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 Ah, I got it. Welcome, everyone. It's good to see you all here. Good morning. We are starting our new series on missions, and we're going to be covering a lot. Over the next two months, we're going to learn about God's call to missions.

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 Over all the earth. And we will see a number of things in our series. We will see that God calls us all to participate in this gospel call to all nations. And further, we will understand the biblical reason for missions. We will dwell on the history of missions in scripture and in church history.

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 We'll also get to know some of the missionaries among us and also some of the kinds of mission work that Trinity is doing or that Trinity supports.

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 And then lastly, we'll also invite you all to discern your call to support missions here in New Haven and to the very ends of the earth.

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 I want to give you a foretaste of what we're going to be doing. So today, we're going to look at our God, and we're going to see how he's a missionary God. He's a God of missions, a God who's reaching out. We'll talk much more about that in a moment.

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 Next week, we'll look at our missionary model, Jesus Christ. Then we'll look at another model, Paul the Apostle, becoming all things to all people.

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 And then we will take a look at some mission history, missions in the early church. There's some wonderful testimonies and stories about how God reached the nations that I hope will be encouraging for you all.

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 We'll then take a look at missionary practices, what missionaries do, best practices, maybe not so good practices.

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 Then we'll move on and look at some missionaries among us. We'll hear from some folks among us here at Trinity and then missions among us, other things that Trinity is doing.

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 And then we'll also take a look again at missions at Trinity, a final wrap-up class for this series.

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 And this will go through June 21st. I thought I went one more week, but there's eight of them in there. So I think that's all eight.

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 So June 21st, at least as we have it set out today.

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 Today, though, we're going to begin our first class on God being a missionary God.

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 Today, we are going to journey through the scriptures from beginning to end, from the opening passages of Genesis straight to the final chapter of Revelation.

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 Obviously, we'll be skipping a lot of things, but we'll cover it all.

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 And our task is going to be to behold our God reaching the nations, to view him as always sending, always calling, always commissioning his servants to reach the lost.

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 We'll also answer some common questions like, why does God only get interested in missions in the New Testament?

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 Sometimes you hear that question and we'll find out that that's not true, actually.

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 He was always interested in the nations and in missions.

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 Or another question, why does God want to use others for this task?

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 Why doesn't God just do this himself?

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 And we'll see that, well, sometimes he does just do it himself.

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 And then there's a very good reason why he wants to use people in this gospel call.

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 This isn't just a random idea that he has.

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 There's a good reason for it.

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 Those are some of the things we'll be looking at today.

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 Before we begin, though, let's open with a word of prayer.

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 Father in heaven, we are so grateful that you are always calling.

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 You reached out to us, Lord.

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 You reached out to us through your word.

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 You reached out to us through your son, Jesus, through the apostles he sent, through the church that they founded over the whole world.

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 Lord, and after many generations being passed down to us.

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 Lord, we thank you that you reached out to us.

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 You redeemed us from our sins, from the kingdom of darkness.

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 You brought us into your kingdom of light to be your children, to be commissioned as your servants in your kingdom, to bear your gospel to the nations.

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 Lord, we thank you that you loved us even when we did not love you.

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 And that you found in us, you refounded in us your image that had been marred from the fall.

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 Lord, we pray that you would strengthen our understanding of your gospel call.

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 Help us to reach the nations.

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 Lord, we can only do this through your spirit and by your grace because we are not sufficient for these things.

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 Lord, we are jars of clay and we carry this unsurpassable treasure that you have placed in us.

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 Lord, please help us.

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 Help us to deposit this like faithful servants.

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 Lord, make up when we stumble and when we fall that we may bring this great duty to completion.

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 Lord, we know you are faithful to do this.

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 And we thank you in the name of your son, Jesus.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Let's begin in the opening chapters of Genesis.

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 Genesis chapter 2.

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 God's created the heavens and the earth.

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 And this is a very famous passage.

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 I'm very familiar with this.

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 Yes, yes.

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 Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, God says.

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 And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.

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 So God created man in his own image.

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 In the image of God, he created him.

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 Male and female, he created them.

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 Then the passage goes on to say, and God blessed them.

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 And he said, be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.

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 In these opening chapters, I want us to discern some principles.

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 We could call them gospel principles.

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 But there's some principles I want us to notice about God and his nature, his heart.

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 And about what he created when he created all things.

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 So the first thing I want to point out is that God made us in his image.

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 He made us to be like him in his likeness, male and female, all of us.

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 This gets at that terrible lie, that deception that the serpent first wrought on us.

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 When the serpent tempted Eve and Adam with the temptation of being like God.

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 When the serpent said, you'll be like God if you eat from the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

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 When God had already made us like him, we already were that way.

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 And the serpent tempted them with that.

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 I'm highlighting this because what this means is that in some sense,

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 we are sort of like God's sub-creators.

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 J.R. Tolkien says that in creation.

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 We are bearing his image throughout creation.

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 And this is a second principle where God wants us to be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

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 So if we put these two principles together that God wants us or he desires for us,

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 for us to fill the earth.

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 If we put those two principles together,

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 it looks like God wants his image,

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 he wants himself,

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 his image,

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 his likeness to be over all the earth.

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 He wants us to spread throughout all creation.

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 Hmm.

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 This is going to become important for our understanding of missions

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 and why God wants his kingdom to be over all the earth,

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 his church.

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 If we keep going,

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 we'll see some other gospel principles.

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 In Genesis chapter 3,

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 another very famous chapter,

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 this is where the serpent tempts Eve

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 and with being like God,

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 eating from the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

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 And after she does this and Adam is right there,

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 he also partakes of the fruit.

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 They both fall.

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 This is an amazing chapter,

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 very rich,

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 and it pains me to skip through it so quickly.

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 But after God confronts them and kind of offers them the possibility of repenting,

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 you know,

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 he says,

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 where are you?

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 Where are you?

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 Come,

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 come out and talk to me about what happened.

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 And they don't,

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 they don't want to.

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 And they are finally faced with the ramifications of their sin.

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 And God says to the serpent,

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 he says,

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 because you have done this,

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 cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field.

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 On your belly you shall go,

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 and dust you shall eat all the days of your life.

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 There's a lot of irony in this.

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 Remember,

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 the serpent tempts Adam.

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 Adam is just the word for human,

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 and it becomes Adam's name.

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 And remember,

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 Adam came from dust.

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 So the serpent has to kind of eat what he destroyed in this.

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 And he says,

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 God says,

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 I will put enmity between you and the woman,

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 and between your offspring and her offspring.

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 He shall bruise your head.

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 You shall bruise his heel.

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 This friends in Genesis chapter three,

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 verse 15 is many scholars believe the first prophecy about the coming of Jesus.

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 Because here we have this statement that there's going to be enmity,

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 hostility between the serpent and between the woman,

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 but also between her offspring and the serpent's offspring.

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 And her offspring will bruise the serpent's head,

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 and the serpent shall bruise his heel.

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 For centuries,

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 from the very beginning,

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 Christian theologians have seen in this a prophecy of the coming of Jesus.

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 This word here for offspring literally means seed.

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 And almost always in the scriptures,

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 when we talk about the seed of humans,

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 it's always the male who has the seed.

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 But here it's the woman who has the seed,

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 which is unusual.

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 Some people see in this a very,

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 very hint,

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 a whisper of the virgin birth coming.

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 That this seed is going to come from a woman,

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 not a man.

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 And that this seed is going to bruise the serpent's head,

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 do a lot of damage to that serpent.

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 And the serpent,

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 he's not going,

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 this seed is not going to be without suffering harm.

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 He's also going to be harmed in this,

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 but it's his heel.

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 It's not,

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 it's not his head.

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 It's almost like the seed,

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 the seed is going to crush the head of the serpent with,

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 with his heel.

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 So what do we gain from this?

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 What kind of gospel principles do we learn from this?

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 Well,

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 one thing we learn right there,

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 because right at the beginning,

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 or earlier in the passage,

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 that we have sinned.

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 We have sinned.

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 We have not fulfilled God's purpose in us

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 of bearing his image and of being like him.

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 We have fallen away from him,

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 but God is promising to fix this situation.

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 He's going to make this whole somehow.

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 We see whispers of it here,

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 that yes,

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 there's going to be all this conflict,

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 but that serpent's head is going to be bruised.

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 So God is going to somehow bring,

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 bring redemption,

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 victory,

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 whatever you want to call it.

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 It's a little vague right now in Genesis three,

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 but something is going to happen.

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 God is going to redeem.

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 Somehow he's going to repair this situation.

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 And how is he going to do it?

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 He's going to do it through humans.

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 Somehow the offspring of a woman.

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 That's how God is going to do this.

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 Now we know he's going to do this ultimately through Jesus,

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 who was human,

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 who became human,

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 who was a descendant of Adam and Eve,

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 and Abraham,

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 and the patriarchs,

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 and David.

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 But see what's going on here.

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 How God made us in his image to be like him.

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 His desire is for us,

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 his image to fill the earth.

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 But we sinned.

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 God steps in.

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 He's going to redeem us,

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 but he's going to do it in a sense through us as well.

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 He's going to use us.

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 Now we know the whole story here that,

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 yes,

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 he is going to do it through humans,

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 but that human was going to be God incarnate coming down.

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 God actually was going to become human to bring this about.

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 But we see these principles at work in missions.

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 How God wants to use us to reach the nations.

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 We see this in Genesis,

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 in the early chapters of Genesis,

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 he wants his kingdom over all the earth.

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 And the opening chapters of Genesis proclaim this.

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 This continues when we get to Genesis chapter 12.

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 So there's a lot that happens between Genesis 3,

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 where the fall occurs,

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 and Genesis 12,

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 there's Noah and the ark,

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 there's the tower of Babel.

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 But we get to Genesis chapter 12,

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 and this is where Abram or Abraham is introduced.

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 And God says,

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 go from your country and your kindred and your father's house

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 to a land I will show you.

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 And then God gives this amazing,

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 amazing promise and prophecy.

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 He says,

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 I will make of you a great nation.

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 I will bless you and make your name great

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 so that you will be a blessing.

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 I will bless those who bless you

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 and him who dishonors you,

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 who I will curse,

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 and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.

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 Right here in Genesis chapter 12,

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 we see that God's heart is for every single family on earth.

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 He did not gain this desire only in the New Testament.

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 It's right there in the Old Testament.

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 Genesis chapter 12,

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 through Abraham and his descendants,

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 all families on the earth shall be blessed.

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 This brings us back to this gospel principle.

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 God desires us for us to fill the earth.

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 He wants all people and the whole earth to be like him.

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 And here we see that played out more specifically

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 in this blessing that's going to go to all families in the earth.

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 If we keep reading,

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 we get to Genesis chapter 15.

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 And I'll skip through a little bit of this,

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 but Abraham gets a vision and God says,

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 Fear not,

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 Abraham,

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 I am your shield.

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 Your reward shall be very great.

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 This can also be translated as fear not.

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 I am your shield,

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 your very great reward.

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 I love that translation because it means that Abraham's reward is God.

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 That's the reward.

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 And Abraham is a little down because he continues to be childless.

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 God had promised that his descendants,

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 through his descendants,

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 the whole earth was going to be blessed,

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 but he doesn't have any descendants and he's getting really old.

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 And so Abraham is doubting,

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 he's struggling and he doesn't know what to do.

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 And God brings him outside and he says,

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 Look toward the heavens,

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 number the stars if you're able to number them.

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 So shall your offspring.

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 That's the same word that we saw in Genesis.

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 So shall your seed be,

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 your offspring be.

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 And he believed the Lord and he counted it to him as righteousness.

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 Paul in Romans points this passage out,

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 how Abraham was righteous because he trusted God and God reckoned it to him as righteousness.

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 God granted it to him as righteousness.

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 But this promise of that seed that we saw,

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 that offspring,

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 that somehow a blessing to all people was going to come from that offspring.

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 We see that continuing to be brought forth through the opening chapters of Genesis with Abraham.

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 It wasn't something that just happened with Adam and Eve and then was remembered or brought up again in Jesus.

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 It's something that is brought through all the scriptures.

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 And we see this with Abraham and this promised seed that's going to come.

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 If we keep going,

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 we see Genesis chapter 18.

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 This is also with Abraham.

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 This is the story of Sodom and Gomorrah.

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 I want to focus on something else though.

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 Instead of the sinfulness of Sodom and Gomorrah,

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 I want to look at how God treats Abraham because how he interacts with Abraham in this passage is going to remind us of some of these gospel principles here.

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 So God has appeared to Abraham.

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 He's going to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah.

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 He's decided that already.

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 And look what he says.

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 God says,

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 Shall I hide from Abraham what I'm about to do?

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 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him.

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 For I have chosen him that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what he has promised him.

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 I love,

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 I love these verses

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 because we see several things.

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 We see that rearticulation of that promise about all the nations on the earth being blessed and how God is going to bring about what he promised to Abraham.

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 But then we see God saying,

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 Shall I hide what I'm going to do from Abraham?

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 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation.

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 God wants Abraham to be part of his plans.

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 He wants to share with Abraham.

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 He wants to share with Abraham what he's going to be doing.

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 And

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 That gets back to right here.

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 God made us in his image to be like him.

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 To be like him.

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 God wants us to join him in reigning over the earth in his kingdom as his as his sort of sub rulers or sub creators.

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 He's like a wonderful benevolent king who wants his counselors, wants his people to help him rule this this kingdom.

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 And here we see that played out with Abraham.

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 I think we also see that play out with all of us where God in some sense is saying that about each one of us.

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 I don't want to hide all this stuff.

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 I want you to be part of this.

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 I want you to join me in this kingdom promise in spreading my kingdom through all the earth.

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 And what does that promise or that goal or purpose that God has?

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 That purpose is for all the nations to be blessed.

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 This promise is repeated again and again.

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 We see it in Genesis 22.

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 This is another very famous story.

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 Very important story.

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 This is the story where Abraham is asked to sacrifice Isaac.

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 Very intense story.

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 Dramatic story.

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 There's a lot of meaning in here.

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 After Abraham shows that he's willing to offer up his son, then God says this.

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 I have sworn, declares the Lord, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son.

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 I will surely bless you and multiply your offspring.

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 There's that word again.

