and there is joy

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 often

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 with singing

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 and dancing

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 and good food

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 we celebrate

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 together

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 and declare

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 that something

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 is praiseworthy

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 something is

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 good

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 and worthy

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 of lifting up

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 and corporately

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 recognizing

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 and that's what

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 a celebration

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 is

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 now there are

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 some of us

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 who may struggle

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 to celebrate

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 some of us

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 for whom

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 today

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 or maybe

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 more broadly

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 that the pain

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 of our lives

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 are so great

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 that even

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 the best things

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 have dark hues

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 that hang

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 on our heart

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 sometimes

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 we struggle

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 to celebrate

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 because we don't

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 even see

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 the goodness

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 of the things

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 that are worthy

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 of celebrating

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 maybe in our

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 cynicism

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 we assume

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 that there must

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 be something

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 wrong with it

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 and therefore

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 are robbed

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 of the ability

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 to celebrate it

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 and sometimes

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 honestly

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 we're just

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 plain too

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 self-centered

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 to celebrate

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 anything else

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 that isn't

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 about ourselves

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 what do you

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 celebrate

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 this morning

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 we're going to

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 look at a passage

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 in scripture

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 where we see

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 the people of God

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 celebrating

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 a final act

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 of God

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 rebuilding

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 his people

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 if you've been

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 coming here

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 for a while

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 you know

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 we're preaching

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 through the book

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 of Nehemiah

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 and if you want

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 to turn there

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 you can turn

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 with me

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 to here

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 I'll look it up

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 for us

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 we're going to

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 turn to page

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 where is it

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 page 378

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 Nehemiah

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 we're going to

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 be looking at

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 chapters 11

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 and 12

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 and as you're

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 looking there

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 let me remind

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 you of where

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 Ezra and Nehemiah

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 fit in the bigger

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 story of the Bible

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 and where we are

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 in these books

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 in the story

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 of the Old Testament

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 we see that

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 after establishing

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 God's people

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 in his kingdom

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 they forsook

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 God

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 and worshipped

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 other gods

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 in their sin

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 and after

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 patiently

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 pursuing them

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 and warning them

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 finally God

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 brought them

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 in judgment

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 and took

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 the people of God

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 away in exile

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 the king

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 was dethroned

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 the city

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 of Jerusalem

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 the capital

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 was destroyed

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 the temple

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 where God's presence

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 was among his people

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 and where they worshipped

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 God

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 was raised

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 and the people

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 of God

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 were scattered

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 the books

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 of Ezra

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 and Nehemiah

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 are the story

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 of God

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 rebuilding

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 his people

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 after that

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 God

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 gathering

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 his people

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 from the nations

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 and bringing

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 them back

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 to the promised

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 land of Judah

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 God

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 rebuilding

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 the altar

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 and the temple

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 where they worshipped

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 God

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 God

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 rebuilding

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 the walls

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 of the city

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 God

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 restoring

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 his people

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 to holiness

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 and his submission

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 to the word

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 of God

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 as he taught

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 them and instructed

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 them again

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 as how to live

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 as God's people

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 and as we've come

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 through the book

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 of Ezra

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 and through the book

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 of Nehemiah

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 we're almost

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 at the end

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 we have seen

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 in Nehemiah

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 chapter 6

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 verse 16

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 that the wall

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 was finished

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 so the city

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 finally had

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 a wall again

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 which was common

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 in those days

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 that you needed

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 a wall

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 around the city

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 to protect it

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 it created

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 safety

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 and security

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 and it was

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 an important part

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 of what it meant

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 to be a city

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 so they built

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 the wall

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 and then in

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 Nehemiah

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 chapter 7

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 verse 4

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 we read this

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 the city

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 was wide

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 and large

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 but the people

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 within it

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 were few

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 and no houses

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 had been rebuilt

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 and so though

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 God had brought

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 his people back

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 and God had done

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 all this rebuilding

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 there was yet

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 a little more work

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 to be done

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 as God finishes

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 his work of rebuilding

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 we're going to look

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 at how God did that

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 we're going to look

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 at the celebration

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 of God doing that

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 we're going to look

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 at how he did that

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 in Nehemiah's day

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 we're going to look

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 at what it is

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 that they celebrated

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 in God's larger work

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 in the world

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 and then we're going

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 to look at what

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 that means

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 for us

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 today

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 so we start

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 in Nehemiah

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 chapter 11

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 now here's a

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 here's a heads up

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 Nehemiah chapter 11

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 verse 3

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 all the way through

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 to Nehemiah

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 chapter 12

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 verse 26

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 is a list of names

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 I'm not going

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 to read them

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 I will describe

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 to you what there is

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 but I'm not going

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 to read it

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 so I'm going to read

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 verses 1 and 2

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 of chapter 11

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 and then I'm going

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 to skip ahead

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 and read

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 in chapter 12

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 verse 27

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 and following

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 when we get

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 to that section

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 so that's what

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 we're going to do

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 as we look at

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 what God was doing

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 in Nehemiah's day

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 so look with me

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 at Nehemiah 11

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 verses 1 and 2

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 now the leaders

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 of the people

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 lived in Jerusalem

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 and the rest

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 of the people

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 cast lots

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 to bring 1 out of 10

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 to live in Jerusalem

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 the holy city

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 while 9 out of 10

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 remained in the other towns

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 and the people

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 blessed all the men

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 who were willing

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 who willingly offered

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 to live in Jerusalem

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 so the final movement

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 of God rebuilding

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 his people

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 is actually

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 populating the city

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 now the walls

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 are up

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 the gates

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 are in place

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 but the city

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 has been empty

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 that's what we saw

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 in chapter 7

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 verse 4

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 there wasn't enough

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 people there

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 and so God

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 moved the people

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 the leaders

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 had already committed

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 and moved

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 to be there

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 they had already

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 moved into the city

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 to commit

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 to being there

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 but there was a need

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 for more people

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 and so there was

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 a lottery

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 and 1 out of 10

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 people

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 were called

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 to move

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 from the surrounding

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 area

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 to move

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 into the city

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 and you notice

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 as you look ahead

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 in verses 3

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 through 24

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 that the people

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 who came in

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 were from all

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 the active

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 peoples of God

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 who are still there

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 all the tribes

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 the tribes of Benjamin

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 and the tribes of Judah

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 and the priests

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 and the Levites

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 all the people

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 who were actively

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 engaged in this

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 rebuilding project

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 1 out of 10

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 of them

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 moved into the city

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 and you have to

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 recognize

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 that this was

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 a big deal

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 this was a costly

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 move for them

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 because living

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 in a city

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 in those days

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 was actually

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 dangerous

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 it's like

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 you were putting

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 a target

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 on your back

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 for marauding armies

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 if you were

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 an invading army

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 you're not going

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 to march

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 through the countryside

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 and attack

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 random farmhouses

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 here and there

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 you're going

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 to go to the city

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 and you're going

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 to raise it

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 that's how you

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 conquer another country

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 and so to move

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 to the city

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 was to put yourself

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 in greater danger

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 not only was it

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 costly for that reason

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 but it was also costly

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 because you were

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 leaving farmland

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 that either had to be

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 tilled by someone

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 else on your behalf

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 or you were leaving it

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 and having to find

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 another means

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 of providing for yourself

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 while you lived

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 in the city

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 and so we see

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 that in verse 6

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 and verse 8

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 and verse 14

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 those who moved

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 to the city

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 were called valiant

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 or those with valor

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 they had courage

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 to take this step

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 and to move

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 into Jerusalem

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 one commentator

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 said that these

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 people who moved

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 were those

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 who were willing

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 to put God's program

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 over their

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 individual desires

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 and security

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 and so what we see

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 in the rest of this chapter

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 is in verses 3

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 through 24

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 we see an account

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 of the people

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 who moved to Jerusalem

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 and who lived

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 in the cities

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 and then we see

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 in chapter 11

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 verses 25

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 through 36

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 we hear

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 an accounting

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 of the people

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 who lived

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 around Jerusalem

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 in the surrounding

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 areas

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 in what had been

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 the land of Judah

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 and Benjamin

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 in the past

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 and then in the beginning

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 of verse 12

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 you have an account

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 of the priests

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 and the Levites

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 again those who served

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 in the temple

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 many of them lived

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 in the city

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 but many of them

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 did not

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 there was a rotation

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 for the Levites

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 where they would come

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 to the city

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 for two weeks

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 to serve in the temple

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 but most of the time

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 they would be out

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 living in the villages

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 and living somewhere else

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 the Levites

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 would come together

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 would come in

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 to do the service

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 that they were supposed

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 to do in the temple

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 in the worship

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 to serve the rebuilt nation

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 and part of what

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 I want you to see

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 in this long section

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 that's mostly feeling

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 like it's administration

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 is that

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 as God was rebuilding

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 his people

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 it was not a superficial thing

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 that he was doing

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 in their lives

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 but that it was asking them

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 to orient their lives

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 around worshiping him

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 and being a part

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 of what he was doing

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 such that

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 some people

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 had to actually

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 uproot their lives

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 and move somewhere else

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 not because of their own

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 personal desires

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 but for the sake

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 of the kingdom

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 and for the sake

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 of the rebuilding

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 of God's people

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 this leads us then

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 to chapter 12

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 verse 27

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 and following

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 which I'm going to read

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 and if you want to read

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 along with me

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 that would be great

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 Nehemiah chapter 12

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 verse 27

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 and at the dedication

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 of the wall

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 of Jerusalem

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 they sought the Levites

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 in all their places

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 to bring them

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 to Jerusalem

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 to celebrate

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 the dedication

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 with gladness

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 with thanksgivings

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 and with singing

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 with cymbals

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 harps

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 and lyres

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 and the sons

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 of the singers

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 gathered together

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 from the districts

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 surrounding Jerusalem

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 and from the villages

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 of the Nido-Faithites

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 and from Beth Gilgal

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 and from the region

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 of Geba

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 and from Asmaveth

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 from the singers

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 for the singers

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 had built

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 for themselves

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 villages

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 around Jerusalem

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 and the priests

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 and the Levites

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 purified themselves

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 and they purified

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 the people

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 and the gates

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 and the wall

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 then I brought

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 the leaders of Judah

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 up onto the wall

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 and appointed

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 two great choirs

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 that gave thanks

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 one went to the south

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 on the wall

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 to the dung gate

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 after them

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 went Hoshiah

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 and half of the leaders

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 of Judah

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 and Azariah

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 Ezra

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 Meshallam

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 Judah

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 Benjamin

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 Shemiah

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 and Jeremiah

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 and certain of the priest's

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 sons

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 with trumpets

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 Zechariah

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 the son of Jonathan

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 son of Shemiah

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 son of Mataniah

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 son of Micaiah

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 son of Zechur

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 son of Asaph

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 and his relatives

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 Shemiah

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 Ezra

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 Melali

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 Gilali

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 Ma'ai

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 Nathanael

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 Judah

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 and Hanani

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 and with the musical

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 instruments of David

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 the man of God

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 and Ezra the scribe

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 went with them

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 at the fountain gate

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 they went up

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 straight before them

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 by the stairs

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 of the city of David

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 at the ascent

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 of the wall

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 above the house

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 of David

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 to the water gate

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 on the east

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 and the other choir

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 of those who gave thanks

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 went to the north

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 and I followed them

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 with half the people

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 on the wall

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 above the tower

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 of the ovens

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 to the broad wall

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 and above the gate

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 of Ephraim

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 and by the gate

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 of Yashana

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 by the fish gate

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 and the tower

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 of Hananel

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 and the tower

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 of the hundred

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 to the sheep gate

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 and they came

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 to a halt

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 at the gate

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 of the guard

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 so both choirs

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 of those who gave thanks

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 stood in the house

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 of God

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 and I

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 and half of the officials

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 with me

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 and the priests

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 Eliakim

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 Maaseah

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 Miniamen

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 Micaiah

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 Eliohani

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 Zechariah

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 and Hananiah

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 with trumpets

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 and Maaseah

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 Shemaiah

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 Eleazar

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 Uzi

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 Jehohanan

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 Malkijah

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 Elam

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 and Ezer

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 and the singers

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 sang with

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 Jezrehiah

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 Jezrehiah

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 as their leader

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 and they offered

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 great sacrifices

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 that day

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 and rejoiced

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 for God

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 had made them

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 rejoice

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 with great joy

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 the women

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 and children

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 also rejoiced

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 and the joy

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 of Jerusalem

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 was heard

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 far away

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 so we didn't

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 escape the lists

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 did we

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 whoo

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 not only

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 did the people

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 orient their lives

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 around the rebuilding

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 to the point

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 where they would move

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 but then they gathered

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 they gathered

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 to have

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 a celebration

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 of joy

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 and you see

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 that

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 remember

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 the Levites

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 and priests

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 lived out town

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 so Nehemiah

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 called the Levites

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 and the priests

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 to come in

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 from the surrounding cities

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 called the singers

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 to come in

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 to be a part

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 of this grand celebration

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 he called the people

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 to gather together

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 because the wall

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 was finished

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 and he purified

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 the people

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 and the priests

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 and the Levites

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 and even the space

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 even the place

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 the walls

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 and the gates

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 they purified themselves

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 to set themselves apart

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 to worship God

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 and to give him thanks

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 and he divided

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 the two people

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 in the choirs

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 and it would be like

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 if you

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 we gathered here

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 and we split you up

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 into the left

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 and the right

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 and half of you

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 walked down

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 State Street

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 and then walked

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 down Chapel Street

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 all the way

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 across town

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 to say

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 Howe Street

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 and then you walked

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 up to Elm Street

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 and walked back

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 and the other half

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 would take Grove Street

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 and walk down

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 and would go down

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 to Elm Street

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 and would walk back

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 and they met

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 in the middle

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 at the house of God

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 in the plaza

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 outside the temple

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 and they sang songs

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 and they didn't just

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 sing songs

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 but they brought instruments

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 and they had a great celebration

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 and did you notice

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 verse 43

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 if you made it

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 through all those names

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 did you notice

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 verse 43

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 they offered great sacrifices

