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 Well, please take your Bibles and open them up this morning to the book of Daniel.

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 The book of Daniel. If you're just joining us for the first time or the first time in a while,

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 we are nine or ten weeks now into our series through the book of Daniel.

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 And what we tend to do is work our way through books of the Bible.

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 And so this morning we have come to Daniel chapter 9 and verses 20 through 27.

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 And here's my disclaimer, is this is one of the most difficult, one of the most mysterious,

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 one of the most debated, at times one of the most divisive passages of Scripture.

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 And you get to enjoy me struggling through it this morning.

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 But what I pray is that we would be encouraged by the truths that we hear from God's Word this morning.

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 If you didn't bring a Bible, that's okay. We have a few Bibles there in front of you.

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 And I don't know who planned this as we go through these 77s in Daniel chapter 9,

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 but this can be found, our passage can be found on page 700 of those few Bibles there in front of you this morning.

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 But let's turn there now, Daniel 9, 20 through 27.

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 And when you found it, let's stand in honor of the reading of God's Word.

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 While I was speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel,

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 and presenting my plea before the Lord my God for the holy hill of my God,

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 while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the first,

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 came to me in swift flight at the time of the evening sacrifice.

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 He made me to understand speaking with me, saying,

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 O Daniel, I have now come out to give you insight and understanding.

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 At the beginning of your pleas for mercy, a word went out,

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 and I have come to tell it to you, for you are greatly loved.

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 Therefore, consider the word and understand the vision.

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 Seventy weeks are decreed about your people and your holy city,

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 to finish the transgression, to put an end to sin,

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 and to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness,

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 to seal both vision and profit, and to anoint a most holy place.

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 Know therefore and understand that from the going out of the word to restore and build Jerusalem,

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 to the coming of an anointed one, a prince, there shall be seven weeks.

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 Then for sixty-two weeks it shall be built again with squares and moat, but in a troubled time.

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 And after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one shall be cut off and shall have nothing.

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 And the people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary.

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 Its end shall come with a flood, and to the end there shall be war.

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 Desolations are decreed.

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 And he shall make a strong covenant with many for one week,

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 and for half of the week he shall put an end to sacrifice and offering.

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 And on the wing of abominations shall come one who makes desolate

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 until the decreed end is poured out on the desolator.

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 This is God's holy word.

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 Let's pray once more.

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 Father, this is a difficult text, and we pray, Lord, I pray for wisdom.

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 We pray for understanding.

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 And if nothing else this morning, may Christ and the gospel be clear.

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 We pray in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 You may be seated.

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 What is your hope?

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 A few years ago, Amanda and I planned to take the boys to their first theme park.

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 And we had been to a few different fairs and kind of pop-up carnival-type rides before,

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 but we had never before spent an entire day at a theme park.

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 And so we planned it all out.

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 We bought the tickets.

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 We'd even shown the boys some YouTube videos of rides that they could ride when they got there.

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 And when we finally got there and got inside the park,

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 I asked one of them, well, how many, excuse me, what ride would you like to ride first?

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 And one of them looked up at me, I'll never forget, and he asked me, well, how many can we do?

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 And it was a fair question because all that they had reference for before that moment

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 was a ride or two here and there, cheap parents who don't want to buy too many fair and carnival rides for them to enjoy.

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 They had no point of reference for a full day at the theme park

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 getting to do whatever in the world they wanted to do.

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 And so I'll never forget that conversation,

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 that dawning realization on his face when he looked up and I got to explain to them,

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 no, no, no, no, no.

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 You have full access all day long to ride as much as you want,

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 whatever you want to do.

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 In that moment, they had their hopes expanded.

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 They were being brought to an even greater experience of joy and delight

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 than what they had previously thought was possible.

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 We're here in our passage this morning in a similar way.

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 I believe that this is what God is doing for Daniel.

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 Daniel, you remember from last week and the week before,

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 he has been praying and hoping and anticipating this return from exile into the promised land.

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 Seventy years was the time that was almost up.

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 Jeremiah had prophesied seventy years.

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 The return was getting closer.

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 And so we saw last week that Daniel prayed and he confessed

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 and he sought the mercy of God to bring the people back to the land.

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 And here in verses 20 and 23, God answers.

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 Gabriel comes again to assure Daniel of God's love for him,

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 to give him insight and understanding.

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 And then what he shows Daniel is that, yes, 70 years is almost up.

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 Everything that you're waiting for is about to happen,

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 but that's not your ultimate hope.

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 I have something even better in store for you.

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 This passage is an expansion of Daniel's hope.

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 So my prayer for us as we look into this difficult text this morning

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 is that we would fix our hope on the promises made to Daniel here in these verses.

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 So we'll take a look here at Daniel 9, verses 20 through 27.

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 And we're going to see this in three parts this morning.

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 I try to make it easy for you to follow along.

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 Three parts this morning.

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 If you're taking notes, this will be our outline.

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 We're going to see the promise in verse 24.

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 What is it that's being promised here?

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 What is that better hope?

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 We're going to see the process in verse 25.

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 How is it going to happen?

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 And then we're going to see the price in verses 26 and 27.

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 What is it going to cost?

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 First, what is the promise?

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 Look there to verse 24 with me.

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 Verse 24 serves as sort of the summary for the whole message.

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 This is the main point.

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 Gabriel says,

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 70 weeks are decreed about your people and your holy city.

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 70 weeks, the word literally there in the original is 77s.

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 77s.

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 We'll get there to that in just a minute.

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 But again, you remember Daniel's hope was in these 70 years.

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 Right?

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 A return from exile.

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 And God answers this prayer by expanding that hope.

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 Not just what God can do in 70 years, but in 77s.

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 Let's look at what God promises.

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 God makes six glorious promises here and what he will do in these 77s.

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 Listen to this.

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 Listen to this.

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 God says,

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 I will finish transgression.

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 All evil, all sin, all rebellion will cease.

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 All the transgression that got you here into exile in the first place will be gone.

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 Done with.

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 No more.

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 I will put an end to sin.

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 All sin will be totally wiped away from my people for good.

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 As far as east is from the west.

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 So far will I remove your sin from you.

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 Sin will be totally done.

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 All the effects of sin will be totally peeled back.

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 Can you imagine that?

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 I will atone for iniquity.

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 I'm not only ending your sin.

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 I'm going to pay for it.

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 Full atonement.

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 Which means full reconciliation with God.

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 Full appeasement of God's wrath against sin.

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 And I will do all of this.

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 But not only this.

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 Guess what?

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 I will bring in everlasting righteousness.

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 So they're not just cleaned up for a moment until they leave and then they go sin again the next hour.

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 Everlasting forever.

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 Everlasting forever.

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 They're covered in this forever righteousness that cannot be removed.

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 Cannot be stained.

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 Cannot be lost.

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 Cannot be tainted.

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 This cycle of sin and judgment.

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 Sin and judgment.

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 Sin and judgment.

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 Will be done.

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 You will be righteous forever.

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 I will seal up both vision and profit.

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 Why?

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 Because everything they've looked forward to will be fulfilled.

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 They're no longer needed.

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 Lastly, I will anoint a most holy place.

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 Literally, a most holy one.

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 In other words, not a place, but a person will be anointed.

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 Well, who is that?

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 It's the Messiah.

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 Messiah.

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 The Messiah.

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 The anointed one.

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 You cannot read this promise.

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 This list of six glorious promises as a Christian and miss what's being held out here for us.

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 Can you?

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 This is the work of Christ.

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 These are the promises of the new covenant in his blood.

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 This is what the gospel of Jesus Christ has purchased for all of his people.

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 God is laying out a plan of a much greater, much more glorious hope than a simple return from exile.

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 This is the hope of the gospel.

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 You know, if you've been with us for some time and you wonder why in the world we talk about the gospel so much.

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 And why in the world we make such a big deal about the gospel.

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 What makes the gospel such good news?

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 Well, here it is.

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 The gospel is the good news that all of these promises that God made to Daniel are available to you can be had right now through faith in the Messiah.

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 Do you want to have your sins forgiven?

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 Put your faith in Christ.

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 Do you want everlasting righteousness that can't be messed up?

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 Put your faith in Christ.

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 You receive perfect righteousness.

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 His perfect righteousness.

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 You want to be sure and certain that your sins are no longer counted against you, but they are paid in full?

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 Come to Christ.

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 That's the gospel.

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 These promises that God is making here are available to you now through faith in Christ.

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 You cannot dream up a better hope than this.

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 Christ, the anointed one, has come and has fulfilled every word that the prophets have spoken about him.

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 And all of these promises, all of them, are available to you right now by the grace of God to be received by faith.

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 That is a glorious hope, church.

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 And here, God holds this out for Daniel as if to say,

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 I love you, I hear your heart, I will answer your prayers, I will fulfill my word.

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 Yes, I will bring you back to the promised land.

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 But Daniel, that is not even a fraction of what I have planned for you.

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 You want to go back to the promised land, that's fine.

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 But Daniel, I'm promising you a new Eden.

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 A better Eden that you can't ruin with your sin.

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 You want to come out of your exile, that's good.

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 But don't forget, your true exile didn't begin in 597.

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 It began all the way back in Genesis chapter 3.

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 You want freedom from your slavery?

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 Well, guess what, Daniel?

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 Your true slavery isn't slavery to the Babylonians.

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 It's slavery to sin.

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 And your ultimate hope is not the promised land.

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 It's the promised Messiah.

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 These promises, no sin, no judgment, no transgression, no more separation between God and man, everlasting righteousness.

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 These are the promises of the new covenant.

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 And again, this is where context is so helpful for us.

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 Because you remember, last week, Treg drew this out for us.

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 Daniel has been reading his Bible and he's been reflecting on two passages in particular, in Jeremiah and in Deuteronomy.

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 You remember this from last week?

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 He had read about the 70 years in Jeremiah 25.

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 But it's as if God says,

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 Keep on reading to the better promises of Jeremiah 31.

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 I will put my law within them.

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 I will write it on their hearts.

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 I will be their God.

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 They shall be my people.

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 No longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying,

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 Know the Lord, for they shall all know me from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord.

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 For I will forgive their iniquity and I will remember their sin no more.

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 He had read about the blessings and the curses of the covenant in Deuteronomy chapter 29.

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 But it's as if God says,

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 Keep on reading to the better hope of Deuteronomy chapter 30,

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 where it says,

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 The Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring,

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 so that you will love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

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 that you may live.

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 These are the promises of the gospel.

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 And God says,

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 Daniel, look there.

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 Put your hope there.

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 That is your ultimate hope.

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 But how will it happen?

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 What's the process?

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 This is our second point this morning.

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 Look with me to verse 25.

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 We'll see the process.

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 You know,

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 A reasonable question for Daniel might have been,

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 When?

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 When?

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 And Gabriel,

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 amazingly,

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 he answers that question,

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 doesn't he?

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 Except he doesn't say,

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 Next Thursday at 12 o'clock.

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 What does he say?

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 He says,

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 Seventy sevens.

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 Seventy sevens.

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 What in the world are we talking about here?

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 Seventy sevens.

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 Well,

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 we're not told what these sevens are.

