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 You may remember me mentioning feast days. Next Sunday is a feast day. It's the Feast of Pentecost.

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 And the week after that is Trinity Sunday. This past Thursday was a feast day.

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 You might have guessed from our liturgy so far, it was the Feast of the Ascension.

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 The Feast of the Ascension, 40 days after Jesus rose from the dead,

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 and having appeared to his disciples and to many witnesses,

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 he ascended into heaven, as we heard from the book of Luke and the book of Acts.

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 Many churches don't have a special service on that Thursday.

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 So like ourselves, we recognize that event, that historical event here the Sunday after.

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 So this is what I'll be doing tonight, talking about the Ascension, what it is,

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 how is it about love, and how does it benefit us?

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 What is the Ascension, how is it about love, and how does it benefit us?

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 So as we look at the Ascension of Jesus Christ, let's pray to him.

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 King Jesus, we are here to honor you, and we ask that as you promise to send your Holy Spirit,

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 that you would have him at work among us, glorifying yourself.

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 Help us to catch a vision of who you really are,

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 that we might worship you as your disciples did.

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 We pray in Jesus' name, amen.

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 Okay, so what happened at the Ascension?

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 As we heard in Acts chapter 1, Jesus said to his disciples,

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 It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father is fixed by his own authority,

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 but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you,

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 and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.

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 And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up,

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 and a cloud took him out of their sight.

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 And while they were gazing into heaven as he went,

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 behold, two men stood by them in white robes,

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 and said,

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 Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven?

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 This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven,

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 he will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.

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 Now, when I was young, I've heard about the Ascension all my life,

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 and I had imagined something like spaceflight for Jesus,

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 or something like Neo from the Matrix,

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 just zooming up way into the high sky,

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 and just disappearing into the clouds,

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 probably with a burst of light, too.

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 But the text says that he was lifted up,

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 and a cloud took him out of their sight.

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 So I would imagine that he actually wasn't elevated too far.

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 Albrecht Durer has a great woodprint,

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 of the Ascension.

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 You see his disciples looking up in awe,

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 and just above them, you see Jesus' feet,

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 and nothing else.

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 He was probably, I think, that close.

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 He never got too far, nor does he stay far.

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 And I think that's the point of Durer's woodcut.

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 After two angels appear and ask,

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 Why do you stand looking into heaven?

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 So what's going on here in this passage?

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 Let's talk about the biblical conceptions of heaven and earth.

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 And we're not to think of heaven and earth as two separate realms

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 occupying their own separate spaces,

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 like two halves of the same orange.

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 Rather, we understand heaven and earth as interlocking dimensions.

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 Heaven being God's space,

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 and the earth or the physical universe or space time as being our space.

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 God's space interpenetrates our own

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 so that you could think of heaven as being the solid, concrete inner reality.

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 Heaven is not a different place than our own dimension,

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 up there, the happy place where people go after they die.

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 Now, when we read about a singular cloud

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 taking Jesus out of the sight of the disciples,

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 you might remember from the Old Testament

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 the significance of a cloud.

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 A cloud shows us, it manifests

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 the special presence or glory of God.

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 The presence of God.

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 For instance, when a pillar of cloud

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 led the Israelites out of Egypt,

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 out of slavery,

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 or perhaps several times in the Old Testament

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 when a cloud or smoke

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 enveloped or filled the temple,

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 displaying a special manifestation

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 of the presence of the Lord.

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 What Luke is saying is this.

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 Jesus, in his physical resurrected body,

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 has passed into God's dimension.

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 A dimension now where Jesus is everywhere present.

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 Jesus, not the temple in Jerusalem as was believed,

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 it's Jesus that is the place

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 where the two dimensions of heaven and earth meet,

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 where they join, where they intersect.

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 And just as Jesus ascended into heaven

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 40 days after his resurrection,

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 so too will he one day descend.

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 And on that day, which is called the second coming,

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 the two dimensions will be brought together

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 and united.

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 The ascension is a promise

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 that we will one day inhabit a new heavens

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 and a new earth,

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 just as we pray every week,

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 thy kingdom come,

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 thy will be done on earth

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 as it is in heaven.

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 There's something else.

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 This is pretty great.

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 There's something else about this passage.

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 Now, Romans believed,

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 or those in the Roman Empire believed,

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 that upon his death,

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 a Roman emperor's soul

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 would escape his body

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 and ascend to heaven.

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 It's called an apotheosis.

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 And you can go to Rome

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 and see on the Titian Arch,

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 the Arch of Titus,

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 like right in the middle underneath,

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 there is an image of Titus

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 ascending to heaven.

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 This is to demonstrate,

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 to depict a Roman emperor becoming a god.

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 And what Jesus does in the ascension

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 is he one-ups the emperors.

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 The ascension proclaims

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 that Jesus is the true king.

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 He not just ascends spiritually

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 as a ghost,

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 he ascends body and soul

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 fully into heaven.

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 The ascension proclaims

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 that Jesus is the true king

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 and the Roman emperors

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 are just parodies.

