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 Let's pray together.

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 Heavenly Father, we do believe that this is your word,

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 not merely the words of men.

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 And because of that, Father, we come to your word

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 not with the attitude of subjecting it

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 to our own judgments and preconceptions,

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 but we come to it in humility,

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 wanting to subject ourselves to it,

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 to conform our lives to it,

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 to be defined by it, by your truth.

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 So we ask, speak to us, address us, challenge us,

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 transform us through the preaching of your word this morning.

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 In Jesus' name we pray, amen.

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 Amen.

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 So we live in a world saturated with advertisements, right?

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 And everywhere we turn, we find marketing.

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 And people nowadays have become so adept at this,

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 nowadays they market stuff that don't even exist yet, right?

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 And so, I mean, we saw an example of this.

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 They did a really good job of this last,

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 or two years ago, I guess now,

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 leading up to the release of Star Wars Episode VII.

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 I don't know if you guys remember watching that movie.

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 The promotion was crazy.

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 Even the whole year before the movie even came out,

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 the movie was probably not even done in production,

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 the trailer came out,

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 which basically revealed nothing of the plot at all,

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 just a few cryptic pictures.

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 And then people went crazy, right?

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 It's just about it.

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 I mean, just the trailer.

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 And then another six months later,

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 they released a longer trailer

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 that has slightly more information,

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 but still leaves a lot to the imagination.

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 And then leading up to all that time,

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 they've been selling merchandise and promoting this.

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 So that by the time the movie came out,

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 the anticipation was just at a fever pitch.

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 I don't know if you guys remember that.

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 I mean, it just, it broke all kinds of,

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 you know, box office records.

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 It grossed $529 million in its opening weekend, right?

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 People bought tickets months ahead of time.

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 People bought and made costumes

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 so they can wear it, right,

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 on the night of the opening night of the movie, right?

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 People in our church,

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 some of them have lightsabers

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 and stormtrooper helmets, right?

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 So it's, the anticipation was unbelievable.

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 And it's kind of,

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 but as we get to the closing chapters of Genesis today,

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 this is the last sermon in Genesis,

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 we're at the end of the book,

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 but we find that the story actually doesn't end here.

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 It was just a teaser trailer.

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 It's just, it's not the end.

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 God had made promises to Abraham

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 of staggering proportions,

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 of national and international importance,

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 but at the end of Joseph's life,

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 we find that they still have not yet been fully fulfilled.

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 We've seen the first fruits of that fulfillment.

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 We get a taste of it,

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 and that's supposed to whet our appetites

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 and then build our anticipation

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 for the ultimate fulfillment that is still ahead.

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 And as Christians,

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 we have the fulfillment of God's promises

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 to look forward to

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 that far exceeds whatever the next big thing is

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 that this world has to offer

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 in grandeur,

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 in glory,

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 in beauty,

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 and in significance.

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 And that means we should,

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 as Christians,

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 be captivated by,

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 our hearts should be captivated by that reality,

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 our minds should be preoccupied by that.

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 And in fact,

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 that anticipation,

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 that hope we have in Christ

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 and the fulfillment of God's promises

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 should govern our lives

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 and constrain our lives.

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 And that's really the main point of this passage.

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 Those who possess the first fruits of God's promise

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 should hope in,

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 look forward to,

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 eagerly anticipate

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 the fulfillment of His promise.

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 Those who possess the first fruits of God's promise

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 should hope in the fulfillment of that promise.

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 So we're going to talk in first part

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 about the first fruits of the promise,

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 chapters 48 and 49.

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 And then we're going to talk about

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 the fulfillment of the promise in chapter 50.

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 And chapter 48, verse 1,

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 begins this way.

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 After this,

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 Joseph was told,

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 Behold, your father is ill.

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 Now the word ill

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 is in this context

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 as it does in other parts of the Old Testament,

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 1 Kings 14 and 1, for example.

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 It refers to terminal illness, right?

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 And so Joseph anticipates

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 his father's impending death.

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 And so he's bringing his sons with him

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 so that they can receive his blessing.

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 Now Jacob, when he sees Joseph,

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 kind of sends his strength.

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 It says, and he sits up,

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 and he says in verses 3 to 4,

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 God Almighty appeared to me at Luz

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 in the land of Canaan

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 and blessed me

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 and said to me,

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 Behold, I will make you fruitful

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 and multiply you,

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 and I will make of you

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 a company of peoples

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 and will give this land

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 to your offspring after you

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 for an everlasting possession.

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 And since Jacob explicitly mentions

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 that this is a promise

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 that God made to him at Luz,

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 we would expect these verses

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 to be the same

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 as the actual promises

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 that God gave to him

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 in Genesis 35,

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 which is when God appears

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 to him at Luz.

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 So that's Genesis 35, 11 to 12.

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 But in reality,

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 these are actually not exactly

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 the promises

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 that God gave to him at Luz.

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 It's actually kind of a combination,

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 a pastiche of all the promises

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 that God had given

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 to all the patriarchs before him.

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 So you see in verses 3 to 4,

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 it says,

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 I will make you fruitful

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 and multiply you,

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 and I will make of you

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 a company of people.

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 So that's actually a promise

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 that God didn't give

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 to Jacob at Luz,

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 but it was actually a promise

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 that God made to Isaac,

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 his father,

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 in chapter 28, verse 3.

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 And then the promise

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 of an everlasting possession

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 that God said to Jacob,

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 that was not a promise

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 that God gave explicitly to Jacob,

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 but to Abraham,

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 his grandfather,

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 in chapter 17, verse 8.

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 So really what Jacob

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 is saying here

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 is that all the blessings

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 that God had given

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 to his forebearers,

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 his forefathers,

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 his patriarchs,

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 he's standing in line

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 of that heritage

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 and saying that they all

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 belong to him

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 because that's what God

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 has promised to his people.

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 And so after recounting

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 what God had promised him,

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 Jacob then proceeds

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 to adopt his grandsons.

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 So the two grandsons

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 that were born to Joseph.

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 This formal adoption process

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 of grandsons

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 is actually well tested

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 in the ancient Near East.

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 A lot of people did that.

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 And the point of it

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 is that Jacob wants

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 his grandsons

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 to inherit his property

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 and all that he has

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 just like his other sons.

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 And then consequently,

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 what would happen after that

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 would be the additional sons

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 Joseph has

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 will count as Joseph's offspring.

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 But Manasseh and Ephraim,

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 the first two sons of Joseph,

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 will count as Jacob's sons.

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 And this is significant

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 because this is what

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 this is what

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 this is the structure

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 really of Israel

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 as a nation

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 because the 12 tribes

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 of Israel come from Jacob.

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 And that means

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 Joseph's two sons,

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 Ephraim and Manasseh,

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 will have an inheritance.

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 There'll be two other tribes

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 of the 12 tribes of Israel.

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 And that means

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 Joseph is getting

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 a double portion

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 of the blessing

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 which the firstborn son

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 was supposed to get.

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 So he's giving

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 his firstborn blessing

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 not to his actual firstborn

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 but to his firstborn

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 of his favorite wife,

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 Rachel.

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 So Joseph,

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 Ephraim,

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 and Manasseh

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 are going to be part of that.

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 And after expressing

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 his desire to adopt them,

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 he kind of seemingly

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 out of the blue

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 mentions his wife,

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 how Rachel died

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 on his way to Canaan.

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 And his rationale

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 seems to be,

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 you know,

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 Joseph,

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 your mother,

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 if she had lived longer,

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 you know,

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 she would have had,

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 she would have born

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 with more sons.

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 You know,

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 but she died prematurely.

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 And out of compassion

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 for your mother

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 who prayed

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 while she was,

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 after she gave birth to you,

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 may the Lord

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 add to me another son.

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 Now let me adopt

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 your sons

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 as my sons

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 so that they can inherit

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 in your place.

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 And so that's what

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 Jacob is doing.

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 But there's something

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 curious in what

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 Jacob is doing here

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 already.

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 It's hinting at

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 what's about to transpire.

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 He names

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 Ephraim first

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 instead of mentioning

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 Manasseh first.

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 Even though Manasseh

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 is the firstborn son

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 of Joseph.

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 And then

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 narrator informs us

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 in verse 10,

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 the eyes of Israel

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 were dim with age

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 so that he could not see.

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 And that explains

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 the curious question

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 he asks in verse 8.

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 When Israel saw

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 Joseph's sons,

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 he said,

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 who are these?

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 I mean,

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 you don't know

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 who your grandsons are,

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 right?

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 I mean,

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 so he knows

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 who they are.

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 I mean,

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 he knows the names

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 and he's already said

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 he was the one

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 to bless them,

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 but he can't see

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 very well.

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 So he wants to confirm

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 that before he blesses

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 him,

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 he knows exactly

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 who they are.

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 So that's what happens.

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 And then Joseph

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 brings them

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 to Jacob

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 to receive his blessing

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 in verse 13.

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 It says,

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 Joseph took them both,

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 Ephraim in his right hand

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 toward Israel's left hand

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 and Manasseh

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 in his left hand

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 toward Israel's right hand

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 and brought them

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 near him.

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 Right?

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 And so

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 Joseph is bringing them

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 in this precise configuration

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 to ensure

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 that his eldest son,

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 Manasseh,

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 gets blessed

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 by Jacob's right hand.

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 And this is

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 because people

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 across cultures

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 and all throughout history

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 have generally considered

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 the right hand side

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 to be the place

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 of honor

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 and blessing.

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 And sorry,

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 Ray,

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 who's left handed.

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 But the reason

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 for that

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 is quite simple

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 because most people

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 are right handed

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 in the world.

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 An estimated 75

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 to 95%

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 of the world population

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 are right handed.

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 And right handed people

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 tend to prefer things

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 on the right side.

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 So right handed preachers

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 look more often

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 toward their right side.

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 Right?

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 Right handed parents

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 when they are petting their kids

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 or kissing them

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 will pet,

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 will show their affection

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 to the kid on their right

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 lap more frequently.

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 When you people pack

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 to move,

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 people will put a box

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 where they're going to put things

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 that they want to keep

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 on the right side

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 and put the things

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 they want to discard

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 on the left side.

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 I mean,

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 this is just things

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 that we do subconsciously.

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 Right?

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 And there's an article

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 published

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 by the journal

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 Psychological Science

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 called When Left is Right.

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 And then researchers

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 report findings

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 that right and left handers

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 implicitly associate

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 positive ideas

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 like goodness

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 and honesty

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 more strongly

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 with their dominant

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 side of space,

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 the side on which

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 they can act more fluently,

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 and negative ideas

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 more strongly

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 with their non-dominant side.

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 And so what these researchers

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 found out is that

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 when people have

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 unilateral strokes,

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 so let's say

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 a right handed person

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 has a stroke

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 and can no longer

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 use his right hand,

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 that person,

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 his thinking

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 will also shift

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 with time.

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 So he starts

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 to associate

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 good things now

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 with the left side

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 instead of the right side.

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 In the same way,

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 when the researchers

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 made it difficult

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 to use the right side,

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 people started

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 to switch

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 their abstract thinking

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 as well

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 to try to associate

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 good things

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 with their fluent side.

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 So it's just

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 kind of what's happened,

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 this has been happening

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 throughout history,

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 across cultures,

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 and that's Jacob

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 because generally

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 most people

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 are right handed.

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 These patriarchs

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 in the same way

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 associated good things

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 with the right side

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 and they wanted,

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 so the son

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 that they wanted

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 to bless more,

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 they wanted to make sure

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 they were on the right side.

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 So that's what

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 Joseph is trying to do.

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 But even though

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 Joseph is so careful

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 to present his sons

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 in the right place,

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 look at what happens

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 next in verse 14.

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 And Israel

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 stretched out

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 his right hand

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 and laid it

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 on the head of Ephraim,

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 who was the younger,

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 and his left hand

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 on the head of Manasseh,

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 crossing his hands,

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 for Manasseh

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 was the firstborn.

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 So this is exactly

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 what Joseph

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 wanted to prevent.

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 So when Jacob

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 is in the middle

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 of his blessing,

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 Joseph is upset enough

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 that he interrupts him

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 and tries physically

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 to move his arms away

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 and put him

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 in the right place.

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 Verses 17 to 18,

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 it says,

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 When Joseph saw

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 that his father

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 laid his right hand

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 on the head of Ephraim,

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 it displeased him.

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 And he took his father's hand

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 to move it

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 from Ephraim's head

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 to Manasseh's head.

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 And Joseph said

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 to his father,

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 Not this way,

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 my father,

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 since this one

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 is the firstborn.

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 Put your right hand

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 on his head.

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 And displeased the word.

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 It suggests great anger.

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 Sometimes throughout Scripture,

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 displeasure leads to death.

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 I mean,

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 to people being killed.

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 So it's a great displeasure

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 that he's feeling,

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 but he's restraining himself

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 knowing that this is his father.

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 But even though

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 it's a little bit

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 betrayed by his actions

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 when he takes

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 his father's hand

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 forcibly and tries

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 to move it,

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 he's thinking to himself,

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 I mean,

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 this blind old man

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 is making this mistake

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 and he wants to correct it.

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 But Jacob insists

00:12:28.899 --> 00:12:29.699
 in verse 19,

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 I know,

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 my son,

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 I know.

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 He also shall become

00:12:34.319 --> 00:12:34.759
 a people

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 and he also shall be great.

00:12:36.439 --> 00:12:36.720
 Nevertheless,

00:12:37.120 --> 00:12:38.000
 his younger brother

00:12:38.000 --> 00:12:39.079
 shall be greater than me

00:12:39.079 --> 00:12:39.759
 and his offspring

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 shall become

00:12:40.500 --> 00:12:42.559
 a multitude of nations.

00:12:43.000 --> 00:12:43.919
 So Jacob knew

00:12:43.919 --> 00:12:44.720
 exactly

00:12:44.720 --> 00:12:46.000
 what he was doing.

00:12:46.000 --> 00:12:47.559
 And just as he,

00:12:47.720 --> 00:12:48.899
 who was the younger son,

00:12:49.340 --> 00:12:50.379
 deceived his father

00:12:50.379 --> 00:12:51.860
 and stole the firstborn's

00:12:51.860 --> 00:12:53.480
 right of his older brother Esau,

00:12:53.659 --> 00:12:55.159
 now he is intentionally

00:12:55.159 --> 00:12:57.059
 blessing Joseph's younger son,

00:12:57.159 --> 00:12:57.500
 Ephraim,

00:12:57.539 --> 00:12:58.960
 with the greater blessing.

00:12:59.559 --> 00:13:00.559
 And there are actually

00:13:00.559 --> 00:13:01.759
 several parallels

00:13:01.759 --> 00:13:02.779
 between this scene

00:13:02.779 --> 00:13:03.879
 and the scene

00:13:03.879 --> 00:13:04.980
 where Jacob steals

00:13:04.980 --> 00:13:05.759
 Isaac's blessing.

00:13:06.179 --> 00:13:06.759
 So first,

00:13:06.919 --> 00:13:07.779
 both patriarchs

00:13:07.779 --> 00:13:08.379
 were blind,

00:13:08.580 --> 00:13:08.720
 right?

00:13:08.779 --> 00:13:09.899
 So Isaac was blind.

00:13:09.980 --> 00:13:10.399
 Now here,

00:13:10.779 --> 00:13:11.879
 Jacob is blind.

00:13:12.620 --> 00:13:13.899
 And then,

00:13:14.100 --> 00:13:15.439
 it's related to that

00:13:15.439 --> 00:13:16.240
 is they blessed

00:13:16.240 --> 00:13:17.080
 the younger son.

00:13:17.399 --> 00:13:17.840
 And then once

00:13:17.840 --> 00:13:18.379
 the younger son

00:13:18.379 --> 00:13:18.879
 is blessed,

00:13:19.100 --> 00:13:20.820
 the older son protests

00:13:20.820 --> 00:13:21.039
 saying,

00:13:21.139 --> 00:13:21.179
 no,

00:13:21.240 --> 00:13:22.220
 this should not be so.

00:13:22.659 --> 00:13:23.019
 And then,

00:13:23.120 --> 00:13:24.519
 the preference

00:13:24.519 --> 00:13:25.000
 for the younger

00:13:25.000 --> 00:13:25.899
 is reaffirmed,

00:13:26.000 --> 00:13:26.419
 that blessing

00:13:26.419 --> 00:13:27.220
 cannot be reversed.

