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 As you're settling into your seats, if you join me, please, in Joshua chapter 3.

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 As you're getting there, recall that we have been and we will be taking some strides to the Old Testament up until Advent season this year.

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 We've been doing this now for quite a few months, really working at helping you see the larger narrative,

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 what's happening throughout the entirety of the scripture with this particular focus on the Old Testament, right?

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 We see in Genesis chapter 1, God creates the world and then he rests.

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 Things are good and they are completed, right?

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 And intends to reign in this place with his people.

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 We see very quickly, beginning of Genesis chapter 3, a disruption of that rest.

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 And so the rest of the story is bringing us back to that place.

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 How is it that God then reestablishes, restores all things and brings his people back into relationship with him forever, right?

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 It's a big, grand narrative.

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 And it's really easy to get lost in the details.

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 And so we've been hoping as we just kind of jump through the Old Testament narrative to bring you back to that redemptive story.

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 What is it that God is accomplishing?

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 And we're looking at some of these very major events in this storyline.

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 Now, we have attempted to do it in 14 weeks.

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 I used up one of them last week with something else, so we're trying to do it in 13 weeks.

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 So we've skipped some significant things, like we talked about the creation story, Genesis chapter 1 and 2,

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 the fall of man in Genesis chapter 3,

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 but then we skipped all the way to Genesis chapter 12 to talk about the calling of Abraham and the Abrahamic covenant.

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 So we skipped over the flood as an example.

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 We went on to talk about the call of Moses to deliver Israel from bondage to Egypt in Exodus chapter 3,

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 the Mosaic covenant of Exodus chapter 19,

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 so the giving of the law as an extension of the Abrahamic covenant.

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 And we talked about the rebellion of the Israelites in Numbers chapter 14.

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 So to give us some immediate context for this morning,

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 I want to read to you from Numbers chapter 14,

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 where the people have sent into the land spies.

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 There's 12 of them.

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 They have come back and given the report that the people of the land are too great.

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 They cannot be conquered.

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 Ten of them say this, two do not,

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 and God punishes this generation who believes those who say that God won't fulfill his promise

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 because of the might of the people of the land.

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 So beginning in Numbers chapter 14, verse 26 and following,

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 and the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron saying,

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 How long shall this wicked congregation grumble against me?

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 I have heard the grumblings of the people of Israel, which they grumble against me.

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 Say to them, as I live, declares the Lord,

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 what you have said in my hearing I will do to you.

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 Your dead body shall fall in this wilderness,

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 and of all your number listed in the census from 20 years old and upward,

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 who have grumbled against me,

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 not one shall come into the land where I swore that I would make you dwell,

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 except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.

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 But your little ones, who you said would become a prey,

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 I will bring in, and they shall know the land that you have rejected.

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 But as for you, your dead body shall fall in this wilderness,

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 and your children shall be shepherds in the wilderness 40 years

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 and shall suffer for your faithlessness

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 until the last of your dead bodies lies in the wilderness.

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 So there's this punishment placed on Israel, right?

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 That they'll stay in the land for 40 years.

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 And at the end of that, when that generation passed,

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 the little ones, the ones that will grow up then in this wilderness,

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 will be the ones that will go in to the promised land.

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 It's during this time that most scholars believe

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 that Moses wrote the first five books of the Old Testament,

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 often called the Pentateuch, right?

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 He's telling, retelling, and telling to this generation

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 that they would know what they need to know to enter into this land, right?

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 It's believed that Joshua completes the book of Deuteronomy,

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 records Moses' death,

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 and then writes this book about these people going into this land.

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 So there's two spared from this judgment.

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 They're the two spies that said,

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 no, let's go and take the land because God has promised.

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 And they're Caleb and Joshua.

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 So this 40 years has passed,

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 and we see at the beginning of the book of Joshua,

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 the first three verses records,

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 after the death of Moses, the servant of the Lord,

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 the Lord said to Joshua, the son of Nun, Moses' assistant,

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 Moses, my servant, is dead.

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 Now, therefore, arise, go over this Jordan,

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 and you and all this people into the land that I am giving to them,

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 to the people of Israel.

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 Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon,

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 I have given to you, just as I promised to Moses.

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 And we see in chapter 2 that spies go in once again.

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 There's a wonderful story there I would encourage you to read.

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 And they come back and say,

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 the people are afraid of us.

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 And this bolsters the confidence of the Israelites to go into the land.

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 So let's read our text.

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 This will be all of Joshua chapter 3.

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 Before we read, let me remind you, beloved,

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 that this is God's word to us.

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 It was written for his glory and our good.

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 And we would all do well to listen to it

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 in order to believe its promises and to obey its commands.

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 Beginning in verse 1, chapter 3.

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 Then Joshua rose early in the morning,

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 and they set out from Shittim.

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 And they came to the Jordan,

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 he and all the people of Israel,

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 and lodged there before they passed over.

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 At the end of three days,

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 the officers went through the camp

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 and commanded the people,

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 As soon as you see the ark of the covenant

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 of the Lord your God being carried by the Levitical priests,

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 then you shall set out from your place and follow it.

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 Yet there shall be a distance between you and it,

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 about 2,000 cubits in length.

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 This is about a half a mile.

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 Do not come near it,

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 in order that you may know the way you shall go,

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 for you have not passed this way before.

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 And Joshua said to the people,

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 Consecrate yourselves,

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 for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.

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 And Joshua said to the priests,

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 Take up the ark of the covenant

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 and pass on before the people.

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 So they took up the ark of the covenant

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 and went before the people.

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 The Lord said to Joshua,

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 Today I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel,

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 that they may know that as I was with Moses,

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 so I will be with you.

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 And as for you,

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 command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant,

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 When you come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan,

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 you shall stand still in the Jordan.

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 And Joshua said to the people of Israel,

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 Come here and listen to the words of the Lord your God.

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 And Joshua said,

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 Here is how you shall know that the living God is among you,

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 and that he will without fail drive out before you

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 the Canaanites,

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 the Hittites,

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 the Hivites,

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 the Perizzites,

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 the Girgashites,

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 the Amorites,

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 and the Jebusites.

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 Behold,

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 the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth

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 is passing over before you into the Jordan.

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 Now therefore take twelve men from the tribes of Israel,

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 from each tribe a man.

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 And when the soles of the feet of the priests

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 bearing the ark of the Lord,

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 the Lord of all the earth,

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 shall rest in the waters of the Jordan,

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 the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off from flowing,

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 and the waters coming down from above

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 shall stand in one heap.

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 So when the people set out from their tents

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 to pass over the Jordan

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 with the priests bearing the ark of the covenant

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 before the people,

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 and as soon as those bearing the ark

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 had come as far as the Jordan,

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 and the feet of the priests bearing the ark

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 were dipped in the brink of the water,

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 now the Jordan overflows all its banks

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 throughout the time of harvest.

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 The waters coming down from above

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 stood and rose up in a heap

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 very far away at Adam,

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 or Adam probably,

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 in our English.

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 The city that is beside Zerathon

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 and those flowing down from the sea of the Arabah,

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 the salt sea,

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 were completely cut off,

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 and the people passed over opposite Jericho.

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 Now the priests bearing the ark of the covenant

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 of the Lord stirred firmly on dry ground

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 in the midst of the Jordan,

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 and all Israel was passing over on dry ground

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 until all the nation finished

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 passing over the Jordan.

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 Right?

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 So there's a lot going on in this chapter,

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 right?

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 A significant episode in the life of Israel,

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 right?

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 Speaking to the faithfulness of Israel

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 in this moment,

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 to the promises of God.

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 So we have an opportunity this morning

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 to observe the faith of the Israelites

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 and to have our faith increased.

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 So we'll look at the text

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 in the following three points.

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 I promise I won't satisfy

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 every answer you may have about this text

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 because we just don't have time this morning.

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 But we'll structure it this way.

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 Number one,

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 the order of faith.

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 Number two,

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 the obedience of faith.

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 And number three,

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 the object of faith.

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 Order,

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 obedience,

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 object.

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 And I am always so proud of myself

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 when I alliterate.

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 Three points.

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 So for a moment,

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 let me gloat.

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 I did it.

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 Three points.

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 Order,

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 obedience,

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 object.

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 Number one,

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 the order of faith.

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 We will not spend much time

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 on this first point,

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 but I believe that it is important

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 to see that God makes promises

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 and his people believe those promises

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 in that order.

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 If you go and do a search for sermons

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 on Joshua chapter three,

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 you're going to see lots of sermons

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 with the prominent point being obedience.

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 And it's there.

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 It is in the text, right?

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 We must note that yes,

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 in fact,

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 the Israelites obeyed.

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 That is important for us today.

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 We must also obey.

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 But I don't think we see that

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 as the main point.

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 We don't want to miss what's happening

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 as God is redeeming a people.

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 We will lose sight of the entire narrative

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 if we don't recognize

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 that the Israelites

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 were not deserving people.

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 We are not deserving people.

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 God chose them

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 despite their faithfulness, right?

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 This people that came from Abraham,

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 We find out that Abraham

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 was an idolater.

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 Abraham had done nothing

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 to deserve God's favor,

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 and yet God made a covenant with him.

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 He promised to bless him

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 with a land, right?

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 With seed,

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 a great people, right?

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 That would be a blessing

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 to all nations.

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 And he did this

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 before Abraham had done anything.

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 He had only been an idolater

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 up until that point.

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 So he chose a people

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 for his glory.

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 He's chosen us

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 despite our faithlessness.

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 If we are in Christ this morning,

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 not a single one of us

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 did anything to merit

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 God's favor for us.

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 If you don't believe this,

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 you need to be humbled

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 by your sin, right?

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 We do not deserve

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 God's grace

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 and his mercy.

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 He does this very act,

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 the saving of a people, right?

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 So that he can put on display

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 his mercy and his grace.

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 That he would have a people

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 who say, right,

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 if it were not but for

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 the mercy and grace of God,

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 I would be utterly destitute.

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 I would be cut off from him.

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 I would not choose

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 to follow God in Christ,

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 but because he saved me,

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 I follow him willfully.

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 So you want to note

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 in our text, right?

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 Joshua is saying to them,

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 he's reminding them

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 of what God has promised

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 he would do.

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 He's saying to them,

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 you are God's people.

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 Remember these promises

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 that we've been waiting

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 for 40 years.

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 Your parents have been telling you,

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 you will not go into the land

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 or we will not go into the land,

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 but you will, right?

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 This is what he's reminding them of.

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 Verse five, he says,

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 consecrate yourselves

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 for tomorrow,

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 the Lord will do wonders among you.

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 The Lord will work.

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 He will act to bring you

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 into the land.

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 And then verse 10 and verse 11,

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 here is how you shall know

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 that the living God is among you

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 and that he will,

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 without fail,

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 drive out from before you

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 the Canaanites,

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 the Hittites,

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 the Hivites,

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 the Perizzites,

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 the Girgashites,

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 the Amorites,

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 and the Jebusites,

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 right?

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 Will they be agents

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 in that driving out?

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 Yes.

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 God will use them

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 to drive out these people,

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 to bring judgment upon

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 these peoples.

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 But it's very clear here,

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 Joshua says,

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 that it will be the Lord's doing.

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 And then the guarantee of this,

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 he says in verse 11,

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 is the ark of the covenant

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 of the Lord of all the earth

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 is passing over before you

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 into the Jordan, right?

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 God is about to put on display

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 his power so that you will believe

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 that he will act

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 as you are faithful to him.

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 So we have to get this order correct,

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 right?

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 We must be very,

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 very careful about this.

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 Many of us who are in Christ

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 can err in this way, right?

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 Thinking now that we're in Christ,

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 somehow we continue

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 to earn his favor

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 by our works.

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 May it never be, right?

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 We work because we're saved,

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 not the other way around.

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 Some of you may think

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 that if I just do enough,

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 there's enough of a Christendom

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 injected into you

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 in your upbringing.

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 If I just look just so,

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 so, right?

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 If I have the faith

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 of my parents,

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 then I will be accepted by God.

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 We must be accepted

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 by God in Christ.

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 It's an important order

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 to get correct.

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 So I want to show you that order.

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 They're riding the coattails,

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 right,

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 of this order of faith

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 that began with Abraham.

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 So I want you to turn back quickly

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 to Genesis chapter 15.

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 You can mark us here.

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 We will be back

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 in Joshua chapter 3.

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 We're most certainly

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 not done with it,

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 but kind of in a rushed way,

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 I'm going to read

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 quite a bit of Genesis chapter 15.

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 Connecting you

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 to the bigger narrative, right?

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 So after these things,

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 verse 1 of chapter 15,

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 after these things, right?

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 Much time has passed

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 since the original covenant

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 was given to Abraham.

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 Roughly 25 years.

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 He's fought a war

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 to rescue Lot, right?

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 Lots of stuff has gone on.

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 After these things,

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 the word of the Lord

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 came to Abram in a vision.

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 Fear not, Abram.

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 I am your shield.

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 Your reward

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 shall be very great.

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 But Abram said,

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 O Lord God,

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 what will you give me?

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 For I continue childless,

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 and the heir of my house

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 is Eleazar of Damascus.

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 It would seem

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 that Abram has appointed an heir.

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 If I should die,

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 this Eleazar of Damascus

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 will be my heir.

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 Verse 3,

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 And Abram said,

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 Behold,

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 you have given me

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 no offspring,

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 and a member of my household

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 will be my heir.

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 And behold,

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 the word of the Lord

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 came to him,

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 this man shall not be your heir,

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 for your very own son

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 shall be your heir.

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 And he brought him outside

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 and said,

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 Now, I think there is

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 an element of faltering faith.

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 We're going to read

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 in a little bit

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 that Paul magnifies

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 the faith of Abraham.

