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 We continue on in our Advent series. We are spending Advent in Isaiah's prophecy.

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 Last week we looked at chapter 2, and with it, that beautiful declaration that at the end of the age,

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 swords will be beaten into plowshares, spears will be beaten into pruning hooks.

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 It's this wonderful picture of the reign of Christ and his judgment on the living and the dead,

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 ushering in this remarkable, wonderful, eternal reality.

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 Today we're in Isaiah 11, and we're going to look at this mysterious prophecy.

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 It doesn't necessarily seem mysterious for us. Here we are recognizing that this is going to be about Jesus.

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 Nevertheless, let us put ourselves into the boots, the sandals, the shoes, whatever,

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 of the ancient Israelites centuries and centuries before Christ showed up on the scene 2,000 years ago.

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 And what we're going to read here is about a king.

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 And this king is a remarkable king. He is a king that comes from David's line.

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 And if you are familiar at all with the biblical story, you'll know that King David wasn't just a king of Israel,

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 but he was the king of Israel. In fact, he was the most high and lifted up king of Israel.

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 And this prophecy says that a king like David would come again.

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 So we're going to take a look at this king.

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 We're going to ask the question, who is this king?

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 And we're going to ask the question, what is the nature of his rule?

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 And finally, we're going to ask the question, how will his reign affect the world?

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 So kings do. They reign.

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 And as a result, their kingdoms look a certain way.

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 So if you have a Bible, you can turn with me.

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 Isaiah chapter 11, starting in the first verse.

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 There is only one more Bible left, but if you want to grab it before anybody else does, go for it.

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 But it would be great if you could follow along with me.

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 Look at verse 1 of Isaiah chapter 11.

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 This is what it says.

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 Again, we're asking the question, who is this king?

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 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse,

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 and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.

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 Chapter 11 opens with the image of a clear-cut forest.

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 If you go back to chapter 10,

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 it's a very grim picture that is painted of an arrogant,

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 a rebellious people who are, in God's judgment, lopped off.

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 It's for sure referring to the people of Israel,

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 but also to the neighboring superpower at the time, the Assyrians.

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 And what we see here in chapter 11,

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 and we can picture it in our minds,

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 the picture is a clear-cut forest.

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 I actually like the imagery,

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 and I'm not trying to impose my own stuff,

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 but just it helps me here,

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 of thinking about post-wildfires in Jasper.

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 If you remember this earlier this year,

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 I mean, it looked like a hellscape.

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 It was a terrible thing.

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 Jasper burnt to the ground.

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 Or if it helps you, a clear-cut forest,

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 but in a not sustainable way,

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 just completely, a forest completely torn up.

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 And out of this utter destruction

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 that is the cause of judgment

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 because of rebellion and arrogance,

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 out shoots this one tiny green sapling

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 out of this big, lopped off stump.

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 And if you can picture the Jasper imagery with me,

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 I like it because it's like all grayscale, right?

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 All the ash.

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 There's not much even color.

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 There's nothing.

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 But you can picture complete gray,

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 ash, black,

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 and out of it shoots this bright, vibrant sapling.

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 And friends, right off the bat,

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 Isaiah chapter 11

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 speaks of the Lord's mercy

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 and of His grace

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 and of God's inability

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 to allow arrogance and rebellion

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 to endure forever.

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 This sapling, this shoot

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 that's going to come from the stump of Jesse,

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 we will see that it is a king.

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 But it's significant that Jesse here is mentioned

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 because Jesse, if you know the story

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 of King David's line,

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 he is the father of King David.

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 He is the beginning of the Divinic dynasty,

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 so to speak.

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 So even though it mentions Jesse here,

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 what we are understanding

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 is that a second David

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 is about to come onto the scene.

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 A David 2.0, if you will.

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 King David is returning.

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 Now, King David,

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 he lived centuries before this.

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 All the kings that came from King David,

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 some were good,

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 some were horrendous,

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 none were perfect.

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 Here we're going to see

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 that this king,

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 who will come as the shoot

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 out of the stump of Jesse,

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 out of this act of grace and mercy

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 from the rebellious and arrogant people Israel

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 that have suffered judgment

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 because of their actions.

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 This king will not be like

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 any other king that Israel has ever known.

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 He is not simply a great king,

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 but he is the king.

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 If David is his father,

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 this king is something like David,

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 but even more so.

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 There's a bit of a mystery

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 surrounding who this king is.

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 Like I mentioned before,

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 the imagery is of the mercy

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 and grace of God,

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 his love expressed in redemption.

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 It starts small.

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 It is insignificant,

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 but will grow bigger and grander.

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 And here's the wonderful thing

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 about what we see here,

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 is that it is this little sapling,

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 this king,

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 it is an expression

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 of the grace and mercy of God,

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 not because God has somehow acquired

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 excellent skills of grace and mercy,

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 but because God himself

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 is mercy and grace.

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 What do I mean by that?

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 We are a collection

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 of our attributes, so to speak.

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 We are complex people.

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 We can learn and grow

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 and acquire different skills

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 and abilities.

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 Nobody here was born

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 with the ability to read,

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 to do math.

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 Nobody here was born

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 with the ability

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 to love perfectly well.

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 And yet,

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 we've acquired it.

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 God is not so.

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 God has always existed

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 in his perfection,

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 which is to say

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 that when we read

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 that God is love,

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 we can also say

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 that God is mercy

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 and God is grace.

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 God is justice.

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 That he isn't,

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 he isn't merely a composite

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 of his qualities,

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 but he is.

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 Therefore,

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 his qualities

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 are inherent to him.

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 They are essential.

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 There's a whole doctrine

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 around this.

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 I think it's wonderful

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 and exciting.

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 I also know that it can get,

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 it can,

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 it can cause people

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 to fall asleep prematurely.

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 But I'll just mention

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 the name.

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 It is the,

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 God's simplicity.

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 It's divine simplicity.

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 And this is significant

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 for us

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 because what is happening

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 isn't just that God

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 went into

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 a season of judgment

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 against Israel

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 and thought,

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 I was a bit too heavy-handed.

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 I was a bit too harsh.

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 What I'm going to do is

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 I'm going to

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 give them a bit of mercy.

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 I'm going to throw them a bone.

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 I'm going to show them

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 some grace.

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 I don't want them

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 to think of me

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 as too mean.

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 I want to show my love.

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 I've made a mistake.

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 I need to correct it.

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 It's not like that at all.

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 But what we see here

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 is something that God

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 cannot not do.

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 He cannot not show mercy.

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 He cannot not

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 show grace.

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 He cannot not show love.

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 He has to.

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 So when we see

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 this destruction,

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 this judgment

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 that has happened,

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 not because he is

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 this vindictive God,

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 but because

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 rebellion and arrogance

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 can only last so long

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 before God's judgment

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 has to deal with it,

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 what we are seeing here

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 is God being God

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 and proclaiming mercy

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 and grace and love

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 to people that do not

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 deserve it.