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 In our translation,

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 the ESV,

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 it says 70 weeks.

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 But again,

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 what it literally says there is 77s.

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 We are not told if these are sevens of years,

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 or months,

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 or days,

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 or weeks,

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 or if they're more theologically oriented

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 than chronologically oriented.

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 It is really not clear.

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 All I know is I don't talk this way.

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 And when somebody asks me what time our service starts,

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 I don't measure in sevens.

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 I don't say 10 sevens, 11 sevens.

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 It's just not how we speak.

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 But clearly,

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 what we could say is,

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 is these 77s,

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 whatever they are,

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 they're divided into three blocks of time.

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 Seven,

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 62,

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 and one.

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 Verse 25,

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 it says literally,

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 it says,

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 from the going forth of the command to restore and build Jerusalem

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 until the coming of Messiah Prince,

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 there will be seven sevens and 62 sevens.

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 The first seven,

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 it seems to be exactly what Daniel was praying for.

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 A word was going to be sent forth to rebuild Jerusalem.

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 This is good news for Daniel.

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 This is what he's been hoping in.

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 And we see,

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 again,

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 as we look back in the pages of history,

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 if we look back to 2 Chronicles chapter 36,

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 that's exactly what happened.

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 Cyrus makes a decree in 539,

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 538 B.C.

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 to go,

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 again,

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 begin this rebuilding effort in Jerusalem.

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 Now,

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 I believe that Cyrus' decree is both the end of Jeremiah's 70 years

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 and the beginning of Daniel's 77s.

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 And again,

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 this would be a huge relief for Daniel,

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 wouldn't it?

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 The city and the temple

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 and with it,

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 everything that he had hoped for and longed for

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 was about to be rebuilt,

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 even though,

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 of course,

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 he says it would be in a troubled time.

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 And we see that story told for us

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 in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah.

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 But again,

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 that's not where the story ends,

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 is it?

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 The Bible doesn't end with the books of Ezra and Nehemiah.

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 The city and the temple will be rebuilt

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 and it will remain for 62 more sevens.

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 But,

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 that temple

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 and that city

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 aren't the end of the story.

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 They aren't the point of the story.

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 What's the point?

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 All of this is leading us forwards,

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 pointing us forwards

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 to what will happen

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 after those 62.

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 What's going to happen?

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 The Messiah will come.

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 The Messiah will come.

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 God is orienting Daniel

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 towards the coming of this promised Messiah.

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 And what will he do when he comes?

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 He will purchase

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 all of these glorious covenant promises

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 in verse 24.

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 For all of his people.

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 69 sevens

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 until the coming of the anointed Messiah.

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 And that is the point.

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 So God says,

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 look there.

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 Pay attention here.

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 Look to these promises.

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 This is where your attention needs to be.

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 Seven sevens

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 to get you back to the land.

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 Then 62 more sevens

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 until Messiah.

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 That's where your focus

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 needs to be.

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 Like a kid on the way

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 to a theme park

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 on a road trip.

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 He ought to be asking,

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 well,

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 are we there yet?

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 Are we there yet?

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 Are we there yet?

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 When will Messiah come?

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 How long are 69 sevens?

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 And here,

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 here we have to decide

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 whether we understand these

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 chronologically

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 or theologically.

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 In other words,

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 are all these sevens

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 meant to tell Daniel

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 when he's coming exactly

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 or what he's accomplishing exactly.

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 And cards on the table,

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 okay,

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 I believe that it is

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 the latter.

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 Some,

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 who I love

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 and respect,

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 take this to mean

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 years.

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 And they understand

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 these sevens

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 to be expressing

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 a precise time

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 in years.

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 And so,

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 seven sevens

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 is 49 years

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 and 62 sevens

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 is 434 years

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 and altogether,

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 70 sevens

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 is 490 calendar years.

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 But there's

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 several reasons

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 why I don't think

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 that that's the best way

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 to understand this.

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 For one,

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 again,

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 there's nothing

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 in the text

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 to make me think

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 we have to understand

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 it that way.

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 Seven sevens

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 is what it says.

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 It doesn't say

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 seven sevens of years.

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 On top of that,

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 there really aren't

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 any great calculations

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 that get us

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 from a proclamation

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 to build Jerusalem

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 and then to the Messiah

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 in 483 years,

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 although some get close

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 but not exact

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 and you do have to do

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 some gymnastics

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 to get there.

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 But the biggest problem

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 for me

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 is what in the world

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 do you do

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 with that last seven?

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 Because you and I both know

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 it's been a little bit more

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 than seven years

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 since Jesus walked

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 the earth,

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 hasn't it?

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 Going on almost

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 2,000 years now,

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 in fact.

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 Here's where

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 in the name

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 of literal interpretation,

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 my friends,

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 who again,

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 I respect and love,

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 they say,

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 well,

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 there must be

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 a gap

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 between the 69th

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 and the 70th seven

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 and that's a gap

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 that's lasted

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 for almost 2,000 years now

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 and it's a gap

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 that as hard

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 as I look,

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 I just,

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 it's nowhere to be found

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 in this passage.

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 So all of this

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 leads me to think

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 that there is

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 theological weight

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 to these 70-7s.

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 So what is it?

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 Well,

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 we hear,

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 we hear seven

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 and almost automatically,

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 immediately,

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 our mind should think

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 of perfection

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 and completion

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 and Sabbath rest,

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 right?

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 But there's one more

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 place in particular

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 that I want us to look

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 and if you turn there,

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 it's fine,

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 you can turn there,

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 you can write it down

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 to flip there later

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 but I want you to turn

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 to the book of Leviticus

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 and this is why

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 you don't skip Leviticus

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 in your annual reading plan.

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 I know that's the widow maker

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 of our annual Bible reading plans

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 but really,

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 there's some good stuff.

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 Leviticus chapter 25

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 and I'm just going to focus here

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 on verses 8 through 12.

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 Leviticus 25,

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 8 through 12.

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 This chapter

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 is about the jubilee year

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 in Israel.

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 Once they were

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 to enter the promised land,

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 they were told to count,

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 listen to this,

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 seven weeks of years.

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 Seven times seven years.

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 So that the time

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 of the seven weeks of years

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 shall give you 49 years

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 and then

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 you shall sound

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 the loud trumpet

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 on the tenth day

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 of the seventh month.

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 On the day of atonement

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 you shall sound

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 the trumpet

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 throughout all your land

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 and you shall consecrate

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 that fiftieth year

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 and proclaim liberty

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 throughout the land

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 to all its inhabitants.

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 It shall be a jubilee

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 for you

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 when each of you

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 shall return

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 to his property

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 and each of you

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 shall return

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 to his clan.

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 That fiftieth year

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 shall be a jubilee

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 for you.

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 In it you shall neither

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 sow nor reap

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 what grows of itself

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 nor gather the grapes

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 from the undressed vines

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 for it is a jubilee.

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 It shall be holy to you.

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 You may eat

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 the produce

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 of the field.

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 Now think about this

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 with me.

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 That would be

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 a glorious celebration,

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 wouldn't it?

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 49 years

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 of anticipation

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 and then the trumpet

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 sounds.

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 The slaves

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 are freed.

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 The land

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 is renewed.

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 The curse

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 is peeled back.

00:22:55.660 --> 00:22:56.100
 Daniel

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 is looking

00:22:56.780 --> 00:22:58.920
 at 77s.

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 These 77s

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 are 10 times

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 that great jubilee

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 celebration.

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 10 being a number

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 of perfect completion.

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 In other words,

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 what God

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 has planned

00:23:09.840 --> 00:23:11.880
 with these 77s

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 is the ultimate

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 jubilee.

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 The ultimate

00:23:16.320 --> 00:23:17.840
 Sabbath rest.

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 The ultimate

00:23:19.260 --> 00:23:20.320
 deliverance

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 from exile

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 when the Messiah

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 comes in

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 to bring in

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 all the promises

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 of the new covenant.

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 In other words,

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 church,

00:23:29.019 --> 00:23:30.299
 we are in

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 the final seven.

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 The Messiah

00:23:33.439 --> 00:23:34.659
 has come,

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 has inaugurated

00:23:36.700 --> 00:23:37.919
 the kingdom of God.

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 We belong to it

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 in Christ

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 and so now

00:23:41.159 --> 00:23:42.700
 we await

00:23:42.700 --> 00:23:43.539
 its final

00:23:43.539 --> 00:23:44.480
 consummation

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 at the sound

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 of the final

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 trumpet blast.

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 The jubilee

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 of jubilees

00:23:49.839 --> 00:23:51.240
 at the return

00:23:51.240 --> 00:23:51.939
 of Christ.

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 There's

00:23:54.599 --> 00:23:55.899
 much more

00:23:55.899 --> 00:23:56.519
 to be said there

00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:57.199
 than we have time

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 to say it.

00:23:59.559 --> 00:24:00.559
 Let's move on.

00:24:00.719 --> 00:24:01.059
 How

00:24:01.059 --> 00:24:02.959
 will these promises

00:24:02.959 --> 00:24:03.639
 be secured?

00:24:05.119 --> 00:24:06.199
 How will these promises

00:24:06.199 --> 00:24:06.859
 be secured?

00:24:07.859 --> 00:24:08.619
 What will it

00:24:08.619 --> 00:24:09.579
 cost?

00:24:09.799 --> 00:24:10.259
 Let's look there

00:24:10.259 --> 00:24:10.579
 to verses

00:24:10.579 --> 00:24:12.279
 26 and 27

00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:13.919
 and here we see

00:24:13.919 --> 00:24:15.139
 the price

00:24:15.139 --> 00:24:16.479
 that will be paid

00:24:16.479 --> 00:24:17.699
 to secure

00:24:17.700 --> 00:24:18.259
 this covenant.

00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:19.380
 Gabriel says

00:24:19.380 --> 00:24:20.920
 within this

00:24:20.920 --> 00:24:22.220
 final seven

00:24:22.220 --> 00:24:23.480
 which again

00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:24.039
 began

00:24:24.039 --> 00:24:25.180
 with the arrival

00:24:25.180 --> 00:24:26.019
 of Christ

00:24:26.019 --> 00:24:27.160
 he says

00:24:27.160 --> 00:24:28.819
 two key events

00:24:28.819 --> 00:24:29.539
 will happen.

00:24:30.440 --> 00:24:31.500
 Two key events

00:24:31.500 --> 00:24:32.279
 will happen.

00:24:32.360 --> 00:24:32.819
 Look there with me

00:24:32.819 --> 00:24:33.819
 to verses 26

00:24:33.819 --> 00:24:34.480
 and 27

00:24:34.480 --> 00:24:35.640
 and it's my

00:24:35.640 --> 00:24:36.220
 understanding

00:24:36.220 --> 00:24:37.580
 that these two

00:24:37.580 --> 00:24:37.980
 verses

00:24:37.980 --> 00:24:39.039
 they run

00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:39.819
 parallel

00:24:39.819 --> 00:24:40.900
 to each other.

00:24:41.080 --> 00:24:41.720
 This is key

00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:42.620
 for our understanding

00:24:42.620 --> 00:24:43.240
 this passage.

