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 I'm sure that most of us here, not necessarily all of us, but most of us here are fairly familiar with the Gospels in the New Testament, those extraordinary documents that recount the life, the death, the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

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 They are remarkable in a whole lot of ways. We're going to pick up some of the ways in which they're remarkable over the next few minutes and also tomorrow.

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 But it is always a shame when you become so used to something that you don't notice how remarkable it is.

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 That's almost unavoidable, but every now and again you just sort of take stock and say this is utterly remarkable.

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 It's not only that these accounts, we call them the Gospels, of course, it's not only that the Gospels tell a remarkable story, they certainly do that, but as documents they are remarkable, they are unique.

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 There's nothing like them really in world literature.

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 I'll expand on that in a little while, I think.

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 But I wonder what you make as you read the Gospel accounts of the accounts that you find there of the miracles performed by Jesus.

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 I mean, they're everywhere, aren't they?

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 Not counting the remarkable events associated with the birth of Jesus, put those to one side for a moment,

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 and put to one side the events surrounding the death and the resurrection of Jesus.

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 On one count that I looked up, I didn't do the count, but I found somebody who did.

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 It's always helpful to find people like that, isn't it?

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 There are 36 different occasions recorded when Jesus, with a word or with a touch,

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 or in some other remarkable way, healed people, cast out demons,

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 controlled the forces of nature, even raised dead people back to life.

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 And you'll probably be familiar with the words in John's Gospel, where he assures us

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 that there were many more such episodes which are not written in this book, his book.

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 He says if they were, the world wouldn't be big enough to fill them all.

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 Well, perhaps that was a little bit of an exaggeration, but nonetheless, there were so many episodes like that.

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 And we read the stories, and so we witness them through those who tell us about them.

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 And the question I want to reflect on for a moment with you is,

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 what impact should these stories have on us?

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 As you read of this incident, this incident, this incident in Jesus' life.

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 At a very basic level, of course, the stories challenge the modern unbeliever

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 who imagines that science can explain everything.

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 Tell you what, science is going to have some trouble explaining some of these things

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 that you read in the Gospels.

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 You see, the Gospels insist that Jesus Christ cannot be contained in such a narrow view of reality.

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 The reactions of those who were there show a whole lot more insight than today's sceptics.

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 They said things like, what sort of man is this?

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 That even the wind and the sea obey him.

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 We read that when the crowd saw it, another incident, they were afraid, and they glorified God.

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 Or they said, never was anything like this seen in Israel.

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 Another one said, truly you are the Son of God.

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 And then in another place, they glorified the God of Israel.

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 Those were some of the reactions that you see as you read these accounts.

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 We might reasonably add that many of Jesus' miracles displayed his kindness in a most remarkable and powerful way.

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 His compassion.

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 The stories are massive displays of his goodness.

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 You remember how again and again and again those who sought his mercy found it.

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 Often in the most remarkable ways.

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 Well, that's a good start, I think.

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 But the miracles of Jesus are even more important.

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 Consider these devastating words concerning two of the towns which had witnessed those mighty works of Jesus.

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 I'm reading from Matthew 11.

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 You needn't look it up, but just listen.

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 You'll be familiar with the words, I think.

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 Woe to you.

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 Woe to you.

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 Woe to you.

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 Jesus is speaking.

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 Woe to you.

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 Chorazin.

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 Woe to you, Bethsaida.

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 For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon,

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 they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

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 But I tell you, it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for Tyre and Sidon than for you.

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 It's another wow moment, isn't it?

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 Golly.

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 Tyre and Sidon, they were pagan cities up to the north of Israel.

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 They were famous.

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 You read references to them in the Old Testament.

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 You read great poems about them in the Old Testament, actually.

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 They were famous for their tyrannical arrogance, their wealth, their cruelty.

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 They were tough places.

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 They were pagan places.

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 And Jesus claimed, again, perhaps with a little bit of hyperbole,

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 he was given to hyperbole from time to time,

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 that if those cities had witnessed the mighty works that had taken place in Chorazin and Bethsaida,

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 both Israelite cities, of course,

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 then those notorious pagans would have been brought to their knees in repentance.

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 But that hadn't happened in Chorazin and Bethsaida, so woe to you.

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 But that raises a question, doesn't it?

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 What is it about the miracles of Jesus

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 that ought to have led those who witnessed them to repentance?

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 Now, wonder, get that, understand that.

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 Of course, if you saw what Jesus did, the wind and the waves obeyed him,

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 you just, jaw drops and you say,

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 who is this man?

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 Wonder, yes.

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 Amazement, certainly.

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 But why would the pagans of Tyre and Sidon have repented?

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 What's the connection between the miracles,

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 if only you saw them,

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 if you'd been there,

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 that you ought to have repented?

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 Why should the people of Chorazin and Bethsaida have repented?

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 And the answer is,

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 quite simple,

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 that the miracles were signs.

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 And the importance of a sign is not the sign itself,

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 but what it signifies,

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 what it points to.

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 And the miracles of Jesus were signs pointing to God's kingdom.

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 God's kingdom where the blind will see,

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 the deaf will hear,

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 the lame will leap,

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 and the dumb will sing for joy.

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 Jesus, you see,

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 in those things we call the miracles,

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 was demonstrating his power and authority

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 as God's king.

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 That's what he was doing.

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 And the signs accompanied his message,

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 which was,

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 repent,

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 for

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 the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

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 The kingdom of heaven

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 is the long-promised reality of God's

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 good and righteous reign

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 as king

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 over all things.

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 And God's good and righteous reign

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 involves

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 judgment.

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 Because evil will be overthrown.

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 All evil

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 will be overthrown.

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 And righteousness and peace

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 will be established.

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 And repentance

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 is the radical change

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 that is demanded by the coming

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 of God's king.

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 God's king is coming,

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 it means turning away

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 from all evil.

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 It means submitting

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 to God's king.

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 And because Jesus' miracles

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 are signs of the kingdom,

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 they demand repentance,

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 not just awe and wonder,

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 but repentance.

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 Repent

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 for

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 the kingdom of heaven

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 is at hand.

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 Now,

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 something

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 similar

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 happened

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 much earlier

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 in the history

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 of the Israelite people.

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 You've been,

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 in many of you,

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 most of you,

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 I think,

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 in your groups

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 have been reading

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 through two kings

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 and you've been reading

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 the story of Elisha

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 and you've been seeing

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 a lot more of the story

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 of Elisha

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 than we're going to manage

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 to see this weekend

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 because I'm so slow

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 in the way in which I work

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 through these stories.

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 You may have picked that up.

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 But the miracle stories

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 in the New Testament gospels

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 have a kind of background.

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 If you think of

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 the gospel stories,

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 they're kind of,

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 what's remarkable about them,

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 when I said

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 there's nothing like this

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 in world literature,

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 if you try and describe

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 what they're like,

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 they're little incident

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 after incident

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 after incident.

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 Of course,

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 there's much more

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 to the gospels than this.

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 But you move

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 from one incident

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 to another,

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 don't you?

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 And each one has its point.

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 And many of the incidents

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 are miraculous.

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 Well,

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 where do you find

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 anything like that

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 in the Old Testament?

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 And the thing that's closest to it

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 is the story of Elisha,

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 which again,

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 is you have incident

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 after incident

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 after incident

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 and a whole lot of them

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 are miraculous.

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 And it seems to me

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 that this is again

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 the New Testament writers,

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 to a certain extent,

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 I think they've modelled

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 their accounts

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 of the life of Jesus

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 on the Old Testament

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 story of Elisha.

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 Again,

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 another indication

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 of what we saw earlier on,

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 there are connections

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 between the story of Elisha

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 and the story of Jesus

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 and we should move

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 between them both.

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 Now,

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 certainly the stories

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 in the New Testament

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 gospels

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 surpass

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 the accounts

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 of the prophet Elisha

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 and his mighty works

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 in two kings.

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 you might,

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 in the New Testament,

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 find yourself saying

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 something greater

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 than Elisha is here.

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 Well,

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 certainly that's true

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 but there is

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 a striking similarity.

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 So we're going to go

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 and pick up Elisha's story

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 where we left off

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 last time

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 in 2 Kings chapter 2

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 and the passage

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 that was just read to us

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 a few moments ago.

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 You remember what happened?

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 Elisha had crossed

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 the Jordan River

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 in a remarkable

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 kind of reenactment

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 of Joshua's crossing

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 the river before

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 coming back

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 as he was travelling

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 from east to west.

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 I think I've got it

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 right this time.

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 Joshua probably did that,

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 quite possibly did that,

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 very close

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 to the spot

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 where Jesus

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 would be baptised

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 by John

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 some centuries later.

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 And although

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 the New Testament gospels

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 I don't think

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 at any point

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 make an explicit

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 reference to this,

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 I'm pretty sure

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 if you'd been there

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 and you knew

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 your Old Testament

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 and as you read

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 the Gospels

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 if you know

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 your Old Testament

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 when you see

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 Jesus being baptised

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 you're reminded

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 of this moment.

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 You might be reminded

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 of some other moments

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 as well

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 but you're reminded

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 of this moment

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 where Elisha

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 came into the land.

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 And Elisha

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 proceeded to retrace

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 the steps of the Israelites

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 in Joshua's day

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 as they were taking

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 possession of the land

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 that God had promised

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 their forefather Abraham.

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 So he came to Jericho

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 in chapter 2 verse 18

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 and like them

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 shortly he will move on

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 to the vicinity

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 of Bethel.

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 And in this study

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 we are really going

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 to focus on

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 what happened

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 in those two cities

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 in Jericho

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 and Bethel

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 where two very remarkable

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 things happened.

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 We could call them miracles.

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 I think that would be

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 the kind of category

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 but they were more

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 than miracles

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 they were signs.

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 They were signs

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 of Elisha's message.

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 What was Elisha's message?

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 Well I think it's summed up

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 in his name

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 My God saves.

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 So if you look at your notes

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 what we're going to see

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 is Jericho

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 a troubled city

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 that sought

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 and received help.

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 And then we're going

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 to move on to Bethel

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 a rebellious city

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 that mocked God's prophet

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 and received its due.

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 And then very briefly

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 at the end

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 we'll move on to

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 Mount Carmel

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 and Samaria.

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 And the question

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 we're asking

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 all the way through

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 is what do we make

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 of these stories?

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 Before you can answer

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 that question

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 you've got to actually

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 look at the stories

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 and hear the stories

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 well and carefully

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 and then say

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 what do we make

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 of these?

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 You'll be aware

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 in the second

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 of those stories

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 you listened to

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 it a moment ago.

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 I wonder how many

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 of you are sitting there

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 saying surely

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 he's not going to

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 talk about that one.

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 It's a pretty horrible

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 story isn't it

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 coming up

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 when we get to Bethel

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 don't glance ahead

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 if you weren't listening

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 before too bad

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 you don't know

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 what I'm talking about

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 you will shortly.

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 When you're teaching

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 the Bible

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 and when you're

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 reading the Bible

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 it's really important

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 that when you see

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 something

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 I don't want to deal

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 with that

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 when you see that

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 bit that you don't

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 want to deal with

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 it's really important

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 that you deal with it.

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 It's very important

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 that we don't skip

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 over parts of the Bible

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 that are a bit

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 frightening and a bit

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 scary.

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 This one's a bit

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 frightening and a bit

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 scary.

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 I was tempted

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 to skip over it

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 and then I thought

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 I better not

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 because David

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 will come and

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 chip me later on

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 and tell me

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 I shouldn't have.

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 So I won't.

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 First of all

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 however we come

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 to Jericho

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 that's not too bad

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 that one

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 we can cope

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 with the Jericho

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 story I think.

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 Jericho

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 was a city

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 with quite a story.

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 Here's a clue

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 in reading

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 the Old Testament

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 there are lots

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 of little skills

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 you can develop

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 and one of the

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 things that I've

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 always found

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 very very helpful

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 is you can't

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 do it all the time

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 because it's too

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 time consuming

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 but when you come

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 across a place name

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 first of all

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 I said earlier

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 look it up

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 on an atlas

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 and see where it is.

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 So you follow

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 where you're moving

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 what's close to what

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 what direction

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 are people moving

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 and get an idea

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 of the geography

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 of a place

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 where the place is

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 but the other thing

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 is that

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 not all

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 but very very

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 many Bible

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 places

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 have a big story

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 behind them

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 and there are

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 associations

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 with the place

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 many places

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 in the Bible

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 are like

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 is that noise

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 annoying people?

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 Yeah it's annoying people

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 can you stop it?

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 If we have problems

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 I can shout

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 but

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 okay they're working

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 on it

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 we'll concentrate here

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 it's my fault

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 that might

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 okay

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 thank you guys

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 thank you

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 let them do their thing

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 so

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 I'm saying that

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 many place names

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 in the Bible

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 have associations

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 that

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 you need to know

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 your Bible

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 really really well

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 to pick them up

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 and the

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 way to get it

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 for those of us

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 who are

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 you know

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 still working

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 at knowing the Bible

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 really really well

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 is a Bible dictionary

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 the most valuable

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 reference book

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 for reading

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 and studying the Bible

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 is a good Bible dictionary

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 like the new Bible dictionary

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 I think that's probably

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 still the best one around

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 it's been around

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 for a long long time

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 and a Bible dictionary

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 is really a Bible

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 encyclopedia

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 they're not really dictionaries

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 they're encyclopedias

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 and you can look up

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 and you

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 if you looked up

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 Jericho

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 there would be

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 an article

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 not a very long one

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 but it would take you

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 through the whole

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 Bible history of Jericho

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 what's happened in Jericho

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 and so when you come

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 to Jericho

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 you say

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 what's associated

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 with this town

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 it's a bit like New York

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 if you think of New York

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 all sorts of associations

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 aren't there

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 you think of Paris

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 all sorts of associations

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 London

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 associations

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 Newcastle

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 well

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 yeah

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 associations

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 cities have a history

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 and a feel

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 what do you think of

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 when you hear of Jericho

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 what's the thing

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 that

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 the biggest thing

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 that comes to mind

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 I think you'll all remember this

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 what is it

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 the walls of Jericho

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 that came down

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 in Joshua's day

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 that was the very beginning

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 of the entry

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 into the land

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 as they were taking the land

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 the walls of Jericho

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 came down

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 but you mightn't

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 remember what happened

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 after the walls of Jericho

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 came down

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 very important

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 that Joshua

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 said

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 because this was

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 the big sign

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 of God's judgment

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 on the inhabitants

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 of the land

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 they were terrible

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 and this was the beginning

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 of the judgment

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 of the peoples

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 of the land

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 the walls of Jericho

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 fell down

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 and Joshua said

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 this is Joshua 6 verse 26

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 for those who are taking notes