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 And this is what

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 this little sapling,

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 this green,

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 bright,

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 vivid shoot

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 that's shooting out

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 of this lopped-off stump,

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 this is what it means.

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 This is who this king is.

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 He's an expression

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 of God's grace

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 and mercy.

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 Later on,

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 at the end of Isaiah,

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 close to the end of Isaiah,

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 Isaiah 65, 24

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 says this,

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 just to highlight

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 how merciful

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 and gracious

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 this God is

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 and how quick he is

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 to rush

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 towards redemption.

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 Isaiah 65, 24

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 says this,

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 Before they call,

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 I will answer.

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 While they are yet speaking,

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 I will hear.

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 It's a beautiful picture

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 of what God does

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 and who God is.

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 There's a prayer also

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 that we prayed,

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 I guess it would be

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 sometime this summer,

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 it's smack dab

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 in Trinity season

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 and we were previously

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 just in Trinity season.

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 It's from the colleague

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 for the 12th Sunday

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 in Trinity

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 and it reads this,

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 Almighty and everlasting God

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 who is always more ready

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 to hear than we are to pray.

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 That's a beautiful line.

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 He is always more ready

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 to hear than we are to pray

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 and is always more ready

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 to give more

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 than we desire

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 or deserve

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 and then it continues on

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 praying for God's mercy.

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 This shoot,

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 this little bit

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 that is Jesse's offspring

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 is just that

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 and like I mentioned before,

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 it is a king,

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 it is going to be

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 a king like David,

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 this king,

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 this shoot

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 that this king

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 is represented in,

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 it's going to be like David

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 but also not like David.

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 What do I mean?

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 And this is where

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 we're going to continue on,

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 verse 2.

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 This is what it says

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 of this shoot,

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 this king that is to come.

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 Verse 2,

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 And the spirit of the Lord

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 shall rest upon him,

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 the spirit of wisdom

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 and understanding,

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 the spirit of counsel

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 and might,

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 the spirit of knowledge

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 and the fear of the Lord.

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 Verse 3,

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 and I'll just read

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 the first part of verse 3.

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 And his delight

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 shall be in the fear

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 of the Lord.

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 King David

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 was an anointed king

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 and he certainly did

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 delight in the law

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 and the fear of the Lord.

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 Psalm 119

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 is a beautiful psalm

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 that highlights that.

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 It'll take you

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 about 25 or so minutes

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 to read.

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 And I know this

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 because I was driving

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 with Steve Griffin

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 who you will know,

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 he's guest preached here

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 a number of times.

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 We were driving

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 to Pembroke

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 and as soon as

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 we hit the highway

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 at Palladium,

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 he said,

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 I want you,

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 I'm going to be preaching

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 on Psalm 119.

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 Would you read it for me?

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 I was like,

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 yeah, yeah, yeah, sure.

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 Which verse?

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 He's like,

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 go ahead,

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 just read the whole thing.

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 And when I put up my head,

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 we were an arm prior.

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 So it's about like

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 25, 30 minutes

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 to read it.

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 What's unmistakable

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 about Psalm 119

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 and King David wrote it

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 is that he was

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 delighting in the Lord.

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 Delighting in his laws,

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 delighting in his ways.

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 This was King David.

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 He loved the Lord.

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 However, David sinned

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 in no small way.

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 He was an adulterer.

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 He was a liar.

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 He was a murderer.

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 He wasn't exactly

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 a great father either.

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 As great as David was,

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 this offspring of Jesse,

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 this David 2.0,

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 is something far better

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 and greater.

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 It is remarkable

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 these seven-fold spirits

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 of the Lord

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 that will rest upon him.

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 David 2.0,

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 empowered by the Spirit

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 of God himself

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 so that he is a king

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 who is wise and just

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 in all his decisions

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 and pronouncements.

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 So that means

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 he's not a liar.

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 And it's not that

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 he just doesn't lie

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 very much.

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 It means that

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 he's not a liar.

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 Truth,

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 and only truth,

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 is spoken from his lips.

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 He doesn't fudge numbers.

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 He doesn't reframe

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 the narrative

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 to fit him

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 or his agenda.

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 He is marked

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 by honesty and truth.

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 That's that first part.

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 The Spirit of the Lord

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 shall rest upon him.

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 The Spirit of wisdom

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 and understanding.

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 Also,

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 the Spirit of counsel

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 and might.

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 That is to say

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 that this king

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 is going to be strong

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 and strategic.

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 He has the ability

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 to right the ills

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 of the enemies

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 of his people.

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 We'll see

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 who those enemies are

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 a bit later.

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 He is plotting

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 the right course of action

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 and also has a skill

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 in the endurance

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 to see it through.

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 This king,

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 he is not all talk,

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 but he is brawn.

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 He has strength,

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 but also there's a wisdom

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 and a strategy

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 about him.

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 This last part,

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 the Spirit of knowledge

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 and the fear of the Lord.

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 This king,

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 he knows and loves the Lord.

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 He deeply delights

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 in the Lord.

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 He takes truth

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 and rightly applies it.

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 He is reverent

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 and obedient,

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 giving glory

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 to God Almighty.

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 This is what true,

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 divine loyalty

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 looks like

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 in this king.

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 He is about

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 God's business

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 first and foremost.

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 And finally,

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 the first part

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 of verse 3

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 says,

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 and his delight

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 shall be in the fear

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 of the Lord.

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 I mean,

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 it's really wonderful

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 we have these

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 really good translations,

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 but it doesn't really

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 catch it.

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 What we hear

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 in the original language

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 would be

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 something like

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 all of his delight,

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 all of his being,

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 everything about him

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 just finds

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 its fullness

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 and delight

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 in God Almighty.

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 There's

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 just a singular focus,

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 all of his delight.

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 The language

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 also speaks

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 of enjoying

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 the Lord's fragrance.

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 It's like

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 a deeply personal

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 relationship

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 that this king

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 has

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 with God himself.

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 So,

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 this is the king

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 that shoots

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 from the stump

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 of Jesse.

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 This is the king

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 that God is promising

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 to his wayward people.

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 So,

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 we consider again

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 verse 1

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 and you see

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 this clear-cut forest

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 or this

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 absolutely charred

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 hellscape.

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 This

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 shoot,

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 bright,

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 vibrant,

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 full of life,

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 this shoot

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 springs up

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 in the midst

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 of destruction.

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 And this isn't

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 just a bone

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 that's being thrown

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 to a wayward people.

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 This is God's

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 goodness and love

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 and mercy

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 on full display.

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 It's a beautiful picture.

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 This is who this king is.

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 This is

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 the heart

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 of the Lord

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 for his people

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 who certainly

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 do not deserve it.

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 So,

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 it's very clear

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 that verses 2

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 and in the first part

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 of verse 3,

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 the king is marked

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 inwardly by godly character.