00:13:27.299 --> 00:13:28.340
 So this is a very,

00:13:28.580 --> 00:13:29.740
 closely parallel

00:13:29.740 --> 00:13:30.879
 to his earlier story

00:13:30.879 --> 00:13:31.860
 when Jacob steals

00:13:31.860 --> 00:13:32.879
 his brother Esau's

00:13:32.879 --> 00:13:33.600
 blessing.

00:13:34.139 --> 00:13:34.960
 And the blessing

00:13:34.960 --> 00:13:35.700
 of the younger son

00:13:35.700 --> 00:13:36.740
 fits a pattern

00:13:36.740 --> 00:13:37.419
 throughout the book

00:13:37.419 --> 00:13:37.899
 of Genesis,

00:13:38.320 --> 00:13:38.480
 right?

00:13:38.580 --> 00:13:39.580
 So Abel,

00:13:39.840 --> 00:13:40.279
 the younger,

00:13:40.399 --> 00:13:40.899
 was favored

00:13:40.899 --> 00:13:42.019
 over Cain

00:13:42.019 --> 00:13:42.799
 in chapter 4,

00:13:43.220 --> 00:13:43.399
 right?

00:13:43.679 --> 00:13:44.959
 Perez was preferred

00:13:44.959 --> 00:13:45.639
 over Zerah

00:13:45.639 --> 00:13:46.639
 in chapter 38.

00:13:46.959 --> 00:13:47.299
 And of course,

00:13:47.379 --> 00:13:48.100
 most famously

00:13:48.100 --> 00:13:49.059
 in chapter 27,

00:13:49.220 --> 00:13:50.179
 Jacob was preferred

00:13:50.179 --> 00:13:51.299
 over Esau.

00:13:51.699 --> 00:13:53.059
 And this rubs

00:13:53.059 --> 00:13:53.679
 against,

00:13:53.799 --> 00:13:54.779
 directly against,

00:13:54.939 --> 00:13:55.939
 the ancient Near Eastern

00:13:55.939 --> 00:13:57.519
 system of primogeniture,

00:13:57.659 --> 00:13:59.019
 which is to pass

00:13:59.019 --> 00:13:59.919
 on the inheritance

00:13:59.919 --> 00:14:01.500
 and the right of succession

00:14:01.500 --> 00:14:02.759
 to the eldest son.

00:14:03.059 --> 00:14:04.340
 The Bible intentionally

00:14:04.340 --> 00:14:05.240
 subverts that.

00:14:05.319 --> 00:14:05.919
 God intentionally

00:14:05.919 --> 00:14:07.299
 subverts that

00:14:07.299 --> 00:14:08.779
 well-attested practice.

00:14:09.120 --> 00:14:09.720
 And there's a very

00:14:09.720 --> 00:14:10.879
 specific theological

00:14:10.879 --> 00:14:12.540
 reason God does this.

00:14:13.220 --> 00:14:14.580
 And Paul explains this

00:14:14.580 --> 00:14:15.399
 in Romans 9,

00:14:15.480 --> 00:14:16.120
 10 to 16.

00:14:16.540 --> 00:14:16.860
 He says,

00:14:16.920 --> 00:14:17.639
 When Rebekah

00:14:17.639 --> 00:14:18.740
 had conceived children

00:14:18.740 --> 00:14:19.519
 by one man,

00:14:19.620 --> 00:14:20.700
 our forefather Isaac,

00:14:21.019 --> 00:14:21.759
 though they were not

00:14:21.759 --> 00:14:22.379
 yet born,

00:14:22.480 --> 00:14:23.259
 had done nothing

00:14:23.259 --> 00:14:24.160
 either good or bad,

00:14:24.399 --> 00:14:25.580
 in order that God's

00:14:25.580 --> 00:14:26.840
 purpose of election

00:14:26.840 --> 00:14:27.759
 might continue,

00:14:28.100 --> 00:14:29.240
 not because of works,

00:14:29.320 --> 00:14:30.060
 but because of him

00:14:30.060 --> 00:14:30.740
 who calls,

00:14:31.060 --> 00:14:31.800
 she was told,

00:14:32.000 --> 00:14:33.220
 the older will serve

00:14:33.220 --> 00:14:33.660
 the younger.

00:14:34.060 --> 00:14:34.759
 As it is written,

00:14:34.899 --> 00:14:35.660
 Jacob I loved,

00:14:35.720 --> 00:14:36.580
 but Esau I hated.

00:14:37.000 --> 00:14:38.240
 What shall we say then?

00:14:38.240 --> 00:14:39.180
 Is there injustice

00:14:39.180 --> 00:14:40.120
 on God's part?

00:14:40.480 --> 00:14:41.299
 By no means,

00:14:41.360 --> 00:14:42.360
 for he says to Moses,

00:14:42.500 --> 00:14:43.379
 I will have mercy

00:14:43.379 --> 00:14:44.379
 on whom I have mercy,

00:14:44.560 --> 00:14:45.560
 and I will have compassion

00:14:45.560 --> 00:14:46.860
 on whom I have compassion.

00:14:47.139 --> 00:14:48.080
 So then it depends

00:14:48.080 --> 00:14:49.820
 not on human exertion

00:14:49.820 --> 00:14:50.320
 or will,

00:14:50.560 --> 00:14:51.379
 but on God

00:14:51.379 --> 00:14:53.399
 who has mercy.

00:14:53.840 --> 00:14:53.940
 Right?

00:14:54.720 --> 00:14:55.580
 The reason why

00:14:55.580 --> 00:14:56.460
 God does this

00:14:56.460 --> 00:14:57.500
 in choosing,

00:14:57.680 --> 00:14:58.639
 in going against

00:14:58.639 --> 00:14:59.180
 the engineers

00:14:59.180 --> 00:14:59.740
 in the custom

00:14:59.740 --> 00:15:00.919
 of blessing the firstborn

00:15:00.919 --> 00:15:02.480
 and choosing

00:15:02.480 --> 00:15:04.019
 for himself sovereignly

00:15:04.019 --> 00:15:04.539
 the people

00:15:04.539 --> 00:15:05.340
 whom he will bless,

00:15:05.680 --> 00:15:06.299
 God's showing

00:15:06.299 --> 00:15:07.699
 that his choice,

00:15:07.799 --> 00:15:08.539
 his grace,

00:15:09.000 --> 00:15:10.179
 being part of his people,

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 that depends not

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 on human will

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 or exertion,

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 but on God's

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 sovereign will.

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 And this reality

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 of salvation,

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 that God's,

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 salvation is of God's

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 sovereign choice,

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 his sovereign grace,

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 precludes any sense

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 of entitlement

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 and pride,

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 and instead

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 it promotes humility

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 in all God's people's lives.

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 Because maybe,

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 maybe you think

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 that you're better

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 than most of your peers.

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 Right?

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 Maybe you're a believer

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 or you're not a believer,

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 but you think

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 that you live

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 a pretty good life.

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 Right?

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 You,

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 you,

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 let's say you

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 try to give to charities,

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 you try to obey the law,

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 you try to limit

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 your carbon footprint,

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 and now you think

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 that because you did that,

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 God owes you something.

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 You know,

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 well,

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 I'm better than these people.

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 Right?

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 I mean,

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 I'm,

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 so if anybody

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 can get to heaven,

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 I mean,

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 surely it should be me.

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 Right?

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 Well,

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 but,

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 but let me tell you this.

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 What,

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 what God's promising

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 to his people

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 is eternal joy,

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 right?

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 Eternal communion with him,

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 right?

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 It's eternal inheritance

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 in heaven,

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 and how can you possibly

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 expect to earn that?

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 We work for the most

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 of our lives

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 to just earn

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 a living wage,

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 and maybe if we're fortunate

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 to eat God of retirement,

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 you have to work

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 your whole life

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 to do just that.

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 How do you expect

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 to earn

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 God's eternal salvation

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 and communion with him?

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 You can't earn that.

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 It's too costly,

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 and not only is it

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 too costly to earn,

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 we have failed miserably

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 in our own attempts

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 to earn it.

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 God's chief design

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 and desire for us

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 is that we love him

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 and live for him,

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 and we have all lived

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 at some point

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 in our lives

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 as if God didn't exist,

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 as if we're not

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 accountable to him,

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 as if we're really

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 just living for ourselves,

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 and even when we have

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 supposedly done God's will,

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 we have often done so

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 out of fear

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 of his punishment,

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 or out of pride,

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 out of a desire

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 to lift ourselves up

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 in relation to other people,

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 or out of our own

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 prideful attempt

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 to earn our own

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 ticket to heaven,

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 right?

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 Not out of love for God,

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 not because we want

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 to live for God.

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 We can't save ourselves,

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 therefore we have

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 to humble ourselves,

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 and that's what this truth

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 about God's sovereign grace

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 teaches us.

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 And this truth

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 also applies

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 to the Christian.

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 If you have already

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 been saved,

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 it's not because

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 of your own merit.

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 It's because of

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 God's grace.

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 For this reason,

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 we as Christians

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 have nothing to boast about.

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 It precludes pride

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 and entitlement.

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 It promotes humility

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 because we have nothing

00:17:46.879 --> 00:17:47.599
 to boast about.

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 Instead of boasting

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 about ourselves

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 and our own deservingness

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 or worth,

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 we glorify God

00:17:53.400 --> 00:17:54.900
 and His grace

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 in saving us.

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 And let me give you

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 a couple diagnostics

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 to test to see

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 whether this is a truth

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 that you really grasp

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 or not,

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 because a lot of times

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 people,

00:18:04.880 --> 00:18:05.540
 Christians know this

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 in their heads

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 but haven't truly

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 grasped it in their hearts.

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 And there are two

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 telltale signs

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 that you haven't

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 really grasped this

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 in your sight

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 because Christians

00:18:13.000 --> 00:18:14.780
 who haven't grasped this

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 because this truth

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 promotes humility

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 tend to be prideful

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 and the way

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 that exposes itself

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 is legalism

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 in one sense.

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 That's the first sign.

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 Instead of emphasizing

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 God's grace,

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 we emphasize

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 our obedience.

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 And that means

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 these people,

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 these Christians

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 take obedience

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 really, really seriously

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 and then when they fail

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 they take it

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 really, really, really hard.

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 And often they will

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 design for themselves

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 kind of self-inflicted

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 punishment or penance

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 to make up for the wrongdoing

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 that they have done.

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 And these people

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 often have guilt

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 that lingers

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 and that's a sign

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 of this legalism

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 of not fully grasping

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 this truth.

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 A second telltale sign

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 is that this Christian

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 is prone to insecurity

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 and envy

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 because they connect

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 God's grace

00:19:03.100 --> 00:19:04.740
 with their own deservingness.

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 When life gets hard

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 and there's no obvious sign

00:19:07.640 --> 00:19:08.400
 of God's blessing

00:19:08.400 --> 00:19:09.100
 on their lives

00:19:09.100 --> 00:19:09.759
 they start to get

00:19:09.759 --> 00:19:10.519
 really insecure.

00:19:11.480 --> 00:19:12.980
 Maybe I did something wrong.

00:19:13.240 --> 00:19:14.160
 Maybe God doesn't

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 actually love me.

00:19:15.480 --> 00:19:16.299
 Maybe God's grace

00:19:16.299 --> 00:19:17.559
 is not actually my life.

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 And then when they see

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 other people prospering

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 and seeming to be

00:19:23.059 --> 00:19:24.000
 blessed by God

00:19:24.000 --> 00:19:25.659
 that either leads us

00:19:25.659 --> 00:19:26.419
 to judge them

00:19:26.419 --> 00:19:27.440
 and despise them

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 saying that person

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 doesn't deserve that.

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 Why is he getting this?

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 Or envy.

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 I wish I had

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 what that person had.

00:19:37.339 --> 00:19:38.639
 Now, recognizing

00:19:38.639 --> 00:19:40.259
 God's sovereign grace

00:19:40.259 --> 00:19:41.460
 in saving his people

00:19:41.460 --> 00:19:42.539
 delivers us

00:19:42.539 --> 00:19:43.500
 from this pride

00:19:43.500 --> 00:19:44.359
 and insecurity

00:19:44.359 --> 00:19:45.599
 and it frees us up

00:19:45.599 --> 00:19:46.659
 instead to marvel

00:19:46.659 --> 00:19:47.939
 at God's grace

00:19:47.939 --> 00:19:49.019
 not just in our lives

00:19:49.019 --> 00:19:49.699
 but in the lives

00:19:49.699 --> 00:19:51.459
 of everyone around us.

00:19:51.679 --> 00:19:53.039
 That's what this truth does.

00:19:53.079 --> 00:19:53.899
 It frees us.

00:19:55.299 --> 00:19:56.299
 And because Jacob

00:19:56.299 --> 00:19:58.000
 understands this truth

00:19:58.000 --> 00:19:59.199
 he illustrates it

00:19:59.199 --> 00:20:01.659
 in blessing Ephraim

00:20:01.659 --> 00:20:03.359
 here over Manasseh.

00:20:04.500 --> 00:20:05.559
 And then having adopted

00:20:05.559 --> 00:20:07.099
 and blessed Joseph's sons

00:20:07.099 --> 00:20:08.459
 Israel now calls

00:20:08.459 --> 00:20:09.339
 the rest of his sons

00:20:09.339 --> 00:20:10.219
 in order to bless them.

00:20:10.699 --> 00:20:11.679
 Israel is a prophet.

00:20:11.879 --> 00:20:12.559
 Israel is another name

00:20:12.559 --> 00:20:13.019
 for Jacob.

00:20:13.019 --> 00:20:14.379
 And his blessings

00:20:14.379 --> 00:20:16.160
 both look back on the past

00:20:16.160 --> 00:20:16.900
 and then look ahead

00:20:16.900 --> 00:20:17.539
 to the future.

00:20:17.920 --> 00:20:19.420
 And as Jacob blesses his sons

00:20:19.420 --> 00:20:21.119
 we see God's promises

00:20:21.119 --> 00:20:22.799
 that have been confirmed.

00:20:22.879 --> 00:20:23.440
 The first fruits

00:20:23.440 --> 00:20:24.200
 of God's promises.

00:20:25.039 --> 00:20:26.460
 But I'm not going to go through

00:20:26.460 --> 00:20:28.779
 and cover all the blessings

00:20:28.779 --> 00:20:29.359
 just because

00:20:29.359 --> 00:20:31.119
 that's going to take a while.

00:20:31.519 --> 00:20:32.660
 But there's clearly

00:20:32.660 --> 00:20:33.619
 main characters

00:20:33.619 --> 00:20:35.099
 that are blessed

00:20:35.099 --> 00:20:36.019
 in this list.

00:20:36.400 --> 00:20:37.700
 It's one of the five

00:20:37.700 --> 00:20:38.559
 major characters

00:20:38.559 --> 00:20:40.400
 that have had major plot

00:20:40.400 --> 00:20:41.740
 were involved

00:20:41.740 --> 00:20:43.240
 in major plot points

00:20:43.240 --> 00:20:44.620
 throughout Jacob's narrative.

00:20:44.720 --> 00:20:45.259
 There's Reuben,

00:20:45.460 --> 00:20:46.759
 Simeon, Levi, Judah,

00:20:46.880 --> 00:20:47.279
 and Joseph.

00:20:47.400 --> 00:20:48.019
 So I'm going to comment

00:20:48.019 --> 00:20:48.819
 on their blessings

00:20:48.819 --> 00:20:52.019
 and focus on those five sons.

00:20:52.099 --> 00:20:52.720
 And it turns out

00:20:52.720 --> 00:20:53.920
 as he blesses them

00:20:53.920 --> 00:20:55.519
 not all of Jacob's blessings

00:20:55.519 --> 00:20:56.620
 are actually blessings.

00:20:56.880 --> 00:20:57.980
 Some of them are curses.

00:20:58.680 --> 00:20:59.480
 And the sons

00:20:59.480 --> 00:21:00.480
 who dishonored him

00:21:00.480 --> 00:21:01.059
 in his life

00:21:01.059 --> 00:21:02.279
 are cursed instead.

00:21:02.400 --> 00:21:02.839
 And we see this

00:21:02.839 --> 00:21:04.339
 in verses three to four.

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 Jacob addresses Reuben.

