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 Good morning, everyone.

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 My name is James.

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 Nice to see you all today.

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 If I was to ask you to picture home in your mind,

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 what would you imagine?

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 Do that for me.

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 What does home look like?

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 Is it noisy people around a dinner table?

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 Is it time talking over food and talking over tea and coffee?

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 Is it the warm embrace of a loved one?

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 Is it being with the people you know and love,

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 who know and love you and you know and love them?

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 Is it being in the place where you feel comforted and supported and cared for?

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 Now, this might be a really loving picture for some of us.

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 This might be something that happens quite often

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 that we actually need to be more thankful to God for.

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 But for others, that kind of picture of home

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 is almost impossible to achieve.

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 A family might be overseas or in another state

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 and with COVID and lockdowns,

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 to see family is incredibly difficult.

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 Maybe we've lost family members

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 or maybe we have broken relationship with our family.

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 This picture of home might actually be just cold

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 and lonely and difficult.

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 You may long for home because you've moved around so much

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 that you just don't know where home is.

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 Maybe you live far away from your family

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 and long to live near them.

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 You may long for family that you'd want to be near.

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 Because some people live with a longing for a home

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 in which they feel safe and loved.

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 We all have a longing for home inside of us.

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 To be known and loved, to have deep relationships.

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 And we can do a lot of things to try and get that image

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 or to keep that image safe.

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 Each of us have a longing for home inside of us.

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 And this is only found

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 when we get to the home that we were made for.

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 We are in a series at the moment,

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 going through the book of Exodus,

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 called Ordinary People, Extraordinary God.

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 And we've seen so far in this series

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 that God has taken a people,

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 taken them out of Egypt,

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 saved them out of Egypt with plagues,

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 with a miracle at the Red Sea,

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 parting the sea so they could get through it.

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 He's taken the people to Mount Sinai.

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 God has made a covenant,

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 a long-lasting relationship with his people.

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 He's given them laws,

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 and now God is going to make a home with these people.

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 The challenge for us will be today

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 is to think about where our home is.

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 Because God offers us his home,

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 a place of love and safety and comfort.

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 And the question will be,

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 will we journey to that home?

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 So as we get into Exodus 25

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 and a couple of chapters after that,

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 let me pray for us.

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 Heavenly Father,

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 as we look at this picture of home today,

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 help us to long for the home

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 you are preparing for us, Lord.

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 Amen.

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 Let's see two points today.

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 First of all, we're going to see the map

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 that points to home,

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 and then how we journey to this home.

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 You can be following along in the St. Paul's app.

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 Let me encourage you to be taking notes there on paper.

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 Write them on your hand and up your arm if you need to.

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 First of all, Exodus 25 from verse 8.

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 Then have them make a sanctuary for me,

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 and I will dwell among them.

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 Now, this is actually quite amazing.

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 The God of the universe,

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 the God who is everywhere,

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 knows everything,

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 knows the beat of every single heart,

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 who made the smallest ant

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 and made one of my favorite creatures,

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 the giant sea squid.

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 This wonderful God

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 is going to make his home

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 with a group of people.

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 And this is reminiscent of a marriage relationship.

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 In the last couple of weeks,

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 we've seen God take his people to Mount Sinai

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 and make a covenant with them,

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 make a relationship,

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 just like a marriage.

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 And now he's moving in with them.

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 He's going to be with them wherever they are.

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 And God instructs them to build this tent,

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 a tabernacle,

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 so he can travel with them.

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 This is the first flat pack,

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 IKEA-style building.

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 It's designed to be set up,

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 packed down,

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 set up as they move around.

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 And to understand this fully,

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 we need to go back to the Garden of Eden.

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 In the Garden of Eden,

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 God placed man and woman in the garden,

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 in the first home.

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 It was a place of provision and safety and rest,

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 a place where God was with them in their home

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 and they were known and loved.

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 But the humans,

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 we rejected this home and got exiled.

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 And now as we see that the tabernacle get built,

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 it is like a map showing the way back to that home.

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 And so it's full of pictures and images and Easter eggs

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 pointing back to the Garden of Eden,

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 leading us to the home.

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 And so God lists,

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 we'll go through a couple of these

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 to show it how it points back

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 and then points forward.

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 Firstly,

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 there's a list of precious stones

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 that are required

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 for the building of the tabernacle.

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 And the list starts with gold

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 and ends in onyx.

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 It's very similar in Genesis

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 with the description of the earth.

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 It had good gold

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 and it had onyx.

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 In chapter 25,

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 verse 31 to 39,

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 it describes the construction of the lampstand.

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 It has buds and blossoms.

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 This lampstand was designed to look like a tree.

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 It's an echo of the tree of life

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 that was found in the Garden of Eden.

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 When God made the world in Genesis,

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 he repeats a phrase,

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 there's a repeated phrase,

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 comes up seven times.

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 God said,

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 let there be light

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 or let there be something.

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 It's repeated seven times.

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 And now here in Exodus,

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 there's another phrase

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 repeated seven times.

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 The Lord said to Moses,

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 build this.

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 It's the same imagery.

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 The building of the tabernacle

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 is like the building

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 of our first home

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 in the Garden of Eden.

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 And the biggest,

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 the most important part of this

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 is that this is where God would dwell.

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 God was there in the Garden of Eden.

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 God is going to make his home

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 here in the tabernacle.

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 This tabernacle is built

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 with rings and poles

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 so it could be carried around

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 and moved with Israel

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 and then rebuilt

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 and packed down.

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 So,

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 this tabernacle

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 is a new home

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 for God with his people.

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 It points back to

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 humanity's first home,

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 but it also gives us

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 a road map

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 to our final home.

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 And there's

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 some pieces of furniture

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 that we're going to see here.

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 The first three

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 point

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 to what makes this

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 a really great home.

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 So,

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 have a look with me.

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 We're going to have a look

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 at furniture.

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 I'm not sure if you've,

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 you know,

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 come to church thinking,

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 I really need to spend some time

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 thinking about furniture.

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 That's,

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 that's what we've got here

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 in Exodus 25

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 and it actually gives us

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 a wonderful picture of home.

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 So,

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 let's have a look at this.

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 First,

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 we see the ark

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 in chapter 25

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 where we see

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 that we live under God's reign.

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 From verse 10,

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 have them make an ark

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 of acacia wood

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 two and a half cubits long,

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 a cubit and a half wide

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 and a cubit and a half high.

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 Overlay it with gold,

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 pure gold,

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 both inside and out

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 and make a gold

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 moulding around it.

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 The picture of this ark here,

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 I don't know if you've seen

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 Indiana Jones

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 and the Raiders of the Lost Ark

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 recently,

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 I know I have.

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 The picture of the ark here

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 is,

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 it has the same size

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 and dimensions

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 as an ancient king's

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 footstool.

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 What would happen is,

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 ancient kings

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 would have their throne,

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 they would have their throne

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 and they would go

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 and sit on their throne

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 when they were

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 bringing judgments.

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 You know,

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 it was the day

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 for court cases

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 to come before them,

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 the king would make judgments

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 on the world

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 and so they would have a throne

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 and in front of the throne

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 they would have a footstool.

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 Okay?

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 So the footstool

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 and the throne

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 go together

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 as the place of judgment

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 and the picture of the ark here

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 is that it is

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 that very footstool.

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 Israel doesn't have

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 a human king.

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 Israel has a theocracy,

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 a God king

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 and God is in the heavens,

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 seated in the heavens

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 and here

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 with the people

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 is his footstool.

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 Sitting in the heavens

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 his feet are on the earth

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 and this is where he rules.

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 God put something

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 in his footstool.

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 Verse 16.

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 Then put in the ark

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 the tablets of the covenant law

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 which I will give you.

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 God is going to rule his people

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 through the Ten Commandments

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 and that symbolizes

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 the entire law.