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 He's empowered

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 by the Holy Spirit.

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 He is delighting

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 in the Lord.

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 And this

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 manifests itself

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 outwardly

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 in a commitment

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 to righteousness

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 as a good

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 and godly judge

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 who establishes

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 good and godly

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 rule

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 and leads

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 God's people

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 in good

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 and godly living.

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 And this will be

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 our second point.

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 What is the nature

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 of his rule?

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 Look with me.

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 The second part

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 of verse 3

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 all the way

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 to verse 5.

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 And this is what it says.

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 He shall not judge

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 by what his eyes see

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 or decide disputes

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 by what his ears hear.

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 But with righteousness

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 he shall judge the poor

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 and decide with equity

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 for the meek

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 of the earth.

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 And he shall strike

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 the earth

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 with the rod

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 of his mouth

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 and with the breath

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 of his lips

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 he shall kill the wicked.

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 Righteousness

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 shall be the belt

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 of his waist

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 and faithfulness

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 the belt

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 of his loins.

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 No hypocrisy

00:17:01.240 --> 00:17:01.800
 with this king.

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 Only a deep

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 consistent

00:17:04.319 --> 00:17:05.360
 and truly righteous

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 life.

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 His inward

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 his interior life

00:17:08.660 --> 00:17:09.299
 matches

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 his outer life

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 his outward life.

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 And in a world

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 that is deeply

00:17:15.120 --> 00:17:15.900
 conflicted

00:17:15.900 --> 00:17:16.980
 and incoherent

00:17:16.980 --> 00:17:18.660
 whether it be

00:17:18.660 --> 00:17:19.019
 leaders

00:17:19.019 --> 00:17:20.019
 or institutions

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 or policies

00:17:21.000 --> 00:17:21.920
 or world views

00:17:21.920 --> 00:17:22.880
 whatever may be

00:17:22.880 --> 00:17:23.559
 education

00:17:23.559 --> 00:17:24.700
 you name it

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 the promise

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 of this kind

00:17:26.620 --> 00:17:27.200
 of rule

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 and this kind

00:17:28.259 --> 00:17:28.660
 of king

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 it is a deeply

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 comforting thing.

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 A righteous

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 living

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 consistent

00:17:34.639 --> 00:17:35.659
 godly

00:17:35.659 --> 00:17:36.639
 king

00:17:36.639 --> 00:17:37.460
 who will rule

00:17:37.460 --> 00:17:38.379
 perfectly.

00:17:39.779 --> 00:17:41.099
 Only he can judge

00:17:41.099 --> 00:17:42.439
 with true equity

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 not the appearance

00:17:43.799 --> 00:17:44.419
 of equity.

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 He does not favor

00:17:45.740 --> 00:17:46.220
 the wealthy

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 because he is

00:17:47.559 --> 00:17:48.379
 easily influenced

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 nor does he take up

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 the cause

00:17:50.059 --> 00:17:51.279
 of the poor

00:17:51.279 --> 00:17:52.480
 overlooking

00:17:52.480 --> 00:17:54.939
 their sin

00:17:54.939 --> 00:17:56.700
 their unrighteousness.

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 Rather he is about

00:17:58.079 --> 00:17:58.619
 what is right

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 and just

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 and fair.

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 There is no confusion

00:18:01.599 --> 00:18:02.500
 there is no hesitation

00:18:02.500 --> 00:18:03.599
 in this king.

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 He is committed

00:18:04.859 --> 00:18:05.500
 to righteousness

00:18:05.500 --> 00:18:06.579
 in all the spheres

00:18:06.579 --> 00:18:07.299
 of his rule

00:18:07.299 --> 00:18:08.839
 which turns out

00:18:08.839 --> 00:18:09.980
 to be the entire earth.

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 This is not

00:18:11.459 --> 00:18:13.480
 King David

00:18:13.480 --> 00:18:14.139
 this is something

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 greater than King David

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 someone greater

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 than King David.

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 A king

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 a leader

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 a ruler

00:18:23.000 --> 00:18:24.240
 who is consistently

00:18:24.240 --> 00:18:24.599
 good.

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 this fall

00:18:26.899 --> 00:18:27.199
 has been

00:18:27.199 --> 00:18:27.659
 an interesting

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 one.

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 You don't have to be

00:18:29.779 --> 00:18:30.659
 a news junkie

00:18:30.659 --> 00:18:31.719
 to know that there

00:18:31.719 --> 00:18:32.399
 was a significant

00:18:32.399 --> 00:18:33.839
 election in America.

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 With the election

00:18:35.839 --> 00:18:36.539
 of Donald Trump

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 I mean the narrative

00:18:37.539 --> 00:18:38.919
 that

00:18:38.919 --> 00:18:41.799
 that he will only

00:18:41.799 --> 00:18:43.139
 he would only

00:18:43.139 --> 00:18:43.679
 get elected

00:18:43.679 --> 00:18:44.599
 because of

00:18:44.599 --> 00:18:46.259
 misogyny

00:18:46.259 --> 00:18:46.839
 and racism

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 was blown out of the water.

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 Like him or not

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 the election

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 of Donald Trump

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 was in no small part

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 due to

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 a rejection

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 of progressivism.

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 And yet

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 just a few weeks later

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 in the British Parliament

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 in the House

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 assisted suicide

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 was adopted

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 as the law

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 of the land.

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 Extremely progressive.

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 Glenn Scribner

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 we read one of his books

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 this summer

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 The Air We Breathe

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 he commented

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 on our current

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 cultural moment

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 and I think

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 it's brilliant.

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 He says

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 it is marked

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 by the mask

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 terrors

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 and the mask

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 wearers.

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 And I think

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 it's very

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 it fits

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 very well.

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 We live in

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 a confused

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 time.

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 We have people

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 that have

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 conflicting

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 world views

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 and on one hand

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 it seems like

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 progressivism is dead

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 but on the other hand

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 progressivism is

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 alive and well

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 that conservative

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 values

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 they're coming back

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 with force

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 conservative values

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 are being

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 absolutely

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 relegated

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 to the margins.

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 It's a very

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 bizarre time

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 a bit of an

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 incoherent time

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 that's not even

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 to talk about

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 the influx

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 of

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 immigration

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 and the politics

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 and the world views

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 that are brought

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 with new Canadians

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 or refugees

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 it's a remarkable

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 it's a remarkable

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 world we live in.

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 It's difficult

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 to navigate

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 at times

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 but here

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 there's a promise

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 that there will

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 be a king

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 who will

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 proclaim

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 what is truly

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 right

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 and it will

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 be based

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 not on

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 the current

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 fad of the

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 day

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 but on

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 timeless

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 and eternal

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 truths of who

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 God is

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 and what he

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 established

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 and him

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 calling his

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 creation good

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 and proclaiming

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 human flourishing

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 on his terms

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 not ours

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 and that he

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 will be

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 consistent

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 completely

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 and a big

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 part of this

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 we'll find out

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 will be

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 reconciling

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 humanity

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 with God

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 once again.