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 As the stars of heaven and the sand that is on the seashore, your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies.

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 And in your offspring, all the nations of the earth shall be blessed because you have obeyed my voice.

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 That promise again of all the nations on the earth being blessed.

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 How?

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 Through that seed, that offspring that has been promised from Eve, now through Abraham.

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 And that is a promise for every single person on earth.

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 Let's pause there for one moment before I switch gears.

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 But any questions or comments before we hasten onward?

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 We will see.

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 We're going to skip a lot.

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 But this promise continues throughout Genesis.

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 And throughout 1 and 2 Samuel and the book of Kings and Chronicles.

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 We see this promise with David, culminating in David and Solomon and continuing on through the kingdom of Israel.

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 Eventually, we see this culminating in Jesus, where Jesus is this promised seed.

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 From all the way from Eve, through Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, all the way down through David,

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 and straight on through, straight to Jesus.

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 He is this promised seed through whom all the nations on earth will be blessed.

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 We also see this foreshadowed in Genesis 22, where Abraham offers up his son.

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 And God is here, I think, creating a foreshadowing of what he himself was going to do when he offered up his son.

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 Yes?

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 The word offspring can be singular or plural.

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 So in Genesis, when it first referred to him, was it singular?

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 And he promised to Eve, your offspring, and here it's plural.

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 And it means...

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 That's a good question.

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 I believe it's a singular plural.

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 It's like the word fish, where it can mean either singular or plural.

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 I have to triple check that.

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 I have to confirm that.

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 Okay.

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 So a P for you and a Greek.

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 Yes.

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 Yeah.

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 So it can mean either.

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 And I think the meaning goes back and forth, I think.

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 Now Paul can turn the collective into a plural.

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 Yeah.

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 Seed and seeds.

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 But it is a collective.

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 Yeah.

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 So it works marvelously well for that situation, because it's kind of everything but one at once.

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 Fish.

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 Is it one fish or all these fish?

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 I don't know.

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 Sheep, deer, you know, things like that.

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 We have words like that in English, too.

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 But I want to switch gears.

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 And I want to look at, in the Old Testament, at some prophecies where the Old Testament launches

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 to the future and sees all the ends of the earth, all the nations following after the God

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 of Israel, the one God.

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 I want to share a couple of these with you.

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 Psalm 22.

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 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the

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 nations shall worship before you.

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 This is just like that prophecy about all the families of the earth being blessed in

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 Abraham.

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 And the prophets of the earth shall eat and worship before him, shall bow down all who

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 go down to the dust, even the one who could not keep himself alive.

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 Posterity shall serve him.

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 It shall be told of the Lord to the coming generation.

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 They shall come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn that he has done it.

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 But the psalmist sees how, yes, this prophecy will be fulfilled.

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 This is Psalm 22.

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 That's the famous prophecy of the crucifixion that Jesus quotes on the cross.

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 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?

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 You read it.

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 It's like a prophecy of the crucifixion.

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 And then it concludes with this promise of everyone coming to worship God, the God of Israel,

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 the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

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 Pause and think on that for a moment.

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 Because when this was written, Israel was just this small, tiny, insignificant little

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 people.

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 And they are saying, no, everyone is going to worship our God.

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 And we look at the world today and there are followers of the God of the Old Testament,

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 the God of Israel in every single nation on earth.

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 There's more followers of this God than any other so-called God.

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 This prophecy was, we see it being fulfilled even among us at Trinity.

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 Here's another one.

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 Psalm 86.

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 There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, nor are there any works like yours.

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 All the nations you have made shall come and worship before you, O Lord, and shall glorify

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 your name.

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 Or Isaiah 2.

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 It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall

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 be established as the highest of the mountains and shall be lifted up above the hills and

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 all the nations shall flow to it.

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 And many people shall come and say, come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the

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 house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths.

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 For out of Zion shall go forth the law and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

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 He shall judge between the nations.

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 He shall decide disputes for many peoples.

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 So beautiful.

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 The Hebrew people of the Old Testament saw that promise of all the families of the earth

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 being blessed and they knew that this would be fulfilled eventually.

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 And we ourselves have the advantage of seeing this partial fulfillment happening amongst us

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 with so many nations on earth following the God of Israel, the God of the Old Testament.

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 Here's a prophecy about Jesus from Isaiah chapter 42.

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 But it involves all nations, as we will see.

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 Behold my servant, that's Jesus, whom I uphold, my chosen in whom my soul delights.

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 I have put my spirit on him.

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 He will bring forth justice to the nations.

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 He will not cry aloud or lift up his voice or make it heard in the street.

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 A bruised reed he will not break and a faintly burning wick he will not quench.

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 You get the idea that Jesus is going to be very gentle, very delicate.

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 Even a smoldering wick, a faintly burning wick, he's not going to put out.

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 Even a bruised reed as he's walking through the reeds, even partially broken reeds,

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 he's not going to completely break off.

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 He'll be able to pass through them without damaging them.

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 You get this image of gentleness.

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 And it says,

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 He will not grow fainter, be discouraged, till he has established justice in the earth and the coastlands.

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 Wait for his law.

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 Thus says God the Lord, who created the heavens and stretched them out,

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 who spread out the earth and what comes from it,

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 who gives breath to the people on it and a spirit to those who walk in it.

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 I am the Lord.

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 I have called you.

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 This is Jesus.

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 In righteousness, I will take you by the hand and keep you.

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 I will give you as a covenant for the people, a light for the nations.

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 To open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon,

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 from the prison, those who sit in darkness.

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 So beautiful.

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 This prophecy of Jesus reaching the nations, which we see happening.

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 I got a couple more of these.

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 I'll move quickly.

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 And now the Lord says,

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 He who formed me from the womb to be his servant.

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 This is Jesus again.

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 To bring Jacob, that's Israel, back to him,

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 that Israel might be gathered to him.

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 For I am honored in the eyes of the Lord, and my God has become my strength.

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 God says,

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 It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob

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 and to bring back the preserved of Israel.

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 I will make you as a light to the nations,

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 that my salvation shall reach to the end of the earth.

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 God says,

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 You know, it's too little to just reach Israel.

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 Through you, my servant, Jesus, I'm going to reach the nations.

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 You will be a light to all people.

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 It's so beautiful.

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 Isaiah 49,

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 Listen to me, O coastlands, and give attention, you peoples from afar.

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 The Lord called me from the womb, from the body of my mother.

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 He named my name.

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 This is Jesus.

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 He made my mouth like a sharp sword.

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 In the shadow of his hand, he hid me.

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 He made me a polished arrow.

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 In his quiver, he hid me.

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 He said,

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 You are my servant, Israel, in whom I am glorified.

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 He's addressing the coastlands, all the people.

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 This is a prophecy of Jesus crying out to the nations.

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 And this is not just Isaiah.

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 Zechariah says, Zechariah 2.11,

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 Many nations shall join themselves to the Lord in that day,

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 and he shall be my people,

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 and I will dwell in your midst.

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 Or Malachi,

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 From the rising of the sun to its setting,

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 my name shall be great among the nations.

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 This is Malachi 1.11.

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 This promise of that seed in Abraham

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 that was first mentioned in Genesis chapter 3,

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 then in Abraham,

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 how all families on earth are going to be blessed.

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 We see this promise developing

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 and reiterated and rearticulated

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 throughout the whole Old Testament,

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 culminating in Jesus himself,

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 who we will hear about next week.

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 So,

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 I see this.

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 I see the prophecies of God's heart for the nations

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 in the early chapters of Genesis.

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 We see this come up in the Psalms and the prophets.

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 But if I'm honest,

00:31:31.639 --> 00:31:33.979
 you kind of wonder about

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 the other parts of the Old Testament.

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 What about the Old Testament law?

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 All those laws,

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 where are the Gentiles in those laws?

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 Aren't they bad in those laws?

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 Aren't you supposed to avoid them?

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 What about those laws?

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 It's very easy for us

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 when we think of Old Testament laws.

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 We think of lots and lots of them.

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 We think of them being very rigid,

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 very strict,

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 very exclusive,

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 exclusionary,

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 limiting the Gentiles.

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 The Gentiles are unclean in these laws.

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 But I want us to be careful

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 because often our perspective

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 on these Old Testament laws

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 is really informed

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 by how Jesus treats the Pharisees

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 and their interpretation

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 of the Old Testament law.

00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:20.539
 Even subconsciously,

00:32:20.580 --> 00:32:21.660
 we often think about that,

00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:23.779
 of the Old Testament laws being cruel,

00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:24.779
 as being harsh,

00:32:24.940 --> 00:32:26.880
 and then Jesus ushers in this new law

00:32:26.880 --> 00:32:27.500
 that's better.

00:32:28.380 --> 00:32:30.680
 But if we sit and read

00:32:30.680 --> 00:32:32.799
 what the Old Testament law says

00:32:32.799 --> 00:32:34.220
 about Gentiles

00:32:34.220 --> 00:32:35.240
 and about foreigners,

00:32:35.460 --> 00:32:36.440
 it's extraordinary.

00:32:36.440 --> 00:32:38.660
 Here's Exodus 12.

00:32:38.900 --> 00:32:39.600
 This is right

00:32:39.600 --> 00:32:41.320
 when the Old Testament law

00:32:41.320 --> 00:32:42.400
 is coming out.

00:32:42.400 --> 00:32:43.779
 If a stranger

00:32:43.779 --> 00:32:45.420
 shall sojourn with you

00:32:45.420 --> 00:32:46.660
 and would keep the Passover

00:32:46.660 --> 00:32:47.360
 to the Lord,

00:32:47.559 --> 00:32:48.480
 let all his males

00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:49.320
 be circumcised.

00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:50.920
 Then he may come near

00:32:50.920 --> 00:32:51.519
 and keep it.

00:32:51.759 --> 00:32:53.180
 He shall be as a native

00:32:53.180 --> 00:32:54.700
 of the land.

00:32:55.580 --> 00:32:57.539
 But no uncircumcised person

00:32:57.539 --> 00:32:58.320
 shall eat of it.

00:32:58.580 --> 00:32:59.779
 There shall be one law

00:32:59.779 --> 00:33:00.559
 for the native

00:33:00.559 --> 00:33:01.840
 and for the stranger

00:33:01.840 --> 00:33:03.820
 who sojourns among you.

00:33:03.819 --> 00:33:09.460
 This promise is shocking.

00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:10.339
 It's amazing

00:33:10.339 --> 00:33:12.399
 that if there is a stranger

00:33:12.399 --> 00:33:13.779
 who wants to worship

00:33:13.779 --> 00:33:14.659
 the God of Israel,

00:33:15.159 --> 00:33:17.319
 then they can.

00:33:18.159 --> 00:33:19.419
 They have to follow the law

00:33:19.419 --> 00:33:20.519
 just like the Jews.

00:33:21.799 --> 00:33:25.519
 But Exodus 12, verse 48 says,

00:33:25.619 --> 00:33:27.079
 they shall be as a native

00:33:27.079 --> 00:33:28.079
 of the land.

00:33:28.179 --> 00:33:29.200
 They shall be as a Jew.

00:33:30.299 --> 00:33:31.579
 There shall be one law

00:33:31.579 --> 00:33:32.079
 for the native

00:33:32.079 --> 00:33:32.879
 and for the stranger.

00:33:33.819 --> 00:33:35.139
 Leviticus 24,

00:33:35.439 --> 00:33:37.319
 you shall have the same rule

00:33:37.319 --> 00:33:38.319
 for the sojourner

00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:39.619
 and for the native,

00:33:39.939 --> 00:33:41.039
 for I am the Lord your God.

00:33:41.200 --> 00:33:41.779
 One rule.

00:33:42.919 --> 00:33:45.019
 If there is a Gentile

00:33:45.019 --> 00:33:45.960
 who wants to follow

00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:46.659
 the God of Israel

00:33:46.659 --> 00:33:48.879
 and is willing to follow

00:33:48.879 --> 00:33:50.179
 this Jewish law,

00:33:50.359 --> 00:33:51.220
 then they're considered

00:33:51.220 --> 00:33:52.179
 to be Jewish.

00:33:52.899 --> 00:33:53.819
 Numbers 15,

00:33:54.759 --> 00:33:56.019
 for the assembly,

00:33:56.200 --> 00:33:57.379
 there shall be one statute

00:33:57.379 --> 00:33:58.159
 for you

00:33:58.159 --> 00:33:59.700
 and for the stranger

00:33:59.700 --> 00:34:00.819
 who sojourns with you,

00:34:00.859 --> 00:34:02.099
 a statute forever

00:34:02.099 --> 00:34:03.459
 throughout your generations.

00:34:03.459 --> 00:34:05.019
 You and the sojourner

00:34:05.019 --> 00:34:06.199
 shall be alike

00:34:06.199 --> 00:34:07.879
 before the Lord.

00:34:08.619 --> 00:34:09.239
 One law

00:34:09.239 --> 00:34:10.179
 and one rule

00:34:10.179 --> 00:34:11.119
 shall be for you

00:34:11.119 --> 00:34:12.159
 and for the stranger

00:34:12.159 --> 00:34:14.059
 who sojourns with you.

00:34:14.799 --> 00:34:16.059
 Isn't that beautiful?

00:34:16.059 --> 00:34:19.719
 The most powerful passage

00:34:19.719 --> 00:34:21.059
 is Deuteronomy 29.

00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:24.579
 The background for this

00:34:24.579 --> 00:34:26.219
 is Moses has led

00:34:26.219 --> 00:34:26.739
 the people

00:34:26.739 --> 00:34:28.320
 right up to the gates

00:34:28.320 --> 00:34:29.119
 of the promised land

00:34:29.119 --> 00:34:31.259
 and he is giving

00:34:31.259 --> 00:34:31.860
 his sort of

00:34:31.860 --> 00:34:32.880
 valedictory address,

00:34:32.980 --> 00:34:33.980
 his farewell address.

