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 Luke 22, verses 19 and 20.

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 And he took bread. When he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, his disciples, saying,

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 This is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.

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 And likewise, the cup after they had eaten, saying,

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 This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.

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 You know, what's taking place here with his disciples on this very solemn,

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 evening?

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 Solemn because Jesus knows what's about to happen and the disciples do not.

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 But something incredible is taking place here that I think the significance of escapes and eludes us

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 in a lot of ways.

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 You know, as Jesus leads his disciples through this meal, which they have celebrated year and year and every year,

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 he changes some things.

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 And he says some things here that are so foundationally different

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 that I think even for the disciples, they missed what he was saying.

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 Because he says, he says, this cup is the new covenant.

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 And it's like they were familiar with the old covenant.

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 But he said, this is the new covenant.

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 And it's in my blood.

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 And so I think to understand, to comprehend a little bit more fully what he's doing,

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 that's why we go back to Exodus 34.

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 In Exodus 34, this is not the first covenant,

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 but it is kind of a reaffirmation of the covenant,

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 which God initially gave to Abraham all the way back in Genesis.

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 And then renewed again with Isaac and renewed again with Jacob.

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 And so he's now renewing it again, reaffirming that covenant.

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 But it's now expanded.

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 Because here in this covenant,

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 we see all of the elements of a covenant.

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 And again, it's a little bit strange for us.

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 We think sometimes of business contracts and sometimes arrangements like that.

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 But we don't do covenants like this,

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 except maybe at weddings.

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 It comes close to that.

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 But a covenant is an agreement,

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 but it was an incredibly significant agreement.

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 And in that covenant, it involves several things.

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 It involved stipulations.

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 In other words, these are your responsibilities,

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 the responsibilities for both parties.

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 It says, this party has responsibilities,

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 and they agree to do certain things,

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 and this party agrees to certain things and has responsibilities.

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 Also, in a covenant agreement,

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 there will be the consequences laid out

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 for the occasion that one of the parties would fail

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 to keep their side of the agreement.

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 But here also,

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 covenants were a lot more graphic

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 than our typical contracts

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 because they would take an animal,

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 a bull or a ram,

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 and slit its throat

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 and pour out its blood.

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 And as we see back in Exodus 24,

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 the blood was kind of divided up into two parts

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 where part of the blood was thrown onto the altar of sacrifice,

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 and the rest of the blood was then sprinkled

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 on all of these 70 elders.

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 And then Aaron and his two sons,

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 and they would be, in a sense, purified by this blood.

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 But what that blood also demonstrates in this covenant,

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 and maybe we ought to do this in weddings more often,

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 was that the parties were saying,

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 if I fail to keep this covenant,

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 may I be like this pitiful, slain animal.

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 And so this was a very serious engagement.

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 But one of the other more fun aspects of the covenant after this

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 is that there was a meal.

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 It was always a meal where they gathered.

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 And this is where Exodus 24 is incredible.

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 Because in Exodus 24,

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 we see all of these elements of the covenant.

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 God has given them the rules.

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 Israel has responded and says,

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 we will keep, we will obey,

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 and we do everything you've said.

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 And then Moses sacrificed the animal

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 and sprinkled the blood on them.

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 And then those last couple of verses,

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 in verse 9,

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 it says there,

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 that they saw God.

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 Not just Moses,

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 but all 70 of these elders.

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 Now,

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 there were limitations in this.

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 Because if you see,

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 up at the very first part of this passage,

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 it said they had to do it from afar.

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 They couldn't get close.

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 But still,

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 to be in the presence of God,

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 they saw him.

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 But even more significant,

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 they ate.

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 They had a meal.

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 And again,

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 that's worth so much more than for us.

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 Because for us,

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 we have a meal with about anybody.

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 We'll go sit down at a sandwich place with strangers.

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 But in this case,

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 in this culture,

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 a meal meant

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 that you were friends.

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 Intimate friends,

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 associates,

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 even family.

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 That you,

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 if you eat with someone,

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 that's like your stamp of approval.

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 Your stamp of acceptance

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 on this person

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 who now shares your bread.

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 This is why

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 the Pharisees

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 got so upset with Jesus

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 early in his ministry

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 because he ate

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 with sinners,

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 with tax collectors,

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 and prostitutes

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 and enjoyed it.

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 It was like he was putting

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 his stamp of approval

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 on them.

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 But here,

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 in Exodus,

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 Israel

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 eats

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 with God himself.

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 And it says,

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 God

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 did not raise his arm

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 against them.

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 He welcomed them.

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 into his presence

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 to share a meal,

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 to give them a taste

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 of what this covenant

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 was all about.

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 Because he was going to

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 make them a nation,

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 but he was going to be

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 their God.

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 And he,

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 and they were going to be

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 his people.

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 And there would be intimacy.

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 So now,

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 we come to the upper room.

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 Jesus says he brings

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 a new covenant.

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 covenant.