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 Upon his ascension,

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 Jesus ascends

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 to his throne.

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 It's a demonstration

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 of God's exaltation

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 to the throne of the universe.

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 Ephesians chapter 1, verse 20,

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 as we heard earlier.

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 God raised him from the dead

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 and seated him at his right hand

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 in the heavenly places,

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 far above all rule

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 and authority

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 and power

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 and dominion

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 and above every name

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 that is named,

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 not only in this age,

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 but also in the one to come.

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 So that's the ascension.

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 But it's not just

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 a large cosmic idea.

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 It's also very personal

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 and intimate.

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 The ascension

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 is about love.

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 It's about love.

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 It fits into

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 the entire story

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 of the Bible.

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 God's love

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 for his people.

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 God's love

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 for you.

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 You see,

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 the Bible

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 from the beginning

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 to the end

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 tells a story

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 of marriage.

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 There's a wedding

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 in the book of Genesis

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 in the very first

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 two chapters.

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 Throughout the Bible,

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 we see God

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 describing his relationship

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 to his people

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 as that of a husband

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 to his bride.

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 And that love

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 is embodied

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 when Jesus,

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 the word,

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 is made flesh.

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 When he is born

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 in Bethlehem.

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 Jesus began

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 his ministry

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 at a wedding.

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 His first miracles

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 were performed

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 at a wedding

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 in Cana.

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 And the whole story

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 concludes

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 with a heavenly marriage.

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 I should have been

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 going this way, right?

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 With a heavenly marriage.

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 in paradise

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 between Jesus

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 and his people.

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 You see,

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 the story of the Bible

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 is God wants

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 to marry us.

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 He wants to marry us.

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 It's printed

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 almost on every page

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 of the Bible.

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 Now,

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 in a Hebrew wedding,

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 we find

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 different customs

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 than we have

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 in our modern day wedding.

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 How does a Hebrew wedding work?

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 Well,

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 after a betrothal

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 in which

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 a price is paid

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 for a bride,

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 the groom

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 would go away.

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 He would leave.

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 And he would

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 build onto

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 his father's house

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 another room.

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 A room for himself

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 and his bride.

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 And at a later time,

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 determined by the father,

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 the groom would come back

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 to fetch the bride.

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 There would be a wedding.

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 And the wedding

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 would be consummated.

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 Well,

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 the night before Jesus dies,

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 he tells his disciples

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 in John chapter 14,

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 in my father's house

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 are many rooms.

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 If it were not so,

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 would I have told you

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 that I go to prepare

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 a place for you?

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 And if I go

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 and prepare a place

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 for you,

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 I will come again

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 and will take you

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 to myself

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 that where I am,

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 you may also be.

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 That's a wedding language.

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 Jesus is using

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 a language we find

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 all throughout Scripture.

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 The ascension

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 demonstrates

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 that Jesus

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 is betrothed

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 to us

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 and as the angels

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 said,

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 he's going to come back

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 just the way he left.

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 He's going to fetch his bride

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 and there's going to be

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 a wedding.

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 So the ascension

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 is about love.

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 And if it's about love,

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 how does that love

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 that is demonstrated

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 in the ascension

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 benefit us?

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 So we,

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 every week,

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 we recite the Nicene Creed.

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 There's also another creed

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 that we recite

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 in our daily prayers

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 called the Apostles' Creed.

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 And at various times,

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 the church wisely

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 has produced a tool

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 called a catechism,

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 which is a question

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 and answer way

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 of teaching the truths

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 of the Christian faith,

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 particularly in the creeds.

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 And my favorite one,

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 is that weird

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 that I have a favorite catechism?

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 Yes,

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 but I have one.

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 It's the Heidelberg Catechism.

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 And there is the question

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 of what advantage to us

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 is Christ's ascension

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 into heaven?

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 And the catechism

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 gives us three answers.

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 First,

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 that he is our advocate

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 in the presence

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 of his Father in heaven.

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 Second,

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 that we have our flesh

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 in heaven

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 as a sure pledge

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 that he,

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 as the head,

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 will also take us

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 up to himself.

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 Third,

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 that he sends us

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 his spirit

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 as an earnest

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 by whose power

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 we seek the things

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 which are above,

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 where Christ sits

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 on the right hand of God

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 and not things on earth.

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 Let's work backwards.

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 We're going to start

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 with the third one,

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 is that he sends us

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 his spirit

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 as an earnest.

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 Next week,

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 we're going to hear

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 what is essentially

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 part two

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 of this sermon

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 about how

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 Jesus

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 sends the Holy Spirit

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 upon the church

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 on the day

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 of Pentecost.

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 And the spirit

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 indwells

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 and empowers

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 God's church

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 to go out

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 into the world

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 to serve him

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 and to proclaim

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 the good news

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 of the gospel.

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 But for now,

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 let's consider

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 that as Jesus

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 prepared his disciples

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 for his departure,

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 he promised them

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 that he wasn't

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 abandoning them.

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 Right?

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 If this whole thing

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 is about intimacy,

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 it doesn't make

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 much sense

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 to leave.