00:34:34.679 --> 00:34:35.579
 He knows that God

00:34:35.579 --> 00:34:36.460
 is going to

00:34:36.460 --> 00:34:37.639
 take him home

00:34:37.639 --> 00:34:38.880
 to be with him

00:34:38.880 --> 00:34:40.059
 momentarily

00:34:40.619 --> 00:34:41.440
 in a few days

00:34:41.440 --> 00:34:42.780
 and Moses

00:34:42.780 --> 00:34:43.659
 re-articulates

00:34:43.659 --> 00:34:44.240
 the law

00:34:44.240 --> 00:34:45.380
 and he says,

00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:46.340
 you are standing today

00:34:46.340 --> 00:34:46.840
 all of you

00:34:46.840 --> 00:34:47.940
 before the Lord your God,

00:34:48.539 --> 00:34:49.920
 the heads of your tribes,

00:34:50.240 --> 00:34:50.679
 your elders

00:34:50.679 --> 00:34:51.519
 and your officers,

00:34:51.780 --> 00:34:52.639
 all the men of Israel,

00:34:52.740 --> 00:34:53.440
 your little ones,

00:34:53.519 --> 00:34:54.099
 your wives

00:34:54.099 --> 00:34:55.480
 and the sojourner

00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:56.760
 who is in your camp

00:34:56.760 --> 00:34:57.940
 from the one

00:34:57.940 --> 00:34:58.780
 who chops your wood

00:34:58.780 --> 00:34:59.119
 to the one

00:34:59.119 --> 00:35:00.019
 who draws your water

00:35:00.019 --> 00:35:01.880
 so that you may enter

00:35:01.880 --> 00:35:02.980
 into the sworn covenant

00:35:02.980 --> 00:35:03.980
 of the Lord your God

00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:05.039
 which the Lord your God

00:35:05.039 --> 00:35:06.400
 is making with you today

00:35:06.400 --> 00:35:07.960
 that he may establish

00:35:07.960 --> 00:35:09.559
 you as his people

00:35:09.559 --> 00:35:12.019
 and that he may be your God

00:35:12.019 --> 00:35:13.159
 as he promised

00:35:13.159 --> 00:35:14.900
 and as he swore

00:35:14.900 --> 00:35:15.599
 to your fathers

00:35:15.599 --> 00:35:16.179
 to Abraham,

00:35:16.340 --> 00:35:16.719
 to Isaac

00:35:16.719 --> 00:35:17.440
 and to Jacob

00:35:17.440 --> 00:35:19.539
 it is not with you alone

00:35:19.539 --> 00:35:20.380
 that I am making

00:35:20.380 --> 00:35:21.239
 this sworn covenant

00:35:21.239 --> 00:35:22.219
 but with whoever

00:35:22.219 --> 00:35:23.239
 is standing here

00:35:23.239 --> 00:35:23.980
 with us today

00:35:23.980 --> 00:35:25.320
 before the Lord our God

00:35:25.320 --> 00:35:26.159
 and with whoever

00:35:26.159 --> 00:35:27.279
 is not here

00:35:27.279 --> 00:35:29.239
 with us today.

00:35:30.519 --> 00:35:32.940
 Here he names everyone

00:35:32.940 --> 00:35:34.139
 elders, tribes,

00:35:34.299 --> 00:35:35.239
 officers, men,

00:35:35.799 --> 00:35:36.320
 the children,

00:35:36.639 --> 00:35:37.179
 the wives

00:35:37.179 --> 00:35:38.940
 and the sojourner

00:35:38.940 --> 00:35:40.159
 who is with the camp

00:35:40.159 --> 00:35:41.200
 every sojourner

00:35:41.200 --> 00:35:41.720
 from the one

00:35:41.720 --> 00:35:42.480
 who chops wood

00:35:42.480 --> 00:35:43.220
 to the one

00:35:43.220 --> 00:35:44.079
 who draws water

00:35:44.079 --> 00:35:45.960
 they are entering

00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:46.860
 into this covenant

00:35:46.860 --> 00:35:48.079
 of the Lord your God

00:35:48.079 --> 00:35:49.960
 that he may establish

00:35:49.960 --> 00:35:51.400
 you as his people.

00:35:51.960 --> 00:35:52.679
 The sojourner

00:35:52.679 --> 00:35:53.420
 is becoming

00:35:53.420 --> 00:35:54.920
 part of the people

00:35:54.920 --> 00:35:55.579
 of God

00:35:55.579 --> 00:35:57.300
 and why?

00:35:57.460 --> 00:35:59.200
 It's about that promise

00:35:59.200 --> 00:36:00.880
 what he promised

00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:01.679
 to Abraham

00:36:01.679 --> 00:36:03.900
 about all families

00:36:03.900 --> 00:36:04.440
 on earth

00:36:04.440 --> 00:36:05.179
 being blessed

00:36:05.179 --> 00:36:06.119
 about that

00:36:06.119 --> 00:36:06.839
 that offspring

00:36:06.839 --> 00:36:07.739
 that seed

00:36:07.739 --> 00:36:09.519
 coming down

00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:10.619
 and blessing

00:36:10.619 --> 00:36:11.299
 all people.

00:36:13.380 --> 00:36:13.859
 So

00:36:13.859 --> 00:36:15.940
 we see this

00:36:15.940 --> 00:36:16.500
 in the law.

00:36:16.859 --> 00:36:17.440
 God's heart

00:36:17.440 --> 00:36:18.179
 for Gentiles

00:36:18.179 --> 00:36:18.940
 are in the law.

00:36:20.619 --> 00:36:21.819
 If they were willing

00:36:21.819 --> 00:36:22.779
 to follow the law

00:36:22.779 --> 00:36:24.179
 like all

00:36:24.179 --> 00:36:25.579
 the Hebrews

00:36:25.579 --> 00:36:26.139
 the descendants

00:36:26.139 --> 00:36:26.559
 of Abraham

00:36:26.559 --> 00:36:27.420
 Isaac and Jacob

00:36:27.420 --> 00:36:28.619
 had to do as well

00:36:28.619 --> 00:36:29.960
 then they were considered

00:36:29.960 --> 00:36:30.819
 to be

00:36:30.819 --> 00:36:31.900
 as a native

00:36:31.900 --> 00:36:32.739
 of the land

00:36:32.739 --> 00:36:34.000
 if they were willing

00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:35.000
 to follow that law.

00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:38.739
 There's another aspect

