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 Well, please take your Bibles and let's open them up this morning to Genesis chapter 9.

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! Genesis chapter 9. If you're using the pew Bibles in front of you, if you didn't bring a Bible of your own,

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 you can use those pew Bibles there in front of you in the seat back in front. And you can find our passage,

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 Genesis chapter 9, on page 6 of that pew Bible there in front of you. But when you found it,

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 let's stand in honor of the reading of God's Word.

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 And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

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 The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth and upon every bird of

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 the heavens, upon everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea. Into your hand

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 they are delivered. Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And as I gave you the green

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 plants, I give you everything. But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood. And for

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 your lifeblood I will require a reckoning. From every beast I will require it and from man. From his

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 fellow man I will require a reckoning for the life of man. Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall

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 his blood be shed. For God made man in his own image. And you be fruitful and multiply and increase

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 greatly on the earth and multiply in it. Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him, Behold,

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 I establish my covenant with you and your offspring after you. And with every living creature that is

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 with you, the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth with you. As many as came out of the

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 ark, it is for every beast of the earth. I establish my covenant with you that never again shall all flesh

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 be cut off by the waters of the flood. And never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.

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 And God said, This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living

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 creature that is with you for all future generations. I have set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign

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 of the covenant between me and all the earth. When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in

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 the clouds, I will remember my covenant that is between me and you and every living creature of

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 all flesh. And the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. When the bow is in the

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 clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of

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 all flesh that is on the earth. God said to Noah, This is the sign of the covenant that I have established

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 between me and all flesh that is on the earth. The sons of Noah who went forth from the ark were Shem,

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 Ham, and Japheth. Ham was the father of Canaan. These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the

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 people of the whole earth were dispersed. Noah began to be a man of the soil, and he planted a vineyard.

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 He drank of the wine and became drunk and lay uncovered in his tent. And Ham, the father of Canaan,

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 saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside. Then Shem and Japheth took a garment,

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 laid it on both of their shoulders, and walked backward, and covered the nakedness of their father.

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 Their faces were turned backward, and they did not see their father's nakedness. When Noah awoke from

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 his wine and knew what his youngest son had done to him, he said, Cursed be Canaan, a servant of servants

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 shall he be to his brothers. He also said, Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem, and let Canaan be his

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 servant. May God enlarge Japheth, and let him dwell in the tents of Shem, and let Canaan be his servant.

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 After the flood, Noah lived 350 years. All the days of Noah were 950 years, and he died.

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 The grass withers, and the flower fades, but the word of the Lord endures forever. Father, we praise

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 you for this word. We believe it is God-breathed that is good for us, and so we pray now that you

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 would speak through it. We ask this in Jesus' name. Amen. You may be seated.

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 Amanda and I, since being married, have had the opportunity to live in several different places.

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 We met in college in Georgia, and we lived there for a time before moving up to Charlotte,

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 and then from Charlotte, North Carolina, it was down to North Myrtle Beach, and then from North

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 Myrtle Beach, now down here to Allendahl. And each move for us, it represented sort of a new start.

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 It was a new phase of life. And of course, every time that we moved to a new place, we had questions.

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 Some of the core things remained the same. We still had to go out and buy groceries, but

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 when we moved to Charlotte, it was no longer Kroger, now it was Harris Teeter.

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 We still, after moving from North Myrtle Beach, we still go to the beach, but now it's Isle of Palms

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 instead of Cherry Grove. And my role at the church was different in North Myrtle Beach than it is here.

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 In each new place, we had to kind of figure out what work would look like, what life would look like.

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 Each new start came with new opportunities, new challenges, and new questions.

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 As we come here to Genesis chapter 9 this morning, we see this is a new start for Noah.

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 But not just for Noah, this is a new start for all of humanity, isn't it?

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 God has moved Noah and his family now to a new place. He has wiped the slate clean on the old world,

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 and so now, as he finally steps foot onto dry land, I can imagine that he's asking some of those same

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 questions that we might ask. Questions like, well, what do we eat?

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 What are we supposed to do now? What do we give our time to?

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 What will life look like here in this renewed world?

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 Our passage this morning, it gives us our bearings for life in this new beginning.

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 What is life like after the flood?

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 And you know, if we felt kind of far from the world that we saw pictured for us in Genesis 1 and 2,

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 there in the Garden of Eden, if that felt foreign to us,

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 we really ought to feel a lot more at home here in our passage this morning.

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 Because this passage, it explains some important details for life in our world today after the flood.

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 So let's take a look here, and we'll see three questions this morning.

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 Three questions for life after the flood.

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 If you're taking notes, this is our outline this morning.

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 Three questions for life after the flood.

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 Question number one, what's changed?

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 What's changed? What's different?

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 And at first glance, as you look through the passage, it seems like not much, right?

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 This is sort of like one of those highlights magazines activities where you have the two pictures side by side,

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 and you have to spot the subtle differences between the two pictures.

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 This looks so similar to the first new beginning,

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 the new beginning that we saw in the first chapters of Genesis with Adam and Eve.

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 Verses 1 through 7, it gives us an idea here of what's the same and what's different.

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 One similarity, we see, is that God's blessing and God's command are the same, aren't they?

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 Here, just as at the beginning with Adam, God blesses Noah,

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 and here, just as at the beginning, God gives him this same exact command, doesn't he?

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 Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

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 In fact, he says it twice.

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 He says it there in verse 1 and again in verse 7.

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 He sort of bookends this first section by repeating this command.

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 Go, be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth.

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 And so we see here that the mission is still the same, isn't it?

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 God still plans to fill the earth with his image.

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 That's one similarity.

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 We see another similarity here in verses 2 through 4.

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 Just as with Adam in the garden, so now Noah and his family are to rule over the animals.

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 Humans are not part of the animal kingdom.

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 They are not equal with the animals.

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 They're not just the most developed or evolved form of the animals.

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 They are distinct from them, and God says they are to rule over them.

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 That's a similarity here on this side of the flood, but with one key difference.

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 You notice this?

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 On this side of the fall, on this side of the flood, now, verse 2,

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 the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth

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 and upon every bird of the heavens, upon everything that creeps on the ground

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 and all fish of the sea.

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 In other words, now the animals are afraid of the humans.

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 I grew up watching some of the old Disney princess movies.

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 I have three sisters.

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 I didn't have a say in it.

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 This was just forced upon me from the outside.

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 But if you've seen any of the old movies, you know when they walk outside

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 and they start singing, what happens?

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 The birds come and land on their shoulder, and the squirrels come and nuzzle up next to them,

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 and the bunnies and the deer, they're all happy, and they all get along.

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 Those must have taken place before the flood.

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 Because now, on the other side of the flood, the animals are afraid.

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 And for good reason, right?

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 Because we see in verse 3, verse 3 tells us that now in this new beginning, guess what?

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 Humans get to eat the animals.

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 And all God's people said, amen, right?

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 The Lord says in verse 3,

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 Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you.

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 As I gave you the green plants, now I give you everything.

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 So if you want to eat the plants, if you want to have a salad, go ahead, enjoy it.

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 It's good.

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 But praise God, now on this side of the flood, the menu has expanded.

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 And now we get steak, brisket, pulled pork, chicken legs, right?

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 But even so, even though God says, now, Noah, you can go kill and eat,

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 God makes certain that we understand here, even so, even on this side of the flood,

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 life is precious.

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 Life is precious.

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 This is the third similarity here, in fact.

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 We see it in verses 4 through 6, and it's this.

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 It's that all life is valuable, especially the life of mankind.

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 All life is valuable.

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 God regulates the killing of animals here, but especially, especially the life of mankind.

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 God gives the animals to Noah for food, but with this one regulation,

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 He says, don't eat the animals with the lifeblood still in them.

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 You can eat the animals, Noah, but you're not an animal.

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 Don't eat the animals with the blood still in them.

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 Their blood, because it represents their life, is precious.

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 And we can look ahead and see this reaffirmed throughout the Old Testament

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 and the dietary laws for Israel.

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 Their blood, their life is valuable.

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 And think about this, church.

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 If that's true, if the blood and the life of an animal is valuable in the sight of God,

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 how much more valuable is the life and the blood of humans?

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 If God's going to give instruction for the life and the shedding of an animal blood,

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 of course He gives direction here concerning the shedding of human blood.

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 Look there to verse 5.

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 God says, for your lifeblood, the lifeblood of humans,

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 I will require a reckoning.

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 From every beast I will require it, and from man,

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 from his fellow man I will require a reckoning for the life of man.

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 Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed.

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 Why?

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 For God made man in His own image.

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 Human life is especially valuable in the sight of God.

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 So much so, in fact, that God says,

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 if you take a life, you pay for it with your own life.

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 This is God instituting here a version of the death penalty.

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 He says human life is precious and valuable in the eyes of God.

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 It is worth protecting.

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 It is worthy of dignity.

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 Why?

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 Because again, verse tells us the reason why is that

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 even here after the fall, even here after the flood,

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 every single person is made in the image of God.

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 All people.

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 Humans with dark skin, humans with light skin,

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 humans with money, humans without money,

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 humans who vote how you vote,

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 humans who don't vote how you vote,

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 illegal immigrants and natural-born citizens,

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 Christians and atheists and Muslims,

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 and Buddhists, all people,

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 share this God-given fundamental dignity.

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 We are all made in the image of God.

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 Now, we have to be careful not to absorb

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 the world's way of thinking and valuing people.

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 Those who have certain disabilities

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 are of no less value in the eyes of the Lord

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 than the most capable, important person

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 in the eyes of the world.

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 Those who can't contribute much to society anymore

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 due to age or health or limitations

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 are just as worthy of life and protection

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 and dignity as the strongest

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 and most productive member of society.

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 Those who have not yet made it outside of the womb

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 are just as worthy of dignity and honor

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 and respect and protection

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 as those who have made it outside of the womb.

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 How shameful is it that in our country,

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 turtle eggs have greater protections in place

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 than unborn life in the womb?

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 How shameful is it that such a thing as segregation

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 existed no more than 70 years ago in this country?

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 Christians of all people

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 uphold the sanctity and the dignity

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 of all human life.

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 Why?

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 The reason is because all human people,

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 all individuals, every single person

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 is made in the image of God.

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 So, we see here first,

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 many similarities,

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 a few key differences here

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 in the post-flood world.

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 But if I'm Noah,

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 I have another big question on my mind.

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 Do you know what it is?

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 What about God's wrath?

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 That's my second question here

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 on this side of the flood.

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 What about God's wrath?

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 God just saw the sinfulness of the world

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 and He flooded it.

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 If I'm Noah,

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 I'm wondering,

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 how can I be certain

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 that that's not going to happen again?

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 How close do I need to set up camp?

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 How close do I need to live next to the ark?

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 God speaks here in verses 8-17

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 to put these fears at ease.

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 He's already promised

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 at the end of chapter 8.

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 But now He seals the deal

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 by making Noah a new promise.

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 He makes Noah a covenant.

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 You remember that term, covenant.

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 God established a covenant

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 with Adam in the garden.

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 And you remember what we discussed.

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 Covenant defines the relationship.

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 You remember this.

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 Ligon Duncan defines covenant

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 as a special relationship

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 established and bestowed by God

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 that has blessings and obligations

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 and is of life and death significance.

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 So here God says, verse 9,

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 I establish my covenant.

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 It's clear this covenant is God initiated.

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 This is coming from the top down.

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 Nobody's twisting God's arm

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 to establish this covenant.

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 He is initiating this promise.

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 And the promise, He says,

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 who's it with?

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 He says, it's with you, Noah,

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 and your offspring with you

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 and with every living creature

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 that is with you.

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 All the birds and the livestock,

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 every beast of the earth with you.