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 The rule of the

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 king however

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 envisions a

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 truly just

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 society that

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 promotes what

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 is truly good

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 but also

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 punishes what

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 is truly

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 bad.

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 So although

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 it is a

00:21:05.019 --> 00:21:06.460
 beautiful marriage

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 of mercy

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 and justice

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 it says of

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 this king

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 that he

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 will

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 he will

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 judge the

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 wicked

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 and he

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 will kill

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 them.

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 It's

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 a bit of a

00:21:20.200 --> 00:21:20.660
 jarring thing

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 for us to

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 read.

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 But I'll

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 just say

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 this.

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 There can't

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 be a promotion

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 of the good

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 of virtue

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 unless evil

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 and vice

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 vices are

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 dealt with.

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 It is not

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 enough to

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 overlook the

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 bad in the

00:21:36.740 --> 00:21:37.300
 pursuit of the

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 good but the

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 bad must be

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 dealt with.

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 And I think

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 this is

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 precisely what

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 is happening.

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 The judgment

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 of God is

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 not a mean

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 thing but also

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 an expression

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 of his love.

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 I want to

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 save the

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 dignity of my

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 children so I

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 won't name

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 which one but

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 one of the

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 ways we at

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 least I frame

00:22:02.779 --> 00:22:04.119
 discipline in

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 our house is

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 that their life

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 is like a

00:22:06.880 --> 00:22:07.579
 beautiful garden

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 and we

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 want to see

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 vegetables and

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 flowers grow

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 but what

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 happens is

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 that little

00:22:13.920 --> 00:22:15.000
 weeds shoot

00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:16.059
 up or

00:22:16.059 --> 00:22:17.420
 rodents get

00:22:17.420 --> 00:22:18.039
 in there and

00:22:18.039 --> 00:22:18.759
 eat the bulbs

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 or eat the

00:22:19.259 --> 00:22:20.079
 vegetables before

00:22:20.079 --> 00:22:20.579
 they're ready to

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 be harvested.

00:22:22.039 --> 00:22:22.400
 There's like a

00:22:22.400 --> 00:22:23.579
 whole kind of

00:22:23.579 --> 00:22:24.440
 thing we go

00:22:24.440 --> 00:22:24.680
 through.

00:22:25.440 --> 00:22:25.980
 But that

00:22:25.980 --> 00:22:26.900
 discipline is

00:22:26.900 --> 00:22:27.880
 like pulling

00:22:27.880 --> 00:22:28.519
 out the weeds.

00:22:28.519 --> 00:22:29.700
 it's like

00:22:29.700 --> 00:22:31.400
 attacking and

00:22:31.400 --> 00:22:32.759
 destroying all

00:22:32.759 --> 00:22:34.660
 the, sorry,

00:22:35.160 --> 00:22:36.339
 getting the

00:22:36.339 --> 00:22:37.819
 rodents in

00:22:37.819 --> 00:22:38.599
 live traps and

00:22:38.599 --> 00:22:39.220
 then letting

00:22:39.220 --> 00:22:40.720
 them out in

00:22:40.720 --> 00:22:41.779
 a wooded area

00:22:41.779 --> 00:22:42.259
 for them to

00:22:42.259 --> 00:22:42.879
 live lovely

00:22:42.879 --> 00:22:43.259
 lives.

00:22:44.900 --> 00:22:45.900
 Probably the

00:22:45.900 --> 00:22:46.339
 former.

00:22:47.019 --> 00:22:48.059
 But that's

00:22:48.059 --> 00:22:48.599
 what we say

00:22:48.599 --> 00:22:49.940
 to our kids

00:22:49.940 --> 00:22:51.400
 because if we

00:22:51.400 --> 00:22:52.559
 truly love

00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:53.639
 them we want

00:22:53.639 --> 00:22:54.259
 to judge their

00:22:54.259 --> 00:22:55.099
 behavior to be

00:22:55.099 --> 00:22:55.420
 wanting.

00:22:56.019 --> 00:22:56.680
 That is a

00:22:56.680 --> 00:22:57.319
 loving thing to

00:22:57.319 --> 00:22:57.839
 do and what

00:22:57.839 --> 00:22:58.480
 we see here

00:22:58.480 --> 00:22:59.379
 is precisely

00:22:59.379 --> 00:22:59.779
 that.

00:23:00.539 --> 00:23:01.460
 That God

00:23:01.460 --> 00:23:02.599
 through this

00:23:02.599 --> 00:23:03.519
 king wants to

00:23:03.519 --> 00:23:04.659
 cultivate true

00:23:04.659 --> 00:23:05.259
 flourishing.

00:23:05.460 --> 00:23:05.879
 He wants to

00:23:05.879 --> 00:23:07.339
 see life

00:23:07.339 --> 00:23:08.700
 grow and

00:23:08.700 --> 00:23:09.779
 spring up and

00:23:09.779 --> 00:23:11.000
 develop and

00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:11.399
 that cannot

00:23:11.399 --> 00:23:12.519
 happen if evil

00:23:12.519 --> 00:23:13.099
 is allowed to

00:23:13.099 --> 00:23:13.480
 persist.

00:23:14.859 --> 00:23:15.919
 So this king

00:23:15.919 --> 00:23:17.559
 will be a king

00:23:17.559 --> 00:23:18.639
 marked by

00:23:18.639 --> 00:23:19.879
 proclaiming and

00:23:19.879 --> 00:23:20.460
 exacting

00:23:20.460 --> 00:23:21.939
 judgment but it

00:23:21.939 --> 00:23:22.779
 will not be done

00:23:22.779 --> 00:23:24.319
 in a vindictive

00:23:24.319 --> 00:23:25.720
 way but in a

00:23:25.720 --> 00:23:26.500
 just and good

00:23:26.500 --> 00:23:26.779
 way.

00:23:27.319 --> 00:23:31.279
 So we've

00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:31.839
 found out who

00:23:31.839 --> 00:23:32.439
 the king is

00:23:32.439 --> 00:23:33.259
 we've

00:23:33.259 --> 00:23:33.839
 understood

00:23:33.839 --> 00:23:36.460
 what his

00:23:36.460 --> 00:23:37.779
 the nature

00:23:37.779 --> 00:23:38.519
 of his rule

00:23:38.519 --> 00:23:40.079
 but now we

00:23:40.079 --> 00:23:41.099
 ask the question

00:23:41.099 --> 00:23:43.119
 how will this

00:23:43.119 --> 00:23:44.279
 rule how will

00:23:44.279 --> 00:23:45.139
 this reign affect

00:23:45.139 --> 00:23:45.579
 the world?

00:23:46.960 --> 00:23:48.179
 We judge a

00:23:48.179 --> 00:23:48.740
 tree by its

00:23:48.740 --> 00:23:50.240
 fruit so what

00:23:50.240 --> 00:23:50.720
 will the fruit

00:23:50.720 --> 00:23:51.179
 of this king

00:23:51.179 --> 00:23:51.679
 look like?