00:36:38.739 --> 00:36:39.760
 I want to

00:36:39.760 --> 00:36:41.260
 also highlight

00:36:41.260 --> 00:36:43.340
 about God's

00:36:43.340 --> 00:36:44.659
 mission

00:36:44.659 --> 00:36:45.599
 in the Old Testament

00:36:45.599 --> 00:36:46.579
 and

00:36:46.579 --> 00:36:47.760
 this is

00:36:47.760 --> 00:36:48.679
 you've got to read

00:36:48.679 --> 00:36:49.280
 between the lines

00:36:49.280 --> 00:36:49.980
 a little bit here

00:36:49.980 --> 00:36:50.760
 but

00:36:50.760 --> 00:36:53.179
 it's very easy

00:36:53.179 --> 00:36:53.599
 for us

00:36:53.599 --> 00:36:54.260
 when we think

00:36:54.260 --> 00:36:55.820
 about ancient history

00:36:55.820 --> 00:36:56.780
 to have

00:36:56.780 --> 00:36:57.880
 a very kind of

00:36:57.880 --> 00:36:59.619
 flat view of it

00:36:59.619 --> 00:37:00.059
 like

00:37:00.059 --> 00:37:02.000
 there's Abraham

00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:02.420
 there's Isaac

00:37:02.420 --> 00:37:02.920
 there's Jacob

00:37:02.920 --> 00:37:03.780
 the law comes

00:37:03.780 --> 00:37:04.619
 there's all these laws

00:37:04.619 --> 00:37:05.199
 and then eventually

00:37:05.199 --> 00:37:05.799
 Jesus comes

00:37:05.799 --> 00:37:07.440
 but if you pause

00:37:07.440 --> 00:37:07.920
 and you think

00:37:07.920 --> 00:37:08.500
 but what was it

00:37:08.500 --> 00:37:09.380
 really like

00:37:09.380 --> 00:37:10.880
 for individuals

00:37:10.880 --> 00:37:11.480
 back then

00:37:11.480 --> 00:37:12.059
 when they were

00:37:12.059 --> 00:37:13.139
 living in ancient

00:37:13.139 --> 00:37:13.579
 Israel

00:37:13.579 --> 00:37:14.339
 in the times

00:37:14.339 --> 00:37:15.019
 of the patriarchs

00:37:15.019 --> 00:37:15.579
 or the times

00:37:15.579 --> 00:37:17.079
 of the kings

00:37:17.079 --> 00:37:17.699
 or the judges

00:37:17.699 --> 00:37:18.639
 what was it

00:37:18.639 --> 00:37:19.579
 really like

00:37:19.579 --> 00:37:20.199
 for them

00:37:20.199 --> 00:37:21.159
 as worshippers

00:37:21.159 --> 00:37:22.099
 of the God

00:37:22.099 --> 00:37:22.559
 of Israel

00:37:22.559 --> 00:37:24.239
 imagine

00:37:24.239 --> 00:37:24.799
 they're out

00:37:24.799 --> 00:37:25.940
 most of them

00:37:25.940 --> 00:37:26.480
 are farmers

00:37:26.480 --> 00:37:27.900
 they're with their

00:37:27.900 --> 00:37:28.319
 crops

00:37:28.319 --> 00:37:29.239
 or their flocks

00:37:29.239 --> 00:37:30.679
 and what are they doing

00:37:30.679 --> 00:37:31.299
 they're bumping

00:37:31.299 --> 00:37:31.920
 into their neighbors

00:37:31.920 --> 00:37:32.779
 all the time

00:37:32.780 --> 00:37:33.540
 they're seeing them

00:37:33.540 --> 00:37:34.740
 who are their neighbors

00:37:34.740 --> 00:37:35.140
 well

00:37:35.140 --> 00:37:36.460
 especially the ones

00:37:36.460 --> 00:37:36.980
 who lived on the

00:37:36.980 --> 00:37:37.780
 periphery of Israel

00:37:37.780 --> 00:37:38.720
 they're Gentiles

00:37:38.720 --> 00:37:40.920
 they're seeing Gentiles

00:37:40.920 --> 00:37:42.280
 they're seeing non-Jews

00:37:42.280 --> 00:37:43.019
 they're seeing people

00:37:43.019 --> 00:37:44.000
 worshipping

00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:45.060
 worshipping

00:37:45.060 --> 00:37:46.300
 other gods

00:37:46.300 --> 00:37:50.480
 and if we read

00:37:50.480 --> 00:37:52.340
 the law

00:37:52.340 --> 00:37:53.380
 God's heart

00:37:53.380 --> 00:37:54.140
 for the Gentile

00:37:54.140 --> 00:37:54.720
 in the law

00:37:54.720 --> 00:37:55.420
 if we see

00:37:55.420 --> 00:37:55.840
 God's heart

00:37:55.840 --> 00:37:56.440
 for the nations

00:37:56.440 --> 00:37:57.080
 in the opening

00:37:57.080 --> 00:37:57.880
 chapters of Genesis

00:37:57.880 --> 00:38:01.560
 I think it's

00:38:01.560 --> 00:38:02.380
 a very fair bet

00:38:02.380 --> 00:38:03.300
 that a lot

00:38:03.300 --> 00:38:03.720
 of those

00:38:03.720 --> 00:38:05.240
 faithful Jews

00:38:05.240 --> 00:38:05.800
 back then

00:38:05.800 --> 00:38:06.580
 would have been

00:38:06.580 --> 00:38:07.460
 evangelizing

00:38:07.460 --> 00:38:07.940
 their neighbors

00:38:07.940 --> 00:38:08.700
 they would have been

00:38:08.700 --> 00:38:09.180
 telling them

00:38:09.180 --> 00:38:09.800
 about the God

00:38:09.800 --> 00:38:10.160
 of Israel

00:38:10.160 --> 00:38:11.560
 and we see this

00:38:11.560 --> 00:38:12.800
 in Psalm 47

00:38:12.800 --> 00:38:13.800
 where

00:38:13.800 --> 00:38:14.960
 the psalmist says

00:38:14.960 --> 00:38:15.900
 clap your hands

00:38:15.900 --> 00:38:16.460
 all peoples

00:38:16.460 --> 00:38:17.460
 shout to God

00:38:17.460 --> 00:38:18.579
 with loud songs

00:38:18.579 --> 00:38:19.240
 of joy

00:38:19.240 --> 00:38:22.099
 where there's this

00:38:22.099 --> 00:38:23.599
 call to the nations

00:38:23.599 --> 00:38:24.940
 come and worship

00:38:24.940 --> 00:38:26.420
 the God

00:38:26.420 --> 00:38:28.340
 of all peoples

00:38:28.340 --> 00:38:31.099
 or this

00:38:31.099 --> 00:38:32.039
 Psalm 66

00:38:32.039 --> 00:38:35.360
 shout for joy

00:38:35.360 --> 00:38:35.940
 to God

00:38:35.940 --> 00:38:36.740
 all the earth

00:38:36.740 --> 00:38:38.199
 sing the glory

00:38:38.199 --> 00:38:38.820
 of his name

00:38:38.820 --> 00:38:39.920
 give to him

00:38:39.920 --> 00:38:40.900
 glorious praise

00:38:40.900 --> 00:38:41.740
 say to God

00:38:41.740 --> 00:38:42.300
 how awesome

00:38:42.300 --> 00:38:43.039
 are your deeds

00:38:43.039 --> 00:38:43.980
 so great

00:38:43.980 --> 00:38:44.559
 is your power

00:38:44.559 --> 00:38:45.239
 that your enemies

00:38:45.239 --> 00:38:45.900
 come cringing

00:38:45.900 --> 00:38:46.420
 to you

00:38:46.420 --> 00:38:47.500
 all the earth

00:38:47.500 --> 00:38:48.119
 worships you

00:38:48.119 --> 00:38:48.920
 and sings praises

00:38:48.920 --> 00:38:49.420
 to you

00:38:49.420 --> 00:38:50.400
 they sing praises

00:38:50.400 --> 00:38:51.059
 to your name

00:38:51.059 --> 00:38:52.360
 come

00:38:52.360 --> 00:38:53.279
 and see

00:38:53.279 --> 00:38:54.239
 what God

00:38:54.239 --> 00:38:55.059
 has done

00:38:55.059 --> 00:38:56.179
 he is awesome

00:38:56.179 --> 00:38:57.219
 in his deeds

00:38:57.219 --> 00:38:58.300
 toward the children

00:38:58.300 --> 00:38:58.820
 of man

00:38:58.820 --> 00:39:00.380
 bless our God

00:39:00.380 --> 00:39:01.019
 oh peoples

00:39:01.019 --> 00:39:02.119
 let the sound

00:39:02.119 --> 00:39:02.599
 of his praise

00:39:02.599 --> 00:39:03.019
 be heard

00:39:03.019 --> 00:39:03.480
 and then here's

00:39:03.480 --> 00:39:04.279
 my favorite part

00:39:04.279 --> 00:39:05.039
 verse 16

00:39:05.039 --> 00:39:06.460
 come and hear

00:39:06.460 --> 00:39:07.420
 all you who fear

00:39:07.420 --> 00:39:07.719
 God

00:39:07.719 --> 00:39:08.579
 and I will tell

00:39:08.579 --> 00:39:09.340
 what he has done

00:39:09.340 --> 00:39:10.139
 for my soul

00:39:10.139 --> 00:39:11.819
 there's this

00:39:11.819 --> 00:39:13.199
 like they're sharing

00:39:13.199 --> 00:39:14.219
 this news

00:39:14.219 --> 00:39:14.679
 it's

00:39:14.679 --> 00:39:16.259
 the book of Hebrews

00:39:16.259 --> 00:39:17.639
 talks about how

00:39:17.639 --> 00:39:19.139
 the gospel was preached

00:39:19.139 --> 00:39:20.159
 to the patriarchs

00:39:20.159 --> 00:39:21.119
 just like how it was preached

00:39:21.119 --> 00:39:21.639
 to us

00:39:21.639 --> 00:39:23.319
 now this gospel

00:39:23.319 --> 00:39:24.859
 was not as specific

00:39:24.859 --> 00:39:26.319
 it didn't have the name

00:39:26.319 --> 00:39:26.759
 Jesus

00:39:26.759 --> 00:39:28.119
 in this gospel

00:39:28.119 --> 00:39:28.940
 but that gospel

00:39:28.940 --> 00:39:30.679
 of trust God

00:39:30.679 --> 00:39:32.319
 trust God

00:39:32.319 --> 00:39:33.359
 like how Abraham

00:39:33.359 --> 00:39:34.059
 trusted God

00:39:34.059 --> 00:39:34.699
 and it was credited

00:39:34.699 --> 00:39:35.639
 to him as righteousness

00:39:35.639 --> 00:39:37.940
 that broader gospel

00:39:37.940 --> 00:39:38.859
 was there

00:39:38.859 --> 00:39:39.980
 in the Old Testament

00:39:39.980 --> 00:39:41.940
 and we can

00:39:41.940 --> 00:39:43.059
 be sure

00:39:43.059 --> 00:39:44.460
 that the

00:39:44.460 --> 00:39:45.500
 Jews

00:39:45.500 --> 00:39:46.340
 in the Old Testament

00:39:46.340 --> 00:39:47.440
 were sharing

00:39:47.440 --> 00:39:48.219
 this message

00:39:48.219 --> 00:39:49.000
 with their neighbors

00:39:49.000 --> 00:39:49.480
 in fact

00:39:49.480 --> 00:39:50.519
 we know

00:39:50.519 --> 00:39:51.360
 they kind of were

00:39:51.360 --> 00:39:52.400
 because we have

00:39:52.400 --> 00:39:52.940
 examples

00:39:52.940 --> 00:39:54.059
 in the Old Testament

00:39:54.059 --> 00:39:55.780
 of non-Jews

00:39:55.780 --> 00:39:56.900
 following the God

00:39:56.900 --> 00:39:57.360
 of Israel

00:39:57.360 --> 00:39:58.699
 these are

00:39:58.699 --> 00:39:59.699
 people like

00:39:59.699 --> 00:40:00.920
 Ruth

00:40:00.920 --> 00:40:02.420
 there's a whole book

00:40:02.420 --> 00:40:02.880
 in the Bible

00:40:02.880 --> 00:40:03.760
 devoted to Ruth

00:40:03.760 --> 00:40:04.880
 about how she did not

00:40:04.880 --> 00:40:05.440
 want to follow

00:40:05.440 --> 00:40:06.199
 her own gods

00:40:06.199 --> 00:40:07.460
 she wanted to follow

00:40:07.460 --> 00:40:07.940
 the God

00:40:07.940 --> 00:40:08.940
 of Israel

00:40:08.940 --> 00:40:11.039
 and she was honored

00:40:11.039 --> 00:40:12.500
 with an entire book

00:40:12.500 --> 00:40:13.159
 of scripture

00:40:13.159 --> 00:40:14.820
 devoted to her faithfulness

00:40:14.820 --> 00:40:17.280
 and she becomes part

00:40:17.280 --> 00:40:18.800
 of David's lineage

00:40:18.800 --> 00:40:20.340
 and therefore part of

00:40:20.340 --> 00:40:22.079
 Jesus's lineage as well

00:40:22.079 --> 00:40:23.559
 we see this with

00:40:23.559 --> 00:40:24.320
 Rahab

00:40:24.320 --> 00:40:25.480
 the prostitute

00:40:25.480 --> 00:40:27.179
 in Jericho

00:40:27.179 --> 00:40:28.480
 a Canaanite

00:40:28.480 --> 00:40:30.880
 who wants to follow

00:40:30.880 --> 00:40:31.579
 the God of Israel

00:40:31.579 --> 00:40:32.679
 and she also becomes

00:40:32.679 --> 00:40:33.559
 part of

00:40:33.559 --> 00:40:36.500
 the lineage of David

00:40:36.500 --> 00:40:38.400
 and also of Jesus

00:40:38.400 --> 00:40:40.179
 and that's not just

00:40:40.179 --> 00:40:40.719
 an honor

00:40:40.719 --> 00:40:42.380
 remember the entire

00:40:42.380 --> 00:40:43.340
 promise is about

00:40:43.340 --> 00:40:44.119
 this seed

00:40:44.119 --> 00:40:45.000
 from Abraham

00:40:45.000 --> 00:40:46.619
 being passed down

00:40:46.619 --> 00:40:47.719
 through David

00:40:47.719 --> 00:40:48.699
 to Jesus

00:40:48.699 --> 00:40:50.519
 they are part

00:40:50.519 --> 00:40:51.300
 of that

00:40:51.300 --> 00:40:52.400
 they are part

00:40:52.400 --> 00:40:53.840
 of that family tree

00:40:53.840 --> 00:40:55.059
 fulfilling that promise

00:40:55.059 --> 00:40:56.179
 to Abraham

00:40:56.179 --> 00:40:57.119
 to bless all

00:40:57.119 --> 00:40:57.800
 peoples

00:40:57.800 --> 00:40:58.699
 it's extraordinary

00:40:58.699 --> 00:41:00.159
 we have other examples

00:41:00.159 --> 00:41:01.199
 Jethro

00:41:01.199 --> 00:41:01.760
 Moses'

