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 Father, we confess before you that there are many of us here who haven't read your word in our own personal devotions, Father, maybe in weeks, maybe in months.

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 Father, we confess before you that there are many of us here who've maybe never read all of your word or never read all of Isaiah.

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 Father, we confess before you that we often are ignorant of your word and it cannot form us.

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 We ask, Father, that you would gently but deeply pour out your Holy Spirit upon us.

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 Deliver us, Father, from our fear of your word.

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 Create within us a hunger for your word.

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 And help us, Father, as we read your word to read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest your word so that, gripped by the gospel, we will bear much fruit for your glory in our daily lives.

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 And this we ask in the name of Jesus, your Son, and our Savior. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 So, prophecies and predictions.

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 I'm old compared to a lot of you.

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 I'm going to talk about ancient history for some of you, 1968 and 1972.

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 I know that's like ancient history for some of you.

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 But for those of us who were, I don't know, older than 10 or 11 at that point in time, you know who you are.

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 We grew up under the shadow of two very, very significant predictions by technocrats and scientists that in many ways shaped us in a whole range of ways.

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 In 1968, there was a book put out called The Population Bomb.

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 It was praised by the prestigious scientific journal, The New Scientist, when they did a review of the book.

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 And they called it In Praise of Prophets.

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 And in that book, amongst other things, written in 1968, they said that during the 1970s, hundreds of millions of people would die.

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 That by the 1980s, most of the world's resources would be depleted.

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 And that in the 80s, that's the 1980s, 65 million Americans would starve to death.

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 And they predicted that by the year 1999, which is 17 years ago, the population of the United States, due to the population explosion and the depletion of resources, that the population of the United States would be 22.6 million people.

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 They're only off by about 300 million.

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 In 1972, a more prestigious book came out.

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 It was commissioned by a group of very, very rich people and government leaders called The Club of Rome.

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 They brought together many of the leading scientists and statisticians and mathematicians from around the planet, and they produced this report.

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 And amongst other things, they predicted in 1972 that there would be no more gold left to be mined by 1981, that there would be no more oil left to find on the ground, that that would run out in 1992, and that all natural gas would be depleted by 1993.

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 And I could give you a whole long other list of things which they predicted.

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 Every single one of them was wrong.

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 Every one was wrong.

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 In 1865, a major English group of scientists predicted that all coal would run out by 1900 and that the Industrial Revolution would come to an end in England.

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 I could keep going, and I could keep going.

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 But the fact of the matter is, is that on one hand, we human beings have a great love of prediction and scientists who can predict and chart how things are moving.

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 But the fact of the matter is, is, I mean, they might be able to predict what the weather will be like in an hour or two here in Ottawa.

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 But as it gets farther and farther away from that, there's just too many variables for scientists and technocrats and mathematicians and statisticians to accurately predict things.

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 But we have a huge hunger for it.

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 And at the same time that we often have a hunger for scientific predictions and prophecies, we have a hunger for, well, for others that claim to have some type of special knowledge about what's going to happen in the future.

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 There's a regular parade of people who go to things like seances to consult the dead about what's going to happen in the future.

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 Or somebody who's channeling, I don't know, an alien or something like that and can predict and tell you what's going to happen in the future.

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 There are many people who read astrology to know and understand the meaning of their lives and what's going to happen in the future.

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 We, a few years ago, were fascinated, or many people were fascinated by the Mayan prophecies.

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 These things are all wrong.

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 They don't actually work, but we have a great deep hunger for them.

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 And so here thing is, if you could put up the first point, here's the problem that faces us Christians, at least if you want to have a robust Christian faith.

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 In a world of failed predictions, prophecies, and promises, the true and living God predicted and promised.

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 I mean, you know, if any type of skeptic or critic of the Bible, there's no denying that the Bible contains a variety of predictions and promises.

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 One's made over 3,000 years ago, one that were made on the lips of Jesus.

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 And so we live in a world where people have a great hunger to know the future.

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 And whether it's a spiritualist source or a technocrat source through computers and scientific data, we have a huge desire and hunger for it.

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 And it's funny that human beings, even after the latest thing fails, it seems like another report can happen within a year and people flock to it because there's such a great hunger.

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 But is the Bible just like the Mayan prophecies?

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 Obviously, you can't connect it to science, but is it less like the Mayan prophecies or people who believe that they can channel some being that's lived for hundreds of thousands of years

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 or lives somewhere in another galaxy or in another plane of existence?

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 Is the Bible like how does the Bible fit in with all of this?

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 So we're going to look at one prophecy.

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 There's well over 300 prophecies that if you read the Bible, Christians would claim that over 300 prophecies were fulfilled by Jesus in his birth and life and death.

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 And you can't obviously look at all of them, but we're going to look at one in detail that makes a significant set of prophecies about Jesus.

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 So if you have your Bibles, it would be a great help if you turn to the reading that Rachel read so well just a few minutes ago, Isaiah chapter 52, verse 13.

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 Isaiah 52, 13 until the end of chapter 53.

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 And we're going to look at this prophecy that was written.

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 And it was probably written.

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 We know that Isaiah, if you look at this historic, there's some debate amongst scholars as to when this was written.

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 But the debate amongst scholars is by the internal evidence.

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 This was Isaiah prophesied between the year 740 B.C. and 681 B.C.

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 It means he was born before 740.

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 He lived a little bit after 681.

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 I'm just going to say it's 700 years before the birth of Jesus and the death of Jesus.

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 You know, some people think it was 600 years before, some 500.

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 But, you know, listen, that's not much of a big difference for our purposes, whether it's 700 and 500.

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 But I'll say it's about 700 plus years before the birth and death and resurrection of Jesus.

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 And that's when this is written.

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 So let's start.

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 We'll start at verse 13.

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 Behold, my servant shall act wisely.

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 He shall be high and lifted up and shall be exalted.

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 Now, we're just going to pause here.

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 This is one of the reasons why it's good to read the Bible together.

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 And it's, in a sense, part of my job is to help you to learn to read.

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 One of the things that you can pray for me is that I grow in my ability to read the Bible,

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 to read it attentively, and to try to help all of us be able to read the Bible more attentively.

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 Now, it sounds very innocuous.

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 In fact, it sounds very religious, doesn't it?

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 Behold, my servant shall act wisely.

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 He shall be high and lifted up and shall be exalted.

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 But this is Isaiah 52, verse 13.

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 And if we don't know something, we don't know that Jesus or Isaiah has just made a shocking claim.

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 Like, it's something that just go, whoa, one moment.

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 Whoa, what did he just say?

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 There's only three places in the book of Isaiah where the phrase high and lifted up is used of someone.

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 Only three places.

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 This is one of them.

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 The first place, if you just turn in your Bibles to Isaiah 6,

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 the first place that it's used in is Isaiah 6.

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 Some of you who know your Bibles very well will go, whoa, Isaiah 6.

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 But the rest of you don't know your Bibles as well.

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 Here's what it says in Isaiah 6, verse 1.

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 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne,

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 high and lifted up, and the train of his robe filled the temple.

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 He's seen God.

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 He's just seen God.

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 And the word Lord there is the word for Jewish people,

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 the unspeakable name of God because it's so holy.

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 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, Yahweh,

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 sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of his robe filled the temple.

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 Above him stood the seraphim, each had six wings.

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 With two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet,

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 and with two he flew, and one called to another and said,

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 Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts.

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 The whole earth is full of his glory.

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 And the foundations of the threshold shook at the voice of him who called.

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 And the house was filled with smoke.

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 And I said, Woe is me, for I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips.

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 You know how hard it is to get a baby to cry just when I'm saying, Woe is me?

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 Once again, this is superior planning by the church of the Messiah.

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 Verse 5,

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 And I said, Woe is me, for I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips,

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 and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips.

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 For my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.

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 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal

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 that he had taken with tongs from the altar.

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 And he touched my mouth and said, Behold, this has touched your lips.

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 Your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.

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 You read this, it's talking about God.

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 So we look at verse 6 again.

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 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting upon the throne,

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 high and lifted up, and the train of his robe filled the temple.

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 He was exalted.

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 The only other time in the book of Isaiah that this phrase is used is Isaiah chapter 57, verse 15.

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 Isaiah chapter 57, verse 15.

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 And it goes like this.

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 It's another sort of a messianic prediction.

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 But verse 15 says,

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 For thus says the one who is high and lifted up,

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 who inhabits eternity, whose name is holy.

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 I dwell in the high and holy place,

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 and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit,

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 to revive the spirit of the lowly,

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 and to revive the heart of the contrite.

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 See that?

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 It's talking about God.

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 So now let's go back, and we're going to go back to this prophecy.

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 I know it's not, it's significant for the prophecy.

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 It's not part of the prophetic thing,

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 but it's very, very significant for the prophecy.

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 Go back to Isaiah 52, verse 13.

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 The third place where high and lifted up is used.

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 Only places in the book of Isaiah.

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 Behold, my servant shall act wisely.

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 He shall be high and lifted up and shall be exalted.

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 Now, here's the thing.

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 There's a big riddle here.

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 In fact, you know, I've been thinking about it all week.

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 We don't know how it is that the Jewish people,

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 originally out of all of their writings,

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 because if you read the Old Testament,

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 you'll see that there's other writings that exist.

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 So how out of all of their writings did they pick these ones

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 as actually being the words of God?

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 We know they did it.

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 We know that Jesus authenticates it,

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 but we don't know how they chose it.

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 But this is a profound riddle.

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 How can there be both one God and two gods at the same time?

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 Like this, for the Jewish people at this day,

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 they were always tempted towards believing

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 that there were a whole host of gods like the pagans,

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 but it's very, very clear that at the heart of the Jewish faith,

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 they were just like Muslims.

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 And so you can imagine somebody in Tehran today

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 saying there is both one Allah and two Allahs at the same time.

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 Well, you can imagine it for about five minutes

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 before they were killed,

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 and then you couldn't imagine it.

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 But that's what this is saying.

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 Look at that again.

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 Verse 13,

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 Behold my servant.

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 So God is speaking.

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 He's talking about my servant.

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 He shall act wisely.

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 He shall be high and lifted up and shall be exalted.

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 There's this deep riddle

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 right at the very, very start of the text.

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 And so here, if you could put up the second point,

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 we seek predictions and prophecies to make us more powerful.

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 God spoke of the future to humble and save us.

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 This is going to be the very, very first thing

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 that's going to be very different about reading a prophecy

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 in the Old Testament or the New Testament

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 from our cultural and human longing and yearning

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 to be able to make predictions

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 and know the future.

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 That we like these things,

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 and in different ways,

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 it can make us feel superior,

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 that we have a secret knowledge that others don't have,

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 that we can make plans that others don't have.

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 Imagine for a moment that somebody could accurately predict,

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 and you knew for a fact that you could know

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 what the stock market was going to be

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 on every different item in a year's time.

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 In fact, if I was to say that right now,

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 that was somehow guaranteed,

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 and you trusted me because I'd done it before,

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 a whole lot of you would leave the room

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 and go make some stock purchases right now

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 to become rich.

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 Some of you would ask,

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 how can I borrow money

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 to make these stock purchases

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 and so become rich?

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 And so we human beings,

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 part of our great desire and hunger

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 to know the future

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 is a desire to be more powerful,

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 to be more special,

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 to be exalted.

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 But we're going to see here

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 that what happens is that

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 the biblical prophecies always humble us.

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 It begins with a riddle

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 that at the time makes absolutely no sense.

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 There's only one God

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 and there's two gods.

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 Makes no sense.

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 You'd go,

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 what on earth does that mean?

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 For 700 years,

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 what on earth does that mean?

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 And then the text takes a huge,

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 huge, huge zag.

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 We expect it to be linear.

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 Okay, it's talking about the servant

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 who's high and lifted up and exalted,

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 who's going to do high and exalted

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 and lifted up things.

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 And, you know,

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 there's even a phrase in our culture,

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 it's going to be biblical, right?

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 And when they say this thing in a movie,

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 it's going to be biblical,

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 what does it mean?

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 It's going to be a really big explosion.

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 There's going to be unbelievable catastrophes.

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 There's going to be widespread death.

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 It's going to be biblical.

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 I don't know where they get that from,

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 but that's an expression in our culture, right?