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 In many,

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 many ways,

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 it has all the markings

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 of the old.

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 We even have

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 in that upper room,

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 if you read through

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 the Gospel of John,

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 we have again

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 the covenant stipulations

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 in a sense laid out.

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 Where he says,

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 this is a new commandment

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 that I give you.

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 And what is the stipulation?

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 What is the

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 kind of obligation

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 of the covenant?

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 covenant?

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 That you love.

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 That's the new covenant.

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 But here,

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 Jesus, though,

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 changes,

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 he changes the terms

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 incredibly.

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 a sacrifice

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 was going to be

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 required,

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 but the blood

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 would be his.

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 Because no sheep,

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 no oxen,

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 no animal

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 from the stable

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 would be sufficient

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 to bring about

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 and inaugurate

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 this covenant.

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 This is a new covenant.

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 And it's going to go

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 so much farther

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 than any covenant

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 previously.

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 Because the blood

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 of this sacrifice

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 will be effective.

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 Because the funny,

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 you know,

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 what's not really funny,

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 the sad thing

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 about both of these

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 covenant meals,

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 in Exodus 24,

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 these elders

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 celebrated,

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 they ate

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 in the presence of God,

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 they saw God,

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 and they would go

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 down the mountain

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 and make a cow.

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 And proclaim

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 that cow

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 was their God.

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 I mean,

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 how could they

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 forget so quickly?

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 Well,

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 here in the upper room,

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 the disciples as well,

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 they're going to

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 celebrate this meal

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 with Jesus,

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 but yet in a few moments,

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 you know,

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 within a couple of hours,

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 they would be all

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 heels and elbows

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 running in the opposite

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 direction

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 out of a sense

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 of self-preservation.

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 But the blood

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 of Jesus

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 that he was going

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 to shed

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 would be effective

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 to wash clean

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 even traitors,

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 friends who would

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 betray,

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 those who would

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 profess

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 but yet

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 forget,

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 his blood

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 would wash

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 clean

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 the vilest

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 of sinners.

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 But another

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 wonderful thing

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 about this meal,

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 this upper room,

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 that we can't

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 miss.

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 See,

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 in Exodus 24,

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 it says that the

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 disciples,

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 or the elders,

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 had to worship

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 from afar.

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 Not in the upper

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 room.

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 In Exodus 24,

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 all they could

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 see was some

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 semblance

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 of God.

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 They saw this

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 sapphire pavement

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 underneath him,

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 but they didn't

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 see

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 clearly

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 him.

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 But in the

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 upper room,

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 they look at

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 God

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 face-to-face.

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 This new

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 covenant

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 was going

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 to bring

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 God's people

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 so

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 close

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 and intimate,

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 into intimate

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 relationship.

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 And the

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 sacrifice

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 of the blood

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 of this covenant

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 would be sufficient

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 to do that.

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 where God

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 himself

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 will declare

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 these

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 twelve,

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 who in a

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 sense stand

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 as the elders

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 stood representing

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 Israel,

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 these twelve

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 now represent

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 us.

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 The

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 friends,

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 the intimate

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 friends,

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 brothers

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 of God

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 himself.

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 God

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 and that's

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 what the

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 new covenant

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 does.

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 It's not

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 just a bunch

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 of rules.

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 It's not

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 just

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 something we

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 remember

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 because it

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 makes us feel

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 good.

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 Every time

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 we come and

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 gather around

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 this table

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 and take

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 these elements,

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 it is a

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 reenacting of

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 this reaffirmation

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 of the covenant

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 where we

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 remember

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 the blood

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 that brings

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 us near.

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 And we

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 also

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 declare

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 that I

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 am

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 yours,

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 that I

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 am under

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 the blood,

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 that I

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 need this

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 blood,

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 I need

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 this sacrifice,

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 but yet it

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 is fully

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 sufficient

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 for me.

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 And so

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 we celebrate

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 it together.

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 And a

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 covenant like

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 this is

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 more than

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 worth celebrating.

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 Let me

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 pray for

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 us.

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 Father,

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 as we

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 celebrate this

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 time together,

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 would you

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 impress on

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 our hearts

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 the gravity

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 of what

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 we do.

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 Not that

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 we would

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 be morose

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 or fearful,

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 that we

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 would come

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 readily,

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 that we

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 would come

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 freely and

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 with joy

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 even,

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 but that

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 we would

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 come

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 remembering

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 the price

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 that was

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 paid

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 to make

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 this covenant

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 possible.

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 And that

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 we would

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 remember

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 that we

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 are now

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 bound,

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 we are

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 covered,

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 we are

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 stained

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 forever

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 by the

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 blood of

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 the sacrifice.

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 We

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 have been

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 cleansed

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 by the

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 blood of

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 the new

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 covenant

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 which is

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 shed for

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 us.

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 May we

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 relish

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 in that.

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 We pray

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 in Jesus'

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 name.

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 Amen.

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