00:41:02.119 --> 00:41:02.880
 father-in-law

00:41:02.880 --> 00:41:03.719
 was a Gentile

00:41:03.719 --> 00:41:04.679
 but yet a follower

00:41:04.679 --> 00:41:05.500
 of the God of Israel

00:41:05.500 --> 00:41:06.759
 there's that mysterious

00:41:06.759 --> 00:41:08.099
 Melchizedek figure

00:41:08.099 --> 00:41:10.279
 who is this guy

00:41:10.279 --> 00:41:10.859
 is he

00:41:10.859 --> 00:41:12.239
 you know

00:41:12.239 --> 00:41:13.879
 there's a fair interpretation

00:41:13.879 --> 00:41:14.759
 that maybe

00:41:14.759 --> 00:41:15.519
 he was

00:41:15.519 --> 00:41:16.359
 actually

00:41:16.359 --> 00:41:17.359
 sort of like

00:41:17.359 --> 00:41:17.719
 Jesus

00:41:17.719 --> 00:41:18.279
 like the angel

00:41:18.279 --> 00:41:18.639
 of the Lord

00:41:18.639 --> 00:41:19.519
 sometimes is thought of

00:41:19.519 --> 00:41:20.799
 as a theophany

00:41:20.799 --> 00:41:21.960
 and a pre-appearance

00:41:21.960 --> 00:41:22.359
 of Jesus

00:41:22.359 --> 00:41:23.619
 there's other theories

00:41:23.619 --> 00:41:24.519
 that he was just

00:41:24.519 --> 00:41:25.419
 an ancient king

00:41:25.419 --> 00:41:26.440
 who knew the God of Israel

00:41:26.440 --> 00:41:29.159
 we have other

00:41:29.159 --> 00:41:30.019
 examples

00:41:30.019 --> 00:41:30.859
 as well

00:41:30.859 --> 00:41:31.259
 if you read

00:41:31.259 --> 00:41:32.460
 Proverbs chapter 31

00:41:32.460 --> 00:41:34.179
 there is this king

00:41:34.179 --> 00:41:34.960
 King Lemuel

00:41:34.960 --> 00:41:35.899
 who

00:41:35.899 --> 00:41:37.819
 chapter 31

00:41:37.819 --> 00:41:38.539
 is devoted to

00:41:38.539 --> 00:41:39.159
 his Proverbs

00:41:39.159 --> 00:41:39.699
 that he learned

00:41:39.699 --> 00:41:40.259
 from his mother

00:41:40.259 --> 00:41:40.799
 we don't know

00:41:40.799 --> 00:41:41.779
 who King Lemuel was

00:41:41.779 --> 00:41:42.379
 there was no king

00:41:42.379 --> 00:41:42.719
 in Israel

00:41:42.719 --> 00:41:43.619
 named King Lemuel

00:41:43.619 --> 00:41:45.019
 he seems to be

00:41:45.019 --> 00:41:45.919
 a Gentile king

00:41:45.919 --> 00:41:46.779
 who was a follower

00:41:46.779 --> 00:41:48.359
 of the God of Israel

00:41:48.359 --> 00:41:50.139
 Job is another example

00:41:50.139 --> 00:41:51.399
 where Job

00:41:51.399 --> 00:41:53.259
 is often thought of

00:41:53.259 --> 00:41:54.539
 we can't be totally sure

00:41:54.539 --> 00:41:55.239
 but thought of

00:41:55.239 --> 00:41:56.099
 as a

00:41:56.099 --> 00:41:58.960
 non-Jew

00:41:58.960 --> 00:42:00.279
 who is a follower

00:42:00.279 --> 00:42:01.099
 of the God

00:42:01.099 --> 00:42:01.940
 of Israel

00:42:01.940 --> 00:42:02.460
 we don't know

00:42:02.460 --> 00:42:03.059
 that for sure

00:42:03.059 --> 00:42:04.380
 but he's often

00:42:04.380 --> 00:42:05.420
 thought of that way

00:42:05.420 --> 00:42:06.179
 so we see

00:42:06.179 --> 00:42:06.880
 examples

00:42:06.880 --> 00:42:08.199
 of Gentiles

00:42:08.199 --> 00:42:09.400
 coming to know

00:42:09.400 --> 00:42:10.099
 the God of Israel

00:42:10.099 --> 00:42:11.380
 in the Old Testament

00:42:11.380 --> 00:42:12.559
 and some of them

00:42:12.559 --> 00:42:13.299
 are not simple

00:42:13.299 --> 00:42:14.119
 side stories

00:42:14.119 --> 00:42:14.759
 some of them

00:42:14.759 --> 00:42:15.639
 are very much

00:42:15.639 --> 00:42:16.139
 features

00:42:16.139 --> 00:42:17.019
 of the text

00:42:17.019 --> 00:42:18.360
 we also see this

00:42:18.360 --> 00:42:18.940
 in Exodus

00:42:18.940 --> 00:42:20.279
 when the people

00:42:20.279 --> 00:42:21.420
 leave Egypt

00:42:21.420 --> 00:42:22.820
 and it says

00:42:22.820 --> 00:42:23.579
 several times

00:42:23.579 --> 00:42:24.699
 and a mixed multitude

00:42:24.699 --> 00:42:25.480
 was with them

00:42:25.480 --> 00:42:27.139
 from the Egyptians

00:42:27.139 --> 00:42:28.059
 or from the surrounding

00:42:28.059 --> 00:42:28.519
 nations

00:42:28.519 --> 00:42:29.219
 who were going

00:42:29.219 --> 00:42:29.759
 with them

00:42:29.760 --> 00:42:31.640
 into this promised land

00:42:31.640 --> 00:42:33.700
 okay

00:42:33.700 --> 00:42:35.760
 I want to though

00:42:35.760 --> 00:42:37.460
 speak about

00:42:37.460 --> 00:42:38.960
 God being

00:42:38.960 --> 00:42:40.460
 a missionary God

00:42:40.460 --> 00:42:41.380
 God having a heart

00:42:41.380 --> 00:42:42.220
 for the nations

00:42:42.220 --> 00:42:42.940
 in the Old Testament

00:42:42.940 --> 00:42:44.340
 with one final example

00:42:44.340 --> 00:42:46.200
 and this is

00:42:46.200 --> 00:42:46.920
 the example

00:42:46.920 --> 00:42:48.040
 of the prophet

00:42:48.040 --> 00:42:49.040
 Jonah

00:42:49.040 --> 00:42:51.180
 so we see examples

00:42:51.180 --> 00:42:52.220
 of God's call

00:42:52.220 --> 00:42:52.780
 to the nations

00:42:52.780 --> 00:42:53.820
 his heart for the nations

00:42:53.820 --> 00:42:54.440
 his promise

00:42:54.440 --> 00:42:55.020
 for the nations

00:42:55.020 --> 00:42:56.040
 we see examples

00:42:56.040 --> 00:42:57.940
 of Gentiles

00:42:57.940 --> 00:42:59.039
 coming to know

00:42:59.039 --> 00:42:59.760
 the God of Israel

00:42:59.760 --> 00:43:00.880
 we see provision

00:43:00.880 --> 00:43:01.639
 for this given

00:43:01.639 --> 00:43:02.840
 in the law of Moses

00:43:02.840 --> 00:43:04.780
 but we haven't yet

00:43:04.780 --> 00:43:06.000
 seen an actual

00:43:06.000 --> 00:43:07.639
 missionary to the nations

00:43:07.639 --> 00:43:08.980
 yet

00:43:08.980 --> 00:43:10.440
 in the Old Testament

00:43:10.440 --> 00:43:12.420
 but we do have

00:43:12.420 --> 00:43:13.240
 this in Jonah

00:43:13.240 --> 00:43:14.960
 the entire book

00:43:14.960 --> 00:43:15.360
 of Jonah

00:43:15.360 --> 00:43:16.280
 can be read

00:43:16.280 --> 00:43:17.079
 as

00:43:17.079 --> 00:43:18.599
 a missionary

00:43:18.599 --> 00:43:19.159
 commissioned

00:43:19.159 --> 00:43:20.519
 to reach the nations

00:43:20.519 --> 00:43:22.940
 to give a brief

00:43:22.940 --> 00:43:23.480
 overview

00:43:23.480 --> 00:43:24.659
 before I wrap up

00:43:24.659 --> 00:43:25.940
 of the book of Jonah

00:43:25.940 --> 00:43:29.820
 the empire

00:43:29.820 --> 00:43:30.740
 of the Assyrians

00:43:30.740 --> 00:43:32.059
 arguably the first

00:43:32.059 --> 00:43:33.159
 empire on earth

00:43:33.159 --> 00:43:33.980
 certainly one of

00:43:33.980 --> 00:43:34.619
 the early ones

00:43:34.619 --> 00:43:36.420
 they come to power

00:43:36.420 --> 00:43:37.360
 they conquer

00:43:37.360 --> 00:43:38.179
 the northern tribes

00:43:38.179 --> 00:43:38.619
 of Israel

00:43:38.619 --> 00:43:40.039
 and they do horrific

00:43:40.039 --> 00:43:40.500
 things

00:43:40.500 --> 00:43:41.559
 they enslave

00:43:41.559 --> 00:43:42.480
 ten of the tribes

00:43:42.480 --> 00:43:42.900
 of Israel

00:43:42.900 --> 00:43:44.079
 they destroy them

00:43:44.079 --> 00:43:44.920
 they deport them

00:43:44.920 --> 00:43:45.760
 they murder

00:43:45.760 --> 00:43:46.559
 they pillage

00:43:46.559 --> 00:43:47.119
 they rape

00:43:47.119 --> 00:43:47.780
 they do all sorts

00:43:47.780 --> 00:43:48.360
 of horrible

00:43:48.360 --> 00:43:49.119
 horrible things

00:43:49.119 --> 00:43:50.000
 Nineveh

00:43:50.000 --> 00:43:50.780
 the capital

00:43:50.780 --> 00:43:51.420
 of the Assyrian

00:43:51.420 --> 00:43:51.720
 empire

00:43:51.720 --> 00:43:52.079
 is called

00:43:52.079 --> 00:43:53.119
 the city of blood

00:43:53.119 --> 00:43:54.519
 because of how

00:43:54.519 --> 00:43:55.880
 bloodthirsty they were

00:43:55.880 --> 00:43:57.199
 what the Assyrians

00:43:57.199 --> 00:43:57.619
 did

00:43:57.619 --> 00:43:58.539
 I won't even

00:43:58.539 --> 00:43:59.199
 I won't even go

00:43:59.199 --> 00:44:00.400
 into further detail

00:44:00.400 --> 00:44:01.480
 it was so horrible

00:44:01.480 --> 00:44:03.779
 and they were pagans

00:44:03.779 --> 00:44:04.819
 they were worshipping

00:44:04.819 --> 00:44:05.579
 false gods

00:44:05.579 --> 00:44:06.719
 they were

00:44:06.719 --> 00:44:08.039
 they were destroying

00:44:08.039 --> 00:44:09.019
 God's people

00:44:09.019 --> 00:44:10.119
 in fact

00:44:10.119 --> 00:44:11.179
 in some sense

00:44:11.179 --> 00:44:11.799
 they were working

00:44:11.799 --> 00:44:12.579
 to destroy

00:44:12.579 --> 00:44:13.380
 that seed

00:44:13.380 --> 00:44:14.000
 that had been

00:44:14.000 --> 00:44:14.480
 promised

00:44:14.480 --> 00:44:15.699
 from Abraham

00:44:15.699 --> 00:44:17.099
 and God

00:44:17.099 --> 00:44:17.819
 appears to Jonah

00:44:17.819 --> 00:44:19.279
 and he says

00:44:19.279 --> 00:44:20.000
 Jonah I want you

00:44:20.000 --> 00:44:20.420
 to go preach

00:44:20.420 --> 00:44:20.880
 to Nineveh

00:44:20.880 --> 00:44:21.339
 this is like

00:44:21.339 --> 00:44:22.139
 a death sentence

00:44:22.139 --> 00:44:22.900
 for Jonah

00:44:22.900 --> 00:44:23.659
 he's supposed

00:44:23.659 --> 00:44:24.319
 to show up

00:44:24.319 --> 00:44:24.900
 at this city

00:44:24.900 --> 00:44:25.859
 and preach repentance

00:44:25.859 --> 00:44:27.239
 and he says

00:44:27.239 --> 00:44:27.739
 you gotta go

00:44:27.739 --> 00:44:28.379
 preach repentance

00:44:28.379 --> 00:44:29.019
 to this city

00:44:29.019 --> 00:44:29.719
 and Jonah

00:44:29.719 --> 00:44:30.579
 doesn't want to do it

00:44:30.579 --> 00:44:31.480
 and he runs away

00:44:31.480 --> 00:44:33.059
 we know this story

00:44:33.059 --> 00:44:34.059
 he keeps running

00:44:34.059 --> 00:44:34.719
 from God

00:44:34.719 --> 00:44:36.900
 and God

00:44:36.900 --> 00:44:38.039
 sends the sea beast

00:44:38.039 --> 00:44:39.099
 to swallow Jonah

00:44:39.099 --> 00:44:39.960
 there's a lot

00:44:39.960 --> 00:44:40.599
 of fascinating

00:44:40.599 --> 00:44:42.279
 theological reflection

00:44:42.279 --> 00:44:42.839
 where Jonah

00:44:42.839 --> 00:44:43.799
 has this prayer

00:44:43.799 --> 00:44:44.920
 where he's in Sheol

00:44:44.920 --> 00:44:46.219
 and he's in the belly

00:44:46.219 --> 00:44:47.420
 of this sea beast

00:44:47.420 --> 00:44:48.719
 and eventually

00:44:48.719 --> 00:44:50.559
 Jonah spit up

00:44:50.559 --> 00:44:52.659
 and he is sent

00:44:52.659 --> 00:44:53.079
 to Nineveh

00:44:53.079 --> 00:44:53.440
 he's like

00:44:53.440 --> 00:44:54.299
 fine I'll go

00:44:54.299 --> 00:44:55.000
 and he goes

00:44:55.000 --> 00:44:55.539
 to Nineveh

00:44:55.539 --> 00:44:56.519
 and he preaches

00:44:56.519 --> 00:44:58.559
 to these people

00:44:58.559 --> 00:44:59.679
 about how judgment

00:44:59.679 --> 00:45:00.259
 is coming

00:45:00.259 --> 00:45:01.099
 to this city

00:45:01.099 --> 00:45:03.099
 and what shocking

00:45:03.099 --> 00:45:03.619
 thing

00:45:03.619 --> 00:45:04.639
 happens

00:45:04.639 --> 00:45:06.119
 the people repent

00:45:06.119 --> 00:45:08.279
 they actually repent

00:45:08.279 --> 00:45:10.259
 and they turn

00:45:10.259 --> 00:45:12.119
 away from their sins

00:45:12.119 --> 00:45:13.480
 and Jonah

00:45:13.480 --> 00:45:15.019
 is not happy

00:45:15.019 --> 00:45:15.759
 about it

00:45:15.759 --> 00:45:16.799
 he's angry

00:45:16.799 --> 00:45:17.940
 he says

00:45:17.940 --> 00:45:18.659
 God I knew

00:45:18.659 --> 00:45:19.000
 you were going

00:45:19.000 --> 00:45:19.760
 to do this

00:45:19.760 --> 00:45:20.579
 that you were

00:45:20.579 --> 00:45:21.300
 going to relent

00:45:21.300 --> 00:45:23.320
 I didn't want

00:45:23.320 --> 00:45:23.840
 to go talk

00:45:23.840 --> 00:45:24.300
 to these people

00:45:24.300 --> 00:45:24.900
 because imagine

00:45:24.900 --> 00:45:25.599
 what Jonah's thinking

00:45:25.599 --> 00:45:26.079
 he's thinking

00:45:26.079 --> 00:45:27.179
 either I show up

00:45:27.179 --> 00:45:28.440
 and it doesn't work

00:45:28.440 --> 00:45:29.300
 and I get killed

00:45:29.300 --> 00:45:30.500
 or I show up

00:45:30.500 --> 00:45:31.000
 and it works

00:45:31.000 --> 00:45:31.519
 and these people

00:45:31.519 --> 00:45:32.179
 avoid judgment

00:45:32.179 --> 00:45:34.019
 I don't want to go

00:45:34.019 --> 00:45:34.880
 it's a lose-lose

00:45:34.880 --> 00:45:35.340
 for me

00:45:35.340 --> 00:45:37.440
 and so then

00:45:37.440 --> 00:45:39.159
 Jonah leaves

00:45:39.159 --> 00:45:40.800
 and he sits down

00:45:40.800 --> 00:45:41.740
 he's still in view

00:45:41.740 --> 00:45:42.260
 of the city

00:45:42.260 --> 00:45:43.039
 he sets up

00:45:43.039 --> 00:45:43.820
 pitches a tent

00:45:43.820 --> 00:45:44.539
 he's in the heat

00:45:44.539 --> 00:45:45.059
 of the day

00:45:45.059 --> 00:45:46.260
 he wants to see