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 And so we expect it to be biblical.

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 Whoa, there's going to be something really big.

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 But what happens in verse 14?

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 As many were astonished at you,

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 his appearance was so marred beyond human semblance

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 and his form beyond that of the children of mankind.

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 So shall he sprinkle many nations.

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 Kings shall shut their mouths because of him,

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 for that which has not been told them they see,

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 and that which they had not heard they understand.

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 Here's the big zag.

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 How can God die a horrible human death?

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 That's what verse 14 is talking about,

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 or at least it's going to look like he's human.

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 And this marred, some of your translations have crushed,

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 but it's crushed or marred that leads to death.

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 How can you do that to God?

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 I mean, that's a common complaint of Muslims

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 about the Christians.

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 Like, if God actually existed,

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 and this was actually God's son,

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 how preposterous to imagine

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 that God would allow his son

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 to be crushed to the point of death.

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 It is beneath the dignity and honor of God

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 to allow anything like that to possibly happen.

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 It's a very, very standard criticism

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 of the Christian faith.

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 And here we see,

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 we're expecting it to be biblical.

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 Whoa, just watch his power.

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 Maybe in glory,

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 maybe in doing good things,

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 maybe in doing bad things,

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 but all of a sudden it goes,

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 rather than going up here,

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 it goes way down here.

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 He's going to be marred and crushed

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 to the point of death,

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 beyond human semblance.

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 That last little puzzling part

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 at the end of verse 15

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 means that whatever God is going to do

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 is going to have a double whammy

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 on human beings.

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 The Irish have this expression

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 that somebody's gobsmacked.

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 It means the deer in the headlight moment

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 where you're silenced.

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 And so if you were translating this into Irish,

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 it would be the people

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 are going to be gobsmacked.

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 And they're going to know something by revelation.

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 So some of you,

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 and so here's the thing,

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 if you come up to the next point,

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 Rebecca, that would be great.

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 Through his word,

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 here's going to be one of the problems

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 with understanding this prophecy

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 because, you see,

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 often what we have with prophecies

00:18:55.519 --> 00:18:57.079
 with scientists and stuff

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 is they're just going to tell you

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 the things that happen in the future.

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 What does it mean?

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 We might understand a little bit

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 why it matters for us,

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 you know,

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 that global warming

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 and it's going to inconvenience our lives

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 or ruin our lives

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 or lead to a lot of people being killed,

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 but it's just,

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 it's a prediction of what's going to happen.

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 And often,

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 if you go to hear astrologers speak

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 or go to seances,

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 a lot of it's connected to flattery

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 of the person, right?

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 But what we're going to see here

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 mixed into this prophecy

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 is that it's,

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 my point,

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 through his word,

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 God tells us what he will do

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 and the meaning of what he will do.

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 And that's going to be one of the things

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 that's going to confuse us.

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 It will always confuse us

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 when we're reading the prophecies

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 in the Bible

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 is because we just want information,

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 but God doesn't just give us information,

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 he gives us interpretation

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 at the same time,

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 what it means.

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 And by the way,

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 if you're a guest here this morning

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 and you haven't given your life to Jesus,

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 you're not sure what to think

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 of the whole Christian thing,

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 this is huge.

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 If God exists,

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 and I know you haven't necessarily,

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 you haven't agreed with me on this,

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 but if the God described in the Bible

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 actually exists,

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 it means that there is meaning

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 to human life.

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 It means that there is meaning

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 to human life.

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 That human life is not one

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 dang thing after another.

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 That human life is not about

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 whoever dies with the most toys wins.

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 That human life is not all about

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 just clutch whatever meaning

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 or happiness we can get at the moment

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 because that's all there is.

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 That if in fact,

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 God can tell us

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 what he's going to do in the future

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 and the meaning and significance

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 of what it is that he's going to do,

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 it means that there is meaning

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 for human life

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 that can be discovered

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 and entered into.

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 It's absolutely huge

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 if this is true.

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 Let's continue.

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 Some of you might say,

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 okay, George,

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 all you've said right now,

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 it's just all like

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 philosophical speculation.

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 You haven't actually really talked

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 about much prophecy whatsoever.

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 Okay, so let's go.

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 We get to the prophecy.

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 It gets into it.

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 Okay, there's a context

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 to the prophecy

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 that's going to be significant

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 by the end.

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 Let's look at verses 1 to 3

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 of chapter 53.

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 Who has believed

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 what he has heard from us?

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 And to whom has the arm

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 of the Lord been revealed?

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 And by the way,

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 the arm of the Lord

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 been revealed,

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 the idea behind it

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 in the original language

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 is that God's strength

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 is personally present.

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 That's what it means.

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 The arm of the Lord

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 being revealed.

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 It's like when we have

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 the piano up here

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 for some services

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 and it has to be pushed

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 around the corner

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 up there

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 and in there.

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 It's not good enough

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 to know that there's

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 a lot of strong young guys

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 who had attended

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 the service earlier

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 or gals.

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 What you need is

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 the arm of the Lord

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 to be right there

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 at the end

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 to push the dang thing

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 up that hill

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 and back there.

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 And that's the language here.

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 It's the God's strength

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 is personally present.

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 Who has believed

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 what he has heard from us?

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 And to whom has the arm

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 of the Lord been revealed?

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 For he grew up before him

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 like a young,

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 sorry,

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 he grew up before him

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 like a young plant

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 and like a root

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 out of dry ground.

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 He had no form

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 or majesty

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 that we should look at him

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 and no beauty

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 that we should desire him.

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 He was despised

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 and rejected by men,

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 a man of sorrows

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 and acquainted with grief.

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 Now remember,

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 all of this is still

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 part of that shocking thing

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 that they're describing

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 this servant

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 who's God.

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 But now we see

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 a little bit

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 about some of the prophecies

00:22:51.859 --> 00:22:53.299
 involved here

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 specifically

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 in who this servant

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 is going to be.

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 prophecies

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 that can be taken

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 to be either true

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 or false.

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 We've already seen

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 that this person's

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 going to die

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 a terrible death.

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 He's going to be crushed.

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 We see that this servant,

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 there's going to be

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 nothing special

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 or remarkable about him.

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 He's not as good looking

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 as George Clooney

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 or Brad Pitt

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 or I don't know,

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 pick your pick

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 of who's good looking.

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 He's not famous

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 like Prince Charles

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 from a royal family.

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 He's not somebody

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 who has a PhD

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 from Cambridge

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 or Oxford

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 and now teaches there

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 and there's nothing

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 particularly special

00:23:35.960 --> 00:23:36.680
 or remarkable

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 about him.

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 If you saw a crowd

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 and he was there,

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 you wouldn't notice him.

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 That's what it's saying here.

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 And you're also seeing

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 that he's going to be

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 rejected by human beings,

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 that when he comes

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 to the attention

00:23:49.640 --> 00:23:50.559
 of human beings,

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 he's going to be rejected.

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 That's what the prophecy here

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 is telling us.

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 That even though

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 he actually is

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 the strength of God

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 personally present,

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 there's nothing remarkable

00:24:02.920 --> 00:24:03.460
 about him

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 and he will,

00:24:04.840 --> 00:24:05.340
 in fact,

00:24:05.640 --> 00:24:06.600
 be rejected.

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 Now,

00:24:08.539 --> 00:24:09.380
 the next thing

00:24:09.380 --> 00:24:10.180
 is a bit of another

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 zag in the prophecy.

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 And by the way,

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 just one story,

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 I really,

00:24:14.880 --> 00:24:15.080
 you know,

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 I always feel funny

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 saying this.

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 There are grammar geeks

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 in the room.

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 You know who you are.

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 Okay?

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 So the rest of you

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 don't fall asleep.

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 Grammar geek moment.

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 This poem is really cool

00:24:29.340 --> 00:24:30.840
 if you're a grammar geek.

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 There are 15 verses,

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 but really what it is,

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 it's organized

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 in five sections.

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 And the sections,

00:24:39.559 --> 00:24:40.480
 the first section,

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 have nine lines of poetry,

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 the second,

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 10,

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 the third,

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 11,

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 the fourth,

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 12,

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 and the final one,

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 13,

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 because it's building

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 to a climax.

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 And within it,

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 I'm not going to mention it,

00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:53.640
 in some of them,

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 the order within

00:24:54.680 --> 00:24:55.900
 how the lines of poetry

00:24:55.900 --> 00:24:56.380
 are developed,

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 because within each stanza,

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 there's the groups.

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 And sometimes they go up

00:25:01.720 --> 00:25:02.980
 to bring you

00:25:02.980 --> 00:25:04.019
 to a high point,

00:25:04.059 --> 00:25:04.579
 and some of them,

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 they go down.

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 Like,

00:25:06.819 --> 00:25:07.859
 whoever wrote this

00:25:07.859 --> 00:25:08.420
 has been a long time

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 in the poetry.

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 Okay,

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 hopefully come back awake,

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 non-geek,

00:25:12.680 --> 00:25:14.279
 grammar geek people.

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 But I just,

00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:17.059
 I had to tell you that.

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 I'm sorry.

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 I'm not really

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 a grammar geek,

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 but sometimes,

00:25:20.460 --> 00:25:20.680
 you know,

00:25:20.700 --> 00:25:21.319
 I get to study,

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 I get paid

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 to read the Bible.

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 And sometimes,

00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:25.779
 I come home

00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:26.599
 to my poor,

00:25:26.680 --> 00:25:28.319
 long-suffering wife,

00:25:28.859 --> 00:25:29.480
 and I say,

00:25:29.579 --> 00:25:29.899
 Louise,

00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:31.259
 this is so cool

00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:32.539
 at a grammatical level.

00:25:32.619 --> 00:25:33.299
 You wouldn't believe

00:25:33.299 --> 00:25:34.639
 how cool this is.

00:25:35.039 --> 00:25:35.819
 And I usually

00:25:35.819 --> 00:25:37.299
 don't inflict it on you.

00:25:37.660 --> 00:25:37.940
 Anyway,

00:25:38.259 --> 00:25:38.920
 so here,

00:25:39.099 --> 00:25:39.859
 we've gone through

00:25:39.859 --> 00:25:40.839
 the two sections,

00:25:40.839 --> 00:25:41.379
 and we come to

00:25:41.379 --> 00:25:42.079
 the third section,

00:25:42.160 --> 00:25:42.399
 the very,

00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:43.500
 very center section.

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:44.079
 And by the way,

00:25:44.160 --> 00:25:45.539
 from a grammatical point of view,

00:25:45.599 --> 00:25:46.319
 the way this poem

00:25:46.319 --> 00:25:46.920
 is structured

00:25:46.920 --> 00:25:48.960
 is the whole meaning

00:25:48.960 --> 00:25:51.779
 of the entire 15 things,

00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:53.940
 the five stanzas

00:25:53.940 --> 00:25:54.640
 and 15 verses,

00:25:54.799 --> 00:25:55.279
 the entire,

00:25:55.559 --> 00:25:56.400
 the way it's structured,

00:25:56.539 --> 00:25:58.140
 these verses 4, 5, and 6

00:25:58.140 --> 00:25:58.980
 are the meaning

00:25:58.980 --> 00:25:59.720
 of the whole thing.

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 Just from a grammatical

00:26:01.640 --> 00:26:02.079
 point of view,

00:26:02.099 --> 00:26:02.859
 that's how it works.

00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:04.559
 But it's not a prophecy,

00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:06.259
 but it's something that

00:26:06.259 --> 00:26:08.500
 I regularly

00:26:08.500 --> 00:26:09.579
 have people

00:26:09.579 --> 00:26:10.759
 leave the church over.

00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:14.200
 I regularly

00:26:14.200 --> 00:26:15.119
 have people

00:26:15.119 --> 00:26:16.119
 leave the church over

00:26:16.119 --> 00:26:17.059
 because it's,

00:26:17.160 --> 00:26:19.180
 people don't think it,

00:26:19.240 --> 00:26:20.000
 they don't like it.

00:26:20.640 --> 00:26:21.099
 One of the things

00:26:21.099 --> 00:26:21.500
 they don't like

00:26:21.500 --> 00:26:22.519
 about the Christian faith,

00:26:23.119 --> 00:26:24.059
 but friends,

00:26:24.380 --> 00:26:25.519
 this is the heart

00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:26.660
 of the Christian faith.