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 As many as come out of the ark,

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 it is for every beast of the earth.

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 In other words,

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 this is a common grace covenant,

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 not a special grace covenant.

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 covenant.

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 This promise is made with all people,

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 not just with God's people.

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 And it's not just all people.

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 It is made with all creatures.

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 All creatures,

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 all animals are included in this covenant

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 over and over and over again.

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 We see it repeated in this passage.

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 My covenant here is with all flesh.

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 My covenant is with every living creature.

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 So again, atheists and Muslims,

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 Jews and Gentiles,

00:17:24.119 --> 00:17:25.519
 believers and non-believers,

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 dogs, cats, lions, tigers, bears,

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 all of them are on the receiving end

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 of the blessings of this covenant.

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 This is a worldwide,

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 all-encompassing,

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 unconditional, forever promise.

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 And what's the promise?

00:17:43.119 --> 00:17:43.700
 Verse 11.

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 Never again shall all flesh be cut off

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 by the waters of the flood.

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 Never again shall there be a flood

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 to destroy all the earth.

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 Never again.

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 In other words, Noah,

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 you don't have to live

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 with one foot in the ark

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 and one foot on dry land.

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 You don't have to live in worry

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 that I will act in wrath against sin

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 to destroy the world with a flood ever again

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 while the earth remains,

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 he said in chapter 8.

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 Seed time and harvest,

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 cold and heat,

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 summer and winter,

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 day and night shall not cease.

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 This is a covenant of preservation.

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 Herman Bavink,

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 he calls it a covenant of long-suffering.

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 God says, in essence,

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 he says,

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 I am going to preserve all things,

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 maintain regularity

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 in this sinful world

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 in order to bring it

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 to my appointed end.

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 I will be patient

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 and long-suffering.

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 Now I will preserve this world

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 for the coming of the Messiah.

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 And as a sign of this promise,

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 God says in verse 13,

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 he says,

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 I will set my bow in the cloud

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 and it shall be a sign of the covenant

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 between me and the earth.

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 When I bring clouds over the earth

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 and the bow is seen in the clouds,

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 I will remember my covenant

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 that is between me and you

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 and every living creature

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 of all flesh.

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 You know, the bow

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 in the ancient Near East,

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 in this context,

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 the bow,

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 that's a pretty common weapon of war.

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 It's a symbol of death

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 and destruction

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 and violence.

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 But now,

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 God takes this image

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 of fear

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 and violence

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 and war

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 and he transforms it

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 into something beautiful.

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 God,

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 God in essence,

00:19:47.779 --> 00:19:48.839
 is hanging up

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 his war bow.

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 So it's no longer

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 a symbol of wrath.

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 Now it's a symbol

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 of peace.

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 And you notice

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 where the bow is pointing.

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 It's not pointing down

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 towards us

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 to fire down at the earth.

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 It's pointing up

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 towards heaven.

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 As if God is saying,

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 should I ever

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 break my promise to you,

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 may I be on the receiving end

00:20:10.319 --> 00:20:11.140
 of this wrath.

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 May I be destroyed

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 if I don't keep my promise

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 to you.

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 Well, that is astounding grace,

00:20:18.740 --> 00:20:19.400
 isn't it, church?

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 It's unfortunate

00:20:22.700 --> 00:20:25.319
 that many in our culture

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 have hijacked this sign

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 and reinterpreted it

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 as a badge of approval

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 of all sorts of sexual sin.

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 You know,

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 we need to recover

00:20:34.279 --> 00:20:34.980
 its meaning

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 and teach our children

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 its meaning

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 and make sure

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 we understand

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 what this symbol is

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 up in the sky

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 that God's given us

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 to see.

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 When we look up

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 at the sky

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 after a rain

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 and we see a rainbow,

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 we ought to be reminded

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 of the long suffering

00:20:52.039 --> 00:20:53.000
 of our God.

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 We ought to be reminded

00:20:55.500 --> 00:20:56.059
 of his patience

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 patience

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 with sinners

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 like us.

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 All of the ordinary things

00:21:01.700 --> 00:21:02.579
 that we take for granted,

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 every changing

00:21:03.319 --> 00:21:04.159
 of the season

00:21:04.159 --> 00:21:04.839
 is a reminder

00:21:04.839 --> 00:21:06.440
 of his faithfulness.

00:21:06.539 --> 00:21:07.440
 Every rising

00:21:07.440 --> 00:21:08.179
 of the sun

00:21:08.179 --> 00:21:09.279
 and of the moon

00:21:09.279 --> 00:21:10.039
 is a reminder

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 of his faithfulness.

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 Every rainbow

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 after a storm

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 is a reminder

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 that our God

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 is faithful

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 and he's able

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 to preserve

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 his people

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 through every trial.

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 I love this quote

00:21:22.379 --> 00:21:24.000
 from Marcus Dodds.

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 He says,

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 the rainbow

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 is a sign

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 that God

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 has no pleasure

00:21:29.559 --> 00:21:30.359
 in destruction,

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 that he does not

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 give way to moods,

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 that he does not

00:21:35.259 --> 00:21:36.319
 always chide,

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 that if weeping

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 may endure for a night,

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 joy is sure to follow.

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 If anyone

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 is under a cloud

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 leading a joyless,

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 heartless life,

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 if anyone

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 has much apparent

00:21:48.640 --> 00:21:49.680
 reason to suppose

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 that God

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 has given him up

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 to the catastrophe

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 and lets things run

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 as they may,

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 there is some

00:21:55.100 --> 00:21:55.900
 satisfaction

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 in reading

00:21:56.400 --> 00:21:57.740
 this natural emblem

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 and recognizing it,

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 recognizing that

00:22:00.480 --> 00:22:01.840
 without the cloud,

00:22:02.019 --> 00:22:02.259
 nay,

00:22:02.779 --> 00:22:03.640
 without the cloud

00:22:03.640 --> 00:22:04.460
 breaking into

00:22:04.460 --> 00:22:05.960
 heavy sweeping rains,

00:22:06.160 --> 00:22:06.980
 there cannot be

00:22:06.980 --> 00:22:07.460
 the bow

00:22:07.460 --> 00:22:09.380
 and that no cloud

00:22:09.380 --> 00:22:10.320
 of God's sending

00:22:10.320 --> 00:22:11.000
 is permanent

00:22:11.000 --> 00:22:12.660
 but will one day

00:22:12.660 --> 00:22:13.580
 give place

00:22:13.580 --> 00:22:15.580
 to unclouded joy.

00:22:17.259 --> 00:22:17.900
 Church,

00:22:17.980 --> 00:22:18.480
 in order to

00:22:18.480 --> 00:22:19.900
 reach that

00:22:19.900 --> 00:22:21.620
 unclouded joy,

00:22:21.619 --> 00:22:22.299
 we have a third

00:22:22.299 --> 00:22:22.979
 question that

00:22:22.979 --> 00:22:23.679
 we need answered,

00:22:23.759 --> 00:22:24.079
 don't we?

00:22:24.899 --> 00:22:25.919
 Question number three,

00:22:27.119 --> 00:22:27.879
 what about

00:22:27.879 --> 00:22:28.759
 our sin?

00:22:30.319 --> 00:22:31.219
 What about

00:22:31.219 --> 00:22:32.479
 our sin?

00:22:32.859 --> 00:22:33.500
 Praise God

00:22:33.500 --> 00:22:34.079
 he's patient

00:22:34.079 --> 00:22:34.659
 with sinners.

00:22:35.139 --> 00:22:35.319
 Amen?

00:22:36.539 --> 00:22:37.299
 Praise God

00:22:37.299 --> 00:22:38.459
 he is long

00:22:38.459 --> 00:22:39.299
 suffering,

00:22:39.479 --> 00:22:39.759
 that he

00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:40.719
 delays

00:22:40.719 --> 00:22:41.639
 his wrath

00:22:41.639 --> 00:22:42.679
 but what about

00:22:42.679 --> 00:22:43.359
 the problem

00:22:43.359 --> 00:22:44.299
 of our sin?

00:22:44.419 --> 00:22:45.359
 Has the flood

00:22:45.359 --> 00:22:46.339
 washed it away?

00:22:46.339 --> 00:22:49.480
 the rest of the passage

00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:50.119
 here,

00:22:50.379 --> 00:22:51.599
 verses 18 through 29,

00:22:51.879 --> 00:22:52.480
 show us that

00:22:52.480 --> 00:22:53.839
 the tragic answer

00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:55.339
 is no.

00:22:57.119 --> 00:22:57.539
 Here,

00:22:57.740 --> 00:22:58.539
 even in this

00:22:58.539 --> 00:22:59.179
 new beginning,

00:22:59.359 --> 00:23:00.299
 this fresh start,

00:23:00.779 --> 00:23:01.220
 sin

00:23:01.220 --> 00:23:02.379
 and all of

00:23:02.379 --> 00:23:03.000
 its destructive

00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:03.599
 effects

00:23:03.599 --> 00:23:05.279
 still reigns

00:23:05.279 --> 00:23:06.859
 over all people.

00:23:08.319 --> 00:23:08.720
 Look there

00:23:08.720 --> 00:23:08.959
 with me

00:23:08.959 --> 00:23:09.619
 to verse 20.

00:23:09.959 --> 00:23:10.619
 We see here

00:23:10.619 --> 00:23:11.779
 that now

00:23:11.779 --> 00:23:12.879
 after the flood,

00:23:13.119 --> 00:23:13.339
 Noah

00:23:13.339 --> 00:23:15.139
 began to be

00:23:15.139 --> 00:23:15.740
 a man

00:23:15.740 --> 00:23:16.740
 of the soil

00:23:16.740 --> 00:23:17.099
 and that's

00:23:17.099 --> 00:23:17.359
 what I'm going

00:23:17.359 --> 00:23:17.619
 to call

00:23:17.619 --> 00:23:18.139
 farmers

00:23:18.139 --> 00:23:18.899
 from now on

00:23:18.899 --> 00:23:19.519
 by the way.

00:23:19.679 --> 00:23:20.079
 They're not

00:23:20.079 --> 00:23:20.799
 farmers anymore,

00:23:20.939 --> 00:23:21.399
 they are men

00:23:21.399 --> 00:23:21.720
 and women

00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:22.399
 of the soil.

00:23:23.459 --> 00:23:24.000
 He says

00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:24.539
 he planted

00:23:24.539 --> 00:23:25.599
 himself a vineyard.

00:23:25.759 --> 00:23:26.319
 Things are going

00:23:26.319 --> 00:23:26.720
 great.

00:23:27.740 --> 00:23:28.179
 He is

00:23:28.179 --> 00:23:29.139
 subduing

00:23:29.139 --> 00:23:29.659
 the earth.

00:23:29.819 --> 00:23:30.899
 He's exercising

00:23:30.899 --> 00:23:31.579
 dominion.

00:23:31.699 --> 00:23:32.459
 He's laboring.

00:23:32.599 --> 00:23:33.399
 This is obedience

00:23:33.399 --> 00:23:34.500
 to God's command.

00:23:34.599 --> 00:23:35.299
 This is good.

00:23:35.980 --> 00:23:36.459
 It says

00:23:36.459 --> 00:23:37.399
 he drank

00:23:37.399 --> 00:23:38.579
 some of the wine.

00:23:38.740 --> 00:23:39.619
 This is also

00:23:39.619 --> 00:23:40.139
 good.

00:23:40.839 --> 00:23:41.500
 He's enjoying

00:23:41.500 --> 00:23:42.179
 the fruit of his

00:23:42.179 --> 00:23:42.480
 labor.

00:23:42.599 --> 00:23:42.819
 This is

00:23:42.819 --> 00:23:43.759
 good.