00:24:43.380 --> 00:24:43.840
 This will really

00:24:43.840 --> 00:24:44.299
 help us

00:24:44.299 --> 00:24:45.559
 get what's happening.

00:24:45.559 --> 00:24:46.079
 It's not

00:24:46.079 --> 00:24:47.839
 A, B, C, D

00:24:47.839 --> 00:24:50.279
 it's A, B, A, B

00:24:50.279 --> 00:24:50.720
 okay?

00:24:51.299 --> 00:24:51.519
 It's not

00:24:51.519 --> 00:24:52.259
 1, 2, 3, 4

00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:53.099
 it's 1, 2

00:24:53.099 --> 00:24:53.859
 generally

00:24:53.859 --> 00:24:55.039
 and then 1, 2

00:24:55.039 --> 00:24:55.700
 a little bit more

00:24:55.700 --> 00:24:56.419
 specifically.

00:24:56.639 --> 00:24:57.619
 This is classic

00:24:57.619 --> 00:24:59.460
 Hebrew parallelism.

00:25:00.019 --> 00:25:00.579
 Verse 26

00:25:00.579 --> 00:25:01.220
 is a little bit

00:25:01.220 --> 00:25:01.859
 more general

00:25:01.859 --> 00:25:03.399
 verse 27

00:25:03.399 --> 00:25:03.980
 is a little bit

00:25:03.980 --> 00:25:04.720
 more specific

00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:05.839
 but they are

00:25:05.839 --> 00:25:06.599
 speaking about

00:25:06.599 --> 00:25:07.359
 the same

00:25:07.359 --> 00:25:08.240
 thing.

00:25:08.399 --> 00:25:08.899
 So let's look

00:25:08.899 --> 00:25:09.759
 two key events

00:25:09.759 --> 00:25:10.279
 what are they?

00:25:10.619 --> 00:25:11.539
 They are the death

00:25:11.539 --> 00:25:12.379
 of the Messiah

00:25:12.379 --> 00:25:14.440
 and the end

00:25:14.440 --> 00:25:15.160
 of the temple.

00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:17.259
 The death

00:25:17.259 --> 00:25:17.980
 of the Messiah

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:19.779
 and the end

00:25:19.779 --> 00:25:20.840
 of the temple.

00:25:20.960 --> 00:25:21.700
 So let me read

00:25:21.700 --> 00:25:22.259
 them again

00:25:22.259 --> 00:25:22.799
 look there with me

00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:23.620
 to verse 26.

00:25:24.880 --> 00:25:25.160
 He says

00:25:25.160 --> 00:25:26.559
 after the 62 weeks

00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:27.860
 an anointed one

00:25:27.860 --> 00:25:29.400
 shall be cut off

00:25:29.400 --> 00:25:30.720
 and shall have

00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:31.460
 nothing.

00:25:31.580 --> 00:25:32.440
 Death of the Messiah

00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:34.279
 and the people

00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:34.980
 of the prince

00:25:34.980 --> 00:25:35.720
 who is to come

00:25:35.720 --> 00:25:36.519
 shall destroy

00:25:36.519 --> 00:25:37.080
 the city

00:25:37.080 --> 00:25:37.960
 and the sanctuary

00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:39.340
 its end

00:25:39.340 --> 00:25:39.880
 shall come

00:25:39.880 --> 00:25:40.640
 with a flood

00:25:40.640 --> 00:25:41.740
 and to the end

00:25:41.740 --> 00:25:42.840
 there shall be war.

00:25:42.839 --> 00:25:43.799
 Desolations

00:25:43.799 --> 00:25:44.899
 are decreed

00:25:44.899 --> 00:25:46.220
 end of the temple.

00:25:46.339 --> 00:25:46.899
 That's the general

00:25:46.899 --> 00:25:47.339
 picture.

00:25:47.559 --> 00:25:48.419
 Get more specific

00:25:48.419 --> 00:25:49.240
 verse 27

00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:50.959
 and he shall

00:25:50.959 --> 00:25:51.759
 make a strong

00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:52.220
 covenant

00:25:52.220 --> 00:25:52.839
 with many

00:25:52.839 --> 00:25:53.659
 for one week

00:25:53.659 --> 00:25:54.919
 and for half

00:25:54.919 --> 00:25:55.359
 of the week

00:25:55.359 --> 00:25:55.859
 he shall put

00:25:55.859 --> 00:25:56.199
 an end

00:25:56.199 --> 00:25:56.980
 to sacrifice

00:25:56.980 --> 00:25:57.839
 an offering

00:25:57.839 --> 00:25:58.339
 death

00:25:58.339 --> 00:25:59.639
 of the Messiah

00:25:59.639 --> 00:26:01.139
 and on the

00:26:01.139 --> 00:26:02.259
 wing of abominations

00:26:02.259 --> 00:26:03.059
 shall come one

00:26:03.059 --> 00:26:03.959
 who makes desolate

00:26:03.959 --> 00:26:05.500
 until the decreed

00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:06.059
 end is poured

00:26:06.059 --> 00:26:06.799
 out on the

00:26:06.799 --> 00:26:07.500
 desolator

00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:08.519
 end of

00:26:08.519 --> 00:26:09.819
 the temple.

00:26:09.819 --> 00:26:12.179
 First event

00:26:12.179 --> 00:26:14.299
 after 62

00:26:14.299 --> 00:26:14.819
 weeks

00:26:14.819 --> 00:26:16.079
 God says

00:26:16.079 --> 00:26:16.819
 this Messiah

00:26:16.819 --> 00:26:17.339
 prince

00:26:17.339 --> 00:26:17.779
 will be

00:26:17.779 --> 00:26:18.939
 cut off

00:26:18.939 --> 00:26:19.639
 and have

00:26:19.639 --> 00:26:20.639
 nothing.

00:26:20.859 --> 00:26:21.259
 This is

00:26:21.259 --> 00:26:22.859
 shocking

00:26:22.859 --> 00:26:23.639
 language.

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.419
 The Messiah

00:26:25.419 --> 00:26:25.859
 will be

00:26:25.859 --> 00:26:27.240
 cut off

00:26:27.240 --> 00:26:28.039
 and have

00:26:28.039 --> 00:26:28.879
 nothing.

00:26:28.980 --> 00:26:29.379
 The language

00:26:29.379 --> 00:26:30.240
 here is

00:26:30.240 --> 00:26:31.460
 describing

00:26:31.460 --> 00:26:32.399
 a brutal

00:26:32.399 --> 00:26:32.960
 death.

00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:34.460
 This is the

00:26:34.460 --> 00:26:35.119
 death of a

00:26:35.119 --> 00:26:35.799
 lawbreaker.

00:26:35.939 --> 00:26:36.480
 This is death

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:37.700
 penalty language

00:26:37.700 --> 00:26:38.439
 but interestingly

00:26:38.440 --> 00:26:39.840
 enough it's

00:26:39.840 --> 00:26:40.400
 the same

00:26:40.400 --> 00:26:41.140
 language

00:26:41.140 --> 00:26:41.860
 that's used

00:26:41.860 --> 00:26:42.660
 to make

00:26:42.660 --> 00:26:43.519
 or to

00:26:43.519 --> 00:26:44.120
 cut

00:26:44.120 --> 00:26:45.039
 a covenant.

00:26:46.559 --> 00:26:46.960
 In other

00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:47.360
 words

00:26:47.360 --> 00:26:48.880
 all of these

00:26:48.880 --> 00:26:49.400
 promises

00:26:49.400 --> 00:26:50.640
 of verse 24

00:26:50.640 --> 00:26:51.180
 forgiveness

00:26:51.180 --> 00:26:52.059
 of sin

00:26:52.059 --> 00:26:53.100
 everlasting

00:26:53.100 --> 00:26:54.160
 righteousness

00:26:54.160 --> 00:26:55.360
 these covenant

00:26:55.360 --> 00:26:56.220
 blessings

00:26:56.220 --> 00:26:57.140
 are given

00:26:57.140 --> 00:26:58.039
 freely

00:26:58.039 --> 00:26:59.039
 to God's

00:26:59.039 --> 00:26:59.480
 people

00:26:59.480 --> 00:26:59.920
 but they

00:26:59.920 --> 00:27:00.660
 cost

00:27:00.660 --> 00:27:01.660
 something

00:27:01.660 --> 00:27:02.779
 infinitely

00:27:02.779 --> 00:27:03.680
 precious.

00:27:05.220 --> 00:27:05.559
 They are

00:27:05.559 --> 00:27:06.200
 secured

00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:07.400
 by the

00:27:07.400 --> 00:27:07.940
 cutting

00:27:07.940 --> 00:27:08.480
 off

00:27:08.480 --> 00:27:08.799
 the

00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:09.380
 death

00:27:09.380 --> 00:27:10.180
 of the

00:27:10.180 --> 00:27:10.539
 Messiah

00:27:10.539 --> 00:27:10.740
 to

00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:11.019
 come.

00:27:11.140 --> 00:27:11.200
 The

00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:11.759
 Messiah

00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:12.920
 is the

00:27:12.920 --> 00:27:13.180
 one

00:27:13.180 --> 00:27:15.539
 who

00:27:15.539 --> 00:27:15.779
 shall

00:27:15.779 --> 00:27:16.100
 make

00:27:16.100 --> 00:27:16.319
 a

00:27:16.319 --> 00:27:16.920
 strong

00:27:16.920 --> 00:27:17.480
 covenant

00:27:17.480 --> 00:27:18.180
 with

00:27:18.180 --> 00:27:18.500
 many

00:27:18.500 --> 00:27:20.019
 by

00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:20.259
 his

00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:20.840
 death.

00:27:22.039 --> 00:27:22.380
 Just as

00:27:22.380 --> 00:27:22.799
 Isaiah

00:27:22.799 --> 00:27:23.600
 prophesied

00:27:23.600 --> 00:27:24.000
 in Isaiah

00:27:24.000 --> 00:27:24.480
 53

00:27:24.480 --> 00:27:25.080
 verse 8

00:27:25.080 --> 00:27:25.299
 what does

00:27:25.299 --> 00:27:25.620
 he say?

00:27:26.180 --> 00:27:26.480
 He was

00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:27.000
 cut

00:27:27.000 --> 00:27:27.759
 off

00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:28.360
 out of

00:27:28.360 --> 00:27:28.480
 the

00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:28.720
 land

00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:28.960
 of the

00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:29.220
 living

00:27:29.220 --> 00:27:30.779
 stricken

00:27:30.779 --> 00:27:31.279
 for the

00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:31.860
 transgression

00:27:31.860 --> 00:27:32.340
 of my

00:27:32.340 --> 00:27:32.819
 people.

00:27:34.059 --> 00:27:34.460
 His death

00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:34.819
 wasn't

00:27:34.819 --> 00:27:35.539
 a

00:27:35.539 --> 00:27:35.920
 defeat

00:27:35.920 --> 00:27:36.200
 for the

00:27:36.200 --> 00:27:36.539
 Messiah

00:27:36.539 --> 00:27:36.940
 was it?

00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:37.460
 Far from

00:27:37.460 --> 00:27:37.600
 it.