00:23:52.159 --> 00:23:53.439
 Verses six to

00:23:53.439 --> 00:23:54.399
 nine read with

00:23:54.399 --> 00:23:54.599
 me.

00:23:54.599 --> 00:23:56.579
 The wolf

00:23:56.579 --> 00:23:57.659
 shall dwell

00:23:57.659 --> 00:23:58.000
 with the

00:23:58.000 --> 00:23:58.539
 lamb and

00:23:58.539 --> 00:23:58.959
 the leopard

00:23:58.959 --> 00:23:59.599
 shall lie

00:23:59.599 --> 00:24:00.159
 down with

00:24:00.159 --> 00:24:00.500
 the young

00:24:00.500 --> 00:24:01.779
 goat and

00:24:01.779 --> 00:24:02.459
 the calf and

00:24:02.459 --> 00:24:03.199
 the lion and

00:24:03.199 --> 00:24:03.740
 the fat and

00:24:03.740 --> 00:24:04.619
 calf together

00:24:04.619 --> 00:24:05.799
 and the little

00:24:05.799 --> 00:24:06.500
 child shall

00:24:06.500 --> 00:24:06.919
 lead them.

00:24:07.459 --> 00:24:08.019
 The cow and

00:24:08.019 --> 00:24:08.599
 the bear shall

00:24:08.599 --> 00:24:09.299
 graze, their

00:24:09.299 --> 00:24:10.459
 young shall

00:24:10.459 --> 00:24:11.079
 lie down

00:24:11.079 --> 00:24:11.699
 together and

00:24:11.699 --> 00:24:12.519
 the lion shall

00:24:12.519 --> 00:24:13.679
 eat straw like

00:24:13.679 --> 00:24:14.279
 the ox.

00:24:14.719 --> 00:24:15.379
 The nursing

00:24:15.379 --> 00:24:16.240
 child shall

00:24:16.240 --> 00:24:17.259
 play over the

00:24:17.259 --> 00:24:17.699
 hole of the

00:24:17.699 --> 00:24:19.159
 cobra and the

00:24:19.159 --> 00:24:19.779
 weaned child

00:24:19.779 --> 00:24:20.459
 shall put his

00:24:20.459 --> 00:24:21.279
 hand on the

00:24:21.279 --> 00:24:21.899
 adder's den.

00:24:21.900 --> 00:24:22.680
 They shall

00:24:22.680 --> 00:24:23.360
 not hurt or

00:24:23.360 --> 00:24:24.360
 destroy in

00:24:24.360 --> 00:24:25.120
 all my holy

00:24:25.120 --> 00:24:25.740
 mountain for

00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:27.360
 the earth shall

00:24:27.360 --> 00:24:28.160
 be full of the

00:24:28.160 --> 00:24:28.700
 knowledge of the

00:24:28.700 --> 00:24:29.360
 Lord as the

00:24:29.360 --> 00:24:30.820
 waters cover the

00:24:30.820 --> 00:24:31.080
 sea.

00:24:31.960 --> 00:24:32.519
 I'll read verse

00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:33.140
 nine one last

00:24:33.140 --> 00:24:33.440
 time.

00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:34.740
 They shall not

00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:35.560
 hurt or destroy

00:24:35.560 --> 00:24:36.440
 in all my holy

00:24:36.440 --> 00:24:37.560
 mountain for the

00:24:37.560 --> 00:24:38.320
 earth shall be

00:24:38.320 --> 00:24:38.900
 full of the

00:24:38.900 --> 00:24:39.800
 knowledge of the

00:24:39.800 --> 00:24:40.740
 Lord as the

00:24:40.740 --> 00:24:41.700
 waters cover the

00:24:41.700 --> 00:24:41.960
 sea.

00:24:44.060 --> 00:24:45.540
 Isaiah 2 verse

00:24:45.540 --> 00:24:47.540
 4 swords into

00:24:47.540 --> 00:24:48.320
 plowshares,

00:24:48.560 --> 00:24:49.360
 spears into

00:24:49.360 --> 00:24:49.940
 pruning hooks.

00:24:49.940 --> 00:24:52.820
 It is an

00:24:52.820 --> 00:24:53.500
 agricultural

00:24:53.500 --> 00:24:54.960
 metaphor.

00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:55.519
 We have

00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:56.120
 something similar

00:24:56.120 --> 00:24:56.960
 here in verses

00:24:56.960 --> 00:24:57.660
 six to nine.

00:24:58.019 --> 00:24:58.759
 Something that

00:24:58.759 --> 00:25:00.100
 harkens back to

00:25:00.100 --> 00:25:00.519
 Eden.

00:25:02.440 --> 00:25:03.340
 Something I

00:25:03.340 --> 00:25:04.400
 don't know why I

00:25:04.400 --> 00:25:05.140
 wasn't as familiar

00:25:05.140 --> 00:25:05.620
 with this.

00:25:05.820 --> 00:25:07.039
 I've read the

00:25:07.039 --> 00:25:07.680
 creation account a

00:25:07.680 --> 00:25:08.340
 number of times.

00:25:08.840 --> 00:25:09.320
 Maybe it's

00:25:09.320 --> 00:25:10.160
 familiar to you,

00:25:10.200 --> 00:25:10.720
 maybe not.

00:25:11.180 --> 00:25:12.400
 But Genesis 1,

00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:13.620
 29 to 30, God

00:25:13.620 --> 00:25:14.320
 has created

00:25:14.320 --> 00:25:14.759
 everything.

00:25:15.059 --> 00:25:16.080
 He has given

00:25:16.080 --> 00:25:18.480
 dominion over all

00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:19.279
 of the earth to

00:25:19.279 --> 00:25:21.700
 mankind, to

00:25:21.700 --> 00:25:21.960
 Adam.

00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:23.779
 But verses 30 of

00:25:23.779 --> 00:25:24.579
 Genesis chapter 1

00:25:24.579 --> 00:25:25.200
 says this,

00:25:25.960 --> 00:25:26.359
 And to every

00:25:26.359 --> 00:25:27.139
 beast of the

00:25:27.139 --> 00:25:27.700
 earth and to

00:25:27.700 --> 00:25:28.759
 every bird of

00:25:28.759 --> 00:25:29.480
 the heavens and

00:25:29.480 --> 00:25:30.220
 to everything that

00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:30.819
 creeps on the

00:25:30.819 --> 00:25:32.119
 earth, everything

00:25:32.119 --> 00:25:33.019
 that has the

00:25:33.019 --> 00:25:33.759
 breath of life.

00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:34.639
 So it's

00:25:34.639 --> 00:25:35.200
 everything.

00:25:35.660 --> 00:25:36.379
 I have given

00:25:36.379 --> 00:25:37.359
 every green plant

00:25:37.359 --> 00:25:37.940
 for food.