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 that day

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 and rejoiced

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 for God

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 had made them rejoice

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 with great joy

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 and the women

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 and the children

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 also rejoiced

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 this is like

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 the second time

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 in the whole two books

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 that the women

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 and children

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 are mentioned

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 and the writer

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 makes sure

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 to make sure

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 the whole people

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 gathered

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 to rejoice

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 in what God

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 had done

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 and this joy

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 was so great

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 that the joy

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 of Jerusalem

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 was heard

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 far away

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 what did they sing

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 when they gathered

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 well we don't know

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 for sure

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 but it's possible

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 that they sang

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 Psalm 48

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 as a part of it

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 and I just want to read

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 a part of this psalm

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 the whole psalm

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 is a rejoicing

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 about Zion

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 Jerusalem

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 but I'm just going to read

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 verses 9

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 through 14

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 this might have been

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 part of what they sang

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 as they gathered

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 we have thought

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 of your steadfast love

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 oh God

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 in the midst

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 of your temple

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 as your name

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 oh God

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 so your praise

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 reaches to the ends

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 of the earth

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 your right hand

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 is filled

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 with righteousness

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 let Mount Zion

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 be glad

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 let the daughters

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 of Judah

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 rejoice

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 because of your

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 judgments

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 walk around

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 Zion

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 go around her

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 number her towers

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 consider well

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 her ramparts

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 go through

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 her citadels

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 that you may tell

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 the next generation

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 that this

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 is God

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 our God

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 forever

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 and ever

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 he will guide us

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 forever

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 this was

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 perhaps

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 one of the songs

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 that they sang

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 rejoicing

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 in what God

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 had done

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 rejoicing

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 in his faithfulness

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 to rebuild

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 his people

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 and to rebuild

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 this city

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 and the joy

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 resounded

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 I was trying to think

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 when in our

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 modern world

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 has joy

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 resounded

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 like this

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 throughout the world

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 the best example

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 I could think of

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 is if you were alive

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 in 1989

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 if you were

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 aware

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 of what was going on

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 as

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 with the fall

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 of communism

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 and particularly

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 in the city of Berlin

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 as the Berlin Wall

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 fell

00:20:17.779 --> 00:20:20.000
 there was a celebration

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 and a joy

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 in the freedom

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 and the breaking down

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 of what had been

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 a horrible

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 breaking

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 of the community

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 there

00:20:29.799 --> 00:20:31.480
 that there was

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 a restoration

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 of the nation

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 and of the city

00:20:34.799 --> 00:20:36.579
 that rang out

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 not just there

00:20:37.680 --> 00:20:39.139
 but reverberated

00:20:39.139 --> 00:20:40.660
 throughout the world

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 there are probably

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 others

00:20:44.859 --> 00:20:47.279
 but in Jerusalem

00:20:47.279 --> 00:20:48.479
 they were rejoicing

00:20:48.479 --> 00:20:49.719
 not just the rebuilding

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 of a nation

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 not just the rebuilding

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 of a city

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 but they were rejoicing

00:20:55.399 --> 00:20:56.059
 in the rebuilding

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 of a people

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 and the restoration

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 of God's purposes

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 centered here

00:21:02.699 --> 00:21:03.639
 in this time

00:21:03.639 --> 00:21:06.179
 in God's redemptive history

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 in the city

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 of Jerusalem

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 and they rejoiced

00:21:10.719 --> 00:21:11.759
 with great joy

00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:14.920
 and what I want

00:21:14.920 --> 00:21:15.619
 to do next

00:21:15.619 --> 00:21:16.960
 in the next few minutes

00:21:16.960 --> 00:21:17.640
 is to spend

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 a little bit of time

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 answering the question

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 why

00:21:21.500 --> 00:21:23.799
 why was rebuilding

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 Jerusalem

00:21:24.559 --> 00:21:26.559
 such a big deal

00:21:26.559 --> 00:21:27.759
 for the people

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 of God

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 I'm going to look

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 at the Bible

00:21:31.200 --> 00:21:32.099
 to talk a little bit

00:21:32.099 --> 00:21:33.079
 about the significance

00:21:33.079 --> 00:21:33.900
 of Jerusalem

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 we're going to go back

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 in its history

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 leading up to this point

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 in Nehemiah

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 and then we're going

00:21:39.180 --> 00:21:39.740
 to look ahead

00:21:39.740 --> 00:21:41.059
 and see what God

00:21:41.059 --> 00:21:41.880
 has to say

00:21:41.880 --> 00:21:43.819
 about the theology

00:21:43.819 --> 00:21:44.539
 of Jerusalem

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 and its significance

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 in God's plan

00:21:47.240 --> 00:21:50.700
 as we do so

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 we're going to be

00:21:51.339 --> 00:21:52.299
 flipping through the Bible

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 I don't necessarily

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 expect you to keep up

00:21:55.259 --> 00:21:55.960
 because we're going

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 to be looking

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 at a lot of verses

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 but if you just want

00:21:58.180 --> 00:21:58.720
 to write down

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 the references

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 I'll try to repeat them

00:22:00.400 --> 00:22:01.400
 so you can write them down

00:22:01.400 --> 00:22:02.359
 and look them up later

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 if you want to

00:22:03.120 --> 00:22:04.559
 so the first place

00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:05.299
 that we see

00:22:05.299 --> 00:22:06.420
 Jerusalem becoming

00:22:06.420 --> 00:22:07.299
 really significant

00:22:07.299 --> 00:22:08.160
 apart from back

00:22:08.160 --> 00:22:08.720
 in Genesis

00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:09.620
 where Abraham

00:22:09.620 --> 00:22:10.339
 meets a guy

00:22:10.339 --> 00:22:11.339
 who's the king

00:22:11.339 --> 00:22:12.299
 of Salem

00:22:12.299 --> 00:22:13.600
 which is Jerusalem

00:22:13.600 --> 00:22:14.920
 Melchizedek

00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:15.600
 but that's a whole

00:22:15.600 --> 00:22:16.160
 other story

00:22:16.160 --> 00:22:17.019
 so that you kind

00:22:17.019 --> 00:22:17.380
 of have a

00:22:17.380 --> 00:22:18.900
 there's something there

00:22:18.900 --> 00:22:19.680
 but the first time

00:22:19.680 --> 00:22:20.539
 you really see

00:22:20.539 --> 00:22:21.680
 the city begin

00:22:21.680 --> 00:22:22.700
 to take a big place

00:22:22.700 --> 00:22:23.799
 is in 2 Samuel

00:22:23.799 --> 00:22:24.980
 chapter 5

00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:26.900
 verses 6 through 10

00:22:26.900 --> 00:22:28.759
 where David

00:22:28.759 --> 00:22:30.660
 the newly risen

00:22:30.660 --> 00:22:32.100
 the newly appointed

00:22:32.100 --> 00:22:32.880
 king

00:22:32.880 --> 00:22:34.120
 of the people

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 of Israel

00:22:34.779 --> 00:22:35.819
 after the failure

00:22:35.819 --> 00:22:36.960
 of Saul's kingship

00:22:36.960 --> 00:22:37.880
 as David

00:22:37.880 --> 00:22:38.660
 is ascending

00:22:38.660 --> 00:22:39.440
 to his throne

00:22:39.440 --> 00:22:39.980
 as he is

00:22:39.980 --> 00:22:41.259
 consolidating

00:22:41.259 --> 00:22:41.700
 the people

00:22:41.700 --> 00:22:42.360
 and as he is

00:22:42.360 --> 00:22:43.140
 establishing

00:22:43.140 --> 00:22:44.299
 the kingdom

00:22:44.299 --> 00:22:45.160
 of Israel

00:22:45.160 --> 00:22:47.079
 in a profound way

00:22:47.079 --> 00:22:48.799
 in verses 6 through 10

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 he conquers

00:22:50.000 --> 00:22:50.920
 the city

00:22:50.920 --> 00:22:51.819
 of Jerusalem

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 which the Jebusites

00:22:53.440 --> 00:22:54.900
 said he could never do

00:22:54.900 --> 00:22:55.880
 and he said

00:22:55.880 --> 00:22:56.779
 the city was

00:22:56.779 --> 00:22:57.600
 they said the city

00:22:57.600 --> 00:22:58.400
 was so strong

00:22:58.400 --> 00:22:59.059
 that the lame

00:22:59.059 --> 00:22:59.620
 and the blind

00:22:59.620 --> 00:23:00.440
 could protect them

00:23:00.440 --> 00:23:01.240
 and David

00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:02.400
 would have no chance

00:23:02.400 --> 00:23:02.779
 well

00:23:02.779 --> 00:23:04.319
 God was with David

00:23:04.319 --> 00:23:05.059
 and in fact

00:23:05.059 --> 00:23:05.779
 they did

00:23:05.779 --> 00:23:07.779
 conquer Jerusalem

00:23:07.779 --> 00:23:08.660
 that day

00:23:08.660 --> 00:23:09.960
 and they settled it

00:23:09.960 --> 00:23:11.720
 as a capital city

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 and David

00:23:13.079 --> 00:23:15.079
 made Jerusalem

00:23:15.079 --> 00:23:16.039
 the seat

00:23:16.039 --> 00:23:17.500
 where the king

00:23:17.500 --> 00:23:18.039
 sat

00:23:18.039 --> 00:23:18.700
 and ruled

00:23:18.700 --> 00:23:19.920
 over God's people

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 and then you see

00:23:22.119 --> 00:23:23.000
 further on

00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:23.559
 in the story

00:23:23.559 --> 00:23:24.920
 in 2 Chronicles

00:23:24.920 --> 00:23:26.059
 chapter 7

00:23:26.059 --> 00:23:27.460
 you see that

00:23:27.460 --> 00:23:28.319
 not only was it

00:23:28.319 --> 00:23:30.379
 the seat of the king

00:23:30.379 --> 00:23:31.139
 was established

00:23:31.140 --> 00:23:32.240
 but then in Jerusalem

00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:33.380
 as Solomon

00:23:33.380 --> 00:23:34.180
 David's son

00:23:34.180 --> 00:23:35.600
 built the temple

00:23:35.600 --> 00:23:36.040
 there

00:23:36.040 --> 00:23:36.940
 they had been

00:23:36.940 --> 00:23:38.120
 using a tabernacle

00:23:38.120 --> 00:23:39.120
 portable worship

00:23:39.120 --> 00:23:39.700
 service

00:23:39.700 --> 00:23:40.740
 type of thing

00:23:40.740 --> 00:23:41.560
 and God said

00:23:41.560 --> 00:23:41.840
 no

00:23:41.840 --> 00:23:43.320
 now Solomon

00:23:43.320 --> 00:23:43.780
 was going to

00:23:43.780 --> 00:23:44.880
 build the temple

00:23:44.880 --> 00:23:45.780
 where there would be

00:23:45.780 --> 00:23:46.900
 a permanent place

00:23:46.900 --> 00:23:48.259
 where God would dwell

00:23:48.259 --> 00:23:49.759
 with his people

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 and so we read

00:23:52.980 --> 00:23:54.700
 in 2 Chronicles 7

00:23:54.700 --> 00:23:55.300
 3

00:23:55.300 --> 00:23:57.160
 when all the people

00:23:57.160 --> 00:23:57.660
 of Israel

00:23:57.660 --> 00:23:58.600
 saw the fire

00:23:58.600 --> 00:23:59.300
 come down

00:23:59.300 --> 00:24:00.259
 and the glory

00:24:00.259 --> 00:24:01.079
 of the Lord

00:24:01.079 --> 00:24:01.879
 on the temple

00:24:01.879 --> 00:24:03.420
 they bowed down

00:24:03.420 --> 00:24:04.180
 with their faces

00:24:04.180 --> 00:24:05.079
 to the ground

00:24:05.079 --> 00:24:06.180
 on the pavement

00:24:06.180 --> 00:24:07.000
 and worshipped

00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:07.859
 and gave thanks

00:24:07.859 --> 00:24:08.460
 to the Lord

00:24:08.460 --> 00:24:10.160
 saying for he is good

00:24:10.160 --> 00:24:12.140
 and his steadfast love

00:24:12.140 --> 00:24:13.460
 endures forever

00:24:13.460 --> 00:24:16.920
 for in that temple

00:24:16.920 --> 00:24:18.099
 God manifested

00:24:18.099 --> 00:24:18.879
 his glory

00:24:18.879 --> 00:24:20.160
 on the earth

00:24:20.160 --> 00:24:20.799
 he said

00:24:20.799 --> 00:24:21.539
 I will come

00:24:21.539 --> 00:24:22.200
 and dwell

00:24:22.200 --> 00:24:22.960
 in the midst

00:24:22.960 --> 00:24:23.720
 of my people

00:24:23.720 --> 00:24:25.000
 in a unique way

00:24:25.000 --> 00:24:27.180
 by manifesting

00:24:27.180 --> 00:24:27.759
 his glory

00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:28.460
 in the temple

00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:29.600
 and so not only

00:24:29.600 --> 00:24:30.480
 was Jerusalem

00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:31.059
 the place

00:24:31.059 --> 00:24:31.680
 where the king

00:24:31.680 --> 00:24:32.240
 reigned

00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:33.140
 but it was also

00:24:33.140 --> 00:24:33.579
 the place

00:24:33.579 --> 00:24:34.340
 where God

00:24:34.340 --> 00:24:36.740
 lived among

00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:38.000
 and with his people

00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:41.240
 and yet as we

00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:42.200
 recounted earlier

00:24:42.200 --> 00:24:42.980
 that kingdom

00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:44.079
 did not last

00:24:44.079 --> 00:24:44.880
 that kingdom

00:24:44.880 --> 00:24:45.519
 failed

00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:46.579
 the people

00:24:46.579 --> 00:24:47.140
 failed

00:24:47.140 --> 00:24:48.259
 and ultimately

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:48.840
 God

00:24:48.840 --> 00:24:50.360
 raised

00:24:50.360 --> 00:24:51.460
 allowed the city

00:24:51.460 --> 00:24:52.559
 to be destroyed

00:24:52.559 --> 00:24:53.279
 in judgment

00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:55.180
 and so Ezra and Nehemiah