00:27:37.700 --> 00:27:37.799
 It's

00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:38.559
 through

00:27:38.559 --> 00:27:39.059
 this

00:27:39.059 --> 00:27:39.519
 death

00:27:39.519 --> 00:27:39.779
 that

00:27:39.779 --> 00:27:39.980
 he

00:27:39.980 --> 00:27:40.900
 secures

00:27:40.900 --> 00:27:41.819
 or makes

00:27:41.819 --> 00:27:42.600
 certain

00:27:42.600 --> 00:27:43.220
 or makes

00:27:43.220 --> 00:27:44.079
 strong

00:27:44.079 --> 00:27:45.019
 a covenant

00:27:45.019 --> 00:27:45.680
 for many.

00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:46.039
 Isaiah

00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:46.539
 53

00:27:46.539 --> 00:27:47.000
 again

00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:47.680
 verse 11

00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:48.900
 out of

00:27:48.900 --> 00:27:49.519
 the anguish

00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:49.940
 of his

00:27:49.940 --> 00:27:50.299
 soul

00:27:50.299 --> 00:27:50.720
 he shall

00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:51.220
 see

00:27:51.220 --> 00:27:51.740
 and be

00:27:51.740 --> 00:27:52.460
 satisfied

00:27:52.460 --> 00:27:53.960
 by his

00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:54.579
 knowledge

00:27:54.579 --> 00:27:55.400
 shall he

00:27:55.400 --> 00:27:55.980
 the

00:27:55.980 --> 00:27:56.420
 righteous

00:27:56.420 --> 00:27:56.779
 one

00:27:56.779 --> 00:27:57.000
 my

00:27:57.000 --> 00:27:57.519
 servant

00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:58.140
 make

00:27:58.140 --> 00:27:58.380
 the

00:27:58.380 --> 00:27:58.799
 many

00:27:58.799 --> 00:27:59.840
 to be

00:27:59.840 --> 00:28:00.240
 accounted

00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:00.900
 righteous

00:28:00.900 --> 00:28:02.059
 and he

00:28:02.059 --> 00:28:02.640
 shall bear

00:28:02.640 --> 00:28:03.140
 their

00:28:03.140 --> 00:28:04.279
 iniquities.

00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:04.660
 God

00:28:04.660 --> 00:28:04.819
 has

00:28:04.819 --> 00:28:05.059
 been

00:28:05.059 --> 00:28:05.960
 promising

00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:06.839
 Daniel

00:28:06.839 --> 00:28:07.099
 this

00:28:07.099 --> 00:28:07.819
 new

00:28:07.819 --> 00:28:08.279
 covenant

00:28:08.279 --> 00:28:08.579
 and he

00:28:08.579 --> 00:28:09.000
 reminds

00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:09.359
 Daniel

00:28:09.359 --> 00:28:10.119
 this is

00:28:10.119 --> 00:28:10.539
 your

00:28:10.539 --> 00:28:11.180
 hope

00:28:11.180 --> 00:28:11.700
 but how

00:28:11.700 --> 00:28:12.019
 will it

00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:12.200
 be

00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:12.879
 accomplished?

00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:14.480
 At

00:28:14.480 --> 00:28:15.259
 great

00:28:15.259 --> 00:28:16.579
 cost.

00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:18.319
 What does

00:28:18.319 --> 00:28:18.579
 Jesus

00:28:18.579 --> 00:28:19.099
 himself

00:28:19.099 --> 00:28:19.839
 say as

00:28:19.839 --> 00:28:20.039
 he

00:28:20.039 --> 00:28:21.259
 pours

00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:21.680
 the wine

00:28:21.680 --> 00:28:22.059
 into the

00:28:22.059 --> 00:28:22.319
 cup

00:28:22.319 --> 00:28:22.819
 and passes

00:28:22.819 --> 00:28:23.480
 it from

00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:23.980
 disciple

00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:25.160
 to disciple

00:28:25.160 --> 00:28:26.160
 to disciple

00:28:26.160 --> 00:28:26.460
 what does

00:28:26.460 --> 00:28:26.859
 he say?

