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 Well, turn in Jeremiah, Jeremiah 46 to 52.

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 If you've not got a Bible, it'd be great to get one.

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 And let me say thank you.

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 Thank you for turning up each week.

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 This series on Jeremiah has certainly stretched me,

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 and it really has stretched you.

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 And there's been times when I've been preaching on 1.75 speed,

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 and you've been very, very patient with it.

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 I hope it's done you good.

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 It's done me a lot of good.

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 Do pray.

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 I'm off to Wales.

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 Tomorrow, to preach, I'm at a conference.

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 So each morning until next Sunday,

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 I'm doing a series in Acts

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 at the Reformed Presbyterian Global Alliance Conference,

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 which sounds a lot more glamorous than it is.

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 But, yeah, do pray that that would be a good time.

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 And then I'm on holiday for a couple of weeks.

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 Let's bow our heads in prayer again.

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 Father, we ask that the same,

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 your same Holy Spirit who inspired Jeremiah,

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 Jeremiah,

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 our Lord, that he would enlighten our hearts and minds,

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 and that you would speak to us tonight at the end of this magnificent and yet difficult book.

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 And so we pray for your help in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 I came across an article this week,

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 which had a quotation from a book I'd never heard of,

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 The Canticle for Leibovitz.

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 I don't know if you've read it.

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 The book envisages a dystopian scene far into the future,

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 where the world as we know it is finally falling apart.

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 And as they survey the wasteland that was Earth,

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 a scientist asks the priest,

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 how can such a great and wise civilization have destroyed itself so completely?

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 Perhaps comes the answer from the priest,

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 by being materially great and materially wise and nothing else.

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 By being materially great and materially wise and nothing else.

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 Sooner or later, individuals, nations, civilizations,

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 that are materially great and materially wise and nothing else,

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 do pay a heavy price.

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 And we live in a part of the world which is materially great

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 and materially wise and nothing else.

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 In the UK, over the past 15 years,

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 we have systematically made decisions

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 which undermine the foundation of society as we know it,

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 with barely a nod in the direction of serious and moral debate.

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 We've redefined marriage.

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 We've proposed and are proposing again assisted suicide.

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 We have allowed abortion up to birth in certain instances

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 with children with a disability.

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 And we are proposing conversion therapy.

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 And at the same time as all those things,

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 we are still one of the most effective producers and consumers

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 in human history.

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 But we're not bothered, are we, really, where the rubbish goes.

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 We are materially great, materially wise and nothing else.

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 And we are remarkably similar to the Babylonians

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 and the Egyptians and the Philistines

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 and every other nation that populates the pages of chapters 46 to 52.

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 On Sunday, May the 3rd,

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 when we began that journey,

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 and it was May the 3rd this year,

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 when we started our journey in Jeremiah,

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 we read these words from chapter 1 and verse 5.

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 Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you.

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 And before you were born, I consecrated you.

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 I appointed you a prophet to the nations.

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 And then verse 10,

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 See, I have set you this day over nations and over kingdoms

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 to pluck up and to break down,

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 to destroy and to overthrow,

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 to build and to plant.

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 But having gone through the book,

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 what is strange about those verses?

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 What's strange about those words,

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 especially in the light of the last 45 chapters?

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 As you cast your mind back over the past 11 weeks in Jeremiah,

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 can you remember much about the nations?

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 And there has been, I think, the occasional throwaway comment,

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 but Jeremiah's preoccupation and God's preoccupation

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 has been entirely with Judah.

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 As the Lord pleads for those people to submit

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 to the inevitable judgment,

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 to take the pathway of grace,

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 which will lead them into and eventually out of exile in Babylon.

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 And so in chapter 1,

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 if Jeremiah was expecting foreign travel,

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 he must have been a bit disappointed.

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 God appointed him as a prophet to the nations,

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 and he only gets to go to Egypt,

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 dragged by his disobedient compatriots.

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 And so in chapter 46,

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 after a very long wait,

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 Jeremiah does eventually

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 get to be a prophet to the nations,

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 as God had said.

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 Now, interestingly,

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 the dates when you go through them

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 at the start of some of these oracles

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 show that this has been a feature of his ministry

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 for many years.

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 But as Jeremiah and Barak

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 shape Jeremiah's ministry

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 into a book,

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 they hold off on the material

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 to the nations

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 right to the end.

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 Why?

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 It's because in the final version

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 of Jeremiah's book,

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 the second half of chapters 25 to 31,

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 51,

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 trace

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 one of the most radical reversals

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 in all of human history.

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 Back in chapter 25 and 26,

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 Judah is

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 united.

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 Babylon is the weapon

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 in God's hands.

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 And Jeremiah finally comes

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 to terms with this.

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 And he emerges

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 out of his angst

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 to bring the word of God

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 to the generations of the exiles.

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 There's a new force, isn't there?

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 A new freshness

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 that helps them

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 to look beyond

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 the exile

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 to God's dramatic intervention

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 in the new covenant.

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 He calls them to repent,

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 to face their sins,

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 to throw themselves

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 on God in faith.

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 He explains that

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 as they do that,

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 then God will dramatically

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 reverse their fortunes.

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 In chapter 46 to 51,

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 every nation,

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 including both Egypt

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 and Babylon,

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 and every new Babylon

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 that's going to emerge

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 in the future,

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 is punished

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 and God's people

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 are rescued.

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 This is the final message

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 of the book.

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 It's the final version

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 of the book,

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 which is then packed off

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 in the diplomatic bag

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 and sent to Babylon.

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 And it isn't really a surprise

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 it would have come

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 as quite a comfort

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 if you'd just been transported

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 to Babylon

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 in exile

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 that these nations

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 which have committed

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 such heinous crimes

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 will not get away with it.

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 These seven chapters,

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 they are long, aren't they?

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 If you read them,

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 they are graphic

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 and they are incredibly rich

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 in imagery.

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 They cover a huge

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 geographical area

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 and a significant time span.

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 But their message

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 they bring out

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 is they bring

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 our extraordinary journey

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 to a close.

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 It can be summed up

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 in two things, really.

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 These chapters ask

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 two things of us

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 as a church.

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 And the first is

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 that we go

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 to all the world.

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 We go to all the world.

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 Every so often

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 in the Old Testament,

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 here at the end

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 of Jeremiah,

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 in Amos,

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 in the middle of Ezekiel,

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 the horizons

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 suddenly expand

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 and they take in

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 not just Judah

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 or Israel,

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 all those

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 little ex-Nation states

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 in the southeast corner

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 of the Mediterranean,

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 but they take in

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 every nation

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 of the world.