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 The ark is the place

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 that God will rule

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 over his people.

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 At the Garden of Eden

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 that was when Adam and Eve

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 chose to reject God

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 and get exiled

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 from their home

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 but here

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 God is going to rule

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 directly over his people

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 again.

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 And so the picture

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 at this point is

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 it's a golden

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 empty box

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 that's going to have

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 the tablets in it.

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 I love the amount of gold

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 that gets used here.

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 It's just a wonderful

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 amount of gold

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 showing how valuable

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 each of these pieces are

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 because it points back

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 to the awesome God

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 that we have.

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 But we've got

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 a golden box

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 and God also describes

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 the cover

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 that's made for it.

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 It's called

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 an atonement cover.

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 It's the lid

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 that goes on the box

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 on top of the stone tablets.

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 Now this piece of furniture

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 just like the rest

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 has really rich

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 symbolic imagery.

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 It's not just a lid.

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 It's not just a box

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 needs a lid.

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 What kind of hinge

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 does it have?

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 It's not that kind of thing.

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 It's really significant

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 that the stone tablets

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 that have the law

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 that they are being covered

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 because the penalty

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 of breaking the law

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 is death.

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 The penalty

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 that comes from

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 disobeying God

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 is being covered.

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 It is if

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 the phrase in English

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 it is if

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 God is

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 covering the cost

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 of his people's sin.

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 And so at the seat

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 of his power

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 where his footstool

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 is on earth

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 God is going to

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 rule over his people

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 and bring justice

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 but also

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 with the atonement cover

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 he brings

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 mercy.

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 Even at this stage

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 God's people need

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 their sins

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 covered over.

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 Not covered up

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 but covered over.

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 And God is indicating

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 that there is going

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 to be someone

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 who will cover

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 the cost

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 of the people's sin.

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 That's the first

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 piece of furniture

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 for us.

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 The second piece

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 of furniture

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 is a table

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 where there will be food

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 because home

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 is where we eat

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 food with God.

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 I can't think

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 of a person's house

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 that I've ever been into

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 that didn't have

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 a dining table.

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 I think if I came

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 into every one

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 of your houses

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 I would find

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 a dining table.

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 Would this be correct?

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 Does anybody

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 not have a dining table?

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 You don't have

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 a dining table?

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 You don't have

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 a dining table?

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 It's too small?

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 Okay.

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 My heart breaks

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 for you.

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 We'll get you

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 in a milk crate

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 and a tiny

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 dining table.

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 So what does this

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 say about our houses?

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 You know

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 I don't want to

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 pick on one person

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 in particular.

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 Maybe it says

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 I don't want

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 to have fellowship.

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 I know of

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 no I'm not saying

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 that about you at all.

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 A minister I used

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 to work with

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 he had five kids

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 large family

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 that had a large

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 dining table.

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 They got rid of that.

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 I actually have

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 that dining table now

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 and they got a new

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 dining table

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 so they could have

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 lots of people

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 at their house

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 because they wanted

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 to feast with people.

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 They wanted to

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 open their home.

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 They wanted to do

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 food with other people

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 because that is what

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 home so often is.

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 Home and dining table

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 are so central

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 to family

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 and it's true

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 of God's home here.

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 A table is made

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 verse 23

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 make a table

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 of acacia wood

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 two cubits long

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 a cubit wide

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 and a cubit

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 and a half high

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 and on this table

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 a meal gets served.

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 Verse 30

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 put the bread

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 of the presence

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 on this table

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 to be before me

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 at all times.

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 Now the bread

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 isn't here

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 because God gets hungry.

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 God doesn't need it.

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 In Leviticus

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 we are told

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 that the bread

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 of the presence

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 was 12 loaves

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 of bread.

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 Two rows of six.

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 12 being a very

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 symbolic number

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 for Israel

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 because there was

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 12 tribes.

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 So this is a picture

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 of all of the people

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 of Israel

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 being able to eat

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 food with God.

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 In God's home

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 where he rules

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 where he shows

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 justice and mercy

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 he's also got food

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 for his people.

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 He has a home

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 a family for them.

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 It's a wonderful picture

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 of a meal

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 in the presence

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 of God

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 because this

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 this is the point

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 of knowing Jesus.

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 This is the point

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 of Christianity.

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 We don't become

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 Christians just

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 to not go to hell

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 or just to

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 live forever.

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 The joy

00:14:03.060 --> 00:14:03.920
 of being a Christian

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 is that we get

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 invited to the

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 best table

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 in town.

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 We get to

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 share a meal

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 with God himself.

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 It's what we long

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 for.

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 The third piece

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 of furniture

00:14:17.299 --> 00:14:19.079
 here is a lampstand.

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 It was designed

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 to look like

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 the tree of life

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 but it also

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 provides light.

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 It's this really

00:14:25.359 --> 00:14:26.120
 warm,

00:14:26.359 --> 00:14:27.199
 lovely image

00:14:27.199 --> 00:14:28.779
 that it's a

00:14:28.779 --> 00:14:29.879
 brightly lit,

00:14:30.279 --> 00:14:30.599
 warm,

00:14:30.759 --> 00:14:31.839
 welcoming home

00:14:31.839 --> 00:14:32.620
 to have a meal

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 with God.

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 It is a lamp.

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 It's a place

00:14:36.939 --> 00:14:37.679
 of light

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 and life.

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 Once this

00:14:41.000 --> 00:14:41.419
 tabernacle

00:14:41.419 --> 00:14:41.959
 is built,

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 the table,

00:14:43.699 --> 00:14:44.519
 the lampstand,

00:14:45.199 --> 00:14:46.240
 to be in it.

00:14:47.299 --> 00:14:48.120
 God's home

00:14:48.120 --> 00:14:48.899
 is open

00:14:48.899 --> 00:14:49.620
 for mercy

00:14:49.620 --> 00:14:50.539
 at the ark

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 and for fellowship

00:14:51.639 --> 00:14:52.419
 with him,

00:14:52.839 --> 00:14:53.979
 with the table,

00:14:54.259 --> 00:14:55.059
 with the light.

00:14:56.839 --> 00:14:57.759
 It's a wonderful

00:14:57.759 --> 00:14:58.219
 picture

00:14:58.219 --> 00:14:59.779
 of home.

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 And these pieces

00:15:01.240 --> 00:15:01.879
 of furniture

00:15:01.879 --> 00:15:03.000
 which might just

00:15:03.000 --> 00:15:03.759
 look like really

00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:04.699
 expensive pieces

00:15:04.699 --> 00:15:05.199
 of furniture

00:15:05.199 --> 00:15:05.759
 but they are

00:15:05.759 --> 00:15:06.240
 actually all

00:15:06.240 --> 00:15:07.079
 signposts

00:15:07.079 --> 00:15:07.779
 to our home.

00:15:08.559 --> 00:15:09.339
 They reflect

00:15:09.339 --> 00:15:09.939
 where our home

00:15:09.940 --> 00:15:11.320
 was in the garden

00:15:11.320 --> 00:15:12.840
 and they show

00:15:12.840 --> 00:15:13.380
 us the way

00:15:13.380 --> 00:15:13.880
 back

00:15:13.880 --> 00:15:15.340
 because they

00:15:15.340 --> 00:15:16.000
 all point

00:15:16.000 --> 00:15:16.660
 to Jesus.

00:15:17.900 --> 00:15:18.400
 John chapter

00:15:18.400 --> 00:15:18.760
 1,

00:15:19.460 --> 00:15:20.000
 the word

00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:20.920
 became flesh

00:15:20.920 --> 00:15:21.880
 and made

00:15:21.880 --> 00:15:22.440
 his dwelling

00:15:22.440 --> 00:15:23.220
 among us.

00:15:24.060 --> 00:15:25.000
 Jesus came

00:15:25.000 --> 00:15:25.660
 and dwelt

00:15:25.660 --> 00:15:26.440
 with us.