00:28:27.920 --> 00:28:28.220
 This

00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:28.839
 is my

00:28:28.839 --> 00:28:29.440
 blood

00:28:29.440 --> 00:28:30.039
 of the

00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:30.440
 covenant

00:28:30.440 --> 00:28:31.839
 which is

00:28:31.839 --> 00:28:32.220
 poured

00:28:32.220 --> 00:28:32.559
 out

00:28:32.559 --> 00:28:33.019
 for

00:28:33.019 --> 00:28:33.599
 many

00:28:33.599 --> 00:28:34.579
 for

00:28:34.579 --> 00:28:34.740
 the

00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:35.139
 forgiveness

00:28:35.139 --> 00:28:35.839
 of

00:28:35.839 --> 00:28:36.439
 sins

00:28:36.439 --> 00:28:38.240
 in

00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:38.539
 order

00:28:38.539 --> 00:28:38.799
 to

00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:39.359
 secure

00:28:39.359 --> 00:28:39.659
 the

00:28:39.659 --> 00:28:40.039
 covenant

00:28:40.039 --> 00:28:40.799
 everlasting

00:28:40.799 --> 00:28:41.599
 righteousness

00:28:41.599 --> 00:28:42.199
 true

00:28:42.199 --> 00:28:42.759
 sabbath

00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:43.219
 rest

00:28:43.219 --> 00:28:44.179
 atonement

00:28:44.179 --> 00:28:44.480
 for

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:45.059
 sins

00:28:45.059 --> 00:28:45.839
 God

00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:46.459
 himself

00:28:46.459 --> 00:28:46.759
 will

00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:47.139
 pay

00:28:47.139 --> 00:28:47.480
 the

00:28:47.480 --> 00:28:48.039
 price

00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:48.219
 and

00:28:48.219 --> 00:28:48.399
 the

00:28:48.399 --> 00:28:48.779
 son

00:28:48.779 --> 00:28:48.980
 of

00:28:48.980 --> 00:28:49.379
 God

00:28:49.379 --> 00:28:49.799
 will

00:28:49.799 --> 00:28:49.980
 be

00:28:49.980 --> 00:28:50.299
 cut

00:28:50.299 --> 00:28:50.759
 off

00:28:50.759 --> 00:28:51.259
 for

00:28:51.259 --> 00:28:51.699
 many

00:28:51.699 --> 00:28:52.240
 and

00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:52.439
 in

00:28:52.439 --> 00:28:52.719
 doing

00:28:52.719 --> 00:28:53.099
 so

00:28:53.099 --> 00:28:53.319
 look

00:28:53.319 --> 00:28:53.459
 what

00:28:53.459 --> 00:28:53.919
 happens

00:28:53.919 --> 00:28:54.899
 look

00:28:54.899 --> 00:28:55.059
 what

00:28:55.059 --> 00:28:55.439
 happens

00:28:55.439 --> 00:28:56.639
 the

00:28:56.639 --> 00:28:57.259
 Messiah

00:28:57.259 --> 00:28:58.379
 will

00:28:58.379 --> 00:28:58.819
 put

00:28:58.819 --> 00:28:59.179
 an

00:28:59.179 --> 00:28:59.759
 end

00:28:59.759 --> 00:29:00.180
 to

00:29:00.180 --> 00:29:01.200
 sacrifice

00:29:01.200 --> 00:29:01.900
 and

00:29:01.900 --> 00:29:02.500
 offering

00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:04.819
 can

00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:04.920
 you

00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:05.299
 imagine

00:29:05.299 --> 00:29:06.879
 Daniel

00:29:06.879 --> 00:29:07.539
 trying to

00:29:07.539 --> 00:29:08.140
 understand

00:29:08.140 --> 00:29:09.539
 all of

00:29:09.539 --> 00:29:09.859
 this

00:29:09.859 --> 00:29:11.180
 and

00:29:11.180 --> 00:29:11.480
 trying to

00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:11.779
 wrap his

00:29:11.779 --> 00:29:12.019
 mind

00:29:12.019 --> 00:29:12.279
 around

00:29:12.279 --> 00:29:12.599
 all of

00:29:12.599 --> 00:29:12.720
 this

00:29:12.720 --> 00:29:13.079
 Daniel

00:29:13.079 --> 00:29:13.460
 is a

00:29:13.460 --> 00:29:14.039
 faithful

00:29:14.039 --> 00:29:14.500
 Jew

00:29:14.500 --> 00:29:14.799
 he's

00:29:14.799 --> 00:29:14.960
 built

00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:15.119
 his

00:29:15.119 --> 00:29:15.359
 whole

00:29:15.359 --> 00:29:15.920
 life

00:29:15.920 --> 00:29:16.279
 around

00:29:16.279 --> 00:29:16.539
 this

00:29:16.539 --> 00:29:17.640
 sacrificial

00:29:17.640 --> 00:29:18.259
 system

00:29:18.259 --> 00:29:18.440
 this

00:29:18.440 --> 00:29:18.900
 system

00:29:18.900 --> 00:29:19.059
 of

00:29:19.059 --> 00:29:19.420
 law

00:29:19.420 --> 00:29:19.640
 and

00:29:19.640 --> 00:29:20.220
 sacrifice

00:29:20.220 --> 00:29:20.519
 his

00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:20.759
 whole

00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:21.160
 life

00:29:21.160 --> 00:29:21.279
 has

00:29:21.279 --> 00:29:21.420
 been

00:29:21.420 --> 00:29:21.980
 oriented

00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:22.480
 towards

00:29:22.480 --> 00:29:22.900
 the

00:29:22.900 --> 00:29:23.299
 temple

00:29:23.299 --> 00:29:23.599
 and

00:29:23.599 --> 00:29:24.079
 temple

00:29:24.079 --> 00:29:24.559
 worship

00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:24.779
 and

00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:24.980
 getting

00:29:24.980 --> 00:29:25.279
 back

00:29:25.279 --> 00:29:25.420
 to

00:29:25.420 --> 00:29:25.559
 the

00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:25.740
 land

00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:25.879
 he

00:29:25.879 --> 00:29:26.099
 couldn't

00:29:26.099 --> 00:29:26.500
 wait

00:29:26.500 --> 00:29:26.879
 to

00:29:26.879 --> 00:29:27.019
 get

00:29:27.019 --> 00:29:27.319
 back

00:29:27.319 --> 00:29:27.500
 to

00:29:27.500 --> 00:29:27.660
 the

00:29:27.660 --> 00:29:27.920
 land

00:29:27.920 --> 00:29:28.059
 and

00:29:28.059 --> 00:29:28.200
 get

00:29:28.200 --> 00:29:28.559
 back

00:29:28.559 --> 00:29:28.720
 to

00:29:28.720 --> 00:29:28.899
 the

00:29:28.899 --> 00:29:29.240
 temple

00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:29.720
 and

00:29:29.720 --> 00:29:30.019
 now

00:29:30.019 --> 00:29:30.419
 God

00:29:30.419 --> 00:29:31.039
 reminds

00:29:31.039 --> 00:29:31.319
 him

00:29:31.319 --> 00:29:31.759
 Daniel

00:29:31.759 --> 00:29:32.299
 there's

00:29:32.299 --> 00:29:32.440
 an

00:29:32.440 --> 00:29:32.819
 even

00:29:32.819 --> 00:29:33.480
 better

00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:34.099
 hope

00:29:34.099 --> 00:29:34.339
 than

00:29:34.339 --> 00:29:34.659
 that

00:29:34.659 --> 00:29:34.940
 ahead

00:29:34.940 --> 00:29:35.139
 of

00:29:35.139 --> 00:29:35.339
 you

00:29:35.339 --> 00:29:36.579
 the

00:29:36.579 --> 00:29:37.279
 fulfillment

00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:38.039
 of

00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:38.200
 the

00:29:38.200 --> 00:29:38.559
 temple

00:29:38.559 --> 00:29:39.700
 the

00:29:39.700 --> 00:29:40.319
 fulfillment

00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:41.079
 of

00:29:41.079 --> 00:29:41.240
 the

00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:42.019
 sacrifices

00:29:42.019 --> 00:29:42.940
 the

00:29:42.940 --> 00:29:43.579
 fulfillment

00:29:43.579 --> 00:29:44.259
 of

00:29:44.259 --> 00:29:44.399
 the

00:29:44.399 --> 00:29:44.980
 offerings

00:29:44.980 --> 00:29:45.539
 that's

00:29:45.539 --> 00:29:45.980
 coming

00:29:45.980 --> 00:29:46.480
 in

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:46.720
 the

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.319
 Messiah

00:29:47.319 --> 00:29:49.500
 Daniel

00:29:49.500 --> 00:29:50.839
 might

00:29:50.839 --> 00:29:51.159
 ask

00:29:51.159 --> 00:29:51.339
 well

00:29:51.339 --> 00:29:52.819
 what

00:29:52.819 --> 00:29:53.019
 does

00:29:53.019 --> 00:29:53.240
 that

00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:53.539
 mean

00:29:53.539 --> 00:29:53.799
 for

00:29:53.799 --> 00:29:53.980
 the

00:29:53.980 --> 00:29:54.279
 temple

00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:56.220
 what

00:29:56.220 --> 00:29:56.379
 does

00:29:56.379 --> 00:29:56.559
 that

00:29:56.559 --> 00:29:56.919
 mean

00:29:56.919 --> 00:29:57.339
 for

00:29:57.339 --> 00:29:57.879
 the

00:29:57.880 --> 00:29:58.640
 sacrifices

00:29:58.640 --> 00:29:59.140
 and here's

00:29:59.140 --> 00:29:59.600
 the answer

00:29:59.600 --> 00:30:00.640
 it means

00:30:00.640 --> 00:30:01.060
 they are

00:30:01.060 --> 00:30:01.620
 null

00:30:01.620 --> 00:30:02.720
 and void

00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:05.220
 the

00:30:05.220 --> 00:30:05.640
 death

00:30:05.640 --> 00:30:06.320
 of

00:30:06.320 --> 00:30:06.640
 Jesus

00:30:06.640 --> 00:30:07.280
 Christ

00:30:07.280 --> 00:30:08.600
 the

00:30:08.600 --> 00:30:09.100
 anointed

00:30:09.100 --> 00:30:09.740
 Messiah

00:30:09.740 --> 00:30:11.300
 is the

00:30:11.300 --> 00:30:12.100
 end

00:30:12.100 --> 00:30:12.780
 of

00:30:12.780 --> 00:30:13.300
 God

00:30:13.300 --> 00:30:13.940
 honoring

00:30:13.940 --> 00:30:14.800
 sacrifice

00:30:14.800 --> 00:30:16.880
 it is

00:30:16.880 --> 00:30:17.140
 the

00:30:17.140 --> 00:30:17.680
 end

00:30:17.680 --> 00:30:17.980
 of

00:30:17.980 --> 00:30:18.480
 God

00:30:18.480 --> 00:30:19.220
 honoring

00:30:19.220 --> 00:30:19.820
 temple

00:30:19.820 --> 00:30:20.540
 worship

00:30:20.540 --> 00:30:21.980
 why

00:30:21.980 --> 00:30:23.260
 because

00:30:23.260 --> 00:30:23.560
 the

00:30:23.560 --> 00:30:24.180
 ultimate

00:30:24.180 --> 00:30:24.860
 purpose

00:30:24.860 --> 00:30:25.300
 of the

00:30:25.300 --> 00:30:25.680
 temple

00:30:25.680 --> 00:30:26.840
 has been

00:30:26.840 --> 00:30:27.520
 fulfilled

00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:28.879
 the

00:30:28.879 --> 00:30:29.339
 ultimate

00:30:29.339 --> 00:30:30.000
 purpose

00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:30.480
 of this

00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:30.680
 whole

00:30:30.680 --> 00:30:31.200
 system

00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:31.400
 of

00:30:31.400 --> 00:30:32.379
 sacrifice

00:30:32.379 --> 00:30:32.720
 and

00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:33.160
 offering

00:30:33.160 --> 00:30:33.519
 was to

00:30:33.519 --> 00:30:33.879
 point

00:30:33.879 --> 00:30:34.480
 forward

00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:35.039
 towards

00:30:35.039 --> 00:30:35.639
 him

00:30:35.639 --> 00:30:36.039
 and now

00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:36.240
 that

00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:36.500
 he's

00:30:36.500 --> 00:30:36.980
 come

00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:37.660
 all of

00:30:37.660 --> 00:30:37.839
 these

00:30:37.839 --> 00:30:38.400
 shadows

00:30:38.400 --> 00:30:38.639
 and

00:30:38.639 --> 00:30:38.960
 pointers

00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:39.500
 can go