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 cursed before the Lord

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 be the man

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 who rises up

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 and rebuilds

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 this city of Jericho

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 so it was flattened

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 and

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 here's the word

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 cursed before the Lord

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 be the man

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 who rises up

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 and rebuilds

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 the city of Jericho

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 and that was remembered

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 and for centuries

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 Jericho lay in ruins

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 and no one dared

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 to rebuild it

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 because it was there

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 and it was meant

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 to remain

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 like that

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 as a sign

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 of what God did

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 both to save

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 his people

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 and in judgment

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 on the wickedness

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 of the people

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 of the land

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 you mightn't be

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 all that surprised

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 to hear

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 that it was

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 in King Ahab's day

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 that a man

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 named

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 Hiel

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 H-I-E-L

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 he's not very famous

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 nor should he be

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 but he was allowed

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 by King Ahab

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 to defy

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 Joshua's word

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 and rebuild the city

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 you'll read about it

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 in 1 Kings 16

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 and it was a mark

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 of King Ahab's

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 defiant disobedience

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 and flagrant

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 unfaithfulness

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 that he allowed

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 the city of Jericho

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 to be rebuilt

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 and it was

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 by this man

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 Hiel

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 well now

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 it has been rebuilt

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 it's been rebuilt

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 for some time

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 and Elisha

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 was staying

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 in the city

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 of Jericho

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 with all of its

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 associations

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 the city

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 that had been

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 rebuilt

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 in disobedience

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 and unfaithfulness

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 it was

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 if Joshua's word

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 is to be believed

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 and I believe it is

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 it was a city

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 under a curse

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 that was

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 it was a city

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 under God's judgment

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 for the disobedience

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 and unfaithfulness

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 that had allowed it

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 to be rebuilt

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 what do you think

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 will happen

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 when Elisha

00:19:19.460 --> 00:19:21.700
 my God

00:19:21.700 --> 00:19:22.640
 saves

00:19:22.640 --> 00:19:24.360
 spend some time

00:19:24.360 --> 00:19:25.320
 in Jericho

00:19:25.320 --> 00:19:27.500
 verse 19

00:19:27.500 --> 00:19:29.420
 now the men

00:19:29.420 --> 00:19:30.460
 of the city

00:19:30.460 --> 00:19:31.460
 said

00:19:31.460 --> 00:19:32.740
 to Elisha

00:19:32.740 --> 00:19:33.720
 behold

00:19:33.720 --> 00:19:34.519
 the situation

00:19:34.519 --> 00:19:35.160
 of this city

00:19:35.160 --> 00:19:35.880
 is pleasant

00:19:35.880 --> 00:19:37.340
 the word is good

00:19:37.340 --> 00:19:39.280
 as my Lord

00:19:39.280 --> 00:19:39.680
 sees

00:19:39.680 --> 00:19:40.680
 but the water

00:19:40.680 --> 00:19:41.480
 is bad

00:19:41.480 --> 00:19:43.259
 and the land

00:19:43.259 --> 00:19:44.299
 is unfruitful

00:19:44.299 --> 00:19:46.220
 perhaps the men

00:19:46.220 --> 00:19:46.700
 of the city

00:19:46.700 --> 00:19:48.059
 had been influenced

00:19:48.059 --> 00:19:49.759
 by the followers

00:19:49.759 --> 00:19:50.420
 of Elijah

00:19:50.420 --> 00:19:51.339
 and Elisha

00:19:51.339 --> 00:19:52.660
 the sons

00:19:52.660 --> 00:19:53.360
 of the prophets

00:19:53.360 --> 00:19:53.779
 remember

00:19:53.779 --> 00:19:54.599
 there was

00:19:54.599 --> 00:19:55.220
 this group

00:19:55.220 --> 00:19:57.700
 in Jericho

00:19:57.700 --> 00:19:59.839
 that lived there

00:19:59.839 --> 00:20:00.660
 they were faithful

00:20:00.660 --> 00:20:01.579
 they were disciples

00:20:01.579 --> 00:20:03.279
 of Elijah

00:20:03.279 --> 00:20:04.079
 and Elisha

00:20:04.079 --> 00:20:04.779
 and they lived

00:20:04.779 --> 00:20:05.259
 in the city

00:20:05.259 --> 00:20:05.880
 perhaps they'd

00:20:05.880 --> 00:20:06.759
 influenced the city

00:20:06.759 --> 00:20:09.400
 and they had been

00:20:09.400 --> 00:20:10.940
 the first

00:20:10.940 --> 00:20:11.320
 of course

00:20:11.320 --> 00:20:11.900
 to receive

00:20:11.900 --> 00:20:12.580
 and acknowledge

00:20:12.580 --> 00:20:13.180
 Elisha

00:20:13.180 --> 00:20:14.240
 in his new role

00:20:14.240 --> 00:20:15.360
 and the men

00:20:15.360 --> 00:20:15.940
 of the city

00:20:15.940 --> 00:20:16.920
 now approached

00:20:16.920 --> 00:20:17.500
 Elisha

00:20:17.500 --> 00:20:18.500
 with respect

00:20:18.500 --> 00:20:20.700
 and with a problem

00:20:20.700 --> 00:20:23.059
 Jericho

00:20:23.059 --> 00:20:24.299
 well the city

00:20:24.299 --> 00:20:24.980
 looked pleasant

00:20:24.980 --> 00:20:25.400
 enough

00:20:25.400 --> 00:20:26.279
 looked nice

00:20:26.279 --> 00:20:27.580
 looked good

00:20:27.580 --> 00:20:28.920
 the houses

00:20:28.920 --> 00:20:29.660
 were fine

00:20:29.660 --> 00:20:30.539
 the city's

00:20:30.539 --> 00:20:31.000
 defences

00:20:31.000 --> 00:20:31.820
 were strong

00:20:31.820 --> 00:20:33.460
 and so it seemed

00:20:33.460 --> 00:20:34.420
 but appearances

00:20:34.420 --> 00:20:35.420
 can be deceptive

00:20:35.420 --> 00:20:35.840
 the city

00:20:35.840 --> 00:20:36.660
 had a serious

00:20:36.660 --> 00:20:37.160
 problem

00:20:37.160 --> 00:20:37.980
 the water

00:20:37.980 --> 00:20:38.480
 supply

00:20:38.480 --> 00:20:39.279
 was poisonous

00:20:39.279 --> 00:20:41.559
 with tragic

00:20:41.559 --> 00:20:42.319
 consequences

00:20:42.319 --> 00:20:42.879
 I think the

00:20:42.879 --> 00:20:43.599
 translation's

00:20:43.599 --> 00:20:44.240
 probably not

00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:44.839
 quite right

00:20:44.839 --> 00:20:45.019
 there

00:20:45.019 --> 00:20:46.119
 the language

00:20:46.119 --> 00:20:46.460
 is a bit

00:20:46.460 --> 00:20:46.779
 difficult

00:20:46.779 --> 00:20:47.339
 but the word

00:20:47.339 --> 00:20:48.200
 unfruitful

00:20:48.200 --> 00:20:49.500
 probably actually

00:20:49.500 --> 00:20:50.379
 means causes

00:20:50.379 --> 00:20:51.240
 miscarriages

00:20:51.240 --> 00:20:52.660
 so there was

00:20:52.660 --> 00:20:53.319
 some poison

00:20:53.319 --> 00:20:53.920
 in the water

00:20:53.920 --> 00:20:55.160
 something in the

00:20:55.160 --> 00:20:55.720
 water that was

00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:56.299
 causing that

00:20:56.299 --> 00:20:57.740
 kind of tragedy

00:20:57.740 --> 00:20:59.180
 repeatedly

00:20:59.180 --> 00:21:00.779
 in the town

00:21:00.779 --> 00:21:01.519
 Jericho

00:21:01.519 --> 00:21:02.339
 was suffering

00:21:02.339 --> 00:21:04.319
 the words

00:21:04.319 --> 00:21:04.779
 of the men

00:21:04.779 --> 00:21:05.599
 suggest that

00:21:05.599 --> 00:21:06.220
 they're aware

00:21:06.220 --> 00:21:06.879
 of God's

00:21:06.879 --> 00:21:07.539
 promises

00:21:07.539 --> 00:21:09.119
 you see back

00:21:09.119 --> 00:21:09.779
 in Exodus

00:21:09.779 --> 00:21:10.439
 again for

00:21:10.439 --> 00:21:11.500
 note takers

00:21:11.500 --> 00:21:12.559
 Exodus 23

00:21:12.559 --> 00:21:13.579
 verse 26

00:21:13.579 --> 00:21:14.720
 God had

00:21:14.720 --> 00:21:15.439
 promised that

00:21:15.439 --> 00:21:16.199
 in the promised

00:21:16.199 --> 00:21:16.959
 land none

00:21:16.959 --> 00:21:18.159
 shall miscarry

00:21:18.159 --> 00:21:20.980
 but the land

00:21:20.980 --> 00:21:22.079
 of which

00:21:22.079 --> 00:21:23.000
 was supposed

00:21:23.000 --> 00:21:23.759
 to have flowed

00:21:23.759 --> 00:21:24.159
 with milk

00:21:24.159 --> 00:21:24.619
 and honey

00:21:24.619 --> 00:21:25.959
 now had

00:21:25.959 --> 00:21:26.419
 water

00:21:26.419 --> 00:21:27.379
 that caused

00:21:27.379 --> 00:21:28.279
 miscarriages

00:21:28.279 --> 00:21:30.079
 at least that

00:21:30.079 --> 00:21:30.839
 was the situation

00:21:30.839 --> 00:21:31.659
 in Jericho

00:21:31.659 --> 00:21:33.240
 perhaps the men

00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:33.659
 of the city

00:21:33.659 --> 00:21:34.419
 understood that

00:21:34.419 --> 00:21:34.939
 their troubles

00:21:34.939 --> 00:21:35.519
 were related

00:21:35.519 --> 00:21:36.220
 to the curse

00:21:36.220 --> 00:21:36.759
 that Joshua

00:21:36.759 --> 00:21:37.339
 had spoken

00:21:37.339 --> 00:21:38.319
 centuries earlier

00:21:38.319 --> 00:21:40.599
 and the humility

00:21:40.599 --> 00:21:41.459
 and the respect

00:21:41.459 --> 00:21:42.220
 with which they

00:21:42.220 --> 00:21:43.199
 brought this

00:21:43.199 --> 00:21:43.959
 problem to

00:21:43.959 --> 00:21:44.839
 Elisha

00:21:44.839 --> 00:21:46.319
 indicates the

00:21:46.319 --> 00:21:47.319
 very high regard

00:21:47.319 --> 00:21:47.839
 in which they

00:21:47.839 --> 00:21:48.419
 must have held

00:21:48.419 --> 00:21:49.379
 the man of God

00:21:49.379 --> 00:21:50.659
 on whom the

00:21:50.659 --> 00:21:51.779
 spirit of Elijah

00:21:51.779 --> 00:21:53.419
 now rested

00:21:53.419 --> 00:21:53.980
 what did they

00:21:53.980 --> 00:21:54.779
 expect him to do

00:21:54.779 --> 00:21:55.079
 though

00:21:55.079 --> 00:21:56.899
 well Elisha

00:21:56.899 --> 00:21:57.740
 responded to them

00:21:57.740 --> 00:21:58.519
 in verse 20

00:21:58.519 --> 00:21:59.639
 bring me a new

00:21:59.639 --> 00:22:00.480
 bowl and put

00:22:00.480 --> 00:22:01.339
 salt in it

00:22:01.339 --> 00:22:03.220
 and that's a

00:22:03.220 --> 00:22:03.819
 rather strange

00:22:03.819 --> 00:22:04.500
 thing to say

00:22:04.500 --> 00:22:05.319
 don't you think

00:22:05.319 --> 00:22:06.960
 you can sort of

00:22:06.960 --> 00:22:07.799
 imagine the people

00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:08.819
 saying really

00:22:08.819 --> 00:22:10.120
 Elisha a bowl

00:22:10.120 --> 00:22:12.440
 with some salt

00:22:12.440 --> 00:22:13.279
 look our problem

00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:14.279
 is a poisonous

00:22:14.279 --> 00:22:15.299
 water supply

00:22:15.299 --> 00:22:16.500
 for the whole

00:22:16.500 --> 00:22:16.960
 city

00:22:16.960 --> 00:22:18.539
 how do you think

00:22:18.539 --> 00:22:19.500
 a bowl of salt

00:22:19.500 --> 00:22:20.299
 is going to help

00:22:20.299 --> 00:22:22.460
 well importantly

00:22:22.460 --> 00:22:24.140
 these instructions

00:22:24.140 --> 00:22:25.000
 came from the

00:22:25.000 --> 00:22:26.019
 mouth of God's

00:22:26.019 --> 00:22:26.360
 prophet

00:22:26.360 --> 00:22:28.180
 and these words

00:22:28.180 --> 00:22:28.960
 strange as they

00:22:28.960 --> 00:22:29.360
 sounded

00:22:29.359 --> 00:22:30.279
 are going to

00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:30.979
 determine the

00:22:30.979 --> 00:22:31.719
 future of this

00:22:31.719 --> 00:22:32.039
 city

00:22:32.039 --> 00:22:33.339
 the immediate

00:22:33.339 --> 00:22:34.319
 and unquestioning

00:22:34.319 --> 00:22:35.439
 obedience of

00:22:35.439 --> 00:22:36.019
 the people

00:22:36.019 --> 00:22:37.379
 to the prophets

00:22:37.379 --> 00:22:38.759
 odd instructions

00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:39.919
 underlines their

00:22:39.919 --> 00:22:41.419
 humble trust

00:22:41.419 --> 00:22:42.939
 with which they

00:22:42.939 --> 00:22:43.539
 had approached

00:22:43.539 --> 00:22:44.159
 Elisha

00:22:44.159 --> 00:22:45.019
 you see verse 20

00:22:45.019 --> 00:22:45.740
 again so they

00:22:45.740 --> 00:22:46.519
 brought it to him

00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:48.039
 they didn't actually