00:26:28.039 --> 00:26:29.339
 4, 5, and 6.

00:26:33.339 --> 00:26:35.019
 Surely he has borne our griefs

00:26:35.019 --> 00:26:36.319
 and carried our sorrows.

00:26:36.319 --> 00:26:39.200
 Yet we esteemed him stricken,

00:26:39.379 --> 00:26:40.159
 smitten by God

00:26:40.159 --> 00:26:40.899
 and afflicted.

00:26:41.460 --> 00:26:42.659
 But he was pierced

00:26:42.659 --> 00:26:44.019
 for our transgressions.

00:26:44.500 --> 00:26:45.240
 He was crushed

00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:46.539
 for our iniquities.

00:26:47.159 --> 00:26:48.019
 Upon him

00:26:48.019 --> 00:26:49.599
 was the chastisement

00:26:49.599 --> 00:26:50.859
 that brought us peace.

00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:52.980
 And with his wounds

00:26:52.980 --> 00:26:54.099
 we are healed.

00:26:54.939 --> 00:26:56.179
 All we like sheep

00:26:56.179 --> 00:26:57.079
 have gone astray.

00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:58.399
 We have turned everyone

00:26:58.399 --> 00:26:59.419
 to his own way.

00:26:59.879 --> 00:27:00.439
 And the Lord

00:27:00.439 --> 00:27:01.619
 has laid on him

00:27:01.619 --> 00:27:03.439
 the iniquity of us all.

00:27:03.440 --> 00:27:03.940
 So,

00:27:06.880 --> 00:27:07.019
 the,

00:27:07.660 --> 00:27:08.860
 from a final

00:27:08.860 --> 00:27:09.900
 grammar geek moment,

00:27:10.940 --> 00:27:11.279
 this is,

00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:12.100
 this is one,

00:27:12.180 --> 00:27:13.200
 it's not obvious

00:27:13.200 --> 00:27:13.740
 in English

00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:14.279
 because of the way,

00:27:14.320 --> 00:27:14.920
 the way they've set up

00:27:14.920 --> 00:27:15.420
 the poetry,

00:27:15.620 --> 00:27:16.940
 but it's,

00:27:17.059 --> 00:27:19.340
 it's four lines,

00:27:19.480 --> 00:27:20.039
 four lines,

00:27:20.200 --> 00:27:20.860
 three lines

00:27:20.860 --> 00:27:22.259
 because the last line,

00:27:22.640 --> 00:27:23.160
 they automatically,

00:27:23.160 --> 00:27:23.640
 he goes,

00:27:23.820 --> 00:27:24.480
 in Hebrew,

00:27:24.640 --> 00:27:25.640
 it goes too long.

00:27:26.400 --> 00:27:27.500
 And it shows

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:29.480
 this descending idea

00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:29.900
 and,

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:31.200
 but more in particular,

00:27:31.539 --> 00:27:32.299
 the long line

00:27:32.299 --> 00:27:33.080
 means that you really

00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:34.099
 have this emphasis

00:27:34.099 --> 00:27:35.720
 on the Lord

00:27:35.720 --> 00:27:36.679
 has laid on him

00:27:36.679 --> 00:27:37.779
 the iniquity of us all.

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 And the image

00:27:39.799 --> 00:27:40.879
 behind the word

00:27:40.879 --> 00:27:41.559
 iniquity

00:27:41.559 --> 00:27:43.819
 is bent double.

00:27:45.299 --> 00:27:46.179
 And so,

00:27:46.259 --> 00:27:47.220
 it's trying to present

00:27:47.220 --> 00:27:48.199
 the idea that

00:27:48.199 --> 00:27:49.500
 we understand

00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:50.419
 that human beings,

00:27:50.559 --> 00:27:51.240
 when they're completely

00:27:51.240 --> 00:27:52.139
 healthy and whole,

00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:52.799
 that we stand

00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:53.659
 relatively straight

00:27:53.659 --> 00:27:54.299
 like this.

00:27:55.419 --> 00:27:56.639
 And the image here

00:27:56.639 --> 00:27:58.000
 is that human beings,

00:27:58.299 --> 00:27:59.379
 by having iniquity,

00:27:59.480 --> 00:28:00.599
 the image is bent double.

00:28:01.379 --> 00:28:02.119
 The image is

00:28:02.119 --> 00:28:03.059
 that we human beings,

00:28:03.139 --> 00:28:04.079
 without realizing it,

00:28:04.079 --> 00:28:04.839
 are walking around

00:28:04.839 --> 00:28:06.079
 every day like this.

00:28:07.899 --> 00:28:09.519
 And when sociologists

00:28:09.519 --> 00:28:10.379
 and psychologists

00:28:10.379 --> 00:28:12.119
 describe what is natural,

00:28:12.719 --> 00:28:13.719
 what they're describing

00:28:13.719 --> 00:28:14.519
 is what is

00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:16.239
 modal characteristics

00:28:16.239 --> 00:28:17.839
 or means

00:28:17.839 --> 00:28:18.979
 or medians

00:28:18.979 --> 00:28:20.259
 of human experience,

00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:21.719
 but all they're doing

00:28:21.719 --> 00:28:23.079
 is measuring human beings

00:28:23.079 --> 00:28:23.719
 who walk around

00:28:23.719 --> 00:28:24.419
 like this,

00:28:25.459 --> 00:28:26.599
 saying,

00:28:26.739 --> 00:28:27.299
 I am God,

00:28:27.359 --> 00:28:27.939
 I am God,

00:28:27.940 --> 00:28:28.580
 I am God,

00:28:28.660 --> 00:28:29.820
 but that's a separate matter.

00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:32.180
 And that's the image

00:28:32.180 --> 00:28:34.779
 behind iniquity.

00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:37.100
 And just before,

00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:38.080
 I'm just going to say

00:28:38.080 --> 00:28:39.080
 a few words about this,

00:28:39.140 --> 00:28:39.720
 but could you put up

00:28:39.720 --> 00:28:40.660
 the next point, please?

00:28:42.360 --> 00:28:43.400
 If you think about it

00:28:43.400 --> 00:28:43.940
 for a second,

00:28:44.340 --> 00:28:45.220
 just think about it

00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:45.740
 for a second.

00:28:45.840 --> 00:28:46.580
 You don't have to necessarily

00:28:46.580 --> 00:28:47.519
 accept these words,

00:28:47.620 --> 00:28:48.660
 but just think about it

00:28:48.660 --> 00:28:49.180
 for a second.

00:28:49.180 --> 00:28:52.039
 If there is,

00:28:52.600 --> 00:28:54.620
 only the God

00:28:54.620 --> 00:28:55.220
 who creates

00:28:55.220 --> 00:28:55.920
 and sustains

00:28:55.920 --> 00:28:56.820
 all things

00:28:56.820 --> 00:28:57.900
 would know

00:28:57.900 --> 00:28:58.620
 what is needed

00:28:58.620 --> 00:29:00.640
 to make right

00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:02.900
 his bent creatures

00:29:02.900 --> 00:29:05.539
 and the entire

00:29:05.539 --> 00:29:06.200
 created order.

00:29:07.100 --> 00:29:08.420
 If there is a God

00:29:08.420 --> 00:29:09.019
 who exists,

00:29:09.120 --> 00:29:10.060
 who's created all things

00:29:10.060 --> 00:29:11.420
 and sustained all things,

00:29:11.779 --> 00:29:12.840
 if you grant

00:29:12.840 --> 00:29:14.100
 that that happens,

00:29:15.100 --> 00:29:15.620
 is real,

00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:16.400
 then surely

00:29:16.400 --> 00:29:17.660
 only he

00:29:17.660 --> 00:29:19.140
 would know

00:29:19.140 --> 00:29:19.940
 what is needed

00:29:19.940 --> 00:29:21.900
 to make human beings

00:29:21.900 --> 00:29:22.700
 like ourselves

00:29:22.700 --> 00:29:23.560
 who are bent

00:29:23.560 --> 00:29:24.779
 and who will die

00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:26.480
 make us right

00:29:26.480 --> 00:29:27.100
 with himself.

00:29:27.620 --> 00:29:28.740
 Only he would know it.

00:29:30.820 --> 00:29:31.779
 Only the God

00:29:31.779 --> 00:29:32.360
 who creates

00:29:32.360 --> 00:29:33.019
 and sustains

00:29:33.019 --> 00:29:33.759
 all things

00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:34.180
 would know

00:29:34.180 --> 00:29:34.680
 what is needed

00:29:34.680 --> 00:29:35.360
 to make right

00:29:35.360 --> 00:29:36.460
 his bent creatures

00:29:36.460 --> 00:29:37.160
 in creation.

00:29:38.320 --> 00:29:39.460
 And so what we see here

00:29:39.460 --> 00:29:40.759
 is that in this prophecy

00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:41.519
 of the servant

00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:42.279
 who's described

00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:42.940
 in the very, very

00:29:42.940 --> 00:29:43.800
 opening stanza

00:29:43.800 --> 00:29:44.420
 as God,

00:29:44.540 --> 00:29:45.800
 but then increasingly

00:29:45.800 --> 00:29:46.700
 we see that he's going

00:29:46.700 --> 00:29:47.640
 to be human

00:29:47.640 --> 00:29:48.100
 and he's going

00:29:48.100 --> 00:29:48.600
 to be born,

00:29:48.700 --> 00:29:49.320
 he's going to grow,

00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:50.560
 he's going to be despised,

00:29:50.600 --> 00:29:51.520
 he's going to be rejected.

00:29:52.060 --> 00:29:52.800
 And then you have

00:29:52.800 --> 00:29:54.940
 this other deep riddle

00:29:54.940 --> 00:29:57.080
 and I think it's

00:29:57.080 --> 00:29:57.660
 the final riddle

00:29:57.660 --> 00:29:58.300
 I'm going to mention

00:29:58.300 --> 00:29:58.620
 in this.

00:29:58.680 --> 00:29:59.100
 There's others,

00:29:59.240 --> 00:30:00.200
 but the final riddle

00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:00.720
 I'll mention.

00:30:01.380 --> 00:30:02.440
 How can a man

00:30:02.440 --> 00:30:04.640
 or how can God

00:30:04.640 --> 00:30:06.759
 be a sacrificial lamb?

00:30:08.600 --> 00:30:09.780
 How can a man

00:30:09.780 --> 00:30:11.380
 or how can God

00:30:11.380 --> 00:30:13.640
 be a sacrificial lamb?

00:30:13.640 --> 00:30:17.660
 This is all sacrificial language.

00:30:18.800 --> 00:30:19.980
 Surely he has borne

00:30:19.980 --> 00:30:20.960
 our griefs.

00:30:21.220 --> 00:30:22.320
 These are a variety

00:30:22.320 --> 00:30:23.259
 of different images

00:30:23.259 --> 00:30:24.240
 to try to help us

00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:24.860
 to understand

00:30:24.860 --> 00:30:25.759
 the human condition

00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:27.140
 and our separation

00:30:27.140 --> 00:30:28.000
 and alienation

00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:28.620
 from God.

00:30:29.520 --> 00:30:30.400
 He has borne

00:30:30.400 --> 00:30:31.280
 our griefs,

00:30:31.700 --> 00:30:33.060
 carried our sorrows.

00:30:33.520 --> 00:30:34.759
 We esteemed him stricken,

00:30:34.940 --> 00:30:35.880
 smitten by God.

00:30:36.020 --> 00:30:36.580
 We thought that

00:30:36.580 --> 00:30:37.960
 just like sometimes,

00:30:38.100 --> 00:30:38.220
 you know,

00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:39.320
 when something bad

00:30:39.320 --> 00:30:40.120
 happens to us,

00:30:40.280 --> 00:30:41.100
 many people wonder

00:30:41.099 --> 00:30:42.599
 why is God punishing me?

00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:43.759
 And so by implication

00:30:43.759 --> 00:30:44.719
 when bad things happen

00:30:44.719 --> 00:30:45.279
 to other people,

00:30:45.319 --> 00:30:46.339
 we wonder why is God

00:30:46.339 --> 00:30:47.699
 punishing that other person?