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 Completely unexpectedly,

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 Jeremiah speaks

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 about the fate

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 of Egypt

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 in chapter 46

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 and the once

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 great Philistia

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 in chapter 47

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 and Judah's second

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 cousin Moab

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 and Ammon

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 in Edom

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 and then Damascus

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 and Kedor

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 and Hazor

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 and Eon

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 and the much

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 less significant

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 Babylonian vassal states

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 before embarking

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 on a sweeping

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 condemnation

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 of Nebuchadnezzar's

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 Babylon

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 and every superpower

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 that will arise

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 in its wake

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 and the very fact

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 that God

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 addresses

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 all the nations

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 and God commands

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 all the nations

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 is something

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 that you and I

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 can easily miss

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 and it's so

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 staggeringly,

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 breathtakingly,

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 politically incorrect

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 but the God

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 of the Bible

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 is unapologetically

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 the God

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 of all the nations

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 that God,

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 the creator

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 of the cosmos

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 retains his authority

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 over all nations

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 as they spread

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 across the earth

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 from the table

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 of nations

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 in Genesis chapter 11

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 to its dismissal

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 of Pharaoh's hubris

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 in the Exodus

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 to his holding

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 Moab

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 and Edom

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 and Ammon

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 to account

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 for the way

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 that they treat

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 his people

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 as they walk

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 through the wilderness

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 in numbers

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 to his judgment

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 on the Canaanite tribes

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 in Joshua

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 to the toppling

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 of the Philistine

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 god Dagon

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 and his giant

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 henchman Goliath

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 in 1 Samuel

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 over and over

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 and over again

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 God asserts

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 I am the Lord

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 over all the earth

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 and there is no other

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 look with me

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 at chapter 46

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 and verse 7

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 Egypt may huff

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 and puff

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 but listen to what

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 God says

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 46 verse 7

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 who is this rising

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 like the Nile

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 like rivers

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 whose waters surge

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 Egypt rises

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 like the Nile

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 like rivers

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 whose waters surge

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 he said

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 I will rise

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 I will cover the earth

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 I will destroy cities

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 and their inhabitants

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 and God says

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 bring it on

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 advance of horses

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 rage of chariots

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 let the warriors

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 go out

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 men of Cushham

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 put who

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 handle the shield

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 men of lured

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 skilled in handling

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 the bow

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 but that day

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 is the day

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 of the Lord God

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 of hosts

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 a day of vengeance

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 to avenge himself

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 on all his foes

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 the sword shall devour

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 and be sated

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 and drink its fill

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 of their blood

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 for the Lord God

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 of hosts

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 holds a sacrifice

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 in the north country

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 by the ravine

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 Ephraites

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 the Philistines

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 they may strut

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 their very aggressive stuff

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 but God will overpower them

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 and overcome them

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 in a flash

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 through the Egyptians

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 of all people

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 chapter 47 verse 3

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 at the noise

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 of the stamping of hooves

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 of his stallions

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 at the rushing

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 of his chariots

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 at the rumbling

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 of their wheels

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 the fathers

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 look not back

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 to their children

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 so feeble

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 are their hands

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 they're too scared

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 to look out

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 even for their own kids

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 because of the day

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 that's coming

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 to destroy

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 all the Philistines

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 to cut off

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 from tyre and side

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 and every helper

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 there remains

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 for the Lord

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 is destroying

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 the Philistines

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 the remnant

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 of the coastland

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 of Kaphtor

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 and then one of the most

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 disturbing statements

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 in the whole book

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 of Jeremiah

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 in verse 5

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 boldness has come

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 upon Gaza

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 boldness is seen

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 as a judgment

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 in the Bible

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 Moab is a madman

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 brought to silence

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 48 verse 4

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 Ammon will be

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 terrorized by God

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 driven out forever

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 49.5

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 Edom will be made

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 small among the nations

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 49.15

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 Damascus is reduced

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 to feebleness

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 49.24

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 the tiny states

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 Cador Hazel

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 will follow suit

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 before Elam

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 scattered to the four winds

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 49.36

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 and Yahweh

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 the God of Judah

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 is the Lord

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 of all the earth

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 and if we were

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 in any doubt

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 about that at all

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 then the sweeping

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 condemnation of Babylon

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 in chapters 50 to 51

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 make that clear

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 and of course

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 Nebuchadnezzar's Babylon

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 is condemned

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 isn't it

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 for wreaking havoc

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 in Judah

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 and enjoying it

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 far too much

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 but these chapters

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 go far beyond that

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 just look at how

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 Babylon is described

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 in 1523 for example

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 how the hammer

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 of the whole earth

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 is cut down and broken

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 how Babylon

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 has become a horror

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 among the nations

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 now strictly speaking

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 Babylon wasn't the hammer

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 of the whole earth

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 Babylon did not become

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 a horror

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 among all the nations

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 but this is not just

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 exaggeration

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 it is the start

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 of a depiction

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 of Babylon

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 that is the archetype

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 of human rule

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 and rebellion

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 against God

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 and the judgment

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 of Babylon

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 is a message

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 to everyone

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 who will ever

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 oppose God

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 in time and space

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 and so chapter 50

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 and verse 46 says

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 at the sound

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 of the capture

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 of Babylon

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 the earth

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 shall tremble

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 and her cries

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 shall be heard

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 among the nations

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 and the poetic

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 language is there

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 which tells us

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 how God

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 will use Babylon

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 and call it

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 to account

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 in chapter 51

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 it's a further

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 suggestion

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 that Babylon

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 is already

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 a symbol

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 as it was

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 back in Genesis 11

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 in the tower

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 of Babel

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 of all that is

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 wrong in the world

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 it is the city

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 of man

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 which will one day

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 be destroyed

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 chapter 51

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 verse 25

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 behold I'm against you

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 or destroying mountain

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 declares the Lord

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 which destroys

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 the whole earth

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 I'll stretch out

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 my hand against you

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 and roll you down

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 from the crags

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 and make you

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 a burnt mountain

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 verse 29

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 the land trembles

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 and writhes in pain

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 for the Lord's

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 purposes against Babylon

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 stand to make

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 the land of Babylon

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 a desolation

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 without inhabitant

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 finally verse 47

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 therefore behold

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 the days are coming

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 when I will punish

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 the images of Babylon

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 her whole land

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 shall be put to shame

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 and all her slain

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 shall fall in the midst

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 of it

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 then the heavens

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 and the earth

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 and all that is in them

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 shall sing for joy

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 over the fall of Babylon

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 for the destroyer

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 shall come against them

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 out of the north

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 Babylon must fall

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 for the slain of Israel

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 just as for Babylon

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 have fallen

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 the slain of all the earth

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 the fall of Babylon

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 at the end of Jeremiah

00:13:41.079 --> 00:13:43.139
 at the hands of the Medes

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 represents the eventual fall