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 Dwelt

00:15:27.060 --> 00:15:27.760
 is the same

00:15:27.760 --> 00:15:28.320
 word as

00:15:28.320 --> 00:15:28.940
 tabernacle.

00:15:29.260 --> 00:15:29.720
 So John

00:15:29.720 --> 00:15:30.500
 literally says

00:15:30.500 --> 00:15:31.400
 Jesus came

00:15:31.400 --> 00:15:32.360
 and tabernacled.

00:15:32.600 --> 00:15:33.240
 Jesus came

00:15:33.240 --> 00:15:33.820
 camping

00:15:33.820 --> 00:15:34.780
 with us.

00:15:36.440 --> 00:15:37.000
 He is our

00:15:37.000 --> 00:15:37.480
 home

00:15:37.480 --> 00:15:39.680
 and he

00:15:39.680 --> 00:15:40.360
 is the

00:15:40.360 --> 00:15:40.680
 way

00:15:40.680 --> 00:15:41.180
 home.

00:15:42.620 --> 00:15:42.980
 God

00:15:42.980 --> 00:15:43.620
 made

00:15:43.620 --> 00:15:45.039
 his home

00:15:45.039 --> 00:15:45.600
 among us

00:15:45.600 --> 00:15:45.960
 in the

00:15:45.960 --> 00:15:46.420
 person of

00:15:46.420 --> 00:15:46.700
 Jesus

00:15:46.700 --> 00:15:47.580
 so he

00:15:47.580 --> 00:15:48.120
 could bring

00:15:48.120 --> 00:15:48.759
 us home.

00:15:50.300 --> 00:15:50.680
 If the

00:15:50.680 --> 00:15:51.159
 ark is

00:15:51.159 --> 00:15:51.860
 where God

00:15:51.860 --> 00:15:52.820
 reached down

00:15:52.820 --> 00:15:53.259
 and touched

00:15:53.259 --> 00:15:53.720
 the earth,

00:15:53.879 --> 00:15:54.620
 Jesus is

00:15:54.620 --> 00:15:55.240
 the full

00:15:55.240 --> 00:15:56.139
 embodiment

00:15:56.139 --> 00:15:56.600
 of that.

00:15:57.279 --> 00:15:57.820
 The ark

00:15:57.820 --> 00:15:58.399
 was the

00:15:58.399 --> 00:15:58.860
 place that

00:15:58.860 --> 00:15:59.159
 we come

00:15:59.159 --> 00:15:59.720
 under God's

00:15:59.720 --> 00:16:00.200
 rule.

00:16:01.000 --> 00:16:01.259
 Jesus

00:16:01.259 --> 00:16:01.820
 is the

00:16:01.820 --> 00:16:02.580
 true ark

00:16:02.580 --> 00:16:03.840
 because he

00:16:03.840 --> 00:16:04.500
 is the

00:16:04.500 --> 00:16:04.920
 place,

00:16:05.120 --> 00:16:05.600
 he is the

00:16:05.600 --> 00:16:06.500
 king who

00:16:06.500 --> 00:16:07.159
 rules right

00:16:07.159 --> 00:16:07.500
 now.

00:16:08.639 --> 00:16:08.879
 Jesus

00:16:08.879 --> 00:16:09.519
 is the

00:16:09.519 --> 00:16:10.100
 atonement

00:16:10.100 --> 00:16:11.120
 cover over

00:16:11.120 --> 00:16:11.559
 the stone

00:16:11.559 --> 00:16:12.019
 tablets.

00:16:12.720 --> 00:16:13.080
 He is

00:16:13.080 --> 00:16:13.600
 that cover

00:16:13.600 --> 00:16:14.940
 because in

00:16:14.940 --> 00:16:15.480
 his death

00:16:15.480 --> 00:16:15.860
 he says

00:16:15.860 --> 00:16:16.179
 to us,

00:16:16.519 --> 00:16:17.000
 I will

00:16:17.000 --> 00:16:17.860
 cover your

00:16:17.860 --> 00:16:18.320
 sin.

00:16:20.000 --> 00:16:20.519
 Jesus

00:16:20.519 --> 00:16:21.179
 is the

00:16:21.179 --> 00:16:21.860
 true bread.

00:16:22.720 --> 00:16:23.240
 He said

00:16:23.240 --> 00:16:23.679
 in John

00:16:23.679 --> 00:16:24.299
 6 that

00:16:24.299 --> 00:16:25.139
 I am

00:16:25.139 --> 00:16:25.600
 the bread

00:16:25.600 --> 00:16:26.139
 of life.

00:16:26.559 --> 00:16:26.720
 Whoever

00:16:26.720 --> 00:16:27.399
 comes to

00:16:27.399 --> 00:16:27.899
 me will

00:16:27.899 --> 00:16:28.659
 never be

00:16:28.659 --> 00:16:28.960
 hungry.

00:16:30.220 --> 00:16:30.639
 He is

00:16:30.639 --> 00:16:31.039
 the bread

00:16:31.039 --> 00:16:31.399
 who we

00:16:31.399 --> 00:16:31.960
 celebrate

00:16:31.960 --> 00:16:32.519
 in the

00:16:32.519 --> 00:16:32.799
 Lord's

00:16:32.799 --> 00:16:33.039
 Supper

00:16:33.039 --> 00:16:33.779
 that we

00:16:33.779 --> 00:16:34.299
 get to

00:16:34.299 --> 00:16:35.080
 come into

00:16:35.080 --> 00:16:35.559
 God's

00:16:35.559 --> 00:16:36.019
 presence

00:16:36.019 --> 00:16:37.199
 because of

00:16:37.199 --> 00:16:37.539
 Jesus.

00:16:38.939 --> 00:16:39.740
 He is

00:16:39.740 --> 00:16:40.159
 the true

00:16:40.159 --> 00:16:40.500
 lamp.

00:16:40.659 --> 00:16:40.840
 Jesus

00:16:40.840 --> 00:16:41.519
 again said

00:16:41.519 --> 00:16:41.840
 in John

00:16:41.840 --> 00:16:42.039
 8,

00:16:42.340 --> 00:16:43.019
 I am

00:16:43.019 --> 00:16:43.539
 the light

00:16:43.539 --> 00:16:43.960
 of the

00:16:43.960 --> 00:16:44.460
 world.

00:16:45.039 --> 00:16:45.620
 He is

00:16:45.620 --> 00:16:46.079
 the light

00:16:46.079 --> 00:16:46.480
 so we

00:16:46.480 --> 00:16:47.019
 can see

00:16:47.019 --> 00:16:47.659
 the path

00:16:47.659 --> 00:16:48.019
 forward.

00:16:48.120 --> 00:16:48.419
 We can

00:16:48.419 --> 00:16:49.340
 see our

00:16:49.340 --> 00:16:49.699
 way to

00:16:49.699 --> 00:16:50.039
 God

00:16:50.039 --> 00:16:50.519
 because

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 Jesus

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 has opened

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 our eyes.

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 We all

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 have a

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 longing for

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 home and

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 that is

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 met for

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 us in

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 Jesus.

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 He is

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 our true

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 home.

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 Every

00:17:02.519 --> 00:17:03.600
 longing we

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 have for

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 home is

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 met in

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 him.

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 All

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 these

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 sign

00:17:07.099 --> 00:17:07.619
 posts of

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 the

00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:08.139
 furniture

00:17:08.139 --> 00:17:08.440
 and the

00:17:08.440 --> 00:17:09.000
 tabernacle

00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:09.740
 are pointing

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 to

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 Jesus.

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 One

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 of the

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 early

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 church

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 fathers,

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 Augustine,

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 said,

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 our hearts

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 are restless

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 until they

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 find their

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 rest in

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 him.

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 This

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 picture is

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 of the

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 tabernacle.

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 It's a

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 picture of

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 home.