00:45:46.260 --> 00:45:46.639
 what's going to

00:45:46.639 --> 00:45:47.299
 happen to this city

00:45:47.299 --> 00:45:48.159
 he's still hoping

00:45:48.159 --> 00:45:48.940
 maybe judgment

00:45:48.940 --> 00:45:49.420
 will come

00:45:49.420 --> 00:45:50.839
 maybe I can watch

00:45:50.839 --> 00:45:51.460
 it be destroyed

00:45:51.460 --> 00:45:52.379
 like Sodom and Gomorrah

00:45:52.379 --> 00:45:53.219
 or something like that

00:45:53.219 --> 00:45:54.379
 I'm reading between

00:45:54.379 --> 00:45:54.960
 the lines here

00:45:54.960 --> 00:45:55.719
 but that's the sense

00:45:55.719 --> 00:45:56.039
 you get

00:45:56.039 --> 00:45:56.839
 and then

00:45:56.839 --> 00:45:58.920
 God appoints

00:45:58.920 --> 00:45:59.639
 a plant

00:45:59.639 --> 00:46:00.239
 to grow

00:46:00.239 --> 00:46:01.219
 to shade Jonah

00:46:01.219 --> 00:46:02.199
 Jonah likes the plant

00:46:02.199 --> 00:46:02.879
 and then God

00:46:02.879 --> 00:46:04.339
 appoints a worm

00:46:04.339 --> 00:46:04.900
 to eat the plant

00:46:04.900 --> 00:46:05.539
 away and it dies

00:46:05.539 --> 00:46:06.480
 Jonah's really upset

00:46:06.480 --> 00:46:07.019
 about this

00:46:07.019 --> 00:46:08.119
 he's depressed

00:46:08.119 --> 00:46:11.019
 he just wants to die

00:46:11.019 --> 00:46:12.699
 and God says

00:46:12.699 --> 00:46:12.920
 you know

00:46:12.920 --> 00:46:13.500
 you're so upset

00:46:13.500 --> 00:46:14.299
 about this plant

00:46:14.300 --> 00:46:15.340
 but he says

00:46:15.340 --> 00:46:18.519
 should I not pity

00:46:18.519 --> 00:46:18.860
 Nineveh

00:46:18.860 --> 00:46:19.600
 that great city

00:46:19.600 --> 00:46:20.260
 in which there are

00:46:20.260 --> 00:46:21.400
 more than 120,000

00:46:21.400 --> 00:46:21.840
 persons

00:46:21.840 --> 00:46:22.900
 who do not know

00:46:22.900 --> 00:46:23.560
 their right hand

00:46:23.560 --> 00:46:24.620
 from their left

00:46:24.620 --> 00:46:26.260
 and also much cattle

00:46:26.260 --> 00:46:27.340
 shouldn't I have

00:46:27.340 --> 00:46:27.980
 mercy on them

00:46:27.980 --> 00:46:29.440
 you were sad

00:46:29.440 --> 00:46:29.900
 for the plant

00:46:29.900 --> 00:46:30.340
 that died

00:46:30.340 --> 00:46:31.480
 why aren't you sad

00:46:31.480 --> 00:46:32.380
 for the city

00:46:32.380 --> 00:46:32.880
 of Nineveh

00:46:32.880 --> 00:46:34.060
 when 120,000

00:46:34.060 --> 00:46:34.940
 people were going

00:46:34.940 --> 00:46:35.300
 to die

00:46:35.300 --> 00:46:37.060
 that's how

00:46:37.060 --> 00:46:37.640
 the book of Jonah

00:46:37.640 --> 00:46:38.100
 ends

00:46:38.100 --> 00:46:39.580
 and

00:46:39.580 --> 00:46:41.700
 you see here

00:46:41.699 --> 00:46:43.259
 number one

00:46:43.259 --> 00:46:44.639
 God's call

00:46:44.639 --> 00:46:45.819
 his care to the nations

00:46:45.819 --> 00:46:46.980
 even a wicked

00:46:46.980 --> 00:46:47.759
 wicked people

00:46:47.759 --> 00:46:48.619
 like the Assyrians

00:46:48.619 --> 00:46:51.399
 he sends Jonah

00:46:51.399 --> 00:46:52.399
 to preach repentance

00:46:52.399 --> 00:46:53.439
 to these people

00:46:53.439 --> 00:46:55.579
 and

00:46:55.579 --> 00:46:57.439
 we also see

00:46:57.439 --> 00:46:58.539
 that

00:46:58.539 --> 00:46:59.359
 the missionary

00:46:59.359 --> 00:46:59.980
 Jonah

00:46:59.980 --> 00:47:01.299
 was also a mission

00:47:01.299 --> 00:47:01.839
 field

00:47:01.839 --> 00:47:02.819
 himself

00:47:02.819 --> 00:47:04.379
 that God

00:47:04.379 --> 00:47:05.199
 was

00:47:05.199 --> 00:47:06.119
 still

00:47:06.119 --> 00:47:07.539
 shaping Jonah

00:47:07.539 --> 00:47:08.960
 to be like God

00:47:08.960 --> 00:47:09.919
 to love his enemies

00:47:09.920 --> 00:47:11.980
 he was still renewing

00:47:11.980 --> 00:47:12.559
 that image

00:47:12.559 --> 00:47:13.079
 in Jonah

00:47:13.079 --> 00:47:13.960
 as well

00:47:13.960 --> 00:47:17.220
 this

00:47:17.220 --> 00:47:18.360
 lays a foundation

00:47:18.360 --> 00:47:19.099
 for us

00:47:19.099 --> 00:47:20.599
 viewing God

00:47:20.599 --> 00:47:21.500
 as a missionary God

00:47:21.500 --> 00:47:22.240
 where

00:47:22.240 --> 00:47:23.800
 he has these promises

00:47:23.800 --> 00:47:24.639
 from the very beginning

00:47:24.639 --> 00:47:25.059
 of scripture

00:47:25.059 --> 00:47:25.940
 they're carried throughout

00:47:25.940 --> 00:47:26.579
 about his heart

00:47:26.579 --> 00:47:27.240
 for the nations

00:47:27.240 --> 00:47:28.440
 but

00:47:28.440 --> 00:47:30.440
 he wants to involve

00:47:30.440 --> 00:47:31.059
 us

00:47:31.059 --> 00:47:32.599
 in some sense

00:47:32.599 --> 00:47:33.579
 God does do it

00:47:33.579 --> 00:47:34.039
 himself

00:47:34.039 --> 00:47:34.880
 he comes down

00:47:34.880 --> 00:47:35.720
 in the person of Jesus

00:47:35.720 --> 00:47:37.000
 he literally becomes human

00:47:37.000 --> 00:47:38.860
 but he also

00:47:38.860 --> 00:47:39.519
 wants us

00:47:39.519 --> 00:47:40.199
 to be part

00:47:40.199 --> 00:47:41.019
 of this gospel

00:47:41.019 --> 00:47:42.199
 call to the nations

00:47:42.199 --> 00:47:44.920
 but in becoming

00:47:44.920 --> 00:47:46.239
 part of that call

00:47:46.239 --> 00:47:47.440
 we also

00:47:47.440 --> 00:47:48.639
 are still

00:47:48.639 --> 00:47:49.320
 a mission field

00:47:49.320 --> 00:47:49.739
 ourselves

00:47:49.739 --> 00:47:50.519
 we're always

00:47:50.519 --> 00:47:51.500
 needing to draw

00:47:51.500 --> 00:47:52.139
 closer

00:47:52.139 --> 00:47:53.259
 to God

00:47:53.259 --> 00:47:54.619
 Jonah was

00:47:54.619 --> 00:47:55.360
 preaching repentance

00:47:55.360 --> 00:47:56.400
 and he still

00:47:56.400 --> 00:47:57.360
 needed to repent

00:47:57.360 --> 00:47:58.519
 himself

00:47:58.519 --> 00:47:59.619
 and to grow

00:47:59.619 --> 00:48:00.579
 in his knowledge

00:48:00.579 --> 00:48:01.099
 of God

00:48:01.099 --> 00:48:02.920
 in Genesis language

00:48:02.920 --> 00:48:03.480
 to grow

00:48:03.480 --> 00:48:04.000
 being like

00:48:04.000 --> 00:48:04.739
 the likeness

00:48:04.739 --> 00:48:05.039
 of God

00:48:05.039 --> 00:48:05.480
 or the image

00:48:05.480 --> 00:48:05.960
 of God

00:48:05.960 --> 00:48:10.179
 we've got

00:48:10.179 --> 00:48:10.860
 a few minutes

00:48:10.860 --> 00:48:11.220
 left

00:48:11.220 --> 00:48:11.960
 let's pause

00:48:11.960 --> 00:48:12.280
 there

00:48:12.280 --> 00:48:13.639
 next week

00:48:13.639 --> 00:48:14.300
 we'll be talking

00:48:14.300 --> 00:48:15.039
 about Jesus

00:48:15.039 --> 00:48:16.880
 and what Jesus

00:48:16.880 --> 00:48:17.519
 does

00:48:17.519 --> 00:48:19.019
 as our

00:48:19.019 --> 00:48:20.220
 as

00:48:20.220 --> 00:48:21.400
 God on earth

00:48:21.400 --> 00:48:22.619
 and then

00:48:22.619 --> 00:48:23.220
 we'll be talking

00:48:23.220 --> 00:48:23.699
 about the apostle

00:48:23.699 --> 00:48:24.000
 Paul

00:48:24.000 --> 00:48:24.340
 and we'll go

00:48:24.340 --> 00:48:24.639
 from there

00:48:24.639 --> 00:48:25.059
 but any

00:48:25.059 --> 00:48:25.840
 comments or

00:48:25.840 --> 00:48:26.220
 questions

00:48:26.220 --> 00:48:27.260
 before we

00:48:27.260 --> 00:48:29.039
 conclude

00:48:29.039 --> 00:48:31.079
 I so appreciated

00:48:31.079 --> 00:48:31.679
 all your

00:48:31.679 --> 00:48:32.480
 illustrations

00:48:32.480 --> 00:48:33.039
 of

00:48:33.039 --> 00:48:34.599
 mission work

00:48:34.599 --> 00:48:35.239
 and I'll just

00:48:35.239 --> 00:48:35.599
 add

00:48:35.599 --> 00:48:36.380
 from

00:48:36.380 --> 00:48:37.400
 one of the

00:48:37.400 --> 00:48:38.360
 greatest ministers

00:48:38.360 --> 00:48:39.239
 Daniel

00:48:39.239 --> 00:48:40.599
 being a witness

00:48:40.599 --> 00:48:42.340
 King Nebuchadnezzar

00:48:42.340 --> 00:48:42.900
 you're right

00:48:42.900 --> 00:48:43.840
 or

00:48:43.840 --> 00:48:44.940
 the little

00:48:44.940 --> 00:48:46.019
 servant girl

00:48:46.019 --> 00:48:47.480
 who ends up

00:48:47.480 --> 00:48:48.219
 in Naaman's

00:48:48.219 --> 00:48:48.759
 household

00:48:48.759 --> 00:48:49.579
 who tells

00:48:49.579 --> 00:48:50.079
 Naaman

00:48:50.079 --> 00:48:51.960
 the prophet

00:48:51.960 --> 00:48:52.659
 of the Lord

00:48:52.659 --> 00:48:53.239
 and then

00:48:53.239 --> 00:48:53.940
 Naaman

00:48:53.940 --> 00:48:54.960
 becomes a believer

00:48:54.960 --> 00:48:55.800
 that's so beautiful

00:48:55.800 --> 00:48:56.699
 yes thank you

00:48:56.699 --> 00:48:57.599
 yes you're

00:48:57.599 --> 00:48:58.219
 exactly right

00:48:58.219 --> 00:48:59.179
 yes

00:48:59.179 --> 00:49:00.279
 I personally

00:49:00.279 --> 00:49:00.959
 believe

00:49:00.959 --> 00:49:02.199
 that God

00:49:02.199 --> 00:49:02.939
 is a good

00:49:02.939 --> 00:49:03.539
 minister

00:49:03.539 --> 00:49:04.419
 Amen

00:49:04.419 --> 00:49:05.839
 Amen

00:49:05.839 --> 00:49:07.019
 and that he

00:49:07.019 --> 00:49:07.519
 helped

00:49:07.519 --> 00:49:09.099
 and that he

00:49:09.099 --> 00:49:10.239
 helped Abraham

00:49:10.239 --> 00:49:12.299
 sacrificing Isaac

00:49:12.299 --> 00:49:14.539
 even though he

00:49:14.539 --> 00:49:15.139
 didn't kill

00:49:15.139 --> 00:49:15.500
 Isaac

00:49:15.500 --> 00:49:16.159
 yeah

00:49:16.159 --> 00:49:17.099
 Amen Sammy

00:49:17.099 --> 00:49:18.899
 thank you

00:49:18.899 --> 00:49:20.559
 Josh

00:49:20.559 --> 00:49:21.879
 so

00:49:21.879 --> 00:49:23.179
 a lot of

00:49:23.179 --> 00:49:23.819
 what you

00:49:23.819 --> 00:49:24.259
 touched on

00:49:24.259 --> 00:49:24.919
 sort of

00:49:24.919 --> 00:49:25.459
 I don't know

00:49:25.459 --> 00:49:26.439
 a lot of

00:49:26.439 --> 00:49:26.939
 what you touched on

00:49:26.939 --> 00:49:27.439
 is sort of

00:49:27.439 --> 00:49:28.099
 addressing this

00:49:28.099 --> 00:49:28.900
 but still

00:49:28.900 --> 00:49:29.719
 like how do we

00:49:29.719 --> 00:49:30.659
 address the

00:49:30.659 --> 00:49:31.500
 objection of

00:49:31.500 --> 00:49:32.000
 the kind of

00:49:32.000 --> 00:49:32.920
 particularity

00:49:32.920 --> 00:49:34.699
 of choosing

00:49:34.699 --> 00:49:36.380
 one family

00:49:36.380 --> 00:49:38.079
 to then

00:49:38.079 --> 00:49:39.319
 you know

00:49:39.319 --> 00:49:41.059
 slowly over time

00:49:41.059 --> 00:49:42.799
 influence the whole world

00:49:42.799 --> 00:49:43.719
 bless the whole world

00:49:43.719 --> 00:49:46.380
 you've already

00:49:46.380 --> 00:49:47.079
 sort of like

00:49:47.079 --> 00:49:47.960
 poked a lot of

00:49:47.960 --> 00:49:48.599
 holes in that

00:49:48.599 --> 00:49:50.579
 talking about

00:49:50.579 --> 00:49:51.199
 you know

00:49:51.199 --> 00:49:51.839
 the Hebrews

00:49:51.839 --> 00:49:53.000
 and the neighbors

00:49:53.000 --> 00:49:54.159
 and even

00:49:54.159 --> 00:49:56.019
 sending out

00:49:56.019 --> 00:49:56.400
 whole testimony

00:49:56.400 --> 00:49:57.800
 but

00:49:57.800 --> 00:50:00.500
 like what

00:50:00.500 --> 00:50:01.599
 immediately

00:50:01.599 --> 00:50:02.360
 comes to mind

00:50:02.360 --> 00:50:02.800
 for me

00:50:02.800 --> 00:50:03.139
 is

00:50:03.139 --> 00:50:04.300
 well he

00:50:04.300 --> 00:50:06.159
 sent Jesus

00:50:06.159 --> 00:50:07.320
 to a very

00:50:07.320 --> 00:50:08.420
 particular time

00:50:08.420 --> 00:50:08.760
 and place

00:50:08.760 --> 00:50:12.080
 and then

00:50:12.080 --> 00:50:12.540
 I don't know

00:50:12.540 --> 00:50:13.080
 I've had all

00:50:13.080 --> 00:50:13.440
 kinds of

00:50:13.440 --> 00:50:14.040
 thoughts too

00:50:14.040 --> 00:50:14.660
 about like

00:50:14.660 --> 00:50:15.600
 thinking back

00:50:15.600 --> 00:50:16.160
 to Genesis

00:50:16.160 --> 00:50:16.600
 right

00:50:16.600 --> 00:50:18.640
 the profundity

00:50:18.640 --> 00:50:18.980
 of our

00:50:18.980 --> 00:50:19.580
 separation

00:50:19.580 --> 00:50:20.780
 of sin

00:50:20.780 --> 00:50:21.840
 and like

00:50:21.840 --> 00:50:24.140
 sometimes I think

00:50:24.140 --> 00:50:24.880
 of Cain and

00:50:24.880 --> 00:50:25.180
 Abel

00:50:25.180 --> 00:50:27.820
 am I my brother's

00:50:27.820 --> 00:50:28.100
 keeper

00:50:28.100 --> 00:50:29.060
 it's like

00:50:29.060 --> 00:50:29.540
 yes

00:50:29.539 --> 00:50:30.880
 yes you are

00:50:30.880 --> 00:50:32.940
 exactly

00:50:32.940 --> 00:50:33.840
 you know

00:50:33.840 --> 00:50:34.940
 like Abraham

00:50:34.940 --> 00:50:35.739
 tried to take

00:50:35.739 --> 00:50:36.320
 care of what

00:50:36.320 --> 00:50:36.759
 and say like

00:50:36.759 --> 00:50:37.380
 no you need to

00:50:37.380 --> 00:50:38.320
 walk in the ways

00:50:38.320 --> 00:50:38.739
 of the Lord