00:30:48.139 --> 00:30:48.919
 And when people

00:30:48.919 --> 00:30:49.899
 would look at Jesus,

00:30:50.079 --> 00:30:50.559
 many people,

00:30:50.699 --> 00:30:51.899
 not his enemies particularly,

00:30:52.039 --> 00:30:52.379
 would say,

00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:53.899
 why is God punishing

00:30:53.899 --> 00:30:55.039
 that man to die

00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:56.619
 such a horrible death

00:30:56.619 --> 00:30:57.439
 of crucifixion,

00:30:57.480 --> 00:30:58.139
 to be rejected

00:30:58.139 --> 00:30:59.039
 by his friends,

00:30:59.139 --> 00:30:59.759
 to be rejected

00:30:59.759 --> 00:31:00.559
 by his people?

00:31:00.799 --> 00:31:01.719
 Why is God

00:31:01.719 --> 00:31:02.859
 doing that to him?

00:31:04.079 --> 00:31:04.659
 Verse 5,

00:31:04.740 --> 00:31:06.779
 but he was pierced

00:31:06.779 --> 00:31:08.639
 for our transgressions.

00:31:08.640 --> 00:31:11.040
 And the word here,

00:31:11.180 --> 00:31:11.640
 pierced,

00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:12.600
 means pierced

00:31:12.600 --> 00:31:13.460
 until you die.

00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:15.420
 It doesn't mean

00:31:15.420 --> 00:31:16.540
 having like piercings

00:31:16.540 --> 00:31:17.200
 in your ear

00:31:17.200 --> 00:31:18.380
 or your nose

00:31:18.380 --> 00:31:18.900
 or your lips

00:31:18.900 --> 00:31:19.620
 or your tongue

00:31:19.620 --> 00:31:21.020
 or I'll stop

00:31:21.020 --> 00:31:22.300
 mentioning body parts there.

00:31:23.360 --> 00:31:24.380
 It means

00:31:24.380 --> 00:31:26.140
 pierced until you die.

00:31:26.860 --> 00:31:27.860
 But he was pierced

00:31:27.860 --> 00:31:28.640
 until he died

00:31:28.640 --> 00:31:29.860
 for our transgressions.

00:31:29.980 --> 00:31:30.840
 He was crushed

00:31:30.840 --> 00:31:32.220
 until he died

00:31:32.220 --> 00:31:34.880
 for our bent-overness.

00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:37.800
 Upon him

00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:39.379
 was the chastisement

00:31:39.379 --> 00:31:41.419
 that brought us peace.

00:31:42.180 --> 00:31:44.139
 And with his wounds

00:31:44.139 --> 00:31:45.379
 we are healed.

00:31:46.519 --> 00:31:47.220
 All we,

00:31:47.440 --> 00:31:47.819
 like sheep,

00:31:47.899 --> 00:31:48.539
 have gone astray.

00:31:48.659 --> 00:31:49.159
 We have turned

00:31:49.159 --> 00:31:50.659
 everyone to his own way.

00:31:50.839 --> 00:31:51.339
 And the Lord

00:31:51.339 --> 00:31:53.000
 has laid on him

00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:54.819
 the iniquity,

00:31:55.079 --> 00:31:56.379
 all that causes us

00:31:56.379 --> 00:31:57.359
 to be bent over

00:31:57.359 --> 00:31:58.799
 and separated from God,

00:31:58.859 --> 00:31:59.940
 our human condition,

00:32:00.139 --> 00:32:00.980
 our alienation,

00:32:01.119 --> 00:32:01.839
 our sadness,

00:32:02.859 --> 00:32:03.579
 our shame,

00:32:04.539 --> 00:32:05.539
 the evil we do,

00:32:05.919 --> 00:32:07.299
 the good that we fail to do.

00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:09.039
 This is the profound,

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:09.419
 it's the,

00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:09.639
 it's,

00:32:09.639 --> 00:32:09.859
 it's,

00:32:09.919 --> 00:32:11.279
 and it's all just riddled

00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:12.440
 with language

00:32:12.440 --> 00:32:13.099
 and imagery

00:32:13.099 --> 00:32:14.539
 that goes back

00:32:14.539 --> 00:32:15.559
 to the book of Leviticus

00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:17.019
 that describes sacrifices.

00:32:17.779 --> 00:32:18.619
 If you go to the

00:32:18.619 --> 00:32:19.619
 going deeper section,

00:32:19.659 --> 00:32:20.460
 I give you one of them

00:32:20.460 --> 00:32:21.200
 in particular.

00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:22.879
 And this is all

00:32:22.879 --> 00:32:23.579
 the language

00:32:23.579 --> 00:32:24.659
 of sacrifice.

00:32:25.119 --> 00:32:25.859
 Only it's not

00:32:25.859 --> 00:32:26.579
 the sacrifice

00:32:26.579 --> 00:32:27.440
 of a lamb

00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:28.559
 or a bull

00:32:28.559 --> 00:32:29.159
 or a goat

00:32:29.159 --> 00:32:29.859
 or a ram.

00:32:30.220 --> 00:32:31.159
 It's the sacrifice

00:32:31.159 --> 00:32:32.139
 of a human being.

00:32:32.639 --> 00:32:33.339
 And at the heart

00:32:33.339 --> 00:32:34.279
 of all of those things,

00:32:34.339 --> 00:32:34.980
 if you go back

00:32:34.980 --> 00:32:35.599
 and read the book

00:32:35.599 --> 00:32:36.139
 of Leviticus

00:32:36.140 --> 00:32:37.180
 mindful of this,

00:32:37.620 --> 00:32:39.300
 there's this profound idea

00:32:39.300 --> 00:32:40.280
 that there can be,

00:32:40.540 --> 00:32:41.160
 that there's this,

00:32:41.300 --> 00:32:42.180
 that an animal,

00:32:42.840 --> 00:32:43.000
 that,

00:32:43.120 --> 00:32:45.120
 that the innocency

00:32:45.120 --> 00:32:45.960
 and the purity

00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:46.800
 of the animal,

00:32:47.080 --> 00:32:47.960
 that it can be

00:32:47.960 --> 00:32:49.160
 a substitute for us,

00:32:49.220 --> 00:32:50.120
 for all that separates

00:32:50.120 --> 00:32:50.880
 us from God.

00:32:51.000 --> 00:32:52.020
 And that when we

00:32:52.020 --> 00:32:53.280
 put our hands,

00:32:53.820 --> 00:32:54.500
 that the priest

00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:55.700
 puts his hands

00:32:55.700 --> 00:32:56.840
 on the head

00:32:56.840 --> 00:32:57.540
 of the lamb,

00:32:58.259 --> 00:32:58.780
 in a sense,

00:32:58.860 --> 00:32:59.400
 what's happening

00:32:59.400 --> 00:33:00.100
 is all that,

00:33:00.340 --> 00:33:01.400
 all of my bentness,

00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:02.880
 all of my shame,

00:33:03.519 --> 00:33:04.700
 all of my wounds,

00:33:05.100 --> 00:33:06.019
 all of my death,

00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:07.120
 all of my evil

00:33:07.120 --> 00:33:08.040
 is being placed

00:33:08.040 --> 00:33:08.620
 on the head

00:33:08.620 --> 00:33:09.519
 of the innocent one.

00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:11.300
 And the innocency

00:33:11.300 --> 00:33:12.759
 of the lamb

00:33:12.759 --> 00:33:14.080
 is being given

00:33:14.080 --> 00:33:14.620
 to me.

00:33:16.740 --> 00:33:17.040
 And,

00:33:17.100 --> 00:33:20.019
 and that's what's

00:33:20.019 --> 00:33:20.980
 being described here.

00:33:23.040 --> 00:33:23.860
 But it's saying

00:33:23.860 --> 00:33:24.980
 that God is the lamb.

00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:28.960
 It's saying

00:33:28.960 --> 00:33:29.980
 that there is this,

00:33:30.180 --> 00:33:30.880
 the servant,

00:33:31.220 --> 00:33:32.319
 who's also God

00:33:32.319 --> 00:33:32.980
 and a man,

00:33:33.940 --> 00:33:35.240
 that he is the lamb.

00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:37.259
 You see,

00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:38.380
 brothers and sisters,

00:33:38.620 --> 00:33:39.680
 friends and guests,

00:33:40.319 --> 00:33:40.819
 at the very,

00:33:40.920 --> 00:33:41.299
 very heart

00:33:41.299 --> 00:33:42.160
 of the Christmas,

00:33:42.579 --> 00:33:43.480
 Christian message,

00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:45.620
 is that when Jesus

00:33:45.620 --> 00:33:46.920
 dies upon the cross,

00:33:47.500 --> 00:33:48.599
 that he is dying

00:33:48.599 --> 00:33:49.799
 as that lamb.

00:33:51.299 --> 00:33:52.400
 I haven't proved it

00:33:52.400 --> 00:33:52.799
 to you yet,

00:33:52.900 --> 00:33:53.220
 but that's,

00:33:53.740 --> 00:33:53.980
 obviously,

00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:55.360
 this is where

00:33:55.360 --> 00:33:56.460
 all of the New Testament

00:33:56.460 --> 00:33:57.539
 is coming from.

00:33:58.059 --> 00:33:59.279
 And here's the profound

00:33:59.279 --> 00:34:00.440
 message for us,

00:34:01.339 --> 00:34:03.519
 that a lamb

00:34:03.519 --> 00:34:05.120
 or a sheep

00:34:05.120 --> 00:34:05.720
 is a very,

00:34:05.839 --> 00:34:07.099
 very temporary thing.

00:34:07.200 --> 00:34:08.000
 And there's a very

00:34:08.000 --> 00:34:09.059
 profound sense

00:34:09.059 --> 00:34:09.679
 within anybody

00:34:09.679 --> 00:34:10.360
 who would do it

00:34:10.360 --> 00:34:11.039
 that obviously

00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:11.740
 a human being

00:34:11.740 --> 00:34:12.500
 is worth more

00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:13.260
 than the sheep

00:34:13.260 --> 00:34:14.679
 and that in some ways

00:34:14.679 --> 00:34:15.900
 it's a very imperfect

00:34:15.900 --> 00:34:17.639
 and inadequate sacrifice.

00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:18.579
 But that when we

00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:20.099
 reach out to Jesus

00:34:20.099 --> 00:34:20.460
 and,

00:34:20.860 --> 00:34:21.280
 of course,

00:34:21.500 --> 00:34:23.119
 there's an infinite gap

00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:23.740
 between us

00:34:23.739 --> 00:34:24.219
 and God

00:34:24.219 --> 00:34:25.159
 and so when we

00:34:25.159 --> 00:34:25.859
 put our hands

00:34:25.859 --> 00:34:26.479
 out to Jesus,

00:34:26.599 --> 00:34:27.079
 when we put our

00:34:27.079 --> 00:34:28.159
 hearts out to Jesus,

00:34:29.159 --> 00:34:29.959
 God himself

00:34:29.959 --> 00:34:30.879
 has to cross

00:34:30.879 --> 00:34:32.319
 that infinite distance

00:34:32.319 --> 00:34:32.799
 of being,

00:34:32.919 --> 00:34:34.099
 that infinite time.

00:34:34.659 --> 00:34:36.219
 And so he comes to us

00:34:36.219 --> 00:34:37.199
 but we put our hands out

00:34:37.199 --> 00:34:38.099
 and when we put our hands

00:34:38.099 --> 00:34:38.559
 in him,

00:34:38.619 --> 00:34:39.059
 in a sense,

00:34:39.159 --> 00:34:40.299
 we are putting our hands

00:34:40.299 --> 00:34:41.919
 on the head

00:34:41.919 --> 00:34:43.039
 of the Lamb of God

00:34:43.039 --> 00:34:44.219
 who comes to take away

00:34:44.219 --> 00:34:45.079
 the sin of the world

00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:46.779
 and we just come,

00:34:46.899 --> 00:34:47.859
 like when I first came

00:34:47.859 --> 00:34:48.279
 to Jesus,

00:34:48.419 --> 00:34:49.659
 it was because I knew

00:34:49.659 --> 00:34:50.799
 that there was a profound

00:34:50.800 --> 00:34:52.180
 emptiness in my life

00:34:52.180 --> 00:34:53.300
 and I worried

00:34:53.300 --> 00:34:53.840
 that my life

00:34:53.840 --> 00:34:54.680
 had no meaning

00:34:54.680 --> 00:34:56.380
 and I had a sense

00:34:56.380 --> 00:34:57.760
 that if I gave my life

00:34:57.760 --> 00:34:58.320
 to Jesus,

00:34:59.019 --> 00:34:59.680
 that there would be

00:34:59.680 --> 00:35:00.640
 a type of fullness

00:35:00.640 --> 00:35:01.180
 and meaning

00:35:01.180 --> 00:35:02.060
 that would come to my life.