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 But it

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 is not

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 home.

00:17:29.879 --> 00:17:30.660
 It was a

00:17:30.660 --> 00:17:30.940
 map.

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 It's a

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 map and a

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 promise to

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 a home.

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 So our

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 second point

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 is that

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 we need

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 to journey

00:17:37.940 --> 00:17:38.380
 to this

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 home.

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 Because

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 unfortunately

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 we are

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 blocked

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 from enjoying

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 home with

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 God because

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 of our

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 sin.

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 And this

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 is built

00:17:49.740 --> 00:17:50.100
 into the

00:17:50.100 --> 00:17:50.760
 furniture of

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 the tabernacle

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 as well.

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 From

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 chapter 26,

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 go and have

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 a look at

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 chapter 26

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 of Exodus

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 with me.

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 Verse 31.

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 At first

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 glance we

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 could think

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 this sounds

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 lovely.

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 Purples and

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 blue, royal

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 colours, cherubim,

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 angels.

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 This is a

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 delightful image

00:18:16.200 --> 00:18:16.660
 for God's

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 tabernacle.

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 But we of

00:18:17.800 --> 00:18:18.660
 course need to

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 remind ourselves

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 this is another

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 one of those

00:18:20.140 --> 00:18:20.560
 Easter egg

00:18:20.560 --> 00:18:21.300
 images that

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 takes us

00:18:21.660 --> 00:18:21.960
 back to

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 Genesis.

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 In the

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 exile, when

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 God exiled

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 us from

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 our home,

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 when he

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 kicked us

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 out of

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 the garden

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 of Eden,

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 he put a

00:18:34.279 --> 00:18:34.819
 cherubim

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 blocking the

00:18:36.120 --> 00:18:37.059
 way back

00:18:37.059 --> 00:18:37.400
 into the

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 garden with

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 a flaming

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 sword flashing

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 back and

00:18:40.640 --> 00:18:41.460
 forth so we

00:18:41.460 --> 00:18:42.099
 couldn't get

00:18:42.099 --> 00:18:42.759
 back in.

00:18:44.220 --> 00:18:45.480
 Here again,

00:18:46.240 --> 00:18:46.620
 God has

00:18:46.620 --> 00:18:47.220
 placed a

00:18:47.220 --> 00:18:49.240
 cherubim so

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 that we

00:18:49.819 --> 00:18:50.539
 can't enter

00:18:50.539 --> 00:18:50.759
 in.

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 The cherubim

00:18:51.400 --> 00:18:52.120
 is still

00:18:52.119 --> 00:18:52.899
 blocking the

00:18:52.899 --> 00:18:53.419
 way back

00:18:53.419 --> 00:18:53.879
 to God.

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 Not only

00:18:55.619 --> 00:18:56.500
 that, the

00:18:56.500 --> 00:18:57.079
 last piece

00:18:57.079 --> 00:18:57.519
 of furniture

00:18:57.519 --> 00:18:57.859
 we'll look

00:18:57.859 --> 00:18:58.419
 at today

00:18:58.419 --> 00:18:59.599
 also points

00:18:59.599 --> 00:18:59.959
 this out.

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 It's an

00:19:00.259 --> 00:19:01.299
 altar, described

00:19:01.299 --> 00:19:01.619
 in chapter

00:19:01.619 --> 00:19:03.319
 27 from

00:19:03.319 --> 00:19:03.839
 verse 1.

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 Build an

00:19:05.199 --> 00:19:05.899
 altar of

00:19:05.899 --> 00:19:06.699
 acacia wood,

00:19:07.339 --> 00:19:07.959
 three cubits

00:19:07.959 --> 00:19:08.279
 high.

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 It's to be

00:19:09.359 --> 00:19:10.379
 square, five

00:19:10.379 --> 00:19:11.119
 cubits long

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 and five

00:19:11.799 --> 00:19:13.059
 cubits wide.

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 This is the

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 largest of the

00:19:15.279 --> 00:19:15.819
 pieces of

00:19:15.819 --> 00:19:16.459
 furniture so

00:19:16.459 --> 00:19:16.739
 far.

00:19:17.519 --> 00:19:17.939
 The altar

00:19:17.939 --> 00:19:18.539
 is here

00:19:18.539 --> 00:19:19.879
 because it's

00:19:19.879 --> 00:19:20.479
 the solution

00:19:20.479 --> 00:19:20.959
 to getting

00:19:20.959 --> 00:19:21.739
 back home.

00:19:22.119 --> 00:19:23.079
 The altar

00:19:23.079 --> 00:19:23.459
 is where

00:19:23.459 --> 00:19:24.279
 the sacrifices

00:19:24.279 --> 00:19:24.839
 were placed.

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 It's where

00:19:26.079 --> 00:19:27.939
 the way back

00:19:27.939 --> 00:19:28.439
 to God

00:19:28.439 --> 00:19:28.919
 is now

00:19:28.919 --> 00:19:30.119
 because of

00:19:30.119 --> 00:19:30.619
 the blood

00:19:30.619 --> 00:19:31.039
 of a

00:19:31.039 --> 00:19:31.500
 sacrifice.

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 There is

00:19:33.479 --> 00:19:34.219
 so much

00:19:34.219 --> 00:19:34.619
 imagery

00:19:34.619 --> 00:19:35.139
 represented

00:19:35.139 --> 00:19:35.559
 here in

00:19:35.559 --> 00:19:36.319
 this picture

00:19:36.319 --> 00:19:36.839
 of God's

00:19:36.839 --> 00:19:37.139
 home.

00:19:37.699 --> 00:19:38.399
 God's home

00:19:38.399 --> 00:19:39.259
 starts with

00:19:39.259 --> 00:19:40.279
 a courtyard

00:19:40.279 --> 00:19:43.059
 and as

00:19:43.059 --> 00:19:43.759
 a Jewish

00:19:43.759 --> 00:19:44.559
 person would

00:19:44.559 --> 00:19:45.619
 come in

00:19:45.619 --> 00:19:46.799
 they would

00:19:46.799 --> 00:19:47.059
 have

00:19:47.059 --> 00:19:47.740
 encountered

00:19:47.740 --> 00:19:48.339
 the altar

00:19:48.339 --> 00:19:49.099
 first.

00:19:49.799 --> 00:19:50.799
 It dominated

00:19:50.799 --> 00:19:51.220
 the way

00:19:51.220 --> 00:19:51.639
 back home.

00:19:51.740 --> 00:19:52.519
 It blocks

00:19:52.519 --> 00:19:53.200
 the way

00:19:53.200 --> 00:19:54.180
 into God's

00:19:54.180 --> 00:19:54.519
 presence.

00:19:54.660 --> 00:19:55.079
 It blocks

00:19:55.079 --> 00:19:55.759
 it not just

00:19:55.759 --> 00:19:56.139
 physically,

00:19:56.339 --> 00:19:56.960
 not as a

00:19:56.960 --> 00:19:57.460
 large piece

00:19:57.460 --> 00:19:57.859
 of furniture

00:19:57.859 --> 00:19:59.759
 but symbolically.

00:20:00.920 --> 00:20:02.039
 We deserve

00:20:02.039 --> 00:20:03.099
 to die

00:20:03.099 --> 00:20:04.039
 for our

00:20:04.039 --> 00:20:04.319
 sins.

00:20:04.619 --> 00:20:05.240
 I deserve

00:20:05.240 --> 00:20:05.960
 to be excluded

00:20:05.960 --> 00:20:06.519
 from God's

00:20:06.519 --> 00:20:07.740
 presence because

00:20:07.740 --> 00:20:08.599
 I continue to

00:20:08.599 --> 00:20:09.220
 rebel against

00:20:09.220 --> 00:20:09.799
 him and reject

00:20:09.799 --> 00:20:10.100
 him.

00:20:11.759 --> 00:20:12.400
 But a

00:20:12.400 --> 00:20:13.140
 sacrifice.

