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 Lamech at the end of chapter 4, instead of protecting her from her.

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 The first lonely wanderer.

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 And so on and so forth.

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 And the patterns set in Genesis 3 continue to play themselves out

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 in the history of the world, in the history of our families, in the history of our lives.

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 Adam and Eve and all of their descendants not only lost their clear conscience,

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 they lost their access to God's presence,

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 and God's bountiful provision, and God's life-giving power.

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 They were exiled from God's tabernacle and sent into the wilderness.

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 Genesis 3.24, God drove out the man.

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 And at the east of the Garden of Eden, he placed the cherubim, mighty warrior angels.

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 That's what cherubim were.

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 And a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life.

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 So stage one in creation, we see unhindered access to God.

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 And a clear conscience with no shame.

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 Stage two, after the fall, driven out of God's presence with no way back in.

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 Guilty, ashamed, and avoidant.

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 And this is the world into which we are born and in which we live.

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 It's what many biblical writers, including the author of Hebrews, refer to as the present age.

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 But thankfully, the story of the Bible doesn't end here.

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 Because God, in his mercy, continues to seek out a dwelling place with his people.

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 And this leads us to stage three.

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 The tabernacle in the wilderness.

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 We read from Exodus in our first scripture reading.

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 Exodus 25, where God commanded Moses to build a tabernacle in the midst of the wilderness.

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 Exodus 25, 8, let them make me a sanctuary.

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 In other words, a holy place set apart that I may dwell in their midst.

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 Exodus 29, 45 and 46, I will dwell among the people of Israel and I will be their God.

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 And they shall know that I am the Lord their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, that I might dwell among them.

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 And at the end of Exodus, as we read, the tabernacle was finally finished and the cloud of God's glory descended and came to dwell among his people and filled the tabernacle.

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 This is the conclusion of the book of Exodus.

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 It's the climax.

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 God has come to dwell among his people once again.

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 That's what the tabernacle was about.

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 What we had lost in the Garden of Eden was now being restored.

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 But not quite.

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 And that's what the author of Hebrews is pointing out.

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 If you turn back to Hebrews, chapter 9, he begins by saying,

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 Even the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly place of holiness.

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 In other words, the tabernacle was limited by its earthly nature and by its regulations.

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 So first, the tabernacle was limited because it was earthly.

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 In other words, it was made out of temporary materials donated by the people.

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 Now, they were the best materials that we have.

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 But it wasn't made to last forever.

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 In fact, the tabernacle in the wilderness had already been destroyed and replaced twice.

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 First, it was replaced by Solomon's temple.

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 But then that was destroyed in the exile.

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 And then that was rebuilt after they came back from exile.

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 So the original tabernacle didn't even exist anymore.

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 The point is, it was a temporary structure that would decay over time.

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 And as it says in verse 9, that's a symbol for the world that we live in.

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 The present age of decay and a fallen world.

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 So the tabernacle was limited because it was earthly.

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 But second, it was limited by its regulations.

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 You know, it wasn't like the cherubim, the mighty warrior angels,

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 standing at the entrance to the Garden of Eden,

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 had just been, and that flaming sword flashing back and forth.

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 It wasn't like that was just suddenly removed,

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 and the gate was opened for any and everyone to come back into the Garden of Eden

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 and enjoy all of its bounty once again.

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 No, there were detailed regulations about how you could approach the presence of God.

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 So he says, and he talks about some of these here.

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 If you want to read all of them, you can read the full text in Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers.

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 But he summarizes some of the main ones here.

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 In verse 6 and 7, he says there are two sections in the tabernacle.

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 And he says the priest would enter regularly into the first section

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 to offer gifts and sacrifices.

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 Now, if you weren't a priest, you couldn't even go in there.

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 If you weren't a priest, you were pretty much on the outside, period.

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 But the priest could go regularly into the first section.

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 But then he says, but the second section,

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 the most holy place represented the very presence of God.

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 The most precious things were kept in the most holy place.

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 In particular, the Ark of the Covenant,

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 representing God coming to dwell with his people.

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 The promise that God had made to bind himself to his people

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 and the covenant that he had made.

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 That was put in the most holy place.

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 As well as the manna, a sign of God's provision for the people in the wilderness.

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 Aaron's staff that budded, a sign of God's life-giving power and authority.

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 And the tablets of the covenant, as we said.

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 And then he says, above it, verse 5, were the cherubim of glory.

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 The glorious angels overshadowing the mercy seat.

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 And if you read in Exodus, the description of that,

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 in Exodus 25, God says,

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 that's where I will meet with you.

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 He says, there I will meet with you,

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 above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim.

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 Exodus 25, 22.

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 That was the place where the presence of God would come to dwell

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 with his people in that innermost place.

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 But the problem was,

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 only the high priest could go in there.

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 And only once a year.

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 And only with a sacrifice.

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 And then he'd do his thing,

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 and then he'd leave.

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 And he couldn't go in for another year.

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 You see, the tabernacle in the wilderness was built to be

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 the dwelling place of God among his people.

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 But its very structure and its regulations

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 communicated the distance

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 and the barriers

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 that still remained

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 between people and God.

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 And all the sacrifices

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 that had to be repeated

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 over and over again

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 could never restore us

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 to the freedom

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 that Adam and Eve enjoyed

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 in the garden before the fall.

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 Because as he says in verse 10,

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 there were only regulations for the body.

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 Dealing with food and drink

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 and various washings.

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 They could never definitively

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 cleanse our conscience.

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 Otherwise, they wouldn't have had to be

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 repeated all over again.

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 They could never wash away

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 our guilt and shame.