00:24:55.180 --> 00:24:55.980
 were seeing God

00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:57.160
 rebuilding that

00:24:57.160 --> 00:24:58.620
 and restoring that

00:24:58.620 --> 00:25:00.120
 and all the hopes

00:25:00.120 --> 00:25:01.240
 of the people of Israel

00:25:01.240 --> 00:25:02.960
 were in this restoration

00:25:02.960 --> 00:25:05.519
 and we read a little bit

00:25:05.519 --> 00:25:07.079
 in the prophet Isaiah

00:25:07.079 --> 00:25:08.120
 it's fascinating

00:25:08.120 --> 00:25:09.299
 reading the book of Isaiah

00:25:09.299 --> 00:25:10.440
 through the lens

00:25:10.440 --> 00:25:11.620
 of what is God

00:25:11.620 --> 00:25:12.380
 doing in Jerusalem

00:25:12.380 --> 00:25:14.039
 that's an assignment

00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:15.079
 for extra credit

00:25:15.079 --> 00:25:15.920
 if you want to read

00:25:15.920 --> 00:25:16.980
 Isaiah

00:25:16.980 --> 00:25:18.120
 through the lens

00:25:18.120 --> 00:25:18.579
 of Jerusalem

00:25:18.579 --> 00:25:19.720
 it's a fascinating read

00:25:19.720 --> 00:25:22.900
 but what you see

00:25:22.900 --> 00:25:24.140
 at the end of Isaiah

00:25:24.140 --> 00:25:25.720
 is that he began

00:25:25.720 --> 00:25:26.800
 to talk of Jerusalem

00:25:26.800 --> 00:25:28.140
 not just as

00:25:28.140 --> 00:25:29.580
 the physical city

00:25:29.580 --> 00:25:30.160
 but he began

00:25:30.160 --> 00:25:31.160
 to cast a vision

00:25:31.160 --> 00:25:32.480
 for what it might be

00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:33.280
 in the future

00:25:33.280 --> 00:25:35.800
 and so in Isaiah 62

00:25:35.800 --> 00:25:37.740
 10 through 12

00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:39.440
 Jerusalem is not just

00:25:39.440 --> 00:25:39.860
 the place

00:25:39.860 --> 00:25:40.600
 where God's people

00:25:40.600 --> 00:25:41.000
 gather

00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:41.759
 but it's a place

00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:43.100
 where God's people

00:25:43.100 --> 00:25:44.300
 not just the nation

00:25:44.300 --> 00:25:44.800
 of Israel

00:25:44.800 --> 00:25:46.120
 but from all nations

00:25:46.120 --> 00:25:46.700
 gather

00:25:46.700 --> 00:25:48.440
 not bounded

00:25:48.440 --> 00:25:50.160
 but expanding

00:25:50.160 --> 00:25:51.360
 to include peoples

00:25:51.360 --> 00:25:53.060
 from all the world

00:25:53.059 --> 00:25:55.559
 and so Isaiah 62

00:25:55.559 --> 00:25:57.500
 verses 10 through 12

00:25:57.500 --> 00:25:58.319
 say this

00:25:58.319 --> 00:26:00.019
 go through

00:26:00.019 --> 00:26:01.220
 go through the gates

00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:02.659
 prepare the way

00:26:02.659 --> 00:26:03.419
 for the people

00:26:03.419 --> 00:26:04.539
 build up

00:26:04.539 --> 00:26:05.720
 build up the highway

00:26:05.720 --> 00:26:07.220
 clear it of the stones

00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:08.819
 lift up a signal

00:26:08.819 --> 00:26:10.000
 over the peoples

00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:11.139
 behold

00:26:11.139 --> 00:26:12.559
 the Lord has proclaimed

00:26:12.559 --> 00:26:13.440
 to the ends

00:26:13.440 --> 00:26:14.200
 of the earth

00:26:14.200 --> 00:26:15.899
 say to the daughters

00:26:15.899 --> 00:26:16.639
 of Zion

00:26:16.639 --> 00:26:17.819
 behold

00:26:17.819 --> 00:26:19.519
 your salvation comes

00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:20.399
 behold

00:26:20.399 --> 00:26:21.319
 his reward

00:26:21.319 --> 00:26:22.099
 is with him

00:26:22.099 --> 00:26:23.439
 and his recompense

00:26:23.439 --> 00:26:24.799
 before him

00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:26.480
 and they shall be

00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:27.740
 called the holy people

00:26:27.740 --> 00:26:28.500
 the redeemed

00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:29.200
 of the Lord

00:26:29.200 --> 00:26:30.779
 and you shall be

00:26:30.779 --> 00:26:31.259
 called

00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:32.159
 sought out

00:26:32.159 --> 00:26:33.399
 a city

00:26:33.399 --> 00:26:35.039
 not forsaken

00:26:35.039 --> 00:26:38.740
 now if you're

00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:39.319
 wondering where

00:26:39.319 --> 00:26:40.460
 Jerusalem was

00:26:40.460 --> 00:26:41.480
 in that sentence

00:26:41.480 --> 00:26:42.679
 or in those verses

00:26:42.679 --> 00:26:44.480
 recognize that

00:26:44.480 --> 00:26:45.039
 Zion

00:26:45.039 --> 00:26:47.240
 is a synonym

00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:48.179
 for Jerusalem

00:26:48.179 --> 00:26:49.319
 in the Old Testament

00:26:49.319 --> 00:26:50.799
 when the Old Testament

00:26:50.799 --> 00:26:52.179
 talks about Zion

00:26:52.179 --> 00:26:52.960
 they're talking

00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:53.899
 about Jerusalem

00:26:53.899 --> 00:26:55.379
 this place

00:26:55.379 --> 00:26:56.439
 this city

00:26:56.439 --> 00:26:57.419
 on a hill

00:26:57.419 --> 00:26:58.019
 that God

00:26:58.019 --> 00:26:58.759
 has established

00:26:58.759 --> 00:26:59.679
 to be the center

00:26:59.679 --> 00:27:00.399
 of his work

00:27:00.399 --> 00:27:01.859
 in the Old Testament

00:27:01.859 --> 00:27:03.740
 and Isaiah

00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:04.359
 then

00:27:04.359 --> 00:27:06.179
 a few chapters

00:27:06.179 --> 00:27:06.559
 later

00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:07.819
 in Isaiah 65

00:27:07.819 --> 00:27:10.639
 continues to expand

00:27:10.639 --> 00:27:11.339
 his vision

00:27:11.339 --> 00:27:12.259
 for what Jerusalem

00:27:12.259 --> 00:27:12.899
 is

00:27:12.899 --> 00:27:14.179
 as he speaks

00:27:14.179 --> 00:27:14.700
 the words

00:27:14.700 --> 00:27:15.279
 of the Lord

00:27:15.279 --> 00:27:16.159
 to his people

00:27:16.160 --> 00:27:17.460
 for behold

00:27:17.460 --> 00:27:18.380
 I create

00:27:18.380 --> 00:27:19.140
 new heavens

00:27:19.140 --> 00:27:20.000
 and a new earth

00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:20.940
 and the former things

00:27:20.940 --> 00:27:22.080
 shall not be remembered

00:27:22.080 --> 00:27:23.060
 or come to mind

00:27:23.060 --> 00:27:24.279
 but be glad

00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:24.980
 and rejoice

00:27:24.980 --> 00:27:25.620
 forever

00:27:25.620 --> 00:27:27.500
 in that which I create

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:28.420
 for behold

00:27:28.420 --> 00:27:29.300
 I create

00:27:29.300 --> 00:27:29.960
 Jerusalem

00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:31.740
 to be a joy

00:27:31.740 --> 00:27:33.019
 and her people

00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:34.500
 to be a gladness

00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:35.980
 I will rejoice

00:27:35.980 --> 00:27:36.700
 in Jerusalem

00:27:36.700 --> 00:27:37.580
 and be glad

00:27:37.580 --> 00:27:38.380
 in my people

00:27:38.380 --> 00:27:39.380
 no more

00:27:39.380 --> 00:27:40.660
 shall be heard

00:27:40.660 --> 00:27:42.140
 in it

00:27:42.140 --> 00:27:43.380
 the sound of weeping

00:27:43.380 --> 00:27:44.620
 and the cry

00:27:44.620 --> 00:27:45.580
 of distress

00:27:45.579 --> 00:27:47.839
 and this was

00:27:47.839 --> 00:27:48.259
 the message

00:27:48.259 --> 00:27:48.679
 of hope

00:27:48.679 --> 00:27:49.319
 that Isaiah

00:27:49.319 --> 00:27:49.960
 was bringing

00:27:49.960 --> 00:27:52.119
 during the end

00:27:52.119 --> 00:27:53.220
 of the kingdom

00:27:53.220 --> 00:27:54.819
 right on the brink

00:27:54.819 --> 00:27:55.899
 of the exile

00:27:55.899 --> 00:27:57.039
 he was saying

00:27:57.039 --> 00:27:58.159
 God will not

00:27:58.159 --> 00:27:59.119
 abandon his people

00:27:59.119 --> 00:28:00.179
 but there is a Jerusalem

00:28:00.179 --> 00:28:01.279
 yet to come

00:28:01.279 --> 00:28:02.339
 that is going to be

00:28:02.339 --> 00:28:03.099
 even greater

00:28:03.099 --> 00:28:03.879
 than this one

00:28:03.879 --> 00:28:04.819
 that you are seeing

00:28:04.819 --> 00:28:06.859
 being destroyed

00:28:06.859 --> 00:28:09.720
 Isaiah began

00:28:09.720 --> 00:28:10.559
 to see that

00:28:10.559 --> 00:28:11.119
 Jerusalem

00:28:11.119 --> 00:28:12.319
 wasn't just

00:28:12.319 --> 00:28:13.379
 a town

00:28:13.379 --> 00:28:14.740
 and a geopolitical

00:28:14.740 --> 00:28:15.319
 entity

00:28:15.319 --> 00:28:16.439
 but it was

00:28:16.439 --> 00:28:17.500
 also an idea

00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:18.619
 it was a symbol

00:28:18.619 --> 00:28:19.579
 it was a picture

00:28:19.579 --> 00:28:20.960
 of what God

00:28:20.960 --> 00:28:21.460
 was doing

00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:21.960
 in building

00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:22.619
 his kingdom

00:28:22.619 --> 00:28:25.359
 and so then

00:28:25.359 --> 00:28:25.899
 we read

00:28:25.899 --> 00:28:26.599
 in the history

00:28:26.599 --> 00:28:27.759
 Ezra and Nehemiah

00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:28.460
 and the rebuilding