00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:06.599
 Reuben,

00:21:07.220 --> 00:21:08.559
 you are my firstborn,

00:21:09.099 --> 00:21:09.779
 my might,

00:21:10.420 --> 00:21:11.400
 and the first fruits

00:21:11.400 --> 00:21:12.259
 of my strength,

00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:13.920
 preeminent in dignity

00:21:13.920 --> 00:21:15.359
 and preeminent in power.

00:21:15.759 --> 00:21:16.599
 So far, so good.

00:21:18.180 --> 00:21:19.740
 Unstable as water,

00:21:20.119 --> 00:21:22.579
 you shall not have preeminence

00:21:22.579 --> 00:21:24.079
 because you went up

00:21:24.079 --> 00:21:25.099
 to your father's bed,

00:21:25.279 --> 00:21:26.440
 then you defiled it.

00:21:26.700 --> 00:21:28.000
 He went up to my couch.

00:21:29.039 --> 00:21:29.660
 So Reuben,

00:21:29.799 --> 00:21:30.960
 as Jacob's firstborn,

00:21:31.099 --> 00:21:32.539
 was preeminent in dignity

00:21:32.539 --> 00:21:33.680
 and preeminent in power.

00:21:33.680 --> 00:21:35.259
 But then in a shocking turn,

00:21:35.360 --> 00:21:36.279
 right, Jacob turns

00:21:36.279 --> 00:21:36.700
 and continues.

00:21:36.779 --> 00:21:37.779
 He's unstable as water.

00:21:37.820 --> 00:21:38.940
 He won't have preeminence.

00:21:39.480 --> 00:21:40.720
 Right, that signals

00:21:40.720 --> 00:21:41.840
 that repetition of that word.

00:21:42.259 --> 00:21:43.420
 It signals the reversal

00:21:43.420 --> 00:21:44.400
 of his fortunes.

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 And narrator told us

00:21:46.039 --> 00:21:47.600
 at chapter 35, verse 22,

00:21:47.960 --> 00:21:49.360
 that Reuben went

00:21:49.360 --> 00:21:51.039
 and lay with Bilhah,

00:21:51.120 --> 00:21:52.380
 his father's concubine,

00:21:52.640 --> 00:21:54.279
 and Israel heard of it.

00:21:54.660 --> 00:21:55.299
 So at the time,

00:21:55.380 --> 00:21:56.440
 Jacob heard of it.

00:21:56.560 --> 00:21:57.340
 But at the time,

00:21:57.480 --> 00:21:58.500
 perhaps out of fear

00:21:58.500 --> 00:21:59.259
 of retaliation

00:21:59.259 --> 00:22:00.160
 from his much more

00:22:00.160 --> 00:22:01.860
 physically robust son,

00:22:02.220 --> 00:22:03.220
 he didn't do anything.

00:22:03.620 --> 00:22:04.799
 But on his deathbed,

00:22:04.860 --> 00:22:05.400
 when he knows

00:22:05.400 --> 00:22:06.539
 there's nothing he can do,

00:22:06.700 --> 00:22:08.380
 he unleashes his fury

00:22:08.380 --> 00:22:10.079
 and his fierce condemnation

00:22:10.079 --> 00:22:11.440
 of what his son had done.

00:22:11.940 --> 00:22:13.079
 And look at this.

00:22:13.180 --> 00:22:14.360
 Because you went up

00:22:14.360 --> 00:22:15.279
 to your father's bed,

00:22:15.339 --> 00:22:16.420
 then you defiled it.

00:22:16.440 --> 00:22:17.559
 He went up to my couch.

00:22:17.620 --> 00:22:19.480
 There's a threefold repetition

00:22:19.480 --> 00:22:20.779
 of what Reuben did.

00:22:20.839 --> 00:22:21.759
 He says three times

00:22:21.759 --> 00:22:23.059
 exactly what Reuben did,

00:22:23.319 --> 00:22:24.460
 almost kind of conveying

00:22:24.460 --> 00:22:25.700
 his sense of disbelief.

00:22:25.900 --> 00:22:26.559
 Can you believe

00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:27.380
 he did this?

00:22:27.380 --> 00:22:31.640
 And then while he addressed

00:22:31.640 --> 00:22:32.340
 Reuben directly

00:22:32.340 --> 00:22:33.260
 in the first two times,

00:22:33.320 --> 00:22:33.600
 he said,

00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:34.440
 you went up

00:22:34.440 --> 00:22:35.180
 to your father's bed,

00:22:35.400 --> 00:22:36.520
 then you defiled it.

00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:37.600
 In the last class,

00:22:37.640 --> 00:22:38.660
 he's telling the rest

00:22:38.660 --> 00:22:39.240
 of his sons,

00:22:39.380 --> 00:22:40.380
 because he speaks to him

00:22:40.380 --> 00:22:41.100
 in third person,

00:22:41.380 --> 00:22:42.580
 look, he went up

00:22:42.580 --> 00:22:43.380
 to my couch.

00:22:43.940 --> 00:22:44.780
 And the fact that he

00:22:44.780 --> 00:22:46.020
 used the word defile

00:22:46.020 --> 00:22:46.980
 is significant here

00:22:46.980 --> 00:22:48.240
 because that word

00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:49.680
 means to profane something

00:22:49.680 --> 00:22:51.440
 that's sacred or holy.

00:22:51.900 --> 00:22:52.880
 The word is usually

00:22:52.880 --> 00:22:54.100
 used to describe

00:22:54.100 --> 00:22:54.760
 in the Old Testament

00:22:54.759 --> 00:22:55.819
 for the profaning

00:22:55.819 --> 00:22:56.920
 of God's name

00:22:56.920 --> 00:22:58.420
 or God's temple

00:22:58.420 --> 00:22:59.920
 or God's Sabbath

00:22:59.920 --> 00:23:01.579
 or the sacrifices

00:23:01.579 --> 00:23:02.879
 or the priesthood.

00:23:03.160 --> 00:23:03.839
 So the fact that

00:23:03.839 --> 00:23:05.099
 that word is used here

00:23:05.099 --> 00:23:06.440
 to say you defiled

00:23:06.440 --> 00:23:08.779
 Jacob's marriage bed

00:23:08.779 --> 00:23:10.640
 means that marriage bed

00:23:10.640 --> 00:23:11.599
 in God's eyes

00:23:11.599 --> 00:23:12.279
 is sacred.

00:23:12.680 --> 00:23:13.319
 It's holy.

00:23:13.839 --> 00:23:14.279
 It's something

00:23:14.279 --> 00:23:15.339
 that he wants to honor.

00:23:16.140 --> 00:23:16.740
 And it's confirmed

00:23:16.740 --> 00:23:17.839
 by Hebrews 13, 4,

00:23:17.940 --> 00:23:18.819
 let marriage be held

00:23:18.819 --> 00:23:19.879
 in honor among all

00:23:19.879 --> 00:23:21.200
 and let the marriage bed

00:23:21.200 --> 00:23:22.599
 be undefiled

00:23:22.599 --> 00:23:23.940
 for God will judge

00:23:23.940 --> 00:23:24.920
 the sexually immoral

00:23:24.920 --> 00:23:26.180
 and adulterous.

00:23:26.620 --> 00:23:27.799
 God makes marriages

00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:29.759
 and because he makes marriages

00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:31.200
 he takes marriages

00:23:31.200 --> 00:23:32.220
 very seriously

00:23:32.220 --> 00:23:33.840
 because he designed marriages

00:23:33.840 --> 00:23:34.660
 to be a picture

00:23:34.660 --> 00:23:36.559
 of God's sacrificial love

00:23:36.559 --> 00:23:37.400
 for his people.

00:23:37.980 --> 00:23:38.840
 And so a marriage bed

00:23:38.840 --> 00:23:39.740
 is sanctified,

00:23:39.880 --> 00:23:40.460
 it's holy

00:23:40.460 --> 00:23:41.900
 and to violate it

00:23:41.900 --> 00:23:43.160
 is a defilement,

00:23:43.440 --> 00:23:44.200
 a profaning

00:23:44.200 --> 00:23:45.660
 of what God has said

00:23:45.660 --> 00:23:46.299
 is holy.

00:23:46.840 --> 00:23:47.980
 And because of this curse

00:23:47.980 --> 00:23:49.480
 in Reuben's line

00:23:49.480 --> 00:23:50.900
 not a single prophet

00:23:50.900 --> 00:23:52.019
 or judge or king

00:23:52.019 --> 00:23:53.820
 arises from his line.

00:23:53.940 --> 00:23:55.500
 Reuben loses preeminence

00:23:55.500 --> 00:23:56.840
 in the history of Israel.

00:23:58.059 --> 00:24:00.580
 And then having demoted Reuben,

00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:01.440
 we might expect

00:24:01.440 --> 00:24:02.559
 the blessing of the firstborn

00:24:02.559 --> 00:24:04.380
 to devolve to the next son

00:24:04.380 --> 00:24:05.420
 which is Simeon

00:24:05.420 --> 00:24:06.860
 or to the next son, Levi,

00:24:07.120 --> 00:24:08.299
 but they also

00:24:08.299 --> 00:24:10.140
 don't get to enjoy that.

00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:10.900
 Instead they get

00:24:10.900 --> 00:24:12.160
 their father's curse

00:24:12.160 --> 00:24:13.320
 in verses 5 to 7.

00:24:13.859 --> 00:24:14.539
 Simeon and Levi

00:24:14.539 --> 00:24:15.159
 are brothers,

00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:16.139
 weapons of violence

00:24:16.139 --> 00:24:16.899
 are their swords.

00:24:17.139 --> 00:24:17.819
 Let my soul

00:24:17.819 --> 00:24:19.299
 come not into their counsel.

00:24:19.779 --> 00:24:20.439
 Will my glory

00:24:20.439 --> 00:24:21.119
 be not joined

00:24:21.119 --> 00:24:21.720
 to their company

00:24:21.720 --> 00:24:22.659
 for in their anger

00:24:22.659 --> 00:24:23.579
 they killed men

00:24:23.579 --> 00:24:24.859
 and in their willfulness

00:24:24.859 --> 00:24:26.099
 they hamstrung oxen.

00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:27.399
 Cursed be their anger

00:24:27.399 --> 00:24:28.220
 for it is fierce

00:24:28.220 --> 00:24:28.899
 and their wrath

00:24:28.899 --> 00:24:29.639
 for it is cruel.

00:24:29.980 --> 00:24:30.779
 I will divide them

00:24:30.779 --> 00:24:31.220
 in Jacob

00:24:31.220 --> 00:24:32.200
 and scatter them

00:24:32.200 --> 00:24:32.980
 in Israel.

00:24:33.139 --> 00:24:34.259
 So Jacob is here

00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:35.079
 referring to

00:24:35.079 --> 00:24:35.819
 the massacre

00:24:35.819 --> 00:24:37.559
 of the Shechemites

00:24:37.559 --> 00:24:38.579
 in the town of Shechem

00:24:38.579 --> 00:24:40.399
 by Simeon and Levi.

00:24:40.639 --> 00:24:41.399
 They were angry

00:24:41.399 --> 00:24:42.240
 that their sister

00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:43.240
 was dishonored,

00:24:43.599 --> 00:24:44.019
 defiled

00:24:44.019 --> 00:24:45.740
 by having

00:24:45.740 --> 00:24:47.019
 premarital relations,

00:24:47.139 --> 00:24:47.759
 sexual relations

00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:49.319
 with an uncircumcised

00:24:49.319 --> 00:24:50.559
 Shechemite

00:24:50.559 --> 00:24:52.240
 and because of that

00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:53.099
 out of their wrath

00:24:53.099 --> 00:24:55.259
 they designed the ruse

00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:56.659
 to have those men

00:24:56.659 --> 00:24:57.519
 get circumcised

00:24:57.519 --> 00:24:58.679
 acting like they're going

00:24:58.679 --> 00:24:59.720
 to become one people

00:24:59.720 --> 00:25:00.799
 and then while they were

00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:02.019
 hobbled after circumcision

00:25:02.019 --> 00:25:03.240
 they went and killed them all.

00:25:03.699 --> 00:25:04.480
 And so that's what

00:25:04.480 --> 00:25:05.720
 Jacob is referring to here.

00:25:06.159 --> 00:25:07.019
 Simeon and Levi

00:25:07.019 --> 00:25:07.460
 are brothers,

00:25:07.579 --> 00:25:08.500
 weapons of violence

00:25:08.500 --> 00:25:09.619
 are their swords.

00:25:10.039 --> 00:25:11.059
 The word sword here

00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:12.460
 most likely refers

00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:13.799
 to the circumcision sword.

00:25:14.259 --> 00:25:15.759
 So here Jacob is saying

00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:16.539
 that they used

00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:17.480
 what should have been

00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:19.400
 a sign of the covenant,

00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:20.519
 a sign of God's blessing

00:25:20.519 --> 00:25:22.000
 to kill others

00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:23.099
 and because of that

00:25:23.099 --> 00:25:24.559
 Jacob fiercely denounces

00:25:24.559 --> 00:25:26.420
 them also.

00:25:27.099 --> 00:25:28.200
 And this prophecy

00:25:28.200 --> 00:25:29.519
 is also fulfilled.

00:25:29.640 --> 00:25:30.559
 We see that in Numbers

00:25:30.559 --> 00:25:31.599
 18 and 35

00:25:31.599 --> 00:25:33.519
 as well as Joshua 21.

00:25:34.039 --> 00:25:34.859
 The Levites,

00:25:35.059 --> 00:25:35.779
 instead of receiving

00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:36.799
 their own inheritance,

00:25:37.160 --> 00:25:38.240
 they are scattered

00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:39.539
 throughout Israel

00:25:39.539 --> 00:25:40.960
 into 48 cities

00:25:40.960 --> 00:25:42.059
 distributed throughout

00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:43.339
 all the tribal regions

00:25:43.339 --> 00:25:44.180
 of Israel.

00:25:44.700 --> 00:25:45.359
 And then similarly,

00:25:45.700 --> 00:25:46.500
 Joshua 19

00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:47.640
 tells us that

00:25:47.640 --> 00:25:48.299
 Simeonites,

00:25:48.460 --> 00:25:49.120
 instead of obtaining

00:25:49.120 --> 00:25:50.079
 their own property,

00:25:50.400 --> 00:25:51.539
 obtain a small piece

00:25:51.539 --> 00:25:52.099
 of their property

00:25:52.099 --> 00:25:53.880
 within the territory

00:25:53.880 --> 00:25:54.480
 of Judah.

00:25:54.799 --> 00:25:55.859
 So they're scattered,

00:25:56.099 --> 00:25:56.500
 dispersed,

00:25:56.759 --> 00:25:57.039
 weakened.

00:25:57.039 --> 00:26:01.200
 then after Jacob turns

00:26:01.200 --> 00:26:01.639
 to Judah,

00:26:01.720 --> 00:26:02.399
 and this is the first

00:26:02.399 --> 00:26:03.559
 blessing and one of the

00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:04.680
 most important blessings.

00:26:06.319 --> 00:26:06.899
 And in fact,

00:26:07.420 --> 00:26:08.579
 Jacob's blessing of Judah

00:26:08.579 --> 00:26:09.440
 and Joseph make up

00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:10.339
 about half of all

00:26:10.339 --> 00:26:10.819
 the blessings

00:26:10.819 --> 00:26:12.079
 in this passage.

00:26:12.460 --> 00:26:13.420
 He says in verse 8,

00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:14.000
 Judah,

00:26:14.180 --> 00:26:15.079
 your brother shall

00:26:15.079 --> 00:26:15.799
 praise you

00:26:15.799 --> 00:26:16.920
 and your hand shall be

00:26:16.920 --> 00:26:17.500
 on the neck

00:26:17.500 --> 00:26:18.259
 of your enemies.

00:26:18.599 --> 00:26:19.420
 Your father's son

00:26:19.420 --> 00:26:20.200
 shall bow down

00:26:20.200 --> 00:26:20.899
 before you.

00:26:21.420 --> 00:26:21.980
 So that means,

00:26:22.379 --> 00:26:23.440
 Judah's name

00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:24.779
 means praise.

00:26:25.160 --> 00:26:26.900
 That's his mom,

00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:27.600
 Leah,

00:26:27.700 --> 00:26:28.460
 named him so

00:26:28.460 --> 00:26:29.180
 because she said,

00:26:29.380 --> 00:26:29.900
 this time I shall

00:26:29.900 --> 00:26:30.799
 praise the Lord.