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 Now, probably none of us here

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 are planning to go to a tabernacle in Israel

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 to be cleansed of our sins

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 and our guilt.

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 It doesn't even exist anymore.

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 Nobody's going there.

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 It was destroyed in 70 AD.

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 But think for a moment.

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 Think for a moment about all the other

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 bodily regulations

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 that we come up with.

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 Seeking to cleanse our conscience.

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 Seeking to bring us back

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 into that life with God

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 that Adam and Eve had

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 in the Garden of Eden.

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 I mean, isn't that the promise

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 of many diets?

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 Rules about food and drink

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 that promise cleansing

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 and freedom

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 and freedom

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 and long life

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 if you follow them strictly.

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 These foods are good.

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 These foods are bad.

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 If you follow these rules,

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 you can feel good about yourself

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 because you're better

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 than everybody else who doesn't.

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 Of course, it's unstable

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 because the rules are always changing.

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 If you read a dieting book

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 from 20 or 30 years ago,

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 it's completely outdated

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 and been proved wrong

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 by more recent research.

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 But isn't it interesting?

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 It's striking how we can look to food

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 as a means

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 not only to physical well-being

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 but even to spiritual well-being.

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 My wife and I are members

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 of the co-op down the street,

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 the Elm City Market.

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 And a few months ago,

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 I was walking by

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 and they had an advertisement

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 in the window

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 that said something like,

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 buy natural foods

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 here at the co-op.

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 Health for your body,

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 mind, and spirit.

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 And I thought, really?

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 You know, if eating raw foods

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 could make me

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 or keep me spiritually healthy,

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 I'll eat them every day of the year.

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 I mean, hey, I'm okay with kale.

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 I'm okay with broccoli too.

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 But neither one

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 will cleanse our soul.

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 Now, of course,

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 we can go to the other stream too.

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 Overeating.

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 Or compulsive eating.

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 Not so much to cleanse our conscience

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 as perhaps to dull our conscience.

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 When we're feeling lonely

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 or sad

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 or ashamed

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 or overwhelmed,

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 we turn to food

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 or coffee

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 or alcohol

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 or sweets

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 to comfort us.

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 But of course,

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 the more we eat

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 or the more we drink,

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 the less pleasure

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 we experience.

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 And then sometimes

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 we go back and forth

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 between rigid legalistic dieting

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 and unrestrained indulgence.

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 And neither of them works.

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 They only expose

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 our shame

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 and insecurity

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 and our need

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 for something more.

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 Which brings us to stage four

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 in God's plan

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 to dwell among His people.

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 verse 10 says,

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 the tabernacle

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 and its regulations

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 were a temporary measure

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 until the time

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 of reformation.

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 Reformation.

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 You might ask,

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 what does he mean

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 by that phrase,

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 the time of reformation?

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 Well, that word

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 reformation

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 could also be translated

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 reconstruction.

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 It referred to something

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 being reformed

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 or reshaped

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 or rebuilt.

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 Reformation was needed

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 when a building

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 was in disrepair,

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 when an account

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 was overdue

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 or when a law

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 became ineffective.

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 And the Old Testament

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 prophets,

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 including in particular

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 Ezekiel and Zechariah,

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 looked forward to a day

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 when the tabernacle,

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 God's dwelling place

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 with His people,

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 would be gloriously restored

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 and all the world

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 would see it.

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 And a river

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 would flow out from it.

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 Ezekiel described it.

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 A river flowing out

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 from the new temple

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 giving life

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 to all creation

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 like the Garden of Eden

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 once again.

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 Now the message

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 of the New Testament

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 is that in the coming

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 of Jesus Christ,

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 that day

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 has arrived.

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 That in Jesus Christ,

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 God has established

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 and anchored

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 a permanent dwelling place

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 among His people.

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 As we heard earlier,

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 Matt read this

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 at the beginning

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 of the service,

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 the Word became flesh

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 and dwelt among us.

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 We have seen His glory.

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 Jesus Christ

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 is now the place

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 where God

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 and humanity

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 meet together.

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 and are inseparably joined.

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 He is the one

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 through whom our conscience

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 can be cleansed,

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 not just temporarily,

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 but forevermore.

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 And because Jesus has come,

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 the physical tabernacle

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 and all its rules

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 and regulations

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 and all the other rules

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 and regulations

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 that we come up with

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 to try to cleanse

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 our own conscience

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 and make us right

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 with God

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 have been superseded.

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 Jesus said

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 in Matthew 12, 6,

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 I tell you,

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 something greater

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 than the temple

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 is here.

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 Or John chapter 2,

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 Jesus goes into the temple

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 and He drives out

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 the vendors

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 and the money changers

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 and the religious leaders

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 confront Him

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 and say,

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 what are you doing?

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 You're acting like

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 you own this place.

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 And Jesus said,

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 destroy this temple

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 and in three days

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 I will raise it up.

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 They didn't get

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 what He was saying,

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 but John explains

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 He was speaking

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 about the temple

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 of His body.

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 Jesus' own body

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 that would be

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 demolished on the cross

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 but gloriously rebuilt

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 in His resurrection.

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 You see,

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 through Jesus' death

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 and resurrection

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 He has established

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 a permanent dwelling place

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 of God

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 with His people.

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 Because through Jesus'

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 sacrifice on the cross

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 He's made provision

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 for our conscience

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 to be cleansed,

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 for our guilt

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 and shame

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 to be removed,

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 for our access

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 to God's presence

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 to be restored,

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 for our lives

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 to be rebuilt.

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 Once more,

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 in Him.