00:35:02.120 --> 00:35:03.280
 That is all I understood

00:35:03.280 --> 00:35:04.240
 when I gave my life

00:35:04.240 --> 00:35:04.800
 to Jesus.

00:35:05.160 --> 00:35:06.100
 But God

00:35:06.100 --> 00:35:07.820
 is so shameless

00:35:07.820 --> 00:35:08.780
 in his mercy

00:35:08.780 --> 00:35:10.600
 that even if we have

00:35:10.600 --> 00:35:11.039
 a very,

00:35:11.180 --> 00:35:12.880
 very imperfect knowledge

00:35:12.880 --> 00:35:13.860
 of who Jesus is,

00:35:13.920 --> 00:35:14.900
 when we put our hands

00:35:14.900 --> 00:35:15.320
 out to him

00:35:15.320 --> 00:35:15.860
 and ask him

00:35:15.860 --> 00:35:16.580
 to be our savior,

00:35:16.940 --> 00:35:17.940
 what we are doing

00:35:17.940 --> 00:35:18.840
 is we are putting

00:35:18.840 --> 00:35:19.700
 our hands

00:35:19.700 --> 00:35:21.079
 on the Lamb of God

00:35:21.079 --> 00:35:21.960
 who takes away

00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:22.940
 the sin of the world

00:35:22.940 --> 00:35:24.099
 and from the moment

00:35:24.099 --> 00:35:24.960
 of my conception

00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:25.539
 to the moment

00:35:25.539 --> 00:35:26.200
 of my death,

00:35:26.500 --> 00:35:27.519
 everything about me

00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:28.400
 that is bent double,

00:35:28.579 --> 00:35:29.400
 everything about me

00:35:29.400 --> 00:35:30.019
 that is broken,

00:35:30.280 --> 00:35:31.159
 everything about me

00:35:31.159 --> 00:35:32.480
 that I feel ashamed about,

00:35:32.599 --> 00:35:33.579
 every accusation

00:35:33.579 --> 00:35:34.300
 made against me

00:35:34.300 --> 00:35:35.079
 by other people,

00:35:35.539 --> 00:35:36.780
 every single thing

00:35:36.780 --> 00:35:37.900
 that I should have done

00:35:37.900 --> 00:35:38.740
 that I did not do,

00:35:38.820 --> 00:35:40.039
 all of those things,

00:35:40.380 --> 00:35:41.059
 even though I don't

00:35:41.059 --> 00:35:41.880
 entirely know it,

00:35:41.900 --> 00:35:42.980
 when I call upon him

00:35:42.980 --> 00:35:43.400
 as savior,

00:35:43.539 --> 00:35:44.820
 they go on him.

00:35:44.820 --> 00:35:49.240
 He is the perfect substitute,

00:35:50.100 --> 00:35:51.840
 fully God

00:35:51.840 --> 00:35:52.680
 and fully human

00:35:52.680 --> 00:35:54.059
 and they go on him

00:35:54.059 --> 00:35:55.820
 and his innocence

00:35:56.440 --> 00:35:57.200
 and standing

00:35:57.200 --> 00:35:57.980
 and being right

00:35:57.980 --> 00:35:58.740
 with the father,

00:35:58.940 --> 00:36:00.440
 come on me.

00:36:02.920 --> 00:36:04.820
 That is what the gospel is

00:36:04.820 --> 00:36:07.740
 and if you come here

00:36:07.740 --> 00:36:08.340
 and you didn't know

00:36:08.340 --> 00:36:08.980
 that happened

00:36:08.980 --> 00:36:10.080
 when you put your hands

00:36:10.080 --> 00:36:11.000
 in the hands of Jesus,

00:36:11.180 --> 00:36:12.019
 I am here to tell you

00:36:12.019 --> 00:36:12.900
 that's what happened.

00:36:14.820 --> 00:36:16.460
 And if you are wondering

00:36:16.460 --> 00:36:17.360
 whether to give your life

00:36:17.360 --> 00:36:17.820
 to Jesus,

00:36:18.039 --> 00:36:19.820
 that's what will happen

00:36:19.820 --> 00:36:21.360
 because he turns

00:36:21.360 --> 00:36:22.140
 no one away.

00:36:25.300 --> 00:36:26.580
 And this is the center

00:36:26.580 --> 00:36:27.340
 of the poem.

00:36:31.300 --> 00:36:32.360
 And so you can say,

00:36:32.460 --> 00:36:32.800
 well, George,

00:36:32.860 --> 00:36:33.600
 why believe this?

00:36:33.680 --> 00:36:34.480
 Where's the prophecy?

00:36:34.580 --> 00:36:35.600
 It just sounds like words.

00:36:35.640 --> 00:36:36.820
 It sounds like beautiful words

00:36:36.820 --> 00:36:37.760
 and wonderful words,

00:36:37.780 --> 00:36:38.860
 but they're just words.

00:36:39.080 --> 00:36:40.260
 So let's just summarize.

00:36:40.440 --> 00:36:41.019
 Up until now,

00:36:41.100 --> 00:36:42.160
 the prophecy has said

00:36:42.160 --> 00:36:43.140
 that there will be one

00:36:43.140 --> 00:36:43.920
 who will die

00:36:43.920 --> 00:36:44.700
 a terrible death.

00:36:44.699 --> 00:36:45.619
 There's nothing special

00:36:45.619 --> 00:36:46.000
 about him

00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:46.939
 that will be rejected.

00:36:47.460 --> 00:36:48.339
 Verse 7 to 9

00:36:48.339 --> 00:36:49.980
 gets far more deeply

00:36:49.980 --> 00:36:51.439
 into the actual prophecy

00:36:51.439 --> 00:36:52.099
 part of it.

00:36:52.539 --> 00:36:53.059
 Verse 7,

00:36:53.379 --> 00:36:54.259
 he was oppressed

00:36:54.259 --> 00:36:55.460
 and he was afflicted,

00:36:55.739 --> 00:36:57.199
 yet he opened not his mouth

00:36:57.199 --> 00:36:58.299
 like a lamb

00:36:58.299 --> 00:36:59.480
 that is led to the slaughter

00:36:59.480 --> 00:37:00.379
 and like a sheep

00:37:00.379 --> 00:37:01.559
 that before it shears

00:37:01.559 --> 00:37:02.179
 is silent.

00:37:02.539 --> 00:37:04.659
 So he opened not his mouth.

00:37:04.939 --> 00:37:05.460
 When it was said

00:37:05.460 --> 00:37:06.199
 he was oppressed,

00:37:06.679 --> 00:37:07.799
 he would suffer

00:37:07.799 --> 00:37:09.339
 an unjust trial.

00:37:10.279 --> 00:37:11.460
 He would be oppressed

00:37:11.460 --> 00:37:12.739
 by oppressors,

00:37:12.739 --> 00:37:14.359
 by an oppressive

00:37:14.359 --> 00:37:15.399
 imperial power

00:37:15.399 --> 00:37:15.899
 of Rome.

00:37:16.779 --> 00:37:18.599
 He would be unjustly

00:37:18.599 --> 00:37:19.299
 accused

00:37:19.299 --> 00:37:20.739
 by his own people.

00:37:22.539 --> 00:37:23.399
 And that he would

00:37:23.399 --> 00:37:24.459
 go into this crowd

00:37:24.459 --> 00:37:25.179
 just as we read

00:37:25.179 --> 00:37:26.259
 just a few moments ago,

00:37:26.479 --> 00:37:27.659
 silent to the charges.

00:37:28.699 --> 00:37:29.899
 Silent to the charges.

00:37:31.019 --> 00:37:31.639
 Verse 8.

00:37:32.939 --> 00:37:33.879
 Oh, and the other thing

00:37:33.879 --> 00:37:34.559
 about it here,

00:37:34.839 --> 00:37:35.359
 and this,

00:37:35.819 --> 00:37:36.299
 you have to read

00:37:36.299 --> 00:37:37.099
 all of the Gospels

00:37:37.099 --> 00:37:37.799
 to realize this.

00:37:37.879 --> 00:37:37.979
 You know,

00:37:38.019 --> 00:37:38.779
 it's so cool.

00:37:39.179 --> 00:37:39.559
 I can't remember

00:37:39.559 --> 00:37:40.439
 which one of the Gospels

00:37:40.440 --> 00:37:40.800
 it is.

00:37:41.579 --> 00:37:42.139
 I don't know

00:37:42.139 --> 00:37:42.659
 if you've ever seen

00:37:42.659 --> 00:37:43.860
 some charismatic things

00:37:43.860 --> 00:37:44.940
 where people get slain

00:37:44.940 --> 00:37:45.480
 in the Spirit.

00:37:46.420 --> 00:37:47.619
 And I know a whole pile

00:37:47.619 --> 00:37:49.179
 of Reformed and Evangelical people,

00:37:49.280 --> 00:37:50.000
 they get their knickers

00:37:50.000 --> 00:37:51.039
 in a twist over it

00:37:51.039 --> 00:37:51.900
 and they have problems

00:37:51.900 --> 00:37:52.280
 with it,

00:37:52.340 --> 00:37:53.240
 but there's a thing

00:37:53.240 --> 00:37:53.760
 in the Bible,

00:37:53.860 --> 00:37:54.400
 it's Jesus.

00:37:54.860 --> 00:37:56.119
 There's one of the Gospel accounts

00:37:56.119 --> 00:37:58.059
 and Jesus just says

00:37:58.059 --> 00:37:58.720
 who he is

00:37:58.720 --> 00:37:59.720
 and all the soldiers

00:37:59.720 --> 00:38:00.940
 just fall down like that.

00:38:01.780 --> 00:38:02.019
 Just,

00:38:02.200 --> 00:38:03.139
 they fall down.

00:38:04.960 --> 00:38:06.659
 I have a good,

00:38:06.740 --> 00:38:07.159
 good friend

00:38:07.159 --> 00:38:08.740
 who was a very Reformed

00:38:08.739 --> 00:38:09.739
 Evangelical type,

00:38:09.819 --> 00:38:10.719
 completely and utterly

00:38:10.719 --> 00:38:11.679
 did not believe

00:38:11.679 --> 00:38:13.099
 in any of this stuff.

00:38:13.639 --> 00:38:14.259
 He went to one

00:38:14.259 --> 00:38:15.000
 of these services

00:38:15.000 --> 00:38:16.359
 and he said,

00:38:16.419 --> 00:38:16.659
 you know what,

00:38:16.759 --> 00:38:17.619
 some of these people

00:38:17.619 --> 00:38:18.599
 they just want to fall down,

00:38:18.659 --> 00:38:19.419
 but I was going up

00:38:19.419 --> 00:38:20.119
 to get prayed about

00:38:20.119 --> 00:38:20.599
 because I was going

00:38:20.599 --> 00:38:21.359
 to show people

00:38:21.359 --> 00:38:23.079
 that I wouldn't fall down.

00:38:23.599 --> 00:38:24.959
 And I was 20 feet away

00:38:24.959 --> 00:38:25.819
 and the guy put his hand

00:38:25.819 --> 00:38:26.159
 up to me

00:38:26.159 --> 00:38:26.919
 and I went down.

00:38:27.459 --> 00:38:28.579
 I just went down.

00:38:30.099 --> 00:38:30.919
 I know it sounds

00:38:30.919 --> 00:38:31.639
 really weird,

00:38:32.519 --> 00:38:32.779
 but you know

00:38:32.779 --> 00:38:33.839
 platypuses are weird.

00:38:36.319 --> 00:38:37.299
 Light is weird.

00:38:37.300 --> 00:38:39.220
 Talk to Dick

00:38:39.220 --> 00:38:39.700
 or somebody

00:38:39.700 --> 00:38:41.140
 about quantum mechanics.

00:38:41.240 --> 00:38:41.740
 You want to talk

00:38:41.740 --> 00:38:42.400
 about weird.