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 of every evil empire

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 because the sovereign lord

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 of the universe

00:13:50.699 --> 00:13:51.899
 Jeremiah tells us

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 will ensure that justice

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 is done

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 Babylon will fall

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 now what on earth

00:13:58.059 --> 00:13:59.059
 does this have to do

00:13:59.059 --> 00:13:59.439
 with us

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 these chapters

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 in the Old Testament

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 are the equivalent

00:14:03.920 --> 00:14:05.160
 of Revelation chapter 18

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 these chapters

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 are Jeremiah's exposition

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 of the universal

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 unchanging sovereignty

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 of our God

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 and so here is how

00:14:15.680 --> 00:14:17.240
 John picks up

00:14:17.240 --> 00:14:18.720
 on these chapters

00:14:18.720 --> 00:14:20.300
 to describe his vision

00:14:20.300 --> 00:14:21.380
 in Revelation 18

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 remember Babylon

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 encapsulates

00:14:24.780 --> 00:14:26.740
 every anti-God force

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 in the world

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 and it's dealt

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 with like this

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 after this

00:14:32.159 --> 00:14:33.100
 I saw another angel

00:14:33.100 --> 00:14:34.060
 coming down from heaven

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 having great authority

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 and the earth

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 was made bright

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 with his glory

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 and he called out

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 with a mighty voice

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 fallen fallen

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 is Babylon the great

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 she's become

00:14:44.440 --> 00:14:45.019
 a dwelling place

00:14:45.019 --> 00:14:45.539
 for demons

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 a haunt

00:14:46.120 --> 00:14:47.360
 for every unclean spirit

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 a haunt

00:14:48.120 --> 00:14:49.340
 for every unclean bird

00:14:49.340 --> 00:14:50.139
 a haunt

00:14:50.139 --> 00:14:51.259
 for every unclean

00:14:51.259 --> 00:14:52.240
 undetestable beast

00:14:52.240 --> 00:14:54.000
 it picks up

00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:54.379
 the language

00:14:54.379 --> 00:14:54.919
 of Jeremiah

00:14:54.919 --> 00:14:55.919
 for all nations

00:14:55.919 --> 00:14:56.839
 have drunk the wine

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 of the passion

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 of her sexual immorality

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 and the kings

00:14:59.539 --> 00:15:00.099
 of the earth

00:15:00.099 --> 00:15:00.579
 have committed

00:15:00.579 --> 00:15:01.579
 immorality with her

00:15:01.579 --> 00:15:02.559
 and the merchants

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 of the earth

00:15:03.019 --> 00:15:03.579
 have grown rich

00:15:03.579 --> 00:15:04.079
 from the power

00:15:04.079 --> 00:15:05.199
 of her luxurious living

00:15:05.199 --> 00:15:07.719
 this is a nation

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 being described

00:15:08.479 --> 00:15:10.139
 that is materially wise

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 and materially great

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 but having nothing else

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 and God's people

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 are called

00:15:14.939 --> 00:15:16.079
 to come out from her

00:15:16.079 --> 00:15:17.519
 before she's judged

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 along with the kings

00:15:19.599 --> 00:15:20.079
 of the earth

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 for this reason

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 her plagues

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 will come in a single day

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 death and mourning

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 and famine

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 and she will be

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 burned up with fire

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 for mighty

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 is the Lord God

00:15:30.339 --> 00:15:30.979
 who's judged her

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 and the kings

00:15:32.559 --> 00:15:32.979
 of the earth

00:15:32.979 --> 00:15:33.339
 who committed

00:15:33.339 --> 00:15:34.179
 sexual immorality

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 and lived in luxury

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 willow with weep

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 and wail over her

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 and when they see

00:15:37.399 --> 00:15:38.319
 the smoke of her burning

00:15:38.319 --> 00:15:39.240
 they will stand

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 far off

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 in fear of her torment

00:15:40.859 --> 00:15:41.199
 and say

00:15:41.199 --> 00:15:41.579
 alas

00:15:41.579 --> 00:15:42.059
 alas

00:15:42.059 --> 00:15:43.359
 you great city

00:15:43.359 --> 00:15:44.219
 you mighty city

00:15:44.219 --> 00:15:44.579
 Babylon

00:15:44.579 --> 00:15:46.259
 for in a single hour

00:15:46.259 --> 00:15:46.699
 your judgment

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 has come

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 what does this matter

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 it matters

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 because ultimately

00:15:54.319 --> 00:15:55.720
 this is the foundation

00:15:55.720 --> 00:15:56.840
 for our mandates

00:15:56.840 --> 00:15:57.500
 to go out

00:15:57.500 --> 00:15:58.299
 into all the world

00:15:58.299 --> 00:15:59.179
 as Christ's church

00:15:59.179 --> 00:16:01.639
 this matters

00:16:01.639 --> 00:16:03.200
 because this is the reason

00:16:03.200 --> 00:16:03.919
 we must go out

00:16:03.919 --> 00:16:04.600
 into all the world

00:16:04.600 --> 00:16:07.019
 because our God

00:16:07.019 --> 00:16:07.679
 is the Lord

00:16:07.679 --> 00:16:08.299
 of all the world

00:16:08.299 --> 00:16:11.539
 when Jesus says

00:16:11.539 --> 00:16:12.279
 all authority

00:16:12.279 --> 00:16:13.159
 in heaven

00:16:13.159 --> 00:16:13.580
 and on earth

00:16:13.580 --> 00:16:14.379
 has been given to me

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 go therefore

00:16:15.159 --> 00:16:15.939
 to all nations

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 make disciples

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 baptizing them

00:16:17.899 --> 00:16:18.679
 in the name of the Father

00:16:18.679 --> 00:16:19.059
 the Son

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 and the Holy Spirit

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 and teaching them

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 to do all I've commanded

00:16:21.840 --> 00:16:23.379
 what is the authority

00:16:23.379 --> 00:16:24.580
 with which Jesus speaks

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 it is the authority

00:16:27.220 --> 00:16:28.500
 of God

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 displayed

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 in Jeremiah 46

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 to 51

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 and elsewhere

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 it is the authority

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 of the Lord

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 of the nations

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 which the Father

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 has devolved

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 to the Son

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 and so Philippians 2

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 tells us

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 doesn't it

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 therefore God

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 has exalted him

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 Jesus

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 and bestowed on him

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 the name that is

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 above every name

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 so that at the name

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 of Jesus

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 every knee should bow

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 in heaven and on earth

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 and under the earth

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 and every tongue confess

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 that Jesus Christ

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 is Lord

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 to the glory

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 of God the Father

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 and so as we come

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 to the end

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 of this academic year

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 as we come to the end

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 of this series

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 we can reflect

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 I think

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 in Jeremiah

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 on how God

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 has enlarged

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 our view of him

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 as the sovereign Lord

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 and his glory

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 and that we are his

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 and that he is

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 the Lord

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 of the universe

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 of the cosmos

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 and because of that

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 we must go where

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 he sends us

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 as a church

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 one writer says this

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 the highest

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 of all missionary

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 motives

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 is neither obedience

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 to the great commission

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 importance that is

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 nor love

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 for sinners

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 who are alienated

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 and perishing

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 strong as that incentive is

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 especially when we

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 contemplate the wrath

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 of God

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 but the highest

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 of all missionary

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 motives

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 is zeal

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 burning

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 and passionate

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 zeal

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 for the glory

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 of Jesus Christ

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 only one

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 imperialism

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 is Christian

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 and that is

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 concern for his

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 imperial majesty

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 Jesus Christ

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 and for the glory

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 of his empire

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 or kingdom

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 before this

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 supreme

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 goal

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 of the Christian

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 mission

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 all unworthy

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 motives

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 wither and die

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 salvation

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 that's the first

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 part of the message

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 of these chapters

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 that we are to go

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 into all the world

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 because God is

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 the Lord of all the world

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 and the second

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 is not complimented

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 as you go

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 as his church

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 preach

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 salvation

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 and judgment

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 which comes through Christ

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 if any book of the Bible

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 is about this

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 great biblical theme

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 of salvation

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 through judgment

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 it's got to be Jeremiah

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 in fact

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 the first two thirds

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 of the book

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 the unique thing

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 about this book