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 When Adam and Eve

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 were sent away

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 from the garden,

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 God placed

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 at the entrance

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 the angels

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 to guard

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 the entrance

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 with a flaming sword

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 flashing back and forth,

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 the sword

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 of divine justice.

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 For Adam and Eve

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 had sinned

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 and the wages

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 of sin is death.

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 But when Jesus Christ

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 who was without sin

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 died on the cross,

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 He went under

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 that flaming sword

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 of divine justice.

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 And because He died,

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 the way is now

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 open for us

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 to enter into

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 God's presence

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 once more

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 without hindrance.

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 the price

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 has been paid.

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 And because Jesus

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 has offered

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 that once-for-all

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 sacrifice,

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 we now have access

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 to that life-giving river

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 that flowed

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 through the Garden of Eden

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 and that Ezekiel

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 foresaw

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 would one day

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 be restored,

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 the life-giving river

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 that never runs dry.

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 And when Jesus

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 was on earth,

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 He talked about that.

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 And He said,

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 that's the Holy Spirit.

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 John chapter 7,

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 Jesus went to Jerusalem

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 for the Feast

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 of Tabernacles,

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 the feast

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 that celebrated

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 God's dwelling

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 among His people

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 when they came

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 out of Egypt

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 in the wilderness.

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 And on the last

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 and greatest day

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 of the feast,

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 He stood up,

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 John 7, 37,

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 and He cried out,

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 if anyone thirsts,

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 let him come

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 to Me

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 and drink.

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 Whoever believes

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 in Me,

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 as the Scripture

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 has said,

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 out of his heart

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 will flow

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 rivers

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 of living

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 water.

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 He said this

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 about the Spirit

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 whom those

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 who believed

00:15:41.060 --> 00:15:41.500
 in Him

00:15:41.500 --> 00:15:42.840
 were to receive.

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 You see,

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 through Jesus

00:15:45.280 --> 00:15:45.980
 we have access

00:15:45.980 --> 00:15:46.520
 once more

00:15:46.520 --> 00:15:47.180
 to the presence

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 of God,

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 to the life-giving

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 power of God,

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 to the provision

00:15:50.420 --> 00:15:51.820
 of God.

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 It's the same

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 promise that Jesus

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 made when He met

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 the Samaritan woman

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 at the well.

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 She had been

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 married and

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 divorced five times

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 and was living

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 with another man

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 who wasn't her

00:16:08.900 --> 00:16:09.160
 husband.

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 For all kinds

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 of reasons,

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 she would have

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 been excluded

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 from the temple

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 in Jerusalem,

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 not even able

00:16:20.600 --> 00:16:21.100
 to go in

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 to the outer court.

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 And yet,

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 Jesus comes to her

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 and she's sitting

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 at the well

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 and He says

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 to her,

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 everyone who

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 drinks this water,

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 He engages her

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 in conversation.

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 In the course

00:16:34.799 --> 00:16:35.359
 of the conversation

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 He says,

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 everyone who

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 drinks this water

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 will be thirsty

00:16:39.000 --> 00:16:39.399
 again.

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 But whoever

00:16:40.779 --> 00:16:41.500
 drinks the water

00:16:41.500 --> 00:16:42.299
 that I give him

00:16:42.299 --> 00:16:43.519
 will never

00:16:43.519 --> 00:16:44.819
 be thirsty

00:16:44.819 --> 00:16:45.779
 forever.

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 Because the water

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 that I give

00:16:48.899 --> 00:16:49.500
 will become

00:16:49.500 --> 00:16:50.299
 in that person

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 a river,

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 a spring of living

00:16:52.859 --> 00:16:53.179
 water,

00:16:53.319 --> 00:16:53.799
 welling up

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 to eternal life.

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 Jesus,

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 wow,

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 no one else

00:17:02.259 --> 00:17:03.180
 has ever

00:17:03.180 --> 00:17:03.840
 promised that.

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 That's what

00:17:08.079 --> 00:17:08.740
 Jesus promises.

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 No matter

00:17:11.380 --> 00:17:12.200
 what our past,

00:17:13.420 --> 00:17:13.759
 no matter

00:17:13.759 --> 00:17:15.079
 how qualified

00:17:15.079 --> 00:17:17.240
 we might seem

00:17:17.240 --> 00:17:18.039
 on the outside

00:17:18.039 --> 00:17:20.339
 before others,

00:17:21.660 --> 00:17:22.319
 Jesus offers

00:17:22.319 --> 00:17:23.120
 a way

00:17:23.120 --> 00:17:23.740
 into God's

00:17:23.740 --> 00:17:24.240
 presence

00:17:24.240 --> 00:17:25.660
 and living

00:17:25.660 --> 00:17:25.980
 water

00:17:25.980 --> 00:17:26.240
 that will

00:17:26.240 --> 00:17:26.720
 never run

00:17:26.720 --> 00:17:27.059
 dry.

00:17:28.279 --> 00:17:28.859
 When Jesus

00:17:28.859 --> 00:17:29.359
 talked about

00:17:29.359 --> 00:17:29.660
 the work

00:17:29.660 --> 00:17:30.059
 of the Holy

00:17:30.059 --> 00:17:30.440
 Spirit,

00:17:31.559 --> 00:17:31.940
 He said,

00:17:32.059 --> 00:17:32.859
 peace I leave

00:17:32.859 --> 00:17:33.299
 with you.

00:17:34.000 --> 00:17:34.599
 My peace

00:17:34.599 --> 00:17:35.240
 I give you.

00:17:35.859 --> 00:17:36.420
 I do not

00:17:36.420 --> 00:17:36.960
 give to you

00:17:36.960 --> 00:17:37.480
 as the world

00:17:37.480 --> 00:17:37.920
 gives.