00:22:48.039 --> 00:22:48.539
 argue

00:22:48.539 --> 00:22:49.979
 they did as

00:22:49.979 --> 00:22:50.599
 they were told

00:22:50.599 --> 00:22:52.859
 and in the city

00:22:52.859 --> 00:22:53.579
 of Jericho

00:22:53.579 --> 00:22:55.779
 symbol

00:22:55.779 --> 00:22:57.079
 if you like

00:22:57.079 --> 00:22:58.480
 of King Ahab's

00:22:58.480 --> 00:22:59.339
 disobedience

00:22:59.339 --> 00:23:00.339
 and unfaithfulness

00:23:00.339 --> 00:23:01.940
 we're now seeing

00:23:01.940 --> 00:23:02.700
 something new

00:23:02.700 --> 00:23:04.799
 humble obedience

00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:06.480
 to the words

00:23:06.480 --> 00:23:07.579
 of God's prophet

00:23:07.579 --> 00:23:10.480
 I read somewhere

00:23:10.480 --> 00:23:11.779
 I haven't been on

00:23:11.779 --> 00:23:12.579
 one of those tours

00:23:12.579 --> 00:23:14.359
 to Israel

00:23:14.359 --> 00:23:15.240
 some of you may

00:23:15.240 --> 00:23:15.619
 have

00:23:15.619 --> 00:23:16.799
 and maybe you can

00:23:16.799 --> 00:23:17.799
 confirm or deny

00:23:17.799 --> 00:23:18.480
 this but I

00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:19.220
 understand that

00:23:19.220 --> 00:23:20.480
 there is a

00:23:20.480 --> 00:23:21.220
 spring near

00:23:21.220 --> 00:23:21.660
 Jericho

00:23:21.660 --> 00:23:22.940
 to this day

00:23:22.940 --> 00:23:24.920
 that is believed

00:23:24.920 --> 00:23:25.519
 to be

00:23:25.519 --> 00:23:27.000
 many of the

00:23:27.000 --> 00:23:27.400
 sites

00:23:27.400 --> 00:23:28.779
 in Israel

00:23:28.779 --> 00:23:29.559
 that are believed

00:23:29.559 --> 00:23:30.100
 to be

00:23:30.100 --> 00:23:31.180
 are probably not

00:23:31.180 --> 00:23:32.600
 what they're

00:23:32.600 --> 00:23:33.259
 believed to be

00:23:33.259 --> 00:23:33.779
 but this one

00:23:33.779 --> 00:23:34.539
 is believed to be

00:23:34.539 --> 00:23:35.460
 the source of the

00:23:35.460 --> 00:23:36.240
 city's water

00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:37.080
 for centuries

00:23:37.080 --> 00:23:39.580
 it's known today

00:23:39.580 --> 00:23:40.559
 as Elisha's

00:23:40.559 --> 00:23:41.000
 spring

00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:42.600
 and it may be

00:23:42.600 --> 00:23:43.539
 the very spot

00:23:43.539 --> 00:23:44.320
 where we read

00:23:44.320 --> 00:23:45.259
 in verse 21

00:23:45.259 --> 00:23:46.620
 Elisha went to

00:23:46.620 --> 00:23:47.539
 the spring of water

00:23:47.539 --> 00:23:48.259
 and threw

00:23:48.259 --> 00:23:49.740
 salt in it

00:23:49.740 --> 00:23:51.779
 now

00:23:51.779 --> 00:23:54.160
 Elisha's

00:23:54.160 --> 00:23:54.639
 action

00:23:54.639 --> 00:23:57.139
 by itself

00:23:57.139 --> 00:23:58.539
 a little bit

00:23:58.539 --> 00:23:59.000
 of salt

00:23:59.000 --> 00:23:59.879
 thrown into

00:23:59.879 --> 00:24:00.359
 the gushing

00:24:00.359 --> 00:24:00.879
 water

00:24:00.879 --> 00:24:02.259
 wouldn't have

00:24:02.259 --> 00:24:02.859
 any significant

00:24:02.859 --> 00:24:03.399
 effect

00:24:03.399 --> 00:24:04.759
 but the action

00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:05.440
 was accompanied

00:24:05.440 --> 00:24:07.399
 by an astonishing

00:24:07.399 --> 00:24:08.200
 word

00:24:08.200 --> 00:24:09.799
 Elisha said

00:24:09.799 --> 00:24:10.619
 verse 21

00:24:10.619 --> 00:24:11.940
 thus says

00:24:11.940 --> 00:24:12.700
 the Lord

00:24:12.700 --> 00:24:15.000
 I have healed

00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:15.700
 this water

00:24:15.700 --> 00:24:18.559
 from now on

00:24:18.559 --> 00:24:19.399
 neither death

00:24:19.399 --> 00:24:20.579
 nor miscarriage

00:24:20.579 --> 00:24:21.279
 shall come

00:24:21.279 --> 00:24:21.839
 from it

00:24:21.839 --> 00:24:24.799
 this is the

00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:25.480
 first time

00:24:25.480 --> 00:24:27.319
 that we hear

00:24:27.319 --> 00:24:28.619
 from Elisha's

00:24:28.619 --> 00:24:29.079
 mouth

00:24:29.079 --> 00:24:30.599
 those magnificent

00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:32.339
 powerful words

00:24:32.339 --> 00:24:34.419
 thus says

00:24:34.419 --> 00:24:35.199
 the Lord

00:24:35.199 --> 00:24:36.939
 a little bit

00:24:36.939 --> 00:24:37.579
 more literally

00:24:37.579 --> 00:24:38.259
 it should be

00:24:38.259 --> 00:24:38.759
 translated

00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:39.279
 wherever it

00:24:39.279 --> 00:24:39.679
 comes up

00:24:39.679 --> 00:24:39.980
 I think

00:24:39.980 --> 00:24:41.220
 thus the Lord

00:24:41.220 --> 00:24:42.119
 has said

00:24:42.119 --> 00:24:44.480
 see Elisha

00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:45.819
 like Elijah

00:24:45.819 --> 00:24:46.599
 before him

00:24:46.599 --> 00:24:47.699
 and the prophets

00:24:47.699 --> 00:24:48.720
 that preceded

00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:49.279
 and the prophets

00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:49.960
 that will follow

00:24:49.960 --> 00:24:50.579
 them both

00:24:50.579 --> 00:24:51.759
 they had the

00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:52.399
 task of

00:24:52.399 --> 00:24:53.119
 delivering a

00:24:53.119 --> 00:24:53.899
 message that

00:24:53.899 --> 00:24:54.740
 God had

00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:55.259
 spoken

00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:59.160
 now Elisha

00:24:59.160 --> 00:25:01.299
 my God

00:25:01.299 --> 00:25:01.920
 saves

00:25:01.920 --> 00:25:04.039
 delivered this

00:25:04.039 --> 00:25:04.759
 saving word

00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:05.440
 from God

00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:06.440
 I have

00:25:06.440 --> 00:25:07.079
 healed

00:25:07.079 --> 00:25:08.579
 this water

00:25:08.579 --> 00:25:10.899
 that's the

00:25:10.899 --> 00:25:36.639
 kind of thing

00:25:36.640 --> 00:25:38.160
 that God

00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:38.600
 does

00:25:38.600 --> 00:25:40.700
 people seek

00:25:40.700 --> 00:25:41.100
 mercy

00:25:41.100 --> 00:25:42.820
 and he

00:25:42.820 --> 00:25:43.600
 shows mercy

00:25:43.600 --> 00:25:46.000
 the outcome

00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:46.660
 will be the

00:25:46.660 --> 00:25:47.560
 restoration of

00:25:47.560 --> 00:25:49.220
 the blessing

00:25:49.220 --> 00:25:49.880
 promised in the

00:25:49.880 --> 00:25:50.480
 book of Exodus

00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:51.400
 from now on

00:25:51.400 --> 00:25:52.160
 neither death

00:25:52.160 --> 00:25:53.259
 nor miscarriage

00:25:53.259 --> 00:25:53.820
 shall come

00:25:53.820 --> 00:25:54.360
 from this

00:25:54.360 --> 00:25:54.759
 water

00:25:54.759 --> 00:25:58.259
 now we don't

00:25:58.259 --> 00:25:59.080
 know how many

00:25:59.080 --> 00:25:59.860
 of the citizens

00:25:59.860 --> 00:26:00.500
 of Jericho

00:26:00.500 --> 00:26:01.240
 heard those

00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:02.180
 words that

00:26:02.180 --> 00:26:03.720
 Elisha

00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:04.519
 uttered

00:26:04.519 --> 00:26:06.140
 but what

00:26:06.140 --> 00:26:06.860
 news this

00:26:06.860 --> 00:26:07.580
 was and I

00:26:07.580 --> 00:26:08.160
 suspect it

00:26:08.160 --> 00:26:08.779
 spread very

00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:09.200
 quickly

00:26:09.200 --> 00:26:09.740
 indeed

00:26:09.740 --> 00:26:11.259
 everywhere you

00:26:11.259 --> 00:26:11.860
 went through

00:26:11.860 --> 00:26:12.660
 Jericho that

00:26:12.660 --> 00:26:12.860
 day

00:26:12.860 --> 00:26:13.299
 have you heard

00:26:13.299 --> 00:26:14.039
 what Elisha

00:26:14.039 --> 00:26:14.539
 has said

00:26:14.539 --> 00:26:15.000
 that God

00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:15.480
 has said

00:26:15.480 --> 00:26:16.720
 could it

00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:17.320
 be true

00:26:17.320 --> 00:26:19.980
 and verse

00:26:19.980 --> 00:26:20.980
 22 we read

00:26:20.980 --> 00:26:21.660
 so the water

00:26:21.660 --> 00:26:22.720
 has been healed

00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:24.759
 to this day

00:26:24.759 --> 00:26:26.799
 according to

00:26:26.799 --> 00:26:27.460
 the word that

00:26:27.460 --> 00:26:28.000
 Elisha

00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:28.519
 spoke

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:31.660
 the impact

00:26:31.660 --> 00:26:33.279
 of the word

00:26:33.279 --> 00:26:33.920
 of the Lord

00:26:33.920 --> 00:26:34.859
 spoken by

00:26:34.859 --> 00:26:35.839
 Elisha on

00:26:35.839 --> 00:26:36.660
 that day

00:26:36.660 --> 00:26:38.500
 can still be

00:26:38.500 --> 00:26:39.220
 seen the

00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:40.180
 writer assures

00:26:40.180 --> 00:26:40.720
 his first

00:26:40.720 --> 00:26:41.119
 readers

00:26:41.119 --> 00:26:43.059
 he says to

00:26:43.059 --> 00:26:43.339
 them

00:26:43.339 --> 00:26:44.940
 if you choose

00:26:44.940 --> 00:26:45.379
 to visit

00:26:45.379 --> 00:26:45.839
 Jericho

00:26:45.839 --> 00:26:46.680
 you'll find

00:26:46.680 --> 00:26:47.079
 that the

00:26:47.079 --> 00:26:47.799
 water supply

00:26:47.799 --> 00:26:48.579
 is still

00:26:48.579 --> 00:26:49.879
 fresh and

00:26:49.879 --> 00:26:50.339
 healthy

00:26:50.339 --> 00:26:51.420
 you can still

00:26:51.420 --> 00:26:52.299
 taste even

00:26:52.299 --> 00:26:53.759
 today he says

00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:54.240
 to his early

00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:54.660
 readers

00:26:54.660 --> 00:26:55.900
 even today you

00:26:55.900 --> 00:26:56.519
 can taste the

00:26:56.519 --> 00:26:57.460
 effect of

00:26:57.460 --> 00:26:58.279
 God's saving

00:26:58.279 --> 00:26:59.619
 mercy on the

00:26:59.619 --> 00:27:00.079
 city of

00:27:00.079 --> 00:27:01.420
 Jericho in

00:27:01.420 --> 00:27:02.019
 the days of

00:27:02.019 --> 00:27:02.639
 Elisha

00:27:02.639 --> 00:27:04.480
 it was a

00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:04.799
 sign

00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:07.500
 it points to

00:27:07.500 --> 00:27:08.079
 what God

00:27:08.079 --> 00:27:08.779
 is like

00:27:08.779 --> 00:27:10.480
 the kind of

00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:10.879
 thing that

00:27:10.879 --> 00:27:11.940
 God does

00:27:11.940 --> 00:27:13.559
 it was if you

00:27:13.559 --> 00:27:14.579
 like a sign

00:27:14.579 --> 00:27:15.599
 of God's

00:27:15.599 --> 00:27:16.039
 kingdom

00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:19.000
 well let's

00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:19.440
 move on

00:27:19.440 --> 00:27:20.240
 from Jericho

00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:23.119
 verse 23

00:27:23.119 --> 00:27:25.160
 he went up

00:27:25.160 --> 00:27:26.579
 from there

00:27:26.579 --> 00:27:28.659
 to Bethel

00:27:28.659 --> 00:27:28.679
 to Bethel

00:27:28.679 --> 00:27:30.679
 he's still

00:27:30.679 --> 00:27:31.339
 following in

00:27:31.339 --> 00:27:31.859
 the steps of

00:27:31.859 --> 00:27:32.460
 Joshua and

00:27:32.460 --> 00:27:33.000
 the people as

00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:33.539
 they came into

00:27:33.539 --> 00:27:34.119
 the land he

00:27:34.119 --> 00:27:34.639
 moved from

00:27:34.639 --> 00:27:35.659
 Jericho to

00:27:35.659 --> 00:27:36.240
 Bethel

00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:38.139
 Bethel was

00:27:38.139 --> 00:27:38.819
 another town

00:27:38.819 --> 00:27:39.199
 you might

00:27:39.199 --> 00:27:39.759
 remember from

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:40.379
 earlier in the

00:27:40.379 --> 00:27:41.419
 chapter another

00:27:41.419 --> 00:27:42.019
 town like

00:27:42.019 --> 00:27:42.799
 Jericho where

00:27:42.799 --> 00:27:43.199
 there was a

00:27:43.199 --> 00:27:43.740
 group of the

00:27:43.740 --> 00:27:44.259
 sons of the

00:27:44.259 --> 00:27:44.859
 prophets living

00:27:44.859 --> 00:27:45.379
 we saw that

00:27:45.379 --> 00:27:45.960
 back in verse

00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:46.659
 three of this

00:27:46.659 --> 00:27:47.099
 chapter

00:27:47.099 --> 00:27:48.220
 Bethel

00:27:48.220 --> 00:27:50.000
 now again

00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:50.859
 Bethel is a

00:27:50.859 --> 00:27:51.460
 city with quite

00:27:51.460 --> 00:27:52.119
 a story and

00:27:52.119 --> 00:27:52.759
 I look up my

00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:53.419
 Bible dictionary

00:27:53.419 --> 00:27:54.159
 and I read the

00:27:54.159 --> 00:27:54.839
 story to see

00:27:54.839 --> 00:27:55.299
 what sort of

00:27:55.299 --> 00:27:56.379
 associations would

00:27:56.379 --> 00:27:57.139
 Bethel have

00:27:57.139 --> 00:27:57.679
 had what's the

00:27:57.679 --> 00:27:59.179
 history and a

00:27:59.179 --> 00:27:59.599
 number of you

00:27:59.599 --> 00:28:00.220
 will be able to

00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:01.159
 think of various

00:28:01.159 --> 00:28:01.679
 things that

00:28:01.679 --> 00:28:02.139
 happened in

00:28:02.139 --> 00:28:03.159
 Bethel the

00:28:03.159 --> 00:28:03.599
 thing that I

00:28:03.599 --> 00:28:04.139
 think is most

00:28:04.139 --> 00:28:05.379
 relevant and a

00:28:05.379 --> 00:28:05.740
 lot of them

00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:06.279
 might be the

00:28:06.279 --> 00:28:07.039
 most relevant I

00:28:07.039 --> 00:28:07.859
 think is is

00:28:07.859 --> 00:28:09.119
 relatively recently

00:28:09.119 --> 00:28:10.779
 about 70 years

00:28:10.779 --> 00:28:12.819
 earlier King

00:28:12.819 --> 00:28:14.859
 Jeroboam now

00:28:14.859 --> 00:28:15.619
 King Jeroboam

00:28:15.619 --> 00:28:16.980
 was the first of

00:28:16.980 --> 00:28:18.000
 the kings of the

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:19.019
 breakaway northern

00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:20.059
 kingdom of Israel

00:28:20.059 --> 00:28:20.639
 we were talking

00:28:20.639 --> 00:28:21.639
 about last night

00:28:21.640 --> 00:28:23.180
 King Jeroboam

00:28:23.180 --> 00:28:24.600
 set up his

00:28:24.600 --> 00:28:26.400
 idols in

00:28:26.400 --> 00:28:27.820
 Bethel also

00:28:27.820 --> 00:28:28.600
 in Dan but

00:28:28.600 --> 00:28:30.040
 in Bethel

00:28:30.040 --> 00:28:31.400
 they were

00:28:31.400 --> 00:28:32.960
 alternatives to

00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:33.540
 the house of

00:28:33.540 --> 00:28:34.240
 the Lord down

00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:34.960
 in Jerusalem

00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:36.420
 he set them

00:28:36.420 --> 00:28:37.540
 up King

00:28:37.540 --> 00:28:38.140
 Jeroboam

00:28:38.140 --> 00:28:38.600
 this sort of

00:28:38.600 --> 00:28:39.240
 idolatrous

00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:40.360
 alternative worship

00:28:40.360 --> 00:28:42.620
 system it's in

00:28:42.620 --> 00:28:43.460
 1 Kings chapter

00:28:43.460 --> 00:28:44.320
 12 if you want

00:28:44.320 --> 00:28:44.880
 to read about

00:28:44.880 --> 00:28:46.240
 that and

00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:48.060
 Bethel in a

00:28:48.060 --> 00:28:48.920
 very strange

00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:49.800
 chapter in 1

00:28:49.800 --> 00:28:50.400
 Kings chapter

00:28:50.400 --> 00:28:51.800
 13 Bethel had

00:28:51.800 --> 00:28:52.460
 been visited

00:28:52.460 --> 00:28:53.900
 by a prophet

00:28:53.900 --> 00:28:54.840
 don't know his

00:28:54.840 --> 00:28:55.960
 name he's called

00:28:55.960 --> 00:28:56.740
 a man of God

00:28:56.740 --> 00:28:58.259
 from Judah who

00:28:58.259 --> 00:28:59.400
 pronounced God's

00:28:59.400 --> 00:29:00.360
 judgment on the

00:29:00.360 --> 00:29:01.080
 altar that

00:29:01.080 --> 00:29:02.080
 Jeroboam had

00:29:02.080 --> 00:29:02.920
 erected there

00:29:02.920 --> 00:29:05.440
 however Jeroboam

00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:06.740
 heard the word of