00:23:44.539 --> 00:23:44.960
 But then

00:23:44.960 --> 00:23:45.399
 it says

00:23:45.399 --> 00:23:46.319
 he became

00:23:46.319 --> 00:23:47.359
 drunk

00:23:47.359 --> 00:23:48.119
 and that's

00:23:48.119 --> 00:23:48.740
 not

00:23:48.740 --> 00:23:49.779
 good.

00:23:51.240 --> 00:23:51.799
 Even more

00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:52.119
 so

00:23:52.119 --> 00:23:53.339
 he lay

00:23:53.339 --> 00:23:54.159
 uncovered

00:23:54.159 --> 00:23:54.859
 naked

00:23:54.859 --> 00:23:56.319
 in his

00:23:56.319 --> 00:23:56.720
 tent.

00:23:56.859 --> 00:23:57.279
 Now that's

00:23:57.279 --> 00:23:58.000
 really not

00:23:58.000 --> 00:23:58.439
 good.

00:23:58.740 --> 00:23:59.200
 The scriptures

00:23:59.200 --> 00:24:00.519
 are very

00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:00.839
 clear.

00:24:00.939 --> 00:24:01.480
 Wine is a

00:24:01.480 --> 00:24:02.019
 good gift.

00:24:02.819 --> 00:24:03.439
 It gladdens

00:24:03.439 --> 00:24:03.879
 the heart

00:24:03.879 --> 00:24:04.339
 of man

00:24:04.339 --> 00:24:04.619
 but the

00:24:04.619 --> 00:24:05.019
 Bible is

00:24:05.019 --> 00:24:05.399
 also

00:24:05.399 --> 00:24:06.200
 explicitly

00:24:06.200 --> 00:24:07.099
 clear that

00:24:07.099 --> 00:24:07.859
 drunkenness

00:24:07.859 --> 00:24:08.319
 is not

00:24:08.319 --> 00:24:08.679
 good.

00:24:09.639 --> 00:24:10.200
 Drunkenness

00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:10.960
 is sinful

00:24:10.960 --> 00:24:11.659
 and Noah

00:24:11.659 --> 00:24:11.980
 here

00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:12.240
 he's

00:24:12.240 --> 00:24:12.860
 demonstrating

00:24:12.860 --> 00:24:13.759
 a sinful

00:24:13.759 --> 00:24:14.640
 lack of

00:24:14.640 --> 00:24:15.620
 self-control.

00:24:16.740 --> 00:24:17.559
 As we see

00:24:17.559 --> 00:24:18.019
 this whole

00:24:18.019 --> 00:24:18.740
 event happening

00:24:18.740 --> 00:24:19.480
 and we read

00:24:19.480 --> 00:24:19.880
 this it

00:24:19.880 --> 00:24:20.220
 all just

00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:20.620
 make us

00:24:20.620 --> 00:24:20.960
 want to

00:24:20.960 --> 00:24:21.599
 scream

00:24:21.599 --> 00:24:22.079
 what are

00:24:22.079 --> 00:24:22.259
 you

00:24:22.259 --> 00:24:22.640
 thinking?

00:24:22.640 --> 00:24:24.559
 This is

00:24:24.559 --> 00:24:25.620
 no different.

00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:25.980
 You are

00:24:25.980 --> 00:24:27.220
 just like

00:24:27.220 --> 00:24:27.860
 Adam.

00:24:29.740 --> 00:24:30.200
 Just think

00:24:30.200 --> 00:24:30.599
 about this

00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:31.019
 for a minute.

00:24:31.200 --> 00:24:31.779
 Noah here

00:24:31.779 --> 00:24:32.440
 he has been

00:24:32.440 --> 00:24:33.039
 given the

00:24:33.039 --> 00:24:33.680
 chance of

00:24:33.680 --> 00:24:34.339
 a lifetime

00:24:34.339 --> 00:24:34.860
 hasn't

00:24:34.860 --> 00:24:35.019
 he?

00:24:36.120 --> 00:24:37.099
 He has

00:24:37.099 --> 00:24:37.599
 just been

00:24:37.599 --> 00:24:38.599
 given grace

00:24:38.599 --> 00:24:39.719
 upon grace

00:24:39.719 --> 00:24:40.959
 upon grace

00:24:40.959 --> 00:24:42.319
 upon grace

00:24:42.319 --> 00:24:43.859
 he alone

00:24:43.859 --> 00:24:44.399
 him and his

00:24:44.399 --> 00:24:44.799
 family

00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:45.679
 out of all

00:24:45.679 --> 00:24:46.099
 the earth

00:24:46.099 --> 00:24:46.419
 have been

00:24:46.419 --> 00:24:47.099
 spared

00:24:47.099 --> 00:24:47.740
 from the

00:24:47.740 --> 00:24:48.019
 judgment

00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:48.339
 that they

00:24:48.339 --> 00:24:48.679
 deserve

00:24:48.679 --> 00:24:49.059
 for their

00:24:49.059 --> 00:24:49.319
 sin.

00:24:50.199 --> 00:24:50.619
 He's been

00:24:50.619 --> 00:24:50.959
 given this

00:24:50.959 --> 00:24:51.459
 opportunity

00:24:51.459 --> 00:24:51.939
 for a

00:24:51.939 --> 00:24:52.779
 fresh start

00:24:52.779 --> 00:24:53.279
 in a new

00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:53.740
 world

00:24:53.740 --> 00:24:54.480
 and almost

00:24:54.480 --> 00:24:55.439
 immediately

00:24:55.439 --> 00:24:56.419
 he drinks

00:24:56.419 --> 00:24:57.279
 himself drunk

00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:57.639
 and goes

00:24:57.639 --> 00:24:58.779
 laid naked

00:24:58.779 --> 00:24:59.299
 in his tent

00:24:59.299 --> 00:24:59.799
 for all to

00:24:59.799 --> 00:25:00.059
 see.

00:25:01.059 --> 00:25:02.039
 It is an

00:25:02.039 --> 00:25:02.779
 embarrassment.

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:04.759
 Well this

00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:05.740
 new start

00:25:05.740 --> 00:25:07.339
 it ends

00:25:07.339 --> 00:25:08.079
 the same

00:25:08.079 --> 00:25:09.039
 old way

00:25:09.039 --> 00:25:09.700
 with another

00:25:09.700 --> 00:25:10.740
 fall into

00:25:10.740 --> 00:25:11.240
 sin.

00:25:12.839 --> 00:25:13.299
 Clearly

00:25:13.299 --> 00:25:14.039
 we see a

00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:14.940
 flood was

00:25:14.940 --> 00:25:15.759
 not enough

00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:16.339
 to resolve

00:25:16.339 --> 00:25:16.819
 his biggest

00:25:16.819 --> 00:25:17.259
 issue.

00:25:17.420 --> 00:25:18.079
 He still

00:25:18.079 --> 00:25:18.720
 had this

00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:19.460
 internal

00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:20.119
 problem

00:25:20.119 --> 00:25:21.639
 this internal

00:25:21.639 --> 00:25:22.420
 issue called

00:25:22.420 --> 00:25:23.259
 sin that's

00:25:23.259 --> 00:25:24.240
 ruling over

00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:24.559
 him.

00:25:26.420 --> 00:25:27.039
 You know

00:25:27.039 --> 00:25:27.839
 sometimes we

00:25:27.839 --> 00:25:28.940
 tend to think

00:25:28.940 --> 00:25:30.660
 that maybe

00:25:30.660 --> 00:25:31.339
 a new start

00:25:31.339 --> 00:25:32.039
 is all we

00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:32.339
 need.

00:25:32.779 --> 00:25:34.720
 We have

00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:35.660
 problems at

00:25:35.660 --> 00:25:36.000
 our old

00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:36.700
 job and so

00:25:36.700 --> 00:25:37.379
 we go run

00:25:37.379 --> 00:25:37.899
 to a new

00:25:37.899 --> 00:25:38.299
 job.

00:25:39.059 --> 00:25:39.700
 We have

00:25:39.700 --> 00:25:40.519
 problems with

00:25:40.519 --> 00:25:41.379
 one marriage

00:25:41.379 --> 00:25:42.200
 and so we

00:25:42.200 --> 00:25:43.019
 run to the

00:25:43.019 --> 00:25:44.160
 next relationship.

00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:45.079
 We have

00:25:45.079 --> 00:25:45.680
 problems in

00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:46.460
 one church

00:25:46.460 --> 00:25:47.119
 and so we

00:25:47.119 --> 00:25:47.879
 run ourselves

00:25:47.879 --> 00:25:48.460
 to a new

00:25:48.460 --> 00:25:48.879
 church.

00:25:48.960 --> 00:25:49.180
 But the

00:25:49.180 --> 00:25:50.119
 problem is

00:25:50.119 --> 00:25:50.720
 guess what?

00:25:51.579 --> 00:25:52.339
 We take

00:25:52.339 --> 00:25:53.039
 our sin

00:25:53.039 --> 00:25:53.779
 with us.

00:25:55.160 --> 00:25:55.539
 We may

00:25:55.539 --> 00:25:55.960
 think that

00:25:55.960 --> 00:25:56.440
 all we need

00:25:56.440 --> 00:25:56.839
 is just to

00:25:56.839 --> 00:25:57.299
 turn over

00:25:57.299 --> 00:25:58.000
 a new leaf

00:25:58.000 --> 00:25:58.500
 and try

00:25:58.500 --> 00:25:58.839
 something

00:25:58.839 --> 00:25:59.240
 different

00:25:59.240 --> 00:25:59.839
 have a new

00:25:59.839 --> 00:26:00.779
 start but

00:26:00.779 --> 00:26:01.839
 unless this

00:26:01.839 --> 00:26:02.740
 problem of

00:26:02.740 --> 00:26:04.039
 sin is dealt

00:26:04.039 --> 00:26:05.120
 with nothing

00:26:05.120 --> 00:26:06.039
 ultimately

00:26:06.039 --> 00:26:06.980
 changes does

00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:07.180
 it?

00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:09.099
 And notice

00:26:09.099 --> 00:26:09.680
 here too by

00:26:09.680 --> 00:26:10.180
 the way when

00:26:10.180 --> 00:26:10.660
 did Noah

00:26:10.660 --> 00:26:11.099
 fall?

00:26:12.059 --> 00:26:12.779
 When did

00:26:12.779 --> 00:26:13.400
 Noah fall

00:26:13.400 --> 00:26:14.140
 into temptation

00:26:14.140 --> 00:26:14.720
 and sin?

00:26:14.839 --> 00:26:15.099
 When did

00:26:15.099 --> 00:26:16.299
 he fall from

00:26:16.299 --> 00:26:17.519
 the state of

00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:17.779
 grace?

00:26:17.839 --> 00:26:18.380
 He didn't let

00:26:18.380 --> 00:26:18.799
 his guard

00:26:18.799 --> 00:26:19.559
 down during

00:26:19.559 --> 00:26:20.160
 the storm

00:26:20.160 --> 00:26:20.519
 did he?

00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:22.120
 He let

00:26:22.120 --> 00:26:22.599
 his guard

00:26:22.599 --> 00:26:23.319
 down once

00:26:23.319 --> 00:26:23.940
 the storm

00:26:23.940 --> 00:26:24.940
 had passed.

00:26:26.359 --> 00:26:27.359
 Up to this

00:26:27.359 --> 00:26:27.920
 point Noah

00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:28.319
 has been a

00:26:28.319 --> 00:26:29.200
 model of

00:26:29.200 --> 00:26:29.819
 faithfulness.

00:26:29.819 --> 00:26:30.240
 It wasn't

00:26:30.240 --> 00:26:30.819
 the trial

00:26:30.819 --> 00:26:31.259
 that wore

00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:31.659
 him down

00:26:31.659 --> 00:26:32.079
 it was

00:26:32.079 --> 00:26:32.799
 peace.