00:28:28.460 --> 00:28:29.399
 of this physical

00:28:29.399 --> 00:28:30.419
 place

00:28:30.419 --> 00:28:31.079
 and this

00:28:31.079 --> 00:28:31.939
 reestablishment

00:28:31.939 --> 00:28:32.859
 of this physical

00:28:32.859 --> 00:28:33.299
 kingdom

00:28:33.299 --> 00:28:34.559
 and reestablishing

00:28:34.559 --> 00:28:35.259
 of the worship

00:28:35.259 --> 00:28:36.179
 in a physical

00:28:36.179 --> 00:28:36.700
 temple

00:28:36.700 --> 00:28:37.740
 and yet

00:28:37.740 --> 00:28:39.700
 and yet

00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:40.379
 it seems

00:28:40.379 --> 00:28:41.539
 that the New Testament

00:28:41.539 --> 00:28:42.379
 or the Old Testament

00:28:42.379 --> 00:28:43.139
 has pointed us

00:28:43.140 --> 00:28:43.700
 to something

00:28:43.700 --> 00:28:44.200
 greater

00:28:44.200 --> 00:28:45.040
 and that's

00:28:45.040 --> 00:28:45.680
 exactly what

00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:46.200
 we see

00:28:46.200 --> 00:28:47.160
 in the New Testament

00:28:47.160 --> 00:28:50.720
 without it being

00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:51.740
 a major theme

00:28:51.740 --> 00:28:53.500
 all of Jesus

00:28:53.500 --> 00:28:54.980
 significant redemptive

00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:55.380
 work

00:28:55.380 --> 00:28:56.600
 his birth

00:28:56.600 --> 00:28:57.640
 his death

00:28:57.640 --> 00:28:58.600
 his resurrection

00:28:58.599 --> 00:29:00.219
 all happen

00:29:00.219 --> 00:29:01.500
 in Jerusalem

00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:04.439
 it is there

00:29:04.439 --> 00:29:05.199
 that God

00:29:05.199 --> 00:29:06.500
 does his work

00:29:06.500 --> 00:29:08.619
 of redeeming

00:29:08.619 --> 00:29:09.759
 people from sin

00:29:09.759 --> 00:29:10.579
 through the death

00:29:10.579 --> 00:29:11.619
 of his very son

00:29:11.619 --> 00:29:15.299
 and what we see

00:29:15.299 --> 00:29:16.500
 flowing out of that

00:29:16.500 --> 00:29:17.619
 in the hope

00:29:17.619 --> 00:29:18.639
 of the gospel

00:29:18.639 --> 00:29:19.839
 in the people

00:29:19.839 --> 00:29:20.339
 of God

00:29:20.339 --> 00:29:21.240
 that is created

00:29:21.240 --> 00:29:25.000
 by faith

00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:25.539
 in Jesus

00:29:25.539 --> 00:29:26.160
 as God

00:29:26.160 --> 00:29:26.900
 is gathering

00:29:26.900 --> 00:29:27.259
 a people

00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:27.599
 as God

00:29:27.599 --> 00:29:28.440
 is expanding

00:29:28.440 --> 00:29:29.220
 his people

00:29:29.220 --> 00:29:31.319
 is that they

00:29:31.319 --> 00:29:32.059
 recognize

00:29:32.059 --> 00:29:32.620
 that their

00:29:32.620 --> 00:29:33.140
 citizenship

00:29:33.140 --> 00:29:34.140
 is no longer

00:29:34.140 --> 00:29:34.859
 in a nation

00:29:34.859 --> 00:29:36.180
 here or there

00:29:36.180 --> 00:29:37.220
 but their primary

00:29:37.220 --> 00:29:37.980
 and ultimate

00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:38.680
 citizenship

00:29:38.680 --> 00:29:41.059
 is to be a part

00:29:41.059 --> 00:29:41.620
 of the people

00:29:41.620 --> 00:29:42.180
 of God

00:29:42.180 --> 00:29:43.579
 their citizenship

00:29:43.579 --> 00:29:44.420
 is in heaven

00:29:44.420 --> 00:29:45.660
 and as we read

00:29:45.660 --> 00:29:46.480
 earlier in Hebrews

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:46.920
 11

00:29:46.920 --> 00:29:48.220
 their hope

00:29:48.220 --> 00:29:50.079
 was to be a part

00:29:50.079 --> 00:29:51.240
 of a heavenly kingdom

00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:52.699
 that God

00:29:52.699 --> 00:29:53.439
 would establish

00:29:53.439 --> 00:29:54.139
 and so

00:29:54.139 --> 00:29:55.639
 Hebrews

00:29:55.639 --> 00:29:56.539
 picks up this

00:29:56.539 --> 00:29:57.000
 theme

00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:57.759
 richly

00:29:57.759 --> 00:29:58.919
 Hebrews 11

00:29:58.919 --> 00:29:59.439
 16

00:29:59.439 --> 00:30:00.179
 as we read

00:30:00.179 --> 00:30:00.519
 earlier

00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:01.240
 but as it is

00:30:01.240 --> 00:30:01.899
 they desire

00:30:01.899 --> 00:30:02.879
 a better country

00:30:02.879 --> 00:30:04.159
 that is a heavenly

00:30:04.159 --> 00:30:04.639
 one

00:30:04.639 --> 00:30:05.299
 therefore God

00:30:05.299 --> 00:30:06.139
 is not ashamed

00:30:06.139 --> 00:30:07.179
 to be called

00:30:07.179 --> 00:30:07.819
 their God

00:30:07.819 --> 00:30:08.339
 for he has

00:30:08.339 --> 00:30:09.319
 prepared for them

00:30:09.319 --> 00:30:10.359
 a city

00:30:10.359 --> 00:30:13.679
 and we see

00:30:13.679 --> 00:30:14.179
 then in

00:30:14.179 --> 00:30:15.519
 Hebrews 12

00:30:15.519 --> 00:30:16.079
 as Jeff

00:30:16.079 --> 00:30:16.659
 read some

00:30:16.659 --> 00:30:17.179
 earlier

00:30:17.179 --> 00:30:18.419
 18 through

00:30:18.419 --> 00:30:19.079
 24

00:30:19.079 --> 00:30:20.659
 that the

00:30:20.659 --> 00:30:20.939
 kingdom

00:30:20.939 --> 00:30:21.759
 of God

00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:22.759
 established

00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:23.759
 in Christ

00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:24.759
 the new

00:30:24.759 --> 00:30:25.319
 people of

00:30:25.319 --> 00:30:25.519
 God

00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:25.960
 that we

00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:26.919
 are joined

00:30:26.919 --> 00:30:28.000
 to by faith

00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:29.199
 have come

00:30:29.199 --> 00:30:30.139
 to a new

00:30:30.139 --> 00:30:31.519
 Jerusalem

00:30:31.519 --> 00:30:32.539
 a new

00:30:32.539 --> 00:30:32.980
 city

00:30:32.980 --> 00:30:34.220
 a new

00:30:34.220 --> 00:30:34.879
 citizenship

00:30:34.879 --> 00:30:35.480
 a new

00:30:35.480 --> 00:30:35.960
 place

00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:36.480
 where we

00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:36.960
 live

00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:38.899
 he casts

00:30:38.899 --> 00:30:39.359
 a vision

00:30:39.359 --> 00:30:40.000
 for a

00:30:40.000 --> 00:30:40.919
 Jerusalem

00:30:40.919 --> 00:30:41.740
 that is a

00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:42.139
 heavenly

00:30:42.139 --> 00:30:42.819
 and a future

00:30:42.819 --> 00:30:43.419
 creation

00:30:43.419 --> 00:30:43.819
 where we

00:30:43.819 --> 00:30:44.319
 will enter

00:30:44.319 --> 00:30:44.939
 into the

00:30:44.939 --> 00:30:45.220
 fullness

00:30:45.220 --> 00:30:45.919
 of joy

00:30:45.919 --> 00:30:46.919
 and enjoy

00:30:46.919 --> 00:30:47.500
 the fullness

00:30:47.500 --> 00:30:48.319
 of the fruit

00:30:48.319 --> 00:30:49.439
 of Christ's

00:30:49.439 --> 00:30:49.740
 death

00:30:49.740 --> 00:30:50.759
 and resurrection

00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:51.859
 for us

00:30:51.859 --> 00:30:56.559
 finally

00:30:56.559 --> 00:30:58.039
 we turn

00:30:58.039 --> 00:30:58.579
 to the very

00:30:58.579 --> 00:30:59.059
 end

00:30:59.059 --> 00:30:59.579
 of the

00:30:59.579 --> 00:30:59.939
 Bible

00:30:59.939 --> 00:31:01.539
 Revelation

00:31:01.539 --> 00:31:02.379
 21

00:31:02.379 --> 00:31:03.200
 gives us

00:31:03.200 --> 00:31:04.779
 a vision

00:31:04.779 --> 00:31:05.399
 as the

00:31:05.399 --> 00:31:06.179
 apostle John

00:31:06.179 --> 00:31:06.980
 received it

00:31:06.980 --> 00:31:07.799
 a vision

00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:08.179
 of the

00:31:08.179 --> 00:31:08.659
 God's

00:31:08.659 --> 00:31:09.119
 future

00:31:09.119 --> 00:31:09.659
 work

00:31:09.659 --> 00:31:11.159
 that will

00:31:11.159 --> 00:31:11.619
 echo

00:31:11.619 --> 00:31:13.659
 and establish

00:31:13.660 --> 00:31:14.940
 what Isaiah

00:31:14.940 --> 00:31:15.920
 had foretold

00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:18.440
 so in

00:31:18.440 --> 00:31:19.800
 Revelation

00:31:19.800 --> 00:31:20.500
 21

00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:21.279
 verses 1

00:31:21.279 --> 00:31:21.920
 through 3

00:31:21.920 --> 00:31:22.900
 we see

00:31:22.900 --> 00:31:23.360
 this

00:31:23.360 --> 00:31:25.779
 then I saw

00:31:25.779 --> 00:31:26.100
 a new

00:31:26.100 --> 00:31:26.480
 heaven

00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:27.000
 and a new

00:31:27.000 --> 00:31:27.360
 earth

00:31:27.360 --> 00:31:27.740
 for the

00:31:27.740 --> 00:31:28.320
 first heaven

00:31:28.320 --> 00:31:28.600
 and the

00:31:28.600 --> 00:31:29.060
 first earth

00:31:29.060 --> 00:31:29.540
 had passed

00:31:29.540 --> 00:31:29.820
 away

00:31:29.820 --> 00:31:30.080
 and the

00:31:30.080 --> 00:31:30.279
 sea

00:31:30.279 --> 00:31:30.759
 was no

00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:31.140
 more

00:31:31.140 --> 00:31:32.120
 and I

00:31:32.120 --> 00:31:32.519
 saw

00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:32.800
 the

00:31:32.800 --> 00:31:33.120
 holy

00:31:33.120 --> 00:31:33.680
 city

00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:34.500
 new

00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:35.060
 Jerusalem

00:31:35.060 --> 00:31:35.640
 coming

00:31:35.640 --> 00:31:36.200
 down

00:31:36.200 --> 00:31:36.820
 out of

00:31:36.820 --> 00:31:37.160
 heaven

00:31:37.160 --> 00:31:37.600
 from

00:31:37.600 --> 00:31:38.080
 God

00:31:38.080 --> 00:31:39.060
 prepared

00:31:39.060 --> 00:31:39.580
 as a

00:31:39.580 --> 00:31:39.940
 bride

00:31:39.940 --> 00:31:40.540
 adorned

00:31:40.539 --> 00:31:40.940
 for her

00:31:40.940 --> 00:31:41.399
 husband

00:31:41.399 --> 00:31:42.379
 and I

00:31:42.379 --> 00:31:42.740
 heard a

00:31:42.740 --> 00:31:43.000
 loud

00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:43.519
 voice

00:31:43.519 --> 00:31:43.940
 from the

00:31:43.940 --> 00:31:44.359
 throne

00:31:44.359 --> 00:31:44.839
 saying

00:31:44.839 --> 00:31:45.460
 behold

00:31:45.460 --> 00:31:46.139
 the

00:31:46.139 --> 00:31:46.539
 dwelling

00:31:46.539 --> 00:31:47.059
 place

00:31:47.059 --> 00:31:47.559
 of God

00:31:47.559 --> 00:31:47.980
 is with

00:31:47.980 --> 00:31:48.440
 man

00:31:48.440 --> 00:31:49.000
 he will

00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:49.279
 dwell

00:31:49.279 --> 00:31:49.799
 with them

00:31:49.799 --> 00:31:50.539
 and they

00:31:50.539 --> 00:31:50.960
 will be

00:31:50.960 --> 00:31:51.619
 his people

00:31:51.619 --> 00:31:52.339
 and God

00:31:52.339 --> 00:31:52.899
 himself

00:31:52.899 --> 00:31:53.740
 will be

00:31:53.740 --> 00:31:54.619
 with them

00:31:54.619 --> 00:31:55.680
 as

00:31:55.680 --> 00:31:56.420
 their

00:31:56.420 --> 00:31:57.079
 God

00:31:57.079 --> 00:32:03.700
 apostle

00:32:03.700 --> 00:32:04.019
 John

00:32:04.019 --> 00:32:04.460
 goes on

00:32:04.460 --> 00:32:05.379
 and describes

00:32:05.379 --> 00:32:06.639
 the city

00:32:06.639 --> 00:32:07.839
 he describes

00:32:07.839 --> 00:32:08.619
 its perfect

00:32:08.619 --> 00:32:09.240
 proportions

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:10.880
 he describes

00:32:10.880 --> 00:32:11.339
 it as

00:32:11.339 --> 00:32:12.099
 a city

00:32:12.099 --> 00:32:12.740
 adorned

00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:13.059
 with a

00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:13.480
 beauty

00:32:13.480 --> 00:32:14.319
 that is

00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:14.759
 greater

00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:15.220
 than the

00:32:15.220 --> 00:32:15.440
 most

00:32:15.440 --> 00:32:15.940
 precious

00:32:15.940 --> 00:32:16.640
 of metals

00:32:16.640 --> 00:32:17.759
 and gemstones

00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:18.660
 that its

00:32:18.660 --> 00:32:19.180
 glory