00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:07.440
 that prophet but

00:29:07.440 --> 00:29:08.280
 he didn't repent

00:29:08.280 --> 00:29:10.060
 didn't change and

00:29:10.060 --> 00:29:11.360
 over the years

00:29:11.360 --> 00:29:12.280
 that followed the

00:29:12.280 --> 00:29:13.019
 many years that

00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:15.220
 followed the

00:29:15.220 --> 00:29:16.420
 king after king

00:29:16.420 --> 00:29:18.060
 after king persisted

00:29:18.060 --> 00:29:19.860
 in this idolatry in

00:29:19.859 --> 00:29:20.679
 Israel that was

00:29:20.679 --> 00:29:21.459
 trying to hold the

00:29:21.459 --> 00:29:22.179
 people from going

00:29:22.179 --> 00:29:23.079
 back to Jerusalem

00:29:23.079 --> 00:29:25.019
 and in Elisha's

00:29:25.019 --> 00:29:26.619
 day Bethel was

00:29:26.619 --> 00:29:27.719
 still a centre of

00:29:27.719 --> 00:29:28.979
 idolatrous worship

00:29:28.979 --> 00:29:30.879
 a disturbing

00:29:30.879 --> 00:29:32.019
 reminder of you

00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:32.879
 know that phrase

00:29:32.879 --> 00:29:33.699
 you come across as

00:29:33.699 --> 00:29:34.019
 you're reading

00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:34.859
 through this history

00:29:34.859 --> 00:29:35.879
 the sins of

00:29:35.879 --> 00:29:36.740
 Jeroboam with

00:29:36.740 --> 00:29:37.479
 which he sinned

00:29:37.479 --> 00:29:38.240
 and made Israel

00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:39.659
 to sin that's

00:29:39.659 --> 00:29:40.379
 referring to the

00:29:40.379 --> 00:29:41.259
 idolatry that

00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:42.240
 Jeroboam set up

00:29:42.240 --> 00:29:43.000
 and king after

00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:43.859
 king after king

00:29:43.859 --> 00:29:44.959
 just kept up with

00:29:44.959 --> 00:29:46.479
 that policy being

00:29:46.479 --> 00:29:47.979
 idolatrous stopping

00:29:47.980 --> 00:29:48.660
 the people from

00:29:48.660 --> 00:29:49.519
 going to Jerusalem

00:29:49.519 --> 00:29:50.539
 stopping the

00:29:50.539 --> 00:29:51.000
 people from

00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:51.559
 hearing the

00:29:51.559 --> 00:29:52.380
 promises of God

00:29:52.380 --> 00:29:52.860
 that they would

00:29:52.860 --> 00:29:53.759
 hear if they

00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:54.660
 went to Jerusalem

00:29:54.660 --> 00:29:56.140
 and as we watch

00:29:56.140 --> 00:29:57.759
 Elisha approaching

00:29:57.759 --> 00:29:59.759
 Bethel we're

00:29:59.759 --> 00:30:00.640
 reminded of this

00:30:00.640 --> 00:30:01.920
 terrible refrain that

00:30:01.920 --> 00:30:02.599
 runs through the

00:30:02.599 --> 00:30:03.220
 book of kings

00:30:03.220 --> 00:30:04.940
 every single king

00:30:04.940 --> 00:30:05.940
 in the northern

00:30:05.940 --> 00:30:07.240
 kingdom persisted in

00:30:07.240 --> 00:30:08.099
 that policy of

00:30:08.099 --> 00:30:08.940
 Jeroboam's of

00:30:08.940 --> 00:30:09.720
 keeping the people

00:30:09.720 --> 00:30:10.740
 away from

00:30:10.740 --> 00:30:12.019
 Jerusalem and

00:30:12.019 --> 00:30:13.620
 Bethel was a

00:30:13.620 --> 00:30:14.620
 key to that

00:30:14.620 --> 00:30:16.880
 policy now

00:30:16.880 --> 00:30:17.740
 interestingly for

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:18.080
 the present

00:30:18.080 --> 00:30:18.840
 story I'll just

00:30:18.840 --> 00:30:19.300
 throw you into

00:30:19.300 --> 00:30:19.820
 all these sort of

00:30:19.820 --> 00:30:20.700
 details you can be

00:30:20.700 --> 00:30:21.360
 interested in them

00:30:21.360 --> 00:30:21.800
 or not be

00:30:21.800 --> 00:30:22.400
 interested in them

00:30:22.400 --> 00:30:23.040
 do what you like

00:30:23.040 --> 00:30:23.740
 with them but

00:30:23.740 --> 00:30:25.460
 Bethel was the

00:30:25.460 --> 00:30:26.920
 home of a man

00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:28.680
 named Hiel

00:30:28.680 --> 00:30:30.540
 what did Hiel do

00:30:30.540 --> 00:30:32.980
 he rebuilt Jericho

00:30:32.980 --> 00:30:34.140
 this was his home

00:30:34.140 --> 00:30:35.220
 that's where he

00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:36.900
 learnt the kind

00:30:36.900 --> 00:30:37.720
 of attitude that

00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:38.380
 would go about

00:30:38.380 --> 00:30:39.500
 rebuilding Jericho

00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:40.980
 when you knew what