00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:40.059
 away

00:30:40.059 --> 00:30:40.279
 their

00:30:40.279 --> 00:30:40.579
 purpose

00:30:40.579 --> 00:30:40.759
 is

00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:41.139
 finished

00:30:41.139 --> 00:30:42.579
 he

00:30:42.579 --> 00:30:42.819
 has

00:30:42.819 --> 00:30:43.559
 offered

00:30:43.559 --> 00:30:44.299
 himself

00:30:44.299 --> 00:30:45.220
 as a

00:30:45.220 --> 00:30:45.579
 perfect

00:30:45.579 --> 00:30:46.220
 sacrifice

00:30:46.220 --> 00:30:46.700
 once

00:30:46.700 --> 00:30:47.379
 and for

00:30:47.379 --> 00:30:47.740
 all

00:30:47.740 --> 00:30:48.180
 we don't

00:30:48.180 --> 00:30:48.700
 need

00:30:48.700 --> 00:30:49.079
 any

00:30:49.079 --> 00:30:49.400
 more

00:30:49.400 --> 00:30:50.180
 sacrifice

00:30:50.180 --> 00:30:50.539
 praise

00:30:50.539 --> 00:30:51.019
 God

00:30:51.019 --> 00:30:54.339
 he

00:30:54.339 --> 00:30:54.759
 is

00:30:54.759 --> 00:30:55.139
 the

00:30:55.139 --> 00:30:55.500
 true

00:30:55.500 --> 00:30:56.059
 temple

00:30:56.059 --> 00:30:57.779
 we

00:30:57.779 --> 00:30:57.920
 don't

00:30:57.920 --> 00:30:58.139
 ever

00:30:58.139 --> 00:30:58.500
 need

00:30:58.500 --> 00:30:58.700
 to

00:30:58.700 --> 00:30:58.859
 have

00:30:58.859 --> 00:30:59.139
 another

00:30:59.139 --> 00:30:59.519
 temple

00:30:59.519 --> 00:31:00.059
 again

00:31:00.059 --> 00:31:00.480
 praise

00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:00.940
 God

00:31:00.940 --> 00:31:02.359
 in

00:31:02.359 --> 00:31:02.660
 fact

00:31:02.660 --> 00:31:03.799
 now

00:31:03.799 --> 00:31:03.960
 that

00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:04.079
 the

00:31:04.079 --> 00:31:04.400
 Messiah

00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:04.660
 has

00:31:04.660 --> 00:31:05.000
 come

00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:05.240
 any

00:31:05.240 --> 00:31:05.660
 idea

00:31:05.660 --> 00:31:05.980
 of

00:31:05.980 --> 00:31:06.839
 returning

00:31:06.839 --> 00:31:07.339
 going

00:31:07.339 --> 00:31:07.920
 back

00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:08.539
 returning

00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:08.799
 to

00:31:08.799 --> 00:31:09.500
 temple

00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:10.059
 worship

00:31:10.059 --> 00:31:10.319
 and

00:31:10.319 --> 00:31:11.039
 sacrifices

00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:11.940
 is an

00:31:11.940 --> 00:31:12.839
 idolatrous

00:31:12.839 --> 00:31:13.779
 abomination

00:31:13.779 --> 00:31:14.420
 in the

00:31:14.420 --> 00:31:14.680
 sight

00:31:14.680 --> 00:31:14.900
 of

00:31:14.900 --> 00:31:15.160
 God

00:31:15.160 --> 00:31:15.440
 there

00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:15.680
 is

00:31:15.680 --> 00:31:15.900
 a

00:31:15.900 --> 00:31:16.539
 new

00:31:16.539 --> 00:31:17.339
 covenant

00:31:17.339 --> 00:31:18.000
 to

00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:18.799
 enjoy

00:31:18.799 --> 00:31:21.079
 when

00:31:21.079 --> 00:31:21.199
 this

00:31:21.199 --> 00:31:21.559
 Messiah

00:31:21.559 --> 00:31:21.779
 was

00:31:21.779 --> 00:31:22.000
 cut

00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:22.339
 off

00:31:22.339 --> 00:31:22.919
 you

00:31:22.919 --> 00:31:23.079
 remember

00:31:23.079 --> 00:31:23.220
 what

00:31:23.220 --> 00:31:23.480
 happened

00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:23.579
 in

00:31:23.579 --> 00:31:23.699
 the

00:31:23.699 --> 00:31:23.939
 temple

00:31:23.939 --> 00:31:25.939
 the

00:31:25.939 --> 00:31:26.259
 curtain

00:31:26.259 --> 00:31:26.799
 of

00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:26.939
 the

00:31:26.939 --> 00:31:27.240
 temple

00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:27.519
 was

00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:27.959
 torn

00:31:27.959 --> 00:31:28.439
 in

00:31:28.439 --> 00:31:29.139
 two

00:31:29.139 --> 00:31:29.439
 which

00:31:29.439 --> 00:31:29.839
 means

00:31:29.839 --> 00:31:30.240
 now

00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:30.779
 you

00:31:30.779 --> 00:31:31.359
 and

00:31:31.359 --> 00:31:31.899
 I

00:31:31.899 --> 00:31:32.339
 and

00:31:32.339 --> 00:31:32.740
 anyone

00:31:32.740 --> 00:31:33.159
 else

00:31:33.159 --> 00:31:33.579
 Jew

00:31:33.579 --> 00:31:33.859
 or

00:31:33.859 --> 00:31:34.419
 Gentile

00:31:34.419 --> 00:31:34.899
 alike

00:31:34.899 --> 00:31:35.159
 are

00:31:35.159 --> 00:31:35.899
 welcomed

00:31:35.899 --> 00:31:36.679
 into

00:31:36.679 --> 00:31:36.959
 the

00:31:36.959 --> 00:31:37.419
 presence

00:31:37.419 --> 00:31:37.779
 of

00:31:37.779 --> 00:31:38.159
 God

00:31:38.159 --> 00:31:38.319
 by

00:31:38.319 --> 00:31:38.519
 the

00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:38.980
 blood

00:31:38.980 --> 00:31:39.459
 of

00:31:39.459 --> 00:31:39.859
 his

00:31:39.859 --> 00:31:40.579
 eternal

00:31:40.579 --> 00:31:41.359
 covenant

00:31:41.359 --> 00:31:44.139
 all

00:31:44.139 --> 00:31:44.259
 of

00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:44.579
 this

00:31:44.579 --> 00:31:46.199
 of

00:31:46.199 --> 00:31:46.399
 course

00:31:46.399 --> 00:31:46.579
 would

00:31:46.579 --> 00:31:46.659
 have

00:31:46.659 --> 00:31:46.859
 been

00:31:46.859 --> 00:31:47.220
 a

00:31:47.220 --> 00:31:47.439
 lot

00:31:47.439 --> 00:31:47.619
 for

00:31:47.619 --> 00:31:48.000
 Daniel

00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:48.179
 to

00:31:48.179 --> 00:31:48.579
 process

00:31:48.579 --> 00:31:48.859
 it's

00:31:48.859 --> 00:31:48.919
 a

00:31:48.919 --> 00:31:49.039
 lot

00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:49.159
 for

00:31:49.159 --> 00:31:49.319
 us

00:31:49.319 --> 00:31:49.460
 to

00:31:49.460 --> 00:31:49.839
 process

00:31:49.839 --> 00:31:50.220
 this

00:31:50.220 --> 00:31:50.500
 morning

00:31:50.500 --> 00:31:52.659
 but

00:31:52.659 --> 00:31:52.939
 to

00:31:52.939 --> 00:31:53.279
 sear

00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:53.539
 that

00:31:53.539 --> 00:31:53.960
 truth

00:31:53.960 --> 00:31:54.220
 into

00:31:54.220 --> 00:31:54.699
 Daniel's

00:31:54.699 --> 00:31:54.960
 mind

00:31:54.960 --> 00:31:55.179
 God

00:31:55.179 --> 00:31:55.519
 shows

00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:55.740
 him

00:31:55.740 --> 00:31:55.939
 a

00:31:55.939 --> 00:31:56.359
 second

00:31:56.359 --> 00:31:57.000
 event

00:31:57.000 --> 00:31:57.319
 this

00:31:57.319 --> 00:31:57.899
 temple

00:31:57.899 --> 00:31:58.799
 and

00:31:58.799 --> 00:31:59.039
 this

00:31:59.039 --> 00:31:59.519
 city

00:31:59.519 --> 00:32:00.019
 that

00:32:00.019 --> 00:32:00.159
 you

00:32:00.159 --> 00:32:00.460
 can't

00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:00.659
 wait

00:32:00.659 --> 00:32:00.819
 to

00:32:00.819 --> 00:32:00.980
 get

00:32:00.980 --> 00:32:01.299
 back

00:32:01.299 --> 00:32:01.599
 to

00:32:01.599 --> 00:32:01.879
 will

00:32:01.879 --> 00:32:02.379
 once

00:32:02.379 --> 00:32:02.960
 more

00:32:02.960 --> 00:32:03.460
 be

00:32:03.460 --> 00:32:04.480
 destroyed

00:32:04.480 --> 00:32:06.039
 and

00:32:06.039 --> 00:32:06.199
 as

00:32:06.199 --> 00:32:06.339
 we

00:32:06.339 --> 00:32:06.519
 look

00:32:06.519 --> 00:32:06.839
 back

00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:06.980
 in

00:32:06.980 --> 00:32:07.099
 the

00:32:07.099 --> 00:32:07.379
 pages

00:32:07.379 --> 00:32:07.579
 of

00:32:07.579 --> 00:32:07.960
 history

00:32:07.960 --> 00:32:08.419
 again

00:32:08.419 --> 00:32:08.639
 in

00:32:08.639 --> 00:32:08.960
 80

00:32:08.960 --> 00:32:09.539
 70

00:32:09.539 --> 00:32:09.919
 sure

00:32:09.919 --> 00:32:10.299
 enough

00:32:10.299 --> 00:32:10.879
 Titus

00:32:10.879 --> 00:32:12.460
 Vespasianus

00:32:12.460 --> 00:32:12.759
 and the

00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:13.240
 Romans

00:32:13.240 --> 00:32:13.779
 came

00:32:13.779 --> 00:32:13.980
 and

00:32:13.980 --> 00:32:14.879
 completely

00:32:14.879 --> 00:32:15.720
 destroyed

00:32:15.720 --> 00:32:16.039
 the

00:32:16.039 --> 00:32:16.319
 city

00:32:16.319 --> 00:32:16.519
 of

00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:16.960
 Jerusalem

00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:18.819
 demolished

00:32:18.819 --> 00:32:19.039
 the

00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:19.639
 sanctuary

00:32:19.639 --> 00:32:20.759
 and

00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:20.859
 it

00:32:20.859 --> 00:32:21.059
 wasn't

00:32:21.059 --> 00:32:21.220
 just

00:32:21.220 --> 00:32:21.480
 a

00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:21.899
 passing

00:32:21.899 --> 00:32:22.399
 invasion

00:32:22.399 --> 00:32:22.680
 like

00:32:22.680 --> 00:32:22.759
 it

00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:22.940
 was

00:32:22.940 --> 00:32:23.059
 with

00:32:23.059 --> 00:32:23.799
 Antiochus

00:32:23.799 --> 00:32:24.319
 no

00:32:24.319 --> 00:32:24.660
 not

00:32:24.660 --> 00:32:25.079
 one

00:32:25.079 --> 00:32:25.680
 stone

00:32:25.680 --> 00:32:25.960
 was

00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:26.319
 left

00:32:26.319 --> 00:32:26.599
 on

00:32:26.599 --> 00:32:26.980
 top

00:32:26.980 --> 00:32:27.279
 of

00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:27.440
 the

00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:27.759
 other

00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:28.579
 exactly

00:32:28.579 --> 00:32:29.019
 as

00:32:29.019 --> 00:32:29.460
 Jesus

00:32:29.460 --> 00:32:29.819
 had

00:32:29.819 --> 00:32:30.160
 told

00:32:30.160 --> 00:32:30.379
 his

00:32:30.379 --> 00:32:30.879
 disciples

00:32:30.879 --> 00:32:31.460
 in

00:32:31.460 --> 00:32:31.759
 Matthew

00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:32.399
 24

00:32:32.400 --> 00:32:36.519
 forgiveness

00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:36.840
 of

00:32:36.840 --> 00:32:37.400
 sins

00:32:37.400 --> 00:32:38.840
 full

00:32:38.840 --> 00:32:39.560
 atonement

00:32:39.560 --> 00:32:40.840
 everlasting

00:32:40.840 --> 00:32:41.880
 righteousness

00:32:41.880 --> 00:32:42.480
 church

00:32:42.480 --> 00:32:42.860
 what

00:32:42.860 --> 00:32:43.200
 did

00:32:43.200 --> 00:32:43.360
 it

00:32:43.360 --> 00:32:43.800
 cost

00:32:43.800 --> 00:32:44.380
 God

00:32:44.380 --> 00:32:45.259
 to

00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:45.740
 purchase

00:32:45.740 --> 00:32:46.080
 these