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 is the way

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 in which it

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 details the prophet's

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 own struggle

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 to embrace this

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 how Jeremiah

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 had to

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 internalize

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 his own message

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 he had to understand

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 that salvation

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 would come through judgment

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 there's no other book

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 in the Bible

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 I think

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 that exposes us

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 to the gut-wrenching way

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 the heart-rending

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 quality

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 of the judgment

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 of God

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 and then we are

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 flooded with relief

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 by Jeremiah

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 with the realization

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 that God the judge

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 is also God

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 who's working

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 through salvation

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 it's a book

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 isn't it

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 that details

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 infidelity

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 as we've listened

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 to Jeremiah

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 and heard the sins

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 of Judah recounted

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 the sins of Egypt

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 and Babylon

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 they're displayed

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 for all to see

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 the anguish

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 of the prophet

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 is played out

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 before us

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 and of course

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 the dominant note

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 in all of the oracles

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 against the nations

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 is judgment

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 it's crazy

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 to suggest otherwise

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 it's why it makes

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 Jeremiah overwhelming

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 we've seen enough

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 of the text

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 to get that

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 we want to cry

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 enough

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 Lord

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 enough

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 telling us

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 about the judgment

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 we know that

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 but there are

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 minor notes

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 that often we miss

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 in Jeremiah

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 there are grace notes

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 which keep sounding

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 through these

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 thunderous messages

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 so look with me

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 at 46 verse 25

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 and the Lord of hosts

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 the God of Israel

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 said behold

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 I am bringing

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 punishment

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 upon Ammon

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 of Thebes

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 and Pharaoh

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 and Egypt

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 on her gods

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 and her kings

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 upon Pharaoh

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 and upon all those

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 who trust in him

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 I'm going to deliver

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 them into the hand

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 of those who seek

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 their life

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 into the hand

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 of Nebuchadnezz

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 the king of Babylon

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 and his officers

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 and afterwards

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 Egypt will be inhabited

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 as in the days

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 of old

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 declares the Lord

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 and this

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 48 verse 47

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 yet

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 I will restore

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 the fortunes

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 of Moab

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 in the latter days

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 declares the Lord

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 49 verse 6

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 afterwards

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 I will restore

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 the fortunes

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 of the Ammonites

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 declares the Lord

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 49 verse 39

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 in the latter days

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 I will restore

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 the fortunes

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 of Elam

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 declares the Lord

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 and these chapters

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 are

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 all the more remarkable

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 because when you look

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 at the language

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 of 48 and 49

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 of talking about restoring

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 it's the same

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 language that's used

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 in chapter 3

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 verse 7

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 and 17

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 and 1215

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 and 16

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 it's precisely

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 the same language

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 that God used

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 about restoring

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 the fortunes

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 of Judah

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 after the exile

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 so alongside

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 the judgment

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 of the nations

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 who oppose God

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 Jeremiah holds

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 out hope

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 to people

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 from Egypt

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 and Moab

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 and Ammon

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 and Elam

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 he holds out

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 hope presumably

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 to those

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 who will bow

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 before him

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 it's noticeable

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 but it's not

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 explained

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 that there's

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 no such hope

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 held out

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 to the Philistines

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 Damascus

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 Kedor

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 Hazor

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 or Babylon

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 this is

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 not a universal

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 salvation

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 if I can put it

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 like this

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 in the end

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 of Jeremiah

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 it is

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 the God

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 of mercy

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 saving those

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 who are drawn

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 to him

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 in faith

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 in fact

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 it's impossible

00:22:01.319 --> 00:22:01.700
 to read

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 Jeremiah

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 I think

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 it's impossible

00:22:02.779 --> 00:22:03.059
 to read

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 the Bible

00:22:03.440 --> 00:22:03.920
 and come away

00:22:03.920 --> 00:22:04.440
 without getting

00:22:04.440 --> 00:22:04.859
 the idea

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 that when

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 God speaks

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 some respond

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 and are

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 rescued

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 and some

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 reject

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 the very

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 same words

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 and they

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 are lost

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 and it is

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 our job

00:22:18.539 --> 00:22:19.319
 as a church

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 to go

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 and proclaim

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 this message

00:22:22.619 --> 00:22:24.460
 which produces

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 salvation

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 and judgment

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 in the Lord

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 Jesus Christ

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 and as Sunday

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 by Sunday

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 you come

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 and hear

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 God's word

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 you need to know

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 and I need to know

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 that it will

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 save some

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 and it will

00:22:38.940 --> 00:22:39.680
 harden others

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 which tells you

00:22:43.700 --> 00:22:44.100
 that it's not

00:22:44.100 --> 00:22:44.539
 work for the

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 faint hearted

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 when you tell

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 the gospel

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 in Little Stars

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 or the language

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 class

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 or Club 16

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 or Ignite

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 or in Sunday

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 school

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 or in house

00:22:53.740 --> 00:22:53.940
 group

00:22:53.940 --> 00:22:55.640
 God's word

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 will do two

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 things

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 it will

00:22:56.840 --> 00:22:57.640
 save some

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 and it will

00:22:58.700 --> 00:22:59.259
 harden others

00:22:59.259 --> 00:23:02.420
 for Jeremiah

00:23:02.420 --> 00:23:03.140
 his message

00:23:03.140 --> 00:23:03.759
 to the nations

00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:04.460
 in the short term