00:32:19.180 --> 00:32:19.759
 is an

00:32:19.759 --> 00:32:20.779
 unimaginable

00:32:20.779 --> 00:32:21.319
 beauty

00:32:21.319 --> 00:32:23.120
 and then

00:32:23.120 --> 00:32:23.599
 he writes

00:32:23.599 --> 00:32:24.000
 this

00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:24.660
 at the

00:32:24.660 --> 00:32:25.079
 end

00:32:25.079 --> 00:32:26.539
 starting

00:32:26.539 --> 00:32:26.880
 in verse

00:32:26.880 --> 00:32:27.579
 22

00:32:27.579 --> 00:32:28.339
 chapter

00:32:28.339 --> 00:32:28.940
 21

00:32:28.940 --> 00:32:30.779
 and I

00:32:30.779 --> 00:32:31.180
 saw

00:32:31.180 --> 00:32:31.539
 no

00:32:31.539 --> 00:32:31.980
 temple

00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:32.440
 in the

00:32:32.440 --> 00:32:32.779
 city

00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:33.680
 for the

00:32:33.680 --> 00:32:34.099
 temple

00:32:34.099 --> 00:32:34.579
 is the

00:32:34.579 --> 00:32:34.940
 Lord

00:32:34.940 --> 00:32:35.380
 God

00:32:35.380 --> 00:32:35.579
 the

00:32:35.579 --> 00:32:36.019
 Almighty

00:32:36.019 --> 00:32:36.700
 and the

00:32:36.700 --> 00:32:37.059
 Lamb

00:32:37.059 --> 00:32:37.960
 and the

00:32:37.960 --> 00:32:38.180
 city

00:32:38.180 --> 00:32:38.660
 had no

00:32:38.660 --> 00:32:39.740
 need

00:32:39.740 --> 00:32:40.259
 of sun

00:32:40.259 --> 00:32:40.720
 or moon

00:32:40.720 --> 00:32:41.220
 to shine

00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:41.640
 on it

00:32:41.640 --> 00:32:42.360
 for the

00:32:42.360 --> 00:32:42.840
 glory

00:32:42.840 --> 00:32:43.540
 of God

00:32:43.540 --> 00:32:44.100
 gives it

00:32:44.100 --> 00:32:44.480
 light

00:32:44.480 --> 00:32:45.440
 and its

00:32:45.440 --> 00:32:45.860
 lamp

00:32:45.860 --> 00:32:46.540
 is the

00:32:46.540 --> 00:32:46.900
 Lamb

00:32:46.900 --> 00:32:48.900
 by its

00:32:48.900 --> 00:32:49.320
 light

00:32:49.320 --> 00:32:49.779
 will the

00:32:49.779 --> 00:32:50.140
 nations

00:32:50.140 --> 00:32:50.660
 walk

00:32:50.660 --> 00:32:51.300
 and the

00:32:51.300 --> 00:32:51.620
 kings

00:32:51.620 --> 00:32:52.000
 of the

00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:52.300
 earth

00:32:52.300 --> 00:32:53.860
 will bring

00:32:53.860 --> 00:32:54.540
 their glory

00:32:54.540 --> 00:32:55.620
 into it

00:32:55.620 --> 00:32:56.300
 and its

00:32:56.300 --> 00:32:56.600
 gates

00:32:56.600 --> 00:32:57.019
 will never

00:32:57.019 --> 00:32:57.500
 be shut

00:32:57.500 --> 00:32:58.180
 by day

00:32:58.180 --> 00:32:58.960
 and there

00:32:58.960 --> 00:32:59.240
 will be

00:32:59.240 --> 00:32:59.700
 no night

00:32:59.700 --> 00:33:00.120
 there

00:33:00.120 --> 00:33:00.720
 and they

00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:01.320
 will bring

00:33:01.320 --> 00:33:02.220
 into it

00:33:02.220 --> 00:33:03.080
 the glory

00:33:03.080 --> 00:33:03.940
 and honor

00:33:03.940 --> 00:33:05.400
 of the

00:33:05.400 --> 00:33:05.900
 nations

00:33:05.900 --> 00:33:08.040
 you see

00:33:08.040 --> 00:33:08.460
 friends

00:33:08.460 --> 00:33:09.060
 the city

00:33:09.060 --> 00:33:09.720
 of Jerusalem

00:33:09.720 --> 00:33:10.100
 in the

00:33:10.100 --> 00:33:10.759
 Old Testament

00:33:10.759 --> 00:33:11.320
 where the

00:33:11.320 --> 00:33:12.080
 king sat

00:33:12.080 --> 00:33:12.720
 and reigned

00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:13.220
 where the

00:33:13.220 --> 00:33:13.940
 presence of

00:33:13.940 --> 00:33:14.420
 God was

00:33:14.420 --> 00:33:15.080
 manifested

00:33:15.080 --> 00:33:15.700
 among the

00:33:15.700 --> 00:33:16.220
 people of

00:33:16.220 --> 00:33:16.600
 God

00:33:16.600 --> 00:33:17.960
 where the

00:33:17.960 --> 00:33:18.759
 nations were

00:33:18.759 --> 00:33:19.259
 called

00:33:19.259 --> 00:33:20.160
 to come

00:33:20.160 --> 00:33:20.540
 and to

00:33:20.540 --> 00:33:21.019
 know

00:33:21.019 --> 00:33:21.680
 this

00:33:21.680 --> 00:33:22.160
 God

00:33:22.160 --> 00:33:22.519
 and to

00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:22.860
 worship

00:33:22.860 --> 00:33:23.400
 him

00:33:23.400 --> 00:33:25.280
 all of

00:33:25.280 --> 00:33:25.720
 those

00:33:25.720 --> 00:33:26.440
 themes

00:33:26.440 --> 00:33:27.840
 then

00:33:27.840 --> 00:33:28.460
 accomplished

00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:28.940
 through the

00:33:28.940 --> 00:33:29.380
 life and

00:33:29.380 --> 00:33:29.759
 death and

00:33:29.759 --> 00:33:30.280
 resurrection

00:33:30.280 --> 00:33:31.320
 of Jesus

00:33:31.320 --> 00:33:32.000
 Christ

00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:34.119
 will find

00:33:34.119 --> 00:33:34.319
 their

00:33:34.319 --> 00:33:34.880
 fulfillment

00:33:34.880 --> 00:33:36.000
 in a

00:33:36.000 --> 00:33:36.380
 heavenly

00:33:36.380 --> 00:33:37.019
 Jerusalem

00:33:37.019 --> 00:33:39.579
 where God

00:33:39.579 --> 00:33:40.339
 will reign

00:33:40.339 --> 00:33:42.339
 where God

00:33:42.339 --> 00:33:43.059
 will live

00:33:43.059 --> 00:33:43.519
 with his

00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:43.940
 people

00:33:43.940 --> 00:33:44.440
 and his

00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:45.079
 people will

00:33:45.079 --> 00:33:45.660
 live with

00:33:45.660 --> 00:33:46.019
 him

00:33:46.019 --> 00:33:48.420
 and there

00:33:48.420 --> 00:33:48.859
 will be no

00:33:48.859 --> 00:33:49.519
 more temple

00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:51.019
 because God

00:33:51.019 --> 00:33:51.599
 himself

00:33:51.599 --> 00:33:52.720
 will be the

00:33:52.720 --> 00:33:53.079
 temple

00:33:53.079 --> 00:33:55.279
 but the

00:33:55.279 --> 00:33:55.960
 nations will

00:33:55.960 --> 00:33:56.460
 come and

00:33:56.460 --> 00:33:56.740
 they will

00:33:56.740 --> 00:33:57.240
 give him

00:33:57.240 --> 00:33:57.779
 glory

00:33:57.779 --> 00:33:58.640
 and they

00:33:58.640 --> 00:33:59.339
 will worship

00:33:59.339 --> 00:34:00.259
 him

00:34:00.259 --> 00:34:02.779
 the future

00:34:02.779 --> 00:34:03.519
 of God's

00:34:03.519 --> 00:34:04.039
 redemptive

00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:04.579
 people is

00:34:04.579 --> 00:34:04.920
 not a

00:34:04.920 --> 00:34:05.619
 return to

00:34:05.619 --> 00:34:06.119
 the garden

00:34:06.119 --> 00:34:07.039
 of paradise

00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:08.099
 but it is

00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:08.760
 a future

00:34:08.760 --> 00:34:10.039
 in a city

00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:11.559
 with God

00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:12.219
 that will be

00:34:12.219 --> 00:34:12.940
 more beautiful

00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:13.380
 and more

00:34:13.380 --> 00:34:13.960
 glorious

00:34:13.960 --> 00:34:15.059
 than we can

00:34:15.059 --> 00:34:16.260
 even imagine

00:34:16.260 --> 00:34:19.639
 so Jerusalem

00:34:19.639 --> 00:34:20.440
 is a place

00:34:20.440 --> 00:34:21.019
 where God's

00:34:21.019 --> 00:34:21.579
 redemptive

00:34:21.579 --> 00:34:22.300
 purposes are

00:34:22.300 --> 00:34:22.960
 worked out

00:34:22.960 --> 00:34:24.079
 where his

00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:24.639
 people are

00:34:24.639 --> 00:34:25.079
 gathered

00:34:25.079 --> 00:34:26.900
 to celebrate

00:34:26.900 --> 00:34:28.239
 and worship

00:34:28.239 --> 00:34:28.920
 him

00:34:28.920 --> 00:34:32.720
 and this

00:34:32.720 --> 00:34:33.039
 is why

00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:33.500
 the people

00:34:33.500 --> 00:34:34.420
 in the

00:34:34.420 --> 00:34:34.980
 time of

00:34:34.980 --> 00:34:35.400
 Ezra

00:34:35.400 --> 00:34:36.240
 and Nehemiah

00:34:36.240 --> 00:34:38.039
 celebrated

00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:38.559
 the building

00:34:38.559 --> 00:34:38.900
 of the

00:34:38.900 --> 00:34:39.260
 wall

00:34:39.260 --> 00:34:40.420
 because this

00:34:40.420 --> 00:34:40.920
 was the

00:34:40.920 --> 00:34:41.360
 step

00:34:41.360 --> 00:34:42.559
 in redemptive

00:34:42.559 --> 00:34:42.860
 history

00:34:42.860 --> 00:34:43.300
 that they

00:34:43.300 --> 00:34:43.740
 were at

00:34:43.740 --> 00:34:44.480
 to rebuild

00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:45.300
 this place

00:34:45.300 --> 00:34:47.980
 and yet

00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:48.740
 as we sit

00:34:48.740 --> 00:34:49.200
 here now

00:34:49.200 --> 00:34:49.700
 we see

00:34:49.700 --> 00:34:50.139
 that God

00:34:50.139 --> 00:34:50.599
 was doing

00:34:50.599 --> 00:34:51.180
 so much

00:34:51.180 --> 00:34:51.559
 more

00:34:51.559 --> 00:34:52.480
 than just

00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:53.019
 rebuilding

00:34:53.019 --> 00:34:54.079
 that place

00:34:54.079 --> 00:34:56.099
 so what

00:34:56.099 --> 00:34:56.559
 about us

00:34:56.559 --> 00:34:57.000
 how do we

00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:57.639
 apply this

00:34:57.639 --> 00:34:58.119
 for us

00:34:58.119 --> 00:34:58.599
 today

00:34:58.599 --> 00:34:59.759
 a couple

00:34:59.759 --> 00:35:00.199
 of quick

00:35:00.199 --> 00:35:00.659
 thoughts

00:35:00.659 --> 00:35:02.579
 first of all

00:35:02.579 --> 00:35:03.199
 the Jerusalem

00:35:03.199 --> 00:35:03.859
 that we are

00:35:03.859 --> 00:35:04.639
 looking for

00:35:04.639 --> 00:35:05.900
 in this age

00:35:05.900 --> 00:35:06.500
 is not the

00:35:06.500 --> 00:35:06.920
 Jerusalem

00:35:06.920 --> 00:35:07.699
 of this

00:35:07.699 --> 00:35:08.179
 world

00:35:08.179 --> 00:35:09.279
 though we

00:35:09.279 --> 00:35:09.880
 may honor

00:35:09.880 --> 00:35:10.619
 the Jerusalem

00:35:10.619 --> 00:35:11.539
 that sits

00:35:11.539 --> 00:35:12.659
 in Israel

00:35:12.659 --> 00:35:13.420
 and Palestine

00:35:13.420 --> 00:35:14.059
 today

00:35:14.059 --> 00:35:16.079
 we may

00:35:16.079 --> 00:35:16.539
 remember

00:35:16.539 --> 00:35:16.920
 that it

00:35:16.920 --> 00:35:17.359
 was the

00:35:17.359 --> 00:35:18.239
 location

00:35:18.239 --> 00:35:18.799
 where God

00:35:18.799 --> 00:35:19.219
 worked

00:35:19.219 --> 00:35:20.159
 faithfully

00:35:20.159 --> 00:35:21.059
 in years

00:35:21.059 --> 00:35:21.539
 past

00:35:21.539 --> 00:35:22.579
 it is not

00:35:22.579 --> 00:35:23.239
 that city

00:35:23.239 --> 00:35:23.599
 that we

00:35:23.599 --> 00:35:23.900
 have put

00:35:23.900 --> 00:35:24.380
 our hope

00:35:24.380 --> 00:35:24.719
 in

00:35:24.719 --> 00:35:26.519
 for God's

00:35:26.519 --> 00:35:26.779
 kingdom

00:35:26.779 --> 00:35:27.239
 is no

00:35:27.239 --> 00:35:27.779
 longer

00:35:27.779 --> 00:35:30.500
 a political

00:35:30.500 --> 00:35:30.959
 one

00:35:30.959 --> 00:35:31.799
 a social

00:35:31.799 --> 00:35:32.199
 one

00:35:32.199 --> 00:35:32.779
 a physical

00:35:32.779 --> 00:35:33.279
 one

00:35:33.279 --> 00:35:35.059
 but God's

00:35:35.059 --> 00:35:35.299
 kingdom

00:35:35.299 --> 00:35:35.739
 is a

00:35:35.739 --> 00:35:36.739
 transnational

00:35:36.739 --> 00:35:38.259
 community

00:35:38.259 --> 00:35:38.939
 spread

00:35:38.939 --> 00:35:39.480
 throughout

00:35:39.480 --> 00:35:40.199
 the world

00:35:40.199 --> 00:35:40.679
 of people

00:35:40.679 --> 00:35:41.399
 from every

00:35:41.399 --> 00:35:41.859
 tribe

00:35:41.859 --> 00:35:42.299
 and tongue

00:35:42.299 --> 00:35:42.759
 and nation

00:35:42.759 --> 00:35:43.459
 who are

00:35:43.459 --> 00:35:43.939
 gathered

00:35:43.939 --> 00:35:45.299
 solely by

00:35:45.299 --> 00:35:46.059
 their faith

00:35:46.059 --> 00:35:46.639
 in Jesus

00:35:46.639 --> 00:35:47.299
 Christ

00:35:47.299 --> 00:35:48.500
 as their

00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:48.859
 savior

00:35:48.859 --> 00:35:49.679
 and king

00:35:49.679 --> 00:35:53.179
 God's

00:35:53.179 --> 00:35:53.460
 people