00:25:38.359 --> 00:25:38.960
 And it was so.

00:25:40.379 --> 00:25:41.279
 It would seem

00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:43.200
 that the way

00:25:43.200 --> 00:25:45.240
 God created the

00:25:45.240 --> 00:25:46.839
 world meant

00:25:46.839 --> 00:25:47.599
 that even

00:25:47.599 --> 00:25:48.700
 creation was at

00:25:48.700 --> 00:25:49.340
 peace and not

00:25:49.340 --> 00:25:50.039
 at war with

00:25:50.039 --> 00:25:50.420
 each other.

00:25:51.360 --> 00:25:52.120
 That there was

00:25:52.120 --> 00:25:53.500
 such peace that

00:25:53.500 --> 00:25:55.340
 it extended well

00:25:55.340 --> 00:25:56.519
 past humanity but

00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:58.259
 into every aspect of

00:25:58.259 --> 00:25:59.039
 the created order.

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 And I think that's

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:00.600
 what it's getting at

00:26:00.600 --> 00:26:00.740
 here.

00:26:00.840 --> 00:26:01.980
 I think we could

00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:02.880
 get lost and

00:26:02.880 --> 00:26:03.600
 maybe it would be a

00:26:03.600 --> 00:26:04.600
 great study but we'd

00:26:04.600 --> 00:26:05.400
 get lost if we say

00:26:05.400 --> 00:26:07.279
 well listen, you

00:26:07.279 --> 00:26:08.880
 know, this is just a

00:26:08.880 --> 00:26:10.259
 literal thing that we

00:26:10.259 --> 00:26:12.860
 need to, we can only

00:26:12.860 --> 00:26:13.640
 read Genesis 1

00:26:13.640 --> 00:26:14.380
 literally and I think

00:26:14.380 --> 00:26:15.299
 we should read it in

00:26:15.299 --> 00:26:16.240
 some cases literally.

00:26:16.240 --> 00:26:17.539
 But I think it speaks

00:26:17.539 --> 00:26:18.240
 to something greater

00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:18.700
 than that.

00:26:20.059 --> 00:26:21.400
 That the peace of

00:26:21.400 --> 00:26:22.779
 God was always the

00:26:22.779 --> 00:26:23.599
 plan of creation.

00:26:25.359 --> 00:26:27.599
 The curse that came

00:26:27.599 --> 00:26:28.559
 into the world because

00:26:28.559 --> 00:26:31.039
 of rebellious sin, it

00:26:31.039 --> 00:26:31.960
 seems like it will be

00:26:31.960 --> 00:26:33.620
 no more when this

00:26:33.620 --> 00:26:35.700
 king comes in the

00:26:35.700 --> 00:26:37.220
 world that he will

00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:37.519
 reign.

00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:40.019
 Peace will be known.

00:26:40.740 --> 00:26:41.759
 Creation no more

00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:43.220
 given to frustration

00:26:43.220 --> 00:26:44.039
 and brokenness.

00:26:44.039 --> 00:26:46.200
 So this true vision

00:26:46.200 --> 00:26:47.299
 of a biblical peace

00:26:47.299 --> 00:26:48.619
 is, I've heard it

00:26:48.619 --> 00:26:49.299
 said before, it's not

00:26:49.299 --> 00:26:50.599
 just the absence of

00:26:50.599 --> 00:26:51.700
 war but the righting

00:26:51.700 --> 00:26:52.599
 of all wrongs, the

00:26:52.599 --> 00:26:53.599
 reconciliation of all

00:26:53.599 --> 00:26:55.879
 hostilities and what

00:26:55.879 --> 00:26:57.659
 it truly means to live

00:26:57.659 --> 00:26:58.960
 to the fullest.

00:27:02.960 --> 00:27:04.000
 The peace will be

00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:04.879
 marked with tranquility

00:27:04.879 --> 00:27:05.440
 and holiness.

00:27:06.539 --> 00:27:07.319
 And how will that

00:27:07.319 --> 00:27:08.099
 come to pass?

00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:10.099
 We'll see this again

00:27:10.099 --> 00:27:10.799
 in verse 9.

00:27:10.799 --> 00:27:13.740
 For the earth shall be

00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:14.599
 full of the knowledge

00:27:14.599 --> 00:27:15.079
 of the Lord.

00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:16.319
 That's it.

00:27:16.440 --> 00:27:17.099
 This is the key

00:27:17.099 --> 00:27:20.339
 section in this, in

00:27:20.339 --> 00:27:21.759
 verses 6 to 9 and

00:27:21.759 --> 00:27:23.159
 maybe even the entire

00:27:23.159 --> 00:27:24.399
 section of chapter 11.

00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:26.200
 So once again, we see

00:27:26.200 --> 00:27:27.220
 that the mercy and

00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:29.059
 grace of a loving God

00:27:29.059 --> 00:27:30.139
 is making it possible

00:27:30.139 --> 00:27:31.220
 for true peace to

00:27:31.220 --> 00:27:32.379
 exist between us and

00:27:32.379 --> 00:27:32.599
 him.

00:27:33.319 --> 00:27:34.220
 And then it continues

00:27:34.220 --> 00:27:35.039
 to flow out.

00:27:35.259 --> 00:27:36.799
 It continues to reach

00:27:37.339 --> 00:27:39.180
 and go into every

00:27:39.180 --> 00:27:40.779
 crack and crevice of all

00:27:40.779 --> 00:27:42.399
 of creation so that

00:27:42.399 --> 00:27:44.359
 even the most elusive

00:27:44.359 --> 00:27:45.740
 peace is realized.

00:27:47.639 --> 00:27:48.879
 This is all because

00:27:48.879 --> 00:27:50.139
 the world comes under

00:27:50.139 --> 00:27:51.139
 the rule of this

00:27:51.139 --> 00:27:53.539
 king, this offspring

00:27:53.539 --> 00:27:54.500
 of David.

00:27:56.299 --> 00:27:57.519
 It is hard for us to

00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:59.000
 in a very

00:27:59.000 --> 00:28:03.899
 liberty is kind of

00:28:03.899 --> 00:28:05.279
 freedom.

00:28:05.700 --> 00:28:06.819
 It's one of our

00:28:06.819 --> 00:28:10.200
 it's one of the things

00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:11.119
 we value the most.

00:28:12.299 --> 00:28:13.240
 That I am my own

00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:13.659
 person.

00:28:13.879 --> 00:28:14.759
 I have autonomy.

00:28:14.919 --> 00:28:15.679
 I have independence.

00:28:16.599 --> 00:28:17.200
 And here,

00:28:17.419 --> 00:28:17.839
 interestingly,

00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:19.240
 there's a great

00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:20.240
 irony because it is

00:28:20.240 --> 00:28:21.159
 saying as the world

00:28:21.159 --> 00:28:22.859
 comes into subjection

00:28:22.859 --> 00:28:23.720
 to the king,

00:28:24.439 --> 00:28:25.960
 that true life

00:28:25.960 --> 00:28:26.480
 begins.