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 But it's quite

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 the opposite.

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 They would experience,

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 his disciples

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 would experience,

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 and we would experience

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 an intimacy

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 with God

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 that had not

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 yet been possible.

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 He says

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 in John chapter 16,

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 it is to your

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 advantage

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 that I go away.

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 For if I do not

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 go away,

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 the helper

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 will not come to you.

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 But if I go,

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 I will send him

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 to you.

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 God

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 will not come to you.

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 Our souls

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 were made

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 for connection

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 with God.

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 He wired us

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 to feel

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 at home

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 in his presence

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 like we were

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 in the Garden of Eden.

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 God made humanity

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 to experience

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 deep intimacy

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 with himself.

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 The love

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 and intimacy

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 of God

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 was to be

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 the ocean

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 in which humanity

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 swam.

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 But when Adam

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 and Eve fell,

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 mankind was like

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 a fish

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 that was scooped

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 out of the water

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 and dropped

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 into the middle

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 of the forest.

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 Gary Moon writes,

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 ever since the fall,

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 every human heart

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 has experienced

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 a longing

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 to go home,

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 to live

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 in love

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 with God

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 and one another.

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 Jesus knew that.

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 he came to earth

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 with the wonderful news

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 that God invites us

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 to come home.

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 He has opened

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 wide

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 the gate

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 to Eden.

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 He's banished

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 the guards,

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 freshly manicured

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 the grounds,

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 kicked out

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 the snakes.

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 The ascension

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 heals

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 the schism

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 that occurred

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 at the fall.

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 The ascension

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 makes intimacy

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 possible.

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 In the garden,

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 we are to be

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 continually

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 in his presence

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 and now

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 after the ascension

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 when Jesus

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 sends his spirit,

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 the presence

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 of God

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 now resides

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 in each

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 of God's

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 children

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 and each

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 of us

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 are now

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 at home

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 with God

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 in his presence.

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 Looking backwards,

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 we looked at

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 how at the ascension

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 Jesus sends

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 his spirit.

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 Second,

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 we have

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 our flesh

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 in heaven

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 as a sure

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 pledge

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 that he

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 as the head

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 will also

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 take up

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 to himself,

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 us,

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 his members.

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 Strange

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 kind of

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 wording

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 and language.

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 Basically,

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 it means

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 we're united

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 to Christ.

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 We've been

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 talking about

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 marriage.

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 We're in

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 union with

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 him.

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 So where

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 he is,

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 he is also.

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 What benefits

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 he has

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 accrued,

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 we accrue

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 as well.

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 As we heard

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 in Ephesians

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 chapter 1

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 verse 20,

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 that God

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 raised him

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 from the dead

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 and seated

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 him

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 at his

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 right hand

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 in the

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 heavenly places.

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 So just

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 a few verses

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 later in

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 chapter 2

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 verse 6,

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 Paul writes

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 and raised

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 us up

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 with him.

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 God raised

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 us up

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 with Jesus

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 and seated

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 us with him

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 in the heavenly

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 places.

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 He uses a

00:15:37.779 --> 00:15:38.899
 perfect tense,

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 a completed

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 verb.

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 That's how

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 sure

00:15:42.259 --> 00:15:43.320
 our place

00:15:43.320 --> 00:15:44.340
 is in

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 heaven

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 with God

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 in the

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 afterlife.

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 there's a

00:15:50.080 --> 00:15:50.419
 hymn

00:15:50.419 --> 00:15:50.820
 that I

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 really like.

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 My name

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 from the

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 palms of

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 his hands

00:15:55.379 --> 00:15:56.039
 eternity

00:15:56.039 --> 00:15:56.720
 will not

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 erase.

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 Impressed

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 on his

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 heart,

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 it remains

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 in marks

00:16:01.539 --> 00:16:02.240
 of indelible

00:16:02.240 --> 00:16:02.700
 grace.

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 Yes,

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 I to the

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 end shall

00:16:05.899 --> 00:16:06.419
 endure

00:16:06.419 --> 00:16:06.939
 as sure

00:16:06.939 --> 00:16:08.080
 as the

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 earnest

00:16:08.519 --> 00:16:09.279
 is given.

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 More

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 happy,

00:16:12.139 --> 00:16:12.820
 but not

00:16:12.820 --> 00:16:13.580
 more secure,

00:16:14.059 --> 00:16:14.940
 the glorified

00:16:14.940 --> 00:16:15.500
 spirits

00:16:15.500 --> 00:16:16.139
 in heaven.

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 That's

00:16:17.379 --> 00:16:18.019
 kind of

00:16:18.019 --> 00:16:19.559
 a word

00:16:19.559 --> 00:16:20.079
 salad

00:16:20.079 --> 00:16:20.399
 of those

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 last two

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 lines,

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 basically.