00:26:31.180 --> 00:26:31.720
 And so Judah,

00:26:31.840 --> 00:26:32.720
 that's what his name means

00:26:32.720 --> 00:26:33.680
 and he will himself

00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:34.340
 be praised.

00:26:35.240 --> 00:26:36.000
 And the word,

00:26:36.180 --> 00:26:37.000
 your hand,

00:26:37.080 --> 00:26:37.960
 also looks and sounds

00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:38.920
 very much like the word

00:26:38.920 --> 00:26:39.960
 Judah and praise.

00:26:40.320 --> 00:26:41.240
 And so there's a lot

00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:42.180
 of word plays

00:26:42.180 --> 00:26:42.680
 going on here.

00:26:43.200 --> 00:26:44.039
 And then Jacob,

00:26:44.279 --> 00:26:44.600
 it says,

00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:45.559
 Jacob says,

00:26:45.680 --> 00:26:46.940
 Judah will be like a lion.

00:26:46.940 --> 00:26:47.860
 He'll be powerful

00:26:47.860 --> 00:26:48.920
 and regal,

00:26:49.140 --> 00:26:50.700
 a royal beast.

00:26:51.220 --> 00:26:52.140
 And he says in verse 10,

00:26:52.200 --> 00:26:53.059
 the scepter shall

00:26:53.059 --> 00:26:54.200
 not depart from Judah

00:26:54.200 --> 00:26:55.279
 nor the ruler's staff

00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:56.179
 from between his feet

00:26:56.179 --> 00:26:58.019
 until tribute comes to him

00:26:58.019 --> 00:26:59.399
 and to him shall be

00:26:59.399 --> 00:27:00.119
 the obedience

00:27:00.119 --> 00:27:01.759
 of the peoples.

00:27:02.579 --> 00:27:04.659
 So from between his feet

00:27:04.659 --> 00:27:05.839
 is a euphemism

00:27:05.839 --> 00:27:06.899
 for the private parts.

00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:08.279
 So what he's saying here

00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:09.379
 is that the scepter,

00:27:09.519 --> 00:27:10.099
 the ruling,

00:27:10.299 --> 00:27:11.000
 the reign,

00:27:11.119 --> 00:27:11.720
 the kingship

00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:12.799
 will never depart

00:27:12.799 --> 00:27:13.539
 from the descendants

00:27:13.539 --> 00:27:14.679
 of Judah.

00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:16.099
 And it says

00:27:16.099 --> 00:27:17.159
 until tribute

00:27:17.159 --> 00:27:17.879
 comes to him.

00:27:18.139 --> 00:27:19.019
 Now that doesn't mean

00:27:19.019 --> 00:27:19.720
 that Judah

00:27:19.720 --> 00:27:21.480
 will stop having kings

00:27:21.480 --> 00:27:22.899
 when finally

00:27:22.900 --> 00:27:24.040
 tribute comes to him,

00:27:24.320 --> 00:27:25.140
 rather it's referring

00:27:25.140 --> 00:27:26.320
 to the culmination

00:27:26.320 --> 00:27:26.740
 of that.

00:27:27.080 --> 00:27:27.580
 Jacob will,

00:27:27.700 --> 00:27:27.880
 I mean,

00:27:27.960 --> 00:27:29.000
 Judah will continue

00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:29.740
 to have kings

00:27:29.740 --> 00:27:30.340
 in his line.

00:27:30.620 --> 00:27:31.220
 He will continue

00:27:31.220 --> 00:27:31.720
 to reign

00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:32.440
 and be preeminent

00:27:32.440 --> 00:27:33.360
 among his brothers

00:27:33.360 --> 00:27:34.740
 and that will be

00:27:34.740 --> 00:27:35.560
 culminated

00:27:35.560 --> 00:27:36.780
 at the point

00:27:36.780 --> 00:27:38.080
 when other nations

00:27:38.080 --> 00:27:38.840
 bring tribute

00:27:38.840 --> 00:27:39.600
 to him.

00:27:40.040 --> 00:27:41.200
 And obedience

00:27:41.200 --> 00:27:42.140
 of the peoples

00:27:42.140 --> 00:27:44.160
 shall be his.

00:27:44.440 --> 00:27:46.740
 This is a prophecy

00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:47.980
 that's fulfilled

00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:49.540
 in the Davidic kingdom.

00:27:49.800 --> 00:27:51.019
 David is the king

00:27:51.019 --> 00:27:51.700
 that comes from

00:27:51.700 --> 00:27:52.619
 the line of Judah.

00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:55.639
 And so this second

00:27:55.639 --> 00:27:56.680
 half of the verse 10,

00:27:56.839 --> 00:27:57.960
 in case some of you

00:27:57.960 --> 00:27:58.619
 guys are confused,

00:27:59.180 --> 00:28:00.039
 I'm going to just

00:28:00.039 --> 00:28:01.079
 take a little detour

00:28:01.079 --> 00:28:01.740
 and explain that

00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:02.420
 in verse 10

00:28:02.420 --> 00:28:03.119
 because if you're

00:28:03.119 --> 00:28:04.480
 looking at Bible

00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:04.980
 translations,

00:28:05.379 --> 00:28:06.299
 that's not English

00:28:06.299 --> 00:28:06.859
 standard version,

00:28:06.940 --> 00:28:07.660
 which is one I have,

00:28:08.019 --> 00:28:08.680
 it probably says

00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:09.339
 something different

00:28:09.339 --> 00:28:10.220
 in your Bible.

00:28:10.660 --> 00:28:11.700
 If you have the

00:28:11.700 --> 00:28:12.319
 New International

00:28:12.319 --> 00:28:12.720
 Version,

00:28:12.859 --> 00:28:13.079
 NIV,

00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:13.660
 it reads,

00:28:14.099 --> 00:28:15.420
 until he to whom

00:28:15.420 --> 00:28:16.039
 it belongs

00:28:16.039 --> 00:28:16.700
 shall come

00:28:16.700 --> 00:28:17.519
 and the obedience

00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:18.259
 of the nations

00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:19.039
 shall be his.

00:28:19.039 --> 00:28:20.180
 Some of you guys

00:28:20.180 --> 00:28:20.539
 have that.

00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:22.159
 Or if you have

00:28:22.159 --> 00:28:23.119
 the King James Version

00:28:23.119 --> 00:28:24.200
 or the New American

00:28:24.200 --> 00:28:25.000
 Standard Bible,

00:28:25.180 --> 00:28:25.659
 it says,

00:28:26.359 --> 00:28:27.639
 until he to whom,

00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:27.899
 no,

00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:29.399
 until Shiloh comes.

00:28:29.539 --> 00:28:30.299
 Some of you guys

00:28:30.299 --> 00:28:30.619
 have that?

00:28:31.099 --> 00:28:31.200
 So,

00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:33.180
 maybe I didn't even

00:28:33.180 --> 00:28:33.819
 have to mention it.

00:28:33.940 --> 00:28:34.200
 Are you guys

00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:34.940
 all using the ESV?

00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:37.319
 Okay.

00:28:37.559 --> 00:28:37.720
 Well,

00:28:37.740 --> 00:28:38.059
 you're not.

00:28:38.159 --> 00:28:38.279
 Okay.

00:28:38.420 --> 00:28:38.519
 So,

00:28:38.819 --> 00:28:39.720
 if you see that,

00:28:39.879 --> 00:28:40.480
 I want to,

00:28:40.599 --> 00:28:40.799
 I mean,

00:28:40.899 --> 00:28:41.579
 this is not,

00:28:41.700 --> 00:28:42.559
 doesn't directly tie

00:28:42.559 --> 00:28:43.720
 to the main point

00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:44.220
 I want to make,

00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:45.159
 but I do want to

00:28:45.159 --> 00:28:45.960
 build your confidence

00:28:45.960 --> 00:28:46.539
 in God's word.

00:28:46.639 --> 00:28:47.279
 And if you see

00:28:47.279 --> 00:28:48.259
 a discrepancy like that,

00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:49.299
 I want to show you why.

00:28:49.799 --> 00:28:50.480
 And the one is,

00:28:50.579 --> 00:28:51.339
 so first is,

00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:53.140
 the word for tribute

00:28:53.140 --> 00:28:54.779
 is notoriously difficult

00:28:54.779 --> 00:28:55.839
 to translate and interpret

00:28:55.839 --> 00:28:56.759
 because it only occurs

00:28:56.759 --> 00:28:57.920
 once in the entire Bible.

00:28:58.359 --> 00:28:58.539
 So,

00:28:58.660 --> 00:28:58.920
 really,

00:28:59.039 --> 00:28:59.740
 it's really guesswork.

00:28:59.799 --> 00:29:00.379
 You're trying to figure out

00:29:00.379 --> 00:29:00.900
 what it means.

00:29:01.839 --> 00:29:03.000
 And then,

00:29:03.200 --> 00:29:03.700
 and secondly,

00:29:03.879 --> 00:29:05.059
 so people who translate it

00:29:05.059 --> 00:29:05.240
 as,

00:29:05.319 --> 00:29:07.420
 until he to whom it belongs,

00:29:07.920 --> 00:29:08.460
 that's the way

00:29:08.460 --> 00:29:09.619
 they translate the word tribute.

00:29:10.019 --> 00:29:10.180
 So,

00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:11.879
 if you add one Hebrew

00:29:11.879 --> 00:29:13.180
 syllable consonant,

00:29:13.180 --> 00:29:14.820
 it changes to one

00:29:14.820 --> 00:29:15.920
 to whom it belongs.

00:29:16.060 --> 00:29:16.180
 So,

00:29:16.460 --> 00:29:17.620
 so people who translate it

00:29:17.620 --> 00:29:18.519
 that way are saying that,

00:29:18.600 --> 00:29:18.880
 okay,

00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:20.720
 it's probably a corruption

00:29:20.720 --> 00:29:21.720
 of the original manuscript.

00:29:21.940 --> 00:29:22.039
 So,

00:29:22.140 --> 00:29:23.000
 there probably used to be

00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:23.720
 this syllable in there

00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:24.740
 and that makes a lot more sense

00:29:24.740 --> 00:29:25.039
 to us.

00:29:25.080 --> 00:29:25.140
 So,

00:29:25.180 --> 00:29:25.900
 we're going to interpret it

00:29:25.900 --> 00:29:26.180
 that way.

00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:26.940
 That's what they're saying.

00:29:27.320 --> 00:29:28.120
 And the third option,

00:29:28.220 --> 00:29:29.120
 the Shiloh comes,

00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:30.539
 that's just the literal translation

00:29:30.539 --> 00:29:31.539
 because the Hebrew word

00:29:31.539 --> 00:29:32.580
 is Shiloh.

00:29:33.080 --> 00:29:33.320
 And if,

00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:34.519
 and they're understanding it

00:29:34.519 --> 00:29:35.600
 to mean Shiloh

00:29:35.600 --> 00:29:37.400
 is where the Ark of God,

00:29:37.500 --> 00:29:37.980
 which represents

00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:38.960
 the presence of God,

00:29:39.039 --> 00:29:39.420
 resided.

00:29:39.640 --> 00:29:40.180
 It's the city

00:29:40.180 --> 00:29:40.880
 where the Ark of God

00:29:40.880 --> 00:29:41.420
 was kept

00:29:41.420 --> 00:29:42.900
 before the time

00:29:42.900 --> 00:29:44.019
 of the Davidic monarchy.

00:29:44.400 --> 00:29:44.539
 So,

00:29:44.600 --> 00:29:45.620
 when David took the throne

00:29:45.620 --> 00:29:46.080
 in Jerusalem,

00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:47.660
 they brought the Ark of God

00:29:47.660 --> 00:29:48.519
 to Jerusalem.

00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:49.120
 So,

00:29:49.180 --> 00:29:50.120
 they think that it's

00:29:50.120 --> 00:29:51.259
 until Shiloh comes

00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:52.759
 means that that's the culmination

00:29:52.759 --> 00:29:53.840
 of Judah's reign

00:29:53.840 --> 00:29:55.860
 is that when Shiloh

00:29:55.860 --> 00:29:57.279
 as representing the Ark of God

00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:58.180
 that was in Shiloh

00:29:58.180 --> 00:29:59.500
 comes to him,

00:29:59.759 --> 00:30:00.440
 comes to the king.

00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:00.600
 So,

00:30:00.740 --> 00:30:00.840
 that's,

00:30:01.060 --> 00:30:01.700
 those are the kind of

00:30:01.700 --> 00:30:02.840
 three major interpretations.

00:30:03.400 --> 00:30:04.299
 You could believe

00:30:04.299 --> 00:30:05.299
 any one of them

00:30:05.299 --> 00:30:06.100
 and the reason why

00:30:06.100 --> 00:30:06.640
 is because

00:30:06.640 --> 00:30:08.080
 they all mean

00:30:08.080 --> 00:30:08.820
 the same thing

00:30:08.820 --> 00:30:09.299
 in the end

00:30:09.299 --> 00:30:10.319
 because they all refer

00:30:10.319 --> 00:30:11.539
 to the Davidic monarchy.

00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:12.079
 Like,

00:30:12.119 --> 00:30:12.799
 no matter which way

00:30:12.799 --> 00:30:13.200
 you cut it,

00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:13.960
 it all refers

00:30:13.960 --> 00:30:14.619
 to fulfillment

00:30:14.619 --> 00:30:15.759
 in the Davidic monarchy.

00:30:15.839 --> 00:30:16.879
 When David becomes king,

00:30:17.039 --> 00:30:17.899
 all of these things

00:30:17.899 --> 00:30:18.480
 are fulfilled.

00:30:18.579 --> 00:30:19.599
 The nations bring tribute

00:30:19.599 --> 00:30:20.019
 to him,

00:30:20.379 --> 00:30:20.559
 right?

00:30:20.619 --> 00:30:20.960
 The obedience

00:30:20.960 --> 00:30:21.319
 to the people

00:30:21.319 --> 00:30:21.759
 are his.

00:30:22.259 --> 00:30:23.419
 The Shiloh comes,

00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:24.059
 the Ark of God

00:30:24.059 --> 00:30:24.720
 comes to him,

00:30:24.879 --> 00:30:25.740
 and to him

00:30:25.740 --> 00:30:26.359
 who it belongs

00:30:26.359 --> 00:30:26.960
 has come.

00:30:27.039 --> 00:30:27.139
 So,

00:30:27.220 --> 00:30:27.919
 he's the one.

00:30:28.579 --> 00:30:28.740
 And so,

00:30:28.940 --> 00:30:30.419
 that's what

00:30:30.419 --> 00:30:32.740
 those discrepancies mean.

00:30:33.279 --> 00:30:33.599
 And then,

00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:34.720
 verses 11 to 12

00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:35.419
 conclude

00:30:35.419 --> 00:30:36.299
 Judah's blessings.

00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:37.579
 Binding his foal

00:30:37.579 --> 00:30:38.139
 to the vine

00:30:38.140 --> 00:30:38.980
 and his donkey's

00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:40.140
 cold to the choice vine,

00:30:40.320 --> 00:30:41.060
 he has washed

00:30:41.060 --> 00:30:41.620
 his garments

00:30:41.620 --> 00:30:42.120
 in wine

00:30:42.120 --> 00:30:42.920
 and his vesture

00:30:42.920 --> 00:30:43.640
 in the blood

00:30:43.640 --> 00:30:44.120
 of grapes.

00:30:44.400 --> 00:30:45.460
 His eyes are darker

00:30:45.460 --> 00:30:45.880
 than wine

00:30:45.880 --> 00:30:46.480
 and his teeth

00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:47.460
 whiter than milk.

00:30:48.140 --> 00:30:48.320
 Now,

00:30:48.380 --> 00:30:48.840
 the reference

00:30:48.840 --> 00:30:50.000
 to binding his donkey

00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:50.480
 on the vine

00:30:50.480 --> 00:30:51.340
 is a little obscure,

00:30:51.700 --> 00:30:52.200
 but basically,

00:30:52.300 --> 00:30:52.820
 what he's saying

00:30:52.820 --> 00:30:53.860
 is that there will be

00:30:53.860 --> 00:30:54.880
 such abundance

00:30:54.880 --> 00:30:55.660
 of wine,

00:30:55.700 --> 00:30:56.800
 and wine is considered

00:30:56.800 --> 00:30:57.720
 a sign of luxury

00:30:57.720 --> 00:30:58.780
 and prosperity.