00:30:40.980 --> 00:30:41.780
 Joshua had said

00:30:41.780 --> 00:30:42.640
 about Jericho

00:30:42.640 --> 00:30:44.400
 no doubt Bethel

00:30:44.400 --> 00:30:45.140
 was the kind of

00:30:45.140 --> 00:30:46.420
 town that taught

00:30:46.420 --> 00:30:47.680
 you to defy

00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:48.740
 the word of

00:30:48.740 --> 00:30:49.300
 the Lord

00:30:49.300 --> 00:30:51.279
 well that was

00:30:51.279 --> 00:30:51.660
 Bethel

00:30:51.660 --> 00:30:53.420
 now apparently

00:30:53.420 --> 00:30:54.680
 it seems from

00:30:54.680 --> 00:30:55.279
 the way in which

00:30:55.279 --> 00:30:56.000
 this story is going

00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:56.660
 to unfold that

00:30:56.660 --> 00:30:57.259
 the sons of the

00:30:57.259 --> 00:30:57.779
 prophets in

00:30:57.779 --> 00:30:58.920
 Bethel had

00:30:58.920 --> 00:30:59.539
 rather less

00:30:59.539 --> 00:31:00.779
 influence there

00:31:00.779 --> 00:31:01.640
 than they had

00:31:01.640 --> 00:31:02.460
 had in Jericho

00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:04.420
 and as Elisha

00:31:04.420 --> 00:31:05.380
 was on his way

00:31:05.380 --> 00:31:06.360
 up to the town

00:31:06.360 --> 00:31:07.519
 verse 23 we

00:31:07.519 --> 00:31:08.320
 read that some

00:31:08.320 --> 00:31:09.700
 my ESV says

00:31:09.700 --> 00:31:10.680
 some small boys

00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:11.580
 I usually like

00:31:11.580 --> 00:31:12.519
 the ESV

00:31:12.519 --> 00:31:14.660
 here I don't

00:31:14.660 --> 00:31:16.120
 I don't think

00:31:16.120 --> 00:31:16.840
 they were small

00:31:16.840 --> 00:31:17.700
 boys I think

00:31:17.700 --> 00:31:18.200
 they were young

00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:19.900
 lads I think

00:31:19.900 --> 00:31:20.960
 the NIV has

00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:22.600
 youths and I

00:31:22.600 --> 00:31:23.040
 think that's a

00:31:23.040 --> 00:31:23.660
 more accurate

00:31:23.660 --> 00:31:24.660
 rendering here

00:31:24.660 --> 00:31:26.420
 these young

00:31:26.420 --> 00:31:27.540
 lads came out

00:31:27.540 --> 00:31:28.080
 of the city

00:31:28.080 --> 00:31:30.180
 and jeered at

00:31:30.180 --> 00:31:31.660
 him saying

00:31:31.660 --> 00:31:32.440
 go up you

00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:33.140
 bald head

00:31:33.140 --> 00:31:34.600
 go up you

00:31:34.600 --> 00:31:35.279
 bald head

00:31:35.279 --> 00:31:36.500
 or something like

00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:37.120
 that I don't

00:31:37.120 --> 00:31:37.779
 know the tone

00:31:37.779 --> 00:31:38.420
 once again

00:31:38.420 --> 00:31:40.860
 they came out

00:31:40.860 --> 00:31:41.279
 of the city

00:31:41.279 --> 00:31:42.000
 to mock

00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:43.820
 and to jeer

00:31:43.820 --> 00:31:44.840
 at the prophet

00:31:44.840 --> 00:31:45.539
 how different

00:31:45.539 --> 00:31:47.240
 to Jericho

00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:47.759
 yeah

00:31:47.759 --> 00:31:49.660
 now who were

00:31:49.660 --> 00:31:50.380
 they as I say

00:31:50.380 --> 00:31:50.860
 they're probably

00:31:50.860 --> 00:31:51.840
 not small boys

00:31:51.840 --> 00:31:52.900
 but young lads

00:31:52.900 --> 00:31:54.259
 possibly in their

00:31:54.259 --> 00:31:54.960
 late teens

00:31:54.960 --> 00:31:55.680
 the vocabulary

00:31:55.680 --> 00:31:56.440
 would fit

00:31:56.440 --> 00:31:58.060
 young people

00:31:58.060 --> 00:31:58.519
 in their

00:31:58.519 --> 00:31:59.460
 even early

00:31:59.460 --> 00:32:00.080
 twenties

00:32:00.080 --> 00:32:02.300
 we will see

00:32:02.300 --> 00:32:02.920
 shortly that

00:32:02.920 --> 00:32:03.400
 there was quite

00:32:03.400 --> 00:32:03.940
 a crowd of

00:32:03.940 --> 00:32:04.220
 them this

00:32:04.220 --> 00:32:04.759
 wasn't two or

00:32:04.759 --> 00:32:05.320
 three kids

00:32:05.319 --> 00:32:05.980
 this was

00:32:05.980 --> 00:32:07.819
 over fifty

00:32:07.819 --> 00:32:09.119
 perhaps a hundred

00:32:09.119 --> 00:32:10.799
 or more of them

00:32:10.799 --> 00:32:13.000
 a mob of

00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:13.759
 hoodlums really

00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:14.939
 coming out

00:32:14.939 --> 00:32:15.539
 to jeer

00:32:15.539 --> 00:32:16.240
 and to mock

00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:17.259
 at God's

00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:17.579
 prophet

00:32:17.579 --> 00:32:19.099
 and in their

00:32:19.099 --> 00:32:19.839
 complete

00:32:19.839 --> 00:32:20.779
 complete

00:32:20.779 --> 00:32:21.759
 lack of

00:32:21.759 --> 00:32:22.299
 respect

00:32:22.299 --> 00:32:25.399
 they make

00:32:25.399 --> 00:32:26.000
 a stark

00:32:26.000 --> 00:32:27.159
 contrast

00:32:27.159 --> 00:32:27.939
 to the men

00:32:27.939 --> 00:32:28.619
 of Jericho

00:32:28.619 --> 00:32:29.460
 just a little

00:32:29.460 --> 00:32:30.059
 bit earlier

00:32:30.059 --> 00:32:30.939
 try and picture

00:32:30.939 --> 00:32:31.399
 the scene

00:32:31.399 --> 00:32:31.919
 they're on the

00:32:31.919 --> 00:32:32.619
 high ground

00:32:32.619 --> 00:32:34.059
 and these

00:32:34.059 --> 00:32:34.619
 louts

00:32:34.619 --> 00:32:35.799
 big mob

00:32:35.799 --> 00:32:36.199
 of them

00:32:36.199 --> 00:32:37.559
 hurling

00:32:37.559 --> 00:32:37.859
 their

00:32:37.859 --> 00:32:38.479
 scornful

00:32:38.479 --> 00:32:39.039
 mockery

00:32:39.039 --> 00:32:39.559
 down at

00:32:39.559 --> 00:32:40.179
 Elisha

00:32:40.179 --> 00:32:41.459
 as he was

00:32:41.459 --> 00:32:42.039
 making his

00:32:42.039 --> 00:32:42.559
 way up

00:32:42.559 --> 00:32:43.159
 towards the

00:32:43.159 --> 00:32:43.399
 city

00:32:43.399 --> 00:32:43.719
 it's a

00:32:43.719 --> 00:32:44.299
 rather nasty

00:32:44.299 --> 00:32:44.799
 turn of

00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:45.239
 events

00:32:45.239 --> 00:32:46.459
 because

00:32:46.459 --> 00:32:47.519
 since the

00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:47.819
 beginning

00:32:47.819 --> 00:32:48.239
 of this

00:32:48.239 --> 00:32:48.639
 chapter

00:32:48.639 --> 00:32:50.199
 when Elisha

00:32:50.199 --> 00:32:50.879
 left

00:32:50.879 --> 00:32:51.599
 Gilgal

00:32:51.599 --> 00:32:52.479
 with Elijah

00:32:52.479 --> 00:32:52.839
 do you

00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:53.259
 remember

00:32:53.259 --> 00:32:54.239
 on that

00:32:54.239 --> 00:32:55.139
 momentous

00:32:55.139 --> 00:32:56.179
 trek

00:32:56.179 --> 00:32:56.899
 that began

00:32:56.899 --> 00:32:57.179
 at the

00:32:57.179 --> 00:32:57.439
 beginning

00:32:57.439 --> 00:32:57.799
 of the

00:32:57.799 --> 00:32:58.179
 chapter

00:32:58.179 --> 00:32:59.219
 Elisha

00:32:59.219 --> 00:32:59.739
 has really

00:32:59.739 --> 00:33:00.279
 encountered

00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:00.899
 nothing but

00:33:00.899 --> 00:33:01.399
 supportive

00:33:01.399 --> 00:33:02.399
 and encouraging

00:33:02.399 --> 00:33:03.119
 responses

00:33:03.119 --> 00:33:04.719
 the sons

00:33:04.719 --> 00:33:04.979
 of the

00:33:04.979 --> 00:33:05.279
 prophets

00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:06.039
 are like

00:33:06.039 --> 00:33:06.359
 that

00:33:06.359 --> 00:33:08.339
 when he

00:33:08.339 --> 00:33:09.000
 comes back

00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:11.039
 even though

00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:11.299
 they want

00:33:11.299 --> 00:33:11.559
 to send

00:33:11.559 --> 00:33:12.219
 out a

00:33:12.219 --> 00:33:12.479
 search

00:33:12.479 --> 00:33:12.819
 party

00:33:12.819 --> 00:33:13.059
 there's

00:33:13.059 --> 00:33:13.799
 no real

00:33:13.799 --> 00:33:14.219
 friction

00:33:14.219 --> 00:33:14.559
 there

00:33:14.559 --> 00:33:15.799
 they respect

00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:16.399
 him and so

00:33:16.399 --> 00:33:16.559
 on

00:33:16.559 --> 00:33:17.179
 but here

00:33:17.179 --> 00:33:17.599
 he comes

00:33:17.599 --> 00:33:18.179
 to Bethel

00:33:18.179 --> 00:33:18.899
 and the

00:33:18.899 --> 00:33:19.539
 contempt

00:33:19.539 --> 00:33:21.039
 shown by

00:33:21.039 --> 00:33:21.719
 these young

00:33:21.719 --> 00:33:22.379
 thugs

00:33:22.379 --> 00:33:23.919
 probably

00:33:23.919 --> 00:33:24.579
 reflects

00:33:24.579 --> 00:33:26.359
 the attitude

00:33:26.359 --> 00:33:27.259
 towards a

00:33:27.259 --> 00:33:27.719
 prophet of

00:33:27.719 --> 00:33:28.159
 the lord

00:33:28.159 --> 00:33:28.559
 that they

00:33:28.559 --> 00:33:29.179
 had learnt

00:33:29.180 --> 00:33:30.240
 in their

00:33:30.240 --> 00:33:30.740
 town

00:33:30.740 --> 00:33:32.279
 certainly

00:33:32.279 --> 00:33:33.759
 they embodied

00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:34.440
 behaviour

00:33:34.440 --> 00:33:35.720
 that would

00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:36.100
 actually

00:33:36.100 --> 00:33:37.019
 characterise

00:33:37.019 --> 00:33:37.460
 the people

00:33:37.460 --> 00:33:37.940
 of Israel

00:33:37.940 --> 00:33:38.600
 over many

00:33:38.600 --> 00:33:39.279
 years

00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:40.920
 again if

00:33:40.920 --> 00:33:41.140
 you're

00:33:41.140 --> 00:33:41.980
 interested in

00:33:41.980 --> 00:33:42.340
 doing some

00:33:42.340 --> 00:33:42.880
 homework and

00:33:42.880 --> 00:33:43.860
 following up

00:33:43.860 --> 00:33:44.480
 some references

00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:45.660
 jot down

00:33:45.660 --> 00:33:45.960
 this

00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:46.840
 2 Chronicles

00:33:46.840 --> 00:33:48.060
 36 16

00:33:48.060 --> 00:33:49.620
 when much

00:33:49.620 --> 00:33:50.620
 later the

00:33:50.620 --> 00:33:51.180
 writer will

00:33:51.180 --> 00:33:52.160
 reflect on

00:33:52.160 --> 00:33:52.820
 the history

00:33:52.820 --> 00:33:53.519
 of Israel

00:33:53.519 --> 00:33:54.680
 and say

00:33:54.680 --> 00:33:55.279
 but they

00:33:55.279 --> 00:33:55.779
 kept

00:33:55.779 --> 00:33:56.759
 mocking the

00:33:56.759 --> 00:33:57.240
 messengers

00:33:57.240 --> 00:33:57.900
 of God

00:33:57.900 --> 00:34:00.200
 despising

00:34:00.200 --> 00:34:01.160
 his words

00:34:01.160 --> 00:34:02.500
 and scoffing

00:34:02.500 --> 00:34:02.820
 at his

00:34:02.820 --> 00:34:03.280
 prophets

00:34:03.280 --> 00:34:04.720
 until the

00:34:04.720 --> 00:34:05.100
 wrath of

00:34:05.100 --> 00:34:05.600
 the lord

00:34:05.600 --> 00:34:07.040
 rose against

00:34:07.040 --> 00:34:07.800
 his people

00:34:07.800 --> 00:34:08.860
 until there

00:34:08.860 --> 00:34:09.260
 was no

00:34:09.260 --> 00:34:09.720
 remedy

00:34:09.720 --> 00:34:11.619
 it's one of

00:34:11.619 --> 00:34:12.019
 the reasons

00:34:12.019 --> 00:34:12.680
 that I'm so

00:34:12.680 --> 00:34:13.320
 fearful for

00:34:13.320 --> 00:34:14.579
 our society

00:34:14.579 --> 00:34:15.119
 today

00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:16.119
 I mean

00:34:16.119 --> 00:34:16.519
 that's not a

00:34:16.519 --> 00:34:17.099
 bad description

00:34:17.099 --> 00:34:18.160
 is it

00:34:18.160 --> 00:34:19.180
 of Australia

00:34:19.180 --> 00:34:19.639
 today

00:34:19.639 --> 00:34:20.800
 I know

00:34:20.800 --> 00:34:21.160
 you've got to

00:34:21.160 --> 00:34:21.860
 translate it a

00:34:21.860 --> 00:34:22.240
 little bit

00:34:22.240 --> 00:34:24.180
 but listen

00:34:24.180 --> 00:34:25.539
 listen to this

00:34:25.539 --> 00:34:25.960
 and see whether

00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:26.660
 this fits

00:34:26.659 --> 00:34:27.819
 the Australia

00:34:27.819 --> 00:34:28.460
 you know

00:34:28.460 --> 00:34:29.699
 but they

00:34:29.699 --> 00:34:30.379
 kept mocking

00:34:30.379 --> 00:34:31.039
 the messengers

00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:31.699
 of God

00:34:31.699 --> 00:34:33.480
 despising

00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:34.379
 his words

00:34:34.379 --> 00:34:35.759
 and scoffing

00:34:35.759 --> 00:34:36.079
 at his

00:34:36.079 --> 00:34:36.659
 prophets

00:34:36.659 --> 00:34:38.420
 until the

00:34:38.420 --> 00:34:38.759
 wrath of

00:34:38.759 --> 00:34:39.119
 the lord

00:34:39.119 --> 00:34:39.980
 arose against

00:34:39.980 --> 00:34:40.960
 his people

00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:42.239
 until there

00:34:42.239 --> 00:34:42.639
 was no

00:34:42.639 --> 00:34:43.059
 remedy

00:34:43.059 --> 00:34:44.639
 and if

00:34:44.639 --> 00:34:45.039
 that's the

00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:45.460
 state

00:34:45.460 --> 00:34:46.500
 of our

00:34:46.500 --> 00:34:47.019
 nation

00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:51.639
 tremble

00:34:51.639 --> 00:34:54.679
 tremble

00:34:54.679 --> 00:34:56.719
 well that's

00:34:56.719 --> 00:34:56.960
 what was

00:34:56.960 --> 00:34:57.259
 happening

00:34:57.259 --> 00:34:57.639