00:35:53.460 --> 00:35:53.719
 in the

00:35:53.719 --> 00:35:53.859
 new

00:35:53.859 --> 00:35:54.279
 testament

00:35:54.279 --> 00:35:55.339
 is not

00:35:55.339 --> 00:35:56.339
 a nation

00:35:56.339 --> 00:35:56.779
 state

00:35:56.779 --> 00:35:57.199
 to be

00:35:57.199 --> 00:35:57.659
 rebuilt

00:35:57.659 --> 00:35:58.480
 but it

00:35:58.480 --> 00:35:58.759
 is a

00:35:58.759 --> 00:35:59.079
 people

00:35:59.079 --> 00:35:59.579
 of God

00:35:59.579 --> 00:35:59.919
 that is

00:35:59.919 --> 00:36:00.159
 built

00:36:00.159 --> 00:36:00.419
 through

00:36:00.419 --> 00:36:00.639
 the

00:36:00.639 --> 00:36:01.419
 proclamation

00:36:01.419 --> 00:36:02.139
 the

00:36:02.139 --> 00:36:02.559
 preaching

00:36:02.559 --> 00:36:02.899
 of the

00:36:02.899 --> 00:36:03.119
 good

00:36:03.119 --> 00:36:03.379
 news

00:36:03.379 --> 00:36:03.859
 of Jesus

00:36:03.859 --> 00:36:04.359
 throughout

00:36:04.359 --> 00:36:04.699
 the

00:36:04.699 --> 00:36:05.099
 world

00:36:05.099 --> 00:36:08.960
 this

00:36:08.960 --> 00:36:09.339
 leads us

00:36:09.339 --> 00:36:09.659
 to the

00:36:09.659 --> 00:36:10.039
 second

00:36:10.039 --> 00:36:10.960
 application

00:36:10.960 --> 00:36:12.119
 if we're

00:36:12.119 --> 00:36:12.619
 not looking

00:36:12.619 --> 00:36:13.099
 for

00:36:13.099 --> 00:36:13.919
 that

00:36:13.919 --> 00:36:14.500
 what are

00:36:14.500 --> 00:36:14.679
 we

00:36:14.679 --> 00:36:14.960
 looking

00:36:14.960 --> 00:36:15.419
 for

00:36:15.419 --> 00:36:16.480
 friends

00:36:16.480 --> 00:36:16.919
 it is

00:36:16.919 --> 00:36:17.139
 the

00:36:17.139 --> 00:36:17.679
 church

00:36:17.679 --> 00:36:18.679
 that is

00:36:18.679 --> 00:36:18.859
 the

00:36:18.859 --> 00:36:19.279
 instrument

00:36:19.280 --> 00:36:19.920
 of God's

00:36:19.920 --> 00:36:20.560
 redemptive

00:36:20.560 --> 00:36:21.019
 purposes

00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:21.780
 in this

00:36:21.780 --> 00:36:22.320
 age

00:36:22.320 --> 00:36:23.200
 as we

00:36:23.200 --> 00:36:23.620
 await

00:36:23.620 --> 00:36:24.420
 the heavenly

00:36:24.420 --> 00:36:25.000
 Jerusalem

00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:25.480
 that is

00:36:25.480 --> 00:36:26.019
 to come

00:36:26.019 --> 00:36:27.760
 we gather

00:36:27.760 --> 00:36:28.380
 here and

00:36:28.380 --> 00:36:28.980
 celebrate

00:36:28.980 --> 00:36:29.460
 God's

00:36:29.460 --> 00:36:30.260
 faithfulness

00:36:30.260 --> 00:36:30.700
 in Jesus

00:36:30.700 --> 00:36:31.140
 Christ

00:36:31.140 --> 00:36:31.580
 to his

00:36:31.580 --> 00:36:31.920
 people

00:36:31.920 --> 00:36:32.660
 and the

00:36:32.660 --> 00:36:32.900
 work

00:36:32.900 --> 00:36:33.200
 that he

00:36:33.200 --> 00:36:33.380
 is

00:36:33.380 --> 00:36:33.740
 doing

00:36:33.740 --> 00:36:35.140
 we

00:36:35.140 --> 00:36:35.720
 come

00:36:35.720 --> 00:36:36.400
 to see

00:36:36.400 --> 00:36:36.600
 that

00:36:36.600 --> 00:36:36.980
 God

00:36:36.980 --> 00:36:37.180
 is

00:36:37.180 --> 00:36:37.800
 building

00:36:37.800 --> 00:36:38.400
 a

00:36:38.400 --> 00:36:38.860
 people

00:36:38.860 --> 00:36:40.200
 throughout

00:36:40.200 --> 00:36:40.620
 the

00:36:40.620 --> 00:36:41.120
 world

00:36:41.120 --> 00:36:42.200
 not

00:36:42.200 --> 00:36:42.500
 just

00:36:42.500 --> 00:36:42.920
 here

00:36:42.920 --> 00:36:43.380
 in

00:36:43.380 --> 00:36:43.560
 New

00:36:43.560 --> 00:36:43.820
 Haven

00:36:43.820 --> 00:36:44.240
 or not

00:36:44.240 --> 00:36:44.500
 just

00:36:44.500 --> 00:36:44.800
 here

00:36:44.800 --> 00:36:44.920
 in

00:36:44.920 --> 00:36:45.320
 America

00:36:45.320 --> 00:36:45.820
 but

00:36:45.820 --> 00:36:46.200
 throughout

00:36:46.200 --> 00:36:46.540
 the

00:36:46.540 --> 00:36:46.760
 world

00:36:46.760 --> 00:36:47.100
 he is

00:36:47.100 --> 00:36:47.540
 building

00:36:47.540 --> 00:36:47.880
 his

00:36:47.880 --> 00:36:48.519
 church

00:36:48.519 --> 00:36:49.219
 and

00:36:49.219 --> 00:36:49.360
 it

00:36:49.360 --> 00:36:49.539
 is

00:36:49.539 --> 00:36:50.019
 church

00:36:50.019 --> 00:36:50.219
 is

00:36:50.219 --> 00:36:50.360
 the

00:36:50.360 --> 00:36:50.739
 place

00:36:50.739 --> 00:36:51.119
 where

00:36:51.119 --> 00:36:51.940
 God's

00:36:51.940 --> 00:36:52.619
 reign

00:36:52.619 --> 00:36:53.159
 is

00:36:53.159 --> 00:36:53.500
 being

00:36:53.500 --> 00:36:54.139
 established

00:36:54.139 --> 00:36:54.500
 and

00:36:54.500 --> 00:36:54.759
 lived

00:36:54.759 --> 00:36:55.059
 out

00:36:55.059 --> 00:36:55.320
 in

00:36:55.320 --> 00:36:55.519
 this

00:36:55.519 --> 00:36:55.840
 world

00:36:55.840 --> 00:36:56.039
 it

00:36:56.039 --> 00:36:56.199
 is

00:36:56.199 --> 00:36:56.340
 in

00:36:56.340 --> 00:36:56.900
 the

00:36:56.900 --> 00:36:57.559
 church

00:36:57.559 --> 00:36:58.079
 where

00:36:58.079 --> 00:36:58.500
 God's

00:36:58.500 --> 00:36:59.039
 presence

00:36:59.039 --> 00:36:59.300
 through

00:36:59.300 --> 00:36:59.480
 the

00:36:59.480 --> 00:36:59.739
 Holy

00:36:59.739 --> 00:37:00.119
 Spirit

00:37:00.119 --> 00:37:00.320
 is

00:37:00.320 --> 00:37:00.860
 dwelling

00:37:00.860 --> 00:37:01.539
 among

00:37:01.539 --> 00:37:01.800
 his

00:37:01.800 --> 00:37:02.159
 people

00:37:02.159 --> 00:37:02.599
 and

00:37:02.599 --> 00:37:02.739
 it

00:37:02.739 --> 00:37:02.900
 is

00:37:02.900 --> 00:37:03.039
 in

00:37:03.039 --> 00:37:03.219
 the

00:37:03.219 --> 00:37:03.599
 church

00:37:03.599 --> 00:37:03.880
 where

00:37:03.880 --> 00:37:04.099
 we

00:37:04.099 --> 00:37:04.460
 worship

00:37:04.460 --> 00:37:04.940
 and

00:37:04.940 --> 00:37:05.519
 celebrate

00:37:05.519 --> 00:37:06.599
 this

00:37:06.599 --> 00:37:07.239
 God

00:37:07.239 --> 00:37:08.380
 as

00:37:08.380 --> 00:37:08.559
 we

00:37:08.559 --> 00:37:08.860
 live

00:37:08.860 --> 00:37:09.059
 as

00:37:09.059 --> 00:37:09.699
 exiles

00:37:09.699 --> 00:37:09.980
 and

00:37:09.980 --> 00:37:10.420
 strangers

00:37:10.420 --> 00:37:10.759
 in

00:37:10.759 --> 00:37:11.059
 this

00:37:11.059 --> 00:37:11.519
 world

00:37:11.519 --> 00:37:12.380
 longing

00:37:12.380 --> 00:37:12.980
 for

00:37:12.980 --> 00:37:13.880
 the

00:37:13.880 --> 00:37:14.219
 heavenly

00:37:14.219 --> 00:37:14.679
 kingdom

00:37:14.679 --> 00:37:14.940
 that

00:37:14.940 --> 00:37:15.099
 is

00:37:15.099 --> 00:37:15.400
 yet

00:37:15.400 --> 00:37:15.820
 to

00:37:15.820 --> 00:37:16.239
 come

00:37:16.239 --> 00:37:19.619
 if

00:37:19.619 --> 00:37:19.839
 this

00:37:19.839 --> 00:37:19.979
 is

00:37:19.979 --> 00:37:20.219
 true

00:37:20.219 --> 00:37:20.539
 friends

00:37:20.539 --> 00:37:20.839
 let me

00:37:20.839 --> 00:37:21.079
 ask

00:37:21.079 --> 00:37:21.199
 you

00:37:21.199 --> 00:37:21.399
 some

00:37:21.399 --> 00:37:22.000
 questions

00:37:22.000 --> 00:37:22.859
 do

00:37:22.859 --> 00:37:23.039
 you

00:37:23.039 --> 00:37:23.399
 believe

00:37:23.399 --> 00:37:23.619
 that

00:37:23.619 --> 00:37:23.879
 what's

00:37:23.879 --> 00:37:24.159
 going

00:37:24.159 --> 00:37:24.459
 on

00:37:24.459 --> 00:37:24.599
 in

00:37:24.599 --> 00:37:24.759
 the

00:37:24.759 --> 00:37:25.139
 church

00:37:25.139 --> 00:37:26.839
 is

00:37:26.839 --> 00:37:27.079
 more

00:37:27.079 --> 00:37:27.500
 important

00:37:27.500 --> 00:37:27.759
 than

00:37:27.759 --> 00:37:28.219
 anything

00:37:28.219 --> 00:37:28.979
 that

00:37:28.979 --> 00:37:29.139
 the

00:37:29.139 --> 00:37:29.399
 New York

00:37:29.399 --> 00:37:29.739
 Times

00:37:29.739 --> 00:37:29.939
 would

00:37:29.939 --> 00:37:30.159
 put

00:37:30.159 --> 00:37:30.319
 on

00:37:30.319 --> 00:37:30.500
 its

00:37:30.500 --> 00:37:30.899
 headlines

00:37:30.900 --> 00:37:35.079
 as

00:37:35.079 --> 00:37:35.260
 we

00:37:35.260 --> 00:37:35.800
 gather

00:37:35.800 --> 00:37:36.680
 here

00:37:36.680 --> 00:37:37.300
 as

00:37:37.300 --> 00:37:37.599
 one

00:37:37.599 --> 00:37:37.920
 little

00:37:37.920 --> 00:37:38.480
 expression

00:37:38.480 --> 00:37:38.720
 of

00:37:38.720 --> 00:37:38.880
 the

00:37:38.880 --> 00:37:39.300
 broad

00:37:39.300 --> 00:37:39.680
 church

00:37:39.680 --> 00:37:39.860
 of

00:37:39.860 --> 00:37:40.300
 God

00:37:40.300 --> 00:37:41.760
 do

00:37:41.760 --> 00:37:41.920
 you

00:37:41.920 --> 00:37:42.380
 treasure

00:37:42.380 --> 00:37:42.740
 it

00:37:42.740 --> 00:37:43.940
 do

00:37:43.940 --> 00:37:44.119
 you

00:37:44.119 --> 00:37:44.320
 look

00:37:44.320 --> 00:37:44.800
 forward

00:37:44.800 --> 00:37:45.079
 to

00:37:45.079 --> 00:37:45.440
 coming

00:37:45.440 --> 00:37:45.680
 and

00:37:45.680 --> 00:37:46.059
 being

00:37:46.059 --> 00:37:46.280
 a

00:37:46.280 --> 00:37:46.519
 part

00:37:46.519 --> 00:37:46.680
 of

00:37:46.680 --> 00:37:47.099
 God's

00:37:47.099 --> 00:37:47.519
 people

00:37:47.519 --> 00:37:48.760
 week

00:37:48.760 --> 00:37:49.039
 in

00:37:49.039 --> 00:37:49.220
 and

00:37:49.220 --> 00:37:49.460
 week

00:37:49.460 --> 00:37:49.780
 out

00:37:49.780 --> 00:37:51.079
 or

00:37:51.079 --> 00:37:51.240
 has

00:37:51.240 --> 00:37:51.380
 it

00:37:51.380 --> 00:37:51.940
 become

00:37:51.940 --> 00:37:52.639
 a

00:37:52.639 --> 00:37:53.079
 casual

00:37:53.079 --> 00:37:53.660
 option

00:37:53.660 --> 00:37:54.440
 for

00:37:54.440 --> 00:37:54.780
 you

00:37:54.780 --> 00:37:55.320
 depending

00:37:55.320 --> 00:37:55.559
 on

00:37:55.559 --> 00:37:55.720
 how

00:37:55.720 --> 00:37:56.000
 nice

00:37:56.000 --> 00:37:56.180
 the

00:37:56.180 --> 00:37:56.400
 weather

00:37:56.400 --> 00:37:56.820
 is

00:37:56.820 --> 00:37:59.300
 do

00:37:59.300 --> 00:37:59.500
 you

00:37:59.500 --> 00:37:59.820
 see

00:37:59.820 --> 00:38:00.160
 your

00:38:00.159 --> 00:38:01.119
 participation

00:38:01.119 --> 00:38:02.219
 in

00:38:02.219 --> 00:38:02.440
 the

00:38:02.440 --> 00:38:02.779
 church

00:38:02.779 --> 00:38:02.960
 and

00:38:02.960 --> 00:38:03.139
 in

00:38:03.139 --> 00:38:03.299
 its

00:38:03.299 --> 00:38:03.659
 mission

00:38:03.659 --> 00:38:03.839
 in

00:38:03.839 --> 00:38:04.000
 the

00:38:04.000 --> 00:38:04.460
 world

00:38:04.460 --> 00:38:05.319
 as

00:38:05.319 --> 00:38:05.480
 a

00:38:05.480 --> 00:38:05.719
 part

00:38:05.719 --> 00:38:05.859
 of

00:38:05.859 --> 00:38:06.039
 this

00:38:06.039 --> 00:38:06.859
 grand

00:38:06.859 --> 00:38:07.379
 theme

00:38:07.379 --> 00:38:07.559
 of

00:38:07.559 --> 00:38:08.239
 God

00:38:08.239 --> 00:38:09.960
 redeeming

00:38:09.960 --> 00:38:10.079
 a

00:38:10.079 --> 00:38:10.359
 people

00:38:10.359 --> 00:38:10.659
 for

00:38:10.659 --> 00:38:11.239
 himself

00:38:11.239 --> 00:38:13.299
 with

00:38:13.299 --> 00:38:13.480
 this

00:38:13.480 --> 00:38:13.839
 great

00:38:13.839 --> 00:38:14.339
 future

00:38:14.339 --> 00:38:14.839
 where

00:38:14.839 --> 00:38:15.039
 he

00:38:15.039 --> 00:38:15.239
 will

00:38:15.239 --> 00:38:15.480
 dwell

00:38:15.480 --> 00:38:15.719
 with

00:38:15.719 --> 00:38:15.960
 us

00:38:15.960 --> 00:38:16.099
 and

00:38:16.099 --> 00:38:16.319
 we

00:38:16.319 --> 00:38:16.539
 will

00:38:16.539 --> 00:38:16.759
 dwell

00:38:16.759 --> 00:38:17.000
 with

00:38:17.000 --> 00:38:17.279
 him

00:38:17.279 --> 00:38:19.440
 how

00:38:19.440 --> 00:38:19.619
 are

00:38:19.619 --> 00:38:19.779
 you

00:38:19.779 --> 00:38:20.339
 engaged

00:38:20.339 --> 00:38:20.659
 in

00:38:20.659 --> 00:38:20.859
 that

00:38:20.859 --> 00:38:21.299
 mission

00:38:21.299 --> 00:38:23.019
 how

00:38:23.019 --> 00:38:23.239
 are

00:38:23.239 --> 00:38:23.500
 you

00:38:23.500 --> 00:38:23.940
 seeking

00:38:23.940 --> 00:38:25.899
 to

00:38:25.899 --> 00:38:26.199
 live

00:38:26.199 --> 00:38:26.500
 under

00:38:26.500 --> 00:38:26.960
 God's

00:38:26.960 --> 00:38:27.299
 rule

00:38:27.299 --> 00:38:28.239
 how

00:38:28.239 --> 00:38:28.460
 are

00:38:28.460 --> 00:38:28.699
 you

00:38:28.699 --> 00:38:29.059
 seeking

00:38:29.059 --> 00:38:30.400
 to