00:26:33.919 --> 00:26:34.379
 It wasn't

00:26:34.379 --> 00:26:35.119
 the storm

00:26:35.119 --> 00:26:35.759
 that wore

00:26:35.759 --> 00:26:36.159
 him down

00:26:36.159 --> 00:26:36.619
 it was

00:26:36.619 --> 00:26:37.539
 the time

00:26:37.539 --> 00:26:38.119
 of peace

00:26:38.119 --> 00:26:38.619
 it wasn't

00:26:38.619 --> 00:26:39.220
 until after

00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:39.619
 the storm

00:26:39.619 --> 00:26:40.299
 had passed

00:26:40.299 --> 00:26:40.679
 that Noah

00:26:40.679 --> 00:26:41.240
 falls into

00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:41.599
 sin.

00:26:43.339 --> 00:26:43.779
 Well let

00:26:43.779 --> 00:26:44.200
 this be a

00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:45.019
 lesson for

00:26:45.019 --> 00:26:45.679
 us church.

00:26:45.839 --> 00:26:46.220
 We need

00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:46.960
 our guard

00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:48.259
 up not only

00:26:48.259 --> 00:26:48.839
 in times

00:26:48.839 --> 00:26:49.559
 of trial

00:26:49.559 --> 00:26:50.980
 but also

00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:52.039
 especially

00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:52.759
 so in

00:26:52.759 --> 00:26:53.799
 times of

00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:54.399
 rest.

00:26:56.179 --> 00:26:56.700
 Some of y'all

00:26:56.700 --> 00:26:57.460
 I know

00:26:57.460 --> 00:26:59.019
 are walking

00:26:59.019 --> 00:27:00.160
 through times

00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:00.779
 of trial

00:27:00.779 --> 00:27:02.080
 right now

00:27:02.080 --> 00:27:03.440
 and you

00:27:03.440 --> 00:27:04.539
 are praying

00:27:04.539 --> 00:27:05.279
 more than

00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:05.660
 you ever

00:27:05.660 --> 00:27:06.080
 have.

00:27:06.180 --> 00:27:06.480
 You are

00:27:06.480 --> 00:27:07.360
 clinging

00:27:07.360 --> 00:27:08.200
 to Christ.

00:27:08.340 --> 00:27:08.539
 You are

00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:09.539
 trusting God

00:27:09.539 --> 00:27:10.080
 to hold

00:27:10.080 --> 00:27:10.640
 you up.

00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:10.860
 You're

00:27:10.860 --> 00:27:11.860
 reaching out

00:27:11.860 --> 00:27:12.220
 to him

00:27:12.220 --> 00:27:12.819
 asking for

00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:13.380
 his help

00:27:13.380 --> 00:27:13.880
 and all

00:27:13.880 --> 00:27:14.140
 of that

00:27:14.140 --> 00:27:14.819
 is so

00:27:14.819 --> 00:27:16.120
 so good

00:27:16.120 --> 00:27:17.120
 but remember

00:27:17.120 --> 00:27:18.920
 if the

00:27:18.920 --> 00:27:19.319
 storm

00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:20.180
 passes

00:27:20.180 --> 00:27:21.420
 when the

00:27:21.420 --> 00:27:21.720
 storm

00:27:21.720 --> 00:27:22.259
 passes

00:27:22.259 --> 00:27:23.400
 keep

00:27:23.400 --> 00:27:24.080
 clinging

00:27:24.080 --> 00:27:24.960
 to Christ.

00:27:24.960 --> 00:27:26.700
 keep

00:27:26.700 --> 00:27:27.480
 praying

00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:27.840
 keep

00:27:27.840 --> 00:27:28.360
 trusting

00:27:28.360 --> 00:27:28.779
 God

00:27:28.779 --> 00:27:29.220
 to hold

00:27:29.220 --> 00:27:29.400
 you

00:27:29.400 --> 00:27:29.640
 up

00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:29.900
 keep

00:27:29.900 --> 00:27:30.460
 calling

00:27:30.460 --> 00:27:30.740
 out

00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:31.120
 to him

00:27:31.120 --> 00:27:31.720
 as helpless

00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:32.240
 in need

00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:32.519
 of his

00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:32.900
 grace.

00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:33.480
 You need

00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:34.140
 him just

00:27:34.140 --> 00:27:34.700
 as much

00:27:34.700 --> 00:27:35.220
 in clear

00:27:35.220 --> 00:27:35.759
 skies

00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:36.559
 as you

00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:36.960
 do in

00:27:36.960 --> 00:27:37.660
 the clouds.

00:27:39.779 --> 00:27:40.059
 Noah

00:27:40.059 --> 00:27:41.299
 just like

00:27:41.299 --> 00:27:41.720
 Adam

00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:43.140
 falls

00:27:43.140 --> 00:27:43.819
 into sin

00:27:43.819 --> 00:27:45.500
 and just

00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:46.039
 like Adam

00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:46.779
 before him

00:27:46.779 --> 00:27:48.600
 he experiences

00:27:48.600 --> 00:27:49.299
 the shame

00:27:49.299 --> 00:27:49.740
 and the

00:27:49.740 --> 00:27:50.279
 disgrace

00:27:50.279 --> 00:27:50.759
 of his

00:27:50.759 --> 00:27:51.660
 nakedness

00:27:51.660 --> 00:27:53.100
 but it's

00:27:53.100 --> 00:27:53.480
 not just

00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:53.779
 him.

00:27:53.920 --> 00:27:54.519
 Look what

00:27:54.519 --> 00:27:54.799
 happens

00:27:54.799 --> 00:27:55.099
 next.

00:27:55.200 --> 00:27:55.759
 Verse 22

00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:57.700
 says Ham

00:27:57.700 --> 00:27:58.480
 the father

00:27:58.480 --> 00:27:59.160
 of Canaan

00:27:59.160 --> 00:27:59.559
 now that's

00:27:59.559 --> 00:27:59.940
 the second

00:27:59.940 --> 00:28:00.480
 time he's

00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:00.980
 pointed that

00:28:00.980 --> 00:28:01.200
 out.

00:28:01.259 --> 00:28:01.460
 Did you

00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:01.960
 notice that?

00:28:02.619 --> 00:28:03.059
 Ham the

00:28:03.059 --> 00:28:03.920
 father of

00:28:03.920 --> 00:28:04.440
 Canaan

00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:04.980
 he tells

00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:05.879
 us twice

00:28:05.879 --> 00:28:06.940
 up in

00:28:06.940 --> 00:28:07.440
 verse 18

00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:07.900
 and again

00:28:07.900 --> 00:28:08.200
 here in

00:28:08.200 --> 00:28:08.819
 verse 22.

00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:09.200
 Why does

00:28:09.200 --> 00:28:09.420
 he do

00:28:09.420 --> 00:28:09.660
 that?

00:28:10.539 --> 00:28:10.839
 Well it

00:28:10.839 --> 00:28:11.099
 might not

00:28:11.099 --> 00:28:11.440
 mean much

00:28:11.440 --> 00:28:12.220
 to us

00:28:12.220 --> 00:28:13.119
 but think

00:28:13.119 --> 00:28:13.639
 again about

00:28:13.639 --> 00:28:14.319
 the context

00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:14.779
 here.

00:28:14.879 --> 00:28:15.139
 Think about

00:28:15.139 --> 00:28:15.819
 the Israelites

00:28:15.819 --> 00:28:16.579
 hearing this

00:28:16.579 --> 00:28:16.940
 text.

00:28:17.079 --> 00:28:17.279
 Remember

00:28:17.279 --> 00:28:17.920
 where they

00:28:17.920 --> 00:28:18.539
 are as

00:28:18.539 --> 00:28:19.059
 they receive

00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:19.619
 this book.

00:28:19.940 --> 00:28:20.259
 They are

00:28:20.259 --> 00:28:21.259
 preparing to

00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:21.940
 enter the

00:28:21.940 --> 00:28:23.059
 promised land.

00:28:23.059 --> 00:28:23.859
 And do you

00:28:23.859 --> 00:28:24.379
 remember who's

00:28:24.379 --> 00:28:24.720
 there?

00:28:25.819 --> 00:28:26.559
 It's the

00:28:26.559 --> 00:28:27.359
 Canaanites.

00:28:28.359 --> 00:28:29.179
 The Canaanites

00:28:29.179 --> 00:28:29.960
 from this point

00:28:29.960 --> 00:28:30.779
 forward in the

00:28:30.779 --> 00:28:31.480
 book of Genesis

00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:32.579
 and onward are

00:28:32.579 --> 00:28:33.440
 sort of the

00:28:33.440 --> 00:28:34.779
 arch nemesis of

00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:35.240
 Israel.

00:28:35.379 --> 00:28:35.899
 They're the bad

00:28:35.899 --> 00:28:36.359
 guys.

00:28:37.019 --> 00:28:38.039
 So this passage

00:28:38.039 --> 00:28:39.339
 helps explain

00:28:39.339 --> 00:28:40.539
 who they are

00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:41.179
 and where they

00:28:41.179 --> 00:28:41.879
 came from

00:28:41.879 --> 00:28:42.720
 and how they

00:28:42.720 --> 00:28:43.359
 got to be so

00:28:43.359 --> 00:28:44.339
 evil and so

00:28:44.339 --> 00:28:44.700
 wicked.

00:28:44.700 --> 00:28:46.519
 So verse 20

00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:48.100
 Ham the

00:28:48.100 --> 00:28:48.600
 father of

00:28:48.600 --> 00:28:48.920
 Canaan

00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:49.779
 sees the

00:28:49.779 --> 00:28:50.460
 nakedness of

00:28:50.460 --> 00:28:51.019
 his father

00:28:51.019 --> 00:28:52.680
 and instead

00:28:52.680 --> 00:28:53.180
 of turning

00:28:53.180 --> 00:28:53.819
 his eyes

00:28:53.819 --> 00:28:54.799
 and covering

00:28:54.799 --> 00:28:55.440
 his father's

00:28:55.440 --> 00:28:55.920
 shame and

00:28:55.920 --> 00:28:56.600
 respecting his

00:28:56.600 --> 00:28:57.360
 father he

00:28:57.360 --> 00:28:57.779
 goes and

00:28:57.779 --> 00:28:58.420
 makes a scene

00:28:58.420 --> 00:28:58.860
 of it.

00:28:59.660 --> 00:29:00.460
 He goes and

00:29:00.460 --> 00:29:00.940
 tells his

00:29:00.940 --> 00:29:01.360
 brothers.

00:29:01.660 --> 00:29:02.080
 We don't

00:29:02.080 --> 00:29:02.700
 know exactly

00:29:02.700 --> 00:29:03.059
 what this

00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:03.519
 looked like

00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:04.319
 but clearly

00:29:04.319 --> 00:29:05.299
 Ham acted

00:29:05.299 --> 00:29:06.660
 in irreverence

00:29:06.660 --> 00:29:07.740
 and disrespect.

00:29:08.319 --> 00:29:08.779
 Does that

00:29:08.779 --> 00:29:09.740
 sound familiar

00:29:09.740 --> 00:29:10.299
 to you at

00:29:10.299 --> 00:29:10.539
 all?

00:29:11.539 --> 00:29:12.480
 It should.

00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:15.220
 just as

00:29:15.220 --> 00:29:15.819
 the serpent

00:29:15.819 --> 00:29:16.740
 acted in

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:17.380
 a way that

00:29:17.380 --> 00:29:18.519
 revealed the

00:29:18.519 --> 00:29:19.640
 shameful nakedness

00:29:19.640 --> 00:29:20.039
 of Adam

00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:20.519
 and Eve

00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:22.180
 so now

00:29:22.180 --> 00:29:23.400
 Ham makes

00:29:23.400 --> 00:29:24.039
 a mockery

00:29:24.039 --> 00:29:24.740
 of his

00:29:24.740 --> 00:29:25.200
 father's

00:29:25.200 --> 00:29:25.880
 nakedness.