 as

00:34:57.639 --> 00:34:58.599
 Elijah

00:34:58.599 --> 00:34:59.139
 approached

00:34:59.139 --> 00:34:59.559
 Bethel

00:34:59.559 --> 00:34:59.879
 you've got

00:34:59.879 --> 00:35:00.359
 this mob

00:35:00.359 --> 00:35:00.879
 of louts

00:35:00.879 --> 00:35:01.659
 coming out

00:35:01.659 --> 00:35:02.579
 expressing

00:35:02.579 --> 00:35:03.359
 that attitude

00:35:03.359 --> 00:35:04.199
 that probably

00:35:04.199 --> 00:35:04.980
 reflected the

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:05.539
 attitudes

00:35:05.539 --> 00:35:06.519
 and the

00:35:06.519 --> 00:35:07.039
 approaches

00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:08.059
 of the

00:35:08.059 --> 00:35:08.579
 people

00:35:08.579 --> 00:35:09.059
 of their

00:35:09.059 --> 00:35:09.500
 town

00:35:09.500 --> 00:35:11.440
 you notice

00:35:11.440 --> 00:35:12.179
 the insult

00:35:12.179 --> 00:35:13.039
 they chose

00:35:13.039 --> 00:35:13.819
 I don't know

00:35:13.819 --> 00:35:14.420
 exactly what

00:35:14.420 --> 00:35:14.659
 they were

00:35:14.659 --> 00:35:15.079
 getting at

00:35:15.079 --> 00:35:15.599
 you're bald

00:35:15.599 --> 00:35:15.879
 head

00:35:15.879 --> 00:35:17.179
 I don't know

00:35:17.179 --> 00:35:17.480
 what that

00:35:17.480 --> 00:35:17.759
 meant

00:35:17.760 --> 00:35:18.520
 I mean I

00:35:18.520 --> 00:35:18.740
 know what

00:35:18.740 --> 00:35:19.080
 it meant

00:35:19.080 --> 00:35:19.800
 but

00:35:19.800 --> 00:35:24.360
 Elisha at

00:35:24.360 --> 00:35:24.860
 this stage

00:35:24.860 --> 00:35:25.160
 was a

00:35:25.160 --> 00:35:25.540
 relatively

00:35:25.540 --> 00:35:26.240
 young man

00:35:26.240 --> 00:35:27.380
 it's probably

00:35:27.380 --> 00:35:28.520
 unlikely that

00:35:28.520 --> 00:35:29.080
 he was sort

00:35:29.080 --> 00:35:29.600
 of naturally

00:35:29.600 --> 00:35:30.160
 bald

00:35:30.160 --> 00:35:31.800
 although some

00:35:31.800 --> 00:35:32.380
 young people

00:35:32.380 --> 00:35:32.820
 I've noticed

00:35:32.820 --> 00:35:33.220
 do get

00:35:33.220 --> 00:35:33.900
 bald rather

00:35:33.900 --> 00:35:34.700
 early

00:35:34.700 --> 00:35:35.600
 but more

00:35:35.600 --> 00:35:36.300
 probably I

00:35:36.300 --> 00:35:36.820
 think the

00:35:36.820 --> 00:35:37.240
 hooligans

00:35:37.240 --> 00:35:38.000
 were laughing

00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:40.200
 at Elisha

00:35:40.200 --> 00:35:40.680
 the word

00:35:40.680 --> 00:35:41.200
 had probably

00:35:41.200 --> 00:35:41.840
 got round

00:35:41.840 --> 00:35:42.580
 that Elisha

00:35:42.580 --> 00:35:43.660
 was Elijah's

00:35:43.660 --> 00:35:44.220
 successor

00:35:44.220 --> 00:35:45.920
 and they were

00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:46.540
 sort of mocking

00:35:46.540 --> 00:35:46.760
 him

00:35:46.760 --> 00:35:47.140
 you really

00:35:47.140 --> 00:35:47.560
 think you

00:35:47.559 --> 00:35:48.460
 were Elijah's

00:35:48.460 --> 00:35:48.840
 successor

00:35:48.840 --> 00:35:49.639
 because Elijah

00:35:49.639 --> 00:35:50.920
 was famously

00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:51.900
 very hairy

00:35:51.900 --> 00:35:53.259
 he had a

00:35:53.259 --> 00:35:53.980
 hairy cloak

00:35:53.980 --> 00:35:54.759
 and he himself

00:35:54.759 --> 00:35:55.360
 was a hairy

00:35:55.360 --> 00:35:56.420
 man it seems

00:35:56.420 --> 00:35:57.539
 did this

00:35:57.539 --> 00:35:59.719
 relatively bald

00:35:59.719 --> 00:36:00.539
 prophet really

00:36:00.539 --> 00:36:01.159
 think he could

00:36:01.159 --> 00:36:02.019
 do Elijah's

00:36:02.019 --> 00:36:02.279
 job

00:36:02.279 --> 00:36:02.880
 I wonder

00:36:02.880 --> 00:36:03.460
 whether there's

00:36:03.460 --> 00:36:03.920
 something of

00:36:03.920 --> 00:36:04.360
 that going

00:36:04.360 --> 00:36:04.539
 on

00:36:04.539 --> 00:36:04.900
 it doesn't

00:36:04.900 --> 00:36:05.360
 really matter

00:36:05.360 --> 00:36:05.940
 precisely

00:36:05.940 --> 00:36:06.400
 what was

00:36:06.400 --> 00:36:07.599
 going on

00:36:07.599 --> 00:36:09.659
 but also

00:36:09.659 --> 00:36:10.519
 baldness

00:36:10.519 --> 00:36:11.360
 or the

00:36:11.360 --> 00:36:12.099
 accusation

00:36:12.099 --> 00:36:12.759
 of baldness

00:36:12.759 --> 00:36:13.199
 could even

00:36:13.199 --> 00:36:14.000
 be associated

00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:14.579
 with the

00:36:14.579 --> 00:36:15.119
 way in which

00:36:15.119 --> 00:36:16.019
 people used

00:36:16.019 --> 00:36:16.820
 to shave

00:36:16.820 --> 00:36:17.740
 out of

00:36:17.740 --> 00:36:18.140
 sorrow

00:36:18.140 --> 00:36:19.059
 or mourning

00:36:19.059 --> 00:36:21.220
 or shame

00:36:21.220 --> 00:36:22.740
 so go up

00:36:22.740 --> 00:36:23.220
 you bald

00:36:23.220 --> 00:36:23.380
 head

00:36:23.380 --> 00:36:24.340
 whatever the

00:36:24.340 --> 00:36:25.160
 exact reasons

00:36:25.160 --> 00:36:25.519
 for it

00:36:25.519 --> 00:36:26.000
 or the exact

00:36:26.000 --> 00:36:26.740
 connotations

00:36:26.740 --> 00:36:27.140
 of it

00:36:27.140 --> 00:36:28.539
 they're saying

00:36:28.539 --> 00:36:29.200
 something like

00:36:29.200 --> 00:36:29.900
 you miserable

00:36:29.900 --> 00:36:30.480
 shameful

00:36:30.480 --> 00:36:31.019
 man

00:36:31.019 --> 00:36:33.180
 you

00:36:33.180 --> 00:36:33.480
 you

00:36:33.480 --> 00:36:34.100
 you

00:36:34.100 --> 00:36:34.420
 you

00:36:34.420 --> 00:36:34.519
 you

00:36:34.519 --> 00:36:34.740
 yeah

00:36:34.740 --> 00:36:35.760
 you can

00:36:35.760 --> 00:36:36.039
 think of

00:36:36.039 --> 00:36:36.380
 your own

00:36:36.380 --> 00:36:36.900
 insults

00:36:36.900 --> 00:36:37.620
 to paraphrase

00:36:37.620 --> 00:36:37.980
 what they

00:36:37.980 --> 00:36:38.519
 were saying

00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:40.160
 probably a good

00:36:40.160 --> 00:36:40.780
 idea not to

00:36:40.780 --> 00:36:41.340
 but you know

00:36:41.340 --> 00:36:41.740
 what I mean

00:36:41.739 --> 00:36:44.599
 how different

00:36:44.599 --> 00:36:46.599
 how different

00:36:46.599 --> 00:36:47.519
 was Elisha's

00:36:47.519 --> 00:36:48.239
 intimidating

00:36:48.239 --> 00:36:48.939
 reception

00:36:48.939 --> 00:36:50.379
 as he

00:36:50.379 --> 00:36:50.819
 approached

00:36:50.819 --> 00:36:51.339
 Bethel

00:36:51.339 --> 00:36:51.779
 from the

00:36:51.779 --> 00:36:52.279
 earlier

00:36:52.279 --> 00:36:53.099
 respect

00:36:53.099 --> 00:36:53.939
 he received

00:36:53.939 --> 00:36:54.239
 from the

00:36:54.239 --> 00:36:54.579
 men of

00:36:54.579 --> 00:36:55.139
 Jericho

00:36:55.139 --> 00:36:56.679
 I'll tell you

00:36:56.679 --> 00:36:57.000
 something

00:36:57.000 --> 00:36:58.819
 his response

00:36:58.819 --> 00:36:59.459
 was different

00:36:59.459 --> 00:36:59.859
 too

00:36:59.859 --> 00:37:01.839
 verse 24

00:37:01.839 --> 00:37:03.899
 he turned

00:37:03.899 --> 00:37:04.359
 around

00:37:04.360 --> 00:37:07.200
 and when

00:37:07.200 --> 00:37:07.599
 he saw

00:37:07.599 --> 00:37:07.920
 them

00:37:07.920 --> 00:37:11.000
 he cursed

00:37:11.000 --> 00:37:11.539
 them in

00:37:11.539 --> 00:37:11.960
 the name

00:37:11.960 --> 00:37:12.340
 of the

00:37:12.340 --> 00:37:12.720
 Lord

00:37:12.720 --> 00:37:17.019
 you

00:37:17.019 --> 00:37:19.039
 don't want

00:37:19.039 --> 00:37:19.260
 to read

00:37:19.260 --> 00:37:19.640
 too much

00:37:19.640 --> 00:37:20.180
 between the

00:37:20.180 --> 00:37:20.559
 lines of

00:37:20.559 --> 00:37:20.900
 the Bible

00:37:20.900 --> 00:37:21.200
 it's more

00:37:21.200 --> 00:37:21.680
 important to

00:37:21.680 --> 00:37:21.960
 read the

00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:22.480
 lines than

00:37:22.480 --> 00:37:23.240
 read between

00:37:23.240 --> 00:37:23.660
 the lines

00:37:23.660 --> 00:37:24.120
 you understand

00:37:24.120 --> 00:37:24.599
 that people

00:37:24.599 --> 00:37:24.880
 get into

00:37:24.880 --> 00:37:25.180
 lots of

00:37:25.180 --> 00:37:25.420
 trouble

00:37:25.420 --> 00:37:25.660
 reading

00:37:25.660 --> 00:37:25.960
 between

00:37:25.960 --> 00:37:26.320
 the lines

00:37:26.320 --> 00:37:26.599
 let me

00:37:26.599 --> 00:37:26.840
 have a

00:37:26.840 --> 00:37:27.059
 go

00:37:27.059 --> 00:37:29.000
 these

00:37:29.000 --> 00:37:29.700
 rowdy

00:37:29.700 --> 00:37:32.000
 hoodlums

00:37:32.000 --> 00:37:34.539
 I

00:37:34.539 --> 00:37:35.739
 sort of

00:37:35.739 --> 00:37:36.300
 picture them

00:37:36.300 --> 00:37:37.599
 as

00:37:37.599 --> 00:37:38.159
 Elisha

00:37:38.159 --> 00:37:38.440
 turned

00:37:38.440 --> 00:37:38.880
 round

00:37:38.880 --> 00:37:41.179
 and looked

00:37:41.179 --> 00:37:41.519
 them in

00:37:41.519 --> 00:37:42.039
 the eye

00:37:42.039 --> 00:37:43.900
 I think

00:37:43.900 --> 00:37:44.159
 there's a

00:37:44.159 --> 00:37:44.420
 sort of

00:37:44.420 --> 00:37:44.719
 falling

00:37:44.719 --> 00:37:45.159
 silent

00:37:45.159 --> 00:37:45.559
 don't you

00:37:45.559 --> 00:37:45.820
 think

00:37:45.820 --> 00:37:47.460
 bullies

00:37:47.460 --> 00:37:47.800
 are like

00:37:47.800 --> 00:37:48.079
 that

00:37:48.079 --> 00:37:50.760
 then I

00:37:50.760 --> 00:37:51.119
 see them

00:37:51.119 --> 00:37:51.519
 trembling

00:37:51.519 --> 00:37:51.960
 a little

00:37:51.960 --> 00:37:53.360
 as he

00:37:53.360 --> 00:37:53.719
 fixes

00:37:53.719 --> 00:37:54.579
 his gaze

00:37:54.579 --> 00:37:55.039
 on them

00:37:55.039 --> 00:37:56.119
 I mean

00:37:56.119 --> 00:37:56.559
 Elisha's

00:37:56.559 --> 00:37:57.300
 not intimidated

00:37:57.300 --> 00:37:58.219
 not one

00:37:58.219 --> 00:37:58.460
 bit

00:37:58.460 --> 00:37:59.659
 he fixes

00:37:59.659 --> 00:38:00.199
 his gaze

00:38:00.199 --> 00:38:00.639
 on them

00:38:00.639 --> 00:38:02.039
 and when

00:38:02.039 --> 00:38:02.779
 he spoke

00:38:02.779 --> 00:38:04.819
 I reckon

00:38:04.819 --> 00:38:05.500
 the swagger

00:38:05.500 --> 00:38:06.299
 stopped

00:38:06.299 --> 00:38:08.079
 he cursed

00:38:08.079 --> 00:38:08.400
 them

00:38:08.400 --> 00:38:10.400
 in the

00:38:10.400 --> 00:38:10.799
 name of

00:38:10.799 --> 00:38:11.319
 the Lord

00:38:11.319 --> 00:38:14.339
 you remember

00:38:14.339 --> 00:38:14.699
 what happened

00:38:14.699 --> 00:38:15.199
 in Jericho

00:38:15.199 --> 00:38:17.379
 the prophet

00:38:17.379 --> 00:38:18.359
 proclaimed a

00:38:18.359 --> 00:38:19.299
 saving word

00:38:19.299 --> 00:38:20.079
 a word of

00:38:20.079 --> 00:38:20.579
 healing

00:38:20.579 --> 00:38:22.219
 and here we

00:38:22.219 --> 00:38:22.539
 have the

00:38:22.539 --> 00:38:22.900
 opposite

00:38:22.900 --> 00:38:24.279
 he added

00:38:24.279 --> 00:38:24.920
 a curse

00:38:24.920 --> 00:38:26.279
 a word

00:38:26.279 --> 00:38:26.920
 of judgment

00:38:26.920 --> 00:38:28.519
 both of the

00:38:28.519 --> 00:38:28.960
 messages

00:38:28.960 --> 00:38:29.799
 carried the

00:38:29.799 --> 00:38:30.539
 authority of

00:38:30.539 --> 00:38:31.000
 the Lord

00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:31.860
 thus says

00:38:31.860 --> 00:38:32.360
 the Lord

00:38:32.360 --> 00:38:32.719
 he said

00:38:32.719 --> 00:38:34.759
 in Jericho

00:38:34.759 --> 00:38:35.860
 and now he

00:38:35.860 --> 00:38:36.440
 cursed them

00:38:36.440 --> 00:38:37.179
 in the name

00:38:37.179 --> 00:38:38.039
 of the Lord

00:38:38.039 --> 00:38:40.139
 this is the

00:38:40.139 --> 00:38:40.820
 God who

00:38:40.820 --> 00:38:41.480
 both

00:38:41.480 --> 00:38:43.179
 wounds

00:38:43.179 --> 00:38:44.059
 and

00:38:44.059 --> 00:38:44.739
 heals

00:38:44.739 --> 00:38:47.320
 he blesses

00:38:47.320 --> 00:38:48.739
 and curses

00:38:48.739 --> 00:38:51.000
 he saves

00:38:51.000 --> 00:38:52.900
 and he

00:38:52.900 --> 00:38:53.340
 judges

00:38:53.340 --> 00:38:55.460
 and with

00:38:55.460 --> 00:38:55.840
 some

00:38:55.840 --> 00:38:56.380
 horror

00:38:56.380 --> 00:38:57.619
 I read

00:38:57.619 --> 00:38:58.619
 verse 24

00:38:58.619 --> 00:39:00.699
 and two

00:39:00.699 --> 00:39:01.440
 she bears

00:39:01.440 --> 00:39:02.039
 came out

00:39:02.039 --> 00:39:02.319
 of the

00:39:02.319 --> 00:39:02.699
 woods

00:39:02.699 --> 00:39:04.279
 and tore

00:39:04.279 --> 00:39:05.119
 42

00:39:05.119 --> 00:39:05.839
 of the

00:39:05.839 --> 00:39:06.219
 youngsters

00:39:06.219 --> 00:39:10.199
 it's

00:39:10.199 --> 00:39:12.099
 not clear

00:39:12.099 --> 00:39:12.480
 that they

00:39:12.480 --> 00:39:13.000
 died

00:39:13.000 --> 00:39:14.440
 perhaps some

00:39:14.440 --> 00:39:14.699
 of them

00:39:14.699 --> 00:39:14.900
 did

00:39:14.900 --> 00:39:15.359
 perhaps even

00:39:15.359 --> 00:39:15.719
 most of

00:39:15.719 --> 00:39:15.819
 them

00:39:15.819 --> 00:39:16.500
 don't know

00:39:16.500 --> 00:39:18.239
 the

00:39:18.239 --> 00:39:18.539
 awful

00:39:18.539 --> 00:39:19.239
 ramifications

00:39:19.239 --> 00:39:19.599
 of the

00:39:19.599 --> 00:39:20.059
 disaster

00:39:20.059 --> 00:39:20.280
 are

00:39:20.280 --> 00:39:20.860
 underlined

00:39:20.860 --> 00:39:21.139
 a little

00:39:21.139 --> 00:39:21.300
 bit

00:39:21.300 --> 00:39:21.539
 because