00:50:38.739 --> 00:50:39.139
 but like

00:50:39.139 --> 00:50:41.559
 divergent

00:50:41.559 --> 00:50:42.059
 separated

00:50:42.059 --> 00:50:44.400
 so in some

00:50:44.400 --> 00:50:44.960
 ways I feel

00:50:44.960 --> 00:50:45.719
 like

00:50:45.719 --> 00:50:49.559
 there's

00:50:49.559 --> 00:50:50.000
 there's been

00:50:50.000 --> 00:50:50.579
 a failure

00:50:50.579 --> 00:50:51.179
 if

00:50:51.179 --> 00:50:53.099
 people take

00:50:53.099 --> 00:50:53.659
 issue with

00:50:53.659 --> 00:50:54.119
 you know

00:50:54.119 --> 00:50:55.099
 oh why

00:50:55.099 --> 00:50:55.539
 why is

00:50:55.539 --> 00:50:55.739
 God

00:50:55.739 --> 00:50:58.199
 so in some

00:50:58.199 --> 00:50:58.440
 sense

00:50:58.440 --> 00:50:58.840
 like we

00:50:58.840 --> 00:50:59.360
 we dropped

00:50:59.360 --> 00:50:59.640
 the ball

00:50:59.640 --> 00:51:00.240
 very early

00:51:00.240 --> 00:51:00.660
 on

00:51:00.660 --> 00:51:01.960
 and not

00:51:01.960 --> 00:51:02.600
 you know

00:51:02.600 --> 00:51:05.420
 being good

00:51:05.420 --> 00:51:05.720
 enough

00:51:05.720 --> 00:51:06.559
 evangelist

00:51:06.559 --> 00:51:06.780
 to our

00:51:06.780 --> 00:51:07.039
 neighbors

00:51:07.039 --> 00:51:07.320
 and our

00:51:07.320 --> 00:51:07.680
 family

00:51:07.680 --> 00:51:09.300
 but at the

00:51:09.300 --> 00:51:09.740
 same time

00:51:09.740 --> 00:51:10.180
 it's like

00:51:10.180 --> 00:51:10.940
 the profundity

00:51:10.940 --> 00:51:11.220
 of our

00:51:11.220 --> 00:51:11.700
 separation

00:51:11.700 --> 00:51:12.240
 requires

00:51:12.240 --> 00:51:12.840
 incarnation

00:51:12.840 --> 00:51:15.000
 but it's

00:51:15.000 --> 00:51:15.980
 still tough

00:51:15.980 --> 00:51:16.660
 because it's

00:51:16.660 --> 00:51:16.960
 like what

00:51:16.960 --> 00:51:17.220
 about

00:51:17.220 --> 00:51:17.720
 North and

00:51:17.720 --> 00:51:17.880
 South

00:51:17.880 --> 00:51:18.280
 America

00:51:18.280 --> 00:51:18.660
 like

00:51:18.660 --> 00:51:19.280
 the Mormons

00:51:19.280 --> 00:51:19.620
 have this

00:51:19.620 --> 00:51:20.160
 whole like

00:51:20.160 --> 00:51:20.539
 solution

00:51:20.539 --> 00:51:21.980
 Jesus went

00:51:21.980 --> 00:51:22.500
 over there

00:51:22.500 --> 00:51:22.780
 right

00:51:22.780 --> 00:51:23.579
 yeah

00:51:23.579 --> 00:51:25.220
 there is

00:51:25.220 --> 00:51:26.220
 you're right

00:51:26.220 --> 00:51:27.079
 there's the

00:51:27.079 --> 00:51:27.840
 particularity

00:51:27.840 --> 00:51:28.260
 so

00:51:28.260 --> 00:51:31.480
 I will

00:51:31.480 --> 00:51:32.000
 say this

00:51:32.000 --> 00:51:32.420
 when we

00:51:32.420 --> 00:51:32.760
 think about

00:51:32.760 --> 00:51:33.160
 this is the

00:51:33.160 --> 00:51:33.660
 question of

00:51:33.660 --> 00:51:33.980
 what about

00:51:33.980 --> 00:51:34.280
 the people

00:51:34.280 --> 00:51:34.520
 who've never

00:51:34.520 --> 00:51:34.860
 heard the

00:51:34.860 --> 00:51:35.140
 gospel

00:51:35.140 --> 00:51:35.620
 they're still

00:51:35.620 --> 00:51:36.000
 around in

00:51:36.000 --> 00:51:36.420
 this world

00:51:36.420 --> 00:51:36.760
 I mean

00:51:36.760 --> 00:51:37.080
 you can

00:51:37.080 --> 00:51:37.680
 still find

00:51:37.680 --> 00:51:38.300
 people groups

00:51:38.300 --> 00:51:39.720
 in Papua New

00:51:39.720 --> 00:51:40.240
 Guinea and

00:51:40.240 --> 00:51:40.780
 deep in

00:51:40.780 --> 00:51:41.640
 rainforests and

00:51:41.640 --> 00:51:41.980
 things like

00:51:41.980 --> 00:51:42.200
 that

00:51:42.200 --> 00:51:43.340
 what about

00:51:43.340 --> 00:51:43.580
 them

00:51:43.580 --> 00:51:45.040
 the foundation

00:51:45.040 --> 00:51:45.680
 we always need

00:51:45.680 --> 00:51:45.960
 to remember

00:51:45.960 --> 00:51:46.420
 when we think

00:51:46.420 --> 00:51:46.860
 about that

00:51:46.860 --> 00:51:47.560
 is we're

00:51:47.560 --> 00:51:48.300
 talking about

00:51:48.300 --> 00:51:49.140
 the same

00:51:49.140 --> 00:51:49.580
 God who

00:51:49.580 --> 00:51:50.140
 sent Jonah

00:51:50.140 --> 00:51:50.980
 to Nineveh

00:51:50.980 --> 00:51:52.240
 we can

00:51:52.240 --> 00:51:53.000
 trust him

00:51:53.000 --> 00:51:53.480
 with these

00:51:53.480 --> 00:51:54.260
 questions

00:51:54.260 --> 00:51:55.240
 scripture does

00:51:55.239 --> 00:51:56.000
 not provide

00:51:56.000 --> 00:51:56.599
 absolute

00:51:56.599 --> 00:51:57.719
 clear answers

00:51:57.719 --> 00:51:58.519
 for things

00:51:58.519 --> 00:51:58.839
 like this

00:51:58.839 --> 00:51:59.319
 what it does

00:51:59.319 --> 00:51:59.759
 say is we

00:51:59.759 --> 00:52:00.219
 can trust

00:52:00.219 --> 00:52:00.379
 him

00:52:00.379 --> 00:52:00.819
 this is a

00:52:00.819 --> 00:52:01.500
 God who

00:52:01.500 --> 00:52:02.000
 loved his

00:52:02.000 --> 00:52:02.319
 enemies

00:52:02.319 --> 00:52:04.159
 even horrific

00:52:04.159 --> 00:52:05.500
 nations like

00:52:05.500 --> 00:52:06.139
 the Assyrians

00:52:06.139 --> 00:52:06.819
 and had a

00:52:06.819 --> 00:52:07.139
 heart for

00:52:07.139 --> 00:52:07.359
 them

00:52:07.359 --> 00:52:08.879
 another thing

00:52:08.879 --> 00:52:09.279
 to remember

00:52:09.279 --> 00:52:10.199
 is that

00:52:10.199 --> 00:52:11.419
 we never

00:52:11.419 --> 00:52:11.859
 want to

00:52:11.859 --> 00:52:12.279
 take the

00:52:12.279 --> 00:52:12.759
 Old Testament

00:52:12.759 --> 00:52:13.319
 and think

00:52:13.319 --> 00:52:13.639
 that is

00:52:13.639 --> 00:52:14.299
 100%

00:52:14.299 --> 00:52:15.219
 of what

00:52:15.219 --> 00:52:15.659
 everybody

00:52:15.659 --> 00:52:16.159
 knew about

00:52:16.159 --> 00:52:16.519
 God

00:52:16.519 --> 00:52:17.219
 back in

00:52:17.219 --> 00:52:17.959
 1000 BC

00:52:17.959 --> 00:52:18.500
 or 2000

00:52:18.500 --> 00:52:18.859
 BC

00:52:18.859 --> 00:52:19.939
 because

00:52:19.939 --> 00:52:21.019
 scripture

00:52:21.019 --> 00:52:21.739
 actually tells

00:52:21.739 --> 00:52:22.059
 us

00:52:22.059 --> 00:52:24.379
 there will

00:52:24.379 --> 00:52:24.959
 be lines

00:52:24.959 --> 00:52:25.159
 like

00:52:25.159 --> 00:52:25.459
 well if

00:52:25.459 --> 00:52:25.659
 you want

00:52:25.659 --> 00:52:25.859
 to know

00:52:25.859 --> 00:52:26.079
 more

00:52:26.079 --> 00:52:26.459
 go read

00:52:26.459 --> 00:52:26.919
 this book

00:52:26.919 --> 00:52:27.219
 we don't

00:52:27.219 --> 00:52:27.539
 have that

00:52:27.539 --> 00:52:27.979
 book anymore

00:52:27.979 --> 00:52:29.039
 and so

00:52:29.039 --> 00:52:29.819
 they obviously

00:52:29.819 --> 00:52:30.579
 have more

00:52:30.579 --> 00:52:31.619
 knowledge

00:52:31.619 --> 00:52:32.879
 than at

00:52:32.879 --> 00:52:33.439
 that time

00:52:33.439 --> 00:52:34.339
 we see

00:52:34.339 --> 00:52:35.019
 this when

00:52:35.019 --> 00:52:36.519
 shortly

00:52:36.519 --> 00:52:38.000
 before and

00:52:38.000 --> 00:52:38.339
 after Noah

00:52:38.339 --> 00:52:38.559
 it will be

00:52:38.559 --> 00:52:38.939
 like then

00:52:38.939 --> 00:52:39.519
 men began

00:52:39.519 --> 00:52:39.879
 to call

00:52:39.879 --> 00:52:40.099
 on the

00:52:40.099 --> 00:52:40.299
 name of

00:52:40.299 --> 00:52:40.679
 the Lord

00:52:40.679 --> 00:52:41.319
 well how

00:52:41.319 --> 00:52:41.639
 did that

00:52:41.639 --> 00:52:41.919
 happen

00:52:41.919 --> 00:52:42.199
 we don't

00:52:42.199 --> 00:52:42.839
 know

00:52:42.839 --> 00:52:45.679
 yeah

00:52:45.679 --> 00:52:47.579
 so

00:52:47.579 --> 00:52:49.039
 what we

00:52:49.039 --> 00:52:49.419
 do know

00:52:49.419 --> 00:52:50.059
 is God

00:52:50.059 --> 00:52:50.519
 wants us

00:52:50.519 --> 00:52:50.979
 to spread

00:52:50.979 --> 00:52:51.459
 his gospel

00:52:51.460 --> 00:52:51.800
 to the

00:52:51.800 --> 00:52:52.199
 nations

00:52:52.199 --> 00:52:53.400
 God

00:52:53.400 --> 00:52:54.300
 I hope

00:52:54.300 --> 00:52:54.800
 it's become

00:52:54.800 --> 00:52:55.179
 clear

00:52:55.179 --> 00:52:56.280
 is totally

00:52:56.280 --> 00:52:56.900
 capable

00:52:56.900 --> 00:52:57.800
 of stepping

00:52:57.800 --> 00:52:58.280
 in

00:52:58.280 --> 00:52:59.619
 and sending

00:52:59.619 --> 00:53:00.159
 angels

00:53:00.159 --> 00:53:00.860
 or sending

00:53:00.860 --> 00:53:01.320
 prophets

00:53:01.320 --> 00:53:01.940
 or doing

00:53:01.940 --> 00:53:02.400
 miraculous

00:53:02.400 --> 00:53:02.880
 things

00:53:02.880 --> 00:53:03.360
 when he

00:53:03.360 --> 00:53:04.000
 wants to

00:53:04.000 --> 00:53:04.360
 and he

00:53:04.360 --> 00:53:04.740
 does do

00:53:04.740 --> 00:53:05.039
 that

00:53:05.039 --> 00:53:05.860
 but he

00:53:05.860 --> 00:53:06.340
 wants to

00:53:06.340 --> 00:53:06.960
 use us

00:53:06.960 --> 00:53:07.440
 so

00:53:07.440 --> 00:53:09.679
 we can

00:53:09.679 --> 00:53:09.960
 hang

00:53:09.960 --> 00:53:10.220
 our

00:53:10.220 --> 00:53:11.360
 trust

00:53:11.360 --> 00:53:11.840
 on those

00:53:11.840 --> 00:53:12.579
 two ideas

00:53:12.579 --> 00:53:13.139
 that we

00:53:13.139 --> 00:53:13.579
 can trust

00:53:13.579 --> 00:53:13.820
 God

00:53:13.820 --> 00:53:14.260
 with this

00:53:14.260 --> 00:53:14.699
 and we

00:53:14.699 --> 00:53:15.119
 do know

00:53:15.119 --> 00:53:16.019
 that people

00:53:16.019 --> 00:53:16.599
 knew more

00:53:16.599 --> 00:53:17.460
 than we

00:53:17.460 --> 00:53:17.840
 know

00:53:17.840 --> 00:53:18.400
 back then

00:53:18.400 --> 00:53:19.000
 we know

00:53:19.000 --> 00:53:19.480
 other things

00:53:19.480 --> 00:53:19.920
 now

00:53:19.920 --> 00:53:20.960
 but you

00:53:20.960 --> 00:53:21.139
 know

00:53:21.139 --> 00:53:21.859
 there were

00:53:21.859 --> 00:53:22.400
 all sorts

00:53:22.400 --> 00:53:22.960
 of prophets

00:53:22.960 --> 00:53:23.819
 in the

00:53:23.819 --> 00:53:24.279
 Old Testament

00:53:24.279 --> 00:53:24.699
 that never

00:53:24.699 --> 00:53:25.139
 wrote anything

00:53:25.139 --> 00:53:25.440
 down

00:53:25.440 --> 00:53:27.799
 and we

00:53:27.799 --> 00:53:28.219
 don't know

00:53:28.219 --> 00:53:28.599
 where they

00:53:28.599 --> 00:53:29.019
 went or

00:53:29.019 --> 00:53:29.319
 what they

00:53:29.319 --> 00:53:29.699
 did or

00:53:29.699 --> 00:53:29.960
 what they

00:53:29.960 --> 00:53:30.519
 were saying

00:53:30.519 --> 00:53:31.319
 so

00:53:31.319 --> 00:53:33.259
 just keep

00:53:33.259 --> 00:53:33.539
 that in

00:53:33.539 --> 00:53:33.739
 mind

00:53:33.739 --> 00:53:34.819
 and trust

00:53:34.819 --> 00:53:35.259
 in God

00:53:35.259 --> 00:53:37.239
 on those

00:53:37.239 --> 00:53:37.940
 issues

00:53:37.940 --> 00:53:38.579
 and there

00:53:38.579 --> 00:53:39.000
 are in the

00:53:39.000 --> 00:53:39.359
 history of

00:53:39.359 --> 00:53:39.619
 missions

00:53:39.619 --> 00:53:40.019
 I don't

00:53:40.019 --> 00:53:40.299
 know if

00:53:40.299 --> 00:53:40.480
 we'll

00:53:40.480 --> 00:53:41.039
 you know

00:53:41.039 --> 00:53:41.539
 there are

00:53:41.539 --> 00:53:41.920
 remarkable

00:53:41.920 --> 00:53:42.379
 stories

00:53:42.379 --> 00:53:42.659
 where we

00:53:42.659 --> 00:53:43.079
 show up

00:53:43.079 --> 00:53:43.379
 to a

00:53:43.379 --> 00:53:43.759
 people group

00:53:43.759 --> 00:53:43.960
 and we're

00:53:43.960 --> 00:53:44.219
 like oh

00:53:44.219 --> 00:53:44.420
 there were

00:53:44.420 --> 00:53:44.799
 people here

00:53:44.799 --> 00:53:45.119
 before

00:53:45.119 --> 00:53:45.859
 how did that

00:53:45.859 --> 00:53:46.139
 happen

00:53:46.139 --> 00:53:46.400
 I mean

00:53:46.400 --> 00:53:46.599
 that's

00:53:46.599 --> 00:53:46.779
 happened

00:53:46.779 --> 00:53:47.179
 more than

00:53:47.179 --> 00:53:47.480
 once

00:53:47.480 --> 00:53:48.699
 where people

00:53:48.699 --> 00:53:49.219
 will show up

00:53:49.219 --> 00:53:49.840
 in a faraway

00:53:49.840 --> 00:53:50.460
 land only to

00:53:50.460 --> 00:53:51.000
 find out

00:53:51.000 --> 00:53:51.920
 missionaries had

00:53:51.920 --> 00:53:52.139
 been there

00:53:52.139 --> 00:53:52.519
 hundreds of

00:53:52.519 --> 00:53:53.019
 years before

00:53:53.019 --> 00:53:53.960
 so

00:53:53.960 --> 00:53:54.820
 we never know

00:53:54.820 --> 00:53:55.500
 Barry you had

00:53:55.500 --> 00:53:56.059
 was that your

00:53:56.059 --> 00:53:56.280
 hand

00:53:56.280 --> 00:53:58.019
 yeah I was

00:53:58.019 --> 00:53:58.519
 coming to

00:53:58.519 --> 00:53:59.560
 this meeting

00:53:59.560 --> 00:53:59.860
 I was

00:53:59.860 --> 00:54:00.100
 thinking

00:54:00.100 --> 00:54:00.660
 well we're

00:54:00.660 --> 00:54:01.080
 starting at

00:54:01.080 --> 00:54:01.460
 Genesis