00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:27.599
 And just

00:29:27.599 --> 00:29:28.339
 as God

00:29:28.339 --> 00:29:28.779
 had done

00:29:28.779 --> 00:29:29.259
 for Adam

00:29:29.259 --> 00:29:29.700
 and Eve

00:29:29.700 --> 00:29:30.519
 in covering

00:29:30.519 --> 00:29:31.140
 up their

00:29:31.140 --> 00:29:31.779
 shame with

00:29:31.779 --> 00:29:32.480
 animal skin

00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:33.160
 so now

00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:33.759
 we see

00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:34.559
 Shem and

00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:35.480
 Japheth

00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:36.559
 cover up

00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:37.519
 their father's

00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:37.940
 shameful

00:29:37.940 --> 00:29:38.680
 nakedness

00:29:38.680 --> 00:29:39.319
 with their

00:29:39.319 --> 00:29:40.180
 own covering.

00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:40.559
 Do you see

00:29:40.559 --> 00:29:41.279
 a pattern here?

00:29:42.099 --> 00:29:42.519
 Do you see

00:29:42.519 --> 00:29:43.059
 the cycle?

00:29:44.279 --> 00:29:44.639
 We are

00:29:44.639 --> 00:29:45.200
 seeing

00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:45.940
 again

00:29:45.940 --> 00:29:46.480
 here

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:47.059
 even on

00:29:47.059 --> 00:29:47.599
 this side

00:29:47.599 --> 00:29:47.859
 of the

00:29:47.859 --> 00:29:48.240
 flood

00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:49.759
 the unfolding

00:29:49.759 --> 00:29:50.579
 drama

00:29:50.579 --> 00:29:51.180
 of the

00:29:51.180 --> 00:29:51.599
 seed

00:29:51.599 --> 00:29:52.000
 of the

00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:52.319
 woman

00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:53.099
 and the

00:29:53.099 --> 00:29:53.480
 seed

00:29:53.480 --> 00:29:54.099
 of the

00:29:54.099 --> 00:29:54.480
 serpent.

00:29:54.680 --> 00:29:54.960
 You remember

00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:55.440
 from Genesis

00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:56.220
 chapter 3

00:29:56.220 --> 00:29:57.579
 verse 15

00:29:57.579 --> 00:29:59.279
 God promises

00:29:59.279 --> 00:30:00.480
 I will put

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:01.379
 enmity

00:30:01.379 --> 00:30:02.720
 between you

00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:03.339
 the serpent

00:30:03.339 --> 00:30:04.539
 and the

00:30:04.539 --> 00:30:04.839
 woman

00:30:04.839 --> 00:30:05.839
 between

00:30:05.839 --> 00:30:06.379
 your

00:30:06.379 --> 00:30:07.139
 offspring

00:30:07.139 --> 00:30:08.220
 and her

00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:08.960
 offspring

00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:09.920
 he will

00:30:09.920 --> 00:30:10.500
 bruise your

00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:10.980
 head

00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:12.279
 you shall

00:30:12.279 --> 00:30:12.839
 bruise

00:30:12.839 --> 00:30:13.420
 his

00:30:13.420 --> 00:30:13.839
 heel.

00:30:14.180 --> 00:30:14.920
 This account

00:30:14.920 --> 00:30:15.360
 here in

00:30:15.360 --> 00:30:16.099
 Genesis 9

00:30:16.099 --> 00:30:17.400
 with all

00:30:17.400 --> 00:30:17.680
 of his

00:30:17.680 --> 00:30:18.279
 repetition

00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:19.420
 and all

00:30:19.420 --> 00:30:19.660
 of his

00:30:19.660 --> 00:30:20.640
 mirror like

00:30:20.640 --> 00:30:21.059
 images

00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:21.539
 to the

00:30:21.539 --> 00:30:22.640
 first creation

00:30:22.640 --> 00:30:23.120
 with Adam

00:30:23.120 --> 00:30:23.440
 and Eve

00:30:23.440 --> 00:30:24.079
 it shows us

00:30:24.079 --> 00:30:24.700
 some very

00:30:24.700 --> 00:30:25.799
 bad news.

00:30:27.120 --> 00:30:27.779
 The flood

00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:28.480
 didn't

00:30:28.480 --> 00:30:29.720
 wash away

00:30:29.720 --> 00:30:30.400
 sin

00:30:30.400 --> 00:30:32.059
 and

00:30:32.059 --> 00:30:33.480
 the flood

00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:34.240
 didn't

00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:34.980
 drown

00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:35.819
 the serpent.

00:30:37.519 --> 00:30:37.759
 Noah

00:30:37.759 --> 00:30:38.620
 is a sinner

00:30:38.619 --> 00:30:39.239
 just like

00:30:39.239 --> 00:30:39.619
 Adam

00:30:39.619 --> 00:30:40.159
 and now

00:30:40.159 --> 00:30:40.679
 Ham

00:30:40.679 --> 00:30:41.319
 is proving

00:30:41.319 --> 00:30:41.859
 himself

00:30:41.859 --> 00:30:42.319
 to be

00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:43.079
 the seed

00:30:43.079 --> 00:30:43.699
 of the

00:30:43.699 --> 00:30:44.059
 serpent.

00:30:45.459 --> 00:30:46.000
 So verse

00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:46.839
 24 says

00:30:46.839 --> 00:30:47.879
 Noah wakes

00:30:47.879 --> 00:30:48.339
 up and

00:30:48.339 --> 00:30:49.079
 realizes what

00:30:49.079 --> 00:30:49.639
 had happened

00:30:49.639 --> 00:30:50.799
 and just as

00:30:50.799 --> 00:30:51.500
 God pronounced

00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:52.039
 judgment

00:30:52.039 --> 00:30:53.019
 and promise

00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:53.699
 and blessing

00:30:53.699 --> 00:30:54.699
 after the fall

00:30:54.699 --> 00:30:55.539
 in chapter 3

00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:56.759
 so now

00:30:56.759 --> 00:30:57.719
 Noah pronounces

00:30:57.719 --> 00:30:58.259
 judgment

00:30:58.259 --> 00:30:59.199
 and blessing

00:30:59.199 --> 00:30:59.719
 here after

00:30:59.719 --> 00:31:00.419
 his fall

00:31:00.419 --> 00:31:01.679
 in Genesis 9

00:31:01.679 --> 00:31:02.339
 the seed of

00:31:02.339 --> 00:31:02.779
 the serpent

00:31:02.779 --> 00:31:03.559
 is cursed

00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:04.559
 in verse 25.

00:31:05.559 --> 00:31:06.239
 Cursed be

00:31:06.240 --> 00:31:06.880
 Canaan.

00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:07.299
 He will be

00:31:07.299 --> 00:31:08.220
 a servant

00:31:08.220 --> 00:31:09.299
 of servants

00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:10.120
 the lowest

00:31:10.120 --> 00:31:11.140
 of the low

00:31:11.140 --> 00:31:11.500
 does that

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:12.180
 sound familiar?

00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:14.480
 On your

00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:15.279
 belly you will

00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:15.859
 go and

00:31:15.859 --> 00:31:16.640
 dust you will

00:31:16.640 --> 00:31:17.259
 eat all the

00:31:17.259 --> 00:31:17.819
 days of your

00:31:17.819 --> 00:31:18.299
 life.

00:31:19.579 --> 00:31:19.880
 And on the

00:31:19.880 --> 00:31:20.400
 other hand

00:31:20.400 --> 00:31:20.920
 Shem

00:31:20.920 --> 00:31:21.839
 the ancestor

00:31:21.839 --> 00:31:22.579
 of Israel

00:31:22.579 --> 00:31:23.799
 and Japheth

00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:24.519
 his brother

00:31:24.519 --> 00:31:25.279
 will be

00:31:25.279 --> 00:31:26.180
 blessed.

00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:27.120
 All of this

00:31:27.120 --> 00:31:28.279
 just sounds

00:31:28.279 --> 00:31:29.019
 like we're back

00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:29.480
 in Genesis

00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:30.140
 chapter 3

00:31:30.140 --> 00:31:30.759
 again doesn't

00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:30.960
 it?

00:31:31.700 --> 00:31:32.180
 Over

00:31:32.180 --> 00:31:33.180
 and over

00:31:33.180 --> 00:31:34.120
 and over

00:31:34.120 --> 00:31:34.700
 again

00:31:34.700 --> 00:31:35.180
 everything

00:31:35.180 --> 00:31:35.799
 is the

00:31:35.799 --> 00:31:36.120
 same

00:31:36.120 --> 00:31:36.560
 and yet

00:31:36.560 --> 00:31:37.120
 everything

00:31:37.120 --> 00:31:38.259
 is different.

00:31:38.360 --> 00:31:38.940
 After all

00:31:38.940 --> 00:31:39.480
 of this

00:31:39.480 --> 00:31:40.799
 a global

00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:41.400
 flood

00:31:41.400 --> 00:31:42.240
 a new

00:31:42.240 --> 00:31:42.660
 start

00:31:42.660 --> 00:31:43.100
 it seems

00:31:43.100 --> 00:31:43.340
 like we're

00:31:43.340 --> 00:31:43.700
 back to

00:31:43.700 --> 00:31:44.320
 square one

00:31:44.320 --> 00:31:44.799
 doesn't it?

00:31:45.740 --> 00:31:46.480
 The conflict

00:31:46.480 --> 00:31:47.299
 of the seeds

00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:48.279
 is continuing

00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:49.019
 the fight

00:31:49.019 --> 00:31:49.620
 is still

00:31:49.620 --> 00:31:50.380
 going on

00:31:50.380 --> 00:31:50.940
 the problem

00:31:50.940 --> 00:31:51.640
 of sin

00:31:51.640 --> 00:31:52.620
 still rages

00:31:52.620 --> 00:31:53.140
 on

00:31:53.140 --> 00:31:53.820
 death

00:31:53.820 --> 00:31:55.060
 still reigns

00:31:55.060 --> 00:31:55.820
 no one

00:31:55.820 --> 00:31:56.500
 is righteous

00:31:56.500 --> 00:31:57.220
 no not

00:31:57.220 --> 00:31:57.600
 one

00:31:57.600 --> 00:31:58.060
 the most

00:31:58.060 --> 00:31:58.660
 faithful

00:31:58.660 --> 00:31:59.299
 obedient

00:31:59.299 --> 00:32:00.019
 man on

00:32:00.019 --> 00:32:00.539
 the earth

00:32:00.539 --> 00:32:01.500
 is drunk

00:32:01.500 --> 00:32:02.060
 and naked

00:32:02.060 --> 00:32:02.740
 in his tent.