00:23:04.460 --> 00:23:05.140
 at least was bad

00:23:05.140 --> 00:23:05.480
 news

00:23:05.480 --> 00:23:07.080
 in these chapters

00:23:07.080 --> 00:23:07.519
 he says

00:23:07.519 --> 00:23:08.000
 the violence

00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:08.559
 of the nations

00:23:08.559 --> 00:23:08.980
 particularly

00:23:08.980 --> 00:23:09.960
 against God's

00:23:09.960 --> 00:23:10.160
 people

00:23:10.160 --> 00:23:10.900
 will be avenged

00:23:10.900 --> 00:23:11.759
 the arrogance

00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:12.940
 of the nations

00:23:12.940 --> 00:23:13.620
 will be brought low

00:23:13.620 --> 00:23:14.240
 the gods

00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:14.860
 of the nations

00:23:14.860 --> 00:23:15.500
 will be powerless

00:23:15.500 --> 00:23:16.039
 to save

00:23:16.039 --> 00:23:17.299
 the nations

00:23:17.299 --> 00:23:17.700
 in turn

00:23:17.700 --> 00:23:18.160
 will be

00:23:18.160 --> 00:23:19.100
 devastated

00:23:19.100 --> 00:23:22.100
 by other nations

00:23:22.099 --> 00:23:25.980
 but there will

00:23:25.980 --> 00:23:26.679
 also be a

00:23:26.679 --> 00:23:27.659
 stunning reversal

00:23:27.659 --> 00:23:28.279
 for Judah

00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:31.919
 Jeremiah 51

00:23:31.919 --> 00:23:32.679
 ends like this

00:23:32.679 --> 00:23:33.519
 from verse 59

00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:35.759
 after all the

00:23:35.759 --> 00:23:36.759
 poetic

00:23:36.759 --> 00:23:38.179
 extravagance

00:23:38.179 --> 00:23:38.659
 there's something

00:23:38.659 --> 00:23:39.500
 pretty prosaic

00:23:39.500 --> 00:23:40.519
 the end of

00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:42.219
 verse 59

00:23:42.219 --> 00:23:42.740
 51

00:23:42.740 --> 00:23:43.319
 the word that

00:23:43.319 --> 00:23:44.039
 Jeremiah the prophet

00:23:44.039 --> 00:23:44.539
 commanded

00:23:44.539 --> 00:23:46.139
 Saraiah the son

00:23:46.139 --> 00:23:46.599
 of Neriah

00:23:46.599 --> 00:23:47.219
 the son

00:23:47.219 --> 00:23:48.399
 of Massiah

00:23:48.399 --> 00:23:49.099
 when he went

00:23:49.099 --> 00:23:50.219
 with Zedekiah

00:23:50.219 --> 00:23:50.799
 king of Judah

00:23:50.799 --> 00:23:51.240
 to Babylon

00:23:51.240 --> 00:23:51.799
 in the fourth

00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:52.480
 year of his reign

00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:53.159
 Saraiah was

00:23:53.159 --> 00:23:54.019
 the quartermaster

00:23:54.019 --> 00:23:54.759
 he was in charge

00:23:54.759 --> 00:23:55.419
 of the stores

00:23:55.419 --> 00:23:57.599
 and Jeremiah

00:23:57.599 --> 00:23:58.500
 wrote in a book

00:23:58.500 --> 00:23:59.740
 all the disaster

00:23:59.740 --> 00:24:00.539
 that should come

00:24:00.539 --> 00:24:01.139
 upon Babylon

00:24:01.139 --> 00:24:02.639
 all these words

00:24:02.639 --> 00:24:03.139
 that are written

00:24:03.139 --> 00:24:03.879
 concerning Babylon

00:24:03.879 --> 00:24:05.240
 and Jeremiah

00:24:05.240 --> 00:24:05.940
 said to Saraiah

00:24:05.940 --> 00:24:06.379
 when you come

00:24:06.379 --> 00:24:06.779
 to Babylon

00:24:06.779 --> 00:24:07.460
 see that you

00:24:07.460 --> 00:24:08.000
 read all these

00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:08.680
 words and pray

00:24:08.680 --> 00:24:09.159
 oh Lord

00:24:09.159 --> 00:24:09.879
 you have said

00:24:09.879 --> 00:24:11.000
 concerning this

00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:11.440
 place that

00:24:11.440 --> 00:24:11.940
 you'll cut it

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 off

00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:13.599
 so that nothing

00:24:13.599 --> 00:24:14.259
 shall dwell

00:24:14.259 --> 00:24:14.740
 in it

00:24:14.740 --> 00:24:15.519
 neither man

00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:16.039
 nor beast

00:24:16.039 --> 00:24:16.399
 and it shall

00:24:16.399 --> 00:24:16.859
 be desolate

00:24:16.859 --> 00:24:17.240
 forever

00:24:17.240 --> 00:24:18.839
 when you finish

00:24:18.839 --> 00:24:19.619
 reading this book

00:24:19.619 --> 00:24:21.599
 tie a stone

00:24:21.599 --> 00:24:22.139
 to it

00:24:22.139 --> 00:24:23.599
 cast it

00:24:23.599 --> 00:24:24.099
 into the middle

00:24:24.099 --> 00:24:25.239
 of the river

00:24:25.239 --> 00:24:25.759
 Euphrates

00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:26.699
 and say

00:24:26.699 --> 00:24:27.459
 thus shall

00:24:27.459 --> 00:24:28.339
 Babylon sink

00:24:28.339 --> 00:24:29.359
 to rise no more

00:24:29.359 --> 00:24:30.299
 because of the

00:24:30.299 --> 00:24:30.799
 disaster

00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:31.759
 that I'm bringing