00:38:42.580 --> 00:38:43.700
 That is weird.

00:38:45.840 --> 00:38:46.740
 Really weird.

00:38:47.320 --> 00:38:47.800
 And God does,

00:38:47.920 --> 00:38:48.640
 but Jesus,

00:38:49.340 --> 00:38:51.200
 in all of the Hebrew language

00:38:51.200 --> 00:38:51.420
 here,

00:38:51.519 --> 00:38:52.260
 everything about it

00:38:52.260 --> 00:38:53.080
 is that the person

00:38:53.080 --> 00:38:54.100
 is not compelled,

00:38:54.519 --> 00:38:55.580
 but it's voluntary.

00:38:56.400 --> 00:38:57.300
 It's voluntary

00:38:57.300 --> 00:38:58.320
 what he does.

00:38:59.320 --> 00:39:00.920
 It's not our plan,

00:39:01.380 --> 00:39:02.900
 it's God's plan.

00:39:03.519 --> 00:39:04.280
 And the servant

00:39:04.280 --> 00:39:05.260
 does it voluntarily.

00:39:05.260 --> 00:39:06.800
 Continue in reading

00:39:06.800 --> 00:39:07.480
 verse 8.

00:39:07.600 --> 00:39:08.160
 By oppression

00:39:08.160 --> 00:39:08.680
 and judgment

00:39:08.680 --> 00:39:09.640
 he was taken away.

00:39:10.320 --> 00:39:11.440
 And as for his generation

00:39:11.440 --> 00:39:12.060
 who considered

00:39:12.060 --> 00:39:13.100
 that he was cut off,

00:39:13.420 --> 00:39:14.580
 cut off out of the land

00:39:14.580 --> 00:39:15.080
 of the living,

00:39:15.880 --> 00:39:16.820
 another image of death,

00:39:16.880 --> 00:39:17.560
 he will die,

00:39:18.540 --> 00:39:19.780
 stricken for the transgression

00:39:19.780 --> 00:39:20.460
 of my people.

00:39:20.800 --> 00:39:21.820
 Then look at verse 9.

00:39:22.620 --> 00:39:23.900
 And they made his grave

00:39:23.900 --> 00:39:24.520
 with the wicked

00:39:24.520 --> 00:39:26.520
 and with the rich man

00:39:26.520 --> 00:39:27.100
 in his death.

00:39:27.660 --> 00:39:28.240
 In the Hebrew,

00:39:28.400 --> 00:39:29.080
 wicked is plural.

00:39:29.960 --> 00:39:30.860
 He will die

00:39:30.860 --> 00:39:32.600
 with multiple criminals.

00:39:32.599 --> 00:39:36.159
 And he will be buried

00:39:36.159 --> 00:39:36.960
 and rich man

00:39:36.960 --> 00:39:37.480
 is singular

00:39:37.480 --> 00:39:38.440
 in Hebrew.

00:39:39.400 --> 00:39:40.659
 He will be buried

00:39:40.659 --> 00:39:41.900
 in a rich man's grave.

00:39:44.679 --> 00:39:45.699
 Although he had done

00:39:45.699 --> 00:39:46.539
 no violence,

00:39:47.079 --> 00:39:47.619
 in other words,

00:39:48.799 --> 00:39:50.099
 what did

00:39:50.099 --> 00:39:52.319
 Pilate's wife

00:39:52.319 --> 00:39:53.299
 send to him?

00:39:53.360 --> 00:39:54.259
 This man is innocent,

00:39:54.380 --> 00:39:55.420
 have nothing to do with him.

00:39:57.559 --> 00:39:58.739
 You read the accounts,

00:39:59.059 --> 00:39:59.860
 people couldn't come up

00:39:59.860 --> 00:40:00.420
 with a charge

00:40:00.420 --> 00:40:00.900
 that would stick

00:40:00.900 --> 00:40:01.659
 against Jesus.

00:40:01.659 --> 00:40:02.659
 They knew he was innocent.

00:40:02.799 --> 00:40:03.739
 They had to trump up

00:40:03.739 --> 00:40:04.879
 charges against him.

00:40:05.639 --> 00:40:06.440
 And he was killed

00:40:06.440 --> 00:40:07.199
 by Pilate

00:40:07.199 --> 00:40:09.039
 for political expediency.

00:40:10.460 --> 00:40:11.839
 This man will die

00:40:11.839 --> 00:40:15.000
 with more than one criminal.

00:40:15.539 --> 00:40:16.379
 He will end up,

00:40:16.480 --> 00:40:16.579
 though,

00:40:16.639 --> 00:40:17.819
 not like the other criminals

00:40:17.819 --> 00:40:18.519
 who will just go

00:40:18.519 --> 00:40:19.639
 to whatever happens to them.

00:40:20.019 --> 00:40:21.199
 He will die singular

00:40:21.199 --> 00:40:22.420
 and be buried

00:40:22.420 --> 00:40:24.440
 in a singular man's tomb.

00:40:24.839 --> 00:40:25.759
 Although he had done

00:40:25.759 --> 00:40:26.460
 no violence

00:40:26.460 --> 00:40:27.619
 and there was no deceit

00:40:27.619 --> 00:40:28.659
 in his mouth.

00:40:28.659 --> 00:40:35.879
 We get right

00:40:35.879 --> 00:40:37.019
 to the prophetic aspect.

00:40:38.319 --> 00:40:39.039
 And some of you

00:40:39.039 --> 00:40:39.339
 might say,

00:40:39.399 --> 00:40:39.659
 well, you know,

00:40:39.679 --> 00:40:41.279
 maybe if you troll

00:40:41.279 --> 00:40:42.219
 through all of history,

00:40:42.299 --> 00:40:42.799
 you could find

00:40:42.799 --> 00:40:43.500
 some other people

00:40:43.500 --> 00:40:43.940
 who, you know,

00:40:43.960 --> 00:40:44.539
 they didn't look like

00:40:44.539 --> 00:40:45.199
 they were important.

00:40:45.299 --> 00:40:45.899
 They died with

00:40:45.899 --> 00:40:47.259
 several criminals

00:40:47.259 --> 00:40:48.019
 and they got buried

00:40:48.019 --> 00:40:48.980
 in a rich man's tomb.

00:40:49.639 --> 00:40:50.859
 And you would be right.

00:40:51.219 --> 00:40:51.920
 Maybe you'd be right.

00:40:51.960 --> 00:40:52.299
 I don't know.

00:40:53.319 --> 00:40:54.639
 Maybe it's just coincidence,

00:40:55.339 --> 00:40:56.480
 statistically coincidence.

00:40:56.480 --> 00:40:58.699
 But then you get to verses 10 to 12,

00:40:59.639 --> 00:41:01.059
 the end of the poem,

00:41:01.659 --> 00:41:04.340
 which is really crucial.

00:41:04.860 --> 00:41:05.699
 Look at verse 10.

00:41:06.320 --> 00:41:07.340
 Yet it was the will of the Lord

00:41:07.340 --> 00:41:08.119
 to crush him.

00:41:08.599 --> 00:41:09.139
 Notice this.

00:41:09.559 --> 00:41:09.840
 Remember,

00:41:10.539 --> 00:41:11.039
 this thing,

00:41:11.139 --> 00:41:12.139
 verses 4 to 6,

00:41:12.740 --> 00:41:14.019
 human beings didn't cook up

00:41:14.019 --> 00:41:14.579
 this plan.

00:41:15.460 --> 00:41:16.820
 We didn't demand this of God.

00:41:19.820 --> 00:41:21.300
 This is God's plan.

00:41:21.740 --> 00:41:22.360
 And the servant

00:41:22.360 --> 00:41:23.559
 enters into it willingly.

00:41:23.880 --> 00:41:24.740
 And he does it for us,

00:41:24.740 --> 00:41:25.539
 not for himself.

00:41:26.480 --> 00:41:28.019
 Yet it was the will of the Lord

00:41:28.019 --> 00:41:28.880
 to crush him.

00:41:29.039 --> 00:41:29.440
 That is,

00:41:29.519 --> 00:41:30.019
 to crush him

00:41:30.019 --> 00:41:30.900
 until the point of death.

00:41:31.280 --> 00:41:32.800
 He has put him to grief.

00:41:33.800 --> 00:41:34.480
 When his soul

00:41:34.480 --> 00:41:36.019
 makes an offering for guilt.

00:41:36.699 --> 00:41:37.539
 Remember I said to you

00:41:37.539 --> 00:41:38.119
 that we all have

00:41:38.119 --> 00:41:39.099
 a basic sense

00:41:39.099 --> 00:41:40.679
 that even with this

00:41:40.679 --> 00:41:41.579
 Old Testament image

00:41:41.579 --> 00:41:42.800
 that a lamb's death

00:41:42.800 --> 00:41:44.179
 can't possibly really

00:41:44.179 --> 00:41:45.400
 substitute for mine.

00:41:46.300 --> 00:41:46.519
 This,

00:41:46.719 --> 00:41:47.300
 his soul,

00:41:47.400 --> 00:41:48.320
 makes an offering of death.

00:41:48.380 --> 00:41:48.880
 His life.

00:41:49.019 --> 00:41:50.679
 This is the servant.

00:41:51.460 --> 00:41:52.900
 This is God himself

00:41:52.900 --> 00:41:54.659
 making an offering for us.

00:41:54.659 --> 00:41:59.679
 Surely,

00:42:00.199 --> 00:42:00.879
 that can count

00:42:00.879 --> 00:42:01.779
 not just for me,

00:42:02.099 --> 00:42:03.440
 but for every human being

00:42:03.440 --> 00:42:04.480
 who is born,

00:42:04.599 --> 00:42:05.399
 who puts their faith

00:42:05.399 --> 00:42:06.299
 and trust in Jesus.

00:42:08.440 --> 00:42:09.699
 He is the one

00:42:09.699 --> 00:42:11.679
 perfect sacrifice,

00:42:12.399 --> 00:42:12.920
 the one

00:42:12.920 --> 00:42:14.299
 perfect substitute

00:42:14.299 --> 00:42:15.899
 who can bring

00:42:15.899 --> 00:42:17.019
 one perfect

00:42:17.019 --> 00:42:18.279
 completed salvation

00:42:18.279 --> 00:42:19.599
 for people

00:42:19.599 --> 00:42:20.579
 who put their trust

00:42:20.579 --> 00:42:20.960
 in him.

00:42:20.960 --> 00:42:23.280
 because he is God.

00:42:23.800 --> 00:42:25.000
 When it says earlier

00:42:25.000 --> 00:42:26.099
 that he was pierced

00:42:26.099 --> 00:42:27.400
 for our transgressions,

00:42:27.539 --> 00:42:28.840
 we can easily understand

00:42:28.840 --> 00:42:30.000
 that every single

00:42:30.000 --> 00:42:30.780
 wrong thing

00:42:30.780 --> 00:42:32.179
 that George has ever done

00:42:32.179 --> 00:42:33.720
 and every good thing

00:42:33.720 --> 00:42:34.860
 that George should have done

00:42:34.860 --> 00:42:36.019
 that he did not do

00:42:36.019 --> 00:42:37.679
 and every shameful thing

00:42:37.679 --> 00:42:39.579
 and everything about George

00:42:39.579 --> 00:42:40.480
 that just isn't right,

00:42:40.599 --> 00:42:41.300
 every one of them

00:42:41.300 --> 00:42:41.980
 individually

00:42:41.980 --> 00:42:42.960
 is a piercing

00:42:42.960 --> 00:42:44.420
 in the heart

00:42:44.420 --> 00:42:45.720
 of God

00:42:45.719 --> 00:42:47.299
 and every one

00:42:47.299 --> 00:42:48.179
 of yours as well.

00:42:49.859 --> 00:42:51.359
 All pierced him.

00:42:52.059 --> 00:42:53.279
 All born

00:42:53.279 --> 00:42:54.419
 by him.

00:42:57.159 --> 00:42:58.119
 Yet it was the will

00:42:58.119 --> 00:42:58.519
 of the Lord

00:42:58.519 --> 00:42:59.259
 to crush him.

00:42:59.519 --> 00:43:00.480
 He has put him to grief.