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 It means

00:16:23.960 --> 00:16:24.699
 that those

00:16:24.699 --> 00:16:25.240
 souls that

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 are already

00:16:25.699 --> 00:16:26.039
 in the

00:16:26.039 --> 00:16:26.899
 presence of

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 the Father,

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 qualitatively,

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 yes,

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 no one's

00:16:29.819 --> 00:16:30.039
 going to

00:16:30.039 --> 00:16:30.919
 deny they're

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 happier than

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 we are

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 because they're

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 with the

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 Father in

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 a way that

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 we're not.

00:16:35.000 --> 00:16:35.279
 However,

00:16:35.840 --> 00:16:36.279
 their place

00:16:36.279 --> 00:16:36.539
 in heaven

00:16:36.539 --> 00:16:36.860
 is not

00:16:36.860 --> 00:16:37.360
 more secure

00:16:37.360 --> 00:16:37.860
 than ours.

00:16:39.600 --> 00:16:39.819
 Isn't that

00:16:39.819 --> 00:16:40.259
 amazing?

00:16:40.980 --> 00:16:41.439
 Their place

00:16:41.439 --> 00:16:41.740
 in heaven

00:16:41.740 --> 00:16:43.120
 isn't more

00:16:43.120 --> 00:16:43.679
 secure than

00:16:43.679 --> 00:16:44.899
 ours because

00:16:44.899 --> 00:16:45.840
 Jesus is

00:16:45.840 --> 00:16:46.279
 there and

00:16:46.279 --> 00:16:46.439
 we're

00:16:46.439 --> 00:16:46.980
 united to

00:16:46.980 --> 00:16:47.299
 him.

00:16:47.759 --> 00:16:48.100
 That's

00:16:48.100 --> 00:16:48.579
 how secure

00:16:48.579 --> 00:16:49.059
 our place

00:16:49.059 --> 00:16:50.459
 is with

00:16:50.459 --> 00:16:50.939
 the Father.

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 Hear how

00:16:54.620 --> 00:16:54.899
 we are

00:16:54.899 --> 00:16:55.620
 described in

00:16:55.620 --> 00:16:56.059
 Ephesians

00:16:56.059 --> 00:16:56.779
 chapter 1

00:16:56.779 --> 00:16:57.600
 verse 18.

00:17:00.600 --> 00:17:01.319
 May God

00:17:01.319 --> 00:17:01.759
 give you the

00:17:01.759 --> 00:17:02.279
 spirit of

00:17:02.279 --> 00:17:02.879
 wisdom and

00:17:02.879 --> 00:17:03.500
 of revelation

00:17:03.500 --> 00:17:03.959
 in the

00:17:03.959 --> 00:17:04.519
 knowledge of

00:17:04.519 --> 00:17:04.900
 him that

00:17:04.900 --> 00:17:05.299
 you may

00:17:05.299 --> 00:17:06.519
 know what

00:17:06.519 --> 00:17:06.960
 is the

00:17:06.960 --> 00:17:07.819
 hope to

00:17:07.819 --> 00:17:08.099
 which he

00:17:08.099 --> 00:17:08.599
 has called

00:17:08.599 --> 00:17:08.859
 you.

00:17:09.359 --> 00:17:09.879
 What are

00:17:09.879 --> 00:17:10.420
 the riches

00:17:10.420 --> 00:17:10.920
 of his

00:17:10.920 --> 00:17:11.420
 glorious

00:17:11.420 --> 00:17:12.700
 inheritance in

00:17:12.700 --> 00:17:13.319
 the saints?

00:17:14.900 --> 00:17:16.080
 That's

00:17:16.080 --> 00:17:18.460
 up there?

00:17:22.040 --> 00:17:22.680
 One more

00:17:22.680 --> 00:17:22.960
 verse.

00:17:24.200 --> 00:17:24.800
 There we

00:17:24.800 --> 00:17:25.019
 go.

00:17:25.680 --> 00:17:26.019
 This is

00:17:26.019 --> 00:17:27.600
 very difficult

00:17:27.600 --> 00:17:28.140
 to translate

00:17:28.140 --> 00:17:28.920
 for translators.

00:17:29.400 --> 00:17:29.580
 And even

00:17:29.580 --> 00:17:29.820
 when they

00:17:29.820 --> 00:17:30.440
 translate it

00:17:30.440 --> 00:17:30.880
 correctly,

00:17:31.040 --> 00:17:31.320
 it's still

00:17:31.320 --> 00:17:31.759
 hard to

00:17:31.759 --> 00:17:32.480
 exactly get

00:17:32.480 --> 00:17:33.000
 what Paul's

00:17:33.000 --> 00:17:33.340
 writing.

00:17:33.980 --> 00:17:34.320
 But what

00:17:34.320 --> 00:17:35.240
 he is not

00:17:35.240 --> 00:17:35.780
 saying is

00:17:35.780 --> 00:17:36.240
 that in

00:17:36.240 --> 00:17:36.840
 this case,

00:17:36.900 --> 00:17:37.460
 we are to

00:17:37.460 --> 00:17:38.759
 receive an

00:17:38.759 --> 00:17:39.240
 inheritance,

00:17:39.780 --> 00:17:40.340
 even though

00:17:40.340 --> 00:17:40.660
 this is

00:17:40.660 --> 00:17:40.920
 true.