00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:31.059
 overflow

00:38:31.059 --> 00:38:32.239
 to

00:38:32.239 --> 00:38:32.539
 those

00:38:32.539 --> 00:38:32.960
 around

00:38:32.960 --> 00:38:33.259
 you

00:38:33.259 --> 00:38:33.500
 with

00:38:33.500 --> 00:38:33.679
 the

00:38:33.679 --> 00:38:34.119
 love

00:38:34.119 --> 00:38:34.279
 and

00:38:34.279 --> 00:38:34.400
 the

00:38:34.400 --> 00:38:34.719
 grace

00:38:34.719 --> 00:38:34.900
 of

00:38:34.900 --> 00:38:35.159
 Jesus

00:38:35.159 --> 00:38:35.699
 Christ

00:38:35.699 --> 00:38:36.719
 so

00:38:36.719 --> 00:38:36.920
 that

00:38:36.920 --> 00:38:37.239
 others

00:38:37.239 --> 00:38:37.500
 may

00:38:37.500 --> 00:38:37.940
 know

00:38:37.940 --> 00:38:38.259
 and

00:38:38.259 --> 00:38:38.779
 come

00:38:38.779 --> 00:38:39.400
 and

00:38:39.400 --> 00:38:39.880
 join

00:38:39.880 --> 00:38:40.639
 in

00:38:40.639 --> 00:38:40.860
 this

00:38:40.860 --> 00:38:41.199
 heavenly

00:38:41.199 --> 00:38:41.920
 celebration

00:38:41.920 --> 00:38:44.619
 how

00:38:44.619 --> 00:38:44.759
 are

00:38:44.759 --> 00:38:44.900
 you

00:38:44.900 --> 00:38:45.279
 loving

00:38:45.279 --> 00:38:45.539
 a

00:38:45.539 --> 00:38:45.880
 fallen

00:38:45.880 --> 00:38:46.139
 and

00:38:46.139 --> 00:38:46.400
 broken

00:38:46.400 --> 00:38:46.820
 world

00:38:46.820 --> 00:38:47.039
 that

00:38:47.039 --> 00:38:47.400
 doesn't

00:38:47.400 --> 00:38:47.840
 know

00:38:47.840 --> 00:38:48.460
 where

00:38:48.460 --> 00:38:48.599
 to

00:38:48.599 --> 00:38:48.759
 put

00:38:48.759 --> 00:38:48.960
 their

00:38:48.960 --> 00:38:49.299
 hope

00:38:49.299 --> 00:38:50.079
 and

00:38:50.079 --> 00:38:50.380
 doesn't

00:38:50.380 --> 00:38:50.659
 know

00:38:50.659 --> 00:38:50.920
 what

00:38:50.920 --> 00:38:51.139
 to

00:38:51.139 --> 00:38:51.599
 celebrate

00:38:51.599 --> 00:38:52.559
 when

00:38:52.559 --> 00:38:52.739
 you

00:38:52.739 --> 00:38:52.980
 have

00:38:52.980 --> 00:38:53.179
 the

00:38:53.179 --> 00:38:53.619
 best

00:38:53.619 --> 00:38:53.860
 thing

00:38:53.860 --> 00:38:54.000
 in

00:38:54.000 --> 00:38:54.119
 the

00:38:54.119 --> 00:38:54.519
 world

00:38:54.519 --> 00:38:55.679
 to

00:38:55.679 --> 00:38:56.159
 celebrate

00:38:56.159 --> 00:38:59.359
 and

00:38:59.359 --> 00:38:59.619
 one

00:38:59.619 --> 00:38:59.940
 note

00:38:59.940 --> 00:39:00.299
 about

00:39:00.299 --> 00:39:00.739
 this

00:39:00.739 --> 00:39:01.659
 as

00:39:01.659 --> 00:39:01.859
 we

00:39:01.859 --> 00:39:02.319
 continue

00:39:02.319 --> 00:39:02.619
 in

00:39:02.619 --> 00:39:02.859
 this

00:39:02.859 --> 00:39:03.239
 local

00:39:03.239 --> 00:39:03.659
 church

00:39:03.659 --> 00:39:04.339
 as

00:39:04.339 --> 00:39:04.500
 we

00:39:04.500 --> 00:39:04.739
 begin

00:39:04.739 --> 00:39:04.879
 a

00:39:04.879 --> 00:39:05.119
 building

00:39:05.119 --> 00:39:05.639
 project

00:39:05.639 --> 00:39:05.899
 Lord

00:39:05.899 --> 00:39:06.199
 willing

00:39:06.199 --> 00:39:06.379
 in

00:39:06.379 --> 00:39:06.500
 a

00:39:06.500 --> 00:39:06.799
 month

00:39:06.799 --> 00:39:08.619
 we

00:39:08.619 --> 00:39:08.779
 want

00:39:08.779 --> 00:39:08.899
 to

00:39:08.899 --> 00:39:09.199
 keep

00:39:09.199 --> 00:39:09.500
 saying

00:39:09.500 --> 00:39:09.739
 this

00:39:09.739 --> 00:39:10.039
 over

00:39:10.039 --> 00:39:10.179
 and

00:39:10.179 --> 00:39:10.420
 over

00:39:10.420 --> 00:39:10.799
 again

00:39:10.799 --> 00:39:11.460
 that

00:39:11.460 --> 00:39:12.039
 building

00:39:12.039 --> 00:39:12.899
 when

00:39:12.899 --> 00:39:13.119
 it's

00:39:13.119 --> 00:39:13.339
 built

00:39:13.339 --> 00:39:13.539
 we

00:39:13.539 --> 00:39:13.739
 will

00:39:13.739 --> 00:39:14.199
 celebrate

00:39:14.199 --> 00:39:14.519
 it

00:39:14.519 --> 00:39:14.799
 because

00:39:14.799 --> 00:39:15.000
 it

00:39:15.000 --> 00:39:15.119
 will

00:39:15.119 --> 00:39:15.279
 be

00:39:15.279 --> 00:39:15.440
 a

00:39:15.440 --> 00:39:15.659
 sign

00:39:15.659 --> 00:39:15.819
 of

00:39:15.819 --> 00:39:16.119
 God's

00:39:16.119 --> 00:39:16.799
 faithfulness

00:39:16.799 --> 00:39:17.759
 and

00:39:17.759 --> 00:39:18.119
 God's

00:39:18.119 --> 00:39:18.519
 provision

00:39:18.519 --> 00:39:18.819
 for

00:39:18.819 --> 00:39:19.000
 our

00:39:19.000 --> 00:39:19.279
 church

00:39:19.279 --> 00:39:19.779
 but

00:39:19.779 --> 00:39:20.039
 that

00:39:20.039 --> 00:39:20.219
 is

00:39:20.219 --> 00:39:20.440
 not

00:39:20.440 --> 00:39:20.639
 the

00:39:20.639 --> 00:39:21.019
 church

00:39:21.019 --> 00:39:22.339
 that

00:39:22.339 --> 00:39:22.519
 is

00:39:22.519 --> 00:39:22.679
 an

00:39:22.679 --> 00:39:23.139
 instrument

00:39:23.139 --> 00:39:23.500
 it

00:39:23.500 --> 00:39:23.619
 will

00:39:23.619 --> 00:39:23.779
 be

00:39:23.779 --> 00:39:23.940
 a

00:39:23.940 --> 00:39:24.440
 place

00:39:24.440 --> 00:39:25.119
 whereby

00:39:25.119 --> 00:39:26.039
 we

00:39:26.039 --> 00:39:26.400
 might

00:39:26.400 --> 00:39:27.059
 continue

00:39:27.059 --> 00:39:27.880
 to

00:39:27.880 --> 00:39:28.240
 do

00:39:28.240 --> 00:39:28.500
 the

00:39:28.500 --> 00:39:28.800
 mission

00:39:28.800 --> 00:39:29.019
 that

00:39:29.019 --> 00:39:29.400
 God

00:39:29.400 --> 00:39:29.679
 has

00:39:29.679 --> 00:39:30.840
 called

00:39:30.840 --> 00:39:31.059
 us

00:39:31.059 --> 00:39:31.320
 to

00:39:31.320 --> 00:39:32.460
 of

00:39:32.460 --> 00:39:32.840
 lifting

00:39:32.840 --> 00:39:33.159
 up

00:39:33.159 --> 00:39:33.440
 Jesus

00:39:33.440 --> 00:39:33.920
 Christ

00:39:33.920 --> 00:39:34.139
 in

00:39:34.139 --> 00:39:34.340
 this

00:39:34.340 --> 00:39:34.599
 city

00:39:34.599 --> 00:39:34.780
 and

00:39:34.780 --> 00:39:34.920
 in

00:39:34.920 --> 00:39:35.099
 this

00:39:35.099 --> 00:39:35.539
 world

00:39:35.539 --> 00:39:39.059
 so

00:39:39.059 --> 00:39:39.200
 as

00:39:39.200 --> 00:39:39.480
 God

00:39:39.480 --> 00:39:39.679
 is

00:39:39.679 --> 00:39:40.340
 rebuilding

00:39:40.340 --> 00:39:40.659
 his

00:39:40.659 --> 00:39:41.159
 church

00:39:41.159 --> 00:39:41.579
 as

00:39:41.579 --> 00:39:41.860
 God

00:39:41.860 --> 00:39:42.019
 is

00:39:42.019 --> 00:39:42.360
 building

00:39:42.360 --> 00:39:42.579
 his

00:39:42.579 --> 00:39:42.900
 people

00:39:42.900 --> 00:39:43.099
 in

00:39:43.099 --> 00:39:43.280
 this

00:39:43.280 --> 00:39:43.760
 age

00:39:43.760 --> 00:39:44.500
 the

00:39:44.500 --> 00:39:44.820
 physical

00:39:44.820 --> 00:39:45.320
 structure

00:39:45.320 --> 00:39:45.599
 is

00:39:45.599 --> 00:39:45.880
 not

00:39:45.880 --> 00:39:46.099
 the

00:39:46.099 --> 00:39:46.460
 end

00:39:46.460 --> 00:39:47.320
 the

00:39:47.320 --> 00:39:47.639
 physical

00:39:47.639 --> 00:39:48.099
 structure

00:39:48.099 --> 00:39:48.320
 is

00:39:48.320 --> 00:39:48.579
 just

00:39:48.579 --> 00:39:48.760
 a

00:39:48.760 --> 00:39:49.099
 means

00:39:49.099 --> 00:39:49.360
 to

00:39:49.360 --> 00:39:49.700
 something

00:39:49.700 --> 00:39:50.159
 greater

00:39:50.159 --> 00:39:53.699
 finally

00:39:53.699 --> 00:39:54.480
 friends

00:39:54.480 --> 00:39:55.159
 let us

00:39:55.159 --> 00:39:55.440
 bring

00:39:55.440 --> 00:39:55.920
 let

00:39:55.920 --> 00:39:56.539
 let me

00:39:56.539 --> 00:39:56.859
 bring you

00:39:56.859 --> 00:39:57.279
 back to

00:39:57.279 --> 00:39:57.659
 where we

00:39:57.659 --> 00:39:58.000
 started

00:39:58.000 --> 00:39:58.480
 which is

00:39:58.480 --> 00:39:59.119
 celebration

00:39:59.119 --> 00:40:01.480
 the

00:40:01.480 --> 00:40:01.940
 singing

00:40:01.940 --> 00:40:02.599
 the

00:40:02.599 --> 00:40:03.299
 praise

00:40:03.299 --> 00:40:03.940
 the

00:40:03.940 --> 00:40:04.659
 rejoicing

00:40:04.659 --> 00:40:05.460
 that

00:40:05.460 --> 00:40:05.639
 we

00:40:05.639 --> 00:40:06.019
 gather

00:40:06.019 --> 00:40:06.460
 have

00:40:06.460 --> 00:40:06.559
 you

00:40:06.559 --> 00:40:06.739
 ever

00:40:06.739 --> 00:40:07.000
 thought

00:40:07.000 --> 00:40:07.239
 about

00:40:07.239 --> 00:40:07.559
 why

00:40:07.559 --> 00:40:07.759
 we

00:40:07.759 --> 00:40:08.019
 do

00:40:08.019 --> 00:40:08.279
 it

00:40:08.279 --> 00:40:10.440
 have

00:40:10.440 --> 00:40:10.519
 you

00:40:10.519 --> 00:40:10.639
 ever

00:40:10.639 --> 00:40:10.879
 thought

00:40:10.879 --> 00:40:11.079
 about

00:40:11.079 --> 00:40:11.259
 how

00:40:11.259 --> 00:40:11.559
 weird

00:40:11.559 --> 00:40:11.719
 it

00:40:11.719 --> 00:40:12.019
 is

00:40:12.019 --> 00:40:12.299
 that

00:40:12.299 --> 00:40:12.460
 we

00:40:12.460 --> 00:40:12.799
 gather

00:40:12.799 --> 00:40:13.259
 together

00:40:13.259 --> 00:40:13.500
 and

00:40:13.500 --> 00:40:13.779
 sing

00:40:13.779 --> 00:40:14.339
 corporately

00:40:14.339 --> 00:40:14.619
 on

00:40:14.619 --> 00:40:14.879
 Sunday

00:40:14.879 --> 00:40:15.199
 morning

00:40:15.199 --> 00:40:17.379
 it's

00:40:17.379 --> 00:40:17.759
 because

00:40:17.759 --> 00:40:18.159
 God

00:40:18.159 --> 00:40:18.379
 has

00:40:18.379 --> 00:40:18.659
 given

00:40:18.659 --> 00:40:18.980
 us

00:40:18.980 --> 00:40:19.480
 something

00:40:19.480 --> 00:40:20.559
 worth

00:40:20.559 --> 00:40:21.639
 celebrating

00:40:21.639 --> 00:40:26.299
 God

00:40:26.299 --> 00:40:26.539
 has

00:40:26.539 --> 00:40:26.879
 called

00:40:26.879 --> 00:40:27.099
 us

00:40:27.099 --> 00:40:27.279
 to

00:40:27.279 --> 00:40:27.480
 be

00:40:27.480 --> 00:40:27.819
 his

00:40:27.819 --> 00:40:28.259
 people

00:40:28.259 --> 00:40:29.539
 and

00:40:29.539 --> 00:40:29.679
 to

00:40:29.679 --> 00:40:29.879
 know

00:40:29.879 --> 00:40:30.299
 his

00:40:30.299 --> 00:40:30.940
 salvation

00:40:30.940 --> 00:40:32.779
 God

00:40:32.779 --> 00:40:33.000
 has

00:40:33.000 --> 00:40:33.239
 called

00:40:33.239 --> 00:40:33.420
 us

00:40:33.420 --> 00:40:33.599
 to

00:40:33.599 --> 00:40:34.319
 respond

00:40:34.320 --> 00:40:34.680
 to

00:40:34.680 --> 00:40:34.920
 all

00:40:34.920 --> 00:40:35.100
 that

00:40:35.100 --> 00:40:35.260
 he

00:40:35.260 --> 00:40:35.519
 has

00:40:35.519 --> 00:40:35.940
 done

00:40:35.940 --> 00:40:36.980
 with

00:40:36.980 --> 00:40:37.559
 worship

00:40:37.559 --> 00:40:39.280
 worship

00:40:39.280 --> 00:40:39.680
 that

00:40:39.680 --> 00:40:40.260
 controls

00:40:40.260 --> 00:40:40.700
 all

00:40:40.700 --> 00:40:40.840
 of

00:40:40.840 --> 00:40:40.980
 our

00:40:40.980 --> 00:40:41.340
 lives

00:40:41.340 --> 00:40:41.740
 worship

00:40:41.740 --> 00:40:42.360
 that

00:40:42.360 --> 00:40:42.780
 flows

00:40:42.780 --> 00:40:43.019
 from

00:40:43.019 --> 00:40:43.180
 the

00:40:43.180 --> 00:40:43.420
 Holy

00:40:43.420 --> 00:40:43.820
 Spirit

00:40:43.820 --> 00:40:44.059
 that

00:40:44.059 --> 00:40:44.580
 lives

00:40:44.580 --> 00:40:44.820
 in

00:40:44.820 --> 00:40:45.200
 all

00:40:45.200 --> 00:40:45.460
 who

00:40:45.460 --> 00:40:45.620
 have

00:40:45.620 --> 00:40:45.880
 faith

00:40:45.880 --> 00:40:46.039
 in

00:40:46.039 --> 00:40:46.480
 Christ

00:40:46.480 --> 00:40:48.360
 worship

00:40:48.360 --> 00:40:49.360
 that

00:40:49.360 --> 00:40:49.800
 honors

00:40:49.800 --> 00:40:50.740
 God

00:40:50.740 --> 00:40:51.059
 as

00:40:51.059 --> 00:40:51.260
 our

00:40:51.260 --> 00:40:51.700
 King

00:40:51.700 --> 00:40:52.039
 and

00:40:52.039 --> 00:40:52.260
 our

00:40:52.260 --> 00:40:52.640
 Savior

00:40:52.640 --> 00:40:54.260
 worship

00:40:54.260 --> 00:40:54.580
 that

00:40:54.580 --> 00:40:55.100
 reminds

00:40:55.100 --> 00:40:55.340
 us

00:40:55.340 --> 00:40:55.539
 that

00:40:55.539 --> 00:40:55.720
 the

00:40:55.720 --> 00:40:56.019
 world

00:40:56.019 --> 00:40:56.200
 that

00:40:56.200 --> 00:40:56.340
 we

00:40:56.340 --> 00:40:56.700
 live

00:40:56.700 --> 00:40:56.880
 in

00:40:56.880 --> 00:40:57.039
 as

00:40:57.039 --> 00:40:57.200
 we

00:40:57.200 --> 00:40:57.420
 go

00:40:57.420 --> 00:40:57.760
 out

00:40:57.760 --> 00:40:58.039
 from

00:40:58.039 --> 00:40:58.300
 this

00:40:58.300 --> 00:40:58.780
 gathering