00:17:38.480 --> 00:17:38.980
 Do not let

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 your hearts

00:17:39.359 --> 00:17:39.839
 be troubled

00:17:39.839 --> 00:17:40.319
 and do not

00:17:40.319 --> 00:17:40.819
 be afraid.

00:17:40.920 --> 00:17:41.099
 And then

00:17:41.099 --> 00:17:41.640
 He went on

00:17:41.640 --> 00:17:42.180
 to talk

00:17:42.180 --> 00:17:42.819
 about joy.

00:17:44.140 --> 00:17:44.740
 He said,

00:17:44.759 --> 00:17:45.160
 you will be

00:17:45.160 --> 00:17:45.720
 sorrowful,

00:17:46.460 --> 00:17:47.700
 but your sorrow

00:17:47.700 --> 00:17:48.200
 will turn

00:17:48.200 --> 00:17:48.680
 to joy.

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 You have sorrow

00:17:50.579 --> 00:17:50.880
 now,

00:17:50.940 --> 00:17:51.279
 but I will

00:17:51.279 --> 00:17:52.000
 see you again

00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:53.660
 and your

00:17:53.660 --> 00:17:54.099
 hearts will

00:17:54.099 --> 00:17:54.500
 rejoice

00:17:54.500 --> 00:17:55.740
 and no one

00:17:55.740 --> 00:17:56.099
 will take

00:17:56.099 --> 00:17:56.460
 your joy

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 from you.

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 Ask

00:17:58.359 --> 00:17:59.000
 and you

00:17:59.000 --> 00:17:59.519
 will receive

00:17:59.519 --> 00:17:59.900
 that your

00:17:59.900 --> 00:18:00.539
 joy may

00:18:00.539 --> 00:18:00.960
 be full.

00:18:01.720 --> 00:18:02.279
 This is the

00:18:02.279 --> 00:18:02.799
 promise that

00:18:02.799 --> 00:18:03.640
 Jesus offers.

00:18:04.940 --> 00:18:05.460
 Joy

00:18:05.460 --> 00:18:06.480
 and peace

00:18:06.480 --> 00:18:08.279
 from the

00:18:08.279 --> 00:18:09.240
 Holy Spirit,

00:18:09.759 --> 00:18:10.140
 the river

00:18:10.140 --> 00:18:10.759
 of life-giving

00:18:10.759 --> 00:18:11.180
 water

00:18:11.180 --> 00:18:12.240
 flowing through

00:18:12.240 --> 00:18:12.720
 us,

00:18:13.680 --> 00:18:16.079
 cleansing

00:18:16.079 --> 00:18:18.519
 from all

00:18:18.519 --> 00:18:18.779
 of our

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 guilt

00:18:19.000 --> 00:18:19.439
 and shame.

00:18:21.199 --> 00:18:21.599
 Finally,

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 stage five,

00:18:23.919 --> 00:18:24.539
 the tabernacle

00:18:24.539 --> 00:18:25.119
 yet to come.

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 You see,

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 what we have

00:18:27.419 --> 00:18:27.839
 now,

00:18:28.779 --> 00:18:29.220
 according to

00:18:29.220 --> 00:18:29.539
 the Bible,

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 it's only

00:18:29.939 --> 00:18:30.419
 the beginning.

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 Because at

00:18:31.879 --> 00:18:32.139
 the end

00:18:32.139 --> 00:18:32.659
 of the Bible,

00:18:33.119 --> 00:18:34.000
 Revelation 21

00:18:34.000 --> 00:18:34.539
 and 22

00:18:34.539 --> 00:18:35.059
 gives us a

00:18:35.059 --> 00:18:35.960
 picture of

00:18:35.960 --> 00:18:36.619
 the tabernacle

00:18:36.619 --> 00:18:37.259
 yet to come,

00:18:37.439 --> 00:18:38.039
 the eternal

00:18:38.039 --> 00:18:39.159
 dwelling place

00:18:39.159 --> 00:18:39.960
 of God

00:18:39.960 --> 00:18:40.279
 with His

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 people.

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 I want

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 to close

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 by simply

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 reading

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 some of

00:18:46.860 --> 00:18:46.960
 the

00:18:46.960 --> 00:18:47.360
 description

00:18:47.360 --> 00:18:47.680
 that it

00:18:47.680 --> 00:18:48.020
 gives.

00:18:50.620 --> 00:18:51.060
 Revelation

00:18:51.060 --> 00:18:51.580
 21,

00:18:53.320 --> 00:18:54.180
 then I

00:18:54.180 --> 00:18:54.520
 saw a

00:18:54.520 --> 00:18:54.940
 new heaven

00:18:54.940 --> 00:18:56.100
 and a

00:18:56.100 --> 00:18:56.600
 new earth.

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 For the

00:18:58.060 --> 00:18:58.540
 first heaven

00:18:58.540 --> 00:18:58.780
 and the

00:18:58.780 --> 00:18:59.259
 first earth

00:18:59.259 --> 00:18:59.680
 had passed

00:18:59.680 --> 00:18:59.940
 away,

00:19:00.000 --> 00:19:00.200
 and I

00:19:00.200 --> 00:19:00.460
 saw the

00:19:00.460 --> 00:19:01.080
 holy city,

00:19:02.080 --> 00:19:02.920
 the new

00:19:02.920 --> 00:19:03.380
 Jerusalem,

00:19:04.240 --> 00:19:05.300
 coming down

00:19:05.300 --> 00:19:05.759
 out of heaven

00:19:05.759 --> 00:19:06.240
 from God,

00:19:06.320 --> 00:19:06.860
 prepared as a

00:19:06.860 --> 00:19:08.300
 bride adorned

00:19:08.300 --> 00:19:08.580
 for her

00:19:08.580 --> 00:19:08.880
 husband.