00:30:59.300 --> 00:31:00.480
 There's such an abundance

00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:00.940
 of wine,

00:31:01.040 --> 00:31:01.759
 you could even tie

00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:02.280
 your donkey

00:31:02.280 --> 00:31:02.980
 to your vine,

00:31:03.180 --> 00:31:03.820
 not worrying

00:31:03.820 --> 00:31:04.640
 about your donkey

00:31:04.640 --> 00:31:05.759
 eating right from

00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:06.240
 your grapes

00:31:06.240 --> 00:31:06.960
 and trampling

00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:07.500
 on your vines

00:31:07.500 --> 00:31:07.960
 because there's

00:31:07.960 --> 00:31:08.480
 so much

00:31:08.480 --> 00:31:09.380
 to go around.

00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:11.240
 And that image

00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:12.720
 of prosperity

00:31:12.720 --> 00:31:13.420
 and wine

00:31:13.420 --> 00:31:14.000
 and milk

00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:14.440
 flowing

00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:16.400
 is taken up

00:31:16.400 --> 00:31:17.319
 by later writers

00:31:17.319 --> 00:31:17.960
 of the Bible

00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:19.039
 in the Old Testament

00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:19.539
 prophets

00:31:19.539 --> 00:31:21.240
 and they use that

00:31:21.240 --> 00:31:22.220
 to talk about

00:31:22.220 --> 00:31:23.259
 the Messianic kingdom.

00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:24.480
 And when the Messiah

00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:25.559
 comes and the kingdom

00:31:25.559 --> 00:31:26.200
 of God comes,

00:31:26.359 --> 00:31:27.400
 it will be like this.

00:31:27.559 --> 00:31:28.319
 So this is all

00:31:28.319 --> 00:31:29.120
 pointing to that

00:31:29.120 --> 00:31:29.460
 ultimately.

00:31:30.220 --> 00:31:30.559
 And now,

00:31:30.799 --> 00:31:31.660
 after blessing

00:31:31.660 --> 00:31:32.440
 his other sons,

00:31:32.660 --> 00:31:33.420
 Jacob at last

00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:34.340
 turns to Joseph

00:31:34.340 --> 00:31:36.240
 in verses 22 to 26

00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:37.340
 and Jacob

00:31:37.340 --> 00:31:38.120
 blesses Joseph

00:31:38.120 --> 00:31:39.019
 with fruitfulness

00:31:39.019 --> 00:31:40.160
 which is upon

00:31:40.160 --> 00:31:41.320
 an Ephraim's name

00:31:41.320 --> 00:31:42.259
 because his name

00:31:42.259 --> 00:31:43.500
 means twice fruitful

00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:45.779
 from Genesis 41, 52.

00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:47.539
 And the expectation

00:31:47.539 --> 00:31:48.160
 then is that

00:31:48.160 --> 00:31:48.900
 this blessing

00:31:48.900 --> 00:31:49.320
 on Joseph

00:31:49.320 --> 00:31:49.840
 will pass

00:31:49.840 --> 00:31:50.600
 through Ephraim

00:31:50.600 --> 00:31:51.480
 who was the one

00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:52.220
 who received

00:31:52.220 --> 00:31:53.039
 the greater blessing

00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:54.360
 from Jacob.

00:31:54.900 --> 00:31:55.480
 And then Jacob

00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:56.640
 recounts Joseph's

00:31:56.640 --> 00:31:57.279
 troubled past,

00:31:57.480 --> 00:31:58.060
 how he was,

00:31:58.100 --> 00:31:58.340
 you know,

00:31:58.480 --> 00:31:59.440
 sold into slavery

00:31:59.440 --> 00:32:00.000
 by his brothers

00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:00.940
 and imprisoned

00:32:00.940 --> 00:32:01.740
 by Potiphar.

00:32:01.740 --> 00:32:03.539
 And he talks

00:32:03.539 --> 00:32:03.940
 about that

00:32:03.940 --> 00:32:05.180
 in more abstract ways.

00:32:05.380 --> 00:32:06.200
 And then he talks

00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:06.440
 about how

00:32:06.440 --> 00:32:07.160
 the mighty one

00:32:07.160 --> 00:32:07.759
 of Jacob,

00:32:08.039 --> 00:32:08.759
 the shepherd,

00:32:08.900 --> 00:32:10.299
 the stone of Israel

00:32:10.299 --> 00:32:11.299
 helped him

00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:12.180
 through it all.

00:32:12.700 --> 00:32:13.120
 And then,

00:32:13.259 --> 00:32:13.700
 after having

00:32:13.700 --> 00:32:14.700
 recounting his past,

00:32:14.839 --> 00:32:17.220
 he blesses Joseph

00:32:17.220 --> 00:32:18.420
 and he names

00:32:18.420 --> 00:32:19.380
 every blessing

00:32:19.380 --> 00:32:20.339
 you can possibly

00:32:20.339 --> 00:32:20.960
 think of.

00:32:21.299 --> 00:32:22.240
 He lists them all.

00:32:23.099 --> 00:32:25.460
 And the word blessing

00:32:25.460 --> 00:32:26.160
 has been kind of

00:32:26.160 --> 00:32:26.640
 a key word

00:32:26.640 --> 00:32:27.180
 throughout the book

00:32:27.180 --> 00:32:27.579
 of Genesis.

00:32:28.019 --> 00:32:28.859
 And one commentator

00:32:28.859 --> 00:32:29.759
 says this is kind of

00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:31.160
 like the finale

00:32:31.160 --> 00:32:32.500
 of a fireworks display

00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:33.800
 because the word blessing

00:32:33.800 --> 00:32:34.680
 happens just again

00:32:34.680 --> 00:32:34.980
 and again

00:32:34.980 --> 00:32:35.259
 and again

00:32:35.259 --> 00:32:35.600
 and again

00:32:35.600 --> 00:32:36.640
 like just six times

00:32:36.640 --> 00:32:37.800
 in just two verses

00:32:37.800 --> 00:32:39.460
 in verses 25 to 26.

00:32:40.220 --> 00:32:41.320
 And there's a beautiful

00:32:41.320 --> 00:32:42.640
 balancing of this blessing.

00:32:42.800 --> 00:32:43.100
 It says,

00:32:43.220 --> 00:32:43.700
 right,

00:32:43.900 --> 00:32:45.320
 blessing of heaven above,

00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:46.640
 blessings of the deep

00:32:46.640 --> 00:32:47.580
 that crotches beneath,

00:32:47.960 --> 00:32:48.960
 blessings of the breasts

00:32:48.960 --> 00:32:50.100
 and of the womb.

00:32:50.600 --> 00:32:51.580
 So the word heaven

00:32:51.580 --> 00:32:52.560
 is a word play

00:32:52.560 --> 00:32:53.680
 on the word breast.

00:32:53.860 --> 00:32:55.060
 They look and sound similar.

00:32:55.300 --> 00:32:56.259
 And the word deep

00:32:56.259 --> 00:32:57.019
 is a word play

00:32:57.019 --> 00:32:57.920
 on the word womb.

00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:59.600
 So there's a beautiful

00:32:59.600 --> 00:33:00.500
 harmony here

00:33:00.500 --> 00:33:01.180
 and a balance

00:33:01.180 --> 00:33:03.220
 between basically

00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:04.039
 the male sphere

00:33:04.039 --> 00:33:04.980
 and the female sphere,

00:33:05.060 --> 00:33:05.200
 right?

00:33:05.200 --> 00:33:06.620
 So the woman can uniquely

00:33:06.620 --> 00:33:08.420
 bear and rear children,

00:33:08.800 --> 00:33:08.980
 right?

00:33:09.019 --> 00:33:09.880
 And he's saying here

00:33:09.880 --> 00:33:11.240
 that that part

00:33:11.240 --> 00:33:11.860
 will be blessed.

00:33:12.180 --> 00:33:12.860
 And he's also saying

00:33:12.860 --> 00:33:13.680
 that men are called

00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:14.980
 to till and to toil

00:33:14.980 --> 00:33:16.279
 and then that sphere

00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:17.360
 is also going to be blessed.

00:33:17.600 --> 00:33:19.460
 So Joseph is all set.

00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:20.080
 He's going to be blessed

00:33:20.080 --> 00:33:21.019
 in every single way.

00:33:21.860 --> 00:33:24.320
 And it's no surprise to us

00:33:24.320 --> 00:33:25.080
 that in the future

00:33:25.079 --> 00:33:27.559
 in Israel as a nation,

00:33:28.899 --> 00:33:29.679
 Ephraim becomes

00:33:29.679 --> 00:33:30.859
 a very strong tribe.

00:33:31.299 --> 00:33:33.319
 And when the northern tribes

00:33:33.319 --> 00:33:34.039
 of Israel,

00:33:34.299 --> 00:33:36.559
 so basically 10 of the 12 tribes

00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:37.439
 minus Judah,

00:33:37.659 --> 00:33:38.419
 basically 12 tribes

00:33:38.419 --> 00:33:39.819
 minus Judah and Levite,

00:33:40.359 --> 00:33:43.039
 separate from the Davidic monarchy

00:33:43.039 --> 00:33:44.179
 to form their own kingdom,

00:33:44.500 --> 00:33:45.839
 northern kingdom of Israel,

00:33:46.299 --> 00:33:47.379
 the first king chosen

00:33:47.379 --> 00:33:48.019
 out of that group

00:33:48.019 --> 00:33:49.099
 is an Ephraimite.

00:33:49.859 --> 00:33:51.559
 And from that point on,

00:33:51.659 --> 00:33:53.480
 every king's seat,

00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:54.660
 the royal seat of Israel

00:33:54.660 --> 00:33:56.460
 is in Ephraim's territory.

00:33:56.960 --> 00:33:57.900
 And so Ephraim becomes

00:33:57.900 --> 00:33:58.640
 kind of synonymous

00:33:58.640 --> 00:34:00.099
 with this reign

00:34:00.099 --> 00:34:00.960
 and prominence

00:34:00.960 --> 00:34:02.380
 in Israel's kingdom.

00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:03.559
 And so,

00:34:03.920 --> 00:34:05.059
 and after all of this,

00:34:05.200 --> 00:34:06.819
 verse 28 concludes

00:34:06.819 --> 00:34:07.740
 Jacob's benediction

00:34:07.740 --> 00:34:08.380
 by saying,

00:34:08.800 --> 00:34:10.579
 all these are the 12 tribes

00:34:10.579 --> 00:34:11.099
 of Israel.

00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:12.780
 This is what their father

00:34:12.780 --> 00:34:13.420
 said to them

00:34:13.420 --> 00:34:14.340
 as he blessed them,

00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:15.380
 blessing each

00:34:15.380 --> 00:34:16.059
 with the blessing

00:34:16.059 --> 00:34:17.699
 suitable to him.

00:34:18.260 --> 00:34:19.139
 And this is where

00:34:19.139 --> 00:34:19.900
 we begin to see

00:34:19.900 --> 00:34:21.559
 more clearly

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:22.380
 the first fruits

00:34:22.380 --> 00:34:22.960
 of the promise

00:34:22.960 --> 00:34:23.860
 that God had given him.

00:34:24.400 --> 00:34:24.480
 Right?

00:34:24.539 --> 00:34:25.460
 It's the first time

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:26.940
 in the entire Old Testament

00:34:26.940 --> 00:34:29.240
 where the 12 tribes

00:34:29.240 --> 00:34:30.340
 of Israel are mentioned.

00:34:30.599 --> 00:34:30.740
 Right?

00:34:31.200 --> 00:34:31.680
 So this,

00:34:31.860 --> 00:34:32.680
 these are not just

00:34:32.680 --> 00:34:33.700
 Jacob's 12 sons,

00:34:33.860 --> 00:34:35.059
 but they're the ones

00:34:35.059 --> 00:34:35.559
 that are going to be

00:34:35.559 --> 00:34:36.099
 the forefathers

00:34:36.099 --> 00:34:37.400
 of the entire nation

00:34:37.400 --> 00:34:38.579
 of Israel.

00:34:39.079 --> 00:34:40.539
 And that's fairly obvious

00:34:40.539 --> 00:34:41.340
 as we read the blessings.

00:34:41.440 --> 00:34:41.920
 It's not really

00:34:41.920 --> 00:34:42.840
 blessing to individuals,

00:34:43.160 --> 00:34:44.840
 but blessing to entire tribes.

00:34:45.579 --> 00:34:45.960
 And then,

00:34:46.180 --> 00:34:47.200
 and so these are

00:34:47.200 --> 00:34:48.320
 really the first fruits

00:34:48.320 --> 00:34:48.940
 of the promise

00:34:48.940 --> 00:34:49.760
 that God had given

00:34:49.760 --> 00:34:50.200
 to Abraham

00:34:50.199 --> 00:34:50.960
 being fulfilled.

00:34:51.059 --> 00:34:52.399
 He said in Genesis 12 too,

00:34:52.460 --> 00:34:53.159
 I will make of you

00:34:53.159 --> 00:34:54.159
 a great nation.

00:34:54.159 --> 00:34:55.119
 And that promise

00:34:55.119 --> 00:34:56.159
 of nation is now

00:34:56.159 --> 00:34:57.119
 beginning to be fulfilled

00:34:57.119 --> 00:34:58.799
 through his 12 sons.

00:34:59.919 --> 00:35:00.679
 And moreover,

00:35:00.759 --> 00:35:02.139
 if you look at

00:35:02.139 --> 00:35:03.759
 the previous instances

00:35:03.759 --> 00:35:04.879
 in Genesis

00:35:04.879 --> 00:35:06.119
 where the sons

00:35:06.119 --> 00:35:07.099
 of Jacob were listed,

00:35:07.299 --> 00:35:08.639
 so in Genesis 35

00:35:08.639 --> 00:35:09.980
 and Genesis 46,

00:35:10.419 --> 00:35:11.879
 in both of these occasions,

00:35:12.279 --> 00:35:13.039
 Jacob's sons

00:35:13.039 --> 00:35:13.779
 are listed

00:35:13.779 --> 00:35:16.779
 basically in accordance

00:35:16.779 --> 00:35:18.059
 with who their mothers were.

00:35:18.059 --> 00:35:19.579
 So it says sons of Leah

00:35:19.579 --> 00:35:20.400
 and they will list them

00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:21.679
 and the sons of Rachel

00:35:21.679 --> 00:35:22.340
 will list them.

00:35:22.619 --> 00:35:23.299
 And that's a very

00:35:23.299 --> 00:35:24.340
 unconventional way

00:35:24.340 --> 00:35:25.820
 to list sons in the Bible.

00:35:26.019 --> 00:35:27.079
 And it signals

00:35:27.079 --> 00:35:29.059
 that there's disunity

00:35:29.059 --> 00:35:30.199
 and division

00:35:30.199 --> 00:35:31.039
 in their family

00:35:31.039 --> 00:35:32.239
 because they're

00:35:32.239 --> 00:35:33.259
 warring against each other,

00:35:33.539 --> 00:35:34.079
 sons of Leah

00:35:34.079 --> 00:35:34.900
 and sons of Rachel.

00:35:35.360 --> 00:35:36.279
 But this here

00:35:36.279 --> 00:35:37.019
 is the first instance

00:35:37.579 --> 00:35:38.860
 when all the sons

00:35:38.860 --> 00:35:39.320
 of Jacob

00:35:39.320 --> 00:35:40.960
 are listed together

00:35:40.960 --> 00:35:42.179
 in one list

00:35:42.179 --> 00:35:44.099
 in the order of birth.

00:35:44.559 --> 00:35:44.659
 Right?

00:35:44.759 --> 00:35:45.900
 So this shows

00:35:45.900 --> 00:35:46.880
 that Jacob's family

00:35:46.880 --> 00:35:48.039
 is now united again.

00:35:48.360 --> 00:35:49.380
 They're reconciled

00:35:49.380 --> 00:35:50.099
 and now they're

00:35:50.099 --> 00:35:50.800
 going to be ready

00:35:50.800 --> 00:35:52.079
 to fulfill God's promise

00:35:52.079 --> 00:35:52.940
 of creating

00:35:52.940 --> 00:35:53.820
 a great nation

00:35:53.820 --> 00:35:54.940
 out of Israel.

00:35:55.039 --> 00:35:56.920
 So that's the first fruits

00:35:56.920 --> 00:35:58.460
 of God's promise.