00:40:58.780 --> 00:40:59.120
 every

00:40:59.120 --> 00:40:59.500
 Sunday

00:40:59.500 --> 00:41:01.539
 is

00:41:01.539 --> 00:41:01.800
 not

00:41:01.800 --> 00:41:02.039
 the

00:41:02.039 --> 00:41:02.480
 end

00:41:02.480 --> 00:41:04.360
 and

00:41:04.360 --> 00:41:04.480
 it's

00:41:04.480 --> 00:41:04.659
 not

00:41:04.659 --> 00:41:04.840
 the

00:41:04.840 --> 00:41:05.079
 place

00:41:05.079 --> 00:41:05.240
 where

00:41:05.240 --> 00:41:05.380
 we

00:41:05.380 --> 00:41:05.579
 put

00:41:05.579 --> 00:41:05.740
 our

00:41:05.740 --> 00:41:06.079
 hope

00:41:06.079 --> 00:41:06.240
 or

00:41:06.240 --> 00:41:06.519
 find

00:41:06.519 --> 00:41:06.699
 our

00:41:06.699 --> 00:41:07.099
 ultimate

00:41:07.099 --> 00:41:07.539
 joy

00:41:07.539 --> 00:41:08.519
 but

00:41:08.519 --> 00:41:08.659
 it's

00:41:08.659 --> 00:41:08.780
 when

00:41:08.780 --> 00:41:08.940
 we

00:41:08.940 --> 00:41:09.199
 come

00:41:09.199 --> 00:41:09.639
 here

00:41:09.639 --> 00:41:09.840
 that

00:41:09.840 --> 00:41:10.059
 we're

00:41:10.059 --> 00:41:10.480
 reminded

00:41:10.480 --> 00:41:11.320
 of

00:41:11.320 --> 00:41:11.460
 the

00:41:11.460 --> 00:41:11.740
 heavenly

00:41:11.740 --> 00:41:12.179
 kingdom

00:41:12.179 --> 00:41:12.659
 and

00:41:12.659 --> 00:41:12.840
 the

00:41:12.840 --> 00:41:13.240
 Jerusalem

00:41:13.240 --> 00:41:13.559
 that

00:41:13.559 --> 00:41:13.719
 is

00:41:13.719 --> 00:41:13.880
 to

00:41:13.880 --> 00:41:14.219
 come

00:41:14.219 --> 00:41:14.780
 that

00:41:14.780 --> 00:41:14.940
 we

00:41:14.940 --> 00:41:15.079
 will

00:41:15.079 --> 00:41:15.219
 be

00:41:15.219 --> 00:41:15.360
 a

00:41:15.360 --> 00:41:15.599
 part

00:41:15.599 --> 00:41:15.800
 of

00:41:15.800 --> 00:41:16.340
 forever

00:41:16.340 --> 00:41:21.220
 do

00:41:21.220 --> 00:41:21.240
 do

00:41:21.240 --> 00:41:21.340
 you

00:41:21.340 --> 00:41:21.720
 come

00:41:21.720 --> 00:41:22.100
 every

00:41:22.100 --> 00:41:22.400
 Sunday

00:41:22.400 --> 00:41:22.820
 morning

00:41:22.820 --> 00:41:23.700
 anticipating

00:41:23.700 --> 00:41:24.539
 the

00:41:24.539 --> 00:41:24.840
 joy

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 of

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 worshiping

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 together

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 in

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 line

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 with

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 the

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 people

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 of

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 God

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 in

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 the

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 past

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 who

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 celebrated

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 his

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 faithfulness

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 and

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 his

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 building

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 of

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 his

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 kingdom

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 throughout

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 the

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 ages

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 in

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 light

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 of

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 the

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 future

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 hope

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 when

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 we

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 will

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 gather

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 around

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 his

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 throne

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 forever

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 and

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 we

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 will

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 sing

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 of

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 his

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 praises

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 friends

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 in

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 light

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 of

00:41:48.980 --> 00:41:49.299
 this

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 let's

00:41:51.299 --> 00:41:51.519
 pray

00:41:51.519 --> 00:41:52.000
 together

00:41:52.000 --> 00:41:53.159
 Lord

00:41:53.159 --> 00:41:53.379
 we

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 thank

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 you

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 we

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 thank

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 you

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 for

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 a

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 heavenly

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 Jerusalem

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 that

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 is

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 yet

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 to

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 come

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 and

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 we

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 thank

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 you

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 for

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 Christ

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 who

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 is

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 the

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 light

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 of

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 it

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 and

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 who

00:42:01.299 --> 00:42:01.619
 is

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 the

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 redeemer

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 of

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 it

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 and

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 is

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 the

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 one

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 who

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 will

00:42:04.399 --> 00:42:04.839
 establish

00:42:04.839 --> 00:42:05.239
 it

00:42:05.239 --> 00:42:06.000
 Lord

00:42:06.000 --> 00:42:06.299
 thank

00:42:06.299 --> 00:42:06.480
 you

00:42:06.480 --> 00:42:06.980
 for

00:42:06.980 --> 00:42:08.099
 this

00:42:08.099 --> 00:42:08.559
 gathering

00:42:08.559 --> 00:42:08.839
 this

00:42:08.839 --> 00:42:09.159
 morning

00:42:09.159 --> 00:42:09.480
 we

00:42:09.480 --> 00:42:09.739
 pray

00:42:09.739 --> 00:42:09.960
 that

00:42:09.960 --> 00:42:10.119
 you

00:42:10.119 --> 00:42:10.419
 might

00:42:10.419 --> 00:42:11.440
 fill

00:42:11.440 --> 00:42:11.819
 our

00:42:11.819 --> 00:42:12.199
 worship

00:42:12.199 --> 00:42:12.739
 with

00:42:12.739 --> 00:42:12.940
 the

00:42:12.940 --> 00:42:13.379
 joy

00:42:13.380 --> 00:42:14.460
 that

00:42:14.460 --> 00:42:14.599
 you

00:42:14.599 --> 00:42:15.079
 filled

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 these

00:42:15.680 --> 00:42:15.880
 Old

00:42:15.880 --> 00:42:16.280
 Testament

00:42:16.280 --> 00:42:17.160
 saints

00:42:17.160 --> 00:42:17.860
 with

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 Lord

00:42:18.700 --> 00:42:18.900
 as

00:42:18.900 --> 00:42:19.039
 you

00:42:19.039 --> 00:42:19.340
 filled

00:42:19.340 --> 00:42:19.579
 them

00:42:19.579 --> 00:42:19.800
 with

00:42:19.800 --> 00:42:20.200
 joy

00:42:20.200 --> 00:42:21.039
 the

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 rebuilding

00:42:21.420 --> 00:42:21.760
 of

00:42:21.760 --> 00:42:22.260
 that

00:42:22.260 --> 00:42:22.820
 Jerusalem

00:42:22.820 --> 00:42:23.579
 Lord

00:42:23.579 --> 00:42:23.920
 fill

00:42:23.920 --> 00:42:24.200
 us

00:42:24.200 --> 00:42:24.440
 with

00:42:24.440 --> 00:42:24.860
 joy

00:42:24.860 --> 00:42:25.559
 of

00:42:25.559 --> 00:42:25.720
 the

00:42:25.720 --> 00:42:26.140
 Jerusalem

00:42:26.140 --> 00:42:26.480
 that

00:42:26.480 --> 00:42:26.660
 you

00:42:26.660 --> 00:42:26.860
 are

00:42:26.860 --> 00:42:27.200
 building

00:42:27.200 --> 00:42:27.680
 and

00:42:27.680 --> 00:42:27.860
 that

00:42:27.860 --> 00:42:28.300
 awaits

00:42:28.300 --> 00:42:28.660
 us

00:42:28.660 --> 00:42:29.380
 in

00:42:29.380 --> 00:42:29.700
 heaven

00:42:29.700 --> 00:42:31.240
 we

00:42:31.240 --> 00:42:31.440
 pray

00:42:31.440 --> 00:42:31.700
 this

00:42:31.700 --> 00:42:31.880
 in

00:42:31.880 --> 00:42:32.099
 Jesus

00:42:32.099 --> 00:42:32.539
 name

00:42:32.539 --> 00:42:33.500
 amen

00:42:33.500 --> 00:42:35.440
 well

00:42:35.440 --> 00:42:35.660
 there's

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 no

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 more

00:42:36.619 --> 00:42:36.920
 fitting

00:42:36.920 --> 00:42:37.160
 way

00:42:37.160 --> 00:42:37.300
 to

00:42:37.300 --> 00:42:37.720
 respond

00:42:37.720 --> 00:42:37.920
 to

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 this

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 passage

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 than

00:42:38.860 --> 00:42:39.059
 to

00:42:39.059 --> 00:42:39.440
 stand

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 and

00:42:40.200 --> 00:42:40.400
 to

00:42:40.400 --> 00:42:40.740
 sing

00:42:40.740 --> 00:42:41.700
 together

00:42:41.699 --> 00:42:44.399
 how

00:42:44.399 --> 00:42:44.819
 firm

00:42:44.819 --> 00:42:45.000
 a

00:42:45.000 --> 00:42:45.559
 foundation

00:42:45.559 --> 00:42:46.419
 to

00:42:46.419 --> 00:42:46.719
 sing

00:42:46.719 --> 00:42:46.839
 of

00:42:46.839 --> 00:42:46.980
 the

00:42:46.980 --> 00:42:47.399
 foundation

00:42:47.399 --> 00:42:47.679
 of

00:42:47.679 --> 00:42:47.859
 the

00:42:47.859 --> 00:42:48.079
 work

00:42:48.079 --> 00:42:48.279
 that

00:42:48.279 --> 00:42:48.480
 God

00:42:48.480 --> 00:42:48.639
 is

00:42:48.639 --> 00:42:48.919
 doing

00:42:48.919 --> 00:42:49.199
 so

00:42:49.199 --> 00:42:49.519
 let's

00:42:49.519 --> 00:42:49.759
 stand

00:42:49.759 --> 00:42:50.139
 and sing

00:42:50.139 --> 00:42:51.859
 love

00:42:51.859 --> 00:42:52.039
 to

00:42:52.039 --> 00:42:52.259
 god

00:42:52.259 --> 00:42:52.480
 to

00:42:52.480 --> 00:42:53.539
 the

00:42:53.539 --> 00:42:53.920
 people

00:42:53.920 --> 00:42:54.420
 see

00:42:54.420 --> 00:42:55.239
 the

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 gallery