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 And I think he's right to do so,

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 but I think we're seeing

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 this transition happen

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 here in the text right now.

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 He seems to have

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 some faltering faith.

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 He says to God,

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 what will you give me?

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 I don't have a son.

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 I've made this guy Eleazar a son.

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 He's trying to accomplish

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 kingdom through his servant

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 rather than through a son

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 because he's 100 years old

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 at this point.

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 99 years old.

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 He has no son.

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 So God,

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 in his loving kindness,

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 brings him outside,

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 verse 5,

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 and says,

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 Look toward heaven

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 and number the stars

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 if you are able

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 to number them.

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 It's a rhetorical question.

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 He can't.

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 Then he said to him,

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 So shall your offspring

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 be, right?

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 And here in verse 6,

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 we see this really key phrase.

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 And it's repeated again and again

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 throughout the Bible,

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 particularly the New Testament.

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 And he, being Abram,

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 believed the Lord

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 and he counted it to him

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 as righteousness.

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 So he believed the Lord

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 and he counted it to him

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 as righteousness.

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 His belief itself

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 was not righteousness,

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 right?

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 This was a righteousness

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 from outside of himself.

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 The Lord counted it to him,

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 credited it to him,

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 right?

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 So he believed God

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 and God declared him

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 righteous.

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 And he said to him,

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 I am the Lord

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 who brought you out

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 from Ur of the Chaldeans

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 to give you this land

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 to possess.

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 But he said,

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 O Lord God,

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 how am I to know

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 that I shall possess it?

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 He said to him,

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 Bring me a heifer

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 three years old,

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 a female goat

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 three years old,

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 a ram three years old,

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 a turtle dove,

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 and a young pigeon.

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 And he brought him

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 all these,

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 cut them in half

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 and laid each half

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 over against the other.

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 But he did not cut

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 the birds in half.

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 And when the birds of prey

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 came down on the carcasses,

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 Abram drove them away.

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 As the sun was going down,

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 a deep sleep

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 fell on Abram

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 and behold,

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 dreadful and great

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 darkness fell upon him.

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 Okay, now there's a lot

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 of strange things

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 happening here.

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 We won't have time

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 to talk about each

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 and every one of them.

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 But this was an old

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 covenant keeping method,

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 right?

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 If you and I were to make

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 a promise with one another,

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 we might take an animal

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 and we would tear it in two.

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 And we would put it

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 on the ground

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 and we would pass together

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 between that.

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 And it was a way of saying,

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 if I don't keep

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 my end of this bargain,

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 like let what happened

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 to this animal

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 happen to me.

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 It's a very serious,

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 somber way

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 of making the covenant,

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 right?

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 Even as this is being

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 recorded here in Genesis,

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 Moses assumes

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 everybody knows,

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 right?

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 He doesn't give a lot

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 of textual explanation

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 as to why this thing

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 happened because

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 in his thinking,

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 everyone knows,

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 understands what's

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 happening here

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 as the Lord

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 does this.

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 But something very

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 significant happens

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 in verse 12.

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 As the sun was going down,

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 a deep sleep

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 fell on Abram.

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 And the previous place

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 that we see this

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 deep sleep,

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 same Hebrew phrase

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 used,

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 is when Adam

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 was put to sleep

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 and a rib was taken

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 from his side

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 and the woman

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 was made.

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 The point being,

00:19:00.559 --> 00:19:01.459
 Adam was entirely

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 passive in that process,

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 right?

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 He is asleep

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 and so was Abram.

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 Abram has nothing

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 to do

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 with this covenant

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 that's being made.

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 This is entirely

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 a promise being made

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 and therefore

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 kept by God.

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 Verse 13,

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 Then the Lord said

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 to Abram,

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 Know for certain

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 that your offspring

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 will be sojourners

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 in a land

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 that is not theirs

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 and will be servants

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 there and they will

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 be afflicted

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 for 400 years.

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 He's talking about Egypt.

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 But I will bring judgment

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 on the nation

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 that they serve

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 and afterward

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 they shall come out

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 with great possessions.

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 As for you,

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 you shall go to

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 your fathers in peace.

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 You shall be buried

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 in a good old age

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 and they shall come back

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 here in the fourth generation

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 for the iniquity

00:19:40.860 --> 00:19:41.680
 of the Amorites

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 is not yet complete.

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 When the sun had gone down

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 and it was dark,

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 behold,

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 a smoking fire pot

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 and a flaming torch

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 passed between

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 these pieces.

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 These two things,

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 smoke and fire,

00:19:53.940 --> 00:19:55.879
 represent God on earth,

00:19:55.960 --> 00:19:57.500
 his presence itself.

00:19:57.619 --> 00:19:58.220
 So think about

00:19:58.220 --> 00:19:59.460
 the burning bush,

00:19:59.759 --> 00:20:01.139
 think about Mount Sinai

00:20:01.139 --> 00:20:01.879
 on flame

00:20:01.879 --> 00:20:02.680
 and with smoke.

00:20:02.900 --> 00:20:03.740
 So these two things

00:20:03.740 --> 00:20:05.279
 represent God's very presence

00:20:05.279 --> 00:20:06.900
 making this covenant promise

00:20:06.900 --> 00:20:08.059
 as it passes

00:20:08.059 --> 00:20:09.879
 between these pieces.

00:20:10.359 --> 00:20:10.759
 Verse 18,

00:20:10.859 --> 00:20:11.400
 On that day,

00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:12.539
 the Lord made a covenant

00:20:12.539 --> 00:20:13.660
 with Abram saying,

00:20:13.660 --> 00:20:15.080
 to your offspring

00:20:15.080 --> 00:20:16.160
 I give this land

00:20:16.160 --> 00:20:17.840
 from the river of Egypt

00:20:17.840 --> 00:20:18.700
 to the great river,

00:20:18.779 --> 00:20:19.560
 the river Euphrates,

00:20:19.779 --> 00:20:20.960
 the land of the Kenites,

00:20:21.140 --> 00:20:21.740
 the Kenizzites,

00:20:21.940 --> 00:20:22.580
 the Kadmonites,

00:20:22.700 --> 00:20:23.240
 the Hittites,

00:20:23.400 --> 00:20:23.980
 the Perizzites,

00:20:24.140 --> 00:20:24.759
 the Rephaim,

00:20:25.240 --> 00:20:25.900
 the Amorites,

00:20:26.320 --> 00:20:26.980
 the Canaanites,

00:20:27.400 --> 00:20:28.140
 the Giggishites,

00:20:28.640 --> 00:20:29.480
 and the Jebusites.

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 You notice some of those names

00:20:30.640 --> 00:20:31.580
 that are familiar

00:20:31.580 --> 00:20:34.220
 to Joshua chapter 3.

00:20:35.220 --> 00:20:37.580
 So Abraham believed

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 and it was counted to him

00:20:39.360 --> 00:20:41.259
 as righteousness.

00:20:41.600 --> 00:20:42.820
 He did not act.

00:20:42.819 --> 00:20:45.659
 He merely believed.

00:20:46.619 --> 00:20:47.759
 Paul picks this up

00:20:47.759 --> 00:20:49.599
 in Romans chapter 4.

00:20:50.319 --> 00:20:50.720
 He writes,

00:20:50.839 --> 00:20:51.240
 In hope,

00:20:51.359 --> 00:20:53.000
 Abraham believed against hope

00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:53.879
 that he should become

00:20:53.879 --> 00:20:55.399
 the father of many nations.

00:20:55.960 --> 00:20:57.159
 As he had been told,

00:20:57.419 --> 00:20:59.379
 so shall your offspring be.

00:21:00.119 --> 00:21:01.339
 He did not weaken in faith

00:21:01.339 --> 00:21:01.899
 when he considered

00:21:01.899 --> 00:21:02.659
 his own body

00:21:02.659 --> 00:21:03.779
 which was as good as dead

00:21:03.779 --> 00:21:04.659
 since he was about

00:21:04.659 --> 00:21:05.599
 a hundred years old

00:21:05.599 --> 00:21:06.819
 or when he considered

00:21:06.819 --> 00:21:07.619
 the barrenness

00:21:07.619 --> 00:21:08.740
 of Sarah's womb.

00:21:09.700 --> 00:21:10.740
 No unbelief made him

00:21:10.740 --> 00:21:11.579
 waver concerning

00:21:11.579 --> 00:21:12.519
 the promise of God

00:21:12.519 --> 00:21:13.460
 but he grew strong

00:21:13.460 --> 00:21:14.039
 in his faith

00:21:14.039 --> 00:21:15.460
 as he gave glory to God.

00:21:15.919 --> 00:21:16.779
 Fully convinced

00:21:16.779 --> 00:21:17.699
 that God was able

00:21:17.699 --> 00:21:19.619
 to do what he had promised.

00:21:20.419 --> 00:21:21.699
 That is why his faith

00:21:21.699 --> 00:21:23.579
 was counted to him

00:21:23.579 --> 00:21:24.699
 as righteousness.

00:21:25.000 --> 00:21:25.139
 Right?

00:21:25.240 --> 00:21:26.359
 He's quoting there

00:21:26.359 --> 00:21:28.639
 from Genesis chapter 15.

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 But the words

00:21:29.820 --> 00:21:30.780
 it was counted to him

00:21:30.780 --> 00:21:31.400
 were not written

00:21:31.400 --> 00:21:33.420
 for his sake alone

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 but for ours also.

00:21:37.280 --> 00:21:38.080
 It will be counted

00:21:38.080 --> 00:21:39.360
 to us who believe in him

00:21:39.360 --> 00:21:40.720
 who raised from the dead

00:21:40.720 --> 00:21:42.700
 Jesus our Lord

00:21:42.700 --> 00:21:44.060
 who was delivered up

00:21:44.060 --> 00:21:45.020
 for our trespasses

00:21:45.020 --> 00:21:45.840
 and raised

00:21:45.840 --> 00:21:47.440
 for our justification.

00:21:48.720 --> 00:21:49.520
 We're going to talk

00:21:49.520 --> 00:21:50.220
 a bit more

00:21:50.220 --> 00:21:52.980
 about the typology

00:21:52.980 --> 00:21:54.440
 of Joshua chapter 3

00:21:54.440 --> 00:21:55.360
 if you'd like to turn

00:21:55.360 --> 00:21:56.420
 back there.

00:21:56.420 --> 00:21:57.400
 But you see

00:21:57.400 --> 00:21:58.400
 God's people

00:21:58.400 --> 00:21:59.500
 having been promised

00:21:59.500 --> 00:22:00.180
 an inheritance

00:22:00.180 --> 00:22:01.940
 that they've not yet

00:22:01.940 --> 00:22:03.019
 entered.

00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:04.180
 They've not yet

00:22:04.180 --> 00:22:05.640
 entered into it

00:22:05.640 --> 00:22:06.820
 and yet they're going to.

00:22:06.940 --> 00:22:07.000
 Right?

00:22:07.019 --> 00:22:07.820
 We're about to see that happen.

00:22:08.039 --> 00:22:08.800
 We've read it already.

00:22:08.920 --> 00:22:09.480
 We're going to talk a bit

00:22:09.480 --> 00:22:09.940
 about it here

00:22:09.940 --> 00:22:11.279
 in just a moment.

00:22:11.500 --> 00:22:11.700
 Right?

00:22:11.900 --> 00:22:12.840
 They're obedient

00:22:12.840 --> 00:22:13.940
 from faith

00:22:13.940 --> 00:22:15.019
 that God

00:22:15.019 --> 00:22:15.759
 will

00:22:15.759 --> 00:22:17.100
 accomplish.

00:22:18.120 --> 00:22:19.160
 And we approach

00:22:19.160 --> 00:22:20.060
 God in the very

00:22:20.060 --> 00:22:20.720
 same way.

00:22:20.820 --> 00:22:20.940
 Right?

00:22:20.980 --> 00:22:21.880
 The promise made

00:22:21.880 --> 00:22:22.480
 to us.

00:22:22.580 --> 00:22:23.240
 The inheritance

00:22:23.240 --> 00:22:23.980
 that is ours.

00:22:24.200 --> 00:22:25.220
 The eternal rest

00:22:25.220 --> 00:22:26.360
 that is promised us

00:22:26.360 --> 00:22:26.980
 that is found

00:22:26.980 --> 00:22:28.259
 in Christ.

00:22:28.440 --> 00:22:28.539
 Right?

00:22:28.600 --> 00:22:29.579
 This is not because

00:22:29.579 --> 00:22:30.700
 we work

00:22:30.700 --> 00:22:31.620
 to do it.

00:22:31.700 --> 00:22:31.860
 Right?

00:22:31.920 --> 00:22:32.299
 It's because

00:22:32.299 --> 00:22:34.160
 God makes a promise

00:22:34.160 --> 00:22:35.640
 we believe

00:22:35.640 --> 00:22:36.900
 and that is counted

00:22:36.900 --> 00:22:37.600
 to us

00:22:37.600 --> 00:22:38.940
 credited to us

00:22:38.940 --> 00:22:40.279
 as righteousness.

00:22:40.720 --> 00:22:40.799
 Right?

00:22:41.120 --> 00:22:41.920
 So the order

00:22:41.920 --> 00:22:42.920
 of faith

00:22:42.920 --> 00:22:43.680
 matters.

00:22:43.819 --> 00:22:44.480
 It matters

00:22:44.480 --> 00:22:46.200
 quite a deal.

00:22:46.880 --> 00:22:47.339
 Now

00:22:47.339 --> 00:22:48.660
 secondly

00:22:48.660 --> 00:22:49.339
 the obedience

00:22:49.339 --> 00:22:49.799
 of faith.