00:32:46.080 --> 00:32:46.500
 covenant

00:32:46.500 --> 00:32:47.040
 promises

00:32:47.040 --> 00:32:47.320
 for

00:32:47.320 --> 00:32:47.620
 you

00:32:47.620 --> 00:32:49.000
 it

00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:49.320
 cost

00:32:49.320 --> 00:32:49.580
 the

00:32:49.580 --> 00:32:50.220
 suffering

00:32:50.220 --> 00:32:50.900
 and

00:32:50.900 --> 00:32:51.040
 the

00:32:51.040 --> 00:32:51.540
 death

00:32:51.540 --> 00:32:51.920
 of

00:32:51.920 --> 00:32:52.100
 the

00:32:52.100 --> 00:32:52.300
 son

00:32:52.300 --> 00:32:52.460
 of

00:32:52.460 --> 00:32:52.759
 God

00:32:52.759 --> 00:32:54.120
 he

00:32:54.120 --> 00:32:54.420
 was

00:32:54.420 --> 00:32:54.940
 cut

00:32:54.940 --> 00:32:55.620
 off

00:32:55.620 --> 00:32:55.800
 so

00:32:55.800 --> 00:32:55.940
 that

00:32:55.940 --> 00:32:56.220
 everything

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:56.460
 that

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:56.720
 he

00:32:56.720 --> 00:32:57.019
 has

00:32:57.019 --> 00:32:57.540
 earned

00:32:57.540 --> 00:32:57.920
 might

00:32:57.920 --> 00:32:58.100
 be

00:32:58.100 --> 00:32:58.360
 given

00:32:58.360 --> 00:32:58.580
 to

00:32:58.580 --> 00:32:58.780
 his

00:32:58.780 --> 00:32:59.160
 people

00:32:59.160 --> 00:32:59.759
 purely

00:32:59.759 --> 00:33:00.019
 by

00:33:00.019 --> 00:33:00.220
 the

00:33:00.220 --> 00:33:00.580
 grace

00:33:00.580 --> 00:33:00.840
 of

00:33:00.840 --> 00:33:01.180
 God

00:33:01.180 --> 00:33:01.620
 through

00:33:01.620 --> 00:33:02.160
 faith

00:33:02.160 --> 00:33:02.720
 free

00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:02.920
 of

00:33:02.920 --> 00:33:03.380
 charge

00:33:03.380 --> 00:33:03.800
 but

00:33:03.800 --> 00:33:03.980
 think

00:33:03.980 --> 00:33:04.180
 about

00:33:04.180 --> 00:33:04.540
 this

00:33:04.540 --> 00:33:06.180
 what

00:33:06.180 --> 00:33:06.340
 did

00:33:06.340 --> 00:33:06.480
 it

00:33:06.480 --> 00:33:06.800
 cost

00:33:06.800 --> 00:33:07.300
 Daniel

00:33:07.300 --> 00:33:09.220
 and

00:33:09.220 --> 00:33:09.380
 his

00:33:09.380 --> 00:33:09.779
 people

00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:11.779
 it

00:33:11.779 --> 00:33:12.360
 cost

00:33:12.360 --> 00:33:13.220
 everything

00:33:13.220 --> 00:33:14.340
 that

00:33:14.340 --> 00:33:14.480
 they

00:33:14.480 --> 00:33:14.920
 based

00:33:14.920 --> 00:33:15.220
 their

00:33:15.220 --> 00:33:15.920
 identity

00:33:15.920 --> 00:33:16.380
 on

00:33:16.380 --> 00:33:18.740
 everything

00:33:18.740 --> 00:33:19.040
 that

00:33:19.040 --> 00:33:19.240
 they

00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:19.700
 held

00:33:19.700 --> 00:33:20.600
 sacred

00:33:20.600 --> 00:33:22.160
 everything

00:33:22.160 --> 00:33:22.460
 that

00:33:22.460 --> 00:33:22.640
 they

00:33:22.640 --> 00:33:23.080
 used

00:33:23.080 --> 00:33:23.380
 to

00:33:23.380 --> 00:33:23.680
 put

00:33:23.680 --> 00:33:24.060
 their

00:33:24.060 --> 00:33:24.440
 hope

00:33:24.440 --> 00:33:24.720
 in

00:33:24.720 --> 00:33:24.860
 they

00:33:24.860 --> 00:33:25.019
 had

00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:25.160
 to

00:33:25.160 --> 00:33:25.800
 let

00:33:25.800 --> 00:33:26.100
 that

00:33:26.100 --> 00:33:26.519
 old

00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:26.880
 hope

00:33:26.880 --> 00:33:27.160
 go

00:33:27.160 --> 00:33:27.380
 to

00:33:27.380 --> 00:33:27.779
 grab

00:33:27.779 --> 00:33:27.980
 a

00:33:27.980 --> 00:33:28.279
 hold

00:33:28.279 --> 00:33:28.519
 of

00:33:28.519 --> 00:33:28.720
 a

00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:29.380
 better

00:33:29.380 --> 00:33:30.500
 hope

00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:33.119
 what

00:33:33.119 --> 00:33:33.279
 will

00:33:33.279 --> 00:33:33.420
 it

00:33:33.420 --> 00:33:33.660
 cost

00:33:33.660 --> 00:33:33.940
 you

00:33:33.940 --> 00:33:34.960
 Christian

00:33:34.960 --> 00:33:36.640
 to

00:33:36.640 --> 00:33:36.900
 follow

00:33:36.900 --> 00:33:37.380
 Christ

00:33:37.380 --> 00:33:39.920
 it

00:33:39.920 --> 00:33:40.059
 will

00:33:40.059 --> 00:33:40.359
 cost

00:33:40.359 --> 00:33:40.539
 you

00:33:40.539 --> 00:33:41.099
 everything

00:33:41.099 --> 00:33:41.799
 else

00:33:41.799 --> 00:33:41.980
 you

00:33:41.980 --> 00:33:42.180
 might

00:33:42.180 --> 00:33:42.460
 base

00:33:42.460 --> 00:33:42.599
 your

00:33:42.599 --> 00:33:42.960
 identity

00:33:42.960 --> 00:33:43.339
 on

00:33:43.339 --> 00:33:45.240
 it

00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:45.380
 will

00:33:45.380 --> 00:33:45.660
 cost

00:33:45.660 --> 00:33:45.819
 you

00:33:45.819 --> 00:33:46.319
 everything

00:33:46.319 --> 00:33:47.019
 else

00:33:47.019 --> 00:33:47.259
 that

00:33:47.259 --> 00:33:47.460
 you

00:33:47.460 --> 00:33:47.819
 hold

00:33:47.819 --> 00:33:48.380
 sacred

00:33:48.380 --> 00:33:48.819
 apart

00:33:48.819 --> 00:33:49.019
 from

00:33:49.019 --> 00:33:49.480
 Christ

00:33:49.480 --> 00:33:50.960
 it

00:33:50.960 --> 00:33:51.079
 will

00:33:51.079 --> 00:33:51.339
 cost

00:33:51.339 --> 00:33:51.519
 you

00:33:51.519 --> 00:33:52.019
 everything

00:33:52.019 --> 00:33:52.559
 else

00:33:52.559 --> 00:33:52.740
 you

00:33:52.740 --> 00:33:53.180
 used

00:33:53.180 --> 00:33:53.480
 to

00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:53.779
 put

00:33:53.779 --> 00:33:54.099
 your

00:33:54.099 --> 00:33:54.460
 hope

00:33:54.460 --> 00:33:55.000
 in

00:33:55.000 --> 00:33:55.259
 that's

00:33:55.259 --> 00:33:55.380
 what

00:33:55.380 --> 00:33:55.500
 it

00:33:55.500 --> 00:33:55.579
 will

00:33:55.579 --> 00:33:55.960
 cost

00:33:55.960 --> 00:33:57.880
 I

00:33:57.880 --> 00:33:58.039
 wonder

00:33:58.039 --> 00:33:58.180
 what

00:33:58.180 --> 00:33:58.340
 that

00:33:58.340 --> 00:33:58.559
 is

00:33:58.559 --> 00:33:58.740
 for

00:33:58.740 --> 00:33:58.960
 you

00:33:58.960 --> 00:34:01.420
 I

00:34:01.420 --> 00:34:01.559
 don't

00:34:01.559 --> 00:34:01.680
 know

00:34:01.680 --> 00:34:01.799
 if

00:34:01.799 --> 00:34:02.160
 anybody

00:34:02.160 --> 00:34:03.940
 exemplified

00:34:03.940 --> 00:34:04.180
 this

00:34:04.180 --> 00:34:04.559
 lesson

00:34:04.559 --> 00:34:04.860
 more

00:34:04.860 --> 00:34:05.019
 than

00:34:05.019 --> 00:34:05.160
 the

00:34:05.160 --> 00:34:05.500
 apostle

00:34:05.500 --> 00:34:05.900
 Paul

00:34:05.900 --> 00:34:06.120
 he

00:34:06.120 --> 00:34:06.340
 was

00:34:06.340 --> 00:34:06.519
 the

00:34:06.519 --> 00:34:07.140
 ideal

00:34:07.140 --> 00:34:07.660
 Jew

00:34:07.660 --> 00:34:08.820
 he

00:34:08.820 --> 00:34:09.039
 had

00:34:09.039 --> 00:34:09.139
 it

00:34:09.139 --> 00:34:09.340
 all

00:34:09.340 --> 00:34:09.699
 going

00:34:09.699 --> 00:34:09.940
 he

00:34:09.940 --> 00:34:10.500
 had

00:34:10.500 --> 00:34:10.980
 reason

00:34:10.980 --> 00:34:11.179
 to

00:34:11.179 --> 00:34:11.460
 boast

00:34:11.460 --> 00:34:11.619
 in

00:34:11.619 --> 00:34:11.740
 the

00:34:11.740 --> 00:34:12.039
 flesh

00:34:12.039 --> 00:34:14.320
 it

00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:14.639
 was

00:34:14.639 --> 00:34:15.039
 Paul

00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:15.220
 but

00:34:15.220 --> 00:34:15.320
 what

00:34:15.320 --> 00:34:15.440
 does

00:34:15.440 --> 00:34:15.539
 he

00:34:15.539 --> 00:34:15.760
 say

00:34:15.760 --> 00:34:15.880
 in

00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:15.980
 the

00:34:15.980 --> 00:34:16.099
 book

00:34:16.099 --> 00:34:16.240
 of

00:34:16.240 --> 00:34:16.800
 Philippians

00:34:16.800 --> 00:34:18.920
 circumcised

00:34:18.920 --> 00:34:19.099
 on

00:34:19.099 --> 00:34:19.220
 the

00:34:19.220 --> 00:34:19.420
 eighth

00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:19.780
 day

00:34:19.780 --> 00:34:20.900
 of

00:34:20.900 --> 00:34:21.019
 the

00:34:21.019 --> 00:34:21.300
 people

00:34:21.300 --> 00:34:21.480
 of

00:34:21.480 --> 00:34:21.900
 Israel

00:34:21.900 --> 00:34:22.860
 of

00:34:22.860 --> 00:34:22.960
 the

00:34:22.960 --> 00:34:23.320
 tribe

00:34:23.320 --> 00:34:23.500
 of

00:34:23.500 --> 00:34:23.940
 Benjamin

00:34:23.940 --> 00:34:24.280
 a

00:34:24.280 --> 00:34:24.679
 Hebrew

00:34:24.679 --> 00:34:25.000
 of

00:34:25.000 --> 00:34:25.500
 Hebrews

00:34:25.500 --> 00:34:26.519
 as

00:34:26.519 --> 00:34:26.679
 to

00:34:26.679 --> 00:34:26.800
 the

00:34:26.800 --> 00:34:27.119
 law

00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:27.360
 of

00:34:27.360 --> 00:34:27.940
 Pharisee

00:34:27.940 --> 00:34:28.159
 as

00:34:28.159 --> 00:34:28.340
 to

00:34:28.340 --> 00:34:28.800
 zeal

00:34:28.800 --> 00:34:28.980
 a

00:34:28.980 --> 00:34:29.619
 persecutor

00:34:29.619 --> 00:34:29.760
 of

00:34:29.760 --> 00:34:29.900
 the

00:34:29.900 --> 00:34:30.320
 church

00:34:30.320 --> 00:34:30.960
 as

00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:31.119
 to

00:34:31.119 --> 00:34:31.619
 righteousness

00:34:31.619 --> 00:34:31.960
 under

00:34:31.960 --> 00:34:32.119
 the

00:34:32.119 --> 00:34:32.420
 law

00:34:32.420 --> 00:34:33.320
 blameless

00:34:33.320 --> 00:34:33.539
 but

00:34:33.539 --> 00:34:33.659
 when

00:34:33.659 --> 00:34:33.780
 he

00:34:33.780 --> 00:34:34.039
 came

00:34:34.039 --> 00:34:34.199
 to

00:34:34.199 --> 00:34:34.400
 know

00:34:34.400 --> 00:34:34.579
 the

00:34:34.579 --> 00:34:34.820
 Lord

00:34:34.820 --> 00:34:35.019
 what

00:34:35.019 --> 00:34:35.500
 happened

00:34:35.500 --> 00:34:36.960
 he

00:34:36.960 --> 00:34:37.400
 left

00:34:37.400 --> 00:34:37.679
 it

00:34:37.679 --> 00:34:38.099
 all

00:34:38.099 --> 00:34:38.739
 behind

00:34:38.739 --> 00:34:39.780
 to

00:34:39.780 --> 00:34:40.019
 grab

00:34:40.019 --> 00:34:40.519
 hold

00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:40.920
 of

00:34:40.920 --> 00:34:41.079
 a

00:34:41.079 --> 00:34:41.460
 better

00:34:41.460 --> 00:34:42.380
 hope

00:34:42.380 --> 00:34:44.239
 whatever

00:34:44.239 --> 00:34:44.619
 gain

00:34:44.619 --> 00:34:44.840
 I

00:34:44.840 --> 00:34:45.239
 had

00:34:45.239 --> 00:34:46.219
 I

00:34:46.219 --> 00:34:46.539
 counted

00:34:46.539 --> 00:34:46.780
 as

00:34:46.780 --> 00:34:47.400
 loss

00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:48.139
 for

00:34:48.139 --> 00:34:48.360
 the

00:34:48.360 --> 00:34:48.679
 sake

00:34:48.679 --> 00:34:48.960
 of

00:34:48.960 --> 00:34:49.579
 Christ

00:34:49.579 --> 00:34:51.320
 indeed

00:34:51.320 --> 00:34:51.559
 I

00:34:51.559 --> 00:34:51.880
 count

00:34:51.880 --> 00:34:52.920
 everything