00:32:02.740 --> 00:32:05.480
 it's clear

00:32:05.480 --> 00:32:05.880
 to me

00:32:05.880 --> 00:32:07.660
 what we

00:32:07.660 --> 00:32:07.900
 need

00:32:07.900 --> 00:32:08.559
 is not

00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:09.240
 simply

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:10.000
 a new

00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:10.839
 start

00:32:10.839 --> 00:32:12.700
 what we

00:32:12.700 --> 00:32:13.099
 need

00:32:13.099 --> 00:32:13.559
 is a

00:32:13.559 --> 00:32:14.039
 new

00:32:14.039 --> 00:32:14.859
 covenant

00:32:14.859 --> 00:32:17.299
 a better

00:32:17.299 --> 00:32:18.400
 covenant

00:32:18.400 --> 00:32:20.339
 a covenant

00:32:20.339 --> 00:32:21.420
 that won't

00:32:21.420 --> 00:32:22.519
 just preserve

00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:23.359
 the world

00:32:23.359 --> 00:32:23.859
 a covenant

00:32:23.859 --> 00:32:24.460
 that will

00:32:24.460 --> 00:32:25.359
 purify

00:32:25.359 --> 00:32:26.440
 the world

00:32:26.440 --> 00:32:28.120
 a covenant

00:32:28.120 --> 00:32:28.620
 that won't

00:32:28.620 --> 00:32:28.900
 just

00:32:28.900 --> 00:32:30.059
 hit reset

00:32:30.059 --> 00:32:30.740
 a covenant

00:32:30.740 --> 00:32:31.200
 that will

00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:31.799
 redeem

00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:33.680
 we need

00:32:33.680 --> 00:32:34.140
 a covenant

00:32:34.140 --> 00:32:35.180
 that God

00:32:35.180 --> 00:32:35.660
 won't just

00:32:35.660 --> 00:32:36.420
 be patient

00:32:36.420 --> 00:32:36.960
 with our

00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:37.279
 sin

00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:37.759
 we need

00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:38.220
 a covenant

00:32:38.220 --> 00:32:38.779
 where God

00:32:38.779 --> 00:32:39.420
 will pay

00:32:39.420 --> 00:32:39.940
 for our

00:32:39.940 --> 00:32:40.240
 sin

00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:40.819
 in full

00:32:40.819 --> 00:32:43.299
 the prophets

00:32:43.299 --> 00:32:44.960
 spoke about

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:45.640
 this covenant

00:32:45.640 --> 00:32:46.620
 we read

00:32:46.620 --> 00:32:47.680
 one passage

00:32:47.680 --> 00:32:48.099
 already

00:32:48.099 --> 00:32:49.140
 Jeremiah 31

00:32:49.140 --> 00:32:50.559
 says

00:32:50.559 --> 00:32:51.359
 this is the

00:32:51.359 --> 00:32:51.720
 covenant

00:32:51.720 --> 00:32:52.640
 that I will

00:32:52.640 --> 00:32:53.180
 make with the

00:32:53.180 --> 00:32:53.900
 house of Israel

00:32:53.900 --> 00:32:54.480
 after those

00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:54.799
 days

00:32:54.799 --> 00:32:55.380
 declares the

00:32:55.380 --> 00:32:55.599
 Lord

00:32:55.599 --> 00:32:57.240
 I will put

00:32:57.240 --> 00:32:57.839
 my law

00:32:57.839 --> 00:32:58.640
 within them

00:32:58.640 --> 00:32:59.720
 and I will

00:32:59.720 --> 00:33:00.380
 write it on

00:33:00.380 --> 00:33:01.160
 their hearts

00:33:01.160 --> 00:33:02.720
 I will be

00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:03.380
 their God

00:33:03.380 --> 00:33:03.780
 and they

00:33:03.780 --> 00:33:04.260
 shall be

00:33:04.260 --> 00:33:05.120
 my people

00:33:05.120 --> 00:33:06.500
 no longer

00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:07.020
 shall each

00:33:07.020 --> 00:33:07.980
 one teach

00:33:07.980 --> 00:33:08.480
 his neighbor

00:33:08.480 --> 00:33:08.820
 and each

00:33:08.820 --> 00:33:09.340
 his brother

00:33:09.340 --> 00:33:09.940
 saying know

00:33:09.940 --> 00:33:10.520
 the Lord

00:33:10.520 --> 00:33:11.200
 for they

00:33:11.200 --> 00:33:11.740
 shall all

00:33:11.740 --> 00:33:12.280
 know me

00:33:12.280 --> 00:33:12.620
 from the

00:33:12.620 --> 00:33:13.080
 least of

00:33:13.080 --> 00:33:13.440
 them to

00:33:13.440 --> 00:33:14.080
 the greatest

00:33:14.080 --> 00:33:14.680
 declares

00:33:14.680 --> 00:33:15.200
 the Lord

00:33:15.200 --> 00:33:16.620
 I will

00:33:16.620 --> 00:33:17.000
 forgive

00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:17.460
 their

00:33:17.460 --> 00:33:18.080
 iniquity

00:33:18.080 --> 00:33:18.800
 and I

00:33:18.800 --> 00:33:18.960
 will

00:33:18.960 --> 00:33:19.460
 remember

00:33:19.460 --> 00:33:19.940
 their

00:33:19.940 --> 00:33:20.520
 sin

00:33:20.520 --> 00:33:21.000
 no

00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:21.720
 more

00:33:21.720 --> 00:33:23.500
 again

00:33:23.500 --> 00:33:24.140
 in Ezekiel

00:33:24.140 --> 00:33:24.620
 36

00:33:24.620 --> 00:33:25.240
 he says

00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:25.740
 I will

00:33:25.740 --> 00:33:26.400
 take you

00:33:26.400 --> 00:33:26.980
 from the

00:33:26.980 --> 00:33:27.340
 nations

00:33:27.340 --> 00:33:27.660
 I will

00:33:27.660 --> 00:33:28.000
 gather

00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:28.260
 you

00:33:28.260 --> 00:33:28.800
 from all

00:33:28.800 --> 00:33:28.980
 the

00:33:28.980 --> 00:33:29.420
 countries

00:33:29.420 --> 00:33:29.920
 and bring

00:33:29.920 --> 00:33:30.100
 you

00:33:30.100 --> 00:33:30.440
 into

00:33:30.440 --> 00:33:30.660
 your

00:33:30.660 --> 00:33:30.980
 own

00:33:30.980 --> 00:33:31.380
 land

00:33:31.380 --> 00:33:31.680
 I

00:33:31.680 --> 00:33:31.920
 will

00:33:31.920 --> 00:33:32.420
 sprinkle

00:33:32.420 --> 00:33:32.880
 clean

00:33:32.880 --> 00:33:33.279
 water

00:33:33.279 --> 00:33:33.620
 on

00:33:33.620 --> 00:33:33.800
 you

00:33:33.800 --> 00:33:34.120
 and you

00:33:34.120 --> 00:33:34.320
 shall

00:33:34.320 --> 00:33:34.539
 be

00:33:34.539 --> 00:33:35.180
 clean

00:33:35.180 --> 00:33:36.100
 from all

00:33:36.100 --> 00:33:36.300
 your

00:33:36.300 --> 00:33:37.080
 uncleanness

00:33:37.080 --> 00:33:37.980
 from all

00:33:37.980 --> 00:33:38.519
 your idols

00:33:38.519 --> 00:33:38.860
 I will

00:33:38.860 --> 00:33:39.160
 cleanse

00:33:39.160 --> 00:33:39.360
 you

00:33:39.360 --> 00:33:40.259
 I will

00:33:40.259 --> 00:33:40.640
 give you

00:33:40.640 --> 00:33:41.360
 a new

00:33:41.360 --> 00:33:42.120
 heart

00:33:42.120 --> 00:33:42.900
 and a

00:33:42.900 --> 00:33:43.340
 new

00:33:43.340 --> 00:33:44.039
 spirit

00:33:44.039 --> 00:33:44.660
 I will

00:33:44.660 --> 00:33:44.860
 put

00:33:44.860 --> 00:33:45.160
 within

00:33:45.160 --> 00:33:45.420
 you

00:33:45.420 --> 00:33:46.360
 and I

00:33:46.360 --> 00:33:46.539
 will

00:33:46.539 --> 00:33:47.060
 remove

00:33:47.060 --> 00:33:47.279
 your

00:33:47.279 --> 00:33:47.580
 heart

00:33:47.580 --> 00:33:48.100
 of stone

00:33:48.100 --> 00:33:48.340
 from

00:33:48.340 --> 00:33:48.500
 your

00:33:48.500 --> 00:33:48.920
 flesh

00:33:48.920 --> 00:33:49.460
 and I

00:33:49.460 --> 00:33:49.620
 will

00:33:49.620 --> 00:33:50.060
 give

00:33:50.060 --> 00:33:50.279
 you

00:33:50.279 --> 00:33:50.519
 a

00:33:50.519 --> 00:33:50.880
 heart

00:33:50.880 --> 00:33:51.140
 of

00:33:51.140 --> 00:33:51.700
 flesh

00:33:51.700 --> 00:33:52.580
 I

00:33:52.580 --> 00:33:52.759
 will

00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:53.000
 put

00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:53.279
 my

00:33:53.279 --> 00:33:53.820
 spirit

00:33:53.820 --> 00:33:54.140
 within

00:33:54.140 --> 00:33:54.500
 you

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:55.140
 and I

00:33:55.140 --> 00:33:55.359
 will

00:33:55.359 --> 00:33:55.779
 cause

00:33:55.779 --> 00:33:55.900
 you

00:33:55.900 --> 00:33:56.019
 to

00:33:56.019 --> 00:33:56.460
 walk

00:33:56.460 --> 00:33:56.599
 in

00:33:56.599 --> 00:33:56.819
 my

00:33:56.819 --> 00:33:57.480
 statutes

00:33:57.480 --> 00:33:58.000
 and be

00:33:58.000 --> 00:33:58.319
 careful

00:33:58.319 --> 00:33:58.579
 to

00:33:58.579 --> 00:33:58.980
 obey

00:33:58.980 --> 00:33:59.680
 all

00:33:59.680 --> 00:34:00.240
 my

00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:01.019
 rules

00:34:01.019 --> 00:34:02.940
 this is

00:34:02.940 --> 00:34:03.500
 the new

00:34:03.500 --> 00:34:03.960
 covenant

00:34:03.960 --> 00:34:05.859
 as we

00:34:05.859 --> 00:34:06.579
 look ahead

00:34:06.579 --> 00:34:07.059
 as Christ

00:34:07.059 --> 00:34:07.380
 Jesus

00:34:07.380 --> 00:34:08.000
 comes onto

00:34:08.000 --> 00:34:08.519
 the scene

00:34:08.519 --> 00:34:08.800
 and he

00:34:08.800 --> 00:34:09.619
 prepares to

00:34:09.619 --> 00:34:09.920
 go to

00:34:09.920 --> 00:34:10.480
 the cross

00:34:10.480 --> 00:34:10.860
 he looks

00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:11.179
 around

00:34:11.179 --> 00:34:11.460
 and he

00:34:11.460 --> 00:34:11.800
 says to

00:34:11.800 --> 00:34:11.980
 his

00:34:11.980 --> 00:34:12.340
 friends

00:34:12.340 --> 00:34:12.920
 this

00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:13.460
 cup

00:34:13.460 --> 00:34:14.679
 is the

00:34:14.679 --> 00:34:15.059
 new

00:34:15.059 --> 00:34:15.500
 covenant

00:34:15.500 --> 00:34:16.579
 in my

00:34:16.579 --> 00:34:17.099
 blood

00:34:17.099 --> 00:34:17.719
 for the

00:34:17.719 --> 00:34:18.119
 forgiveness

00:34:18.119 --> 00:34:19.679
 of sins

00:34:19.679 --> 00:34:22.099
 we're

00:34:22.099 --> 00:34:22.259
 just

00:34:22.259 --> 00:34:22.579
 saying

00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:22.859
 what

00:34:22.859 --> 00:34:23.079
 can

00:34:23.079 --> 00:34:23.379
 wash

00:34:23.379 --> 00:34:23.659
 away