00:22:49.980 --> 00:22:50.620
 We're actually

00:22:50.620 --> 00:22:51.100
 not going to spend

00:22:51.100 --> 00:22:51.880
 a whole lot of time

00:22:51.880 --> 00:22:52.180
 here.

00:22:52.720 --> 00:22:53.720
 We see that the people

00:22:53.720 --> 00:22:54.240
 obey.

00:22:54.440 --> 00:22:54.600
 Right?

00:22:54.599 --> 00:22:55.879
 They believe

00:22:55.879 --> 00:22:56.339
 in God

00:22:56.339 --> 00:22:57.099
 and they believe

00:22:57.099 --> 00:22:58.119
 what God said

00:22:58.119 --> 00:22:58.839
 will come

00:22:58.839 --> 00:23:00.159
 to pass.

00:23:00.639 --> 00:23:01.539
 We are astute

00:23:01.539 --> 00:23:02.119
 learners of our

00:23:02.119 --> 00:23:02.339
 Bible.

00:23:02.459 --> 00:23:02.899
 If you have read

00:23:02.899 --> 00:23:03.459
 the book of Joshua

00:23:03.459 --> 00:23:03.859
 before,

00:23:04.039 --> 00:23:04.779
 we're going to see

00:23:04.779 --> 00:23:06.099
 all sorts

00:23:06.099 --> 00:23:07.039
 of failure

00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:08.279
 to faithfulness.

00:23:08.459 --> 00:23:08.539
 Right?

00:23:08.579 --> 00:23:09.439
 Just chapters

00:23:09.439 --> 00:23:09.779
 later,

00:23:09.779 --> 00:23:10.579
 we already see

00:23:10.579 --> 00:23:11.599
 them not obeying

00:23:11.599 --> 00:23:12.919
 God's commands.

00:23:13.099 --> 00:23:14.279
 But in Joshua

00:23:14.279 --> 00:23:14.959
 chapter 3,

00:23:15.119 --> 00:23:15.259
 right,

00:23:15.379 --> 00:23:15.740
 praise God,

00:23:15.779 --> 00:23:16.559
 we see an example

00:23:16.559 --> 00:23:17.500
 of their obedience

00:23:17.500 --> 00:23:18.079
 to what God

00:23:18.079 --> 00:23:18.919
 has asked

00:23:18.919 --> 00:23:19.399
 for them

00:23:19.399 --> 00:23:20.059
 to do.

00:23:20.500 --> 00:23:20.679
 Right?

00:23:20.819 --> 00:23:21.599
 We do not

00:23:21.599 --> 00:23:22.480
 become God's

00:23:22.480 --> 00:23:23.519
 people by our

00:23:23.519 --> 00:23:23.940
 works,

00:23:24.160 --> 00:23:25.119
 but our

00:23:25.119 --> 00:23:26.500
 works show

00:23:26.500 --> 00:23:27.379
 us to be

00:23:27.379 --> 00:23:28.980
 God's people.

00:23:29.799 --> 00:23:30.639
 Verse 6,

00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:31.400
 Joshua said

00:23:31.400 --> 00:23:31.940
 to the priest,

00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:32.460
 take up the

00:23:32.460 --> 00:23:32.819
 Ark of the

00:23:32.819 --> 00:23:33.240
 Covenant and

00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:33.940
 pass on before

00:23:33.940 --> 00:23:34.379
 the people.

00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:35.579
 And simply

00:23:35.579 --> 00:23:36.180
 recorded,

00:23:36.460 --> 00:23:37.420
 so they took

00:23:37.420 --> 00:23:38.160
 up the Ark of

00:23:38.160 --> 00:23:38.500
 the Covenant

00:23:38.500 --> 00:23:39.200
 and went

00:23:39.200 --> 00:23:40.779
 before the

00:23:40.779 --> 00:23:41.039
 people.

00:23:41.299 --> 00:23:41.519
 Right?

00:23:41.579 --> 00:23:42.400
 I love these

00:23:42.400 --> 00:23:43.200
 instances in the

00:23:43.200 --> 00:23:44.019
 scripture where

00:23:44.019 --> 00:23:44.920
 we merely get

00:23:44.920 --> 00:23:46.180
 the command and

00:23:46.180 --> 00:23:46.819
 the obedience to

00:23:46.819 --> 00:23:47.160
 the command.

00:23:47.299 --> 00:23:48.539
 No dialogue in

00:23:48.539 --> 00:23:48.819
 between,

00:23:48.960 --> 00:23:49.720
 no resistance at

00:23:49.720 --> 00:23:49.900
 all.

00:23:49.900 --> 00:23:50.480
 They just

00:23:50.480 --> 00:23:51.080
 did what

00:23:51.080 --> 00:23:51.580
 they were

00:23:51.580 --> 00:23:52.660
 told to

00:23:52.660 --> 00:23:52.960
 do.

00:23:53.780 --> 00:23:54.400
 Last part

00:23:54.400 --> 00:23:55.240
 of verse 16,

00:23:55.340 --> 00:23:55.940
 and the people

00:23:55.940 --> 00:23:57.080
 passed over

00:23:57.080 --> 00:23:58.480
 opposite Jericho.

00:23:58.540 --> 00:23:58.660
 Right?

00:23:58.700 --> 00:23:59.080
 They did the

00:23:59.080 --> 00:23:59.740
 very thing

00:23:59.740 --> 00:24:00.460
 that they were

00:24:00.460 --> 00:24:01.060
 commanded to

00:24:01.060 --> 00:24:01.259
 do.

00:24:01.340 --> 00:24:01.759
 They followed

00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:02.120
 the Ark

00:24:02.120 --> 00:24:02.759
 at a distance.

00:24:03.120 --> 00:24:03.460
 It went

00:24:03.460 --> 00:24:03.759
 into the

00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:04.040
 water.

00:24:04.160 --> 00:24:04.500
 The water

00:24:04.500 --> 00:24:05.120
 was parted

00:24:05.120 --> 00:24:05.880
 and they

00:24:05.880 --> 00:24:07.100
 passed over.

00:24:07.640 --> 00:24:08.160
 Verse 17,

00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:08.500
 now the

00:24:08.500 --> 00:24:09.019
 priest bearing

00:24:09.019 --> 00:24:09.400
 the Ark of

00:24:09.400 --> 00:24:09.600
 the Covenant

00:24:09.600 --> 00:24:10.320
 Lord stirred

00:24:10.320 --> 00:24:11.360
 firmly on

00:24:11.360 --> 00:24:12.180
 dry ground

00:24:12.180 --> 00:24:12.800
 in the midst

00:24:12.800 --> 00:24:13.500
 of the Jordan

00:24:13.500 --> 00:24:14.259
 just as they

00:24:14.259 --> 00:24:14.780
 were commanded

00:24:14.780 --> 00:24:15.500
 to do.

00:24:15.600 --> 00:24:15.700
 Right?

00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:16.420
 They stayed

00:24:16.420 --> 00:24:17.380
 there and

00:24:17.380 --> 00:24:18.340
 all Israel

00:24:18.339 --> 00:24:19.079
 was passing

00:24:19.079 --> 00:24:19.699
 over on

00:24:19.699 --> 00:24:20.480
 dry ground

00:24:20.480 --> 00:24:21.459
 until all

00:24:21.459 --> 00:24:21.899
 the nation

00:24:21.899 --> 00:24:22.899
 finished passing

00:24:22.899 --> 00:24:24.500
 over the

00:24:24.500 --> 00:24:24.779
 Jordan.

00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:25.119
 Right?

00:24:25.159 --> 00:24:25.720
 So they did

00:24:25.720 --> 00:24:26.159
 the thing

00:24:26.159 --> 00:24:26.659
 that they

00:24:26.659 --> 00:24:27.519
 were commanded

00:24:27.519 --> 00:24:27.939
 to do.

00:24:28.079 --> 00:24:28.480
 They did

00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:28.939
 the thing

00:24:28.939 --> 00:24:29.500
 that their

00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:30.079
 parents'

00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:30.639
 generation

00:24:30.639 --> 00:24:31.839
 had failed

00:24:31.839 --> 00:24:32.539
 to do.

00:24:32.799 --> 00:24:32.899
 Right?

00:24:32.959 --> 00:24:34.059
 They rightly,

00:24:34.759 --> 00:24:36.139
 properly feared

00:24:36.139 --> 00:24:37.259
 God over

00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:38.119
 the inhabitants

00:24:38.119 --> 00:24:39.539
 of the land.

00:24:39.639 --> 00:24:39.779
 Right?

00:24:39.819 --> 00:24:40.319
 Their parents

00:24:40.319 --> 00:24:40.639
 had done

00:24:40.639 --> 00:24:41.139
 quite the

00:24:41.139 --> 00:24:41.500
 opposite.

00:24:41.659 --> 00:24:41.980
 The parents

00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:42.639
 had feared

00:24:42.639 --> 00:24:43.220
 the people

00:24:43.220 --> 00:24:43.759
 of the land

00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:45.139
 instead of

00:24:45.139 --> 00:24:46.159
 fearing

00:24:46.159 --> 00:24:47.319
 God.

00:24:48.339 --> 00:24:48.959
 On your

00:24:48.959 --> 00:24:49.480
 bulletin

00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:49.980
 this morning

00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:50.599
 I always

00:24:50.599 --> 00:24:50.939
 try to put

00:24:50.939 --> 00:24:51.500
 these historical

00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:52.059
 quotations.

00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:52.519
 This is

00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:52.980
 William

00:24:52.980 --> 00:24:53.419
 Gurnall

00:24:53.419 --> 00:24:53.959
 a Puritan

00:24:53.959 --> 00:24:54.519
 preacher.

00:24:55.079 --> 00:24:55.399
 He said

00:24:55.399 --> 00:24:55.899
 we fear

00:24:55.899 --> 00:24:56.559
 men so

00:24:56.559 --> 00:24:57.119
 much

00:24:57.119 --> 00:24:57.740
 because we

00:24:57.740 --> 00:24:58.559
 fear God

00:24:58.559 --> 00:24:59.740
 so little.

00:25:00.639 --> 00:25:01.319
 One fear

00:25:01.319 --> 00:25:02.399
 cures another.

00:25:03.199 --> 00:25:03.919
 When man's

00:25:03.919 --> 00:25:04.819
 terror scares

00:25:04.819 --> 00:25:05.799
 you turn

00:25:05.799 --> 00:25:06.480
 your thoughts

00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:07.639
 to the wrath

00:25:07.639 --> 00:25:08.119
 of God.

00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:08.619
 Right?

00:25:09.179 --> 00:25:10.039
 If the

00:25:10.039 --> 00:25:11.000
 previous generation

00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:11.500
 had done

00:25:11.500 --> 00:25:12.079
 this they

00:25:12.079 --> 00:25:12.399
 would have

00:25:12.399 --> 00:25:13.019
 gone on

00:25:13.019 --> 00:25:13.419
 over.

00:25:13.679 --> 00:25:13.740
 Right?

00:25:13.819 --> 00:25:14.559
 The story

00:25:14.559 --> 00:25:14.779
 would have

00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:15.279
 been told

00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:16.220
 differently.

00:25:16.500 --> 00:25:16.639
 Right?

00:25:16.859 --> 00:25:17.779
 They feared

00:25:17.779 --> 00:25:18.399
 the armies

00:25:18.399 --> 00:25:19.299
 of the

00:25:19.299 --> 00:25:19.759
 land but

00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:19.960
 if they

00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:20.519
 had instead

00:25:20.519 --> 00:25:21.180
 feared what

00:25:21.180 --> 00:25:21.720
 would happen

00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:23.039
 had they not

00:25:23.039 --> 00:25:23.599
 obeyed they

00:25:23.599 --> 00:25:24.019
 would have

00:25:24.019 --> 00:25:25.180
 gone over

00:25:25.180 --> 00:25:25.720
 and instead

00:25:25.720 --> 00:25:26.599
 they stayed

00:25:26.599 --> 00:25:27.180
 as a judgment

00:25:27.180 --> 00:25:27.879
 in the wilderness

00:25:27.879 --> 00:25:29.039
 for those

00:25:29.039 --> 00:25:29.680
 40 years.

00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:30.180
 Each of them

00:25:30.180 --> 00:25:31.440
 perished in

00:25:31.440 --> 00:25:32.059
 that place.

00:25:32.180 --> 00:25:32.500
 Here's a

00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:33.000
 generation

00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:34.379
 that fears

00:25:34.379 --> 00:25:35.339
 God more

00:25:35.339 --> 00:25:36.720
 than man

00:25:36.720 --> 00:25:37.359
 and so they

00:25:37.359 --> 00:25:38.799
 go over.

00:25:39.160 --> 00:25:39.139
 Right?

00:25:39.359 --> 00:25:40.039
 So if we

00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:40.899
 have faith

00:25:40.899 --> 00:25:41.960
 it's going

00:25:41.960 --> 00:25:42.660
 to be

00:25:42.660 --> 00:25:43.720
 evidence.

00:25:43.980 --> 00:25:44.079
 Right?

00:25:44.359 --> 00:25:45.319
 James speaks

00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:45.740
 about this.

00:25:45.779 --> 00:25:46.200
 This is his

00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:46.899
 very point

00:25:46.900 --> 00:25:47.380
 in his

00:25:47.380 --> 00:25:48.100
 letter.

00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:48.380
 Right?

00:25:48.460 --> 00:25:48.840
 If we

00:25:48.840 --> 00:25:49.460
 have faith

00:25:49.460 --> 00:25:50.120
 it will

00:25:50.120 --> 00:25:50.680
 have

00:25:50.680 --> 00:25:51.300
 evidence.

00:25:51.420 --> 00:25:51.880
 It will

00:25:51.880 --> 00:25:52.480
 bear

00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:53.800
 fruit.