00:35:58.980 --> 00:35:59.860
 And as he sees

00:35:59.860 --> 00:36:00.639
 this promise

00:36:00.639 --> 00:36:01.360
 being fulfilled

00:36:01.360 --> 00:36:03.519
 and as Joseph,

00:36:03.840 --> 00:36:04.700
 his son,

00:36:04.780 --> 00:36:05.599
 his beloved son,

00:36:05.639 --> 00:36:06.480
 is about to close

00:36:06.480 --> 00:36:07.460
 his eyes in death

00:36:07.460 --> 00:36:08.960
 as God had promised earlier,

00:36:09.460 --> 00:36:10.940
 Jacob now looks ahead

00:36:10.940 --> 00:36:11.519
 to the parts

00:36:11.519 --> 00:36:12.220
 of God's promise

00:36:12.220 --> 00:36:13.559
 that is not yet fulfilled

00:36:13.559 --> 00:36:15.000
 in Genesis 46,

00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:15.659
 3-4.

00:36:16.400 --> 00:36:16.780
 He says,

00:36:17.320 --> 00:36:18.619
 I am God,

00:36:18.679 --> 00:36:19.500
 the God of your father.

00:36:19.579 --> 00:36:20.360
 Do not be afraid

00:36:20.360 --> 00:36:21.380
 to go down to Egypt

00:36:21.380 --> 00:36:22.940
 for there I will make you

00:36:22.940 --> 00:36:24.019
 into a great nation.

00:36:24.360 --> 00:36:25.719
 I myself will go down

00:36:25.719 --> 00:36:26.539
 with you to Jacob

00:36:26.539 --> 00:36:28.179
 and I will also

00:36:28.179 --> 00:36:30.079
 bring you up again.

00:36:30.440 --> 00:36:31.420
 Bring you up again

00:36:31.420 --> 00:36:32.599
 out of Egypt.

00:36:32.920 --> 00:36:34.199
 God had promised him that.

00:36:34.619 --> 00:36:35.340
 But because

00:36:35.340 --> 00:36:36.420
 he's not,

00:36:37.739 --> 00:36:39.280
 he's still in Egypt

00:36:39.280 --> 00:36:40.699
 when he's dying,

00:36:40.780 --> 00:36:41.980
 he tells all of his sons

00:36:41.980 --> 00:36:42.980
 to take him

00:36:42.980 --> 00:36:44.780
 to the specific piece of land,

00:36:44.840 --> 00:36:45.760
 the one piece of land

00:36:45.760 --> 00:36:47.360
 that he had officially purchased

00:36:47.360 --> 00:36:48.780
 or rather his forefather,

00:36:48.900 --> 00:36:49.219
 Abram,

00:36:49.260 --> 00:36:50.300
 had officially purchased

00:36:50.300 --> 00:36:50.860
 from Mamre

00:36:50.860 --> 00:36:52.460
 to bury him there.

00:36:52.920 --> 00:36:53.780
 And the reason for this,

00:36:53.860 --> 00:36:54.219
 and of course,

00:36:54.320 --> 00:36:54.440
 I mean,

00:36:54.480 --> 00:36:55.900
 he's a very prominent figure.

00:36:55.960 --> 00:36:57.320
 Remember from last week

00:36:57.320 --> 00:36:58.719
 that Pharaoh was

00:36:58.719 --> 00:37:00.579
 paying homage to Jacob

00:37:00.579 --> 00:37:02.420
 and Jacob is really,

00:37:03.420 --> 00:37:03.619
 I mean,

00:37:03.699 --> 00:37:04.619
 his son,

00:37:04.740 --> 00:37:04.960
 Joseph,

00:37:05.039 --> 00:37:06.500
 is a vizier of Egypt.

00:37:07.179 --> 00:37:08.619
 So Jacob could have been

00:37:08.619 --> 00:37:09.719
 buried in the best property

00:37:09.719 --> 00:37:10.119
 in Egypt

00:37:10.119 --> 00:37:11.119
 wherever he wanted.

00:37:11.119 --> 00:37:12.079
 But the reason why

00:37:12.079 --> 00:37:13.699
 he specifically instructs them

00:37:13.699 --> 00:37:15.119
 to take him back to Canaan

00:37:15.119 --> 00:37:16.339
 is because he's not

00:37:16.339 --> 00:37:17.599
 staking out his claim

00:37:17.599 --> 00:37:18.159
 in Egypt,

00:37:18.319 --> 00:37:19.339
 but he's holding on

00:37:19.339 --> 00:37:20.279
 to God's promise

00:37:20.279 --> 00:37:20.839
 and saying,

00:37:20.980 --> 00:37:22.019
 that's where God promised

00:37:22.019 --> 00:37:23.199
 to give us a nation

00:37:23.199 --> 00:37:24.079
 and a place

00:37:24.079 --> 00:37:24.980
 for us to dwell.

00:37:25.239 --> 00:37:25.639
 And therefore,

00:37:25.759 --> 00:37:27.339
 I'm going to hold on to that

00:37:27.339 --> 00:37:28.699
 and hope in the fulfillment

00:37:28.699 --> 00:37:29.319
 of that promise.

00:37:29.639 --> 00:37:30.500
 And so I charge you,

00:37:30.539 --> 00:37:30.859
 my sons,

00:37:30.900 --> 00:37:32.099
 to take me back there

00:37:32.099 --> 00:37:33.339
 when I die.

00:37:33.460 --> 00:37:33.839
 So that's,

00:37:34.179 --> 00:37:35.279
 and that leads us

00:37:35.279 --> 00:37:36.099
 to our second point,

00:37:36.199 --> 00:37:36.940
 which is shorter.

00:37:37.420 --> 00:37:38.839
 And it's the fulfillment

00:37:38.839 --> 00:37:39.579
 of the promise.

00:37:39.579 --> 00:37:39.960
 So this,

00:37:40.099 --> 00:37:41.239
 we saw the first fruits

00:37:41.239 --> 00:37:41.679
 of the promise

00:37:41.679 --> 00:37:42.739
 that Jacob gets to enjoy

00:37:42.739 --> 00:37:43.639
 and now we have to see

00:37:43.639 --> 00:37:44.360
 the fulfillment

00:37:44.360 --> 00:37:45.099
 of the promise.

00:37:45.880 --> 00:37:47.360
 And in chapter 50,

00:37:48.219 --> 00:37:49.279
 now Jacob's sons

00:37:49.279 --> 00:37:50.199
 do follow through

00:37:50.199 --> 00:37:51.679
 on their father's last wish

00:37:51.679 --> 00:37:53.880
 and Joseph gets Pharaoh's permission

00:37:53.880 --> 00:37:54.900
 and then they go

00:37:54.900 --> 00:37:57.219
 and bury Jacob in Canaan.

00:37:57.920 --> 00:37:58.960
 And as they do that,

00:37:59.039 --> 00:38:00.380
 the word go up

00:38:00.380 --> 00:38:01.880
 is used seven times

00:38:01.880 --> 00:38:03.059
 and that's not just

00:38:03.059 --> 00:38:03.759
 any other word

00:38:03.759 --> 00:38:04.940
 for going somewhere.

00:38:05.299 --> 00:38:07.019
 It's rather a technical word

00:38:07.019 --> 00:38:07.619
 that's used

00:38:07.619 --> 00:38:08.859
 in the book of Exodus

00:38:08.859 --> 00:38:10.400
 referred to Israel's

00:38:10.400 --> 00:38:11.440
 exodus from Egypt.

00:38:11.639 --> 00:38:12.900
 So this is prefiguring

00:38:12.900 --> 00:38:13.759
 what is to come.

00:38:14.059 --> 00:38:14.839
 In the same way,

00:38:14.920 --> 00:38:15.799
 Jacob and his sons

00:38:15.799 --> 00:38:17.239
 are going up to Canaan

00:38:17.239 --> 00:38:18.059
 out of Egypt.

00:38:18.480 --> 00:38:18.960
 Israel,

00:38:19.119 --> 00:38:19.619
 the nation,

00:38:19.759 --> 00:38:20.420
 will go up

00:38:20.420 --> 00:38:21.199
 out of Egypt

00:38:21.199 --> 00:38:22.440
 into Canaan

00:38:22.440 --> 00:38:23.480
 at the Exodus.

00:38:24.339 --> 00:38:25.179
 And then,

00:38:25.440 --> 00:38:26.359
 and when they're done

00:38:26.359 --> 00:38:26.920
 with the burial,

00:38:27.019 --> 00:38:27.359
 however,

00:38:27.940 --> 00:38:29.460
 Joseph's brother's

00:38:29.460 --> 00:38:30.339
 old fears

00:38:30.339 --> 00:38:31.639
 just resurface.

00:38:31.639 --> 00:38:32.799
 and then,

00:38:32.879 --> 00:38:33.980
 and they're worried

00:38:33.980 --> 00:38:34.559
 that now that

00:38:34.559 --> 00:38:35.779
 their father's dead

00:38:35.779 --> 00:38:37.279
 and there's no one

00:38:37.279 --> 00:38:37.879
 to really

00:38:37.879 --> 00:38:40.279
 keep Joseph in line,

00:38:40.739 --> 00:38:41.339
 that Joseph

00:38:41.339 --> 00:38:42.239
 had been holding

00:38:42.239 --> 00:38:42.980
 a grudge against them

00:38:42.980 --> 00:38:43.440
 all along

00:38:43.440 --> 00:38:44.679
 for selling him

00:38:44.679 --> 00:38:46.199
 into slavery earlier

00:38:46.199 --> 00:38:46.960
 and now he's going

00:38:46.960 --> 00:38:48.199
 to really destroy us.

00:38:48.659 --> 00:38:49.139
 And so he's,

00:38:49.279 --> 00:38:50.119
 they're worried about that

00:38:50.119 --> 00:38:51.359
 and they act preemptively

00:38:51.359 --> 00:38:52.980
 and to,

00:38:53.139 --> 00:38:53.819
 to basically

00:38:53.819 --> 00:38:54.460
 appease

00:38:54.460 --> 00:38:55.539
 Joseph.

00:38:55.779 --> 00:38:56.339
 And then Joseph

00:38:56.339 --> 00:38:57.099
 reassures them

00:38:57.099 --> 00:38:58.599
 in verses 19 to 21.

00:38:59.500 --> 00:39:00.259
 Do not fear

00:39:00.259 --> 00:39:01.279
 for am I

00:39:01.279 --> 00:39:02.199
 in the place of God?

00:39:02.599 --> 00:39:03.279
 As for you,

00:39:03.380 --> 00:39:04.400
 you meant evil

00:39:04.400 --> 00:39:05.099
 against me

00:39:05.099 --> 00:39:06.639
 but God meant it

00:39:06.639 --> 00:39:07.159
 for good

00:39:07.159 --> 00:39:08.380
 to bring it about

00:39:08.380 --> 00:39:09.219
 that many people

00:39:09.219 --> 00:39:10.219
 should be kept alive

00:39:10.219 --> 00:39:11.339
 as they are today.

00:39:11.599 --> 00:39:12.699
 So do not fear,

00:39:12.819 --> 00:39:14.079
 I will provide for you

00:39:14.079 --> 00:39:15.420
 and your little ones.

00:39:15.920 --> 00:39:16.839
 And last week,

00:39:16.940 --> 00:39:18.980
 I explained this briefly

00:39:18.980 --> 00:39:20.679
 that how this illustrates

00:39:20.679 --> 00:39:21.860
 God's radical sovereignty

00:39:21.860 --> 00:39:22.960
 and care for his people,

00:39:23.380 --> 00:39:23.519
 right?

00:39:23.539 --> 00:39:24.880
 Because it doesn't say here

00:39:24.880 --> 00:39:26.559
 that what Joseph's brothers

00:39:26.559 --> 00:39:27.900
 meant for evil,

00:39:28.039 --> 00:39:29.279
 God used it for good.

00:39:29.559 --> 00:39:30.539
 It says that what they

00:39:30.539 --> 00:39:31.519
 meant for evil,

00:39:31.679 --> 00:39:33.420
 God meant it for good,

00:39:33.719 --> 00:39:33.900
 right?

00:39:33.940 --> 00:39:34.860
 That means it's,

00:39:34.940 --> 00:39:36.500
 God's not like this investor,

00:39:36.639 --> 00:39:36.799
 right,

00:39:36.840 --> 00:39:38.400
 who is trying to cut his losses,

00:39:38.599 --> 00:39:39.619
 minimize losses

00:39:39.619 --> 00:39:41.500
 at a time of financial downturn.

00:39:41.619 --> 00:39:41.739
 No,

00:39:42.079 --> 00:39:42.820
 he's the investor

00:39:42.820 --> 00:39:44.159
 who sovereignly knows

00:39:44.159 --> 00:39:45.179
 everything that's happening

00:39:45.179 --> 00:39:46.659
 and every downturn

00:39:46.659 --> 00:39:47.559
 and every loss

00:39:47.559 --> 00:39:48.480
 is intended

00:39:48.480 --> 00:39:50.039
 from the very beginning,

00:39:50.099 --> 00:39:50.880
 from eternity past

00:39:50.880 --> 00:39:51.840
 for good.

00:39:52.259 --> 00:39:53.299
 That's how sovereign

00:39:53.299 --> 00:39:53.860
 and mighty

00:39:53.860 --> 00:39:54.639
 and God is

00:39:54.639 --> 00:39:56.199
 and that's how he cares for us.

00:39:56.559 --> 00:39:57.320
 And so Joseph,

00:39:57.619 --> 00:39:58.219
 knowing this,

00:39:58.279 --> 00:39:59.219
 is able to graciously

00:39:59.219 --> 00:40:01.179
 forgive his brothers

00:40:01.179 --> 00:40:03.519
 and assure them

00:40:03.519 --> 00:40:05.019
 and speak companyly

00:40:05.019 --> 00:40:05.960
 to them.

00:40:06.960 --> 00:40:07.500
 And then,

00:40:07.940 --> 00:40:09.360
 after living peaceably

00:40:09.360 --> 00:40:10.380
 together for many years,

00:40:10.579 --> 00:40:10.860
 Joseph,

00:40:11.059 --> 00:40:12.119
 like Jacob before him,

00:40:12.380 --> 00:40:13.279
 approaches his death

00:40:13.279 --> 00:40:14.119
 and then he makes

00:40:14.119 --> 00:40:15.059
 the rest of the sons

00:40:15.059 --> 00:40:15.980
 of Israel swear,

00:40:16.199 --> 00:40:16.500
 saying,

00:40:16.920 --> 00:40:18.900
 God will surely visit you

00:40:18.900 --> 00:40:20.559
 and you shall carry up

00:40:20.559 --> 00:40:22.360
 my bones from here.

00:40:22.420 --> 00:40:23.480
 That's verse 25

00:40:23.480 --> 00:40:24.340
 of chapter 50.

00:40:24.340 --> 00:40:26.519
 And even though Joseph,

00:40:26.660 --> 00:40:28.260
 he's the vizier of Egypt,

00:40:28.740 --> 00:40:29.720
 he has all the wealth

00:40:29.720 --> 00:40:31.600
 of this great civilization

00:40:31.600 --> 00:40:32.940
 at his disposal,

00:40:33.500 --> 00:40:33.900
 yet even,

00:40:34.200 --> 00:40:34.559
 and he,

00:40:34.860 --> 00:40:35.039
 I mean,

00:40:35.100 --> 00:40:36.019
 if he wanted to

00:40:36.019 --> 00:40:37.280
 for the foreseeable future,

00:40:37.559 --> 00:40:38.900
 he and all his progeny

00:40:38.900 --> 00:40:39.600
 would be set.

00:40:39.860 --> 00:40:40.059
 I mean,

00:40:40.140 --> 00:40:41.280
 they'd be all set in Egypt.

00:40:41.640 --> 00:40:42.700
 They could enjoy their riches

00:40:42.700 --> 00:40:43.820
 and enjoy the best

00:40:43.820 --> 00:40:44.840
 of the land it has to offer.

00:40:45.200 --> 00:40:46.800
 But even Joseph,

00:40:47.059 --> 00:40:48.519
 instead of banking

00:40:48.519 --> 00:40:49.680
 on that prospect,

00:40:50.100 --> 00:40:50.400
 says,

00:40:50.400 --> 00:40:50.639
 no,

00:40:50.780 --> 00:40:51.840
 take my bones

00:40:51.840 --> 00:40:53.260
 and bury me in Canaan

00:40:53.260 --> 00:40:55.039
 because that is where I belong

00:40:55.039 --> 00:40:56.340
 because that's where God

00:40:56.340 --> 00:40:58.000
 has called me

00:40:58.000 --> 00:40:58.900
 and that's where God

00:40:58.900 --> 00:40:59.920
 has called our people.