00:24:31.759 --> 00:24:32.299
 upon her

00:24:32.299 --> 00:24:34.239
 and they shall

00:24:34.239 --> 00:24:35.219
 become exhausted

00:24:35.219 --> 00:24:37.839
 thus far

00:24:37.839 --> 00:24:38.779
 are the words

00:24:38.779 --> 00:24:39.479
 of Jeremiah

00:24:39.479 --> 00:24:41.479
 that's how his

00:24:41.479 --> 00:24:42.059
 word finish

00:24:42.059 --> 00:24:44.059
 he's told

00:24:44.059 --> 00:24:47.399
 read it out

00:24:47.399 --> 00:24:47.960
 pray

00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:49.440
 perform a dramatic

00:24:49.440 --> 00:24:49.799
 sign

00:24:49.799 --> 00:24:50.359
 throw it in the

00:24:50.359 --> 00:24:50.559
 river

00:24:50.559 --> 00:24:51.279
 and probably

00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:51.720
 run off

00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:53.879
 and that's it

00:24:53.879 --> 00:24:54.379
 for Jeremiah

00:24:54.379 --> 00:24:58.279
 all we get

00:24:58.279 --> 00:24:59.700
 at this point

00:24:59.700 --> 00:25:00.039
 whether it's

00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:00.619
 Jeremiah or

00:25:00.619 --> 00:25:00.940
 Baruch

00:25:00.940 --> 00:25:01.879
 they stick in

00:25:01.879 --> 00:25:02.539
 a large section

00:25:02.539 --> 00:25:03.079
 of 2 Kings

00:25:03.079 --> 00:25:04.460
 24 and 25

00:25:04.460 --> 00:25:05.619
 detailing the

00:25:05.619 --> 00:25:06.059
 events of the

00:25:06.059 --> 00:25:06.339
 exile

00:25:06.339 --> 00:25:08.440
 he doesn't

00:25:08.440 --> 00:25:08.819
 change anything

00:25:08.819 --> 00:25:09.179
 at all

00:25:09.180 --> 00:25:11.860
 he just

00:25:11.860 --> 00:25:12.279
 wants to

00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:12.759
 underline

00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:13.180
 everything

00:25:13.180 --> 00:25:14.120
 that God

00:25:14.120 --> 00:25:14.500
 has said

00:25:14.500 --> 00:25:15.080
 through Jeremiah

00:25:15.080 --> 00:25:15.759
 played out

00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:16.380
 exactly as he

00:25:16.380 --> 00:25:16.720
 announced

00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:19.580
 and the fact

00:25:19.580 --> 00:25:20.220
 that Jeremiah's

00:25:20.220 --> 00:25:20.580
 message

00:25:20.580 --> 00:25:21.680
 the salvation

00:25:21.680 --> 00:25:22.200
 and the judgment

00:25:22.200 --> 00:25:22.779
 that he proclaimed

00:25:22.779 --> 00:25:23.360
 would one day

00:25:23.360 --> 00:25:23.920
 be brought to

00:25:23.920 --> 00:25:24.620
 life in real

00:25:24.620 --> 00:25:25.060
 time

00:25:25.060 --> 00:25:27.240
 by one man

00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:27.620
 who is a

00:25:27.620 --> 00:25:28.340
 descendant of

00:25:28.340 --> 00:25:28.920
 Jehoiachin

00:25:28.920 --> 00:25:31.279
 it's funny

00:25:31.279 --> 00:25:31.680
 that the book

00:25:31.680 --> 00:25:32.140
 ends with him

00:25:32.140 --> 00:25:32.539
 is that he

00:25:32.539 --> 00:25:32.960
 really was a

00:25:32.960 --> 00:25:33.560
 hopeless king

00:25:33.560 --> 00:25:35.600
 he ruled for

00:25:35.600 --> 00:25:36.259
 three months

00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:36.840
 and he spent

00:25:36.840 --> 00:25:37.519
 the next 37

00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:38.100
 years in

00:25:38.100 --> 00:25:38.779
 captivity in

00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:39.079
 Babylon

00:25:39.079 --> 00:25:41.180
 politically

00:25:41.180 --> 00:25:41.720
 speaking

00:25:41.720 --> 00:25:42.899
 Jehoiachin

00:25:42.899 --> 00:25:43.160
 was an

00:25:43.160 --> 00:25:43.440
 idiot

00:25:43.440 --> 00:25:45.160
 but he

00:25:45.160 --> 00:25:45.399
 was a

00:25:45.399 --> 00:25:45.799
 Davidic

00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:46.119
 idiot

00:25:46.119 --> 00:25:48.940
 and just

00:25:48.940 --> 00:25:49.619
 like two

00:25:49.619 --> 00:25:49.920
 kings

00:25:49.920 --> 00:25:50.299
 Jeremiah

00:25:50.299 --> 00:25:51.019
 ends like

00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:51.440
 this

00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:53.720
 in the

00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:54.399
 37 year

00:25:54.399 --> 00:25:55.019
 of exile

00:25:55.019 --> 00:25:58.240
 Jehoiachin

00:25:58.240 --> 00:25:58.619
 king of

00:25:58.619 --> 00:25:58.899
 Judah

00:25:58.899 --> 00:26:01.059
 in the

00:26:01.059 --> 00:26:01.480
 12th

00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:01.759
 month

00:26:01.759 --> 00:26:02.279
 on the

00:26:02.279 --> 00:26:03.139
 25th

00:26:03.139 --> 00:26:03.460
 day of

00:26:03.460 --> 00:26:03.559
 the

00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:03.819
 month

00:26:03.819 --> 00:26:04.220
 evil

00:26:04.220 --> 00:26:04.779
 Moradach

00:26:04.779 --> 00:26:06.339
 king of

00:26:06.339 --> 00:26:06.660
 Babylon

00:26:06.660 --> 00:26:07.299
 in the

00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:07.680
 year that

00:26:07.680 --> 00:26:08.019
 he began

00:26:08.019 --> 00:26:08.460
 to reign

00:26:08.460 --> 00:26:08.960
 graciously

00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:09.440
 freed

00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:10.120
 Jehoiachin

00:26:10.120 --> 00:26:10.640
 king of

00:26:10.640 --> 00:26:10.880
 Judah

00:26:10.880 --> 00:26:11.319
 and brought

00:26:11.319 --> 00:26:11.480
 him out

00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:11.819
 of prison

00:26:11.819 --> 00:26:13.799
 there's this