00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:54.160
 So we

00:25:54.160 --> 00:25:54.400
 must be

00:25:54.400 --> 00:25:54.940
 obedient but

00:25:54.940 --> 00:25:55.280
 we must

00:25:55.280 --> 00:25:55.600
 get the

00:25:55.600 --> 00:25:56.280
 order of

00:25:56.280 --> 00:25:56.600
 that

00:25:56.600 --> 00:25:57.320
 faith

00:25:57.320 --> 00:25:58.480
 correct.

00:25:59.640 --> 00:26:00.080
 Finally

00:26:00.080 --> 00:26:00.460
 and we're

00:26:00.460 --> 00:26:00.540
 going to

00:26:00.540 --> 00:26:00.759
 spend a

00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:00.980
 little more

00:26:00.980 --> 00:26:01.580
 time here

00:26:01.580 --> 00:26:01.900
 so I'm

00:26:01.900 --> 00:26:02.200
 going to

00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:02.680
 speed up

00:26:02.680 --> 00:26:02.940
 a little

00:26:02.940 --> 00:26:03.200
 bit.

00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:03.900
 The

00:26:03.900 --> 00:26:04.740
 object

00:26:04.740 --> 00:26:05.240
 of

00:26:05.240 --> 00:26:05.560
 faith.

00:26:06.900 --> 00:26:07.320
 We

00:26:07.320 --> 00:26:07.600
 cannot

00:26:07.600 --> 00:26:07.920
 just

00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:08.360
 have

00:26:08.360 --> 00:26:08.620
 faith.

00:26:08.700 --> 00:26:08.880
 There's

00:26:08.880 --> 00:26:09.000
 a

00:26:09.000 --> 00:26:09.360
 declare

00:26:09.360 --> 00:26:09.640
 I

00:26:09.640 --> 00:26:10.220
 have

00:26:10.220 --> 00:26:10.820
 faith.

00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:11.100
 Right?

00:26:11.420 --> 00:26:11.600
 The

00:26:11.600 --> 00:26:12.580
 object

00:26:12.580 --> 00:26:13.080
 of our

00:26:13.080 --> 00:26:13.460
 faith

00:26:13.460 --> 00:26:14.080
 matters

00:26:14.080 --> 00:26:15.000
 immensely.

00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:15.700
 What is

00:26:15.700 --> 00:26:16.059
 it that

00:26:16.059 --> 00:26:16.720
 you believe?

00:26:16.779 --> 00:26:16.980
 If you

00:26:16.980 --> 00:26:17.220
 say you

00:26:17.220 --> 00:26:17.359
 have

00:26:17.359 --> 00:26:17.660
 faith,

00:26:17.759 --> 00:26:18.259
 what is

00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:18.660
 it that

00:26:18.660 --> 00:26:18.900
 you

00:26:18.900 --> 00:26:19.660
 believe

00:26:19.660 --> 00:26:20.279
 or have

00:26:20.279 --> 00:26:20.859
 belief

00:26:20.859 --> 00:26:21.859
 in?

00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:22.940
 And this

00:26:22.940 --> 00:26:23.519
 text helps

00:26:23.519 --> 00:26:24.000
 us to see

00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:25.180
 who we

00:26:25.180 --> 00:26:26.099
 must place

00:26:26.099 --> 00:26:27.240
 our faith

00:26:27.240 --> 00:26:27.460
 in.

00:26:27.819 --> 00:26:28.180
 And it

00:26:28.180 --> 00:26:28.839
 does so

00:26:28.839 --> 00:26:30.420
 typologically.

00:26:30.779 --> 00:26:30.880
 Okay?

00:26:31.079 --> 00:26:31.920
 So I'm

00:26:31.920 --> 00:26:32.160
 going to talk

00:26:32.160 --> 00:26:32.420
 a little bit

00:26:32.420 --> 00:26:33.559
 about typology

00:26:33.559 --> 00:26:34.160
 in just a

00:26:34.160 --> 00:26:34.380
 moment.

00:26:34.619 --> 00:26:35.039
 But it's

00:26:35.039 --> 00:26:35.440
 important to

00:26:35.440 --> 00:26:36.059
 know that

00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:36.819
 the Old

00:26:36.819 --> 00:26:37.480
 Testament is

00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:38.759
 written in

00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:39.500
 an Eastern

00:26:39.500 --> 00:26:40.779
 way of

00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:41.099
 thinking.

00:26:41.099 --> 00:26:42.379
 most of

00:26:42.379 --> 00:26:42.659
 us

00:26:42.659 --> 00:26:43.459
 naturally

00:26:43.459 --> 00:26:43.799
 have a

00:26:43.799 --> 00:26:44.019
 very

00:26:44.019 --> 00:26:44.599
 Western

00:26:44.599 --> 00:26:45.159
 way of

00:26:45.159 --> 00:26:45.419
 thinking.

00:26:45.579 --> 00:26:45.719
 Our

00:26:45.719 --> 00:26:46.079
 logic

00:26:46.079 --> 00:26:46.299
 is

00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:46.919
 extremely

00:26:46.919 --> 00:26:48.079
 linear.

00:26:48.579 --> 00:26:49.299
 It moves

00:26:49.299 --> 00:26:50.519
 along like

00:26:50.519 --> 00:26:51.299
 this.

00:26:51.439 --> 00:26:51.740
 This is

00:26:51.740 --> 00:26:52.019
 not the

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:52.819
 typical way

00:26:52.819 --> 00:26:53.659
 that Eastern

00:26:53.659 --> 00:26:54.059
 thinkers

00:26:54.059 --> 00:26:54.619
 think.

00:26:55.019 --> 00:26:55.500
 So they

00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:55.799
 will do

00:26:55.799 --> 00:26:56.699
 things like

00:26:56.699 --> 00:26:57.899
 not this,

00:26:58.199 --> 00:26:59.119
 not this,

00:26:59.619 --> 00:27:00.439
 not this,

00:27:00.959 --> 00:27:02.119
 but this.

00:27:02.519 --> 00:27:03.099
 Leave you

00:27:03.099 --> 00:27:03.500
 wondering,

00:27:03.599 --> 00:27:03.899
 wait, if it's

00:27:03.899 --> 00:27:04.319
 not that,

00:27:04.359 --> 00:27:04.659
 if it's not

00:27:04.659 --> 00:27:04.839
 that,

00:27:04.879 --> 00:27:05.179
 if it's not

00:27:05.179 --> 00:27:05.459
 that,

00:27:05.519 --> 00:27:05.980
 then what

00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:06.439
 could it

00:27:06.439 --> 00:27:06.899
 be?

00:27:07.099 --> 00:27:07.359
 And they

00:27:07.359 --> 00:27:07.980
 help draw

00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:08.779
 the conclusion

00:27:08.779 --> 00:27:10.219
 in that

00:27:10.219 --> 00:27:10.559
 way.

00:27:11.099 --> 00:27:11.379
 The

00:27:11.379 --> 00:27:11.539
 scripture

00:27:11.539 --> 00:27:12.179
 does that.

00:27:12.359 --> 00:27:12.799
 A way

00:27:12.799 --> 00:27:12.959
 that it

00:27:12.959 --> 00:27:13.179
 does that,

00:27:13.199 --> 00:27:13.480
 a simple

00:27:13.480 --> 00:27:13.899
 example,

00:27:14.039 --> 00:27:15.000
 is the

00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:16.099
 law making

00:27:16.099 --> 00:27:16.799
 us right

00:27:16.799 --> 00:27:17.279
 with God.

00:27:17.740 --> 00:27:18.259
 No,

00:27:18.619 --> 00:27:19.379
 not that.

00:27:19.819 --> 00:27:20.719
 It helps

00:27:20.719 --> 00:27:21.539
 point to

00:27:21.539 --> 00:27:22.139
 our

00:27:22.139 --> 00:27:22.779
 insufficiency

00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:23.259
 to keep

00:27:23.259 --> 00:27:23.899
 the law,

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:24.559
 so it

00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:24.980
 leaves us

00:27:24.980 --> 00:27:25.219
 saying,

00:27:25.459 --> 00:27:25.919
 so then

00:27:25.919 --> 00:27:26.319
 what?

00:27:26.719 --> 00:27:27.579
 I can't

00:27:27.579 --> 00:27:28.000
 keep the

00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:28.279
 law,

00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:29.219
 and there's

00:27:29.219 --> 00:27:29.619
 a curse

00:27:29.619 --> 00:27:30.179
 that accompanies

00:27:30.179 --> 00:27:30.419
 with the

00:27:30.419 --> 00:27:30.939
 breaking of

00:27:30.939 --> 00:27:31.279
 the law,

00:27:31.379 --> 00:27:31.599
 that is

00:27:31.599 --> 00:27:32.019
 death,

00:27:32.599 --> 00:27:33.519
 then what?

00:27:33.819 --> 00:27:33.959
 What

00:27:33.959 --> 00:27:34.279
 must we

00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:34.500
 do?

00:27:34.740 --> 00:27:35.279
 And the

00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:35.819
 Bible

00:27:35.819 --> 00:27:36.219
 answers

00:27:36.219 --> 00:27:37.019
 that

00:27:37.019 --> 00:27:37.359
 question.

00:27:37.639 --> 00:27:37.679
 So,

00:27:38.159 --> 00:27:38.519
 not this,

00:27:38.599 --> 00:27:38.839
 not this,

00:27:38.899 --> 00:27:39.159
 not this,

00:27:39.339 --> 00:27:40.240
 but this.

00:27:40.240 --> 00:27:41.819
 another way,

00:27:41.980 --> 00:27:42.500
 also,

00:27:43.180 --> 00:27:44.420
 like this,

00:27:45.079 --> 00:27:45.660
 but not

00:27:45.660 --> 00:27:47.599
 quite this.

00:27:48.400 --> 00:27:48.819
 And we

00:27:48.819 --> 00:27:49.220
 see that in

00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:49.740
 some of our

00:27:49.740 --> 00:27:50.140
 literature,

00:27:50.299 --> 00:27:50.900
 our western

00:27:50.900 --> 00:27:51.740
 literature will

00:27:51.740 --> 00:27:53.019
 foreshadow

00:27:53.019 --> 00:27:53.960
 things.

00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:55.360
 scripture does

00:27:55.360 --> 00:27:56.259
 this quite

00:27:56.259 --> 00:27:57.340
 often,

00:27:57.480 --> 00:27:57.680
 right?

00:27:57.740 --> 00:27:58.299
 This is

00:27:58.299 --> 00:27:58.600
 called

00:27:58.600 --> 00:27:59.360
 typology.

00:28:00.279 --> 00:28:00.799
 An example

00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:01.140
 of that

00:28:01.140 --> 00:28:01.920
 is the

00:28:01.920 --> 00:28:02.640
 sacrifice

00:28:02.640 --> 00:28:03.480
 on the

00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:03.720
 day of

00:28:03.720 --> 00:28:04.200
 atonement,

00:28:04.340 --> 00:28:04.539
 right?

00:28:04.620 --> 00:28:05.120
 A particular

00:28:05.120 --> 00:28:05.519
 day,

00:28:05.640 --> 00:28:05.960
 high priest

00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:06.340
 went in,

00:28:06.400 --> 00:28:06.700
 one day

00:28:06.700 --> 00:28:07.079
 a year,

00:28:07.200 --> 00:28:07.840
 made this

00:28:07.840 --> 00:28:08.440
 sacrifice,

00:28:08.799 --> 00:28:08.960
 right?

00:28:09.299 --> 00:28:10.279
 It wasn't

00:28:10.279 --> 00:28:11.380
 sufficient to

00:28:11.380 --> 00:28:11.880
 forgive the

00:28:11.880 --> 00:28:12.259
 sins of

00:28:12.259 --> 00:28:12.559
 Israel.

00:28:12.640 --> 00:28:12.799
 It was

00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:13.539
 meant to

00:28:13.539 --> 00:28:14.160
 show us

00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:15.019
 like this,

00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:15.940
 but not

00:28:15.940 --> 00:28:17.120
 quite like

00:28:17.120 --> 00:28:17.640
 this,

00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:17.960
 right?

00:28:18.180 --> 00:28:18.480
 Another

00:28:18.480 --> 00:28:19.100
 example would

00:28:19.100 --> 00:28:19.340
 be the

00:28:19.340 --> 00:28:19.799
 Passover,

00:28:20.039 --> 00:28:20.539
 the lamb,

00:28:20.700 --> 00:28:21.059
 the spotless

00:28:21.059 --> 00:28:21.380
 lamb that

00:28:21.380 --> 00:28:21.640
 had to be

00:28:21.640 --> 00:28:21.940
 killed.

00:28:21.940 --> 00:28:22.519
 The

00:28:22.519 --> 00:28:22.740
 Israelites

00:28:22.740 --> 00:28:23.279
 painted the

00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:23.720
 blood on

00:28:23.720 --> 00:28:24.380
 the doorpost

00:28:24.380 --> 00:28:24.640
 so that

00:28:24.640 --> 00:28:24.980
 the angel

00:28:24.980 --> 00:28:25.259
 of death

00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:25.900
 would pass

00:28:25.900 --> 00:28:26.380
 over him.

00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:26.779
 Again,

00:28:27.460 --> 00:28:28.320
 like this,

00:28:28.519 --> 00:28:28.700
 right?

00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:29.420
 A sacrifice

00:28:29.420 --> 00:28:30.019
 had to be

00:28:30.019 --> 00:28:30.320
 made,

00:28:30.440 --> 00:28:30.940
 but not

00:28:30.940 --> 00:28:31.740
 quite,

00:28:31.980 --> 00:28:32.140
 right?