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 And I

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 heard a

00:19:09.500 --> 00:19:10.040
 loud voice

00:19:10.040 --> 00:19:10.340
 from the

00:19:10.340 --> 00:19:10.860
 throne saying,

00:19:10.960 --> 00:19:11.440
 behold,

00:19:11.440 --> 00:19:12.220
 the dwelling

00:19:12.220 --> 00:19:12.940
 place of

00:19:12.940 --> 00:19:13.420
 God

00:19:13.420 --> 00:19:15.340
 is with

00:19:15.339 --> 00:19:15.659
 man.

00:19:16.379 --> 00:19:16.659
 He will

00:19:16.659 --> 00:19:17.240
 dwell with

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 them,

00:19:17.779 --> 00:19:18.359
 and they

00:19:18.359 --> 00:19:18.639
 will be

00:19:18.639 --> 00:19:19.079
 his people,

00:19:19.199 --> 00:19:19.519
 and God

00:19:19.519 --> 00:19:20.000
 himself will

00:19:20.000 --> 00:19:20.319
 be with

00:19:20.319 --> 00:19:20.599
 them as

00:19:20.599 --> 00:19:21.139
 their God.

00:19:22.119 --> 00:19:22.720
 He will

00:19:22.720 --> 00:19:23.199
 wipe away

00:19:23.199 --> 00:19:23.759
 every tear

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 from their

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 eyes,

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 and death

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 shall be

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 no more.

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 Neither

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 shall there

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 be mourning,

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 nor crying,

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 nor pain

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 anymore,

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 for the

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 former things

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 have passed

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 away.

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 And he

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 who was

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 seated on

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 the throne

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 said,

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 behold,

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 I am

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 making

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 all

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 things

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 new.

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 Verse 22,

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 he says,

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 I saw

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 no temple

00:19:45.079 --> 00:19:45.400
 in the

00:19:45.400 --> 00:19:45.640
 city.

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 There's

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 no need

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 for a

00:19:47.359 --> 00:19:47.599
 physical

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 structure

00:19:48.160 --> 00:19:50.359
 set apart,

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 for its

00:19:52.819 --> 00:19:53.240
 temple is

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 the Lord

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 God,

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 the Almighty,

00:19:54.279 --> 00:19:54.480
 and the

00:19:54.480 --> 00:19:54.759
 Lamb.

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 And the

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 city has

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 no need

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 of sun

00:19:57.500 --> 00:19:57.779
 or moon

00:19:57.779 --> 00:19:58.180
 to shine

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 on it,

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 for the

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 glory of

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 God

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 gives it

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 light,

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 and its

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 lamp

00:20:01.279 --> 00:20:02.200
 is the

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 Lamb,

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 Jesus

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 Christ.

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 Chapter

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 22,

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 then the

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 angel

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 showed me

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 the river

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 of the

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 water

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 of life,

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 brightest

00:20:10.859 --> 00:20:11.299
 crystal

00:20:11.299 --> 00:20:11.679
 flowing

00:20:11.679 --> 00:20:12.039
 from the

00:20:12.039 --> 00:20:12.240
 throne

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 of God

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 and of

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 the

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 Lamb

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 through

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 the

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 middle

00:20:13.740 --> 00:20:14.039
 of the

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 street

00:20:14.259 --> 00:20:14.519
 of the

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 city.

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 On

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 either

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 side

00:20:16.779 --> 00:20:17.000
 of the

00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:17.159
 river

00:20:17.159 --> 00:20:17.339
 the

00:20:17.339 --> 00:20:17.519
 tree

00:20:17.519 --> 00:20:17.659
 of

00:20:17.659 --> 00:20:18.019
 life,

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 with

00:20:19.819 --> 00:20:19.939
 its

00:20:19.939 --> 00:20:20.179
 twelve

00:20:20.179 --> 00:20:20.480
 kinds

00:20:20.480 --> 00:20:20.619
 of

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 fruit,

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 yielding

00:20:21.899 --> 00:20:22.039
 its

00:20:22.039 --> 00:20:22.220
 fruit

00:20:22.220 --> 00:20:22.439
 every

00:20:22.439 --> 00:20:22.779
 month.

00:20:24.159 --> 00:20:24.519
 The

00:20:24.519 --> 00:20:24.720
 leaves

00:20:24.720 --> 00:20:24.960
 of the

00:20:24.960 --> 00:20:25.159
 tree

00:20:25.159 --> 00:20:25.319
 were

00:20:25.319 --> 00:20:25.619
 for the

00:20:25.619 --> 00:20:25.879
 healing

00:20:25.879 --> 00:20:26.039
 of

00:20:26.039 --> 00:20:26.159
 the

00:20:26.159 --> 00:20:26.460
 nations.

00:20:26.599 --> 00:20:26.700
 No

00:20:26.700 --> 00:20:27.019
 longer

00:20:27.019 --> 00:20:27.179
 will

00:20:27.179 --> 00:20:27.299
 there

00:20:27.299 --> 00:20:27.439
 be

00:20:27.439 --> 00:20:27.779
 anything

00:20:27.779 --> 00:20:28.299
 accursed,

00:20:28.700 --> 00:20:29.019
 but the

00:20:29.019 --> 00:20:29.240
 throne

00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:29.659
 of God

00:20:29.659 --> 00:20:29.899
 and of

00:20:29.899 --> 00:20:30.019
 the

00:20:30.019 --> 00:20:30.220
 Lamb

00:20:30.220 --> 00:20:30.339
 will

00:20:30.339 --> 00:20:30.480
 be

00:20:30.480 --> 00:20:30.619
 in

00:20:30.619 --> 00:20:30.740
 it

00:20:30.740 --> 00:20:30.839
 and

00:20:30.839 --> 00:20:31.019
 his

00:20:31.019 --> 00:20:31.319
 servants

00:20:31.319 --> 00:20:31.539
 will

00:20:31.539 --> 00:20:31.819
 worship

00:20:31.819 --> 00:20:32.039
 him.