00:28:26.879 --> 00:28:27.399
 True life doesn't

00:28:27.399 --> 00:28:28.339
 begin when we start

00:28:28.339 --> 00:28:29.839
 to exercise our

00:28:29.839 --> 00:28:30.919
 autonomy in every

00:28:30.919 --> 00:28:32.179
 aspect of our life,

00:28:32.180 --> 00:28:34.100
 but only as we

00:28:34.100 --> 00:28:35.759
 bend a knee to this

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:36.480
 king and be

00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:37.580
 reconciled to

00:28:37.580 --> 00:28:39.160
 the God of

00:28:39.160 --> 00:28:39.920
 creation

00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:42.820
 will we truly

00:28:42.820 --> 00:28:44.299
 understand what it

00:28:44.299 --> 00:28:45.080
 means to be human

00:28:45.080 --> 00:28:45.960
 and enjoy it.

00:28:46.299 --> 00:28:47.180
 It's a remarkable

00:28:47.180 --> 00:28:47.560
 thing.

00:28:49.519 --> 00:28:50.400
 But let's go back

00:28:50.400 --> 00:28:51.759
 to this picture

00:28:51.759 --> 00:28:52.259
 of this king.

00:28:53.220 --> 00:28:53.960
 This king is

00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:54.460
 supposed to be like

00:28:54.460 --> 00:28:54.740
 David.

00:28:55.160 --> 00:28:55.900
 This king clearly

00:28:55.900 --> 00:28:57.360
 is not David.

00:28:57.460 --> 00:28:58.039
 He is better than

00:28:58.039 --> 00:28:58.279
 David.

00:28:58.380 --> 00:28:59.640
 He is better than

00:28:59.640 --> 00:29:00.500
 any human that has

00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:01.299
 ever existed.

00:29:01.299 --> 00:29:02.180
 Again, we're wearing

00:29:02.180 --> 00:29:04.180
 and we're putting

00:29:04.180 --> 00:29:04.740
 ourselves in the

00:29:04.740 --> 00:29:05.899
 shoes of the

00:29:05.899 --> 00:29:06.759
 Israelites that are

00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:08.440
 reading this centuries

00:29:08.440 --> 00:29:09.539
 before Jesus comes on

00:29:09.539 --> 00:29:09.859
 the scene.

00:29:10.599 --> 00:29:11.480
 Who on earth,

00:29:11.559 --> 00:29:13.000
 who on earth could

00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:14.440
 satisfy this

00:29:14.440 --> 00:29:14.839
 prophecy?

00:29:16.299 --> 00:29:17.259
 Clearly it wasn't a

00:29:17.259 --> 00:29:17.879
 human being.

00:29:18.700 --> 00:29:19.879
 Or maybe it was and

00:29:19.879 --> 00:29:21.919
 this person was kind

00:29:21.919 --> 00:29:23.099
 of given a dose of

00:29:23.099 --> 00:29:24.399
 the divinity in some

00:29:24.399 --> 00:29:24.859
 kind of way.

00:29:24.919 --> 00:29:25.379
 Who knows?

00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:26.419
 But there's some

00:29:26.419 --> 00:29:27.440
 mystery around this.

00:29:27.460 --> 00:29:27.919
 This isn't a

00:29:27.919 --> 00:29:28.599
 regular person.

00:29:28.599 --> 00:29:31.000
 This is where it

00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:31.779
 gets really wonderful.

00:29:32.679 --> 00:29:33.679
 Verse 10, it reads

00:29:33.679 --> 00:29:34.379
 like this.

00:29:35.079 --> 00:29:36.019
 In that day, if you

00:29:36.019 --> 00:29:36.959
 remember last week we

00:29:36.959 --> 00:29:38.119
 talked about this term

00:29:38.119 --> 00:29:39.399
 in that day being

00:29:39.399 --> 00:29:41.240
 shorthand for the end

00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:42.359
 of the age, this

00:29:42.359 --> 00:29:43.859
 messianic age when God

00:29:43.859 --> 00:29:45.079
 would send his

00:29:45.079 --> 00:29:46.579
 savior to right all

00:29:46.579 --> 00:29:46.879
 the wrong.

00:29:47.019 --> 00:29:48.039
 So it's a little

00:29:48.039 --> 00:29:48.639
 shorthand here.

00:29:48.759 --> 00:29:49.159
 Verse 10.

00:29:49.159 --> 00:29:50.719
 In that day, the

00:29:50.719 --> 00:29:52.459
 root of Jesse, who

00:29:52.459 --> 00:29:53.579
 shall stand as a

00:29:53.579 --> 00:29:54.159
 signal for the

00:29:54.159 --> 00:29:55.480
 peoples of him,

00:29:55.559 --> 00:29:56.119
 shall the nations

00:29:56.119 --> 00:29:56.859
 inquire and his

00:29:56.859 --> 00:29:58.199
 resting place shall be

00:29:58.200 --> 00:29:58.840
 glorious.

00:29:59.220 --> 00:30:00.340
 Verse 1, it speaks

00:30:00.340 --> 00:30:02.380
 about the shoot of

00:30:02.380 --> 00:30:02.660
 Jesse.

00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:05.299
 Out of Jesse, another

00:30:05.299 --> 00:30:06.779
 offspring of Jesse, a

00:30:06.779 --> 00:30:08.000
 shoot of Jesse, a

00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:08.500
 shoot out of the

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:10.220
 stump will appear.

00:30:10.920 --> 00:30:12.220
 But here, it doesn't

00:30:12.220 --> 00:30:13.059
 say the shoot of

00:30:13.059 --> 00:30:13.799
 Jesse, it says the

00:30:13.799 --> 00:30:14.519
 root of Jesse.

00:30:15.539 --> 00:30:16.319
 So what's happening?

00:30:17.440 --> 00:30:18.539
 It would seem that

00:30:18.539 --> 00:30:20.120
 the shoot of Jesse is

00:30:20.120 --> 00:30:20.819
 also the root of

00:30:20.819 --> 00:30:21.319
 Jesse here.

00:30:22.080 --> 00:30:23.840
 And that means that

00:30:23.840 --> 00:30:25.559
 the offspring of

00:30:25.559 --> 00:30:28.180
 Jesse, this David 2.0,

00:30:28.200 --> 00:30:29.480
 is actually the

00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:30.500
 creator of the

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:31.519
 Davidic line himself.

00:30:32.420 --> 00:30:35.220
 That this king isn't

00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:36.840
 just an offspring, but

00:30:36.840 --> 00:30:37.960
 the creator himself.

00:30:38.299 --> 00:30:40.200
 This person has to be

00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:40.559
 God.