00:39:21.539 --> 00:39:21.719
 the

00:39:21.719 --> 00:39:22.000
 word

00:39:22.000 --> 00:39:22.820
 in the

00:39:22.820 --> 00:39:23.400
 ESV

00:39:23.400 --> 00:39:23.840
 boys

00:39:23.840 --> 00:39:24.400
 here

00:39:24.400 --> 00:39:24.880
 I just

00:39:24.880 --> 00:39:25.059
 said

00:39:25.059 --> 00:39:25.519
 youngsters

00:39:25.519 --> 00:39:26.480
 it's a

00:39:26.480 --> 00:39:26.780
 word

00:39:26.780 --> 00:39:27.340
 that sort

00:39:27.340 --> 00:39:28.280
 of helps

00:39:28.280 --> 00:39:28.760
 us see

00:39:28.760 --> 00:39:29.300
 them as

00:39:29.300 --> 00:39:29.500
 their

00:39:29.500 --> 00:39:30.000
 mother's

00:39:30.000 --> 00:39:30.559
 sons

00:39:30.559 --> 00:39:31.880
 I won't

00:39:31.880 --> 00:39:32.179
 go into

00:39:32.179 --> 00:39:32.360
 the

00:39:32.360 --> 00:39:33.179
 behind the

00:39:33.179 --> 00:39:33.300
 word

00:39:33.300 --> 00:39:33.619
 but it's

00:39:33.619 --> 00:39:34.659
 a word

00:39:34.659 --> 00:39:35.440
 that sort

00:39:35.440 --> 00:39:36.019
 of reminds

00:39:36.019 --> 00:39:36.340
 you of

00:39:36.340 --> 00:39:36.960
 their birth

00:39:36.960 --> 00:39:38.679
 these

00:39:38.679 --> 00:39:39.199
 lads

00:39:39.199 --> 00:39:40.780
 and judgment

00:39:40.780 --> 00:39:41.300
 fell that

00:39:41.300 --> 00:39:41.639
 day

00:39:41.639 --> 00:39:43.000
 not only

00:39:43.000 --> 00:39:43.539
 of course

00:39:43.539 --> 00:39:44.980
 on the

00:39:44.980 --> 00:39:46.319
 lads

00:39:46.319 --> 00:39:48.440
 but

00:39:48.440 --> 00:39:49.819
 on their

00:39:49.819 --> 00:39:50.339
 homes

00:39:50.339 --> 00:39:52.279
 the homes

00:39:52.279 --> 00:39:52.599
 in which

00:39:52.599 --> 00:39:53.000
 they'd been

00:39:53.000 --> 00:39:53.500
 raised

00:39:53.500 --> 00:39:54.799
 the homes

00:39:54.799 --> 00:39:55.239
 in which

00:39:55.239 --> 00:39:55.739
 they'd been

00:39:55.739 --> 00:39:56.179
 taught

00:39:56.179 --> 00:39:57.779
 to have

00:39:57.779 --> 00:39:58.299
 the attitude

00:39:58.299 --> 00:39:59.059
 they expressed

00:39:59.059 --> 00:39:59.559
 that day

00:39:59.559 --> 00:40:00.000
 it was a

00:40:00.000 --> 00:40:00.400
 dreadful

00:40:00.400 --> 00:40:00.900
 day in

00:40:00.900 --> 00:40:01.299
 Bethel

00:40:01.299 --> 00:40:03.460
 tears

00:40:03.460 --> 00:40:04.039
 were shed

00:40:04.039 --> 00:40:04.839
 in Bethel

00:40:04.839 --> 00:40:06.460
 that day

00:40:06.460 --> 00:40:08.839
 isn't it

00:40:08.839 --> 00:40:09.239
 odd that

00:40:09.239 --> 00:40:09.759
 the exact

00:40:09.759 --> 00:40:10.239
 number

00:40:10.239 --> 00:40:12.759
 who were

00:40:12.759 --> 00:40:13.199
 mauled

00:40:13.199 --> 00:40:13.819
 by the

00:40:13.819 --> 00:40:14.139
 bear

00:40:14.139 --> 00:40:16.000
 is remembered

00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:16.599
 it suggests

00:40:16.599 --> 00:40:17.000
 that this

00:40:17.000 --> 00:40:17.579
 incident was

00:40:17.579 --> 00:40:18.299
 very carefully

00:40:18.299 --> 00:40:19.000
 remembered in

00:40:19.000 --> 00:40:19.359
 Bethel

00:40:19.359 --> 00:40:19.919
 they did not

00:40:19.919 --> 00:40:20.459
 forget that

00:40:20.459 --> 00:40:20.799
 day

00:40:20.799 --> 00:40:22.799
 when 42

00:40:22.799 --> 00:40:23.279
 of their

00:40:23.279 --> 00:40:23.819
 sons

00:40:23.819 --> 00:40:25.379
 were attacked

00:40:25.379 --> 00:40:26.979
 by the

00:40:26.979 --> 00:40:27.299
 bear

00:40:27.299 --> 00:40:29.500
 it also

00:40:29.500 --> 00:40:30.119
 indicates

00:40:30.119 --> 00:40:31.539
 as I

00:40:31.539 --> 00:40:31.939
 suggested

00:40:31.939 --> 00:40:32.279
 earlier

00:40:32.279 --> 00:40:32.659
 that the

00:40:32.659 --> 00:40:32.899
 mob

00:40:32.899 --> 00:40:33.259
 that was

00:40:33.259 --> 00:40:33.559
 jeering

00:40:33.559 --> 00:40:33.979
 was quite

00:40:33.979 --> 00:40:34.459
 a large

00:40:34.459 --> 00:40:35.000
 mob

00:40:35.000 --> 00:40:36.019
 there were

00:40:36.019 --> 00:40:36.419
 obviously

00:40:36.419 --> 00:40:36.979
 more than

00:40:36.979 --> 00:40:37.479
 42

00:40:37.479 --> 00:40:38.000
 I think

00:40:38.000 --> 00:40:38.219
 there were

00:40:38.219 --> 00:40:38.839
 many more

00:40:38.839 --> 00:40:39.759
 than the

00:40:39.760 --> 00:40:40.200
 42

00:40:40.200 --> 00:40:41.440
 in that

00:40:41.440 --> 00:40:42.280
 mob

00:40:42.280 --> 00:40:44.720
 now as

00:40:44.720 --> 00:40:44.980
 far as

00:40:44.980 --> 00:40:45.500
 we know

00:40:45.500 --> 00:40:47.540
 Elisha

00:40:47.540 --> 00:40:47.940
 didn't go

00:40:47.940 --> 00:40:48.360
 into the

00:40:48.360 --> 00:40:48.760
 town of

00:40:48.760 --> 00:40:49.100
 Bethel

00:40:49.100 --> 00:40:49.420
 on this

00:40:49.420 --> 00:40:49.840
 occasion

00:40:49.840 --> 00:40:52.100
 after

00:40:52.100 --> 00:40:52.640
 this

00:40:52.640 --> 00:40:53.200
 hostile

00:40:53.200 --> 00:40:53.720
 reception

00:40:53.720 --> 00:40:54.280
 he moved

00:40:54.280 --> 00:40:54.720
 on

00:40:54.720 --> 00:40:57.040
 Bethel

00:40:57.040 --> 00:40:57.360
 had

00:40:57.360 --> 00:40:57.940
 rejected

00:40:57.940 --> 00:40:58.280
 the

00:40:58.280 --> 00:40:58.640
 Lord's

00:40:58.640 --> 00:40:58.960
 prophet

00:40:58.960 --> 00:41:00.820
 and

00:41:00.820 --> 00:41:01.200
 paid

00:41:01.200 --> 00:41:01.740
 a heavy

00:41:01.740 --> 00:41:02.400
 price

00:41:02.400 --> 00:41:04.740
 it was

00:41:04.740 --> 00:41:05.220
 not only

00:41:05.220 --> 00:41:05.620
 of course

00:41:05.620 --> 00:41:06.120
 the harm

00:41:06.120 --> 00:41:06.680
 that befell

00:41:06.679 --> 00:41:07.279
 the 42

00:41:07.279 --> 00:41:09.259
 sons

00:41:09.259 --> 00:41:09.659
 of the

00:41:09.659 --> 00:41:10.000
 town

00:41:10.000 --> 00:41:11.739
 but

00:41:11.739 --> 00:41:12.739
 the

00:41:12.739 --> 00:41:13.199
 rejection

00:41:13.199 --> 00:41:13.619
 of the

00:41:13.619 --> 00:41:13.899
 town

00:41:13.899 --> 00:41:14.619
 by God

00:41:14.619 --> 00:41:16.519
 signified

00:41:16.519 --> 00:41:16.960
 by the

00:41:16.960 --> 00:41:17.500
 departure

00:41:17.500 --> 00:41:18.579
 from there

00:41:18.579 --> 00:41:18.859
 of

00:41:18.859 --> 00:41:19.539
 Elisha

00:41:19.539 --> 00:41:20.919
 Bethel

00:41:20.919 --> 00:41:21.379
 would not

00:41:21.379 --> 00:41:22.059
 experience

00:41:22.059 --> 00:41:22.559
 the kind

00:41:22.559 --> 00:41:23.079
 of blessing

00:41:23.079 --> 00:41:23.440
 that had

00:41:23.440 --> 00:41:23.919
 come to

00:41:23.919 --> 00:41:24.519
 Jericho

00:41:24.519 --> 00:41:27.319
 very quickly

00:41:27.319 --> 00:41:27.659
 we've got

00:41:27.659 --> 00:41:28.079
 one more

00:41:28.079 --> 00:41:28.500
 verse to

00:41:28.500 --> 00:41:28.839
 notice

00:41:28.839 --> 00:41:29.339
 with two

00:41:29.339 --> 00:41:29.899
 locations

00:41:29.899 --> 00:41:30.440
 before we

00:41:30.440 --> 00:41:30.699
 just have

00:41:30.699 --> 00:41:30.960
 a quick

00:41:30.960 --> 00:41:31.219
 thought

00:41:31.219 --> 00:41:31.419
 about

00:41:31.419 --> 00:41:31.699
 what do

00:41:31.699 --> 00:41:32.039
 we learn

00:41:32.039 --> 00:41:32.659
 what do

00:41:32.659 --> 00:41:33.000
 we make

00:41:33.000 --> 00:41:33.320
 of these

00:41:33.320 --> 00:41:33.759
 stories

00:41:33.759 --> 00:41:36.099
 verse 25

00:41:36.099 --> 00:41:36.460
 from there

00:41:36.460 --> 00:41:36.779
 he went

00:41:36.779 --> 00:41:37.019
 on to

00:41:37.019 --> 00:41:37.239
 Mount

00:41:37.239 --> 00:41:37.739
 Carmel

00:41:37.739 --> 00:41:39.880
 Mount

00:41:39.880 --> 00:41:40.300
 Carmel

00:41:40.300 --> 00:41:41.039
 would become

00:41:41.039 --> 00:41:42.500
 Elisha's

00:41:42.500 --> 00:41:42.900
 base

00:41:42.900 --> 00:41:44.119
 as I think

00:41:44.119 --> 00:41:44.679
 it probably

00:41:44.679 --> 00:41:45.119
 had been

00:41:45.119 --> 00:41:45.820
 for Elijah

00:41:45.820 --> 00:41:47.340
 and no

00:41:47.340 --> 00:41:48.279
 reader of

00:41:48.279 --> 00:41:48.820
 this history

00:41:48.820 --> 00:41:49.380
 can hear

00:41:49.380 --> 00:41:50.779
 the name

00:41:50.779 --> 00:41:51.259
 Mount

00:41:51.259 --> 00:41:51.820
 Carmel

00:41:51.820 --> 00:41:52.619
 without being

00:41:52.619 --> 00:41:53.380
 reminded of

00:41:53.380 --> 00:41:54.039
 the showdown

00:41:54.039 --> 00:41:54.900
 between Elijah

00:41:54.900 --> 00:41:55.219
 and the

00:41:55.219 --> 00:41:55.739
 prophets of

00:41:55.739 --> 00:41:56.139
 Baal

00:41:56.139 --> 00:41:57.440
 recounted

00:41:57.440 --> 00:41:57.800
 in 1

00:41:57.800 --> 00:41:58.639
 Kings 18

00:41:58.639 --> 00:41:59.300
 Mount

00:41:59.300 --> 00:41:59.699
 Carmel

00:41:59.699 --> 00:42:00.059
 was the

00:42:00.059 --> 00:42:00.340
 place

00:42:00.340 --> 00:42:00.679
 where the

00:42:00.679 --> 00:42:01.159
 question

00:42:01.159 --> 00:42:01.860
 the question

00:42:01.860 --> 00:42:02.680
 of who

00:42:02.680 --> 00:42:03.200
 truly

00:42:03.200 --> 00:42:04.019
 is God

00:42:04.019 --> 00:42:04.680
 was settled

00:42:04.680 --> 00:42:06.840
 by going

00:42:06.840 --> 00:42:07.260
 to Mount

00:42:07.260 --> 00:42:07.820
 Carmel

00:42:07.820 --> 00:42:09.240
 Elisha was

00:42:09.240 --> 00:42:10.039
 embracing the

00:42:10.039 --> 00:42:10.620
 message of

00:42:10.620 --> 00:42:11.320
 Mount Carmel

00:42:11.320 --> 00:42:11.820
 what is the

00:42:11.820 --> 00:42:12.300
 message of

00:42:12.300 --> 00:42:12.940
 Mount Carmel

00:42:12.940 --> 00:42:13.920
 it is the

00:42:13.920 --> 00:42:14.360
 Lord

00:42:14.360 --> 00:42:15.200
 he is

00:42:15.200 --> 00:42:15.720
 God

00:42:15.720 --> 00:42:16.860
 the

00:42:16.860 --> 00:42:17.340
 Lord

00:42:17.340 --> 00:42:18.660
 he is

00:42:18.660 --> 00:42:20.460
 God

00:42:20.460 --> 00:42:23.599
 excuse me

00:42:23.599 --> 00:42:23.860
 for a

00:42:23.860 --> 00:42:24.039
 moment

00:42:24.039 --> 00:42:28.380
 the question

00:42:28.380 --> 00:42:28.599
 do you

00:42:28.599 --> 00:42:29.099
 remember the

00:42:29.099 --> 00:42:30.220
 question that

00:42:30.220 --> 00:42:31.500
 Elijah put to

00:42:31.500 --> 00:42:31.740
 them on

00:42:31.739 --> 00:42:32.339
 Mount Carmel

00:42:32.339 --> 00:42:34.939
 how long

00:42:34.939 --> 00:42:35.459
 will you go

00:42:35.459 --> 00:42:35.959
 on limping

00:42:35.959 --> 00:42:36.579
 between two

00:42:36.579 --> 00:42:37.179
 opinions

00:42:37.179 --> 00:42:39.179
 if the

00:42:39.179 --> 00:42:39.679
 Lord is

00:42:39.679 --> 00:42:40.019
 God

00:42:40.019 --> 00:42:40.659
 follow him

00:42:40.659 --> 00:42:41.059
 for goodness

00:42:41.059 --> 00:42:41.459
 sake

00:42:41.459 --> 00:42:43.239
 but of

00:42:43.239 --> 00:42:43.539
 course if

00:42:43.539 --> 00:42:43.959
 Baal is

00:42:43.959 --> 00:42:44.199
 God

00:42:44.199 --> 00:42:44.739
 go ahead

00:42:44.739 --> 00:42:45.079
 and follow

00:42:45.079 --> 00:42:45.399
 him

00:42:45.399 --> 00:42:46.919
 and as

00:42:46.919 --> 00:42:47.299
 events

00:42:47.299 --> 00:42:48.199
 unfolded on

00:42:48.199 --> 00:42:48.779
 Mount Carmel

00:42:48.779 --> 00:42:49.019
 it was

00:42:49.019 --> 00:42:49.819
 perfectly clear

00:42:49.819 --> 00:42:50.879
 who was

00:42:50.879 --> 00:42:51.259
 God

00:42:51.259 --> 00:42:51.699
 and who

00:42:51.699 --> 00:42:52.219
 was not

00:42:52.219 --> 00:42:53.639
 and the

00:42:53.639 --> 00:42:54.259
 absolute

00:42:54.259 --> 00:42:54.919
 folly

00:42:54.919 --> 00:42:56.339
 of following

00:42:56.339 --> 00:42:56.819
 a God

00:42:56.819 --> 00:42:57.359
 who is not

00:42:57.359 --> 00:42:57.799
 God

00:42:57.799 --> 00:42:58.859
 was

00:42:58.860 --> 00:42:59.559
 demonstrated

00:42:59.559 --> 00:43:00.440
 that day

00:43:00.440 --> 00:43:02.500
 well he

00:43:02.500 --> 00:43:03.039
 went to

00:43:03.039 --> 00:43:03.640
 Mount Carmel

00:43:03.640 --> 00:43:04.160
 the events

00:43:04.160 --> 00:43:04.740
 at Jericho

00:43:04.740 --> 00:43:05.360
 and Bethel

00:43:05.360 --> 00:43:06.800
 were signs

00:43:06.800 --> 00:43:07.200
 really

00:43:07.200 --> 00:43:08.220
 of the

00:43:08.220 --> 00:43:08.900
 Mount Carmel

00:43:08.900 --> 00:43:09.559
 message

00:43:09.559 --> 00:43:11.099
 the Lord

00:43:11.099 --> 00:43:11.500
 is the

00:43:11.500 --> 00:43:11.860
 one

00:43:11.860 --> 00:43:13.059
 who brings

00:43:13.059 --> 00:43:13.660
 blessing

00:43:13.660 --> 00:43:14.700
 as he did

00:43:14.700 --> 00:43:15.380
 at Jericho

00:43:15.380 --> 00:43:17.260
 and curse

00:43:17.260 --> 00:43:17.800
 judgment

00:43:17.800 --> 00:43:19.200
 as he did

00:43:19.200 --> 00:43:19.800
 at Bethel

00:43:19.800 --> 00:43:20.760
 the Lord

00:43:20.760 --> 00:43:22.180
 he is

00:43:22.180 --> 00:43:22.820
 God

00:43:22.820 --> 00:43:24.660
 and then

00:43:24.660 --> 00:43:24.820
 at the

00:43:24.820 --> 00:43:25.120
 very end

00:43:25.120 --> 00:43:25.340
 of our

00:43:25.340 --> 00:43:25.600
 passage

00:43:25.600 --> 00:43:26.320
 verse 25

00:43:26.320 --> 00:43:26.640
 and from

00:43:26.640 --> 00:43:26.980
 there he

00:43:26.980 --> 00:43:27.380
 returned

00:43:27.380 --> 00:43:28.320
 to Samaria

00:43:28.320 --> 00:43:30.140
 now that's

00:43:30.140 --> 00:43:30.620
 ominous

00:43:30.620 --> 00:43:32.880
 those words

00:43:32.880 --> 00:43:33.640
 indicate that

00:43:33.640 --> 00:43:34.320
 Elisha

00:43:34.320 --> 00:43:35.920
 he'd been

00:43:35.920 --> 00:43:36.700