00:54:01.460 --> 00:54:02.120
 and I

00:54:02.120 --> 00:54:02.420
 thought

00:54:02.420 --> 00:54:03.080
 I thought

00:54:03.080 --> 00:54:03.300
 there was

00:54:03.300 --> 00:54:03.760
 the missions

00:54:03.760 --> 00:54:04.760
 I thought

00:54:04.760 --> 00:54:05.220
 that was a

00:54:05.220 --> 00:54:05.960
 great place

00:54:05.960 --> 00:54:06.660
 to start

00:54:06.660 --> 00:54:07.920
 so thank

00:54:07.920 --> 00:54:08.320
 you for

00:54:08.320 --> 00:54:09.160
 starting there

00:54:09.160 --> 00:54:09.560
 I thought

00:54:09.560 --> 00:54:09.880
 that was

00:54:09.880 --> 00:54:10.180
 great

00:54:10.180 --> 00:54:10.880
 number two

00:54:10.880 --> 00:54:11.660
 I love

00:54:11.660 --> 00:54:12.019
 I never

00:54:12.019 --> 00:54:13.019
 thought about

00:54:13.019 --> 00:54:14.080
 Jonah

00:54:14.080 --> 00:54:15.480
 being a

00:54:15.480 --> 00:54:15.800
 missionary

00:54:15.800 --> 00:54:17.080
 and the

00:54:17.080 --> 00:54:17.620
 thought of

00:54:17.620 --> 00:54:18.019
 what you

00:54:18.019 --> 00:54:18.400
 shared

00:54:18.400 --> 00:54:18.980
 that even

00:54:18.980 --> 00:54:19.680
 missionaries

00:54:19.680 --> 00:54:20.160
 is a

00:54:20.160 --> 00:54:20.420
 mission

00:54:20.420 --> 00:54:23.940
 and then

00:54:23.940 --> 00:54:24.680
 what Matt

00:54:24.680 --> 00:54:25.500
 said about

00:54:25.500 --> 00:54:26.300
 Daniel

00:54:26.300 --> 00:54:27.480
 and then

00:54:27.480 --> 00:54:28.199
 God bringing

00:54:28.199 --> 00:54:28.820
 Daniel to

00:54:28.820 --> 00:54:29.260
 Babylon

00:54:29.260 --> 00:54:30.840
 it's like

00:54:30.840 --> 00:54:31.679
 people who

00:54:31.679 --> 00:54:32.119
 come here

00:54:32.119 --> 00:54:32.679
 to Yale

00:54:32.679 --> 00:54:33.619
 Yale is

00:54:33.619 --> 00:54:34.219
 their Babylon

00:54:34.219 --> 00:54:35.320
 God is

00:54:35.320 --> 00:54:36.179
 calling people

00:54:36.179 --> 00:54:36.659
 here

00:54:36.659 --> 00:54:38.440
 and going

00:54:38.440 --> 00:54:38.820
 off that

00:54:38.820 --> 00:54:39.619
 Daniel reference

00:54:39.619 --> 00:54:40.840
 you gotta read

00:54:40.840 --> 00:54:41.199
 between the

00:54:41.199 --> 00:54:41.519
 lines

00:54:41.519 --> 00:54:42.679
 but Daniel

00:54:42.679 --> 00:54:43.239
 is in

00:54:43.239 --> 00:54:43.519
 Babylon

00:54:43.519 --> 00:54:43.940
 this is

00:54:43.940 --> 00:54:44.219
 where the

00:54:44.219 --> 00:54:44.800
 Magi

00:54:44.800 --> 00:54:46.420
 are trained

00:54:46.420 --> 00:54:48.000
 and 600

00:54:48.000 --> 00:54:48.699
 years later

00:54:48.699 --> 00:54:49.440
 these Magi

00:54:49.440 --> 00:54:50.039
 show up

00:54:50.039 --> 00:54:50.679
 because they've

00:54:50.679 --> 00:54:51.039
 heard this

00:54:51.039 --> 00:54:51.619
 prophecy of

00:54:51.619 --> 00:54:52.199
 this coming

00:54:52.199 --> 00:54:53.260
 Messiah

00:54:53.260 --> 00:54:54.199
 we know

00:54:54.199 --> 00:54:54.599
 there were

00:54:54.599 --> 00:54:55.400
 tons and

00:54:55.400 --> 00:54:55.960
 tons of

00:54:55.960 --> 00:54:56.539
 Jews in

00:54:56.539 --> 00:54:56.840
 Babylon

00:54:56.840 --> 00:54:57.539
 even at

00:54:57.539 --> 00:54:58.099
 that point

00:54:58.099 --> 00:54:59.559
 and afterwards

00:54:59.559 --> 00:55:00.059
 for hundreds

00:55:00.059 --> 00:55:00.500
 of years

00:55:00.500 --> 00:55:02.240
 so we

00:55:02.240 --> 00:55:02.639
 have no

00:55:02.639 --> 00:55:03.480
 idea what

00:55:03.480 --> 00:55:03.980
 was going

00:55:03.980 --> 00:55:04.579
 on in

00:55:04.579 --> 00:55:04.880
 Babylon

00:55:04.880 --> 00:55:05.460
 in terms

00:55:05.460 --> 00:55:06.440
 of

00:55:06.440 --> 00:55:07.980
 pre-Jesus

00:55:07.980 --> 00:55:08.740
 evangelization

00:55:08.740 --> 00:55:09.119
 if we want

00:55:09.119 --> 00:55:09.440
 to call it

00:55:09.440 --> 00:55:09.680
 that but

00:55:09.680 --> 00:55:10.340
 something was

00:55:10.340 --> 00:55:10.920
 going on

00:55:10.920 --> 00:55:11.840
 and there

00:55:11.840 --> 00:55:13.400
 are plausible

00:55:13.400 --> 00:55:14.380
 scenarios where

00:55:14.380 --> 00:55:16.619
 these Babylonians

00:55:16.619 --> 00:55:17.940
 knew about

00:55:17.940 --> 00:55:18.900
 this God

00:55:18.900 --> 00:55:19.340
 of Israel

00:55:19.340 --> 00:55:19.900
 some of them

00:55:19.900 --> 00:55:20.400
 were converting

00:55:20.400 --> 00:55:21.380
 becoming Jews

00:55:21.380 --> 00:55:22.280
 who knows

00:55:22.280 --> 00:55:22.760
 where these

00:55:22.760 --> 00:55:23.400
 Magi got

00:55:23.400 --> 00:55:24.059
 their idea

00:55:24.059 --> 00:55:24.700
 of this

00:55:24.700 --> 00:55:25.340
 star

00:55:25.340 --> 00:55:25.960
 indicating

00:55:25.960 --> 00:55:26.300
 this

00:55:26.300 --> 00:55:26.940
 coming

00:55:26.940 --> 00:55:27.260
 ruler

00:55:27.260 --> 00:55:27.500
 but

00:55:27.500 --> 00:55:27.940
 you

00:55:27.940 --> 00:55:28.200
 can

00:55:28.200 --> 00:55:28.900
 potentially

00:55:28.900 --> 00:55:29.320
 index

00:55:29.320 --> 00:55:29.519
 that

00:55:29.519 --> 00:55:29.740
 back

00:55:29.740 --> 00:55:29.900
 to

00:55:29.900 --> 00:55:30.139
 people

00:55:30.139 --> 00:55:30.380
 like

00:55:30.380 --> 00:55:30.680
 Daniel

00:55:30.680 --> 00:55:31.220
 who were

00:55:31.220 --> 00:55:31.579
 witnesses

00:55:31.579 --> 00:55:32.119
 in

00:55:32.119 --> 00:55:33.240
 Babylon

00:55:33.240 --> 00:55:35.119
 friends

00:55:35.119 --> 00:55:35.880
 service

00:55:35.880 --> 00:55:36.300
 starts in

00:55:36.300 --> 00:55:36.660
 just a few

00:55:36.660 --> 00:55:36.880
 minutes

00:55:36.880 --> 00:55:37.360
 so let

00:55:37.360 --> 00:55:37.500
 me

00:55:37.500 --> 00:55:38.039
 close

00:55:38.039 --> 00:55:38.239
 those

00:55:38.239 --> 00:55:38.779
 in prayer

00:55:38.779 --> 00:55:40.820
 father

00:55:40.820 --> 00:55:41.079
 we

00:55:41.079 --> 00:55:41.860
 thank you

00:55:41.860 --> 00:55:42.219
 for your

00:55:42.219 --> 00:55:42.599
 scripture

00:55:42.599 --> 00:55:43.099
 witness

00:55:43.099 --> 00:55:44.519
 to us

00:55:44.519 --> 00:55:45.039
 we thank

00:55:45.039 --> 00:55:45.539
 you for

00:55:45.539 --> 00:55:46.219
 your words

00:55:46.219 --> 00:55:47.039
 in the opening

00:55:47.039 --> 00:55:47.559
 chapters of

00:55:47.559 --> 00:55:47.860
 Genesis

00:55:47.860 --> 00:55:48.420
 and carried

00:55:48.420 --> 00:55:49.099
 on through

00:55:49.099 --> 00:55:50.119
 the many

00:55:50.119 --> 00:55:50.659
 generations

00:55:50.659 --> 00:55:51.320
 the thousands

00:55:51.320 --> 00:55:51.719
 of years

00:55:51.719 --> 00:55:52.119
 up to our

00:55:52.119 --> 00:55:52.599
 present day

00:55:52.599 --> 00:55:53.039
 lord we

00:55:53.039 --> 00:55:53.599
 ask that

00:55:53.599 --> 00:55:53.860
 you would

00:55:53.860 --> 00:55:54.279
 help us

00:55:54.279 --> 00:55:54.900
 to continue

00:55:54.900 --> 00:55:55.579
 to fulfill

00:55:55.579 --> 00:55:56.960
 your gospel

00:55:56.960 --> 00:55:57.460
 call

00:55:57.460 --> 00:55:58.099
 to let

00:55:58.099 --> 00:55:58.860
 your spiritual

00:55:58.860 --> 00:55:59.519
 kingdom reign

00:55:59.519 --> 00:55:59.860
 over all

00:55:59.860 --> 00:56:00.139
 the earth

00:56:00.139 --> 00:56:00.500
 help us

00:56:00.500 --> 00:56:00.860
 to call

00:56:00.860 --> 00:56:01.320
 all nations

00:56:01.320 --> 00:56:01.920
 to you

00:56:01.920 --> 00:56:04.119
 lord help

00:56:04.119 --> 00:56:04.639
 us to share

00:56:04.639 --> 00:56:05.139
 your gospel

00:56:05.139 --> 00:56:05.599
 to be

00:56:05.599 --> 00:56:06.079
 witnesses

00:56:06.079 --> 00:56:07.400
 like so

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 many of

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 those

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 Hebrew

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 people

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 of old

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 we know

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 were

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 and we

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 don't know

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 many of

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 their names

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 but we

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 know lord

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 that they

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 served you

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 in your

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 kingdom

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 help us

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 to be

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 like them

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 lord we

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 know our

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 hearts are

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 also mission

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 fields

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 reform us

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 shape us

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 renew us

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 to be like

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 you

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 lord we

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 know we

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 are all

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 Jonah's

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 here

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 we are

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 called

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 to preach

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 your gospel

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 but lord

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 our heart

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 is not

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 always right

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 before you

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 make it

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 right before

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 you in the

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 name of

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 Jesus

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 wash us

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 clean by

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 your

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 grace

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 lord bless

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 the service

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 and the

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 congregation

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 that is

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 about to

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 gather

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 help us

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 to hear

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 your words

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 and to

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 rejoice

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 in

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 worshiping

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 you

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 the king

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 of kings

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 and lord

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 of lords

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 we pray

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 all this

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 in the

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 mighty name

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 of Jesus

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 amen

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 thanks so much

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 folks

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