00:20:13.579 --> 00:20:14.200
 An animal

00:20:14.200 --> 00:20:14.700
 on that

00:20:14.700 --> 00:20:15.180
 altar is

00:20:15.180 --> 00:20:16.860
 placed and

00:20:16.860 --> 00:20:17.620
 it dies.

00:20:18.220 --> 00:20:18.600
 And this

00:20:18.600 --> 00:20:18.799
 would have

00:20:18.799 --> 00:20:19.039
 happened

00:20:19.039 --> 00:20:19.799
 hundreds upon

00:20:19.799 --> 00:20:20.480
 hundreds of

00:20:20.480 --> 00:20:20.880
 times.

00:20:21.960 --> 00:20:22.559
 But they

00:20:22.559 --> 00:20:22.980
 are just

00:20:22.980 --> 00:20:23.740
 pointers to

00:20:23.740 --> 00:20:24.160
 God's

00:20:24.160 --> 00:20:24.819
 solution to

00:20:24.819 --> 00:20:25.240
 our sin.

00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:27.500
 Ali is

00:20:27.500 --> 00:20:27.860
 going to put

00:20:27.860 --> 00:20:28.640
 an image on

00:20:28.640 --> 00:20:29.200
 the screen

00:20:29.200 --> 00:20:30.140
 in a moment.

00:20:31.480 --> 00:20:32.500
 It's from

00:20:32.500 --> 00:20:33.079
 the classic

00:20:33.079 --> 00:20:34.299
 tale A

00:20:34.299 --> 00:20:34.579
 Christmas

00:20:34.579 --> 00:20:35.279
 Carol by

00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:35.640
 Charles

00:20:35.640 --> 00:20:36.160
 Dickens.

00:20:36.460 --> 00:20:36.720
 There we

00:20:36.720 --> 00:20:37.000
 go.

00:20:37.620 --> 00:20:38.120
 Of a

00:20:38.120 --> 00:20:38.360
 grumpy

00:20:38.360 --> 00:20:39.039
 old man

00:20:39.039 --> 00:20:39.920
 Scrooge

00:20:39.920 --> 00:20:40.200
 who's

00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:40.559
 visited

00:20:40.559 --> 00:20:41.359
 by three

00:20:41.359 --> 00:20:41.980
 different

00:20:41.980 --> 00:20:42.420
 ghosts

00:20:42.420 --> 00:20:42.819
 to

00:20:42.819 --> 00:20:43.740
 reconsider

00:20:43.740 --> 00:20:44.119
 his

00:20:44.119 --> 00:20:44.500
 life's

00:20:44.500 --> 00:20:44.819
 actions.

00:20:45.359 --> 00:20:45.599
 And there's

00:20:45.599 --> 00:20:46.200
 this one

00:20:46.200 --> 00:20:46.799
 point in

00:20:46.799 --> 00:20:47.299
 the story

00:20:47.299 --> 00:20:47.859
 where he's

00:20:47.859 --> 00:20:48.159
 on the

00:20:48.159 --> 00:20:48.659
 outside

00:20:48.659 --> 00:20:49.579
 and he's

00:20:49.579 --> 00:20:50.519
 looking in

00:20:50.519 --> 00:20:51.139
 to this

00:20:51.139 --> 00:20:52.180
 family celebration.

00:20:53.399 --> 00:20:54.359
 It's warm,

00:20:54.659 --> 00:20:55.500
 there's joy,

00:20:56.159 --> 00:20:56.899
 you can imagine

00:20:56.899 --> 00:20:58.119
 a family meal

00:20:58.119 --> 00:20:58.759
 in this kind

00:20:58.759 --> 00:20:59.019
 of way,

00:20:59.099 --> 00:20:59.920
 but Scrooge

00:20:59.920 --> 00:21:00.599
 is on the

00:21:00.599 --> 00:21:01.899
 outside because

00:21:01.899 --> 00:21:02.659
 of his life's

00:21:02.659 --> 00:21:03.000
 decisions.

00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:05.599
 This picture

00:21:05.599 --> 00:21:06.200
 is us

00:21:06.200 --> 00:21:06.440
 without

00:21:06.440 --> 00:21:06.980
 Jesus.

00:21:08.200 --> 00:21:09.160
 Standing on

00:21:09.160 --> 00:21:09.799
 the outside

00:21:09.799 --> 00:21:10.259
 of the

00:21:10.259 --> 00:21:10.779
 tabernacle

00:21:10.779 --> 00:21:11.799
 with this

00:21:11.799 --> 00:21:12.420
 wonderful

00:21:12.420 --> 00:21:13.039
 picture of

00:21:13.039 --> 00:21:13.700
 family and

00:21:13.700 --> 00:21:14.480
 home with

00:21:14.480 --> 00:21:14.920
 God.

00:21:15.119 --> 00:21:15.819
 The meal is

00:21:15.819 --> 00:21:16.299
 laid out,

00:21:16.559 --> 00:21:16.920
 there is

00:21:16.920 --> 00:21:17.819
 bright lights,

00:21:18.140 --> 00:21:18.640
 but we are

00:21:18.640 --> 00:21:19.279
 stuck on the

00:21:19.279 --> 00:21:20.059
 outside of

00:21:20.059 --> 00:21:20.579
 home with

00:21:20.579 --> 00:21:20.980
 God.

00:21:21.740 --> 00:21:22.500
 The altar

00:21:22.500 --> 00:21:23.799
 blocking the

00:21:23.799 --> 00:21:24.079
 way,

00:21:24.420 --> 00:21:25.039
 requiring

00:21:25.039 --> 00:21:25.519
 blood.

00:21:25.839 --> 00:21:26.599
 The curtain

00:21:26.599 --> 00:21:28.039
 preventing us

00:21:28.039 --> 00:21:28.759
 with relationship

00:21:28.759 --> 00:21:29.380
 with God,

00:21:30.039 --> 00:21:31.819
 stuck just

00:21:31.819 --> 00:21:32.539
 outside of

00:21:32.539 --> 00:21:32.679
 it,

00:21:33.419 --> 00:21:34.279
 so close

00:21:34.279 --> 00:21:35.179
 and yet

00:21:35.179 --> 00:21:35.740
 so far.

00:21:37.879 --> 00:21:38.419
 Thanks,

00:21:38.480 --> 00:21:38.639
 Allie.

00:21:39.359 --> 00:21:39.980
 Jesus would

00:21:39.980 --> 00:21:40.599
 change this.

00:21:42.279 --> 00:21:42.700
 On the

00:21:42.700 --> 00:21:43.079
 night before

00:21:43.079 --> 00:21:43.819
 Jesus died,

00:21:43.899 --> 00:21:44.439
 he said in

00:21:44.439 --> 00:21:45.139
 John 14,

00:21:45.500 --> 00:21:46.240
 my father's

00:21:46.240 --> 00:21:46.839
 house has

00:21:46.839 --> 00:21:47.599
 many rooms.

00:21:48.599 --> 00:21:48.980
 If that were

00:21:48.980 --> 00:21:49.460
 not so,

00:21:49.619 --> 00:21:50.359
 would I have

00:21:50.359 --> 00:21:50.939
 told you that

00:21:50.939 --> 00:21:51.359
 I'm going

00:21:51.359 --> 00:21:51.659
 there to

00:21:51.659 --> 00:21:52.220
 prepare a

00:21:52.220 --> 00:21:52.700
 place for

00:21:52.700 --> 00:21:52.919
 you?

00:21:54.240 --> 00:21:54.919
 Jesus was

00:21:54.919 --> 00:21:55.299
 going to

00:21:55.299 --> 00:21:55.939
 get home

00:21:55.939 --> 00:21:56.939
 ready for

00:21:56.939 --> 00:21:57.259
 us.