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 We read it

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 all the time

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 in the

00:17:42.259 --> 00:17:42.700
 New Testament.

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 the inheritance

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 belongs to

00:17:45.580 --> 00:17:46.160
 God and

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 we are the

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 inheritance.

00:17:48.140 --> 00:17:48.519
 God has

00:17:48.519 --> 00:17:49.440
 prepared us

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 as his

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 own

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 inheritance,

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 as his

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 own

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 riches,

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 and God

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 is not

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 going to

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 give that

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 up.

00:17:57.059 --> 00:17:57.640
 That's how

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 precious we

00:17:58.360 --> 00:17:58.660
 are.

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 That's how

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 precious we

00:18:00.580 --> 00:18:00.640
 are.

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 He's going

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 to secure

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 us,

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 and he's

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 done that

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 by having

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 his son

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 ascend to

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 his right

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 hand and

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 in union

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 with him.

00:18:07.480 --> 00:18:08.080
 Now we

00:18:08.080 --> 00:18:09.100
 are ascended.

00:18:09.700 --> 00:18:10.100
 We are

00:18:10.100 --> 00:18:11.160
 seated with

00:18:11.160 --> 00:18:11.900
 Christ in

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 the heavenly

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 places.

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 So that's

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 second.

00:18:14.779 --> 00:18:15.180
 Lastly,

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 what benefit

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 is us

00:18:19.839 --> 00:18:20.539
 of the

00:18:20.539 --> 00:18:20.960
 ascension,

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 it's that

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 we have

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 an advocate

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 in the

00:18:24.299 --> 00:18:24.900
 presence of

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 the Father.

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 We have

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 an advocate.

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 Romans 8

00:18:28.980 --> 00:18:29.940
 34 says,

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 Christ Jesus

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 is the one

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 who died,

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 more than

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 that,

00:18:33.240 --> 00:18:33.539
 who was

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 raised,

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 who is

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 at the

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 right hand

00:18:35.059 --> 00:18:35.660
 of God,

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 who indeed

00:18:36.539 --> 00:18:37.779
 is interceding

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 for us.

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 what does

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 that mean

00:18:41.240 --> 00:18:41.660
 that he's

00:18:41.660 --> 00:18:42.900
 interceding

00:18:42.900 --> 00:18:43.680
 for us?

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 I think

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 it means

00:18:46.320 --> 00:18:47.100
 two things.

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 The first

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 is that

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 we don't

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 have to

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 fear

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 that we

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 are not

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 enough.

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 We don't

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 have to

00:18:54.480 --> 00:18:55.040
 worry

00:18:55.040 --> 00:18:56.460
 or fear

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 that we

00:18:57.980 --> 00:18:59.680
 are not

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 enough.

00:19:00.960 --> 00:19:03.279
 I think

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 a lot

00:19:03.620 --> 00:19:04.000
 of us

00:19:04.000 --> 00:19:05.000
 have that

00:19:05.000 --> 00:19:05.440
 concern.

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 A lot

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 of us

00:19:06.440 --> 00:19:06.539
 are

00:19:06.539 --> 00:19:07.200
 preoccupied

00:19:07.200 --> 00:19:07.539
 that we

00:19:07.539 --> 00:19:08.039
 might not

00:19:08.039 --> 00:19:08.380
 be

00:19:08.380 --> 00:19:09.220
 enough,

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 talented

00:19:10.039 --> 00:19:10.500
 enough,

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 musically

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 talented

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 enough,

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 that's

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 my own,

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 clever

00:19:16.019 --> 00:19:16.779
 enough,

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 handsome

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 or beautiful

00:19:18.140 --> 00:19:19.180
 enough,

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 successful

00:19:20.059 --> 00:19:21.180
 enough,

00:19:21.680 --> 00:19:22.200
 charismatic

00:19:22.200 --> 00:19:23.559
 enough.

00:19:24.440 --> 00:19:24.940
 We're

00:19:24.940 --> 00:19:25.299
 always

00:19:25.299 --> 00:19:25.700
 worried,

00:19:25.840 --> 00:19:26.100
 what do

00:19:26.100 --> 00:19:26.579
 people think

00:19:26.579 --> 00:19:26.799
 of me?

00:19:26.880 --> 00:19:27.100
 What does

00:19:27.100 --> 00:19:27.480
 the Father

00:19:27.480 --> 00:19:27.860
 think of

00:19:27.860 --> 00:19:28.059
 me?

00:19:30.960 --> 00:19:33.759
 You know

00:19:33.759 --> 00:19:34.799
 who

00:19:34.799 --> 00:19:35.380
 experiences

00:19:35.380 --> 00:19:36.100
 this

00:19:36.100 --> 00:19:37.079
 most

00:19:37.079 --> 00:19:37.600
 poignantly?

00:19:38.400 --> 00:19:39.140
 It's

00:19:39.140 --> 00:19:39.440
 mothers.