00:26:13.799 --> 00:26:14.480
 harmless king

00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:16.220
 and the new

00:26:16.220 --> 00:26:16.779
 guy in charge

00:26:16.779 --> 00:26:17.200
 wants to look

00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:17.480
 gracious

00:26:17.480 --> 00:26:18.120
 so he

00:26:18.120 --> 00:26:18.600
 wheels out

00:26:18.600 --> 00:26:19.140
 Jehoiachin

00:26:19.140 --> 00:26:20.460
 he speaks

00:26:20.460 --> 00:26:21.100
 kindly to him

00:26:21.100 --> 00:26:21.440
 he gives him

00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:22.200
 a seat above

00:26:22.200 --> 00:26:23.480
 the seats of the

00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:23.880
 kings who were

00:26:23.880 --> 00:26:24.200
 with him in

00:26:24.200 --> 00:26:24.519
 Babylon

00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:26.360
 Jehoiachin

00:26:26.360 --> 00:26:26.900
 changes his

00:26:26.900 --> 00:26:27.620
 prison clothes

00:26:27.620 --> 00:26:28.539
 he eats at

00:26:28.539 --> 00:26:28.900
 the king's

00:26:28.900 --> 00:26:29.120
 table

00:26:29.120 --> 00:26:29.600
 he gets an

00:26:29.600 --> 00:26:30.120
 alliance

00:26:30.120 --> 00:26:31.920
 it's not much

00:26:31.920 --> 00:26:32.240
 but it's

00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:32.480
 enough

00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:35.000
 it's the

00:26:35.000 --> 00:26:35.480
 hope of a

00:26:35.480 --> 00:26:36.059
 king from

00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:36.440
 David's

00:26:36.440 --> 00:26:36.660
 line

00:26:36.660 --> 00:26:38.819
 a

00:26:38.819 --> 00:26:39.299
 Deuteronomy

00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:40.140
 17 kind

00:26:40.140 --> 00:26:40.440
 of king

00:26:40.440 --> 00:26:42.360
 a king

00:26:42.360 --> 00:26:42.799
 who will

00:26:42.799 --> 00:26:43.460
 bring in

00:26:43.460 --> 00:26:44.480
 the new

00:26:44.480 --> 00:26:44.740
 covenant

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:45.500
 of Jeremiah

00:26:45.500 --> 00:26:46.079
 30 to

00:26:46.079 --> 00:26:46.460
 33

00:26:46.460 --> 00:26:49.480
 the hope

00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:49.920
 of the new

00:26:49.920 --> 00:26:50.200
 covenant

00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:51.420
 is flickering

00:26:51.420 --> 00:26:52.819
 because of

00:26:52.819 --> 00:26:53.420
 Jehoiachin

00:26:53.420 --> 00:26:55.680
 or Jeconiah

00:26:55.680 --> 00:26:56.460
 as he's also

00:26:56.460 --> 00:26:56.779
 called

00:26:56.779 --> 00:26:58.640
 he's alive

00:26:58.640 --> 00:27:00.220
 and God's

00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:00.759
 plan is

00:27:00.759 --> 00:27:01.040
 still on

00:27:01.040 --> 00:27:01.300
 track

00:27:01.300 --> 00:27:03.900
 and so

00:27:03.900 --> 00:27:04.340
 several

00:27:04.340 --> 00:27:05.180
 hundred years

00:27:05.180 --> 00:27:05.560
 later

00:27:05.560 --> 00:27:06.920
 another

00:27:06.920 --> 00:27:07.740
 Jewish man

00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:08.700
 Matthew

00:27:08.700 --> 00:27:10.440
 was able to

00:27:10.440 --> 00:27:10.920
 write these

00:27:10.920 --> 00:27:11.700
 words at the

00:27:11.700 --> 00:27:12.080
 start of his

00:27:12.080 --> 00:27:12.380
 gospel

00:27:12.380 --> 00:27:14.820
 and after the

00:27:14.820 --> 00:27:15.480
 deportation of

00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:15.860
 Babylon

00:27:15.860 --> 00:27:17.300
 Jeconiah

00:27:17.300 --> 00:27:19.720
 was the

00:27:19.720 --> 00:27:20.060
 father of

00:27:20.060 --> 00:27:20.460
 Shealtiel

00:27:20.460 --> 00:27:22.680
 and Shealtiel

00:27:22.680 --> 00:27:23.420
 the father of

00:27:23.420 --> 00:27:23.880
 Zerubbabel

00:27:23.880 --> 00:27:24.540
 and Zerubbabel

00:27:24.540 --> 00:27:25.140
 the father of

00:27:25.140 --> 00:27:25.960
 Abiud and Abiud

00:27:25.960 --> 00:27:26.420
 the father of

00:27:26.420 --> 00:27:27.020
 Eliakim and

00:27:27.020 --> 00:27:27.680
 Eliakim the father

00:27:27.680 --> 00:27:28.080
 of Atol

00:27:28.079 --> 00:27:28.859
 and Azal the

00:27:28.859 --> 00:27:29.220
 father of

00:27:29.220 --> 00:27:29.619
 Zadok and

00:27:29.619 --> 00:27:30.019
 Zadok the

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:30.359
 father of

00:27:30.359 --> 00:27:31.980
 Achim and

00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:32.460
 Achim the

00:27:32.460 --> 00:27:32.799
 father of

00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:33.179
 Eliud and

00:27:33.179 --> 00:27:33.519
 Eliud the

00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:33.839
 father of

00:27:33.839 --> 00:27:34.359
 Eliezer and

00:27:34.359 --> 00:27:34.839
 Eliezer the

00:27:34.839 --> 00:27:35.139
 father of

00:27:35.139 --> 00:27:35.519
 Mathen and

00:27:35.519 --> 00:27:35.899
 Mathen the

00:27:35.899 --> 00:27:36.220
 father of

00:27:36.220 --> 00:27:36.659
 Jacob and

00:27:36.659 --> 00:27:37.059
 Jacob the

00:27:37.059 --> 00:27:37.519
 father of

00:27:37.519 --> 00:27:40.000
 Joseph the

00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:40.379
 husband of

00:27:40.379 --> 00:27:42.419
 Mary of

00:27:42.419 --> 00:27:42.799
 whom Jesus

00:27:42.799 --> 00:27:44.339
 was born who

00:27:44.339 --> 00:27:44.619
 is called

00:27:44.619 --> 00:27:44.980
 Christ.

00:27:47.779 --> 00:27:48.099
 Jeremiah

00:27:48.099 --> 00:27:48.720
 preaches

00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:50.579
 salvation through

00:27:50.579 --> 00:27:50.980
 judgment.