00:21:58.539 --> 00:21:59.159
 Jesus is

00:21:59.159 --> 00:21:59.700
 the sacrifice

00:21:59.700 --> 00:22:00.220
 on that

00:22:00.220 --> 00:22:00.539
 altar,

00:22:01.240 --> 00:22:01.799
 the sacrifice

00:22:01.799 --> 00:22:02.359
 to end

00:22:02.359 --> 00:22:02.639
 all

00:22:02.639 --> 00:22:03.240
 sacrifices.

00:22:03.639 --> 00:22:03.839
 And when

00:22:03.839 --> 00:22:04.480
 he's dying

00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:05.079
 on the

00:22:05.079 --> 00:22:05.379
 cross,

00:22:05.639 --> 00:22:06.000
 listen to

00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:06.440
 what happens

00:22:06.440 --> 00:22:06.879
 from Matthew

00:22:06.879 --> 00:22:07.480
 27.

00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:09.279
 When Jesus

00:22:09.279 --> 00:22:09.899
 had cried

00:22:09.899 --> 00:22:10.539
 out again

00:22:10.539 --> 00:22:11.139
 in a loud

00:22:11.139 --> 00:22:11.579
 voice,

00:22:12.339 --> 00:22:12.740
 he gave

00:22:12.740 --> 00:22:13.039
 up his

00:22:13.039 --> 00:22:13.379
 spirit.

00:22:14.200 --> 00:22:14.519
 At that

00:22:14.519 --> 00:22:14.819
 moment,

00:22:14.899 --> 00:22:15.419
 the curtain

00:22:15.419 --> 00:22:15.899
 of the

00:22:15.899 --> 00:22:16.480
 temple was

00:22:16.480 --> 00:22:17.159
 torn in

00:22:17.159 --> 00:22:17.639
 two from

00:22:17.639 --> 00:22:18.139
 top to

00:22:18.139 --> 00:22:18.419
 bottom.

00:22:19.299 --> 00:22:19.980
 As Jesus

00:22:19.980 --> 00:22:20.460
 died,

00:22:20.700 --> 00:22:21.220
 the furniture

00:22:21.220 --> 00:22:21.680
 of the

00:22:21.680 --> 00:22:22.099
 tabernacle,

00:22:22.200 --> 00:22:22.480
 now the

00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:22.879
 temple in

00:22:22.879 --> 00:22:23.399
 this situation,

00:22:23.700 --> 00:22:24.200
 the furniture

00:22:24.200 --> 00:22:25.019
 is radically

00:22:25.019 --> 00:22:25.579
 changed.

00:22:26.619 --> 00:22:26.960
 God,

00:22:27.599 --> 00:22:28.359
 Jesus in

00:22:28.359 --> 00:22:28.720
 his death

00:22:28.720 --> 00:22:29.799
 throws to

00:22:29.799 --> 00:22:30.259
 one side

00:22:30.259 --> 00:22:30.639
 the altar.

00:22:30.919 --> 00:22:31.220
 He has

00:22:31.220 --> 00:22:31.599
 dealt with

00:22:31.599 --> 00:22:32.219
 that the

00:22:32.219 --> 00:22:33.079
 curtain is

00:22:33.079 --> 00:22:33.980
 torn open

00:22:33.980 --> 00:22:34.919
 and we

00:22:34.919 --> 00:22:35.500
 can now

00:22:35.500 --> 00:22:36.159
 get access

00:22:36.159 --> 00:22:36.719
 to God.

00:22:36.879 --> 00:22:37.539
 Home with

00:22:37.539 --> 00:22:38.259
 God is

00:22:38.259 --> 00:22:39.299
 now open.

00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:41.919
 If you

00:22:41.919 --> 00:22:42.319
 are far

00:22:42.319 --> 00:22:42.859
 from God,

00:22:43.619 --> 00:22:44.579
 longing for

00:22:44.579 --> 00:22:44.919
 him,

00:22:45.219 --> 00:22:45.980
 come home to

00:22:45.980 --> 00:22:46.519
 him today.

00:22:47.559 --> 00:22:48.179
 The light is

00:22:48.179 --> 00:22:48.459
 on,

00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:50.079
 God is

00:22:50.079 --> 00:22:50.319
 there,

00:22:50.399 --> 00:22:51.019
 the meal is

00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:51.619
 laid out.

00:22:53.419 --> 00:22:54.259
 God calls

00:22:54.259 --> 00:22:54.699
 us to come

00:22:54.699 --> 00:22:55.079
 home,

00:22:55.339 --> 00:22:56.000
 to fellowship

00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:56.299
 with him,

00:22:56.379 --> 00:22:56.899
 to eat with

00:22:56.899 --> 00:22:57.139
 him.

00:22:57.140 --> 00:22:58.740
 And if

00:22:58.740 --> 00:22:59.020
 you feel

00:22:59.020 --> 00:22:59.460
 far from

00:22:59.460 --> 00:22:59.700
 him,

00:23:00.420 --> 00:23:00.880
 don't let

00:23:00.880 --> 00:23:01.540
 the feelings

00:23:01.540 --> 00:23:02.360
 shout louder

00:23:02.360 --> 00:23:02.720
 than what

00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:03.400
 hangs above

00:23:03.400 --> 00:23:03.820
 the home.

00:23:03.900 --> 00:23:04.200
 It says,

00:23:04.400 --> 00:23:04.700
 welcome

00:23:04.700 --> 00:23:05.800
 home.

00:23:07.800 --> 00:23:08.280
 The

00:23:08.280 --> 00:23:08.680
 furniture,

00:23:09.680 --> 00:23:10.420
 the way

00:23:10.420 --> 00:23:11.200
 the tabernacle

00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:11.720
 was built

00:23:11.720 --> 00:23:12.759
 points to

00:23:12.759 --> 00:23:13.380
 our true

00:23:13.380 --> 00:23:13.940
 home with

00:23:13.940 --> 00:23:14.220
 God.

00:23:15.820 --> 00:23:16.480
 We all

00:23:16.480 --> 00:23:17.160
 have a

00:23:17.160 --> 00:23:17.680
 longing for

00:23:17.680 --> 00:23:18.520
 home inside

00:23:18.520 --> 00:23:18.940
 of us.

00:23:20.060 --> 00:23:20.620
 Even when

00:23:20.620 --> 00:23:21.420
 we are home,

00:23:21.520 --> 00:23:22.020
 surrounded by

00:23:22.020 --> 00:23:22.300
 people,

00:23:22.360 --> 00:23:22.860
 we can still

00:23:22.860 --> 00:23:24.400
 feel homesick.

00:23:24.400 --> 00:23:25.600
 homesick.

00:23:25.920 --> 00:23:27.060
 Why are we

00:23:27.060 --> 00:23:27.720
 still homesick?

00:23:27.800 --> 00:23:28.300
 Why can we

00:23:28.300 --> 00:23:28.820
 be longing

00:23:28.820 --> 00:23:30.380
 for something

00:23:30.380 --> 00:23:31.060
 when we have

00:23:31.060 --> 00:23:31.460
 everything?

00:23:32.660 --> 00:23:33.160
 What about

00:23:33.160 --> 00:23:34.360
 if I was to

00:23:34.360 --> 00:23:35.380
 chase the

00:23:35.380 --> 00:23:36.340
 ideal dream,

00:23:36.440 --> 00:23:36.920
 I'm going to

00:23:36.920 --> 00:23:37.660
 chase the

00:23:37.660 --> 00:23:38.080
 house,

00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:39.360
 and the

00:23:39.360 --> 00:23:39.900
 husband or

00:23:39.900 --> 00:23:40.440
 the wife,

00:23:40.840 --> 00:23:41.680
 and the

00:23:41.680 --> 00:23:42.100
 pet,

00:23:42.440 --> 00:23:42.720
 and the

00:23:42.720 --> 00:23:43.120
 children,

00:23:43.420 --> 00:23:43.740
 and the

00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:44.400
 fireplace,

00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:45.600
 and I've

00:23:45.600 --> 00:23:46.540
 got everything.