00:41:00.840 --> 00:41:01.500
 This is,

00:41:01.660 --> 00:41:03.200
 has great application points

00:41:03.200 --> 00:41:04.539
 for us as God's people.

00:41:05.119 --> 00:41:05.860
 It's in the author

00:41:05.860 --> 00:41:06.920
 of Hebrews comments

00:41:06.920 --> 00:41:08.119
 on Jacob and Joseph

00:41:08.119 --> 00:41:09.000
 in chapter 11,

00:41:09.099 --> 00:41:10.480
 verses 21 to 22.

00:41:11.059 --> 00:41:11.280
 It says,

00:41:11.280 --> 00:41:12.040
 By faith,

00:41:12.360 --> 00:41:12.680
 Jacob,

00:41:12.840 --> 00:41:13.420
 when dying,

00:41:13.620 --> 00:41:14.280
 blessed each

00:41:14.280 --> 00:41:15.260
 of the sons of Joseph,

00:41:15.620 --> 00:41:16.560
 bowing in worship

00:41:16.560 --> 00:41:17.180
 over the head

00:41:17.180 --> 00:41:17.820
 of the staff.

00:41:18.360 --> 00:41:19.080
 By faith,

00:41:19.240 --> 00:41:19.540
 Joseph,

00:41:19.740 --> 00:41:20.660
 at the end of his life,

00:41:20.760 --> 00:41:21.320
 made mention

00:41:21.320 --> 00:41:22.019
 of the exodus

00:41:22.019 --> 00:41:22.700
 of the Israelites

00:41:22.700 --> 00:41:23.920
 and gave directions

00:41:23.920 --> 00:41:25.240
 concerning his bones.

00:41:25.960 --> 00:41:27.560
 Like the patriarchs

00:41:27.560 --> 00:41:28.019
 before them,

00:41:28.040 --> 00:41:28.620
 as it also says

00:41:28.620 --> 00:41:29.280
 in Hebrews 11,

00:41:29.380 --> 00:41:30.200
 13 to 16,

00:41:30.540 --> 00:41:32.160
 these all died in faith,

00:41:32.300 --> 00:41:33.080
 not knowing,

00:41:33.180 --> 00:41:34.040
 not having received

00:41:34.040 --> 00:41:34.960
 the things promised,

00:41:35.320 --> 00:41:36.460
 but having seen them

00:41:36.460 --> 00:41:37.200
 and greeted them

00:41:37.200 --> 00:41:38.019
 from afar

00:41:38.019 --> 00:41:39.200
 and having acknowledged

00:41:39.200 --> 00:41:40.760
 that they were strangers

00:41:40.760 --> 00:41:41.820
 and exiles on the earth,

00:41:41.960 --> 00:41:43.480
 they desired a better country

00:41:43.480 --> 00:41:44.580
 that is a heavenly one.

00:41:44.940 --> 00:41:45.060
 Therefore,

00:41:45.160 --> 00:41:46.060
 God is not ashamed

00:41:46.060 --> 00:41:47.240
 to be called their God,

00:41:47.440 --> 00:41:48.300
 for he has prepared

00:41:48.300 --> 00:41:49.900
 for them a city.

00:41:50.380 --> 00:41:50.540
 Right?

00:41:50.600 --> 00:41:51.540
 The author of Hebrews

00:41:51.540 --> 00:41:52.300
 is here making

00:41:52.300 --> 00:41:53.780
 a typological connection

00:41:53.780 --> 00:41:55.440
 between the physical

00:41:55.440 --> 00:41:56.220
 promised land

00:41:56.220 --> 00:41:57.080
 and the spiritual

00:41:57.080 --> 00:41:57.960
 promised land.

00:41:58.800 --> 00:41:59.220
 And so,

00:41:59.340 --> 00:42:00.220
 the land of Canaan

00:42:00.220 --> 00:42:01.920
 was a theological type,

00:42:02.000 --> 00:42:02.520
 meaning it was

00:42:02.520 --> 00:42:03.640
 a prefigurement,

00:42:03.960 --> 00:42:05.060
 a foreshadowing

00:42:05.060 --> 00:42:06.580
 of the ultimate fulfillment

00:42:06.580 --> 00:42:07.220
 of God's promise,

00:42:07.340 --> 00:42:08.060
 which is heaven.

00:42:08.480 --> 00:42:09.260
 That's where

00:42:09.260 --> 00:42:10.400
 the real presence of God is.

00:42:10.400 --> 00:42:11.400
 That's the real promise

00:42:11.400 --> 00:42:11.820
 of land.

00:42:12.059 --> 00:42:12.880
 And that's where,

00:42:13.019 --> 00:42:13.579
 as Christians,

00:42:13.579 --> 00:42:14.579
 we are supposed

00:42:14.579 --> 00:42:16.320
 to place our hope.

00:42:17.740 --> 00:42:20.079
 And when Jacob blessed

00:42:20.079 --> 00:42:21.180
 Ephraim earlier

00:42:21.180 --> 00:42:22.800
 in 48, 15 to 16,

00:42:22.880 --> 00:42:23.099
 he said,

00:42:23.460 --> 00:42:24.440
 the God who has been

00:42:24.440 --> 00:42:25.139
 my shepherd

00:42:25.139 --> 00:42:26.680
 all my life long

00:42:26.680 --> 00:42:27.300
 to this day,

00:42:27.599 --> 00:42:28.579
 the angel who has

00:42:28.579 --> 00:42:29.139
 redeemed me

00:42:29.139 --> 00:42:29.920
 from all evil,

00:42:30.380 --> 00:42:31.559
 bless the boys.

00:42:31.680 --> 00:42:32.079
 He's blessing

00:42:32.079 --> 00:42:33.139
 Ephraim and Manasseh.

00:42:33.840 --> 00:42:34.760
 And angel here

00:42:34.760 --> 00:42:35.579
 refers to the angel

00:42:35.579 --> 00:42:36.139
 of the Lord,

00:42:36.220 --> 00:42:37.639
 which is just a God

00:42:37.639 --> 00:42:38.860
 appearing in human form.

00:42:38.860 --> 00:42:39.960
 It's from Genesis 16,

00:42:40.039 --> 00:42:40.880
 21, 22.

00:42:41.480 --> 00:42:42.460
 And he's saying

00:42:42.460 --> 00:42:43.599
 that God has been

00:42:43.599 --> 00:42:44.240
 his shepherd,

00:42:44.420 --> 00:42:45.059
 guiding him

00:42:45.059 --> 00:42:46.140
 and protecting him.

00:42:46.519 --> 00:42:47.300
 And he also says

00:42:47.300 --> 00:42:48.840
 that God is his redeemer.

00:42:48.960 --> 00:42:50.180
 He says he redeemed him.

00:42:50.680 --> 00:42:51.500
 And the word redeem

00:42:51.500 --> 00:42:52.320
 is laden

00:42:52.320 --> 00:42:53.720
 with theological significance

00:42:53.720 --> 00:42:54.220
 throughout,

00:42:54.579 --> 00:42:55.280
 in the both Old

00:42:55.280 --> 00:42:56.059
 and New Testaments.

00:42:56.500 --> 00:42:57.260
 Because the redeemer

00:42:57.260 --> 00:42:58.260
 in the Old Testament

00:42:58.260 --> 00:42:59.180
 is usually

00:42:59.180 --> 00:43:01.280
 your nearest male relative.

00:43:01.960 --> 00:43:02.579
 And basically,

00:43:02.680 --> 00:43:03.039
 the Old Testament

00:43:03.039 --> 00:43:03.820
 described that

00:43:03.820 --> 00:43:05.000
 when you become

00:43:05.000 --> 00:43:05.660
 impoverished,

00:43:05.720 --> 00:43:06.039
 basically,

00:43:06.039 --> 00:43:07.079
 and fall into debt

00:43:07.079 --> 00:43:07.779
 or slavery,

00:43:08.259 --> 00:43:09.259
 your redeemer,

00:43:09.440 --> 00:43:10.559
 your nearest male kin

00:43:10.559 --> 00:43:11.420
 was supposed to come

00:43:11.420 --> 00:43:12.259
 and redeem you,

00:43:12.539 --> 00:43:13.139
 pay for you,

00:43:13.179 --> 00:43:13.659
 so that you wouldn't

00:43:13.659 --> 00:43:15.960
 have to be humiliated

00:43:15.960 --> 00:43:17.940
 and enslaved

00:43:17.940 --> 00:43:18.679
 by someone else.

00:43:19.079 --> 00:43:20.219
 And the same redeemer

00:43:20.219 --> 00:43:21.019
 was expected

00:43:21.019 --> 00:43:22.900
 should you be

00:43:22.900 --> 00:43:24.699
 murdered by someone.

00:43:24.960 --> 00:43:25.940
 It was the redeemer,

00:43:26.059 --> 00:43:27.059
 the nearest male kin

00:43:27.059 --> 00:43:27.759
 that was expected

00:43:27.759 --> 00:43:29.039
 to avenge his death.

00:43:29.400 --> 00:43:30.639
 That's two important,

00:43:30.699 --> 00:43:31.639
 very important functions

00:43:31.639 --> 00:43:32.300
 in the Old Testament

00:43:32.300 --> 00:43:34.259
 of the redeemer,

00:43:34.759 --> 00:43:35.279
 kinsman redeemer.

00:43:36.160 --> 00:43:37.960
 And this is particularly

00:43:37.960 --> 00:43:39.200
 poignant and emotional

00:43:39.200 --> 00:43:39.820
 for Jacob

00:43:39.820 --> 00:43:40.860
 because Jacob

00:43:40.860 --> 00:43:41.940
 didn't have a redeemer,

00:43:42.280 --> 00:43:42.480
 right?

00:43:43.320 --> 00:43:44.220
 Jacob's redeemer

00:43:44.220 --> 00:43:45.260
 was supposed to be Esau.

00:43:45.960 --> 00:43:46.680
 But Esau

00:43:46.680 --> 00:43:47.460
 is the one that

00:43:47.460 --> 00:43:48.120
 hated him,

00:43:48.220 --> 00:43:49.100
 wanted to kill him.

00:43:49.460 --> 00:43:51.100
 He had no human

00:43:51.100 --> 00:43:52.680
 redeemer to speak of.

00:43:52.720 --> 00:43:53.440
 So in essence,

00:43:53.580 --> 00:43:54.860
 what Jacob is saying here

00:43:54.860 --> 00:43:56.220
 is I have had

00:43:56.220 --> 00:43:57.660
 no human redeemer

00:43:57.660 --> 00:43:58.660
 to speak of

00:43:58.660 --> 00:43:59.300
 in my life.

00:43:59.620 --> 00:44:01.340
 But God Almighty

00:44:01.340 --> 00:44:02.480
 has been

00:44:02.480 --> 00:44:03.880
 my redeemer.

00:44:03.880 --> 00:44:05.360
 God

00:44:05.360 --> 00:44:06.320
 redeemed me

00:44:06.320 --> 00:44:07.780
 from my murderous brother.

00:44:08.160 --> 00:44:08.519
 God

00:44:08.519 --> 00:44:09.500
 redeemed me

00:44:09.500 --> 00:44:10.460
 from my slavery

00:44:10.460 --> 00:44:11.500
 to Laban.

00:44:12.360 --> 00:44:12.820
 God

00:44:12.820 --> 00:44:13.920
 is my redeemer.

00:44:15.480 --> 00:44:16.559
 And he says more.

00:44:16.760 --> 00:44:17.180
 So he says

00:44:17.180 --> 00:44:18.000
 that God

00:44:18.000 --> 00:44:18.780
 has been his redeemer,

00:44:18.940 --> 00:44:19.820
 God has been his shepherd.

00:44:20.220 --> 00:44:21.500
 He says in 49, 24

00:44:21.500 --> 00:44:22.000
 that God

00:44:22.000 --> 00:44:22.680
 has been

00:44:22.680 --> 00:44:23.500
 his stone

00:44:23.500 --> 00:44:24.420
 of Israel.

00:44:24.420 --> 00:44:25.059
 Right?

00:44:25.059 --> 00:44:28.519
 Do you know

00:44:28.519 --> 00:44:29.039
 that God

00:44:29.039 --> 00:44:29.619
 is also

00:44:29.619 --> 00:44:31.039
 our shepherd

00:44:31.039 --> 00:44:33.119
 as he was

00:44:33.119 --> 00:44:33.659
 Jacob's?

00:44:33.840 --> 00:44:34.299
 That he's also

00:44:34.299 --> 00:44:35.219
 our redeemer?

00:44:35.980 --> 00:44:36.460
 That he's also

00:44:36.460 --> 00:44:37.400
 our stone

00:44:37.400 --> 00:44:38.679
 of Israel?

00:44:38.820 --> 00:44:40.199
 In John 10, 11,

00:44:40.759 --> 00:44:41.239
 Jesus,

00:44:41.900 --> 00:44:42.679
 the son of God

00:44:42.679 --> 00:44:43.119
 who came,

00:44:43.179 --> 00:44:43.420
 he said,

00:44:43.539 --> 00:44:45.039
 I am the good shepherd.

00:44:45.539 --> 00:44:46.480
 The good shepherd

00:44:46.480 --> 00:44:47.759
 lays down his life

00:44:47.759 --> 00:44:48.519
 for the sheep.

00:44:48.840 --> 00:44:49.940
 And that's precisely

00:44:49.940 --> 00:44:50.659
 what he did.

00:44:50.880 --> 00:44:51.500
 We were sheep

00:44:51.500 --> 00:44:52.539
 that had gone astray,

00:44:52.739 --> 00:44:53.920
 sinned against God,

00:44:53.920 --> 00:44:55.360
 and living in rebellion

00:44:55.360 --> 00:44:56.539
 against him.

00:44:56.820 --> 00:44:57.680
 And yet Jesus

00:44:57.680 --> 00:44:59.000
 paid for our sins,

00:44:59.139 --> 00:45:00.320
 died in our place

00:45:00.320 --> 00:45:01.480
 as our good shepherd

00:45:01.480 --> 00:45:02.340
 laid down his life

00:45:02.340 --> 00:45:02.960
 for us

00:45:02.960 --> 00:45:03.960
 so that we can be

00:45:03.960 --> 00:45:04.760
 restored back

00:45:04.760 --> 00:45:05.460
 into the fold

00:45:05.460 --> 00:45:06.820
 of our loving father.

00:45:07.740 --> 00:45:08.700
 Jesus was our shepherd.

00:45:12.700 --> 00:45:14.880
 And in Matthew 21, 42,

00:45:15.079 --> 00:45:16.059
 Jesus applies

00:45:16.059 --> 00:45:16.820
 the prophecy

00:45:16.820 --> 00:45:17.840
 in Psalm 118,

00:45:17.940 --> 00:45:18.599
 22, 23

00:45:18.599 --> 00:45:19.119
 to himself

00:45:19.119 --> 00:45:19.680
 when he says,

00:45:20.119 --> 00:45:20.780
 the stone

00:45:20.780 --> 00:45:21.920
 that the builders

00:45:21.920 --> 00:45:22.619
 rejected

00:45:22.619 --> 00:45:23.720
 has become

00:45:23.719 --> 00:45:25.539
 the cornerstone.

00:45:26.219 --> 00:45:26.319
 Right?

00:45:26.619 --> 00:45:27.799
 Jesus was rejected

00:45:27.799 --> 00:45:28.919
 by his own people,

00:45:29.179 --> 00:45:30.459
 yet God made him

00:45:30.459 --> 00:45:31.679
 the cornerstone

00:45:31.679 --> 00:45:32.899
 of his church,

00:45:33.039 --> 00:45:33.919
 of his people.

00:45:34.019 --> 00:45:35.000
 And Ephesians 2, 20

00:45:35.000 --> 00:45:36.139
 says that the church

00:45:36.139 --> 00:45:36.639
 is built

00:45:36.639 --> 00:45:37.439
 on the foundation

00:45:37.439 --> 00:45:38.059
 of the apostles

00:45:38.059 --> 00:45:38.679
 and prophets,

00:45:39.059 --> 00:45:40.480
 Christ Jesus himself

00:45:40.480 --> 00:45:42.299
 being the cornerstone.