00:27:53.419 --> 00:27:54.500
 Not salvation

00:27:54.500 --> 00:27:55.240
 through judgment

00:27:55.240 --> 00:27:56.419
 is embodied and

00:27:56.419 --> 00:27:57.159
 achieved and

00:27:57.159 --> 00:27:58.059
 acted and

00:27:58.059 --> 00:27:58.839
 proclaimed in

00:27:58.839 --> 00:27:59.279
 the Lord Jesus

00:27:59.279 --> 00:27:59.679
 Christ.

00:28:01.679 --> 00:28:02.200
 And we

00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:02.480
 have to do

00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:02.819
 the same.

00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:05.200
 To preach

00:28:05.200 --> 00:28:05.940
 Jesus Christ

00:28:05.940 --> 00:28:06.659
 and call people

00:28:06.659 --> 00:28:07.220
 to repentance

00:28:07.220 --> 00:28:08.940
 come what may

00:28:08.940 --> 00:28:10.440
 in the face of

00:28:10.440 --> 00:28:10.919
 coming judgment.

00:28:12.519 --> 00:28:13.319
 We push

00:28:13.319 --> 00:28:14.639
 Jesus to the

00:28:14.639 --> 00:28:15.079
 center of

00:28:15.079 --> 00:28:15.579
 church life

00:28:15.579 --> 00:28:17.039
 and we

00:28:17.039 --> 00:28:17.519
 call on people

00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:18.159
 to respond to

00:28:18.159 --> 00:28:18.759
 him by faith

00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:19.220
 and we know

00:28:19.220 --> 00:28:19.819
 that that will

00:28:19.819 --> 00:28:20.659
 either lead to

00:28:20.659 --> 00:28:22.299
 hardening and

00:28:22.299 --> 00:28:22.879
 judgment or

00:28:22.879 --> 00:28:23.279
 salvation.

00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:23.339
 salvation.

00:28:25.420 --> 00:28:26.039
 And that

00:28:26.039 --> 00:28:26.899
 brings us to

00:28:26.899 --> 00:28:27.279
 the end of

00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:27.579
 this most

00:28:27.579 --> 00:28:28.059
 personal of

00:28:28.059 --> 00:28:30.940
 books where

00:28:30.940 --> 00:28:31.879
 Jeremiah lays

00:28:31.879 --> 00:28:34.200
 out for us how

00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:34.920
 the prophet of

00:28:34.920 --> 00:28:35.720
 God had to get

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 this message of

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 God's glorious

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 sovereignty revealed

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 in the coming of

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 Christ in judgment

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 and salvation under

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 his skin and he

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 had to feel it

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 and he had to

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 live it and he

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 had to submit to

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 it.

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 He had to swallow

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 it and then he

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 had to preach it

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 and he had to

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 get it under

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 his skin.

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 And we have to

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 get the gospel

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 of salvation

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 through judgment

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 under our skin

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 so that we can

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 never be the

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 same again.

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 So that it is

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 burnt into our

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 hearts and our

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 minds so that it

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 motivates every

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 corner of church

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 life.

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 So that we

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 live in it by

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 the power of the

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 Holy Spirit.

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 And if tonight

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 we don't have

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 that God

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 given resolve,

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 let's throw

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 ourselves on

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 God.

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 The God who

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 loves us and

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 gave himself for

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 us and ask

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 him to give us

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 the grace that

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 we need to

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 proclaim Christ

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 to our

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 children, to

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 the ministries

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 that we have in

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 this church and

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 to the nations

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 that are in

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 this city.

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 Because 2

00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:44.400
 Corinthians 4

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 verse 1 says

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 therefore having

00:29:45.819 --> 00:29:47.240
 this ministry by

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 the mercy of

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 God we do

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 not lose

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 heart, we

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 don't give

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 up.

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 But we've

00:29:52.880 --> 00:29:53.320
 renounced

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 disgraceful and

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 underhanded ways,

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 we refuse to

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 practice cunning

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 or to tamper

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 with God's

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 word and we

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 won't pretend to

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 be something that

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 we're not.

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 But by the

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 open statement of

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 the truth we

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 would commend

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 ourselves to

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 everyone's

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 conscience in

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 the sight of

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 God and even

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 if our gospel

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 is veiled,

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 it's veiled to

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 those who are

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 perishing,

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 in their

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 case the

00:30:17.239 --> 00:30:17.500
 God of

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 this world

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 has blinded

00:30:18.299 --> 00:30:18.619
 the minds

00:30:18.619 --> 00:30:19.239
 of unbelievers

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 to keep

00:30:19.599 --> 00:30:19.859
 them from

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 seeing the

00:30:20.299 --> 00:30:20.639
 light of

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 the gospel

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 of the

00:30:21.239 --> 00:30:21.599
 glory of

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 Christ who

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 is the

00:30:22.199 --> 00:30:22.500
 image of

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 God.

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 For what we

00:30:24.259 --> 00:30:25.299
 proclaim is

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 not ourselves

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 but Jesus

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 Christ as

00:30:27.319 --> 00:30:27.619
 Lord,

00:30:28.659 --> 00:30:29.679
 with ourselves

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 as your

00:30:30.119 --> 00:30:31.139
 servants for

00:30:31.139 --> 00:30:31.399
 Jesus'

00:30:31.559 --> 00:30:31.739
 sake.

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 For God

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 who said

00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:35.179
 that light

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 shine out of

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 darkness

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 has shone in

00:30:39.539 --> 00:30:40.000
 our hearts

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 to give the

00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:40.979
 light of the

00:30:40.979 --> 00:30:41.479
 knowledge of the

00:30:41.479 --> 00:30:42.059
 glory of God

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 in the face

00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:43.759
 of Jesus

00:30:43.759 --> 00:30:44.139
 Christ.

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 And so let

00:30:47.359 --> 00:30:47.839
 us go into

00:30:47.839 --> 00:30:48.419
 all the world

00:30:48.419 --> 00:30:50.019
 because God

00:30:50.019 --> 00:30:50.419
 is the Lord

00:30:50.419 --> 00:30:50.720
 of all the

00:30:50.720 --> 00:30:50.940
 world.

00:30:52.679 --> 00:30:53.359
 And let us

00:30:53.359 --> 00:30:54.099
 preach Christ

00:30:54.099 --> 00:30:56.059
 salvation

00:30:56.059 --> 00:30:56.659
 through judgment.

00:30:59.039 --> 00:30:59.579
 Let's pray.