00:20:32.099 --> 00:20:32.180
 They

00:20:32.180 --> 00:20:32.299
 will

00:20:32.299 --> 00:20:32.579
 see

00:20:32.579 --> 00:20:32.799
 his

00:20:32.799 --> 00:20:33.299
 face

00:20:33.299 --> 00:20:34.500
 and

00:20:34.500 --> 00:20:34.639
 his

00:20:34.639 --> 00:20:34.859
 name

00:20:34.859 --> 00:20:34.980
 will

00:20:34.980 --> 00:20:35.079
 be

00:20:35.079 --> 00:20:35.220
 on

00:20:35.220 --> 00:20:35.379
 their

00:20:35.379 --> 00:20:35.960
 foreheads

00:20:35.960 --> 00:20:36.059
 and

00:20:36.059 --> 00:20:36.299
 night

00:20:36.299 --> 00:20:36.420
 will

00:20:36.420 --> 00:20:36.559
 be

00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:36.779
 no

00:20:36.779 --> 00:20:37.099
 more.

00:20:38.099 --> 00:20:38.539
 They

00:20:38.539 --> 00:20:38.680
 will

00:20:38.680 --> 00:20:38.859
 need

00:20:38.859 --> 00:20:39.039
 no

00:20:39.039 --> 00:20:39.279
 light

00:20:39.279 --> 00:20:39.740
 of

00:20:39.740 --> 00:20:40.059
 lamp

00:20:40.059 --> 00:20:40.240
 or

00:20:40.240 --> 00:20:40.519
 sun

00:20:40.519 --> 00:20:41.279
 for

00:20:41.279 --> 00:20:41.440
 the

00:20:41.440 --> 00:20:41.639
 Lord

00:20:41.639 --> 00:20:41.879
 God

00:20:41.879 --> 00:20:42.000
 will

00:20:42.000 --> 00:20:42.119
 be

00:20:42.119 --> 00:20:42.319
 their

00:20:42.319 --> 00:20:42.680
 light

00:20:42.680 --> 00:20:43.200
 and

00:20:43.200 --> 00:20:43.319
 they

00:20:43.319 --> 00:20:43.460
 will

00:20:43.460 --> 00:20:43.839
 reign

00:20:43.839 --> 00:20:44.720
 forever

00:20:44.720 --> 00:20:45.879
 and

00:20:45.879 --> 00:20:46.119
 ever.

00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:48.460
 You

00:20:48.460 --> 00:20:48.599
 see,

00:20:48.680 --> 00:20:48.940
 in Jesus

00:20:48.940 --> 00:20:49.400
 Christ,

00:20:49.879 --> 00:20:50.519
 we can

00:20:50.519 --> 00:20:50.920
 face our

00:20:50.920 --> 00:20:51.160
 greatest

00:20:51.160 --> 00:20:51.700
 problems

00:20:51.700 --> 00:20:55.180
 because

00:20:55.180 --> 00:20:55.379
 in

00:20:55.379 --> 00:20:55.619
 Jesus

00:20:55.619 --> 00:20:55.960
 Christ,

00:20:56.079 --> 00:20:56.119
 we

00:20:56.119 --> 00:20:56.359
 have a

00:20:56.359 --> 00:20:56.799
 completely

00:20:56.799 --> 00:20:57.660
 sufficient

00:20:57.660 --> 00:20:58.440
 solution.

00:21:00.320 --> 00:21:01.120
 The price

00:21:01.120 --> 00:21:01.400
 has been

00:21:01.400 --> 00:21:01.759
 paid.

00:21:02.420 --> 00:21:03.040
 The way

00:21:03.040 --> 00:21:03.400
 has been

00:21:03.400 --> 00:21:03.680
 opened.

00:21:05.920 --> 00:21:06.500
 This is

00:21:06.500 --> 00:21:07.060
 the promise

00:21:07.060 --> 00:21:08.460
 that he

00:21:08.460 --> 00:21:08.860
 offers.

00:21:10.180 --> 00:21:10.759
 So he

00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:11.220
 invites us,

00:21:11.300 --> 00:21:11.700
 let us draw

00:21:11.700 --> 00:21:12.100
 near to

00:21:12.100 --> 00:21:12.519
 God through

00:21:12.519 --> 00:21:12.759
 him.

00:21:13.220 --> 00:21:13.540
 That's how

00:21:13.540 --> 00:21:13.840
 the Bible

00:21:13.840 --> 00:21:14.300
 ends.

00:21:15.040 --> 00:21:15.519
 The spirit

00:21:15.519 --> 00:21:15.779
 and the

00:21:15.779 --> 00:21:16.160
 bride

00:21:16.160 --> 00:21:17.540
 say,

00:21:17.640 --> 00:21:17.900
 come.

00:21:18.880 --> 00:21:19.460
 And let

00:21:19.460 --> 00:21:19.720
 the one

00:21:19.720 --> 00:21:20.240
 who hears

00:21:20.240 --> 00:21:20.860
 say,

00:21:20.980 --> 00:21:21.259
 come.