00:28:32.180 --> 00:28:32.960
 There's a

00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:33.400
 type,

00:28:33.920 --> 00:28:34.240
 like the

00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:34.860
 spotless

00:28:34.860 --> 00:28:35.200
 lamb that

00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:35.519
 was killed

00:28:35.519 --> 00:28:35.940
 for that

00:28:35.940 --> 00:28:36.420
 reason.

00:28:36.880 --> 00:28:37.400
 Then there's

00:28:37.400 --> 00:28:37.779
 what's called

00:28:37.779 --> 00:28:38.799
 the anti-type,

00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:39.160
 right?

00:28:39.279 --> 00:28:40.160
 The fulfillment

00:28:40.160 --> 00:28:40.860
 of the

00:28:40.860 --> 00:28:41.900
 actual thing

00:28:41.900 --> 00:28:42.259
 that it's

00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:43.539
 being pointed

00:28:43.539 --> 00:28:43.960
 to.

00:28:44.200 --> 00:28:44.700
 So the

00:28:44.700 --> 00:28:45.240
 Old Testament

00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:46.299
 is full

00:28:46.299 --> 00:28:47.779
 of this.

00:28:48.860 --> 00:28:49.360
 Graham

00:28:49.360 --> 00:28:49.700
 Cole,

00:28:49.799 --> 00:28:50.299
 a contemporary

00:28:50.299 --> 00:28:50.759
 scholar,

00:28:51.220 --> 00:28:51.500
 defined

00:28:51.500 --> 00:28:51.920
 typology,

00:28:51.940 --> 00:28:52.320
 in this

00:28:52.320 --> 00:28:52.559
 way.

00:28:53.019 --> 00:28:53.660
 Typology is

00:28:53.660 --> 00:28:54.120
 the idea

00:28:54.120 --> 00:28:54.759
 that persons,

00:28:54.960 --> 00:28:55.320
 events,

00:28:55.480 --> 00:28:56.360
 and institutions

00:28:56.360 --> 00:28:56.980
 can,

00:28:57.140 --> 00:28:57.360
 in the

00:28:57.360 --> 00:28:57.799
 plan of

00:28:57.799 --> 00:28:58.180
 God,

00:28:58.759 --> 00:28:59.580
 prefigure a

00:28:59.580 --> 00:29:00.299
 later stage

00:29:00.299 --> 00:29:00.600
 in that

00:29:00.600 --> 00:29:01.120
 plan and

00:29:01.120 --> 00:29:01.960
 provide the

00:29:01.960 --> 00:29:02.900
 conceptuality

00:29:02.900 --> 00:29:04.340
 necessary for

00:29:04.340 --> 00:29:05.960
 understanding the

00:29:05.960 --> 00:29:07.000
 divine intent.

00:29:08.080 --> 00:29:08.460
 You know what

00:29:08.460 --> 00:29:08.880
 that means?

00:29:08.920 --> 00:29:09.400
 That if the

00:29:09.400 --> 00:29:09.840
 Old Testament

00:29:09.840 --> 00:29:10.539
 is in fact

00:29:10.539 --> 00:29:11.120
 full of these

00:29:11.120 --> 00:29:11.420
 kinds of

00:29:11.420 --> 00:29:11.920
 typologies,

00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:13.220
 that the

00:29:13.220 --> 00:29:13.720
 New Testament

00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:14.100
 is going to

00:29:14.100 --> 00:29:14.720
 be so much

00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:15.480
 richer to

00:29:15.480 --> 00:29:16.480
 you as you

00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:17.019
 read the

00:29:17.019 --> 00:29:17.500
 Old Testament,

00:29:17.580 --> 00:29:17.840
 as you come

00:29:17.840 --> 00:29:18.460
 to understand

00:29:18.460 --> 00:29:19.660
 that part of

00:29:19.660 --> 00:29:20.519
 this redemptive

00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:21.220
 narrative is

00:29:21.220 --> 00:29:21.360
 going to

00:29:21.360 --> 00:29:22.059
 become much,

00:29:22.180 --> 00:29:22.559
 much more

00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:23.600
 alive to

00:29:23.600 --> 00:29:23.839
 you.

00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:24.839
 Our New

00:29:24.839 --> 00:29:25.079
 Testament

00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:26.180
 writers quoted

00:29:26.180 --> 00:29:26.640
 the Old

00:29:26.640 --> 00:29:27.440
 Testament all

00:29:27.440 --> 00:29:27.900
 the time.

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:28.140
 They're

00:29:28.140 --> 00:29:28.779
 constantly

00:29:28.779 --> 00:29:29.460
 pulling from

00:29:29.460 --> 00:29:29.579
 it.

00:29:29.600 --> 00:29:29.759
 They're

00:29:29.759 --> 00:29:30.200
 constantly

00:29:30.200 --> 00:29:30.680
 pulling it

00:29:30.680 --> 00:29:30.779
 in.

00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:31.480
 We shouldn't

00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:31.920
 unhitch our

00:29:31.920 --> 00:29:32.319
 faith from

00:29:32.319 --> 00:29:32.839
 the Old

00:29:32.839 --> 00:29:33.120
 Testament.

00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:33.440
 In fact,

00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:33.799
 our faith

00:29:33.799 --> 00:29:34.079
 should be

00:29:34.079 --> 00:29:34.880
 rich with

00:29:34.880 --> 00:29:35.240
 the Old

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:35.980
 Testament

00:29:35.980 --> 00:29:36.600
 because it

00:29:36.600 --> 00:29:37.220
 helps us

00:29:37.220 --> 00:29:38.400
 to understand

00:29:38.400 --> 00:29:39.819
 our Christ.

00:29:40.100 --> 00:29:40.500
 It helps us

00:29:40.500 --> 00:29:41.079
 to fully

00:29:41.079 --> 00:29:42.180
 realize everything

00:29:42.180 --> 00:29:42.920
 that he came

00:29:42.920 --> 00:29:44.019
 and accomplished

00:29:44.019 --> 00:29:44.779
 and will

00:29:44.779 --> 00:29:45.740
 accomplish.

00:29:45.740 --> 00:29:47.099
 And we

00:29:47.099 --> 00:29:47.400
 want to be

00:29:47.400 --> 00:29:47.980
 careful with

00:29:47.980 --> 00:29:48.500
 typology.

00:29:48.819 --> 00:29:49.500
 It is

00:29:49.500 --> 00:29:50.200
 possible to

00:29:50.200 --> 00:29:51.319
 allegorize all

00:29:51.319 --> 00:29:51.759
 of the Bible.

00:29:52.019 --> 00:29:52.339
 We don't

00:29:52.339 --> 00:29:52.660
 want to be

00:29:52.660 --> 00:29:53.099
 doing this.

00:29:53.180 --> 00:29:53.620
 This is not

00:29:53.620 --> 00:29:54.460
 a healthy

00:29:54.460 --> 00:29:55.500
 thing to

00:29:55.500 --> 00:29:55.940
 do, but

00:29:55.940 --> 00:29:56.200
 we can

00:29:56.200 --> 00:29:56.960
 also miss

00:29:56.960 --> 00:29:58.400
 so much

00:29:58.400 --> 00:29:58.819
 of the

00:29:58.819 --> 00:29:59.519
 richness of

00:29:59.519 --> 00:29:59.900
 the text

00:29:59.900 --> 00:30:00.259
 if we don't

00:30:00.259 --> 00:30:00.779
 examine it

00:30:00.779 --> 00:30:01.680
 closely.

00:30:02.819 --> 00:30:03.700
 Jonathan Edwards

00:30:03.700 --> 00:30:04.380
 encouraged a

00:30:04.380 --> 00:30:04.980
 typological

00:30:04.980 --> 00:30:05.680
 reading of the

00:30:05.680 --> 00:30:06.160
 Old Testament.

00:30:06.380 --> 00:30:06.620
 He said,

00:30:06.720 --> 00:30:07.079
 the apostle

00:30:07.079 --> 00:30:08.440
 himself teaches

00:30:08.440 --> 00:30:09.620
 us that only

00:30:09.620 --> 00:30:10.640
 so small a

00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:11.299
 thing as the

00:30:11.299 --> 00:30:12.079
 silence of

00:30:12.079 --> 00:30:12.859
 scripture is

00:30:12.859 --> 00:30:13.960
 in not giving

00:30:13.960 --> 00:30:14.759
 an account of

00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:15.420
 Melchizedek's

00:30:15.420 --> 00:30:16.240
 birth nor

00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:17.240
 death was

00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:17.779
 typological.

00:30:17.900 --> 00:30:18.019
 This is

00:30:18.019 --> 00:30:18.440
 Hebrews chapter

00:30:18.440 --> 00:30:18.860
 7.

00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:19.880
 The author

00:30:19.880 --> 00:30:20.360
 of Hebrews

00:30:20.360 --> 00:30:21.380
 says he had

00:30:21.380 --> 00:30:22.140
 no beginning

00:30:22.140 --> 00:30:23.220
 and no end

00:30:23.220 --> 00:30:23.800
 simply because

00:30:23.800 --> 00:30:24.100
 the scripture

00:30:24.100 --> 00:30:24.880
 doesn't tell us

00:30:24.880 --> 00:30:25.300
 that there was

00:30:25.300 --> 00:30:25.680
 a beginning

00:30:25.680 --> 00:30:26.720
 and an end

00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:27.600
 to Melchizedek.

00:30:27.700 --> 00:30:27.900
 Of course,

00:30:27.940 --> 00:30:28.320
 he does that

00:30:28.320 --> 00:30:29.000
 under inspiration,

00:30:29.620 --> 00:30:30.620
 but it gives

00:30:30.620 --> 00:30:31.100
 us some clues

00:30:31.100 --> 00:30:31.460
 like, wait,

00:30:31.560 --> 00:30:32.160
 there's some

00:30:32.160 --> 00:30:32.980
 rich things

00:30:32.980 --> 00:30:33.480
 happening in

00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:35.259
 the Old Testament.

00:30:35.680 --> 00:30:36.140
 Edward goes

00:30:36.140 --> 00:30:36.620
 on to say,

00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:37.800
 if so small

00:30:37.800 --> 00:30:38.300
 things in

00:30:38.300 --> 00:30:38.820
 scripture are

00:30:38.820 --> 00:30:39.480
 typological,

00:30:39.640 --> 00:30:40.320
 it is rational

00:30:40.320 --> 00:30:41.220
 to suppose that

00:30:41.220 --> 00:30:42.519
 scripture abounds

00:30:42.519 --> 00:30:44.180
 with types.

00:30:44.180 --> 00:30:45.779
 So with

00:30:45.779 --> 00:30:46.019
 this in

00:30:46.019 --> 00:30:46.279
 mind, I

00:30:46.279 --> 00:30:46.500
 want to

00:30:46.500 --> 00:30:46.900
 show you

00:30:46.900 --> 00:30:47.680
 three types

00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:48.019
 from this

00:30:48.019 --> 00:30:49.279
 text that

00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:49.880
 speak to

00:30:49.880 --> 00:30:50.420
 the proper

00:30:50.420 --> 00:30:51.120
 object of

00:30:51.120 --> 00:30:52.480
 faith, but

00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:52.880
 before I can

00:30:52.880 --> 00:30:53.380
 do so, we

00:30:53.380 --> 00:30:53.580
 need to

00:30:53.580 --> 00:30:54.160
 understand the

00:30:54.160 --> 00:30:55.620
 significance of

00:30:55.620 --> 00:30:56.480
 the Jordan

00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:57.259
 crossing.

00:30:57.900 --> 00:30:58.759
 I think a lot

00:30:58.759 --> 00:30:59.160
 of us in our

00:30:59.160 --> 00:30:59.740
 minds have

00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:00.140
 this very

00:31:00.140 --> 00:31:00.740
 insignificant

00:31:00.740 --> 00:31:01.480
 picture of

00:31:01.480 --> 00:31:01.840
 the Jordan

00:31:01.840 --> 00:31:02.320
 crossing.

00:31:02.420 --> 00:31:02.759
 The Jordan

00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:03.779
 River is not

00:31:03.779 --> 00:31:04.920
 as large as

00:31:04.920 --> 00:31:05.360
 the Red

00:31:05.360 --> 00:31:06.440
 Sea, so

00:31:06.440 --> 00:31:07.180
 our minds

00:31:07.180 --> 00:31:07.779
 really ought

00:31:07.779 --> 00:31:07.980
 to be

00:31:07.980 --> 00:31:08.380
 hearkening

00:31:08.380 --> 00:31:09.000
 back to

00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:09.560
 the Exodus

00:31:09.560 --> 00:31:10.120
 crossing.

00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:10.580
 This is

00:31:10.580 --> 00:31:11.120
 again that

00:31:11.120 --> 00:31:11.840
 same pattern

00:31:11.840 --> 00:31:12.240
 being done

00:31:12.240 --> 00:31:12.440
 again.

00:31:12.440 --> 00:31:13.019
 This is a

00:31:13.019 --> 00:31:13.700
 new generation.

00:31:13.860 --> 00:31:14.019
 They're going

00:31:14.019 --> 00:31:14.559
 to cross

00:31:14.559 --> 00:31:15.880
 over waters.

00:31:16.059 --> 00:31:16.320
 And you'll

00:31:16.320 --> 00:31:16.680
 see some

00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:17.700
 people will

00:31:17.700 --> 00:31:18.220
 argue this

00:31:18.220 --> 00:31:18.700
 really wasn't

00:31:18.700 --> 00:31:19.640
 very significant,

00:31:20.340 --> 00:31:21.299
 the passing

00:31:21.299 --> 00:31:22.160
 over the

00:31:22.160 --> 00:31:22.660
 Jordans,

00:31:22.779 --> 00:31:23.880
 smaller, more

00:31:23.880 --> 00:31:24.799
 of a creek

00:31:24.799 --> 00:31:25.380
 than a river,

00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:25.980
 so to speak.