00:34:23.659 --> 00:34:23.919
 my

00:34:23.919 --> 00:34:24.460
 sins

00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:25.500
 not

00:34:25.500 --> 00:34:25.639
 a

00:34:25.639 --> 00:34:26.000
 flood

00:34:26.000 --> 00:34:27.559
 nothing

00:34:27.559 --> 00:34:28.359
 but

00:34:28.359 --> 00:34:28.559
 the

00:34:28.559 --> 00:34:29.000
 blood

00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:29.699
 of

00:34:29.699 --> 00:34:30.159
 Jesus

00:34:30.159 --> 00:34:31.480
 what

00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:31.659
 can

00:34:31.659 --> 00:34:32.179
 crush

00:34:32.179 --> 00:34:32.339
 the

00:34:32.339 --> 00:34:32.539
 head

00:34:32.539 --> 00:34:32.659
 of

00:34:32.659 --> 00:34:32.819
 the

00:34:32.819 --> 00:34:33.179
 serpent

00:34:33.179 --> 00:34:33.500
 not

00:34:33.500 --> 00:34:33.639
 a

00:34:33.639 --> 00:34:34.000
 flood

00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:35.339
 nothing

00:34:35.339 --> 00:34:35.679
 but

00:34:35.679 --> 00:34:35.859
 the

00:34:35.859 --> 00:34:36.319
 life

00:34:36.319 --> 00:34:36.839
 and

00:34:36.839 --> 00:34:37.000
 the

00:34:37.000 --> 00:34:37.419
 death

00:34:37.419 --> 00:34:37.859
 and

00:34:37.859 --> 00:34:38.059
 the

00:34:38.059 --> 00:34:38.659
 resurrection

00:34:38.659 --> 00:34:39.379
 of

00:34:39.379 --> 00:34:39.759
 Jesus

00:34:39.759 --> 00:34:40.359
 what

00:34:40.359 --> 00:34:40.559
 can

00:34:40.559 --> 00:34:40.919
 bring

00:34:40.919 --> 00:34:41.139
 a

00:34:41.139 --> 00:34:41.419
 sinful

00:34:41.419 --> 00:34:41.799
 people

00:34:41.799 --> 00:34:42.179
 like

00:34:42.179 --> 00:34:42.619
 us

00:34:42.619 --> 00:34:43.119
 into

00:34:43.119 --> 00:34:43.359
 a

00:34:43.359 --> 00:34:43.719
 true

00:34:43.719 --> 00:34:44.099
 new

00:34:44.099 --> 00:34:44.719
 creation

00:34:44.719 --> 00:34:45.199
 where

00:34:45.199 --> 00:34:45.339
 we

00:34:45.339 --> 00:34:45.559
 won't

00:34:45.559 --> 00:34:45.919
 blow

00:34:45.919 --> 00:34:46.059
 it

00:34:46.059 --> 00:34:46.219
 the

00:34:46.219 --> 00:34:46.419
 second

00:34:46.419 --> 00:34:46.619
 we

00:34:46.619 --> 00:34:46.799
 hit

00:34:46.799 --> 00:34:47.079
 dry

00:34:47.079 --> 00:34:47.559
 land

00:34:47.559 --> 00:34:49.079
 nothing

00:34:49.079 --> 00:34:49.880
 but

00:34:49.880 --> 00:34:50.039
 the

00:34:50.039 --> 00:34:50.460
 blood

00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:51.500
 of

00:34:51.500 --> 00:34:51.980
 Jesus

00:34:51.980 --> 00:34:53.880
 here

00:34:53.880 --> 00:34:54.239
 in this

00:34:54.239 --> 00:34:54.559
 covenant

00:34:54.559 --> 00:34:54.799
 with

00:34:54.799 --> 00:34:55.079
 Noah

00:34:55.079 --> 00:34:55.279
 and

00:34:55.279 --> 00:34:55.500
 all

00:34:55.500 --> 00:34:56.079
 creation

00:34:56.079 --> 00:34:56.840
 God

00:34:56.840 --> 00:34:57.179
 here

00:34:57.179 --> 00:34:57.619
 sets

00:34:57.619 --> 00:34:57.900
 the

00:34:57.900 --> 00:34:58.639
 stage

00:34:58.639 --> 00:34:59.420
 to

00:34:59.420 --> 00:34:59.940
 preserve

00:34:59.940 --> 00:35:00.380
 the

00:35:00.380 --> 00:35:00.860
 earth

00:35:00.860 --> 00:35:01.799
 in

00:35:01.799 --> 00:35:02.199
 order

00:35:02.199 --> 00:35:03.099
 to

00:35:03.099 --> 00:35:03.380
 bring

00:35:03.380 --> 00:35:03.679
 about

00:35:03.679 --> 00:35:04.360
 full

00:35:04.360 --> 00:35:04.880
 and

00:35:04.880 --> 00:35:05.519
 final

00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:06.440
 redemption

00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:07.719
 by

00:35:07.719 --> 00:35:08.139
 sending

00:35:08.139 --> 00:35:08.420
 his

00:35:08.420 --> 00:35:08.619
 own

00:35:08.619 --> 00:35:09.000
 son

00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:09.259
 to

00:35:09.259 --> 00:35:09.719
 live

00:35:09.719 --> 00:35:10.380
 and

00:35:10.380 --> 00:35:10.539
 to

00:35:10.539 --> 00:35:11.039
 die

00:35:11.039 --> 00:35:11.519
 and

00:35:11.519 --> 00:35:11.679
 to

00:35:11.679 --> 00:35:12.199
 rise

00:35:12.199 --> 00:35:12.319
 in

00:35:12.319 --> 00:35:12.420
 the

00:35:12.420 --> 00:35:12.719
 place

00:35:12.719 --> 00:35:12.900
 of

00:35:12.900 --> 00:35:13.199
 sinners

00:35:13.199 --> 00:35:13.440
 so

00:35:13.440 --> 00:35:13.699
 that

00:35:13.699 --> 00:35:14.079
 any

00:35:14.079 --> 00:35:14.360
 who

00:35:14.360 --> 00:35:14.659
 come

00:35:14.659 --> 00:35:14.860
 to

00:35:14.860 --> 00:35:15.139
 him

00:35:15.139 --> 00:35:15.380
 in

00:35:15.380 --> 00:35:15.739
 faith

00:35:15.739 --> 00:35:16.000
 can

00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:16.599
 enter

00:35:16.599 --> 00:35:17.099
 in

00:35:17.099 --> 00:35:17.440
 to

00:35:17.440 --> 00:35:17.679
 this

00:35:17.679 --> 00:35:18.039
 new

00:35:18.039 --> 00:35:18.460
 covenant

00:35:18.460 --> 00:35:19.159
 and be

00:35:19.159 --> 00:35:19.699
 truly

00:35:19.699 --> 00:35:20.360
 cleansed

00:35:20.360 --> 00:35:20.500
 from

00:35:20.500 --> 00:35:20.699
 the

00:35:20.699 --> 00:35:21.220
 inside

00:35:21.220 --> 00:35:21.940
 out

00:35:21.940 --> 00:35:24.539
 if

00:35:24.539 --> 00:35:24.659
 we

00:35:24.659 --> 00:35:25.099
 want

00:35:25.099 --> 00:35:26.019
 a sign

00:35:26.019 --> 00:35:26.240
 of

00:35:26.240 --> 00:35:26.559
 God's

00:35:26.559 --> 00:35:26.980
 love

00:35:26.980 --> 00:35:27.300
 for

00:35:27.300 --> 00:35:27.699
 sinners

00:35:27.699 --> 00:35:28.039
 friend

00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:28.340
 we can

00:35:28.340 --> 00:35:28.519
 look

00:35:28.519 --> 00:35:28.639
 to

00:35:28.639 --> 00:35:28.760
 the

00:35:28.760 --> 00:35:29.059
 rainbow

00:35:29.059 --> 00:35:31.000
 but

00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:31.139
 an

00:35:31.139 --> 00:35:31.320
 even

00:35:31.320 --> 00:35:31.780
 greater

00:35:31.780 --> 00:35:32.360
 sign

00:35:32.360 --> 00:35:32.559
 is

00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:32.920
 found

00:35:32.920 --> 00:35:33.079
 at

00:35:33.079 --> 00:35:33.199
 the

00:35:33.199 --> 00:35:33.519
 cross

00:35:33.519 --> 00:35:33.699
 of

00:35:33.699 --> 00:35:34.139
 Christ

00:35:34.139 --> 00:35:36.159
 if

00:35:36.159 --> 00:35:36.280
 we

00:35:36.280 --> 00:35:36.440
 want

00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:36.579
 a

00:35:36.579 --> 00:35:36.860
 sign

00:35:36.860 --> 00:35:37.019
 of

00:35:37.019 --> 00:35:37.400
 God's

00:35:37.400 --> 00:35:38.260
 long

00:35:38.260 --> 00:35:38.980
 suffering

00:35:38.980 --> 00:35:39.280
 of

00:35:39.280 --> 00:35:39.460
 his

00:35:39.460 --> 00:35:40.300
 steadfast

00:35:40.300 --> 00:35:40.780
 love

00:35:40.780 --> 00:35:40.920
 of

00:35:40.920 --> 00:35:41.059
 his

00:35:41.059 --> 00:35:41.800
 patience

00:35:41.800 --> 00:35:42.000
 of

00:35:42.000 --> 00:35:42.139
 his

00:35:42.139 --> 00:35:42.800
 grace

00:35:42.800 --> 00:35:42.980
 of

00:35:42.980 --> 00:35:43.139
 his

00:35:43.139 --> 00:35:43.579
 kindness

00:35:43.579 --> 00:35:43.800
 we

00:35:43.800 --> 00:35:43.940
 can

00:35:43.940 --> 00:35:44.199
 look

00:35:44.199 --> 00:35:44.480
 up

00:35:44.480 --> 00:35:44.619
 to

00:35:44.619 --> 00:35:44.800
 the

00:35:44.800 --> 00:35:45.199
 rainbow

00:35:45.199 --> 00:35:46.099
 but

00:35:46.099 --> 00:35:46.300
 a

00:35:46.300 --> 00:35:46.579
 much

00:35:46.579 --> 00:35:46.920
 better

00:35:46.920 --> 00:35:47.400
 sign

00:35:47.400 --> 00:35:47.579
 is

00:35:47.579 --> 00:35:47.840
 seen

00:35:47.840 --> 00:35:48.079
 at the

00:35:48.079 --> 00:35:48.480
 cross

00:35:48.480 --> 00:35:48.620
 and

00:35:48.620 --> 00:35:48.780
 the

00:35:48.780 --> 00:35:49.079
 empty

00:35:49.079 --> 00:35:49.600
 tomb

00:35:49.600 --> 00:35:51.200
 we

00:35:51.200 --> 00:35:51.320
 can

00:35:51.320 --> 00:35:51.519
 look

00:35:51.519 --> 00:35:51.660
 up

00:35:51.660 --> 00:35:51.760
 at

00:35:51.760 --> 00:35:51.860
 the

00:35:51.860 --> 00:35:52.120
 rainbow

00:35:52.120 --> 00:35:52.400
 and

00:35:52.400 --> 00:35:52.600
 see

00:35:52.600 --> 00:35:53.039
 God's

00:35:53.039 --> 00:35:53.360
 wrath

00:35:53.360 --> 00:35:53.900
 averted

00:35:53.900 --> 00:35:54.600
 for a

00:35:54.600 --> 00:35:55.120
 time

00:35:55.120 --> 00:35:55.559
 we

00:35:55.559 --> 00:35:55.700
 can

00:35:55.700 --> 00:35:55.880
 look

00:35:55.880 --> 00:35:56.019
 to

00:35:56.019 --> 00:35:56.160
 the

00:35:56.160 --> 00:35:56.500
 cross

00:35:56.500 --> 00:35:56.720
 and

00:35:56.720 --> 00:35:56.960
 see

00:35:56.960 --> 00:35:57.380
 God's

00:35:57.380 --> 00:35:57.860
 wrath

00:35:57.860 --> 00:35:58.420
 averted

00:35:58.420 --> 00:35:58.760
 from

00:35:58.760 --> 00:35:59.039
 you

00:35:59.039 --> 00:35:59.980
 forever

00:35:59.980 --> 00:36:00.420
 forever

00:36:00.420 --> 00:36:04.039
 church

00:36:04.039 --> 00:36:04.179
 to

00:36:04.179 --> 00:36:04.179


00:36:04.179 --> 00:36:04.300
 be

00:36:04.300 --> 00:36:05.179
 to

00:36:05.179 --> 00:36:05.480
 be

00:36:05.480 --> 00:36:05.920
 a

00:36:05.920 --> 00:36:06.300
 new

00:36:06.300 --> 00:36:07.079
 creation

00:36:07.079 --> 00:36:07.360
 the

00:36:07.360 --> 00:36:07.519
 new

00:36:07.519 --> 00:36:07.860
 beginning

00:36:07.860 --> 00:36:08.119
 has

00:36:08.119 --> 00:36:08.460
 begun

00:36:08.460 --> 00:36:08.659
 in

00:36:08.659 --> 00:36:08.940
 you

00:36:08.940 --> 00:36:10.539
 and

00:36:10.539 --> 00:36:10.659
 we

00:36:10.659 --> 00:36:10.840
 look

00:36:10.840 --> 00:36:11.260
 forward

00:36:11.260 --> 00:36:11.579
 with

00:36:11.579 --> 00:36:12.420
 eager

00:36:12.420 --> 00:36:13.380
 expectation

00:36:13.380 --> 00:36:13.920