00:30:41.400 --> 00:30:42.880
 You don't speak of

00:30:42.880 --> 00:30:44.059
 human beings in this

00:30:44.059 --> 00:30:44.519
 language.

00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:46.480
 He is the root of

00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:46.799
 Jesse.

00:30:48.200 --> 00:30:53.559
 He has come again to

00:30:53.559 --> 00:30:55.039
 his people, even though

00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:55.879
 they are obstinate.

00:30:56.460 --> 00:30:58.420
 God himself is the

00:30:58.420 --> 00:30:58.799
 Messiah.

00:30:59.000 --> 00:30:59.779
 It is a remarkable

00:30:59.779 --> 00:31:00.220
 thing.

00:31:00.579 --> 00:31:01.539
 It's subtle, but you

00:31:01.539 --> 00:31:02.159
 see it here.

00:31:02.359 --> 00:31:04.099
 And for the ancient

00:31:04.099 --> 00:31:05.319
 Israelites reading this,

00:31:06.019 --> 00:31:07.220
 there would have to be a

00:31:07.220 --> 00:31:08.940
 scandal in their ears to

00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:09.399
 hear this.

00:31:09.779 --> 00:31:10.500
 That somehow this

00:31:10.500 --> 00:31:11.879
 Messiah, this promised

00:31:11.879 --> 00:31:12.700
 king would be God

00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:13.220
 himself.

00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:14.519
 There's no chance.

00:31:14.579 --> 00:31:15.220
 There's no way.

00:31:16.379 --> 00:31:16.980
 Here's the beautiful

00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:17.799
 thing about this.

00:31:18.440 --> 00:31:19.740
 God has not recalled his

00:31:19.740 --> 00:31:22.319
 promises to obstinate

00:31:22.319 --> 00:31:22.619
 Israel.

00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:23.480
 He has promised to be

00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:25.259
 their God and they his

00:31:25.259 --> 00:31:25.579
 people.

00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:27.559
 But here we see that

00:31:27.559 --> 00:31:29.359
 instead of extending his

00:31:29.359 --> 00:31:30.359
 mercy and grace just to

00:31:30.359 --> 00:31:32.980
 Israel, he extends it to

00:31:32.980 --> 00:31:34.039
 the entire world.

00:31:34.819 --> 00:31:36.139
 For it says that he will

00:31:36.139 --> 00:31:37.339
 be a signal for all

00:31:37.339 --> 00:31:37.759
 peoples.

00:31:39.159 --> 00:31:40.859
 That God has breached

00:31:40.859 --> 00:31:42.139
 the divide between him

00:31:42.139 --> 00:31:43.939
 in his holiness and glory

00:31:43.939 --> 00:31:45.179
 and us in our sinfulness

00:31:45.179 --> 00:31:45.960
 and rebellion.

00:31:46.679 --> 00:31:48.039
 In our cursed state.

00:31:48.659 --> 00:31:50.099
 That God has set up a

00:31:50.099 --> 00:31:50.299
 banner.

00:31:50.439 --> 00:31:51.259
 He has declared it.

00:31:51.259 --> 00:31:53.460
 He is proclaiming it to

00:31:53.460 --> 00:31:54.740
 the entire world.

00:31:56.279 --> 00:31:57.299
 Because the root of

00:31:57.299 --> 00:31:59.119
 Jesse becomes the shoot

00:31:59.119 --> 00:31:59.619
 of Jesse.

00:32:00.539 --> 00:32:01.859
 God becomes man yet

00:32:01.859 --> 00:32:02.819
 remains God.

00:32:03.799 --> 00:32:05.379
 So we see this thing

00:32:05.379 --> 00:32:07.299
 that is very, it's very

00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:08.480
 mysterious but also very

00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:09.700
 scandalous but it also is

00:32:09.700 --> 00:32:11.359
 very exciting if we grasp

00:32:11.359 --> 00:32:12.259
 what's really happening.

00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:13.700
 For the king of the

00:32:13.700 --> 00:32:16.059
 universe becomes a king in

00:32:16.059 --> 00:32:17.640
 David's line and he

00:32:17.640 --> 00:32:20.119
 reverses the curse by paying

00:32:20.119 --> 00:32:21.379
 our debt upon the cross

00:32:21.379 --> 00:32:22.039
 of Calvary.

00:32:22.839 --> 00:32:24.439
 And in doing so he restores

00:32:24.439 --> 00:32:26.219
 us to him so that we may

00:32:26.219 --> 00:32:27.519
 know and enjoy the Lord's

00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:29.539
 goodness and peace forever

00:32:29.539 --> 00:32:31.039
 and then we become his

00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:33.439
 ambassadors to the nations.

00:32:33.599 --> 00:32:35.339
 We become a part of that

00:32:35.339 --> 00:32:36.619
 signal, that banner,

00:32:36.819 --> 00:32:39.259
 proclaiming that we are in

00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:40.719
 the messianic age.

00:32:40.979 --> 00:32:42.019
 That the king has come.

00:32:43.019 --> 00:32:43.579
 He has come.

00:32:43.659 --> 00:32:45.500
 He has come in the form of

00:32:45.500 --> 00:32:47.339
 human flesh, fully man,

00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:49.279
 fully God and he will come

00:32:49.279 --> 00:32:52.720
 again to consolidate his

00:32:52.720 --> 00:32:53.000
 rule.

00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:55.359
 This is why the incarnation

00:32:55.359 --> 00:32:57.960
 of our Lord is an

00:32:57.960 --> 00:32:59.920
 incredible act of mercy and

00:32:59.920 --> 00:33:00.259
 grace.

00:33:01.460 --> 00:33:03.359
 So as we continue on in

00:33:03.359 --> 00:33:06.259
 Advent, help us, we need

00:33:06.259 --> 00:33:07.240
 to ask the Lord to help us

00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:08.799
 to prepare for his coming.

00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:10.660
 Prepare for our long

00:33:10.660 --> 00:33:13.140
 awaited king, the shoot and

00:33:13.140 --> 00:33:14.320
 the root of Jesse.

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 Let's pray.

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 Father in heaven, we thank

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 you for these centuries,

00:33:22.440 --> 00:33:24.360
 millennia old prophecies

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 that weren't just declared

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 and became just a relic of

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 the past.

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 Just an archaeological bit of

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 evidence for how ancient

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 Israelites used to live, but

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 a prophecy that came true.

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 Lord, you have declared

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 something and it has come to

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 pass.

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 So let us prepare, Lord, that

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 we would be ready to receive

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 the blessed Savior on Christmas

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 Day.

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 But Lord, help us also to live

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 now in the reality that will

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 come in its fullness when he

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 returns a second time.

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 Lord, we thank you that you

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 don't treat us the way we ought

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 to be treated.

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 Instead, you give us mercy and

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 grace and love abundantly in a

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 way that is not cheap, is not

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 little bits, but it is poured

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 out.

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 We thank you for this.

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 We pray all this in Christ's

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 name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.