00:31:26.059 --> 00:31:26.320
 But there are

00:31:26.320 --> 00:31:26.740
 some places

00:31:26.740 --> 00:31:27.120
 that it's

00:31:27.120 --> 00:31:27.860
 very big,

00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:28.480
 and there's

00:31:28.480 --> 00:31:29.100
 something really

00:31:29.100 --> 00:31:30.340
 specific in

00:31:30.340 --> 00:31:31.120
 the text that

00:31:31.120 --> 00:31:31.680
 helps us to

00:31:31.680 --> 00:31:32.740
 know, no,

00:31:32.960 --> 00:31:33.559
 this is actually

00:31:33.559 --> 00:31:34.400
 a pretty substantial

00:31:34.400 --> 00:31:35.720
 event, and that

00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:35.980
 is the

00:31:35.980 --> 00:31:36.779
 parenthetical in

00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:37.720
 verse 15.

00:31:38.340 --> 00:31:38.740
 Now the

00:31:38.740 --> 00:31:40.160
 Jordan overflows

00:31:40.160 --> 00:31:41.100
 all its

00:31:41.100 --> 00:31:42.040
 banks throughout

00:31:42.040 --> 00:31:43.540
 the time of

00:31:43.540 --> 00:31:43.960
 harvest.

00:31:44.620 --> 00:31:45.800
 So it's not

00:31:45.800 --> 00:31:46.600
 just the Jordan

00:31:46.600 --> 00:31:47.300
 River, it's the

00:31:47.300 --> 00:31:47.960
 Jordan River

00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:48.980
 flooded.

00:31:49.540 --> 00:31:50.420
 It is outside

00:31:50.420 --> 00:31:52.759
 of its banks.

00:31:53.080 --> 00:31:53.900
 Anytime a river

00:31:53.900 --> 00:31:54.580
 floods, we get

00:31:54.580 --> 00:31:55.340
 big rains like

00:31:55.340 --> 00:31:55.800
 this and the

00:31:55.800 --> 00:31:56.620
 water comes up.

00:31:56.700 --> 00:31:57.160
 I used to be a

00:31:57.160 --> 00:31:57.980
 whitewater kayaker,

00:31:58.220 --> 00:31:59.340
 we loved rainy

00:31:59.340 --> 00:31:59.900
 weather because

00:31:59.900 --> 00:32:01.180
 water came up.

00:32:01.900 --> 00:32:02.460
 But I will tell

00:32:02.460 --> 00:32:03.140
 you when water

00:32:03.140 --> 00:32:04.140
 comes out of its

00:32:04.140 --> 00:32:05.480
 banks, it's a

00:32:05.480 --> 00:32:06.480
 whole other level

00:32:06.480 --> 00:32:07.060
 of flood.

00:32:07.200 --> 00:32:07.840
 Things get

00:32:07.840 --> 00:32:09.140
 dangerous when

00:32:09.140 --> 00:32:10.520
 that happens.

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.660
 We had a time

00:32:11.660 --> 00:32:13.700
 when it rained

00:32:13.700 --> 00:32:14.080
 and rained and

00:32:14.080 --> 00:32:14.140
 rained.

00:32:14.200 --> 00:32:14.720
 I had like a

00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:15.640
 week of solid

00:32:15.640 --> 00:32:16.800
 rain, and all

00:32:16.800 --> 00:32:17.360
 of the big

00:32:17.360 --> 00:32:17.840
 rivers that we

00:32:17.840 --> 00:32:18.259
 like to go

00:32:18.259 --> 00:32:18.700
 paddle were

00:32:18.700 --> 00:32:19.200
 too big.

00:32:19.280 --> 00:32:19.440
 I mean,

00:32:19.580 --> 00:32:20.020
 dangerous,

00:32:20.140 --> 00:32:20.420
 dangerous,

00:32:20.520 --> 00:32:20.780
 dangerous.

00:32:21.280 --> 00:32:21.800
 So me and a

00:32:21.800 --> 00:32:22.400
 friend went and

00:32:22.400 --> 00:32:22.860
 got on the

00:32:22.860 --> 00:32:23.640
 upper Chattahoochee,

00:32:23.840 --> 00:32:24.380
 which normally

00:32:24.380 --> 00:32:24.780
 is like a

00:32:24.780 --> 00:32:25.220
 little class

00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:26.000
 two river,

00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:26.960
 not a real

00:32:26.960 --> 00:32:28.300
 big deal, but

00:32:28.300 --> 00:32:28.759
 it was flood

00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:29.340
 stage like.

00:32:29.460 --> 00:32:29.860
 The parking

00:32:29.860 --> 00:32:30.340
 lot we normally

00:32:30.340 --> 00:32:31.000
 parked in was

00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:32.380
 underwater, and

00:32:32.380 --> 00:32:33.420
 we just were

00:32:33.420 --> 00:32:33.920
 young and dumb

00:32:33.920 --> 00:32:34.220
 and thought,

00:32:34.320 --> 00:32:34.900
 sure, let's

00:32:34.900 --> 00:32:35.200
 get on.

00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:36.980
 And we

00:32:36.980 --> 00:32:37.920
 weren't too

00:32:37.920 --> 00:32:38.720
 far downstream

00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:39.640
 from our

00:32:39.640 --> 00:32:40.039
 vehicles.

00:32:40.360 --> 00:32:41.059
 When I looked

00:32:41.059 --> 00:32:41.740
 over to my

00:32:41.740 --> 00:32:42.519
 right, and a

00:32:42.519 --> 00:32:43.960
 tree, its roots

00:32:43.960 --> 00:32:44.559
 and everything

00:32:44.559 --> 00:32:46.279
 lifted up out

00:32:46.279 --> 00:32:46.720
 of the water.

00:32:46.819 --> 00:32:47.180
 It had been

00:32:47.180 --> 00:32:48.019
 underwater, so it

00:32:48.019 --> 00:32:48.559
 got caught on

00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:48.839
 something.

00:32:48.940 --> 00:32:49.299
 The current

00:32:49.299 --> 00:32:50.579
 picked it up out

00:32:50.579 --> 00:32:50.960
 of the water,

00:32:51.100 --> 00:32:51.960
 40 feet in the

00:32:51.960 --> 00:32:52.180
 air.

00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:52.940
 A tree just

00:32:52.940 --> 00:32:53.740
 emerged from

00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:54.660
 the water, and

00:32:54.660 --> 00:32:55.519
 it came crashing

00:32:55.519 --> 00:32:56.480
 back down.

00:32:56.539 --> 00:32:56.960
 And I said to my

00:32:56.960 --> 00:32:57.500
 friend, Kevin, I'm

00:32:57.500 --> 00:32:58.079
 not sure we should

00:32:58.079 --> 00:32:58.860
 be on the river

00:32:58.860 --> 00:32:59.339
 right now.

00:33:00.880 --> 00:33:02.019
 And Kevin in

00:33:02.019 --> 00:33:02.839
 classic form said,

00:33:03.019 --> 00:33:03.640
 it'll be all

00:33:03.640 --> 00:33:03.920
 right.

00:33:03.920 --> 00:33:05.220
 And it was,

00:33:05.380 --> 00:33:05.880
 praise God.

00:33:07.279 --> 00:33:08.140
 We survived.

00:33:08.320 --> 00:33:08.900
 But this is

00:33:08.900 --> 00:33:09.900
 significant, right?

00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:11.060
 The Jordan is

00:33:11.060 --> 00:33:12.680
 flooded, right?

00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:13.960
 This is a massive

00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:14.600
 amount of water

00:33:14.600 --> 00:33:15.380
 that's moving

00:33:15.380 --> 00:33:15.740
 downstream.

00:33:15.900 --> 00:33:17.240
 It has overflowed

00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:18.380
 all of its

00:33:18.380 --> 00:33:18.640
 banks.

00:33:18.779 --> 00:33:19.720
 Now, we could

00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:20.400
 go, okay, so

00:33:20.400 --> 00:33:21.320
 that's the extent

00:33:21.320 --> 00:33:21.880
 of that, right?

00:33:21.900 --> 00:33:22.440
 It's just the fact

00:33:22.440 --> 00:33:22.880
 that it's flooded.

00:33:23.060 --> 00:33:23.420
 God's going to

00:33:23.420 --> 00:33:23.860
 move a lot of

00:33:23.860 --> 00:33:24.440
 water around.

00:33:25.380 --> 00:33:25.740
 Wonderful.

00:33:25.860 --> 00:33:26.519
 God is doing a

00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:27.779
 mighty work.

00:33:27.779 --> 00:33:30.299
 But floods and

00:33:30.299 --> 00:33:31.779
 flooding are used

00:33:31.779 --> 00:33:33.059
 both in reality,

00:33:33.240 --> 00:33:33.359
 right?

00:33:33.420 --> 00:33:33.879
 Genesis chapter

00:33:33.879 --> 00:33:34.879
 six, God judges

00:33:34.879 --> 00:33:35.960
 the world with a

00:33:35.960 --> 00:33:37.720
 flood, puts a

00:33:37.720 --> 00:33:38.680
 bow in the sky,

00:33:38.819 --> 00:33:39.940
 promises to never

00:33:39.940 --> 00:33:40.940
 judge the entire

00:33:40.940 --> 00:33:41.700
 world through a

00:33:41.700 --> 00:33:42.639
 flood again.

00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:44.039
 But floods are

00:33:44.039 --> 00:33:45.839
 still spoken of all

00:33:45.839 --> 00:33:46.319
 throughout the

00:33:46.319 --> 00:33:47.220
 scripture in terms

00:33:47.220 --> 00:33:47.879
 of judgment,

00:33:48.220 --> 00:33:48.379
 right?

00:33:48.480 --> 00:33:49.180
 Judgment and

00:33:49.180 --> 00:33:49.859
 deliverance from

00:33:49.859 --> 00:33:51.359
 judgment all over

00:33:51.359 --> 00:33:52.940
 the text, like

00:33:52.940 --> 00:33:54.059
 used metaphorically

00:33:54.059 --> 00:33:54.940
 in many, many

00:33:54.940 --> 00:33:55.339
 places.

00:33:55.460 --> 00:33:55.819
 I'm going to show

00:33:55.819 --> 00:33:57.139
 you a few of

00:33:57.139 --> 00:33:57.379
 those.

00:33:57.380 --> 00:33:57.620
 I'm going to

00:33:57.620 --> 00:33:57.960
 move really

00:33:57.960 --> 00:33:58.420
 quick here.

00:33:58.500 --> 00:33:59.360
 Job 27 and

00:33:59.360 --> 00:33:59.980
 chapter 20.

00:34:01.300 --> 00:34:02.360
 Terrors overtake

00:34:02.360 --> 00:34:03.140
 the wicked man

00:34:03.140 --> 00:34:04.940
 like a flood.

00:34:05.800 --> 00:34:06.600
 In the night, a

00:34:06.600 --> 00:34:07.560
 whirlwind carries

00:34:07.560 --> 00:34:08.280
 him off.

00:34:09.039 --> 00:34:09.940
 Psalm 69,

00:34:10.059 --> 00:34:10.740
 verse 1 and 2.

00:34:10.900 --> 00:34:11.940
 Save me, O God,

00:34:11.980 --> 00:34:12.619
 for the waters

00:34:12.619 --> 00:34:13.619
 have come up to

00:34:13.619 --> 00:34:14.320
 my neck.

00:34:14.720 --> 00:34:15.780
 I stand in deep

00:34:15.780 --> 00:34:16.460
 mire where there

00:34:16.460 --> 00:34:17.280
 is no foothold.

00:34:17.360 --> 00:34:18.119
 I have come into

00:34:18.119 --> 00:34:19.260
 deep waters and

00:34:19.260 --> 00:34:20.840
 the flood sweeps

00:34:20.840 --> 00:34:21.800
 over me.

00:34:22.519 --> 00:34:23.700
 Nahum, chapter 1

00:34:23.700 --> 00:34:24.380
 and verse 8.

00:34:24.780 --> 00:34:25.240
 But with an

00:34:25.240 --> 00:34:26.220
 overwhelming flood,

00:34:26.220 --> 00:34:26.880
 he will make a

00:34:26.880 --> 00:34:27.980
 complete end of

00:34:27.980 --> 00:34:28.880
 the adversaries

00:34:28.880 --> 00:34:29.720
 and will pursue

00:34:29.720 --> 00:34:30.460
 his enemies

00:34:30.460 --> 00:34:32.099
 into darkness.

00:34:32.360 --> 00:34:32.400
 Right?

00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:33.460
 So lots of this

00:34:33.460 --> 00:34:34.340
 kind of imagery

00:34:34.340 --> 00:34:35.480
 exists in the

00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:35.740
 scripture.

00:34:36.340 --> 00:34:37.300
 And I believe

00:34:37.300 --> 00:34:39.059
 that Joshua means

00:34:39.059 --> 00:34:39.860
 for your mind to

00:34:39.860 --> 00:34:40.880
 pop off when you

00:34:40.880 --> 00:34:41.880
 see this flooded

00:34:41.880 --> 00:34:42.380
 waters.

00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:42.960
 They're about to

00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:43.860
 cross over flooded

00:34:43.860 --> 00:34:44.200
 waters.

00:34:44.539 --> 00:34:45.360
 What's happened so

00:34:45.360 --> 00:34:46.059
 far in the narrative

00:34:46.059 --> 00:34:46.599
 with flood?

00:34:46.800 --> 00:34:46.960
 Right?

00:34:47.240 --> 00:34:47.740
 We've got the

00:34:47.740 --> 00:34:48.680
 Genesis 6 flood,

00:34:48.800 --> 00:34:49.460
 a judgment of the

00:34:49.460 --> 00:34:49.800
 world.