00:45:42.439 --> 00:45:43.299
 That's why we have

00:45:43.299 --> 00:45:43.839
 the church.

00:45:44.139 --> 00:45:45.519
 We were all orphans.

00:45:45.899 --> 00:45:46.539
 We didn't have

00:45:46.539 --> 00:45:47.019
 a family.

00:45:47.639 --> 00:45:48.419
 We didn't have

00:45:48.419 --> 00:45:48.839
 a home.

00:45:49.639 --> 00:45:50.679
 We had no place

00:45:50.679 --> 00:45:51.559
 to lay our head.

00:45:51.559 --> 00:45:53.219
 Yet Jesus

00:45:53.219 --> 00:45:54.679
 became the cornerstone

00:45:54.679 --> 00:45:55.420
 of the home

00:45:55.420 --> 00:45:56.239
 within which

00:45:56.239 --> 00:45:57.219
 we can have shelter.

00:45:57.820 --> 00:45:58.579
 Jesus became

00:45:58.579 --> 00:45:59.259
 the cornerstone

00:45:59.259 --> 00:45:59.719
 upon which

00:45:59.719 --> 00:46:00.840
 the family of God

00:46:00.840 --> 00:46:01.299
 can be built

00:46:01.299 --> 00:46:01.940
 so that we have

00:46:01.940 --> 00:46:02.920
 this rich heritage

00:46:02.920 --> 00:46:04.400
 of the family of God,

00:46:04.519 --> 00:46:05.279
 fathers and mothers

00:46:05.279 --> 00:46:06.400
 and brothers and sisters

00:46:06.400 --> 00:46:07.699
 in God's family.

00:46:07.799 --> 00:46:08.559
 That's what Jesus

00:46:08.559 --> 00:46:09.799
 did for us.

00:46:10.659 --> 00:46:11.699
 He's been our stone

00:46:11.699 --> 00:46:12.219
 of Israel,

00:46:12.299 --> 00:46:12.840
 the rock

00:46:12.840 --> 00:46:14.400
 upon which we stand.

00:46:15.779 --> 00:46:16.719
 And lastly,

00:46:17.500 --> 00:46:18.360
 Christ has been

00:46:18.360 --> 00:46:19.420
 our redeemer.

00:46:19.420 --> 00:46:21.880
 Galatians 3.13

00:46:21.880 --> 00:46:22.400
 tells us,

00:46:22.480 --> 00:46:24.800
 Christ redeemed us

00:46:24.800 --> 00:46:25.860
 from the curse

00:46:25.860 --> 00:46:26.420
 of the law

00:46:26.420 --> 00:46:27.500
 by becoming

00:46:27.500 --> 00:46:28.180
 a curse

00:46:28.180 --> 00:46:29.740
 for us.

00:46:30.940 --> 00:46:32.460
 We were slaves

00:46:32.460 --> 00:46:33.099
 to sin.

00:46:35.340 --> 00:46:37.039
 We were so indebted

00:46:37.039 --> 00:46:37.619
 we had become

00:46:37.619 --> 00:46:38.619
 enslaved

00:46:38.619 --> 00:46:40.159
 to sin

00:46:40.159 --> 00:46:41.860
 and the curse

00:46:41.860 --> 00:46:42.460
 of the law.

00:46:43.139 --> 00:46:43.940
 But Christ

00:46:43.940 --> 00:46:45.420
 was our strong

00:46:45.420 --> 00:46:46.039
 redeemer.

00:46:46.159 --> 00:46:47.039
 We had no

00:46:47.039 --> 00:46:47.920
 human redeemer

00:46:47.920 --> 00:46:48.720
 to speak of

00:46:48.720 --> 00:46:49.559
 just like Jacob.

00:46:50.139 --> 00:46:50.960
 No one else,

00:46:51.099 --> 00:46:51.740
 no human being

00:46:51.740 --> 00:46:52.700
 could have saved us

00:46:52.700 --> 00:46:53.800
 wealthy enough

00:46:53.800 --> 00:46:54.619
 to redeem us,

00:46:54.820 --> 00:46:55.659
 to purchase us

00:46:55.659 --> 00:46:56.400
 from the grip

00:46:56.400 --> 00:46:57.119
 of Satan

00:46:57.119 --> 00:46:57.840
 and the grip

00:46:57.840 --> 00:46:58.539
 of the slavery

00:46:58.539 --> 00:46:59.200
 that the sin

00:46:59.200 --> 00:46:59.920
 had in our lives.

00:47:00.059 --> 00:47:00.720
 But Jesus

00:47:00.720 --> 00:47:01.700
 was our strong

00:47:01.700 --> 00:47:02.460
 redeemer.

00:47:02.840 --> 00:47:04.119
 He paid for us

00:47:04.119 --> 00:47:05.300
 for our freedom

00:47:05.300 --> 00:47:06.260
 not with

00:47:06.260 --> 00:47:07.300
 perishable things

00:47:07.300 --> 00:47:07.940
 like gold

00:47:07.940 --> 00:47:08.559
 or silver

00:47:08.559 --> 00:47:09.659
 but with his

00:47:09.659 --> 00:47:11.460
 very own blood

00:47:11.460 --> 00:47:13.619
 dying for us.

00:47:13.680 --> 00:47:14.500
 He redeemed

00:47:14.500 --> 00:47:15.420
 us.

00:47:17.519 --> 00:47:18.079
 Jesus

00:47:18.079 --> 00:47:19.400
 is the ultimate

00:47:19.400 --> 00:47:20.480
 fulfillment

00:47:20.480 --> 00:47:22.739
 of the blessing

00:47:22.739 --> 00:47:23.900
 promise to Jacob.

00:47:25.559 --> 00:47:26.880
 He is the ultimate

00:47:26.880 --> 00:47:27.420
 fulfillment

00:47:27.420 --> 00:47:29.079
 of the prophecy

00:47:29.079 --> 00:47:29.900
 over Judah

00:47:29.900 --> 00:47:33.219
 because he is the one

00:47:33.219 --> 00:47:34.340
 the ultimate king

00:47:34.340 --> 00:47:35.019
 that's come from

00:47:35.019 --> 00:47:35.719
 the line of Judah.

00:47:35.840 --> 00:47:36.780
 That's why Matthew 1

00:47:36.780 --> 00:47:37.940
 connects the genealogy

00:47:37.940 --> 00:47:38.840
 directly from David

00:47:38.840 --> 00:47:39.340
 to Jesus.

00:47:40.679 --> 00:47:41.639
 That's why in

00:47:41.639 --> 00:47:43.219
 Revelation 5.5

00:47:43.219 --> 00:47:43.959
 it says that Jesus

00:47:43.959 --> 00:47:44.859
 is the lion

00:47:44.859 --> 00:47:46.159
 of the tribe

00:47:46.159 --> 00:47:46.799
 of Judah

00:47:46.799 --> 00:47:48.399
 the root of David

00:47:48.399 --> 00:47:50.039
 who has conquered

00:47:50.039 --> 00:47:51.739
 the lion

00:47:51.739 --> 00:47:53.579
 the conquering lion

00:47:53.579 --> 00:47:55.480
 whom no one

00:47:55.480 --> 00:47:56.079
 would dare

00:47:56.079 --> 00:47:56.939
 to cross

00:47:56.939 --> 00:47:59.319
 whom no one

00:47:59.319 --> 00:47:59.679
 would dare

00:47:59.679 --> 00:48:00.259
 to approach

00:48:00.259 --> 00:48:00.799
 to snatch

00:48:00.799 --> 00:48:01.939
 out of his hands

00:48:01.939 --> 00:48:03.000
 his own people.

00:48:03.500 --> 00:48:04.599
 That lion

00:48:04.599 --> 00:48:05.159
 of Judah

00:48:05.159 --> 00:48:06.919
 that's our Jesus

00:48:06.919 --> 00:48:09.519
 guards us

00:48:09.519 --> 00:48:10.679
 protects us

00:48:10.679 --> 00:48:11.619
 he redeemed us

00:48:11.619 --> 00:48:13.679
 he saved us

00:48:13.679 --> 00:48:15.059
 that's why

00:48:15.059 --> 00:48:15.539
 the scepter

00:48:15.539 --> 00:48:16.239
 never departs

00:48:16.239 --> 00:48:16.659
 from Judah

00:48:16.659 --> 00:48:17.659
 because he belongs

00:48:17.659 --> 00:48:18.380
 eternally

00:48:18.380 --> 00:48:19.099
 permanently

00:48:19.099 --> 00:48:20.239
 with Jesus

00:48:20.239 --> 00:48:22.799
 and now because

00:48:22.799 --> 00:48:23.259
 of him

00:48:23.259 --> 00:48:24.239
 the obedience

00:48:24.239 --> 00:48:25.319
 of all peoples

00:48:25.319 --> 00:48:26.219
 come to him

00:48:26.219 --> 00:48:27.319
 not just the Jews

00:48:27.319 --> 00:48:28.359
 but through Jesus

00:48:28.359 --> 00:48:29.599
 all nations

00:48:29.599 --> 00:48:30.579
 all peoples

00:48:30.579 --> 00:48:31.279
 their obedience

00:48:31.279 --> 00:48:33.400
 belong to him

00:48:33.400 --> 00:48:34.319
 and that's

00:48:34.319 --> 00:48:35.900
 our first fruits

00:48:35.900 --> 00:48:38.039
 Jesus is the first fruits

00:48:38.039 --> 00:48:39.000
 of the promise

00:48:39.000 --> 00:48:40.400
 that God gave to us

00:48:40.400 --> 00:48:41.639
 and as Christians

00:48:41.639 --> 00:48:42.680
 who hold

00:48:42.680 --> 00:48:43.860
 such precious

00:48:43.860 --> 00:48:45.539
 and dear first fruits

00:48:45.539 --> 00:48:47.280
 we ought to hope

00:48:47.280 --> 00:48:48.079
 daily

00:48:48.079 --> 00:48:49.220
 and to anticipate

00:48:49.220 --> 00:48:50.619
 and to look ahead

00:48:50.619 --> 00:48:52.380
 to the ultimate fulfillment

00:48:52.380 --> 00:48:54.079
 of that promise

00:48:54.079 --> 00:48:55.019
 that's how we ought

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 to live

00:48:55.639 --> 00:48:56.760
 as Christians

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 what do we look forward

00:48:58.760 --> 00:48:59.380
 to daily

00:48:59.380 --> 00:49:00.079
 when we live?

00:49:02.019 --> 00:49:02.599
 Do we look forward

00:49:02.599 --> 00:49:03.300
 to the weekend?

00:49:04.820 --> 00:49:05.800
 Do we look forward

00:49:05.800 --> 00:49:06.660
 to the next vacation?

00:49:06.659 --> 00:49:10.000
 we have

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 eternal

00:49:11.199 --> 00:49:12.239
 riches

00:49:12.239 --> 00:49:13.559
 loving communion

00:49:13.559 --> 00:49:14.219
 with God

00:49:14.219 --> 00:49:15.379
 to look forward

00:49:15.379 --> 00:49:15.739
 to

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 and daily

00:49:18.839 --> 00:49:20.119
 everyone who looks

00:49:20.119 --> 00:49:20.539
 at our lives

00:49:20.539 --> 00:49:21.079
 should be able

00:49:21.079 --> 00:49:22.059
 to say

00:49:22.059 --> 00:49:23.239
 something different

00:49:23.239 --> 00:49:23.879
 about this

00:49:23.879 --> 00:49:24.659
 Christian

00:49:24.659 --> 00:49:25.420
 this person

00:49:25.420 --> 00:49:27.039
 they don't live

00:49:27.039 --> 00:49:27.519
 with the same

00:49:27.519 --> 00:49:28.199
 priorities

00:49:28.199 --> 00:49:29.500
 that the rest

00:49:29.500 --> 00:49:29.899
 of the world

00:49:29.899 --> 00:49:30.359
 has

00:49:30.359 --> 00:49:32.599
 even when things

00:49:32.599 --> 00:49:33.339
 seem to be going

00:49:33.339 --> 00:49:34.019
 wrong for them

00:49:34.019 --> 00:49:34.960
 they seem to have

00:49:34.960 --> 00:49:36.340
 this abiding hope

00:49:36.340 --> 00:49:37.679
 not just some

00:49:37.679 --> 00:49:38.480
 wishful thinking

00:49:38.480 --> 00:49:39.320
 but they seem to have

00:49:39.320 --> 00:49:40.739
 a substantive hope

00:49:40.739 --> 00:49:42.039
 in this promise

00:49:42.039 --> 00:49:42.900
 that it will ultimately

00:49:42.900 --> 00:49:43.559
 be fulfilled

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 that should be us

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 what would that look

00:49:46.199 --> 00:49:46.780
 like for you?

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 think about it

00:49:47.420 --> 00:49:47.759
 for a moment

00:49:47.759 --> 00:49:49.960
 how would your life

00:49:49.960 --> 00:49:50.519
 look different

00:49:50.519 --> 00:49:51.360
 if you live

00:49:51.360 --> 00:49:52.000
 with that hope

00:49:52.000 --> 00:49:52.539
 every day?

00:49:54.159 --> 00:49:55.300
 your priorities

00:49:55.300 --> 00:49:56.739
 your spending

00:49:56.739 --> 00:49:58.059
 your time

00:49:58.059 --> 00:50:02.679
 those who possess

00:50:02.679 --> 00:50:03.739
 the first fruits

00:50:03.739 --> 00:50:04.500
 of God's promise

00:50:04.500 --> 00:50:05.219
 should hope

00:50:05.219 --> 00:50:06.360
 in the fulfillment

00:50:06.360 --> 00:50:07.779
 of his promise

00:50:07.779 --> 00:50:09.900
 let's be a church

00:50:09.900 --> 00:50:10.920
 that lives

00:50:10.920 --> 00:50:11.699
 this day

00:50:11.699 --> 00:50:13.159
 in light of that day

00:50:13.159 --> 00:50:22.420
 God we are

00:50:22.420 --> 00:50:23.440
 eternally grateful

00:50:23.440 --> 00:50:32.619
 you alone

00:50:32.619 --> 00:50:33.539
 can rescue

00:50:33.539 --> 00:50:35.200
 you alone

00:50:35.200 --> 00:50:35.840
 can redeem

00:50:35.840 --> 00:50:38.179
 we had no hope

00:50:38.179 --> 00:50:41.019
 in this world

00:50:41.019 --> 00:50:42.099
 apart from you

00:50:42.099 --> 00:50:44.440
 heavenly father

00:50:44.440 --> 00:50:44.940
 you

00:50:44.940 --> 00:50:46.880
 are

00:50:46.880 --> 00:50:47.519
 redeemer

00:50:47.519 --> 00:50:49.860
 you paid

00:50:49.860 --> 00:50:51.159
 the purchase

00:50:51.159 --> 00:50:51.659
 price

00:50:51.659 --> 00:50:52.420
 the ransom

00:50:52.420 --> 00:50:54.159
 through your son's

00:50:54.159 --> 00:50:55.000
 life

00:50:55.000 --> 00:50:55.619
 death

00:50:55.619 --> 00:50:56.860
 resurrection

00:50:56.860 --> 00:51:00.740
 and now we have

00:51:00.740 --> 00:51:01.420
 the freedom

00:51:01.420 --> 00:51:02.940
 through your spirit

00:51:02.940 --> 00:51:05.740
 God help us

00:51:05.740 --> 00:51:06.820
 as your people

00:51:06.820 --> 00:51:07.760
 to live

00:51:07.760 --> 00:51:08.480
 in light

00:51:08.480 --> 00:51:09.579
 of that wonderful

00:51:09.579 --> 00:51:10.360
 truth

00:51:10.360 --> 00:51:19.720
 in Jesus name we pray

00:51:19.720 --> 00:51:20.780
 Amen

00:51:22.659 --> 00:51:27.659
 I canней

00:51:29.400 --> 00:51:30.420
 Your people

00:51:30.420 --> 00:51:30.820
 God help us

00:51:30.820 --> 00:51:31.800
 to speak

00:51:31.800 --> 00:51:32.440
 in this world

00:51:32.440 --> 00:51:41.180
 soup

00:51:41.400 --> 00:51:42.079
 and we are

00:51:42.079 --> 00:51:43.039
 and we have

00:51:43.039 --> 00:51:44.200
 to accept

00:51:44.559 --> 00:51:45.280
 Feel

00:51:45.280 --> 00:51:48.780
 through your life