00:19:40.140 --> 00:19:40.579
 Mothers

00:19:40.579 --> 00:19:41.440
 are always

00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:41.819
 fearing

00:19:41.819 --> 00:19:42.660
 that they're

00:19:42.660 --> 00:19:42.860
 not

00:19:42.860 --> 00:19:43.360
 enough,

00:19:43.779 --> 00:19:44.220
 that they're

00:19:44.220 --> 00:19:44.880
 not loving

00:19:44.880 --> 00:19:45.200
 enough,

00:19:45.400 --> 00:19:45.759
 nurturing

00:19:45.759 --> 00:19:46.059
 enough,

00:19:46.240 --> 00:19:46.779
 present

00:19:46.779 --> 00:19:47.980
 enough,

00:19:48.440 --> 00:19:49.039
 patient

00:19:49.039 --> 00:19:50.019
 enough.

00:19:51.840 --> 00:19:52.140
 Most

00:19:52.140 --> 00:19:52.440
 mothers,

00:19:52.600 --> 00:19:52.799
 I think,

00:19:52.960 --> 00:19:54.160
 would just

00:19:54.160 --> 00:19:54.539
 love to

00:19:54.539 --> 00:19:55.259
 not completely

00:19:55.259 --> 00:19:55.740
 screw up

00:19:55.740 --> 00:19:56.420
 their kids.

00:19:57.039 --> 00:19:57.799
 That's a

00:19:57.799 --> 00:19:58.079
 win.

00:19:58.880 --> 00:19:59.279
 Mothers

00:19:59.279 --> 00:19:59.900
 feel like

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 they're not

00:20:00.940 --> 00:20:01.380
 enough.

00:20:04.640 --> 00:20:05.400
 But in

00:20:05.400 --> 00:20:06.140
 the gospel,

00:20:06.740 --> 00:20:07.519
 the ascended

00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:09.660
 Christ says

00:20:09.660 --> 00:20:10.059
 to the

00:20:10.059 --> 00:20:10.440
 Father,

00:20:11.460 --> 00:20:11.880
 I am

00:20:11.880 --> 00:20:12.240
 enough.

00:20:13.799 --> 00:20:14.480
 I am

00:20:14.480 --> 00:20:14.720
 enough.

00:20:14.920 --> 00:20:15.279
 My

00:20:15.279 --> 00:20:16.140
 obedience

00:20:16.140 --> 00:20:17.180
 was enough.

00:20:17.340 --> 00:20:17.700
 My

00:20:17.700 --> 00:20:18.640
 righteousness

00:20:18.640 --> 00:20:19.460
 is enough.

00:20:19.580 --> 00:20:20.380
 Look on

00:20:20.380 --> 00:20:21.580
 my wounds.

00:20:22.320 --> 00:20:22.860
 That's

00:20:22.860 --> 00:20:23.019
 enough.

00:20:23.120 --> 00:20:23.640
 I have

00:20:23.640 --> 00:20:24.640
 taken all

00:20:24.640 --> 00:20:25.240
 the punishment

00:20:25.240 --> 00:20:26.799
 that my

00:20:26.799 --> 00:20:27.299
 people

00:20:27.299 --> 00:20:28.259
 deserve.

00:20:29.039 --> 00:20:29.620
 I am

00:20:29.620 --> 00:20:30.019
 enough.

00:20:30.940 --> 00:20:31.940
 When

00:20:31.940 --> 00:20:32.340
 Satan

00:20:32.340 --> 00:20:32.799
 tempts

00:20:32.799 --> 00:20:33.039
 me

00:20:33.039 --> 00:20:33.559
 to

00:20:33.559 --> 00:20:34.140
 despair,

00:20:34.720 --> 00:20:35.059
 tells

00:20:35.059 --> 00:20:35.240
 me

00:20:35.240 --> 00:20:35.360
 of

00:20:35.360 --> 00:20:35.519
 the

00:20:35.519 --> 00:20:35.740
 guilt

00:20:35.740 --> 00:20:36.160
 within,

00:20:36.400 --> 00:20:36.680
 upward,

00:20:36.680 --> 00:20:37.480
 I look

00:20:37.480 --> 00:20:38.299
 and see

00:20:38.299 --> 00:20:38.500
 him

00:20:38.500 --> 00:20:39.420
 there who

00:20:39.420 --> 00:20:39.840
 made an

00:20:39.840 --> 00:20:40.880
 end to

00:20:40.880 --> 00:20:41.340
 all my

00:20:41.340 --> 00:20:41.720
 sin.

00:20:42.180 --> 00:20:42.480
 Because

00:20:42.480 --> 00:20:42.740
 the

00:20:42.740 --> 00:20:43.140
 sinless

00:20:43.140 --> 00:20:43.519
 savior

00:20:43.519 --> 00:20:44.000
 died,

00:20:44.120 --> 00:20:44.320
 my

00:20:44.320 --> 00:20:44.779
 sinful

00:20:44.779 --> 00:20:45.160
 soul

00:20:45.160 --> 00:20:45.340
 is

00:20:45.340 --> 00:20:45.660
 counted

00:20:45.660 --> 00:20:46.140
 free.