00:34:50.160 --> 00:34:50.320
 Right?

00:34:50.400 --> 00:34:50.880
 We've got the

00:34:50.880 --> 00:34:51.760
 deliverance from

00:34:51.760 --> 00:34:52.099
 Egypt.

00:34:52.099 --> 00:34:52.679
 And then what

00:34:52.679 --> 00:34:53.559
 happens after

00:34:53.559 --> 00:34:54.199
 Israel crosses

00:34:54.199 --> 00:34:54.779
 over on dry

00:34:54.779 --> 00:34:55.099
 land?

00:34:55.679 --> 00:34:56.579
 Someone's judged.

00:34:56.839 --> 00:34:57.039
 Right?

00:34:57.539 --> 00:34:58.500
 All the pursuers

00:34:58.500 --> 00:34:59.420
 from Egypt, the

00:34:59.420 --> 00:35:00.559
 army gets judged

00:35:00.559 --> 00:35:01.639
 by the waters

00:35:01.639 --> 00:35:02.219
 coming back

00:35:02.219 --> 00:35:03.259
 together, flooding,

00:35:03.759 --> 00:35:04.819
 covering over

00:35:04.819 --> 00:35:05.900
 them.

00:35:06.360 --> 00:35:07.000
 So there's this

00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:07.719
 picture of

00:35:07.719 --> 00:35:09.019
 deliverance through

00:35:09.019 --> 00:35:10.019
 flood.

00:35:10.259 --> 00:35:11.380
 And our biblical

00:35:11.380 --> 00:35:12.339
 authors pick this

00:35:12.339 --> 00:35:13.619
 theme up as well.

00:35:13.839 --> 00:35:15.239
 Psalm 124,

00:35:15.319 --> 00:35:15.799
 beginning in verse

00:35:15.799 --> 00:35:16.179
 1.

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:17.279
 If it had not been

00:35:17.280 --> 00:35:17.900
 the Lord who

00:35:17.900 --> 00:35:18.320
 was on our

00:35:18.320 --> 00:35:18.980
 side, let

00:35:18.980 --> 00:35:20.040
 Israel now say

00:35:20.040 --> 00:35:20.600
 if it had not

00:35:20.600 --> 00:35:21.220
 been the Lord who

00:35:21.220 --> 00:35:21.720
 was on our

00:35:21.720 --> 00:35:22.120
 side, when

00:35:22.120 --> 00:35:23.280
 people rose up

00:35:23.280 --> 00:35:24.760
 against us, then

00:35:24.760 --> 00:35:25.140
 they would have

00:35:25.140 --> 00:35:25.860
 swallowed us up

00:35:25.860 --> 00:35:26.960
 alive when their

00:35:26.960 --> 00:35:28.060
 anger was kindled

00:35:28.060 --> 00:35:28.780
 against us.

00:35:28.880 --> 00:35:29.920
 Then the flood

00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:30.640
 would have swept

00:35:30.640 --> 00:35:31.200
 us away.

00:35:31.320 --> 00:35:32.580
 The torrent would

00:35:32.580 --> 00:35:33.220
 have gone over

00:35:33.220 --> 00:35:33.600
 us.

00:35:33.880 --> 00:35:33.960
 Right?

00:35:34.040 --> 00:35:34.640
 So David in that

00:35:34.640 --> 00:35:35.519
 psalm says, if God

00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:35.960
 had not been on

00:35:35.960 --> 00:35:36.840
 our side, that's

00:35:36.840 --> 00:35:37.220
 what would have

00:35:37.220 --> 00:35:37.940
 happened to us.

00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.480
 But because he

00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:40.280
 was, we were

00:35:40.280 --> 00:35:41.260
 delivered.

00:35:41.920 --> 00:35:42.540
 Psalm 18,

00:35:42.640 --> 00:35:43.340
 beginning in verse

00:35:43.340 --> 00:35:44.320
 15 and following,

00:35:44.940 --> 00:35:45.860
 then the channels of

00:35:45.860 --> 00:35:47.100
 the sea were seen

00:35:47.099 --> 00:35:48.000
 and the foundations

00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:49.000
 of the world were

00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:50.239
 laid bare at your

00:35:50.239 --> 00:35:51.779
 rebuke, O Lord, at

00:35:51.779 --> 00:35:52.599
 the blast of the

00:35:52.599 --> 00:35:53.480
 breath of your

00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:54.159
 nostrils.

00:35:54.719 --> 00:35:55.699
 He sent from on

00:35:55.699 --> 00:35:56.099
 high.

00:35:56.440 --> 00:35:57.319
 He took me.

00:35:57.679 --> 00:35:59.259
 He drew me out of

00:35:59.259 --> 00:36:00.480
 many waters.

00:36:01.139 --> 00:36:02.079
 He rescued me from

00:36:02.079 --> 00:36:03.059
 my strong enemy and

00:36:03.059 --> 00:36:03.860
 from those who hated

00:36:03.860 --> 00:36:04.400
 me, for they were

00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:05.460
 too mighty for me.

00:36:05.960 --> 00:36:06.880
 They confronted me

00:36:06.880 --> 00:36:07.500
 in the day of my

00:36:07.500 --> 00:36:08.259
 calamity, but the

00:36:08.259 --> 00:36:09.699
 Lord was my support.

00:36:10.239 --> 00:36:11.239
 He brought me out

00:36:11.239 --> 00:36:12.500
 into a broad place.

00:36:12.819 --> 00:36:13.900
 He rescued me

00:36:13.900 --> 00:36:15.539
 because he delighted

00:36:15.539 --> 00:36:16.199
 in me.

00:36:16.199 --> 00:36:17.099
 So you see this,

00:36:17.559 --> 00:36:18.219
 this is the kind

00:36:18.219 --> 00:36:18.879
 of things, the

00:36:18.879 --> 00:36:19.439
 imagery that should

00:36:19.439 --> 00:36:20.099
 be popping off in

00:36:20.099 --> 00:36:21.519
 our brain as we're

00:36:21.519 --> 00:36:23.059
 reading this account.

00:36:23.419 --> 00:36:24.699
 And yet, God

00:36:24.699 --> 00:36:26.779
 delivers them safely

00:36:26.779 --> 00:36:27.939
 through.

00:36:28.699 --> 00:36:29.359
 Safely through.

00:36:29.599 --> 00:36:30.419
 Verse 15,

00:36:30.420 --> 00:36:48.380
 So picture this flood

00:36:48.380 --> 00:36:48.800
 plain.

00:36:48.920 --> 00:36:50.240
 It got pushed way

00:36:50.240 --> 00:36:51.639
 back upstream.

00:36:52.039 --> 00:36:52.740
 And as far as we can

00:36:52.740 --> 00:36:53.740
 tell, right, from

00:36:53.740 --> 00:36:55.700
 historical maps to

00:36:55.699 --> 00:36:56.460
 this city.

00:36:57.460 --> 00:36:57.939
 I mean, I think it's

00:36:57.939 --> 00:36:58.639
 probably properly

00:36:58.639 --> 00:37:00.059
 pronounced Adam, but

00:37:00.059 --> 00:37:00.839
 we say Adam.

00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:03.839
 So five miles upstream.

00:37:04.339 --> 00:37:05.319
 So significantly

00:37:05.319 --> 00:37:06.179
 upstream.

00:37:06.179 --> 00:37:08.079
 And it's piled up in a

00:37:08.079 --> 00:37:09.960
 massive heap.

00:37:10.019 --> 00:37:11.980
 Not divided like the

00:37:11.980 --> 00:37:13.219
 Exodus waters from

00:37:13.219 --> 00:37:14.139
 Egypt, right?

00:37:14.199 --> 00:37:14.859
 But in this case,

00:37:14.919 --> 00:37:15.839
 piled up upstream and

00:37:15.839 --> 00:37:16.539
 everything else is

00:37:16.539 --> 00:37:18.679
 dried out down below

00:37:18.679 --> 00:37:18.960
 them.

00:37:19.319 --> 00:37:19.399
 Right?

00:37:19.400 --> 00:37:20.539
 I think this is

00:37:20.539 --> 00:37:21.559
 because God is

00:37:21.559 --> 00:37:22.539
 declaring to the

00:37:22.539 --> 00:37:23.619
 peoples that they're

00:37:23.619 --> 00:37:24.400
 about to cross over

00:37:24.400 --> 00:37:25.680
 into, here comes

00:37:25.680 --> 00:37:26.200
 Israel, right?

00:37:26.300 --> 00:37:27.000
 Could he have walled

00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:27.579
 it off right there

00:37:27.579 --> 00:37:28.019
 where they were?

00:37:28.079 --> 00:37:28.660
 Of course he could

00:37:28.660 --> 00:37:28.860
 have.

00:37:29.039 --> 00:37:29.800
 But he pushes it

00:37:29.800 --> 00:37:31.860
 way upstream to

00:37:31.860 --> 00:37:33.059
 dry up the land.

00:37:33.180 --> 00:37:34.099
 And there's all these

00:37:34.099 --> 00:37:35.559
 cities in the land that

00:37:35.559 --> 00:37:36.840
 have seen something

00:37:36.840 --> 00:37:38.260
 miraculous is happening

00:37:38.260 --> 00:37:39.180
 here, right?

00:37:39.180 --> 00:37:39.880
 You have to imagine

00:37:39.880 --> 00:37:40.360
 that they would have

00:37:40.360 --> 00:37:41.720
 heard that this great

00:37:41.720 --> 00:37:42.539
 group of people has

00:37:42.539 --> 00:37:44.420
 now crossed into this

00:37:44.420 --> 00:37:45.400
 land because those

00:37:45.400 --> 00:37:47.400
 waters were dried up,

00:37:47.440 --> 00:37:47.559
 right?

00:37:47.559 --> 00:37:48.500
 They were completely

00:37:48.500 --> 00:37:49.559
 cut off, it says at

00:37:49.559 --> 00:37:50.880
 the end of verse

00:37:50.880 --> 00:37:52.519
 16, and the people

00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:55.119
 passed over opposite

00:37:55.119 --> 00:37:55.500
 Jericho.

00:37:55.559 --> 00:37:56.059
 Okay, so this is

00:37:56.059 --> 00:37:56.860
 what's happening in

00:37:56.860 --> 00:37:57.880
 this story, right?

00:37:57.900 --> 00:37:59.019
 It's really happening,

00:37:59.440 --> 00:38:00.320
 but it's also meant

00:38:00.320 --> 00:38:01.559
 to help us understand

00:38:01.559 --> 00:38:02.639
 something greater,

00:38:02.739 --> 00:38:02.880
 right?

00:38:02.920 --> 00:38:04.599
 A deliverance through

00:38:04.599 --> 00:38:06.320
 flood is the theme

00:38:06.320 --> 00:38:07.500
 we pick back up.

00:38:07.539 --> 00:38:08.260
 And so we see three

00:38:08.260 --> 00:38:10.079
 types for Christ in

00:38:10.079 --> 00:38:10.519
 the text.

00:38:11.579 --> 00:38:12.699
 First, Joshua.

00:38:13.500 --> 00:38:14.719
 Joshua, his name

00:38:14.719 --> 00:38:16.260
 means God is

00:38:16.260 --> 00:38:17.059
 salvation.

00:38:17.059 --> 00:38:18.019
 In the Hebrew, it's

00:38:18.019 --> 00:38:18.539
 Yeshua.

00:38:19.139 --> 00:38:19.659
 That's what the very

00:38:19.659 --> 00:38:21.039
 name of Jesus is,

00:38:21.239 --> 00:38:21.460
 right?

00:38:21.519 --> 00:38:23.699
 So God is salvation.

00:38:23.920 --> 00:38:25.420
 So this Joshua is a

00:38:25.420 --> 00:38:26.900
 type for the eventual

00:38:26.900 --> 00:38:28.400
 Joshua, right?

00:38:28.460 --> 00:38:29.699
 Jesus Christ himself.

00:38:29.880 --> 00:38:31.039
 He leads the people

00:38:31.039 --> 00:38:33.480
 into the promised land,

00:38:33.659 --> 00:38:33.920
 right?

00:38:34.400 --> 00:38:36.659
 But Joshua and the land

00:38:36.659 --> 00:38:38.340
 were typological.

00:38:38.480 --> 00:38:39.139
 We read in Hebrews

00:38:39.139 --> 00:38:40.460
 chapter 3, beginning

00:38:40.460 --> 00:38:41.179
 of verse 7 and

00:38:41.179 --> 00:38:42.619
 through chapter 4.

00:38:42.699 --> 00:38:42.980
 And I'm going to

00:38:42.980 --> 00:38:44.639
 spare you the reading

00:38:44.639 --> 00:38:45.880
 of it for the sake of

00:38:45.880 --> 00:38:46.400
 time because I know

00:38:46.400 --> 00:38:47.340
 I'm running long

00:38:47.340 --> 00:38:47.800
 today.

00:38:48.360 --> 00:38:49.700
 But the author of

00:38:49.700 --> 00:38:50.360
 Hebrews says that

00:38:50.360 --> 00:38:51.579
 Joshua did not lead

00:38:51.579 --> 00:38:52.300
 the people into that

00:38:52.300 --> 00:38:53.200
 final rest.

00:38:53.720 --> 00:38:54.480
 And he helps us to

00:38:54.480 --> 00:38:55.260
 understand that there

00:38:55.260 --> 00:38:56.500
 is a greater final

00:38:56.500 --> 00:38:58.260
 rest, a way that is

00:38:58.260 --> 00:39:00.260
 open to us.

00:39:00.780 --> 00:39:01.240
 And he says,

00:39:01.400 --> 00:39:02.119
 chapter 4,

00:39:02.180 --> 00:39:02.599
 verse 3,

00:39:02.599 --> 00:39:03.319
 for we who have

00:39:03.319 --> 00:39:04.599
 believed enter that

00:39:04.599 --> 00:39:05.000
 rest.