00:23:46.880 --> 00:23:47.740
 Why do I

00:23:47.740 --> 00:23:48.640
 still feel

00:23:48.640 --> 00:23:49.160
 like something

00:23:49.160 --> 00:23:49.780
 is missing?

00:23:51.220 --> 00:23:51.900
 There's still

00:23:51.900 --> 00:23:52.720
 a longing for

00:23:52.720 --> 00:23:53.480
 something else.

00:23:54.400 --> 00:23:56.200
 God has

00:23:56.200 --> 00:23:56.920
 placed a

00:23:56.920 --> 00:23:57.480
 longing for

00:23:57.480 --> 00:23:58.400
 home inside

00:23:58.400 --> 00:23:59.120
 all of us,

00:23:59.280 --> 00:23:59.780
 and that's

00:23:59.780 --> 00:24:00.660
 only satisfied

00:24:00.660 --> 00:24:01.140
 in our

00:24:01.140 --> 00:24:01.780
 heavenly home.

00:24:03.180 --> 00:24:03.500
 The

00:24:03.500 --> 00:24:03.880
 tabernacle

00:24:03.880 --> 00:24:04.440
 points to

00:24:04.440 --> 00:24:04.600
 it.

00:24:05.340 --> 00:24:05.860
 Jesus would

00:24:05.860 --> 00:24:07.300
 rip the

00:24:07.300 --> 00:24:07.860
 doors off

00:24:07.860 --> 00:24:08.320
 their hinges

00:24:08.320 --> 00:24:08.740
 so we

00:24:08.740 --> 00:24:09.100
 could get

00:24:09.100 --> 00:24:09.560
 into this

00:24:09.560 --> 00:24:09.860
 home.

00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:12.320
 Don't risk

00:24:12.320 --> 00:24:12.759
 chasing

00:24:12.759 --> 00:24:13.620
 anything else

00:24:13.620 --> 00:24:14.600
 this side

00:24:14.600 --> 00:24:14.880
 of that

00:24:14.880 --> 00:24:15.160
 home,

00:24:15.980 --> 00:24:17.160
 because this

00:24:17.160 --> 00:24:17.480
 side of

00:24:17.480 --> 00:24:17.700
 heaven,

00:24:17.960 --> 00:24:18.540
 we can't

00:24:18.540 --> 00:24:18.940
 be home.

00:24:20.259 --> 00:24:20.880
 We are

00:24:20.880 --> 00:24:21.280
 foreigners

00:24:21.280 --> 00:24:22.620
 in a distant

00:24:22.620 --> 00:24:23.060
 land,

00:24:23.100 --> 00:24:23.720
 all of us.

00:24:24.400 --> 00:24:25.400
 And so

00:24:25.400 --> 00:24:25.759
 when we

00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:26.220
 lift our

00:24:26.220 --> 00:24:26.820
 eyes to

00:24:26.820 --> 00:24:27.320
 our true

00:24:27.320 --> 00:24:27.800
 home in

00:24:27.800 --> 00:24:28.080
 heaven,

00:24:28.380 --> 00:24:28.960
 and long

00:24:28.960 --> 00:24:29.580
 for home,

00:24:30.080 --> 00:24:30.820
 we grow in

00:24:30.820 --> 00:24:31.120
 faith,

00:24:31.220 --> 00:24:31.640
 we grow in

00:24:31.640 --> 00:24:32.320
 trust with

00:24:32.320 --> 00:24:32.759
 God,

00:24:33.320 --> 00:24:34.220
 each step

00:24:34.220 --> 00:24:35.300
 of the way

00:24:35.300 --> 00:24:35.680
 when we

00:24:35.680 --> 00:24:36.440
 realise that

00:24:36.440 --> 00:24:37.019
 what we have

00:24:37.019 --> 00:24:37.680
 now is just

00:24:37.680 --> 00:24:38.100
 temporary,

00:24:38.519 --> 00:24:38.840
 what we'll

00:24:38.840 --> 00:24:39.360
 have with

00:24:39.360 --> 00:24:39.900
 God will be

00:24:39.900 --> 00:24:40.300
 permanent

00:24:40.300 --> 00:24:40.840
 forever.

00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:43.900
 I heard a

00:24:43.900 --> 00:24:44.460
 story about

00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:45.100
 Americans

00:24:45.100 --> 00:24:46.040
 living overseas,

00:24:46.940 --> 00:24:47.500
 and at

00:24:47.500 --> 00:24:48.360
 Thanksgiving time,

00:24:48.420 --> 00:24:48.740
 one of the

00:24:48.740 --> 00:24:49.300
 largest of

00:24:49.300 --> 00:24:50.280
 their celebrations,

00:24:50.840 --> 00:24:51.259
 they would

00:24:51.259 --> 00:24:52.560
 come together

00:24:52.559 --> 00:24:53.419
 and cook

00:24:53.419 --> 00:24:54.079
 the bird

00:24:54.079 --> 00:24:54.480
 that was

00:24:54.480 --> 00:24:55.179
 closest to

00:24:55.179 --> 00:24:55.639
 a turkey

00:24:55.639 --> 00:24:56.579
 to celebrate.

00:24:57.319 --> 00:24:57.519
 Now,

00:24:57.559 --> 00:24:57.779
 I don't

00:24:57.779 --> 00:24:58.659
 really understand

00:24:58.659 --> 00:24:58.899
 this,

00:24:58.960 --> 00:24:59.220
 I've never

00:24:59.220 --> 00:24:59.679
 had a turkey

00:24:59.679 --> 00:24:59.980
 that was

00:24:59.980 --> 00:25:00.399
 any good.

00:25:01.700 --> 00:25:02.159
 I had some

00:25:02.159 --> 00:25:02.639
 North Americans

00:25:02.639 --> 00:25:03.240
 this morning

00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:03.599
 say,

00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:03.819
 well,

00:25:03.879 --> 00:25:04.240
 you've never

00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:04.519
 had it

00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:04.980
 cooked right,

00:25:05.059 --> 00:25:05.399
 we'll cook

00:25:05.399 --> 00:25:05.720
 it right

00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:06.159
 for you.

00:25:07.279 --> 00:25:07.700
 Look,

00:25:07.779 --> 00:25:08.159
 I'll try

00:25:08.159 --> 00:25:08.379
 it.

00:25:09.960 --> 00:25:10.659
 Maybe that

00:25:10.659 --> 00:25:11.759
 sense of

00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:12.899
 home is

00:25:12.899 --> 00:25:13.879
 finding a

00:25:13.879 --> 00:25:15.059
 particular type

00:25:15.059 --> 00:25:15.759
 of food from

00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:16.259
 the region

00:25:16.259 --> 00:25:16.659
 where you

00:25:16.659 --> 00:25:17.379
 grew up in.

00:25:18.859 --> 00:25:19.220
 My

00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:19.879
 grandmother

00:25:19.879 --> 00:25:20.500
 used to cook

00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:20.859
 Yorkshire

00:25:20.859 --> 00:25:21.279
 puddings

00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:21.659
 with a

00:25:21.659 --> 00:25:21.859
 Sunday

00:25:21.859 --> 00:25:22.279
 roast

00:25:22.279 --> 00:25:22.959
 with gravy

00:25:22.959 --> 00:25:23.659
 and there's

00:25:23.659 --> 00:25:24.079
 just something

00:25:24.079 --> 00:25:24.619
 about that

00:25:24.619 --> 00:25:25.039
 meal that

00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:25.439
 calls to

00:25:25.439 --> 00:25:25.759
 home.