00:43:00.739 --> 00:43:01.379
 When his soul

00:43:01.379 --> 00:43:02.219
 makes an offering

00:43:02.219 --> 00:43:02.839
 for guilt

00:43:02.839 --> 00:43:05.039
 and now the zag,

00:43:06.039 --> 00:43:07.339
 he shall see

00:43:07.339 --> 00:43:08.219
 his offspring,

00:43:08.759 --> 00:43:09.639
 he shall prolong

00:43:09.639 --> 00:43:10.399
 his days,

00:43:10.759 --> 00:43:11.719
 the will of the Lord

00:43:11.719 --> 00:43:12.579
 shall prosper

00:43:12.579 --> 00:43:13.319
 in his hand.

00:43:13.320 --> 00:43:14.559
 It's not as obvious

00:43:14.559 --> 00:43:15.240
 here in English.

00:43:15.460 --> 00:43:15.980
 It's there,

00:43:16.100 --> 00:43:16.580
 but it's very,

00:43:16.700 --> 00:43:17.320
 very powerful

00:43:17.320 --> 00:43:18.340
 in the Hebrew.

00:43:19.100 --> 00:43:19.740
 In the Hebrew,

00:43:19.940 --> 00:43:20.680
 every time,

00:43:20.780 --> 00:43:21.460
 it talks about

00:43:21.460 --> 00:43:23.260
 in the Old Testament,

00:43:23.420 --> 00:43:23.840
 they believed

00:43:23.840 --> 00:43:24.640
 that people lived

00:43:24.640 --> 00:43:25.400
 after death.

00:43:26.640 --> 00:43:27.100
 And so there's

00:43:27.100 --> 00:43:28.200
 Old Testament passages

00:43:28.200 --> 00:43:28.900
 where it might talk

00:43:28.900 --> 00:43:29.480
 about Jacob

00:43:29.480 --> 00:43:30.440
 seeing his children.

00:43:30.960 --> 00:43:32.180
 But in all of those cases,

00:43:32.260 --> 00:43:33.019
 the way it's structured

00:43:33.019 --> 00:43:33.700
 in the Hebrew,

00:43:34.240 --> 00:43:34.920
 it's as if,

00:43:35.360 --> 00:43:35.960
 you know,

00:43:35.980 --> 00:43:36.780
 it's sort of as if

00:43:36.780 --> 00:43:38.640
 there's a separate world

00:43:38.640 --> 00:43:39.260
 right here

00:43:39.260 --> 00:43:40.300
 and there's Jacob

00:43:40.300 --> 00:43:41.059
 and he's died,

00:43:41.180 --> 00:43:41.780
 but now Jacob

00:43:41.780 --> 00:43:42.700
 can watch us

00:43:42.699 --> 00:43:43.500
 and there's Abraham

00:43:43.500 --> 00:43:44.139
 and he's died

00:43:44.139 --> 00:43:44.619
 and Abraham

00:43:44.619 --> 00:43:45.699
 can watch us.

00:43:46.379 --> 00:43:48.339
 But he can't do anything,

00:43:48.439 --> 00:43:49.399
 he can just watch.

00:43:50.019 --> 00:43:50.659
 But here,

00:43:50.819 --> 00:43:52.079
 the Hebrew changes

00:43:52.079 --> 00:43:54.899
 and it's that

00:43:54.899 --> 00:43:55.779
 the servant

00:43:55.779 --> 00:43:58.199
 is alive amongst us

00:43:58.199 --> 00:43:59.079
 seeing us,

00:43:59.279 --> 00:44:00.419
 that he's present

00:44:00.419 --> 00:44:02.500
 and can affect things.

00:44:03.519 --> 00:44:04.659
 So here's the powerful thing.

00:44:04.719 --> 00:44:05.119
 Could you put up

00:44:05.119 --> 00:44:05.980
 the next point, please?

00:44:06.460 --> 00:44:07.159
 What do we know

00:44:07.159 --> 00:44:07.859
 about death?

00:44:08.719 --> 00:44:09.179
 Death,

00:44:09.179 --> 00:44:09.219
 death,

00:44:09.659 --> 00:44:10.179
 thrones.

00:44:10.179 --> 00:44:12.199
 How important,

00:44:12.899 --> 00:44:14.799
 how many executive decisions

00:44:14.799 --> 00:44:15.779
 does Steve Jobs

00:44:15.779 --> 00:44:16.579
 make right now?

00:44:21.699 --> 00:44:22.299
 And,

00:44:22.359 --> 00:44:23.319
 I mean,

00:44:23.399 --> 00:44:23.699
 Harper,

00:44:24.139 --> 00:44:25.259
 he's not even dead.

00:44:25.559 --> 00:44:26.179
 How many decisions

00:44:26.179 --> 00:44:26.739
 does he make

00:44:26.739 --> 00:44:27.179
 that matter?

00:44:28.819 --> 00:44:29.259
 Death,

00:44:29.519 --> 00:44:30.099
 dethrones.

00:44:30.960 --> 00:44:31.940
 But what happens here,

00:44:32.019 --> 00:44:32.579
 the next point,

00:44:32.739 --> 00:44:33.000
 please?

00:44:33.879 --> 00:44:34.960
 Jesus dies

00:44:34.960 --> 00:44:36.460
 and is not dethroned.

00:44:37.099 --> 00:44:37.980
 He is exalted

00:44:37.980 --> 00:44:38.559
 and alive.

00:44:38.559 --> 00:44:41.380
 That's what the text

00:44:41.380 --> 00:44:42.119
 is saying here.

00:44:43.219 --> 00:44:43.699
 He shall,

00:44:44.039 --> 00:44:44.539
 when his soul

00:44:44.539 --> 00:44:45.139
 makes an offering

00:44:45.139 --> 00:44:45.559
 for guilt,

00:44:45.639 --> 00:44:46.279
 he shall see

00:44:46.279 --> 00:44:46.980
 his offspring,

00:44:47.559 --> 00:44:48.539
 he shall prolong

00:44:48.539 --> 00:44:49.019
 his days.

00:44:49.079 --> 00:44:49.460
 In other words,

00:44:49.500 --> 00:44:50.400
 he's living forever.

00:44:50.539 --> 00:44:51.900
 It's poetic Hebrew language

00:44:51.900 --> 00:44:53.039
 which is very concrete

00:44:53.039 --> 00:44:54.320
 for living forever.

00:44:54.880 --> 00:44:55.679
 And the will of the Lord

00:44:55.679 --> 00:44:57.059
 shall prosper in his hand.

00:44:57.119 --> 00:44:57.619
 In other words,

00:44:57.900 --> 00:44:58.659
 he's alive,

00:44:58.940 --> 00:44:59.719
 he's exalted,

00:45:00.239 --> 00:45:00.519
 he's,

00:45:00.599 --> 00:45:01.960
 everything he does,

00:45:02.179 --> 00:45:02.360
 it's,

00:45:02.559 --> 00:45:03.119
 he's the,

00:45:03.119 --> 00:45:04.420
 he's the golden boy,

00:45:04.519 --> 00:45:05.639
 the golden child.

00:45:05.840 --> 00:45:06.699
 Everything he touches

00:45:06.699 --> 00:45:08.039
 is now just going

00:45:08.039 --> 00:45:08.799
 and flourishing.

00:45:09.279 --> 00:45:10.119
 And then it continues

00:45:10.119 --> 00:45:10.839
 out of the anguish

00:45:10.839 --> 00:45:11.259
 of his soul

00:45:11.259 --> 00:45:12.279
 and it just goes on.

00:45:12.679 --> 00:45:13.480
 He's alive.

00:45:13.859 --> 00:45:14.099
 You see,

00:45:14.179 --> 00:45:15.039
 here's the thing.

00:45:15.819 --> 00:45:16.759
 Here's the reason

00:45:16.759 --> 00:45:17.519
 you should believe

00:45:17.519 --> 00:45:18.199
 the prophecy.

00:45:21.059 --> 00:45:21.939
 There is good

00:45:21.939 --> 00:45:22.899
 historical evidence

00:45:22.899 --> 00:45:23.799
 that Jesus rose

00:45:23.799 --> 00:45:24.359
 from the dead.

00:45:25.639 --> 00:45:25.899
 In fact,

00:45:25.980 --> 00:45:26.539
 I would say

00:45:26.539 --> 00:45:27.460
 that the only thing

00:45:27.460 --> 00:45:28.139
 that accounts

00:45:28.139 --> 00:45:29.179
 for the explosion

00:45:29.179 --> 00:45:29.939
 of belief

00:45:29.939 --> 00:45:31.039
 in Jerusalem

00:45:31.039 --> 00:45:32.279
 that Jesus was alive

00:45:32.279 --> 00:45:33.259
 was the fact

00:45:33.259 --> 00:45:33.839
 that the grave

00:45:33.839 --> 00:45:34.299
 is empty

00:45:34.299 --> 00:45:35.319
 and he really was alive.

00:45:35.320 --> 00:45:35.880
 They could never

00:45:35.880 --> 00:45:36.740
 produce the body.

00:45:36.880 --> 00:45:37.539
 He is alive.

00:45:37.720 --> 00:45:38.580
 There's good reasons

00:45:38.580 --> 00:45:39.000
 for it.

00:45:39.500 --> 00:45:40.320
 Explosive growth

00:45:40.320 --> 00:45:41.180
 of the Christian faith.

00:45:41.559 --> 00:45:43.180
 Not because of military power.

00:45:43.340 --> 00:45:44.000
 Far from it.

00:45:44.039 --> 00:45:45.500
 Jesus had no military power.

00:45:45.860 --> 00:45:46.940
 People flocked to Muhammad.

00:45:47.100 --> 00:45:47.340
 Why?

00:45:47.680 --> 00:45:48.760
 Because he was able

00:45:48.760 --> 00:45:50.780
 to successfully win battles.

00:45:51.340 --> 00:45:53.740
 Jesus won only one battle.

00:45:54.800 --> 00:45:55.760
 And the one battle

00:45:55.760 --> 00:45:56.519
 that he won,

00:45:56.700 --> 00:45:58.760
 he won not for his own glory

00:45:58.760 --> 00:46:00.420
 but for his own sake

00:46:00.420 --> 00:46:01.180
 but for yours.

00:46:01.559 --> 00:46:03.039
 He defeated death.

00:46:03.340 --> 00:46:04.180
 He defeated that

00:46:04.179 --> 00:46:05.440
 which causes death

00:46:05.440 --> 00:46:06.699
 which is our rebellion

00:46:06.699 --> 00:46:08.079
 and alienation from God

00:46:08.079 --> 00:46:09.659
 and he does it for you

00:46:09.659 --> 00:46:10.419
 and you,

00:46:10.899 --> 00:46:12.039
 ordinary people in me

00:46:12.039 --> 00:46:12.799
 can share in that

00:46:12.799 --> 00:46:13.579
 when we put our faith

00:46:13.579 --> 00:46:14.500
 and trust in Jesus.

00:46:17.539 --> 00:46:18.579
 Jesus predicted

00:46:18.579 --> 00:46:19.480
 he would die.

00:46:19.619 --> 00:46:20.099
 He predicted

00:46:20.099 --> 00:46:21.219
 he would rise from the dead.

00:46:22.159 --> 00:46:22.940
 The Old Testament

00:46:22.940 --> 00:46:23.859
 predicts

00:46:23.859 --> 00:46:25.079
 Jesus' coming

00:46:25.079 --> 00:46:25.839
 and his death

00:46:25.839 --> 00:46:26.659
 and his resurrection.

00:46:27.460 --> 00:46:28.899
 The resurrection of Jesus

00:46:28.899 --> 00:46:30.440
 vindicates who he is

00:46:30.440 --> 00:46:31.279
 and what he did.

00:46:31.919 --> 00:46:32.419
 Could you put up

00:46:32.420 --> 00:46:33.740
 the almost final point

00:46:33.740 --> 00:46:34.400
 please?