 to

00:36:13.920 --> 00:36:14.119
 a

00:36:14.119 --> 00:36:14.699
 true

00:36:14.699 --> 00:36:15.280
 new

00:36:15.280 --> 00:36:15.840
 beginning

00:36:15.840 --> 00:36:16.079
 we

00:36:16.079 --> 00:36:16.240
 look

00:36:16.240 --> 00:36:16.639
 forward

00:36:16.639 --> 00:36:16.800
 to

00:36:16.800 --> 00:36:17.500
 life

00:36:17.500 --> 00:36:17.860
 forever

00:36:17.860 --> 00:36:18.099
 with

00:36:18.099 --> 00:36:18.500
 God

00:36:18.500 --> 00:36:18.639
 and

00:36:18.639 --> 00:36:18.780
 the

00:36:18.780 --> 00:36:18.980
 new

00:36:18.980 --> 00:36:19.380
 heavens

00:36:19.380 --> 00:36:19.539
 and

00:36:19.539 --> 00:36:19.639
 the

00:36:19.639 --> 00:36:19.820
 new

00:36:19.820 --> 00:36:20.119
 earth

00:36:20.119 --> 00:36:20.260
 and

00:36:20.260 --> 00:36:20.340
 the

00:36:20.340 --> 00:36:20.679
 return

00:36:20.679 --> 00:36:20.860
 of

00:36:20.860 --> 00:36:21.380
 Christ

00:36:21.380 --> 00:36:22.960
 you

00:36:22.960 --> 00:36:23.059
 want

00:36:23.059 --> 00:36:23.119
 to

00:36:23.119 --> 00:36:23.260
 know

00:36:23.260 --> 00:36:23.420
 what's

00:36:23.420 --> 00:36:23.519
 going

00:36:23.519 --> 00:36:23.539
 to

00:36:23.539 --> 00:36:23.659
 be

00:36:23.659 --> 00:36:23.980
 different

00:36:23.980 --> 00:36:24.260
 there

00:36:24.260 --> 00:36:26.539
 here's

00:36:26.539 --> 00:36:26.619
 a

00:36:26.619 --> 00:36:26.880
 difference

00:36:26.880 --> 00:36:27.139
 for

00:36:27.139 --> 00:36:27.340
 you

00:36:27.340 --> 00:36:28.860
 there

00:36:28.860 --> 00:36:29.039
 will

00:36:29.039 --> 00:36:29.280
 be

00:36:29.280 --> 00:36:29.900
 no

00:36:29.900 --> 00:36:31.019
 possibility

00:36:31.019 --> 00:36:31.660
 of

00:36:31.660 --> 00:36:32.220
 sin

00:36:32.220 --> 00:36:33.140
 ruining

00:36:33.140 --> 00:36:33.380
 it

00:36:33.380 --> 00:36:33.720
 all

00:36:33.720 --> 00:36:35.760
 no

00:36:35.760 --> 00:36:36.200
 more

00:36:36.200 --> 00:36:36.840
 sin

00:36:36.840 --> 00:36:38.180
 no

00:36:38.180 --> 00:36:38.579
 more

00:36:38.579 --> 00:36:39.700
 shame

00:36:39.700 --> 00:36:40.740
 no

00:36:40.740 --> 00:36:41.100
 more

00:36:41.100 --> 00:36:42.019
 serpent

00:36:42.019 --> 00:36:43.059
 no

00:36:43.059 --> 00:36:43.360
 more

00:36:43.360 --> 00:36:44.180
 failure

00:36:44.180 --> 00:36:44.620
 no

00:36:44.620 --> 00:36:44.900
 more

00:36:44.900 --> 00:36:45.460
 guilt

00:36:45.460 --> 00:36:45.740
 no

00:36:45.740 --> 00:36:46.019
 more

00:36:46.019 --> 00:36:46.700
 death

00:36:46.700 --> 00:36:46.900
 no

00:36:46.900 --> 00:36:47.100
 more

00:36:47.100 --> 00:36:47.840
 conflict

00:36:47.840 --> 00:36:48.200
 no

00:36:48.200 --> 00:36:48.640
 more

00:36:48.640 --> 00:36:49.460
 wrath

00:36:49.460 --> 00:36:50.059
 no

00:36:50.059 --> 00:36:50.300
 more

00:36:50.300 --> 00:36:50.880
 tears

00:36:50.880 --> 00:36:51.400
 no

00:36:51.400 --> 00:36:51.700
 more

00:36:51.700 --> 00:36:52.400
 clouds

00:36:52.400 --> 00:36:52.920
 no

00:36:52.920 --> 00:36:53.200
 more

00:36:53.200 --> 00:36:53.880
 storms

00:36:53.880 --> 00:36:54.360
 no

00:36:54.360 --> 00:36:54.680
 more

00:36:54.680 --> 00:36:55.240
 trials

00:36:55.240 --> 00:36:55.740
 anymore

00:36:55.739 --> 00:36:57.239
 just

00:36:57.239 --> 00:36:58.199
 God

00:36:58.199 --> 00:36:58.619
 in

00:36:58.619 --> 00:36:59.039
 all

00:36:59.039 --> 00:36:59.299
 his

00:36:59.299 --> 00:36:59.799
 glory

00:36:59.799 --> 00:37:00.559
 forever

00:37:00.559 --> 00:37:02.559
 this

00:37:02.559 --> 00:37:02.679
 is

00:37:02.679 --> 00:37:02.839
 what

00:37:02.839 --> 00:37:03.000
 we

00:37:03.000 --> 00:37:03.219
 have

00:37:03.219 --> 00:37:03.379
 to

00:37:03.379 --> 00:37:03.500
 look

00:37:03.500 --> 00:37:03.859
 forward

00:37:03.859 --> 00:37:04.159
 to

00:37:04.159 --> 00:37:04.359
 for

00:37:04.359 --> 00:37:04.679
 all

00:37:04.679 --> 00:37:05.019
 those

00:37:05.019 --> 00:37:05.159
 who

00:37:05.159 --> 00:37:05.579
 are

00:37:05.579 --> 00:37:06.019
 in

00:37:06.019 --> 00:37:06.659
 Christ

00:37:06.659 --> 00:37:07.000
 because

00:37:07.000 --> 00:37:07.199
 of

00:37:07.199 --> 00:37:07.319
 the

00:37:07.319 --> 00:37:07.500
 new

00:37:07.500 --> 00:37:07.839
 covenant

00:37:07.839 --> 00:37:08.079
 in

00:37:08.079 --> 00:37:08.239
 his

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 blood

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 let's

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 pray

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 father

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 we

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 thank

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 you

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 God

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 for

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 this

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 this

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 new

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 and

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 better

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 covenant

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 that

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 is

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 so

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 undeserved

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 Lord

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 but

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 you

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 pour

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 out

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 graciously

00:37:21.159 --> 00:37:21.879
 on

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 us

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 all

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 by

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 by

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 your

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 grace

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 and

00:37:23.799 --> 00:37:24.079
 kindness

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 towards

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 us

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 in

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 Christ

00:37:25.420 --> 00:37:26.800
 we

00:37:26.800 --> 00:37:27.059
 thank

00:37:27.059 --> 00:37:27.159
 you

00:37:27.159 --> 00:37:27.260
 for

00:37:27.260 --> 00:37:27.400
 your

00:37:27.400 --> 00:37:27.900
 patience

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 with

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 sinners

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 like

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 us

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 and

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 we

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 look

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 forward

00:37:31.059 --> 00:37:31.240
 to

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 the

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 day

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 Lord

00:37:31.820 --> 00:37:31.960
 when

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 we

00:37:32.139 --> 00:37:32.659
 can

00:37:32.659 --> 00:37:33.079
 enjoy

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 you

00:37:33.300 --> 00:37:33.420
 in

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 full

00:37:33.940 --> 00:37:34.539
 freedom

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 free

00:37:34.860 --> 00:37:35.099
 from

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 sin

00:37:35.519 --> 00:37:36.700
 free

00:37:36.700 --> 00:37:37.039
 from

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 shame

00:37:37.760 --> 00:37:38.039
 free

00:37:38.039 --> 00:37:38.280
 from

00:37:38.280 --> 00:37:38.760
 death

00:37:38.760 --> 00:37:39.760
 free

00:37:39.760 --> 00:37:39.960
 from

00:37:39.960 --> 00:37:40.099
 the

00:37:40.099 --> 00:37:40.400
 enemy

00:37:40.400 --> 00:37:41.139
 Lord

00:37:41.139 --> 00:37:41.280
 we

00:37:41.280 --> 00:37:41.599
 thank

00:37:41.599 --> 00:37:41.780
 you

00:37:41.780 --> 00:37:41.980
 for

00:37:41.980 --> 00:37:42.180
 the

00:37:42.180 --> 00:37:42.659
 victory

00:37:42.659 --> 00:37:43.240
 that

00:37:43.240 --> 00:37:43.559
 Christ

00:37:43.559 --> 00:37:43.860
 has

00:37:43.860 --> 00:37:44.099
 over

00:37:44.099 --> 00:37:44.400
 all

00:37:44.400 --> 00:37:44.599
 of

00:37:44.599 --> 00:37:44.940
 this

00:37:44.940 --> 00:37:46.320
 by

00:37:46.320 --> 00:37:46.440
 his

00:37:46.440 --> 00:37:46.700
 victory

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!

00:37:46.720 --> 00:37:46.860
 at

00:37:46.860 --> 00:37:46.960
 the

00:37:46.960 --> 00:37:47.260
 cross

00:37:47.260 --> 00:37:47.380
 and

00:37:47.380 --> 00:37:47.480
 the

00:37:47.480 --> 00:37:47.680
 empty

00:37:47.680 --> 00:37:47.940
 tomb

00:37:47.940 --> 00:37:48.420
 we

00:37:48.420 --> 00:37:48.659
 love

00:37:48.659 --> 00:37:48.820
 you

00:37:48.820 --> 00:37:49.180
 Lord

00:37:49.180 --> 00:37:49.320
 we

00:37:49.320 --> 00:37:49.500
 pray

00:37:49.500 --> 00:37:49.500


00:37:49.500 --> 00:37:49.659
 this

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 in

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 Jesus