00:39:05.059 --> 00:39:05.860
 As he has said,

00:39:05.940 --> 00:39:06.839
 as I swore in my

00:39:06.839 --> 00:39:08.319
 wrath, they shall not

00:39:08.319 --> 00:39:08.900
 enter my rest.

00:39:08.920 --> 00:39:09.579
 He's talking about that

00:39:09.579 --> 00:39:10.779
 generation that did not

00:39:10.779 --> 00:39:11.480
 get to go into the

00:39:11.480 --> 00:39:12.940
 promised land, although

00:39:12.940 --> 00:39:14.000
 his works were finished

00:39:14.000 --> 00:39:15.380
 from the foundation of

00:39:15.380 --> 00:39:16.500
 the world.

00:39:16.819 --> 00:39:17.579
 For he has somewhere

00:39:17.579 --> 00:39:18.599
 spoke of the seventh

00:39:18.599 --> 00:39:19.639
 day in this way, and

00:39:19.639 --> 00:39:20.539
 God rested on the

00:39:20.539 --> 00:39:21.299
 seventh day from all

00:39:21.299 --> 00:39:21.839
 his works.

00:39:22.099 --> 00:39:23.380
 And again in this

00:39:23.380 --> 00:39:24.159
 passage he said,

00:39:24.239 --> 00:39:25.339
 they shall not enter

00:39:25.339 --> 00:39:26.819
 my rest.

00:39:27.339 --> 00:39:28.619
 He goes on to say,

00:39:28.619 --> 00:39:30.119
 so then there remains

00:39:30.119 --> 00:39:31.380
 Sabbath rest for the

00:39:31.380 --> 00:39:32.260
 people of God.

00:39:32.680 --> 00:39:33.240
 For whoever has

00:39:33.240 --> 00:39:34.380
 entered God's rest has

00:39:34.380 --> 00:39:35.760
 also rested from his

00:39:35.760 --> 00:39:38.320
 works as God did from

00:39:38.320 --> 00:39:38.740
 his.

00:39:39.460 --> 00:39:40.599
 So we're supposed to

00:39:40.599 --> 00:39:42.099
 see that in this text,

00:39:42.220 --> 00:39:42.380
 right?

00:39:42.780 --> 00:39:43.539
 The New Testament

00:39:43.539 --> 00:39:45.119
 reality is meant to

00:39:45.119 --> 00:39:46.740
 make this come to life

00:39:46.740 --> 00:39:47.660
 for us.

00:39:47.720 --> 00:39:48.460
 It's teaching us

00:39:48.460 --> 00:39:49.420
 something about the

00:39:49.420 --> 00:39:50.920
 anti-type, Jesus

00:39:50.920 --> 00:39:51.340
 Christ.

00:39:51.440 --> 00:39:52.280
 He's going to lead us

00:39:52.280 --> 00:39:53.079
 into the inheritance

00:39:53.079 --> 00:39:54.700
 that is ours in

00:39:54.700 --> 00:39:55.599
 Christ.

00:39:57.380 --> 00:39:58.300
 Secondly, the

00:39:58.300 --> 00:39:59.059
 Levites, right?

00:39:59.480 --> 00:40:00.320
 These were priests.

00:40:00.420 --> 00:40:01.260
 These were those who

00:40:01.260 --> 00:40:02.860
 went before God on

00:40:02.860 --> 00:40:05.080
 behalf of the people.

00:40:05.480 --> 00:40:06.440
 Again, Hebrews chapter

00:40:06.440 --> 00:40:07.640
 10, verse 11, and

00:40:07.640 --> 00:40:08.520
 every priest stands

00:40:08.520 --> 00:40:09.480
 daily at his service

00:40:09.480 --> 00:40:11.080
 offering repeatedly the

00:40:11.080 --> 00:40:12.260
 same sacrifices which

00:40:12.260 --> 00:40:13.240
 can never take away

00:40:13.240 --> 00:40:13.740
 sins.

00:40:14.280 --> 00:40:15.340
 But when Christ had

00:40:15.340 --> 00:40:16.380
 offered for a single

00:40:16.380 --> 00:40:17.340
 time a single

00:40:17.340 --> 00:40:19.160
 sacrifice for sins, he

00:40:19.160 --> 00:40:20.260
 sat down at the right

00:40:20.260 --> 00:40:22.620
 hand of God, waiting

00:40:22.620 --> 00:40:23.440
 from that time until

00:40:23.440 --> 00:40:24.180
 his enemies should be

00:40:24.180 --> 00:40:25.240
 made a footstool for

00:40:25.240 --> 00:40:25.580
 his feet.

00:40:25.680 --> 00:40:26.380
 For by a single

00:40:26.380 --> 00:40:27.040
 offering he has

00:40:27.040 --> 00:40:28.260
 perfected for all time

00:40:28.260 --> 00:40:29.860
 those who are being

00:40:29.860 --> 00:40:30.599
 sanctified, right?

00:40:30.700 --> 00:40:32.059
 So you have a group

00:40:32.059 --> 00:40:33.640
 of Levitical priests

00:40:33.640 --> 00:40:36.640
 standing in the water

00:40:36.640 --> 00:40:37.519
 that becomes dry

00:40:37.519 --> 00:40:39.500
 ground on behalf of

00:40:39.500 --> 00:40:40.140
 the people, right?

00:40:40.140 --> 00:40:41.019
 The people are carried

00:40:41.019 --> 00:40:42.900
 safely through because

00:40:42.900 --> 00:40:45.660
 these men stand in

00:40:45.660 --> 00:40:46.700
 that place, right?

00:40:46.740 --> 00:40:47.640
 They're meant to help

00:40:47.640 --> 00:40:49.000
 us see Christ.

00:40:49.140 --> 00:40:49.700
 They're the type.

00:40:49.920 --> 00:40:51.660
 Jesus is the anti-type,

00:40:51.740 --> 00:40:51.860
 right?

00:40:51.880 --> 00:40:52.860
 The perfect high

00:40:52.860 --> 00:40:53.360
 priest.

00:40:53.420 --> 00:40:54.200
 We no longer have need

00:40:54.200 --> 00:40:55.240
 for priests, right?

00:40:55.460 --> 00:40:57.140
 I am not a priest, right?

00:40:57.139 --> 00:40:58.119
 We do not have an

00:40:58.119 --> 00:40:58.359
 altar.

00:40:58.480 --> 00:40:59.239
 We do not continually

00:40:59.239 --> 00:41:00.359
 make sacrifice, right?

00:41:00.400 --> 00:41:01.759
 Because Jesus made a

00:41:01.759 --> 00:41:03.019
 sacrifice of himself

00:41:03.019 --> 00:41:05.099
 once for all.

00:41:06.259 --> 00:41:07.099
 And then finally, the

00:41:07.099 --> 00:41:09.460
 last type is the

00:41:09.460 --> 00:41:10.319
 ark itself.

00:41:12.000 --> 00:41:13.119
 The ark itself.

00:41:13.819 --> 00:41:15.420
 The ark was the most

00:41:15.420 --> 00:41:16.739
 significant object in

00:41:16.739 --> 00:41:18.639
 old covenant worship.

00:41:19.079 --> 00:41:20.299
 It's a box overlaid

00:41:20.299 --> 00:41:20.920
 with gold.

00:41:21.359 --> 00:41:22.579
 And when it was

00:41:22.579 --> 00:41:24.019
 tabernacled or in the

00:41:24.019 --> 00:41:24.879
 temple, right, it was

00:41:24.879 --> 00:41:26.159
 located in the Holy of

00:41:26.159 --> 00:41:26.679
 Holies, right?

00:41:26.679 --> 00:41:27.719
 Here, they're on the

00:41:27.719 --> 00:41:28.019
 move.

00:41:28.099 --> 00:41:29.379
 So it is now moving

00:41:29.379 --> 00:41:30.719
 with them.

00:41:31.679 --> 00:41:33.000
 A golden urn holding

00:41:33.000 --> 00:41:34.379
 the manna and Aaron's

00:41:34.379 --> 00:41:35.960
 staff that budded and

00:41:35.960 --> 00:41:37.039
 the tablets of the

00:41:37.039 --> 00:41:38.099
 covenant were placed

00:41:38.099 --> 00:41:40.000
 within the ark.

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 Hebrews 9, 4 repeats

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 this for us.

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 The mercy seat covered

00:41:44.799 --> 00:41:45.339
 the box.

00:41:45.519 --> 00:41:46.779
 Images of two cherubim

00:41:46.779 --> 00:41:47.839
 facing one another

00:41:47.839 --> 00:41:49.719
 overshadowed the mercy

00:41:49.719 --> 00:41:50.219
 seat.

00:41:50.879 --> 00:41:52.500
 When God came down,

00:41:52.679 --> 00:41:53.839
 dwelt in the Holy of

00:41:53.839 --> 00:41:54.759
 Holies, his glory

00:41:54.759 --> 00:41:56.659
 rested above the

00:41:56.659 --> 00:41:57.480
 mercy seat.

00:41:57.579 --> 00:41:58.500
 This visible glory

00:41:58.500 --> 00:42:00.199
 rested there between

00:42:00.199 --> 00:42:02.799
 these two cherubim.

00:42:03.159 --> 00:42:03.239
 Right?

00:42:03.299 --> 00:42:04.579
 This was the place that

00:42:04.579 --> 00:42:05.599
 the sacrifice was made.

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 The day of atonement

00:42:06.420 --> 00:42:08.119
 sacrifice was made.

00:42:08.199 --> 00:42:09.159
 Also meant to point us

00:42:09.159 --> 00:42:10.019
 to Christ.

00:42:10.099 --> 00:42:10.779
 But all of this

00:42:10.779 --> 00:42:11.859
 elaborate picture of

00:42:11.859 --> 00:42:13.199
 God's dwelling place,

00:42:13.299 --> 00:42:15.019
 the ark itself,

00:42:15.799 --> 00:42:16.659
 is a picture of the

00:42:16.659 --> 00:42:18.139
 person and saving

00:42:18.139 --> 00:42:19.679
 work of Christ.

00:42:19.679 --> 00:42:19.799
 Christ.

00:42:20.359 --> 00:42:22.339
 You remember, if you

00:42:22.339 --> 00:42:23.440
 hear the telling of

00:42:23.440 --> 00:42:25.079
 the Holy of Holies,

00:42:25.159 --> 00:42:25.859
 the temple curtain

00:42:25.859 --> 00:42:26.919
 torn from top to

00:42:26.919 --> 00:42:28.039
 bottom, that temple

00:42:28.039 --> 00:42:28.919
 curtain when Jesus

00:42:28.919 --> 00:42:29.919
 died that was torn,

00:42:30.419 --> 00:42:32.119
 granting access to God.

00:42:32.339 --> 00:42:33.019
 Anybody know what was

00:42:33.019 --> 00:42:33.599
 on the curtains?

00:42:34.460 --> 00:42:35.399
 Two cherubim, right?

00:42:35.500 --> 00:42:37.399
 Standing over that.

00:42:37.899 --> 00:42:39.039
 When Mary Magdalene

00:42:39.039 --> 00:42:40.119
 goes and finds Jesus,

00:42:40.239 --> 00:42:40.859
 he's gone.

00:42:40.940 --> 00:42:41.679
 He's gone from the

00:42:41.679 --> 00:42:41.980
 tomb.

00:42:42.539 --> 00:42:43.619
 What's on either side

00:42:43.619 --> 00:42:44.179
 of the tomb?

00:42:45.159 --> 00:42:46.219
 Two cherubim, right?

00:42:46.219 --> 00:42:47.339
 There's two angels in

00:42:47.339 --> 00:42:48.559
 that place.

00:42:48.879 --> 00:42:50.019
 When we see the ark

00:42:50.019 --> 00:42:50.899
 in the Old Testament,

00:42:51.059 --> 00:42:51.959
 we're supposed to be

00:42:51.959 --> 00:42:53.059
 seeing Christ.

00:42:53.159 --> 00:42:54.619
 So again, carried and

00:42:54.619 --> 00:42:56.239
 held in the middle of

00:42:56.239 --> 00:42:58.199
 this river so that the

00:42:58.199 --> 00:42:59.619
 water is pushed back up.

00:42:59.679 --> 00:43:01.559
 It's in a heap, five

00:43:01.559 --> 00:43:02.500
 miles upstream.

00:43:02.699 --> 00:43:03.819
 This judgment is being

00:43:03.819 --> 00:43:06.819
 held back by something

00:43:06.819 --> 00:43:08.179
 that's meant to help us

00:43:08.179 --> 00:43:10.500
 understand Christ.

00:43:11.319 --> 00:43:12.439
 So we are saved

00:43:12.439 --> 00:43:13.219
 through the flood

00:43:13.219 --> 00:43:15.779
 because of Jesus.

00:43:17.219 --> 00:43:18.279
 So I hope this morning

00:43:18.279 --> 00:43:18.759
 that you're finding

00:43:18.759 --> 00:43:19.759
 yourself in a place

00:43:19.759 --> 00:43:21.339
 where you can rejoice

00:43:21.339 --> 00:43:22.500
 with all of this.

00:43:22.619 --> 00:43:23.419
 You can say yes and

00:43:23.419 --> 00:43:24.639
 amen to every single

00:43:24.639 --> 00:43:25.759
 bit of it.

00:43:26.119 --> 00:43:26.919
 If you're not,

00:43:27.079 --> 00:43:27.879
 I'm going to pray for

00:43:27.879 --> 00:43:28.259
 you now.

00:43:28.339 --> 00:43:28.939
 So let's pray together.