 in Samaria

00:43:36.700 --> 00:43:37.420
 previously

00:43:37.420 --> 00:43:37.960
 presumably

00:43:37.960 --> 00:43:39.480
 with Elijah

00:43:39.480 --> 00:43:40.940
 his master

00:43:40.940 --> 00:43:42.580
 when Elijah

00:43:42.580 --> 00:43:43.340
 visited

00:43:43.340 --> 00:43:44.940
 Samaria

00:43:44.940 --> 00:43:46.500
 the Baal

00:43:46.500 --> 00:43:47.140
 worshipper

00:43:47.140 --> 00:43:48.519
 King Ahaziah

00:43:48.519 --> 00:43:49.880
 in 2 Kings

00:43:49.880 --> 00:43:50.620
 chapter 1

00:43:50.620 --> 00:43:51.800
 pick up the

00:43:51.800 --> 00:43:52.600
 story later

00:43:52.599 --> 00:43:53.039
 on in your

00:43:53.039 --> 00:43:53.639
 own time

00:43:53.639 --> 00:43:54.639
 but Samaria

00:43:54.639 --> 00:43:55.119
 was the

00:43:55.119 --> 00:43:56.199
 city where

00:43:56.199 --> 00:43:57.199
 Ahaziah's

00:43:57.199 --> 00:43:57.799
 father

00:43:57.799 --> 00:43:58.699
 Ahab

00:43:58.699 --> 00:44:00.079
 influenced by

00:44:00.079 --> 00:44:00.719
 his mother

00:44:00.719 --> 00:44:01.559
 Jezebel

00:44:01.559 --> 00:44:02.519
 had built

00:44:02.519 --> 00:44:03.099
 an altar

00:44:03.099 --> 00:44:03.639
 and a

00:44:03.639 --> 00:44:04.279
 house for

00:44:04.279 --> 00:44:04.739
 Baal

00:44:04.739 --> 00:44:06.639
 by returning

00:44:06.639 --> 00:44:07.460
 to Samaria

00:44:07.460 --> 00:44:08.639
 Elisha was

00:44:08.639 --> 00:44:09.339
 taking up the

00:44:09.339 --> 00:44:10.000
 battle against

00:44:10.000 --> 00:44:10.559
 the false

00:44:10.559 --> 00:44:11.099
 gods

00:44:11.099 --> 00:44:12.799
 where Elijah

00:44:12.799 --> 00:44:13.299
 had left

00:44:13.299 --> 00:44:13.799
 off

00:44:13.799 --> 00:44:16.319
 well let me

00:44:16.319 --> 00:44:16.779
 conclude

00:44:16.779 --> 00:44:17.960
 our question

00:44:17.960 --> 00:44:18.500
 is of course

00:44:18.500 --> 00:44:18.900
 what do we

00:44:18.900 --> 00:44:19.579
 make of these

00:44:19.579 --> 00:44:20.159
 two brief

00:44:20.159 --> 00:44:20.779
 stories that

00:44:20.779 --> 00:44:21.279
 have occupied

00:44:21.279 --> 00:44:21.739
 us

00:44:21.739 --> 00:44:23.159
 for the

00:44:23.159 --> 00:44:23.739
 last few

00:44:23.739 --> 00:44:24.159
 minutes

00:44:24.159 --> 00:44:26.279
 as

00:44:26.279 --> 00:44:26.979
 Elisha

00:44:26.979 --> 00:44:28.579
 entered

00:44:28.579 --> 00:44:30.199
 the land

00:44:30.199 --> 00:44:30.759
 God had

00:44:30.759 --> 00:44:31.159
 given to

00:44:31.159 --> 00:44:31.779
 his people

00:44:31.779 --> 00:44:33.459
 Elisha

00:44:33.459 --> 00:44:35.039
 my God

00:44:35.039 --> 00:44:35.819
 saves

00:44:35.819 --> 00:44:37.699
 these signs

00:44:37.699 --> 00:44:38.799
 of God's

00:44:38.799 --> 00:44:39.279
 rule

00:44:39.279 --> 00:44:40.459
 accompanied

00:44:40.459 --> 00:44:40.879
 him

00:44:40.879 --> 00:44:43.239
 the Lord

00:44:43.239 --> 00:44:43.839
 is indeed

00:44:43.839 --> 00:44:44.359
 God

00:44:44.360 --> 00:44:46.039
 and he

00:44:46.039 --> 00:44:46.360
 is the

00:44:46.360 --> 00:44:46.680
 one

00:44:46.680 --> 00:44:47.900
 who

00:44:47.900 --> 00:44:48.599
 wounds

00:44:48.599 --> 00:44:49.380
 and

00:44:49.380 --> 00:44:50.019
 heals

00:44:50.019 --> 00:44:52.700
 seek

00:44:52.700 --> 00:44:53.360
 mercy

00:44:53.360 --> 00:44:54.140
 from him

00:44:54.140 --> 00:44:56.340
 as the

00:44:56.340 --> 00:44:56.640
 men of

00:44:56.640 --> 00:44:57.019
 Jericho

00:44:57.019 --> 00:44:57.460
 did

00:44:57.460 --> 00:44:59.280
 and you'll

00:44:59.280 --> 00:45:00.200
 find it

00:45:00.200 --> 00:45:02.420
 mock

00:45:02.420 --> 00:45:03.440
 his

00:45:03.440 --> 00:45:03.940
 prophet

00:45:03.940 --> 00:45:05.640
 as the

00:45:05.640 --> 00:45:05.880
 young

00:45:05.880 --> 00:45:06.360
 hooligans

00:45:06.360 --> 00:45:06.960
 of Bethel

00:45:06.960 --> 00:45:07.300
 did

00:45:07.300 --> 00:45:09.019
 and you

00:45:09.019 --> 00:45:09.400
 will suffer

00:45:09.400 --> 00:45:10.220
 the consequences

00:45:10.219 --> 00:45:11.599
 these are

00:45:11.599 --> 00:45:11.939
 not just

00:45:11.939 --> 00:45:12.599
 two stories

00:45:12.599 --> 00:45:13.000
 they're

00:45:13.000 --> 00:45:13.799
 signs

00:45:13.799 --> 00:45:16.199
 signs of

00:45:16.199 --> 00:45:16.659
 God's

00:45:16.659 --> 00:45:17.019
 kingdom

00:45:17.019 --> 00:45:18.899
 and the

00:45:18.899 --> 00:45:19.579
 reality of

00:45:19.579 --> 00:45:20.119
 God's

00:45:20.119 --> 00:45:20.500
 kingdom

00:45:20.500 --> 00:45:21.099
 means that

00:45:21.099 --> 00:45:21.579
 there really

00:45:21.579 --> 00:45:22.359
 are only

00:45:22.359 --> 00:45:23.239
 two ways

00:45:23.239 --> 00:45:23.819
 there is

00:45:23.819 --> 00:45:24.919
 either life

00:45:24.919 --> 00:45:26.279
 under God's

00:45:26.279 --> 00:45:27.139
 blessing like

00:45:27.139 --> 00:45:27.779
 the people of

00:45:27.779 --> 00:45:28.219
 Jericho

00:45:28.219 --> 00:45:29.480
 or there is

00:45:29.480 --> 00:45:29.980
 death

00:45:29.980 --> 00:45:31.500
 under his

00:45:31.500 --> 00:45:32.000
 judgment

00:45:32.000 --> 00:45:33.359
 like the

00:45:33.359 --> 00:45:33.839
 people of

00:45:33.839 --> 00:45:34.299
 Bethel

00:45:34.299 --> 00:45:35.919
 and the

00:45:35.919 --> 00:45:36.519
 miracles of

00:45:36.519 --> 00:45:37.139
 Elisha

00:45:37.139 --> 00:45:37.759
 like the

00:45:37.759 --> 00:45:38.319
 miracles of

00:45:38.320 --> 00:45:38.680
 Jesus

00:45:38.680 --> 00:45:40.080
 are signs

00:45:40.080 --> 00:45:40.920
 of God's

00:45:40.920 --> 00:45:41.300
 kingdom

00:45:41.300 --> 00:45:42.280
 they point

00:45:42.280 --> 00:45:42.640
 to the

00:45:42.640 --> 00:45:43.240
 message of

00:45:43.240 --> 00:45:43.640
 the king

00:45:43.640 --> 00:45:44.180
 what is the

00:45:44.180 --> 00:45:44.660
 message of

00:45:44.660 --> 00:45:45.080
 the king

00:45:45.080 --> 00:45:45.940
 repent

00:45:45.940 --> 00:45:48.700
 for the

00:45:48.700 --> 00:45:49.160
 kingdom of

00:45:49.160 --> 00:45:49.559
 heaven is

00:45:49.559 --> 00:45:50.120
 at hand

00:45:50.120 --> 00:45:53.600
 it's

00:45:53.600 --> 00:45:56.160
 a good

00:45:56.160 --> 00:45:56.539
 kingdom

00:45:56.539 --> 00:45:58.280
 it's a

00:45:58.280 --> 00:45:58.680
 wonderful

00:45:58.680 --> 00:45:59.160
 kingdom

00:45:59.160 --> 00:46:00.500
 it's a

00:46:00.500 --> 00:46:01.180
 magnificent

00:46:01.180 --> 00:46:01.740
 kingdom

00:46:01.740 --> 00:46:02.980
 it's a

00:46:02.980 --> 00:46:03.519
 kingdom of

00:46:03.519 --> 00:46:04.260
 blessing like

00:46:04.260 --> 00:46:04.840
 you cannot

00:46:04.840 --> 00:46:05.760
 get your

00:46:05.760 --> 00:46:06.420
 head around

00:46:06.420 --> 00:46:06.700
 it

00:46:06.700 --> 00:46:09.039
 but this

00:46:09.039 --> 00:46:09.720
 is serious

00:46:09.720 --> 00:46:12.860
 friends I

00:46:12.860 --> 00:46:13.380
 think it's

00:46:13.380 --> 00:46:13.920
 right for me

00:46:13.920 --> 00:46:14.260
 at this

00:46:14.260 --> 00:46:14.599
 point

00:46:14.599 --> 00:46:16.380
 you know

00:46:16.380 --> 00:46:16.900
 one of the

00:46:16.900 --> 00:46:19.019
 things about

00:46:19.019 --> 00:46:19.720
 coming into

00:46:19.720 --> 00:46:20.800
 a church

00:46:20.800 --> 00:46:21.099
 that you

00:46:21.099 --> 00:46:21.599
 don't know

00:46:21.599 --> 00:46:21.960
 well

00:46:21.960 --> 00:46:23.559
 I know

00:46:23.559 --> 00:46:24.059
 of you

00:46:24.059 --> 00:46:24.619
 well and I

00:46:24.619 --> 00:46:25.019
 know some

00:46:25.019 --> 00:46:25.320
 of you

00:46:25.320 --> 00:46:26.400
 well but I

00:46:26.400 --> 00:46:26.760
 don't know

00:46:26.760 --> 00:46:27.200
 you as a

00:46:27.200 --> 00:46:27.820
 church well

00:46:27.820 --> 00:46:29.139
 I don't know

00:46:29.139 --> 00:46:29.900
 every individual

00:46:29.900 --> 00:46:30.760
 and I've got

00:46:30.760 --> 00:46:31.440
 no assumptions

00:46:31.440 --> 00:46:34.380
 and it's

00:46:34.380 --> 00:46:34.700
 perfectly

00:46:34.700 --> 00:46:35.420
 possible in

00:46:35.420 --> 00:46:35.800
 a church

00:46:35.800 --> 00:46:36.240
 like this

00:46:36.240 --> 00:46:36.500
 that there

00:46:36.500 --> 00:46:37.059
 are people

00:46:37.059 --> 00:46:38.860
 there might

00:46:38.860 --> 00:46:39.480
 not be many

00:46:39.480 --> 00:46:39.900
 there might

00:46:39.900 --> 00:46:40.460
 be a few

00:46:40.460 --> 00:46:42.599
 who haven't

00:46:42.599 --> 00:46:43.220
 done that

00:46:43.220 --> 00:46:43.599
 yet

00:46:43.599 --> 00:46:45.260
 who have

00:46:45.260 --> 00:46:45.700
 not yet

00:46:45.700 --> 00:46:46.400
 repented

00:46:46.400 --> 00:46:47.920
 that is

00:46:47.920 --> 00:46:48.599
 not yet

00:46:48.599 --> 00:46:49.420
 turned around

00:46:49.420 --> 00:46:49.780
 and said

00:46:49.780 --> 00:46:50.179
 no

00:46:50.179 --> 00:46:51.420
 God's king

00:46:51.420 --> 00:46:51.760
 is going

00:46:51.760 --> 00:46:52.300
 to be my

00:46:52.300 --> 00:46:52.760
 king

00:46:52.760 --> 00:46:56.099
 tell you

00:46:56.099 --> 00:46:56.320
 there's

00:46:56.320 --> 00:46:56.860
 nothing better

00:46:56.860 --> 00:46:59.099
 the blessings

00:46:59.099 --> 00:46:59.680
 that come

00:46:59.680 --> 00:47:00.400
 from God's

00:47:00.400 --> 00:47:00.700
 king

00:47:00.700 --> 00:47:02.420
 are wonderful

00:47:02.420 --> 00:47:02.880
 in this

00:47:02.880 --> 00:47:03.380
 life

00:47:03.380 --> 00:47:04.940
 and even

00:47:04.940 --> 00:47:05.800
 more glorious

00:47:05.800 --> 00:47:06.200
 in the

00:47:06.200 --> 00:47:06.599
 life to

00:47:06.599 --> 00:47:06.900
 come

00:47:06.900 --> 00:47:10.880
 hear the

00:47:10.880 --> 00:47:11.539
 message

00:47:11.539 --> 00:47:12.079
 of the

00:47:12.079 --> 00:47:12.800
 signs of

00:47:12.800 --> 00:47:13.300
 the kingdom

00:47:13.300 --> 00:47:15.220
 the Lord

00:47:15.220 --> 00:47:15.940
 is king

00:47:15.940 --> 00:47:18.200
 therefore

00:47:18.200 --> 00:47:18.880
 repent

00:47:18.880 --> 00:47:22.539
 and receive

00:47:22.539 --> 00:47:22.940
 him as

00:47:22.940 --> 00:47:23.480
 your king

00:47:23.480 --> 00:47:26.660
 because what

00:47:26.659 --> 00:47:28.819
 the stories

00:47:28.819 --> 00:47:29.339
 we've just

00:47:29.339 --> 00:47:29.719
 followed

00:47:29.719 --> 00:47:31.500
 in these

00:47:31.500 --> 00:47:32.000
 last few

00:47:32.000 --> 00:47:32.500
 moments

00:47:32.500 --> 00:47:34.699
 must impress

00:47:34.699 --> 00:47:35.279
 on us

00:47:35.279 --> 00:47:37.239
 is this

00:47:37.239 --> 00:47:37.859
 as serious

00:47:37.859 --> 00:47:40.519
 it's as

00:47:40.519 --> 00:47:41.059
 serious as

00:47:41.059 --> 00:47:41.559
 it gets

00:47:41.559 --> 00:47:44.559
 let's pray

00:47:44.559 --> 00:47:44.879
 together

00:47:56.659 --> 00:48:00.079
 just have

00:48:00.079 --> 00:48:00.420
 a moment

00:48:00.420 --> 00:48:00.960
 of quiet

00:48:00.960 --> 00:48:01.500
 please

00:48:01.500 --> 00:48:04.659
 as we

00:48:04.659 --> 00:48:05.000
 hear the

00:48:05.000 --> 00:48:05.480
 message

00:48:05.480 --> 00:48:07.799
 of

00:48:07.799 --> 00:48:08.460
 Elisha

00:48:08.460 --> 00:48:09.739
 my God

00:48:09.739 --> 00:48:10.460
 saves

00:48:10.460 --> 00:48:14.319
 has he

00:48:14.319 --> 00:48:14.659
 saved

00:48:14.659 --> 00:48:15.000
 you

00:48:15.000 --> 00:48:18.839
 repent

00:48:18.839 --> 00:48:20.859
 because the

00:48:20.859 --> 00:48:21.379
 kingdom of

00:48:21.379 --> 00:48:22.039
 God is

00:48:22.039 --> 00:48:22.599
 at hand

00:48:22.599 --> 00:48:23.079
 heavenly

00:48:23.079 --> 00:48:23.679
 father we

00:48:23.679 --> 00:48:24.359
 pray for

00:48:24.359 --> 00:48:24.879
 each other

00:48:24.880 --> 00:48:26.800
 we thank

00:48:26.800 --> 00:48:27.079
 you for

00:48:27.079 --> 00:48:27.480
 each other

00:48:27.480 --> 00:48:27.860
 it's so

00:48:27.860 --> 00:48:28.300
 good to be

00:48:28.300 --> 00:48:28.980
 together this

00:48:28.980 --> 00:48:30.680
 weekend in

00:48:30.680 --> 00:48:31.160
 each other's

00:48:31.160 --> 00:48:31.860
 company but we

00:48:31.860 --> 00:48:32.500
 pray for each

00:48:32.500 --> 00:48:33.059
 other we pray

00:48:33.059 --> 00:48:33.820
 that each one

00:48:33.820 --> 00:48:34.500
 of us

00:48:34.500 --> 00:48:38.579
 each one of

00:48:38.579 --> 00:48:39.680
 us wherever

00:48:39.680 --> 00:48:40.700
 we are in

00:48:40.700 --> 00:48:41.380
 life whatever

00:48:41.380 --> 00:48:42.559
 life is holding

00:48:42.559 --> 00:48:43.180
 for us at the

00:48:43.180 --> 00:48:43.680
 moment it's

00:48:43.680 --> 00:48:44.579
 anxieties it's

00:48:44.579 --> 00:48:45.660
 troubles it's

00:48:45.660 --> 00:48:47.340
 fears it's

00:48:47.340 --> 00:48:47.920
 hopes it's

00:48:47.920 --> 00:48:48.519
 joys it's

00:48:48.519 --> 00:48:51.480
 busyness we

00:48:51.480 --> 00:48:52.000
 pray that you

00:48:52.000 --> 00:48:52.800
 just help each

00:48:52.800 --> 00:48:53.660
 one of us to

00:48:53.660 --> 00:48:55.660
 repent to

00:48:55.660 --> 00:48:56.760
 turn away from

00:48:56.760 --> 00:49:01.720
 evil and to

00:49:01.720 --> 00:49:02.600
 receive your

00:49:02.600 --> 00:49:03.680
 wonderful king

00:49:03.680 --> 00:49:06.039
 the lord jesus

00:49:06.039 --> 00:49:06.960
 christ we pray

00:49:06.960 --> 00:49:07.519
 this in his

00:49:07.519 --> 00:49:07.880
 name

00:49:07.880 --> 00:49:08.580
 amen

00:49:08.579 --> 00:49:11.380
 you