00:20:46.640 --> 00:20:47.039
 For

00:20:47.039 --> 00:20:47.500
 God,

00:20:47.539 --> 00:20:47.660
 the

00:20:47.660 --> 00:20:48.000
 just,

00:20:48.080 --> 00:20:48.259
 is

00:20:48.259 --> 00:20:48.779
 satisfied

00:20:48.779 --> 00:20:49.600
 to look

00:20:49.600 --> 00:20:49.880
 on

00:20:49.880 --> 00:20:50.539
 him

00:20:50.539 --> 00:20:51.620
 and

00:20:51.620 --> 00:20:52.000
 pardon

00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:52.360
 me.

00:20:53.019 --> 00:20:53.460
 Because

00:20:53.460 --> 00:20:54.039
 Christ

00:20:54.039 --> 00:20:54.380
 is

00:20:54.380 --> 00:20:54.759
 enough.

00:20:55.380 --> 00:20:55.840
 I

00:20:55.840 --> 00:20:56.000
 am

00:20:56.000 --> 00:20:56.240
 enough.

00:20:56.240 --> 00:20:56.380
 I

00:20:56.380 --> 00:20:56.620
 never

00:20:56.620 --> 00:20:56.920
 lack

00:20:56.920 --> 00:20:57.140
 for

00:20:57.140 --> 00:20:57.660
 anything.

00:21:02.319 --> 00:21:02.960
 If

00:21:02.960 --> 00:21:03.359
 Christ

00:21:03.359 --> 00:21:03.559
 is

00:21:03.559 --> 00:21:03.819
 enough,

00:21:03.880 --> 00:21:04.039
 which

00:21:04.039 --> 00:21:04.359
 makes

00:21:04.359 --> 00:21:05.200
 ourselves

00:21:05.200 --> 00:21:07.079
 enough,

00:21:07.279 --> 00:21:07.480
 then we

00:21:07.480 --> 00:21:07.819
 run the

00:21:07.819 --> 00:21:08.500
 danger of,

00:21:09.160 --> 00:21:10.759
 if we're

00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:11.220
 not

00:21:11.220 --> 00:21:12.359
 grasping

00:21:12.359 --> 00:21:12.759
 that,

00:21:13.279 --> 00:21:13.579
 then we

00:21:13.579 --> 00:21:13.859
 run the

00:21:13.859 --> 00:21:14.480
 danger of

00:21:14.480 --> 00:21:15.279
 this

00:21:15.279 --> 00:21:16.819
 constant

00:21:16.819 --> 00:21:17.420
 doing,

00:21:18.140 --> 00:21:18.920
 of trying

00:21:18.920 --> 00:21:19.319
 to be

00:21:19.319 --> 00:21:19.759
 enough,

00:21:20.240 --> 00:21:20.720
 of trying

00:21:20.720 --> 00:21:21.460
 to earn

00:21:21.460 --> 00:21:21.779
 God's

00:21:21.779 --> 00:21:22.099
 attention,

00:21:22.299 --> 00:21:22.620
 earn

00:21:22.620 --> 00:21:23.480
 his favor.

00:21:23.480 --> 00:21:24.019
 It's

00:21:24.019 --> 00:21:24.559
 dangerous

00:21:24.559 --> 00:21:24.839
 for

00:21:24.839 --> 00:21:25.059
 our

00:21:25.059 --> 00:21:25.599
 souls.

00:21:28.680 --> 00:21:29.339
 The

00:21:29.339 --> 00:21:29.700
 hymn writer

00:21:29.700 --> 00:21:30.200
 James

00:21:30.200 --> 00:21:30.759
 Proctor

00:21:30.759 --> 00:21:31.559
 wrote,

00:21:32.539 --> 00:21:33.000
 weary,

00:21:33.319 --> 00:21:33.980
 working,

00:21:34.319 --> 00:21:34.680
 burdened

00:21:34.680 --> 00:21:34.940
 one,

00:21:35.279 --> 00:21:35.720
 why do

00:21:35.720 --> 00:21:36.120
 you toil

00:21:36.120 --> 00:21:36.559
 so?

00:21:36.940 --> 00:21:37.259
 Cease

00:21:37.259 --> 00:21:37.440
 your

00:21:37.440 --> 00:21:37.860
 doing.

00:21:38.440 --> 00:21:39.079
 All

00:21:39.079 --> 00:21:39.319
 was

00:21:39.319 --> 00:21:39.599
 done

00:21:39.599 --> 00:21:40.000
 long,

00:21:40.140 --> 00:21:40.279
 long

00:21:40.279 --> 00:21:40.599
 ago.

00:21:41.680 --> 00:21:41.960
 Cast

00:21:41.960 --> 00:21:42.160
 your

00:21:42.160 --> 00:21:42.500
 deadly

00:21:42.500 --> 00:21:42.900
 doing

00:21:42.900 --> 00:21:43.319
 down,

00:21:43.420 --> 00:21:43.660
 down

00:21:43.660 --> 00:21:43.839
 at

00:21:43.839 --> 00:21:44.079
 Jesus'

00:21:44.299 --> 00:21:44.519
 feet.