00:25:26.159 --> 00:25:26.539
 So I

00:25:26.539 --> 00:25:26.879
 love it

00:25:26.879 --> 00:25:27.199
 when my

00:25:27.199 --> 00:25:27.799
 wife makes

00:25:27.799 --> 00:25:27.899
 it,

00:25:27.939 --> 00:25:28.059
 it's

00:25:28.059 --> 00:25:28.439
 wonderful.

00:25:30.079 --> 00:25:30.959
 The reality

00:25:30.959 --> 00:25:31.719
 is that

00:25:31.719 --> 00:25:33.159
 for us,

00:25:33.579 --> 00:25:34.479
 we are

00:25:34.479 --> 00:25:35.139
 not home,

00:25:35.379 --> 00:25:35.759
 we are

00:25:35.759 --> 00:25:36.419
 exiles,

00:25:36.579 --> 00:25:36.839
 we are

00:25:36.839 --> 00:25:37.399
 foreigners

00:25:37.399 --> 00:25:37.799
 here.

00:25:38.939 --> 00:25:39.359
 And God

00:25:39.359 --> 00:25:40.899
 came camping,

00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:41.439
 he came

00:25:41.439 --> 00:25:42.119
 tabernacling

00:25:42.119 --> 00:25:42.599
 with us,

00:25:43.159 --> 00:25:43.799
 temporarily

00:25:43.799 --> 00:25:45.740
 pointing us

00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:46.179
 to home.

00:25:47.379 --> 00:25:47.939
 He camped

00:25:47.939 --> 00:25:48.299
 with us,

00:25:48.619 --> 00:25:49.139
 he was with

00:25:49.139 --> 00:25:49.500
 us in the

00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:49.959
 tabernacle,

00:25:49.960 --> 00:25:51.100
 he was

00:25:51.100 --> 00:25:51.519
 with us

00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:52.079
 in Jesus

00:25:52.079 --> 00:25:53.559
 and he

00:25:53.559 --> 00:25:54.259
 is calling

00:25:54.259 --> 00:25:54.819
 us home

00:25:54.819 --> 00:25:56.559
 because this

00:25:56.559 --> 00:25:57.019
 is not

00:25:57.019 --> 00:25:57.579
 our home.

00:25:58.539 --> 00:25:59.000
 This is

00:25:59.000 --> 00:25:59.740
 not final.

00:26:00.579 --> 00:26:01.000
 This is

00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:01.579
 just temporary

00:26:01.579 --> 00:26:02.740
 and we can

00:26:02.740 --> 00:26:03.180
 easily get

00:26:03.180 --> 00:26:03.579
 distracted

00:26:03.579 --> 00:26:04.100
 thinking that

00:26:04.100 --> 00:26:04.680
 the temporary

00:26:04.680 --> 00:26:05.700
 is the

00:26:05.700 --> 00:26:06.140
 permanent

00:26:06.140 --> 00:26:06.940
 but it

00:26:06.940 --> 00:26:07.519
 is not.

00:26:08.720 --> 00:26:09.380
 This is

00:26:09.380 --> 00:26:10.059
 just temporary.

00:26:10.860 --> 00:26:11.600
 Far better

00:26:11.600 --> 00:26:12.220
 to live

00:26:12.220 --> 00:26:12.759
 knowing

00:26:12.759 --> 00:26:14.319
 that what

00:26:14.319 --> 00:26:14.700
 we have

00:26:14.700 --> 00:26:15.100
 right now

00:26:15.100 --> 00:26:15.600
 is just

00:26:15.600 --> 00:26:16.039
 for a

00:26:16.039 --> 00:26:16.380
 season

00:26:16.380 --> 00:26:17.620
 but we

00:26:17.620 --> 00:26:18.360
 are expats,

00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:18.700
 we are

00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:19.220
 foreigners

00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:19.860
 waiting

00:26:19.860 --> 00:26:20.220
 to go

00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:20.539
 home.

00:26:21.339 --> 00:26:21.740
 And that's

00:26:21.740 --> 00:26:21.980
 what we

00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:22.279
 do when

00:26:22.279 --> 00:26:22.700
 we gather.

00:26:23.600 --> 00:26:24.420
 We celebrate

00:26:24.420 --> 00:26:25.100
 the God

00:26:25.100 --> 00:26:25.579
 that is

00:26:25.579 --> 00:26:26.120
 calling us

00:26:26.120 --> 00:26:26.380
 home.

00:26:27.000 --> 00:26:27.740
 We celebrate

00:26:27.740 --> 00:26:28.240
 that we

00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:28.700
 are not

00:26:28.700 --> 00:26:29.339
 home yet.

00:26:29.600 --> 00:26:29.960
 So let me

00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:30.559
 encourage you,

00:26:30.960 --> 00:26:31.579
 sign up

00:26:31.579 --> 00:26:32.440
 to have a

00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:32.860
 meal with

00:26:32.860 --> 00:26:33.420
 people next

00:26:33.420 --> 00:26:33.740
 week.

00:26:35.100 --> 00:26:35.839
 That we can

00:26:35.839 --> 00:26:36.339
 celebrate

00:26:36.339 --> 00:26:37.140
 with people

00:26:37.140 --> 00:26:38.440
 that God

00:26:38.440 --> 00:26:38.799
 is calling

00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:39.100
 us to

00:26:39.100 --> 00:26:39.579
 a home.

00:26:39.860 --> 00:26:40.140
 We can

00:26:40.140 --> 00:26:40.480
 do that

00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:40.759
 just like

00:26:40.759 --> 00:26:41.140
 the Americans

00:26:41.140 --> 00:26:41.480
 do with

00:26:41.480 --> 00:26:41.819
 Thanksgiving

00:26:41.819 --> 00:26:42.759
 but a far

00:26:42.759 --> 00:26:43.259
 better meal

00:26:43.259 --> 00:26:43.819
 because it's

00:26:43.819 --> 00:26:44.319
 anything other

00:26:44.319 --> 00:26:44.740
 than turkey.

00:26:45.900 --> 00:26:46.380
 Sign up

00:26:46.380 --> 00:26:46.660
 to be

00:26:46.660 --> 00:26:46.840
 in a

00:26:46.840 --> 00:26:47.160
 community

00:26:47.160 --> 00:26:47.520
 group,

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 to be

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 journeying

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 with brothers

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 and sisters

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 every week,

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 reminding

00:26:54.220 --> 00:26:54.900
 ourselves that

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 we are not

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 home here.

00:26:58.500 --> 00:26:59.220
 We are

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 together,

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 exiles in a

00:27:00.840 --> 00:27:01.540
 foreign land,

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 waiting until

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 we get home.

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 Let me pray

00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:05.160
 for us.

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 Heavenly

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 Father,

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 I thank you

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 that you

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 have come

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 and dwelt

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 with us,

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 first of all

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 in the

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 garden,

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 then in

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 the

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 tabernacle.

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 Lord,

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 thank you

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 so much

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 that you

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 were with

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 us when

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 Jesus came

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 and dwelt

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 with us.

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 Father,

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 I thank you

00:27:23.360 --> 00:27:23.840
 so much

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 that Jesus

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 has now

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 gone to

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 be with

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 you,

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 to rip

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 those doors

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 off the

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 hinges so

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 that we

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 can be

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 with you,

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 so that we

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 can enter

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 into your

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 presence,

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 that we

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 can have

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 home with

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 you.

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 Lord,

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 lift our

00:27:37.320 --> 00:27:38.000
 eyes to

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 that home.

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 Help us

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 to long

00:27:40.140 --> 00:27:40.539
 for that

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 home and

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 not for

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 the temporary

00:27:42.180 --> 00:27:42.740
 things of

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 this world,

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 Lord.

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 Pray this

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 in your

00:27:45.140 --> 00:27:45.420
 son's

00:27:45.420 --> 00:27:45.700
 name of

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 your

00:27:45.820 --> 00:27:46.140
 glory.

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 Amen.

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 Isn't it

00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:53.720
 wonderful we

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 have a