00:21:21.900 --> 00:21:22.400
 And let

00:21:22.400 --> 00:21:22.720
 the one

00:21:22.720 --> 00:21:23.040
 who is

00:21:23.040 --> 00:21:23.400
 thirsty

00:21:23.400 --> 00:21:23.900
 come.

00:21:25.060 --> 00:21:25.360
 Let the

00:21:25.360 --> 00:21:25.680
 one who

00:21:25.680 --> 00:21:26.320
 desires

00:21:26.320 --> 00:21:27.440
 take the

00:21:27.440 --> 00:21:27.860
 water of

00:21:27.860 --> 00:21:28.240
 life

00:21:28.240 --> 00:21:29.039
 without

00:21:29.039 --> 00:21:29.580
 price.

00:21:30.580 --> 00:21:31.160
 Let us

00:21:31.160 --> 00:21:31.360
 pray.

00:21:41.660 --> 00:21:42.100
 Almighty

00:21:42.100 --> 00:21:42.340
 God,

00:21:42.380 --> 00:21:42.740
 we thank

00:21:42.740 --> 00:21:42.960
 you

00:21:42.960 --> 00:21:45.640
 that in

00:21:45.640 --> 00:21:46.100
 your mercy

00:21:46.100 --> 00:21:47.940
 you have

00:21:47.940 --> 00:21:48.320
 sought to

00:21:48.320 --> 00:21:48.960
 establish a

00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:49.660
 dwelling place

00:21:49.660 --> 00:21:50.440
 with us,

00:21:50.799 --> 00:21:51.220
 your people.

00:21:55.680 --> 00:21:56.340
 We thank

00:21:56.340 --> 00:21:56.480
 you,

00:21:56.559 --> 00:21:56.740
 Lord,

00:21:57.440 --> 00:21:58.779
 for the

00:21:58.779 --> 00:21:59.180
 price you

00:21:59.180 --> 00:22:00.960
 paid to

00:22:00.960 --> 00:22:02.580
 cleanse us

00:22:02.580 --> 00:22:03.340
 from guilt

00:22:03.340 --> 00:22:03.880
 and shame,

00:22:04.620 --> 00:22:05.940
 to open

00:22:05.940 --> 00:22:06.380
 the way,

00:22:07.580 --> 00:22:08.000
 a new

00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:08.360
 and living

00:22:08.360 --> 00:22:09.420
 way of

00:22:09.420 --> 00:22:11.440
 access to

00:22:11.440 --> 00:22:12.059
 your presence.

00:22:14.240 --> 00:22:14.759
 Lord,

00:22:14.820 --> 00:22:15.299
 we pray that

00:22:15.299 --> 00:22:15.660
 we might

00:22:15.660 --> 00:22:16.000
 come.

00:22:17.200 --> 00:22:17.480
 And Lord,

00:22:17.539 --> 00:22:18.660
 as we look

00:22:18.660 --> 00:22:19.500
 forward to

00:22:19.500 --> 00:22:20.019
 that day

00:22:20.019 --> 00:22:20.700
 when what we

00:22:20.700 --> 00:22:21.299
 just heard

00:22:21.299 --> 00:22:22.480
 will be

00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:24.880
 the complete

00:22:24.880 --> 00:22:25.400
 reality,

00:22:25.400 --> 00:22:27.200
 we pray

00:22:27.200 --> 00:22:27.460
 that we

00:22:27.460 --> 00:22:27.600
 would

00:22:27.600 --> 00:22:28.300
 experience

00:22:28.300 --> 00:22:31.380
 the

00:22:31.380 --> 00:22:31.900
 life-giving

00:22:31.900 --> 00:22:33.300
 river of

00:22:33.300 --> 00:22:33.680
 your Holy

00:22:33.680 --> 00:22:34.040
 Spirit

00:22:34.040 --> 00:22:34.960
 flowing through

00:22:34.960 --> 00:22:35.500
 us today.

00:22:37.340 --> 00:22:37.960
 We pray

00:22:37.960 --> 00:22:38.200
 that we

00:22:38.200 --> 00:22:38.720
 would experience

00:22:38.720 --> 00:22:39.500
 the assurance

00:22:39.500 --> 00:22:41.460
 of sins

00:22:41.460 --> 00:22:41.880
 forgiven,

00:22:42.580 --> 00:22:43.560
 of conscience

00:22:43.560 --> 00:22:44.259
 cleansed,

00:22:44.680 --> 00:22:45.600
 of death

00:22:45.600 --> 00:22:46.560
 defeated,

00:22:47.259 --> 00:22:47.960
 and life

00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:48.600
 without end.

00:22:49.900 --> 00:22:50.780
 In Jesus'

00:22:50.940 --> 00:22:51.120
 name,

00:22:51.820 --> 00:22:52.080
 amen.

00:22:52.079 --> 00:22:52.179
 Amen.

00:22:54.500 --> 00:22:54.980
 Well,

00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:55.319
 as the music

00:22:55.319 --> 00:22:55.779
 team comes

00:22:55.779 --> 00:22:56.199
 forward,

00:22:57.220 --> 00:22:57.619
 we're going

00:22:57.619 --> 00:22:58.679
 to sing

00:22:58.679 --> 00:22:59.480
 our closing

00:22:59.480 --> 00:22:59.960
 song,

00:23:00.399 --> 00:23:00.899
 Beautiful

00:23:00.899 --> 00:23:01.319
 Savior.