00:34:52.920 --> 00:34:53.519
 as

00:34:53.519 --> 00:34:54.239
 loss

00:34:54.239 --> 00:34:54.559
 because

00:34:54.559 --> 00:34:54.900
 of the

00:34:54.900 --> 00:34:55.800
 surpassing

00:34:55.800 --> 00:34:56.619
 worth

00:34:56.619 --> 00:34:57.019
 of

00:34:57.019 --> 00:34:57.700
 knowing

00:34:57.700 --> 00:34:58.460
 Christ

00:34:58.460 --> 00:34:59.280
 Jesus

00:34:59.280 --> 00:34:59.960
 my

00:34:59.960 --> 00:35:00.860
 Lord

00:35:00.860 --> 00:35:05.079
 church

00:35:05.079 --> 00:35:05.519
 there is

00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:06.119
 no

00:35:06.119 --> 00:35:06.680
 greater

00:35:06.680 --> 00:35:07.079
 hope

00:35:07.079 --> 00:35:07.280
 than

00:35:07.280 --> 00:35:07.539
 Jesus

00:35:07.539 --> 00:35:08.059
 Christ

00:35:08.059 --> 00:35:11.119
 there is

00:35:11.119 --> 00:35:11.599
 no

00:35:11.599 --> 00:35:11.980
 greater

00:35:11.980 --> 00:35:12.360
 joy

00:35:12.360 --> 00:35:12.579
 than

00:35:12.579 --> 00:35:13.119
 knowing

00:35:13.119 --> 00:35:13.480
 him

00:35:13.480 --> 00:35:15.059
 there is

00:35:15.059 --> 00:35:15.260
 no

00:35:15.260 --> 00:35:15.559
 greater

00:35:15.559 --> 00:35:16.360
 freedom

00:35:16.360 --> 00:35:17.019
 than

00:35:17.019 --> 00:35:17.360
 knowing

00:35:17.360 --> 00:35:17.559
 that

00:35:17.559 --> 00:35:17.780
 your

00:35:17.780 --> 00:35:18.480
 sins

00:35:18.480 --> 00:35:18.720
 have

00:35:18.720 --> 00:35:18.900
 been

00:35:18.900 --> 00:35:19.420
 paid

00:35:19.420 --> 00:35:19.780
 in

00:35:19.780 --> 00:35:20.300
 full

00:35:20.300 --> 00:35:20.460
 and

00:35:20.460 --> 00:35:20.599
 that

00:35:20.599 --> 00:35:20.780
 you

00:35:20.780 --> 00:35:20.980
 have

00:35:20.980 --> 00:35:21.619
 received

00:35:21.619 --> 00:35:21.799
 by

00:35:21.799 --> 00:35:21.940
 the

00:35:21.940 --> 00:35:22.179
 grace

00:35:22.179 --> 00:35:22.359
 of

00:35:22.359 --> 00:35:22.639
 God

00:35:22.639 --> 00:35:23.079
 the

00:35:23.079 --> 00:35:23.940
 everlasting

00:35:23.940 --> 00:35:24.739
 righteousness

00:35:24.739 --> 00:35:25.219
 of

00:35:25.219 --> 00:35:25.799
 Christ

00:35:25.799 --> 00:35:26.019
 to

00:35:26.019 --> 00:35:26.219
 know

00:35:26.219 --> 00:35:26.500
 I

00:35:26.500 --> 00:35:26.779
 am

00:35:26.779 --> 00:35:27.519
 forgiven

00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:29.339
 he

00:35:29.339 --> 00:35:29.559
 has

00:35:29.559 --> 00:35:29.960
 come

00:35:29.960 --> 00:35:30.139
 he

00:35:30.139 --> 00:35:30.380
 has

00:35:30.380 --> 00:35:30.779
 died

00:35:30.779 --> 00:35:30.940
 in

00:35:30.940 --> 00:35:31.179
 my

00:35:31.179 --> 00:35:31.559
 place

00:35:31.559 --> 00:35:31.699
 and

00:35:31.699 --> 00:35:31.880
 not

00:35:31.880 --> 00:35:32.099
 only

00:35:32.099 --> 00:35:32.440
 this

00:35:32.440 --> 00:35:32.779
 he

00:35:32.779 --> 00:35:32.980
 has

00:35:32.980 --> 00:35:33.420
 risen

00:35:33.420 --> 00:35:33.659
 and

00:35:33.659 --> 00:35:33.839
 he

00:35:33.839 --> 00:35:34.079
 is

00:35:34.079 --> 00:35:34.460
 coming

00:35:34.460 --> 00:35:35.079
 again

00:35:35.079 --> 00:35:35.639
 to

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 usher

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 in

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 our

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 ultimate

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 hope

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 and

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 I

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 will

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 enjoy

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 him

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 forever

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 there is

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 no

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 greater

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 hope

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 than

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 the

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 hope

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 of

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 the

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 gospel

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 is

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 this

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 your

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 hope

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 is

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 this

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 your

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 hope

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 God

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 has

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 promised

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 this

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 God

00:35:53.519 --> 00:35:53.740
 has

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 purchased

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 this

00:35:54.700 --> 00:35:54.980
 for

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 you

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 at

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 great

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 cost

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 church

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 do

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 not

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 settle

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 for

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 anything

00:36:00.579 --> 00:36:01.579
 less

00:36:01.579 --> 00:36:03.119
 let's

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 pray

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 Lord

00:36:09.340 --> 00:36:09.720
 there is

00:36:09.720 --> 00:36:09.880
 no

00:36:09.880 --> 00:36:10.180
 greater

00:36:10.180 --> 00:36:10.519
 hope

00:36:10.519 --> 00:36:10.639
 than

00:36:10.639 --> 00:36:10.760
 the

00:36:10.760 --> 00:36:10.940
 hope

00:36:10.940 --> 00:36:11.059
 of

00:36:11.059 --> 00:36:11.160
 the

00:36:11.160 --> 00:36:11.519
 gospel

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 and

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 I

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 praise

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 you

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 we

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 praise

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 you

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 father

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 for

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 these

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 glorious

00:36:15.200 --> 00:36:15.760
 promises

00:36:15.760 --> 00:36:16.040
 that

00:36:16.040 --> 00:36:16.140
 you

00:36:16.140 --> 00:36:16.260
 have

00:36:16.260 --> 00:36:16.560
 made

00:36:16.560 --> 00:36:17.980
 no

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 more

00:36:18.180 --> 00:36:18.660
 sin

00:36:18.660 --> 00:36:19.740
 no

00:36:19.740 --> 00:36:19.940
 more

00:36:19.940 --> 00:36:20.740
 transgression

00:36:20.740 --> 00:36:22.360
 no

00:36:22.360 --> 00:36:22.620
 more

00:36:22.620 --> 00:36:22.980
 no

00:36:22.980 --> 00:36:23.160
 more

00:36:23.160 --> 00:36:23.900
 idolatry

00:36:23.900 --> 00:36:24.060
 in

00:36:24.060 --> 00:36:24.220
 our

00:36:24.220 --> 00:36:24.560
 heart

00:36:24.560 --> 00:36:25.160
 perfect

00:36:25.160 --> 00:36:25.960
 righteousness

00:36:25.960 --> 00:36:26.460
 full

00:36:26.460 --> 00:36:27.120
 atonement

00:36:27.120 --> 00:36:27.380
 for

00:36:27.380 --> 00:36:27.580
 our

00:36:27.580 --> 00:36:27.900
 sin

00:36:27.900 --> 00:36:29.060
 peace

00:36:29.060 --> 00:36:29.300
 with

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 God

00:36:29.740 --> 00:36:30.480
 through

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 the

00:36:30.640 --> 00:36:30.900
 blood

00:36:30.900 --> 00:36:31.040
 of

00:36:31.040 --> 00:36:31.160
 your

00:36:31.160 --> 00:36:31.560
 son

00:36:31.560 --> 00:36:31.920
 father

00:36:31.920 --> 00:36:32.420
 we

00:36:32.420 --> 00:36:32.960
 praise

00:36:32.960 --> 00:36:33.140
 you

00:36:33.140 --> 00:36:33.440
 for

00:36:33.440 --> 00:36:33.640
 this

00:36:33.640 --> 00:36:33.760
 if

00:36:33.760 --> 00:36:33.900
 there

00:36:33.900 --> 00:36:34.040
 are

00:36:34.040 --> 00:36:34.280
 any

00:36:34.280 --> 00:36:34.660
 here

00:36:34.660 --> 00:36:35.300
 joining

00:36:35.300 --> 00:36:35.500
 us

00:36:35.500 --> 00:36:35.660
 this

00:36:35.660 --> 00:36:35.860
 morning

00:36:35.860 --> 00:36:36.100
 who

00:36:36.100 --> 00:36:37.040
 don't

00:36:37.040 --> 00:36:37.600
 know

00:36:37.600 --> 00:36:37.820
 the

00:36:37.820 --> 00:36:38.120
 Lord

00:36:38.120 --> 00:36:38.300
 we

00:36:38.300 --> 00:36:38.540
 pray

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 you

00:36:38.720 --> 00:36:38.880
 would

00:36:38.880 --> 00:36:39.200
 change

00:36:39.200 --> 00:36:39.480
 that

00:36:39.480 --> 00:36:39.960
 right

00:36:39.960 --> 00:36:40.460
 now

00:36:40.460 --> 00:36:40.620
 and

00:36:40.620 --> 00:36:40.840
 draw

00:36:40.840 --> 00:36:41.020
 them

00:36:41.020 --> 00:36:41.160
 to

00:36:41.160 --> 00:36:41.380
 faith

00:36:41.380 --> 00:36:41.540
 in

00:36:41.540 --> 00:36:41.920
 Christ

00:36:41.920 --> 00:36:43.620
 and

00:36:43.620 --> 00:36:43.820
 father

00:36:43.820 --> 00:36:43.980
 for

00:36:45.760 --> 00:36:46.040
 this

00:36:46.040 --> 00:36:46.480
 place

00:36:46.480 --> 00:36:47.140
 with

00:36:47.140 --> 00:36:47.280
 our

00:36:47.280 --> 00:36:47.540
 hearts

00:36:47.540 --> 00:36:47.760
 filled

00:36:47.760 --> 00:36:47.940
 with

00:36:47.940 --> 00:36:48.560
 thankfulness

00:36:48.560 --> 00:36:48.700
 for

00:36:48.700 --> 00:36:48.840
 who

00:36:48.840 --> 00:36:48.980
 you

00:36:48.980 --> 00:36:49.160
 are

00:36:49.160 --> 00:36:49.240
 and

00:36:49.240 --> 00:36:49.400
 what

00:36:49.400 --> 00:36:49.500
 you

00:36:49.500 --> 00:36:49.580
 have

00:36:49.580 --> 00:36:49.780
 done

00:36:49.780 --> 00:36:49.980
 we

00:36:49.980 --> 00:36:50.100
 pray

00:36:50.100 --> 00:36:50.240
 in

00:36:50.240 --> 00:36:50.440
 Jesus

00:36:50.440 --> 00:36:50.780
 name

00:36:50.780 --> 00:36:52.220
 amen