00:46:36.260 --> 00:46:36.619
 Remember

00:46:36.619 --> 00:46:37.039
 at the beginning

00:46:37.039 --> 00:46:37.599
 of the service

00:46:37.599 --> 00:46:37.960
 I said

00:46:37.960 --> 00:46:38.440
 the world

00:46:38.440 --> 00:46:38.860
 have failed

00:46:38.860 --> 00:46:39.400
 predictions,

00:46:39.619 --> 00:46:40.720
 prophecies and promises

00:46:40.720 --> 00:46:41.880
 the true and living God

00:46:41.880 --> 00:46:42.980
 predicted and promised

00:46:42.980 --> 00:46:44.599
 and now we see

00:46:44.599 --> 00:46:46.079
 that he kept his word

00:46:46.079 --> 00:46:46.659
 in the person

00:46:46.659 --> 00:46:47.539
 and work of Jesus.

00:46:49.940 --> 00:46:50.659
 Three things

00:46:50.659 --> 00:46:51.280
 very briefly

00:46:51.280 --> 00:46:51.599
 you're going to have

00:46:51.599 --> 00:46:52.440
 to put them up quickly.

00:46:52.960 --> 00:46:53.920
 The first one

00:46:53.920 --> 00:46:55.079
 know him as your

00:46:55.079 --> 00:46:56.019
 savior and your lord.

00:46:56.680 --> 00:46:57.820
 There is no better time

00:46:57.820 --> 00:46:58.320
 than now

00:46:58.320 --> 00:46:59.579
 to reach out your hands

00:46:59.579 --> 00:47:00.139
 to Jesus

00:47:00.139 --> 00:47:00.799
 that he would be

00:47:00.799 --> 00:47:01.639
 your savior and lord.

00:47:02.199 --> 00:47:03.299
 Know him as your savior

00:47:03.299 --> 00:47:03.839
 and your lord.

00:47:03.960 --> 00:47:04.839
 He died for you.

00:47:05.319 --> 00:47:06.059
 He knows you.

00:47:06.159 --> 00:47:06.799
 He loves you.

00:47:07.079 --> 00:47:07.960
 He died for you.

00:47:08.699 --> 00:47:09.440
 The second thing

00:47:09.440 --> 00:47:10.259
 put it up please.

00:47:11.559 --> 00:47:12.039
 Christians

00:47:12.039 --> 00:47:14.019
 know his word written.

00:47:14.799 --> 00:47:15.279
 Trust it

00:47:15.279 --> 00:47:16.559
 and seek to obey him.

00:47:19.359 --> 00:47:20.699
 Know his word written.

00:47:21.500 --> 00:47:21.900
 Trust it

00:47:21.900 --> 00:47:22.879
 and seek to obey him.

00:47:23.599 --> 00:47:24.599
 Read your Bibles

00:47:24.599 --> 00:47:25.960
 brothers and sisters.

00:47:26.739 --> 00:47:27.960
 Read them cover to cover.

00:47:27.960 --> 00:47:31.360
 When you have questions

00:47:31.360 --> 00:47:32.119
 ask others

00:47:32.119 --> 00:47:33.679
 but know it.

00:47:34.340 --> 00:47:34.940
 And finally

00:47:34.940 --> 00:47:36.380
 many of us

00:47:36.380 --> 00:47:36.860
 like to know

00:47:36.860 --> 00:47:37.519
 what God's will

00:47:37.519 --> 00:47:38.420
 is for our lives.

00:47:40.159 --> 00:47:41.619
 700 years

00:47:41.619 --> 00:47:42.760
 between this prophecy

00:47:42.760 --> 00:47:43.639
 and its fulfillment.

00:47:45.220 --> 00:47:46.639
 700 years.

00:47:48.159 --> 00:47:49.440
 Seek God's will

00:47:49.440 --> 00:47:50.139
 for your life

00:47:50.139 --> 00:47:51.099
 but remember

00:47:51.099 --> 00:47:51.679
 the Lord

00:47:51.679 --> 00:47:52.740
 is always playing

00:47:52.740 --> 00:47:53.639
 the long game.

00:47:55.119 --> 00:47:56.199
 This will take away

00:47:56.199 --> 00:47:57.139
 a lot of anxiety

00:47:57.139 --> 00:47:57.879
 that we feel.

00:47:59.099 --> 00:48:00.000
 Why am I going

00:48:00.000 --> 00:48:00.359
 through this?

00:48:00.440 --> 00:48:00.940
 Well I don't know.

00:48:01.039 --> 00:48:01.599
 You know I don't know

00:48:01.599 --> 00:48:02.039
 why you're going

00:48:02.039 --> 00:48:02.379
 through this

00:48:02.379 --> 00:48:03.039
 because you know what

00:48:03.039 --> 00:48:03.619
 maybe you're going

00:48:03.619 --> 00:48:04.079
 through this

00:48:04.079 --> 00:48:04.719
 because you're going

00:48:04.719 --> 00:48:05.400
 to say something

00:48:05.400 --> 00:48:06.299
 to little Liam

00:48:06.299 --> 00:48:08.279
 in five years

00:48:08.279 --> 00:48:09.259
 about what you're

00:48:09.259 --> 00:48:09.859
 going through

00:48:09.859 --> 00:48:11.259
 and little Liam

00:48:11.259 --> 00:48:12.900
 will tell somebody else

00:48:12.900 --> 00:48:13.819
 or do something else

00:48:13.819 --> 00:48:14.699
 and he'll do something else

00:48:14.699 --> 00:48:15.679
 and in 300 years

00:48:15.679 --> 00:48:16.659
 if Jesus comes back

00:48:16.659 --> 00:48:17.759
 it's the new Billy Graham

00:48:17.759 --> 00:48:19.119
 and in heaven

00:48:19.119 --> 00:48:20.440
 God will show you

00:48:20.440 --> 00:48:21.299
 how he was playing

00:48:21.299 --> 00:48:22.219
 the long game.

00:48:22.219 --> 00:48:25.699
 and even with your will

00:48:25.699 --> 00:48:26.219
 you know we want

00:48:26.219 --> 00:48:26.839
 to know what to do

00:48:26.839 --> 00:48:27.239
 tomorrow

00:48:27.239 --> 00:48:28.359
 and he will give us

00:48:28.359 --> 00:48:29.139
 guidance about

00:48:29.139 --> 00:48:29.959
 what to do tomorrow

00:48:29.959 --> 00:48:31.159
 but he's always

00:48:31.159 --> 00:48:32.559
 playing the long game.

00:48:33.339 --> 00:48:34.439
 He has your eternal

00:48:34.439 --> 00:48:35.319
 happiness

00:48:35.319 --> 00:48:36.559
 in mind.

00:48:37.219 --> 00:48:37.819
 Please stand.

00:48:43.259 --> 00:48:44.279
 Let's bow our heads

00:48:44.279 --> 00:48:44.699
 in prayer.

00:48:44.699 --> 00:48:51.399
 Father, many people

00:48:51.399 --> 00:48:52.219
 make us promises

00:48:52.219 --> 00:48:53.239
 and they don't keep them.

00:48:54.199 --> 00:48:55.159
 Father, we confess

00:48:55.159 --> 00:48:56.319
 that we make promises

00:48:56.319 --> 00:48:58.339
 and we don't keep them.

00:48:59.859 --> 00:49:01.039
 And Father, many people

00:49:01.039 --> 00:49:01.839
 claim to be able

00:49:01.839 --> 00:49:02.919
 to predict the future

00:49:02.919 --> 00:49:04.259
 but they're almost

00:49:04.259 --> 00:49:05.039
 always wrong.

00:49:06.460 --> 00:49:07.239
 And many people

00:49:07.239 --> 00:49:07.939
 claim to have

00:49:07.939 --> 00:49:09.579
 special connections

00:49:09.579 --> 00:49:11.460
 or special interior knowledge

00:49:11.460 --> 00:49:12.299
 and they're just wrong.

00:49:13.299 --> 00:49:14.019
 Father, we give you

00:49:14.019 --> 00:49:14.920
 thanks and praise

00:49:14.920 --> 00:49:15.759
 that in a world

00:49:15.759 --> 00:49:17.759
 where we want to know

00:49:17.759 --> 00:49:18.239
 the future

00:49:18.239 --> 00:49:18.980
 we want to know

00:49:18.980 --> 00:49:19.739
 if there's meaning

00:49:19.739 --> 00:49:20.500
 to our lives

00:49:20.500 --> 00:49:21.480
 that you spoke

00:49:21.480 --> 00:49:22.480
 and you talked

00:49:22.480 --> 00:49:23.259
 about the future

00:49:23.259 --> 00:49:23.940
 and you kept

00:49:23.940 --> 00:49:24.599
 your promises

00:49:24.599 --> 00:49:26.199
 you kept your word

00:49:26.199 --> 00:49:27.159
 and you kept

00:49:27.159 --> 00:49:27.800
 your promises

00:49:27.800 --> 00:49:28.460
 in a word

00:49:28.460 --> 00:49:29.519
 and your word

00:49:29.519 --> 00:49:30.679
 in a shocking way

00:49:30.679 --> 00:49:31.099
 in a way

00:49:31.099 --> 00:49:32.420
 that both humbles us

00:49:32.420 --> 00:49:33.460
 but provides

00:49:33.460 --> 00:49:34.420
 the means by which

00:49:34.420 --> 00:49:35.579
 we can be reconciled

00:49:35.579 --> 00:49:35.940
 to you

00:49:35.940 --> 00:49:37.059
 and where we can

00:49:37.059 --> 00:49:38.579
 now begin to live

00:49:38.579 --> 00:49:40.500
 as your adopted children

00:49:40.500 --> 00:49:41.639
 knowing that we will

00:49:41.639 --> 00:49:42.519
 live with you forever.

00:49:43.059 --> 00:49:43.820
 That death is not

00:49:43.820 --> 00:49:44.660
 the final word

00:49:44.660 --> 00:49:45.240
 about us

00:49:45.240 --> 00:49:46.660
 that death will be

00:49:46.660 --> 00:49:47.440
 just us being

00:49:47.440 --> 00:49:48.180
 in your presence

00:49:48.180 --> 00:49:49.120
 until you make

00:49:49.120 --> 00:49:49.740
 the new heaven

00:49:49.740 --> 00:49:50.420
 and the new earth

00:49:50.420 --> 00:49:51.820
 where we will continue

00:49:51.820 --> 00:49:53.400
 in your presence forever.

00:49:54.039 --> 00:49:55.000
 Father, fan into flame

00:49:55.000 --> 00:49:55.420
 within us

00:49:55.420 --> 00:49:56.440
 a longing and yearning

00:49:56.440 --> 00:49:56.980
 to see you.

00:49:57.160 --> 00:49:57.780
 Fan into flame

00:49:57.780 --> 00:49:58.200
 within us

00:49:58.200 --> 00:49:59.180
 a longing and yearning

00:49:59.180 --> 00:49:59.980
 for the new heaven

00:49:59.980 --> 00:50:01.059
 and the new earth.

00:50:01.620 --> 00:50:02.519
 Make us disciples

00:50:02.519 --> 00:50:03.140
 of Jesus

00:50:03.140 --> 00:50:03.800
 who are gripped

00:50:03.800 --> 00:50:04.519
 by the gospel

00:50:04.519 --> 00:50:05.059
 who are living

00:50:05.059 --> 00:50:05.760
 for your glory.

00:50:06.720 --> 00:50:07.120
 And Father,

00:50:07.220 --> 00:50:08.019
 if there are any here

00:50:08.019 --> 00:50:08.740
 who have not yet

00:50:08.740 --> 00:50:09.380
 given their lives

00:50:09.380 --> 00:50:09.840
 to Jesus,

00:50:10.059 --> 00:50:11.000
 pour out your Holy Spirit

00:50:11.000 --> 00:50:11.579
 upon them.

00:50:12.280 --> 00:50:13.039
 Help them, Father,

00:50:13.119 --> 00:50:14.820
 to throw out

00:50:14.820 --> 00:50:15.820
 their hands to you,

00:50:16.360 --> 00:50:17.019
 throw out their hands

00:50:17.019 --> 00:50:17.559
 to Jesus,

00:50:17.940 --> 00:50:18.739
 that he might be

00:50:18.739 --> 00:50:19.579
 their Savior

00:50:19.579 --> 00:50:20.139
 and their Lord.

00:50:20.599 --> 00:50:21.500
 All this we ask

00:50:21.500 --> 00:50:22.480
 in the name of Jesus.

00:50:23.159 --> 00:50:23.500
 Amen.

00:50:23.500 --> 00:50:23.659
 Amen.