00:23:02.220 --> 00:23:02.799
 This speaks

00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:04.159
 about the

00:23:04.159 --> 00:23:04.879
 assurance and

00:23:04.879 --> 00:23:05.379
 the confidence

00:23:05.379 --> 00:23:05.839
 that we can

00:23:05.839 --> 00:23:06.980
 have in

00:23:06.980 --> 00:23:07.519
 Christ and

00:23:07.519 --> 00:23:08.099
 how he's

00:23:08.099 --> 00:23:08.519
 come to

00:23:08.519 --> 00:23:08.939
 dwell among

00:23:08.939 --> 00:23:09.319
 us.

00:23:10.139 --> 00:23:10.559
 So let's

00:23:10.559 --> 00:23:11.099
 stand as we

00:23:11.099 --> 00:23:12.439
 sing in

00:23:12.439 --> 00:23:12.859
 praise to

00:23:12.859 --> 00:23:13.019
 him.

00:23:13.019 --> 00:23:13.079
 Amen.

00:23:13.079 --> 00:23:13.099
 Amen.

00:23:13.099 --> 00:23:13.139
 Amen.

00:23:13.139 --> 00:23:13.199
 Amen.

00:23:13.199 --> 00:23:13.299
 Amen.

00:23:13.299 --> 00:23:13.699
 Amen.

00:23:13.699 --> 00:23:15.139
 Amen.

00:23:15.139 --> 00:23:15.199
 Amen.

00:23:15.199 --> 00:23:15.240
 Amen.

00:23:15.240 --> 00:23:15.740
 Amen.

00:23:15.740 --> 00:23:17.139
 Amen.

00:23:17.139 --> 00:23:17.179
 Amen.

00:23:17.179 --> 00:23:17.199
 Amen.

00:23:17.199 --> 00:23:17.259
 Amen.

00:23:17.259 --> 00:23:17.319
 Amen.

00:23:17.319 --> 00:23:17.699
 Amen.

00:23:17.699 --> 00:23:18.139
 Amen.

00:23:18.139 --> 00:23:19.199
 Amen.

00:23:19.199 --> 00:23:19.220
 Amen.

00:23:19.220 --> 00:23:19.259
 Amen.

00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:19.319
 Amen.

00:23:19.319 --> 00:23:20.139
 Amen.

00:23:20.139 --> 00:23:21.139
 Amen.

00:23:21.140 --> 00:23:22.140
 Amen.

00:23:22.140 --> 00:23:23.140
 Amen.

00:23:23.140 --> 00:23:24.140
 Amen.

00:23:24.140 --> 00:23:24.220
 Amen.

00:23:24.220 --> 00:23:25.140
 Amen.

00:23:25.140 --> 00:23:26.140
 Amen.

00:23:26.140 --> 00:23:27.140
 Amen.

00:23:33.280 --> 00:23:34.140
 Amen.

00:23:34.140 --> 00:23:35.140
 Amen.

00:23:35.140 --> 00:23:36.140
 Amen.

00:23:36.140 --> 00:23:36.300
 Amen.

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 All my days

00:23:38.140 --> 00:23:39.460
 I will sing

00:23:39.460 --> 00:23:40.600
 this song

00:23:40.600 --> 00:23:42.480
 of gladness

00:23:42.480 --> 00:23:46.040
 Give my praise

00:23:46.040 --> 00:23:47.820
 to the fountain

00:23:47.820 --> 00:23:50.259
 of delight

00:23:50.259 --> 00:23:52.259
 Lord of history

00:23:52.259 --> 00:23:55.259
 You're the way

00:23:55.259 --> 00:23:56.259
 that we are

00:23:56.259 --> 00:23:57.259
 Lord of history

00:23:57.259 --> 00:23:58.259
 For in my heart

00:23:58.259 --> 00:23:59.259
 For in my heart

00:23:59.259 --> 00:24:00.259
 You heard my cry

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 And waves of mercy

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 Pour down on my life

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 Beautiful Savior

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 Wonderful Counselor

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 You're the way

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 Father

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 Cloth and majesty

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 Lord of history

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 You're the way

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 The truth

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 The light

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 Star of the morning

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 Glorious in holiness

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 You're the risen one

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 Heaven's champion

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 And you reign

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 You reign over all

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 And I will trust

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 In the cross

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 Of my redeemer

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 I will sing

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 I will sing

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 Of the blood

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 That never fails

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 Of sins forgiven

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 Of conscience closed

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 Of death defeated

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 And life without end

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 Beautiful Savior

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 Wonderful Counselor

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 Lord of the Lord

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 You're the faithful

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 Counselor

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 Cloth and majesty

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 Lord of history

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 You're the way

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 The truth

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 The life

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 Star of the morning

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 Glorious in holiness

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 You're the risen one

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 Heaven's champion

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 And you reign

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 You reign over all

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 And I long to be

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 Where the praise is never ending

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 Turn to dwell

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 Where the glory never fades

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 Where countless worshipers will shine

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 Will share one's soul

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 And Christ the Lord

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 And I long to be

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 Where the praise is never ending

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 And I long to be

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 Where the praise is never ending

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 Turn to dwell

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 Where the glory never fades

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 Where countless worshipers will share one's soul

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 And Christ the love worthy will honor the Lord

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 Beautiful Savior

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 Wonderful Counselor

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 Lord of majesty

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 Lord of history

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 You're the way

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 The truth

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 The life

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 Star of the morning

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 Glorious in holiness

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 You're the risen one

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 Heaven's champion

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 And you reign

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 You reign over all

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 Thanks for joining us this morning

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 We invite you to stay around either up here or downstairs

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 Where there is coffee and refreshments

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 To greet and encourage one another

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 I receive God's word of blessing

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 From the book of Revelation

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 He who testifies