00:21:45.279 --> 00:21:45.860
 Stand

00:21:45.860 --> 00:21:46.240
 in

00:21:46.240 --> 00:21:46.700
 him,

00:21:47.220 --> 00:21:47.519
 in

00:21:47.519 --> 00:21:47.839
 him

00:21:47.839 --> 00:21:48.279
 alone,

00:21:48.940 --> 00:21:49.680
 gloriously

00:21:49.680 --> 00:21:50.579
 complete.

00:21:51.839 --> 00:21:52.039
 The

00:21:52.039 --> 00:21:52.519
 ascended

00:21:52.519 --> 00:21:53.160
 Christ,

00:21:53.480 --> 00:21:54.420
 stands

00:21:54.420 --> 00:21:54.700
 at the

00:21:54.700 --> 00:21:54.920
 right

00:21:54.920 --> 00:21:55.180
 hand

00:21:55.180 --> 00:21:55.279
 of

00:21:55.279 --> 00:21:55.400
 the

00:21:55.400 --> 00:21:55.720
 father.

00:21:57.460 --> 00:21:58.099
 We

00:21:58.099 --> 00:21:58.640
 stand

00:21:58.640 --> 00:21:59.200
 in

00:21:59.200 --> 00:21:59.559
 him.

00:22:00.880 --> 00:22:01.200
 He

00:22:01.200 --> 00:22:01.660
 is our

00:22:01.660 --> 00:22:02.480
 advocate

00:22:02.480 --> 00:22:03.860
 in the

00:22:03.860 --> 00:22:04.120
 presence

00:22:04.120 --> 00:22:04.480
 of his

00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:04.920
 father.

00:22:05.519 --> 00:22:05.779
 He

00:22:05.779 --> 00:22:06.099
 is

00:22:06.099 --> 00:22:06.920
 assured

00:22:06.920 --> 00:22:07.579
 our

00:22:07.579 --> 00:22:08.220
 place

00:22:08.220 --> 00:22:08.900
 in

00:22:08.900 --> 00:22:09.079
 the

00:22:09.079 --> 00:22:09.400
 presence

00:22:09.400 --> 00:22:09.579
 of

00:22:09.579 --> 00:22:09.740
 the

00:22:09.740 --> 00:22:10.099
 father

00:22:10.099 --> 00:22:11.140
 forever

00:22:11.140 --> 00:22:11.880
 and

00:22:11.880 --> 00:22:12.000
 he

00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:12.400
 sends

00:22:12.400 --> 00:22:12.680
 us

00:22:12.680 --> 00:22:12.940
 his

00:22:12.940 --> 00:22:13.200
 holy

00:22:13.200 --> 00:22:13.720
 spirit

00:22:13.720 --> 00:22:14.240
 so

00:22:14.240 --> 00:22:14.400
 that

00:22:14.400 --> 00:22:14.519
 we

00:22:14.519 --> 00:22:14.660
 are

00:22:14.660 --> 00:22:15.059
 always

00:22:15.059 --> 00:22:15.259
 at

00:22:15.259 --> 00:22:15.579
 home

00:22:15.579 --> 00:22:16.339
 in

00:22:16.339 --> 00:22:16.480
 the

00:22:16.480 --> 00:22:16.860
 presence

00:22:16.860 --> 00:22:17.079
 of

00:22:17.079 --> 00:22:17.480
 God

00:22:17.480 --> 00:22:18.960
 all

00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:19.200
 because

00:22:19.200 --> 00:22:19.360
 of

00:22:19.360 --> 00:22:19.660
 love.

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 The

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 ascension

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 is

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 about

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 love.

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 Let's

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 pray.

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 Father,

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 just as

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 the

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 disciples

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 caught a

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 glimpse

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 of

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 glory

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 and

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 majesty

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 and

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 were

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 left

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 in

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 awe

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 so

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 would

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 you

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 strike

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 us

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 with

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 awe

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 and

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 wonder.

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 would

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 we

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 be

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 in

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 awe

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 of

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 your

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 son

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 of

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 his

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 humility

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 of

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 his

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 suffering

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 of

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 his

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 death

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 and

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 because

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 of

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 all

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 of

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 that

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 therefore

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 you

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 have

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 exalted

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 him

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 to the

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 highest

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 place

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 that

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 at

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 the

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 name

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 of

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 your

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 son

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 Jesus

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 every

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 knee

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 should

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 bow

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 in

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 heaven

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 and

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 on

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 earth

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 and

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 under

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 the

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 earth

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 and

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 every

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 tongue

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 confess

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 that

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 your

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 son

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 is

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 Lord

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 to

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 the

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 glory

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 of

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 your

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 name

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 father

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 help us

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 now to

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 proclaim

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 his

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 glory

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 fill us

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 with

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 wonder

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 we

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 pray

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 in

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 Jesus

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 name

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 the

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 risen

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 and

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 ascended

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 savior

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 amen

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 amen